Martial Saint with Passives

Granted, the Transformation Ability from the Heart of the Black Abyss gave him an incredibly powerful trump card for now.

But this was, after all, a piece of flesh and blood from the Master of the Black Abyss.

And from the looks of it, the Master of the Black Abyss was no benevolent deity.

Although the system panel seemed to have severed his connection to the Master of the Black Abyss, he couldn’t be sure there weren’t some unknown traps.

But he didn’t dare actually try to dig out the Heart of the Black Abyss either.

Who knew if he would just drop dead as a result.

"ROAR!"

While he was lost in thought, his fist blew another Black Beast’s head apart.

The more he killed, the more the destructive urge in his heart swelled, and the more exhilarating it felt.

It was as if a tempting voice in his heart was constantly roaring, constantly telling him.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Jiang Che killed faster and faster, his blows growing heavier and heavier!

What began as an effort to end the fight quickly had now become more like him reveling in a feast of pure violence!

Mangled Black Beast corpses piled up at his feet, forming an ever-growing mound. Thick black blood pooled into streams, nearly submerging the lower half of his body.

Some of the Black Beasts on the periphery finally lost their nerve at the hellish sight. They let out uneasy screeches and began to show signs of retreating; a few even started to sneak backward, trying to flee.

"ROAR!!!"

Jiang Che let out a deafening roar and charged out from the Corpse Mountain and Blood Sea, his massive figure exuding an unrivaled sense of oppression as he instantly cut off the fleeing Black Beasts!

His massive hand seized one by the hind leg and, like a hammer thrower, viciously flung it into the pile of corpses!

Then, with one punch for each, he brutally killed every single Black Beast that tried to escape!

The bloody slaughter continued.

Before long, he alone had slaughtered every last Black Beast in the area!

...

The final wail of the last Black-toothed Pig vanished into the dim woods.

This Xiuluo Scene at last fell deathly silent.

The Black-armored Giant stood in the center of the Corpse Mountain and Blood Sea, his chest heaving violently as billowing steam poured from the gaps in his armor.

The tyrannical power that had surged through his body receded as quickly as the tide.

Intense fatigue and weakness washed over him from every fiber of his being, causing him to stumble and nearly fall.

The menacing Black Armor covering his body began to melt like ice, turning into wisps of black vapor that drilled back into his body.

"HUFF... HUFF..."

Jiang Che instantly reverted to his original form.

Leaning against the trunk of a blood-soaked tree, he gasped for breath, feeling as if his body had been completely hollowed out. Even lifting a single finger required immense effort.

’That was close... I was almost consumed by that lust for slaughter.’

A wave of retrospective fear washed over him as he recalled his earlier frenzy.

The power of the Heart of the Black Abyss was immense, but its side effects were also glaringly obvious. It could easily influence his sanity, making him succumb to pure violence.

’Looks like I’ll have to be more careful using this thing in the future. It can’t be a go-to strategy.’

He rested for a moment, and after recovering some of his strength, his gaze fell upon the "treasures" scattered across the ground.

The nauseating stench of blood still filled the air, but in Jiang Che’s eyes, this was no longer Hell. It was a treasure mountain piled high with gold and silver.

Forcing his exhausted body to move, he retrieved the Secret Iron Hand Spike he had dropped nearby and began his "harvest."

He walked over to the corpse of a Mid-stage Stone Skin Realm Black Beast and, ignoring the foul stench, skillfully used his Hand Spike to slice open its tough chest cavity.

To prevent the Black Crystal from being absorbed.

He carefully used the Hand Spike to pry the Black Crystal from the gory mess of the chest cavity, then used a piece of scrap cloth to handle it as he tossed it into his bag.

After all that, he used the small knife issued by the Government Office to cut off the Black Beast’s right ear.

He repeated the process and moved on to the next corpse.

New Black Beasts had been drawn in by the fighting.

In the end, he had killed several dozen Black Beasts across the entire battlefield!

Nearly half of them were at the Stone Skin Realm.

It was a monumental task.

Jiang Che endured the exhaustion and the stench, processing the corpses one by one.

By the time he finished processing the last corpse, the sky had grown completely dark.

The forest was pitch-black, with only a few slivers of pale moonlight filtering through the sparse leaves to illuminate the blood-soaked earth.

Jiang Che looked at his two bulging bags—one holding twenty Black Crystals, the other stuffed full of beast ears—and the exhaustion on his face was swept away, replaced by unconcealable joy.

’Now *this* is a haul!’

He was ecstatic.

The twenty Black Crystals alone, at market price, were worth at least 10,000 silver!

This was an enormous sum, enough to make any Martial Artist green with envy!

And that wasn’t even mentioning the bag full of beast ears.

’With all these points, I’m guaranteed first place!’

This meant that not only could he exchange them for a large sum of silver, but he could also go to the Government Office and choose any complete Qi Blood Realm Technique he wanted!

The rewards were truly bountiful!

’With this money, I won’t have to worry about Cultivation Resources for a long time. I can even buy some Treasure Fish and Treasure Shrimp for Ling’er to help nourish her body.’

Thinking of his younger sister, Jiang Che’s mood brightened even more.

Afterward, he returned to the large tree where he had hidden his clothes.

He dug through the fallen leaves and retrieved his clothes and bundle.

Once he was dressed, he didn’t linger.

Although the Omen ability gave no warning, he still didn’t want to spend a second longer in this godforsaken place that reeked of blood.

He got his bearings, then executed the Flying Swallow Step, rushing toward the city gates under the hazy moonlight.

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