Devour

Cheng Bai, who had sneaked in with the two men, couldn't believe it. He knew something was wrong and was about to leave quietly, but suddenly he noticed many people coming quickly outside, so he quickly and quietly retreated to the side.

Those who came were the elders and deacons of all levels of the Hunter's Guild. When they saw the situation, they were panicked and stared at Xing Jue and Tie Baohan with wide eyes. Some of them were so angry that their eyes were bloodshot.

The leading elder shouted, "Don't act rashly, the leader died tragically, and the people present are the most suspicious. You must cooperate with the investigation."

Just as he finished speaking, the lights were suddenly put out, someone was knocked down, the sound of staggered footsteps and shouts of panic could be heard, and the hall was in chaos.

When they calmed down and relit the lights, they saw several people lying on the ground. Xing Jue and Tie Baohan were nowhere to be seen.

An elder shouted angrily, "How dare these two shameless youngsters to hurt someone and escape? They are so guilty. Who else could have killed Li Longtou?"

Cheng Bai hid in the dark, but his spiritual eyes could see clearly in the darkness. It was Tie Baohan who turned off the lights, attacked the hunters' guild, and took Xing Jue away.

He was very puzzled: "If they do this, won't it prove the crime of killing Li Quan? What are they thinking?"

The head elder said angrily, "Tie Baohan is a genius that the Guild Academy has worked hard to cultivate, and Xing Jue is the Holy Son of the Sword Sect. We have treated them with great courtesy and taken care of them in many ways. How could we have expected that they would be two ungrateful wolves who not only attracted the monsters to mobilize an army, but also killed Li Longtou, who had worked so hard and made great contributions. It is clear that they want to destroy us."

The other elders cursed angrily: "These two evil thieves are so cruel and ruthless that they dared to plot against several deacons in front of them."

"Li Longtou was highly respected, but he was killed by a villain. How can we live up to justice if we don't hold him accountable?"

"You have evil ambitions. Go to the Sword Sect and face the culprit."

The head elder comforted everyone and said, "This is a serious matter. The most urgent task is to select a new leader and notify the Sword Sect and the Academy to investigate this matter. They have a close relationship with the guild, so we must not act rashly."

Everyone said in unison: "We are willing to follow Elder Ceng Ge's lead."

Elder Cen Ge smiled and said, "It is difficult to refuse your kindness. I would be disrespectful to refuse it."

Cheng Bai watched as the Hunter Guild elected a new leader in a short period of time and the situation gradually stabilized. He didn't want to stay any longer, so he sneaked out of the top floor hall in stealth and escaped downstairs. The more he thought about it, the more strange it seemed to him.

Li Quan was in a high position with power, his strength surpassing that of the seven hall masters, but he was rare in the entire Qiongqi Continent. He was suddenly killed after being wounded in a fierce battle with a strong enemy. Power was rapidly changing hands, and there was a conspiracy hidden in the matter. It looked like a storm was brewing.

Cheng Bai couldn't think of a clue. Anyway, it was none of his business. He had already obtained precious treasures enough to exchange for the secret technique. The best thing to do was to return to the Yaoguang Temple and improve his strength as soon as possible.

The next day, the golden rooster crowed and Cheng Bai was well prepared. He set out from the west gate, crossed the Exiled Immortal River that surrounded the northwest of Tianji City, and headed for the Yaoguang Temple, exploring the deep unknown areas along the way.

Traveling through the Faceless Rift Valley, the ecology at the bottom of the valley is unique, inhabited by powerful monsters, and every lake is a nest of Chilongs.

Riding Xiaobai past the lake, the waves parted with a splash, and a Chilong beast suddenly poked its head out from the bottom of the lake, stretched its neck, opened its fangs and opened its huge mouth to bite. Normally, prey cannot escape from such a ferocious predator.

Cheng Bai's knife swept past as fast as a whirlwind, causing the huge head of the Chilong to fall off. He slowly dragged the prey ashore and harvested the crystal core and several days' food.

In addition to the delicious Chilong meat, the Faceless Rift Valley is also home to a strange bird that looks like half bee and half bird. It is called Qinyuan and is a circle larger than a mandarin duck. It is good at building giant bird nests.

Qin Yuan brews a kind of honey-like crystals in his own nest, which contains better quality sugar and is called Wo Crystal. It is indeed the best delicacy in the Great Rift Valley.

With a sly smile on his face, Cheng Bai climbed up the cliff to dig out the Qinyuan nest. He got the translucent amber-like nest crystal. He took a bite and it was as sweet and sticky as soft candy, and as fragrant as honey. It was nourishing and invigorating, and its taste was endless.

The angry Qinyuan attacked the invaders one after another, but Cheng Bai avoided the attacks nonchalantly, quickly stuffed all the nest crystals he could see into his treasure bag, jumped off the cliff and escaped, and ran towards the next Qinyuan giant nest with Xiaobai.

Deep in the Faceless Rift, there is a precious treasure called Earth Spirit Water. It is made from underground hot springs and the essence of hundreds of herbs. Drinking it can quickly repair wounds and even regenerate limbs.

It only has a small spring, but it can nourish the surrounding mountain walls like jade. The nearby vegetation is lush and the spiritual energy is thick, making it like a fairyland.

Cheng Bai filled the wine god's gourd with the magical earth spirit water, turning it into a more precious earth spirit wine, which could also enhance his skills and achieve better results.

A man and a wolf were living freely in the Faceless Valley, tasting all kinds of delicacies. Their appetites grew bigger and bigger, but they angered the overlord of the valley.

Early in the morning, Cheng Bai packed up the campsite and continued his journey to the west of the Great Rift Valley. However, he saw ten giant monsters walking side by side in the distance, blocking the passage of the rift valley. Leading them was the Chilong King who had once surrounded the east gate of Tianji City.

There are also three grades and nine kinds of Chilong clan. The ordinary ones can only be called Chilong beasts, the superior ones are called Chilong generals, and the one above the Chilong generals is the Chilong king.

It led its nine Chilong generals to come and demand punishment. They were more powerful than the giant mammoth lineup that guarded the forest that day. The challenge level of the Chilong generals alone was one level higher than that of the Barbarian King.

"Human, I smell the scent of a ferocious beast on you. It is full of danger. Do not stay in the Faceless Rift any longer." Relying on the large number of beasts, the Chilong King tried to drive Cheng Bai away.

"This is prey that has come to my doorstep. After I've dealt with you and have had enough hunting, I'll consider leaving."

Cheng Bai drew out his knife, jumped from Xiaobai's body, and chopped off the head of the nearest Chilong general with one encounter.

The Chilong King was shocked. He didn't expect the other party to kill him so easily. He hurriedly used the secret technique of water curtain to condense water vapor to form a protective barrier, and his whole body was sparkling.

This secret technique is so well defended that it is like being separated from the enemy by a river and is impervious to external forces.

Cheng Bai swung his sword and ripples appeared on the water curtain. A huge sword mark that was more than ten meters long gradually flattened out.

He was secretly surprised. This was the first time he encountered a monster that was good at defensive mystical arts. He thought to himself, "Compared with the monster's mystical arts and my spiritual shield, I wonder which one is better."

The Chilong King was far more frightened than Cheng Bai. Under the protection of the water curtain, it still felt the chill of death from the blade. It was terrified and hastily shot out several water arrows, but they were all dodged by Cheng Bai. Knowing that it was no match for him, it shouted, "Little ones, tear him to pieces quickly."

The Chilong generals came over to help, but the Chilong King took the opportunity to turn around and escape.

Cheng Bai did not let it go, and chased it a few steps to catch up, and used the ultimate move of "Knife to Open the Gate of Life and Death". The knife marks on the monster's body were much smaller, but more deadly. The knife energy penetrated the defense and damaged the internal organs. The Chilong King lost all his strength, and he fell to the ground and died after running a few steps, and the water curtain collapsed.

In that brief moment, Cheng Bai judged that the defense of the water curtain was not as good as the spiritual shield, and continued to kill the remaining Chilong generals.

Seeing their leader defeated, the Chis lost morale and became a mess. The water arrows they fired at Cheng Bai were either dodged or chopped apart by the sword energy, and they fell one after another under the sword.

The sword swung with ease and killed all the monsters.

Cheng Bai stopped, still feeling a little unsatisfied, thinking back to the battle between Qiao Beihao and the Lord of the Black Jade Banner that he saw on the shore of Kanhai. He thought that Qiao Beihao was extraordinary back then, and now he was confident that he was no less than the two of them.

He took out the pale blue crystal core of the monster and collected its meat essence, leaving behind a pile of debris. From then on, no Chilong dared to block his way, and everyone was terrified.

At night, Cheng Bai found a secluded place at the bottom of a cliff in the valley, and began to devour the 11 Chilong crystal cores he had obtained before and after. He removed the dross and retained the essence. His spiritual awareness surged, his blood surged like waves, and his cultivation improved greatly from the inside out.

Now the two of them were moving much faster than before. If Xiaobai wanted to hurry, he could travel ten thousand miles a day and eight thousand miles a night, and Chengbai himself was even faster. But compared to the vast Qiongqi Continent, the area they had passed through was still insignificant.

It was almost dawn and Xiaobai was still sleeping soundly, but Chengbai was much sharper than before. He sensed someone approaching and woke up immediately.

Looking at the mountain to the north of the Faceless Rift Valley, that is the open space where the Watch Forest and Lion Mountain meet. On the top of the mountain, a master is running towards him, his steps are as fast as a meteor, like a gust of wind.

Xiaobai was startled and Chengbai soothed its head to stop it from making any noise.

The master's legs ran extremely fast, even faster than Xiaobai's full speed, and he reached the edge of the mountain in the Faceless Rift Valley. He used the momentum to jump up and crossed the 20-mile distance of the Rift Valley with his physical body. His strength was overwhelming.

Cheng Bai's pupils shrank slightly. He was not afraid of the other party's strong body, but was more surprised that this person was actually Elder Ceng Ge whom he had met on the rooftop of Zuiyunjian that day.

"Just based on this anti-gravity power, he is comparable to the former leader of the Hunter Guild, Li Quan. Why did he come to the Faceless Rift? Isn't this a forbidden area declared by the Hunter Guild?" Cheng Bai thought to himself. The confusing bloody incident that day was more complicated than it seemed.

Cen Ge is now the leader of the Hunter Guild. His status is so noble that traveling to the Southern Continent without permission cannot be a trivial matter.

Cheng Bai became very curious, so he asked Xiaobai to wait at the bottom of the valley, and he quickly climbed up the cliff using his hands and feet, and came to the south side of the Faceless Rift Valley.

His cultivation was several times stronger than the last time he met the Faceless Man. He was confident that he could handle any emergency, but he was surprised when he reached the southern peak.

The top of the mountain was charred black, obviously where a fierce battle had taken place. Three diamond men were standing nearby, and they looked the same as those seen in Shell Hill and Watch Forest. The difference was that there was no sign of life at all, only broken remains.

Examining the body of the Diamond Man, it is found to be different from the Stone Man in Strange Rock Mountain. What are the specific differences?

In the past, Cheng Bai couldn't put it into words, but when he thought of the exquisiteness of Fang Wanzhan's weapon refining, and then looked at the perfect proportions of the diamond people, their exquisiteness, and their cleanness and order as if they were cast from the same mold, he realized, "They don't look like natural alien creatures, but more like the result of weapon refining."

A closer look revealed that the Diamond Man was covered in wounds, seemingly from being punched and kicked, but there was only one fatal wound, a large hole through the heart.

The Diamond Man's body was so strong and his vitality was so tenacious that he didn't die even after his head was cut off. Instead, he died from such a quick and clean move. The destructive power was shocking.

"They didn't leave any crystal cores behind. The weak point is not the head, but the heart. The core is right here. It couldn't have been done by Ceng Ge, as he just passed by."

Now Cheng Bai's strength has greatly improved, and it is not easy to win against three of them. Who is the master who did this? Cheng Bai thought of the faceless commander he met near the Great Rift Valley before. Could it be him? Suddenly, he felt that the wound that penetrated him looked familiar, and he couldn't help but think about it.

Looking for a while from the top of the mountain, below the southern peak is a vast plain that cannot be seen in the north of the Great Rift Valley. There are regular buildings distributed on the ground, and their shapes are like sharp blades inserted into the ground. They are of different heights and staggered, as if it is a town.

This made Cheng Bai unbelievable. Monsters actually had urban buildings... No, this showed that the faceless people were not ordinary monsters. They were also humanoid intelligent creatures with a considerable degree of civilization.

With great curiosity, Cheng Bai climbed over nearly a hundred miles of mountains and plains, and approached the building complex in stealth to explore. Occasionally, there were some faceless warriors taller than ordinary people coming and going around. The society was orderly and peaceful. It was clearly a foreign country.

Later, Ceng Ge was seen coming out of a building as tall as a rocket and striding away. Outside the building stood a huge sign that read "Hunter Gun King".

Cheng Bai sneaked in to check and found that the owner of the building was actually a tall old human with black clothes and white hair. He was wiping all kinds of wonderful weapons in the store. There were even advanced thermal weapons on display, which was jaw-dropping.

For example, this strange-looking broadsword has a slender and sharp blade at the front and a wide and complex handle like a gun with a buttstock. It combines the advantages of cold weapons and hot weapons. It can be used as a broadsword and as a firearm for long-range shooting.

Cheng Bai was watching intently as the old human began to introduce things attentively.

"This is called a gun blade. It is made of luxurious silver and siliconized carbon. It is very popular among humanoid warriors. There are also blade-shaped ones. The sword-shaped one is the weapon style chosen by most warriors."

Cheng Bai emerged from his invisible state and asked in surprise, "Can you see me?"

"For a warrior who has mastered the realm of perfection, invisibility at such a close distance is meaningless. I am Zhuo Zhibang, the owner of Hunter Gun King, welcome to our shop." Zhuo Zhibang greeted with a smile.

To dare to say that one has mastered the domain to perfection means that one has achieved perfection in the realm of heaven and man. The old man in front of him is a master who is hiding his true strength.

Cheng Bai looked up at the Overlord Spear that was inlaid on the ceiling of the shop like a decoration. The shining tip of the spear was sharp and intimidating. He hesitated and said, "The previous master of Tianshu Palace was also called Zhuo Zhibang?"

Zhuo Zhibang hung up the cotton cloth he was using to wipe his weapon and said, "It is me, I didn't expect there are still young people who remember my name."

"The Hunter Guild thought you were dead." Cheng Bai was full of doubts.

"The former Zhuo Zhibang is as good as dead, but for me it is a new life. Did you see Cen Ge who went out? He has just been promoted to the leader of the Hunter Guild. The higher the position, the greater the pressure."

It turns out that Zhuo Zhibang has integrated into the faceless people society and is enjoying himself here.

Cheng Bai understood and asked, "Is Ceng Gelongtou also in the Heaven Realm?"

Zhuo Zhibang shook his head and said, "Cen Ge is still a little short of that, he is only half a step away from becoming a celestial being. In the past five hundred years, only three people from the Gentlemen Clan on the mainland have reached the celestial being realm, one is me, one is Li Quan, and the other is the leader of the Weapon Sect. The kid surnamed Fang is amazing, he has practiced the secret Seven Treasures Golden Body of the Weapon Sect to the third level, and in the past ten thousand years, only the first generation leader of the Weapon Sect has surpassed this realm."

Cheng Bai thought for a moment and asked, "Among the three seniors, who is the strongest?"

Zhuo Zhibang sighed, "The great waves wash away the sand, and each generation is stronger than the last. Back then, Li Quan defeated me by one move. I thought I had a chance to catch up because I was younger. But when Fang Wanzhan won the title of Hunter King, I realized that I had fallen behind the young people. It would be better for me to retire and open a small shop."