Yet Hu Feiyun did not doubt him, and quickly said, “Big Sister Shui, is it very serious?”
Shui Yanyu raised her head, and glared harshly at Ling Han. Then, she finally replied, “I’m fine.”
“That’s great!” Hu Feiyun clapped her hands.
This Ninth King was really kind. However, in the martial arts world—and furthermore, in the center of power—this kind of kindness would only bring her disaster! Thankfully, she had the empress of the Chaotic Stars Majestic Empire to shelter her from the wind and rain, so there should be no one that would dare have designs on her. “Let us continue on our way.”
After they distinguished their direction, they once again headed out towards the Flame Cave.
After two days’ journey, they stopped to take a break. Hu Feiyun, who had been pampered and spoiled since childhood, was completely unable to take the hardship of extended periods of travel.
Ling Han started a fire to cook. After entering into the Mystery Realm, he had not had time to refine the Spiritual Meat at all. Otherwise, if he could cultivate his Nine Dragons Tyrant Body Art to Immortal level as well, his strength could still get an additional boost, and there was hope that his strength could break through the height of five stars.
It would not improve his Thunderclap Ninth Heaven or his Three Styles of Black Origin, because those were stimulated through the use of Origin Power. However, the might of this Ultimate Arrow could be boosted a bit, and there was hope that he could break through to be on the same level as a seven-star genius in a head-on battle.
Chapter 967 - Bearing Kids
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After their meal, they decided to rest and reorganize for six hours so they could recover to the prime condition.
Ling Han pulled Shui Yanyu into a corner inside the forest.
Since that “incident” inside the mountain cave, they had yet to speak to each other.
“What exactly do you want to do?” Shui Yanyu stared at Ling Han.
“What do you mean what do I want to do?” Ling Han asked, smiling.
“Don’t play dumb. You have repeatedly taken liberties with me; whom do you take me for?” She appeared very angry.
Ling Han couldn’t help but smile, and said, “I’ll take you as my wife!”
Shui Yanyu’s pretty face flushed. The word ‘wife’ had stabbed right into her vital point, causing her imposing manner to drop greatly. She raised her jade-like neck, and said loftily, “Don’t forget. We are only pretend lovers.”
“What are you joking about? I never do this kind of stupid thing!” Ling Han said, smiling. “You are my wife, and there is no way you can renege on it.”
“Do you think I will yield?” Shui Yanyu looked very tenacious.
Ling Han pressed his hand forward, and held her against a large tree, saying, “What do you think?”
Shui Yanyu could not help but blush, and said, “You pervert, must you grope me?”
Ling Han laughed, and said, “You are my wife, and it is my responsibility to grope you.”
Shui Yanyu could not help but want to smack him; he was obviously taking advantage of her, yet described it in so honorable a way! Yet, she was no match for Ling Han’s overwhelming strength, and could not struggle free even when she was held against the tree trunk. Additionally, there were waves of heat surging inside her body, which she seemed to enjoy slightly.
“Girlie, give me a smile!” Ling Han gripped her chin, and raised her delicate, alluringly beautiful face.
“Pervert!” she mumbled, yet Ling Han captured her red lips, and kissed away her words.
Ling Han’s mouth was kissing her, but his hands were not doing nothing, either. They continued to conquer the various sensitive parts of her body, causing Shui Yanyu’s delicate figure to completely sink under his control.
“This is really enchanting, and could become an addition,” Ling Han said right into Shui Yanyu’s ear.
Shui Yanyu’s beautiful eyes were as lovely as water in spring. She rolled her eyes harshly at Ling Han, and said, “You are the emperor of a small world, and must have multiple wives and concubines. What number wife would I be, then?”
Ling Han deliberately stretched out a hand, and began counting on his fingers one by one. After a long while, he still had not finished counting.
This made Shui Yanyu anxious. ‘How many harems do you have that you have not finished counting all of them even after so much time?’
Ling Han laughed, and said, “At the moment, there is only one. There is also another waiting to be married, and aside from them, there is only you, who delivered yourself to my door.” Of course, he had not counted Li Si Chan, Liu Yu Tong, and Zhu Xuan Er in the bundle.
Though he was not a master of romance, he still knew that the less female friends he had, the better. Furthermore, Shui Yanyu had only asked him how many wives he had, and he answered truthfully. There was indeed only Helian Xun Xue, and he had yet to find Heavenly Phoenix Divine Maiden.
“Who delivered herself to your door?” Shui Yanyu raised a fist and punched his chest.
“Hehe.” Ling Han kissed her again. In terms of mere beauty, she was not the slightest bit inferior to Zhu Xuan Er and Heavenly Phoenix Divine Maiden. Furthermore, she was a natural beauty. The moment one was unguarded around her, he could be enchanted by her at any moment.
In the Imperial Capital, only the empress of the Chaotic Stars Majestic Empire was slightly superior to her.
Unfortunately, no one had ever managed to pluck the beautiful moon that was the empress, and they could only admire her from the ground.
Ling Han’s heart clenched; why was he thinking about the empress again?
Incredible, she was really incredible. It had obviously been so many days, and he was not sure what the empress of the Chaotic Stars Majestic Empire even looked like, but that extremely graceful impression of her was emblazoned deep into his bones, and would occasionally resurface on its own.
The greatest beauty in the world was definitely not mere rumor.
Xiu , it was at that moment that the large tree they were leaning against suddenly moved. A few branches twisted around each other to form a long spear that suddenly shot at Ling Han’s back, wanting to pierce right through the both of them.
Ling Han laughed mischievously, and said, “You finally could no longer bear it?” He stretched out a hand and pressed down. His power of gravity took effect. Pa , the tree spear immediately dropped straight down, and heavily crashed into the ground.
Shui Yanyu was instantly shaken out of her stupor, and hurriedly pushed Ling Han aside. She asked, “What’s going on?”
“Nothing.” Ling Han had just gotten addicted to kissing her, and was just about to kiss her again.
Xiu, xiu, xiu , a few hundred branches waved at the same time, stabbing or twisting towards Ling Han and Shui Yanyu.
“The Demonic Tree!” Shui Yanyu exclaimed in shock all of a sudden. Only now did she recall what Ling Han had said previously, and she couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise, “You have long since known that this was a Demonic Tree?”
Ling Han’s right fist clenched, and peng , slammed into the tree trunk.
His strength now was really too terrifying. One punch, and the Demonic Tree instantly snapped in half. Green liquid immediately sprayed out in all directions.
This Demonic Tree was only in the low extreme; how could it possibly be a match for Ling Han?
“Of course. Otherwise, why would I not choose any other tree except this one?” Ling Han asked, smiling.
Shui Yanyu was practically rendered speechless. It had been a very romantic situation, and you actually chose a Demonic Tree purposely as your background; she really had no idea what was going on inside this man’s head.
“Let’s have kids!” Ling Han said. “At first, it was to deceive your father, but if your stomach keeps being so flat, the deception would definitely not last long.”
“… Have them
yourself!” With a flutter of her sleeve, Shui Yanyu left. She was really going mad with anger.
Ling Han sighed. With his current ability, it was naturally very easy for him to suppress Shui Yanyu, but why was it so difficult to make her docilely obey him?
The two of them returned, and saw that Hu Feiyun was already sleeping deeply beside the bonfire. Their footsteps actually did not startle her awake.
“I really don’t know why Her Imperial Majesty would feel at ease letting her come here.” Shui Yanyu’s whole face was filled with confusion. She thought that with how overprotective the empress of the Chaotic Stars Majestic Empire was towards the Ninth King, this should not have been the case.
Ling Han did not speak about the scene he had witnessed. She was actually capable of summoning a sliver of the might of the empress of the Chaotic Stars Majestic Empire, and in this place, was the truly invincible one.
They, too, rested for a while. Sleep was truly the best way to adjust, and nothing could replace it.
After resting enough, they continued on their way.
After another half a day’s time, the Flame Cave was already within sight.
The Flame Cave was in a huge mountain, and its entrance was an extremely large mountain cave. The ground all around it was completely red, and lava could vaguely be seen flowing underneath the ground.
Without entering, they could already feel the extreme heat and high temperature from afar. If a gust of wind blew out of the cave entrance, even their clothes would be charred, and it was possible that their hair would begin burning.
Shui Yanyu and Hu Feiyun already activated their Origin Power to form a defense around their bodies to resist the heat. Only Ling Han acted like he felt nothing. However, his clothes could not endure it, so he was also compelled to use his Origin Power, or he would be running around naked.
In the future, he would have to find Immortal-level material to make a robe that could resist all kinds of poor environmental conditions. Otherwise, he would have to face the awkwardness of being stripped at any moment.
“The two of you had better stay here. I’ll go in alone,” Ling Han suggested.
Hu Feiyun quickly nodded. She did not have the slightest bit of initiative, and her greatest dream was to spend her days in peace.
Yet Shui Yanyu shook her head, and said, “I want to go in!”
Chapter 968 - Flame Cave
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Shui Yanyu looked soft on the outside, but was tough on the inside.
She looked as lovely as water, but once she had made her decision, she would definitely be determined and would not be swayed.
Since Shui Yanyu wanted to go with Ling Han into the Flame Cave, Hu Feiyun would naturally not dare to stay outside alone. So, in the end, it was still the three of them going in together, and they headed towards the cave.
Hong , a surge of flames would occasionally burst out of the ground, exuding a frightening wave of heat.
This occurred without any semblance of regularity, so it was impossible to predict and avoid ahead of time. Furthermore, if one was unfortunate enough to take a step right when the flames burst out, they could only evade. If they could not, they would have to depend on their own abilities to bear the flames head on.
The might of the flames was extraordinary. For example, if Shui Yanyu was hit, her beautiful face would turn pale. Hu Feiyun, on the other hand, had extremely fast reaction speed. The moment that there was unusual movement underground, she would have already quickly shot up; even Ling Han considered his own reaction speed slower than hers.
They entered into the cave. They could hear deep growls of beasts occasionally ring out inside the cave, but it was very difficult to tell which direction they had originated from.
“Upon a closer look, there could be Mountain River Stones in every corner here. However, they may not be of the Fire Element; those can only be found in the innermost depths of the cave,” Shui Yanyu said. Although she had come here once, her cultivation level 10 years ago was really too low, so she had not entered into the Flame Cave.
“It would be fine as long as they were Mountain River Stones.” Ling Han had already had a taste of them—they could really make the cultivation level of a cultivator soar. Even if he had to spend several years to stabilize his cultivation level in return, he would still be able to save a very, very great amount of time.
“You think they’re something that can be picked up anywhere?” Shui Yanyu rolled her eyes. She seemed to have found enjoyment in bickering with Ling Han.
Ling Han smiled faintly, but did not start bickering with her. Firstly, because they were in a dangerous situation, after all, and secondly, he was more willing to use his mouth rather than words to shut her up.
This cave was very big. Its height reached more than 30 meters, and walking inside would give one a feeling of emptiness. There were stalagmites protruding from the ground—each was bright red, and there were some that were still dripping lava. They were a very magnificent sight.
There were paths stretching out in all directions, with innumerable forks along them. These forked paths were slightly smaller, but they were still six to nine meters tall, and were still very amazing.
Because the dangers of this place were not at such a controllable level as the Crimson Lake, there were obviously fewer cultivators who had made their way here—at least the trio had walked for quite a while, but had yet to spot any person. Another reason was because this place was too big. Even if several hundred people came here at the same time, the moment they separated, it would be very difficult to reunite.
One had to know that the total number that had entered the Mystery Realm was no more than 2000 people.
Pa, pa, pa. A strange sound was heard coming from up ahead. Ling Han and his companions became alert; Hu Feiyun even gripped onto the corner of Shui Yanyu’s sleeve, her expression saying ‘if there’s danger, you’ll help me block it’.
Very soon, a red shadow appeared in front of them.
It was a very large Demonic Beast, its height close to three meters. It was completely crimson, and its skin was like lava. This monster was incredibly hideous: it did not have any neck at all, and merely had a squarish body from which there was a head sticking out. Its four legs were thick and short, making it look a little like a tortoise, but it did not have a tail.
It looked at Ling Han and his companions, and its large mouth split open. Drool dripped from its mouth, but its saliva was actually bright red lava. The moment the drops of saliva dropped onto the ground, a sizzling sound was heard.
“This is a Lava Beast?” Ling Han asked.
“Probably.” Shui Yanyu nodded. In truth, she had not seen one herself, either, but there were no other types of Demonic Beasts here.
“So ugly,” Hu Feiyun said quietly as if she was afraid that the Demonic Beast would hear her.
“It’s fine. The Demonic Beasts here do not seem to have awakened their intelligence, so they can’t understand human words at all,” Ling Han said, smiling. Even if its intelligence had awakened, it would have to learn human language first before it could decipher the words of humans.
Of course, if it used divine sense to transfer a message, then it could skip over the language barrier.
“Roar!” The Lava Beast growled deeply, its eyes as large as copper bells glowing fiercely. Peng, peng, peng . It moved on its four legs to charge towards Ling Han and his companions. Even though its legs were short, it was really not that slow in an all-out dash.
“Let me!” Shui Yanyu stepped out, sword in hand. She was the type to want to be the first; previously, Ling Han was the one shouldering all the dangers they had faced, so she’d felt quite suffocated. Now, this Lava Beast was merely in the late stage of the low extreme, so she was naturally eager to give it a try.
Pu . The Lava Beast’s mouth spat out fierce flames, which instantly raised the surroundings’ temperature considerably.
Shui
Yanyu did not take the attack head on. Instead, she made use of her nimbleness to twist around to the side, and brandished her sword, unleashing a swift stab.
The Lava Beast’s reaction was somewhat slow. It was suddenly pierced by the sword, but its defenses were quite amazing—the sword could only pierce into it for about an inch or so. In view of its colossal body, this was still very far from hitting its vital points.
Feeling the pain, the Demonic Beast was enraged. It continued roaring, and endlessly charged towards Shui Yanyu.
The Demonic Beasts here were indeed a little stupid. They were battling completely based on instinct. Thus, even with the thick and tough skin, along with the might of flames, it did not manage to get an upper hand at all. Instead, Shui Yanyu managed to take advantage of it multiple times with a strike here and there, and its blood continuously gushed out like fierce flames.
“Good strike! Good strike!” Meanwhile, Hu Feiyun was cheering on Shui Yanyu from the sidelines, but did not forget to hide behind Ling Han. She poked her head out, waving her arms around in excitement.
“Ang!” Just at this moment, they saw yet another Lava Beast appear, this time behind the trio. After releasing a roar, it proceeded to bite at Hu Feiyun.
Who asked her to be the nearest?
Hu Feiyun’s reaction was something to worry about. She actually stood there dumbly without any reaction. However, Ling Han was not her. His right hand clenched into a fist and shot out; he did not bother to use any kind of technique, and merely used his brute strength to emerge victorious.
Peng , his present strength was really too powerful. One punch, and the Lava Beast could not bear it at all even despite its powerful physique. It directly exploded from the impact.
“Ah!” Only now did Hu Feiyun exclaim in surprise, and patted her chest repeatedly as she said, “Scared me to death! Really scared me to death!”
Ling Han looked around for a while. All Demonic Beasts had Spiritual Meat, and this Lava Beast was no exception. The Spiritual Meat was merely about the size of a segment of the little finger. It was slightly red, but its main part was still white. It was like a beautiful piece of jade that had merely been dyed with a red blush.
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