Chapter 16: Six Black Stones

Donghai City, the highest floor of the Ability Association headquarters building.

Liu Xin arrived here to meet with Vice President Tie Shi of the Ability Association.

Tie Shi was one of the few Ability Grandmasters in the Ability Association and a Metal Talent Ability user.

"Vice President, an Ability User just came to report that he discovered the trail of the Evil God Society's Blood Claw. He even provided a specific location. I wanted to detain him, but it turned out the person was a Water Clone," Liu Xin reported.

"A Water Clone? Could it be at the Consummation Realm?"

Tie Shi was surprised.

"Yes!"

Liu Xin nodded.

"Being able to master a Water Clone undoubtedly makes one a B-grade Water Talent Ability user, and to be able to cultivate a Water Clone to the Consummation Realm is definitely not something an ordinary Ability User could do. They must have hidden their cultivation aura; they might be some Ability Master," Tie Shi speculated.

"Vice President, is the information provided by the other party authentic?" Liu Xin was somewhat unsure about the authenticity of this intelligence.

Tie Shi said indifferently, "It is very likely true, but the other party does not want to reveal their identity. How about this: I will personally lead a team to that place, and you will come with me!"

"Yes, Vice President!" Liu Xin replied.

After making the report, Ye Tian left Donghai City again and rushed toward the Evil God Society's Altar.

He prepared to go there to watch the show.

He believed that the experts from the Ability Association would definitely come here, unless the Ability Association were fools.

And the Ability Association's efficiency was high; the speed of Tie Shi and his team was also very fast.

When Ye Tian arrived here, Tie Shi and his team also arrived.

In a dense forest near the Donglan River, an altar was situated there.

The Peak Ability Master Blood Claw and several Evil God Society members were busy preparing there.

Suddenly.

Blood Claw's expression changed, and his gaze looked into the distance.

Whoosh!

A figure stood in the void, looking down from above.

"Tie Shi!"

Blood Claw naturally recognized Tie Shi; this was an Ability Grandmaster of Donghai City, a true Grandmaster Level powerhouse.

No matter how powerful a Peak Ability Master is, compared to an Ability Grandmaster, the gap is unimaginably huge.

"I didn't expect you, Blood Claw, to really be here!"

Tie Shi revealed a smile.

Capturing so many Evil God Society members was a great merit!

"Escape!"

Blood Claw waved his hand, took the six black stones from the altar, and then cast a Forbidden Technique—Blood Escape Technique!

This was a Water-type Forbidden Technique; it came at the cost of burning blood and life. Casting it once consumed three years of lifespan, and it had significant aftereffects.

But to save his life, let alone three years of lifespan, even thirty years of lifespan had to be sacrificed!

Whoosh!

Under the Blood Escape Technique, Blood Claw's speed increased many times over.

"Blood Escape Technique, it's a pity you haven't mastered it. If it were a Great Success Realm Blood Escape Technique, you might really have been able to escape. Unfortunately, your Blood Escape Technique is only at the Small Success Realm!"

Tie Shi cast the Golden Light Technique to pursue Blood Claw.

As for these Evil God Society members, they were left to Liu Xin and the others to deal with.

A streak of blood light and a streak of golden light constantly drew closer.

Although Tie Shi's Golden Light Technique had not reached the Consummation Realm, it was at the Great Success Realm!

Moreover, he was an Ability Grandmaster, and he quickly caught up to Blood Claw.

"Iron Prison!"

A prison covered Blood Claw and constantly contracted, intending to capture him alive.

But Blood Claw naturally did not want to be captured alive, so he took a Blood Claw out of his Storage Ring.

He possessed the codename Blood Claw not because he chose it randomly, but because he possessed this Blood Claw.

In an instant, this Blood Claw merged into Blood Claw's hand, and the two became one.

Then, Blood Claw swiped, directly tearing the Iron Prison apart and escaping from it.

But at this moment, Tie Shi cast a B-grade Metal Ability—Slashing Technique!

The effect of this B-grade Ability was speed, and it was incomparably sharp, capable of cutting through all tough objects.

Pfft!

The Slashing Technique transformed into a golden light, directly severing Blood Claw's Blood Claw.

"Ah!!!"

Blood Claw screamed in pain.

Facing an Ability Grandmaster, he had no power to resist at all.

However, by this time, he had already escaped to the edge of the Donglan River.

"Donglan River..."

Tie Shi's expression changed. If he really let Blood Claw escape into the Donglan River, he would truly be unable to do anything to him.

After all, Blood Claw was a Water Element Ability Master, and he was a Metal Element Ability Grandmaster; he was not suited for fighting in water, let alone tracking a Water Element Ability Master.

"I can't capture him alive; I can only kill him!"

Tie Shi unleashed another B-grade Ability—Thousand Blade Kill!

Pfft!

A silver-white beam of light pierced directly through the heart of Xue Zhua, who was only one step away from the surface of the Donglan River.

Splash!

Xue Zhua fell into the Donglan River, was swept up by the churning river water, and sank beneath the surface.

Tie Shi landed on the river surface, locked onto the position, condensed a golden giant hand, and grabbed Xue Zhua's corpse directly.

But upon looking, he frowned slightly.

"That's not right, where is Xue Zhua's Storage Ring?"

Xue Zhua clearly possessed a Storage Ring, worn on his left hand, but now it was nowhere to be seen.

"Could it be that before Xue Zhua died, he threw his Storage Ring into the Donglan River???"

This possibility was not non-existent.

Tie Shi dove into the Donglan River, attempting to find that Storage Ring.

However, he searched a circle and found no traces at all.

Under these circumstances, it was almost impossible for him to do so.

"What a pity!"

It was not that he regretted the loss of that Storage Ring; a Storage Ring was only worth a few tens of millions.

As an Ability Grandmaster, he was not short of those few tens of millions.

What he felt pained about were those six Dark Stones.

Dark Stones were top-tier treasures of the Dark Element; Xue Zhua must have been planning to use the six Dark Stones to sacrifice to an Evil God, in exchange for a sliver of the Evil God's power, thereby breaking through to the Ability Grandmaster realm.

Each Dark Stone was worth over a hundred million, so six of them meant six hundred million!

He did not care about a few tens of millions, but he did care about six hundred million!

Subsequently, Tie Shi left with Xue Zhua's corpse.

Eight hundred meters away, underground, Ye Tian was staying there.

He quickly left this place using the Earth Escape Technique, and only after moving quite far away did he walk to the riverside.

Whoosh!

The Water Clone walked out from the Donglan River, extended a hand, and held a Storage Ring in its palm.

"Hahaha, my luck is truly good this time!"

He had been watching the show the whole time, and seeing Xue Zhua fleeing toward the Donglan River, his Water Clone had hidden within the Donglan River.

It just so happened that he saw Xue Zhua get killed and fall into the river; he aimed for the right moment and had the Water Clone quickly take Xue Zhua's Storage Ring, completely unnoticed.

"A permanent spatial treasure, the Storage Ring; with it, I won't need a Storage Bag in the future!"

This Storage Ring alone was worth at least 30 million, and it was priceless.

This was simply because spatial treasures were very rare; even with money, one might not necessarily be able to buy one.

Ye Tian quickly left this place and returned to his home in Donghai City.

Only then did he take out the Storage Ring and slowly refine it with a drop of blood.

Afterward.

He took out the items inside the Storage Ring.

"There really are quite a lot of things!"

Ye Tian sorted them one by one, and when he touched those six Dark Stones.

【Dark Power +1】

【Dark Power +1】

【Dark Power +1】

"Such a fast absorption speed, this is a Darkness-type Material!"

In the blink of an eye, he had awakened an F-grade Darkness Talent Ability.

Moreover, the F-grade Darkness Talent Ability was still rapidly absorbing Dark Power; it was estimated that in a few minutes, he could upgrade the F-grade Darkness Talent Ability to E-grade.

Sure enough, a few minutes later, his Darkness Talent Ability was already E-grade.

Half an hour later, the Darkness Talent Ability reached D-grade.

More than three hours later, the Darkness Talent Ability reached C-grade.

At this rate, in at most ten hours, his Darkness Talent Ability could reach B-grade.

"Perhaps this kind of stone could allow me to upgrade my Darkness Talent Ability to A-grade!!!"

This was not the most shocking thing for Ye Tian; the most shocking thing was that this stone had not even been consumed much.

In other words, this one stone was enough for him to use for a long time.

Afterward.

He went online to search for information on Darkness-type Materials and finally found the origin of this stone.

"Dark Stone!"

And according to the descriptions online, this one Dark Stone was worth about a hundred million, and he possessed a full six of them!