Recalling that profound realm, Li Lin estimated that the Three Thousand Flowing Clouds Hand was barely a success in cultivation. Having found this sensation, he reckoned that soon his Split Sky Nine Strikes and Fierce Flame Fist would also be successfully cultivated, especially the Split Sky Nine Strikes. If cultivated successfully, combined with the Blood Slaughter, Li Lin was extremely eager, predicting it would be another major trump card for him.

  He also had now the Vermilion Bird Art and the Black Tortoise Art, with the Black Tortoise Art already mastered by Li Lin. However, since mastering the Black Tortoise Art, he had not used it recently and had not encountered any strong opponents in a while.

  After letting his thoughts wander for a moment, he then entered a state of cultivation, his body suddenly enveloped in a ring of yellow light.

  Outside the Flying Spirit Gate, under a moonless and windy night, two days and one night had passed. The two thousand disciples of the Ghost Martial Sect were becoming increasingly impatient. At the gate of the Flying Spirit Gate, they were at a loss, unable to advance or retreat, not knowing what to do.

  "What should we do now? What exactly happened to the vice sect leader?"

  "Could something unexpected have happened to the vice sect leader?"

  "If something had happened to the vice sect leader, I guess the Flying Spirit Gate would have acted by now, but they have been inactive for these two days, which is very strange."

  "Why hasn't the vice sect leader come back yet? What should we do now?"

  On the back of a flying beast, the elders and protectors of the Ghost Martial Sect had also landed on the ground and were continuously watching the interior of the Flying Spirit Gate, unsure of what to do.

  "Ah..."

  Within a stone chamber, screams of agony continued to emerge, the sound horribly mournful.

  Inside the stone chamber was Dai Gangzi, who was restrained all over but his arms stretched out and hung from the ceiling of the chamber. His shoulder blades were pierced directly by two large iron hooks, his body dripping with blood.

  Dai Gangzi was naked, his body covered with tiny blood-red ants, densely packed, crawling under his skin, his blood slowly oozing out mixed with bits of red and white material, disgustingly nauseating.

  "Ah..."

  Dai Gangzi screamed miserably, his face pale, with the blood-red ants even moving in his eyes, ears, mouth, and nose.

  "Ouyang Lengji, why must you treat me this way? Just kill me." Dai Gangzi screamed miserably. At this moment, the horrifying blood-red ants were able to bite through his Martial Marshal body into his shin bones, the pain of devouring blood and bone marrow was unbearable.

  "Dai Gangzi, I don't really want to trouble you, just killing you would spare me the hassle, and I do sympathize with you, but if there's anyone to blame, it's yourself." Ouyang Lengji said coldly, unmoved by Dai Gangzi's screams.

  "Ouyang Lengji, what do you mean by this? Who else would do this to me?" Dai Gangzi wailed.

  "The sect leader has instructed me not to tell, I cannot disclose." Ouyang Lengji said.

  "Ouyang Lengji, if you are a man, tell me who is behind this before I die." Dai Gangzi said, speaking with blood streaming from his mouth.

  "Dai Gangzi, all I can do for you is to let you die sooner to lessen your suffering. You should know, the order I received was to torture you for seven days and nights before killing you." Ouyang Lengji stated.

  "Ouyang Lengji, I beg you, let me die knowing why. Who wants you to torture me like this, who bears such deep hatred against me?" Dai Gangzi wailed.

  "Don't you really know why? Why last time someone from your Ghost Martial Sect came to the Flying Spirit Gate, but didn't act against the Flying Spirit Gate, instead sending you here? Such a simple thing, and you don't know? It's a pity for you, no wonder you can't sit in the position of sect leader." Ouyang Lengji sneered.

  "You're talking about Dai Daozi, it must be him, he's the one torturing me. He's afraid the next sect leader's position might fall into my hands, he's the one targeting me." Dai Gangzi suddenly shouted loudly.

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  "Not too stupid, but I didn't say anything." Ouyang Lengji sneered.

  "Ouyang Hall Master, someone has come, you need to go out for a moment." Just then, outside the stone chamber, a beautiful shadow appeared, it was Ghost Shadow Rakshasa Ye Fei.

  "Ye Hall Master, who has come?" Ouyang Lengji asked Lengji inquired, stepping out of the stone chamber.

  "Someone from the Ghost Martial Sect has come to check if Dai Gangzi is dead or alive, and to have us torment him a bit more before killing him," Ye Fei's voice came vaguely from outside the chamber.

  "Dai Daozi, although we are half-brothers from different mothers, I never imagined you would treat me this way," Dai Gangzi said bitterly, his eyes filled with hatred and blood.

  "Heaven has not forsaken me, this is my chance to survive, I must not die," just then, a sudden joy appeared on Dai Gangzi's face. He felt that within his body, among the several restrictions placed, one was beginning to weaken and loosen. Once this restriction was lifted, he would be able to regain his strength and eventually escape from here.

  Suppressing his overwhelming joy, Dai Gangzi continued to scream in agony as the restrictions loosened, the pain of his bone marrow being devoured still continuing. Meanwhile, he was thinking of ways to break through the blocked meridians and acupoints.

  Not far from the chamber, several figures revealed slight smiles. "The restrictions set by the Lushan patron should start to loosen soon, in a few hours, Dai Gangzi should be able to break free. Then, we'll just put on a show," Ouyang Lengji said.

  "The sect master is indeed ruthless. It would be hard for Dai Gangzi not to believe it now. I now respect the sect master deeply," Huangfu Qisong commented.

  "This sect master is really something," the usually reticent Ye Mei said, her beautiful eyes lifting slightly as she spoke: "Whoever offends the sect master must really regret it later."

  Late at night, during the hour of zi, the sky above was obscured by thin night clouds, with a few residual stars hanging in the sky, a gentle night breeze blowing through.

  Outside the Flying Spirit Gate, all was silent, the two thousand disciples of the Ghost Martial Sect were also beginning their cultivation at this time.

  Suddenly, an invisible force seemed to spread with the night wind at an alarming rate.

  "Hisss…"

  Suddenly, among the elders of the Ghost Martial Sect, a gust of wind appeared out of nowhere, instantly distorting the space.

  "Someone is ambushing, get ready!" the elders shouted loudly, but before their voices fell, a white figure had already flashed past them, moving so fast that they could not see clearly, the space twisting momentarily and all was over in an instant.

  "Who is ambushing, Flying Spirit Gate is attacking!"

  "Run!"

  The Ghost Martial Sect instantly became chaotic. As everyone scrambled to their feet, all was quiet again, with no one from the Flying Spirit Gate having rushed out.

  "Everyone calm down, what are you panicking about?" an elder of the Ghost Martial Sect shouted loudly.

  After a moment of confusion, the two thousand disciples of the Ghost Martial Sect gradually quieted down.

  "Something's wrong, Elder Liu is missing."

  "How can Elder Liu be missing? He was just here." In that instant, several elders and protectors suddenly realized that one of their own had silently disappeared.

  "Be on your guard, a powerful enemy is ambushing!" The remaining elders were immediately alarmed, the sudden disappearance of an elder chilling their hearts, and from then on, no more disturbances occurred.

  In the back mountain, a figure in white clothes, breathtakingly beautiful, appeared, holding an elder of the Ghost Martial Sect. This person was absolutely terrified; he hadn't had any chance to resist and was captured in an instant by the opponent. This level of power was truly frightening.

  "You've worked hard," Li Lin appeared in front of Bai Ling, who was holding the captured Ghost Martial Sect elder, a slight smile crossing his face.

  "It's up to you now, my human form can only maintain as it is now, I'm going to rest," Bai Ling said, and her shadowy figure turned into a white light and disappeared in an instant.

  "Elder Liu, long time no see," Li Lin said to the Ghost Martial Sect elder in front of him inside a secret chamber in the back mountain. This elder from the Ghost Martial Sect had made some impression on Li Lin in the past; an Eightfold Martial General, certainly not weak.

  "Sect Master Li, what do you want to do, I am an elder of the Ghost Martial Sect," the elder watched Li Lin, panic evident in his eyes.

  "An elder of the Ghost Martial Sect, do you think that’s worth something?" Li Lin said lightly, and as his words fell, a mysterious palm print was already pressing on the elder’s crown.

  After a scream, in a moment, Li Lin's hand held a mummified corpse. With a flash of spirit fire, the corpse instantly turned to ashes.

  Li Lin was not concerned with all this; at this moment, his cheeks were somewhat flushed, devouring an Eightfold Martial General had made him feel somewhat full, but it was still within his tolerance. Li Lin estimated in his heart that after fully assimilating the true qi of this Eightfold Martial General, breaking through to the Sevenfold Martial General should also be no problem.

  Raising his eyebrows slightly, from the elder's mind, he discovered quite a few useful pieces of information using the Spirit Searching Technique.

  Li Lin then sat cross-legged, circulating the Yin Yang Spirit Martial Art, and began to cultivate slowly.

  Meanwhile, outside the Flying Spirit Gate, a sense of inexplicable panic was brewing. All disciples of the Ghost Martial Sect felt a fear growing in their hearts. The cultivation and power of Elder Liu, an Eightfold Martial General, had vanished in an instant, casting a shadow of fear over everyone's heart.

  Yet until dawn, no further incidents occurred, but the mysteriously vanished Elder Liu was indeed gone without a trace. The surrounding elders recalled that moment in the middle of the night, when space twisted and a white light flashed by, certainly the work of a powerful entity, whose strength was enough to claim their lives instantly.