Chapter 437 - 274: Skyrock Blood Feast (Part 2)

Chapter 437: Chapter 274: Skyrock Blood Feast (Part 2)

"I suspect a 7th-rank desolate beast has appeared nearby, causing the other beasts to flee," Di Kui said anxiously. "This is very dangerous. We must speed up and get out of here!"

"Aren’t there usually 7th-rank desolate beasts in the Mist Sea?"

Di Kui stroked his long beard, looking puzzled. "7th-rank desolate beasts are only common in the Eternal Night Forest, or near it. Logically, we haven’t even reached the middle of the Mist Sea yet. A 7th-rank desolate beast couldn’t possibly appear here!"

"But we have to prepare for the worst!"

Yu Fei’s expression remained calm, but he now knew how to get Di Kui to speed up from now on.

The old man was completely unyielding, having repeatedly refused Yu Fei’s requests to pick up the pace.

"Alright, I trust your expertise. I’ll follow your lead for the rest of the journey!"

A hint of gratitude showed in Di Kui’s expression. As long as Yu Fei didn’t cause trouble or make unreasonable demands, his job would be easier.

Everyone could see Di Kui’s anxiety. They trusted his judgment, and with Celestial Rock City just ahead, they stopped worrying about conserving energy and pushed forward at full speed.

Celestial Rock City was one of the six major cities in the Desolate Beast Forest Sea. It was built within the Mist Sea, making it the human city that delved deepest into the region.

The city was built upon a single, enormous rock.

Yu Fei considered himself worldly and well-traveled, but he was still awed by his first sight of Celestial Rock City.

With his vast perceptive range, he could encompass the entirety of Celestial Rock City, allowing him to grasp the city’s full appearance in an instant.

It was a city carved and polished from a colossal stone with an exposed diameter of over one hundred kilometers.

The current city occupied only about half the stone’s surface, and beneath the ground, the rock extended to immeasurable depths.

’No wonder it’s called Celestial Rock City. Whoever thought to build a city here must have been a genius.’

Yu Fei was more curious about the origin of a stone this size. ’Logically, it’s impossible for nature to create such a massive boulder. It’s completely baffling.’

The city was not particularly prosperous. Illumination was mostly provided by torches; after all, wood was one thing the surrounding area had in abundance.

After entering the city, Di Kui and the others were in much better spirits. Once inside Celestial Rock City, they were no longer tense, knowing that if they had encountered a 7th-rank desolate beast, the team would have likely suffered heavy losses.

Celestial Guidance had a dedicated outpost here. Di Kui decided they would rest for a day before setting out again, and Yu Fei had no objections.

The [Void Clearing Mirror] activated, and all the information in this small city flowed into his mind. Yu Fei slipped out under the cover of night, having discovered something intolerable.

He left behind a Fog Pine Stone as a waymarker, activated his Silent Shadow Body, and vanished into the night like a gust of wind.

About ten minutes later, Yu Fei reached the city’s core. This area was backed by the uncarved wall of the great rock. Celestial Rock City, a city of chisel and stone, had not yet fully occupied the natural boulder, leaving almost half of the rock still exposed.

Yu Fei flicked a finger, sending out a strand of Sword Qi. The Sword Qi pierced through space and entered a hidden passage inside the great rock.

Using the waymarker’s ability, he teleported inside and was now standing in the secret location.

His Pupil Skill granted him x-ray vision, his Sword Qi could penetrate space, and he could teleport using the waymarkers.

With this combination of skills, Yu Fei could enter any hidden space.

Once inside, Yu Fei followed the carved-out passage all the way to his target destination: a massive, empty space.

The numerous guards along the way were oblivious to Yu Fei. Their attention wasn’t on their duties at all; they were excitedly discussing a "feast," their words full of longing.

"Damn it, I didn’t get picked for the feast again!"

"Your contribution was too low this month. But I’ve already scouted a few targets and I’m about to get my hands on them. I’ll definitely be at next month’s feast!"

"Fuck, doesn’t that mean you’re about to receive the Warped Grace?"

"Of course..."

Yu Fei walked past these men, silently leaving a waymarker at each guard post. Their cultivation levels were low; they couldn’t possibly detect him.

He walked to the so-called "feast hall," where a scene of pure depravity unfolded before him.

His eyes fell upon over a hundred naked Martial Artists, all wearing masks.

They were shouting in strange, incomprehensible tones, their bodies twisting to a bizarre and sinister rhythm.

In the center of the hall, a massive torch burned.

Beside the torch, they had used sharp wooden stakes to impale numerous Martial Artists from bottom to top, each tortured to the absolute limit. As Yu Fei’s gaze swept over them, a chill ran through his heart.

The Qi Seas of the Martial Artists on the stakes were shattered and their meridians destroyed, yet they were bursting with life force. Blood continuously broke through their scars and trickled out.

Their vocal cords had been deliberately destroyed. The immense pain caused them to twist and struggle constantly, forced to endure one final torment before death.

They had been fed powerful stimulants to ignite the last vestiges of life force in their dying bodies. Their souls had already collapsed; they were doomed to die.

Suddenly, one victim’s life force was stimulated to its peak. Blood burst through the scabs on their body, gushing out like a fountain.

Immediately, a few masked figures swarmed forward and began to tear at the body with their hands and teeth, devouring the flesh raw.

This seemed to be some kind of signal. More and more victims began to show the same symptoms, and the waiting villains swarmed in eagerly, feeding greedily like savage beasts.

Nausea rose in Yu Fei’s heart. These people’s methods were completely different from the Illuminati’s, but they both walked the path of cannibalism.

Unable to suppress his rage, he let out a long cry from his sword, the sound echoing throughout the enclosed space.

This inhuman act was pure evil. Yu Fei commanded his boundless Sword Qi, not sparing a single one of them.

A moment later, nothing was left alive in the hall.

The victims’ souls had already shattered; the bodies impaled on the stakes were just flesh on the verge of death. There was no saving them.

At this point, death was their only release.

Yu Fei didn’t stop. He collected all the corpses into his storage space, then teleported back along the trail of waymarkers he had left, slaughtering every last guard.

The strongest person here was only at the ordinary Gang Qi Realm; Yu Fei could crush them with a wave of his hand.

Along the way, he wiped out two more densely populated areas. These fiends had dug out quite a few hidden spaces in Celestial Rock City.

He worked his way backward from the source, following the clues to a gang’s stronghold.

His senses detected two Grandmasters here. Yu Fei suppressed his killing intent and silently committed the gang’s name to memory: the Hidden Tiger Gang.

’I’m still not strong enough!’

A human Grandmaster’s combat prowess would be far greater than Ah Zhen’s. He was no match for them at the moment.

Thanks to his powerful perception, he learned a great deal of information. For example, on the surface, they were the Hidden Tiger Gang, one of the eight major gangs of the Desolate Beast Forest Sea, but in reality, they were an evil cult called the Great Wilderness Sect.

They believed that a great will existed in the Desolate Beast Forest Sea, one that could bestow blessings and enhance a Martial Artist’s strength.

Just like the desolate beasts of this world, they believed that by devouring the flesh and blood of their own kind, they could attract the attention of this great will and thus become stronger.

And in fact, their evil acts had been validated: they had indeed grown stronger.

’The Warped Power!’

’This is a terrifying, corrupting power. If Martial Artists can raise their cultivation realm simply by cannibalizing their own kind, what kind of madness would this world descend into!’

Worry weighed on Yu Fei’s mind. Every border region had phenomena beyond human comprehension. ’The further I cultivate, the more I sense the terror lurking behind it all!’

When they set out the next day, he kept all these thoughts hidden, his face revealing nothing.

Without absolute power, Yu Fei didn’t want to expose his own existence. This was also why he had taken all the bodies of the Great Wilderness Sect members.

He had used his boundless Sword Qi countless times. If a discerning observer saw it, his identity would surely be discovered.

After they left, the two Grandmasters of the Hidden Tiger Gang—or rather, the Great Wilderness Sect—and their other members belatedly realized something was wrong. The two of them personally inspected the scene for half a day, but found nothing.

"How strange. Where did our people go?"

"There are plenty of bloodstains in the feast hall, and along the path too. I suspect they’re already dead... but all the bodies are missing! Could it be... the Desolate God has shown itself?"

"...Could it be possible that our Great Wilderness Sect has been exposed?"

A bone-chilling coldness instantly gripped the hearts of the two Grandmasters of the Hidden Tiger Gang—the Great Wilderness Sect. The ability to silently wipe out so many sect members without a trace... the matter was bizarre, and the implications were terrifying to consider.

"Find the Sect Leader!"

Over Celestial Rock City, the two Grandmasters shot into the sky and fled in opposite directions. The situation was beyond their comprehension.