Alchemy Emperor of the Divine Dao c1-1294

by Flying Alone 孤单地飞

  Almost at the same time, everyone’s gaze turned towards the end of the stairway, the second layer of the divine temple.

  If the killer hid at the entrance of the second layer, taking advantage of when the six people climbed the steps to suddenly kill them, and then threw the six corpses down… was there such a possibility?

  “What, there’s one person missing!” someone suddenly said. “Although I don’t remember the total amount of people swept in, but I recognized one of them, and his corpse is definitely not amongst them!”

  In other words, that person escaped?

  The first layer couldn’t hide people at all, so if that person escaped, that person could only have entered the second layer.

  So they thought, but no one acted blindly without thinking; what if the killer still lay in ambush at the entrance of the second layer, preparing to carry out a lightning-fast attack? When one was in the open, and the enemy was in the dark… this was too dangerous.

  Ling Han, however, wasted no time, taking large strides forward. He had absolute confidence.

  “As expected of Master Ling, such great courage!” everyone complimented. Obviously not many were sincere, only wanting Ling Han to take the lead.

  Ling Han obviously wouldn’t care. He was too curious as to what exactly was hidden within this temple that seemed to be from the god realm. Why was It buried beneath the lakebed?

  He walked to the side of the stairs—everything was normal. He took a step onto the stairway, and everything was still normal.

  The danger came from the entrance to the second layer.

  At this moment, almost everyone formed the same consensus, while Li Si Chan, Guang Yuan, and Yue Kai Yu were especially nervous, clenching their fists tightly and staring with wide eyes.

  With another step, Ling Han’s head was about to cross into the second layer.

  Ling Han temporarily halted, raising his head to look at the top. The end of the stairway was a blurry spinning ring of light, and seen from here, nothing could be seen clearly.

  It seemed that the situation in the second layer couldn’t be seen unless one entered.

  “Master Han!” Li Si Chan and Guang Yuan yelled out nervously.

  Ling Han nodded and took fierce step down, instantly shooting like an arrow and worming extremely quickly into the spinning light ring.

  Xiu , his figure flashed, and he already appeared in another space.

  The environment here was oddly dusky, but compared ot the first layer’s dark space, it was much brighter, at least the eyesight of normal Spiritual Pedestal Tier warriors could reach around 300 m. A barren field underneath his feet, and the nearby one-thousand-meter radius of land was completely dark-red, as if molded by the coagulation of fresh blood.

  Hiss, to dye such a large field of land black, how much blood was needed?

  Besides, this place was really massive!

  Ling Han looked far; the skies here exceeded 300 m in height, already exceeding the divine temple’s height.

  This was another small world, its space compressed by a powerful being using mystical arts, forming a world of its own.

  Before his thought finished, he heard weng, weng, weng sounds as infinite black dots rose from the ground, suddenly swarming towards him. With his impressive eyesight, he saw clearly with a glance that these were small flying bugs; they were shaped like mosquitos, and their mouthparts were sharp and long. As they fluttered their wings, weng, weng sounds were emitted.

  As it turned out it wasn’t that the ground was dyed black with blood but squeezed full of these bugs! Once they flew, the ground became an earthy yellow, no different from the land outside.

  Ling Han instantly realized that the six people earlier had their blood sucked dry by these bugs.

  The killers were found.

  The unknown was the most frightening. Since he knew the killer’s true identity, Ling Han felt calmer instead. Hong , he activated Strange Fire, and instantly, a field of flames swept out. Zi, zi, zi, these bugs let out sharp cries, burning to ashes in their hundreds and thousands and falling down.

  However, more bugs still swarmed over, completely unafraid of death, even using their companions as cover. They pierced through the flames and swarmed right before Ling Han.

  “Let’s see how good your teeth are.” Ling Han smiled lightly. As long as it weren’t teeth such as Hu NIu’s, he still had the confidence that within the same tier nothing could harm his Iron Sheet Body.

  As expected, these bugs stung his skin to suck blood, but snapped their mouthparts instead, unable to drill through at all.

  However, Ling Han also felt a slight sense of pain. Apparently, the stinging of these mouthparts somewhat affected him.

  This was quite surprising as his physique was completely no weaker than rare metals of the same tier but he still felt a slight sense of pain, meaning that the destructive power of these bugs was still quite surprising.

  No wonder the six people earlier died at the entrance. The moment they entered the second layer, they probably immediately suffered the attacks of the blood-sucking bugs, and without the defensive power such as Ling Han’s to bear their attacks head-on, they thought of escaping to the first layer; however they were too late, and by the time they rushed out, they’d already been sucked dry of their blood.

  Chapter 477

  Translator: Reverie_ Editor: Kurisu

  Ling Han attacked with his sword. Ten flashes of Sword Qi shot out from the Demon Birth Sword, and without touching these bugs, the powerful destructive power could shatter them into pieces half a meter or so away. Strange Fire raged as well—its destructive power was even more terrifying.

  With only one to two minutes, Ling Han annihilated tens of thousands of blood-sucking bugs, but there seemed to be an infinite number of them as more and more blood-sucking bugs flew up from the ground.

  Ling Han was very shocked; the area of several hundred square meters was packed with these blood-sucking bugs, the total amount was probably in the billions?

  His physique was certainly overpowering, but if he were stung by billions of blood-sucking bugs continuously, then even his body of iron that was comparable to rare metals of the same tier would probably be breached.

  This blood-sucking bug nest was at the entrance to the second layer—how coincidental. Was this planned not to let anyone pass through?

  Retreat?

  Ling Han hesitated slightly. Fighting desperately obviously wasn’t cost-effective. These blood-sucking bugs individually might only be at the ninth layer of the Spiritual Ocean Tier, with a few Spiritual Pedestal Tier oness, but when gathered together, no matter any Spiritual Pedestal Tier elite—all would quiver in fear.

  He decided to retreat. This wasn’t his own matter, so naturally he didn’t need to fight to the death alone.

  Unfortunately, inside the Black Tower, the massive golem was still slowly recovering. Receiving an attack of a Spiritual Infant Tier law decree, despite its overbearing recovery power, it wouldn’t be able to recover in a short while.

  With his battle prowess, completely annihilating these blood-sucking bugs was somewhat difficult, but charging out of there was an effortless thing.

  He split open the swarm of bugs and crossed through the entrance.

  Everything suddenly turned dark before his eyes as he appeared in the space of the first layer, which was utterly pitch-black.

  “He’s back!” everyone cried out.

  “So, how was it, what exactly is inside?”

  Everyone asked all at once.

  Ling Han ignored them.

  “Hey, hey, hey, Master Ling, you won’t share the information you discovered with everyone?” someone reprimanded.

  “That’s right, now that everyone’s fighting side by side, you’re not even telling us the situation. How petty, absolutely having no bearing of a great master.”

  “I misjudged you!”

  Ling Han sneered. These people dared to reprimand him because his tier was not
as high and he was without any elite followers; otherwise, any medium level Earth Grade alchemist wouldn’t lack Flower Blossom Tier elite followers by their side, and no junior would dare to be impudent in front of him.

  He glanced at everyone in the surrounding and said, “If you want to know, go see for yourself!”

  Everyone was furious, feeling that Ling Han was too petty. He clearly entered, so why not share with them the information about the other side? Moreover, seeing the how disorderly Ling Han was when he ran out, it was obvious that inside was filled with danger.

  They naturally wanted to know what the environment was like and what they had to face, so they could enter with preparation.

  “Master Ling, you’ve gone too far!”

  “We’re in the same boat, you shouldn’t be so selfish!”

  Everyone continued to criticize, wanting to force Ling Han to give in through public anger.

  “Idiots!” Ling Han planned on warning everyone, but now he changed his mind. Whether these people lived or died, what did it have to do with him? He walked over to Li Si Chan and the others, and said in a low voice, “The second layer is a vast and special space with frightening blood-sucking bugs. Those people who died earlier were sucked dry of blood by those blood-sucking bugs.”

  Without Ling Han mentioning how fierce the battle was with the blood-sucking bugs, looking at those six corpses, they knew that those blood-sucking bugs were definitely terrifying.

  The three revealed shocked expressions. Li Si Chan and Guang Yuan were alright, since they knew that Ling Han possessed the Black Tower and could hide in there if the worst comes to the worst, but Yue Kai Yue really frowned deeply.

  “Then what do we do?” Yue Kai Yu asked.

  Ling han laughed and then said, “Wait!”

  When the rock spirit recovered, the power of a Flower Blossom Tier could easily suppress that bug nest.

  The strange thing was that he ran out, but the blood-sucking bugs didn’t chase outside, seemingly unable to pass through that door.

  The people here were elites and prodigies from various sects, so they definitely had treasures with great lethality like spirit talismans, law decrees, and the like—just the time for them to expend those things.

  Ling Han just stayed silent and the other people couldn’t do anything about it—who could force a Heaven Grade alchemist to open up? At this moment, more and more people entered the divine temple, all gathering here.

  Many Flower Blossom Tier warriors in their thirties entered the mystery realm, but none appeared nearby, so there were only a few Spiritual Pedestal Tier and Spiritual Ocean tier elites here, with Li Si Chan being the only Gushing Spring Tier one.

  Reality was so; those who were too weak couldn’t snatch a treasure even if they discovered it and could only draw support from the environment here to cultivate, rising by one or two small tiers by the time they left.

  “Let’s go, since someone broke in and came out alive, can we not?” Someone began to connect with various people, planning to charge into the second layer.

  “That’s right, everyone is in the Spiritual Pedestal Tier, if he can go, I can go too!”

  “Let’s go!”

  These people were in the prime of youth, and while they didn’t dare to become hostile with Ling Han on the surface, not a single one of them was convinced about him as they clamored one after another.

  At last, a party of over a hundred people was formed, planning to charge into the second layer.

  They actually weren’t foolish. The vanguard was a strongly built man who focused on earth-type arts and had an extremely tough physique. On top of that someone lent their defensive Spirit Tool, so even if a Flower Blossom Tier elite lay in ambush, he could take a hit head-on without dying.

  These people charged out and no longer made a single sound.

  The entrance separated two worlds, and no light nor sound would be transmitted over.

  After waiting a while, Ling Han’s consciousness entered the Black Tower, and seeing that the rock spirit had completely reconstructed and recovered its energy, he cracked a smile and said, “Go, we should go in now… Si Chan, you stay on the outside.”

  While Yue Kai Yu turned around, he directly stored Li Si Chan into the Black Tower.

  “Huh, where’s Lady Li?” Yue Kai Yu turned around, and when he didn’t see LI Si Chan, his face was filled with surprise.

  “She left,” Ling Han said without thinking.

  “That fast?” Yue Kai Yu cried out, how was it possible in the time that he turned.

  “Yep!” Ling Han nodded.

  Guang Yuan laughed suppressingly.

  Ling Han took the vanguard and the three walked in a single file up the stairs, entering the second layer.

  Instantly, a great battle between bugs and men appeared in front of them.

  Infinite blood-sucking bugs flew in the air and launched attacks at the human martial artists. The insect corpses piled up thickly on the ground, while over twenty people died the on the human side, all turned into dried corpses.

  As more and more of the blood-sucking bugs died, the blood-sucking bugs in the entire area began to go crazy. All the bugs within hundred meters radius flew up and circled in the sky, turning into a tornado that swept towards everyone.

  This was a completely different style of battle. The blood-sucking bugs earlier relied on the advantage in numbers and launched attacks from various angles, but fundamentally speaking, they still acted on their own, lacking coordination.

  Now it was completely different as the billions of blood sucking bugs turned into a single body, sweeping at everyone.

  Chapter 478

  Translator: Reverie_ Editor: Kurisu

  The blood-sucking bugs covered the entire sky as if stirring up a locust plague; however, they ate not crops, but fresh blood!

  The bug-tornado swept over, and instantly, several corpses drained dry were tossed out; no one could stand a single exchange of blows.

  Such a combination wasn’t simply summing up their power, but an exponential increase, reaching infinitely close to the Flower Blossom Tier!

  The leftover martial artists were greatly shocked, unleashing their ultimate life-saving moves as Spirit Talismans were torn and law decrees fired out. These were originally used when contending for the most valuable treasures, but now, in order to save their lives, they couldn’t care possibly care.

  Without their lives, all was over.

  Hong , in an instant, the side of the human martial artists had imposing momentum; no matter how close the bugs were to the Flower Blossom Tier, the Spirit Talismans created by those in the Flower Blossom Tier could parallel, and the Spiritual Infant Tier law decrees could directly annihilate, Flower Blossom Tier warriors.

  These blood-sucking bugs obviously weren’t king tier beasts and couldn’t possibly withstand such a violent bombardment; the entire swarm of bugs was almost instantly extinguished.

  Weng , a blood sucking bug the size of a human head flew waveringly out from the “tornado.” Its wings were somewhat tattered, it was barely able to fly.

  There was actually still one that slipped through the net?

  “It’ss probably the king of the swarm,” Ling Han said. It was precisely the arrival of this bug king that changed the swarm’s battle style; earlier, infinite blood-sucking bugs acted on their own, but it gathered all the bugs together, and battling under its command, their power increased by several levels.

  However, it was also precisely because it gathered all the bugs together that it gave everyone the chance to make a clean sweep, escaping narrowly.

  The ninth layer of the Spiritual Pedestal Tier!

  This bug king’s strength was overbearing enough, and secondly, it was enveloped in the center and received relatively less damage, saving its life.

  The bug king stared at everyone with hateful eyes, yet didn’t launch an attack, and instead fluttered its wings to fly higher, running away.

  “Think you ca
n escape?” Everyone sneered, firing attacks one after another. Instantly, Sword Qi and Saber Qi stormed over, slashing towards the sky. However, the bug king was at the ninth layer of the Spiritual Pedestal Tier after all; it opened a black shield and blocked everyone’s attack, continuing to fly higher.

  Once it reached a certain height, everyone could only stare blankly. After all, if one didn’t enter the Flower Blossom Tier, there wasn’t much one could do against opponents that could fly.

  The bug king looked coldly at everyone. These humans annihilated its subjects, it would definitely come back again and kill all of these humans… It wouldn’t be long before it reproduced a large amount of descendants.

  It retracted its gaze and fluttered its wings again, searching for a safe place to rebuild its swarm army.

  Shua, shua, shua, a flash of Sword Qi struck, emitting resplendent light!

  The bug king first regarded it as beneath its attention; at such a height, no one could harm it. However, the instant it struck, it knew that it was gravely mistaken. With a pu , the Sword Qi slashed through, and its already broken wings were instantly completely severed.

  It looked shockingly at that human below, absolutely unable to believe there was such a stunning and peerless sword! It could no longer maintain its flying posture, falling straight down from the sky.

  Ling Han smiled faintly and sheathed Demon Birth Sword.

  “Kill!” Everyone charged out, and with a few hits, the bug king was killed.

  Unfortunately, although it was at the ninth layer of the Spiritual Pedestal Tier beast, it was dirty and disgusting; no one held any interest in its flesh. So, after confirming the bug king’s death, no one looked at it again.

  They all looked at Ling Han as that sword attack just now made them all shiver inwardly. The bug king flew so high, yet Ling Han’s Sword Qi still harmed it. Although the wings were the most fragile, it still made everyone greatly astonished.

  Ling Han walked to the side of the bug king and sliced open the bug king’s body with his sword. Looking at it briefly, he saw the beast had no bones, so it naturally wouldn’t have any bone patterns, while its wings and shell had nothing of the sort.