However, if a great battle broke out between the large forces, the people here would probably all die, so why would the Heavenly Silkworm Sect need to pay dead people Origin Crystal?
Ling Han was calm and collected. He had the Black Tower in hand and was filled with confidence, having the thought of fishing in troubled waters. He and Hu Niu were ringers; seeing that they were just a youngster and a little girl, how could everyone else be on guard?
After eating, the party headed southwest. With half a day’s effort, a mountain valley appeared before them. A vast crowd was outside the valley, as if convening a general meeting.
Ling Han’s gaze swept by. He saw that the place was divided into circles of the many forces, each simply surrounding a small area of tents. Most of the forces also planted their flags; for example, Heavenly Silkworm Court’s was a purple-colored beast silkworm, Devour Bone Court’s was a skull, and Cold Water Sect’s was an ice river.
“The Cold Water Sect also came, huh.” Ling Han smiled mischievously. When he was at the Fallen Moon Gorge, he annihilated one of Cold Water Sect’s disciples. If he were to reveal his identity now, would the elites of the Cold Water Sect come and make him pay?
If they met on a narrow path, then they might, but under the eyes of the crowd, who dared to lay their hands on an alchemist? Unless this alchemist did something that truly would cause the wrath of god and the resentment of men and gave rise to public indignation, they definitely had to consider the leviathan that was the Alchemist Society.
Besides, Ling Han was now an Earth Grade alchemist—would they offend an Earth Grade alchemist deeply for a mere Spiritual Ocean Tier disciple?
Ling Han looked around; all the forces he knew came—except one.
…The Blood Light House.
It was rumored that the original master of the Blood Light House was defeated by a man who called himself “Fist Emperor,” yielding the position of house master. The successor really had restraint, not even making a move for the Heavenly Luck Stone.
Even if this thing wasn’t used for oneself, throwing it to the Spirit Treasures Pavilion and auctioning it off would definitely get a sky-high price.
Ling Han was extremely low-key, hiding within the cannon fodder of the Heavenly Silkworm Court. He cultivated every day, fathoming the way of the sword and formations. All the paths of the heaven and world were interlinked and he gained comprehension by analogy, forming the eight flash of Sword Qi. Becoming aware of such benefits naturally made him full of confidence.
Yao Hui Yue was just twenty-four to twenty-five, and yet he formed nine flashes of Sword Qi—possibly even more—giving Ling Han immense pressure.
The older generation had all arrived, and the youngsters on the prodigy roll could no longer garner attention. However, Zhu Xuan Er was still like a bright moon and would set off a commotion no matter where she walked, always surrounded by countless people.
Inside the mountain valley was the Heavenly Luck Stone, but inside the mountain cave, a beast kept watch and blocked the path; till this day, no one dared to venture on.
Because this beast was the Golden Blood Demonic Ape, a king amongst beasts!
Being at the ninth layer of the Flower Blossom Tier and a king amongst beasts determined the beast’s amazing strength. Furthermore, the mentality of the beasts here was affected by chaos intent—each and every one only knew of slaughter, making the Golden Blood Demonic Ape even scarier.
Although there were quite a few Flower Blossom Tier elites present, there weren’t many that reached the ninth layer. Not to mention that even if ten or even twenty of them joined hands, they might not even rival that demonic ape.
Therefore, everyone was waiting; fighting with such a vicious thing carried an extremely high chance of dying, so the more certain they were, the better.
However, this wouldn’t last for long, because the Demonic Qi influenced the minds of living creatures, driving people insane—something that no one wanted to happen to themselves.
Now these powerful people were negotiating: who would take the Heavenly Luck Stone, and what benefits would the recipient take out to settle with the others? Moreover, the Golden Blood Demonic Ape was king tier, so its blood, flesh, skin, fur, and bones all had immense value, so how would that be distributed?
These days were just about arguing back and forth, as if during an auction. Each force wanted to pay the smallest price to receive the greatest benefit, but once there were too many people, it naturally became an endless conference.
However, after two days, the Golden Blood Demonic Ape initiated the attack.
It was over thirty feet tall and fully covered in red fur that reached two feet, gently swaying under the mountain breeze. Its claws were appallingly long, each one reaching three feet and as if a sharp spear—the gleaming look of it alone would scare people.
This was beast of the king tier as strong as the ninth layer of the Flower Blossom Tier, emitting an extremely terrifying presence that could rival the first layer of the Spiritual Infant Tier. Even the lot of Flower Blossom Tier elites didn’t dare to easily start a battle.
Pa, pa, pa, the people below Flower Blossom Tier all went soft at the soles of their feet, almost falling to the ground—the presence of it was too terrifying. When Feng Yan took out a magical decree, it stunned all Spiritual Pedestal Tier elites, and now this demonic ape had about the same strength.
However, a few people were the exception, such as Zhu Xuan Er and Shen Zhong Cheng, and a few youngsters that Ling Han didn’t recognize—they actually resisted the presence.
These youngsters were kings amongst the humans. Although they were still young and immature, a young king was still a king, so how could they kneel or lower their heads towards another king?
Lign Han didn’t want to stand out and pulled on Hu Niu to sit down on the ground. Everyone sat anyways and there was no need to worry about people blocking their vision. Moreover, this demonic ape was over thirty feet tall—the target was way too obvious.
“Kill… kill…” The demonic ape actually slobbered the words of man, its red eyes filled with ruthlessness as it immediately began its massacre. Waving its demonic claws, shua , five flashes of momentous Qi shot out, turning into a thirty thousand feet long attacks. Pu, pu, pu, pu, the momentous Qi swept over and those who lay, sat, or knelt on the ground were undoubtedly split into two.
“Stop!”
With its one attack, these Flower Blossom Tier elites could sit no longer, and attacked the ape one after another. There wasn’t only cannon fodder here, but also their disciples, and if all of them died here, the loss would be too great.
One, two, three, four, five… Ling Han counted a total of 34 Flower Blossom Tier warriors. Of those, three reached the ninth layer, five the eighth layer, nine the seventh layer… those below seventh layer actually held little significance. Against a king tier, they could at most impede it, and had no ability to fight it head-on at all.
Just like Ling Han—even if one hundred ninth layer Spiritual Ocean Tier elites came, wouldn’t they all still be easily killed instantly?
Hong! Hong! Hong!
The great battle began, and although the demonic ape was fighting against the masses alone, it still had the initiative. As it waved its demonic claws, every claw lashed out with momentous Qi, impossible to overcome, forcing these Flower Blossom Tier elites to dodge all over the place.
A king amongst beasts was truly powerful!
Chapter 410
Chapter 410: Not Foolish
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The demonic ape waved its arms, sweeping out flashes of momentous Qi filled with unstoppable destructive power unrestrainedly with its ten fingers. At least it was almost invincible in the Flower Blossom Tier.
Zhi! Chi!
The Flower Blossom Tier elites unleashed their Spirit Tools to parry, but even sixth tier Spirit Tools were left with graze marks. Seeing this, they gasped in astonishment. If the Spirit Tools were to be scratche
d by the demonic ape’s claws, then wouldn’t they be cut in half immediately?
And if their bodies were scratched, would it be of use… even fi they used Origin Power to defend?
As this thought arose, even the ninth layer of the Flower Blossom Tier elites didn’t dare to directly oppose the ape’s attacks and restrained it in the surroundings. With no one daring to take the vanguard, the demonic ape naturally came and went freely, displaying fully its vicious might.
Although its physique was massive, its movements were extremely agile and deceitfully quick. Suddenly left, then suddenly right, suddenly in the front, then suddenly from the back, so strange that it disgusted people—it was completely like an agility type beast.
However, when the Flower Blossom Tier elites really thought that it was an agility type, the demonic ape launched a violent assault, targeting only one person. That person was at the second layer of the Flower Blossom Tier; his face turned green as his strength was so vastly different compared to the demonic ape.
Everyone hurriedly tried to rescue him, but the demonic ape’s physique was overbearing. The Sword Qi, Saber Qi, and the like unleashed by Spirit Tools couldn’t harm it at all from this distance, not even able to cut off a single hair.
There was no way to succeed like that, so they had to charge over one after another. The demonic ape targeted that Flower Blossom Tier warrior anyways, which was equivalent to restraining it at the front, thus they didn’t fear close combat.
“Kill! Kill!” The demonic ape suddenly turned its head and attacked the crowd.
Everyone knew that the Dark Demon Forest was filled with a weird presence, and the longer one stayed, no matter beast or human, all would go crazy and bloodthirsty. It no doubt increased destructive power, but also effected intelligence.
The honest saying that losing one’s wit, the limit of battle power unleashed would be limited no matter how strong one was was true.
This was the main reason why the crowd dared to attack the demonic ape on all sides.
But who would’ve thought that such a large group of people would be tricked by the demonic ape, diverting their attention and then unleashing its power—was this really a vicious creature that only knew slaughter?
“Not good!” The Flower Blossom Tier elites’ expressions turned green; although they won in numbers, could they really block a king of beasts at the ninth layer of the Flower Blossom Tier fighting head-on? After all, they only had three elites at the ninth layer of the Flower Blossom Tier.
At this moment, the three warriors at the ninth layer of the Flower Blossom Tier were the first to retreat—then those at the eighth layer, and those at the seventh layer. The higher their tier, the more control they naturally had over their own power.
The demonic ape let out an odd laugh. Pa, pa , its arms spread out, easily capturing a Flower Blossom Tier elite each.
The ninth layer of the Flower Blossom Tier against the fifth layer of the Flower Blossom Tier, and the ape was king tier—it was an obvious result. Why were their heads only filled with thoughts of running?
“Save me! Save me!”
The two Flower Blossom Tier elites that were seized yelled loudly as they desperately struggled and spread their martial intent. On the surface of their bodies, endless vein-like lines spread out, covered by astonishing brilliance. Each vein-like line firing down would be enough to exterminate a field of Spiritual Pedestal Tier warriors, but they just couldn’t get free now from the demonic ape’s control.
The might of a king tier beast wa fully displayed!
Pa! Pa!
The demonic ape applied force in both hands, causing the two to explode. Hong , a terrifying power shock wave resonated through heaven and earth.
A martial artist’s cultivation was equivalent to taking oneself as a furnace, improving oneself. Especially after advancing into the Flower Blossom Tier, the power contained inside the body was earthshaking and extremely terrifying. Now that it was crushed, that terrifying power going out of control was naturally shocking.
The demonic ape wasn’t the least bit afraid and instead opened its mouth, throwing the two Flower Blossom Tier warriors into its mouth, munching a few times, and swallowing them whole.
Hiss!
Seeing this, everyone drew a cold breath.
Between humans and beasts, there was really just a relationship of devouring each other because both parties contained flesh that was of great benefit to the other, so eating back and forth was quite normal. However, standing in the position of the humans, seeing one of their own being eaten still had a great impact.
Besides, those were two Flower Blossom Tier elites; no matter which party they belonged to, it was an insufferable loss!
After eating two Flower Blossom Tier warriors, the demonic ape’s red eyes were even brighter, just like two small suns. It stared at everyone again with earthshaking killing intent.
Ling Han shook his head inwardly. If human martial artists kept harboring their own intentions, then they would only be destroyed separately by the demonic ape. Moreover, the demonic ape was already at the peak stage of the Flower Blossom Tier, and if it ate ten more Flower Blossom Tier martial artists, it might be able to advance!
Chapter 411
Chapter 411: Obtaining the Heavenly Luck Stone
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Xiu , a momentous Qi came slicing from outside the valley, turning into extremely terrifying thousand feet long sharp blades.
Everyone was scared sick; the fierce Qi was too long, it couldn’t possibly be dodged going right or left, nor even up. It was unleashed by the demonic ape, and even if they weren’t directly slashed, with their cultivation of Spiritual Pedestal Tier and Spiritual Ocean Tier, they would definitely burst into pieces when met with its frightening power.
“Dig a hole!”
Someone immediately attacked the ground crazily. There was a general saying of the shield of the earth—hiding inside the mud might be able to help them narrowly escape.
Everyone followed suit, striking crazily at the ground.
The people here were at least at the Spiritual Ocean Tier, so smashing a hole was rather easy. In a moment, everyone turned into ground-burrowing rats, drilling into the mudholes.
The fierce Qi swept by. Peng, peng, peng, peng, it raised dust from the ground as the frightening energy carried on until it sliced the mountain walls before disappearing. The mountain walls were exceptionally sturdy and weren’t sliced entirely by the demonic ape’s attack, leaving only a mark barely a foot deep, which was truly shocking.
Everyone who was hiding in the mudholes were shocked; each one of them burst out from the holes with blood all over them. The few who were that were too weak were even shocked into foaming with blood, but most of the people luckily escaped.
For example, Zhu Xuan Er, Ding Yuan Xin, and the others all looked towards Ling Han—the reminder just now came from him.
Ling Han smiled slightly and said, “No need for thanks.”
Although some people here were enemies, he didn’t need to borrow the demonic ape’s hands to kill people—did he not even have that much confidence? Besides, some people were not bad and it would be a pity for them to die here.
“Hurry up and leave!” The rescued nodded at Ling Han whether they knew him or not and ran out the mountain valley one after another. The demonic ape’s attack spread and caused them to be heavily injured, and a few more times would definitely kill them.
Moreover, the mountain walls were so stable, and they couldn’t possibly dig through them with their power; so, there was only one way to acquire the Heavenly Luck Stone—kill the demonic ape!
Fortunately, seeing their own remarkable juniors suffer an attack, the Flower Blossom Tier elites outside the valley began to fight desperately, restraining the demonic ape and not letting it have another chance to unleash a killer move.
Ling Han looked around. Seeing that most of the people in the valley had escaped, he then said to
Hu Niu, “Niu Niu, can you enter?” Hu Niu was a freak; when others had no way, she might have.
“Let Niu try.” Hu Niu squatted at the cave entrance, opening her mouth and biting at it.
With a snap, the cave entrance had resplendent vein-like lines revolving. Once touched, the power set by the demonic ape would automatically manifest.
The little girl instead went crazy, biting left and right, eating up all the vein-like lines nearby.
What the hell!?
Even if Ling Han knew Hu Niu was out of the ordinary, freakishness to this degree still made the corner of his mouth twitch as he felt unable to accept it.
That was a defense set by a ninth layer Flower Blossom Tier monster that was even a king amongst beasts, but it was still bit through by Hu Niu… What sort of teeth did she have!?
After Hu Niu bit open a small hole, she immediately wormed in and ran right off. She knew what Ling Han wanted, and in a short while, she ran back from within the cave, wormed out of the cave’s entrance and dove into Ling Han’s arms, handing over nine pearl-like things.
Immediately, an intense fragrance could be smelled, making all the pores on his body open up in ineffable comfort.
The Heavenly Luck Stone!
Ling Han hurriedly stored the nine Heavenly Luck Stones into the Black Tower and picked up Hu Niu, walking slowly towards the outside of the valley.
Just now, he used his body as a screen, not letting anyone discover that Hu Niu entered the mountain valley. Who would even think that Hu Niu had such capabilities, even being able to bite through the defense of power set by a Flower Blossom Tier?
Now everyone had their attention on the battle in the sky. Once the demonic ape was killed, then they would naturally be able to enter the mountain cave and obtain the Heavenly Luck Stone.
Ling Han’s heart was thumping rapidly. He knew that there were Heavenly Luck Stone inside the mountain cave, but never would he have thought there were as many as nine. This meant that he could create nine geniuses!
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