Martial Saint through Reading

Chapter 313: Chapter 264: Heaven-Devouring Demonic Qi! (2)

"Found it..." A shadowy figure sneered, as countless black Qi surged into the Golden Light Martial Arts Hall.

Inside, the Martial Arts Hall Master Golden Light, a lower Meridian Unlocking Realm strong person was resting.

"Hmm?!"

He suddenly awoke, drawing out the weapon pressed beneath him, staring intently at the door.

Bang—

The door shattered, black Qi flooded in.

"What the hell is..."

"Ah—"

"... "

"Not enough, still not enough!"

The black Qi devoured this lower Meridian Unlocking Realm person and retreated like a tide.

Shortly after, at another Martial Arts Hall, Black Stone Martial Arts Hall.

"Who dares intrude upon my Black Stone..."

"... "

Then more Martial Arts Halls followed.

"Still a bit more, it’s still lacking."

The black Qi retreated, circled around the city, heading towards the East City.

...

East City, Five Lakes Inn.

"Shield Shuttle? Composed of multiple shield segments, divided to become the Wind Riding Device, combined to form a shield, serves to attack, defend, and control artifacts..."

"Multiple... With my current strength in Primordial Consciousness, controlling ten pieces should be no problem..."

Chu Ming was still conceiving what kind of Primordial Artifact would be suitable for refining.

A composite shield segment Shield Shuttle seemed satisfactory to him.

Just at that moment.

"Hmm?!" He suddenly raised his head.

The Sword Gourd Spirit detected a chilling aura just now.

As he continued tracking it, that aura seemed to sense the probe and vanished instantly.

Chu Ming packed up his things, stood up, leapt out the window, and arrived at the street where the chilling aura was detected.

The empty street, under the night breeze and moonlight, left behind a faint trace of black Qi.

Reaching out to grab it, the black Qi dispersed like a cloud of smoke.

He lifted his abyss-like gaze towards the distance.

The chilling aura had fled towards the east.

Chu Ming glanced, turned back into the inn without choosing to pursue it.

What the chilling aura was wasn’t important; he wouldn’t give much attention to random occurrences passing by.

...

Chi’an County, outside East City.

"It’s him! It’s him!"

"Found him!"

Baili Xinghua, with a sinister expression, surrounded by black Qi, sensed Chu Ming.

"Not enough, not enough!"

"Devour! Devour! Lower Realm Three Meridians! Four Meridians! Five Meridians!"

Black Qi surged forward, heading straight towards several major Martial Arts sects outside Chi’an County.

Flying Cloud Sect... Yuanjian Sect... Four Directions Sect...

Any Meridian Unlocking Realm was devoured without exception by the black Qi.

"Haha! Enough! Enough!"

"Chu Ming, wait for me!"

After Baili Xinghua devoured the Four Directions Sect’s Sect Leader, he vanished.

Inside the three sects.

"Father!"

"Sect Leader!"

"Ancestor!"

"Quickly report to the Commandery Mansion!"

"... "

In Chi’an County City.

Various gangs from North City rushed to the Commandery Mansion overnight, several Martial Arts Halls from West City forcefully knocked on the Commandery Mansion’s door.

The black Qi enveloped the Commandery Mansion, Chi’an County Magistrate He Ze, and the lower Meridian Unlocking Realm strong person guarding the mansion, He Xiao, looked gravely at the crowd blocking the door.

The torches’ leftover glow shone on people’s faces, showing fear, grief, or anger.

"Everyone, what has happened?" County Magistrate He Ze spoke solemnly.

"Uncle He, my father, my father has vanished..." A woman cried.

"Your father vanished?" The lower Meridian Unlocking Realm strong person He Xiao furrowed his brow, "Your father is the Golden Light Martial Arts Hall Master, a Meridian Unlocking Realm strong person, how could he disappear? Did he go somewhere?"

"No... No... I saw a mass of black Qi, a mass of sinister black Qi, my father... sob... my father was swallowed by that black Qi..."

"Black Qi swallowed your father?" He Ze, He Xiao’s expression changed sharply upon hearing this, "Could it be the work of evil?"

"I don’t know... I don’t know..." The woman cried uncontrollably.

"Hei Ying, what happened at Black Stone Martial Arts Hall? Where is your father Hei Ying?" He Xiao looked towards a young man in the crowd.

"My father..." Hei Ying’s body trembled slightly, "My father was also swallowed by black Qi."

"What about you?" He Xiao looked towards the other Martial Arts Halls.

"The Hall Master... The Hall Master was eaten by black Qi."

"Both my father and mother..."

"... "

The responses were nearly identical.

He Xiao then looked towards the other gangs.

"Lord, Lord, North City cannot be visited, cannot be visited, Iron Axe Gang, Hundred Herbs Hall, Long Stick Gang... They’re all gone, all gone..."

The gang members were even more exaggerated.

He Ze and He Xiao looked at the crowd, their frowning foreheads forming the character 川.

"Everyone, do not panic, first come into the Commandery Mansion."

"Thank you, Lord, thank you, Lord."

The crowd swarmed in.

Inside the hall.

He Ze and He Xiao sat high above, the people from Martial Arts Halls and gangs nervously clustered together.

"Speak one by one, tell me clearly everything you saw and heard."

"... "

"Report."

Halfway through questioning, noises erupted outside the mansion again.

"Come in!"

Dozens of people wearing three different attires rushed into the Commandery Mansion.

"Flying Cloud Sect, Yuanjian Sect, Four Directions Sect!" He Xiao immediately recognized the disciples of the three major sects.

Seeing the panicked expressions of the sect disciples, he suddenly felt a sense of foreboding.

The three sects all had Meridian Unlocking Middle Stage and even Late Stage strong persons stationed, could it be...

"Uncle He, my father, my father was swallowed by a mass of black Qi."

"Lord, someone enveloped in black Qi suddenly appeared in Yuanjian Sect, the Sect Leader fought him, but in the end... in the end..."

"Our Four Directions Sect’s ancestor also battled a person emanating black Qi, and ultimately was devoured by that black Qi."

"... "

After listening, He Ze and He Xiao felt their hearts sink into their stomachs.

Within one night, the gangs, Martial Arts Halls, and Martial Arts sects all encountered black Qi devouring.

What exactly is that black Qi? It can even devour the Four Directions Sect ancestor, an Eleven Meridian Unlocking strong person?!

He Xiao scanned the people below, his forehead throbbing.

But suddenly, his gaze focused.

"The Void Nether Sect disciples didn’t come?"

Chi’an County has four major Martial Arts sects, Flying Cloud Sect, Yuanjian Sect, Four Directions Sect all had disciples present, but not Void Nether Sect.

"Void Nether Sect?"

The crowd looked around.

"Void Nether Sect... Void Nether Sect... Lord, there’s been rumors in the past that Void Nether Sect cultivates Demon Technique, is it possible this sect... this sect is cultivating Demon Technique that devours lives..."