At this moment, Ling Chen felt refreshed and even a little bit stronger.

During the battle earlier against elder Zhuo, although it was only for an instant, it had consumed an extreme amount of his mental strength as well his life essence.

However, after absorbing the blood and the life essence of the two peak Martial Sovereigns, he had returned to his peak state. Furthermore, the energy of the two warriors had even caused his strength to increase a little.

Although it didn't allow him to break through the middle stage of the Martial Venerable, it still increased the amount of his life essence and dark energy.

While Ling Chen was still enjoying the feeling of getting back to his peak state, Bloodbath and his goons were still shocked after witnessing that scene.

Silence.

A very strange silence.

Bloodbath's mouth was wide open, his facial features were stiff behind his mask, and his mind was in extreme shock. His eyes, as if they had been frozen by the scene before him; the image of Ling Chen sucking the life essence of his two subordinates was still flashing in his eyes.

He could clearly feel that Ling Chen's aura has become more stable and even a bit stronger after he had killed and absorbed the life essence of the two hall masters.

Furthermore, he was a hundred percent sure that Ling Chen didn't use any battle technique to absorb their energy and life essence.

If he didn't use any battle technique, then what was that power?

Greed, covetousness, an intense craving, thirst, these words could not describe the emotion and the feeling that gripped Bloodbath at the moment. These words weren't strong enough to describe his feelings.

Furthermore, he didn't feel bad or angry about the death of his two subordinates.

In fact, he was rather pleased with it because their deaths had allowed him to discover something unbelievable.

Their deaths weren't wasted or meaningless because it had shown him the light and the key he had been looking for, the key to his breakthrough to the Martial Saint realm and even higher.

Meanwhile, the other four hall masters behind Bloodbath had all a terrified look on their faces. Especially, when they saw the dried corpses of their comrades on the ground.

They weren't shocked and terrified because Ling Chen had instantly killed two of their comrades who were at the peak martial sovereigns. They already knew that Ling Chen was strong after seeing him battled Elder Zhuo, a peak Martial Venerable.

Instead, they were terrified of Ling Chen's demonic power. The power that allowed him to absorb his opponents' life essence or power and made it his own.

Just like Bloodbath, they could also feel that Ling Chen's aura has become stable and even a bit stronger as well.

However, unlike Bloodbath, they didn't show any desire for that power. They were instead terrified of it.

They were all thinking about what would happen if Ling Chen got his hand on them.

And just by thinking about it made chill ran down their spines.

At this moment, Ling Chen had a satisfied expression on his face.

As far as he was concerned, the appearance of Bloodbath and his goons was undoubtedly just perfect.

If it was only Bloodbath, he would have felt more threatened. His situation would have been more dangerous, just like elder Zhuo earlier.

Bloodbath's strength was exceedingly strong, even stronger than elder Zhuo. He had advanced to the peak of Martial Venerable a long time ago and had accumulated a lot of battle experiences, not to mention he was a top-notch assassin well versed in the art of killing.

As such he was harder to deal with than elder Zhuo. With his current strength, defeating Bloodbath was nothing but a pipe dream.

However, unbeknownst to him, Bloodbath had brought with him the weapons and the tools of his own demise, the hall masters behind him.

Ling Chen knew that he wouldn't be able to take all five of them on, so his thoughts were exceedingly simple, and that was to first separate them and killed the hall masters one by one, absorbed their life essence before battling Bloodbath.

He was certain that after absorbing the blood and life essence of the four hall masters who were at the Martial Venerable realm, he would be strong enough to kill Bloodbath.

After coming up with this plan as well as how to execute it in his head, Ling Chen had a mysterious smile plastered on his face.

While Bloodbath and his goons were still in a state of shock, Ling Chen's left eye shone brightly as a powerful fluctuation of spiritual power was coming out his body.

Swoosh!!

"Blazing Inferno illusion." Ling Chen uttered as a ripple of power was released from his left eye

He uttered these words softly while looking straight at Bloodbath and his goons.

Suddenly, whether it was Bloodbath or the four hall masters, they all found themselves into a land of endless fire. The ground was made of lava, also there were mountains of volcanoes everywhere with streams of lava spewing out of them. The area was so hot that even the air around them seemed to be scorching.

"Soul attack battle technique! I never imagined that you've mastered soul techniques at such a young age!."

Bang!!"

"Unfortunately, your cultivation is too weak, how could you expect to trap me in an illusion with this level of strength.? Bloodbath said as he released his torrential spiritual pressure and broke the Blazing Inferno illusion technique cast by Ling Chen the instant he did.

Soul attack battle techniques were mysterious and possessed formidable might, moreover, they were extremely rare and valuable. They were something that only the top five of the fifteen great influences with ancient hidden resources and reserves were able to possess.

However, once Bloodbath broke the Blazing Inferno illusion, Ling Chen's figure was nowhere to bee seen.

In a life and death battle, slightly zoning out could cause the outcome of the battle to be decided or even allowed your opponent to escape.

"Want to flee? Not on my watch!" Bloodbath shouted in rage when he saw Ling Chen's figure that was about to flee from his field of vision.

At this moment, he finally realized that Ling Chen didn't plan on fighting them head-on and the Blazing Inferno illusion was only a distraction for him to escape.

Bloodbath was truly enraged at the moment, he couldn't believe that he was tricked by a little brat that hasn't even grown pubic hair yet.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Without wasting any time, Bloodbath and the four hall masters suddenly gave a chase.

A wave of sharp and ear-piercing sounds of the sky being torn apart sounded from behind him, and Ling Chen didn't have to turn around to know that Bloodbath and the others were chasing after him.

Meanwhile.

Swoosh!

Ling Chen was using his utmost power to widen the distance between him and bloodbath's group. He was so fast that his entire body seemed like a strand of a translucent gale that fled within the boundless forest with a speed so swift that he moved at least four kilometers in an instant.

The surrounding scenery seemed like passing shadows as they flashed past his eyes, and due to his speed being too swift, all the scenery before him that were reflected into his eyes seemed to have warped into numerous strange and unusual shadows.

While fleeing, Ling Chen had a satisfied smile on his face because the first part of his plan had succeeded.

From the beginning, he never intended to fight Bloodbath and his group head-on. He wanted to separate them and killed them one by one and absorbed their life essence, from the weakest to the strongest. And he knew just the place to take them to make that happened.