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Chapter 610 - 610 327 Disguise (4000)_2

Chapter 610: 327 Disguise (4000)_2 Chapter 610: 327 Disguise (4000)_2 “Phew…”

From under the shadow of the cloak, two streams of warm breath slowly flowed out.

The figure standing still as a statue seemed to come alive, he pulled off his hat, revealing an icy cold face.

With narrow and skinny facial features, short eyebrows, the corners of his mouth and eyes gave people a sense of bitterness. On his left cheek was a thorn-like scar as long as an index finger, right next to the temple.

Slowly, the man extended his palm. Astonishingly, a mist-like vapor rose from the surface of his skin, draining away the color bit by bit. His once ruddy palm turned to a ghastly blue in an instant.

It was as if his entire body had been frozen like a corpse.

“The Hand of the Dark Demon…But why is it a fragment?”

He clenched his fist with gritted teeth.

On the path of martial arts, Jilan was no genius. If he cultivated step by step, he would have faded away long ago. But he had his own encounters. Accidentally, he inherited an eerie Secret Martial Art. It was known as the Hand of the Dark Demon, which, as the name suggests, cultivated a pair of palms with great destructive power.

It could drain the vitality of living creatures by touch.

It was a wicked and powerful technique.

Jilan leveraged the Hand of the Dark Demon to progress rapidly, gaining a power he had never imagined before, successfully progressing to the Fighter rank. But after achieving the Fighter level, he discovered the potential danger of this technique. The Hand of the Dark Demon not only devours the opponent’s vitality but also incessantly drains his own vitality.

The higher the level of cultivation of the Hand of the Dark Demon, the more lethal it is in battles, and the shorter one’s lifespan!

Jilan had already depleted much of his lifespan. After attaining Fighter rank, he had less than five years left to live.

This was only because after breaking through the life realm, his lifespan was extended. Otherwise, in his previous realm, he might not have survived even a year or two.

He had mastered such immense power, and yet, he couldn’t live for a few years. This injustice instilled in Jilan both anger and fear. Therefore, he was desperate to find a method to prolong his lifespan, eventually seeking the Organization, a secret and powerful entity with a global reach.

Allegedly, becoming a core member can gradually restore one’s youth, and even forcibly pave the way for martial arts progress.

Jilan joined without hesitation, his immense strength as a Fighter recognized. After spending three years moving from one country to another, he constantly faced dangers and fought battles.

Finally, a month ago, he obtained a fragment of the Gate.

It can be said, it was a fluke within flukes. Because of high-intensity, high-frequency battles, Jilan’s vitality was draining even faster. He didn’t have five years left. At most, he had two to three months left.

However, it was all worth it. Half a month ago, Jilan successfully became a core member of the Organization. Moreover, he gained the true method of using the fragments of the Gate. Of course, Jilan also took on a task: to find another fragment of the Gate and hand it over to the leader, Xiadu, within five years. Otherwise, the Organization will stop providing him with the necessary tools to use the fragments of the Gate regularly.

His thoughts flowed, and Jilan slowly laid his hand on his knee.

He could feel the burning blood in his body continuously rushing towards his arm, only to be devoured and consumed in his palm. The Hand of the Dark Demon was like a bottomless pit, accepting all incoming, voraciously.

Jilan knew that the secret martial art he practiced was incomplete and risky. If it were complete, there may still be side effects, but not as exaggerated as they are now. He had even tried to find the complete version of the Hand of the Dark Demon secret martial arts.

But, to no avail.

The era when the Hand of the Dark Demon was created was suspected to be very long ago, possibly before the Federation era and the Imperial era. Perhaps a thousand years…

Such a long time span, combined with the fact that they are already lost secret martial arts, make it difficult for Jilan to get his hands on them despite his best efforts.

Therefore, he had to give up solving the problem from the root.

Instead, he reluctantly set his sights on the fragments of the Gate.

In fact, a long time ago, there was another method to completely solve the problem, which is more fundamental than the fundamental method. That was to abandon the Hand of the Dark Demon martial arts and turn back into an ordinary person.

But how could Jilan easily give up the immense power he had acquired after so much effort? Even if this path is dark, he’d still persist to the end. The Hand of the Dark Demon, which has taken up most of his life and effort, cannot be discarded. On the contrary, he longed to go further. If the effects of the fragments of the Gate are as miraculous as the Organization said, then it is indeed possible!

“The 30th of July, four days left…”

Jilan murmured to himself. Even though he had long gotten used to this kind of premonition, his eyes still held a hint of awe. The fragments of the Gate acted like a clock in his head, giving him constant reminders.

They conveyed the exact time.

As for the correct place…

Jilan took out a stack of population density distribution maps of North Flow Country from his bosom, filled with circled areas and annotations in pencil. It was evident that he had spent a long time studying it.

In fact, the whole of North Flow Country is the correct place.

But the area covered by a fragment of the Gate is limited; it can only pursue the maximization of benefits. Even Jilan, when faced with such a perfect opportunity, started crunching numbers like a penny-pincher.

He calculated the vague area covered by the fragment of the Gate, overlaid it on the population density distribution map, and kept drawing circles for a demonstration.

To find the optimal position for himself.

During this process, Jilan had to consider the working hours and different commuting patterns of the people in that area. It could be said he had never studied mathematics so diligently in his life.