After half an hour
...
Chu Feng was fleeing with all his strength from the Soul Transformation elders. He blocked and repelled their attacks, severely injuring most of them, and managed to reach the Beast Forest located near the mountains where the inheritance had been. Chu Feng felt hope—some hope—and looked at his body, covered in wounds. He began cursing as he muttered, "You bastards, I will take revenge on you." However, before he could finish speaking, the ancestors of the great sects arrived, along with the Imperial Throne Guardian, the emperor's right-hand man.
Chu Feng was shocked and felt a trace of fear, but he managed to calm himself to think of a solution. He asked the sect ancestors, "Seniors, have I ever offended you before?" One of them replied, "No." Chu Feng then said, "Then why are you chasing me?" The Imperial Throne Guardian stepped forward and said, "Hand over the inheritance, and we won't kill you."
Chu Feng felt anger rising in his chest, yet he replied calmly, "What inheritance, seniors?" The ancestor of the Demonic Sect shouted at him, "If you don't hand over the inheritance, boy, I will kill you!" Chu Feng thought and realized he could not leave this place safely. He had to fight—there was no other way out but battle.
Chu Feng stepped back and dashed into the Beast Forest. He used the Beast Frenzy Technique, a spiritual technique he had purchased from an auction house. It would increase his strength by several levels, but it would destroy his meridians and spiritual pathways. He had not used it even against Qing Li.
He then took out the battle suit he had obtained from the inheritance and put it on.
He activated the technique. His aura began to rise—third level of Soul Transformation, sixth level of Soul Transformation, peak of Soul Transformation—and then the rise stopped at the limit of his cultivation.
The sect ancestors and the Imperial Throne Guardian were shocked. They guessed the reason for the rise in his cultivation—that he was burning his cultivation to achieve it—and their guess was correct. They moved forward to finish him off. Chu Feng drew his sword, which radiated a bloodthirsty aura, and began unleashing his strongest attacks without caring about energy consumption.
The sect ancestors struggled to block his attacks, suffering injuries and wounds, yet their momentum did not weaken—it grew stronger. They unleashed their most powerful techniques at him because they feared that if he managed to escape, he would destroy their sects.
After a full hour of fighting, a sword was lodged in Chu Feng's left arm, and there was a gaping wound in his abdomen. He was panting, breathing with difficulty, and his vision had become blurry. The sect elders were not unscathed either. The ancestor of the Thunder Temple had lost an arm, the ancestor of the Demonic Sect had lost a leg, and the remaining ancestors were gravely wounded with injuries that could not be healed. They were bleeding heavily, their energy nearly depleted, and they felt that they would die if they continued fighting this youth.
However, this thought lasted only for a few moments. Chu Feng's cultivation began to decline.
Chu Feng realized his time was up. Using the last of his strength, he fled, reaching the mouth of a volcano. He lost consciousness as he fell into it. The sect ancestors were shocked and tried to pull him back before he fell, but he dropped inside. They felt a sense of loss at this outcome.
Chu Feng sank into the volcano without any energy, crippled and unable to move. Nevertheless, he used his sword's energy to protect himself from the volcano. He continued falling until he reached an opening below. Upon entering it, he fell into a cave beneath the volcano and lost consciousness.
After five days
Although the sect ancestors were certain he had fallen into the volcano's crater, they ordered their disciples to enter the Beast Forest in groups to search for him.
At this time, Chu Feng had awakened inside the cave. He felt weakness throughout his body. There was a half-healed hole in his body, and his left arm had been torn apart by the sword. He tried to circulate his energy but failed, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood. His cultivation had been destroyed, along with his spiritual meridians.
He felt deep sorrow and wondered why such events always happened to him. He began to feel despair as he moved around the cave, believing he would die there. He had lost his cultivation and had no food or water.
He wandered through the dark cave, illuminated only by the glow of lava flowing through a channel and exiting from the other side.
Then he saw words carved into the wall and began to read them:
"I am the Demon Saint. I was once among the strongest cultivators of my era. Yet I was betrayed by other sects, coveting my treasures. Still, I managed to escape and arrived at this place. I wrote down my technique, then went out to die together with my enemies by self-detonation.
This is my technique, called the Indestructible Demon Body Technique. It is a dual cultivation method at the Emperor Realm, which I obtained in my youth from an inheritance. This technique allows you to absorb the cultivation of others and advance easily with a strong foundation. Upon reaching the fifth volume, you can obtain the Indestructible Demon Body, making your body resistant to most attacks from cultivators of the same level."
After reading it completely, Chu Feng hesitated to use it, but he was forced by the harsh reality. He was crippled, and there was no other way to take revenge on the sect ancestors, Qing Li, and the Qing family.
He began training in the technique to master it so he could use it.
After two days, he reached a moderate level of mastery in the technique. Outside the cave, disciples from the Sun Flame Sect were searching for Chu Feng. They found a strange cave covered with weeds. It did not look natural, as its entrance seemed to have been sealed with stones. They assumed it was an inheritance, so they broke the rock and entered.
As sunlight streamed inside, they saw a mortal youth sitting within. Upon seeing his appearance, they realized he was Chu Feng. They raised their swords and approached cautiously to capture him.
Chu Feng did not speak. One disciple extended his hand to grab him, but Chu Feng seized his hand and began using his demonic technique, absorbing his cultivation. The disciple turned into a skeleton, and Chu Feng's cultivation rose to the Body Tempering Realm.
The other two disciples felt fear and tried to flee but failed. Chu Feng lunged at them and turned them into skeletons as well. His cultivation rose to the Internal Energy Gathering Realm
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Qing Li was cultivating when he heard the system's voice
(System): Chu Feng has lost 700 Destiny Points because he has become a demonic cultivator practicing forbidden arts.
System Reward: 7000 Evil Points
Qing Li was slightly surprised, but he had expected this outcome, as Chu Feng had lost all ways to continue as a righteous cultivator