285: Powerful Fel

Inside the Ancient Town.

The Sect Master of the Gen Mountain Sect, dressed in black, floated high in the sky, looking down at the Ancient Town below.

Beside him...

...three Elders also crowded around.

It was night now.

Under the pitch-black night sky, the entire Ancient Town was silent.

Only the night wind blew.

"If the secret within this Ancient Town really is the rumored Evil Energy User... this will be the best opportunity for our Gen Mountain Sect to rise!"

A fanatical look appeared in the Gen Mountain Sect Sect Master's eyes.

For them...

...the attraction of an Evil Energy User was so immense...

...that it was enough for them to fight for it at any cost.

Once they got their hands on an Evil Energy User, the strength and status of their entire Sect would undergo a massive surge!

"Later, anyone who dares to block us shall be killed without mercy!"

The Gen Mountain Sect Sect Master said coldly.

The three Gen Mountain Sect Elders behind him nodded one after another.

Just as they were about to descend from the air...

Swoosh!

A streak of black light suddenly flashed from the Ancient Town below.

The speed of the black light was extremely fast, to the point that the Gen Mountain Sect Sect Master and the three Elders could not even see it clearly at first, nor did they react before the black light had already swept past one of the Elders.

Bang!!

Half of this Elder's body instantly exploded as the black light swept past!

This sudden scene...

...caused the pupils of the Gen Mountain Sect Sect Master and the three Elders to shrink.

They all tensed up, looking at the figure formed by the black light as if facing a great enemy.

This was a burly man, pitch-black as ink, with a face as stiff as a Corpse, but his eyes carried a malicious nature, filled with a fierce light and madness.

The sinister aura emanating from him made the hair on the four Gen Mountain Sect higher-ups stand on end, as if they were in the middle of winter, feeling cold all over.

Although they had long guessed that the strangeness in this Ancient Town might originate from an Evil Energy User...

...they didn't expect this Evil Energy User to be alive!!

Moreover, before they even entered the Ancient Town, this Evil Energy User had directly come out to kill.

The Elder currently under attack by the Evil Energy User had half of his body blown apart.

But he did not die immediately.

The Moon Mark on his forehead emitted a soft white light, and the healing energy contained within began to heal his injuries.

However, this energy, which usually had a decent healing effect, was now completely unable to make his injuries heal.

Not only could it not heal...

...but a layer of black light and shadow had also stained his body because of the opponent's attack.

This layer of black shadow could not be dispelled and constantly eroded his body, causing it to rapidly turn into ink under the erosion!

These inked parts seemed to be stripped away, no longer belonging to him, and he could no longer sense their existence.

This caused his originally strong vitality to weaken rapidly.

If he didn't receive help from others, he would surely die.

However, at this time, the Gen Mountain Sect Sect Master and the other two Elders had no chance to worry about this heavily injured Elder.

They stared intently at the Evil Energy User in front of them.

Mentally tensed.

Not daring to have even a sliver of Divided Soul.

Shua!

When the Evil Energy User's body flashed and turned into a streak of black light to kill again...

...the Moon Marks on the foreheads of the Gen Mountain Sect Sect Master and the other two Elders simultaneously burst into brilliant light, instantly forming a massive Giant of Light and Shadow.

The entire Giant of Light and Shadow stood in mid-air.

Like a massive mountain peak.

Exuding a terrifying aura that made one's heart palpitate.

Raising its hand, it punched at the incoming black light. A layer of dreamlike moonlight swirled around its fist like a vortex, crushing the air and causing the void to tremble.

With the Evil Energy User's speed, it would not be difficult to avoid this punch from the Giant of Light and Shadow.

However, the charging Evil Energy User did not dodge at all, but directly collided with the fist of the Giant of Light and Shadow.

Compared to the massive body of the Giant of Light and Shadow, the black light the Evil Energy User had turned into was insignificant, as small as a grain of sand.

But at the moment of collision...

...the entire massive Giant of Light and Shadow shook violently, and the arm that had punched out exploded.

Then the body, then the head... in an instant...

...it turned into countless fragments of light and vanished.

The Gen Mountain Sect Sect Master and the other two Elders were thrown back as the Giant of Light and Shadow exploded; their faces were pale, they vomited blood, and they were instantly heavily injured.

Below the Ancient Town.

Xiao Shi looked up at this scene.

He was deeply shaken.

Although he didn't know much about the Moon Mark system of the Youyue Dynasty, through his previous encounter with that Gen Mountain Sect Disciple, he could judge that the opponent's strength was roughly equivalent to the Martial Soul Realm.

And now, the strength of these four Gen Mountain Sect higher-ups was roughly at the level of the Martial Demon Realm.

Probably similar to Xiang Zizhen.

But in front of the Evil Energy User... they had no power to fight back!

"I only injected a Martial Soul Realm Soul into the Evil Energy User's body, and it can completely crush existences comparable to the Martial Demon Realm..."

Xiao Shi took a deep breath.

Even though he had expected the Evil Energy User to be strong...

...he didn't expect it to be this strong!

It was as if the two sides were not on the same level at all.

Boom!!

Accompanied by a loud bang.

A Gen Mountain Sect Elder in the sky was directly blown apart by the Evil Energy User's punch. Splattered flesh and bone fragments flew in all directions, piercing through another Elder who couldn't dodge in time, turning him into a sieve.

He died on the spot!

The Gen Mountain Sect Sect Master's face was full of terror. At this moment, one of his arms was blown off, and his chest was pierced through, to the point where the writhing internal organs could be seen.

To this...

...the Gen Mountain Sect Sect Master did not hesitate at all.

He turned around and ran.

The Moon Mark on his forehead frantically absorbed the moonlight cast by the Nether Moon, turning him into a streak of light and shadow as he fled at top speed.

However, he hadn't fled far...

...before the Evil Energy User caught up.

With the Evil Energy User's terrifying speed, he had no chance of escaping.

Whether it was combat power or speed, the Evil Energy User completely crushed him in every aspect.

Suddenly, the Gen Mountain Sect Sect Master exploded under the blow of the Evil Energy User's fist!

Xiao Shi had already arrived at the place where the four Gen Mountain Sect higher-ups had died, picking up the items they dropped after death.

Although the Soul inside the Evil Energy User was not Xiao Shi's own Divided Soul...

...the Evil Energy User was in a half-human, half-Puppet form.

And it completely obeyed Xiao Shi's orders.

Therefore, kills made by the Evil Energy User would drop items, just like when Xiao Shi controlled a Puppet to kill before.

When he picked up the items dropped by these four Gen Mountain Sect higher-ups...

...he found that each of them had dropped two items.

Four people, a total of eight items dropped.

Four of these eight items were in an illusory state, and the remaining four were items that could be taken away from this illusory world.

And they were all the same.

[Name: nether moon soul spirit]

[Type: Soul Spirit]

[Rank: Unknown]

[Description: A Soul Spirit originating from the era of the Youyue Dynasty.]

[Note 1: After releasing the Soul Spirit, an attack command can be given to it.]

[Note 2: Since this is a Soul Spirit from an ancient era, its strength will be much weaker than before, and the duration of the Soul Spirit's existence must be noted.]

..."In other words."

"As long as it's someone from the Gen Mountain Sect that I kill, they will definitely drop a [nether moon soul spirit]!"

Xiao Shi summarized the pattern.

Of course.

The [nether moon soul spirit] dropped by different people were not the same.

For example, the [nether moon soul spirit] of the Gen Mountain Sect Sect Master was far beyond what the [nether moon soul spirit] of a Gen Mountain Sect Disciple could compare to.

"These are four [nether moon soul spirit] with strength comparable to the Martial Soul Realm!"

Xiao Shi's heart pounded.

With these four [nether moon soul spirit], it was equivalent to having four Martial Soul Realm helpers.

Although after leaving this place...

...the strength and duration of the [nether moon soul spirit] would be greatly reduced, but if these four [nether moon soul spirit] were used against a Martial Demon Realm Expert, even if they couldn't kill them, they would certainly cause considerable trouble.

Besides that...

...Xiao Shi could also choose to inject a [nether moon soul spirit] into the Evil Energy User's Corpse to make it fight again.

He knew...

...that once he left this illusory world and returned to his own era, the [nether moon soul spirit] inside the Evil Energy User would not be able to exist for long.

At that time, the Evil Energy User would turn back into a Corpse.

Now, with these four [nether moon soul spirit], it was equivalent to having four chances to revive the Evil Energy User!

"Maybe there are even more opportunities!"

Xiao Shi turned his gaze outside the Ancient Town.

This time, the Gen Mountain Sect had come out in full force.

It was just that the four Gen Mountain Sect higher-ups had entered the Ancient Town first to scout, while the others remained outside for the time being, waiting for the higher-ups' orders.

Since killing Gen Mountain Sect members would definitely drop a [nether moon soul spirit], Xiao Shi felt that he might as well wipe out the entire Gen Mountain Sect.

By then, he would have many [nether moon soul spirit] to continuously revive the Evil Energy User.

Thinking of this...

...Xiao Shi immediately took the Evil Energy User and charged towards the Gen Mountain Sect members outside the Ancient Town.

With the Evil Energy User's strength, it was like a hungry wolf pouncing into a flock of sheep—a complete one-sided slaughter.

Even the four powerful Gen Mountain Sect higher-ups working together were no match for the Evil Energy User, let alone these Gen Mountain Sect Disciples.

In an instant...

...these Gen Mountain Sect Disciples all died at the hands of the Evil Energy User.

"This way..."

..."it's as if I own the entire Gen Mountain Sect!"

Xiao Shi was extremely excited.

He quickly picked up the numerous [nether moon soul spirit].

At this moment, his body became increasingly blurred; he was already on the verge of dissipating.

Even if he didn't want to leave now...

...he would be forced to leave this place shortly.

Xiao Shi couldn't help but feel a bit of regret.

If he could stay here longer, he could use the Evil Energy User to kill the experts of this era.

Then take the [nether moon soul spirit] of those experts out.

Unfortunately...

...he didn't have that much time.

Besides the [nether moon soul spirit], the items dropped by these Gen Mountain Sect Disciples were also quite extraordinary.

But unfortunately, they were all in an illusory state.

They could not be taken away from this illusory world.

But through these items, Xiao Shi realized that even if he had taken the route of resisting the Gen Mountain Sect this time, he could have successfully cleared it.

However, if he had taken that route, the harvest wouldn't have been this great.

Furthermore...

...Xiao Shi also discovered...

...that after the Evil Energy User had made so many kills, its strength and aura had also increased accordingly.

"It seems the Evil Energy User also has the ability to grow stronger through killing..."

Xiao Shi now understood why the people of the Youyue Dynasty era valued the Evil Energy User so highly.

In fact, the strength of the Evil Energy User he had shown this time was not even its full potential.

Especially this Evil Energy User of his.

It was the third-ranked Evil Energy User on the Ten Evils Ranking; its abilities went far beyond this.

Of course, he also knew...

...that after he brought the Evil Energy User back to his own era, its strength would definitely decrease to some extent.

But for his current stage, it was enough.

This would be one of his major trump cards!

Soon...

...after Xiao Shi had picked up all the [nether moon soul spirit] dropped after the deaths of those Gen Mountain Sect members...

...his figure also dissipated from this illusory world.

Phew!

Xiao Shi felt as if he had been startled awake from a dream.

He found that he was still in the corridor of the Ancient Ruins.

Beside him stood the tall body of the Evil Energy User.

However, upon returning...

...the nether moon soul spirit located inside the Evil Energy User immediately made a sizzling sound, and a cloud of black smoke, invisible to the naked eye, quickly drifted up from the nether moon soul spirit.

Without the illumination of the Nether Moon...

...the power of the entire nether moon soul spirit was significantly weakened.

The Soul Seal on its forehead was like snow under the sun, dissolving and dissipating at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Xiao Shi was not surprised by this.

He had known it would be like this for a long time.

"Time is tight."

"I have to move quickly!"

He immediately led the Evil Energy User forward through the corridor at top speed.

He intended to obtain all the harvests in these Ancient Ruins before the nether moon soul spirit inside the Evil Energy User disappeared.

He had already realized before...

...that these Ancient Ruins were mainly divided into two parts: front and back.

The front part contained many rare treasures and powerful Soul bodies.

The back part consisted of three different illusory worlds.

Now that he had passed the illusory worlds in the back...

...the next step was to go to the front part to find the numerous rare treasures.

With the Evil Energy User by his side...

...he didn't have to worry about any other dangers in the Ancient Ruins at all.

After moving forward for a while...

...the entire corridor suddenly became spacious.

He walked directly into a large hall.

In this spacious hall stood a five-meter-tall, Three-legged Bronze Furnace. Flames were carved on the oval belly of the furnace; it seemed to be a Pill Furnace.

Xiao Shi saw the extraordinariness of this furnace at a glance.

Realizing it was a good treasure...

...he was about to approach and observe.

Buzz!

The stone statues on both sides of this hall suddenly came to life with a tremor.

These stone statues were tall.

They wore heavy armor and held giant swords.

Twisting their slightly stiff necks, they turned their heads and fixed their gaze on Xiao Shi.

However, before these stone statues could take action...

Swoosh!

The Evil Energy User beside Xiao Shi had already turned into a streak of black light.

In a flash...

...it rushed to the nearest stone statue.

With one punch, it blew the entire head of the stone statue apart.

Xiao Shi didn't even look at these stone statues and walked straight toward the furnace ahead.

Information about the furnace as an item appeared in his vision.