It would be worth it even if one person stayed behind to guard it here.
Was there a reason?
Ling Han revealed a contemplative look. In his former life, he entered too many historical sites and encountered many dangers, giving him a clear awareness—never become obsessed with treasures.
Treasures were admittedly good, but they were often associated with danger and traps.
There were clearly many powerful beasts entrenched here, yet with a precious medicine placed there openly, why wasn’t there a single beast that guarded it?
A precious medicine of heaven and earth would often be accompanied by beasts and even emerge because of beasts.
Intuition made Ling Han firmly believe that there was a very highly probability that this would be a trap.
He told Rain Emperor and Mu Rong Qing of this suspicion, and called Yuan Cheng He to his side, making him obey his command. Yuan Cheng He was somewhat unwilling, but he didn’t dare to disobey.
… This fierce person was the one who killed Small Saber King!
Everyone was still waiting, waiting for the moment the precious medicine truly matured, which was the matter of two to three days. Many more people came arrived afterwards. Amongst them was no lack of Heaven Tier elites, which made the weaker people sigh. If they’d known elites of this level would appear, they definitely wouldn’t have waited so long and just grabbed the precious medicine earlier; even if it wasn’t ripe, it was better than nothing.
Three days later, there were as many as seven Heaven Tier elites, and Ling Han’s anxiousness grew greater, because over these few days, he hadn’t seen a single beast nearby.
One should know that beasts had an extremely strong sense of territory. There were no beasts here, which meant only one thing… there was already a powerful beast here, which made the other beasts view this area as a forbidden land, not daring to set foot on it.
Contest for the precious medicine finally started. Seven Heaven Tier elites battled fiercely, and the powerful aftereffect of the battle made everyone retreat constantly, unable to get close.
At this moment, the precious medicine disappeared with a tremble.
Everyone was dumbfounded. This precious medicine grew feet? Or, was it someone daring and bold who took advantage to steal the precious medicine while the seven Heaven Tier elites were fighting fiercely?
Hong, long, long, the earth began to quake. Pa , a fissure appeared, and then spiderweb-like cracks spread in all directions as if some terrifying existence was about to break through the ground.
Chapter 705 - Bait
Translator: Reverie_ Editor: Henyee
Peng , the earth split open and out popped a gigantic lion-shaped beast, thirty meter long and fifteen tall. It was covered with black scales that made it look like a pangolin.
But its tail was completely different. It was long, and the tip was more like a corn cob, emitting a faint fragrance like an exceptionally precious medicine.
And what everyone felt familiar to the eyes was that tail—why did it look so much like that spirit medicine?
Ling Han’s expression changed drastically. That wasn’t some precious medicine earlier, but the bait that the beast had stuck out!
It deliberately changed its tail slowly, making it look as if a precious medicine slowly maturing, to gather the largest number of prey possible so that it could capture them all at once. This also explained why those Shattering Void Tier elites didn’t care about this “precious medicine” when passed by earlier—they didn’t see it at all.
This was a powerful existence at the Shattering Void Tier, and here, it was invincible!
The seven Heaven Tier elites stopped fighting. Seeing the scene, they obviously came to realize everything, but targeted as a prey by a Shattering Void Tier beast, could they even escape?
“Ang!” The beast let out a loud roar. Hong , the sound waves were like the tsunami, and peng, peng, peng , everything within the radius of few li in the surrounding area was shattered to pieces. The seven Heaven Tier elites were obviously the first to bear the brunt of the attack, and their skin cracked and bones shattered, with barely a single breath remaining in their bodies.
Luckily, it was precisely because the seven great Heaven Tier warriors started a battle that the others had retreated far away to avoid the attacks’ shock waves and thus avoided trouble. Even so, everyone’s hands or feet were broken, but they weren’t crushed into pieces.
The might of Shattering Void Tier creatures was extremely powerful; a single attack could strike down the stars.
Fortunately, Ling Han and the others had retreated even further, and were almost unaffected, though their faces turned pale from the pressure of a Shattering Void Tier beast’s presence, which made it difficult to even breathe.
Everyone’s expressions changed. How were they to block this… a Shattering Void Tier beast targeted them, treating them as prey!
“Run!”
Everyone almost instantly scattered, and that beast also started to move. With a pull, it swallowed all seven Heaven Tiers into its mouth, crunched a few times, and swallowed them into the stomach, and then carried out a massacre.
Although everyone fled in all directions, a Shattering Void Tier creature’s speed was so fast that after it ate all the “prey” in the east, south, and west, the people fleeing towards the north had only run out over a hundred li.
They were obviously Ling Han’s party.
Rain Emperor and Mu Rong Qing were with them. Moreover, there was super geniuses like Yao Hui Yue and Jia Ming. They all coincidentally chose the same path because escaping in this direction, they were most likely to encounter reinforcements.
Ling Han marvelled inwardly. To compare in speed with a Shattering Void Tier was a pipe dream, and he could probably only use the Black Tower to save everyone he cared about; at worst, some people he temporarily wouldn’t let out.
The Gold-seeking Rat was frightened into feigning death again, lying straight with its tailed straightened up, but Hu Niu picked it up and said happily, “The rat’s dead, can we eat it?”
Once those words left her mouth, the Gold-seeking Rat was naturally alive and kicking again. “Why does this little girl always want to eat this baby?” it said in its rat language, squeaking.
The rabbit felt deeply the same, and, while running, said, “Now, you also know Uncle Rabbit’s pain, right?”
“Cut the crap and run for your life!” Ling Han said. What sort of clowns were by his side, not even behaving properly in such a situation.
Whose fault was it if not the rabbit’s? Hu Niu’s speed was too fast, so even if it wasn’t fast to the point of bending the space, in this kind of situation, it was enough to simply be faster than others—at least one could survive the longest that way.
“Kakaka, such a mighty beast lion, it’s just right to be This King’s mount!” At this moment, a sweet laughter could be heard, and a girl in purple dress suddenly appeared. No one saw how she appeared, just as if she was naturally there.
This girl was gorgeous like peaches and plums. Standing in the sky, the gentle breeze moved her long skirt, and her bare feet were like jade, which added on some natural grace to her appearance. Surprisingly, divine clouds swirled around her as if she was a divine maiden descending to the world.
“Ang!” That beast halted abruptly and stared vigilantly at this girl as its nostrils puffed out flames. It seemed very terrified of her.
Being able to make a Shattering Void Tier beast fear, needless to say, this girl was certainly also a Shattering Void Tier elite.
Yao Hui Yue and Jia Ming, the proud disciples of the five great sects, have obviously seen the Shattering Void Tier warriors in their own sects and other sects, but none of them matched the girl in front of their eyes.
How truly strange, she was a Shattering Void Tier elite, and definitely couldn’t have appeared out of thin air.
Ling Han was relieved; this girl was the Lunar King!
“Litt
le kitty, be a good mount for this king!” Lunar King struck, attacking the beast lion.
They fought so hard that everyone ran away, for each aftershock could’ve killed them a hundred times if it were to directly hit them.
In the distance, there was a party of a hundred men marching fast, their formation astonishingly orderly. They looked just like an army—ten people in a row formed a neat square array, and each person looked solemn while holding a long spear, exuding an iron-blooded aura.
Each person’s cultivation was the Deity Transformation Tier, which was very surprising. Deity Transformation Tier warriors could be called experts anywhere, but this hundred-people team seemed to be someone’s personal troops. In the front row, there was someone who carried a banner, painted with a slender hand that held up a waning moon.
They stopped in front of the fight, far closer than Ling Han and the others were to the Lunar King and the beast lion’s battle. When the ripples swept over, they struck out their spears together, and the power of a hundred people actually miraculously fused to obtain battle prowess of the Heaven Tier, resolving the aftershock completely.
Everyone stared in shock. A hundred Deity Transformation Tier warriors could rival a Heaven Tier elite? This was like a dream!
Ling Han understood that this was probably Lunar King’s personal army, and only the Purple Moon Empire, a powerful force buried countless years ago, grasped such a miraculous formation, gathering the power of masses into one.
The Lunar King was really too powerful. Her slender hands were like divine material, and with a swat, the beast lion turned over and over repeatedly. No matter how terrifying the attacks the beast lion launched, she took them on very casually, appearing relaxed and happy.
On her body, Ling Han felt a similar aura to that of the Sword King and the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Maiden—absolute power, the king amongst kings!
In a short amount of time, the beast lion was seized by the Lunar King, lying on the ground with its tongue sticking out. It kept struggling with all its strength, yet it was to no avail.
The Lunar King was half sitting and half lying down on the beast lion’s back in a beautiful but sexy posture, beckoning to Ling Han, saying, “Little handsome boy, come massage This King’s legs!” She straightened her long legs, and under the dress was a snow white and smooth thigh, wreaking havoc in one’s heart.
Chapter 706 - Teased
Translator: Reverie_ Editor: Henyee
Quite a few people were envious, or even driven mad. This beauty was not only extraordinarily beautiful, but also possessed the peak strength of humanity, subduing even the beast lion.
If one were to have such an exceptional beauty, what more could one want in life?
Even if the others were envious or jealous, they wouldn’t dare declare it, not even gasping. That was a Shattering Void Tier elite and only she could tease others.
“Little brother, charge forth bravely!”
“Conquer Our King!”
“Men also have courageous spirit!”
However, the stern soldiers in the square array shocked everyone as they began to whistle and give Ling Han encouragement.
Now, these people weren’t military disciplined soldiers, but a bunch of ruffians!
Ling Han was speechless… who were these people…?
The Lunar King pretended to be displeased, and said, “You bastards, trying to revolt?”
“We wouldn’t dare!”
“It’s just that Our King’s not young anymore, and it’s time to find a man to marry!”
“We aren’t suited for Our King, so we can only ask an outsider.”
“Hehe, I think this little brother looks pretty good, handsome, refined, and surprisingly talented, and more importantly, someone who can make Our King start to flirt is too hard to come by.”
The veterans all shouted out glibly, each of them very excited.
“Won’t allow you guys to take Niu’s Ling Han!” Hu Niu was immediately on guard and got in front of Ling Han, glaring quite viciously at the hundred veterans as if a small tiger.
The veterans all laughed loudly. They’d all been through hundred battles, and weren’t really afraid of Hu Niu’s vicious look.
“Aiyo, Our King’s met a rival!”
“A love triangle, how complicated!”
They started kicking up a fuss again.
The Lunar King also laughed loudly. She rode on the beast lion, and said, “Men, follow This King. This land is too important, and mustn’t fall in the hands of others.”
“Yes, My King!” The veterans instantly became solemn, standing at attention together and replying in a unified voice. With their long spears held high, they emitted the spirit of endless bloodthirst.
This hundred-person square formation was extremely frightening. If they attacked separately, Ling Han was confident that he could defeat them all, but against their array, he would only be defeated.
A hundred people formed an array to raise their battle prowess to the Heaven Tier—it was an extremely terrifying thing.
Everyone didn’t dare to breathe heavily, being intimidated by this army; even their souls were trembling as if they saw endless blood and gore from the countless elites killed by this army.
The Lunar King soared through the sky on the beast lion and shot out a divine chain to bring the hundred-people army along, crossing the sea together.
“Hmm, Brother Ling, could you possibly know that mighty person?” Wenren Qian Qian asked. The shock on her face could hardly be concealed.
That woman was a Shattering Void Tier elite.
The corner of Ling Han’s mouth twitched as he said, “I guess I know her.” He was very gloomy, being teased by an old monster that had been buried underground for countless years.
Seeing Ling Han become taciturn, Wenren Qian Qian didn’t ask any more questions.
In this battle, ninety percent of the forces that had entered had died, and it could be said to be quite tragic. There were only about a hundred people living, but without exception, they were all talented super geniuses, or else they wouldn’t be able to follow the team, and would’ve been already been eaten by the beast lion halfway on their path.
“Ling Han!” Jia Ming’s gaze looked over, and two red rays fired out from his eyes—extremely bizarre.
“Xuan Er!” Yao Hui Yue also looked over, his expression extremely excited.
At this time, Zhu Xuan Er had already returned to her original exceptionally gorgeous looks, which naturally made him excited. This was his Zhu Xuan Er!
“Oh, Ling Han?” Another youngster walked over, looking ordinary, but examining closely, one would discover that his gaze was extremely deep, just as if the endless ocean.
Ling Han shrugged his shoulder and muttered, “All the monsters and freaks have really come out.”
“Xuan Er!” Yao Hui Yue was the first to run over to Zhu Xuan Er’s side, looking at her in a daze.
Zhu Xuan Er’s expression was indifferent as she said, “Please, Brother Yao, be self-possessed and call Xuan Er as Lady Zhu or use Xuan Er’s full name.”
Yao Hui Yue turned his head abruptly and looked towards Ling Han, and said, “Ling Han, I want a duel.”
Ling Han laughed, and said, “We’ve fought alongside together, fighting and killing isn’t good. Well, I have a little buddy here, if you can beat him, then we’ll fight.”
He tossed out the Rock Spirit. Pa , the golem landed on the ground and started to crawl around Ling Han without a care; that look was truly no different from a dog.
Yao Hui Yue’s expression was full of anger. Ling Han had actually sent out such a thing to fight him—how much did Ling Han look down on him? He unleashed his sword, pointed at Ling Han, and said, “Fight me!”
The Rock Spirit saw it and was instantly enraged. I’m acting cute here so that the master will think of me from time to time, giving me good rocks to eat. How dare you point a sword at my master? What are you implying?
It got up
and roared at Yao Hui Yue with its mouth wide open.
Hong!
The sound wave were visible to the eye as it surged towards Yao Hui Yue, shockingly terrifying.
Now, the Rock Spirit had advanced into the late stage of the Spiritual Infant Tier, and on top of its identity as a spirit of the five elements, it was a king amongst kings—its strength was frighteningly formidable.
“Hm?” Yao Hui Yue’s hair was scattered, whistling and fluttering in the hurricane. He stared at the Rock Spirit and didn’t dare to be a careless again. He took a deep breath, his expression grave as he knew this would be a fierce enemy.
“Fight in the skies.” Ling Han dismissed them.
The Rock Spirit immediately soared into the sky. It hadn’t reached the Deity Transformation Tier anyway, and couldn’t extract the earth’s power to strengthen itself, so fighting in the sky made no difference to it at all.
Yao Hui Yue also rose into the sky and carried out a fierce battle with the Rock Spirit.
Ling Han didn’t even look at Jia Ming, and looked at the unfamiliar youngster, and said, “What are you called, sir?”
“Xu Xiu Ran,” this youngster said indifferently, and also gave Ling Han a smile—his two rows of teeth were shockingly white.
So he was Xu Xiu Ran.
He looked really ordinary. Once the Small Saber King appeared, his entire body was bound with Saber Qi, but this person was rumored to have achieved Saber Heart, or at least half a Saber Heart, yet looked ordinary; the gap was truly big.
Ling Han, however, was greatly alarmed within. Was this returning to the natural state?
He was proud within, and said, “You and he go together.” He pointed Jia Ming.
“Hmph!” Jia Ming just turned around to leave, and said, “Xu Xiu Ran, this brat is for you to deal with. I sense that there’s a fortune for me in the seas and don’t have time to waste on this nobody.” He paused in his tracks and turned to look at Zhu Xuan Er and Wenren Qian Qian, revealing a savagely grim smile. “You’re all my!”
Xiu , he sprung up and leapt towards the great sea. When he landed, he stepped on the surface of the water and sprang back up, leaping completely with brute force, but his speed was still surprisingly fast.
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