Soul Emperor Martial God

Chapter 71: Chapter 70: The True Cave Mansion

Xiao Yi’s cultivation might only be at the Postnatal First Layer for now, but his strength had always been formidable.

Battle above his rank had become routine for him.

Especially now that he wielded a spiritual artifact.

The Flame Gloves had always been on his hands, and even though he had never activated them with True Qi to reveal their power, simply wearing them had already greatly enhanced his abilities.

This was also why he had previously been able to instantly kill those ordinary Desert Crocodiles outside.

Once fully activated, combined with the Rising Dragon and martial techniques, he was confident in killing this Giant Axe.

Now the entire corridor was rampant with Desert Crocodiles.

Should Uncle Tie Da get injured or die, the whole Demon Hunting Team would become incredibly dangerous.

Merely with Xiao Yi alone, it was absolutely impossible to protect the other four members, so Uncle Tie Da absolutely couldn’t come to harm.

Xiao Yi didn’t mind killing the Giant Axe right now.

However, everyone else shared a common enemy and was willing to stand by Uncle Tie Da’s side.

Only Du Xin poked Xiao Yi in the back and whispered, ”Yi Xiao, go get yourself killed if you want, but don’t drag us into it.”

Uncle Tie Da also spoke in a heavy tone, ”Brother Yi Xiao, I appreciate your kindness, but this is a grudge between me and the Giant Axe. You all go first, don’t risk your lives.”

”Heh,” Xiao Yi chuckled, ”Uncle Tie Da, everyone’s safety is in your hands now.”

As soon as he finished speaking, whoosh, Xiao Yi disappeared from his spot.

When he reappeared, he was already in front of the Giant Axe and delivered a sword strike.

”Brother Yi Xiao, come back,” Uncle Tie Da and Lin Fei shouted out in shock, panicked.

However, by then the Giant Axe had already swung down.

”Hmph,” Xiao Yi snorted coldly, just about to use the Flame Gloves when...

In an instant, a fierce wind roared through the entire corridor, accompanied by flashes of lightning and peals of thunder.

Countless deep blue lightning bolts descended from nowhere, turning any martial artist struck into puffs of green smoke, leaving no trace of their bodies.

Even the Desert Crocodiles hit died on the spot.

Boom... Boom... Boom... Endless lightning turned the corridor into a perilous world of thunder and lightning.

Many Demon Hunters didn’t even have time to react before being struck dead, along with the Desert Crocodiles beside them.

Everything happened in an instant.

Just then, a wild thunderbolt struck between Xiao Yi and the Giant Axe.

”Not good.”

Both were shocked and immediately leapt away.

However, the speed of the lightning was too fast. They hadn’t managed to jump clear when the wild bolt blasted a bottomless pit into the ground.

The two of them plummeted instantly.

Afterward, a strange force on the corridor swiftly mended the pit, leaving it intact.

”Brother Yi Xiao.”

”Captain.”

Uncle Tie Da and the others from the Giant Axe Demon Hunting Team shouted at the same time.

Before they could further investigate, the dense lightning already headed their way.

”Damn it, get out of here first,” Uncle Tie Da shouted.

Though concerned for Xiao Yi’s safety, as the captain, he had to also consider the safety of his other team members.

The members of the Giant Axe Demon Hunting Team, seeing their captain fall into the pit, simply shouted once and without hesitation, ran off.

...

Step... Step...

Xiao Yi and the Giant Axe steadied themselves at the same time.

It was pitch dark around them, and they could barely see their hands in front of them.

The next second, both burst forth with True Qi.

”You brat, merely a Postnatal First Layer and you dare talk tough in front of me, truly seeking death,” the Giant Axe roared as he struck with his weapon.

His Martial Soul was a giant axe, but its attribute or level remained unknown for the time being.

”I’ve heard about you, the most infamous Demon Hunter in Mystic Breakthrough City, stooping to anything for money. Although I’m not one to meddle, if you provoke me, I don’t mind sending you to the Netherworld,” Xiao Yi said with a cold laugh, ready to fight.

However, just as they were about to have a major battle,

The pitch darkness around them suddenly revealed countless pairs of crimson eyes.

”What is this?” Both were startled at once and perceived a dangerous scent.

”Roar,” terrifying roars of beasts resounded, followed by shadows rapidly approaching.

Martial Artists’ bodies, having been purified by the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy and refined by their own True Qi, boasted exceptional six senses, and their eyes gradually adjusted to the environment, making out their surroundings.

They were in a massive room, and inside, numerous Desert Crocodiles were launching an attack.

”It’s you vermin again, courting death,” the Giant Axe momentarily ceased his attack on Xiao Yi.

For dozens of Desert Crocodiles had already surrounded him.

He was an Innate Fourth Layer Martial Artist, and even if the crocodiles here were somewhat special, they only possessed the strength of the Postnatal Ninth Layer at best, so their numbers were not a concern to him.

But something shocking happened in an instant.

The Giant Axe’s swing did not kill the Desert Crocodiles but merely sent one flying.

”What?” The Giant Axe was taken aback.

The remaining Desert Crocodiles swarmed and completely submerged his towering body.

A few dozen seconds later, when the Desert Crocodiles dispersed, the Giant Axe was nothing but a skinless corpse.

On the other side, Desert Crocodiles were attacking Xiao Yi as well.

But Xiao Yi was not careless. After slashing with his sword, he immediately retreated with the recoil.

With just one sword strike, he had tested the strength of these Desert Crocodiles.

”How is this possible? They actually have the strength of the Innate First Layer,” Xiao Yi retreated, feeling his arm go numb from the shock.

He looked around and saw that this enormous room was filled with over a hundred Desert Crocodiles.

Demon beasts with Innate Strength were Third-level Demon Beasts.

Hundreds of Third-level Demon Beasts, and the Desert Crocodiles themselves were extremely ferocious with extraordinary Physical Strength, it would be difficult for even an Innate Ninth Layer to escape death here.

No wonder the Giant Axe was killed before he could react.

”We’re in trouble.” Xiao Yi dared not be careless any longer and immediately activated the Flame Gloves.

A surge of True Qi gathered in his hands, and in an instant, the Flame Gloves appeared, with a scorching flame automatically surrounding Xiao Yi’s hands.

These flames were the innate power of the Flame Gloves, not condensed by Xiao Yi.

”Roar!” Several Desert Crocodiles roared and charged swiftly.

Xiao Yi dared not overestimate himself and struck with Fire Devouring Hundred Blades.

To his surprise, the blades of fire he unleashed were more than ten times larger than before, and the temperature of the flames was frighteningly high.

With a bang, a Desert Crocodile was bisected by Fire Devouring Hundred Blades and then exploded violently.

”I actually killed this Desert Crocodile in a second?” Xiao Yi’s pupils shrank.

It was his first time using Spiritual Energy, and he did not expect it to be so powerful.

He could clearly feel that when he cast Fire Devouring Hundred Blades, the True Qi transferred to the Flame Gloves was amplified dozens of times out of thin air.

Spiritual Artifacts could enhance a Martial Artist’s Strength, but he had not expected the amplification to be so significant.

Actually, Spiritual Artifacts contained immense power within themselves, and when Martial Artists use them, they are harnessing this immense power.

No wonder Spiritual Artifacts were treasures that all Martial Artists dream of.

At this moment, Xiao Yi continually released blades of fire.

Countless blades became a dense barrage of attacks, with each hit predicting the death of a Desert Crocodile.

The sky-filled flames illuminated the pitch-black room into a fiery red.

The continuous explosions made people’s ears roar.

In no time, all the Desert Crocodiles in the room were killed in seconds, leaving behind only a floor scattered with demon beast corpses.

”Hisss.” Xiao Yi inhaled sharply, ”Is this the power of a Spiritual Artifact? It’s incredibly formidable.”

Over a hundred Desert Crocodiles were killed, but Xiao Yi had expended less than ten percent of his True Qi.

The majority of the Fire Devouring Hundred Blades attack was powered by the force within the Flame Gloves, consuming very little of Xiao Yi’s own True Qi.

Xiao Yi looked at the brilliant flames still circling his hands and sensed an intimidating power coalescing in his palms.

Looking at the bodies scattered on the ground, he felt a bit proud. After all, even an Innate Ninth Layer would not be able to do what he had done.

Yet, this did not mean he was stronger than an Innate Ninth Layer.

If an ordinary Innate Ninth Layer Martial Artist were here, they could also kill the Desert Crocodiles in seconds.

However, they would exhaust their True Qi before killing all the Desert Crocodiles and ultimately wait for death.

The blades that Xiao Yi released had only about the power of an Innate Sixth Layer, after all, he currently only had the Cultivation of a Postnatal First Layer.

But his advantage was that he barely consumed any True Qi when using Martial Techniques.

Xiao Yi looked at the scattered demon beast corpses and collected all of their inner cores. These were Third-level Inner Cores, quite valuable.

He then took the Giant Axe’s Qiankun Bag to gather the demon beast corpses, taking as many as it could hold. Whatever couldn’t fit, he left behind.

After all, the most valuable part of a demon beast was the inner core. The fur, claws, and other parts combined were not even worth one-tenth of the inner core’s value.

Xiao Yi was not short of money now.

Having taken care of everything, Xiao Yi finally had the time to take a serious look around.

He never would have imagined that falling down from the large pit would bring him into a room, and it was filled with Desert Crocodiles of Innate level.

At the other end was a door.

Xiao Yi tried to open it, but there was a force on the door obstructing him, a Spiritual Barrier.

Spiritual Barriers had many uses, whether for concealing things or for trapping them.

This particular Spiritual Barrier was clearly meant for trapping things, and its defense was extremely strong.

Neither Fire Devouring Hundred Blades nor Mountain Shattering Slash, nor even with the aid of a Spiritual Artifact, could shake the barrier in the slightest.

In the end, it was only after he condensed the Ice Phoenix Sword that, with its indestructible sharpness, he easily broke through the barrier.

Xiao Yi couldn’t help but shake his head and muttered to himself, ”If I didn’t have the Ice Phoenix Sword, even if I had killed those Desert Crocodiles, I would have been trapped and died in this room.”

He pushed open the room door and stepped out, only to find himself in a long corridor.

Xiao Yi gasped and frowned.

Could it be that the palace is divided into two floors, above and below ground? The upper floor was the battle zone for the Demon Hunters, while after falling into the great pit, he had come to the lower floor.

However, there were no Desert Crocodiles in the corridor.

With doubts, Xiao Yi proceeded cautiously.

After passing through the corridor, he was confronted by a quaint room that was larger than the other rooms.

Inside the room, both sides were lined with dense black boxes.

In the center, there was a couch, and in front of the couch, there was a seemingly inconspicuous cushion.

However, from the couch emanated a terrifying presence that was unimaginable, far exceeding any Mysterious Profundity Realm aura Xiao Yi had ever felt from Murong Mo, by more than a hundredfold.

”Could it be that this is the true Cave Mansion of the Bloodthirsty Profound Monarch?” Xiao Yi’s expression brightened with excitement.