Slaying the Blood Beast in the Heaven-Equal Cave Abode

Fang Ling stayed at Cold Mountain Temple for a night, then descended the mountain the next day.

Rather than heading straight for the Miao Frontier, he went to the Blood Marsh.

After obtaining the complete Heavenly Net Divine Art, he had begun taking a greater interest in the Heavenly Net Church.

The Heavenly Mystic Hall had yet to be dealt with, so he intended to wipe it out before traveling south to the Miao Frontier.

Before long, he arrived in Azure Sky City after a roundabout journey.

Azure Sky City was not one of the nine main cities, but it was still fairly prosperous.

Fang Ling strolled through it, intending to find Mister Mo and the others.

The Ten Thousand Threads Pavilion, which Mister Mo had founded over the years, was located here.

But when he reached its entrance, he could not help frowning.

Quite a few people were hiding inside the Ten Thousand Threads Pavilion, but they were definitely not members of the Heavenly Net Church.

Within a certain distance, his cultivation of the Heavenly Net Divine Art's main scripture allowed him to sense those who cultivated its subsidiary scripture.

Yet not one of the people inside had cultivated the Heavenly Net Divine Art.

He slowly approached, pushed open the door, and stepped inside.

The moment he entered, the people lying in ambush in the Ten Thousand Threads Pavilion sprang out.

Their leader was a mischievous young woman of considerable strength-she was actually in the late Heavenly Authority Realm.

"Who are you, brat?"

The young woman looked at Fang Ling with a teasing expression as she asked.

"And who are you?" Fang Ling countered.

"How dare you speak to our Protector Qiao like that!" Seeing Fang Ling's attitude, a martial artist beside the young woman angrily drew his sword.

But the young woman raised a hand, signaling for them to remain calm.

Then she looked at Fang Ling with a smile and answered, "We're from the Heavenly Mystic Hall."

"You... don't tell me you're the leader of the Heavenly Net Church?"

"I hear its current leader is a young man."

Fang Ling neither confirmed nor denied it. He merely asked, "Where are the people who were here before?"

"Hehe, you'll see them. Come with me! Our hall master wants to meet you," the young woman said.

"You haven't answered my question," Fang Ling said grimly.

At his words, the smile vanished from her face.

"You refuse the face I give you and insist on making me use force, is that it?" With a cold snort, she raised her hand, intending to subdue Fang Ling first.

But at that moment, Fang Ling acted before her, stamping his foot heavily.

Terrifying power unleashed a violent shock wave. The building shattered with a crash, and the ground caved in.

Apart from the protector who looked like a young girl, none of the Heavenly Mystic Hall members surrounding Fang Ling survived. They were crushed to death on the spot.

The young woman was injured as well. Her blood and qi churned, and blood spilled incessantly from her mouth.

"How could..." Horror gripped her, and she was about to flee for her life.

But just then, a large hand settled on top of her head, making her feel as though she stood on the edge of an abyss.

"You still haven't answered my question," Fang Ling said mildly.

"We... we didn't capture them. They escaped into the Heaven-Equal Ancient Cave..." the young woman hurriedly said.

"Please spare me, sir! I was only following orders. I haven't killed a single one of your people."

"The Heaven-Equal Ancient Cave?" Fang Ling found the name somewhat familiar. He seemed to have heard of it before, but could not quite remember.

"It's a forbidden ground here in the Blood Marsh, near Azure Sky City," the young woman said.

Fang Ling gave a quiet grunt of acknowledgment, then tightened his grip and crushed her head.

Seeing his brutality, the surrounding people kept a respectful distance.

He grabbed someone at random and asked for the precise location of the Heaven-Equal Ancient Cave.

Inside the Heaven-Equal Ancient Cave.

Mister Mo and the Eagle Venerable were leading eight hundred elite members of the church through the cave with difficulty.

Fang Ling's mount, the Netherworld Beast, was among them as well, though it seemed to have suffered severe injuries, dripping blood as it walked.

The intelligence organization Mister Mo had founded was exceptionally well informed.

He had detected the Heavenly Mystic Hall's movements in advance, but had been unable to contact Fang Ling at the time, leaving him no choice but to evacuate everyone first.

Yet the Heavenly Mystic Hall moved with incredible speed. Although he had acted ahead of time, he had still been a step too late.

In the end, with no other options, he had been forced to lead his entire force into the Heaven-Equal Ancient Cave.

"Mister Mo, you've been in Azure Sky City for two hundred years."

"Do you know why the Heaven-Equal Ancient Cave is considered a forbidden ground?" Feng Feiyan asked curiously.

"Even the Heavenly Mystic Hall's people didn't dare follow us inside. That says enough about its fearsome reputation."

Mister Mo shook his head and sighed softly. "I don't know the details either."

"I've only heard that any living creature that enters the Heaven-Equal Ancient Cave never comes out again, no matter how powerful it is."

"That's why people came to call it a forbidden ground."

"If we hadn't been driven into a dead end, I would never have brought you here."

"Ah! Thinking about it now, I regret it. If our leader hears the news and follows us here..."

"It hardly matters if mediocre people like us die, but if someone with our leader's talent were lost here, it would be far too great a pity."

Feng Feiyan said, "Our leader is cold by nature, and we haven't followed him for long. He probably won't risk coming inside."

"But that's for the best. We already owe him our lives for what happened at the Flying Eagle Gate."

"If we owed him our lives again, I truly wouldn't know how to repay him."

"The Eagle Venerable is quite a beauty. You should be able to repay him with your body," Mister Mo said with a smile, flicking open his folding fan.

Feng Feiyan immediately rolled her eyes at him. "I never thought the ever-steady Mister Mo would crack jokes."

Mister Mo burst out laughing. "Aren't we about to die? We should at least die happy, not with miserable faces."

"Look at you-you might as well have the word 'worry' carved on your face!"

Feng Feiyan said, "We've been inside so long, yet nothing has happened. The feeling of a sword hanging over our heads is the real torment."

No sooner had she spoken than movement suddenly came from ahead.

"What a crow's mouth I have!" she sighed helplessly.

Huffing and puffing, a monster formed from crimson blood slowly approached them.

The monster was actually in the early Jade Balance stage, and its terrifying aura left everyone struggling to breathe.

"No wonder no one comes out alive after entering. This thing is far too terrifying," she said.

"Everyone, I'm sorry. I've led you down a road to death," Mister Mo said loudly.

"Don't say that, Ghost Envoy. If you hadn't brought us in here, we'd have died at the hands of the Heavenly Mystic Hall long ago." The eight hundred elites did not blame him, and none fled in panic.

The moment they entered the Heaven-Equal Cave Abode, they had already foreseen their end.

"If I get to fight a monster this strong before I die, I won't have lost out! Ahahaha!"

The eight hundred elites immediately spread out and took up combat positions.

Seeing this, Mister Mo laughed heartily, filled with delight.

He had personally chosen all eight hundred of them, and now his heart found great comfort in them.

"Come on!" He and Feng Feiyan stood at the very front while everyone held their breath and waited.

Seeing that they remained calm and orderly, the Blood Beast grew furious. It suddenly accelerated, charging at them with murderous force.

At that critical moment, a slender figure suddenly appeared.

Fang Ling snorted coldly and swung his sword. "Dragon-Slaying!"

With a single stroke, the Blood Beast collapsed into scattered blood.

"Hm? This aura..." Fang Ling exclaimed in surprise.

The Blood Beast he had slain was very familiar to him. It shared the same origin as the Blood Demon Ancestor.

Could this be where the Blood Demon Ancestor lived in seclusion? he wondered. There must be some treasures left in this cave abode!

When he had killed the Blood Demon Ancestor and his wife, he had found nothing on their bodies.

But the man had lived for so long that he could not possibly have had no savings.