Chapter 182: Chapter 112: The Seven Stars Gang Colludes with the Moon Worship Sect, a Demon Suppression Envoy is Trapped in the Grand Array, Chu Fan Furiously Kills the Cyan Wood Hall Master

He wandered through the mist, trying to find his way with only vague memories and a faint sense of direction to guide him.

But the surrounding trees seemed to have come alive, constantly shifting their positions—

No matter which way he went, he always seemed to end up back where he started.

Time ticked by.

Just as he was about to be completely trapped by this strange mist, a faint voice, ethereal and echoing, once again pierced his consciousness.

"Big brother... over here..."

’It was the little girl’s voice!’

It was clearer than in his dream, urgently guiding him!

Chu Fan immediately followed the sound.

Before long, a faint glimmer of light broke through the mist, drifting unsteadily until it hovered before him.

Looking closely, he saw it was a piece of inch-long White Bone, shaped like a child’s Finger Bone.

The glimmer emanated from within the bone, eerie yet soft.

Chu Fan felt a chill and subconsciously pulled his robes tighter.

Since breaking through to the Blood Nourishing Realm, he hadn’t felt this kind of "cold" in a long time.

His qi and blood were now vigorous, and he also possessed the Vajra Undying Body. Even in a world of ice and snow, he wouldn’t feel such a chill.

But this cold... it seemed to seep into his very soul...

The White Bone hovered before him for a moment, then slowly flew off in a certain direction.

Without a shred of hesitation, Chu Fan immediately followed.

The White Bone seemed to possess Spirituality; whenever he was about to hit a tree trunk or take a wrong turn, it would always adjust its direction at just the right moment.

With this tiny White Bone leading the way, the surrounding, disorienting fog seemed to lose its effect.

He didn’t know how long he had been walking when the fog ahead suddenly thinned.

A massive cliff, like an Evil Ghost’s fang, appeared before his eyes.

The glimmer on the White Bone flickered a few times, as if its mission was complete. It then gently landed in Chu Fan’s outstretched palm, its light gradually fading.

Chu Fan silently gazed at the White Bone in his palm before carefully tucking it inside his robes.

When the bone touched his chest, a strange, icy-cold sensation spread from it.

Chu Fan suppressed his aura and silently climbed to the top of the cliff like a gecko.

This was the very place he had visited in his dream.

He lay low and peered down.

A single glance was enough to make the blood in his veins nearly freeze.

Below was a massive pit, as if smashed out by a meteorite. Everything, absolutely everything, perfectly matched what he had seen in his nightmare.

The only difference was that he could see it all much more clearly now.

Roughly hewn cages were carved into the rock walls surrounding the pit.

At this moment, inside those cages were children, dressed in rags, their eyes vacant and dull!

They were like soulless puppets, sitting or lying quietly, without a single cry or sob—

They had clearly been fed some kind of drug.

Blood-stained pillars stood at the edge of the pit.

In the very center, on a high platform engraved with a massive, complex, blood-colored pattern, sat a burly man dressed in dark blue martial attire.

A faint, dark-red aura swirled around the man, emitting an unsettling Evil Qi.

Upon seeing the man, Chu Fan’s pupils contracted sharply!

’He recognized this man—’

’It was Qin Fei, the Hall Master of the Seven Stars Gang’s Cyan Wood Hall!’

Although he had very little contact with this Hall Master, he had seen him a few times at the gang’s assemblies and was certain he wasn’t mistaken!

’So this was all related to the Seven Stars Gang after all...’

A surge of rage and killing intent shot up Chu Fan’s spine.

He had long suspected that the Seven Stars Gang wasn’t entirely clean. It had just seemed better than the Blood Saber Sect or the Iron Armor Sect, which was why he had chosen it back then.

But he had never imagined that they could commit such a monstrous, inhuman act—

They were using young boys and girls to cultivate Evil Techniques!

Judging by the layout of the pit, this was no simple day’s work. It was clearly a malevolent Array!

Just then, the sound of footsteps reached him.

Chu Fan saw a group of people enter from a passage at the bottom of the pit, escorting several newly captured children.

The leader, his face grim, was none other than Zhou Tianci, the Incense Master of the Cyan Wood Hall!

Zhou Tianci and his four men roughly shoved the children into empty cages. Then, after respectfully bowing to Qin Fei in the center of the Array, they turned and left the pit area via a small path.

From start to finish, neither side spoke a single word.

The scene was utterly bizarre.

A cold glint flashed in Chu Fan’s eyes. Like a phantom, he silently slid down the other side of the cliff and tailed Zhou Tianci’s group from a distance.

Just as the men were about to enter the black, fog-shrouded forest...

Chu Fan had already donned his Evil Ghost Mask and crept up behind them without a sound.

He moved like a specter, his steps ethereal and unpredictable.

His feet touched the grass, causing the blades to bend slightly, but not a single one broke. His entire movement was silent.

After closing the distance a little more...

Chu Fan pushed off his right foot with explosive force, lunging into the group like a pouncing cheetah!

SWISH!

The Perfection-level Nine Blood Soul Blades, enhanced by the "Sword Swift as Lightning" Trait, was truly as fast as a lightning strike!

Although Zhou Tianci’s subordinates were also in the Bone Marrow Forging Realm, they were killed on the spot before they could even draw their sabers!

"Someone from the Blood Saber Sect?!"

Zhou Tianci was startled. He sensed the surrounding Evil Qi and saw the blood-colored Long Saber.

The longsword in his hand was instantly unsheathed, slashing toward Chu Fan’s neck!

WHOOSH!

Chu Fan activated his Ghost Shadow Illusionary Body Step, dodging the sword strike in a flash.

A streak of blood-red saber light, like a bolt of silk, swept toward Zhou Tianci.

"How dare you!"

Zhou Tianci roared.

He hadn’t expected that the dying Blood Saber Sect would dare to cause trouble so close to the Seven Stars Gang’s Main Altar!

But after taking only three saber strikes, fear appeared in the furious Zhou Tianci’s eyes!

This mysterious person before him was far stronger than any Blood Saber Sect Incense Master he had ever encountered!

His opponent’s strength was inferior to his, but his Nine Blood Soul Blades Sword Technique was exquisite, his saber strikes were incredibly fast, and they were vicious and unpredictable!

Saber strike after saber strike came at him like colossal waves, leaving him flustered and unable to defend himself!

Even though his Qi Blood Power was clearly stronger than his opponent’s, he couldn’t bring it to bear at all under that exquisitely refined Sword Technique!

He knew all the surviving Incense Masters of the Blood Saber Sect.