CHAPTER 423: CHAPTER 413: BIZARRE

"Perseverance?"

The three of them shook their heads secretly upon hearing Lin Feng’s words, agreeing that perseverance was important, but without talent and resources, even the strongest perseverance would be in vain!

Night, with a scant number of stars under the clear moonlight.

The four conversed freely in the pavilion on the water, discussing their martial arts experiences, their respective pasts, and the heroes of the world, until late into the night.

In the room, Lin Feng sat cross-legged and began to cultivate.

The night passed without incident, and at dawn the next day, Lin Feng bid farewell to Jia Yuanji and others and left Cloud Dream Manor.

After departing Dongsheng City, Lin Feng soared into the sky and flew towards the north.

Lin Feng did not have a specific destination; as long as he headed in the direction of the Tianhong Empire, he could continue on his journey while gaining experience.

As long as he could reach Hundred Extremes Sacred City before the start of the Hundred Extremes Tournament, that would suffice.

Occasionally, when he passed by some large mountain ranges, Lin Feng would enter and proceed to slaughter, edging his Infinite Sword Technique to greater perfection.

The three sword moves of the Infinite Sword Technique were devoid of flamboyance, exhibiting sheer sharpness and ultimate attack power.

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On this day, the sun shone brightly, and Lin Feng arrived at a country named Changyang Country.

Changyang Country was also one of the twenty-nine minor countries of the Great Thousand Domain; beyond it lay the largest country of the Great Thousand Domain - the Tianhong Empire.

Eh?

As Lin Feng flew over a small town, he abruptly halted.

The town below presented a desolate sight, with gusts of cold wind and not only devoid of any traces of life but permeated with a dense aura of death.

"What’s going on?"

Lin Feng descended with a trace of confusion, unafraid due to his formidable skills and prepared to investigate further.

Upon reaching the town, the sight that greeted Lin Feng shocked him.

Corpses were strewn everywhere - on the streets, inside shops, in front of taverns - all over the place in a chaotic mess.

The sheer number of corpses wasn’t the most shocking aspect for Lin Feng; it was that these bodies were all dessicated, skin and bones, with not a smidgeon of flesh, an extraordinarily terrifying scene.

Clearly, all of these people had been drained of their blood.

As Lin Feng surveyed the desiccated corpses, he almost felt an illusion, as if he was responsible for this carnage.

"Could it be the work of Demon Beasts?"

This thought surfaced briefly, only to be dismissed by Lin Feng immediately.

Demon Beasts would surely eat humans directly, not just suck their blood.

Lin Feng closely examined the bodies and found that some had their necks bitten open by sharp teeth, while others had their skulls directly pierced by fingers.

Whether it was the marks of sharp teeth or the holes in skulls made by fingers, all signs pointed to the fact that these people were slain by human Martial Artists.

"Who could be so cruel? To directly consume others’ blood!"

Lin Feng’s brow furrowed; the cruelty of the perpetrator was indescribable.

Although he would absorb others’ blood as well, that was the nature of his Martial Soul, and Lin Feng never preyed on the innocent.

His victims were either Demon Beasts or enemies.

But here, the entire town was slaughtered without mercy, sparing neither women nor children, revealing the perpetrator’s ruthlessness.

After a while, Lin Feng walked around the town with a grim face, looking for any clues.

"Hehe, another one comes to die!"

Suddenly, a sharp, piercing laugh rang out behind Lin Feng.

Lin Feng turned abruptly, seeing five figures clad in black robes standing about a hundred meters behind him.

These five were completely shrouded in wide black robes, obscuring their faces entirely.

"Did you kill the people in this town?"

Lin Feng looked at the five with cold eyes, his gaze brimming with killing intent.

"Indeed! These ants have become the nourishment for our cultivation, it’s their honor!"

The gruff voice of the leading tall figure among the black robes was hoarse, filled with loathing.

"Hehe, such potent Qi-Blood, I never expected you to be an expert. Sucking your blood will surely increase my power substantially!"

The tall figure evaluated Lin Feng, cackling eerily.

"Hehe, I love to suck the Essence Blood of the strong, it’s such a great tonic!"

"Kill him, suck all the Essence Blood out of him!"

The black robed figures laughed grotesquely, pouncing towards Lin Feng with their bodies emanating blood-red light and boiling blood energy.

"Allowing scum like you to live is an affront to the air itself, die!"

Lin Feng’s eyes turned icy. These people could no longer be called human, treating human life as weeds and animals; they were outright beasts.

Cling!

The Spirit-Slaying Sword was unsheathed in a flash, a sword swung, and thousands of Sword Qi shot through the Void.

Boom boom boom!!

As the Sword Qi streaked by, the five black-robed figures were instantly reduced to a pile of flesh, dead before they could shriek.

Approaching the unrecognizable remains of the five black-robed men, Lin Feng retrieved a Storage Ring and four Storage Bags.

After checking the Storage Bags and the space within the Storage Ring, Lin Feng realized these five were indeed destitute, having only a few hundred thousand Low Grade Spirit Stones and a small quantity of Elixirs, nothing else of value.

Pocketing the Storage Ring and Storage Bags, Lin Feng didn’t linger any longer, his figure shot skyward, swiftly vanishing on the horizon,

After an indeterminate amount of time, three similarly dressed black-robed figures arrived at the scene.

The three black robes stood in silence in front of the bodies of the five who had died before.

After a while, one of the stocky black-robed figures spoke with a sinister and terrifying voice: "Daring to kill members of Blood Luo Hall, there’ll be no place for him under heaven or above earth!"

Then, turning to a black-robed figure beside him, he said, "Xue Li, investigate!"

The mentioned black robe nodded, and then behind him, a purple light shimmered, releasing his Martial Soul, revealing a bizarre Demon Beast with a long trunk and large ears.