Three days passed by very quickly. Three days later, the vortex in the mountain range formed by the pattern of the Three Evils disappeared, and the mountain range looked just as it usually did. It was still a barren, evil mountain.
Su Ming also returned to the cave abode he had created. With the mountain rock as the door to his cave abode and the power of the Rune, he made the cave abode relatively safe. Then, he began making preparations to stay in this place for a long time.
Su Ming lifted his right hand and swung it forward in one of the stone chambers. Immediately, the old Berserker in the Berserker Soul Realm appeared at the center of the stone chamber.
The old man still could not move. He lay there with his eyes shut, but his mind was clear. His hatred towards Su Ming had already reached a monstrous degree, and if he had the slightest chance, he would definitely kill Su Ming!
However, Su Ming would not give him that chance. He brought out the old man's body and placed it in the stone chamber. Then, he took a few steps forward and swept his gaze across the old man's body. Suddenly, he lifted his right hand and tapped the old man's knees.
Cracking sounds reverberated in the air, and the old man's knees instantly shattered. Su Ming did not stop. He tapped the joints on the old man's arms, and only when all the joints in the old man's body were crushed did he stop.
The old man might not be able to move, but intense pain still spread through his entire body, causing him to open his eyes and glare at Su Ming. If his cultivation base had not been frozen, he would have used his gaze to kill Su Ming no matter what.
"This is the price you have to pay for chasing me down." Su Ming's expression was aloof. He lifted his right hand, and green light shone at the center of his brows. The small sword appeared in his hand, and he sliced open a gash on the old man's arm.
Blood immediately flowed out, but Su Ming did not stop. Instead, he continued to leave bloody gashes on the old man's limbs.
"If you really came here with your clone, then I will wait for your real self here." Su Ming smiled coldly. Once he let go of the small sword, he brought out some herbs from his storage bag and placed them on the wounds on the old man's limbs.
At the same time, he took out a few more herbs and planted them on the man's broken joints. These herbs were needed to refine the Spirit Plunder Powder. They would not be used for healing. Instead, after coming into contact with blood, their roots would immediately spread out and drill into the old man's flesh, absorbing his vitality and flesh to grow.
Su Ming had done this many times, and no one could withstand that sort of pain. However, even though the old man was trembling, his eyes did not change. He continued staring at Su Ming, as if he wanted to remember Su Ming's face firmly.
This was the first time Su Ming had seen such a vicious gaze and an expression that completely ignored pain.
"As expected of a Berserker in the Berserker Soul Realm who has gone through the great disaster of the Bone Sacrifice Realm. I admire your state of mind. If it wasn't because your greed won over your rationality and you were confident that you could kill me with one strike, you wouldn't have chased after me," Su Ming said calmly and planted the herbs in the ground.
"But it's a pity …" Su Ming shook his head and patted his storage bag with his right hand. Immediately, two Spirit Plunder flew out and floated above the old man's forehead, causing the old man's eyes to be drawn towards the Spirit Plunder as if they were being sucked in.
Su Ming fell into pensive silence for a moment, but he was still a little worried. He brought out another Spirit Plunder and had all three of them float above the old man's body. Only then did he relax.
"Your power is so great that if I didn't have the power of the God of Berserkers, I would have died in your hands a long time ago." Su Ming seized the air with his right hand, and the small virescent sword flew towards him once again. Once he caught it, he stabbed it into the bloody wound on the old man's right arm. With a light flick, the old man's body shuddered, and his entire right arm fell limp.
The tendons in his right arm had already been snapped by Su Ming. Once Su Ming did the same, he snapped the tendons in the old man's left arm and legs, then tore open a few wounds at the spots where blood flowed out, causing a large amount of blood to flow out and cover the floor of the stone chamber.
"But I've snapped the tendons in your arms and legs, and I've placed all your blood aside for the herbs to absorb. Your soul is also being absorbed by my Soul Catcher Pearl.
"If that's the case, then even if you recover your power, I'd like to see just how much of it you'll be able to bring out!" Su Ming stood up and spoke coldly. His words were heard by the old man, but his eyes were still filled with malice and did not change.
Su Ming walked out of the stone chamber and told the Fire Ape, who had been watching him from the side, "Xiao Hong, pry open his tendons once a day and release all his blood once a day."
The Fire Ape's face was filled with excitement. It bared its teeth and nodded repeatedly. Its eyes shone brightly as it glared at the old man with hostility.
'It's a bit of a waste to turn this person into Spirit Plunder … Soul Catchers are skilled in the Art of Undying and Imperishable. This Art is rather similar to the creation of Spirit Plunder. Perhaps I can experiment and see whether I can turn this person into that puppet.' Su Ming remembered how the young Soul Catcher was still alive even after he lost his head.
In silence, Su Ming went to another stone chamber and placed his right hand on his storage bag. Immediately, a bright yellow light shone brightly, and a gigantic cauldron appeared in the stone chamber.
The cauldron was so big that it occupied most of the stone chamber. This stone chamber was something Su Ming had intentionally opened up. It was much bigger than the other stone chambers, and it was all prepared to store the cauldron.
Once the medicinal cauldron was placed in the room, an ancient presence instantly filled the stone chamber.
As he looked at the cauldron, Su Ming's breathing quickened slightly. He knew that there was a medicinal pill being created in the cauldron. He had his guesses and desires as to just what type of medicinal pill it was and just what sort of value it contained.
"This might be a rare medicinal pill that contains time within the cauldron. I wonder what sort of medicinal pill it contains after being refined for a thousand years," Su Ming mumbled. He placed his hands on the cauldron and spread his divine sense outwards. Immediately, the cauldron shuddered, and distortions appeared around it, as if it was burning in an invisible manner.
Su Ming's eyes sparkled. With the small sword in hand, he circled the cauldron once, occasionally stabbing it into the stone wall, causing the power of the world outside to enter the cauldron through the stone wall. Immediately, a large amount of the thick power of the world in his cave abode was attracted over, and it filled the area around the medicinal cauldron. It was absorbed by the cauldron to nourish the medicinal pill within.
Su Ming had obtained the medicinal cauldron for some time, but he never had the time to continue refining it. As of then, he decided to stay in the cave abode for a long period of time, which was why he brought out the cauldron and started refining it.
He had great expectations towards the medicinal pill within the medicinal cauldron. It was precisely because he did not know what it would be like, that was why as he continued refining it, the feeling became stronger.
After staring at the medicinal cauldron for some time, Su Ming left the stone chamber and sat down cross-legged in the central hall of his cave abode. It was quiet all around him. When he lifted his head, he could see the numerous small holes on the stone wall above him, and moonlight shone through them.
This was not the first time Su Ming made this sort of design. When he lifted his head and looked at the moon in the sky through the small holes, he felt a little absent-minded.
Because when he was in his cave abode in Dark Mountain, he had also lifted his head to look at the moon.
He had Xiao Hong by his side as well, just like how the Fire Ape was currently leaning against the wall not too far away and scratching its fur.
"Dark Mountain … I'll go back!" Su Ming looked at the moon, and after a long while, he mumbled to himself. At that moment, he was different from when he first came to the Land of South Morning. The feeling of not knowing what to do in an unfamiliar place no longer existed.
He seemed to be used to being alone. He was used to the solitude of sitting cross-legged and cultivating in his cave abode in the middle of the night.
Su Ming lowered his head and closed his eyes for a moment. When he opened them again, there was calmness in his eyes.
When he completely calmed down, bell chimes suddenly reverberated within his body, and a layer of light surrounded his body. Once it spread out, from the distance, it looked as if a bell-shaped cover had manifested on Su Ming's body.
It was originally an illusion, but it was gradually gaining corporeal form. After the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn, Su Ming lifted his right hand and formed a seal. When he pushed his hand forward, the bell-shaped cover floated forward slowly and shot through Su Ming's body. Once it appeared before him, it turned into Han Mountain Bell.
Dark light shone within it, and immediately, the strange rod snake flew out from the bell and circled around the cave abode. Almost the instant it appeared, the Fire Ape lifted its head and a wary look appeared on its face. It bared its teeth and let out a low growl, as if it was trying to show off its power.
The rod snake that had turned into a black thread charged towards the Fire Ape, causing the Fire Ape to grab the rod and swing it around its body rapidly. It even leaped into the air and continued roaring.
Su Ming's Brand was on the rod snake, so he knew that it was just playing around and would not harm the Fire Ape. Besides, the Fire Ape's body was slowly recovering. Its speed and power were equivalent to a Berserker in the middle stage of the Bone Sacrifice Realm. There would not be any injuries between these two beasts, so Su Ming ignored it and instead looked at Han Mountain Bell.
This bell was a priceless treasure, but it was a pity that Su Ming could not bring out its full power. There were only four of the nine heads on the bell. The only power it could bring out besides defense was its bell chimes to intimidate and trap its enemies.
Su Ming's level of cultivation had increased by leaps and bounds, and he was prepared to refine Han Mountain Bell again to see if he could bring out more of this priceless treasure's power.
A glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes. He lifted his right hand and formed a seal, then pointed towards Han Mountain Bell.
"Nine-headed Dragon, Southern Emperor's Stone!" The moment Su Ming said those words and pointed towards the bell, Han Mountain Bell immediately started buzzing. Bell chimes reverberated within the cave abode and even shot out, reverberating in all directions in the mountain range.
It was also at that moment that seven long arcs charged towards Su Ming's cave abode from the north. Right in front of the long arcs was an old man. That old man had a protruding mouth and the cheeks of a monkey. He wore a large red robe and had a dark expression on his face. He was not slow, and there was a murderous aura surrounding his body.
Judging by his level of cultivation, he was a Medial Shaman, and he was at the peak of that level.
As for the six people behind him, two of them were Medial Shamans, and the rest were Fledgling Shamans at the peak.
As the seven of them charged forward, the old man in the lead saw Su Ming's cave abode from midair. He let out a cold harrumph, and as he got closer, just as he was about to descend from midair, he suddenly heard bell chimes coming from within the mountain range.
The bell chimes rose into the air leisurely, but when they fell into the old man's ears, it made his heart tremble. He staggered a few steps backwards and widened his eyes as he looked at the mountain range beneath him. He sucked in a deep breath.
Before the old man could even speak, a man behind him cried out in surprise, "Damn it, what's that sound?!"
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