“Something’s coming!” Ling Han warned.
Guang Yuan and Yue Kai Yu hurriedly prepared for battle. The other people couldn’t see anything, which instantly made some people despise and curse Ling Han inwardly for acting cool and all.
However, in a short while, something red flashed in the distance, and in an instant, it was even closer.
‘Hiss!’
When everyone could see it, they all gasped in astonishment. These were six red-haired beasts in the form of humans. Their height was normal; and their entire body was full of red hair—even their looks couldn’t be clearly seen. Indistinctly, a pair of gleaming red eyes and a fierce-looking mouth could be seen.
These red-haired beasts had no intention of communicating with them. Once they arrived, they immediately launched attacks. Xiu, xiu, xiu , they were ridiculously fast as they leapt towards one person.
People had no sense of propriety all of a sudden, and those who weren’t attacked naturally didn’t recklessly intervene, carefully observing. The person that was attacked sneered and said, “Scatter!”
He swung his sword. Seven flashes of Sword Qi waved as martial intent manifested and condensed into seven large mountains, about to crush the six red-haired beasts.
He cultivated earth-type arts, and when martial intent was produced, it turned into a lofty mountain. This was a phantom form, but its weight was not fake at all—even those who were his match in strength would feel it unbearable if they were struck.
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The six red-haired beasts didn’t dodge at all and continued their assault. The lofty mountain came crashing and they each threw a punch at it. As Origin Power rippled, cracks appeared on the mountain, but it did not shatter.
Peng, peng, peng, peng, they were struck one after another but simply stumbled and then fiercely continued their assault.
“Such sturdy defense.” Ling Han nodded. Although it couldn’t be compared with his Iron Sheet Body, it was still quite surprising; Spiritual Pedestal Tier beings that could cultivate such defense were definitely sadly rare.
“Hmph, nothing more than this!” The man who was attacked snorted, sliding backwards and raising his sword again. Another seven flashes of Sword Qi were fired out.
“Let’s help!” The other people could also see clearly that the red-haired beasts’ strength was not that great, so they were naturally undaunted.
However, at this moment, the six red-haired beasts simultaneously emitted crimson light and charged past that man’s Sword Qi, arriving before him. Five red-haired beasts grabbed onto his four limbs and head, and the last one clutched onto the body.
Pu!
Under everyone’s shocked gazes, the five red-haired beasts applied force all together, tearing off that man’s four limbs and head.
Blood splattered as if dying the skies red.
Too violent, and too gory!
Everyone froze; such a sight was unacceptable to them.
Pa, pa, pa, pa, the six red-haired beasts tossed the head and limbs in their hands and targeted another person, charging out in unison.
“Suppress them together!” people hurriedly shouted. They definitely wouldn’t be crushed one by one by these six red-haired beasts.
The two sides battled fiercely. The humans naturally had the numerical advantage and stronger battle prowess, but these red-haired beasts were like undying monsters. Despite being pierced by a sword or cut by a saber, no drop of blood spilled out, as if they were puppet monsters.
Moreover, they had a special ability. When their body flashed with red light, they could ignore attacks of Origin Power by passing through them, creating a huge problem for everyone.
They clearly had more numbers and were clearly stronger, but they were beaten pathetically by the six red-haired beasts.
“Strange, what’s this ability?” Ling Han muttered as curiosity flickered in his gaze; could this be another special ability of creatures from the god realm?
“Master Han, should we help?” Guang Yuan asked.
“Help and be careful.” Ling Han nodded.
“Yes!”
Guang Yuan immediately charged out, while Yue Kai Yu scratched his head and said, “Strange, why should I listen to this guy?” As he said that, he also charged out, full of fighting spirit.
Ling Han didn’t intervene and simply kept an eye out as he observed. He would intervene when Guang Yuan and Yue Kai Yu encountered danger, but he would mostly observe; he had never heard of these peculiar red-haired beasts.
‘Hm?’
As his gaze swept by, he revealed an astonished expression because a surprising change was happening to the dismembered “pulps.” Strands of red hair grew from the flesh, and as if possessing life, the head, hands, and feet wriggled towards the torso.
Soon, the six parts assembled, forming a complete human body, but covered with red hair.
A new red-haired beast appeared.
A flash of lightning streaked across Ling Han’s mind as a guess started welling up in his mind… Could these six red-haired beasts be the six corpses that were annihilated at the earliest time? He immediately dashed out and unleashed the Demon Birth Sword, slicing at a red-haired beast.
As Sword Qi waved, red hair flew into the sky; the red-haired beast was instantly shaved clean, revealing a dry corpse-like body; it even had a few tattered pieces of cloths on it.
“Luo, Luo Heng!” a martial artist said quaveringly. “He’s Luo Heng . I recognize the tattoo on his hand!”
Ling Han focused his gaze, and as expected, the red-haired beast had a tattoo on its arm. Although it was very hard to distinguish, it was still barely visible that it was drawing of a fierce tiger.
Everyone was shocked; Luo Heng entered the second layer the earliest and ended up being one of the six people turned into a dried corpse by the blood-sucking bugs. Why did he suddenly revive as a red-haired beast?
“Another one!” Someone discovered a seventh red-haired beast, though it just stood up with a stagger, not yet joining the battle.
“Where’s Xu Ming’s corpse?” someone said quaveringly.
Everyone cried out involuntarily. These dried corpses could turn into red-haired beasts, so why couldn’t a dismembered corpse also?
Where the hell was this—the dead could resurrect, though it couldn’t be counted as truly reviving.
Ling Han struck again and activated two vein-like patterns on the Demon Birth Sword; he wouldn’t believe that a tenth tier Spirit Tool couldn’t kill these monsters.
Pu, pu, pu, his figure flashed across, and with one strike, a red-haired beast was split into two. But then a strange thing occurred—the two halves of the red-haired beast stuck back together, recovering as a whole.
An undying monster!
Ling Han decided on spot and said, “Go to the third layer!”
Yue Kai Yu and Guang Yuan naturally had no objections to his words, immediately ascending onto the steps and charging towards the third layer. Ling Han stored the Demon Birth Sword and also leapt onto the steps.
Even Ling Han who had such powerful battle prowess ran, how could the other people dare to tangle? These red-haired beasts couldn’t be killed, and even if some someone hid a Spiritual Infant Tier law decree, would that be able to suppress them?
Ling Han might have ascended onto the steps later than Guang Yuan and Yue Kai Yu, but he caught up and surpassed them, and with a sudden big stride forward, he was the first to enter the third layer.
The scenery immediately changed. This was actually a primeval forest with tall arbors everywhere, countless intertwining old vines on them, thicker and larger than a house; who knew how many years it took to grow to such a scale.
However, in the distance, a divine temple stood erect at the mountaintop, with golden-colored brilliance.
Xiu, xiu, xiu, Guang Yuan and Yue Kai Yu also leapt over, and then more people appeared. However, not a single red-haired beast charged over, a
s if each layer had a strict limitation.
“Ao!” A beast’s roar sounded from afar as if it could tear open the sky.
Everyone was startled. Even from such a distance, they could feel the terrifying oppressive power in that roar; it was at least a Flower Blossom Tier, and even possibly a Spiritual Infant Tier beast.
What to do… below were red-haired beasts that couldn’t be killed, and above were Flower Blossom, and even Spiritual Infant Tier beasts—it was a true dilemma.
Ling Han only looked at the golden divine temple at the mountaintop in the distance. He had a feeling that there answers might be obtained over there—the secrets relating to this divine temple.
“Go.” He nodded towards Guang Yuan and Yue Kai Yu.
The three set out and walked towards the divine temple in the distance. The other people shrugged; the mountaintop might not look far, but it was definitely not close by and who knew how many terrifying beasts they’d encounter.
“Let’s charge back!”
“That’s right. Although the red-haired beasts aren’t killable, their battle prowess isn’t ridiculously strong. It’s better than facing Spiritual Infant Tier beasts.
“Let’s go back!”
Most people turned tail, with only a few people that decided to advance along with the three of them. At least with the three of them scouting ahead, if there really was danger, the three would be first to endure it.
However, these people were immediately stunned, because Ling Han summoned the golem and the three stood on the its back, with the golem carrying them as they flew towards the mountaintop.
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How did this work?
The few people that wanted to take advantage of Ling Han were disappointed. Ling Han had a flying tool, yet they could only run on their feet, unable to rely on Ling Han to block perils for them.
They immediately gave up on following, and when they turned around, three people walked out in a flash.
These three people looked thirty years old, all male, and emitted a shocking presence, making everyone bow down and lower their heads involuntarily.
Flower Blossom Tier warriors!
“Respects to Lord Miao, Lord Gu, and Lord Geng!” Everyone knelt on one knee, paying respects to those three people.
Miao Qi Si, Gu Yuan Liang, Geng Jing Sheng were figures on the prodigy roll several generations ago, who had now advanced into the Flower Blossom Tier, becoming mainstays of each of their own sects; they might even advance into the Spiritual Infant Tier and become the most powerful figures in the north region.
Miao Qi Si raised his hand, signaling everyone to rise. His gaze was the same as Gu Yuan Liang and Geng Jing Sheng, fixed on the divine temple at the mountaintop.
“Let’s go!” Gu Yuan Liang tapped the ground with his feet; his figure floating into the air, while Miao Qi Si and Geng Jing Sheng also followed.
“Haha, with the three Flower Blossom Tier elites’ appearance, even if Ling Han discovered treasure, he wouldn’t be able to get it!” someone said gloatingly.
“Hmph, just a Flower Blossom Tier puppet, it can’t possibly be compared to a true Flower Blossom Tier.”
“So what if he’s an Heaven Grade alchemist. Adventuring in a mystery realm, no one needs to give them face!”
“That’s right, as an alchemist, he should just stick to refining pills.”
Quite a few people chimed in, all envious of Ling Han.
…
The Rock Spirit might look a bit foolish and its explosive power starting out was a bit weak, but once its speed increased, it wasn’t any slower than a Flower Blossom Tier warrior. They arrived at the mountaintop after only a few minutes.
The massive golem landed while the three of them leapt down.
Although there were various living creatures in this layer, the space wasn’t too large. Ling Han had already scanned the surroundings while in the sky and didn’t discover any stairway that led to the fourth layer. In other words, this layer was the last layer.
His guess was quite right; this last divine temple had a great possibility of revealing the secrets about this place.
The golden divine temple was 30 m tall and gold all over, just like the large divine temple outside but shrunken by tenfold.
“Small Rock, you take the vanguard.” Ling Han patted the Rock Spirit.
The Rock Spirit naturally wouldn’t object, walking at the forefront.
The three followed closely behind. With a Flower Blossom Tier Rock Spirit blocking the front, Ling Han had enough assurance to store Guang Yuan, Yue Kai Yu, and the Rock Spirit at the most dangerous time.
Beyond expectations, the inside of the divine temple was made of golden walls, extremely bright and unlike those black temples which were empty. There were stone pillars here, only a meter tall and with the top forged into an empty basin-shape.
The entire divine temple only had one layer, so the space was extremely large; walking inside made the three feel their own insignificance.
There were no supportive pillars inside the temple. It simply relied on the three walls leaning against each other to support the weight. Rows of stone pillars reached the center of the divine temple where a hexagonal object was suspended in midair, circling continuously—extremely strange.
“Hm, so fragrant!” The three of them wrinkled their noses.
“Eat!” The Rock Spirit also send Ling Han a thought, but it stared at the stone pillars on the ground.
“Go eat.” Ling Han waved his hand. “But don’t bloat yourself.”
The Rock Spirit was instantly extremely delighted, diving in front of a stone pillar. Its head cracked open, as if opening a large mouth, biting towards the basin. With a snap, it bit off half the stone basin and began to gnaw on it, eating delightfully.
The three of them ran to the closest stone pillar closest to the hexagonal object and saw that the stone basin actually had a tiny bit of milky white liquid within it which was emitted the surprising fragrance.
“What’s this thing?” Yue Kai Yu asked.
Ling Han shook his head and said, “I don’t know, either, but I’m sure that it’s definitely absolute spiritual liquid, which possesses extremely great value.”
“So, you guys can get lost!” A cold voice sounded as Miao Qi Si and the other two took large strides over, clearly not caring about Ling Han’s Heaven Grade alchemist identity.
In the outside world, Heaven Grade alchemists naturally had a status that surpassed the norm, but when contending for treasure, all was based on strength; it was impossible for others to surrender treasures just because someone else was the son of a Shattering Void Tier.
It was the same for Heaven Grade alchemist!
Ling Han said to Guang Yuan and Yue Kai Yu, “You guys store away the spiritual liquid.” He turned around, waved at the Rock Spirit, and said, “Small Rock, come, time to fight!”
The Rock Spirit was somewhat reluctant as it was eating delightfully, but who made it acknowledge Ling Han as its master? It instinctively glared fiercely at Miao Qi Si and the others; it was these three who interrupted its delicious meal, making it extremely angry.
Seeing the mysterious patterns on the Rock Spirit, Miao Qi Si and the others said in astonishment, “A puppet?”
They naturally saw those patterns as formation patterns. They could feel the golem’s power, emitting a presence that they didn’t dare to look down upon.
“Master Ling, you might be an alchemy genius that the world reveres, but since entering the historic site to contend, you’ll need to have awareness as a martial artist!” Gu Yuan Liang opened up. “If you force me to attack, I won’t show mercy!”
Ling Han cracked a smile and said, “Is that right?”
“Stop!” Seeing Guang Yuan and Yue Kai Yu take out a jade bottle to receive the spiritual liquid within the stone basin, there was no way Miao Qi Si and the others could hold back, attacking one after another to stop them fr
om taking the spiritual liquid.
“Ang!” The rock spirit roared angrily and attacked towards them, while Ling Han unleashed the Demon Birth Sword and activated the Thunder Battle Armor, slashing at the three large hands of Origin Power.
Pu!
As Sword Qi waved, Ling Han sliced open the three large hands of Origin Power, not letting them hit Yue Kai Yu and Guang Yuan; however, he was only at the second layer of the Spiritual Pedestal Tier, and even with the Thunder Battle Armor’s protection, he still couldn’t bear the immense shock.
“Wa!” He hacked out blood.
It was just like Three Lives Corpse Casket. Even a Shattering Void Tier elite couldn’t possibly crush the casket, but if a Heaven Tier elite lay inside, they’d definitely be pounded into pulp with shock waves.
Being able to block a direct attack and counteracting the power of the impact were two different things.
Ling Han was in unexpectedly high spirits. With the protection of the Thunder Battle Armor, he could endure such an impact, and as long as it wasn’t a one-hit kill, he could immediately restore to as he was with the recovery power of the Indestructible Heaven’s Scroll.
Of course, it was most important that he cultivated the Iron Sheet Body. If anyone else came, he would be heavily injured with the protection of the Thunder Battle Armor; after all, Flower Blossom Tier beings were way too powerful.
“Then let’s battle!” Ling Han said.
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A mere second layer of the Spiritual Pedestal Tier opponent actually dared to say he’d battle Flower Blossom Tier ones—how bold was that?
Very bold!
If it were someone else, this would definitely be an idiotic action, but severing three Flower Blossom Tier attacks with on strike displayed his remarkable strength, that would be naturally bold.
“I’ve long heard Master Ling’s battle prowess is astonishing and you once fired out battle prowess of Spiritual Infant Tier twenty stars on the prodigy battle’s test relying on a Spirit Tool. Looks like it wasn’t fake!” Miao Qi Si said indifferently.
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