From the other end of Heaven’s Pit, the fatty cried out, “I know who he is! That’s Butcher! He’s an expert of the Bloodburn Realm and is second only to Di Fa!”
Over on the stone pillar, Butcher pressed both of his hands against the ground as his imprint appeared behind him. For Lu Yin, Butcher’s imprint was much clearer than the fatty’s, Yan Xiaojing, or any other that he had seen—even its facial features could be made out. Under everyone’s overwhelmed expressions, countless bony spikes stabbed out from inside the stone pillar. They then all shot out in a sharp thrust, piercing straight through all three of the retreating attackers. The trio was left impaled on the stone pillar as their blood flowed down along the stone, staining it red.
At this moment, many of the onlookers discovered that those three were not the only bodies hanging from the pillar; there were actually ten other corpses hanging there already.
In the area surrounding Heaven’s Pit, everyone who saw this scene fell silent, and they all looked at Butcher in horror. He had just eliminated three experts in the blink of an eye.
Lu Yin was amazed, as those three youths definitely had not been weak. Every single one of them had been stronger than the fatty, but they could not even retaliate against Butcher.
Butcher stood tall on the pillar. The white spikes vanished from his body. At that moment, it could be seen that these spikes had extended from his body, which meant that his own body had also been pierced through by these bones, and his clothes were stained red with his own fresh blood.
“Harming enemies 1,000 times while harming oneself 800 times,” Miss Qing commented.
Huang San said, “That’d be correct if it was someone else, but he’s Butcher. He has an innate gift of absorption, so he can increase the efficacy of medication by thousands of times. Just watch.”
The four youths glanced over and saw Butcher pull out a pill and swallow it. Right after that, the bloody holes covering his body visibly fused back together at a speed that even surpassed someone with an innate gift of recovery.
“That’s Butcher. He unintentionally acquired the Dismemberment bloodline, which allows him to use his skeleton as a weapon. That, combined with his innate gift of absorption, makes it so that there are extremely few youths in the entire Bloodburn Realm who can fight against him. Even Autumnfrost Qing might not be his opponent, as the imprint that Butcher just used is from someone on a level similar to Elder Autumnfrost: a World Imprinter, Ancestor Mo Jiang.” The fatty was clearly envious.
Lu Yin’s eyes narrowed. This person had instantly killed three experts whose strengths were comparable to people ranked around sixtieth on the Top 100 Rankings, which meant that Butcher’s strength could match up to those within the top ten.
Anybody who could enter the Daosource Sect’s ruins was one of the Sixth Mainland’s elites; otherwise, they would not be able to obtain a futon. However, there were too many elites here, as Lu Yin’s group had already passed at least fifty to sixty such individuals on their way to Heaven’s Pit. There were definitely more than just a few hundred people scattered throughout the entire ruins, and these numbers did not even account for all of the Sixth Mainland’s elites. There were many who had not obtained a futon, and many others had not come to visit the Daosource Sect either.
The Sixth Mainland had its own Daosource Sect, and their top-tier elites would also assemble there. Following this line of reasoning, even if the Sixth Mainland’s older generation powerhouses were disregarded, the Sixth Mainland’s cultivators’ bloodlust would not be sated by the sum of the Ten Arbiters and everyone within the Top 100 Rankings, and this was even with the Neoverse added in.
Although Lu Yin had not visited the Neoverse, he was certain that the average standard of their cultivators was also far inferior to the Sixth Mainland’s.
Butcher’s power didn’t only cause those around Heaven’s Pit to grow apprehensive, as even the people atop the other pillars became nervous. Soon, everyone was keeping a vigilant eye on him.
“Mr. Bai, I think that we should seize a different pillar, as the middle one is too close to Butcher. Let’s-” the fatty hurriedly spoke up, as he was rather afraid.
However, before he could finish speaking, he suddenly looked in another direction with a dumbfounded expression on his face. The other three turned to look as well and saw that a man with white clothes was standing there, and none of them had any idea how long he had been there for.
Seeing the fatty’s blank face, Miss Qing shoved him. “What were you going to say? Spit it out!”
Huang San pointed at the man in white clothes. “He- he-”
Miss Qing looked over at the man and then back at Mr. Bai.“Is that your brother?”
Their wardrobe was rather similar.
The fatty quickly gestured for her to be silent, and his face went deathly white. “Stop spouting nonsense! We’ll be killed!”
Miss Qing felt that the whole thing was a bit strange. “So he’s very powerful?”
Lu Yin looked over at the man in white, and his gaze trembled. His domain had abruptly paused when it touched the man in white, as Lu Yin instinctively did not want to make contact with this person. His instincts for danger had led to a snap decision.
Mr. Bai glanced over. “He is indeed dressed rather similarly to me, and he is only missing the fan.”
The fatty was about to cry. “Stop blabbering! Do you guys know who he is? Don’t provoke him! That’s Shang Rong!”
Mr. Bai and Miss Qing were both taken aback. “Shang Rong? The Blackblood Realm’s Realmling?”
The fatty hurriedly nodded and then carefully glanced back over at the man. Upon seeing that the man in white had not reacted to their presence, he finally relaxed.
Lu Yin was amazed. This person was the Realmling, and although he could not see Shang Rong’s rune lines, he could instinctively sense an intense aura from the Realmling. This was a judgement formed through many years of battle, and Lu Yin could tell that this person was extremely strong.
Mr. Bai was surprised. “I never thought that a Realmling would appear here. It seems that the invasion of the Fifth Mainland is being hastened along.”
The fatty took a careful look at Shang Rong, fearing that the Realmling would notice their attention. “What day is it? First it’s Butcher and now a Realmling! Are the Daosource Three Skies going to show up later on as well?!”
Miss Qing rolled her eyes. “You’re overthinking things. The Daosource Three Skies wouldn’t deign to come to this place.”
“I’m only thinking aloud,” the fatty mumbled as he looked over again. Shang Rong had suddenly vanished, causing Huang San’s hair to all stand on end as he glanced around. He then finally saw Shang Rong reappear at the bottom of the middle finger’s stone pillar.
“He’s going to take the middle finger’s stone pillar,” Mr. Bai commented solemnly.
In the distance, atop the peak of the middle finger’s pillar, one person softly said, “Someone’s coming.”
“Just one person?”
“Be careful. It’s more dangerous if it’s just one person.”
Butcher’s bloody massacre had terrified them, and right now, they would rather face four to five opponents rather than just one. If one person had the courage to seize control of a stone pillar, then it meant that they were either mentally unstable or a true freak.
Shang Rong leaped up towards the top of the pillar, but before he even reached the peak, attacks from the five already there fell upon him as everyone watched on.
Suddenly, a scene that was a hundred times more shocking than Butcher’s earlier one appeared. The five attacks vanished the instant they came into contact with Shang Rong. Then, those five defenders dissolved as well. Regardless of if it was their flesh and blood or even their clothing, everything was the same. They all completely vanished from sight; it was as if the five youths had never existed.
Everyone who saw this scene from around Heaven’s Pit felt their scalps go numb, even Butcher.
Many mouths gaped open; what the heck had they just witnessed? They had not seen anything at all, but where had the five defenders gone? Why were those people missing?
Lu Yin’s pupils shrank, and he stared at the middle pillar in shock. How had those five people disappeared? Had they directly disintegrated into nothingness?
This was an unexplainable event, but multiple people had just witnessed it happen.
Shang Rong sat down atop the stone pillar completely peacefully. Then, he calmly studied the palm lines, as if he had just done something of no consequence.
But the shock that he had given everyone else was unforgettable.
“I- I- I said that we shouldn’t provoke him. We can head somewhere else.” The fatty shuddered.
Mr. Bai and Miss Qing exchanged glances, and they saw the alarm in each other’s eyes.
Lu Yin’s eyes flickered. Those people had actually been broken down extremely thoroughly. While the method seemed similar to manipulating rune lines, it definitely was not a technique that involved rune lines.
“Seventh Bro, let’s go! That guy’s a freak. It’s best that you don’t mess with such a person right now. You can’t even use any of your external aids here, so let’s hurry up and leave!” The Ghost Monkey was also frightened.