Essence Devouring Array

"What a pity?"

The Elder from the Dark Grimm Grotto sighed inwardly. He wanted to recruit the Assassin and the other person named Kevin Walker. But he was sure that this Assassin would die, but he would not say a single thing regarding Kevin Walker's location.

But the problem is, both the Assassin and Kevin Walker were like two sides of a coin. Their value will be on full display only when they are together. If they are separated, then their existence holds no value.

"You left me with no choice. If you don't agree while I am asking you nicely, then I have to do it the hard way."

The Elder from the Dark Grimm Grotto said. Then he waved his hand and then ordered, "Prepare the Essence Devouring Array!"

Both Ethan and the Assassin initially didn't know to whom this order was directed. But they soon understood. Some people were hiding in the forest not far from their location. And most probably, the order was given to them.

"Hehe! Elder, some people don't know what is good for them. And they want to do it the hard way."

"How strange? How many people wanted to join our Grotto? This person was lucky for an elder to personally come to recruit them. And yet, he doesn't know what is good for him."

Two people appeared after the voices fell. These two people were wearing similar-looking dresses. More like a uniform though. Black robes with a Grimm Reaper's Scyth symbol on their back. This scythe was blood red in colour.

This was the uniform of Dark Grimm Grotto!

Obviously, these two people were the members of the Dark Grimm Grotto!

As they were speaking, they didn't stop their actions. Their elder has given an order. So they were simply activating the Essence Devouring Array.

They took out a small skull which was black in colour. Both Ethan and the Assassin could sense immense Sin Energy emitting out of it.

"Such a disgusting Sin Energy.... You have cultivated Sin Cultivation Spirit?"

The Assassin has an ugly expression on his face. He never thought that he would see a cultivator who has cultivated Sin Cultivation Spirit.

There are six Cultivation Spirits in the cultivation world. They are Heaven Cultivation Spirit, Soul Cultivation Spirit, Nature Cultivation Spirit, Sin Cultivation Spirit, Beast Cultivation Spirit, and Evil Cultivation Spirit.

(Author's note: The Spirit Cultivation Spirit is a little confusing. So I'm changing it to Soul Cultivation Spirit. Even the name of the Spirit God will be changed to Soul God)

Among them, the Sin Cultivation Spirit and the Evil Cultivation Spirit were noted as the most disgusting Cultivation Spirits. The Cultivators with the Sin Cultivation Spirit and the Evil Cultivation Spirit use notorious methods to progress their cultivation. They are barbaric and they never care about anything else.

They kill people without batting their eyes. Because of this reason, the Union banned people from cultivating the Sin Cultivation Spirit and the Evil Cultivation Spirit. If they found anyone practising either the Sin Cultivation Spirit or the Evil Cultivation Spirit, then they would be haunted down to their deaths.

The Beast Cultivation Spirit is fine as it doesn't involve any violence. But the Sin Cultivation Spirit and the Evil Cultivation Spirit always involve violence. Hence, the Union banned people from cultivating the Sin Cultivation Spirit and the Evil Cultivation Spirit.

And yet, both Ethan and the Assassin found people from the Dark Grimm Grotto who are cultivating the Sin Cultivation Spirit. This shows how lawless the Dark Grimm Grotto is. They didn't care about the rules set by the Union at all.

As things were progressing, Ethan and the Assassin found that the Black Skull emitting horrible and disgusting Sin Energy flew in the air. It emitted grey colour Sin energy and formed an Array around the Assassin.

The Assassin who was already trapped and couldn't move an inch felt that this Sin Energy gave him a bad feeling. As he could not free himself from the Array, the Essence Devouring Array was powered up and activated by the two people from the Dark Grimm Grotto.

As soon as the Essence Devouring Array was activated, the grey energy mixed with the Shadow Prison Formation Array. The mixture of the grey energy corroded the Shadow Prison Formation Array.

"AAHHH!!!"

The Assassin gave a shrill shout. The Grey energy entered his body through his pores, nose, eyes and mouth. His eyes immediately turned bloodshot. He was in immense pain.

Then something horrifying happened. The empty eye socket of the Black Bone which was in the mid-air channelling the Sin Energy into the Shadow Prison Formation Array suddenly lit up in blood red colour.

The Black Skull opened its mouth wide. Then pure white colour energy came out from the body of the struggling Assassin and entered the mouth of that skull.

"Shit!!!"

Ethan who was hiding and watching all this couldn't help but shout inwardly. He felt a chill down his spine when he saw this.

[Warning! Warning!]

[An extremely toxic energy detected]

[This Toxic Energy is very harmful to the User]

[It will suck your cultivation and in the process, your cultivation will start dropping]

[User doesn't have enough strength to resist it]

[User is recommended to maintain at least 200m distance from the source of this Toxic Energy]

"What?"

Ethan was shocked and then terrified. Does this Black Skull actually devour the Cultivation of other cultivators?

This is insane!

Ethan only heard or read this kind of inhumane act in the cultivation novels back on earth. But seeing it with your own eyes is different from imagining.

As for the person who is experiencing it, his shrill shouts were saying everything.

The elder from the Dark Grimm Grotto was looking at everything with not even a trace of emotions on his free. He was behaving as if all this had nothing to do with him.

He sighed and then said, "Don't blame us for this. If you had told us the location of Kevin Walker, then both of you would have been safe with us. But the secret of yours and Kevin Walker's is something we needed at any cost. So we had no choice but to take it from you by force."

Ethan was looking at everything. He was obviously scared. But at the same time, he was boiling with anger. Just because they wanted something in the Assassin's possession, they were devouring his cultivation?

Ethan had the help of the System with him. So he never knew the pain of cultivation with his hard work. But he knew that it was torturous. Reaching the Physique Strengthening Stage required a huge amount of determination and preservence.

And yet, everything he had was being taken away from him.

How could Ethan agree with that?