That despicable brat, it was all his fault! His fault entirely!
“Hundred Flowers Dancing Wildly!” Pei Ji delivered a powerful move. Innumerable metal legs bloomed like they were the petals of a flower, the power of the attack extremely shocking. What mood did he have to linger in the battle? He planned to deliver a powerful move to cut a path of blood out and flee.
Whatever treasure there was, he did not want it anymore!
“Humph!” Turtle stepped out to block his attack. His body shook, and instantly became a few times bigger, forcibly taking this attack head on.
Peng, peng, peng, peng . A series of attacks fell, but merely created brilliant sparks on that turtle’s back, completely unable to break through his defenses.
Turtle was the Demonic Beast with the strongest defenses; there was practically none that could match it.
Pei Ji almost spat out blood. He had shot out a powerful move, yet only one the elites from the other side was enough to block it forcefully.
“Die!” Demon Faced Crab and the other three immediately followed through with an attack.
Shua , countless octopus tentacles stretched out, while giant crab pincers and prawn pincers clamped down. They were all covered with divine patterns, and flickered with divine light.
“Ah…!!!” Pei Ji released a horrible scream. Though he was defending with all his might, there were too many enemies, and they were too strong. One of his arms was instantly cut off, and over a dozen bloody holes appeared on his chest. Thankfully, his vital points had been missed. Otherwise, he would definitely have died with their single attack.
The five great Demonic Beasts did not pull any punches. Another attack blasted over, intending to end Pei Ji’s life.
“Apologies, this person is guilty of terrible crimes, and I must kill him personally!” Ling Han appeared, the Ultimate Arrow already activated.
The five great Demonic Beasts all felt their hair stand on ends… if they had any. This arrow made them feel a powerful threat. If they did not defend with all their might, even they would be severely injured, or possibly even instantly killed.
Without waiting for them to form their second thought, xiu , the arrow had already shot forth with all its fury.
“No!” Pei Ji only managed to widen his eyes, and an arrow had shot into his chest. The tail of the arrow flashed past, and directly flew out through his back.
Chapter 1037 - Absolute Beginning Stone
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If Pei Ji had still been in his prime, then even if he was unable to dodge this arrow, he would at least have been able to avoid a critical hit to his vitals.
However, he had been ganged up on by five great Demonic Beasts, and had already received severe injuries, with his battle prowess taking a drastic drop. How would he have been able to avoid this arrow?
He looked at his chest with slight confusion, then pointed at Ling Han, and uttered, “Brat, I will definitely tear you into pie—”
Pa!
He had not finished saying the word “pieces” when his chest suddenly exploded. It was impossible for him to ever finish that final word.
His expression was filled with unwillingness; he collapsed heavily onto the ground, his blood spilling all over.
This treasure trove was obviously incredibly sturdy. The battle just now had not damaged it in the slightest, and now, the blood of a Mountain River Tier cultivator was naturally unable to damage it, either.
“Many Shadows Embodiment Technique!” Ling Han babbled, and xiu , entered into the Black Tower.
“Damn, damn it!” The four powerful Demonic Beasts were all furious. They had been tricked once by Ling Han just now, and now, for some inexplicable reason, they allowed him to escape. They had really lost face here.
“What kind of movement technique is that? How could it be so strange?”
“We have fallen for his trick. This old human bastard was not in the same group as that little bastard; instead, they were enemies.”
“Damn it, we’ve been used. Without us acting, that little bastard would definitely not have been able to kill that old bastard!”
“We’ve been horribly tricked!”
The five Demonic Beasts were in a towering rage, but now that Ling Han had disappeared without a sign, what else could they do?
After raging for a while, they left one by one.
The extraordinary images here were incredible, and might attract even more powerful Demonic Beasts. By that time, their only fate would be devoured.
Ling Han, too, came out of the Black Tower. He left the treasure trove, and followed the crowd. He once again entered into the Black Tower to study that mysterious stone slab.
“Small Tower, do you know what this is?”
Small Tower’s figure surfaced. It lightly swayed, and replied, “This is the Absolute Beginning Stone.”
Ling Han asked because he wanted to try his luck and maybe get an answer. He had not thought that Small Tower would really know it, however, so it stunned him for a moment. Then, he continued, “Tell me more details.”
Small Tower humphed, and finally replied, “In the beginning when the heaven and earth split, it was among the most ancient stones, and is an evolution of the Chaos Source Rock.”
Ling Han knew of the Chaos Source Rock. Previously, when he had still been in the Lower Realm, he had obtained a large piece Asura Demon Emperor kept constantly. Furthermore, he had even managed to trick the latter heavily because of it.
“Then it is an incredible treasure!” he exclaimed, slightly excited.
“Sorry, aside from the fact that it’s a bit old and a bit sturdy, the Absolute Beginning Stone does not have any special property. It is merely a material used to record history,” Small Tower immediately interrupted.
“Ah…” Ling Han was immediately disappointed. This was something he had snatched back when he fully knew he faced the risk of being heavily thrashed, and it actually could not be considered a treasure?
Hold on.
Ling Han immediately said, “That’s not right. No power can penetrate this stone, and it can absorb all power, so how would one be able to carve words on this?”
“Hoho, since it cannot be penetrated by any power, how could it have been shattered into pieces, then?” Small Tower countered.
‘This…!’
Ling Han nodded, and said, “Even if it is the Absolute Beginning Stone, there should be a maximum limit to the power of the attacks it can absorb. When the power has exceeded this limit, even the Absolute Beginning Stone would only be shattered.”
“So the child can be taught.” Small Tower put on an air of maturity.
However, the Black Tower had existed for who knew how many millions—or perhaps it should even be counted in billions or trillions—of years, so it did indeed have the right to act mature.
“Though the Absolute Beginning Stone is no treasure, because its history spans very far back, it is treated by many as a plaque of greatness to sing praise of the feats their ancestors have achieved, so it could still be considered quite a rarity,” Small Tower continued.
Ling Han sighed, and said, “Though I feel quite good about myself, I am still not so arrogant as to set up a plaque to sing praise for myself. I’ll just use this thing as a shield. Oh, right, what kind of power could break it?”
“Power of the Genesis Tier would be able to break it,” Small Tower replied.
Ling Han’s eyes widened, and he said, “Then wouldn’t it have to be someone of the Genesis Tier?”
Small Tower did not reply, apparently thinking that this question was very stupid, so it could not even be bothered to answer.
“Then this shield is really quite useful. Unfortunately, it’s too small.” Ling Han appeared quite satisfied because this stone slab was completely capable of absorbing attacks, and if properly used, it would show amazing effect.
But because it was too small, if he encountered a powerful Demonic Beast
that used its mountain-like body to smash him, it would be a complete waste as it would not be able to protect him at all. When met with the punch of an elite, or even transformed into something akin to a star, it would be completely ineffective as well.
‘That would depend on how it’s used.’
Ling Han came out of the Black Tower. Immediately, the terrifying water pressure surged over. He tried to use the Absolute Beginning Stone, and it was really effective. Wherever he placed it, the pressure there would disappear completely. Unfortunately, he could only protect a spot about the size of his palm.
Ling Han simply treated it like a protection for his heart. The heart, the head, and Dantian were the three most crucial vital points of any cultivator. Losing the first two could be fatal, whereas the Dantian was the source of one’s power. If it was broken, then one would be equivalent to a cripple.
He began to float towards the surface of the sea. Because there was powerful gravity, the buoyancy also seemed to have completely disappeared. The speed that he was floating upwards at was very slow.
Boom!
The waters rippled, and a huge Demonic Beast suddenly appeared ahead of him. It was a giant crocodile that possessed as many as six legs, and was over 900 meters long. It was completely covered in scales that were even larger than the lid of a well. Merely its tail alone was more than 300 meters long.
Ling Han could see it because its two eyes were shining with light like two balls of fire. At the same time, he also felt an indescribable pressure.
The Sun Moon Tier!
The giant crocodile had also discovered his presence, and immediately accelerated with a swing of its tail, opening its mouth to eat him.
Ling Han did not have any intention of escaping by a fluke. He directly ducked into the Black Tower. If this huge mouth bit down, it was definitely not something that could be blocked by the Absolute Beginning Stone. It might not even be able to fully protect his heart, and the other parts of his body would be turned into mush.
The huge crocodile’s mouth snapped shut with a loud sound, but a hint of confusion shone in its eyes because it had not bitten anything at all.
Hu!
The sea waters surged. This time, the Black Tower was not swallowed down by the huge crocodile, because there was a massive gap in between its teeth. The Black Tower had long since flowed out with the water, and was immediately pushed out a few hundred meters away by the powerful waves.
‘The Sun Moon Tier is really too powerful,’ Ling Han mused inside the Black Tower.
If he had met with an opponent in the consummate level of Mountain River Tier, then even if he was no match for the other party, he would’ve still held up for a while somehow, just like when he had been simultaneously attacked by the five Demonic Beasts in the consummate level of Mountain River Tier. He had only spat out a few mouthfuls of blood back then.
However, he believed that he would be instantly reduced to a mush of flesh and blood if he was really bitten by this colossal crocodile.
The gap was really much, much too big.
The huge crocodile had an obvious wrinkle in its brow. When one had reached the kind of cultivation level it was on, its intelligence was completely awakened, and it was not the slightest bit different from any human’s. It was merely unwilling to take on human form in the deep sea. If not, others would really be unable to tell how it was different from other humans.
A mere cultivator in Mountain River Tier was actually capable of evading its bite?
‘Strange!’
Chapter 1038 - Reappearance of the Jade Box
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The giant crocodile swam around the area for a while, but in the end, it left with a wave of its strong tail, causing water to surge.
Ling Han came out of the Black Tower, planning to once again float to the sea’s surface, yet suddenly felt alarmed. Immediately, he once again entered into the Black Tower.
“Boom!”
The giant crocodile actually charged back silently without any warning, and released a fierce attack towards him.
So crafty and cunning!
Ling Han shook his head. He definitely could not underestimate it just because it was a crocodile. To be able to cultivate to the Sun Moon Tier, how many thousands of years had this crocodile been alive? A Demonic Beast at Shattering Void Tier would awaken its intelligence completely. From that point onwards, it had lived so many years, so its intelligence would definitely not be inferior to any wise man’s of the human race.
Underestimating it was absolutely courting death!
Hu , but that pounce from the giant crocodile caused the violent surging of the sea waters. The Black Tower would not be affected by the special gravity of this place, and so it went with the natural flow, moving with the water.
How powerful was the strength of a Sun Moon Tier cultivator? Furthemore, the pounce just now was planned out by the giant crocodile, so the power it unleashed was really very strong, pushing the Black Tower far away. In a few breaths’ time, it had floated over a dozen miles away.
Ling Han waited for a while, and when he felt that it was calm, came back out of the Black Tower.
He had not surfaced for long when a terrifying feeling was once again felt by him. He hurriedly ducked back into the Black Tower. Bang! True indeed, that gigantic crocodile had reappeared.
F*ck, why was this animal so determined not to let him escape?
Ling Han was speechless. Had this massive crocodile discovered that he had disappeared in a way that was too unnatural, and sensed that there was an incredible treasure in his possession?
“If you want to follow, then just follow. I will go and be intimate with my wife, and you just wait patiently!”
He simply went to seek out Shui Yanyu, tormenting this seductive beauty so much that she was flushed red. She repeatedly called him a pervert, yet was also delighting in the treatment, half-resisting and half-welcoming it. Her beautiful eyes were like spring water, releasing an air of charm and captivation, stirring Ling Han’s appetite greatly.
At this time, he did not have the time to care about the huge crocodile outside, and thus, he did not realize that the Black Tower had actually been drawn into a channel with the flow of the water.
This channel was unfathomably deep, and there was an endless darkness at the bottom.
The large crocodile had swum here once before, but it was so scared that it turned with a sweep of its tail immediately and fled in the opposite direction.
If Ling Han had also noticed this detail, perhaps he would have immediately come out of the Black Tower, and would not have allowed the Black Tower to fall in no matter what. But now, he was completely ignorant of the situation outside, just going with the flow of the water, which brought him into the endlessly deep abyss.
Ling Han and Shui Yanyu were whispering sweet nothings to each other to pass the time, waiting for that giant crocodile to leave by itself out of impatience.
Xiu , he came out of the Black Tower.
“F*ck!”
He only felt as if all the bones inside his body had been shattered, immediately releasing cracking sounds.
Why was it like this?
Ling Han was confused. The water pressure here was extremely frightening, and this was something that he had been aware of. However, it was definitely not serious to this extent—even if he channeled his Origin Power, it was useless this time. In an instant, over a dozen of his bones had been broken, and they even turned into shattered pieces.
He could not hold on!
He immediately entered into the Black Tower, and then channeled the Indestructible Heaven’s Scroll. His bones began to heal, and after about 30 minutes, he was completely recovered.
“Why has the pressure suddenly become so strong?” Ling Han observed the outside world from within the Black Tower, but it was completely dark there, and the surroundings were completely different from before.
Ahead of them,
there was a somewhat weak light, flickering.
“Oh no, who knows where the waves created by that massive crocodile have drawn us to.”
Ling Han was lost for words. Previously, he merely went to be intimate with Shui Yanyu, and paid completely no attention to the change in surroundings. Now, he was actually brought into such a dangerous place.
‘With such terrifying water pressure, all the bones in my body would probably be shattered in only a single breath’s time. How am I going to float to the surface of the sea, then?
‘Then, wouldn’t that mean that I am eternally trapped in this place?
‘Hold on, something ahead is glowing. Perhaps it will bring around a turn in luck!’
Now that things were like this, Ling Han could only try everything and anything in this desperate situation. He immediately came out of the Black Tower, and caused waves with a palm strike. Then, he quickly ducked back inside to allow the Black Tower to float towards that glowing spot by itself.
It was naturally very slow. Furthermore, the water did not flow according to his will, and would frequently float in the wrong direction. Hence, the speed with which they were nearing that point of light was extremely slow.
However, no matter how slow he was, he was closing in on it. After about less than half a day, Ling Han could finally clearly see that point of light.
It was actually a box. It was made of jade, and it was exuding a milky white light by itself.
It was that box!
Ling Han recognized it with a single glance. It was precisely the treasured box that Ju Yueyun and Hou Yang had been fighting over. He had never thought that neither of them had gotten ahold of it, and this box had actually fallen into such a place.
‘Am I fortunate or unfortunate, then?’
Ling Han scratched at his head. If he was lucky, then how would he have fallen into such a crisis? It was practically desperate straits. Then, if he was unlucky… well, the treasure that two great elites of Heavenly Body Tier had been fighting over had actually fallen onto a place that was not far from him.
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