Chapter 970 - Spilling Blood And Answers (1/2)

~kacha~

~poosh~

~Slick~

~Shing~

A mix of low noises were heard echoing through the tunnels as a silent slaughter was initiated. The victims didn't even get a chance to let out a cry before their lives were ended. Lin Mu would never give them time to speak their last words, for he didn't think they were worthy of that mercy.

”Now to check on the ones that can actually speak…” Lin Mu said as he flew toward one of the tunnels.

He weaved through the many tunnels that crisscrossed and forked, before finally reaching a wide open cave.

~Cough~

~cough~

”W-who…”

In this cave laid three men. Two of them had their throats slit and only one was somewhat alive. But even then, his life was hanging by a thread and he would die any time now.

The way the man was lying on the ground, he couldn't see Lin Mu, but he could very well feel the wind blowing. This was strange since there shouldn't be any wind in the tunnels deep down.

Finally, Lin Mu came to stand in front of the half-dead man.

”Do you want to live?” Lin Mu questioned.

”Y… y-yes…” The man barely spoke as blood continued to gurgle from his throat.

He couldn't understand how all this had happened. It was very quick, and he didn't even realize that he was attacked. And by the time he did, it was too late and he was already lying on the ground.

His tendons had been severed in all of his limbs, leaving him like a worm… wriggling on the ground. If not for the fact that the spirit weapon that slit the throats of his companions didn't go deeper, he would have already had his head lopped off.

Even then, he didn't lose hope and tried to use his healing pills. But it was then that despair settled in for him… he couldn't even feel the presence of his spatial storage treasure.

Besides, his hands couldn't move very well now either way.

Lin Mu had used Spatial block the moment he had spread his spirit sense inside the mines.

Gazing at the bleeding man as if he were a bug, Lin Mu picked him up by his hair before shoving a healing pill inside his mouth.

~shua~

The effect of a high grade healing pill was very quick and in just five seconds, the bleeding stopped. Lin Mu held him mid air for a few seconds until his injuries were sufficiently healed.

Then when the man tried to stimulate his cultivation base, he felt intense pain again.

~SPLAT~

”Not so fast…” Lin Mu said as he pulled back his hand from the man's abdomen.

~drip~ drip~

More blood spilled from the man's abdomen as he felt his dantian breaking apart.

”W-why…?” the man didn't even have energy to scream and could only utter a few words.