65 Devils cage 2 (1/2)

Ed pulled out a pill form his spatial ring and swallowed. It did not take long before he started to feel the effects of the pill. He could suddenly breath better, his skin that had turned white from blood lost, started to regain it's colour. He got up and entered the spirit pond in his room fully clothed, to wash off his blood that had started to stick to him. Inside the pond. He pondered upon the skill he had taken out of the ring. It was a jade slip, and he was yet to look into it.

Settling in the pond, he looked into the jade slip.

”Devil's cage?” he found himself in a scene that he suspected was a memory. The name; devil's cage rushed into his mind, as he saw a man in black execute a skill. Space distorted around the man as everything in a twenty kilometres radius of him was locked in a space. Everything paused, as though frozen in time. Locked inside withhim, were enemy cultivators spanning far as the eyes could see. Ed looked closely, he noticed that it was not that they had paused, their movements had slowed down. Those with higher cultivations could still move somewhat freely.

The man in black went on a killing spree. No spirit energy leaked into this space. Everyone was it his mercy. Only pure physical combat could be used in the fight. The man in black, being the only one able to use sense his spirit energy and manipulate it, killed them all. It was a blood bath.

After the image finished, Ed found himself in a dark room. Black walls to all sides, locking him in. The man in black appeared before him.

”Who are you?” Ed asked.

”You wish to learn the devil's cage? You must break out of this room.” the man said mechanically and disappeared. Ed almost sighed. He had not decided to learn this skill, yet he was already stuck inside. He could withdraw his mind from the jade slip, but he was suddenly interested in getting this skill.

Folding his hand into a fist, he pounded at the walls from all directions, hoping to find a loophole.

In the great spill, many were preparing for their entrance into the astral roots. People had already formed groups and pledged allegiance to different elders.

There were three great spills in the demon lands. They too were preparing to enter. All the great spills were connected to the astral roots. They were sure they would meet other cultivators from different great spills.

In the south side city, many powers from outside the demon lands had started arriving. They all came with high ranking martial artists preparing to get their young ones back to their sect in one piece. The hostile feeling in the air was strong. In the city lord's residence, a large banquet for great powers from outside the demon lands was taking place, but not all powers showed up. Many did not want to let others know they were around.

The Tze sect had arrived the demon lands and went straight to the Ah clan. Seeing their form, the entire clan froze. Someone rushed over to call the new clan head. The Tze sect on the other hand, frowned at the nature at which the clan behaved. They had arrived the demon lands, not only for their young master who was in the great spill, but because disciples had died here. Other disciples, it would have been ignored. But amongst those that had died, was Elder Diye's god-daughter, who he gave a sect skill; shifting space.

”Ah Dise! Get out here!” Elder Diye ordered. The new clan head was seen rushing towards them in haste.

”Welcome, honoured guests. I...” he started to say.

”Shut up and tell Ah Dise to roll out here!” Elder Diye ordered.

”Ancestor Ah has been banished from the clan, honoured guests. If there is any issue, please tell me. I am the new clan head, I will be enough.” his words caused the Tze clan members to pause.

”Banished? What about his son and grandson?” another elder asked.

”They died in the salt bed.” the clan head said.

”My god-daughter was with his grandson. Was it the same person that killed her?” Elder Diye fumed.

”Yes.” the clan head had a bad feeling about this. All the Tze clan disciples that were with Ah Didia were killed with him. He did not know that the elder's god-daughter was amongst them. His entire being froze.

”And you did nothing?!” Elder Diye raged.

”Our clan head and two elders went up there to kill him. He killed clan head, one elder came back an invalid and died a few days later, the other is myself.” the clan head immediately explained.

”Then what about Ah Dise? Did he just sit and do nothing?” the elder's words caused the Ah clan members to cower in shame. What do they tell them? That they banished their ancestor because he insisted on going after the culprit? That they refused to do anything?