Chronicles Of The Shura Clan

Chapter 68 - The Beginning Of The Hunt

Cloud Mist Poisonous Valley

After entering the Cloud Mist Poisonous Valley, Ling Chen traveled through the dense poisonous fog for about twenty minutes before he finally stopped beneath a huge tree.

At this moment, Ling Chen felt his ears buzzing and his entire body exhausted.

He felt as though his entire body has been mowed down by a herd of cattle. Every inch of his body was burning with pain.

Even with his powerful body, flying swiftly at full strength for a whole day straight without taking a break was too much for him.

Not to mention he didn't have any medicinal pills to replenish his strength.

He only relied on his pure strength to fly the entire day and the consumption of his energy was extremely shocking as well.

Unlike any other regular true warrior, Ling Chen didn't have any true qi essence within his lower-dantian.

Just like a vehicle needed gasoline to function, a warrior needed true qi essence to function as well. Without it, they were no different from a regular mortal. However, Ling Chen didn't have any of it, yet he was still insanely powerful.

Instead, he had a never-ending dark void within his lower-dantian as well as a tree trunk filled with endless dark roots.

Ling Chen's power came from his powerful life essence, the dark energy, and the dark tree which was his nascent soul as well his two demonic eyes.

Aside from battle techniques and other tools, a warrior's strength was equivalent to his true qi essence and spiritual power. However, Ling Chen's strength was equivalent to his life essence, dark power, and spiritual power.

As such, when he spent the whole day flying in the sky, he didn't use any true qi essence but the dark power within his never-ending dark void. Hence, When he was tired and felt that he couldn't anymore, he could only burn some of his life essences to repair his body to his peak state whereas the others used medicinal pills.

Medicinal pills would have helped him a little but he didn't have any at the moment as the gluttonous Hu'er had eaten all of them. Furthermore, he didn't think that he was going to need them.

Thinking about his current situation, Ling Chen merely softly chuckled as he sat in a meditative stance beneath the giant tree.

After sitting down, he gently closed his eyes. After a while, something unbelievable suddenly happened.

A layer of black light appeared around his body. The black light emitted from within his body covered him like a cocoon.

The black light slowly spread around the area with his body at the epicenter of it.

However, as this layer of dark light slowly spread out from within his body, there was a strange change in the vegetation around his body. One could clearly see the vegetation getting infected by the dark light.

Starting from Ling Chen's body and spreading out in a fifteen meters radius, causing a quick withering in the vegetation.

The dark light started to get thicker and thicker as it continued to spread out. Meanwhile, the surrounding vegetation was withering at an astonishing rate.

Even the huge tree next to Ling Chen as well as the surrounding trees started to rot the moment they made contact with the dark light.

The atmosphere around Ling Chen grew colder, domineering, evil, and demonic.

This phenomenon carried on for almost half an hour, until all the dark light slowly faded away, sinking back into Ling Chen's body.

After a while, Ling Chen's fingers twitched as he slowly opened his eyes.

"Even though this amount of energy isn't enough to replenish my power completely, it's still better than nothing." Whispered Ling Chen to himself.

At this moment, his pale face seemed to be way better than before. Also, His body didn't hurt him as much as it previously did.

After more than half an hour of mediating and swallowing the little life essence of the surrounding trees and vegetation, Ling Chen felt a little refreshed and his tiredness was gone as well.

"Still, I'm not a vegan. It's time to check on the status of the real preys." Added Ling Chen.

At this moment, he had an evil smile on his face.

Swoosh!"

Ling Chen's left eye suddenly shone brightly as he activated his left eye power.

His surrounding that was filled with a milky grey mist suddenly became clearer. It was as if he was erasing the milky grey mist or the fog with his eye power.

However, nothing really changed in his surroundings. It was just his vision. His surrounding was still the same.

Seeing that he was still unable to see clearly after using his left eye power, Ling Chen suddenly increased the amount of spiritual energy.

In order to use his eye powers, he had to channel his spiritual energy to that eye. The more spiritual energy he channeled, the stronger the power of that specific ability became.

Both of his eyes had many small symbols within the huge magic rune that covered his entire eyes and each of these small symbols was a specific ability, such as being able to see through illusions, sight enhancement, read emotions, etc. Some of them were unlocked while some were still locked until he's strong enough to unlock them.

Swoosh!

The moment Ling Chen increased the input of the spiritual energy within his left eye, his left eye suddenly blazed with an azure light like a blue fire. The azure light became more and more intense.

At the same time, everything became clear to him. The grey milky mist which had shrouded the Cloud Mist Poisonous Valley instantly vanished in front of him.

It was as if he wasn't in the Cloud Mist Poisonous Valley anymore but a different place or forest. A place that didn't have any cloudy mist or fog.

Furthermore, even though it was night time, everything became as clear as the day before his left eye power.

After Ling Chen had taken care of the grey mist that was blocking his vision, he suddenly channeled another wave of spiritual energy within the symbol in his left eye that allowed him to enhance his sight.

.....

"Damn it. Where the fuck is that little bastard. It's been an hour and I haven't found his trace yet."

On an empty foggy field south of the huge tree where Ling Chen was meditating, Bloodbath's face was green as he angrily roared out.

" Supreme Hall Master, why don't we split up and looked for him. That way we can cover more ground." One of the four hall masters suddenly said as he was scanning his surroundings with his spiritual sense.

The sky above the Cloud Mist Poisonous Valley was filled with an icy poisonous cold energy, even expert like them was unable to tolerate it.

Not only that, but they also were all surrounded by a milky grey mist, and the isolation ability of the poisonous grey mist was so powerful that it was difficult for their spiritual sense to penetrate it. At most, they could only scan a dozen or so meters away with their spiritual sense.

" In a normal situation, this would have been the best course of action, however, this situation is different."

"The little Devil lured us here for a reason. He knew that he couldn't take all of us on which was why he brought us here.

"He wants us to split up. And once we do, he'll take care of us one by one."

"You guys have already witnessed his weird demonic power. Once he killed one us and absorb that person's life essence, there's no telling how strong he'll become."

"Our best bet is to stay together. Even if we don't look for him, he'll come to us."

The moment Bloodbath had figured out that Ling Chen was luring them to the Cloud Mist Poisonous Valley, he already knew what he was planning.

Even though he was confident in the strength of the four hall masters, he was even warier of Ling Chen's power. There's so much he didn't know about his abilities.

Also, if Ling Chen had the gut to lure them here, that's because he was confident of his abilities to deal with them within the Cloud Mist Poisonous Valley. As such, he didn't dare to split up.

Because he knew that if he split the group, then he would be playing right in Ling Chen's hand.

Upon hearing the explanation of the Supreme Hall Master, the four hall masters nodded in agreement. However, deep down, they were a little angry because the supreme hall master didn't trust them and wasn't confident in their strength to deal with a little brat.

As they continued to venture aimlessly within the Cloud Mist Poisonous Valley, Bloodbath abruptly stopped.

A cold gleam flashed across his eyes as he fiercely and abruptly scanned his surroundings. At the same time, he had a solemn expression on his face.

" Is there something wrong supreme hall master."

"You didn't sense that. The little bastard is watching us."

" Get ready." Bloodbath said with a solemn expression on his face.

Meanwhile, about three kilometers away from Bloodbath and his group, Ling Chen sat crossed leg underneath a huge rotting tree with his left eye blazing with an azure light.

"Found you." He whispered with a demonic smile on his face.

Swoosh!"

"It's time for the main course." He added before he suddenly vanished from his previous position like a ghost.