Chapter 92: First Steps into the Demonic Path (Part 4)

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A week later
The four arrived at their destination.
Their target was a demonic beast called the Windwing Dragon Bat, whose demonic core was needed by an elder of the Holy Land to refine elixirs.
Upon arriving, suddenly...
Ye Wushang attacked Su Chen.
The other two inner disciples attacked Ye Wushang and the other inner disciple, respectively.
They coordinated perfectly.
However, Su Chen attacked all three of them directly.
“Spirit Soul Realm!”
The three were stunned. Su Chen's displayed realm had already surpassed the Spirit Sea Realm!
The other two inner disciples didn't have time to react before Su Chen slapped them to death, turning them into a blood mist. Their life essence was swallowed whole by the monster that appeared behind Su Chen.
Ye Wushang managed to summon his magic weapon in time. The weapon shattered, barely managing to block Su Chen's fatal blow.
“How is this possible? Shouldn't you have just entered the Spirit Sea Realm?”
Ye Wushang's eyes widened in horror.
Unfortunately, Su Chen wouldn't answer his question.
The villain dies from talking too much.
Su Chen directly activated the Devouring Heaven and Earth Divine Art, completely consuming Ye Wushang.
Three days later, Su Chen had refined all three of them.
"Devouring Heaven and Earth Divine Art...no, this should be called a demonic art!"
Even with his millennia-old mental fortitude, he was somewhat dazed at this moment.
It feeds on all things in heaven and earth, including living beings.
It's truly too domineering.
After devouring three people, Su Chen felt his talent had slightly increased.
However... there are also drawbacks. The vital energy within his body is mottled, with several different attributes and strengths mixed together, requiring time to slowly remove the impurities.
Hunting demonic beasts wasn't difficult for Su Chen. After finding the trail of the Windwing Dragon Bat, Su Chen decisively attacked, killing the Windwing Dragon Bat and bringing back its demon core.
Back at the sacred ground, Su Chen reported the deaths of the three inner disciples, saying that they were killed by a demonic beast while hunting it. Su Chen, with his lower cultivation level, had gotten away with it. The elder in charge of the assessment nodded indifferently, then put away the demonic core, and the matter was dropped.
The Devouring Sun Sacred Ground had a large number of inner disciples; the deaths of a few were of little concern to anyone.
It took Su Chen two months to remove the impurities from his body and restore his cultivation to normal.
"It's time to look for the next target."
Su Chen murmured to himself.
This time, he began investigating the Western Regions' Prodigy Ranking.
The Western Regions ranked third in terms of strength among the five regions. Even after suffering heavy casualties in the battle with the Southern Region, their position remained unshaken.
They possessed numerous prodigies.
Su Chen's target was the prodigy ranked ninety-ninth on the Prodigy Ranking, named Mu Yingyi. He possessed the Thousand-Jin Body, innate divine strength, and could tear apart alien species with his bare hands. His backing was merely a small force with a Transcendent Realm expert in charge; his death would go unnoticed.
Su Chen went to the Mission Hall to accept a mission, using the pretext of going on a mission to leave the Devouring Sun Holy Land in search of prey.
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Two months later
Inside a secret realm.
Mu Yingyi emerged from the secret realm, beaming with pride amidst the flattery of the crowd.
His gains from this trip to the secret realm were immense.
He was certain he would rise several places on the Prodigy Ranking again, living up to his family's expectations.
Unbeknownst to Mu Yingyi, a figure was watching him intently from within the crowd.
After Mu Yingyi left, the figure vanished as well.
In a valley nestled among the rolling mountains.
Mu Yingyi suddenly stopped and said calmly to those behind him, "You've followed me for so long; it would be rather impolite not to come out. Secretly following is hardly the act of a true man."
A mysterious figure clad in black robes slowly appeared.
The mysterious figure was none other than Su Chen.
Su Chen wasn't surprised that Mu Yingyi had discovered his presence.
Because he had never intended to hide.
Seeing Su Chen appear, his face obscured by the black robes, Mu Yingyi couldn't help but sneer, "Just a cowardly rat hiding his face, too ashamed to even show his true colors."
With a flick of his sleeve, twelve sharp swords swirled around him, like silver moons, their sword energy gleaming.
"This is your burial ground!"
Mu Yingyi's expression was arrogant. Since he dared to lure the mysterious figure out, he naturally had confidence!
Twelve sharp swords pierced through the black-robed man's body, slicing a mountain into pieces.
The terrifying sword energy fluctuations made many demonic beasts tremble.
Having landed a blow, Mu Yingyi felt no joy; his expression gradually turned solemn.
An afterimage...that was an afterimage!
"The way of the sword...is not used like that!"
A detached voice came from behind Mu Yingyi. He turned around and saw a sword light as perfect as the full moon slashing directly towards him, like the moon falling from the sky due to a terrifying gravitational pull, making his heart tremble.
Mu Yingyi formed a hand seal, and layers of array seals appeared.
"I admit I underestimated you."
"But I, Mu Yingyi, am not a pushover!"
Within the array, sword energy poured forth like a cascading river, and a giant silver moon sword appeared, emitting a clear, ethereal sound.
Two silver beams collided.
The surrounding mountains were flattened by the sword energy.
Mu Yingyi lay weakly among the rubble, watching the black-robed figure approach step by step.
"You...who are you? You killed me...my Mu Clan will not let you get away with this!"
Before he could even see the black-robed figure's true face, Mu Yingyi's vision went black, and he fainted.