Eternal Life from the Golden Needle Technique

Chapter 335: Chapter 332: Demon Cave

Although Wu Tianhao and Shen Changchuan’s sudden attack had disrupted Hong Yang’s plans, he had still managed to act.

The moment they launched their assault,

Hong Yang had seized the leader of the temporary encampment,

and performed a soul-search.

He found the location of their main nest.

To prevent the other Demon Cultivators from getting spooked and fleeing,

the three of them wasted no time.

They couldn’t even be bothered with the group they had just rescued.

They transformed into streaks of light and shot into the sky,

flying off in a specific direction.

Left behind,

the group of rescued Cultivators looked at each other in dismay.

”Everyone, what should we do now?”

”Let’s just wait here. With the rainy season upon us, this place is crawling with those mountain leeches. Our strength isn’t even at the Qi Introduction Late Stage Realm yet. We couldn’t escape even if we tried...”

”Ridiculous! Are we supposed to just wait here to die?”

”It would be one thing if those experts from the Dragon Cloud Sect succeed in wiping out the Demon Cultivators. But if they fail, won’t we fall right back into the tiger’s maw?!”

”With your level of strength, are you saying you can cross this mountain forest during the rainy season?”

As a few of them argued,

many others simply looked on, lost and helpless.

Among them,

one person remained silent,

gazing at the sky where the three streaks of light had vanished.

An endless sense of melancholy churned within him.

This person was none other than Guo Cheng, a former acquaintance who had served under Shen Changchuan!

He had, of course, recognized Shen Changchuan.

But the man had descended from the heavens,

exuding a terrifyingly powerful aura that was unmistakable proof he had stepped into the legendary level of a Soul Emergence Realm expert!

This left Guo Cheng so intimidated that he didn’t even dare to approach and reminisce.

’Is this what a true genius is like? It’s only been a few years, yet he’s already reached the Peak. We’re worlds apart!’

Guo Cheng couldn’t help but sigh in awe.

A few years ago,

when Shen Changchuan first arrived in the Border Desolate Forest and settled in Dawan Village,

he was nothing more than a mere Cultivator at the Qi Introduction Third and Fourth Layer.

But now,

the man had already crossed a heavenly chasm that, for Guo Cheng, would be impossible to surmount in a lifetime, achieving the legendary Soul Emergence Realm!

It was a Realm so high that he didn’t even dare get close enough to say a word!

How could it not make one sigh in astonishment?

The difference between people,

was even greater than the difference between a person and a dog!

This made Guo Cheng, who had spent half his life in Cultivation, feel utterly disheartened.

But at the same time,

Guo Cheng also thought of something.

’Back then, that man was never a stingy person. When villagers under his command died in the line of duty, he would even take care of their descendants...’

’Generous, and kind-hearted.’

’Perhaps, that matter could... ’

A flicker appeared in Guo Cheng’s eyes.

That item was simply too significant.

If he traded it with someone else and word got out, it would be a death sentence!

Perhaps trading with this person,

would be a good choice.

Gazing in the direction Shen Changchuan had departed, he secretly made up his mind.

...

「Meanwhile,」

in a deep valley shrouded by black clouds and mist.

Outside, a torrential rain poured down from the heavens.

Innumerable, densely packed mountain leeches swarmed through the forest. Black as a tide, they covered every tree, squirming endlessly in a truly horrifying sight.

This place was even more terrifying than anywhere else!

Because,

in the surrounding sea of trees, all the leaves had withered and fallen from the branches.

The Vitality of the trees,

seemed to have been completely devoured by those bizarre mountain leeches.

Deep within the Black Mist Valley,

lay a hidden, underground Demon Cave.

Several dark figures stood before a deep, abyssal fissure,

their gazes fixed on what lay below.

The underground cavern was pitch-black,

but darkness was clearly no obstacle for Cultivators of the Soul Emergence Realm.

They could still see the scene below the fissure clearly.

Deep within that fissure,

a worm as large as a small mountain lay coiled. Its entire body was jet-black and covered in a sticky fluid, with strange tentacles sprouting from it.

From its body,

finger-sized mountain leeches were constantly splitting off,

one becoming two, two becoming four, four becoming eight...

Endlessly.

And so,

the mountain leeches gathered like a flowing current, surging ceaselessly toward the outside world.

It was a sight created by hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of mountain leeches amassed together!

Several ’tributaries’ could be seen flowing up along the fissure,

a vast, squirming black mass that spread through the opening into the outside world, merging into the boundless sea of forest.

Other tributaries flowed directly into the underground river within the fissure,

following the subterranean water channels,

to spread out in all directions.

This place,

seemed to be the very source of all the endless mountain leeches of the rainy season!

”It’s still not enough.”

In the darkness,

a voice spoke.

”We need more sacrifices.”

The speaker glanced up.

Above the fissure, pale-faced figures with weakened auras were suspended in the air.

On their bodies,

wounds were constantly bleeding,

drip by drip, into the fissure below, falling onto the terrifying giant worm!

One could see that,

the blood was rapidly digested and absorbed upon contact with its surface.

Faintly,

a dark red glow could be seen shimmering beneath the giant worm’s black skin.

”We’re out of time.”

”Our mass abductions of Cultivators recently have already been discovered by the Dragon Cloud Sect.”

”And just now, someone from our nearest encampment sent a warning. They were attacked.”

”According to the message, our old rival has arrived.”

”Hong Yang?”

”That’s right, it’s him. And two others—one at the Soul Emergence Realm Third Layer, the other at the Soul Emergence Realm First Layer. Probably some juniors from that Dragon Cloud Sect.”

”Senior Brother, what do we do now?”

”Hmph! Do I need to teach you? We kill them, of course!”

”That bastard Hong Yang is underestimating me!”

”He only brought two ants at the Soul Emergence Early Stage. What good can they do?”

”You and Third Brother will hold off Hong Yang. Fourth Brother, you go kill those two little brats at Soul Emergence Early Stage. After that, we’ll surround Hong Yang together... Perfect. With the three of them as sacrifices, it should be enough!”

”Senior Brother... that Hong Yang is at the Soul Emergence Eighth Layer. Third Brother and I might not be able to hold him off...”

BANG!

Before one of them could finish speaking,

he was sent flying backward like a cannonball, smashing into the stone wall behind them.

Ahead,

a pair of scarlet eyes suddenly lit up in the darkness,

revealing an absolute madness.

”You must be after my little baby!”

”Trying to lure me away so you can take its place!”

”Aren’t you, AREN’T YOU?!”

”I won’t let you succeed!”

”Go kill them! KILL THEM! Or I’ll give you a fate worse than death!”

A shrill roar ripped through the dark space,

carrying an endless, frenzied killing intent!

The other figures in the darkness, their faces pale with terror, hastily agreed and retreated.