Tyrant Sky Martial Soul

Chapter 722: 722 Chapter: Mysterious Pill in the Secret Compartment_1

Ling Xiao glanced at the ground, where two disciples from the Moon Hua Sect lay dead. He tidied up the corpses a bit and temporarily stored them in an empty Storage Ring, intending to bring them back for a proper burial.

As for the other corpses, he didn’t care about them, nor did he feel any obligation to do so.

After dealing with the disciples’ corpses, Ling Xiao continued on his way.

After about the time it takes to burn a stick of incense, he arrived at a place that looked like the Library Tower.

All Sects have a place for storing books, and the True Demon Empire, which was once so powerful, naturally would not lack such a place.

The door of the Book Collection Pavilion was rotten, and half of the wall had collapsed onto the ground, splattered with fresh bloodstains.

Without looking, he knew that the bloodstains were fresh, likely left not long before.

The deep and dark passageway of the Book Collection Pavilion, lacking the Light-absorbing Array and its focus, was difficult to see clearly.

Ling Xiao activated his Mountain and River Martial Soul, and his pupils began to flicker with black-gold flames, which made the pitch-black corridor brighten.

He stepped through the crack and entered, where numerous shelves stood, most of which were empty, with many torn pages scattered around.

Ling Xiao continued to walk inside and, from a corner of the wall, a faint sound seemed to be heard.

His brow furrowed slightly.

The sound was very soft and would likely go unnoticed by an ordinary martial artist, but it couldn’t escape Ling Xiao’s ears.

Although he was still walking forward, his hand was already wielding a sword formed from Qi.

Whoosh!

At that moment, a dark shadow attacked him from behind, the cold gleam of its approach aimed straight at his heart.

This creature was not large, about the size of a common rat, but incredibly swift.

”I’ve been waiting for you!”

Ling Xiao sneered coldly. Without turning around, he sent the Qi sword flying and, after circling in the air, it pierced into the body of the dark shadow.

Pu-chi!

Squeak!

The shadow let out a shriek and fell to the ground, instantly going silent.

It was only then that Ling Xiao could see clearly what this thing was.

The creature was similar in size to a rat but stood upright, walking like a human, its sharp claws resembling cutting tools.

By Ling Xiao’s judgment, the sharpness of those claws was by no means inferior to Precious Treasure Artifacts.

One rat-like monster was killed, and in a moment, a swarm of them emerged, causing Ling Xiao’s skin to crawl—not out of fear, but because the sight of these creatures gave him an incredibly uncomfortable feeling, possibly what some call trypophobia.

Showing no mercy, Ling Xiao released the Plague Demon King’s Martial Soul and charged at the horde of rat monsters.

The thick poison spread, causing the rat monsters to shriek and scatter.

These little creatures were fast and had strong defenses, but they were still vulnerable to deadly poisons.

Their squeals continued to sound, adding more ominous and ghastly tones to the already sinister and terrifying True Demon Forbidden Land.

”Squeak, squeak, squeak!”

Just as Ling Xiao was about to turn and leave, he suddenly noticed that the fleeing rat creatures had returned.

This time, however, a larger rat monster was leading them.

The rat leader opened its mouth to inhale and sucked up all the poison, even burping contentedly afterward.

Whoosh!

In the instant after the burp, the rat leader burst forth vigorously. This individual was more than ten times larger than the other rat monsters, roughly the height of a human child, yet its movements were just as swift, and it seemed even smarter.

Ling Xiao’s flying Qi sword was effortlessly dodged by the creature.

”What on earth is this thing?”

Wielding the Rainfall Sword to block the attack of the rat monster leader, Ling Xiao felt somewhat surprised; the ruins of the True Demon Empire really housed an abundance of oddities—first armed puppets, now these large rats that seemed no less intelligent than humans and could even use martial skills.

The defense of the rat monster leader was naturally inferior to the armed puppets, but the hardness and sharpness of its claws were in no way lesser than the materials of the armed puppets.

Moreover, with its astonishing speed, it was quite challenging for Ling Xiao to strike its vital points.

”Squeak squeak squeak!”

Clang clang clang!

The rat monster launched continuous attacks, barraging Ling Xiao with a series of strikes that left him no opportunity to counterattack.

”I really didn’t want to kill you!”

A look of pleasure appeared on Ling Xiao’s face; this little creature’s combat capability was truly formidable—it felt like dealing with a plethora of mini assassins.

”Scram, I don’t have the time to mess with you!”

Ling Xiao suddenly erupted with an astonishing killing intent, causing the rat monster leader to tumble several times mid-air before landing more than ten meters away.

”Squeak squeak squeak!”

The rat monster leader seemed to be enraged with embarrassment, unable to accept that it had been frightened by Ling Xiao’s killing intent.

Its body began to spin rapidly, burrowing into the ground like a drill.

”If you wish to die, then I shall fulfill your wish!”

Ling Xiao initially thought the little creature was intelligent and planned to spare it, but given its relentless behavior, he could no longer afford to show mercy.

Raising his hand, he launched a flying sword that then, driven by Destruction Will, pierced into the ground, nailing the rat monster leader underground.

”Come back!”

After retrieving the flying sword, Ling Xiao no longer paid attention to the remaining rat monsters, as their leader was dead and they posed no threat.

The rat monsters frantically fled, distancing themselves from Ling Xiao.

Ling Xiao put away the Rainfall Sword and continued on his way.

Upon advancing further, he finally discovered some relatively intact books.

In total, there were six of them, four of which were Gold-top Level Martial Arts, and two were unexpectedly Jade-grade Entry-level Martial Arts.

However, Ling Xiao temporarily did not need these martial arts. He decided to copy them to bring one set back to the Divine Sword Sect and trade another set with the Moon Hua Sect for a substantial reward of spirit stones.

The two Jade-grade Entry-level Martial Arts could probably be exchanged for two million middle-grade spirit stones, and the four Gold-top Level Martial Arts could be traded for four million low-grade spirit stones—this was indeed a significant fortune.

Middle-grade spirit stones could be used for cultivation.

Low-grade spirit stones could be utilized for purchasing—both were very useful.

After collecting all six books, Ling Xiao activated his Mountain and River Martial Soul, penetrating through the walls to search the area.

He felt that the truly good items would generally be kept in more secretive places, not easily displayed in the open.

Found it!

Piercing through a wall, Ling Xiao uncovered a hidden door that was quite small, the size of a grid carved into the wall.

Within the grid lay a jade gourd filled with pills, roughly a hundred or so in total.

Ling Xiao directly opened the secret compartment and took out the items, sniffing them at the tip of his nose.

Knowledge of pills he had studied earlier surfaced in his mind.

”Good stuff, I didn’t expect to find Advanced Yellow Grade elixirs—the Half-step Breakthrough Pill!”

The so-called Half-step Breakthrough Pill was used to enhance the realm of the Half-step Celestial.

That’s right, a direct enhancement, and it was only possible to do so at the half-step stage.