“Big Sister Shui, go!” Hu Feiyun began cheering for Shui Yanyu again. The enemies were both Lava Beasts, and while Ling Han managed to turn one into pieces with just a punch, Shui Yanyu was in a drawn out battle. The difference was really huge.
Ling Han did not step in, though. Instead, he stood on the side. This was his form of respect for Shui Yanyu.
After a long time, Shui Yanyu finally finished off this Demonic Beast, and dug out a piece of Spiritual Meat.
She shook her head, and said, “I’ll just leave the Demonic Beasts later to you.”
“Why?” Ling Han asked, smiling.
“I am just wasting your time,” she said with a sigh. “You don’t have to comfort me; I know my own abilities!”
Ling Han smiled. This beauty was eager to perform, but was not the type to cling blindly to her pride, which was something that he admired very much.
“Then let’s continue!”
The trio continued their advance, and searched around in the cave for more than four hours. They dealt with over a dozen Lava Beasts, and obtained a great amount of Spiritual Meat. Furthermore, Shui Yanyu had a burst of good fortune, and actually found a Mountain River Stone in a crack in the wall.
“The lair of that Lava Beast should be right up ahead. There vaguely seems to be a frightening aura of intimidation spreading out from within.” Shui Yanyu pointed ahead with a finger, and asked, “Are you really going to take the risk?”
Ling Han nodded, and said, “I will not force myself. However, going in to steal the Mountain River Stone would probably startle the huge monster. It is not safe for the two of you to be here; go out immediately.”
Shui Yanyu pondered for a moment, and then said, “All right. You have to be careful!”
Chapter 969 - Blinded
After Shui Yanyu and Hu Feiyun had left, Ling Han finally began to seriously observe the cave ahead.
This cave was very big, and because there was lava flowing in the underground river, it was not dark. However, it was not all that bright, either. He spotted a colossal Lava Beast in the innermost depths.
An ordinary Lava Beast would only be about three meters tall and six meters wide, but this one was as tall as 15 meters and as wide as 30. Its skin was also darker, and covered with strange patterns. At this moment, it was sprawled out, sleeping. Its mouth was open, and there was lava-like saliva dripping onto the ground from it. The Lava Beast King!
Its aura was extremely powerful. Even at such a far distance, its aura caused Ling Han to shudder, with his hair on ends.
The late stage of the high extreme peak stage, or it might have even reached consummate level.
Subjected to Ling Han’s stare, this Beast King suddenly woke up with a start. Snapping open its eyes, it raised its head and swept its surroundings with a suspicious gaze. However, after completing its scan, it did not discover anything off, and lowered its head and once again began sleeping.
Hu, hu, hu. Its snores were thunderous.
Ling Han appeared out of the Black Tower, and wondered how he was supposed to grab the Mountain River Stone.
Was it possible to obtain it through force?
Ling Han estimated his own battle prowess. Presently, his cultivation level was close to the peak of the low extreme, whereas his strength was close to reaching the peak of the medium extreme, and when he used secret techniques, his battle prowess could reach the peak of the medium extreme. He had yet to reach the high extreme.
Yet the other party was very likely an existence on the consummate level, and had formed four Mountain Rivers. Merely in terms of strength, it would absolutely crush him.
No matter how tough his physique was, if the difference in strength was too large, then he would not be able to get close enough even with the Indestructible Heaven’s Scroll to speed up his self-recovery. One hit, and he would be smacked onto the ground.
If he approached rashly, he would only be thrashed for nothing.
Most importantly, where was the Mountain River Stone? What meaning would there be in beginning the fight when he had yet to figure that out?
A thought flashed in Ling Han’s mind. What if he summoned the Annihilating Dragon Star Arrow? Though the battle prowess of this Beast King was extremely frightening, it was so laid-back that it seemed like it did not have much vigilance. It was practically a live target.
‘Let’s test it out’
He drew out his bow, activated the Ultimate Arrow, and used the Eye of Truth to find the weakness of this Beast King at the same time.
Yet the Lava Beast King suddenly stood up. True, it was lazy, but this kind of powerful existence always had an instinctive reaction to danger. If another being in close proximity bore killing intent towards it, it would be able to sense it, what more when it was being targeted by an arrow.
Tong, tong, tong. It immediately ran in the direction of the cave’s opening. The patterns on its skin glowed and interwove with the divine patterns of fire, capable of melting gold and erasing bones.
But when it ran to the cave’s opening, it did not discover anything. This made it very confused. It had clearly sensed a powerful danger, so why did it not find anything? Could it be that it had played too madly with a small beast the day before and had not rested enough, so its senses had malfunctioned today?
It slowly walked back, and sprawled back down to sleep.
‘There!’
However, in the Black Tower, Ling Han’s eyes lit up.
There was an unusual stone underneath the Beast King. Unlike other stones that were bright crimson, this one was completely black. It was practically the only spot of green among millions of flowers; that was how obvious it was.
And on this stone, there were seven crimson red stones scattered all over. Even at such distance, Ling Han was sure that those were Mountain River Stones.
Moreover, they were Mountain River Stones with a unique Elemental alignment, and possessed the power of flames.
Now he knew where the Mountain River Stones were, but the question of how to obtain it was a big problem.
‘Let’s continue!’
Ling Han exited the Black Tower, and once again summoned a bow and circulated the Annihilating Dragon Star Arrow.
“Ang!” The Beast King was again startled, and ran out to investigate. However, it naturally returned without success.
Ling Han began playing a game of hide-and-seek with it; after more than a dozen times, this Beast King was practically doubting life itself. When Ling Han once again summoned the Annihilating Dragon Star Arrow, it merely raised its head to cast a lazy look, but did not get up. The feeling of danger disappeared again.
The Beast King sprawled out to sleep. It could almost confirm that this had to be its misconception. It had surely played around too much.
Once, twice, and thrice.
The Beast King’s reaction became more and more careless, and in the end, it couldn’t even be bothered to raise its head, and merely blinked its eyes in reaction.
And right at this moment, Ling Han released a fatal strike.
Xiu, the divine arrow shot out, as quick as lightning.
The Beast King suddenly opened its eyes, and when it discovered that rapid stream of light approaching, it was finally greatly alarmed, and hurriedly began to get up. The patterns all over its body began glowing, and interwove to become flames.
However… it was too late!
If it had reacted when Ling Han drew back the bowstring, then with its powerful abilities, it would’ve definitely been capable of making full preparation. Without speaking of anything else, merely with its whole body of glowing patterns interweaving to become flames, perhaps the whole arrow would be directly melted, becoming a pool of liquid metal.
Yet now that the Annihilating Dragon Star Arrow was shot, it still wanted to dodge?
What a joke; perhaps cultivators of the Sun Moon Tier would be able to, but this Beast King definitely was not.
Pu!
The black arrow had alre
ady shot into the eye of the Beast King, and even the tail of the arrow had disappeared.
“Ang!” The Beast King released a furious roar of pain. Pa, the divine patterns on the arrow exploded, forming a terrifying destructive ability. A quarter of this Beast King’s head had exploded into nothing, and blood spurted out in all directions. A few broken bones could still be seen.
It was really unlucky. If it had not opened its eyes, then the eyelid would’ve at least provided some protection, but now, it was its eye itself that took on the might of this arrow directly. While it was a Beast King in the consummate level of Mountain River Tier, so what?
However, the Beast King was still the Beast King, after all. Even after taking a shot like that, it did not die. Its single remaining eye focused on Ling Han. It had finally discovered the culprit that had injured it.
It roared in fury, and, moving its four short legs, charged towards Ling Han. Hong, long, long. Every step it took shook the ground so much that it seemed like the entire cave was trembling. All the patterns covering its body were completely lit, and interwove to become divine flame, enough to turn a cultivator in the low extreme or even the medium extreme into ash.
“I’m not playing with you anymore. In a flash, Ling Han’s figure had instantly disappeared from sight.
Where was he?
The Beast King pounced, and searched endlessly, its single eye shining with a frighteningly menacing light, yet it did not find anything. It was incredibly furious. A quarter of its head had been destroyed! It was a great injury, which caused it to feel both agony and fury.
But what could it do if it could not find the culprit?
After searching crazily for a while, it could only retreat back. It had to get its injuries under control as soon as possible.
Otherwise, its life would be in danger.
However, just at that moment, that despicable human appeared once more.
Another arrow was notched, and he was planning to shoot it again!
Instantly, all the hair on the Beast King was raised on ends—if it had any. It quickly stood up, with divine flames interweaving all over its body, and assumed a defensive stance.
Ling Han was only putting on an act. He had just shot out an Annihilating Dragon Star Arrow, and all the stamina in his whole body was expended, so how could he fire another shot now?
But it was fine even if he couldn’t. This Beast King had already become easily frightened due to its past experiences; just acting like he was going to shoot was enough to scare it to death.
Meanwhile, Ling Han was using True Origin Stones to recover his Origin Power. Stamina could recover slowly on its own, and though there were no means to speed up the recovery rate, it recovered at a much faster pace than Origin Power. At most, in a few dozen breaths’ time, he would be able to recover to his prime condition.
But what about that Beast King? The moment it wanted to heal its injuries, Ling Han would pretend that he was about to shoot an arrow as a scare tactic, causing it to immediately feel alarmed as if it had seen a great enemy. The more he repeated it, the more blood it was losing, and the worse its condition was becoming.
Chapter 970 - Greater Danger Lies Behind
Chapter 970: Greater Danger Lies Behind
It was a Beast King in the consummate level, but it had just advanced into this cultivation level. Though it had formed four Mountains, it merely had three Rivers, and the fourth Mountain was clearly slightly smaller.
In this Mystery Realm, consummate level was practically invincible, but at present, this powerful Beast King was being played around with in the palm of Ling Han’s hand.
It was only a breath away from death.
After Ling Han had drawn the bowstring for who knew how many times to threaten it, this Beast King was already too weak to activate the divine flame. Its whole body was sprawled on the ground, and it merely released angered growls from its nostrils. However, its intimidation aura had already ebbed away like waves.
The Beast King, at this time, was like a phoenix that had lost its feathers—no match for even a chicken.
However, as the saying went, a centipede died, but never fell down—what more when it was a consummate level Beast King. Its battle prowess was possibly two or three stars higher than its actual cultivation level. As long as it had not breathed its last, one should not underestimate it.
Ling Han did not make any rash moves. His stamina had already recovered completely, and his Origin Power was also close to complete recovery with the aid of True Origin Stones. Hence, he naturally would not mind wasting a bit more time on the Beast King.
The Beast King was panting, its single eye still bearing a ferocious look, but its vitality was becoming dimmer and dimmer.
How much longer would he have to wait? Half a day, a whole day, or three days? Even if such a powerful Demonic Beast was about to die, it could possibly take a considerable number of days to actually die.
Ling Han did not have much patience. He feared he would be expelled by the Mystery Realm the moment time was up, and by then, the seven Mountain River Stones underneath the beast would have nothing to do with him. He decided to take a risk; his confidence lay in his powerful physique and recovery abilities.
He walked towards that Beast King.
KKK
“Seventh Uncle, this time, we’ve brought the Crimson Ground Locking Net; we will definitely be able to subdue that Beast King!” In the Flame Cave, there were four people currently journeying towards the innermost depths of the cave.
This group of theirs was considerably powerful. Any Demonic Beast they encountered would only be killed instantly under their combined forces, so there were almost no pauses in their advance.
“Hehe, the clan has prepared more than 1000 years for this, and finally successfully forged the Crimson Ground Locking Net. As long as it is in the net, it would be forcibly be suppressed onto a lower minor level.” An old man smiled, stroking his beard.
Among the four of them, only he had a head of white hair—the other three were all young men. However, their cultivation was not weak. The one with the lowest cultivation level was still in the late stage of the low extreme, while the remaining two were in the peak stage of the low extreme.
Otherwise, they would not have been able to sweep aside all obstacles on their way here.
If Ling Han saw them, he would realize that these four were from the Luo Clan. Before entering the Mystery Realm, they had clearly exposed their killing intent. However, after entering the Mystery Realm, they appeared randomly in separate places, which gave them no opportunity to meet.
“Damn it, we did not encounter that ant from a small world all this while!” a young man said suddenly.
“Hehe, you don’t have to take it to heart. Even if we did not encounter him, so be it. In any case, the Dark Night Hall has already accepted the mission; that brat will definitely not be able to escape his death! The priority this time is to kill that Beast King in order to obtain the Flame Mountain River Stones,” the old man said seriously.
“Yes!” the other three young men replied solemnly.
Although this elder’s talent was not high, and he only became a four-star genius through secret techniques and could not possibly ever have any further room for improvement, his abilities were firmly above them—at least for now. Furthermore, he had sacrificed the little opportunity he initially possessed to advance for the sake of contributing to the clan, so he had to be respected.
The old man nodded, and said, “That Beast King is an existence at the peak stage of the high extreme. Even if it is weakened by a minor level, it is still at the peak stage of the medium extreme, and the Lava Beast, by nature, can use divine flame. The battle prowess of the Beast King should still reach the early stage of the high extreme, so we must not be careless.’
“Rest assured, Seventh Uncle. We all have God Tools in hand, which would be enough to raise our battle prowess by another star. As long as you tie down the Beast King and distract
it, we will be able to deal it a severe injury and forcibly drag it to death,” a young man said.
“En, what is important is this kind of determination!” The old man was very pleased.
KKK
Ling Han drew near, yet the Beast King did not have much of a reaction. It was as if it was so severely wounded that it did not even have the strength to raise a paw.
“Hehe, if you keep on playing dead, then | will directly deal with you!” Ling Han concentrated his divine sense, and suddenly delivered an attack with the Seven Kill Subduing Soul Technique.
It was not of much use before, as the Beast King’s cultivation level was too high, so its divine sense was naturally superior to his. If he’d used a spiritual attack against it, he would likely have been thrown back with an agonizing pain in his head as if it was about to break apart.
But it was different now. This Beast King was already at the end of its rope, so its divine sense was already in extreme decline.
Hong!
The Beast King suddenly raised its claws and smacked out towards Ling Han.
This strike was still extremely forceful and fierce.
“Haha, I scammed you all the time, so I’ll take a strike from you head on once so that you will not feel wronged in death!” Ling Han did not duck into the Black Tower. Instead, he delivered a full-force strike to counter the attack.
Weng, his palms shone with brilliant golden light, and Earth Overturning Seal activated, forming multiple divine patterns on his palms.
Peng!
He took the attack from the Beast King head on, and his whole figure was instantly sent flying. The strength of both sides was completely on different levels.
“Wa!” Ling Han’s body slammed into the cave wall, and bounced back. He sprawled down on the ground, opened his mouth, and spat out a mouthful of blood. He wiped the corner of his lips, and felt as if all the blood in his body was boiling, which was a great suffering.
“As expected of the consummate level, your strength is truly amazing!” Ling Han got back up. Pa, pa, pa, a few dislocated bones instantly popped back into place.
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