Ancient Devouring Technique

Chapter 574 A Convoy

In the cave, Ye Xuan, who was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, slowly opened his eyes.

He let out a light breath. Although his chest was pierced by Tiansha, with Ye Xuan's strong body, powerful recovery ability, and the powerful ancient devouring technique, he had almost recovered in the past few hours.

"Are you a high-level martial artist?" A childish and weak voice sounded from behind.

Ye Xuan looked back at the girl in white in the cave.

She has a very quiet personality and often sits in a daze.

This is a very hidden cave, used as a hiding place by her and another girl named Ling'er.

"My cultivation level is not very high." Ye Xuan smiled slightly.

He looked at the girl in white, and a strange look flashed in his eyes.

Half a day ago, he understood why the damn man didn't find him.

The reason is this little girl named Long'er. Her physique is very special. She should be some kind of unique innate spirit. At such a close distance, Ye Xuan can't even feel her presence if he doesn't see it with his naked eyes.

There seemed to be some kind of strange force field within a few meters around Long'er, and even Ye Xuan was blocked by the aura.

"Ling'er hasn't come back yet." Long'er stood up, walked to the entrance of the cave, looked at the dark sky outside, and murmured in a low voice with some worry.

In order to survive, the two girls had to go out to find food every day. However, in order to take care of Ye Xuan, Long'er stayed.

"How old are you and Ling'er?" Ye Xuan asked.

"Ling'er and I are both ten years old."

Ye Xuan shook his head slightly. He could imagine how deep the bond between two orphans with little martial power would be, living together and relying on each other in this cruel and unjust world.

Ye Xuan looked down at the 'black iron ring' on his right ankle.

He was not worried about his injuries. He thought he would be fully recovered in two days at most.

However, this black ring was actually slowly absorbing his soul!

A cold light flashed in Ye Xuan's eyes, this time he almost died at the hands of the 'Heavenly Killer' elder. If he had not slightly shifted his body at the critical moment and avoided the sharp blade that pierced his heart directly, his head would have been cut off and taken back to the Ghost Palace.

He will definitely avenge this!
But now you need to remove the black ring first, otherwise, within two days, your soul will be sucked dry by the black ring.

This black ring of his has the soul mark of 'Tian Sha', which clearly shows that he is Tian Sha's natal warrior!
Ye Xuan had tried many methods in the previous half day, but failed to remove the black ring. He planned to use the Soul Devouring Skill to see if he could devour all the Heavenly Killing Soul Imprints on this Horcrux, and then refine it himself to control this Horcrux.

"Hmm." There was a sudden movement beside him, Ye Xuan turned his head and saw a little girl in white curled up, her whole body trembling slightly, and her delicate little face was pale and bloodless.

"What's wrong with you?" Ye Xuan frowned.

"No...nothing, it's just that when it's cloudy, I feel cold all over." The girl's face was pale and she shook her head.

A warm palm gently rested on her delicate little back, and then Long'er felt the gentle spring warmth flowing from the palm through her spine and into her body.

She pursed her lips, and the blood gradually returned to her snow-white face, and then a blush climbed up her delicate cheeks.

Long'er hasn't felt this kind of warm feeling for a long time. Ever since her family was destroyed, she was infected with the cold poison, and every time it rained, she would feel cold to the bone.

"Thank you...thank you." Long'er thanked in a childish voice.

An imperceptible strange color flashed in Ye Xuan's eyes, and then he smiled slightly.

It was raining heavily outside, with occasional flashes of lightning.

"Ling'er, why haven't you come back yet?"

Long'er frowned slightly, with a look of worry on her face. It was obvious that she was extremely worried.

Ye Xuan withdrew his hand from the little girl's back. He injected his energy into the girl's body, which had already driven away the coldness in her body and would stop her from feeling the cold for a while.

"What a powerful cold poison!" Ye Xuan thought to himself. The other party must be really vicious to use such a cold poison on a little girl.

"Let's go, let's go find Ling'er." Ye Xuan said with a smile.

"But you are injured!" Long'er said worriedly.

"Haha, I'm fine now." Ye Xuan shook his head and smiled. A layer of crystal space shield rose above his body, covering him and Long'er, and walked out of the cave.

At night, the western part of the mountain range was shrouded in rain. Lightning and thunder struck from the sky, and the rumbling thunder filled the entire sky. The dense forest branches and leaves made crackling sounds as the raindrops blew on them.

On this rainy night with thunder and lightning, on a mountain road, there were nearly a hundred black-armored warriors riding on black dragon war beasts, escorting a carriage pulled by three ferocious and mighty dragon-crocodile beasts, slowly moving forward.

These three 'Earth Dragon Crocodiles' were all fourth-level monsters, emitting a ferocious beast aura.

Each of those black-armored knights wore a silver-black mask on his face and held a sword. Although their faces could not be seen, they exuded a murderous aura. Looking at their cultivation, they were all at the fifth/sixth level of the Martial King Realm. In Zhongzhou, this was already a force that could not be ignored.

Next to the beast cart, there was an old man walking. Although he looked lazy, his aura was more obscure. He was actually a very powerful being at the second level of the Martial Emperor Realm!
The old man looked lazy at this moment, but from his slightly narrowed eyes, a gleam of brilliance would occasionally appear, glancing towards the surrounding mountains and forests.

In Zhongzhou, such a large formation was only used to escort that beast cart. I guess the identity of the person in the beast cart must be very extraordinary!
"Gentlemen, please give us some money. My family was migrating and passing through this forest. We were robbed by bandits. My parents died, and my brother was stabbed and is dying. Please give me a few Yuanshi so that I can buy some elixirs for my brother to heal his wounds."

Suddenly the convoy stopped, and a little girl in tattered blue clothes knelt on the mountain road, crying.

The old man frowned and looked.

"Get lost!" The black-armored man leading the team shouted, murderous, "Where did you come from, you little beggar? How dare you block your uncle's way? Don't you want to live?"

The little girl in green was unmoved. She pouted and said, "My dear gentlemen, it's raining so hard. It's not easy for me to meet you. Give me one Yuanshi each. When I grow up and become a strong woman, I will repay you double!"

"Looking for death!" Another black-armored warrior's eyes flashed, and he said, "Just kill this ignorant little girl."

The leading man in black armor nodded, raised his hand, and a green light flashed on his palm.

Seeing this, Ling'er immediately shrank her neck, her face turned pale, and she stood up and was about to run away, shouting, "Don't kill me, I'm just a little beggar."

A group of black-armored warriors chuckled, and the old Martial Emperor shook his head.

"Uncle He, what's wrong?" A girl's voice suddenly came from the beast cart.

"Miss, don't worry, I just met a little beggar, and I'm in a hurry... Oh no!" The old man bowed slightly and said, but before he finished speaking, his face suddenly changed. He looked up at the sky and saw a huge gray light curtain rising in the mountains and forests, covering his entire convoy.

"Ouch!" Ling'er, who was originally frightened and running away, bumped her head on the light shield and fell to the ground, covering her head in pain. She was surprisingly also covered in the gray light shield.

And at the next moment, a sinister laugh was heard in the forest. "Tsk tsk, it's raining all night, you guys are walking so hard, let me take you a ride~~~"

(End of this chapter)