I Am Overlord c1-962

by Translator: Pokka; Author: 我本纯洁 (I Am Pure); Licensed From: Migu

  Right as Liang Zhuangmin's hand was about to reach the earthstone heart, Xiang Shaoyun's pupils shrunk as he cried out, "Brother Liang, retreat! There is danger!"

  As he said that, he drew his saber and slashed. But he was still too slow as a few disgusting massive worms had charged out of a certain section of the altar. These worms, with thick brutal energy around them, opened their mouths and bit down at Liang Zhuangmin.

  Fortunately, Liang Zhuangmin was able to react in time. A brown energy barrier immediately formed around him. The worms were only able to bite Liang Zhuangmin's barrier and failed to harm him. It was at this time that Xiang Shaoyun's saber energy arrived.

  Cling! Clank!

  These worms looked extremely disgusting, but they still had terrific defensive power. Xiang Shaoyun wasn't even holding back, yet he could only send them flying instead of killing them directly. As the worms were sent flying, Liang Zhuangmin reached out and grabbed the earthstone heart before stowing it away.

  "Go!" Liang Zhuangmin shouted and dashed away.

  But as he was fleeing, a yellow worm suddenly flew over and bit into his body. Although Liang Zhuangmin had a powerful energy barrier and a decent armor protecting his body, this yellow worm seemed to be different from the other worms. Its teeth were sharp enough to directly tear through Liang Zhuangmin's energy barrier and armor to reach his body.

  "AHHHH!"

  Liang Zhuangmin screamed from the pain, but he was still able to slam his hand at the worm. The worm seemed like it could read minds, as it was able to avoid the attack before biting at a different spot on Liang Zhuangmin's body. Xiang Shaoyun arrived again, with his saber that was now powered by innate purple lightning. An overbearing and boundless lightning power surrounded the worm.

  Lightning Slash From The Clear Sky!

  Xiang Shaoyun attacked with all his power, causing the entire temple to shake. He did not know if the slash was enough to kill the worm, but he had no time to check. He quickly dragged Liang Zhuangmin out of the temple.

  Why was he in such a rush? Because he had found out from Xiong Bao that the old cannibal king was returning. Sure enough, right after Xiang Shaoyun and Liang Zhuangmin stepped out of the temple, they heard the old cannibal king roaring.

  Shit! Xiang Shaoyun cursed inwardly and charged toward the tunnel as fast as he could. But he wasn't as fast as the old cannibal king's attack. A massive and powerful attack arrived and blasted the entrance to the tunnel.

  Rumble!

  With that, the entrance was destroyed, severing their escape path. Xiang Shaoyun had no choice but to drag Liang Zhuangmin toward a different direction. At this time, the old cannibal king landed on the ground and started raining attacks on Xiang Shaoyun and Liang Zhuangmin at a terrifying speed worthy of a late-stage King Realm individual.

  "Xiong Bao, kill him!" No matter how fast Xiang Shaoyun was, he couldn't be faster than the old cannibal king. Thus, he had no choice but to reveal his trump card.

  After commanding Xiong Bao to attack, he mustered all the strength available to him to try his very best to survive. The old cannibal king's attack arrived, and since Xiang Shaoyun had to protect the injured Liang Zhuangmin, his back was struck.

  Bang!

  Both Xiang Shaoyun and Liang Zhuangmin were hammered into the ground; a massive crater appeared around them. Just as the old cannibal king was about to press on, Xiong Bao mounted a sneak attack from his back.

  The old cannibal king had never imagined that Xiong Bao would attack him. Thus, he was hit on his back, causing him to drop to the ground and cough blood. Even though he was stronger than Xiong Bao, he still sustained a serious injury because he was caught completely off guard.

  Xiong Bao did not stop at only one attack. He pressed on with even more attacks. He could not afford to allow the old cannibal king any respite. It would be best if he could kill this old cannibal king while he was down. Unfortunately, the old cannibal king was too strong. The instant he was injured, he activated his defense. Thus, he was able to fully defend himself against Xiong Bao's follow up attacks.

  "Xiong Bao, you bastard!" roared the old cannibal king after regaining his bearing. He then started his counterattack.

  Meanwhile, Xiang Shaoyun and Liang Zhuangmin were crawling around underground. Xiang Shaoyun had survived the old cannibal king's attack thanks to the armor he had gotten from the Zither Empress. Even so, he was still badly injured with numerous internal organs bleeding.

  Liang Zhuangmin was also in a bad condition. He was first bitten by the worm then hit by the shockwave of the old cannibal king's attack. Therefore, he was in an even worse shape than Xiang Shaoyun.

  The two supported each other as they fled with all the strength they had left. While they fled, Liang Zhuangmin took out a spirit medicine and healing pill before swallowing them both. His priority right now was to stay alive.

  Xiang Shaoyun also did the same as he directly dissolved some spirit medicines in his astral cosmos sea, trying to heal up as quickly as possible. He was very clear that Xiong Bao would not be able to defeat the old cannibal king. He had to flee with the fastest speed he could muster. The instant he sensed Xiong Bao's death, he pushed out all the power left in him, causing white tiger wings to unfurl from his back.

  "Let's go!" said Xiang Shaoyun as he grabbed Liang Zhuangmin and flew away.

  Chapter 273: Ghostrune Race

  Xiang Shaoyun activated the white tiger essence within his second star and focused all his astral energy into the pair of wings, allowing himself to fly at a speed faster than even regular Kings.

  If it wasn't for the injuries he had sustained, he would be even faster. There was a saying that one's potential was most easily triggered in the course of fleeing for one's life. That was very true.

  Under such intense pressure, Xiang Shaoyun was able to dig out more of the hidden medicinal power in his body. Slowly, his internal organs healed, and with the spirit medicine he had dissolved from his astral cosmos sea working in tandem with his hidden medicinal power, he recovered considerably.

  Behind him, roars of the old cannibal king rang out. After killing Xiong Bao, he was now chasing after the two escaping humans.

  "Damn it! Why is he this fast?" Xiang Shaoyun cursed as he squeezed even more energy out to increase his speed.

  The White Tiger Wings was worthy of being an innate ability of the white tigers. Xiang Shaoyun was only able to unleash a tiny part of its true prowess and was already flying at an incredibly astonishing speed. And since the old cannibal king had already sustained some injuries, he failed to catch up with Xiang Shaoyun immediately.

  At this time, Liang Zhuangmin suddenly said, "Drop me. I can't drag you down!"

  From how Liang Zhuangmin was saying these words in such a situation, one could see that he was a person of decent character. Xiang Shaoyun ignored him and continued flying at full speed, not daring to slow down for even an instant.

  "Die, humans!" The old cannibal king had still managed to catch up. He slammed his scepter-like bone club forward, sending a ferocious cannibal head flying toward the two.

  With his Nether Soul Domain, Xiang Shaoyun was able to sense the incoming attack. Even though he knew it was coming, he had no way of avoiding it. The only thing he could do was activate his Nether Dragon Soul Headband to protect the minds of both him and Liang Zhuangmin from the brutal energy.

  Rumble!

  Once again, Xiang Shaoyun and Liang Zhuangmin were hit. Both of them tumbled down from the sky. They crashed and coughed a copious amount of blood out. Just as the old cannibal king was about to follow up with more attacks, a phantom-like silhouette appeared and sent a massive boulder flying toward the old cannibal king.

  The old cannibal king swung his bone club and smashed the boulder apart. But after destroying that one boulder, he found that even more boulders were flying toward him from all directions. A petite silhouette could be seen streaking amid the boulders. The silhouette was like a specter that one couldn't easily see.
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  But it was certain that this specter-like being was an enemy of the old cannibal king. Otherwise, this being wouldn't have attacked. Xiang Shaoyun and Liang Zhuangmin couldn't be bothered about who the newcomer was. They were more than happy to see someone slowing the old cannibal king down. They got back on their feet and started fleeing again.

  After fleeing for an unknown amount of time, when they were nearly completely emptied of energy, they finally collapsed onto the ground. Fortunately, both of them were still clear-headed enough to remember that now was not the time to lose consciousness. Both of them started trying to recover from their exhaustion and injuries as quickly as possible.

  Xiang Shaoyun was able to survive repeated attacks from the old cannibal king thanks to the armor he had received from the Zither Empress. The armor had resisted a large portion of the damage for him. Otherwise, he would have died by now.

  By dissolving some spirit crystals and spirit medicines in his body, he circulated his energy through his nine stars and started recovering at a rapid speed. To the side, Liang Zhuangmin did not hold anything back and started using his own secret recovery techniques as well.

  The two seemed to have completely forgotten where they were, fully focused on recovery. Only by recovering would they have more chance at survival. Meanwhile, a few specters were heading toward them from not far away.

  These specters all had petite builds. They resemble humans, yet at the same time, they were completely different. They had large eyes, dark skin, long limbs, and a pair of butterfly-like wings. On their wings and faces, odd runes could be seen, causing them to look sinister and terrifying.

  It was clear these were the ghostrunes. The ghostrunes were born with a uniquely powerful soul power that granted them telekinetic abilities. Their attacks were extremely hard to defend against, and their ghostrune wings similarly came with some odd abilities as well.

  Those were what the ghostrunes had relied on to survive as a race. Naturally, their weakness was quite obvious as well. They were very weak in terms of defense and would almost always lose in close combat.

  A short while ago, they had discovered Xiang Shaoyun and Liang Zhuangmin. That was why they were noiselessly approaching the two. This was not the territory of the ghostrunes. Rather, this was the border of the territories of the cannibals, demonic beasts, and ghostrunes.

  Here, all three races could appear at any time. Thus, it was nothing weird for a group of ghostrunes to suddenly appear here. In any case, chaos had erupted in the Land of Soul Springs with the invasion of humans and the movement of the three native races.

  When the ghostrunes got close, they started talking among themselves as they pointed at Xiang Shaoyun and Liang Zhuangmin. Not long after, one of them used his soul power and lifted two trunks before slamming them toward Xiang Shaoyun and Liang Zhuangmin.

  The two trunks arrived before the two instantly. Just as the two were about to be hit, Xiang Shaoyun reacted. He jabbed with his finger, sending forth two finger beams.

  Bang! Bang!

  The two trunks exploded, and Xiang Shaoyun was able to clearly sense the ghostrunes around him with his Nether Soul Domain. Unfortunately, he still couldn't stand up and fight them as he was still in the midst of circulating his astral energy. If he did that, his injuries would worsen. Thus, he was forced to remain seated and be on the defensive.

  The ghostrunes scattered in fear when the attack failed to hit, but when they found that both Xiang Shaoyun and Liang Zhuangmin were still not moving, they regained some of their courage.

  Using their soul power, they started lifting numerous objects such as rocks, trunks, and soil and rained them down at Xiang Shaoyun and Liang Zhuangmin. It was obvious the cultivation realm of these ghostrunes were rather low as their attacks were quite weak and posed no threat to Xiang Shaoyun.

  Still seated in the same place, Xiang Shaoyun lifted the Purple Lightning Saber with great difficulty before slashing at all the objects.

  Liang Zhuangmin had also awakened, but when he wanted to help, Xiang Shaoyun stopped him, saying, "At least one of us has to recover his combat prowess."

  Liang Zhuangmin gave Xiang Shaoyun a deep look before he swallowed another stalk of spirit medicine and resumed recovering. Xiang Shaoyun's injuries were worse than Liang Zhuangmin's. Thus, when he forced himself to defend against the attacks, his injuries worsened. Even so, he still persevered.

  Just as he was about to fall, a roar suddenly rang out. The ghostrunes shivered when they heard the roar and fled far away. The ghostrunes feared the demonic beasts the most, as their innate talent wasn't too effective when fighting the demonic beasts. However, their soul power was the perfect weapon against the cannibals, whereas the cannibals' brute strength was the perfect weapon against the demonic beasts.

  One could say that these three races were akin to a revolving circle countering each other.

  Chapter 274: It Might Not Mean Us Harm

  The ghostrunes left, and Xiang Shaoyun was just about to heave a sigh of relief when he noticed a massive silhouette slowly walking toward him from the woods. The newcomer was a demonic tiger. It was extremely fearsome with its fangs and crimson eyes. Its fur stood erect like needles, looking valiant and ferocious.

  This was a bucktooth tiger, a species of demonic beast that was extremely vicious and had powerful offenses. This particular bucktooth tiger looked to be a late-stage Great Demon. It was currently eying Xiang Shaoyun and Liang Zhuangmin, evidently treating them as tasty food.

  "Misfortune really does come in pairs," Xiang Shaoyun lamented helplessly.

  With his combat prowess, he could barely battle ordinary Great Demons. Also, he had to be able to kill with one decisive hit or he would be disadvantaged if the fight dragged on. But it wouldn't be easy for him to face a late-stage Great Demon unless he was willing to fully exhaust his energy once again.

  "Your turn to rest, Brother Xiang. Leave this tiger to me," said Liang Zhuangmin, who finally opened his eyes.

  Xiang Shaoyun waved his hand and said, "Focus on recovering. I think I should be able to hang on, but it's better if you seal your hearing first."

  Liang Zhuangmin sank into silence, feeling remorse over his incapability to provide any help. Inwardly, he said to himself, This is a friend worth making!

  He gripped the earthstone heart tightly and absorbed a small part of its power. Instantly, his energy surged, allowing him to heal even faster. Without wasting any time, he focused on recovering again. He believed that Xiang Shaoyun would be able to deal with the tiger. He could still make a move if he later discovered that Xiang Shaoyun couldn't hang on anymore.

  The bucktooth tiger finally attacked. With a roar, it charged at Xiang Shaoyun and Liang Zhuangmin. Xiang Shaoyun circulated his cultivation method in silence, fully activating the white tiger essence and white tiger energy within his second star, causing an apparition of a white tiger to appear behind him.

  "Roar!"

  He opened his mouth and sent a sound attack out of his mouth. That was the Tiger's Roar ability. It seemed to have shocked the world itself when it appeared, and even Liang Zhuangmin was given a massive fright by it. Fortunately, he had already sealed his ears. Otherwise, that roar would have injured him for sure. When the charging bucktooth tiger sensed the aura of a tiger king, it instantly stopped moving, and a timid look surfaced in its eyes.

  "I am a friend of the Demon Emperor clan. I do not wish to harm my relationship with the tiger clan. Leave," said Xiang Shaoyun with a mild tone.

  The only reason he was speaking with such a mild tone was because he had exhausted himself with the roar. He couldn't speak loudly right now even if he wanted to. The bucktooth tiger's eyes started flickering as it kept studying the white tiger apparition behind Xiang Shaoyun. Hesitation covered its face.

  Xiang Shaoyun was incredibly nervous. He tightly gripped his Purple Lightning Saber and kept his internal energy circulating without stop, preparing to react the instant the bucktooth tiger attacked. Ultimatel
y, the bucktooth tiger turned and left.

  Xiang Shaoyun had not expected his plan to work at all. Without wasting any time, he entered a state of recovery once again. But before long, the bucktooth tiger returned again.

  This time, Liang Zhuangmin opened his eyes and said, "Let me deal with it!"

  After absorbing some power of the earthstone heart, Liang Zhuangmin had recovered about a third of his combat prowess. His wounds had healed slightly as well, and he was no longer as helpless as he was earlier.

  "No, don't move rashly. It might not mean us harm," said Xiang Shaoyun.

  He could see that the bucktooth tiger was carrying a five-colored antelope in its mouth and did not look like it was going to attack. The bucktooth tiger walked straight toward Xiang Shaoyun before putting the five-colored antelope down in front of him. The five-colored antelope was a species of demonic beast with almost non-existent offensive power yet possessed a flesh that was the optimal material for healing and recovery.

  "Is this for me?" Xiang Shaoyun asked.

  The bucktooth tiger started speaking in the human language, "Yes. You are a friend of the Demon Emperor clan. If that is the case, you are the friend of my clan as well."

  "Thank you," Xiang Shaoyun thanked gratefully.

  It was quite lucky of him to receive the care of a demonic tiger in his current condition. As for Liang Zhuangmin, he heaved a breath of relief while his curiosity toward Xiang Shaoyun grew.

  Xiang Shaoyun had successfully led their raid on the ancestral temple of the cannibals and robbed them of the earthstone heart. He could also fly, and now, he could even build a friendly relationship with a demonic tiger. All those were feats ordinary people wouldn't be able to accomplish.

  And Xiang Shaoyun had accomplished them all. Everything was so very inconceivable. Liang Zhuangmin also finally understood why the pavilion had given Xiang Shaoyun the first-class estate, and he realized that this wasn't a person only relying on his connections—Xiang Shaoyun was also sufficiently capable.