Chapter 1875: Chapter 1871: Energy Devouring Force

"I’m not sure either, but someone must be deliberately manipulating these things against me."

Tang Ming cursed and slowly stood up, "You shouldn’t stay with me. I just want to see how many monsters there are for me to kill."

"Do you think I would stay with you? Goodbye."

Tang Xinhai sneered, pulling Hua Yingjie decisively towards the distance.

"You..."

Seeing Tang Xinhai really run off, Tang Ming was quite angry. He immediately reached out to take the little red creature off his shoulder and hold it in his hand, "Little Red, the Heavenly Mechanism Hundred Changes can’t be used frequently, so it’s your turn this time."

"Chirp, chirp, chirp."

The little red creature chirped continuously in Tang Ming’s palm.

"I didn’t let you act before because I wanted to absorb the toxins here for cultivation, but now I have to let you take over."

Tang Ming sighed helplessly and used a movement technique to actively charge towards a monster, striking its chest with his palm.

The little red creature in Tang Ming’s palm immediately opened its mouth wide to bite the monster’s chest, frantically devouring the poison from the monster’s body.

In an instant, the monster reverted to human form, and Tang Ming struck it dead with a palm to prevent it from being poisoned and becoming an Undying Body.

As time passed, monsters continuously attacked Tang Ming, but Tang Ming used this method to eliminate them all, accepting any challenger.

"What the hell kind of martial art is this?"

Tang Xinhai, hiding in a safe spot, was baffled as he watched Tang Ming’s techniques, which were beyond his understanding. He couldn’t even see the little red creature in Tang Ming’s hand.

"Looks like the Absorption Star Technique from the novels."

Hua Yingjie uncertainly reminded.

"Absorption... Could it be the Energy Devouring Force, one of the Eight Great Martial Arts?"

Tang Xinhai frowned, looking at Tang Ming with apprehension, "How many secret arts does this guy know? Could it be that his master, Tang Cha, is a Martial Arts encyclopedic genius; otherwise, how could he know so many secret arts?"

"I don’t know either; I’ve never seen his master."

Hua Yingjie shook his head in confusion.

Elsewhere, Bai Shengqi didn’t pay attention to Tang Ming’s actions but was continually poisoning contestants in the dark.

Bai Shengqi relied on his perception to find a wooden box, opened the lid, and saw a young black-clad man meditating inside.

"Hehe, you’re hiding well, classmate?"

Bai Shengqi looked at him with a smile, "If I remember correctly, your name is Shao Wuchou, right?"

"Scram."

Shao Wuchou kept his eyes closed and coldly spit out a word.

"How dare you speak to me like that?"

Insulted, Bai Shengqi’s face turned extremely ugly. He was no longer who he used to be; in this environment, he feared no one.

"If you don’t leave, I’ll kill you."

Shao Wuchou slowly opened his eyes, flashing with cold light.

"You arrogant brat, let’s see who kills whom."

Bai Shengqi snorted coldly, raised his right hand, and the surrounding poisonous gas immediately condensed into a black sphere in his palm.

"Die."

Bai Shengqi sneered coldly and tossed the black sphere towards Shao Wuchou.

"You can control the poison here?"

Shao Wuchou was taken aback and then opened his mouth wide, letting out a furious roar.

A thunderous shout carried a sound wave that shattered the black poison sphere, simultaneously blasting Bai Shengqi away with shock.

"Ah!"

Bai Shengqi bled from his seven orifices while in the air, and finally crashed heavily onto the ground.

"You asked for it; you can’t blame me."

Shao Wuchou snorted coldly, slowly closing his eyes as the box lid automatically flew up, landing on the box.

Shao Wuchou was confident in his strength; that move was enough to end Bai Shengqi, but unfortunately...

Bai Shengqi landed among debris, coughing up blood, and hastily inhaled the poison, making his face turn rosy again, and his body regained mobility.

"Damn it, that guy is so strong."

After a while, Bai Shengqi stood up as if nothing had happened, glanced apprehensively at Shao Wuchou’s location, and quickly left.

Faced with such a master, Bai Shengqi had no guts to provoke again and prepared to find other targets.

As Bai Shengqi wiped the blood from his face, he approached the nearest corner, knowing someone was hiding there too.

"Whoever you are, take one more step, and bear the consequences."

Upon reaching the corner, before Bai Shengqi could speak, a white-robed young man with glasses and long hair cheerfully warned him.

"You..."

Seeing that the person was unguarded yet unharmed, Bai Shengqi felt uncertain, "Could this be another master, unfathomable in depth?"

Feeling intently, Bai Shengqi was astonished to find that the youth in white was surrounded by a vacuum zone — fresh air, ample oxygen, and no poison at all.

In such a poisonous environment, to have created a purified area like this was enough to make Bai Shengqi back off.

"Sorry to disturb, I’m off to hide elsewhere."

Bai Shengqi swallowed nervously and left the scene quickly.

From then on, Bai Shengqi dared not act recklessly. Already causing trouble for many, the remaining ones seemed unusual; he feared he might misstep.

Already having caused Tang Ming enough trouble, Bai Shengqi decided to find a safe place to rest, which felt more secure.

Everyone else hid, leaving Tang Ming continually struggling with the monsters, taking down a dozen with no respite.

Twelve hours passed quickly, and at the exit on the other end, bright lights lit up as Huang Hexian’s voice rang, "Everyone, time is up. Congratulations on passing this round of assessment, now everyone gather at the exit."

"It’s finally over!"

Tang Ming wiped his sweat, exhausted.

"Bro, you’re amazing, fighting for hours on end."

Hua Yingjie was the first to rush to Tang Ming’s side.

"If you’re so envious, why don’t you come? I’m exhausted."

Tang Ming rolled his eyes at Hua Yingjie, initially wanting to use the poison gas for cultivation, but in the end, it all benefitted Little Red, leaving him with no advantage, and nearly dead tired.

"Kid, was that the Energy Devouring Force from the Martial Arts’ Eight Great Wonders you used earlier?"

Tang Xinhai eyed Tang Ming with a tight frown.

"What... you guess."

Tang Ming paused, giving Tang Xinhai a peculiar look.

"It must be. Only Energy Devouring Force has the absorption capability akin to the Dust Gu, but its energy absorption is even more monstrous."

Tang Xinhai asserted.

"Hehe, since you figured it out, let it be so."

Tang Ming shrugged, glad that Little Red hadn’t been discovered, letting Tang Xinhai misunderstand wasn’t too bad.