Chapter 158: Blackhearted

When Devil Lord Edu Shashou had appeared in Chang Court, millions of people lost their lives due to his overbearing aura. Later on, more people died from the shockwaves of the battle between Devil Lord Edu Shashou and Thunder Soul Monarch.

If anyone managed to survive through these events, they would have been killed by the Azure Divine Cauldron and the Blades of Annihilation.

In short, everyone in Chang Court was dead and Lu Zheng was the only survivor.

Lu Zheng also knew that Houyan Meili would have died but still, he hoped that for some reason, she was not present in Chang Court that day.

Now however, the truth had slapped him in the face. Houyan Meili was dead.

"You should know what this is" Lin Feng smiled softly.

"Hmm" Lu Zheng nodded bitterly. "How much is it?"

It made sense that this Bai Wumian would only sell the vial to Lu Zheng and not give it up for free. After all, the three previous artifacts were from First.

"You are a smart fellow" Lin Feng praised. "Seeing that you are my junior and this is our first business deal together, I'll lower the price for you. Four hundred thousand vital stones"

"Hmm!" Lu Zheng could not help but raise a brow. Even though Lu Zheng had well over two million vital stones in his spatial ring, he was not a spendthrift by heart.

Even in the black market, human souls only cost a bit over two hundred thousand vital stones and those were the ones with exceptionally high soul foundation.

Moreover, even if her soul was worth the four hundred thousand vital stones, it would still be useless if he didn't know how to revive her.

Luckily, he knew how to.

Smiling bitterly, Lu Zheng gave Lin Feng the required amount and collected the vial.

Just as he tore open a spatial passage to leave, Lin Feng opened his mouth again: "Won't you need a place to store it?"

"Huh?" Lu Zheng was confused.

"That vial contains fragments of your friend's soul. It cannot be stored in spatial rings since it is still alive. Luckily for you, I have the right thing for that"

"Oh" Lu Zheng slapped his forehead. Lin Feng was completely right.

Gritting his teeth, Lu Zheng asked: "How much for it?"

"Three hundred and eighty thousand vital stones" Lin Feng savoured each word.

"How blackhearted!" Lu Zheng couldn't help but cuss in his mind.

After a short moment of hesitation, Lu Zheng paid Lin Feng his money and left the room at once. Who knew what else the blackhearted Bai Wumian wanted to sell?

…..

Hou Lie ran through the field as fast as he could, his heart pounding heavily with each step.

He knew that he could not stop running, not even for a fraction of a second. After all, he was being chased by a pack of demonic hounds.

The demonic hounds were all rank four and could easily kill a second tier of Domain Formation martial practitioner like him.

"Faster, faster!" Hou Lie's mind raced as demonic Qi poured into his feet.

"Rwaar!"

The shrill roar of a demonic hound filled the air as a phantom image jumped through the air.

"Shit!" Hou Lie cussed. They had caught up to him!

Hou Lie sidestepped as the demonic hound that jumped crashed onto the ground.

"Howl! Howl!"

More demonic hounds appeared from all directions and slowly surrounded Hou Lie.

The demonic hounds were expert predators, letting their prey run till it was tired and then capturing it. Hou Lie never stood a chance.

Hou Lie's heart thumped vigorously as the purple scales that covered his body stood on their ends. He was thoroughly scared.

A bone sword appeared in Hou Lie's hands as he faced the beasts. He was ready to fight them to the death.

"Howl!"

The demonic hounds lunged at Hou Lie in one accord as the latter shut his eyes from fear.

Suddenly, the world seemed to spin as earthquakes shook the ground. When Hou Lie opened his eyes, the demonic hounds were all dead.

Strong miasma filled the place and any ordinary human would have died instantly from just standing in this place. However, Hou Lie felt at ease within the miasma.

He was a Devil after all. Poison and demonic Qi were like the best medicines for him.

Hou Lie felt his aperture expand as the Qi tree inside it grew taller and wider. He was about to breakthrough to the peak of Domain Formation realm!

Hou Lie glanced at the demonic hounds that lay at his feet and felt a sense of irony. A strong calm overtook him and it seemed like his will had been tempered by the near death encounter.

After gazing at the northern direction for a moment, Hou Lie proceeded to tearing open the stomach of a demonic hound.

The refined fleshy energy of the demonic hounds would temper his bloodline and aid his breakthrough.