Death Valley
"Hehehe...." muttered the old man. He slowly walked up to them menacingly, with a hunchback so far it made his back look like a mountain ascending. His eyes were pitch black sunken into his skulls. Nails so long and sharp that it scraped the floor as he walked.
They stood in fear because of the system's warning.
They couldn't gauge how strong the old man was, but every step he took made their bone rattle.
[So much pressure with this old man... he is powerful!]
[Is he going to kill me and Feng Shu...?}
"Hello Boys."
As the old man spoke those words, Feng Shu and Beng Hun puked out a lot of blood and fell unconscious. He touched them with his nails, staring and smiling for a few minutes. Then a mark appeared on their back, and he proceeded to walk past them into the Mystical Thunder Forest.
[Those two survive my Qi-infused words even though they haven't step foot into a realm... what peculiar fellows... I'll give them my little gift hehe....]
[12 hours later.]
They were in a cave. Feng Shu woke up first, and immediately tried to look at his surroundings. He realized they were both tied up. He saw a bunch of corpses on the ground, fresh and mutilated. Big creatures named
"Beng Hun I believe we were taken here to be used as food for these creatures. They are busy eating now, and will soon descend upon us. So we must escape."
"Should I use my skill to knock them up?"
"No. The people may be around us still and we have to be as careful as possible to not alert them. I'll tear off the ropes using my Heavenly Demon Spirit."
Feng Shu silently used his skill. In their first battle, they yelled it out because of their life-and-death battle against the Yiut. They were not so calm-minded and were panicking. But after a few training sessions during their walk around the forest, Feng Shu wondered if he could activate it in his mind.
[Heavenly Demon Spirit.]
Feng Shu immediately went to work and tore off their ropes. The Blood Worms were still eating and didn't pay attention to them.
Feng Shu and Beng Hun sneaked away, hurrying to the entrance. They almost made it outside before they stepped on a trap. The entrance immediately got sealed by a thick wall that came down from the top. A liquid was splashed onto them and the Blood Worms screeched.
[Shit! What the hell is this liquid?!]
The Blood Worms were approaching them aggressively at a fast speed that was surprising for their size.
"Beng Hun, get ready to knock them up! There are 8 of them."
"Alright!"
Feng Shu looked at the first one that was approaching to see the stats.
[Level 9! We are only level 5!]
"Beng Hun! Don't use it yet! We must group them up, so I'll try to stop the first one!"
Feng Shu tackled the Blood Worm and punched it. To his surprise, it went through easily.
<100 EXP gained. Splitted between Beng Hun and Feng Shu 70% each.>
"What.. these creatures are weak. Beng Hun! Come closer and kill them all."
Beng Hun ran forward and used his Heaven Void Step. Instead of knocking up all the creatures, he exploded all the Blood Worm into pieces.
[By the heavens!]
[Beng Hun!?]
<100 EXP gained. Splitted between Beng Hun and Feng Shu 70% each.>
<100 EXP gained. Splitted between Beng Hun and Feng Shu 70% each.>
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"Damn! We are level 7 now Feng Shu. Those Blood Worms were weak."
"I'm seriously impressed Beng Hun. You are becoming strong."
They both high-fived each other and laughed. But this soon stopped as they heard talking outside. Feng Shu and Beng Hun made a plan to get out of this place unscathed.
"Looks like we had someone still alive in this place."
"Open the wall, I believe the Blood Worms took care of it."
Two people in black robes entered the cave. They looked around and the dead Blood Worms.
"Who did this?! Where are they?!"
"They must still be here! Look around!"
"Heaven Void Steps!"
As soon as they heard another voice say those words, they looked behind them but saw nothing. Immediately after, one of their heads got smashed as Beng Hun descended from the top with his foot out. The other one was in shock but before he could recover, Feng Shu decapitated his head. Both of their bodies were now without one.
[Thank god I trained with Beng Hun as extra weight, we would've probably never pulled that off with him on my back hiding in the top corner of the cave.]
"Let's escape now Beng Hun!"
As they exited the cave, They saw several huts in front of them. The land was barren and the skies were still darkened. There were several banners that was labeled "Blood Corpse Cult".
Three people with black robes appeared.
"How did you escape!"
"What did you do with our other brothers?!"
"We will kill you!"
They charged at the brothers but immediately stopped as the both of them started laughing.
"We killed your brothers fools!"
"Do you dare try to court death imbeciles?! Heaven Void Steps!"
As Beng Hun took a step. All of them were knocked so high that when they fell, they instantly died when they hit the ground. They waited to see if there would be more people coming, but saw nothing after a few minutes.
"Well let us get out of here Beng Hun. Seems like no one will stop us."
Feng Shu jinxed it. A man with blood-shot eyes came out from the ground. His black hair was messy and long, with a mustache that looked like a demon. He wore a small ring on one of his fingers. A gust of wind was sent out from him.
[Foundational Establishment! Level 31! How strong is he?]
[9837 years.... he is old!]
One of the black robe men was still alive and grabbed Beng Hun's foot.
"AH!" Beng Hun got scared and jumped.
"Hahaha! We finally have awakened our master..." He died soon after saying this.
Feng Shu stood there tense. He was thinking of ways to deal with this new situation.
Several more people with black robes came from the distance. They were surrounding the man like guards. He stood there and stared blankly.
"We have finally revived our master Weigong with countless sacrifices!"
"We will bring a new order to this new world!"
Every one of them cheered and hollered. They were excited because they have been doing this for the last 10 years. Killing anyone and bringing their corpse to this cave to be fed to the bloodworms.
"But first we must kill these two fools who have attacked our cult!"
"With our new master!"
"WOOOOH!!"
But the man suddenly screamed and killed every single one of the black robed men. They couldn't react in all. The two brothers stood there in shock. Would he go for them next? The man started speaking.
"God damn it I was sleeping and I woke up because I heard some loud footsteps! Then these fools started yelling in my ears!"
Beng Hun knew those loud footsteps were his.
"My head hurts... I feel like I have slept for a long time. The last thing I remember was traveling with this women and she made me drink something."
He then looked at Beng Hun and Feng Shu. He could see that they were very tensed.
"Huh... you guys can go. I'm only mad at these black robed fools... and that women."
But Feng Shu wanted another outcome.
"Let us fight! I want to start the path of cultivation. but I do not know how to reach the Foundational Establishment."
"Ha! The path of cultivation is harsh for you younglings. As a matter of fact, why are you kids in the Death Valley? Where do you intend to go?"
"Me and Feng are going to go to the Heavenly Guardian Sect."
Sun Bo started to collapse when he heard the words of the "Heavenly Guardian Sect", he went into a cold sweat and realized something. He stood up again and glared at the two brothers. His expression was full of rage.
"What is your relationship to the Heavenly Guardian Sect!"
"Why do you need to know!?"
"Depending on your answer, I'll let you live... or die."