'Three immature souls of the Peak Qi Condensation cultivators. This should be enough to make the Yin Soul Bead I want.'

Zhiran thought with a smile while storing the souls of the three cultivators he had just killed effortlessly.

Despite them being in the same realm as him, it didn't take much for him to kill them. He didn't even need to use any skills he had learned at Divine Cauldron Sect.

'Really... same realm doesn't mean the same strength at all.'

Zhiran thought while bending downward slightly, grabbing the head of the burly guy in the process. Since he wanted to extract their brains, he especially left the head totally intact.

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[A fresh brain with a damaged level of 22% has been detected.]

[Do you want to perform extraction?]

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'Perform Extraction!'

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[Extraction successful!]

[Congratulations! You have gained a deep memory of Zhao Hang: Flowing Meridian Circulation (Basic Mastery)]

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'Hmm, better than nothing.'

Zhiran didn't show much reaction to the reward he got. Rather, he directly incinerated the body completely once the extraction was finished.

Then, without stopping for a moment, he grabbed the head of another youngster.

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[A fresh brain with a damaged level of 25% has been detected.]

[Do you want to perform extraction?]

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'Perform Extraction!'

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[Extraction successful!]

[Congratulations! You have gained a deep memory of He Nui: Mist Vein Harmonization (Basic Mastery)]

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'This time too, a cultivation technique. It seems these guys are too useless.'

With the Divine Core technique at hand, Zhiran didn't need a cultivation technique like this anymore.

So, the only reward that made him slightly happy was those heads that were appearing on his Consciousness Platform after his extraction.

'Let's extract the last one.'

Zhiran put aside his thought, burned the body to cinders before finally putting his hand atop the last corpse.

This was the same guy with the Shifty eyes who had recognized him before.

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[A fresh brain with a damaged level of 20% has been detected.]

[Do you want to perform extraction?]

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'Perform Extraction!'

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[Extraction successful!]

[Congratulations! You have gained a deep memory of Lin Che: Water Elixir Brewing (Skilled)-an Alchemy technique.]

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Zhiran was of thought that this time too he would gain nothing, but he was surprised this time.

'Alchemy technique?'

Really, he never thought that he would receive such a reward away from the Divine Cauldron Sect from an unknown clan cultivator.

That too, in the realm of Skilled proficiency.

"Swoosh!"

Before he could think further, though, Zhiran suddenly felt the strange pull from the system as if he was about to see the vision. It seemed this time the reward was better.

'Wait...system, don't!'

But Zhiran hurriedly stopped the process anxiously. Fortunately, the system heard his words and stopped the vision on time, postponing it.

'Phew...that was close. I cannot lose my focus at this time.'

Zhiran thought with a little nervousness inside, but outside, he just directly burned the last corpse too and took all the storage rings on the ground.

Now that he was done with this, and even got the soul to make the Yin Soul Bead he wanted, it was finally time to return to the central chamber once again.

'Tianyu might already be trying to subdue that Elemental. I cannot waste too much time. But before that...'

Zhiran suddenly turned around and looked at an inconspicuous corner of the tunnel that seemed empty.

But as if he saw someone there, he slowly spoke in a cold voice that was hoarse and clearly different from his usual one.

"How long are you going to hide? Haven't you seen enough?"

He asked with cold and murderous eyes, resembling a demon.

Since Zhiran already had divine sense, he was constantly using it at intervals to scan his surroundings.

After all, he didn't want to get ambushed or spied on while he did the killings.

And surprisingly, someone really came in the middle of the fight behind him, watching his moves all this time.

That's the reason why he stopped the system from giving vision before.

"Hehe...it seems I am discovered. But really....I never thought a demonic cultivator would appear in such a place."

Seeing Zhirna's eyes focused directly on her position, there was no other choice left for the person to hide anymore.

So, it slowly removed its concealment, but the thick curiosity and surprise couldn't be hidden in her eyes.

After all, Mei Xuan never thought that she would see a demonic cultivator in this place, and he seemed quite strong, too.

'It seems this guy might really have that key.'

Mei Xuan thought anxiously while looking at the silent figure of the dark-robed youth in front, looking at her with those cold eyes behind the mask.

Seeing how he clearly killed three peak Qi Condensation cultivators easily, she felt that she was no match for him.

'Should I...use my demonic technique? This guy is clearly the same as me anyway.'

That key was very important to Mei Xuan. So to get it, she even considers risking exposing her identity.

"Shsss!"

Just as Mei Xuan was making a decision to go all out and kill the guy in front, suddenly she heard a faint sizzling voice from behind, instantly alerting her.

"Qi Shield!"

Even though Mei Xuan was thinking about her plans, she was extremely alert. So the moment she heard the faint voice from behind, she immediately used her Qi to shield herself completely.

"Boom!"

Her caution proved correct, as the moment a faint blue barrier appeared around her, a massive explosion shook the tunnel, and her body was directly blasted.

"Ugh..."

If not for the timely shield, Mei Xuan felt that she was really done for this time. Even after being so cautious, she was still caught off guard.

More importantly, she belatedly realized that her barrier didn't seem that effective, as the nature of the explosion wasn't only physical, as she had thought.

'Fuck... it is actually a Yin Soul Bead. Ugh... I was careless.'

As a demonic cultivator herself, Mei Xuan, of course, recognized what kind of thing had just exploded that even managed to hurt her soul.

Currently, she was feeling as if her entire body was being torn apart forcefully from within. It was so painful that she felt dizzy.

"Shsss!"

Unfortunately for her, the person in front didn't give her a chance to even breathe, as she already heard another sizzling sound in front once again.

She didn't need to think about what would happen to her if she allowed that explosion to touch her again.

"Damn, bastard, you will REGRET this!"

Mei Xuan was totally panicked the moment she heard the sizzling sound. It was as if she already had PTSD from it.

So, she instinctively reached into her storage ring, taking out a talisman and crushing it directly in an instant.

There was not a moment of hesitation during the whole process.

"Boom!"

The moment she crushed the talisman, the Yin Soul Bead exploded again, echoing loudly. This time, the explosion was so fierce that half the tunnel collapsed immediately.

'Sigh... she still managed to run away. Sure enough, killing anyone close to Tianyu isn't so easy.'

But even though the damage seemed higher than before, Zhiran didn't show any happiness. Rather, he appeared solemn.

'A teleportation talisman, huh. If possible, I should also get one for emergencies.'

After seeing that Mei Xuan really disappeared, Zhiran also put aside this incident and walked towards the central chamber once again.

With the searing heat and occasional rumbling sound, he knew the fight had already started.

So, he didn't want to ruin this rare opportunity. As for killing Mei Xuan, he was trying anyway.

He wanted to see whether he could kill her here. But even if he didn't manage to do that, he was sure that she would have a hard time repairing her damaged soul.

To be honest, if there were no treasure, Mei Xuan should forget about building a foundation in a few years.

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"Boom!"

"Tianyu, dodge!"

While Zhiran was busy extracting brains and killing people, just as he thought, Tianyu was fighting the Elemental with his life on the line.

He barely managed to dodge the massive flame spear thrown in his direction fiercely.

Fortunately, due to his physique, he wasn't affected by the searing heat that was melting even the ground. Still, the situation wasn't as optimistic as he thought.

"Fuck... why the heck is this Elemental so angry? I don't think I have offended it yet. Can it sense my motive or what?"

Tianyu cursed inwardly in stress, as he never thought that he would be exposed to danger like this.

This Elemental was so angry at him that, even while risking its promotion, which was almost complete, it was trying to kill him continuously.

He didn't know Elementals were such a hot-headed bunch.

'Master, I think you need to make your move. I don't think I will last long, and this guy is clearly almost in the late realm of Foundation.'

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