Black Mark City

Having received Xiao Ming's command, Ling, which had been happily dancing in Xiao Ming's palm, stopped moving and slowly floated upward until it was level with his face.

Perhaps to avoid hurting Xiao Ming, Ling felt that distance was too close and moved several meters farther forward, stopping only when it was one meter away from the Giant Stone.

After waiting quietly for a few seconds, Ling suddenly expanded several times over. A green energy beam mixed with Blue-Pink Flame shot from it, crashing directly into the nearby Giant Stone.

Under the green energy beam, which was only around ten centimeters in diameter, the hard rock seemed like a pile of crumbling tofu.

The Giant Stone was effortlessly pierced straight through by the attack.

Strands of faint morning light entered the cave through the cylindrical wound, more than ten centimeters wide, in the middle of the stone.

Looking out through that hole, it seemed to have already become the morning of the next day.

"Is it already the next morning? Time really flies."

Xiao Ming merely Glanced At the scenery outside before no longer paying attention to it, instead focusing on the attack Ling had left on the Giant Stone.

"This power is a little astonishing. It can pierce this kind of rock without effort. A Dou Shi definitely couldn't do it, and even an ordinary unarmed Da Dou Shi couldn't achieve this. This probably isn't even the energy beam's limit. Hehe, and this attack is corrosive too. That's rather interesting. I suppose the properties of the Green Rock Profound Water were integrated into it."

Xiao Ming looked at the hole, more than ten centimeters wide, in the Giant Stone.

The hole was not smooth as imagined, but uneven and pitted. Clusters of Blue-Pink Flame burned within those small pits.

The wound Ling inflicted on the Giant Stone had initially been smooth. However, Ling's attack seemed to leave behind some green liquid in the surrounding area, and the flames Xiao Ming had once had Ling absorb ignited atop that liquid.

Those things continuously damaged the wound.

Under that sustained damage, the originally smooth wound gradually became uneven.

"Speaking Of Which, this energy beam counts as unlocking a ranged attack, doesn't it? I can let Ling out to fight enemies from now on."

Ling was so small that it was simply not easy to notice.

Xiao Ming could already imagine the scene of sending Ling out and having it fire an energy beam point-blank into someone's face.

That sight, tsk tsk tsk.

In any case, it was much easier than Xiao Ming personally using the Three Flame Ethereal Seal to Sneak Attack others.

However, when he thought to the end, Xiao Ming suddenly laughed.

"Hahaha, why have I been constantly thinking about Sneak Attack people lately?"

Speaking Of Which, in both of his recent battles, Xiao Ming had attacked first, Sneak Attacking and eliminating the enemy's important fighting force before slowly fighting And Others.

This could not be blamed on Xiao Ming for being despicable. After all, the people he Sneak Attacked were all stronger than him, and every one of them was even less honorable than he was. Sneak Attacking them was only Human Nature, and it made things easier in the end, didn't it?

Besides, where in a Fantasy World were there so many principles of benevolence and righteousness to speak of?

Especially here in the Black Corner Region, Xiao Ming understood that talking about such things in the Black Corner Region was foolish.

He Didn't Have much of a Psychological Burden about Sneak Attacking others.

After laughing at himself, Xiao Ming stopped thinking about it. Since it was already daylight outside, it was time for him to leave Green Rock Town.

He Stood Up and gave Ling a command with his mind.

"Blow up the Giant Stone."

The moment his voice fell, a deafening boom Rang Out in the space, making Xiao Ming Couldn't Help But frown at the ear-splitting sound.

Outside, atop the cliff.

Boom!

A Giant Stone fell from the sky and smashed into the ground, breaking into four pieces and kicking up clouds of dust. Threads of Blue-Pink Flame were mixed within the gray haze.

A figure Followed Closely Behind, descending from the sky and landing on the ground. The gust of wind brought by the figure's landing scattered the gray mist.

Xiao Ming looked at himself. He had jumped down from such a height without using any Dou Qi for protection, yet his legs felt no discomfort at all.

He couldn't help nodding in satisfaction at the strength of his physical body once more.

He took out a new set of black robes from his Na Ring and put them on.

First, he raised his head to Glanced At the sun, confirming the exact time.

Then he Swept Over his surroundings, identifying the direction from which he had come yesterday.

Energy surged beneath Xiao Ming's feet as he shot toward the distance.

That same day, Xiao Ming left Green Rock Town and Headed Towards his next destination.

Fourteen days later, atop a mountain ridge, a black-robed figure stood at a high point and gazed into the distance.

"This is Black Mark City, right?"

The Black-robed Person looked toward the foot of the mountain ridge and spoke softly.

There stood a massive city built from piles of jet-black Giant Stones. Its vague outline was Faintly Visible, and at the city gates in all four directions, dense little Black Dots could vaguely be seen gathering like ants and pouring into the city's enormous dark Big Mouth.

The man atop the mountain was Xiao Ming. After leaving Green Rock Town, he had made his way toward Black Mark City.

Calling it hurrying was not quite right. Because he wanted to temper himself, Xiao Ming had not actually traveled very fast. It would be more accurate to describe it as leisurely wandering.

Additionally, the Black Corner Region was incomparably chaotic, and Xiao Ming frequently encountered people trying to Rob him. That was why it had taken him more than ten days to reach Black Mark City; otherwise, it would not have taken nearly so long.

During these past ten-odd days, Xiao Ming felt that he had improved greatly. Not only had his own Dou Qi become more solid through refinement, but his various methods of fighting enemies had also become sharper, and his realm had stabilized.

Moreover, after witnessing all kinds of disgusting affairs in the Black Corner Region, Xiao Ming felt that even his Psychological Burden tolerance had significantly improved.

After crossing mountains and rivers to arrive at Black Mark City near the edge of the Black Corner Region, Xiao Ming Naturally Is here for a reason. Aside from the annual large-scale auction that would be held in Black Mark City several days later,

Xiao Ming's true purpose was naturally the secret realm mentioned by the Simulator.

Xiao Ming knew the specific location of this secret realm.

One Life Simulation had mentioned its exact location. It was in the Black Region Great Plains outside Black Mark City.

That was why Xiao Ming had come to Black Mark City.

"Black Mark City is a city under the jurisdiction of the Eight Gates. The Eight Gates can be considered an old-established force in the Black Corner Region, and their strength is extremely formidable. Their leader, Yuan Yi, is one of the Top Ten experts on the Black Rankings of the Black Corner Region. Every auction in Black Mark City is hosted by the Eight Gates."

"This secret realm will open before the large auction in Black Mark City. I'm afraid it will attract quite a few forces of roughly the same level to participate. That is somewhat troublesome."

Every time Black Mark City held an auction, it had valuable finale items, such as Earth Tier Dou Techniques and Grade Seven Medicinal Pills.

Every force in the Black Corner would send representatives to attend, and sometimes it even attracted forces from outside the Black Corner Region.

The Black Corner Region was incomparably chaotic, where Murder And Robbery were everywhere. Naturally, those who could come were all strong.

In such circumstances, if those experts discovered signs of a secret realm opening, would they let it go?

The answer was obviously no.

Aside from those major forces, some Rogue Cultivators would also gather in Black Mark City.

One Must Know that among those people, Dou Lings were not uncommon, and there were even Dou Wangs.

Rogue Cultivators were the most fanatical about opportunities like secret realms. Even if all kinds of major forces joined together, they could not drive away Rogue Cultivators who had spotted a secret realm.

People die for wealth, birds die for food. Rogue Cultivators had pitifully few ways to improve themselves, so they would seize every opportunity.

"Now that I think about it, this trip into the secret realm is quite dangerous. But wasn't this situation anticipated long ago? Why am I hesitating again now that the moment is at hand?"

Xiao Ming shook his head, circulated his Dou Qi, and raced down the mountain ridge.

As Long As he was careful, experts above the Dou Wang realm would not notice someone like him, who was merely a Da Dou Shi.

As for Dou Lings, he was not afraid of them.

If he couldn't win, couldn't he just run?

Besides, This Time was only for experience. It would Naturally Is good if he obtained something, but there was no need to force it if he gained nothing.

During these fourteen days, he had performed Life Simulation twice more. Although the results were different and his luck had been rather poor, leaving him without anything valuable, the course of those two simulations also showed that as long as he was careful, nothing would happen.

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