Tonight, sleep will be a luxury.
Near the Duan Family’s residence, a few vans were parked along a small road. In one of them, a person wearing a black ghost-faced mask looked in the direction of the Duan Family home and then remarked, "Sigh, what’s taking the boss so long? Has Duan Shaojie succumbed, or has he been killed?"
The ghost-faced person seated next to him furrowed his brows and rebuked, "Don’t ask what you shouldn’t, just patiently wait for the boss to return!"
"Yes, yes, I understand!"
The discipline within the Ghost Poison Sect appeared to be very strict. The ghost-faced individual who was rebuked dared not show the slightest dissatisfaction. Instead, he nodded his head vigorously, then turned his head away.
However, it was at this time that a voice suddenly resounded within the van, "Your boss is not coming back. But don’t worry, you’ll be joining him soon!"
"Who’s there!" The ghost-faced man sitting by the door was startled and rapidly scolded. At the same time, he reached behind and drew a black curved knife.
Suddenly, the roof of the van shattered, and a hand descended from above, directly grasping the ghost-faced man’s head and crushing it with force!
A deep red fluid splattered everywhere in the darkness, a strong smell of blood began spreading through the alley.
"Be cautious, it’s an enemy attack..."
A ghost-faced man shouted, but he had barely finished speaking when his voice stuck in his throat.
This was because the only ones still alive were him and the young man in front of him radiating intense killing intent.
It wasn’t that they weren’t strong; those qualified to wear the ghost masks were at least martial artists of the Postnatal Realm. Such a group of dozens of ghost-faced martial artists could even combat a regular army!
But in front of this young man, they were slaughtered without any resistance. Many of them didn’t even understand what had happened, only feeling a breeze passing by before a sudden intense pain erupted in their heads, and then, they lost consciousness completely.
"The night has only just begun!"
This was the last sentence the final ghost-faced man heard before losing consciousness. Then, he saw a large hand rapidly enlarging in his field of view.
For ordinary people, this was just a regular night, but for the disciples of the Ghost Poison Sect in Shanghai, tonight indeed seemed like the end of the world.
Under the torment of Chu Ge’s True Qi, the red ghost-faced man finally couldn’t bear it, divulging all the locations he knew, including those of the two Innates.
As Chu Ge destroyed these locations, he would occasionally leave some people behind to continue the interrogation.
Interestingly enough, under such interrogation, he even managed to extract some hidden locations that even the red ghost-faced man didn’t know about.
Thus, as the clock struck one in the morning, Chu Ge stood in front of a humble earthen house on the outskirts of Shanghai and murmured softly, "The last stronghold, huh? The two Innates, huh?"
It wasn’t that he was overconfident, but rather, according to the information he had gathered, these two individuals were only in the Early Innate Realm. It was just that, after his battle with Shi Wanwang, even though his True Qi had not increased, his understanding of combat and the perception of Jian Chunqiu’s Sword Intent had greatly improved.
If he were to confront Shi Wanwang now, it would probably not take much effort at all to effortlessly eliminate him!
Chu Ge stood about a hundred meters away from the house, not taking a single step forward, but instead released all the aura on his body without any reservation, including the intense killing intent he had just accumulated!
In the distance, a wild rabbit passing by felt this aura, and suddenly its body trembled, lying motionless on the ground as blood continuously flowed from its eyes, ears, mouth, and nose.
Having reached the Innate Realm, one becomes more sensitive to various auras, not to mention such a strong, undisguised killing intent?
Almost at the moment when Chu Ge’s aura was just released, there was a booming sound. The small mud house was directly blown into pieces. Two figures soared from within the house, landing on the branches of a nearby tree.
Both individuals were dressed in black robes, only wearing golden masks on their faces, adorned with various patterns that at first glance looked like totems from some primitive tribe.
"Innate members of the Ghost Poison Sect?" Chu Ge eyed the two, his eyes brimming with battle intent.
"Are you... Chu Ge?" One of the individuals in black robes spoke, his pronunciation of Chinese very strange, seemingly not a pure Huaxia person.
"Not a Huaxia person?" Chu Ge frowned. "Could it be that within the Ghost Poison Sect, there are members of foreign origins?"
Hearing Chu Ge’s remarks, the two black-clothed individuals looked at each other and then burst into laughter.
After a long laugh, one of the black-clothed individuals spoke in an awkward Mandarin, "What do you mean by the presence of foreigners in the Ghost Poison Sect? The entire Ghost Poison Sect was founded by our great Black Witch Sect. But to think, to this extent of uselessness today, not only losing an Innate member but also encountering issues with the precious human poison!"
"Black Witch Sect?" Chu Ge’s eyes turned cold.
Previously, Jian Chunqiu had mentioned to him about this sect originating from the Miao Region, an evil cult that specialized in poisonous insect techniques, with exceptionally brutal methods in their cultivation process, including using living people to cultivate the Gu Worms, with human poison being merely one of their many malicious tactics.
"Oh? It seems you know about our Black Witch Sect?" The other black-clothed man asked.
"Hmph, a bunch of bug breeders, naturally infamous!" Chu Ge snorted coldly, while secretly preparing for any situation.
As Jian Chunqiu had told him before, people from the Black Witch Sect should not be underestimated; they are masters of Gu techniques, so even individuals a minor realm higher could capsize in the gutter if caught off guard.
Chu Ge’s words clearly angered them, with one of the black-clothed individuals snorting coldly and roaring, "Damn it, you brat, how dare you insult the sacred Gu Worms, I will strip your blood and heart out, offer them to the Gu God, and let your soul suffer eternal torment!"
As he spoke, that black-clothed individual kicked off the tree trunk, turning into a black shadow charging towards Chu Ge.
Accompanied by his movement, a surge of black aura came first, carrying a strong foul stench. Chu Ge frowned and waved his sleeve, dispersing the black aura.
This move was similar to the one used by Gui Futu, only it looked much purer than Gui Futu’s.
As for the other black-clothed individual, he didn’t charge along but instead started a strange dance on the tree trunk.