131: Chapter 131 The Fourth Elder Who Was Drained

And just as Venerable Miaodi moved to suppress the Grand Elder of the Heavenly Sword Profound Sect, the aura fluctuations produced by their struggle were immediately perceived by several other top powerhouses on the East Profound Continent.

Great Xia Imperial Palace, Imperial Garden.

Xia Jin was reclining on a grand armchair, comfortably basking in the sun, occasionally glancing at the temple order in his hand.

Suddenly, his movements stiffened, his brows furrowed slightly, and his gaze turned toward the direction of the Western Regions.

"Husband, what is it?" Leng Yuexi, who was focused on brewing tea nearby, noticed Xia Jin's unusual behavior. She set down the teapot and walked behind him.

Her jade-like hands rested on Xia Jin's shoulders, gently massaging them, though a hint of confusion flickered across her face.

Xia Jin did not answer immediately, as if he were lost in thought.

After a long while, he finally retracted his gaze and gently patted the back of Leng Yuexi's hand. His tone carried a hint of amusement: "I didn't expect that the Western Regions, which I thought were barren, would actually have such a remarkable figure... emerge this time."

"The Western Regions? Could it be someone from the Buddhist Sect?" Leng Yuexi looked at Xia Jin and suddenly smiled radiantly, teasing, "Oh? Husband, this 'remarkable figure' you mentioned... surely they couldn't be stronger than you?"

"What do you think!?" A smile also appeared on Xia Jin's face.

Ever since he had crossed the threshold of the Land Immortal Realm and stepped into the higher Tongshen Realm with the help of the System, Xia Jin possessed absolute confidence in his current strength.

Standing behind him, Leng Yuexi saw that although Xia Jin hadn't said it explicitly, she already understood his meaning.

It seemed that no matter who appeared on this East Profound Continent, her husband remained at the very pinnacle.

At the same time, on a reef off the coast of the Eastern Region.

A middle-aged man with disheveled hair also suddenly opened his eyes the moment Venerable Miaodi's aura appeared.

His gaze seemed to cross the boundless sea, landing directly on the Kasyapa Temple in the Western Regions.

"This aura... Miaodi." The man whispered to himself, his expression unreadable. "Silent for a thousand years, it seems you have also awakened."

But then, as the sea breeze carried salty droplets onto his face, a smile appeared on his lips.

"Since even you have returned from nirvana... then those who fell into slumber together back then will likely start waking up one by one soon."

As he spoke, he slowly opened his left hand, which had been loosely clenched.

In his palm lay a jade pendant exactly like the temple order in Xia Jin's hand.

Above the continuous jungles of the Southern Region.

The Fourth Elder of the Heavenly Sword Profound Sect was riding a sword light, looking down with a face full of ill luck at the miasma that occasionally shot up from below.

Suddenly, his figure came to a halt in mid-air.

"Strange, after the auras of the Second and Third Elders disappeared, why can I suddenly no longer sense the Grand Elder's aura either?" The Fourth Elder frowned, a look of suspicion on his face.

"Could it be that this miasma is limiting my perception?"

The Fourth Elder never even suspected that the other three Elders of the Heavenly Sword Profound Sect might have met with trouble. After all, in his view, how could a place as barren as the East Profound Continent produce an existence capable of threatening them?

However, he likely didn't realize that his sudden stop had instead attracted the attention of a certain existence below.

In the dense jungle below, the miasma was so thick that one couldn't see more than ten meters ahead.

In such a corner, a solitary grave suddenly vibrated slightly.

A withered hand burst through the soil! Followed immediately by another.

A gaunt, skeletal figure sat up stiffly from the coffin, and after catching its breath, crawled out.

He turned his stiff neck, his dull eyes scanning the surroundings.

"Gurgle... gurgle..." A strange sound came from his shriveled stomach.

"A thousand years... without feeding... I'm hungry."

He instinctively looked up, searching for something.

The midday sun was a bit dazzling, and he instinctively squinted.

Then, he suddenly spotted the Fourth Elder of the Heavenly Sword Profound Sect hovering in the void above!

He couldn't help but let out a dry laugh.

"This... aura, a good... blood meal!"

No sooner had he spoken than the fallen leaves piled near the coffin were swept up by a whirlwind.

And that thin, gaunt figure had vanished into air.

...

In the void, the Fourth Elder shook his head, feeling that he was being too paranoid.

Without further thought, he circulated his Spiritual Qi, preparing to continue speeding toward the south.

But just then,

The Fourth Elder suddenly felt a sharp pain in his neck!

"What is this!?"

The Fourth Elder immediately sensed something was wrong and hurriedly glanced back out of the corner of his eye.

There, he saw a head!

A head pressed tightly against his shoulder and neck!

A wide-open mouth was biting into his neck.

And those eyes, so close to his own, were staring intently at him, filled with greed.

"Bas...tard! What are you?! What do you want?!"

The sharp pain instantly ignited the Fourth Elder's rage.

Without holding back, he slammed his right palm toward the head with all his might, vowing to smash it to pieces.

However, before his right palm could land, his entire body froze in mid-air!

A soft sound came from his chest.

A withered hand had pierced through his chest at some unknown moment!

The hand gripped the vigorously beating heart inside his chest, and then, the five fingers suddenly tightened!

In the next moment, the hand slowly pulled out, clutching his heart.

"Monster! You... monster!" The Fourth Elder felt his consciousness begin to gradually dissipate.

The gaunt figure seemed to completely ignore the venomous gaze the Fourth Elder gave him before dying, and brought the bloody heart to his mouth, then...

Swallowed it in one bite!

"Gulp." The sound of swallowing was exceptionally clear in the deathly silent air.

"The taste of blood! It's... delicious." After swallowing the heart, the gaunt figure let out a satisfied moan.

Then, he opened his mouth again and took a fierce breath toward the Fourth Elder's nearby remains!

"Whoosh!"

A terrifying, invisible suction erupted!

The Fourth Elder's once-full body rapidly shriveled up, his flesh and blood essence turning into a stream of air that surged frantically into the gaunt figure's mouth.

In just a few breaths, the Fourth Elder was completely turned into a dried corpse, which then fell straight from the sky.

After draining all of the Fourth Elder's essence and blood, the gaunt figure's skeleton-like body actually expanded slightly at a visible rate.

"Even I have awakened. It seems... those old friends should be about the same."