by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
“Idiot, you want to use earth energy to handle tree demons? Is there anyone more stupid than you?” sneered Peng Wansheng.
Sha Guangyan was also startled that Long Chen would be summoning earth to handle tree demons. Wasn’t it simply obvious that earth birthed wood? It was like he was trying to drown a fish with water.
“Endless Wind Waves!”
Tang Wan-er, who had long since been prepared, directly summoned her nine flower manifestation. A hurricane was summoned, and waves of wind came from it, dispersing Long Chen’s black soil toward the tree demon army.
“What…?!”
“This soil is toxic!”
“My body, it’s withering!”
The sky full of black soil surged forward. The human experts didn’t sense anything from it, but the tree demons let out horrified cries.
When a single speck of the black soil touched their bodies, their life energy would rapidly vanish, and their bodies would wither.
The first tree demon withered in an instant, collapsing to the ground. Then its withered body disintegrated until it was just a speck of dust.
“Retreat!”
The tree demons cried out panickedly and ran for their lives. But it was too late. Under Tang Wan-er’s powerful wind, the black soil covered the sky. The Dark Forest’s tree demons were easily caught.
This was the black soil from Long Chen’s primal chaos space which devoured all life. It was toxic to vegetation. No matter how strong the tree demon was, they would completely wither in just a few breaths’ time.
The tree demons fell one by one, turning into specks of dust. This scene stunned everyone.
These tree demons were comparable to Life Star experts. But they were instantly killed.
“Life Master, stop! We can still discuss this matter!” The Dark Forest’s expert suddenly roared.
“Sorry, my Forest of Life is listening to Long Chen’s orders. Asking me is useless,” said the Spirit Emperor.
The Spirit Emperor was also shocked. She had never heard of such a powerful soil of death in this world. It caused her to also feel fear.
No wonder Long Chen had been so confident before this battle. This black soil was absolutely dreadful.
To the Forest of Life’s creatures, this soil was even more deadly. Fortunately, it was flying toward the Dark Forest. If it flew backward instead, the Forest of Life would be doomed.
Now she also knew why Long Chen hadn’t let them approach the battlefield and were told to just hold their position.
“Fuck, what are you still standing around for?! Kill that bastard!” roared the Dark Forest’s expert.
Roaring rang out and the ground trembled as countless Magical Beasts charged over at Long Chen.
These Magical Beasts were all huge and powerful, and the majority of them were eleventh rank Magical Beasts. This mass of Magical Beasts was also terrifying.
Long Chen waved his hand, and a mountain of the black soil appeared. Long Chen had no time to release it bit by bit for Tang Wan-er, so he just dropped a mountain of it off for Tang Wan-er to spread. They had to annihilate as many tree demons as they could right now to frighten them from ever coming back.
Tang Wan-er summoned a huge sphere of wind blades. It smashed into the black mountain, and the black soil shot out.
Because there were so many tree demons, and they covered such a huge area, it was impossible for them to fully retreat in time. Their giant bodies were easy targets.
Even as they fled, Tang Wan-er sent her wind blades after them, using the black soil to touch their bodies. Just the slightest bit represented death for them.
“Magical Beasts of the Dark Forest, hurry up and come! Your daddy Guo Ran’s latest invention has long since gotten thirsty of blood!”
Guo Ran had already flown into the air. The huge cannon on his shoulder pointed at the army of Magical Beasts.
BOOM!
A huge cannonball shot out. It was only a foot long when it came out, but it rapidly grew.
When it landed amongst the Magical Beasts, it had already grown to three hundred meters. It was a giant bomb.
Guo Ran had placed spatial runes on it to shrink the cannonball. That way, he didn’t need a giant cannon.
BOOM! It was like a beautiful firework had gone off in the army of Magical Beasts. Fiery-red blades flew out in every direction.
Those blades were inscribed with golden runes, and with the power of the explosion behind them, not even eleventh rank Magical Beasts were able to block them. Even with their tough hide, the flying blades cut through their flesh. If they didn’t strike bone, they would continue all the way through their bodies.
There were too many blades, and the targets were too concentrated. Many Magical Beasts had their heads pierced and their crystal cores shattered. They were slain just like that.
“Come, come! Your daddy Guo is still hungry!” Guo Ran’s mighty attack shook everyone. Even Long Chen was experiencing the power of Guo Ran’s latest invention for the first time.
It seemed that this fellow was finally learning about how to be low-key, at least in order to show off with greater effect. This one attack was absolutely stunning. At the very least, even Long Chen was stunned by it.
Most shocking of all, Guo Ran shot out six cannonballs in total, aiming them at the most concentrated locations of the Magical Beasts. They were slain in massive numbers.
“Boss Guo Ran is mighty!” The Dragonblood warriors cheered. This opening from Guo Ran was beautiful.
“Someone, go kill him,” ordered Sha Guangyan with a dark expression. He turned to a rank nine Celestial beside him.
The rank nine Celestial nodded and vanished. At this time, Guo Ran was freely shooting more bombs, relishing in the feeling of having all eyes on him.
Long Chen’s mouth curled into a smile upon seeing Guo Ran show off. Guo Ran’s greatest goal in life was to show off in front of others. He was walking further and further along this unending path.
When the rank nine Celestial vanished, Long Chen frowned and slowly raised a finger. But after a moment of hesitation, he lowered his hand again.
A figure appeared behind Guo Ran like a ghost, slashing at Guo Ran’s neck.
Chapter 1443 Sharpness Blossoms
That figure appeared so suddenly that no one could react. His sword was already slashing at Guo Ran’s neck.
It was coming from a dead angle, and even if Guo Ran wasn’t busy shooting out cannonballs with his large and clumsy canon, he wouldn’t be able to dodge.
The Dragonblood warriors let out startled cries, but that person was so fast, there was nothing they could do.
The sword landed right on Guo Ran’s neck. But the devastating sight of his head flying didn’t appear. Instead, sparks flew, and people realized that Guo Ran’s neck had suddenly become covered in golden armor.
Guo Ran’s neck was fine, while that person’s sword bounced off.
“Idiot, did you think you could sneak attack your daddy? It seems you’ve never died before!” Guo Ran laughed. Without even turning back, the canon on his shoulder suddenly opened on the other side, and a golden flower blossomed. A red light shot out of the center of the flower at his sneak attacker.
The sneak attacker hadn’t summoned his manifestation in order to sneak up on Guo Ran. To be fair, no one had thought Guo Ran’s canon would be able to fire backward as well. A shameless design like this was probably something only Guo Ran could think of.
The canon’s power was immense, but if a sudden sneak attack was launched from behind him, it would be hard for Guo Ran to face his attacker. So he had come up with this sinister trick.
The sneak attacker’s hair stood on end when that red light appeared. He hastily brandished his sword, about to summon his manifestation.
However, just as he was about to summon his manifestation, his whole body trembled, and an expression of absolute terror appeared on his face. He stiffened.
BOOM!
The red light pierced thr
ough his body, and he blew up like a watermelon, filling the air with his blood.
“He killed a rank nine Celestial in one blow?!”
“Impossible!”
The ancient races, Corrupt path, and ancient family alliance’s experts were all stunned. That was a rank nine Celestial! He had been killed in one blow?!
Seeing Guo Ran actually kill a rank nine Celestial in one blow, Long Chen couldn’t help but feel a bit angry inside. His power was clearly enough to suppress rank nine Celestials, but killing them was always extremely difficult. The slightest carelessness and they would get away.
As for Guo Ran’s little trick, he had been secretly helped by Meng Qi. That rank nine Celestial had been killed before understanding what was going on. It had been too simple.
“Hahaha! A pitiful rank nine Celestial dares to embarrass himself in front of me?! Your daddy Guo Ran swept through this world, looking down on heaven and earth! You little pieces of crap are only fit to crawl before me!” Guo Ran laughed excitedly, feeling incredibly satisfied.
Long Chen glanced at Meng Qi and saw her smiling. She didn’t say anything, and no one else was capable of sensing what she had done.
He knew that Meng Qi was an extremely powerful existence now. After he had given the Three-head Nine-Eye Illusion Spirit Beast’s skeleton to her, she had told him that she would give him a nice surprise.
Now he saw Meng Qi silently assist Guo Ran, without forming a hand seal or even moving, to kill a rank nine Celestial. It could be seen how terrifying Meng Qi was now. The Three-head Nine-eye Illusion Spirit Beast’s skeleton was clearly extremely beneficial to her.
However, Guo Ran’s follow-up bragging was a bit embarrassing. His skin was too thick. Although it was true that he had killed a rank nine Celestial in one blow, if it hadn’t been for Meng Qi’s secret assistance, it was an unknown whether or not he could have even injured that dead Celestial.
Only Guo Ran, Meng Qi, and Long Chen knew about that. The others had no idea, and they all stared in shock at Guo Ran.
“Using my canon to kill you weaklings would be bullying. Today, I’ll let you see what a true unrivaled hero is! I won’t even use my canon, and I’ll still kill you like slaughtering chickens!” cackled Guo Ran as he put away his canon.
Long Chen naturally knew that this was an act. Having used up his cannonballs, Guo Ran still didn’t forget to brag. But the opposition was still stunned by him and was unable to determine if his words were true or not.
Black specks of soil had covered this world. Under Tang Wan-er’s efforts, it was unknown just how many tree demons had been slain, transforming into specks of dust.
“It was even more effective than I expected.” Long Chen was delighted inside. The primal chaos space’s black soil was too mysterious. This could count as divine power.
It was impossible to calculate how many tree demons had fallen to the black soil just now. But he guessed that at least half of the tree demons were now specks of dust on the battlefield.
“Spirit Emperor, have your people fall back further so they don’t touch the black soil. That thing doesn’t differentiate between friend or foe.” Long Chen transmitted his orders to the Spirit Emperor.
He didn’t need to actually speak to the Spirit Emperor. He could simply use the green leaf image on his hand to transmit his thoughts throughout the Forest of Life.
From the start, he had chosen a spot very far from the Forest of Life to fight. But the black soil was even more terrifying than he had imagined, so to be safe, he had them retreat even further.
At this moment, the sea of beasts crashed upon them. Guo Ran had killed many of them, but there were just too many of the beasts. The amount Guo Ran had killed was nothing compared to this army of Magical Beasts.
“Brothers, raise your weapons! Kill all the threats in front of you. Don’t let them touch the Forest of Life. This is a battle to protect, and even if we have to die, we won’t retreat half a step! Kill!” shouted Long Chen, floating above the battlefield.
“Kill!”
“Kill!”
“Kill!”
The Dragonblood warriors roared, their voices growing louder wave by wave until they drowned out the Magical Beasts.
Over thirteen thousand warriors took out their weapons and summoned their Heavenly Dao manifestations. They charged at the army of Magical Beasts.
BOOM!
Guo Ran was the first to fly toward them. He charged at a golden bull as large as a mountain and covered in scales. It was exceptionally fierce, but Guo Ran simply pointed a finger, and a golden light flew out. A hole appeared in the golden bull’s head, and it tumbled back into the distance before lying motionless, dead.
“Brothers, kill with me! Dragonblood Legion, use the blood of these brutes to testify to our undefeatable oath!” Standing atop the golden bull’s corpse, Guo Ran raised his hand and roared. In all honesty, he truly did have the air of an undefeatable leader at this time.
“KILL!”
The Dragonblood warriors charged, filling the air with the blood of Magical Beasts. The scent of blood reeked strongly, but it stimulated the Dragonblood warriors’ killing intent.
Rays of light flashed. The Dragonblood warriors emitted cold rays of Sword Qi that cut through the tough hides of the Magical Beasts. Even the eleventh rank Magical Beasts were no exception.
Runes flowed around the Dragonblood warriors’ swords. Their Sword Qi was thin and long, cutting through the bodies of the Magical Beasts like cutting through tofu. Their bodies were easily cut into pieces.
“How can they have such terrifying weapons?!”
Seeing this, the ancient race, Corrupt path, and ancient family alliance’s experts were stunned.
“That power has surpassed the limit of King items. Although their auras aren’t on the level of Ancestral items, their killing power is almost on that level.”
“Most importantly, their swords are practically identical. Could it be they made them themselves?!”
Startled cries rang out as they watched the Dragonblood warriors charge through the sea of Magical Beasts.
The experts with the most experience could easily see the details of the Dragonblood warriors’ weapons. Although they didn’t have the might of Ancestral items, their material was definitely on that level. The runes carved into them were extremely profound and allowed them to unleash Sword Qi of an exceptionally sharp nature. Even eleventh rank Magical Beasts found their defenses turned to mud in front of their attacks.
“Should we attack? We can kill them and take their weapons,” proposed someone greedily.
Over thirteen thousand warriors with such divine weapons. That was naturally enticing.
Those weapons were all forged by Guo Ran. They were his blood, sweat, and tears. The runes carved on them came from the Ethereal Crafting Secret Record. He had added a rune he had recently comprehended which imbued them with a sharp nature.
The material was of the Ancestral item level, while the runes were amazing as well. The only reason they didn’t possess the might of Ancestral items was because they didn’t have item-spirits.
So, although they couldn’t count as Ancestral items, they made these people greedy.
“There’s no need. The tree demons are restricted by that strange soil and can’t participate in the battle. But don’t look down on the Dark Forest. The Magical Beasts alone are enough to wipe them out. The Magical Beasts we see here are nothing more than a small portion of all the Magical Beasts in the Dark Forest. It’s just that the Dark Forest didn’t expect to encounter the black soil. Now that the tree demons have retreated, they’ll be sending out more and more Magical Beasts. That’s enough to crush them. There’s no need for us to participate. When they’re exhausted, we’ll give them the fatal blow.” Sha Guangyan had a cold smile as he watched the Dragonblood warriors fight.
When they looked at Long Chen floating in the air, Sha Guangyan and Peng Wansheng both had sinister smiles on their faces.
Ch
apter 1444 Expediting the Growth of the World Trees
The Dragonblood warriors’ swords danced. Over thirteen thousand of them had formed a giant human wall that blocked the charge of the Magical Beasts.
Guo Ran was at the very front, wearing his golden armor that shone brightly and drew everyone’s attention.
He was a metal machine, wielding a special saber in his hand that killed a Magical Beast with each attack. Even eleventh rank Magical Beasts weren’t able to endure his power.
Guo Ran wasn’t strong himself, but through his armor, his power multiplied hundreds of times. Even Long Chen had become envious of that.
He had asked about making such armor for himself, but the control mechanism for Guo Ran’s armor was too complicated. As soon as he saw the principles involved he gave up on that idea.
It wasn’t just Long Chen. In the Dragonblood Legion, there were quite a few people who asked for some simple mechanisms from Guo Ran, but they all abandoned the idea in the end.
Even just a mechanism to increase the power of their arms was difficult to control. On a battlefield, there was no way for them to fight freely with such a thing.
If one arm was too difficult to control, then there was even less to say about a full set of armor. That would be even more difficult than ascending the heavens.
Guo Ran hadn’t wanted to keep his armor to himself. In fact, he hoped to create similar armor for the entire Dragonblood Legion. Then they could dominate these lands.
Unfortunately, not everyone had his kind of unique talent. They were unable to manipulate the subtle mechanisms effortlessly like he was. This dream was shattered.
With a slash of Guo Ran’s saber, a black-striped tiger was cut in two, and a long scar was cut in the ground. Guo Ran raised his head and roared, except it sounded a bit more like a wolf howl. “Come, your daddy Guo Ran’s blade is still thirsty!”
His voice was amplified by his armor and contained a metallic ringing to it. It was exceptionally bold, and adding on his terrifying combat power, it caused his enemies’ hearts to shake.
The current Guo Ran looked like a merciless slaughter machine. He was constantly reaping the lives of these Magical Beasts.