Martial Peak

The middle-aged man who led Yang Kai to the power room spoke a few more words to the cultivator named Ke Meng before leaving.

As the two talked, Yang Kai said nothing and just silently observed his surroundings, his obedient performance satisfying Ke Meng very much.

“Little brat, come with me!” Ke Meng beckoned to Yang Kai and led him over to the centre of the power room.

A short time later, the two came to a slot on the floor.

This slot was already occupied by another cultivator who had both his hands and feet shackled to the floor, forcing him to sit cross-legged. However, at this time, it was clear that this man had already died as he showed no signs of vitality.

Before dying though, it seemed as though he had suffered an immense amount of pain. His eyes bulged round and his mouth was agape, the veins on his neck clearly visible.

Obviously, he had suffered unimaginable torture, his body little more than flesh and bones now, his skin pale without the slightest trace of colour or blood.

“Someone, come and throw this corpse out,” Ke Meng shouted to the side.

Immediately after he shouted, a cultivator rushed over, unchained the corpse, and carried it off.

Ke Meng sneered as the turned to Yang Kai, “Little brat, sit here obediently and I won’t make you suffer much; after all, you’re Senior Bi Ya person and I don’t want to make her unhappy. As long as you cooperate, it’ll be to both of our advantages.”

Yang Kai gently nodded.

Ke Meng laughed, “That’s for the best. En, sit down here.”

Saying so, he pointed to the spot the dead man was just occupying.

Yang Kai sat down honestly and allowed Ke Meng to shackle both his hands and feet.

There were many Saint Realm masters concealing themselves inside this Starship power room, and Yang Kai could even feel an aura that belonged to a Saint King Realm powerhouse nearby.

Facing this kind of lineup, he didn’t dare act rashly.

After the shackles were attached though, Yang Kai’s expression changed dramatically.

He instantly discovered that these shackles were madly absorbing the Saint Qi from his body and feeding it into the Starship itself. Together with the energy of the huge Saint Crystals spread throughout this room, they were supplying the power that let the Starship move.

Yang Kai finally understood why so many cultivators were shackled in this place.

It also explained why the cultivators who were bound here all had weak and sluggish auras.

themselves for too long. Those who were stronger and had greater reserves could last longer while those who were weaker were at risk of dying on the spot from the excessive

cultivator who was sitting where he was

down in front of Yang Kai and patted his shoulder, “The Starship is

of Saint Crystals nearby. “You guys are just here as backups, so there’s nothing to worry about. En, these

as he took out more than a dozen fist-sized Saint Crystals and set them down in front of

contained a lot of energy, and although they couldn’t be compared with

up a piece of Saint

give you a few more. You belong to Senior Bi Ya, so naturally, I won’t be too stingy with

Ya came back and found that this little brat was too weak for her to enjoy, Ke Meng knew he would be punished

Secret

with satisfaction before leaving to attend to his

Kai opened his eyes and secretly

cultivators imprisoned inside this power room, each of them was already extensively weakened, some of them even gasping for breath as if they could die at any moment. As Yang Kai was observing, he suddenly discovered that many

the cultivators who were imprisoned here, and obviously, they weren’t interested in Yang Kai but rather in the dozen pieces of Saint Crystal that Ke Meng

constantly extracting the energy from their bodies, and the only way to supplement this loss was for them to refine Saint Crystals; however, none

Saint Crystals were equivalent

Kai immediately understood why these

Kai placed the dozen pieces of Saint Crystal between his legs, obscuring them from

at which the shackles were extracting his strength, Yang

the Saint Crystals he had received. Yang Kai estimated that he could absorb energy from these Saint Crystals much faster than the shackles were draining his

things weren’t as simple as they seemed; after all, there were so many people here with

voice suddenly called out to

calling out, seemingly unwilling to give up until it got a response. Yang Kai couldn’t

managed to see a square-faced youth seated to his right showing him a

smile even had some

‘friend’ wanted, staring back at

smile in the darkness as he said, “My name is Shen Tu.

you

speak in a familiar tone, “We’re all victims sharing the same fate here, which makes us friends. Is

friends with strangers,”

saying goes, first time

decisively, no longer

a bitter face as he continued whispering, “Hey, don’t ignore me, we’re stuck here, in any case. Chatting a bit

Saint Crystals, those idiots who chained me here can’t hurt me, even if these things drained

at me, I’m sure you can tell that my life aura

on chattering while Yang Kai ignored him, the cycle repeating itself ad infinitum, one refusing to give up