Chapter 42: Perish Together!

Fang Yu's expression showed a slight change as he heard the old man's words."If you want to blame someone, blame your bad luck for encountering me," the old man said with a fierce look in his eyes. As he finished speaking, he raised his right hand.Several small daggers surrounded by black energy flew out of his sleeves, directly aimed at Fang Yu.Fang Yu remained calm, and with a wave of his right hand, he slapped away all the small daggers.Seeing this scene, the old man's face changed slightly.Fang Yu's strength was stronger than he had anticipated.Previously, the young martial artists he encountered couldn't dodge his attack."Evil cultivation?" Fang Yu narrowed his eyes as he saw the black energy entwining the daggers.The old man regained his senses and drew a sharp silver spike from his waist, charging towards Fang Yu.His speed was fast, not at all like that of an elder in his seventies or eighties.In just two seconds, he had reached Fang Yu, lifting the silver spike entwined with black energy and aiming it at Fang Yu's left chest.Fang Yu stood in place, extending his hand and gripping the silver spike directly.The old man smiled sinisterly.The silver spike was wrapped in a highly corrosive poison gas.If Fang Yu held the spike like this, his hand would immediately turn into bones!But in the next second, the old man's face changed."Crack!"Not only had Fang Yu's hand not turned into bones, but he had also snapped the silver spike in his grip!The old man's face greatly changed, and he tried to step back.But Fang Yu's palm struck his chest."Boom!"The old man felt a severe pain in his chest, spewing out a mouthful of blood as he flew over ten meters away, rolling several times on the ground before finally stopping.How... could this be!?The old man lay on the ground, struggling to lift his head, looking at Fang Yu approaching him with shock in his eyes.This boy clearly only had the Fifth Stage of the Innate Realm! How could he be so powerful?The old man tried to get up, but his body couldn't support him anymore.Am I going to die here today?He was unwilling!He had absorbed the essence of so many young martial artists, just to live until today!Although his appearance looked very old, his body was no different from a young person!As long as he continued to absorb the essence of others, he could live forever and never age!"Kid, if you come any closer, we'll perish together!" The old man roared angrily, taking out a palm-sized gourd from his clothes.Fang Yu raised an eyebrow and continued to move forward."You... then let's die together!" The old man gritted his teeth, removing the lid of the gourd."Buzz..."A swarm of dark insects flew out of the gourd.Seeing these insects flying out, the old man's face turned pale with fear.These were his cultivated corpse bees, about the size of flies, with poisonous stingers. They were extremely deadly. Once they touched a person's skin, the person would immediately die.These corpse bees were bred using corpses, emitting intense malevolent qi and possessing strong aggressiveness. They couldn't be controlled and would attack anyone who was different from themselves.That's why even the old man dared not release the corpse bees himself, as his malevolent qi wasn't heavy enough and the bees would consider him a different species and attack him.But now, in this dangerous situation, he had no other choice.He could only rely on luck.Although the malevolent qi on his body hadn't reached the level of the corpse bees, he had killed many people, at least much more than Fang Yu's malevolent qi.Between the two of them, the corpse bees would definitely prioritize attacking the one with less malevolent qi.As expected, after the swarm of corpse bees flew out of the gourd, they immediately flew towards Fang Yu.The old man's face showed a cruel smile as he already envisioned Fang Yu's miserable death."Corpse bees?" Fang Yu didn't expect that there were still people cultivating these things.Many years ago, a dark sect had developed corpse bees to deal with righteous sects, causing severe consequences with countless deaths and injuries.Not only disciples from the righteous sects, but also civilians and even members of the dark sects had died.Later, the righteous sects joined forces to annihilate the dark sect and ordered the extermination of corpse bees.After nearly three years of comprehensive extermination, the corpse bees were finally completely eradicated.Fang Yu thought that the methods used to cultivate corpse bees had long been lost, but he didn't expect to encounter them today."Hahaha, kid, you have no malevolent qi at all. Let's see how you die!" The old man burst into arrogant laughter.Fang Yu's face showed a faint smile."How do you know? I have no malevolent qi at all?"As he spoke, a burst of dim black malevolent qi erupted from Fang Yu's body.Layer after layer of faint black malevolent qi wrapped around his body.The swarm of corpse bees, originally heading towards Fang Yu, immediately stopped in mid-air after Fang Yu's surge of malevolent qi, then turned around and flew towards the old man."How... how is this possible! Who are you!? Who are you!" The old man's face turned pale, shouting loudly.This boy was so young, yet his malevolent qi was stronger than that group of corpse bees!How many people must he have killed to accumulate so much malevolent qi?"Ah..."The swarm of corpse bees attacked the old man's face without hesitation.His body visibly turned into a puddle of blood at a rapid speed."Indeed, quite poisonous," Fang Yu's eyes narrowed as he retracted his malevolent qi.The swarm of corpse bees perished instantly.After dealing with the corpse bees, Fang Yu glanced at a pool of blood not far away.Self-inflicted misfortune.This kind of evil cultivation would be despised like a rat crossing the street in any era.After some consideration, Fang Yu walked towards the dark cave ahead.The cave was very deep, with dim lighting inside, but with Fang Yu's vision, he could still see clearly.After walking a little further into the cave, Fang Yu caught a whiff of a foul stench.The smell of decaying bodies and the scent of blood!Fang Yu frowned slightly and continued walking for a while.Then, he came across a pile of white bones.Not far from these bones, there were several dried-up corpses."This old man has killed quite a few people..."Fang Yu approached and looked down at the dried-up corpses on the ground.Their limbs were twisted in a ghastly manner, giving them an eerie appearance.Fang Yu observed closely and realized that these people had been turned into dried-up corpses by having their life essence forcibly extracted.As for the specific method used by the evil cultivation old man, Fang Yu was still unsure.The cave hadn't reached its end yet, so Fang Yu continued walking further.As expected, after turning a corner, Fang Yu saw several intact corpses.These corpses hadn't turned into dried-up corpses, but some had already begun to decay.The bodies were naked and all of them were female.It was obvious that these females had been violated and killed by the evil cultivation old man.As for the dried-up corpses outside, most of them were male. The old man had used some kind of evil technique to extract their life essence, turning them into dried-up corpses.Fang Yu knew quite a bit about the various evil techniques that could turn people into dried-up corpses, but it was difficult to guess which one the old man had employed.Fang Yu looked around and noticed a tattered book on a stone near the corpses.Fang Yu approached, picked up the book, and flipped through a few pages, his eyes filled with surprise.The evil technique used by the old man was taught in this book.The Devouring Essence Technique, which absorbed the life essence of others, transformed it into one's own essence, maintaining peak physical condition, and potentially prolonging one's lifespan.The reason why the old man, despite his advanced age, could maintain such a fast speed was due to the Devouring Essence Technique.The book provided detailed instructions on the technique, even explaining the obscure and difficult-to-understand principles clearly.Fang Yu carefully read through it, his eyes shining.If he thoroughly studied and made some modifications to certain key steps, this evil technique might turn into a powerful Qi refining technique.So, Fang Yu placed the book in his pocket and turned to leave the cave.After exiting the cave, Fang Yu got on the diesel-powered tricycle and drove towards the primitive forest according to the map on his phone.