Chapter 668 (2/2)

Within the Castle of Darkness, the most commonly seen life form was a beast called the dark bat. They occupied the castle, and the moment someone approached, they would attack in great numbers.

Fortunately, they mostly restricted their activities to the central keep and its vicinity. They wouldn't easily approach the other buildings around the keep. Thus, the castle's outer buildings became the cultivation spots of the Dragon Phoenix Academy disciples.

A s.p.a.ce of darkness shrouded the entire Castle of Darkness. Hence, the dark energy in the air was extremely dense. Staying at the castle would allow a cultivator to grow rapidly. Apart from that, the disciples could also earn contribution points by slaughtering the dark bats.

The dark bats could reproduce easily. If they were allowed to grow unchecked, they would occupy the entire Castle of Darkness sooner or later. Thus, the academy had their disciples hunt the dark bats to suppress their quant.i.ty and maintain the current balance.

Among the many disciples, the strongest dark cultivator was the Severing Saber Manor's young master, Xiao Xie. The Severing Saber Manor was an incredibly mysterious organization. They had always been low-profiled, and few people knew much about them.

They specialized in saber techniques, and they enjoyed collecting famous sabers. That was how their organization came to be named the Severing Saber Manor.

Xiao Xie was one of the academy's top 10 genius disciples, his saber mastery seemingly unrivaled. He was also a self-proclaimed inheritor of the Saber Devil. It was obvious he had remarkable combat prowess.

Currently, Xiao Xie was within the Castle of Darkness. He was slim and tall, his chin pointed, his eyes sharp. No one dared to meet his gaze. He was dressed in a tight-fitting black outfit, and a monstrous and ma.s.sive saber hung on his back. His entire person emanated a sinister sensation.

Standing on a heroic-looking black qilin, he exuded overbearingness. The black qilins were one of the strongest demonic clans in existence. They possessed incredible combat prowess and were second only to the true dragons, the white tigers, the phoenixes, and the black tortoises. A qilin was a beast with the head of a dragon, the horns of a deer, the body of a lion, the tail of a horse, and the claws of a wolf. Each part of its body was filled with power.

Each qilin represented a different symbol. For example, the fire qilins represented prosperity, the water qilins represented safety, and the black qilins represented disaster. It was generally believed that a calamity would follow the appearance of a black qilin.

One could say that the black qilins represented evil, and they were exceedingly hard to tame. Just the fact that Xiao Xie had a black qilin mount proved that he was a person with extraordinary fortuitous encounters. At present, he was staring at the central castle, seemingly wanting to charge there all by himself.

”Darkstorm, you think we should go?” Xiao Xie asked his black qilin.

The black qilin replied, ”I can sense a thick killing intent in there. It is most definitely not the rumored place of inheritance. Instead, it feels more like a place of imprisonment.”

”Place of imprisonment? Then, one can only imagine the strength of the person imprisoned there. How I long to personally witness a person like that. Too bad there are too many dark bats here. With our strength, it will be too hard to get through them,” said Xiao Xie with regret.

”There is no point. Even if we managed to get in there, we wouldn't reap any harvests. On the other hand, the sky above us is filled with a type of pure dark energy. If you can charge into the void in the sky, you will be able to reap great harvests,” said the black qilin with his head raised.

Xiao Xie raised his head as well. His eyes blazed with pa.s.sion as he said, ”The mysterious void is what everyone longs for. When I reach the Heaven Battling Realm, I will definitely charge up and see just what kind of treasures are contained within!”

At that moment, a streak of light trailed through the sky, heading straight toward the central keep.

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