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Chapter 835: The Human Clan
🕑 Added 2024-07-06 08:20:33 +0000 UTCImmortal Path Space : Table of Content/Chapter List
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One day after Wang Hong left Myriad Cliffs, powerful cultivators from the Demon Clan also discovered the incident here. When they rushed to the scene, they only saw that the originally vast divine wood forest had disappeared, leaving behind only tree stumps and some broken branches and leaves scattered around.
While the Demon Clan was still searching for the culprit across the entire continent, Wang Hong had already left the Sky Demon Continent and entered the territory of the Abyss Clan.
As soon as he entered the Abyss Clan's territory, he felt something different. Although in the same world, it was dim here, always giving off a gloomy and cold sensation.
The Black Magnet Continent was not very large among all the continents, even smaller than Wang Hong's hometown of Hezhou Continent.
But this continent had one distinguishing feature - it was rich in all kinds of magnetic ores. The profound yin magnet ore that Wang Hong needed was just one variety.
As soon as he set foot on the Black Magnet Continent, he felt his body become much heavier.
There were countless magnetic ores on this continent, but there was only one vein of profound yin magnet ore, and Wang Hong didn't know exactly where it was located.
As Wang Hong was pondering how to find the profound yin magnet ore, his eyes lit up: "Just when I'm feeling sleepy, someone delivers a pillow."
At this moment, a Golden Core cultivator of the Human Clan was desperately fleeing ahead, with two gloomy Abyss Clan cultivators in pursuit behind him.
The two Abyss Clan cultivators had relaxed and natural expressions, occasionally launching a few attacks that were neither too light nor too heavy, causing the Golden Core Human Clan cultivator ahead to dodge frantically, drawing peals of cold laughter from the two Abyss Clan cultivators, as if they found endless amusement in this.
After a moment, the two Abyss Clan cultivators finally noticed Wang Hong standing ahead. One of them, a blue-faced cultivator with tusks, pointed at Wang Hong with one hand and said to his companion, "There's another Human Clan cultivator ahead, let's take one each."
"Hehe! I was just thinking the same."
On this Black Magnet Continent, cultivators of the Human Clan were like ants to them. The two Abyss Clan cultivators did not value the lives of these two at all; these lives were worthless, just temporary playthings for their amusement.
"Fellow cultivator up ahead, run!" The Golden Core cultivator being chased still remembered to warn Wang Hong, despite his own precarious situation, earning Wang Hong's admiration.
Hearing this, Wang Hong still stood quietly in his original spot. An ominous gust of wind carrying killing intent swept towards him, but Wang Hong just casually pointed a finger forward, and the ominous wind immediately dissipated into nothingness.
"Eh?!"
The two Abyss Clan cultivators let out a startled exclamation. Just as they were about to attack again, they saw a giant hand formed from spiritual energy reaching out to grab them. With just one grasp, it captured them both.
"Senior, spare us! We were shortsighted fools who offended you. Please forgive us, our ancestors will surely express profound gratitude with generous gifts."
The two Abyss Clan cultivators, who had been having fun earlier, were still quite adept at responding to changing circumstances. Realizing the situation, they immediately pleaded for mercy.
"Enough blabbering! Answer my questions!"
Wang Hong threw the two Abyss Clan cultivators onto the ground and coldly shouted.
"As long as the senior spares our lives, we will tell the truth without reservation," one of the Abyss Clan cultivators still tried to bargain with Wang Hong.
"It seems you still haven't understood my meaning."
Wang Hong said coldly, then reached out and grabbed the head of this Abyss Clan cultivator. A burst of divine sense shot directly into the opponent's sea of consciousness, rampaging through and searching for the information he needed.
With Wang Hong's current level of cultivation, using soul-searching techniques on these golden core small fries posed no difficulty at all.
After a moment, Wang Hong released his grip. This Abyss Clan cultivator's eyes rolled back, foaming at the mouth and collapsing lifelessly to the ground - it was unclear whether he was dead or had just lost his mind.
Then Wang Hong turned his gaze to the remaining Abyss Clan cultivator, who was so terrified that he hastily kowtowed, "I will speak the full truth without any omissions, please senior show mercy!"
"Hmm! Where is the profound yin magnet ore vein located?"
The information from the earlier soul-searching wasn't very clear, so he decided to interrogate again - with the two sources cross-referenced, it should provide more detailed information.
"Travel seven thousand li southwest from here, there is a black stone mountain. The profound yin magnet ore is located beneath that black stone mountain."
This Abyss Clan cultivator was afraid Wang Hong would use soul-searching again if he didn't cooperate, so he answered as quickly and clearly as he could in his life.
Wang Hong then asked some additional related questions about the output and stockpile of profound yin magnet ore, but this Abyss Clan cultivator didn't know the details, so Wang Hong only obtained some rough information.
After answering all of Wang Hong's questions, this Abyss Clan cultivator knew the moment that would decide his fate had arrived - his life or death now rested solely on Wang Hong's whim.
"Please senior, spare me! I swear I will forever keep silent about this!"
This Abyss Clan cultivator pleaded, then prostrated himself on the ground, not daring to say another word as he trembled uncontrollably, awaiting his final judgment over which he had no control.
However, Wang Hong had a kind heart and no particular interest in torturing people. With a casual slap of his palm, he killed this Abyss Clan cultivator.
As for sparing him, that was impossible. Wang Hong hadn't accomplished his goal yet, so he couldn't risk the information leaking out and causing more trouble. Plus, he had witnessed these two killing for fun earlier - they were definitely not kind people.
"Thank you for saving my life, senior!"
Seeing that Wang Hong had killed the two Abyss Clan cultivators, the fleeing Golden Core Human Clan cultivator hurried over to express his gratitude.
"Get up. Me saving you was just something I did casually in passing," said Wang Hong, as he had a decent impression of this person. Being from the same Human Clan, he felt pity for these humans eking out an existence in foreign territories.
From the Demon Clan's territory earlier to now in the Abyss Clan's lands, based on what he had seen and heard, these native humans living here really struggled to survive.
In contrast, thinking about the demonic beasts living on Human Clan territories gave him a rough idea of the kind of lives these Human Clan cultivators led.
"Senior, if you wish to find the profound yin magnet ore, I can guide you there. I've been to the area near the profound yin magnet ore vein before."
"Very well, then lead the way for me."
After speaking, Wang Hong emanated a strand of spiritual power to envelop this Human Clan cultivator, and they flew off.
He did not directly tear through space, as that would easily allow other void refining cultivators to detect him.
Thousands of miles away, although his aura had dissipated, without rushing at full speed, he had already arrived in just one hour.
"You shall temporarily hide here."
Wang Hong settled this Human Clan Golden Core Cultivator among a pile of rocks and set up an array formation. With this array formation here, outsiders would be unable to open it, and similarly, this Golden Core could not leave on his own.
After leaving those words, Wang Hong headed towards a black mountain ahead, opening his Divine Sense fully, taking in the entirety of the surroundings, including the conditions inside the mines.
Inside the mine tunnels, many miners were laboriously extracting magnetic ore. Most of these miners were low-tier Human Clan Cultivators, with a sprinkling of other races mixed in.
Because the Human Clan was naturally endowed with high spiritual intelligence, they were easier to manage.
If they tried using a few low-tier Demonic Beasts, even if they were beaten to death, they likely wouldn't understand how to mine.
Therefore, the lower-tier Human Clan Cultivators and ordinary people became hunting targets for many races, and those captured Human Clansmen often met tragic ends.
Although Wang Hong felt pity, he was currently powerless. This Little Yuan Realm was too vast; even if he rescued a few or a few hundred or thousand people, it would ultimately amount to nothing in the grand scheme.
At this point, he had found the warehouse where the Abyss Clan stored their profound yin magnet ore. As for the array formations guarding the exterior of the warehouse, to his Divine Sense, they were mere trifles; his Divine Sense easily penetrated through without anyone noticing.
What disappointed Wang Hong was that the stock here was not plentiful, far from the quantity he required.
Since that was the case, he had no choice but to temporarily wait here for some time until enough was mined before making his move.
Wang Hong went back and brought out that Human Clan Golden Core, taking him to find a mountain cave outside the black stone mountain to hide.
Three months passed waiting like this. On this day, a team of five Nascent Soul Abyss Clan cultivators arrived at the mine. After relieving the Abyss Clan members stationed here, they packed up all the profound yin magnet ore stored in the warehouse and took it away.
This directly took the meat from Wang Hong's bowl, and how could he tolerate that? However, he temporarily could not make a rash move and still needed the mine to continue operating to help mine enough profound yin magnet ore for him.
So, when this small team left, Wang Hong secretly followed behind them. Only after two thousand miles did he make his move, slaying these five Abyss Clan cultivators and seizing the profound yin magnet ore they were transporting.
He then returned to the vicinity of the mines and lay in wait again. Like this, Wang Hong waited for a year.
During that time, he ambushed two more transport teams. Clearly, this had aroused the Abyss Clan's suspicion by the later instance, as the Abyss Clan dispatched two Soul Transformation cultivators to secretly trail them.
But how could such measures hide from Wang Hong? Wang Hong had already discovered them and was also secretly tailing them. Only after traveling two thousand miles did Wang Hong make his move, eliminating all the Nascent Soul and Soul Transformation cultivators in this team.
Now, the profound yin magnet ore in Wang Hong's possession was nearly enough; he only needed to accumulate a little more over the next month or two.
However, two months later, when Wang Hong made his move again, a Void Refining Abyss Clan cultivator swiftly flew in from afar. Clearly, the Abyss Clan had prepared for Wang Hong to strike again.
"So it is Fellow Daoist Wang of the Human Clan. For a Void Refining expert like you, Fellow Daoist, to disregard face and engage in such petty thievery is truly lamentable!"
In this entire Little Yuan Realm, there were only around a dozen or so Void Refining experts publicly known. This Abyss Clan expert could easily guess Wang Hong's identity.
"It is merely borrowing some ore from the Abyss Clan for temporary use. Why must Fellow Daoist be so miserly?"
As Wang Hong spoke, his treasured flying dagger manifested, transforming into a white beam shooting forth.
The Abyss Clan expert opposite formed several hand seals, instantly forming countless runes around him. When Wang Hong's flying dagger shot towards him, its trajectory suddenly changed, flying past the Abyss Clan cultivator.
"Hmm!"
Wang Hong let out a light exclamation. So the other party could manipulate this black magnet continent's peculiar magnetic forces to alter the trajectory of his flying dagger.
With a thought from Wang Hong, the silver flying dagger circled back, stabbing towards the savage. Yet it encountered the same situation, curving away perfectly upon nearing him.
It seemed this Abyss Clan cultivator had comprehended the Laws of Heaven and Earth related to magnetic forces.
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