As Tang Peng walked out of the forest, the blazing sun shone directly on him, blinding him with its intense light. As he shielded his eyes with his hand, he could see that he had approached the foot of a mountain.
He checked his arm again. This time, the arrow had enlarged to cover his entire arm. The attraction to the destination on this mountain was so powerful, it was as if he would involuntarily fly towards the destination at any moment.
However, Tang Peng was really excited for this moment. It was time to see if his bet to enter the boundary had paid off or not. With a fanatic look in his eyes, he ran towards the foot of the mountain, and started to ascend immediately.
When Tang Peng first stepped onto the mountain, he could feel a dense negative aura, but he felt like he was entering a comfortable place. The sunlight seemed to be unable to penetrate the negative aura, as he could not see any sunlight once he was on the mountain.
Surprisingly, the dense negative aura did not hinder him at all. In fact, it was like the chains that were inside his body had been released, making his body slightly more powerful than before.
"It feels like I'm being bathed in sunlight." The negative aura felt as warm as sunlight to him. Tang Peng's soul became very active within the aura, and the chaotic voices within him grew louder, making Tang Peng feel a bit uncomfortable, but he was fine for now.
Originally, Tang Peng did not have the strength or stamina to ascend a mountain. The effect of strengthening of his legs was about 20% of the Ninety Nine Heavenly Kicks, but it was enough to help him climb up the mountain.
Tang Peng started to ascend the mountain. He grabbed a random tree, and used it to pull himself up further. The mountain did not have a paved path like the one in Nine Step Sect. He had to manually climb up himself using his hands.
As he grabbed it tightly, he winced as he felt the friction of holding the tree hurt his hand. However, he continued to move upwards and planted his feet in another location.
As he slowly ascended up the mountain, he grabbed rocks, plants, anything that was stuck in his ground. There were a few moments where the dirt came loose, and he nearly dropped to death, but he always managed to drop on something nearby.
His body had suffered severe injuries which would normally incapacitate him from the drops, but the energy that was provided by the berries and the talisman earlier had suppressed the injuries for now.
As he eventually got closer to his destination, the dense negative aura increased, making the voices inside his soul rebel even more, making Tang Peng feel slightly disoriented.
Even though his mind was fatigued from the various sounds that he was hearing, he ignored them and continued to rise up with every step. The voices that tried to tempt him were overshadowed by his burning desire to become a cultivator.
Tang Peng started to understand that his condition now probably had something to do with this negative aura. It had awakened the voices, and yet it was bringing to him sort sort of peace. He no longer doubted the existence of the cultivator's legacy. After all, only a powerful cultivator could probably create such a dreadful aura.
At long last, as Tang Peng climbed up a rock, the arrow on his arm flew out and pierced a barrier that was invisible to the naked eye. The barrier flashed for a second, and Tang Peng quickly hauled himself up. He had lost the attraction to the destination, but the barrier shimmered for a second, and quickly disappeared.
Tang Peng spotted an elderly corpse on the floor. The arrow exploded on the rocky floor, forming a shadowy pool underneath the corpse. The corpse quickly absorbed the shadowy pool, before starting to breath again. The corpse was an old man, who looked insanely fragile, but after absorbing the pool, he regained the vitality of a middle aged man.
"I have been waiting for a few days. Now, I just have to regain the rest of my soul." Even though the body was twisted and broken in many different ways, the corpse just twisted them back to the original position while talking and stroking his smooth, black beard.
"You're the boy I possessed earlier, huh. I will have to thank you for returning me to my body, this is my gift to you!" A powerful orb formed in his hand, condensed of the large negative aura which surrounded both of them. The corpse cackled incessantly as the orb gathered more and more power.
"Hehehe. World of Poison, Blast of Extremity! Once you're gone, I will absorb all my soul shards back to me!" Lai Qing leaned back, before tossing the Yin Blast of Extremity at Tang Peng. It was a purple fire, that was filled with various Yin Toxins. No one had been able to resist his move, unless they were of the Yin Body Type. Even then, he tried to avoid them, so he quickly became a powerful existence using this skill he had comprehended himself.
However, he did not expect that the blast did not even affect Tang Peng, but instead it dissipated into purple gas and was deflected by Tang Peng's body. Tang Peng, who had not even noticed the attack, was at first surprised, but after realising the attack did no damage to him, he became much more confident in dealing with this old man.
"I should have known! No normal person would have been able to resist the chaotic aura of my boundless Yin Qi!" The dense negative aura around the both of them, was actually the Yin Qi which spilled out of the soul when Lai Qing's soul had shattered.
"It seems like I will have to use more power to defeat you!" Lai Qing's eyes hardened, as his body, strengthened by the effects of Yin Qi, flew forward to deal a vicious punch to Tang Peng's gut!
However, as Lai Qing's fist got ever closer to Tang Peng's gut, his fist had slowed down to a stop. He looked on with horrification as his arm started to crumble. He quickly retreated back to his original location.
"What kind of monster are you? Even an Yin Body Type cultivator cannot directly erode my Yin Qi..." Lai Qing used the Yin Qi to form himself another purplish arm.
"Since you have made your move, old man, it's time for you to see my move!" Tang Peng's pasted all the remaining talismans on him. He was not sure if this old cultivator still had any other move, so he wanted to take this chance to put him down for good!
Under the effect of the Ninety Nine Heavenly Kicks, his legs had been enhanced to an incredible state. He became a blur, as he rapidly kicked Lai Qing several times. With every kick, Lai Qing's body could not help but simply dissolve into dust.
"You young bloody upstarts...! Ke!" The power that had been powering the corpse and the soul were all dissipated away by Tang Peng. Lai Qing's angry shout was stuck in his throat, as all that was left of him were the belongings.
Tang Peng just stared coldly at the old fogey's belongings. It was already the second time he had killed. If he had to be honest, it didn't really matter to him. He was ridding the world of scumbags like this man anyway.