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Chapter 121: Killing A Half-Step Emperor Realm Expert!

Liu Pingfeng coldly glanced at the Evil King and said, "Evil King, are you going to fight for justice and help him?"

The evil commanders and evil generals behind the Evil King suddenly became incredibly nervous.

They were afraid that the Evil King's brain would malfunction and he would go to Ding Yue's aid.

"Bah!"

The Evil King spat in disdain and sneered, "Although I'm righteous, I'm not a busybody. I just happen to despise you."

Screw you!

Everyone was speechless.

The Evil King was righteous?

Among all of the people present, you killed the most people and did the most evil things!

Liu Pingfeng's mouth twitched. He turned around and ignored the Evil King.

Forget it. The Evil King's brain was damaged. He would not stoop to his level.

Ding Yue looked around. He was not afraid at all. His eyes were full of disdain.

"Half-step emperor realm cultivators? They're just trash who couldn't break through to the Emperor realm."

"Arrogant b*stard!"

The elder from nine swords mountain snorted.

"I have every right to be arrogant."

Ding Yue held his sword in his hand. His attitude was cold and arrogant. He looked at the itinerant cultivator.

"You're an itinerant cultivator, so it can't have been easy for you to cultivate to this level. Are you looking for death?"

"Young man, don't be too arrogant!" The itinerant cultivator replied with a gloomy expression.

"Since you decided to seek death, I, Ding Yue, will kill you first!" Ding Yue said calmly.

The itinerant cultivator's heart skipped a beat. He immediately comforted himself. Ding Yue was only at the ninth level of the truth realm. He was a half-step emperor realm cultivator.

There was no way he could kill four half-step emperor realm experts while being surrounded, right?

"Heavenly Cauldron Mountain? I, Ding Yue, am curious. When have I ever offended your sect?"

Ding Yue looked at the red-bearded old man and asked doubtfully.

"Ying Jiankong is my grandson-in-law!"

The red-bearded old man snorted.

"Oh, I understand now. So it's because of your useless grandson-in-law."

Ding Yue had a contemptuous look on his face. "No wonder Ying Jiankong is such a piece of trash. His mind is filled with women. It would be strange if he wasn't a piece of trash then."

"You're courting death!"

The red-bearded old man was furious.

He raised his hand and a stream of flames surged out. The flames transformed into fire crows which swept out in all directions.

Ding Yue smiled disdainfully.

"Old Man, your flames are far inferior to my junior brother's."

Clang!

His sword hummed.

"Kill!"

A great battle broke out.

The sword gleams and other kinds of attacks spread out in every direction. The sword intent intermingled with raging waves, and the world around them was filled with killing intent.

The expressions of the onlookers changed in shock.

Ding Yue's Sword Dao was stronger than expected.

"I, Ding Yue, want to reach the peak of the Sword Dao. How can you useless half-step emperor realm cultivators stop me?"

"Today, I, Ding Yue, will slaughter half-step emperor realm experts!"

Ding Yue's sword gleams swept out, and his sword intent erupted. A long river of sword intent surrounded him, surging toward the four experts.

His body moved, and a cold gleam flashed.

Puff!

The itinerant cultivator was injured in the blink of an eye. A stream of blood gushed out of his shoulder and the sword intent raged inside his body, causing further injury.

His expression changed immediately. That sword was too fast and too powerful!

He could not block it completely.

He retreated rapidly.

"Stop him!"

Liu Pingfeng waved his folding fan and sharp moonblades swept toward Ding Yue.

The red-bearded elder held a huge cauldron in his hand, and flames surged forth as he pounced toward Ding Yue.

As for the Nine Swords Mountain elder, he stabbed out with his sword, which almost instantly appeared behind Ding Yue's back.

"I'll kill you if I want to. No one can stop me!"

Ding Yue only moved slightly, dodging the Nine Swords Mountain elder's sword, while completely ignoring the red-bearded elder's and Liu Pingfeng's attacks.

"Sword falls over the horizon!"

The edge of the sword seemed to tear the sky apart. In an instant, it seemed to have reached the end of the world. Endless sword intent gathered on the tip of his sword.

The itinerant cultivator's facial expression changed. Spiritual power surged all over his body as he slashed out with the treasured saber in his hand.

He sensed an imminent fatal crisis.

That sword strike was too powerful. He had a feeling that he would not be able to block it.

Even his pseudo domain shattered!

It was the first time since he became a half-step emperor realm cultivator that he had felt such a strong sense of crisis.

His blood essence erupted as he slashed out with his saber in an attempt to block the attack.

Boom!

Ding Yue was sent flying by Liu Pingfeng and the red-bearded elder's attacks. His shoulder was also pierced through by the Nine Swords Mountain elder's sword strike from behind.

The sword gleam seemed to tear through space. In a flash, Ding Yue's body fell into the distance.

As for the itinerant cultivator. his pseudo domain was shattered and his body was directly sliced in half!

A half-step emperor realm cultivator had fallen!

The onlookers were all shocked.

Under the siege of four half-step emperor realm cultivators, Ding Yue had actually killed one at the cost of receiving serious injuries!

"Ahem!"

Ding Yue coughed twice and sneered, "Hah! I told you that I'd kill you. And I did exactly that! You're overestimating yourselves!"

The remaining three people all looked serious.

One of them had fallen.

Ding Yue was injured, but not badly enough to cause him to lose the ability to resist.

Their hearts beat wildly. They stepped forward and surrounded Ding Yue again.

They had to kill him while he was injured.

Otherwise, there would be endless trouble in the future!

Ding Yue held his longsword and looked at the three people with an arrogant expression. He sneered and said, "I can kill one more person. Which one of you wants to die?"

Liu Pingfeng's heart trembled when he saw Ding Yue looking at him. He regretted participating in the encirclement.

The Nine Swords Mountain elder looked serious and said, "You two, hold him back for a moment!"

After saying that, his aura began to gather and condense.

Liu Pingfeng and the red-bearded elder felt relieved. It was not a big problem for them to hold Ding Yue back for a moment.

The One Sword technique the elder used would naturally be far more powerful than Ying Jiankong's.

"Nine Swords Mountain's One Sword technique?"

Ding Yue snickered. He did not seem to be in a rush, nor did it seem like he was in a life-or-death situation.

He took out a pill to heal his injuries.

He stuffed one pill into his mouth, but felt that it was not enough, so he stuffed another pill into his mouth.

"Emperor-level pills!"

The red-bearded elder exclaimed.

The Nine Swords Mountain elder paused and looked at Ding Yue in shock.

Liu Pingfeng was equally stunned.

Emperor-level pills!

Even the Great Qian Dynasty did not have many of such pills.

The Southern Region did not have an Emperor realm cultivator, so it was not easy to refine or obtain Emperor-level pills.

Even the Heavenly Cauldron Mountain found it hard to refine Emperor-level pills.

Each Emperor-level pill would cost a lot. Even the red-bearded elder probably only had one on him. He would not use more than one to save his own life.

As for Ding Yue, he directly swallowed two.

"What's the fuss?"

Ding Yue had a look of disdain on his face, as if he was looking at some country bumpkins.

"Aren't these just Emperor-level pills? These things aren't worth much. My junior brother refines tons of them."

As Ding Yue spoke, he even took out a bottle of pills and poured the pills into the palm of his hand.

Nine round brown pills that emitted pill halos quietly lay on his palm.

"Mid-grade Emperor-level pills!"

The red-bearded old man cried out again.

The spectators in the distance were all shocked when they heard their exclamations.

Emperor-level pills?

Could it be that Emperor-level pills had been discovered in the ancient ruin?

As they were quite far away from the battlefield, and the atmosphere in the ruin was restless, they were not able to see that the Emperor-level pills were in Ding Yue's possession.

The red-bearded old man could not remain calm.

Low-grade Emperor-level pills were already extremely rare, let alone mid-grade ones.

Even the Heavenly Cauldron Mountain did not have many mid-grade Emperor-level pills in their treasury.

In addition, the Emperor-level pills in Ding Yue's hands were all high-quality mid-grade pills!

"As expected of trash. Mere mid-grade Emperor-level pills can cause such a commotion."

Ding Yue placed the pills back into the bottle.

"See, I have quite a few Emperor-level pills with me. Does that make you want to kill me even more? Hurry up and come at me."

"Hurry up and make your move. That old trash from Nine Swords Mountain, hurry up and use your One Sword technique. Is my hair going to go white before you attack?"

Chapter 287 – Dragon Princess

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Several hundred light-blue lightning bolts bombarded Shi Feng continuously, the clash between stars and lightning bolts sending echoes of explosions spreading across the entire island.

98%… 96%… 94%…

Because Firenze held absolute control over his Spell, there was no use in trying to deflect or make use of his attacks. Shi Feng could only block the attacks, and there were no opportunities to be seized.

In the blink of an eye, Shi Feng's HP had already fallen close to 50%. Yet, when all of the several hundred lightning bolts disappeared from the battlefield, Shi Feng remained standing in mid-air. Although he had less than 5% of his HP remaining, there was no doubt he was still alive.

He didn't die? Meteor subconsciously gaped in shock when he saw that Shi Feng hadn't been reduced to ashes. Is he a monster?

Firenze was not only a Tier 5 Demon King, but he was also a Demon Monarch among the Demon race. He was as strong as a six-winged Valkyrie of the same level and tier. In a situation where he had free rein over his Tier 5 Spells, he could obliterate a medium-sized NPC City all by himself.

Yet, Shi Feng had survived one of Firenze's Tier 5 Spells without dodging, deflecting, or manipulating. He had blocked and survived a Tier 5 Demon King's Tier 5 Spell despite being only a Tier 4 player. If Meteor were to tell this matter to others, they would definitely call him a liar.

After all, a Tier 5 Demon King's Tier 5 Spell was not only powerful, but it also had a very high attack frequency and attack count. It wasn't something a Tier 4 player could resist simply by activating a Berserk Skill.

He survived even an attack like that? Could he be wielding a Legendary Weapon? Star Snail, who had caught up to Meteor, couldn't help but look at Shi Feng in confusion.

It wasn't impossible for Tier 4 players to hold their ground against Tier 5 monsters. However, players typically did so by deflecting monsters' attacks. If players were to go up against a Tier 5 monster with Absolute Control, they would need a Legendary Weapon to stand a chance.

However, Legendary Weapons required a lot of time to obtain. It was why Legendary Weapons were considerably rare even in the Greater God's Domain. Seeing as the Miniature Ancient World had only opened up not long ago, there was no way anyone could have gotten their hands on a Legendary Weapon already.

If Shi Feng truly was in possession of a Legendary Weapon, neither she nor Meteor would be a match for him.

Any fourth-floor expert wielding a Legendary Weapon could wipe the floor with them in their current state. Even as an MT, Star Snail doubted she could last more than 30 seconds against such an opponent. Not to mention, Shi Feng was even an expert who had mastered a Saint-rank Mana Technique.

However, what Star Snail did not know was that Shi Feng was in possession of the Tier 4 Overtier Spell Demon God's Armament, the Spell increasing the effects of all of his weapons and equipment by 100%. Not only did this Spell boost his Basic Attributes drastically, but it also allowed his Physique and reaction speed to undergo a qualitative transformation. Hence, he barely managed to keep up with Demon King Firenze's attacks.

Of course, out of the several hundred lightning bolts, only about a hundred had managed to hit him. Otherwise, even with Demon God's Armament's buffs, he would still be blown into smithereens.

Meanwhile, Death Omen fell silent when she saw this outcome from a distance.

Originally, Death Omen thought that Shi Feng would, at most, be a little stronger than Meteor. She thought that even if Shi Feng could win against Meteor, it would be a close victory. Hence, she felt that if Meteor and Star Snail were to work together, there would be no way Zero Wing's team could leave this island alive.

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But now… Even if the rest of the Paimon Conglomerate's Tier 4 experts worked together with Meteor and Star Snail, it was unlikely they'd have any hopes of winning against Shi Feng…

Is this Guild Leader Black Flame's true strength? Colorful Lunarite's eyes widened in disbelief at what she had just seen. At the same time, she also understood why Shi Feng had reacted so calmly to seeing the Paimon Conglomerate's Meteor and Star Snail.

With Shi Feng's presence, Zero Wing was practically guaranteed to secure Crying Sea City's Medium Shipyard now.

While everyone was feeling shocked and surprised, Shi Feng promptly charged into the temple as soon as he finished blocking Firenze's lightning bolts. Although Firenze tried to stop Shi Feng, Shi Feng was too fast, so Firenze could only watch as Shi Feng entered the temple.

It really is the Dragon Princess!

After entering the temple, Shi Feng drank a Master Regeneration Potion he took out from his bag while observing a woman suspended in the middle of the temple's hall.

The woman wore a holy dress and a silver crown. Her face was as delicate as snow, and she was seemingly asleep as her eyes were tightly shut.

Meanwhile, this holy woman was none other than the Dragon Princess Kelisha in Shi Feng's memories!

However, before Shi Feng could further scrutinize the holy woman, the threefold barrier outside the temple suddenly shattered. At the same time, another threefold barrier formed at the temple's entrance, sealing the temple shut.

At this time, Firenze had also appeared inside the temple's hall. Calmly, he looked at Shi Feng and said, "I have to say that you are very lucky to be able to reach this place, heaven's blessed. I even had to retract all my strength just to deal with you. However, you are all out of luck now!"

As soon as Firenze finished speaking, the density of the mana around him rapidly increased in density, doubling in the blink of an eye. The intensity of the aura he radiated was also vastly stronger than before.

"Guild Leader!" Su Qianliu immediately grew worried when he saw Demon King Firenze becoming even stronger than before.

If the previous Firenze was equated to a puppy, the current Firenze was akin to an adult tiger in his prime. There was simply no comparison between the two…

"The barrier is gone! All of you retreat immediately!" Shi Feng shouted through the team chat when he saw that Su Qianliu and the others intended to charge into the temple. "None of us will be leaving alive if you come in!"

. Upon hearing Shi Feng's words, Su Qianliu and the others gritted their teeth and reluctantly retreated from the temple.

Despite their reluctance, Su Qianliu and the others understood that not even Tier 4 players could resist the current Firenze, let alone Tier 3 players like themselves. If they stood before Firenze, even moving their bodies would become a challenge, let alone fighting the Demon King. They would only drag down Shi Feng if they chose to stay.

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Meteor was similarly surprised when he saw the change in Firenze's strength. Without hesitation, he commanded, "Change of plans! Everyone, retreat immediately!"

After saying so, Meteor fled the area immediately, not daring to stay here even a moment longer. The violent mana Firenze currently radiated could already affect his movements. He had never experienced this situation when facing other Tier 5 monsters.

Firenze paid no heed to the withdrawal of the teams of Zero Wing and the Paimon Conglomerate. Instead, he looked at Shi Feng with a friendly smile and said, "Now that your friends have left, I hope you do not disappoint me. Otherwise, I'll have no choice but to use them to compensate for my disappointment!"

It's all or nothing!

When Shi Feng saw that Firenze was about to make a move, he dashed up to Kalisha and cut apart the chains binding her hands. He prayed that this would awaken Kalisha. Otherwise, he really would be dying here today.

Chapter 288 – End of the Line

Land of Ancient Dragons, outer zone's shore:

"With this much distance between us, that Demon King will need some time to catch up to us. If we split up now, many of us should get out of here alive," Meteor said, sighing in relief as he looked back at the distant temple.

Demon King Firenze's sudden transformation was never mentioned in the information they collected, so they didn't have any countermeasures prepared.

An increase to the density of one's mana could provide significant improvements even to ordinary players, let alone a monster capable of casting Spells. If Firenze were to use the Spatial Smash and Dark Paradise combination again, none of them would be able to move a muscle.

"We might be safe now, but we have also failed our mission…" Star Snail said worriedly. "After this failure, the conglomerate is unlikely to let us take on such an important mission again for the foreseeable future."

The important mission she spoke of was crucial for the Paimon Conglomerate's internal geniuses to improve their standings in the conglomerate. Meanwhile, they only had one opportunity to challenge these missions each month. Moreover, should they fail to complete an important mission, they would be prohibited from challenging another for several months.

"It is indeed a huge loss for us. Meeting Zero Wing here is also outside of our expectations," Meteor said as he turned to look at Su Qianliu and the others, who were currently recuperating some distance away. Then, in a cold tone, he continued, "Zero Wing is much more dangerous than we initially thought. If we don't take care of Zero Wing now, it will become a hindrance for the conglomerate in the Miniature Ancient World."

"I agree." Star Snail nodded. "Moreover, they should have discovered the Land of Ancient Dragons' Seven Luminaries Crystals. If they publicize this matter, it will increase the number of competitors we have to face."

Seven Luminaries Crystals were incredibly precious even to the Paimon Conglomerate. Meanwhile, an ore vein capable of producing up to 3,000 units of Seven Luminaries Crystal per day was incredibly rare and precious.

Every God's Domain was the basis of development for a civilization. Because of this, every God's Domain would have a local system favoring native players heavily. If players were to enter a foreign God's Domain, they would typically be subjected to the world's suppression and have their tiers reduced by one.

For example, should a Tier 6 player enter a foreign God's Domain, they would be forcibly suppressed to Tier 5. In such a situation, there was no way these foreign Tier 6 players could go up against the native Tier 6 players. After all, the gap between Tier 5 and Tier 6 players was no longer one that could be overcome with numbers.

Unless a power had overwhelming strength, it would have an incredibly difficult time occupying a foreign God's Domain. Because of this, one could easily imagine how valuable the Land of Ancient Dragons' ore vein was.

So, to reduce the competition the Paimon Conglomerate had to face later on, it was best if they got rid of Zero Wing's team right here and now. Coincidentally, there was an easy way to accomplish this in the Land of Ancient Dragons—the Spirit Devourers. With the Spirit Devourers' help, they could permanently erase players from God's Domain.

"Should we attack them now?" Death Omen asked, a look of interest on her face.

If they could deal a heavy blow to Zero Wing's main force now, Zero Wing would have its activities in the Miniature Ancient World severely restricted.

…

On the other side, Su Qianliu and the others also quickly noticed what the Paimon Conglomerate's team was planning.

"They're coming closer. It seems they plan to attack us…" Su Qianliu grew a little anxious when she saw Meteor and the others moving closer and closer to their team.

After witnessing the strength Meteor and Star Snail displayed, Su Qianliu did not think even for a moment that Zero Wing's main force could win against the Paimon Conglomerate's team. In fact, Meteor alone was probably enough to wipe the floor with Zero Wing's main force.

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"We are not far from the warship," Colorful Lunarite suddenly said. "So long as we can board the warship, we'll have a chance to shake them off our tails."

"In that case, I'll stay behind and buy us time," Su Qianliu said.

Despite what Colorful Lunarite said, Su Qianliu did not think their team was near the warship. Even though they had reached the shore already, they would still need to run for at least half an hour before they could reach and board the warship. This much time was more than enough for the Paimon Conglomerate's experts to annihilate Zero Wing's main force.

"You don't need to do that. We only need to fight as we retreat," Colorful Lunarite said, shaking her head. "Also, I'm afraid I am currently the only one in our team who can keep Meteor distracted."

Only fourth-floor experts could keep someone like Meteor distracted. Anyone weaker would be dead in one move.

Su Qianliu and the others might have learned many Silver Combat Techniques, but their combat standards were significantly inferior to even the Green God Corporation's internal experts. They would only be throwing their lives away pointlessly if they tried to fight Meteor.

Subsequently, Colorful Lunarite, Su Qianliu, and the others began frantically withdrawing in the Bronze Warship's direction.

When Meteor saw Colorful Lunarite and the others running away, he laughed and said, "Do you honestly think you can help Zero Wing's members escape, Lunarite?"

Meteor had interacted with Colorful Lunarite some years ago, so he knew she was an internal genius nurtured by the Green God Corporation. With her strength, Colorful Lunarite could indeed be regarded as a powerful expert among the various hegemonic powers. However, against him, she didn't even have a chance of running away with her life.

Immediately, Meteor dashed forward, his body transforming into a streak of light that rapidly approached Zero Wing's main force.

Although Su Qianliu and the others possessed Basic Attributes rivaling Tier 4 players, there was inherently a huge difference in Movement Speed between Tier 3 and Tier 4 players. This was because actual Tier 4 players could fly even without the help of a Mana Domain.

Subsequently, the distance between Meteor and Zero Wing's main force rapidly shrunk.

1,500 yards… 1,000 yards… 500 yards…

"This is the end of the line!"

When Meteor saw that there were less than 200 yards between him and Zero Wing's main force, he promptly reached for his sword. At this distance, Zero Wing's main force was already within his attack range.

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Whoosh!

However, just as Meteor was about to draw his sword, a sword light suddenly tore through space and flew at him from a distance. Fortunately, his instincts kicked in, and he dodged the unexpected attack in the nick of time.

"Who is it?! Who dares to interfere with the Paimon Conglomerate's actions?!" Meteor bellowed as he turned to look at where the sword light came from, his expression turning indescribably ugly.

Previously, Meteor had only dodged the attack out of instinct, so he didn't find the attack to be anything remarkable. However, he quickly changed his mind when he saw the spatial tear that measured over 500 yards in length. No matter how he looked at it, this attack range was inhuman.

"I have no idea what is going on since I was only passing by, but I cannot turn a blind eye to you chasing after Zero Wing's retreating members," said a peerless beauty with long light-blue hair and a silver crown on her head as she stepped out of the spatial fissure. Then, looking at Meteor, the woman continued, "Since you intend to harm Zero Wing's members, how about I, Laura Crader, be your opponent?"

Chapter 289 – Another Monster?

"Commander Laura?"

Su Qianliu stopped running as she turned to look at the figure that had emerged from the dense forest and stood in Meteor's way, her eyes widening in shock.

It had already been some time since Laura Crader had disappeared from the Asura Mercenary Alliance. Outsiders might not know what Laura Crader had left to do, but Su Qianliu knew that Laura had left to challenge her Tier 4 promotion. So, logically, Laura wouldn't appear in the Land of Ancient Dragons.

Is she the woman mentioned in the reports? When Colorful Lunarite saw Laura, she couldn't help but scrutinize the other party out of curiosity.

According to the information the Green God Corporation gathered, Laura Crader was one of the few fourth-floor experts belonging to the Asura Mercenary Alliance. The corporation had even suspected that Laura might be a titled expert.

However, because Laura had suddenly disappeared after the Myriad Worlds' Descent expansion pack took effect, the various powers gradually stopped paying attention to her. At this point, the name of Laura Crader was all but forgotten in the Miniature Ancient World.

So, Colorful Lunarite didn't think that Laura Crader would appear in the Land of Ancient Dragons of all places.

Moreover, it was obvious that Laura was no longer the same as when she last fought in the Boundary Mountain Range. The aura she exuded clearly indicated that she had already reached Tier 4 and become a bona fide Sword Emperor.

However, after their brief surprise, a wave of unease also spread in the hearts of Su Qianliu and Colorful Lunarite.

Tier 4 players might stand at the top of the current Miniature Ancient World, but one Tier 4 player was unlikely to be enough to stop the Paimon Conglomerate's team. It was especially true for the likes of Meteor and Star Snail. The two were far stronger than the average titled expert.

"You want to be our opponent? Do you think you are worthy of that?!" Death Omen sneered contemptuously as she looked at Laura Crader. Then, she immediately poised herself to resume chasing Su Qianliu and the others.

It was true that Laura Crader had shown incredible strength at the Boundary Mountain Range. It was also true that she had reached Tier 4 already. With her achievements, even the various hegemonic powers would have to be wary of her.

However, it was a different story for the Paimon Conglomerate. The conglomerate's team of geniuses was vastly superior to the teams the various hegemonic powers could come up with. Not even the God List's top five experts would dare to act arrogantly in front of the conglomerate's genius team, let alone ordinary titled experts.

Yet, the moment Death Omen took her first step, an arm suddenly appeared in her path, blocking her advance.

"Commander Meteor?"

Death Omen looked at the person blocking her path, her mind failing to understand what Meteor was trying to do.

However, at the same time as Death Omen posed her question, she also noticed a strange situation.

Whether it was the Crimson Sword Emperor Meteor or the Divine Shield Star Snail, neither wore their previous look of nonchalance. Instead, replacing their calm expression was a solemn one. Even their eyes carried strong hints of alertness. This was a reaction they would normally only make when they were going up against experts capable of threatening them.

While watching Laura Crader slowly making her way over, Meteor said in a low tone, "Don't act rashly. This person isn't simple."

"Not simple?" Death Omen was surprised. "Could it be that even you are not confident in dealing with her, Commander Meteor?"

"I can't be sure without fighting her," Meteor said. "But I am certain she is not weaker than Black Flame."

"Not weaker than Black Flame?" When Death Omen heard Meteor's evaluation, she couldn't help but take another look at Laura Crader, her mind in disbelief.

Death Omen had already witnessed Black Flame's strength. He was a monster capable of surviving the full-powered attack of a Tier 5 Demon King despite being only a Tier 4 player. This was a feat not even Meteor and Star Snail could accomplish.

Honestly, Death Omen already had a hard time accepting the fact that Zero Wing had such a monster in its midst. Yet, now, she was being told that the Asura Mercenary Alliance's Laura Crader was also a monster on Black Flame's standard? How could she possibly believe this?

It should be known that the Asura Mercenary Alliance was only a group of nobodies gathered by Zero Wing. Its strength couldn't even compare to the local Super Guilds, let alone the Flower of Seven Sins. So, how could a monster of Black Flame's caliber possibly appear in the mercenary alliance?

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Amidst Death Omen's daze, Meteor began walking toward Laura Crader.

"Commander Laura, since you wish to intervene in Zero Wing's affairs, would you be willing to block three of my attacks? If you block all three, my team will give up on targeting Zero Wing's team. However, if you can't, I hope you will stop interfering in this matter. What do you think?" Meteor asked as he unsheathed the broken sword he carried on his back.

Death Omen sighed in relief when she heard Meteor's words.

The Flower of Seven Sins had no control over the Paimon Conglomerate's actions. If Meteor did not wish to fight Laura Crader for the Flower of Seven Sins, there was nothing Death Omen could do about it.

However, by the looks of things, it would seem that Meteor planned to try and fight Laura Crader.

Meanwhile, should Laura Crader refuse Meteor's suggestion or fail to block Meteor's attacks, Zero Wing's main force would be doomed.

Laura Crader was a little surprised by Meteor's suggestion. Then, she calmly responded, "Alright, I agree with your conditions. If I can block three of your attacks, I will have to ask you to cease your actions against Zero Wing."

"Of course. I always keep my word."

Meteor nodded and raised his broken sword with both hands. Immediately, the aura he radiated skyrocketed in intensity, his aura not at all inferior to when he had his Berserk Skill activated during his fight with Demon King Firenze. It was obvious that he treated Laura Crader as a formidable enemy.

They're having a one-on-one fight?

Colorful Lunarite gaped in shock when she saw this development from a distance. She never thought Meteor would choose to fight Laura Crader in a one-on-one duel.

The Paimon Conglomerate's team held a significant numbers advantage. Logically, even if Laura Crader was now a Tier 4 Sword Emperor, she could, at most, hold Meteor back by herself, while the Paimon Conglomerate's team's remaining nine Tier 4 experts would have free rein. Meanwhile, these nine Tier 4 experts would be more than enough to annihilate Zero Wing's team. So, there was no need for Meteor to go through the hassle of challenging Laura to a duel.

The only reason Meteor would take such a course of action was that he felt that Laura Crader alone was strong enough to pose a significant threat to his team, and Colorful Lunarite found this situation to be absolutely astonishing.

Before Colorful Lunarite could recover from her shock, Meteor's broken sword had transformed into hundreds of threads that attacked Laura Crader from various directions.

Each of these threads carried enough power to tear apart space and heavily injure Superior Mythic monsters of the same level. Moreover, they could even increase their power by forming weaves of ten threads or more.

Tier 4 Advanced Silver Combination Combat Technique, Thousand Threads!

How foolish of her to give Meteor time to execute Thousand Threads!

When Death Omen saw Laura Crader patiently waiting for Meteor to attack her, she couldn't help but laugh in her mind.

Anyone familiar with Meteor would know about his trademark move, Thousand Threads. It was an attack that combined the Tier 4 Legacy Skill Spatial Dicing and the Advanced Silver Combat Technique Tornado.

It was with this move that Meteor had injured Saint Nine, the third-ranked player on the God-ranked Expert List. Had Saint Nine not activated an Invulnerability Skill in time, he would have definitely died to this move.

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The only flaw in this combination attack was its somewhat long execution time. However, so long as Meteor successfully executed the combination attack, his opponents would die without fail unless they possessed an Invulnerability Skill.

Subsequently, the several hundred threads could be seen attacking Laura Crader from all directions. Yet, even as the threads closed on her, Laura did not make any movements. She didn't even draw the longsword hanging by her waist.

Boom!

The sound of a loud explosion shook the area, followed by a blinding light that brightly illuminated the entire coastline. The light was so dazzling that everyone found it difficult to look at the source directly.

When the blinding light faded, Laura could be seen standing in her original position, her right hand sheathing the longsword she had drawn without anyone's notice. As for the threads that previously covered the sky, they had vanished as if they never existed…

"That's not right. Why did I have to hide just now?" Su Yanyun suddenly asked.

She had been shocked by the sound of the people outside hitting the door. So when Rong Linyi wanted to hide her, she was as agreeable as a little white rabbit and obediently hid?

Su Yanyun's expression became… a little complicated.

Come on, she was Rong Linyi's rightful and legal wife.

As long as they were not on the streets, it was not illegal to get intimate with her hubby anywhere, okay?

That bunch of people, on the other hand, came and smashed the door rudely. They didn't have any manners at all!

Rong Linyi was at a loss for words.

The usually calm and composed Young Master Yi seemed to be at a loss for the first time.

"Because." He hesitated for a long time before finding a reason. "This is my sister's room. You saw how she looked just now…"

Su Yanyun widened her eyes.

Coupled with her puffed up cheeks, she looked more like a pufferfish than usual.

What!

They were actually in his sister's room…

"But she has never stayed here before." Rong Linyi immediately explained. "She's basically overseas and only comes back a few times a year, so it's even rarer for her to come here. This is the first time we're staying here…"

Su Yanyun was silent.

Her puffed up cheeks faded and her pretty face hardened.

Rong Linyi didn't know why she suddenly felt so down.

He had already explained it to her, and he had never lowered himself before. Why was she still so unhappy?

This sort of uncontrollable feeling made him frown.

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Rong Linyi's fingers pinched Su Yanyun's chin and forced her to look up.

"Smile." His expression was cold, and the unhappiness in his voice was obvious.

Su Yanyun couldn't smile.

After such a long time, the effect of the drug had completely faded and her mind was clearer than ever.

Seeing the cold clarity in her eyes, Rong Linyi felt angry for no reason.

He couldn't control his woman, but she could affect his emotions at any time. This sort of passive feeling made him even more frustrated.

"Su Yanyun, do you think that you can do whatever you want just because we're married?" Rong Linyi's voice was cold.

He just wanted to see her gentle and adorable self.

When the two of them were together, it felt so good, and they had been so affectionate.

Why did Su Yanyun feel so strange after being disturbed?

Could it be that she would only open her arms to him at that time?

Rong Linyi suddenly strode towards the bed with his woman in his arms.

When he placed Su Yanyun on the bed and roughly pulled off her pajamas, Su Yanyun exclaimed. "Hubby, what are you doing?"

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Rong Linyi had already leaned over. This time, his intentions were clear and he even wanted to skip the foreplay.

"I want to continue the unfinished business."

Rong Linyi's answer was simple and crude.

His behavior was even more direct. He pressed down Su Yanyun's hands and pushed her legs with his knees.

Since she only became gentle in bed, then wouldn't it be fine if he made her unable to get off the bed?

Chapter 249 – Lu Jue, pleading to be liked, was much better than any other boys. (1)

Edited by: Lulu

Lu Jue was candid and cute. Ning Zhi felt that she was falling more and more for him.

Especially when he was looking at her with his pitch-black eyes. Ning Zhi felt that there was a little bunny in her chest that was bouncing around nonstop.

She couldn't help but reach out and pinch him on his cheek. Lu Jue's skin was cold and fair. Its quality was incredibly good, and it felt nice to the touch. "What about your work?"

Lu Jue let Ning Zhi touch him on his cheek all she wanted. He blinked and then replied, "Worked, but still missed Zhizhi."

Zhizhi's heart skipped a beat. Oh boy. How was she supposed to resist this sweet, handsome man?

When they returned to the Lu's, even though Mother Lu had already listened to Wei Xing catching her up on Lu Jue's progress in the office today, she still cared about him and wanted to ask her son herself.

"Xiao Jue, did you get used to being in the office today?" Mother Lu wasn't worried that her son would be bullied. He had an assistant there, after all. She worried more on whether he got used to the environment or was scared of being around the others.

Ning Zhi was still worried that Lu Jue would say something that would embarrass her. But her worries were unfounded because the next second, she heard Lu Jue give a "Mmm" in response to Mother Lu. And then that was it.

Mother Lu was delighted when she received his response.

Lu Shenyuan smiled and started to talk. "It's a good thing that Little Brother is working in the office. He had gotten so much better compared to how he was in the past. Much like the experts had told us in the past, he is getting better and better."

Lu Shenyuan had come to the Lu's today because he had learned that Lu Jue had gone to the office today. He wanted to find out what was going on.

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Mother Lu nodded happily. "He will respond back to me when I talk to him now."

A strange look crossed Lu Shenyuan's face, but he was still able to maintain a smile on his cold face. "That's great. You must let me know if you run into any troubles at work, Little Brother. I will help you take care of them right away."

He went on to say, "I'll let the others on the team know to look after you.

"Besides, Little Brother had just returned to the office and shouldn't take on too much work right away. He should take his time on adjusting and familiarizing himself. We shouldn't rush this."

Lu Shenyuan asked Mother Lu, "Should I look for someone to take care of Xiao Jue and show him the ropes?"

Ning Zhi narrowed her eyes. Ever since she had seen through Lu Shenyuan, no matter what he said now, she just found them fake. Lu Shenyuan was a wolf under a sheep's skin. He could be very good at disguising himself, but he could never hide that gloomy look in his eyes.

"That won't be necessary. Wei Xing, Xiao Jue's former assistant, is pretty good. I had already talked to him and had him resume the role as Xiao Jue's assistant. At least Xiao Jue does not resist him."

"That's nice that he has an assistant that he is familiar with. That way, Little Brother would not need to take time to adapt to someone new." Lu Shenyuan looked a lot like a caring older brother. He would talk about Lu Jue with Mother Lu all the time.

Mother Lu nodded repeatedly as Lu Shenyuan talked. Had Ning Zhi not known better, even she would have fallen for Lu Shenyuan's act as a sincere, good Big Brother who cared a lot about his little brother Lu Jue.

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Ning Zhi's eyes dimmed. The more perfect Lu Shenyuan's disguise was, the harder it was for her to reveal him. It would be tough to take care of him without real proof that could take him down with one shot.

Ning Zhi suddenly felt that Lu Jue had held onto her hand. His long and slender fingers intertwined with hers tightly, and he was looking at her quietly and blankly.

Ning Zhi smiled. Lu Shenyuan was wicked like an old wolf, while her Lu Jue was simple like an innocent puppy.

She needed to do her best to protect this little puppy, so he wouldn't be eaten by the big bad wolf.

Chu Xuan looked at Ding Yue, who was behaving arrogantly and pretentiously. He was speechless. As expected of the son of fate of the Southern Region.

Ding Yue looked miserable, but he had not been seriously injured.

Moreover, after taking the Emperor-level pill, his injuries had healed quickly and he recovered to his peak condition.

It was not an exaggeration to say that even two or three half-step emperor realm experts could not harm Ding Yue.

Just consuming a single Emperor-level pill was sufficient to exhaust one or two of them.

Even if he could not win, he would still be able to escape.

Chu Xuan's disciples had all been taught concealment and escape techniques.

If Ding Yue really wanted to escape, even ten of them would not be sufficient to kill him.

The Nine Swords Mountain elder looked gloomy. He did not say a word and continued to gather his aura and sword intent.

Liu Pingfeng was still inwardly regretting his decision.

He should not have gotten involved.

True, he had been called an old cur, and his reputation had been damaged, but what was the big deal?

The price of his actions was that he had completely offended Ding Yue.

He had a premonition that they would not be able to kill Ding Yue today!

What was even more terrifying was, just what kind of expert was Ding Yue's master?

Those Emperor-level pills had been refined by his junior brother?

It did not seem like he was lying.

Was there actually such a mysterious and powerful expert hiding in the Southern Region?

Could it be that he came here because of the Asura Ancient Land?

The red-bearded old man's face was solemn as he stared at Ding Yue's arrogant face without saying a word.

There was no turning back now.

It was useless to regret things now.

After killing Ding Yue, they would have to face the anger of his master.

The Southern Region's Heavenly Cauldron Mountain's strength was limited. If the other party had truly reached the Emperor realm, they definitely would not be able to withstand his anger.

Unless the other party was merciful.

However, no matter what, if he killed Ding Yue and provoked an Emperor realm expert, even if the Heavenly Cauldron Mountain was not destroyed, he would definitely die!

The Nine Swords Mountain elder was still gathering his strength. Since Ding Yue was waiting for him to gather his strength, they naturally could not miss this opportunity.

Since things had come to this, they could only do their best to kill Ding Yue!

Rumble!

Suddenly, the ancient ruin shook, and a ray of light shot up into the sky from afar.

"Haha…"

The Evil King's wild laughter could be faintly heard.

A supreme treasure had appeared, and it was highly likely that the Evil King had obtained it.

"Not good! Quickly, go explore the ancient ruin."

Han Yingmeng's expression changed as she said.

She no longer paid attention to the fight. She led the people from the Floating Flower Pavilion and headed deeper into the ancient ruin.

Ding Yue took a brief look. The treasure had been obtained by the Evil King?

How could that be allowed>

Although the treasures in the ancient ruin might not be worth his attention, he could not let others have them.

He, Ding Yue, had already come. How could he return empty-handed?

"I won't play with you old farts anymore. I'm going to look for treasures."

Ding Yue's figure flashed, leaving behind an afterimage. In an instant, he was already ten thousand feet away, and his figure quickly disappeared without a trace.

He was so fast that Liu Pingfeng and the red-bearded elder had no time to stop him.

At this moment, the expressions of the three experts changed drastically.

Ding Yue had escaped!

He had easily escaped from their hands.

The speed of his escape and the concealment techniques were completely off the charts.

They realized that if Ding Yue wanted to escape, even ten of them might not be able to stop him, let alone four.

Did he stay around just to kill one of them to establish his prestige?

There was a bitter taste in Liu Pingfeng's mouth. He had made a grave mistake!

He had offended such an expert. If the other party became enemies with the Great Qian Dynasty, it would be troublesome.

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Fortunately, Ding Yue had a grudge with Nine Swords Mountain, so he would not stand on the Great Qin Dynasty's side either.

Liu Pingfeng did not know how the Great Qian Dynasty's exploration team was doing, but they were in danger. Actually, he was in danger too!

It would not be too difficult for Ding Yue to kill him.

Ding Yue, who was at the ninth level of the truth realm, had already killed one of them. Once he broke through to the half-step emperor realm, no one below the emperor realm would be his match.

Liu Pingfeng even suspected that Ding Yue would not bother with the half-step emperor realm, but would directly break through to the Emperor realm!

In short, offending Ding Yue was the biggest mistake of his life!

Deep within the ruin, in a dilapidated palace, there was a corpse lying on the ground.

Even after so many years, this corpse had not rotted away. It was only slightly withered.

From this, it could be seen that the other party had been extremely powerful when he was alive. Furthermore, his physical body was extremely powerful. It was highly likely that he was an expert who specialized in body tempering.

After all, the fact that his body had not rotted away after such a long period of time was evidence of his strength.

A blade was stuck inside the corpse.

The Evil King pulled out the blade. The moment the blade left the corpse, the dilapidated palace shook and a ray of light burst forth from the blade.

Emperor-level weapon!

It was a high-grade Emperor-level weapon!

The Evil King laughed maniacally in excitement.

The two evil commanders who followed the evil king had extremely ugly expressions. He actually laughed maniacally after obtaining the treasure?

Why could he not keep a low profile?

Chu Xuan watched the scene where the Evil King obtained the Emperor-level weapon through the Heaven-spying Mirror. He was speechless. The soul seal would not affect one's IQ, right?

Why did it feel like there was something wrong with the Evil King?

It seemed like there was really something wrong with his brain.

Could it be that cultivating evil techniques would really cause problems in one's brain?

Chu Xuan naturally would not care about a mere Emperor-level weapon.

He looked at the corpse and roughly judged that the other party should have been a Supreme realm cultivator when he was alive.

Moreover, he was a cultivator with a strong body.

He recalled some information he had obtained from the Black Moon Tower regarding Bai Sheng Mountain.

Bai Sheng Mountain was a sect that specialized in body tempering. It was rumored that they possessed a body tempering technique that was ranked in the top three in the Southern Region.

There were not many corpses in the ruin. Most had either been turned into ashes during the great battle back then, or had rotted away without a trace over the long years.

Even though the Bai Sheng Mountain sect had been destroyed during the great war back then, they had still left behind countless treasures.

Especially the broken Emperor-level weapons, which would be useful as materials for refining other artifacts.

There were also many precious medicines growing in a medicinal garden, some of which were extremely rare in the Southern Region.

Moreover, they were all very ancient.

Where there were benefits, there would naturally be fights.

Chu Xuan had already seen a few fights break out over these treasures.

The Heavenly Cauldron Mountain fought with Nine Swords Mountain, while the Floating Flower Pavilion fought with the evil imperial court, and the other powers fought with a few itinerant cultivators.

As for Qin Changfang from the Great Qin Dynasty, he was in an awkward situation.

He was weaker, and many people had their eyes on him, especially the Great Qian Dynasty's experts.

Had it not been for the protection of Nine Swords Mountain's experts, he would have been killed when he obtained the first treasure.

Ding Yue immediately rushed towards the medicinal garden.

Cultivation techniques and emperor weapons were worthless to him.

So what if there was a Heavenly weapon?

Could it be compared to his Divine sword?

He did not lack cultivation and secret techniques; the ones his master gave him were several levels higher even.

The spiritual herbs were what he cared about the most.

The pocket dimension was rich in resources and contained countless heavenly and earthly treasures, but their consumption of those resources was also rapid.

The growth rate of natural treasures would never be as fast as the consumption rate, and Wang Luo's consumption was even greater because he practiced alchemy.

Ding Yue immediately located the most ancient herb garden.

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His speed was extremely fast, so he was the first to arrive.

Even though there was a protective barrier that remained, it was easily shattered by him.

After so many years, this protective barrier that no one had been maintaining barely had a sliver of power left.

With a wave of his hand, jade boxes that were used to store the natural treasures all floated around his body as he quickly picked and plucked the spirit herbs.

He began by picking the rarer and more valuable spirit herbs that were older.

Chapter 123: Flower of Youth

Chu Xuan saw that Ding Yue was the first to pick the spirit herbs, and that his luck was extremely good. He was the first to discover the largest, oldest, and most valuable herb garden.

Ding Yue did not lack cultivation techniques or secret techniques, and Emperor-level weapons were not even worth his attention.

Spirit herbs were naturally his first choice.

No matter how many heavenly materials and earthly treasures there were in the pocket dimensions, they would grow slower than the rate at which they were consumed. Replenishing them would take a long time.

Therefore, since he now had the opportunity to replenish the pocket dimension's resources here, he naturally would not miss this opportunity.

Ding Yue picked about half of them before someone else finally arrived.

A graceful figure floated over.

Han Yingmeng!

Ding Yue drew his longsword and drew a circle around the edge of the medicinal garden. He said, "These are mine. If you dare to take a step past that line, don't blame me for being impolite!"

Wang Hao consumed a lot of spirit herbs to refine pills. The Emperor-level pills he had with him had all been refined by Wang Hao.

It was not easy to find a ruin like this either, especially one of such a high level.

If he did not bring back a pile of ingredients for pill refinement, how could he make up for all of the pills he ate?

"This is not your family's territory. Anyone who finds it will have a share!"

Han Yingmeng became angry when she saw Ding Yue.

He was actually so overbearing!

She took a step forward and was about to step into the medicinal garden.

Ding Yue brandished his sword and was about to make a move. However, on second thought, what if he destroyed the spirit herbs while fighting?

He activated his sword technique and shouted in a low voice, "Divide!"

The treasured sword swayed and instantly transformed into densely packed sword gleam. Each sword gleam was like a real treasured sword.

All of the sword gleams instantly formed a sealing formation around the medicinal garden.

Boom!

Han Yingmeng waved her delicate hand and a flower petal flew out and smashed onto the sword gleam formation.

However, such a powerful attack was actually unable to break through the sword gleams.

Han Yingmeng's expression changed slightly. Ding Yue's was actually so strong!

"If you continue to cause destruction here, I will kill you after I finish picking the spirit herbs!" Ding Yue said fiercely.

Han Yingmeng was so angry that her pretty face turned red. She cursed Ding Yue a thousand times in her heart.

However, in the end, she did not dare to continue to attack.

She finally understood that this b*stard Ding Yue did not have a soft spot for women at all.

After Ding Yue finished picking the spirit herbs in the garden, he sheathed his sword and was about to leave when Han Yingmeng hurriedly said, "Ding Yue, I want a flower of eternal youth."

Ding Yue did not even look at her after picking the herbs. He completely ignored her. Han Yingmeng was so angry that she gritted her teeth.

Could it be that she was not attractive at all?

She could not understand why Ding Yue ignored her beauty.

"Why should I give it to you?"

Ding Yue took out a flower of eternal youth and looked at her from the corner of his eyes.

Han Yingmeng took a few deep breaths and forced herself to calm down.

She gritted her teeth and said, "I'll give you something in exchange!"

Had it been any other young male cultivator who had obtained the flower of eternal youth, not only would she not have to ask, the cultivator would probably have run over and offered it to her immediately!

However, Ding Yue, that b*stard, had completely ignored her.

"What do you want to exchange for it?"

If it was something good, Ding Yue would not mind exchanging the flower for it.

The flower was precious, but also useless. If it was not something that most cultivators could use.

Its main function was to make its user feel young and beautiful, never aging.

It was very attractive to women.

After all, no matter how high one's cultivation level was, once they were stuck at a certain realm for a long time, their lifespan would be greatly depleted, and they would age.

In fact, even under other certain special circumstances, they would age.

The flower of youth could make its user look youthful and beautiful, and it could also resist those special circumstances that would make one's face age.

Its effect on men was average, but it would have a miraculous effect on women.

Therefore, it was both precious and somewhat useless at the same time.

A pained expression flashed across Han Yingmeng's face. She took out a jade bottle and poured out a medicinal pill into her tender white palm.

"I'll trade it for this medicinal pill."

Ding Yue looked at the medicinal pill in her palm. It was a low-grade Emperor-level pill. Moreover, it was not a particularly high-quality pill.

Wang Luo had long stopped refining pills of this level, so Ding Yue had been spoiled rotten. He did not even bother taking a second look.

He silently took out a bottle of pills and poured them into his palm. There were nine middle-grade Emperor-level pills in total there, and they were high-quality middle-grade Emperor-level pills.

"Your pill isn't worth anything. Are you going to use something else in exchange instead?"

Han Yingmeng's beautiful eyes widened, and her face was filled with shock.

She finally understood that the red-bearded old man's exclamation about the Emperor-level pills was not because he had discovered Emperor-level pills in the ancient ruin.

He was simply shouting because of the pills that were in Ding Yue's hand earlier.

This was too extravagant!

Han Yingmeng's eyes were red. Were it not for the fact that she could not beat Ding Yue, she would not have been able to resist the urge to beat the living daylights out of him and snatch those pills!

She had originally thought that one Emperor-level pill could be exchanged for the flower of youth.

In the end, she found out that she had been made to look like a clown!

Shamefaced, she stored the pill away.

"So, what do you want to offer in exchange instead?"

Ding Yue did not even fancy the Emperor-level pill, so what else could she offer?

Had this been another man, there were still some other methods she could employ. However, those methods would not work on Ding Yue, this b*stard.

Ding Yue stored the pills back into the bottle and said, "You are Floating Flower Pavilion's Holy Maiden, so you should have quite a few spirit herbs, right? Take them out. If there's anything I like, I'll exchange those for this flower."

Han Yingmeng took out all of the spirit herbs she had on her. Each of them was precious, but a little inferior in terms of age.

Ding Yue had just picked a bunch of ancient spirit herbs, so how could he take a fancy to these little medicinal herbs of hers?

It looked like she was going to lose the opportunity to preserve her youth.

Han Yingmeng's heart ached.

"Barely enough."

Ding Yue took a look. As the Holy Maiden of the Floating Flower Pavilion, Han Yingmeng still had some treasures.

There were a few unique and relatively rare spirit herbs.

He stretched out his hand and took all of Han Yingmeng's spirit herbs. He then threw a flower of youth over to her.

"Forget it. I'm making a loss here, so count it as my gift to you."

From Ding Yue's perspective, the flower of youth was not as valuable as these rare spirit herbs.

After all, the effect of the flower of youth was very simple and straightforward. It was only valued by women.

Han Yingmeng was overjoyed and hurriedly stored the flower of youth into a jade box carefully.

"As the Holy Maiden of the Floating Flower Pavilion, you're too poor. You're really poor!"

Ding Yue looked at her with disdain and left in a flash.

He continued to explore the ancient ruin.

Han Yingmeng was so angry that her face turned green. This was too disgraceful. She wanted nothing more than to kill him with one punch!

Inside the ancient ruin, battles were constantly taking place because of treasures.

Even two experts at the ninth level of the truth realm had fallen.

Chu Xuan was observing the action through the Heaven-spying Mirror. So far, no treasures that were worth a second look had appeared.

Ding Yue's harvest was not bad though.

As a son of fate, his luck was indeed extraordinary. He was very successful in his exploration of the ancient ruin.

Treasures that others could not find seemed to just be waiting for Ding Yue to appear.

After watching for half a day, Chu Xuan deactivated the Heaven-spying Mirror and turned his attention to something else.

The exploration of the ancient ruin was not something that could be completed in a day or two.

Some places still had remnants of the killing intent and destruction of the great battle, and there were even powerful restrictions around those places.

There were still some dangers in the ruin.

The inheritance left behind by the Bai Sheng Mountain sect was most likely a body tempering technique. To others, this might be extremely precious.

However, to Ding Yue, it was completely unattractive. No matter how strong Bai Sheng Mountain's body- tempering technique was, it was far cry from the Firmament Sword Body.

Chapter 124: Secret Behind The Asura Ancient Land

Ten days later, the exploration of Bai Sheng Mountain's ancient ruin was still ongoing, although large-scale battles were less frequent now.

During this period, Ding Yue had been ambushed by an expert from Nine Swords Mountain. He directly killed his opponent with a single sword strike.

Up till now, the person who had reaped the most rewards was none other than Ding Yue.

The remaining people simultaneously headed towards the core of the ancient ruin, breaking the restrictions and traps along the way.

Chu Xuan looked over the battlefield within the Bai Sheng Mountain ruin and frowned. The destruction of Bai Sheng Mountain did not seem to have had anything to do with the demon race.

The Bai Sheng Mountain sect had not been destroyed by the demon race's invasion.

Up until now, he had not seen any demon corpses.

There were also no traces of demonic aura that should have been present after the Great War.

The Bai Sheng Mountain sect had been destroyed by a human faction.

According to the timeline, the destruction of the Bai Sheng Mountain sect had happened during the Great War.

Was it the Great Qin's doing, or had it been done by another faction?

Which faction did the Bai Sheng Mountain sect belong to?

Unfortunately, there was not much information about Bai Sheng Mountain in the Black Moon Tower's records.

None of the information mentioned which faction the Bai Sheng Mountain sect belonged to.

After all, the destruction of Bai Sheng Mountain had happened so long ago, so much of the information had been lost to the river of time.

Even the Great Qin Empire, which had once unified the Southern Region, had been erased from existence, much less some smaller sect like the Bai Sheng Mountain sect.

The speed at which Buddha Nanwu refined his golden body was much faster than he had expected; it was done.

"Greetings, Buddha!"

Buddha Nanwu put his palms together and bowed.

"En."

Chu Xuan nodded and asked him to sit.

"Let's talk about the ancient demons."

Chu Xuan was incredibly excited; he was finally going to find out about the secrets of the ancient demons.

This included the question of whether or not there were human traitors who had lured the demons into invading the Southern Region.

"Yes, Buddha!"

To Buddha Nanwu, his identity as a member of the demon race had already become a thing of the past. He was now a Buddha, not a demon.

"Back then, there were human experts who entered the Demon Zone to look for us…"

Chu Xuan narrowed his eyes. So it was true that when the demon race invaded the Southern Region back then, it was caused by human traitors.

Following Buddha Nanwu's explanation, Chu Xuan gained some understanding of the demon race and the Demon Zone.

The demon race was a generic term. In fact, there were many branches of demons, as well as many factions among them. Some of the living beings of the demon race still existed in the form of tribes.

The demon faction that Buddha Nanwu belonged to was one of the more powerful ones. He was the chief elder of this demon faction, and was a cultivator at the eighth level of the Heaven realm.

One day, a human expert entered the Demon Zone and contacted the higher-ups of the demon race. The expert said that he could help them invade the Northern Zone and Southern Region.

After they occupied the Southern Region, they could use it as a springboard to seize the Northern Zone.

The higher-ups of the demon race were tempted.

The human race had monopolized five zones, so the demon race was naturally dissatisfied with this. They had always wanted to expand their territory. However, the human race was strong, so they had never found an appropriate opportunity.

The Northern Zone was considered one of the weaker zones among the five zones of the human race.

The human race had occupied the Northern Zone for the longest time, and had erected some barriers that made it difficult for the demon race to invade.

However, if they had inside help it would be much easier for them to invade.

They would be able to occupy the Northern Zone before the other four zones controlled by the human race could react and send aid. Even if they could not occupy the entire Northern Zone, they would easily be able to occupy one or two regions.

Once they did, they could open up a path to the Demon Zone. With the Demon Zone providing support, unless the humans wanted to start an all-out war, they would enter a stand-off.

The higher-ups of the demon race agreed to the human expert's request and made preparations to invade the Southern Region.

Buddha Nanwu was one of the leaders of the demon race who had invaded the Southern Region.

When the demon experts invaded the Southern Region, they realized that this was a conspiracy.

Some human experts had wanted to use the demon race to destroy the Great Qin Empire and wreak havoc on the humans of the Northern Zone.

"Later on, we found out that this whole thing was a scheme that targeted the humans of the Northern Zone as well as the demons."

Chu Xuan frowned.

"A scheme that targeted both humans and demons? Was it a scheme devised by other races?"

"No, it was a scheme devised by a human expert."

Nanwu Buddha shook his head.

Chu Xuan did not understand. Since it was a scheme devised by a human expert, why was it targeted at both the humans and the demons?

"Buddha, there is no human king in the Northern Zone!" Buddha Nanwu said.

Of course, Chu Xuan knew that there had never been a human king in the Northern Zone.

This was related to the history of the Northern Zone.

The first zone that the human race occupied had been the Northern Zone and, because it had never been unified, there had never been a human king.

The other four zones had all been unified by human experts. After generations of struggling, they suppressed the alien races and turned those zones into the territory of the human race.

As such, in the course of history, after being unified, the other four zones obeyed the orders of the human kings and their descendants.

A thought flashed through Chu Xuan's mind as he took a deep breath, and said, "Do you mean that the human expert in question wanted to be the first human king of the Northern Zone?!"

"Yes!"

Buddha Nanwu nodded.

Who was it that wanted to become the first human king of the Northern Zone?

The first person Chu Xuan thought of was Great Qin's Emperor, Qin Ying.

He had unified the Southern Region.

So, the invasion of the demons was to stop Qin Ying from unifying the Northern Zone and becoming the first human king of the Northern Zone?

"The invasion of the demons was to stop Qin Ying from becoming the human king?" Chu Xuan asked curiously.

"It was a battle between humans and the kings of other regions."

Buddha Nanwu put his palms together and said, "Buddha, Qin Ying is just one part of the battle between the humans and those kings."

Chu Xuan had never expected that the secret of the demon race invasion would involve a battle between humans and the kings of the regions in the Northern Zone.

"Who was the other party?"

"A human Divine realm expert."

Chu Xuan was shocked. It involved a Divine realm expert?

Was Qin Ying a Divine realm expert when he was at his peak?

"According to my demon race's investigation, the battle for the position of human king…"

Buddha Nanwu slowly explained the secret behind the invasion of the Southern Region.

There was a certain Divine realm expert of the human race. In order to improve his cultivation base, he devised the demon race invasion plan, which would put the Southern Region and the human race of the entire Northern Zone in a perilous situation.

His ultimate goal was to make a move when the human race in the Northern Zone was in critical danger. He wanted to turn the tide and become the human king.

By acquiring the luck related to being the first human king in the Northern Zone, he hoped to surpass the Divine realm and step into a higher realm.

Qin Ying's ambition was not limited to just conquering the Southern Region. He wanted to unify the Northern Zone and become the human king.

However, Qin Ying walked the orthodox path. He controlled countless sects and forces, and tried to unify the Northern Zone and establish the first empire to rule the entire Northern Zone.

He would then become the first human king in the Northern Zone.

In the end, Qin Ying discovered the plan of that Divine realm expert. In order to prevent the human race from succumbing to the upcoming disaster, he decided to make a move.

He joined forces with some experts of the Northern Zone to intercept the invading experts of the demon race. He even leveraged the fate of the Southern Region to condense a fate treasure that fell into a spatial crack after the battle.

The Southern Region was not alone. There were also experts from the western, northern, eastern, and central regions who seized a portion of the fate of their various regions and condensed them into fate treasures as well.

They destroyed the plan of the human Divine realm expert.

Qin Ying and the other experts died at the start of the battle, but they had also successfully dealt a heavy blow to the invading demon army.

Only a small number of demon experts successfully invaded the Southern Region, which resulted in the Great War.

In the end, because the demon race also had a Divine realm expert, that human Divine realm expert made a move. After that battle, the entire battlefield was trapped in a spatial zone. The Southern Region's fate, which had been condensed into a supreme treasure, also disappeared.

This caused the Southern Region's ley lines to collapse. The laws of Heaven and Earth became incomplete, resulting in its current barren state.

Chapter 125: Fate Treasures, Battle To Become The Human King

Chu Xuan swallowed a mouthful of saliva. He had once lied to Du Yuan that the Southern Region's waters ran deep.

He had never thought that his words would turn out to be true.

The Southern Region's waters truly ran quite deep!

This matter involved Divine realm experts.

At that moment, Chu Xuan finally understood why the Great Qin Empire, which had even managed to unify the Southern Region, had been erased from history.

Very few people knew about this.

Moreover, the information that had been left behind was nearly non-existent.

Even if the Great Qian Dynasty wanted to erase the information about the Great Qin Empire, it would not have been able to do so.

After all, the Great Qian Dynasty had not unified the Southern Region.

The reason why the Great Qin Empire had been erased from history was because Qin Ying had used the fate of the Great Qin Empire, which had unified the Southern Region, and condensed it into a fate treasure to use in the battle.

Thanks to this, the Southern Region's laws of Heaven and Earth were shattered and the ley lines were destroyed

The Asura Ancient Land's situation was quite complex, and even someone at the Heaven realm might not be able to fully grasp or control the situation.

Chu Xuan felt a bit of pressure.

He had to quickly increase his strength. When the Asura Ancient Land opened, he had to have at least reached the Divine realm.

Otherwise, how could he control the situation?

"There are five fate treasures of the Northern Zone in the Asura Ancient Land. Is everyone targeting the fate treasures of the Northern Zone?"

Chu Xuan now roughly understood the situation in the Asura Ancient Land.

It involved the fate treasures of the Northern Zone!

"Yes, Buddha."

Buddha Nanwu said, "Whoever obtains the fate treasures of the Northern Zone's five regions will obtain the fate of the Northern Zone. They will have the opportunity to become the human king of the Northern Zone."

"Does the demon race also have a plan?"

"Yes."

"What is it?"

This was a secret of the demon race, but it had nothing to do with Buddha Nanwu now. He was a Buddha, not a demon.

"The soul of that elder of the demon race who died in the battle reincarnated. He will participate in the battle when the Asura Ancient Land opens."

Chu Xuan's heart skipped a beat.

As expected.

How could a Divine realm expert die so easily? It was just a set-up.

Therefore, that human Divine realm expert had definitely also reincarnated.

Qin Ying had also reincarnated. He was reincarnated in the Luo family of the human king's family in the Eastern Zone. He wanted to leverage the power of the human king's family to kill his way back to the Southern Region and seize the fate treasures.

In that case, that human Divine realm expert also had to have a force supporting him.

What about the Divine realm elder of the demon race?

Was he borrowing the power of the human race or the demon race?

Many thoughts flashed through Chu Xuan's mind. At the same time, he analyzed which side the current various powers in the Southern Region belonged to.

Currently, there were three sides participating in the battle. These were Qin Ying, the human Divine realm expert, and the Divine realm demon race elder.

It was unknown if any other forces were involved.

Nine Swords Mountain and the Great Qin Dynasty were undoubtedly on Qin Ying's side.

Was the Great Qian Dynasty part of that human Divine realm expert's plan?

What about the evil imperial court?

Were they related to the Divine realm elder of the demon race?

"Where did the elder of the demon race reincarnate?"

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"I don't know."

Buddha Nanwu shook his head.

Chu Xuan thought about it. It made sense. How could the reincarnation of a Divine realm be revealed to others?

The waters in the Southern Region were really deep and complicated.

He raised his head and examined the recovery speed of the laws of Heaven and Earth in the Southern Region. By his calculations, there were still around thirty to forty years before the Asura Ancient Land would open.

As for whether or not it would open in advance, he had no way to predict that.

Qin Ying was only in the Emperor realm now. He definitely would not be able to recover to his peak cultivation level by the time the Asura Ancient Land opened.

Hence, there had to be a cultivation limit or restriction when it came to obtaining the fate treasures.

"Are there cultivation restrictions or limitations around the Asura Ancient Land or the fate treasures?"

"Yes, Buddha."

Buddha Nanwu nodded, "Those above the emperor realm, cannot participate. If one's cultivation exceeds the Emperor realm, the fate treasure will not recognize them as its master."

Chu Xuan understood now. A fate treasure was only effective on those with weaker cultivation levels. The strong would determine their own fate.

The fate treasure would not recognize them as its master or, even if it did, its effect would be limited.

Perhaps this was also a restriction of the Great Dao.

"The Great Qin's Emperor is indeed worthy of being the ruler of the Southern Region."

Nanwu Buddha sighed in admiration.

The Asura Ancient Land had been set up by Qin Ying. He had used the fate treasure to stop the human Divine realm expert's plan.

He had also dragged the battle for the fate treasures and the battle for the position of human king from the ancient times until now.

He had lowered the cultivation levels of his competitors to the Emperor realm.

Qin Ying had also reincarnated into the human king's Luo family. He would rely on the power of the Luo family to fight his way back to the Southern Region to fight for the fate of the Northern Zone and the position of human king.

Would the Luo family support him?

They would definitely support him. After all, Qin Ying was now a direct descendant of their family who possessed a pure bloodline. His previous life was no longer an important factor.

Moreover, Qin Ying possessed the human king's Dao weapon, and they had a deep relationship.

The Luo family would definitely support Qin Ying and fight for the fate treasures of the Northern Zone and participate in the fight for the human king position.

Once Qin Ying won, the Luo family would have another human king among their ranks!

After thinking this through, Chu Xuan could not help but sigh. Qin Ying was indeed worthy of his position as the Emperor of the Great Qin Empire!

That human Divine realm expert definitely hated Qin Ying with a passion.

Chu Xuan stood on Qin Ying's side. After all, on the latter's journey to becoming the human king, he had walked the path of righteous unification.

This was in contrast to that human Divine realm expert, who actually wanted to wreak havoc on the human race of the Northern Zone before coming out to save the day, using this self-created disaster as an opportunity to become the human king.

If that expert's plan failed, the demon race would occupy a large portion of the Northern Zone's territory.

Also, regardless of whether he succeeded or not, the people in the Northern Zone would bear the brunt of that calamity. Chu Xuan resented anyone who used such dirty methods to achieve their objectives.

Moreover, Chu Xuan felt that the other party would definitely not be able to become the human king with such dirty methods.

"How strong was Qin Ying back then?" Chu Xuan asked.

Since Qin Ying had set up such a grand scheme to delay the battle until his next life, his strength was definitely inferior to that of that human Divine realm expert.

Otherwise, given Qin Ying's personality, he would have long used every means available to kill him.

"Peak Heaven realm, comparable to a demigod!"

Nanwu Buddha put his palms together.

As expected.

As someone who was able to unify the Southern Region, there was no way he would be weak?

Peak Heaven realm, comparable to a demigod. In the absence of a Divine realm expert, Qin Ying was practically invincible.

He was definitely one of the strongest cultivators in the Northern Zone.

Whether it was his strength or methods, he was extremely powerful and capable. As someone who was able to unify the Southern Region, he naturally had his own strengths.

Furthermore, Qin Ying was able to get many experts to cooperate with him to go against that human Divine realm expert. From this, it could be seen that he had personality and charm.

The Asura Ancient Land contained the fated treasures. It was a battle to become a human king!

Chu Xuan finally understood the true secret behind the Asura Ancient Land.

Why did all the major powers seal off the Southern Region?

Why was there no Emperor realm cultivator in the Southern Region?

As for the one Emperor realm cultivator they did let in, he was a useless piece of trash. That was why he was allowed to enter the Southern Region.

The Southern Region was barren because it had lost a large amount of fate. If the Southern Region's fate treasure returned, then the Southern Region would definitely regain its vitality and return to its peak condition.

This was not limited to just the Southern Region. The other four regions had also lost a portion of their fate.

This was probably the reason why the Northern Zone was relatively weaker compared to the other four zones.

Fate might sound illusory, but it was extremely mysterious and vital.

Ding Yue was the son of fate of the Southern Region. What would happen if he obtained the Southern Region's fate treasure?

The new and old fate would merge and the Southern Region would rise. Would Ding Yue then become the number one person in the Southern Region?

Wang Luo was the son of fate of the Northern Region.

Xiao Liang was the son of fate of the Western Region.

What about the Central and Eastern regions?

Had the son of the fate of their current generation been born?