The huge burly middle-aged cultivator sensed a great amount of danger from seemingly out of nowhere, he quickly activated his Tier 8 Vajra Bear Martial Spirit and brought forth his greatest strength.
Tang Yin appeared before the burly middle-aged man and thrust his Abyssal Sword at his chest, the cultivator was hurled into the air from the impact of the sword and hit a tree which brought the momentum of the man to a halt.
The burly middle-aged man was still alive. Tang Yin was slightly surprised, this was the first cultivator that had withstood a single blow from his Abyssal Sword without dying.
The burly middle-aged cultivator got up, there was a long wound across his whole chest, even his bones were visible to the naked eye. He was hanging onto his life by a thread.
The burly middle-aged cultivator looked like he wanted to open his mouth to speak but Tang Yin did not give him a chance, he rushed towards the cultivator with almost the same speed as before. The burly middle-aged man could not resist, he was barely hanging onto his life by a thread, and he did not even have the strength to activate his Martial Spirit. The burly middle-aged man's head flew into the air; his headless body plummeted to the ground with a thud.
Tang Yin casually stripped his storage ring and activated his Heaven Devouring Abyss Martial Spirit to Devour the burly middle-aged cultivator. Once he was done with this simple routine, he carried on searching for new prey.
Half a day had passed in the blink of an eye, Tang Yin had killed many cultivators of various stages. He had met a few cultivators in the 7th stage of the Spirit Channelling realm, but they were also swiftly killed by him. Unless they had a strength or a defence-based Martial Spirit and could activate it in time like the burly middle-aged cultivator, they could not avoid the fate of dying in a single strike.
Tang Yin could feel it, he could feel that the 8th stage was infinitesimally nearby. If he devoured one more cultivator in the 7th stage of the Spirit Channeling Realm, he could advance to the 8th stage.
Tang Yin had killed lots of cultivators today, he knew there were only a few more cultivators left before he swept clean the Middle Ring of the second batch of cultivators.
Another few hours passed; Tang Yin had killed all the cultivators from the second batch except for one. The last cultivator was a female, her appearance was merely better than average, but her strength was at the 7th stage of the Spirit Channelling Realm. Her Martial Spirit was a Tier 7 Long Whip.
She wore very expensive clothes; Tang Yin could easily tell she was a genius from a big family in Maple Leaf City. She had a huge background, but this did not deter Tang Yin in the slightest. It did not matter who she was, if she could allow him to advance to the 8th stage, he would gladly Devour her.
Darkness shrouded the land; the female cultivator Tang Yin was monitoring had cleared out a cave for herself and had built a bonfire inside of it. Tang Yin had the Heaven Piercing Gaze, whether it was day or night did not matter, he could see everything as clear as day. But the same could not be said for the female cultivator.
Tang Yin stealthily entered the cave, he wanted to kill the woman in her sleep, but plans did not always go as one expected. The woman had set up multiple precautions that would alert her when one entered her cave. Tang Yin had accidentally activated one of these precautionary methods despite possessing the Heaven Piercing Gaze, the method the female cultivator had used was superb, not even Tang Yin had noticed it.
The female cultivator rapidly woke up and shouted, "Who is it?!" but she obtained no answer. Tang Yin had the absolute advantage in this darkness with his Heaven Piercing Gaze. The female cultivator's vision was blindsided, she activated her Tier 7 Martial Spirit Long Whip and an elongated, thin whip manifested in her hands.
She swung the whip around her, she felt no impact, this meant that the invader was not near her. She continued swinging the whip around her in a defensive manner, this created a sort of barrier which rotated very fast. Even with Tang Yin's speed he could not breakthrough without sustaining many injuries.
A cold smirk appeared on his lips; the female cultivator had used a method which made it so Tang Yin could not get close to her without getting injured by the long whip. However, the cost of this technique was that her mobility was reduced drastically, she was a sitting duck.
Tang Yin raised his Abyssal Sword and held it in a manner one would hold a spear, he gripped it tightly while running forward a few steps. He then threw his Abyssal Sword like a spear towards the female cultivator's heart.
The next second, a shrill scream of pain echoed within the cave. The Abyssal Sword had penetrated the female cultivator's heart and killed her the instant the sword made contact.
Tang Yin walked up to the dead body of the female cultivator which was impaled to the wall of the cave by the Abyssal Sword. Tang Yin pulled out the Abyssal Sword and deactivated it, the female cultivators corpse fell from the wall of the cave to the ground bringing with it a rain of blood.