14 Chapter 14 Complications In The Demon Grotto
During the month it took Bing Xian to travel to the Demon Grotto, he traveled roughly 1,000 kilometers and over several mountains to arrive at the blackened ravine.
The reason why it was called the Demon Grotto, was because several thousand years ago, a demonic Sect by the name of the [Myriad Blackening Sect], established itself on the modern day Demon Grotto, and sacrificed hundreds of thousands of Yin and Darkness attributed Spirit Beasts transforming the ground beneath their feet into a demonic cultivator heaven.
Their signature technique, [Divine Blackening Art], was feared by all righteous martial art Sects, within 100,000 kilometers! It allowed them to temporarily increase their cultivation and battle prowess with no side effects!
The incredible amount of Yin and Darkness energy made it easier for those who cultivate demonic cultivation techniques to increase their already accelerated cultivation rate even further.
Although the [Myriad Blackening Sect] was exterminated by a far away Sect in a sea of purifying flames, their legacy lived on in the form of the Demon Grotto.
Many cultivators over the years had tried to find the [Divine Blackening Art] but so far none were successful. Some people considered the fact that after the destruction of the [Myriad Blackening Sect], the technique was lost, and discouraged many from ever setting foot in the Demon Grotto again.
A place were ghouls and ghosts roamed the earth, and even Xiantian level Martial Artists were afraid of dying without a marked grave if they stepped foot in this place.
"We're here.....".
Bing Xian looked over the winding ravine with narrowed eyes.
In this one month period his cultivation had improved from a level 19 Spirit Master to a level 20 Spirit Master! He arrived at the Demon Grotto 5 days after he had reached the peak of Spirit Master, and was excited to try and find his next Spirit Ring!
"Just remember little Xian, there is a Beast here with a Life Destruction equivalent power. It may attack you immediately and not listen to reason. And even if you can deceive it, it may not go the same way as last time....".
The six year old nodded resolutely.
Being able to trick the [Immortal Midnight Crane] was mainly due to its greed as well as its immature personality. If he met a Spirit Beast with a personality that was aggressive to humans, he may have just been a small snack that day instead....
Bing Xian activated his [Undying Nightmare Ghost Demon] Spirit and a thick purplish black mist enveloped his body.
The mist possessed a Darkness attribute. In this land of ghouls and ghosts, covering his human scent with a Darkness attribute was essential if he wanted to survive.
Walking through the Demon Grotto, Bing Xian and Senior Crane passed many Spirit Beasts with thousand year cultivations. In fact, the lowest they had seen was a 800 year old Blood Mist Tree!
It was a tree that fed on the blood of living creatures and created a sweet smelling fruit to lure its victims in and suck on their blood with its fang like roots.
1,200 year old Cyclops Zombie.....
2,900 year old Bone-horned Scorpion....
5,500 year old Kingfisher Reaper...
8,800 year old Undying Ghost Bear....
10,000 year old Tortuous Devil Flower!
This was like a Holy Land of Yin and Darkness attributed Spirit Beasts! There was dozens of different Spirit Beast species and even some Spirit Beasts with a cultivation greater than 50,000 years!
'How did this happen?'. thought Bing Xian.
The [Myriad Blackening Sect] was destroyed only a few thousand years ago!
So how did Spirit Beasts with an age of over 10,000 exist here! It did not make any sense!
"Little Xian, you should hurry to the center! That's were the greatest concentration of Yin and Darkness Laws are! It's the most likely place for your Spirit Beast to be!".
Bing Xian turned his head to the broken 9 story pagoda in the center of the Demon Grotto. The sounds of vengeful ghosts and hungry demons echoed throughout the ravine, and not a single Spirit Beast dared to take a single step within 100 meters of it.
He gulped.
'There are beasts with a cultivation of Xiantian and Revolving Core! If I wasn't a level 20 Spirit Master, I might've run out of Spirit Power by now....'.
Some beasts took notice of Bing Xian's mist enveloped figure walking towards the broken 9 story pagoda and let out a laughing roar.
'What are they saying?.... Senior Crane?'
The connection between Bing Xian and the [Immortal Midnight Crane] was still active, yet he received no response from the silly crane.
The closer Bing Xian got to the broken pagoda, a formless pressure was exerted on Bing Xian's body, that grew stronger and stronger as he walked closer and closer towards the broken entrance.
Outside of 50 meters it was a slow walk....
Outside of 40 meters it was a painful walk...
Outside of 30 meters it hurt Bing Xian just to stand...
'Fuck!'.
He gritted his teeth and swore inwardly.
Every time he even raised his leg it felt as though a thousand swords were cutting through his flesh and tearing at his bones. His blood boiled with anger and his eyes stared at the darkness behind the door unblinking.
One meter....
Two meters....
Four meters....
Eight meters....
12 meters.....
*Bang*!
Eventually his body couldn't handle the pressure and he fell to his knees, the thick stone pavement beneath him crushed under both his body weight and the formless pressure exerted on him.
But he didn't stop.
Even under the crushing pressure, exerted on his small six year old body, Bing Xian clawed his way up to the pagoda entrance. His knees cut and dripping blood from scrapping his way to the entrance. His fingers bleeding heavily from clawing his way up. His body completely covered in dust and dirt, ruining his untouchable persona completely.
He was 10 meters away from the entrance but....
"Blagh".
A mouthful of blood spat out of his mouth as the formless pressure doubled in intensity.
His [Undying Nightmare Ghost Demon] Spirit Essence faded, and his immature body was exposed to the full intensity of the increased gravity.
A cut appeared over his left eye and his vision turned slightly red.
He was only 5 meters away from the pagoda entrance when his vision started to turn black.
'No... I... am... almost...'.
His beautiful blue hair was covered his dirt and blood while his starry blue eyes had turned weak and and red.
'....no... I don't want to fail..... I don't want to-'.
'So don't!'.
A warm wave of spiritual power leaked of Bing Xian's Dantian. It wasn't a power that Bing Xian was familiar with, but rotated the new spiritual power throughout his body. His wounds rapidly healed and his strength returned with a force ten times greater than that of a level 20 Spirit Master!
He bit his tongue so hard he tasted blood and stood up, even with the formless pressure bearing down on him. He stared into the darkness and a lone figure, still partly obscured became visible in his eyes.
The figure was shocked at this transformation!
'His eyes! They were blue earlier.... so why are they golden!'.
If Bing Xian saw himself right now, he would see that his eyes had gone through a humongous change!
Golden eyes, more dazzling than a thousand suns. Slit pupils locking onto the figure pierced through the Darkness Laws in front of him like an Roc staring down at a pit of dragons!
A giant golden Spirit Essence Mark was created behind Bing Xian. It's size was even greater than the nine story pagoda!
The power Bing Xian's body exuded shocked this mysterious figure and he looked at the small black bird beside him and nodded.
'This kid.... might be the one!'.
