444: Chapter 444 Gathering Evidence

At the deepest part of the karst cave, within a massive pit measuring several thousand feet in diameter...

The faint, scalp-numbing sound of incredibly dense 'hissing' and the bone-chilling noise of flesh and bone being swallowed could be heard.

That place was the Ten Thousand Snake Pit, where 'waste products' whose Origin had been drained were disposed of! Countless massive poisonous pythons, covered in barbs and severely corroded by Devilish Qi, writhed and tangled at the bottom of the pit; from time to time, incomplete human skeletons were churned up from the depths by their movements.

Within the entire cave, wretched weeping, screams of utter despair, and the crazed laughter of those who could no longer endure the torture intertwined, echoing through the hollow underground.

This place was no cultivation Holy Land; it was clearly a true living hell on earth!

Su Yueli and Luo Lianyi were escorted through one corridor after another. Seeing the miserable state of their fellow female cultivators behind the iron bars on both sides, even though they had prepared themselves mentally before coming, they couldn't help but gasp, their bodies turning cold.

Their fingernails dug deep into the flesh of their palms, and blood dripped down, yet they felt no pain at all.

If they hadn't kept Lu Yuan's assigned mission firmly in mind, and if it weren't for the sake of obtaining the most conclusive evidence to utterly condemn the Taiyi Immortal Sect, given their current strength and temperaments, they would have torn off their disguises right now and gone on a killing spree in this Ten Thousand Snake Pit, slaughtering these sub-human guards to the last man!

"Boss, how should we handle these two top-tier specimens?" a guard respectfully asked the Profound Immortal leader.

"Lock these two top-tier specimens separately in the Heaven-grade cells on the top floor and secure them with the best Formations.

Guard them well; there must not be the slightest mistake!" The Profound Immortal leader's eyes swept coldly over the surroundings. "I just received a transmission from the Sect. One of our Grand Elders, whose Lifespan is nearing its end, is coming in person tonight to enjoy these two top-tier Cauldrons to break through his shackles and extend his life.

If anything goes wrong, all of us will be thrown into the Ten Thousand Snake Pit to feed the snakes!"

After giving his orders, the Profound Immortal leader hurriedly turned and left to report back.

The two women were pushed by guards into an independent cell located high up in the cave, which was relatively clean and dry.

Clang!

The heavy Myriad-Jin Dark Iron door was locked shut, and several complex sealing Formations lit up outside the door.

Inside the dark cell, only a single dim ever-burning lamp flickered.

Luo Lianyi took a deep breath, trying hard to calm her emotions, which were fluctuating violently due to anger.

She turned around, facing away from the cell door, and quietly pulled a special memory stone from her wide sleeve; it was only the size of a fingernail and pitch-black all over.

This memory stone was no ordinary common item; it had been personally refined by Lu Yuan, a Golden Immortal powerhouse proficient in the Great Dao, using supreme immortal fire and Laws.

Not only could it clearly record images and sound while ignoring the vast majority of concealment Formations, but even more Heaven-Defying was its ability to accurately record the hidden fluctuations of Origin Qi at the scene and the Law characteristics of the caster. This was ironclad evidence that no one could forge or deny!

"Let's begin. I don't want to wait another moment."

Su Yueli walked to Luo Lianyi's side and spoke in a low voice, her tone suppressing a terrifying killing intent like a volcano on the verge of eruption.

Relying on their powerful Divine Sense control, the two women silently infused their magic power into the pitch-black memory stone.

The memory stone flickered slightly and then vanished into the shadows of the cell corner, acting like a silent eye staring fixedly at the cell door.

At midnight, the entire Ten Thousand Snake Pit fell into an eerie and oppressive silence, with only the occasional shrill scream echoing from the bottom floor.

Tap... tap... tap...

A series of unusually heavy footsteps, as if every step required immense physical effort, slowly rang out in the empty corridor, approaching their 'Heaven-grade' cell.

Clang!

The heavy dark iron door of the cell was pushed open from the outside by a powerful force.

With the opening of the iron door, a thick, nauseating scent of decay—a Death Qi mixed with various Medicinal Pill odors and the stench of corpses—surged in like a physical substance, instantly filling the small cell.

An old man wearing the special purple-gold robes of a Taiyi Immortal Sect Grand Elder walked in slowly, leaning on a cane polished from an unknown beast bone. His face was as thin as a rail, with skin like dried bark stretched directly over his bones.

Although the terrifying cultivation fluctuations of his Perfected Xuan Immortal realm were powerful enough to slightly distort the surrounding space, his aura was unstable, possessing a twilight air like a candle in the wind that could be extinguished at any moment.

This was one of the few remaining Grand Elders of the Taiyi Immortal Sect, an old monster who had lived for over a hundred thousand years. His Lifespan was completely dried up, and he could only survive by constantly plucking young female cultivators, using such evil and cruel methods to prolong his dying breath.

The old man hunched his body, and when he looked up, his sunken, murky eyes burst with a greedy and crazed green light, like a hungry wolf seeing blood, as he took in Su Yueli and Luo Lianyi huddled in the corner!

"Top-tier! These truly are top-tier specimens rarely seen in ten thousand years!"

The old man trembled with excitement, a strange 'he-he' rasping sound like a broken bellows coming from his throat. "A pure and flawless Innate Dao Fetus, and a Primal Spirit Body that can cleanse all things! Good! Good! Good! Heaven has treated me well!"

With a wave of his hand, he slammed the cell door shut and laid down a soundproofing barrier.

Like a hungry ghost seeing a peerless delicacy, he impatiently lunged toward the two women, his shriveled lips constantly moving. "As long as I drain the pure Origin from the two of you, my Taiyi Heaven-Mending Technique, which has been stagnant for tens of thousands of years, will reach Major Achievement instantly! Not only will I regain my youth, but I will also break through that damned barrier and achieve the Golden Immortal Dao! I can live for another thirty thousand years! Hahaha!"

He impatiently reached out his withered, eagle-claw-like hands.

Boom!

A sinister, terrifying suction full of predatory intent erupted from his palms.

This power transformed into two invisible tentacles, attempting to pierce directly into the two women's Dantians to forcibly extract their Physique Origins.

At this critical moment, just as the old man thought he was about to succeed—

"The evidence has been collected. Your pipe dream should end now. Old dog, your time has come."

Luo Lianyi, who had been huddled in the corner with her head lowered, suddenly looked up slowly.

In those clear eyes that were supposedly filled with 'terror' and 'helplessness,' where was there even a hint of fear? There was only a bone-chilling coldness like ten-thousand-year-old ice and an undisguised, piercing killing intent!

Boom—!

Accompanied by a deafening roar, the special Immortal-Locking Chains bound to the two women—which were said to be able to Seal even a Profound Immortal—were like fragile noodles before this sudden eruption of terrifying power, instantly shattering into iron filings that flew everywhere!