Flipping to the first page of Archdevil Scripture, a pair of blood-red eyes seemed to leap out from the page. The illustration depicted a humanoid Archdevil standing upright, its upper body bare, revealing taut muscles and a head full of white hair.
As Long Huang studied the illustration, a sensation of being in hell crept over him. The madness of slaughter and an endless sea of bodies flooded his senses, causing his eyes to turn blood-red. Confused and in pain, he began to lose consciousness in the bloodthirsty frenzy when suddenly, behind him, his bloodline shadow appeared, roaring towards the sky. The thunderous roar shook the heavens. Gradually, the red bloodlust faded from his eyes, and he regained his awareness. When he awakened, his heart pounded as if it would burst from his chest.
At that moment, the humanoid Archdevil illustration flew out from the book and, in a bright flash, entered between Long Huang's eyebrows. Inside his mind, the details of a body cultivation technique emerged: the first layer of Archdevil Scripture.
"The Origin of Hell, the beginning of evil…" he recited, finding the first layer of the Archdevil Scripture battle qi cultivation technique deeply profound and mysterious.
" This Archdevil Scripture seems to be a set of divine cultivation techniques and combat arts," he pondered.
After a while, Long Huang turned to the second page. This page featured another humanoid illustration of an Archdevil, but with a slight difference. On the second Archdevil's back were a pair of devilish black wings that spread wide and bright blood red horns, exuding a domineering aura and a craving for massacre.
Once again, as he turned to the second page, Long Huang was enveloped by an atmosphere that seemed to originate from hell. His bloodline activated, and behind him, the shadow of the adolescent Ancient Chaos Battle Dragon appeared once more, suppressing the bloodthirsty desire that threatened to overwhelm his consciousness, and the second layer of *Archdevil Scripture* was successfully imprinted in his mind.
He continued to turn the pages—third page, fourth page, fifth page…
With each page, another upper layer of the Archdevil Scripture emerged in his mind. Taking his time, it took Long Huang over two hours to reach the last page.
On the final page, instead of an illustration, a line of flamboyant calligraphy filled the space.
"Burdened by Hell's aura of slaughter, the one who receives the Archdevil Scripture is accepted as my disciple, and saviour of the Archdevil Race. Wherever an Archdevil appears, they will be invincible in battle!"
These words were left behind by a Martial Emperor of the Archdevil Race, Ren Sun.
"When the Archdevil appears, countless bodies will fill the land, and rivers will run with blood; no enemy shall escape its blades, undefeated in battle!"
Long Huang was taken aback. This Archdevil race member certainly had an outrageous claim, didn't he? Who among the heavens and earth dared to declare themselves undefeated? Yet here was Ren Sun asserting that after practising the Archdevil Scripture, he would be unbeatable against all challengers! Didn't he also die in battle?
This simple statement exuded an aura of extreme arrogance and dominance.
At that moment, a dark-colored ring fell to the ground. Surprised, Long Huang picked it up as he picked up a voice sounded in his mind.
The voice explained that the ring was called the Divine Archdevil Ring, while the two sharp black blades hanging on the wall were known as the Blades of Slaughter.
What Long Huang did not expect was that the Divine Archdevil Ring was actually a spatial ring, a legendary item. According to the fifth, in the whole of Blossom City, no one possessed one, not even Chi Qide did not own such a treasure; only in the Empires across the Archdevil Mountain Range might there be someone who possessed one.
The existence of a spatial ring could incite bloody contention among powerful individuals.
After a moment of suppressing his excitement, Long Huang followed the instructions on the voice, pricking his finger and letting a drop of blood fall onto the Divine Archdevil Ring.
As his blood touched the ring, a brilliant light burst forth from its dark surface, and it floated up, slipping onto Long Huang's right index finger as if it had a mind of its own. It then vanished from sight, only to reappear again on his finger when he thought about it.
Feeling the vast space within the Divine Archdevil Ring, Long Huang was overjoyed—it was several times larger than a storage pouch, and unlike a storage pouch, if stolen, it could be opened by anyone, but a storage ring could only be opened by the owner. With the Divine Archdevil Ring, carrying his belongings would be far more convenient, and he wouldn't have to worry about others discovering it or stealing it.
Afterwards, he turned to gaze at the shiny black blades on the wall. With a small leap, he took down the pair of blades. The blades buzzed with a strange energy that penetrated people's minds, producing a cold, prickling sensation that was unsettling.
Long Huang examined the Blades of Slaughter he held, noticing a faint, black, fiendish current flowing along their bodies, forming blurred images of terrifying horror.
The longer he held the Blades of Slaughter, the more he grew fond of them.
"Blades of Slaughter, the blades of slaughter; from this moment on, you will accompany me in my quest to defeat all my enemies!" Long Huang declared, caressing the ridges of the blades. As if responding to his words, the blades emitted a cheerful hum.
Seeing this, Long Huang only grew fonder. Then, using the same method of recognising the owner, he dripped a few drops of blood onto the blades, and as the drops of fresh blood melded, a blood-red light burst out from the blades as they hovered in the air. One flew to the left, and the other to the right of Long Huang. On Long Huang's arms emerged two tiny tattoo-like Blades of Slaughter.
Long Huang placed the Archdevil Scripture book into the Asura ring for safekeeping and prepared to leave the room; however, he paused just as he reached the door and turned back, looking at the jade bed. Then he placed the cold jade bed away, too.
Stepping out from the third room, Long Huang circled once around the cave. After confirming that he did not miss anything, he walked to the exit. He did not plan to remove the inlaid Water Dispersing Pearl at the cave's entrance, for he planned to use the cave in the future for his practice, given the cave's well-hidden location in the valley. That was the reason why he did not take the Water Dispersing Pearl; there were benefits to keeping this cave.
Emerging from the lake, Long Huang swam to the side and put on his clothes. He then returned to his camping site. Exactly at this moment, the little deer had finished absorbing the spiritual energy from the Yang fruit and came running towards Long Huang in a cheerful gait.
Long Huang noticed that after absorbing two Yang fruits, the Nine Element Spirit Deer fur became glossier, and its eyes brighter, however, its body size remained the same.
"Little guy, you have to go back now." Long Huang leaned forward and said to the little deer.
But, as he turned around to leave, the little deer cried out and, in a flash, appeared in front of Long Huang, snorting. Long Huang was dazed for a moment, and jokingly said, "Little guy, don't tell me that you want to follow me? You do know I kill your kind, right?"
Unexpectedly, the little deer snorted and nodded its little head.
Long Huang did not expect that this little deer would be willing to follow him. After a brief consideration, he said with a smile: "Very well, it beats being lonely in this forest, so let's go." A boy and a deer departed from the valley.
Passing through the green turf and the mountains of white bones, Long Huang wondered to himself, "Were all these people killed by Ren Sun?"
As they exited and returned to the forest, the cover of night slowly fell the moon hung low; a boy and a deer could be seen rushing through the forest towards the outskirts of it. As they met a flowing stream close to the edge of the forest, Long Huang decided to camp for the night.
As Long Huang set up camp, the little deer went and scavenged for some food. "Hmm, now thinking about it, I didn't notice any changes after breaking through to the 13th stage Skin Tempering Realm" Long Huang then sat and circulated the Chaos Battle Dragon breathing technique. As he did this, he noticed that his Meridians were more flexible and twice as big.
It was know that the human body has 12 main meridians, and most cultivators stop at Tempering 9 either due to the extreme pain or because they could not sense them, but some strong-minded geniuses could temper the 3 remaining meridians. What wasn't known to these geniuses was that there were 14 meridians and 108 mara points that helped the flow of qi in the body. These were things he learned from the legacy he got from the dragon. The change in his meridians meant he could not only use qi more fast than other but if he took a strenght enhancing pill he could take it without be crippled.
He took note of this change and peeped out of his tent and saw the little deer sleeping next to the tent. Seeing this he smiled Long Huang also decided to head to bed for night.
The next morning came, and Long Huang took out the Archdevil Scripture and began cultivating the cultivation technique from it. Just as he was about to complete circulating the technique, his Chaos Battle Dragon breathing technique activated on its own. The two techniques clashed, and the Chaos Battle Dragon breathing technique seemed to have devoured the Archdevil Scripture cultivation technique and evolved. As Long Huang circulated this new technique the qi his body produced seemed to carry a devilish aura. And his killing intent that he gained from killing wild beast seemed to become tangible forming in a shadow of numerous beasts.
This spectacle scared the Ninr Element Spirit Deer awake it ran frantically to Long Huang.
"Hahahaha!" Long Huang laughed at the deer and tried his best to calm down the little deer. After finally convincing the little deer. Long Huang thought to himself
"Since the cultivation techniques have basically merged let's call it the Chaos Battle Devil Dragon breathing technique"