The Hidden Hunter, a Deal in the Dark

Faced with this sudden and terrifying strangulation attack, capable of leveling a building to the ground.

Dongfang Yueming didn't even lift his eyelids.

"Die, monster!" Blood Hand roared.

However.

"Buzz--"

To the utter astonishment of the four, Dongfang Yueming's figure flickered without warning, like the static on an old television screen.

[Heaven Grade Ultimate Technique - the Ends of the Earth Are Within Reach]!

Blood Hand claws, the bald, muscular man's heavy punches, the other two's leg shadows and weapons... all pierced through the afterimage left by Dongfang Yueming without any hindrance!

"Boom!!!"

The violent energy and power collided heavily, instantly turning the entire VIP room into ruins, with dust billowing everywhere!

"Did you hit him?!" Blood Hand shouted breathlessly.

"Is this how you treat customers in your black market?"

A calm voice suddenly rang out behind the four of them.

"What?!"

The four of them froze, turning around abruptly as if electrocuted.

Dongfang Yueming, unnoticed, stood calmly at the edge of the ruins, hands in his pockets. Not a speck of dust touched him, as if the devastating attack had merely passed through thin air.

"Spatial teleportation?! This... how is this possible?!"

The fourth brother's legs went weak, his eyes filled with horror. This method of ignoring physical attacks and teleporting instantly was completely beyond their comprehension!

The four men looked ashen-faced, a deep sense of powerlessness rising within them.

Four Blood Transformation Realm cultivators launched a sneak attack together, but they couldn't even touch the hem of someone's clothes. How can they possibly win?!

Looking at the four trembling people below, Dongfang Yueming did not rush to make a move. Instead, he asked with great interest:

"I'm curious, I clearly used legitimate Earth Grade martial arts techniques to make the deal, so why did you suddenly attack like mad dogs?"

Blood Hand swallowed hard and pointed tremblingly at the fourth brother.

"M-Master, Fourth Brother has a special eye technique. He... he said you don't have human blood and energy; you're an extremely terrifying high-level Variants. We... we did this to protect ourselves..."

"Variants?"

Dongfang Yueming chuckled silently.

The blood flowing within him is the Heaven Grade Perfection [Blood Contains Divine Radiance], refined by the "Chaos Creation Blood Refining Scripture," with blood and qi as smooth as jade and divine radiance concealed within. It's normal that these bumpkins can't see through it.

"Since you all think I'm a monster..."

Dongfang Yueming shook his head slightly, "Then let me show you what it means to be human."

"Disperse!"

He let out a soft shout, no longer trying to conceal it, and suddenly released a wisp of the extremely pure, powerful, and yang- Heaven Grade Qi and Blood that he had been suppressing within his body!

"Boom--!"

Like a vast and blazing sun suddenly rising in the underground black market!

A terrifying Vitality and masculine pressure swept across the entire area in an instant! Faced with this absolutely pure human blood, the four Blood Transformation Realm experts felt their souls tremble, but they did not sense the slightest bit of the cold, bloodthirsty evil of the Variants!

"Excellent... such pure blood and energy! This is definitely the blood and energy of a human Martial Dao master!"

The four of them instantly realized what a foolish mistake they had made.

"Your Excellency, spare us! We were blind and offended you!" Blood Hand and the others knelt down without hesitation, cold sweat pouring down their faces.

Beyond the shock, a storm of emotions raged within them.

This lord's strength is so terrifying, killing them is like slaughtering chickens for him, what need does he have for the Blood Transformation Realm techniques?! Could it be... he hasn't undergone Blood Transformation yet?! But how is that possible?!

He must be a hidden super boss, living a carefree life, or perhaps he has some peculiar hobby!

No matter what, we must cling to this powerful figure!

"Get up. I only want the cultivation technique." Dongfang Yueming concealed his aura.

The four were as if they had been granted a pardon.

"My lord! There are indeed no advanced Blood Transformation Method in this black market, but the four of us cultivate different attribute Yellow Grade Blood Transformation Realm techniques! Although they are Yellow Grade, they have been honed by us over many years!"

Blood Hand took out his cultivation technique jade slip from his pocket without hesitation, and the other three followed suit, respectfully offering it with both hands.

Four Yellow Grade Blood Transformation Techniques!

For these four people, it was a matter of life and death, but for Dongfang Yueming, it was the perfect material to synthesize an advanced cultivation technique!

"Very good."

Dongfang Yueming accepted the jade slip with satisfaction; he was a man who valued fair trade above all else.

"I will teach you a Earth Grade sword technique, ' Cold Shadow Saber-Drawing Slash,' and a low- Earth Grade fist technique, ' Great Wilderness World-Suppressing Fist.' Although they are incomplete, they are enough for you to dominate in the Blood Transformation Realm."

The four managers were so excited they were trembling, and tears were about to fall.

This is Earth Grade! An unparalleled opportunity I wouldn't even dare to dream of!

"Thank you so much for bestowing this teaching upon me, sir! I will never forget your immense kindness and virtue!"

Just then, the fourth brother gritted his teeth, suddenly stepped forward, and held an old bone fragment high in his hands.

"My lord! We were the ones who offended you first, yet you not only spared our lives but also bestowed upon us unparalleled martial arts techniques! Fourth Brother has no way to repay you!"

"This bone fragment contains the ' Illusion-Breaking Void Pupils ' technique I cultivate! Although it's only at the Yellow Grade and difficult to understand, it's extremely mysterious. Consider it a small token of my apology to you, sir!"

"Oh?"

Dongfang Yueming took the bone fragment, a slight thought crossing his mind. This thing could detect his extremely restrained abnormal qi and blood; it was indeed quite interesting.

"System, input."

[Learned the Qi Technique "Illusion-Breaking Void Pupils" (Yellow Grade) (0/12, Not Yet Entry)!]

"Qi Technique?!"

Dongfang Yueming's heart skipped a beat, and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.

No wonder the fourth brother said it was obscure and difficult to understand.

This is not a "blood technique" for cultivating the first three physical realms of Blood Nourishing, Blood Refining, and Blood Transformation at all!

Rather, it is a technique that can only be used after transcending the limitations of the physical body and entering the second major stage—the [Qi Gathering Realm]!

Jinling City, the Xiahou Family's underground secret chamber.

Xiahou Chen sat on the pale white bone chair, his narrow, vertical pupils filled with a mixture of anger and astonishment.

"Bang!"

He suddenly crushed a piece of bone protrusion on the armrest, and bone dust fell down in a shower.

"Still no news from Yuan?!"

The black-clad clansmen kneeling below trembled. The leader, his voice trembling, replied, "Reporting... reporting to our master... since Lord Yuan went to pursue the young lady, he has completely disappeared. We sent men to search the abandoned building area where he was last seen..."

The man swallowed hard, his voice growing even more terrified. "The scene... there was only a large pool of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs. After confirmation... it belonged to Lord Yuan."

"But strangely, we found no trace of a battle, no sword strikes, not even a crater in the ground. It was as if... as if Lord Yuan was instantly crushed into mincemeat by some incredibly terrifying force!"

"Crush it into minced meat?!"

Upon hearing this, the elders in the secret room gasped in shock.

Xiahou Yuan was a powerful expert at the Third Level of the Blood Refining Realm. Once he revealed Variants true form as a mutant, his hard scales could even withstand large-caliber armor-piercing bullets! How could he have been instantly killed without even a trace of resistance?!

"Not only that, the young lady has also disappeared." The man in black lowered his head even further.

Just then...

"Buzz--"

On the coffee table in front of Xiahou Chen, a specially made encrypted communicator suddenly vibrated.

He glanced at the code name displayed on the screen, frowned slightly, and answered the call.