Void Cultivation-Chapter 203-

"Soul Devouring Everlasting Bird... This technique is not any ordinary technique. If I’m right, this should be a secret art. But even among secret arts, this particular art is extraordinary." Grey muttered in a low voice as he looked at the unconscious body of the old man in the distance.

"Since this isn’t an ordinary secret art, where did the old mam obtain it from? Moreover, I can tell that this art... is not complete. The old man named it Blood Devouring Fiendish Bird because when he received it, it could only devour the flesh and blood of other cultivators. It could also absorb a little of their cultivation base as well."

"But after I refined it with the purple crystal, it was no longer the Blood Devouring Fiendish Bird, and became the Soul Devouring Everlasting Bird."

In truth, Grey was very shocked. This particular technique of the old man really had him baffled. He could sense that the Soul Devouring Bird was at least of the emperor level. But even though the inheritance was incomplete, it’s might was still there.

"I have to kill this old man. He has too many secrets on him, and is very bizarre. He actually managed to obtain a portion of an Emperor level secret art."

In the entire continent, emperor level cultivation arts or anything close to that was incredibly rare. So far, Grey has had three encounters with emperor level arts.

The first one was surprisingly the shadow sect secret art. Grey could vividly remember that after Caster, him, Ange and Luo raided the sect, the captain got the shadow sect secret art that very few could comprehend. Even in the shadow sect, only a precise few could manage to comprehend it.

When the captain saw it, he didn’t try to comprehend it. Instead, he gave it to Grey and told him to memorize it. But Grey actually ended up understanding some parts of it and began to practice it.

Eventually, he was close to his first breakthrough when a series of events happened that he had to pause his training of the shadow sect secret art.

After he broke through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, the purple crystal shattered and his shadow gained life. Grey did not know if it was because of the perculiarity of his shadow after he learned the secret art or because of something else entirely.

The second emperor level cultivation art he had stumbled upon accidentally was Dragon eyes. When he was trying to enter Sky Mist City, he had managed to comprehend a hundred percent of the Cultivation art there. He had also seen a vision of the Dragon Emperor, telling him to make haste and come and comprehend the real Dragon eyes.

Unfortunately, Grey had not been to Sky Mist City for several months and had no clues on were to find the real art. So that one remained on pending as well. Actually, when Grey was still in the Qi Accumulation realm, Dragon eyes had been extremely helpful to him. Although he felt like it could have been more lethal and dangerous, he had been very satisfied with it.

That was the second emperor level cultivation art that he had come across. The Blood Devouring Fiendish Bird that Grey refined and turned into his Soul Devouring Everlasting Bird was the third emperor level cultivation art. But even this art was incomplete and he had yet to comprehend even ten percent of it.

However, all this showed that Grey had good aptitude and was a comprehension genius. For him to have comprehended close to three Emperor level cultivation arts, and even one Ancient Sword art, it showed that he was in no way ordinary.

After taking some time to ponder, Grey stood up and walked to the old man who lay like a corpse. His breathing was ragged and his body looked like it had been mangled and put through all sorts of abuse.

As blood continuously seeped through his wounds and into the ground, he looked like someone that was on the brink of death. Yet strangely, he had been like this for several hours. Even close to whole day. But he had not yet died.

When Grey peered deeper with his divine sense and Dragon eyes, he could see a foreign power within him that was keeping him alive. That foreign power was very weak and looked like a remnant of a really strong person.

However, when Grey locked unto that power, he recognized that it was the power of the projection of the middle-aged man. Even though the projection had disappeared, a small remnant of his power had still remained.

Grey saw this with a strange expression. He did not know what to say. But he could feel that if he destroyed the remnant power residing in the old man, he would finally die.

As Grey poured spirit power into his divine sense and was ready to destroy the residue foreign power in the old man, he heard a small and weak voice echo in his mind.

That voice sounded extremely faint and like it would dissipate if wind blew. "Do... not do this. Don’t kill... him..." Before Grey’s eyes, he saw a small figure rise up from the old man’s body.

That small figure was extremely faint that he looked as transparent as glass. He did not emit any fluctuations at all, but Grey could tell that there was a power inside him that did not belong to the Qi Accumulation realm, or even the Foundation Establishment Realm.

The small and weak voice he heard came from this weak figure. When Grey focused his gaze on it, he saw that this small figure had the appearance of a middle-aged man. His bearing was that of indifference and his expression was apathetic.

Wisps of fog would flow out of the small figure as he moved. Making him look like he was created out of fog instead of actual matter and form.

"Please... Do not kill... Him. Fellow... Cultivator." Grey heard the small figure say. Grey quickly retreated with his divine sense. Even though the small figure did not emit any fluctuations or whatsoever, he was still very vigilant and would not let his guard down.

When the small figure saw this, his lips curled into a wry smile. But on such a transparent face, it looked very bizarre.

As more wisps flowed out of the small figure, he tapped the space on his head in between his brows several times before spitting out an item. That item emitted dense fog that flowed back into the small figure and made his form return.

As he returned, the small figure gave a faint smile. "Fellow cultivator, please do not kill this cultivator. I have use for his life force. In return, you can take his storage bag and whatever you find inside it. I promise I will not come after you." The small figure said with a faint smile on his face. Like he was not the same person that had fought to the death with Grey.