Demon Escaping the Tower

'A yin martial arts technique?' thought Su Qin as he stroked his chin. 

The Shaolin temple martial arts techniques heavily focused on yang energy. It would have been extremely difficult for him to find a yin technique that could have perfectly balanced the Impenetrable Armor technique.

'It seems like from now on, I'll need to sign in more frequently at the Mystical Village Tower.'

Within the entire Shaolin temple grounds, the only place he could have obtained special techniques that were not of the Shaolin temple martial arts styles was the Mystical Village Temple. However, since everything that could be obtained at the Mystical Village Tower was related to the Evil sect, Su Qin rarely went there at all.

The next day, Su Qin headed toward the Mystical Village Tower to sweep. The Mystical Village Tower was a restricted area of the Shaolin temple because it imprisoned demons that had previously wreaked havoc in the mortal world. Hence, there would usually have been warrior monks patrolling around the Mystical Village Tower to ensure that no 'accidents' would occur.

"Oh, it's Brother Zhen Guan…" A warrior monk who was there smiled and called out to Su Qin when he saw him. 

Since Su Qin had been in the temple for ten years now, even though he was still a temple sweeper, he was considered somewhat of an 'elder'. The warrior monk was familiar with Su Qin.

Su Qin returned his greeting then continued until he reached the outside of the Mystical Village Tower.

'So this is the Mystical Village Tower?' Su Qin frowned.

With the ability of his Truth Seeing Eye, Su Qin sensed the number of demon auras within the Mystical Village Tower rapidly decreasing.

"Are the demons inside the tower killing each other?" muttered Su Qin under his breath. He did not give it another thought. 

All the demons that were imprisoned in the Mystical Village Tower were all extremely evil and were still alive because of the benevolence of the Shaolin temple. If those demons had fallen into the hands of another Noble Path Martial Arts sect, they would have been killed a long time ago. 

That was the reason Su Qin was too lazy to be bothered even when he noticed the decrease in the number of demons. 

[Congratulations, host! Your sign-in is successful. You have obtained the Devil Hand martial arts technique.]

A cold robotic voice rang beside Su Qin's ear.

'The Devil Hand technique?' Su Qin nodded his head slightly. 

Even though he had not obtained the Yin martial arts technique that he wanted, the Devil Hand technique was considered pretty decent. It was equivalent to some of the Shaolin temple martial arts styles.

If Su Qin was able to master the technique, he would have another trump card to play. From then on, Su Qin went to the Mystical Village temple once a day. It took him a month before he finally managed to get what he wanted.

[Congratulations, host! Your sign-in is successful. You have obtained the Yin Refinement technique.]

'The Yin Refinement technique?' A wide smile appeared on Su Qin's face.

The Yin Refinement technique was one of the foundational martial arts styles of one of the Yin sects of the Evil Path. It was known for being able to absorb Yin energy into the body. Once the technique was mastered, he could condense a Yin spiritual body.

It was a shame that even though the potential of the Yin Refinement technique was great, it was hard to master. Over time, the disciples of the Yin left no successors and so the Yin sect died off over a thousand years ago. 

'The Yin Refinement technique? That should be about equal to the Impenetrable Armor technique right?' 

Su Qin briefly compared the Yin Refinement technique with the Impenetrable Armor technique and found that they were martial arts styles of similar levels. The Yin Refinement technique might have even been slightly more powerful than the Impenetrable Armor technique.

'Not bad, not bad at all. I finally got you!' Su Qin was extremely pleased. 

Even though it was hard to master the Yin Refinement technique, Su Qin never doubted his ability to do so. With the help of the system, there were practically no techniques or martial arts styles that Su Qin could not master.

'All the demons in the Mystical Village Tower must nearly be all dead by now right?' 

Su Qin's gaze fell upon the Mystical Village Tower. Over the past few months, since Su Qin signed in at the tower every day, he knew the aura within the tower.

With the ability of the Truth Seeing Eye, Su Qin could tell that all that was left in the Mystical Village Tower was a single extremely powerful aura. As for all the other auras, they were completely gone.

If it had just begun, Su Qin might have guessed that the demons within the Mystical Village Tower were killing each other. Yet…Su Qin sensed a hint of a conspiracy.

'It must be someone in the peak of the second-rank, they've not reached the first-rank,' deduced Su Qin after checking to be sure. 

*****

At the bottommost level of the Mystical Village Tower, on the ninth level sat the Blood-Sucking Devil cross-legged. A powerful air of evil energy emanated from him. It enveloped an area close to ten meters in diameter around him.

"Hahahahaha. I never expected that the ninth level of the Shaolin temple has several first-rank powerful demons who used to be among the most powerful in the world hundreds of years ago."

An expression of unbridled joy appeared on the face of the Blood-Sucking Devil. Even though those powerful first-rank demons died a long time ago, their corpses were still there. 

A martial artist of the Evil Path could use evil energy to strengthen their body. Even if the body was dead, the evil energy accumulated within the body adhered to the bones.

The Blood-Sucking Devil's power grew dramatically after he consumed those few dead bodies. He instantly advanced to the peak of the second rank.

To understand how great the leap in power was, one must know that when the Blood-Sucking Devil first entered the Mystical Village Tower, he was merely a third-rank demon. Now that he consumed the Life Essence of all the demons within the tower and also the corpses of a few powerful first-rank demons, he immediately achieved a breakthrough of a full rank. He entered the peak of the second rank.

"Once I get out, all I need is some Closed Door Meditation1 for a short time and process everything that I've obtained. I'll be able to achieve a breakthrough and enter the realm of a first-rank martial artist!

The Blood-Sucking Devil abruptly opened his eyes. A faint evil light glowed from the depths of his eyes.

One must know that in that day and age, there were extremely few first-rank grandmasters. However, each of them was undefeatable mighty warriors of the world. If the Blood-Sucking Devil stepped into the realm of the first rank, he would have been able to take over the world. All he needed to do was to be a little careful to not get killed by a group of first-rank grandmasters. Apart from that, his life was free and easy.

"That brat, the Evil Sect Master forced me to work for him in the past. Humph! Just you wait until I get out of here. I'll show you who's the true boss of the Evil sect!"

A ruthless light flashed across the eyes of the Blood-Sucking Devil. 

"It's almost time. I'm going to get out of the tower soon before the stupid donkeys of the Shaolin temple discover that I'm trapped in the tower. It'd be bad if that happened."

The Blood-Sucking Devil seemed to have suddenly recalled something as he stood up and rushed to the first level.

"I've heard that the Mystical Village Tower was built by someone of the Luohan status from the Shaolin temple. Within the tower, there's a Heaven and Earth formation that's connected to the outside world. Once a person's caught within the formation, even a first-rank grandmaster would be trapped there forever."

Those thoughts spun in the Blood-Sucking Devil's mind and he could not help but felt sad. It was a shame that even a real Luohan was not able to withstand the ravages of time. What more is it was a formation left behind by the Luohan.

If the Shaolin temple had a first-rank Divine Master Abbot presiding in it in that generation, he would have been able to repair and patch up the Heaven and Earth formation within the Mystical Village Tower. 

Even though the Blood-Sucking Devil feared nothing, he did not dare enter the formation. Under normal circumstances, no one but a Luohan could have escaped the Heaven and Earth formation. 

However, there was no first-rank Divine Master Abbot in the Shaolin temple in that generation. At least, there appeared not to have been.

Due to that, the Heaven and Earth formation in the Mystical village temple slowly developed faults in its operation as time went by. The secret was discovered by the Blood-Sucking Devil from an ancient manual. 

The owner of the ancient manual was the Demon Buddha successor from a hundred years ago. A hundred years ago, the Shaolin temple had four Divine Master Abbots presiding over it. Its power was rivaled by none.

The Demon Buddha successor knew that his chances of destroying the Shaolin temple were slim which was why he decided to leak the secrets of the Shaolin temple. Even if he could not have destroyed the Shaolin temple, he wanted to undermine it.

"The Heaven and Earth formation's truly limitless and boundless…" 

As soon as the Blood-Sucking Devil saw the Heaven and Earth formation spinning mid-air, he felt his head spin. He almost lost control over the evil energy within his body. However, he forced himself to endure it. He waited for a brief moment when a fault occurred in the operation of the formation.

After countless days, it finally happened when the Blood-Sucking Devil was fast asleep.

Out of nowhere, a faint buzzing sound rang out. The buzzing was extremely faint and it was barely noticeable.

"It's time!" shouted the Blood-Sucking Devil exuberantly! He was overwhelmed with joy and excitement.