Death... and me
chapter-1114

Her name was Liana Harizmendi, a member of the Tenke Kingdom, a kingdom filled with people specializing in Yin Energy manipulation. However, she was also their most important participant this time around. She was the owner of the Pure Yin Body. Her cultivation was still in the Initial Stage of the Saint Realm. However, her abilities, talent, and body constitution gave her a huge advantage above even the geniuses who came to participate in this recruitment. The guy she left alive was at the Late Stage of the Saint Realm, but even he stood no chance against her.

The guy could only tell everything he knew. Unfortunately for him, Liana finished the job and froze him completely after that. He was as dead as he could be. "Hmph! Trash like you shouldn't have even been born." With that, she turned around and used the information she got to proceed with her journey.

Somewhere else, a cultivator called Hedoi Garaizabal moved one of his hands nonstop.

*Arrghhhh!*

"That's, it, that's it. Keep cutting further down. There aren't enough bones exposed yet, so you need to show me more. Oh, by the way, do you want to see the color of your heart? That sounds nice, right? Take the rib bones in front of it after. Not everyone has the chance to see their hearts beating."

At the moment, he was using some kind of technique that manipulated the cultivator in front of him. It didn't matter how much the guy struggled or screamed as his body continued to move on its own, cutting itself nonstop. Naturally, it was a very unpleasant sight. "Please, let me die! Why are you doing this?"

Hedoi laughed in response to the question. "Hahaha! That's because it's fun, of course! That first test was extremely annoying. I had to fly around in that bullshit Divine Energy stream and keep a low profile as our country was at a disadvantage in that situation. I have to alleviate my frustration, and you just so happened to be here. Isn't that great that you can help me with that?"

Suddenly, a black-robed disciple of the Blood Path Sect appeared close to him. There was one head in his hand with an expression of utter terror. It was a woman who seemed to have quite a few similar features to the tortured guy. "Li-Little sister! How could you?!"

Hedoi moved his fingers, making the guy increase the pace in mutilating his body and scream even more. However, Hedoi ignored him for the moment. "How is it? Is this what we think it is, Gala?"

Gala was obviously the newcomer's name. "Yes, Senior Hedoi. This is really the Soul Eater Sect's sealed area, the Yin Death Zone. I believe the test this time around is to escape this place alive before the Yin Energy corrupts our souls and turns us into Yin Corpses."

Hedoi agreed with Gala. "That's most likely the case. Even I have to admit this Yin Energy is annoying. Oh well. It will take very long for the energy to cause me any damage, so we have more than enough time."

Suddenly, Hedoi closed all the fingers on the hand that was controlling that cultivator. The guy let out a shriek before his eyes went blank. Following this, something that looked like many strands of blood began to come out and enter Hedoi's body. In just a few seconds, all that was left was a dried corpse. "Sigh... this guy's blood wasn't that good. Were you luckier?"

Gala licked his lips as he looked at the woman's head in his hand. "She was quite tasty. Even though she had already surpassed her forties, she was still a virgin. Can you believe that?"

Hedoi couldn't help but show a little bit of jealousy. "So nice...however, you shouldn't be surprised by it. We are talking about the geniuses of the several powers of each country here. They're not like any street dog we find outside. I believe we will find a lot of tasty bodies during this competition, including virgins of both genders. We might even have a breakthrough because of it."

Gala was happy to hear that. "I hope Senior Hedoi is right."

Hedoi smiled in response before asking, "So, where should we go?"

"According to the information from this girl's group, we're at the southeast side of the Yin Death Zone. However, because no one was allowed inside this sealed space for so long, almost no one knows exactly where the Soul Eater Sect is located," Gala replied.

Hedoi nodded after hearing that. "Well, the clues to escape this sealed area should be in the sect itself. It's probably located in the center of this sealed area, so we can just move northwest and hope we find it."

He then changed the topic as he asked Gala, "By the way, did you find any information about the guy the sect master wants us to find? We were supposed to force him to fail the Sacred Land's test. However, if we do it here, he'll most likely die. The sect master definitely won't like it. If possible, we need to help him pass this test and then force him to fail in a future opportunity. If we do that, the sect master will surely reward us. Perhaps, he will even give us a blood pearl for consumption."

Gala's eyes lit up when he heard the item's name. Unfortunately, he had to shake his head in response. "No, Senior Hedoi. That's not surprising, though. This place is very big, after all. Our best chance is to head to the sect and hope he's there. Then again, the other disciples of our Klacks Country know of it as well, so they'll probably find the black-haired guy first."

Hedoi snorted in response. "Hmph! If they find the guy, they'll have to give him to me very nicely. Otherwise, they can forget going back alive. In a certain way, this is good news." Hedoi then turned around as he said, "Alright, let's go. We need to arrive there as soon as possible so that we won't miss that guy."

Gala nodded, and with that, the two Blood Path Sect disciples disappeared in the snow.

Similar situations happened everywhere. Everyone was gathering information and finding their way to the Soul Eater Sect.