Chapter 688: Northern Spear King

Chapter 688: Northern Spear King

“Sigh...”

Zhang Lingyang let out a sigh, but he didn’t say anything.

Blood Rakshasa shot him another smile before turning around and asking, “So? Did you find anything, Soul Seeker?”

The silhouette of a man abruptly manifested into existence. It was quite difficult to identify his features as he was almost fully transparent. In fact, one could see light penetrating through his body a little. It was almost like he was a soul or a Yin God.

“No. He swore an Oath of Burden, so I couldn’t find anything even after I scoured his soul.”

The man’s voice was as wispy as his existence, apparently. “This indirectly proves that they know what lies within the Death Sea though.”

“The Oath of Burden? This is getting interesting.” Blood Rakshasa glanced at the rest of the group and asked, “So, you’ve all sworn the Oath of Burden before? Is that why you couldn’t reveal the secret to anyone?”

Everyone exchanged a glance with each other before nodding. They had no choice.

“No wonder,” Blood Rakshasa exclaimed in realization, “but why didn’t you tell me sooner? If you did, then there would be no need for all this bloodshed, is there?”

Everyone: “...” Are you kidding me right now, girl? You killed them before they got a chance to say anything! Anything!

“Anyway, does that mean we won’t be able to get anything from them?” Blood Rakshasa frowned slightly.

“That is correct,” Soul Seeker answered.

“What should we do then?” Blood Rakshasa glanced at the crowd.

You should let us go, duh! Everyone shouted inside their heads in unison.

“If you can’t be of use to us...” Blood Rakshasa spoke up after thinking for a moment, “... then why should I let you live? You might as well all die here.”

Everyone turned as pale as a sheet when they heard this. Heavens above! Do you even hear yourself? Who the hell crafted this woman’s moral compass?!

Also, why are you so single-minded? There is more than one way to find out the truth. For example, you can search our belongings! If you find the Dark Overlord Token, then you’ll discover the truth, don’t you?

Are all Grandmasters this stupid? Is stupidity a prerequisite to become a Grandmaster??

Unfortunately, they couldn’t say anything to Blood Rakshasa. They couldn’t even think of giving Blood Rakshasa a hint, or the Oath of Burden would immediately steal their soul, bind them to the Oathbearer’s shell, and expose them to the astrals wind for eternity. It would be a life worse than death itself.

For a time, despair clung to everyone like the plague.

Did the thought of resisting not cross their minds? Of course it had. There was simply no point in doing so.

If Blood Rakshasa was alone, they might have thrown all caution to the wind and fought for that ray of hope.

He was the unparalleled, indomitable world champion eight hundred years ago!

If the secret really was related to the Dark Overlord, then this was easily one of, if not the biggest opportunity they had encountered in their lives!

Forget Blood Rakshasa and Soul Seeker, even Zhang Lingyang, someone who was carefully nurtured by the ancient and powerful Dragon Tiger Mountain, was brimming with excitement.

He quickly calmed himself down and looked at the excited Blood Rakshasa and Soul Seeker with a sorrowful expression, “Sigh. Assuming that this secret really has something to do with the Dark Overlord, then a bloody storm is sure to befall the jianghu once more!”

“Hahaha... the secret of the Death Sea is tied to the Dark Overlord?”

Suddenly, a sinister laugh broke out in the sky. Then, a hand wrapped in thick smoke descended from the sky and made a grab for the warriors carrying the Dark Overlord Token.

“I, Haze, shall be claiming all these tokens for myself!”

“And who do you think you are?”

Before Haze’s hand could get anywhere close to the warriors, a furious, maddened roar deafened everyone’s eardrums. At the same time, a streak of silver light cut through the sky and slammed into his hand.

There was a loud explosion as Haze’s hand was blasted aside. Not only that, the silver beam continued to shoot forward and cut through the ground like a hot knife through butter, throwing up a curtain of sand that stretched hundreds of meters tall.

When the sand settled, the crowd finally noticed that the silver light standing diagonally on the ground was really a silver spear.

“Cough... cough...”

It was at this moment the space around the silver spear distorted, and a sage-like old man wearing a tall hat and a large belt appeared out of seemingly nowhere. His face was pale, and his energies were thrown into disorder. He stared warily at the direction where the spear had come from.

Two men on horseback appeared from the horizon. They were both clad in silver armor, and they were both riding white horses. Their sabers were hanging beside the horses’ stomach.

One man looked to be in his twenties. His face was handsome, and his expression was stern. He looked like stone carved into a man, hard and unyielding.

The other person looked to be in his forties. Tall and slender, his looks were far softer compared to his compatriot. If it wasn’t for the fact that he was wearing a set of silver armor, they might have mistaken him for a gentle scholar.

The man’s words instantly shattered that impression though. “You think a piece of garbage like you deserves to lay your hands on the Dark Overlord Token?!”

“Xu Xiu...! Are you going to stand in the way of my fortune?” Haze’s eyes were filled with hatred, but also a hint of fear.

“So what if I am?” the man sneered from horseback. “I can crush a piece of garbage like you with one hand. Whatcha gonna do about it?”

“You...!” Haze choked, but he couldn’t say a thing in retort. He could only glare at Xu Xiu hatefully yet impotently.

“Your demeanor fits your stature, Northern Spear King Xu Xiu. Unfortunately, we are no longer in Northern Xinjiang.”

A cold chuckle broke out from somewhere, and the shadows on the ground began stirring unnaturally.