"Death to all beings." Tang Peng's right arm began to grow into a deformed and monstrous form, while one sigil out of the many sigils on it resonated and grew even brighter. Tang Peng's eye pupils had completely changed to a greenish colour.
He could feel a connection to the wishes of the dead, which were filling him with hatred and this power. Not only that, he could now see the dead monkey's soul inside of him, which was being imprisoned inside a dark cage formed of Yin energy and sigils.
"I understand now. The powerful grudges left behind by the dead... The hatred within fuels this power I have." Tang Peng could feel the hatred bubbling within his soul. The spiritual soil produced was entirely black, but there was also a feeling of ominous intent emitting from it.
As hatred overcame Tang Peng, he quickly took deep breaths to stabilise himself. He got rid of all the thoughts in his mind, allowing him room to breathe. After a few seconds, the feelings of hatred retreated back into his soul, and Tang Peng turned back to normal.
Tang Peng started to pant for air, the moment that his body went back to normal. He did not know what would have happened if he really allowed the hatred to conquer his body.
Sure, it was a source of unfathomable power. He had felt like the strength of his arm was boosted by a deadly force when his emotions were out of control.
However, this strength came at a price. It nearly instantly took over Tang Peng's mind. That meant that he could not fully utilise this power, unless he was really looking to die.
At most, he could probably utilise 0.1% of this devilish power if he wanted to keep a rational mind. It was good enough for him. After all, he had managed to get a cultivation method and a secret technique he could utilise.
He decided to name this form that he could switch into. Since this power was because of the resultant grudges and mix of Yin Qi, it shall be called the Hatred Yin Form.
Tang Peng did not want to focus on this power any longer. He wanted to quickly absorb this Yin Qi that was still on this mountain for cultivation!
Since he had already absorbed all the Yin Qi that was in this area, Tang Peng moved out of the high mountain areas, and went to the lower mountain area. Even though the mountain was steep, he could still find objects on which he could sit on.
As Tang Peng drew in the Yin Qi in the lower areas, he instantly frowned. The amount of Yin Qi here was not even a fourth of the purity that the Yin Qi that was in the area of the corpse had. After he refined it through his soul, there was only a pitiful amount of spiritual soil that was produced. It was like a grain of sand added to a mound of sand.
That was it? Tang Peng was surprised. He thought that from the dense negative aura, there would be more spiritual soil produced from the Yin Qi. Since there was no more Yin Qi on the mountain, he would leave first. Of course, he did not know that some soul shards from Lai Qing had already absorbed all the pure Yin Qi on the mountain.
As he lifted his head up from his cultivation posture, there were a couple of figures that were assembled in the sky. Even though they were blurry, he could see their faint outlines.
One of these shadowy figures took out a sword, before flicking it and sending it directly towards the mountain. To be more specific, it was sending it directly to where Tang Peng was standing!
"This is so unfair..." Tang Peng was about to leave, but exactly at this moment, someone had to ruin his plans, which had been going smoothly up to this point. He felt like he was about to spurt out some blood because of his resentment.
As he tried to move away, he realised that he was too slow. Even though cultivating had allowed him to gain some incremental increase in his physical strength, it did not compare to when he was surrounded by thick Yin Qi.
He could only defend against the attack on the spot. He closed his eyes, and let the hatred residing within the spiritual soil activate 0.5% of its power.
The fingernails on Tang Peng's right hand elongated, along with his arm changing to a crimson red colour. He held his arm as a barrier, using it to shield against the attack.
The Porcupine's Reflection was not used in his fight against the old man, so its Qi also came out and reared its head at the flying sword.
Even with the combined defence of both the talisman and the Grudge Yin Form, the flying sword was still too much to handle for Tang Peng. The Porcupine's Reflection only held for 3 seconds before losing its effect, while Tang Peng was directly sent crashing against the mountain from the impact made.
Huh. I guess I really fulfilled my wish. How ironic. Tang Peng realised his wish of spurting blood out that he had just now came through. Tang Peng then coughed out more mouthfuls of blood. Even the soul within Tang Peng was badly affected by the attack.
There was huge damage dealt to all his internal organs. If his meridians really existed in the first place, he would be instantly crippled on the spot. He could feel some of his spiritual soil leaking out from his soul, making him grunt in anger and pain.
The blast of a Soul Nurture cultivator was not to be underestimated. They could fully utilise the power of the Rotating Core at this point, drawing it out to deal a powerful blow to the body and soul. That was why it was so hard to breach through the barrier to Soul Nurture Realm.
However, it was a piece of cake to the person who had shot the sword at Tang Peng, Zhou Qing. He was one of the legendary talents of the previous era, having a potential of 8.9. He then rose to prominence as the leader of the Dragonic Sect's main firepower, the Dragons of Lang Tian, before becoming one of the top elders of Dragonic Sect.
He and the elders that was sent to search for Tai Qi was attracted to the mountain, due to the sudden burst of demonic energy in the area. They were all shocked to see that the demonic energy had disappeared after they had arrived at the mountain.
At that moment, Zhou Qiang saw a figure that raised its head to look at them. He suspected that they was a demonic cultivator, since he was on this mountain, so he fired a sword with 10% of his strength to try and probe them.
That figure really was a demonic cultivator, as he could feel a demonic energy arise from the figure when he blocked the sword. However, the figure was probably very weak, as they was blasted away instantly. It should be enough to instantly kill them, but Zhou Qing wanted to see if they were still breathing.
"Look! Look! LOOK!" Zhou Qing was distracted by shouts from a fellow elder. That elder was frantically pointing towards a point on another mountain. As the elders turned to look at the place that was being pointed at, their faces were filled with utter shock.
The weapon "Dragon God" that was split in half was being gripped by a person devoid of all energy. The blue and majestic robes that was covered in dust was also worn by someone who had lost their energy.
On a mountain, two extremely powerful people had been fighting to the death, fuelled by despair, and they were now dead.
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Lai Qing grimaced. He had nearly reassembled his whole soul, but he had felt that a part of his soul and his body had been reduced to nothing but Yin Qi. The loss of his soul piece would at least set back his cultivation base by one level.
Even though he was confident that the Yin Toxins on the book would have killed the person that killed his soul piece, he needed to go back to check.
Lai Qing closed his eyes, before turning into a shadow form, moving through the space of the underworld in order to find the mountain where his soul shattered. As he moved out of the shadows of the mountain, he felt a cold fury.
Both the book and the robes on his body were all taken away. There was no corpse to be found anywhere near his body. That meant that the person actually survived all his Yin Toxins and managed to successfully take away his remaining belongings.
Lai Qing immediately assumed that it was someone who was weaker than him who took away his stuff. A higher realm being did not need this cultivation method, as they were already too advanced on their own path to switch now.
Since his secrets would land in the hands of a stranger, Lai Qing planned time go all out to kill that person. Even if it meant overturning the Five Stars Continent, the person will pay for everything they did to him!
Lai Qing stepped back into the shadows, as he slowly merged into the darkness around him. Lai Qing's eyes, which had turned completely black, was the last thing that was left of him, before he returned to darkness entirely.