Divine Beast Adventures

by Srtyi

The world experienced a cataclysmic change, and countless spatial gateways appeared out of thin air. Exotic beasts of all shapes and sizes swarmed out of those aforementioned spatial gateways, forcing the humans to face the crucial moment for their survival. In order to search for a chance at survival, brave warriors from the army and scientific researchers risked their lives and

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Chapter 251: I'm Really Not Doing This On Purpose

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Edited by Aelryinth

Zhang Che was very satisfied when he saw Liu Gang and the others' expression.

He didn't know if the reason for the three of them not speaking much was because of them looking down on him or not, but it was still very much necessary to display his strength a little during this opportune time.

This way, they would actually do their best to coach him during the combat training.

After all, Huang Juyun wasn't the only second generation in the Huang family. He still had an older brother working in one of the government departments. His two sons might not be willing to see Huang Juyun nurturing Zhang Che as his successor.

No matter what, someone from your own family was better than an outsider, right?

Zhang Che had also heard from Huang Tielan that her two cousins weren't anything good, either. They were classic spoiled brats, only good at indulging in the pleasures of life.

Since Huang Juyun was intent on nurturing him, Zhang Che naturally wouldn't let this opportunity slip by.

No matter how strong a person was, what could he accomplish by himself?

Take the matter in the Nine Military Bureaus, for instance. If he hadn't had the Huang family behind him, gods knew what would have happened in the end…

In the best case scenario, his freedom would still be restricted.

As the saying went, "A man mustn't go a day without power". Before his strength reached a height where he could look down on everything, wielding direct or indirect authority was his best alternative.

So what if others whispered behind his back about him living off of a woman? Zhang Che wouldn't mind any of that at all. They could say whatever they wanted; he wouldn't lose even a strand of hair. Otherwise, would he have to break up with Miss Tienan to prove his innocence?

That would be really stupid.

Liu Gang and the others were dazzled for a good while before Zhang Che's words registered in their minds. They didn't refuse him after they reacted to the fact, either, and directly jumped onto the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back.

Liu Gang's black tiger, however, was afraid to move forward. Liu Gang rubbed his temples and consoled him for a while before he dared to come up.

Seeing this, Zhang Che sighed inwardly, -As expected, even if a beastmaster gains the acknowledgment of exotic beasts and tames them as pets, they don't dare to forcibly command them to do something they aren't willing to, or their pets might retaliate against them.

-Hmm, my rainbow crystal is still the best! Once the soul rune is imprinted on them, they can only act obediently no matter how naughty they are.-

Take this moment. If it were any other ordinary pet, would the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon allow anyone other than his master to ride on his back, not to mention exotic beasts?

It was very unlikely!

"Brother Liu, please guide the way," Zhang Che said. Afterwards, he had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to fly in the direction as pointed out.

When the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon accelerated, Liu Gang and the others' faces revealed traces of surprise again. -This beast is actually able to ward off the oncoming wind when flying!

-As expected of a dragon-type exotic beast. Its all-around abilities are much better than other beasts!-

Five hundred kilometers truly wasn't much for the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon. Flying at his maximum speed, they reached their destination in barely half an hour's time.

This made the three soldiers experience a multitude of emotions, retracting that little bit of contempt they had for Zhang Che in the beginning.

Without any help, once they were a distance away from the safety zone, Zhang Che could totally kill the three of them without any injuries, despite them being high-tier beastmasters.

High-tier beastmasters without powerful subdued beasts were actually nothing impressive. They could only display their powerful capabilities in close combat.

Of course, Zhang Che didn't look down on the three of them.

They were only lacking high quality beasts. Otherwise, they could toy with him like they were toying with animals.

Moreover, with his herculean strength, it would truly be too much of a waste not to train his close combat skills.After they arrived, the few of them jumped off from the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back.

Liu Gang asked, "Zhang Che, what weapon are you using?"

Zhang Che didn't reply to him. Instead, he directly summoned the Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword into his hand.

They immediately fell silent…

Liu Gang and the others were thoroughly dumbstruck. -What the heck, how many more legend-quality subdued beasts does this young master have? Can you bring them out all in one go? You taking them out one by one is really making it hard on us!-

Zhang Che was helpless when he saw their astonished looks. -I'm really not doing this on purpose. I definitely didn't have any intentions of showing off at all, I swear! My babies can testify for me!-

Liu Gang let out a dry cough and suggested, "Hrm, Zhang…Zhang-shao, uhm, do you have a beast card weapon that is lower in quality? If you use that sword, it won't be very effective for training."

Zhang Che didn't try to change what Liu Gang called him again. The meaning behind this "Zhang-shao" and last night's "Zhang-shao" were totally different. Thus, Zhang Che took it in stride.

"Lower in quality?" Zhang Che nodded and recalled the Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword. Afterwards, he took out the Mutated Puffersword, which he hadn't used in a long time, asking, "Will this do?"

Liu Gang and the others finally let out a long sigh of relief inwardly.

Luckily this grand young master didn't bring out another legend-quality beast card weapon. Otherwise, how were the three of them going to continue living? They would die from envy!

Liu Gang nodded. He continued, "Also, Zhang-shao, can you get that subdued beast of yours to fly higher? I'm afraid it will frighten the exotic beasts on the ground. That way we might not be able to train properly."

Zhang Che: … -So I can't summon any of my capable boys?-

He had no choice but to get the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to fly at a higher altitude. In any case, if they were to get into any danger, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon would be able to get to them in time with his speed.

Moreover, even if the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon couldn't make it in time, Zhang Che wouldn't mind shocking Liu Gang and the others one more time, summoning out the Purple Crystal Tortoise and Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus.

If they knew what Zhang Che was thinking right now, gods knew what the look on their faces would be…

"Alright, Zhang-shao, I'll demonstrate for you first," Liu Gang nodded and walked into the valley ahead of them.

Meanwhile, Pang Dazhi and Yi Chong followed slightly behind him to his sides, forming a triangular formation, allowing them to support each other at any time.

-As expected of elites! Just their positioning alone is definitely something ordinary beastmasters don't practice!- Zhang Che lamented inwardly, and hurriedly followed them.

He was very curious what Liu Gang was going to demonstrate to him. Could it be taking on exotic beasts with his bare hands?

That was unlikely…

Or, maybe each of them had their own beast card weapons, but had yet to bring them out.

The four quickly proceeded on. Just as they were about a hundred meters into the valley, they discovered the tracks of exotic beasts.

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Chapter 252: An Expert Indeed

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Edited by Aelryinth[Long-Mouthed Jackal]

Level: Three Star (Level 27)

Quality: Bronze

Characteristics: Gathers in Groups, Excels at Surrounding its Prey

Weakness: Small-Size, Lacking in Defense

Potential: D RankZhang Che immediately lost all interest after he swept his gaze across the exotic beasts ahead and saw their attributes.

After the mystical events at Bei Mei region, what powerful beasts hadn't he seen before?… Uhm, well, he probably hadn't seen a divine-quality beast before, but these low-level, low-quality exotic beasts really weren't worth his time, even if they were right before him.

However, the situation was a little different.

The ones hunting these Long-Mouthed Jackals weren't subdued beasts, but the beastmasters themselves.

The few Long-Mouthed Jackals noticed Zhang Che's group walking towards them. They didn't even hesitate and charged at the four of them. From their perspective, why reject free food that came knocking at their door?

Liu Gang didn't show any signs of fear facing the oncoming Long-Mouthed Jackals. A silvery streak of light shot out from between his brows and turned into a thick ,single-edged blade in his hand as he charged towards the Long-Mouthed Jackals.

Zhang Che hurriedly cleared his mind of useless thoughts and observed carefully from behind.

Liu Gang was cool and calm, wielding the blade with both hands, his waist and back bent slightly forward, running with short, crisp steps. Every step he took was about the same length.

Very quickly, the four Long-Mouthed Jackals clashed with Liu Gang head-on.

As exotic beasts that excelled in surrounding their prey, the Long-Mouthed Jackals would naturally not rush in from a single direction stupidly. Instead, they were spread out in an arc, trying to catch Liu Gang in their trap.

Zhang Che looked ahead without blinking, thinking to himself, -If I found myself in such a situation, I would probably rely on brute strength to crush these weak, ordinary beasts…-

-Then, what if I encountered the kind where I can only handle one at a time?

-Technique!-

Without a doubt, he needed superb techniques in such situations!

At this moment, a silvery blade light flashed ahead, followed by a short, sorrowful cry.

Zhang Che clearly saw that under the four Long-Mouthed Jackals' attacks, Liu Gang only took a few casual steps and avoided three of their attacks while simultaneously slashing at the last beast's throat.

When he made his move, both the timing and the angle of his slash were extremely precise. There was no chance for that Long-Mouthed Jackal to dodge at all, and the others were unable to support it in time, either.

"Amazing! He's an expert indeed!" Zhang Che was no longer a greenhorn. At the very least, he had practiced the sword style Miss Tienan had secretly imparted to him for close to two months now, and he could be considered to have minor attainments in it.

Now that he saw Liu Gang's swift flowing movements, he immediately discerned what was so amazing about it. He understood that it was impossible for him to reach such a level if he didn't work hard on practicing it in actual combat.

"Watch closely now, Zhang-shao!" Liu Gang suddenly shouted. Under the combined assault of the remaining three Long-Mouthed Jackals, his body spun around twice like a fried dough twist, the blade swinging thrice quickly in an extremely technical manner, almost leaving three afterimages behind.

Three streaks of blood spattered at the same time. Not a drop was caught on Liu Gang, who now had his blade stowed away, standing up straight as he looked on coldly.

Four masses of light lit up one after another almost at the same time. Three of them turned into streaks of lights and dissipated, while the last one turned into a bronze beast card and fell on the ground.

Liu Gang flicked his wrist, picking up the beast card from the ground with his blade and caught it with his other hand. Afterwards, he turned to look at Zhang Che, asking, "Zhang-shao, do you understand what you just saw?"

Zhang Che narrowed his eyes slightly. After a short silence, he answered, "I understood a little. The timing. No matter if it's the timing you dodged the incoming attacks or the timing you chose to strike, they must be one of the many things you wanted to tell me."

Liu Gang nodded in satisfaction. "That's right! Zhang-shao is talented indeed! It's enough that you are able to understand this important point. The rest can be improved on through consistent training. The choice of timing, however, if you didn't have a certain level of talent, you wouldn't get any results no matter how much time you spent training."

Zhang Che smiled. Naturally he wouldn't treat his praises as the truth. As someone watching from the sidelines, of course he could see through that point. But what if he swapped places with Liu Gang, becoming the one doing the fighting?

Zhang Che didn't think it would be as simple as he said.

Right at that moment, a concentrated wave of cries suddenly rang out from within the valley. A crowd of Long-Mouthed Jackals suddenly gathered into a huge wave, sweeping towards them.

"Oh shit, these dogs can really reproduce!"

Zhang Che's scalp turned numb at the sight. At a rough glance, he estimated there were about a hundred of them!

Although the Long-Mouthed Jackals were only three-star bronze-quality exotic beasts, once their numbers reached a certain level, it was definitely not something Zhang Che and the others could take on by themselves.

Zhang Che subconsciously wanted to have the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon come down from the sky to help him out. However, Liu Gang said to him, "Zhang-shao, the training starts now. Try your best not to use your subdued beasts. Don't worry; we'll do our best to look out for you."

Well, this guy seemed to be really treating these hundred three-star bronze-quality beasts as dirt. He didn't even have his pet black tiger come give them a hand.

-Are you sure you're not joking around?-

However, when he saw the serious looks on their faces, he had no choice but to trust them. If danger really arose, he could immediately summon his other subdued beasts and pets to salvage the situation.

Even if the four of them got hurt by accident, there was no need to be afraid. Didn't he have the super nanny, his Unicorn?

Thinking of that, Zhang Che suddenly came to a realization. His babies really covered all his needs. Meat shields, close-quarter fights, long-distance attacks, healing; he had everything!

The Long-Mouthed Jackals were fast. Less than half a minute later, they were already upon them. Liu Gang and the others had a tacit understanding with each other and formed a triangular formation once more, each of them wielding a beast card weapon in their hand, guarding Zhang Che within.

-Hmm? You're protecting me so well; how am I supposed to train like that?- Just as the thought popped into his head, Zhang Che realized how naive he was.

As the group of Long-Mouthed Jackals charged at them, the defensive formation actually opened up a tiny gap, allowing two jackals to slip in and pounce at Zhang Che in the middle.

-Oh shit, you guys are ruthless!- Zhang Che cried inwardly. He maintained a cool expression, however, sliding a few steps to the side and stabbing the Mutated Puffersword at the throat of one of the Long-Mouthed Jackals.

However, this strike, which Zhang Che thought was pretty much guaranteed to hit, was easily avoided by the Long-Mouthed Jackal. Afterwards, the beast crouched down and pounced at him, biting at his calf.

Zhang Che moved reflexively and raised his knee, kicking at the beast.

Bam! A loud, dull noise rang out. The Long-Mouthed Jackal howled painfully as its small figure flew back, crashing to the ground and rolling over twice, traces of blood at the corners of its mouth.

While defending against the attacks of the surrounding Long-Mouthed Jackals, Liu Gang and the others were paying attention to Zhang Che's situation, throwing glances at him from time to time. When they saw what happened, their eyelids twitched madly. -What the heck, is he even human!?-

Although the Long-Mouthed Jackals weren't big, they still weighed close to two hundred kilograms. Even if their defenses were weak, they were still three-star bronze-quality exotic beasts! One kick from him and the beast was wounded severely; how strong was he?!

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Chapter 253: Improving By Leaps and Bounds

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Edited by Aelryinth

Liu Gang and the others were speechless after seeing Zhang Che render a Long-Mouthed Jackal immobile with a kick.

-Are we bringing you here to hone your close combat skills or are you here to scare us, brother?-

Their shock nearly caused a problem in their defenses.

The three of them hurriedly refocused and took care of the group of Large-Mouthed Jackals' tide water-like attacks carefully. They were no longer worried about Zhang Che. With his monstrous strength, he would be able to handle himself no matter how bad his combat skills were.

They only hoped that he wouldn't rely too much on his physical advantages, but try his best to train his technical skills.

Zhang Che also realized his reaction was a little wrong. If he kept relying on his strength to fight the Long-Mouthed Jackals, what could he hope to achieve here? It would be a waste of time!

As such, when facing the next pounce attack from the Long-Mouthed Jackal, Zhang Che kept his eyes on his opponent's slim body and stabbed out at a tricky angle.

The moment he thrust his sword out, he had a fantastic feeling. As expected, the Long-Mouthed Jackal failed to dodge the attack although it tried its best to, and took a shallow cut to its neck from the tip of the sword.

-I still failed to catch the precise timing in the end…- Zhang Che shook his head regretfully. He made his move just a tad too early, allowing the Long-Mouthed Jackal enough time to avoid suffering a fatal wound. Otherwise, he would have pierced through its throat in one strike and ended the fight right there.

Meanwhile, Liu Gang and the others felt the pressure piling on them. They almost couldn't stand it anymore.

After all, there were about a hundred Long-Mouthed Jackals surrounding them. Despite their good positions, leading to them only having to deal with less than a third of the exotic beasts, the numbers were still a little more than they could chew.

"Brother Liu, send another two in here!" Zhang Che decided to raise the difficulty for himself a little. Otherwise, what meaning was there when all he was doing was fighting safely?

A hint of admiration flashed in Liu Gang's eyes after hearing what Zhang Che said. With a slight shift in step, two more Long-Mouthed Jackals immediately pounced at Zhang Che.

The one whose neck was wounded by Zhang Che earlier displayed its ferocity as well, charging at him while sticking close to the ground, biting at Zhang Che's feet.

The two newly-entered Long-Mouthed Jackals seemed able to read each other's minds. One of them jumped up and bit at Zhang Che's head, while the other stuck to the usual and pounced at his mid-section, clawing at Zhang Che's abdomen.

-These guys are hard to tangle with indeed. They actually knew to coordinate their attacks from all three directions!- Zhang Che praised inwardly. His feet didn't stop moving, however. He quickly took a few small steps to the side and leaned away, dodging the Long-Mouthed Jackal's bite at his head. Meanwhile, he punched the pouncing jackal with his sword hilt in the side of its face, making it cry out in pain and fall to the ground a few meters away.

Following the feedback from his punch against the pouncing jackal's face, the Mutated Puffersword seemed to suddenly accelerate, stabbing into the left eye of the jackal lunging for his feet, piercing deep into its skull.

Immediately after, Zhang Che turned his wrist around, and the Mutated Puffersword twisted violently, crushing the Long-Mouthed Jackal's brain matter into paste. It instantly turned into a streak of light, dissipating.

-First kill!-

Zhang Che felt more confident now. He quickly recalled how Liu Gang moved about while defending against the jackals' attacks and the timing of his strikes, gaining further insights into the technique.

"Kill!" Following his battle cry, Zhang Che shifted his position with a few quick steps to deal with the two remaining Long-Mouthed Jackals. He would thrust his sword from tricky angles every time he decided to strike, and after only a few breaths' time, multiple cuts appeared on the jackals' bodies, fresh blood flowing out of them.

Liu Gang and the others were gradually feeling more pressured.

Just as they were considering summoning their subdued beasts to get rid of some of the Long-Mouthed Jackals, Zhang Che's voice rang out behind them again, "Brother Liu, this time send five in!"

To their surprise, Zhang Che had slain the three Long-Mouthed Jackals in less than a minute! Each of the men showed relieved smiles on their faces.

-His talent is outstanding indeed! I only demonstrated it to him once and told him a few words, and yet this future son-in-law of the Huang family is able to incorporate these ideas into actual combat so quickly!

-Despite his young appearance, he might be able to catch up to us in just a few months!- Liu Gang lamented inwardly, while he laughed out loud, "Haha, watch out then!"

As he spoke, he shifted a few steps to the side and accurately let five Long-Mouthed Jackals in, who pounced at Zhang Che.

Zhang Che was impressed at seeing this. -Let alone their strength and teamwork, just this precise control by itself is not something ordinary people can achieve!-

They could let any number of the jackals in that Zhang Che asked for; no more, no less!

Although Zhang Che was facing five Long-Mouthed Jackals this time, the pressure didn't increase by much. He was getting better and better at catching the timing, be it dodging or striking. The number of mistakes he made was quickly falling.

-So this is what being an expert feels like!-

Even though he only grasped a little of the essence, it made Zhang Che feel incomparably gratified.

As he had expected, without an absolute strength advantage over his enemies, techniques were extremely useful. In some situations, it might be an even greater contributing factor than strength!

In the saying "One might triumphs ten techniques", that "one might" had to be an overwhelming advantage for it to hold true!

Moreover, when his strength reached an extreme level, wouldn't it be even better if he had the techniques to back it up?

This time, Zhang Che spent two minutes to finish off the five Long-Mouthed Jackals.

"Brother Liu, send ten in!"

Zhang Che's confidence was swelling. He felt that he could handle even more Long-Mouthed Jackals at the same time now.

Liu Gang shouted, "Alright, be careful now!"

Ten jackals rushed through the gap Liu Gang intentionally created, forming an arcand rapidly closed in on Zhang Che.

Going from five to ten beasts in one go, the pressure Zhang Che had to deal with suddenly increased by more than two-fold!

"Damn it, I'm a little complacent as expected. I'm not as strong as I thought, dealing with ten at one go!"

Facing the attacks of ten Long-Mouthed Jackals, Zhang Che could forget about attacking. Even dodging their attacks was getting difficult. Left without a choice, he had to rely on his brute strength again and consecutively sent three jackals flying, relieving himself of some pressure.

Even so, he wasn't able to avoid getting bitten on his thigh by one of the jackals. Their sharp teeth directly tore through his combat pants, sinking deep into Zhang Che's flesh, and he nearly cried out from the pain.

As truth would have it, no matter how much pain a person had experienced, they wouldn't gain any resistance to it. The next time he had to suffer something similar, it wouldn't be any easier at all.

Zhang Che let out a low grunt. He swung his sword, decapitating the Long-Mouthed Jackal who couldn't dodge in time. Afterwards, his figure fluttered, dancing around the remaining few jackals like a butterfly.

Zhang Che failed to dodge another attack; his left shoulder was bitten by one of the Long-Mouthed Jackals. A few more holes appeared in his combat suit.

Luckily Huang Juyun had prepared this combat suit for Zhang Che. Its resistance to tears was outstanding. Otherwise, he would be missing a piece of flesh or two by now.

Zhang Che didn't show any signs of fear. His eyes reddened slightly from the pain as he grabbed the Long-Mouthed Jackal still hanging on his left shoulder with his left hand, raising it high up and slamming it to the ground.

With a loud thud, this Long-Mouthed Jackal's head was nearly crushed into its chest, directly turning into a streak of light in Zhang Che's hand and dissipating.

Zhang Che's face was scrunched up from anger; he had already killed quite a few Long-Mouthed Jackals, and yet not even a single beast card had dropped.

-Since when did I become so unlucky…-

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Chapter 254: We Are Totally Speechless

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Edited by Aelryinth

Well, Zhang Che had to admit: when it came to killing these exotic beasts that weren't guaranteed to drop beast cards, he was indeed very unlucky…

-Luckily the high level, high quality exotic beasts are sure to drop beast cards, or I would have cried myself to death!- Zhang Che lamented as he continued moving. The Mutated Puffersword turned into a blurred silhouette,the surrounding Long-Mouthed Jackals not daring to come any closer.

After paying the price of two wounds on his body, Zhang Che finally bested the ten Long-Mouthed Jackals one by one, killing them in quick succession.

Just as he was about to ask Liu Gang to let another fifteen jackals in, he saw with a side glance that the three of them were about to give in to the continued assault, each of them having suffered several wounds.

"Zhang-shao, don't be in a hurry to summon your subdued beasts. This is a rare opportunity. Come help us defend one side; we'll coordinate with you!" Liu Gang hurriedly said when he saw Zhang Che was about to summon his subdued beasts.

There was no better scenario to train one's close combat skills.

The exotic beasts weren't exactly strong; they were unable to cause any serious injuries to Zhang Che, but their numbers were high. To deal with them, their positioning and timing had to be very precise.

Liu Gang believed that if Zhang Che could get through this, the latter's close combat skills would soar.

"Me? You guys must have no regard for human life!"

Zhang Che was caught in a rough spot. Seeing Liu Gang open a gap in the formation, a large group of Long-Mouthed Jackals would swarm towards him if he didn't go fill the spot immediately. When that happened, he would have no choice but to summon his subdued beasts to deal with the situation.

-I'll just do it; I'll think of another way if it's really impossible to deal with!-

Zhang Che tensed his legs, and rushed forward like a cannonball. The Mutated Puffersword turned into a blur, forcing a few of the agitated Large-Mouthed Jackals back.

With Zhang Che joining in on the formation, not only did their line of defense not stabilize, but due to his inability to coordinate with the others, a large opening in their defense was created.

Zhang Che immediately heard a low grunt from the side. He saw that a jackal had bitten deep into Pang Dazhi's calf, who was unable to shake it off no matter how hard he tried. Meanwhile, he still had to continue warding off continuous assaults with his blade, with no time to free himself from his predicament.

"I'll come help you!" Zhang Che shouted. His knees flew up and sent two Long-Mouthed Jackals flying, his sword stabbed out and pierced into a jackal's ear drum, followed by a swipe, slicing off the head of the beast.

The situation gradually stabilized. Zhang Che's coordination with the others was also improving, slowly gaining back control.

Suddenly, a sorrowful cry rang out deep in the valley. All the Long-Mouthed Jackals quickly gave up and retreated like the passing of a wave.

"Brother Liu, should we give chase?" Zhang Che asked, anticipating the hunt.

After this short yet intense battle, he felt that his understanding of his father-in-law's sword style had deepened by several times.

"Forget it; don't bother chasing. Who knows how many more of them are in there? It's not worth wasting our time here," Liu Gang shook his head, putting his beast card weapon away. Afterwards, the three of them retrieved their medicinal sprays from their backpacks and started to tend to their wounds.

"Wait a second."

Liu Gang and the others stopped what they were doing in unison, looking at Zhang Che, puzzled. Immediately after, they saw a five-colored ray of light shot out from between the kid's brows and materialized into a white horse with a sharp spiral horn.

Liu Gang, Pang Dazhi, and Yi Chong were all speechless.

-Exactly how many more legend-quality subdued beasts does this kid have!?-

They lost their ability to speak, their faces filled with grief. Compared to Zhang-shao's subdued beasts, theirs were as good as trash that could be thrown away!

-Not right! Why did Zhang-shao summon a subdued beast? Could it be…-

The three of them exchanged glances silently, thinking of an extremely envious possibility.

As expected, a milky white splendor suddenly gathered on the tip of the white horse's horn. Afterwards, it divided into four masses of light, enveloping the four of them.

Liu Gang and the others felt as if their bodies were soaked in a comfortable hot tub of water, a mysterious energy circulating in them. Not only were their new wounds fully healed, even their fatigued bodies were rejuvenated to their peak condition.

The effect was simply miraculous!

However, none of them showed any signs of happiness on their faces. Instead, they were glum. -Damn it, I don't feel like I have the face to continue living following such a person…-

Not only that, Liu Gang and the others even thought that they might be having it too easy recently, and so the general purposefully found a young man to stimulate them!

After healing up their injuries, the four of them continued walking deeper into this area.

The exotic beasts they encountered from then on didn't gather in groups. Liu Gang and the others just basically watched from the sidelines, while forbidding Zhang Che from using his powerful subdued beast. They only allowed him to fight the exotic beasts with his sword, further solidifying what he had learned today.

Also, as a responsible captain, Liu Gang would point out the mistakes Zhang Che committed in his fights, benefitting him.

The only depressing part was that the vast majority of the exotic beasts he killed turned into streaks of light and dissipated. Very few of them actually dropped beast cards.

This left Liu Gang and the others wondering if this Zhang-shao's luck all went to discovering powerful exotic beasts? Otherwise, how could he explain his many legend-quality subdued beasts at such a young age?

Looks of envy and jealousy showed on their faces. When it was time for dinner, Liu Gang and the others silently let out long sighs of relief.

Liu Gang's pet black tiger had hunted down an exotic beast weighing over two hundred kilograms. In the end, more than half of it went into Zhang Che's stomach, surprising them again.

-Lucky, lucky, if we were big eaters like this kid, we'd probably starve to death in the beast world. Gods know how this kid brings such massive amounts of food along when he travels deep into the beast world alone…-

However, thinking up to that point, the looks on their faces changed again.

-Doesn't that mean that there are spatial-type beast card on Zhang-shao he uses to bring his supplies around?-

Liu Gang and the others immediately felt that the accumulation of setbacks they experienced in their whole lives couldn't match up to what they had gone through today…After eating their fill, they didn't continue on their journey. Instead, they found a place easy to defend and set up camp there. The danger of the beast world at night was common knowledge to all. Although the four of them were sufficiently strong, they still didn't dare to challenge this iron rule.

Lying in his sleeping bag, Zhang Che didn't go to sleep immediately. Instead, he kept thinking back to everything he learned today, summarizing what he still needed to improve on.

He realized that although he had improved by a large margin today, there was still quite a long way to go for him to fight as skillfully and easily as Liu Gang and the others. Their skill wasn't something he could catch up to in the foreseeable future.

This was the precious experience they accumulated through months and years of combat. How could it be something he could learn in a day or two?

However, as long as he continued training like this, it wouldn't be too long before he reached a height similar to them!

Zhang Che showed a confident smile, closing his eyes, slowly slipping into the lands of dreams.

In his dreams, he realized he had become a super god of combat, beating up that divine bird with lightning all over its body and a wingspan of over a hundred meters, turning it into his pet…

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Chapter 255: Never Enter Any Caves You Come Across

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Edited by Aelryinth

When Zhang Che woke up the next morning, he immediately checked the spiritual sea in his hazy consciousness and sighed in disappointment.

He was indeed only dreaming; how could he possibly tame that golden lightning divine bird?

Perhaps it didn't even have to make a move against him; just a glance from it would finish him off.

"Ai, I'm thinking too much…"

Zhang Che stretched himself. The sky outside gradually brightened up.

As he was about to go wash himself, Zhang Che blinked a few times and stopped in place.

A golden ray of light shot out from between his brows. The frisky monkey appeared excitedly. As he was about to cry out, Zhang Che hurriedly covered his mouth.

"Be good, don't make a sound; there's other people outside!"

The frisky monkey immediately showed fear in his eyes. -Master daddy, what are you planning on doing!?-

Zhang Che slapped him lightly, then whispered an order, "Hurry, check if there are any spiritual herbs nearby. I came all the way out here; I don't want to return empty-handed!"

-So it's like that… you scared me…,- the frisky monkey sighed in relief. He immediately activated his skill. An invisible ripple spread out in all directions, scanning the surrounding five kilometer radius.

"Zhizhi!"

"How is it? Did you find any?" Zhang Che looked at the frisky monkey in anticipating, waiting for his answer.

"Zhizhi, zhizhi!" The frisky monkey blinked a few times, nodding his head repeatedly.

Zhang Che went wild with joy, "What, there's a few of them?"

The frisky monkey shook his head, sticking out a finger on his right hand.

Zhang Che slapped him again, glaring, "There's only one, so why did you nod so many times for? Quick, tell me where it's at."

The frisky monkey blinked again, -Don't you want me to bring you there?-

"Be good, there's others outside. I can't bring you with me this time. Just telling me the location will do."

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The frisky monkey showed a look of despair. -You locked me up so for long, not letting me take a breather outside. I thought I was finally free now that you summoned me, but you're just making use of me! Making use of me is fine, but you're going to immediately lock me up again!?-

Alas, what could he do? Only despair…Standing at a place where several valleys intersected, Zhang Che suggested, "Brother Liu, why don't we go this way? I see that the terrain is more complicated there; it should be better for training my reactions."

He had to speak out! The spiritual herb discovered by the frisky monkey was in that valley. He couldn't possibly say that he knew there was some good stuff in there, and they should go pick up some treasure, right?

Liu Gang looked around and nodded, "That's fine. Let's go with Zhang-shao's idea."

They had gone through this place before. Although they couldn't be said to be very familiar with this particular valley, it was unlikely that they would encounter any overly powerful exotic beasts.

Moreover, with this young master's army of legend-quality subdued beasts, they wouldn't be in any danger as long as they didn't encounter a terrifying epic-quality beast.

Even so, were epic-quality beasts so commonly seen?

It wasn't like all of them were the embodiment of jinxes. It was impossible to run into such a situation!

Since they were here to train Zhang Che's combat skills, Liu Gang and the others followed behind him, letting Zhang Che walk ahead with his sword in hand. As long as he didn't encounter any large groups of exotic beasts, the three of them would definitely not lift a finger to help him.

Although they were already deep into the beast world, there weren't many exotic beasts around. Their level and quality was only a little higher than the fringe areas.

Wielding the Mutated Puffersword, Zhang Che could barely handle a four-star bronze-quality beast by himself. He wouldn't be able to take on anything stronger than that.

After all, the Mutated Puffersword's level was a little too low. It couldn't inflict much damage onto four-star silver-quality exotic beasts. If it was a beast that had superior defenses, Zhang Che could forget about it; even penetrating its scales would be a problem!

However, this also indirectly reflected Zhang Che's lack of skills.

If a first-rate expert was in his shoes, they wouldn't care how strong the exotic beast's defenses were. No matter how thick their scales were, could they cover their eyes?The group walked deeper into the valley. Strangely enough, they didn't find a single exotic beast around.

Zhang Che didn't care about any of this. His purpose for entering this valley wasn't exotic beasts, anyway. It didn't matter if there were any.

On the other hand, Liu Gang and the others were exchanging looks with one another. -This is strange. Given this valley's complicated terrain, how could there be not a single exotic beast?-

They walked about another two kilometers in. Liu Gang and the others' face grew increasingly serious, silently drawing the distance between them and Zhang Che tighter.

-Hmm, it should be around three to four hundred meters further in…- Zhang Che's eyes revealed signs of excitement. Although the frisky monkey had told him the exact direction and distance from the spiritual herb earlier, without any scientific apparatuses in hand, who could guarantee that they could find an objective two to three kilometers away?

However, the absence of exotic beasts all this way made Zhang Che realize that the spiritual herb must have been discovered by a powerful exotic beast, and no other beasts dared to step in here.

Was this turning into a two-in-one joyful event at the rate it was going?

Seeing Zhang Che advancing rapidly, Liu Gang hurriedly reminded him in a low voice, "Zhang-shao, there might be a powerful exotic beast nested ahead. You must be careful; why don't you summon your powerful subdued beasts, just in case."

Although Liu Gang and the others kept Huang Juyun's instructions in mind, to train Zhang Che as best as possible, they couldn't be stubborn in their ways. They knew what choices they had to make if the situation called for it.

The strongest subdued beast they had was only a seven-star silver-quality beast. If they encountered an overly powerful exotic beast, they could only hope that Zhang Che's legend-quality beasts could handle the situation.

If they found themselves in such a situation, would they insist on Zhang Che using that garbage long sword to fend for himself?

Zhang Che nodded understanding, and recalled the Mutated Puffersword. A few streaks of five-colored rays shot out; the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and Unicorn appeared at the same time, and the Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword was in his hand as well.

The four of them slowed down their pace, looking around cautiously as they advanced, afraid of an ambush by the powerful exotic beast nested here.

After making a turn, they saw a cave on a cliff ahead, a few meters wide.

Zhang Che's heart thumped, -Why is the freaking spiritual herb grown in a cave? It'll be troublesome if the exotic beast nested in there doesn't come out.-

Neither the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon nor the Unicorn could display its full strength in a cave.

Similarly, the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus was unsuitable for such battle environments, due to its large size.

Zhang Che didn't want to reveal the Purple Crystal Tortoise, who was the best among his babies for fights in a cave. This was the biggest hidden trump card he had; how could he let others know about it so casually?

Liu Gang looked at that dark cave ahead with a grave expression and suggested to Zhang Che, "Zhang-shao, I think that cave is dangerous. Let's return to where we came from and go in another direction."

Those who often entered the beast world knew of an iron-clad rule. It was… never enter any caves you came across!

That was especially true in the depths of the beast world. Heavens knew what kind of powerful exotic beast would appear!

"Give me a minute," Zhang Che replied. He looked down and picked up a rock, hurling it into the cave.

Liu Gang and the others immediately tensed up. -This young master is really daring! Isn't he afraid of provoking a powerful beast he can't handle?-

The rock flew into the cave, clattering off the walls noisily. Afterwards, the four of them heard a low, furious roar coming from deeper in the cave.

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Liu Gang and the others' faces immediately sank when they heard the furious roar in the cave.

As they expected, there really was a powerful exotic beast nested in there!

Zhang Che's face, however, was one of joy!

-As I expected, is today fated to be a two-in-one joyful event?-

Regretfully, although the exotic beast in there was provoked and furious about it, it had no intention of rushing out of the cave.

Liu Gang and the others' faces were pretty ugly at this moment. Just as he was about to give his suggestion, he saw Zhang Che bending down to pick up another piece of rock. "Zhang-shao, let's leave quickly. If-"

-Oh shit, big brother, you're looking to die!-

"Zhang-shao, don't-" Before he could finish his words, Zhang Che hurled the rock into the cave with all his strength.

Liu Gang and the others exchanged glances silently, -Why don't we make a run for it ourselves first?-

However, the problem was that Huang Juyun would skin them alive if they really left this young master alone and ran by themselves!

Another furious roar rang out from within the cave. It sounded much like the cry of a cat in heat, magnified by countless times. Just hearing it left them feeling nervous.

-Hmm? You can even endure this?- Zhang Che grew even more agitated. If it could even endure such provocations, it could only mean one thing. Either the spiritual herb in the cave was about to fully mature, or the spiritual herb was a very high-grade one, leaving the exotic beast unwilling to come out at all.

-I don't believe this!-

Zhang Che bent down again, picking up another rock and throwing it in.

Liu Gang and the others no longer tried to persuade Zhang Che. They silently summoned all their subdued beasts, ready to brace against the impending storm ahead.

Each of them were swearing to themselves, -I won't ever come into the beast world with this kid again, even if I'm beaten to death! It's really too challenging for my heart!-

After the third rock was thrown in, another furious roar like a cat's mating call rang out. However, the exotic beast inside still didn't show any signs of making a move.

Liu Gang and the others were dumbstruck. -What kind of a situation is this?-

To get provoked repeatedly like this, let alone an exotic beast, even humans wouldn't be able to tolerate it!

Zhang Che had thoroughly run out of patience…

"Let's go, Zhang-shao. The exotic beast inside is of an unknown level and quality. It's still not too late for us to leave now if we can't afford to offend it," Liu Gang said, wanting to leave this place as soon as possible.

"No way I'm leaving. If I don't force that fellow out, I won't leave no matter what!" Zhang Che ground his teeth. He waved his hand in the air. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon swooped down from above, coming to the cave entrance and aiming his mouth at the cave, breathing stream after stream of frozen air into it.

Liu Gang and the others really wanted to cover their eyes…

At that moment, there was finally a response from inside.

An extremely furious roar, gathered into a sound wave burst out from inside the cave, shocking Zhang Che and the others, who felt pain in their ear drums.

Immediately afterwards, a wave of heavy footsteps rang out. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon quickly took to the skies, flying high up into the air.

In the next moment, a pair of deep glowing red eyes entered the group's sight, followed by a body that resembled a lion, charging out of the cave. It had a pair of curved horns that resembled jasper gemstones, and a body covered in a layer of dark green scales.

Between the scales on this exotic beast's body were locks of scarlet fur resembling dancing flames, as if it were wearing a fire red cape, incredibly eye-catching.[Iaspi Leopardi]

Level: Seven Star (Level 65)

Quality: Gold

Characteristics: Wind and Fire Dual-Elemental. Moves Quickly, and Able to Ride the Winds to Fly Temporarily. Immune to Non-Innate Fire Elemental Attacks.

Weakness: Water-Attributed Elemental Attacks

Innate Attribute: Elemental Gathering. Able to Gather the Wind and Fire Elements Present in the Surrounding 100 Meters, Forming a Fire Elemental Storm Around it in a Five Meter Radius and Killing All Creatures in the High Temperature Turbulence.

Skill: Fire Tornado. Uses All its Vital Energy to Activate the Skill, Gathering the Powers of Fire and Wind Elements in its Surrounding One Thousand Meters to Form a Fast Moving, Frighteningly High Temperature Fire Elemental Tornado, Causing Destructive Damage to All Creatures Within a Hundred Meter Radius. Lasts 10 Seconds. Requires Three Days to Recover Vital Energy After Use.

Potential: C RankLiu Gang and the others' face immediately changed when they saw this two-meters-plus tall, about ten meters long huge beast. He shouted out loud in a hurry, warning Zhang Che, "Watch out, Zhang-shao! This exotic beast is likely to be very strong!"

They were all high-tier beastmasters; they could sense the abnormal fluctuations of the elements in their surroundings.

An exotic beast who could bring about such fluctuations of the elements was at least a high level and high quality beast. They weren't sure if Zhang Che's subdued beasts could take it on.

However, a hint of extreme excitement flashed in Zhang Che's eyes.

A seven-star gold-quality dual-elemental exotic beast! Not only that, it even had a C-Rank potential, free from the restrictions of its level and able to rise all the way to epic quality, with a chance to gain a False Domain!

Most importantly, this Iaspi Leopardi's offensive abilities were truly too good! If it continued advancing its quality by a rank or two, it would simply be heaven-defying. It might be hard to even find another beast that could rival it within the same level and quality!

-I have to take down this Iaspi Leopardi!-

"It's fine. I understand the situation. You guys retreat a little."

Zhang Che did some calculations. Ordinarily speaking, a seven-star gold-quality beast's fighting strength should be close to that of a five-star legend-quality beast. Even if it was stronger, it would only be by a little with regards to their basic abilities like speed, strength, and so on.

However, this Iaspi Leopardi was definitely not an ordinary exotic beast. Its actual strength was surely higher than a five-star legend-quality beast.

Even so, it wasn't like Zhang Che only had one legend-quality baby. Not only that, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's attributes happened to counter it. There should be no problem dealing with this Iaspi Leopardi.

Thinking up until here, another five-colored streak of light shot out from between his brows. The Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus' majestic figure appeared out of the blue, nearly causing Liu Gang and the others' jaw to dislocate from the shock they received.

-My god, did this kid rob one of those super high-end beast card shops or something? Since when did legend-quality subdued beasts become so common?-

Liu Gang and the others really wanted to open up Zhang Che's brain to see how many more such high-quality subdued beasts were there in his spiritual sea.

-Is this kid really only a Tier Five beastmaster?

-Remembering this, he had two weapon-type beast cards, three legend-quality subdued beasts. Then, he'll have at least one defensive equipment-type beast card, plus that possible spatial-type beast card…

-Si..! That's already seven beast cards!

-How could an ordinary Tier Five beastmaster employ seven beast cards?-

In other words, either this kid's spiritual sea was wider than ordinary beastmasters, or his beastmaster tier was not just Tier Five!

While Zhang Che was weighing the situation in his mind, he saw from his peripheral vision that Liu Gang and the others were still standing there blankly. He quickly yelled out to them, "Eh? Why are you guys still here? Quickly get back; get further away. I'm afraid I can't take care of you guys when the battle starts."

The Iaspi Leopardi's skill could form a fire tornado, sweeping a hundred-meter radius around it. If the three of them remained here, Zhang Che was sure to have his hands and feet tied up, unable to act to the best of his abilities.

It was only now that they recovered from their shock. They were no longer worried about Zhang Che. This fellow had three legend-quality subdued beasts. Even if he couldn't best this exotic beast, he should be able to escape to safety. "Oh, we'll retreat right away. Zhang-shao, you be careful!"

-Hmm, it shouldn't be a problem for him to run away. Wasn't his dark blue dragon as fast as a fighter plane?-

Thinking of that, the three of them immediately turned to run, afraid of affecting the ensuing battle.

Translator's Note:

1: The Iaspi in the beast's species was actually Jasper (referring to the mineral or gemstone, just wiki it), and although as you can tell leopardi was derived from the word leopard, the reference in its name was actually to a beast in Chinese mythology, the Zheng. There is no translation for Zheng into English, but its appearance is said to resemble a leopard, with five tails and a single horn on its head. Now, if I just kept it this way, you would get Jasper Zheng, which sounds ridiculous as a beast's species and more like a Chinese guy's name, so I decided to name it in Latin.

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Seeing Liu Gang and the others quickly running away, Zhang Che couldn't help but let out a long relieved breath.

If he didn't have to look after them, Zhang Che was not afraid of facing off against this Iaspi Leopardi at all.

So what if it had a powerful wide area offensive skill?

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon could restrain it!

Although the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was no longer a pure water-attributed beast since it evolved from the Cold Abyss Flood Dragon, the effects of his arctic breath still contained elements of water, after all. It could still suppress the Iaspi Leopardi's fire attributes to some extent.

At this moment, the Iaspi Leopardi's gaze was fixed onto the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon after walking out of the cave, its eyes cautious.

As for the Unicorn and Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus, it didn't pay any attention to them at all.

It made sense. Although both the Unicorn and Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus were at legend-quality, two quality ranks higher than the Iaspi Leopardi, their levels were also two ranks lower than it, with a large realm separating them.

With the difference between them cancelled out, naturally it wouldn't care about these two small fries.

The only thing that made it feel apprehensive was the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, whose entire body was emitting a cold aura.

However, this wasn't the reason that forced it out!

It was guarding the spiritual herb it had discovered in the cave peacefully. It just had to wait a few more days for it to fully mature. After consuming it, its strength would improve greatly, but now it was provoked again and again. Who could tolerate that!?

The Iaspi Leopardi roared angrily and charged straight towards Zhang Che.

As a seven-star exotic beast, naturally it's intelligence wasn't something low-tier exotic beasts could compare to. It could vaguely tell that something bad would happen to these beasts if it killed Zhang Che.

"Oh shit, you're not a stupid one, are you!?"

Zhang Che finally realized why high-tier beastmasters put so much importance into training themselves.

When facing off against high-tier exotic beasts, those beasts were actually aware of the principal behind "To catch the bandits, first catch the ringleader". They would directly aim for the beastmaster. If you couldn't fend for yourself, you'd fall right away to the beasts once your subdued beasts' defenses faltered.

"My boys, go, rough it up!"

Following Zhang Che's command, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon took the lead and dove down from the skies, unleashing a stream of frozen air at their enemy.

The Iaspi Leopardi's red locks swayed without any wind. A ripple seemed to form around it, distorting the surrounding light rays. It was like fires had caught within a five meter radius around it, forming an aura of flames.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's arctic breath swept over, unable to reach the Iaspi Leopardi's body before it was neutralized by that fire elemental tempest.

"It's powerful indeed!" Zhang Che's eyes narrowed slightly on seeing this, not showing any signs of fear.

On the ground, the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus strode forward, charging at the Iaspi Leopardi from the front like a super tank. Every step it took caused the earth to tremble.

Meanwhile, the Unicorn was guarding at Zhang Che's side, ready to bestow healing upon the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus and Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon at any moment.Liu Gang and the others were standing far away at the turn in the valley, watching the ongoing battle.

"Do you guys think Zhang-shao's subdued beasts will claim victory over that exotic beast?" Liu Gang asked his subordinates, his expression solemn with worry.

"I keep feeling that this exotic beast is unusual. Hopefully it's not too terrifyingly powerful."

"I don't know," Pang Dazhi said. He was a man of few words.

On the other hand, Yi Chong's gaze was on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, looking at it with narrowed eyes as the beast swooped down from the sky. He said thoughtfully, "I think Zhang-shao has a chance. From the looks of it, that exotic beast is a fire-attributed one, and Zhang-shao's subdued beast happens to be cold-attributed, with elements of the water attribute too. It can restrain that exotic beast to a certain degree."

Liu Gang nodded, "Let's wait and see. If Zhang-shao's subdued beasts show any signs of losing, don't care about anything else and get on your flying beasts and run. Zhang-shao has that blue ice dragon. It shouldn't be a problem for him to escape."

Pang Dazhi and Yi Chong nodded in agreement.

They weren't like those stupid characters in television dramas who would rush up to help their companions despite knowing that they were burdens, dragging each other down into a horrible ending.

Being able to ensure their own safety was the biggest help they could provide to their companions.Back on the battlefield, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon didn't stop despite his first attack yielding no result. He kept blowing out stream after stream of cold air, forming a mass of faint blue mist in the air that rolled towards the Iaspi Leopardi as it charged at Zhang Che.

The darkfiend cold air was extremely low in temperature; the moment it made contact with the fire tempest surrounding the Iaspi Leopardi, the two opposing elements clashed and triggered a chaotic flow of wind, producing sharp whistling sounds in the air.

The valley was instantly covered in a sandstorm, dust and earth flying everywhere.

At this moment, the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus finally leapt upon his target.

Despite the Iaspi Leopardi being considered a large land-type exotic beast, the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus was more than a full size bigger than it. It was like a fierce tiger pouncing on a lone wolf.

However, the end results were disappointing. Facing the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus, whose forte was brute strength, the Iaspi Leopardi didn't stand there stupidly and take on the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus in a contest of strength. It directly made use of its innate wind attribute and took off into the sky, flying over the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus and chasing after Zhang Che.

Standing on the ground, the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus raised his head and roared out grudgingly, as if he was taunting, "Bastard, get down here if you have the guts to! Let's fight it out, one on one; we'll see who's the stronger one!"

Alas, why would the Iaspi Leopardi give him the time of day? It directly glided away, flying straight for Zhang Che, who was now only a short distance away.

At this moment, a dazzling electrical light suddenly shone on the Unicorn's spiral horn, shooting out a terrifying ray of light.

How could the Iaspi Leopardi dodge in midair? Its huge figure took a direct hit. It let out a furious roar as it crashed onto the ground, raising dust clouds at the impact.At the turn in the valley, Liu Gang and the others were shocked after seeing this. They couldn't help but exchange glances, noticing the fright in one another's eyes.

Originally, they thought Zhang Che's Unicorn was only a healing-type subdued beast. They didn't expect it to have such a powerful attacking skill.

An electric-attributed skill attack of this degree would probably inflict a heavy injury even if the target was powerful to the extreme, right?

Perhaps… Zhang Che would be able to successfully take this battle…

The three of them felt great relief inside.

After all, if Zhang Che had to run away after suffering a loss, despite them not going to help him being the correct choice to make, who knew what this young master would think?

If he complained about them after they returned, even if the general didn't pursue the matter, he would have some seeds of doubt in his heart. Their days from then on would be terrible.

Inside the cloud of dust, the Iaspi Leopardi stood up again after being struck down by the Unicorn and let out a deafening roar.

"How is that possible!?"

Liu Gang and the others' face changed once again.

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Chapter 258: That Elegant Slash

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They were just thinking that the Iaspi Leopardi was sure to be heavily injured after getting struck by the Unicorn's electric attack, and that it would get much easier from here on. However, just a few breaths' time later, it actually stood up again!

Liu Gang and the others exchanged glances, their feet ready to turn and make a run for it.

As for whether they would be reprimanded by Huang Juyun when they got back? Nobody knew…

However, from the looks of it, Zhang Che wasn't a spoiled brat; he probably wouldn't tell Huang Juyun about this matter, right?

After all, if the three of them really rushed into the battle stupidly, they would not be helping, but adding to the trouble instead. Zhang Che obviously knew this too, which was why he told them to leave earlier.

"Woah, it really didn't get hurt much!"

Zhang Che wasn't really surprised when he saw the Iaspi Leopardi crawl back to its feet.

Back at that secret base in Bei Mei region, the Purple Crystal Tortoise took a direct hit from the Unicorn's electric skill as well. Wasn't it fine afterwards, too?

It could only be attributed to the fact that the Unicorn was more inclined to the healing attribute. The electrical attack might look very flashy, but its destructive power was a little lacking.

Although it didn't suffer much injury, the Iaspi Leopardi was still extremely angry after suffering such a cheap shot, and roared out angrily.

About half of the red locks of fur on its body were burned away. Many of its dark green scales had fallen off, and fresh blood seeped out of its flesh in many spots.

Making use of this opportunity, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus quickly rushed at it.

Even before he got close, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon began blowing streams of darkfiend cold air at the Iaspi Leopardi, neutralizing the high temperature around it from its fire elemental storm, allowing the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus to get close to it and get a good hit in.

Another five-colored streak of light shot out from between Zhang Che's brows again, materializing into a tortoise shell-like purple armor.Liu Gang and the others exchanged looks with one another again in the distance. -As expected, this kid really has a super strong armor!-

As for why Zhang Che didn't put it on earlier, they pretty much guessed the reason why.

First, the armor was really too ugly!

Second, since Zhang Che's objective on this trip was to train his close combat skills, it was well within reason to not wear such a powerful set of armor.

Well, it was largely due to the first reason… it really was too, too ugly!

The three of them were even thinking that luckily the armor was purple. If it was green, perhaps this young master would never wear it even if he was beaten to death, and would choose to sell it away.

After receiving multiple gusts of darkfiend cold air blown its way, the area of the fire elemental storm around the Iaspi Leopardi was greatly suppressed, with only a thin layer of it around the beast's body.

The Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus finally found an opportunity. It roared furiously and charged forward once more.

The Iaspi Leopardi was finally enraged. It raised its lion head and let out a roar to the sky. The vital energy in its body suddenly erupted, activating its fire tornado skill.

In that instant, the wind and fire elements in the atmosphere within a thousand meter radius was gathered by an unknown force, with the Iaspi Leopardi at its center. Afterwards, a huge fiery tornado several meters wide and over twenty meters tall suddenly appeared in the valley.

After the fire tornado appeared, a wave of terrifyingly high temperature swept out in all directions. The surrounding vegetation quickly withered and directly turned into ash.

The rocks around the fire tornado directly cracked and exploded from the heat, turning into countless bits of rocks, scattering everywhere.

"So strong!"

Liu Gang and the others retreated further, cautiously sticking their heads out to observe the battle ahead. They would turn to run the moment something was not right.

The strongest subdued beast they had was only at seven-star silver-quality. It was far from able to stand up to such a ferocious beast. They would only be sending their subdued beasts to their deaths if they decided to fight, completely futile.

The difference in power between quality ranks was not very obvious at low-tier. When the beasts were at high-tier, the difference in strength of a single quality rank was as vast as the heaven and earth. It was impossible for a beast to challenge another of a similar level, but higher quality.

"You finally used it!" Zhang Che's eyes narrowed, heaving a sigh of relief.

He had been waiting for this moment, for when the Iaspi Leopardi used its skill.

The might of a nuclear weapon never lay after the explosion, but before.

The Iaspi Leopardi's fire tornado skill was like its nuclear weapon. If it held it in and did not use it, Zhang Che would still be apprehensive of it, afraid that he would be caught in the destruction if he was careless.

However, now that it had used its skill, naturally Zhang Che wouldn't worry any more.

Zhang Che gave out an order with his will. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's body suddenly wound up. An extremely dark and cold aura burst forth, and he opened his mouth wide. A wave of deep blue darkfiend cold energy gushed out like a raging river, surging towards the Iaspi Leopardi.

At this moment, the latter's fire tornado was sweeping towards the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus at great speed.

However, the Iaspi Leopardi was finally flustered when the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's Darkfiend Cold Energy Wave swept directly toward it. It no longer cared about the approaching Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus and manipulated the fire tornado towards the wave of darkfiend cold energy.

Rumble! The two opposing elements clashed. The flow of elements in the air erupted, giving birth to a violent and chaotic windstorm, sweeping up all the surrounding dust and rocks, and sending them in every direction.

The two powerful beasts' skills ended at the same time, cancelling one another out.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew towards the Iaspi Leopardi, seemingly swimming in the air. He breathed out stream after stream of darkfiend cold air at the latter again, suppressing the fire elemental storm to the extreme, while at the same time limiting the space it could fly in.

After all, the Iaspi Leopardi could only ride the wind elements to fly for a short period of time. Facing the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, who was born able to fly, naturally it didn't dare take to the skies.

With the fire tornado failing to deal any damage to its enemies, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's attribute a natural counter to it, and the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus rapidly closing in on it, the exotic beast finally felt fear for its life. It turned around nimbly and escaped towards the cave.

"It actually lost!" Liu Gang and the others exchanged looks in surprise. They truly didn't expect Zhang Che's subdued beasts to defeat such a powerful exotic beast, forcing it to retreat into its nest.

At this moment, Zhang Che made his move.

Wearing the Purple Crystal Armor, wielding the Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword, Zhang Che suddenly burst into motion, giving chase with long, urgent steps.

-Heavens, are you serious?!-

The three of them never imagined that Zhang Che would actually make a move personally. Did he think he could claim victory against that terrifying beast by himself?

"Zhang-shao, don't chase a cornered enemy!" Liu Gang hurriedly yelled out, his eyes wide. If Zhang Che were to die here, the three of them could forget about returning to Bei Du. They'd have to wander around the world, hiding as far away as they could.

However, it seemed as if Zhang Che didn't hear him at all. Not only did he not stop, he even increased his speed, running straight towards the Iaspi Leopardi in a determined manner looking like a human-shaped purple tortoise.

The Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus was now in front of the Iaspi Leopardi. He showed no fear towards the burning aura around the latter and directly opened his mouth to lunge at the latter's neck.

The Iaspi Leopardi was furious. Even though it could no longer use any skills, as a high-tier exotic beast, how could it be afraid of the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus' attack? It directly raised its claws, throwing them at the oncoming face.

Pa! A loud crack of impact rang out. The Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus couldn't dodge in time. His head was smacked away, his huge body spun half around, nearly falling to the ground.

A few clear marks had appeared on the black scales of the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus' wounded face.

It had to be mentioned that the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus was a ferocious beast whose forte was its raw strength and defense. His opponent, the Iaspi Leopardi, not only towered over him in strength, it even left such deep marks on his shockingly tough scales. It went to show that the strength of a high-tier exotic beast was indeed extraordinarily high.

As Zhang Che charged in, he cried out, "Hanming!"

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon quickly swooped down. Taking advantage of the opening when the Iaspi Leopardi stopped in place and struck the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus, his long, slender body coiled around it, locking the exotic beast in position.

Sizzle..! The Iaspi Leopardi tried its hardest to struggle itself free. The flames of the fire elemental storm around its body were directly applied to the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's body, producing wisps of deep blue mist.

At this moment, Zhang Che was finally upon the exotic beast.

"Hya!"

Under the effects of the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus' Amplified Strength Halo, Zhang Che's strength was increased by thirty percent. He bent his knees and launched himself forward like a purple cannonball, drawing a splendid scarlet-black streak of sword light in the air with the Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword.

The Iaspi Leopardi was astonished. It struggled desperately, but was unable to break free from the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's bindings in time. It could only watch as the streak of scarlet-black sword light swept across its neck.

After activating the Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword's Unparalleled Sharpness skill, it could penetrate all defenses below divine-tier. Even though the Iaspi Leopardi's entire body was covered in a layer of dark green scales, it was sliced apart easily like tofu, unable to withstand the slightest cut.

Chi..! A soft sound rang out. As blood sprayed out, the ferocious head of the Leopardi flew through the air.

"This… how is this possible!?" Liu Gang and the others' eyes nearly popped out from their sockets, their faces looking as if they had encountered a ghost.

That exotic beast was so powerful, and yet it was decapitated by Zhang Che with a single slash!

Zhang Che recalled his purple crystal armor, the Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword pointing at the ground at a slant. He watched calmly as the two sections of the Iaspi Leopardi's corpse turned into streaks of light at the same time, quickly compressing into a shiny golden card.

The seven-star gold-quality dual-elemental exotic beast, the Iaspi Leopardi, lost its life, just like that!

This was the first powerful exotic beast Zhang Che had personally slain!

Of course, him cutting down the Iaspi Leopardi was largely because of his planning.

First, he used the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus to force the Iaspi Leopardi to exhaust its ability of temporary flight. Afterwards, he commanded the Unicorn to strike it down with its Lightning of Purification, pressing it into using its fire tornado skill angrily, and neutralized that with the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's own skill.

After this series of actions played out, the Iaspi Leopardi had no choice but to retreat to the cave. Zhang Che then used the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus as bait, making the exotic beast stop in place for a moment, allowing the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to coil himself around it.

All this proceeded smoothly under Zhang Che's command.

In the end, it ended with Zhang Che's elegant slash, decapitating the Iaspi Leopardi.

The entire process took less than a minute from start to end!

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Chapter 259: Jiang Chao's Flashy Entrance

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Bei Du University was huge.

Really huge.

If you weren't driving and were going on foot, you'd realize that your legs would break before you circled around the campus.

Therefore, you'd often see electrical sightseeing cars on the roads, ferrying the young students around the different areas of the campus.

"So this is Bei Du University. It's really huge! So much bigger than the schools in Qin Zhou!" the tall, handsome (in his opinion) Jiang Chao sighed with praise, standing outside the entrance of Bei Du University, speaking idly in a self-important manner.

However, his appearance that seemed like a country bumpkin just entering a big city for the first time drew glances from the passing students, thinking to themselves, -This must be another freshman from some faraway mountains…-

A few muscular men stood behind Jiang Chao. The leader of those men asked flatteringly, pointing at the luggage bags on the ground, "Young Master, why not let us help you bring your luggage in?"

"What are you guys going in for?" Jiang Chao turned around and reprimanded them, staring at the men, "This is the school. Just look at your fierce appearances. If you scared the sisters in the school, are you going to help me fix my blissful school life?"

"Go on, leave, I'll go in by myself to register myself," Jiang Chao waved his hand, shooing the men away. He looked at the bags on the ground. His brows furrowed, sweeping his unbuttoned clothes back, revealing the snake-shaped belt at his waist.

"Don't, Young Master! You mustn't show your wealth in public!" the leader of the men urged softly, wanting to stop Jiang Chao's next actions. However, it was already too late. Jiang Chao pressed on his snake-shaped belt buckle. An invisible vacuum appeared out of nowhere, sucking in all the bags and luggage into it.

The man sighed, "Young Master, Old Master instructed you to keep a low profile. How did you forget that? Although people can't forcibly rob your subdued beasts, who knows if people will kidnap you?"

"Bah, this is the best university in the entire Hua Xia. Who dares to kidnap me?" Jiang Chao waved his hand, annoyed at them, and walked into the school.

The group of men looked at each other, and in the end could only watch silently as their Young Master entered the vast school compound.

Suddenly, Jiang Chao's gaze swept over the back of a tall, slim woman a short distance ahead. "Woah, that sister in front has such long legs, her figure so devilish! I like it!" His eyes immediately lit up, his steps quickened as he caught up to her.

"Hi, senior, I'm looking for directions-" Jiang Chao tapped on the young woman's shoulder. Before he could finish his sentence, the young woman suddenly spun around and grabbed his wrist. Using his extended position, she threw him over her back and onto the ground.

Huang Tielan looked angrily at Jiang Chao, who was thrown to the ground, and said coldly, "Don't you know to respect the boundaries between men and women?"

Jiang Chao ignored the pain from the fall. He looked at Huang Tielan's pretty face, his eyes shining, and showed a smile that in his opinion could cause thousands of girls to fall in love with him, "Senior, I'm just trying to ask for directions… Right, let's introduce ourselves. I'm Jiang Chao. I'm from Qin Zhou-"

Huang Tielan ignored him and turned around to continue on her way.

Jiang Chao immediately jumped to his feet and followed her around like a rascal.

"Hey, hey, senior, please don't go. I'm really just asking for directions. I-"

His words stopped abruptly, looking at the green sword held up to his throat in shock. He smiled nervously, "Senior, I'm really-"

Huang Tielan looked at him coldly, and said angrily, "Stop following me! Also, I'm a freshman as well. Go ask others if you're looking for directions."

A school prefect noticed the situation and immediately walked over, saying, "Hey, that student there, don't you know you can't use your subdued beasts casually on school grounds?"

"He's harassing me." Huang Tielan replied shortly, and continued walking further into the campus.

Facing the school prefect's judgmental look, Jiang Chao smiled, embarrassed, "Uhm, senior, I'm actually just asking for directions. I have no intention of harassing her."

The school prefect nodded, "You must be a freshman. Which faculty are you from? I'll bring you there."

"Ah, thank you so much, really. Let me treat you to a meal when you're free!" Jiang Chao laughed, his eyes looking to the side at Huang Tielan, who had already walked far away, leaving the school prefect creasing their brow. (TLN: Unspecified gender.)Zhang Che naturally had no idea someone was trying to steal his girl. At this moment, he was leading Liu Gang and the others into the wide cave.

The inside of the cave was very dry, with no water at all. There was even a faint wave of heat coming from deep inside.

This left Zhang Che anticipating what was in there.

Judging from the situation, the spiritual herb inside was probably fire-attributed!

"Zhang-shao, why are we going in there? Be careful, there might be other exotic beasts inside."

Liu Gang and the others had no idea why Zhang Che was so insistent on coming into the cave. Although the lion-like exotic beast had already been slain by him, who could guarantee that there wouldn't be any other exotic beasts in there?

It was impossible to have other exotic beasts in here; it would never happen! This was a cave with a spiritual herb! Which exotic beast would be willing to share it with another?

Although Zhang Che knew there wouldn't be any more dangers in the cave, he couldn't say it out loud. Therefore, he waved the Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword, while following behind the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon. He said seriously, "Don't worry. Didn't I decapitate that exotic beast earlier with a single swing of this sword? If there are other exotic beasts in here, I'll just get myself another beast card."

Liu Gang and the others were left speechless. They could only follow him deeper into the cave.

They followed the winding tunnel. The cave was quickly descending, the air was even drier than before. A heat wave spread out from inside, making it difficult to breathe.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon let out a soft roar, indicating that he couldn't take it any longer. The environment here left him feeling very uncomfortable.

Zhang Che was aware that this fellow didn't like such environments. Since there wasn't any danger here, he decided to recall him into his spiritual sea with a wave of his hand, freaking Liu Gang and the others out.

-Gods, Young Master, why did you recall your powerful subdued beast? What if there's danger ahead? What should we do then?-

There was indeed danger in there, but it wasn't from an exotic beast.

When the four of them finally reached the end of the cave after many twists and turns, they saw a red glow shining in the path. The unbearable heat wave originated from that red light.

-Could it be that there's actually a lava pool in here?-

Whether that was true or not, they would find out when they went there to take a look for themselves.

However, the problem was that they were only about a dozen meters away, but the heat wave was making them feel uncomfortable. If they continued forward, perhaps even the oil would ooze out from their flesh, each of them turning into dry corpses here.

"Let's go, Zhang-shao. We can't go any further. It's too hot," Liu Gang suggested once more. He felt that this was only the nest of that fire-attributed exotic beast from before. What was there to see?

"No, we have to take a look inside!"

Zhang Che's forehead was covered in beads of sweat. After thinking for a moment with a furrowed brow, a dark gold streak of light suddenly shot out. The Scarlet Flame Drake's eye-catching figure appeared before them.

-Another one…-

Liu Gang and the others were already numb to this. They felt that they wouldn't be surprised even if this Young Master claimed to be a top-tier beastmaster and could fill this cave with his subdued beasts with a wave of his hand.

-Hmm, why does it feel like it's not so hot any more?-

The three of them revealed surprised looks on their faces, turning to look at the Scarlet Flame Drake at the same time.

There was no doubt that this should be a fire-attributed dark gold-quality subdued beast, with a fire resistance Halo or something similar, relieving everyone from that roasting sensation.

-Just how much more good stuff does this Zhang-dashao have!?

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Chapter 260: I am the King of Good Fortune

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In a certain beast world in Hei Fei Zhou region… (TLN: Mercury's equivalent of Africa.)

A thick fog was roiling in the valley between two rows of tall mountain ranges, nearly concealing the entire valley from sight.

Deep in this dark valley, a cluster of verdant vines entwined with one another was spread out, surrounding various ghastly skeletal remains.

In the center of the vines, a two-meter wide flower bud was barely visible. There were many strange yet beautiful patterns on the outer layer of the flower, seemingly able to suck in a human's soul.

Suddenly, a huge force erupted from the flower bud. The outer layer of the flower burst open, a strong black man stood standing there.

That man was slightly over two meters tall, fully naked, filled with explosive strength. His eyes, however, were void of any spirit, just standing in the middle of those vines like an antique statue, not moving at all.

In the next moment, a ripple appeared in the space nearby, followed by the appearance of a jet black door in thin air.

The dark man's statue-like body suddenly moved, legs stiff as he stepped through the jet black door.

In the blink of an eye, the black door vanished without a trace. The verdant vines on the ground quickly withered away at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into a pile of ash in the end.

After an indeterminate amount of time, a sharp bird's cry suddenly rang out in the sky. A black silhouette came descending from high above, arriving down in the valley shortly afterwards.

This imposing figure was a giant close to ten meters tall, the muscles on his entire body bulging, with only an unknown beast's skin tied around his waist, his hands armed with a spear and a shield.

However, the giant's head was a savage crocodile head. When paired with that near-perfect figure, it gave off an extremely weird vibe.

The crocodile-headed giant's bright, reserved eyes stared at the pile of ash for quite some time. Suddenly, he looked to the skies and let out a furious roar, swiping out the jet black spear in his hand, nearly drawing a gap in the space itself.

However, the gap was unstable. It lasted less than a second before the powers of space repaired it to the state it was in before.

The crocodile-headed giant let out another reluctant, furious roar. Afterwards, he turned into a black streak of light and took to the skies, flying towards the extreme depths of the beast world."Alright, let's go in and take a look at exactly what's causing this strange phenomenon."

The moment the Scarlet Flame Drake was Summoned, its fire resistance Halo immediately came into effect. Zhang Che and the others finally felt much better, and they carefully walked into the deepest part of the cave.

After making another turn, the red light shone right down on them, accompanied by the assault of a heat wave, blowing their hair into a mess.

Zhang Che was sure that if the Scarlet Flame Drake wasn't here, their clothing and hair would immediately catch fire!

"What is that!?" Liu Gang and the others cried out in shock.

They saw a gold and scarlet lotus-like flower growing in the middle of a pool of lava. The flower wasn't very big, about the size of a bowl. However, it had a brilliant appearance, as if it was made of gold.

Lava was boiling nonstop in the pool. Waves upon waves of hot air rolled out, the golden-scarlet lotus swaying along to the flow, looking absolutely beautiful and sacred.

-It's a heavenly treasure!- Zhang Che and the others lamented inwardly at the same time.

Without a doubt, the Iaspi Leopardi was guarding this golden lotus, waiting for the moment when it fully matured to consume it, raising its level and quality.

"Zhang-shao, this is definitely a top grade heavenly treasure. If we can bring it back, it is sure to be worth a fortune! Its medical efficacy is simply immeasurable!"

Liu Gang and the others looked at the golden lotus, their breathing quickening.

Although they had often fought in the beast world through the years and had seen many spiritual herbs before, this was the first time they ever laid eyes on such a top grade heavenly treasure. They didn't expect to discover one by chance on their training trip out with Zhang Che.

-This Zhang-shao must be a king of good fortune! Otherwise, where did all his powerful subdued beasts come from?-

The Huang family's fortune could naturally gather this many top-grade subdued beasts. However, it was impossible for them to dump all their resources onto him alone, not to mention that he was not the official son-in-law of the Huang family yet.

Those people from the legends, "born with great fortune", were probably referring to someone like this man before them.

Zhang Che paid no heed to them, because he was feeling very complicated right now. Really complicated.

The Scarlet Flame Drake was already twitching in anticipation. If it wasn't for the fact that it was a subdued beast, perhaps it would have directly jumped into the lava pool.

However, Zhang Che couldn't bear to let it consume the golden lotus…

This fellow was only at four-star dark gold-quality. Even if it ate the golden lotus and increased in its level and quality, it would only be at five-star legend-quality; its strength wouldn't increase by that much.

If it was the Iaspi Leopardi, however, that overpowered beast's strength would increase further, truly becoming a great killing tool.

However, that fellow's level was too high, at seven-star. Zhang Che had no way to Summon it now.

It wasn't that he never thought of passing the Iaspi Leopardi card to Liu Gang to have him help in getting the beast to consume the spiritual herb to raise its strength, before returning it to him. However, Zhang Che didn't dare to put them to the test.

The human heart was the one thing that couldn't resist temptations the most. If Liu Gang waited for the Iaspi Leopardi to finish advancing from the spiritual herb and commanded it to murder him, it would be too late for regrets.

As such, he could only grind his teeth helplessly, -Forget it. I'll let the Scarlet Flame Drake have it. This fellow's strength isn't weak anyway. After its level and quality increase, its capabilities will be on par with my other top beasts.-

-As for the Iaspi Leopardi, I won't be able to use it in the short term anyway. I can just let it slowly absorb the rainbow crystal's energy and slowly raise its quality.-

Done thinking, Zhang Che turned to Liu Gang and the others and said, "Brother Liu, I'm thinking of letting this subdued beast of mine consume that spiritual herb. Let's leave first, or we might get hurt from the high temperatures here."

Liu Gang and the others were dumbstruck for a moment. Letting a dark gold-quality mid-tier beast consume that spiritual herb was truly too much of a waste. The yield would be much greater than that if he brought the spiritual herb back to Mercury and refined it into medicine.

Although they had disagreements with Zhang Che's choice, they didn't voice them out. They only nodded and started walking out of the cave, leaving behind the Scarlet Flame Drake, who was looking at the pool of lava greedily.

When the four of them arrived at a safer area of the cave, Zhang Che gave the command and the Scarlet Flame Drake immediately jumped into the lava.

A moment later, a wave of heat rolled out from the depths of the cave, forcing Zhang Che and the others to move further outside.

-Hopefully the Scarlet Flame Drake can successfully advance to five-star legend-quality!- Zhang Che prayed in anticipation as they waited silently at the middle area of the passage.Time slowly trickled away. Before they realized it, an hour had passed.

Zhang Che couldn't help but start feeling irritable. -Why is there still no reaction from the Scarlet Flame Drake after so long?-

Fortunately, he could sense that the Scarlet Flame Drake wasn't in any danger. Otherwise, he had no choice but to let the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon suffer a little and bring him back into the deepest part of the cave to recall the Scarlet Flame Drake back into his spiritual sea.

As the long wait persisted, another hour passed.

Just as Zhang Che was starting to feel anxious, a resounding dog's bark suddenly rang out from the depths of the cave.

Cold sweat immediately flowed from Liu Gang and the others' foreheads. -Why does that majestic, powerful subdued beast's cry sound just like a dog's?-

While they were flabbergasted, a red figure suddenly shot out from the deeper area like lightning, bringing a wave of heat along with it.

To their surprise, Zhang Che and the others saw the Scarlet Flame Drake running out happily, its body now a whole size bigger, enveloped in a layer of gold and scarlet flames, its mouth holding onto the golden lotus they discovered in the lava pool earlier.

-What was going on? Why didn't the Scarlet Flame Drake consume the golden lotus?-

-Then, how did that stronger aura it's emitting come about?-

Zhang Che was totally baffled.

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Chapter 261: A Present For Your Mother

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"It turns out that there's innate fire elements deep in the lava pool. No wonder the Scarlet Flame Drake would give up on the golden lotus above!" Zhang Che finally understood what happened via their spiritual link.

In addition, the golden lotus was most likely growing thanks to the innate fire elements underneath it.

What a pity, however. The golden lotus was not fully matured. If a lotus seed head was grown and produced lotus seeds, the seeds' effect would surely be higher than the innate fire elements in the lava pool.

Alas, it was impossible for Zhang Che to keep waiting here. The golden lotus had yet to mature; how long would it take to produce seeds? Not to mention that once the golden lotus matured, the medical effects would spread out definitely lure all the surrounding ferocious beasts here. Zhang Che would be lucky to get away with his life intact at that time; how would he possibly get his hands on the matured spiritual herb?

-One should know contentment. Let's just take a look at the Scarlet Flame Drake's attributes…-[Scarlet Flame Drake]

Level: Five Star (Level 50)

Quality: Legend

Type: Original Combat Body

Characteristics: Excels at Wielding Flames, Unparalleled Defense

Weakness: Vulnerable to Innate Water Elemental Attacks

Innate Attribute: Fire Mastery, Normal Attacks Augmented with Fire Attribute

Skill: Liquifying Scarlet Flames. Breaths Out Scorching Scarlet Flames Up to 50 Meters Long, Able to Melt Steel Instantly, Lasts 5 Seconds. This Skill Is Extremely Exhausting of Vital Energy, User Needs to Rest for a Full Day Before It is Able to Use It Again.

Skill: Rain of Fire. Exhausts the Innate Fire Elements in its Body to Gather the Fire Elements in the Surrounding Thousand Meters, Forming a Concentrated Rain of Fire Within a Fifty Meter Radius, Dealing Terrifying Damage to its Enemies. Skill Lasts 5 Seconds, Requires Five Days to Recover Vital Energy Before It is Able to Use It Again.

Halo: Fire Resistance

Potential: D RankAs Zhang Che expected, after the Scarlet Flame Drake's level and quality rose by a tier, its strength grew immensely.

First, its defense. This fellow used to be weak to both water and ice-attributed attacks. Now, it was only vulnerable to innate water elemental attacks. Normal water elemental attacks were no longer very effective against it.

Although… he didn't know if the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's darkfiend frozen air could threaten it. Perhaps he could find some time to do some experiments?

For now, he should think about what to do with the golden lotus.

Although Zhang Che wasn't very knowledgeable, he knew that some spiritual herbs with unique attributes had to be used soon after being picked, or kept in some specially made container. Otherwise, the spiritual strength contained in the herb would quickly fade away, losing its medical efficacy and turning into something useless.

The golden lotus was exactly this kind of spiritual herb.

If the Scarlet Flame Drake wasn't holding the herb's stem in its mouth and used its innate fire elements to continue nourishing it, perhaps the spiritual herb would lose half of the spiritual strength contained inside it within three hours.

"Come on, Brother Liu, let's return!" Zhang Che immediately made his decision.

To prevent further complications, it was better to bring the golden lotus back as soon as possible. The Huang family was sure to have some ways to handle it.

It wasn't that Zhang Che never thought about letting one of his other subdued beasts or pets consume the golden lotus, but its attributes were too extreme. It was debatable whether his subdued beasts or pets could even withstand the enormous medicinal strength, and even if they could, they wouldn't be able to absorb much, wasting the treasure.

With the Huang family's enormous influence, such a treasure would be best put to use in their hands, no matter if it was used to concoct medicines, or having a fire-attributed subdued beast consume it to raise its level and quality. In any case, they wouldn't shortchange him.

He was the only son-in-law of the Huang family's third generation!

Thinking of that, Zhang Che's heart thumped. -Shit, if the Huang family really nurtures me as their successor, would they make me marry into their family?

-Ugh, just thinking about it scares me. I heard those who marry into the bride's family are looked down upon the most!

-Since ancient times, the only one who went on to become successful as someone who married into the bride's family was the Blood Hand Slaughterer, Old Demon Ning. Do I have to walk his path?

-But the era and setting is completely different…-After exiting the cave, Zhang Che didn't waste any time and directly summoned the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon. Everyone, including the Scarlet Flame Drake who was holding the golden lotus in its mouth, and Liu Gang's pet black tiger, jumped onto the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back, and flew back towards the safety zone.

What surprised Zhang Che was that when the Scarlet Flame Drake hopped on, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon obviously felt some uneasiness, showing fear towards the Scarlet Flame Drake's aura.

It was only then that Zhang Che remembered this fellow's weakness was innate fire elemental attacks.

On the other hand, the Scarlet Flame Drake didn't pay any heed to the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's frozen aura. It seemed that unless it was a pure innate water elemental beast, nothing else would threaten the Scarlet Flame Drake.

Due to the surprising discovery of the top grade spiritual herb, the original plan of having Zhang Che train in this area for a period of time to raise his close combat skills to a certain level was cut short after just a day and night.

After Zhang Che crossed the spatial gateway, he immediately opened up his personal terminal and contacted his future father-in-law. He explained the circumstances to Huang Juyun, greatly shocking him.

-This kid really has miraculous encounters wherever he goes!-

Huang Juyun didn't waste any time either, and directly arranged for a helicopter from the nearby military camp to fetch them, including the subdued beast and pet, taking them straight to the Huang family's ancestral home.Huang Juyun personally came to receive them at the aircraft parking ground. First, he looked at the Scarlet Flame Drake, a little stunned, then focused his gaze onto the golden lotus. After sensing it, he immediately showed a surprised face, "This is a top-grade spiritual herb of the fire attribute! In all my years, I haven't seen more than ten of such high grade spiritual herbs!"

The Huang family's background was deep, indeed. Following Huang Juyun's order, someone brought a squarish fiery red stone box over, and carefully put the golden lotus inside.

"Xiaoche, I'll take this golden lotus and do some research on its medical efficacy. Using this to raise a subdued beast's level is too much of a waste. If it could be concocted into medicine, the benefits it would bring to a high-tier beastmaster is unimaginable. It's worth would rise several fold!"

Huang Juyun waved his hand. The attendant quickly retreated, holding the red stone container carefully.

"Whatever Uncle Huang says," Zhang Che nodded. Of course he knew that putting the golden lotus in the Huang family's hand would bring forth its greatest value.

"Oh, right. Wait a second, Xiaoli." Huang Juyun suddenly recalled something and hurriedly stopped the attendant from before. He instructed, "Bring a portion of the finished pills over."

"Yes, general!" the attendant replied, nodding, and left with quick steps again.

"Xiaoche, do you remember those red exotic fruits you gave Lanlan's grandparents before?" Huang Juyun said, smiling, "The research institute used those exotic fruits as the main ingredients and concocted a batch of medicinal pills with the effects of extending one's longevity. Even ordinary human can withstand the medicinal strength. Take one portion back with you; treat it as a present from us to your mother."

Translator's Notes

1: In Chinese custom, usually it is the bride that marries into the groom's family and takes on the groom's family name.

2: Reference to Angry Banana's novel, Zhui Xu.

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Chapter 262: Hmm, You're Very Daring

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"Thank you so much, Uncle Huang!"

Zhang Che was overjoyed. What worried him the most was his mother's health.

Although the Unicorn had fully cured her illness, she was only an ordinary human, after all. Her lifespan was limited, unlike beastmasters, whose lifespans would increase as their beastmaster tier rose.

Not only that, beastmasters could also consume some spiritual herbs with very strong medicinal strength, which ordinary humans couldn't withstand at all, further increasing their lifespan.

This was included in the information chip Huang Juyun gave him previously, leaving him lamenting endlessly. -This truly is a beastmaster's world!-

Although it hadn't been long since the dawn of the new age, which left the expected lifespan of a high-tier beastmaster unknown, it was obvious that his aging was slower than ordinary humans.

According to some related research, a person could extend their lifespan by at least fifty years if they attained the rank of a high-tier beastmaster before the age of fifty. The specifics were unknown, however, since there weren't any actual examples.

He truly didn't expect that the present he gave to the Huang family elders on his first visit would actually have such effects. If he'd known that earlier, he would have brought out all the red exotic fruits!

-Should I bring them tomorrow?

-Ugh, it seems a little awkward to do that.

-Forget it; I'll think about it in the future.-

Soon, the attendant from earlier returned with quick steps, holding a container in hand and bringing it to Huang Juyun.

Huang Juyun took out a fist-sized green jade bottle from the container and offered it to Zhang Che, saying, "There are a total of thirty pills in the bottle. Get your mother to eat one every other day. There'll be more benefits than just that."

"Thank you, Uncle Huang!" Zhang Che thanked him once more sincerely, his face filled with gratitude.

"What's there to thank? The main ingredient came from you," Huang Juyun waved his hand. "Alright, alright, I don't think you want to stay for dinner, either. Get going."

Zhang Che smiled, embarrassed. He bade farewell to Huang Juyun and left the Huang family ancestral home. A military vehicle was already waiting for him outside, and drove him back to the villa.Back at his place, Zhang Che handed the jade bottle to his mother and told her about the effects and the instructions to consuming the pills. Sun Lan was deeply moved. She said to Zhang Che, "Xiaoche, your Uncle Huang's family has treated us so well; you mustn't let that girl Tielan down in the future, or I will be the first to get you."

Zhang Che didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He nodded repeatedly, "Don't worry, mom. I know that."Zhang Che didn't eat his lunch at home. With his current appetite, Sun Lan would collapse from fatigue before she could satisfy Zhang Che's stomach.

He went out and bought a mountain of food to go. After finishing it all in a hurry, Zhang Che called Huang Tielan and told her he was going to look for her at Bei Du University.

Huang Tielan was surprised. Wasn't he supposed to be in the beast world for a long time? Why did he return so soon?

While explaining things to her, he flagged down a taxi and headed to Bei Du University.The university was huge.

Really huge.

That was Zhang Che's first impression of the school upon arriving at the school gates.

Despite having yet to step into the school grounds and take a proper look at the school, he could tell just from that endless steel fence that this was the best school in the entire Hua Xia region. The acreage of the university was simply too big.

"Tsk, tsk. If it wasn't for that accident, I too, would be in this school now and be one of the many students here…" Zhang Che couldn't help but lament when he thought about that. The wonders of a person's life experiences were only limited by their imagination; anything could happen!

However, Zhang Che wasn't fond of school life, after all. He had already gone through that in his past life; did he have to do it again in this life?

Although the educations of the two worlds were vastly different, a school was only a school, after all. It restricted his freedom to a large degree. As someone who liked to come and go as he pleased, he probably wouldn't be able to endure it.

After lamenting for a while, Zhang Che headed in.

With his youthful appearance, the guard naturally assumed that he was a student here. He didn't come up to Zhang Che to ask him questions at all.

"Crap, I forgot to ask where Miss Tienan is. This school is so huge; where do I find her?" Zhang Che's face turned ugly. He couldn't possibly wait at the entrance and have her come fetch him, could he?

As such, he decided to depend on himself and found someone to ask for directions.

At this moment, an incredibly familiar voice suddenly rang out at his side, "Hey, this student here, did you encounter some trouble?"

-Why would I bump into her here!?- Zhang Che turned around, astonished. He saw Chen Lishan in professional attire standing before him, looking at him with a doubtful gaze.

He hurriedly put on a smile and replied with a husky voice, "Nothing, nothing. I just wanted to ask where the beast card cultivation faculty is at…"

Before he finished his sentence, Zhang Che recalled it was noon right now. How could Huang Tielan be in the classrooms?

A hint of doubt flashed in Chen Lishan's eyes. She kept feeling that this voice sounded somewhat familiar, but she was sure that this was the first time she had met this young man here. What a strange feeling…

However, she still showed a smile and asked, "Student, you're looking for someone, huh?"

Zhang Che immediately nodded profusely, "Right, I'm here to look for…"

"Zhang Xiaoche!" a sweet voice suddenly rang out a short distance away. Zhang Che turned to look and saw Miss Tienan's slender and elegant figure standing there, smiling.

"Ah, thank you, teacher. I found the person I'm looking for." Zhang Che hurriedly nodded to Chen Lishan in gratitude. Afterwards, he walked over to Huang Tielan's side quickly.

If they exchanged a few more words, he was afraid Chen Lishan would connect the dots.

It couldn't be helped. When he met Chen Lishan and the others in the Bei Mei region, due to his excitement at finally leaving the beast world, he forgot to change his voice. Who would have thought he'd encounter such a situation today?

Seeing Zhang Che leaving, Chen Lishan creased her brow slightly, feeling that this young man was indeed a little strange, yet at the same time felt that she really had heard his voice somewhere before.

However, how long had it been since she came to Hua Xia? She had been looking for a job all this time, and finally gotten hired as a foreign teacher in Bei Du University. How could she have had any connections to such a young man before?

Shaking her head, she giggled self-mockingly and walked away gracefully, carrying a few books in hand.

As Zhang Che walked up to Huang Tielan, she swept her gaze across his face and said, "Hmm, you're pretty daring! You just came to my school and actually started flirting with a female teacher. I didn't know you were actually such a person, Zhang Xiaoche!"

Zhang Che was speechless. He could only put on a flattering smile and tried to explain himself, "I didn't know where you were and casually found someone to ask for directions…"

"Hur hur…" Miss Tienan didn't say a word, only smiling, looking at him.

"So you're here, Huang Tielan!" a shout rang out from the side. Both of them turned their heads. They saw a tall, muscular man with a smile that was really asking for a beating, holding a bouquet of fresh, beautiful flowers, running over.

"Huang Tielan, I ordered this specially for you. It's flowers picked from the beast world, delivered with haste. It's for you; I hope your smile will be as bright as these flowers."

As he spoke, Jiang Chao brought the flowers towards Huang Tielan. At the same time, he turned his head and glanced at Zhang Che. He smiled, asking, "Is this your younger brother? Ah, like sister, like brother, indeed! You're both really good looking! Brother, let's introduce ourselves. I'm Jiang Chao. I'm from Qin Zhou. You can look for me if you have any trouble in the future. For my brothers, I will even take a knife for him!"

-Mhm, for my brother-in-law, I don't mind even if I have to get stabbed all over my body!- Jiang Chao thought to himself.

Zhang Che nearly laughed out in anger. He narrowed his eyes, sizing up the tall and well-built Jiang Chao. He said in a frightening tone, "Hmm, you're very daring, aren't you? You actually dare try to steal my girl away right in front of me!"

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Chapter 263: Very Important. Quickly!

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Edited by Aelryinth

Jiang Chao was on the verge of tears…

He sensed the dangerous aura Zhang Che was emitting. He really wished a pair of wings would sprout from his back and fly away from here.

-Would you get beaten to death if you hit on a girl in front of her boyfriend? Waiting online, urgent!-

"Uhm, little, no, big brother!" Jiang Chao really wanted to slap himself dead right now. In his moment of anxiety, he nearly shouted his inner thoughts out loud, -I really didn't know Huang Tielan had a boyfriend! If I knew that, I would never harass her, even if I get beaten to death!-

"One should admit his mistakes, and stand firm when getting beat! It's my fault; it's all my fault! Do you want me to scram horizontally or vertically, just say the word and I'll disappear from your sight immediately!" Jiang Chao smiled in embarrassment, nodding and bending his waist.

Zhang Che was really speechless. This guy was simply shameless. Could he really beat him up?

If he did, perhaps his fecal matter would splash out!

"Go, go! I won't be so nice if I see you harassing my girlfriend again," Zhang Che waved his hand. Jiang Chao hurriedly thanked him and turned to run.After running far away, the smile on Jiang Chao's face disappeared. What took its place was a hint of doubt and seriousness. "As expected of the top university in Hua Xia. Hidden dragons and crouching tigers are lurking around; I actually ran into such a strong guy my age! Tsk, tsk. In that case, don't I have to be more careful when picking up girls from now on?"

Suddenly, he looked at the personal terminal on his wrist, and accepted the voice call request from Qin Zhou. After hearing a few words, his face changed and revealed an incomparably excited look.

"Hehe, studying is indeed meaningless. Pretty girls from Bei Du, let's meet again some time later!""I couldn't tell. It seems our Miss Tienan is pretty popular in school!" Zhang Che teased, looking at Huang Tielan with a smile.

"Hur hur, not as popular as you. You even managed to hook up with a female teacher on your first day here," she retorted, sticking her chest out proudly. Zhang Che couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva at seeing this, thinking to himself, -Her personality changed quite a bit after slimming down. She even knows to tempt me now.-

Regretfully, he could only see but not touch. He had to wait until their wedding. Who knew when would that day be…

"Let's go. I don't have any classes in the afternoon. I can bring you around the school. A pity that you have no intention of continuing your studies, or we could take walks here frequently."

Huang Tielan took two steps forward and took the initiative to grab his arm.

Zhang Che sighed inwardly, then said gently, "I'm sorry that I don't have much time to accompany you."

Miss Tienan giggled, "It's fine. I'm just saying it. If I saw you here every day, maybe I might even get tired of you."

"Hmm, Huang Tienan, I think you've really changed."

"Really? I think so too; I seem to be putting on weight again. Do you think I will become like before?" Huang Tielan giggled sweetly and let go of Zhang Che's arm, turning two full circles in front of him.

Now that she mentioned it, Zhang Che really felt that Miss Tienan seemed to be a little fuller than the first few days when he returned.

It was said that once an overweight person slimmed down, if they were in a great mood and neglected to watch what they eat, a rebound effect would occur. Could it be that Miss Tienan's body belonged to this type as well?

Of course, Zhang Che would never say that.

"Nah, our Miss Tienan's figure is great. You won't balloon up again."

"You don't mean what you say!" Huang Tielan pursed her lips. "Don't worry, I'm watching what I'm eating very carefully and am working out properly. I definitely won't be as fat as before… Aiya, but there's so many delicacies in Bei Du that I haven't eaten in years. What should I do if I can't endure it?"

Zhang Che nodded without any hesitation, "Eat, then. It will be fine!"

"Hah, count it as you passed!" Huang Tielan smiled as beautifully as a flower. She walked up and grabbed onto Zhang Che's arm again, when she suddenly noticed he was looking at his left wrist, his brow slightly furrowed.

"What happened? Did auntie look for you for something?"

Zhang Che raised his hand and looked again. His complexion changed slightly, turning to Huang Tielan and saying, "It's not my mom. It's your dad."

"Ah? Why would my dad look for you? Didn't you just come from my house?" Huang Tielan was confused. She truly couldn't imagine what matter existed that her father would look for Zhang Che at this time.

Zhang Che smiled, "We'll know after we hear it from him." As he said that, he accepted the voice call request from Huang Juyun.

"Xiaoche, come back quickly. I have something important to tell you." Huang Juyun's voice was very serious, yet contained a hint of excitement.

-Could it be related to that golden lotus?- Zhang Che couldn't help but think of that. He thought that it was unlikely. He just brought it back today; how could they possibly have discovered its medical effects so soon?

Before Zhang Che could ask Huang Juyun, Huang Tielan suddenly leaned in and said in a dissatisfied, coquettish tone, "What's the matter, dad? Wait a little if it's not important. I'm taking a walk with Zhang Xiaoche right now."

Huang Juyun was silent on the other end…

Zhang Che felt cold sweat pouring down on him. -Will future father-in-law beat me up when I return?-

He hurriedly replied, "Uncle Huang, I'll come back immediately!"

Huang Juyun wouldn't have looked for him if it wasn't something important. Not only that, he didn't clarify what the matter was about on the phone, either. It should be a confidential matter; the fewer who knew about it, the better.

"Mhm, I'm waiting for you," Huang Juyun replied evenly and quickly ended the call.

"Aiya, how annoying! He's actually not telling me!" Huang Tielan stamped her feet habitually. However, it was no longer like before, when the earth would tremble violently.

Zhang Che raised his hand and touched Huang Tielan's cheek, smiling apologetically, "Alright, I'm heading back first. I'll come visit you again next time."

Huang Tielan came up closer, reluctant to part ways, and pecked Zhang Che on the lips. Afterwards, she waved her hand. "Go on, it should be something important if dad is looking for you. Don't make him wait."

Zhang Che nodded and pulled Miss Tienan into his embrace, hugging her, then turned around and walked out of the school.

He had a feeling that the matter his future father-in-law was looking for him for was not simple. Perhaps some anomaly had appeared on Mercury, or some important changes occurred in a beast world somewhere.After walking out of Bei Du University's school gates, Zhang Che flagged down a taxi at the entrance and sped off towards the Huang family's ancestral home in the eastern sector.

At the same time, all the talented youngsters in the entire Hua Xia region, or even all of Mercury, received extremely confidential orders, one after another.

Even those who went into the depths of the beast world to train themselves had someone go in to look for them.

The ordinary citizens, and most beastmasters, had no idea that a huge tide was rising in the dark…

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Chapter 264: News of a Secret World

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Edited by Aelryinth

Once Zhang Che returned to the Huang family's ancestral home, Huang Juyun asked him a shocking question. "I want you to represent our Huang family and take part in this opening of the secret plane. Are you willing to?"

-Secret plane? What is that?

-To have me represent the Huang family, does that mean there's a limit to the number of participants?-

Zhang Che was filled with questions, not knowing how to answer.

"I know you have many questions. Don't be anxious. I'll slowly explain it to you," Huang Juyun smiled, and started explaining to him what this so-called secret plane was.

The secret plane gateway was extremely similar to the spatial gateways that led to the beast world.

The spatial gateway was a stable blue gateway, forever remaining in place after it appeared. It wasn't damaged no matter what attacks were used on it.

The secret plane's gateway, on the other hand, was a ball of light a few dozen meters in diameter. Its color varied. Although it was immune to any attacks from Mercury as well, it would automatically disappear for a period of time after it appeared.

Not only that, spatial gateways usually appeared close to human habitats, while the secret plane's gateway usually appeared in the wilderness, with almost no human activity around. It might even appear at extreme environments like the two poles, or even floating above the boundless ocean.

The first secret plane gateway discovered on Mercury was during the third year of the new age. After successfully fending off the beast swarm, and the spatial storm had thoroughly calmed down, it was detected by a newly launched satellite.

What was in the world beyond the secret planes like had always been kept as an utmost secret. Only a very small minority knew about it.

Those who entered the secret plane had also never revealed any information to the outside world.

There was no fixed pattern of time or location for the appearances of the secret plane's gateway. Every time it appeared, it would bring about a fight between the entire globe's large influences, be it openly or covertly.

With the threat of the once-a-decade beast swarm looming over the heads of everyone in Mercury like the Sword of Damocles, in the end, the governing parties all over the globe had come to a consensus: the beastmasters could fight however they wanted after entering the secret plane. However, before entering the secret plane, no one was allowed to get into any conflicts.

Furthermore, for some unknown reason, the beastmasters who could enter the secret plane were limited to mid-tier at best. Those who had reached high-tier were rejected by the secret plane's gateway, and unable to enter it.

As such, there was no need for them to fight over this, and waste their high-end combat forces for no good reason.

As for who could enter and who couldn't? That was a problem they would never find a resolution to.

After discussions between the various administrative districts, they concluded that since the secret plane gateways appeared in extremely rural areas every time, beastmasters who wished to participate in it could go slaughter their way in themselves.

With the gateway at the center, in an area a thousand kilometers in radius, the beastmasters selected by the various influences would slaughter their way in with their own abilities. If they didn't dare to, then they could only watch as others entered the secret plane, never knowing what benefits lay within.

There was no such thing as everyone working together to kill all the exotic beasts around the secret plane gateway and entering the secret plane. Let alone the resources in the secret plane being limited, the dangers inside were similarly great. It was impossible for them to return alive if their strength wasn't at the top.

Moreover, "high-end resources are only enjoyed by those at the top" was a tradition of human since time immemorial. How could they possibly share them with everybody?

Also, after experiencing three beast swarms, people seemed to have realized that although the exotic beasts would come swarming out of the spatial gateways in great numbers, their overall strength would always be that tiny bit weaker than the humans, unable to bring humanity to extinction.

Of course, that was only what they'd seen up until now. No one knew what it would be like in the future.

Even so, the major powers sitting at the top had come to a tacit understanding, with no intention of sharing the secret plane with the common people.

The lowly nature of humanity was carved deep in their genetics. Even if all of entire humanity faced the threat of extinction, it was impossible for them to truly unite as one.

Zhang Che knew very well about that through his own experiences in life. As for what exactly it was, he didn't dare to think about it due to the threat from the gods above.After hearing Huang Juyun's account, Zhang Che immediately fell silent.

Danger was certain, and not just inside the secret plane. That was beyond his understanding.

Just the fact that he had to slaughter his way through that thousand kilometer area was not a simple matter.

It had to be mentioned that the secret plane's gateway always appeared in places with an extremely dense population of exotic beasts. Silver and gold quality beasts were everywhere, dark gold and legend quality beasts abundant, epic quality beasts quietly waiting for your arrival, and don't even be surprised if you ran into a divine-quality beast…

Even though Zhang Che was very confident of his current strength, he didn't dare guarantee that he could safely get through that area, and arrive at the gateway to the secret plane.

Going on this trip was sure to be fraught with danger!

But not going on this trip was something Zhang Che was reluctant to do. After experiencing being pulled into the black door by that mysterious force, he already had a feeling that perhaps there might be some grave danger silently drawing closer to Mercury.

Under such circumstances, how would he be able to take care of himself when the situation took a turn for the worse, if he didn't strive to improve himself now?

If he didn't dare to take this risk today, or that risk tomorrow, he would slowly fall behind. It would be impossible for him to become someone truly strong.

"How is it, what's your decision?" Huang Juyun asked softly, seeing Zhang Che keeping quiet for so long, his face uncertain.

Zhang Che didn't answer directly. Instead, he replied with a question of his own, "Uncle Huang, have you entered the secret plane?"

Huang Juyun seemed to have expected this question. He smiled and nodded, "I did once. But the environment in the secret plane differs greatly every time, so I won't be talking in detail about what is in there, to save you from having misconceptions. You just have to remember that it is very dangerous in there, but opportunities are similarly aplenty."

Zhang Che slowly nodded, then fell silent for a moment again. His eyes shone with a determined gaze, and he finally answered firmly, "Alright, I'll go, then!"

Huang Juyun finally revealed a smile as he nodded and said, "Good! What it means to be someone truly strong is to be willing to work hard and be unafraid of dangers. Otherwise, how are you any different from a flower in a greenhouse?

"Go back and get ready. See what is there that you need; I'll prepare it for you. You can set off for the icy plains in the north tomorrow morning. The gateway to the secret plane appeared at the vast icy plains near the borders between our Hua Xia region and the Sha Er region."

Zhang Che thought for a moment. His high-end combat forces were comprised of the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus, Purple Crystal Tortoise, Scarlet Flame Drake, Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword, and the Unicorn. His other subdued beasts and pets could also display some combat ability; he shouldn't need anything else, beast card-wise.

"Uncle Huang, I don't need any new subdued beasts. There's no time for me to get used to them. But I hope that you can prepare a spatial-type beast card equipment for me, or I might starve to death in the secret plane."

Huang Juyun blanked out for a moment before bursting out into laughter, "Hahahaha, no problem! You're a Tier Five beastmaster now, and I happen to have a five-star spatial-type beast card. I'll prepare everything you will need for you. You just need to be ready to set off tomorrow."

Zhang Che nodded heavily, "Thank you so much, Uncle Huang!"

"Mhm. Go on, get back and keep your mother company. Who knows how long it'll be before you return from your trip to the secret plane. It's better for you to be with her now," Huang Juyun smiled and waved off Zhang Che, sending him home to settle his affairs.

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Chapter 265: Gathered From Everywhere. Enter!

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Edited by Aelryinth

A fighter plane was flying high up in the sky, quickly heading north.

Zhang Che was sitting in its cockpit, his expression calm.

On his left wrist was a new strangely-shaped bracelet which resembled a snake, yet had a row of thin limbs linked together in circles.

"A five-star dark gold-quality storage beast card actually only had fifty cubic meters of space available. It's too inferior compared to the Purple Crystal Tortoise!"

Although the Purple Crystal Tortoise was at legend-quality, its level was only at four stars. However, the space in its unique dimension reached a thousand cubic meters; the two simply couldn't be compared with one another.

The reason why the Purple Crystal Tortoise had such a huge space could be because of the mountain of purple-gold crystal it had in its storage when it advanced, together with the rainbow crystal playing a part in it, unlike the beast cards that only had storage ability. However, the Purple Crystal Tortoise was also a combat-type beast card with both offensive and defensive capabilities. Its functions simply covered everything.

Although… Zhang Che didn't know if other storage-type beast cards were also like that. If that was true, the Purple Crystal Tortoise was simply overpowered.

While he was thinking about all that, a white line appeared on the horizon. A land of snow-white plains quickly entered his sight.

After close to five hours of flight, the jet had finally arrived at the snowy plains to the north of Hua Xia.

After a short while, the pilot in the control seat informed Zhang Che through the intercom, "Zhang-shao, the camp is just ahead. Please get ready to parachute out."

"Alright, I'm all prepared. Just tell me when you're ejecting me," Zhang Che replied. There really wasn't anything to prepare. Everything was stored in his spatial-type beast card equipment. He was ready to be ejected at any time..

"Get ready, Zhang-shao. Counting down; three, two, one, eject!"

Following the pilot's shout through the intercom, an opening suddenly slid open on the top of the cockpit, and a figure was launched out, drawing an arc in the sky before quickly falling to the ground.

A five-colored ray shot out from between Zhang Che's brows. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon instantly appeared under him, and he landed stably on his pet's back. Afterwards, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's slender body quickly dove down towards the large camp below.

The so-called parachuting naturally didn't mean that Zhang Che would carry a parachute and jump off the aircraft. That would be too slow and could get dangerous if a flying-type beast set its eyes on the jumper.

Did any of the beastmasters selected to go on this trip to the secret plane not have a flying subdued beast or two? As such, everyone used such a method to descend from the sky.

Looking down from above, there were human silhouettes everywhere in the camp.

This was the gathering point for those from Hua Xia. The top mid-tier beastmasters from the major influences in the entire Hua Xia region were all gathered here, and they would set off to the area where the exotic beasts had gathered in the thousand-kilometer radius area three days from now.

Once someone crossed the gateway to the secret plane, the gateway would only remain open for another twenty-four hours. Even though the round gateway could still be seen floating in the air afterwards, it was no longer possible to enter it.

What if someone wanted to gain a monopoly on the resources found in the secret plane and snuck their way in? That was totally impossible.

Powerful exotic beasts were everywhere in that thousand kilometer radius. If no one was there to share the burden and only a few people tried to sneak their way in, the only ending would be that they would be shredded to pieces by the enormous group of exotic beasts.

Moreover, satellites from the various regions were surveying the area from outer space. If anyone dared to incur the wrath of everyone else and tried to sneak their way in, the exotic beasts didn't have to do anything; missiles from the various influences would blow you to pieces.

"Oh? Another strong guy is here. He's actually riding on a dragon!"

"Indeed, he looks strong. Looks like we have another competitor. That blue dragon doesn't look simple; it should be an ice-attributed top-tier subdued beast."

"Does anybody know him?"

"No, he looks unfamiliar. Maybe he's someone from a minor house."

The beastmasters below them started discussing him the moment the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon arrived above the camp.

However, they were more concerned about the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon under Zhang Che. They were pretty much uninterested in this unfamiliar guy.

Meanwhile, a certain tall young man revealed a surprised look after getting a clear look at Zhang Che.

"As I expected, that guy truly isn't simple…" Jiang Chao watched Zhang Che, who had jumped off of the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, with a furrowed brow. He stepped away, hiding himself in the crowd.

-I even tried to pick up his girlfriend in front of him yesterday; if he discovers me here, will he beat me up?-

Mhm, he probably wouldn't dare to do that in the camp, but what about after entering the secret plane?

As such, it was better to hide himself…After entering the camp, Zhang Che went directly to his designated tent to rest, since he didn't know anyone here, nor was he interested in socializing with others.

Originally, there were some beastmasters who wanted to find shade under the big tree that was Zhang Che. Those thoughts were extinguished after seeing the cold look on his face. Everyone here was proud; no one would want to purposely stick their passionate faces to someone else's cold butt.

More and more people gathered at the camp during the next three days. The camp became much more lively.

Zhang Che didn't idle around; since he had nothing to do, he opened up his personal terminal and started learning about information related to beast card cultivation.

His goal was very clear: to get as familiar as possible with the various herbs and ingredients used to concoct beast card cultivation fluid.

Since he didn't have the talent to become a beast card cultivator, all he needed to do was to get familiar with the various ingredients. When Miss Tienan officially became a beast card cultivator in the future, he could directly bring out the recipes provided by his data eyes to help her become the queen of beast card cultivation, with an unusually high success rate.

Hehe, just thinking about it was worth looking forward to that day!

When other beastmasters were unfamiliar with the beast cards, the cultivation fluid they concocted only had a ten percent, or even the pitifully low chance of one percent to succeed, while our Miss Tienan could have a success rate of up to ninety-nine percent. Wouldn't jaws drop all over the floor when others learned about it?!

Of course, if that day really came, Zhang Che wouldn't be so stupid as to let Miss Tienan succeed every single time. Or, perhaps, he just wouldn't let others know Miss Tienan could succeed every time…

When a tree grew taller than all other trees in a forest, the wind was sure to destroy it. This would not be simply being taller than the other trees in the forest; it was like a tree that reached the heavens, growing next to bushes! It would draw way too much attention!

Most importantly, Zhang Che was only thinking of raising his beast cards' level. With the rainbow crystal slowly increasing his beast cards' quality along with her help with the cards' levels, he would be able to bring out the beast cards' powers to their maximum potential.

Otherwise, no matter how high a low-tier beast card's potential was, its progress would halt at dark gold-quality if its level couldn't be raised. How useful could it be then?In such a serious learning atmosphere, three days passed by in a flash.

At noon, everyone received an order.

Half an hour later, the defensive perimeter set up around the camp would be opened. Everyone could start advancing in an orderly manner towards the gateway to the secret plane, and its thousand mile radius of beast-infested territory…

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Chapter 266: Forward, Forward, Forward!

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Edited by Aelryinth

Everyone started to feel their blood boiling. They had waited three whole days for this moment's arrival.

Although these three days seemed to have passed by very quickly, everyone felt that this kind of suffering and waiting would drive them crazy. Now that they could finally enter the secret plane, who wouldn't be eager to?

However, before the defense perimeter was lifted, the beastmasters were given a strict warning!

No one was allowed to lay a finger on their fellow humans when they advanced into the area ahead, even if they were from other continents. You could do nothing to save others, but you mustn't make a move yourself!

If you discovered your enemies among the beastmasters, or got into a conflict, it was no problem; you could settle the grudges yourselves after entering the secret plane!

If anyone dared to make a move on their fellow humans before entering the secret plane, then sorry, not only did you have to worry about your life afterwards, your backers would also be severely punished!The final half hour seemed to pass incredibly slowly.

Zhang Che stood within the crowd, resting with his eyes closed.

Time slowly ticked by. Suddenly, a wave of engines starting roared out. The defensive perimeter made up of countless cars suddenly opened, revealing the snowy plains ahead to those at the camp.

"Move out!" someone from the crowd yelled out after a short silence, charging forward as he Summoned his subdued beasts.

With someone taking the lead, the beastmasters in the campsite were like a wave, surging forward as if afraid of falling behind.

All sorts of subdued beasts appeared one after another for a period of time.

The tide formed by the subdued beasts were much grander looking than the beastmasters. All kinds of beast cries meshed together, like a mixed symphony, alarming the exotic beasts on the snowy plains ahead.

In such situations, it would be fastest to move forward by riding on flying beasts. However, in that one thousand kilometer radius area, gods knew how many powerful exotic beasts there were. Everyone was warned by their families before coming here. No one wanted to die early; flying was definitely not an option.

Zhang Che walked at the back of the crowd, not in a hurry. He only Summoned the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, which circled around him.

At this moment, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's advantage could be seen. He was a flying beast, but he didn't need to beat his wings to fly freely.

If Zhang Che wanted to, he could ride on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and fly close to the ground, crossing the secret plane's gateway before anyone else.

Of course, the situation ahead was unknown. Zhang Che wouldn't be so silly as to charge at the front, If he accidentally walked into an epic-quality or even divine-quality's Domain just because he wanted to save that little bit of time, it would truly be like giving his life away for nothing.

Obviously, there were many others who had the same idea as Zhang Che.

The beastmasters around him were all following behind others at an unhurried pace, intent on letting others pave the way for them.

However, none of them were actually stupid. Naturally those at the front didn't want to act as foot soldiers and clear landmines for those behind. They had their own strategy too: to try their best to pull the distance between them and those behind apart before they encountered any powerful exotic beasts.

How vast was an area of a thousand kilometer radius? Even though the beastmasters came from all over the world to vie for the resources in the secret plane, they were but a drop in the ocean in the big picture. Once they went deep into the area, it would be hard for the beastmasters to even bump into another.

After all, without a certain level of strength, no one would dare to come and forfeit their lives so easily, yet the number of truly strong mid-tier beastmasters wouldn't be too high.Gradually, the number of people around Zhang Che grew fewer and fewer.

At the same time, Zhang Che slowly summoned his capable subdued beasts one by one.

Naturally, he wouldn't summon a beast as huge as the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus. Otherwise, his loud rumbling footsteps would be as good as a signal to the exotic beasts, informing them that meat was coming to their doorstep, please come over quickly!

As such, other than the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, Zhang Che only summoned the Purple Crystal Tortoise, Scarlet Flame Drake, and Unicorn.

Even so, his current lineup was among one of the best of the entire crowd of beastmasters who were participating in the opening of the secret plane.

Gradually, no one else could be seen around Zhang Che, and all kinds of exotic beasts appeared around him.

However, Zhang Che didn't have the time to deal with these trash, forcibly charging his way forward. If there were any exotic beasts that didn't know what was good for them, it didn't matter, either. The Scarlet Flame Drake and the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon would teach them a lesson on how to be a person… oh, not right. It was how to be a beast!

In this harsh cold, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's offensive ability was amplified to a certain extent. Not many of the exotic beasts in the outer area could withstand a stream of frozen air from him.

The Scarlet Flame Drake was even more amazing. Now that its normal attacks contained a strong fire element to them, it was simply a bane to these exotic beasts that lived in these snowy plains the whole year round.

Forward, forward, forward! They advanced toward the secret plane's gateway!They swept their way forward. Gradually, the number of exotic beasts decreased, but their level and quality rose. Zhang Che had no choice but to slow his pace.

The terrain ahead was starting to become more complicated, too. At this moment, Zhang Che had entered a dense mountain forest.

-Hopefully my luck is on the better side; don't let me bump into an epic-quality exotic beast or greater, or it'll be troublesome,- Zhang Che prayed silently as he slowly moved forward.

Perhaps the gods really heard his prayers. He really didn't encounter many powerful exotic beasts going forward. The strongest of them was only a six-star gold-quality large bear. The Scarlet Flame Drake rushed at it and killed it shortly afterwards, providing Zhang Che with a bunch of meat.

Although Huang Juyun had prepared sufficient compressed biscuits and meat jerky for Zhang Che in that bracelet, he was worried that he might not be able to find any source of food after entering the secret plane. In order to make sure he wouldn't go hungry, it was better to have as much prepared as possible.

In any case, the food wouldn't go bad in the Purple Crystal Tortoise's storage. It could be kept for as long as needed, not to mention its large storage space. There was no worry that he would go hungry.

This jungle was full of dense trees. The satellites in outer space couldn't capture what was happening there at all. As such, Zhang Che happily had the Purple Crystal Tortoise open its mouth and stored the large bear in its spatial pocket.

That bear weighed slightly over two tons; enough for Zhang Che to eat for over half a month.

"What a pity. I prefer beast cards… If it was possible to obtain beast cards by killing exotic beasts on Mercury, just the beast cards I would have obtained on the way into the secret plane would have earned me a fortune, even if I didn't gain much inside the secret plane itself," Zhang Che sighed in disappointment. Afterwards, he continued directing his babies, still moving ahead.

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Chapter 267: A Giant Ape That Could Box

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Without Zhang Che realizing it, he had advanced a few dozen kilometers since the start. There was no one else in sight for some time now.

Of course, it was mainly because he chose to advance in the direction with no one else around.

The reasoning was simple. With so many people moving forward together, the beastmasters in front would naturally draw many exotic beasts to them. As long as he didn't advance too quickly, and chose to move where not many people passed by, it would be much safer.

Moreover, Zhang Che was stronger than most of the other beastmasters here. If he encountered any exotic beasts, he could most likely clear the path ahead swiftly, sweeping his way through in an instant-kill manner. It wouldn't cause much commotion, also lowering the chances of the powerful exotic beasts noticing him.

-Ahhh, there's a whole thousand kilometers to go! Even if there is no need to battle with exotic beasts on the way, it will take quite some time to cover the distance on foot. Looks like it will take at least a few days' time to reach the gateway to the secret plane,- Zhang Che grumbled to himself as his field of vision gradually widened.

Before he realized it, he had walked out of the forest. In front of him was a mountain range.

Should he enter it? That was what Zhang Che was considering.

Normally speaking, it was common for powerful exotic beasts to hide in tall mountains.

However, he didn't know how far this mountain range extended. Detouring around it truly wouldn't be easy, not to mention that there was no guarantee he wouldn't encounter powerful exotic beasts if he did choose to take a detour.

"I'll just go straight ahead, then. I'll just try to be more careful. As long as my luck isn't that bad that I run into a divine-quality exotic beast, forcing me to run away, even an epic-quality exotic beast wouldn't be able to stop me."

With such a strong group of babies, Zhang Che was very confident of himself. He only took a short while to make his decision, stepping forward.

Before he got far, Zhang Che saw obvious marks on the snowy ground ahead.

-Hmm? Someone already went ahead of me? Even better!- Zhang Che immediately felt relieved. Since someone was ahead of him, he only needed to be more careful and not go too fast. He didn't have to worry much about his safety.

Therefore, he purposefully took a tiny detour to the side, taking a path without any tracks.

This way, he would, to a large degree, avoid the exotic beasts drawn to those ahead of him.

Although the mountain summits here were really high up, Zhang Che had no need to directly scale them. He could just walk along the mountain foot.Suddenly, the Scarlet Flame Drake, who was scouting ahead, sent Zhang Che a warning. The latter's brows immediately twitched.

-Damn it, I already avoided places with others around. Why did I still encounter powerful exotic beast? Shouldn't they be drawn to where the others were?-

-Nevermind, we'll just fight, then!-

Soon, Zhang Che saw the Scarlet Flame Drake confronting a giant ape at the mountain's foot ahead.[Mutated Giant Ape]

Level: Five Star (Level 49)

Quality: Legend

Characteristics: Possess Herculean Strength, Excels at Punching. Its Fur is Mutated, Able to Absorb Elemental Attacks to a Certain Extent

Weakness: Slightly Lacking in Defense

Innate Attribute: Boxing Mastery. Born With Superb Boxing Skills

Skill: Heavy Punches. Able to Launch a Flurry of Eighteen Heavy Punches Consecutively After Activation, Inflicting Fatal Damage to Enemy. Cooldown Time: 30 Minutes

Halo: Deep Wounds

Potential: C RankZhang Che was suddenly at a loss for words when he saw the attributes of that Mutated Giant Ape.

-What the, an exotic beast that is actually proficient at boxing?

-Are you kidding me?-

However, his data eyes would never lie to him. He could only ignore the ridiculousness he felt and carefully size up the Mutated Giant Ape in front of him.

That fellow was about three meters tall, with a savage appearance. Tough muscles were hidden under its snow white fur, filled with explosive strength.

At this moment, the Mutated Giant Ape was staring at the Scarlet Flame Drake with its bell-like eyes wide, its legs spread, its hands clenched into fists and held up before its chest. It truly looked like it was a boxer ready for a fight.

"What a pity. It'd be great if we're in the beast world right now. I would have gotten another legend-quality beast card after killing it. Now, it will only leave a corpse behind, and I can't even eat its meat," Zhang Che sighed, shaking his head, his face regretful.

Although there was quite a bit of meat on his Mutated Giant Ape's body, it looked just like a person. Zhang Che truly couldn't bring himself to eat its flesh.

Suddenly, the Mutated Giant Ape hammered its fists onto its chest, before charging straight towards the Scarlet Flame Drake like a bolt of lightning.

The Scarlet Flame Drake wasn't afraid, however. With a wave of its claws, a streak of fiery light swept towards the Mutated Giant Ape, followed by its sharp claws reaching for its chest.

Although the Scarlet Flame Drake mainly relied on elemental attacks, its close combat abilities weren't weak by any means. Its front claws were especially noteworthy; its sharpness could definitely tear through the scales of most exotic beasts, clawing out pieces of flesh with every swipe.

Facing the Scarlet Flame Drake's fiery attack, the Mutated Giant Ape didn't try to dodge at all. A dark, gloomy glow shone on its snow white fur, immediately absorbing half of the elemental attack. The remaining bit couldn't hurt it at all.

Not only that, the Mutated Giant Ape paid no heed to the Scarlet Flame Drake's follow up claw swipe.

As a master boxer, such a primitive attack from the Scarlet Flame Drake wouldn't be worth any of its attention.

The Mutated Giant Ape slid to the side, easily dodging the Scarlet Flame Drake's claws. Afterwards, its body swung back like a pendulum, throwing out a left hook and striking the Scarlet Flame Drake's cheek with a loud bam.

After the punch connected, the Scarlet Flame Drake looked as if it was run over by a high speed train, flying back and crashing into a tree as thick as a human thigh, directly snapping it off and falling to the ground along with rustling sounds.

Zhang Che could almost feel the pain on his cheek after seeing that, his eyelid twitching madly.

-How ferocious! With such powerful close combat ability, if it decided to charge at me, wouldn't I be sent flying immediately with a punch?!

-Really, the exotic beast being an ape is not scary, but the ape being able to box is!

-Which one of you have seen an exotic beast that knows boxing?

-I'm seeing one right now, and am about to face the danger of dying to a flurry of punches!-

The Mutated Giant Ape let out an excited roar after scoring a hit on the Scarlet Flame Drake. Afterwards, its bell-like large eyes immediately locked onto Zhang Che to the side.

As a legend-quality exotic beast, naturally it knew that those other insects wouldn't matter if it could get rid of Zhang Che!

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Chapter 268: Frisky Monkey, I Found You a Companion

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Edited by Aelryinth

The Mutated Giant Ape locked its gaze onto Zhang Che, scaring him so much that he turned tail to run.

Zhang Che immediately summoned the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus with a wave of his hand, letting the latter stand between him and the exotic beast. At the same time, he had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and Purple Crystal Tortoise guard his sides, while the Unicorn guarded the front, ready to unleash its lightning attack at any moment.

"I should be safe now, right?"

With four capable babies guarding around him, Zhang Che finally heaved a long sigh of relief.

The Scarlet Flame Drake grew furious after it was sent flying by the Mutated Giant Ape, and let out a cry. It stood back on its feet, opening its mouth without any hesitation and breathed a column of flames at the Mutated Giant Ape.

This was an innate fire elemental attack; even if the Mutated Giant Ape could absorb some of the elemental attack, it would definitely still be hurt.

It immediately sensed the threat it posed. At this crucial moment, it actually rolled away nimbly despite its size, narrowly dodging the Scarlet Flame Drake's flame attack.

A terrifyingly high temperature spread out in all directions. The surrounding snow instantly evaporated, raising large amounts of vapor in the air, shrouding the surrounding few dozen meters in fog.

-Shit!- Zhang Che cursed inwardly. In the next moment, he heard the Scarlet Flame Drake letting out a miserable howl. Its majestic figure directly flew out of the mist, landing about a dozen meters away, its entire chin smacked askew.

If it wasn't for the Scarlet Flame Drake's decent defense, that punch might have severely wounded it.

"Oh shit, isn't this giant ape a little too much? It's like the bane of elemental-type exotic beasts!"

While he was surprised by the sight, he saw a white silhouette suddenly flying out of the mist, pouncing towards him.

-Not good!- Zhang Che's heart thumped heavily. The Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus guarding in front of him immediately swung his thick, strong tail, whipping it at the approaching Mutated Giant Ape.

At the same time, an electric light appeared on the Unicorn's spiral horn, shooting a streak of dazzling lightning at it.

Not only that, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon also breathed out several streams of darkfiend frozen air, but he was aiming at the area in front of Zhang Che. If the Mutated Giant Ape continued charging straight ahead, the extremely cold air would slow it down.

How fast was the speed of lightning? The Mutated Giant Ape couldn't dodge the attack at all, landing a clean hit on its body. Even though its snow white fur quickly emitted that dark, gloomy glow, it was still injured pretty badly by the lightning. A portion of its fur was charred, its large body stopped moving for a second.

The Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus' huge tail reached its target first despite being the second to throw an attack, slamming into the Mutated Giant Ape's body.

Given the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus' frightening strength, the Mutated Giant Ape immediately let out a miserable howl after it was struck, directly flying about a dozen meters out!

A streak of bright red blood spewed out of the Mutated Giant Ape's mouth, dying the white fur on its chest a mottled red.

"Hmm, it's not like a martial artist is unbeatable," Zhang Che sighed with relief, a faint smile showing on his face. Before the Purple Crystal Tortoise could supplement all this with an attack of its own, the fallen Mutated Giant Ape quickly jumped back to its feet following its rolling momentum on the ground. It looked to the sky and let out a furious roar, its huge body immediately turning into a blur, pouncing forward again.

"Shit, are you an unkillable cockroach?!" Zhang Che shivered in fright.

The Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus' tail whip had at least ten tons worth of force behind it, and yet this fellow only spat out a mouthful of blood and shrugged it off!

Wasn't it said to be lacking in defense?

Was that a bluff?!

The Unicorn's Lightning of Purification skill was already used, the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus and Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon were evidently unable to stop this fellow's charge. Zhang Che could only grit his teeth and get ready to activate the Purple Crystal Tortoise's skill, killing it with a bombardment of flying spears.

What a pity; if he could tame it as his pet, it would be another great combat force!

However, the Mutated Giant Ape didn't directly charge towards Zhang Che this time. Instead, it rushed up to the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus' side, its iron fists turned into two blurs, hurling them onto the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus' body.

A wave of concentrated dull sounds rang out, like a heavy hammer beating on a broken drum.

The Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus was caught by surprise and didn't manage to activate his Absolute Defense skill. The flurry of punches from the Mutated Giant Ape actually left the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus swaying left and right, nearly falling to the ground despite weighing a few tons!

"What a fierce fighter!" Zhang Che sighed reluctantly once more. With a wave of his hand, the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus turned into a streak of light and flew back to his spiritual sea.

At the same time, the Purple Crystal Tortoise suddenly opened its mouth, activating its Rock Spear Gatling skill. It directly spat out all hundred and eight of the ferocious beast's bone spikes in its spatial pocket, shrouding the Mutated Giant Ape's surrounding dozen meters in missiles.

The spears it shot out were flying much faster than the speed of sound. No matter how agile the Mutated Giant Ape was, it would be impossible for it to dodge the attack.

Zhang Che watched as the Mutated Giant Ape quickly moved about, but it was still struck by over a dozen bone spikes, punching hole after hole through its body, turning it into a sieve. Nearly all the holes punched through its body were connected, a mist of blood spattering out, dyeing the surrounding snow bloody red.

The Mutated Giant Ape let out a reluctant roar, and its upright body fell backwards.

"No matter how good your martial arts are, you're still vulnerable to a kitchen knife! Not to mention the supersonic projectiles countless times stronger than a kitchen knife!" A faint smile appeared on Zhang Che's face. He slowly walked forward, staring at the Mutated Giant Ape, who was now lying in a pool of its own blood. He was still afraid that this fellow would suddenly jump up and throw a punch at him.

Thinking of that, he decided to activate the Purple Crystal Tortoise's Purple Crystal Armor skill, donning a thick layer of purple tortoise shell armor. That way, he didn't have to worry about the possibility of the Mutated Giant Ape making a desperate counter attack before its death.

Now, he only hoped that this fellow's life force was strong, not dying immediately.

Luckily, under Zhang Che's orders, the Purple Crystal Tortoise intentionally avoided aiming for the Mutated Giant Ape's head. Although the dozen or so bone spikes had punctured it full of holes, its head remained unwounded. It wouldn't die for a while.

Zhang Che walked forward, releasing a thin trace of the rainbow crystal's energy, injecting it into the Mutated Giant Ape's body as he focused his gaze on the latter's eyes, asking softly, "You, are you willing to become my pet?"

The Mutated Giant Ape showed no signs of agreeing, its eyes emitting strong killing intent.

Zhang Che sighed, "Looks like it's a failure, huh?"

Suddenly, he thought of something. A streak of light shot out from between his brows. The frisky monkey appeared at his side, crying out excitedly.

"Frisky monkey, I found you a companion."

Zhang Che slapped his palm on the jumping frisky monkey, then pointed at the latter's tiny figure and said to the Mutated Giant Ape on the ground, "Look, isn't this little monkey very happy? If you become my pet, you will have this little monkey accompanying you by your side. You shouldn't feel lonely."

The Mutated Giant Ape still showed no reactions. Instead, the frisky monkey looked at this "muscular guy" on the ground, and his ugly face immediately scrunched up, kneeling before Zhang Che with a plop, bowing with his hands held in front.

-Is this karma? Did I turn the heavens upside down or something in my past life? Why did I meet such an unconscientious master? In order to tame a big guy as his fighter, he actually wanted me to betray my body!-

Zhang Che sensed the horrifying thoughts the frisky monkey had. His entire body shivered, and he raised his foot and kicked the frisky monkey to the side. Afterwards, Zhang Che looked at the dying Mutated Giant Ape on the ground once more and smiled, "How is it? Why don't you consider it? This fellow is so cute; you definitely won't feel bored in the future."

The Mutated Giant Ape swept its gaze across the frisky monkey, who was rolling on the ground, throwing a tantrum, and slowly nodded.

Zhang Che was immediately overjoyed! He quickly requested the rainbow crystal imprint a rainbow talismanic rune deep into the Mutated Giant Ape's soul, and recalled it into his spiritual sea with a wave of his hand.

From now on, Zhang Che possessed another powerful pet.

He imagined a scene of the frisky monkey wielding the Falling Star Model X, while the Mutated Giant Ape held his fists up, guarding one another's back, nearly bursting out in laughter.

On the other hand, the pitiful frisky monkey thought that he just gained a distant relative, wondering whether he would get bullied in the future.

It didn't matter if he was bullied; he only hoped that this distant relative of his had normal interests, or the consequences would truly be unthinkable…

Thinking of that, the Gluttony Monkey's whole body shivered.

Translator's Note

1: Reference to the Monkey King Sun Wukong wreaking havoc in the heavenly palace.

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Chapter 269: Lending a Helping Hand

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Edited by Aelryinth

Zhang Che was very satisfied after taming another powerful legend-quality beast as his pet.

He couldn't help but started counting with his fingers.

Among his pets, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was at five-star legend-quality, the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus was similarly at five-star legend-quality, and now even the Mutated Giant Ape was so.

Among his subdued beasts, he had legend-quality beasts of three different types.

For Original Combat Body Type, the Purple Crystal Tortoise was at four-star, and the Scarlet Flame Drake at five-star.

For weapon type, he had the five-star Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword.

Last but not least, he had the four-star Unicorn for healing type.

Adding all his legend-quality babies, he had a total of seven of them!

There shouldn't be very many mid-tier beastmasters this powerful even across the entire globe, right?

After all, even those large houses couldn't bear to pile so many resources on a single member. If you had no epic-quality beasts, you couldn't be considered to have a high-end combat force, no matter how many legend-quality beasts you had.

Since that was the case, they would rather distribute them to more members if they had so many legend-quality beast cards. This way, their strength would be more balanced and wouldn't draw dissatisfaction from the other members.

Of course, now that the gateway to the secret plane had appeared, everything was different.

Many households or groups with sufficient financial strength and influence would concentrate large amounts of resources onto one or two members in order to ensure their safety, not to mention they might get even more benefits from the secret plane in the end.

Although Zhang Che had seven legend-quality babies, he didn't dare to claim that he was the strongest of all the beastmasters participating in the opening of the secret plane.

Moreover, some members of major houses or groups were sure to have epic-quality subdued beasts on them! It was a given!

Although epic-quality beasts were strong, that was only relative to ordinary beastmasters. For those huge figures standing at the top of the human race, it wasn't impossible for them to slay one or two of them.

The foundation of those large households or groups was something unimaginable to ordinary people.

"Damn it, if I think of it that way, I'm not strong enough!" Zhang Che felt a little dejected after his own realization. Well, only a little.

That was because he wasn't very worried, even if some of the beastmasters entering the secret plane owned epic-quality subdued beasts.

Even if he couldn't win against them, couldn't he just run away?

After all, epic-quality subdued beasts were not a dime a dozen. Even if some people had them, they would have only one or two at the most.

With seven legend-quality babies in his arsenal, he could withdraw safely even if he couldn't best them in a fight.After retrieving all of the scattered bone spikes, the Purple Crystal Tortoise rose from the snowy ground.

After sorting out his frame of mind, Zhang Che recalled the frisky monkey back into his spiritual sea under the latter's extremely unwilling gaze, and continued on his journey towards the depths of the mountain range.

There were satellites overhead spying on him. Zhang Che didn't want others to find out about the terrifying truth of the frisky monkey's archery ability. As such, he could only recall him into his spiritual sea.

In any case, that fellow's mission was completed. The Mutated Giant Ape was successfully tamed; naturally he could be kept away.

"Don't worry. I'll find a chance for you to take a breather outside after we enter the secret plane," Zhang Che consoled him after seeing the resentment on the frisky monkey's face.

That fellow's archery skill was amazing. He would definitely exhibit great strength after they entered the secret plane… and there wouldn't be any satellites spying in there. Naturally Zhang Che wouldn't be as cautious.

Oftentimes, there wouldn't be any other powerful exotic beasts in a wide area around where another powerful beast was. They were extremely territorial, unable to tolerate the existence of other strong beings in their surroundings.

Since the Mutated Giant Ape could stay here peacefully, it meant that there shouldn't be another powerful exotic beast in the surrounding few dozen kilometers.

As such, Zhang Che could ride on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon without worries and fly close to the ground. They flew a few dozen kilometers forward, crossing countless valleys and mountain summits.

Indeed, as he had expected, none of the exotic beasts he saw on the way were legend-quality, or even dark gold-quality.

There were only a couple of mid-tier gold-quality exotic beasts, which, to the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, was something easily dealt with using a few streams of frozen air. In the end, all of their corpses were collected and thrown into the Purple Crystal Tortoise's spatial pocket.

Gold-quality exotic beasts were not only a source of food for Zhang Che. Their scales, claws, skeletons, and other parts were all valuable materials. He could sell them for quite a pretty sum.

After flying about fifty kilometers away from where he met the Mutated Giant Ape, Zhang Che had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon slow down, and at the same time summoned out all his capable babies with the exception of the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus.

Safety was no longer guaranteed ahead.

Suddenly, a faint yell could be heard from the mountain ahead.

"Hmm? Someone else came to this area ahead before me?" A look of surprise flashed across Zhang Che's face. After a short deliberation, Zhang Che recalled most of his babies, bringing only the Scarlet Flame Drake and the fully recovered Mutated Giant Ape with him, continuing forward with haste.

Just as he circled around a mountain foot, he saw a young man running through the valley ahead, his face pale with fright. A short distance behind him, two subdued beasts were confronting a ferocious beast whose entire body was covered in black flames, slowly being beaten back.

"Eh? I didn't expect that guy Zhang Yujie to also participate in this journey to the secret plane."

Zhang Che immediately recognized this young man: Zhang Yujie, Zhang-dashao from Qian Wei City's Ding Feng Corporation.

However, with the Ding Feng Corporation's strength, wasn't it a little risky letting Zhang Yujie join in on this trip?

Wasn't the scene before him the proof?

Although they were a little too far away, leaving Zhang Che unable to see the attributes of Zhang Yujie's subdued beasts, just judging from the battle, Zhang Che guessed that they weren't even legend-quality. Currently, they were getting chased down and beaten up by that exotic beast covered in black flame, its true appearance unknown. The deaths of his subdued beasts were almost certain.

Zhang Yujie probably didn't dare to recall his subdued beasts, either. Facing off against that ferocious beast alone would only hasten his death.

-Should I l save him?- This thought flashed through Zhang Che's mind. He found Zhang Yujie quite a decent person when he came in contact with him in his Sun Che persona. Although he might not be a very candid person, he knew himself well and acted with propriety.

-Whatever, we're acquaintances after all. I'll just lend him a helping hand.-

Thinking of that, Zhang Che recalled the Scarlet Flame Drake and Mutated Giant Ape. Instead, he summoned the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and flew close to the ground directly towards them.

"Brother, save me!" Zhang Yujie immediately cried out in joy when he saw someone approaching as he ran for his life.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon quickly arrived at Zhang Yujie's side, and Zhang Che finally saw that ferocious beast's attributes.

-Oh shit, it's actually a seven-star dark gold-quality exotic beast! This Zhang Yujie's luck is really something!- Zhang Che's heart trembled. He hurriedly pulled Zhang Yujie up onto the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back and had his pet turn to fly away, ignoring those two subdued beasts whose deaths were certain.

"Brother, words alone cannot express my gratitude! My name is Zhang Yujie, from Qian Wei City. Just say the word if there's anything I can help you with in the future!"

Zhang Yujie showed no intentions of recalling those two subdued beasts. Instead, he thanked Zhang Che profusely, his face filled with joy.

He knew that once he recalled those two subdued beasts of his, that ferocious beast behind was sure to pursue them instead. If this big brother was displeased with his action and directly threw him off, wouldn't he meet his end here?

He could slowly replace his lost subdued beasts, but everything was lost if he died.

"No need for that. I just happened to pass by. I see that brother your strength is a little lacking. Why did you choose to participate in this trip?" Zhang Che smiled lightly, not mentioning his own name and voiced out his doubts instead.

"Ai, it's a long story," Zhang Yujie sighed. Complicated emotions flashed across his eyes, saying, "I'll have to trouble brother to drop me off a little further ahead. I shan't take up any more of your time."

Seeing Zhang Che not introducing himself, Zhang Yujie knew that the opposite party didn't wish to make an acquaintance of him, and very tactfully said all that.

Zhang Che nodded and had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon fly a few dozen kilometers further before dropping Zhang Yujie off.

There weren't many exotic beasts in this area. Zhang Yujie only had to make his way back to the camp and there wouldn't be much danger to speak of.

After seeing Zhang Yujie's sorrowful back gradually disappear from sight, Zhang Che turned around and chose another direction, continuing on his journey carefully.

Although he was already considered very strong, Zhang Yujie's encounter was a very good example. Zhang Che didn't dare to be careless in the slightest. If his luck was bad and he encountered an exotic beast he couldn't deal with, he might find himself in Zhang Yujie's shoes!

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Chapter 270: Unexpected Encounter With An Epic

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Continuing on the journey, Zhang Che didn't encounter any other powerful exotic beasts.

His capable babies cleared the way forward. By nighttime, Zhang Che had advanced about three hundred kilometers from where he started.

At night, although the environment might not necessarily be as dangerous as in the beast world, Zhang Che didn't dare to continue travelling regardless. It would be disastrous if he was careless and ran into a powerful exotic beast's territory.

In order to prevent ambushes from exotic beasts during the night, Zhang Che directly had the Purple Crystal Tortoise dig out a tunnel at the base of a mountain that reached the rock strata.

Afterwards, he had the Purple Crystal Tortoise seal the entrance and expand the area inside. He was then fully assured and started preparing his dinner.

He didn't bring out the meat jerky stored in his spatial-type bracelet. Instead, Zhang Che brought out the game he had hunted today and cut out large pieces of meat from them. Next, he had the Purple Crystal Tortoise spit out a few bone spikes and skewered them through the meat, applied spices to them and stabbed the bone spikes into the rock wall.

Afterwards, the Scarlet Flame Drake opened its mouth and breathed out a few streams of flames at a controlled temperature, roasting the kebabs he prepared. Not long after, the kebabs were fully cooked.

Not only that, since the Scarlet Flame Drake's flames were produced from the fire elements in its body, Zhang Che didn't have to worry about exhausting the oxygen in the cave, nor would it emit smoke. It was simply an all-natural, non-polluting source of flame.

A thick fragrance of cooking meat spread out in the cave, leaving Zhang Che swallowing hard.

As expected, the fragrance of exotic beast meat was the best!

When the kebabs were fully cooked, the Scarlet Flame Drake withdrew its flames. Zhang Che immediately started feasting on one.

However, he was still considered conscientious. He thought of the frisky monkey, who had achieved great merits by helping to tame the Mutated Giant Ape, and Summoned him with a wave of his hand.

"Zhizhi, zhizhi!"

The frisky monkey jumped about excitedly the moment he appeared, especially after he smelled the fragrant meat. He nearly wept from happiness!

-It wasn't easy! After being locked up by this unconscientious master in that little dark house for so long, I finally got my break!-

As such, he immediately rushed up with no hesitation and grabbed hold of the end of a bone spike, pulling it out of the wall, and tore large mouthfuls of meat from the dripping kebab.

While he ate, the frisky monkey let out unintelligible sounds, his ugly face showing a drunken smile.

Zhang Che sighed. -Looks like I really locked him up for too long. When the time is right, it's not like I can't have him appear at my side as my pet in the future. He doesn't have to return to my spiritual sea unless there is no other choice.-

Moreover, with the healing-type "godly beast" Unicorn, he could have the Unicorn heal the frisky monkey even if he was injured. There was no need to heal him by using the rainbow crystal's energy.

"Eat slowly, or you'll choke to death."

Soon, the frisky monkey finished the large kebab, drawing Zhang Che's amused scolding. He also grabbed another one of the skewers and tore large mouthfuls of meat off of it.

Among his pets, although the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus and Mutated Giant Ape were sure to love eating meat, Zhang Che wouldn't dare to Summon them here.

The Mutated Giant Ape was slightly better. The Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus' appetite was truly too big. Even though the advanced Scarlet Flame Drake had become a powerful meat roaster, it wouldn't be able to satisfy that fellow's stomach without an hour or two of work.

Close to fifty kilograms of meat were finished by Zhang Che and the frisky monkey in slightly less than an hour. In order to alleviate the greasy feeling, Zhang Che purposefully took out a small pile of compressed biscuits, and the "father and son" duo continued eating.

After eating their fill, the frisky monkey laid sprawled out on the ground, his stomach looking comically round, as if a ball was stuffed into his stomach.

"Time to sleep!" Zhang Che sighed in satisfaction. He took out a sleeping bag, spread it open, fit himself into it, and closed his eyes.The next morning, Zhang Che was woken up by the alarm on his personal terminal.

When he walked out of the cave to take a look, the first rays of light were indeed starting to show.

Although the sky wasn't fully up yet, it was already bright out here on the snowy plains.

Zhang Che quickly ate some dry rations and continued on his way towards the gateway to the secret plane.

Of course, he made sure to have the Purple Crystal Tortoise collapse the cave when he left. Otherwise, wouldn't he be letting those who came after him have it too easy? Zhang Che was unwilling to do such good deeds.

Since he was already over three hundred kilometers deep from the outskirts of the area, Zhang Che grew even more cautious. He didn't Summon more of his babies; he only had the Purple Crystal Tortoise ride along with him on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back, flying at about forty to fifty kilometers per hour close to the ground.

Zhang Che wouldn't try to save a day or two of time. It was most important to reach the gateway safely. A day or two wouldn't make any difference when he finally entered the secret plane.Along the way, Zhang Che wasn't even willing to deal with the exotic beasts he encountered.

Zhang Che was happy to let off those exotic beasts who were scared of the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon. If they didn't know what was good for them and charged at Zhang Che, naturally he wouldn't be polite, either. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon would breathe a stream of darkfiend frozen air at them, and those weak exotic beasts would be severely injured, if not killed.

Just like that, they went on their way unobstructed, and advanced over a hundred kilometers without encountering any really strong exotic beasts.

-Strange… why does it seem safer compared to yesterday?- Zhang Che thought. Afterwards, he suddenly thought of something and his heart thumped, ready to have the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon fly in another direction.

However, at this moment, a furious roar suddenly rang out from a few kilometers away, the shockwave causing the accumulated snow on the nearby tree branches to fall off.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon seemed to sense something, and immediately stopped.

Zhang Che's complexion changed slightly. Given such a loud commotion, it seemed like someone ahead of him had run into a powerful beast.

-No wonder, I was thinking why I didn't encounter any slightly stronger exotic beasts on the way. I had already entered a powerful beast's territory!-

Zhang Che scanned his surroundings, then pointed at the tallest hill to his left and ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, "Go; let's fly up there to take a look."

Zhang Che really wanted to see who was so unlucky as to actually run into a powerful beast here.

At the same time, he was also extremely curious of exactly how strong the exotic beast that had just roared out was.

The hill's summit was only about three hundred meters up. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon arrived at the peak after a few breaths' time. Zhang Che focused his eyes and looked in the direction where the loud roar came from, and his pupils immediately constricted.

"Oh shit, those guys' luck is a little too bad! They haven't even reached the deepest area and they already ran into an epic-quality exotic beast!"

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Chapter 271: I Don't Feel Comfortable Unless I Set You Up

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About a kilometer away from the mountain foot Zhang Che was at was a long and narrow valley between two mountains.

At the entrance of the valley, a mixed group of five were standing in a row, directing a bunch of subdued beasts as they tangled with a large white snake.

Even though he was a kilometer away, Zhang Che could make out how thick and strong that white snake was. It was several dozen meters long, its white scales shining under the reflection of the light on the snow.

The group had a combined total of over thirty subdued beasts out, each of them powerful, but they were still suppressed by that white snake.

A faint layer of blue light covered a few hundred meter radius around the white snake. Within the faint layer of blue light, tiny ice crystals were rotating like tiny blades, slicing those subdued beasts, drawing countless little wounds.

Before their blood could seep out, they were directly frozen into dark red ice beads on the surface of the wounds.

It went without saying that the faint layer of blue light was that white snake's False Domain.

"Si… non epic-quality beasts have almost no chance of obtaining victory against that white snake fighting in that False Domain!" Zhang Che lamented. This was only the second time he had seen an epic-quality beast with a False Domain.

Judging from the might of their False Domain, that white snake was much stronger than that giant stone man he had encountered before. Despite the fact that none of the group of five's subdued beasts were weak, they were still in a disadvantageous position.

The reason why Zhang Che could determine that the white snake was at epic-quality and not divine-quality was also because their subdued beasts still seemed to be barely holding on.

A divine-quality exotic beast would be at least seven-star. Combining that, how could the subdued beasts of a group of mid-tier beastmasters withstand the attacks of such a powerful beast? They would probably be ripped apart after a few moves, wiping them out.

-Should I help them out?

-It doesn't seem like there's anything I can do. I'll just watch the battle from here.-

Zhang Che wouldn't feel guilty just because he wasn't able to help them. He wasn't such a saint.

He wouldn't mind helping out a little if it was within his ability to do so, just like how he saved Zhang Yujie yesterday when he wouldn't find himself in a dangerous situation.

This epic-quality exotic beast was different, however. If his guess was right, that fellow was a high-tier exotic beast. It was much stronger than that giant stone man he encountered before. How could he help them? Zhang Che wouldn't be so stupid as to put himself in danger to help others.

In the valley ahead, casualties started to appear among the mixed group of five's subdued beasts. The weaker ones of the bunch were finally unable to withstand the extreme cold and their bodies were cut open by a string of tiny ice blades, turning into a few streaks of light and dissipating.

Zhang Che was speechless at seeing that. Up until now, that huge snake had yet to make any direct attacks itself. Just by using the powers of its False Domain, it was able to slay a few of the subdued beasts. It was truly powerful!

Following the beasts' deaths, the scale of the battle fully tipped in the white snake's favor. Originally, it was only swinging its long tail slowly, driving those subdued beasts that were trying to get close and attack it away. At this moment, it suddenly displayed its might. It moved like a wave of white flowing water, instantly moving a few dozen meters and biting down at the body of a subdued beast who couldn't dodge the attack in time.

With a snapping sound, the extreme cold quickly invaded the wound. The subdued beast was turned into a pile of ice, and afterwards turned into a streak of light and dissipated.

The woman of the group of five finally couldn't take it anymore. She screamed out in a fluster and recalled most of her powerful subdued beasts, leaving only a few to fend off the white snake. Afterwards, she mounted a flying subdued beast and flew towards the mountain Zhang Che was on.

"What the, this is…" Zhang Che's eyes suddenly widened. Moments earlier, he vaguely heard from the group's yelling that they weren't speaking any dialects from Hua Xia. Instead, it sounded like the language from the two little countries to the east.

However, Zhang Che didn't understand either of their languages, so he couldn't tell whether they were Korean or Japanese. At the very least, they weren't speaking in any of the Hua Xia dialects.

It was only now that Zhang Che remembered this journey to the secret plane was a global affair. Almost every region had sent large amounts of beastmasters here. How could the participants from Hua Xia monopolize it?

Without a doubt, this group of beastmasters was from the region to the east. They were surely either Koreans or Japanese.

"Tsk, tsk. If you ran in any other direction, I would have just keep one of my eyes closed. Why did you have to fly in my direction?!"

Zhang Che's brain spun quickly. His body moved without any hesitation, directly retrieving the Fallen Star bow from his bracelet spatial equipment and nocking a custom-made arrow onto it. He aimed at the white snake, who had already killed the few subdued beasts left behind to secure their escape, and shot at it.

After finishing this series of actions, Zhang Che didn't waste any time and ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon under him to immediately change direction, flying towards the mountain range to the side.

He didn't care whether that arrow he shot had any effects. They were only about a kilometer apart. Heavens knew if that white snake had the ability to fly. If it chased them, Zhang Che didn't want to die alongside those foreigners.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was flying infinitely close to the speed of sound. As he flew hastily, they left this mountain range in the blink of an eye and disappeared into a forest.

Unbeknownst to Zhang Che, that arrow of his had yielded results beyond his imagination.

The white snake was in no hurry to pursue the group of five originally. Although it wasn't injured in the slightest, the white snake was enraged after being shot by an arrow all of a sudden.

A frosty white luster suddenly emerged under the white snake's thick body, lifting it up from the ground and shooting in pursuit of the group of five.

The white snake's speed was truly shocking. In just a breath or two's time, it actually went supersonic and was already close behind them.

"Damn it! Why is this snake so fast!?" the group of five cursed out loud when they heard the sonic boom behind them. They changed direction immediately, splitting up and escaping.

However, how could they possibly escape from the pursuit of an enraged peak epic-quality exotic beast?

The flying white snake behind them suddenly wound up its head, seemingly taking a deep breath, then shot out a stream of countless tiny icy blue shards, diverging into five blue streaks that shot towards each of the members.

In the next moment, a few miserable screams rang out in succession, and five dark red streaks of shaved ice spattered and fell to the ground.At a camp several hundred kilometers east from here, a middle-aged man saw all this through the video feed from a satellite, and gnashed his teeth angrily, "Baka! This is a blatant set up! Call the person in charge of Hua Xia immediately; we'll request the punishment of that beastmaster. His actions are in violation of the rules!"

Soon, a subordinate came back and reported subserviently, "General, the people from Hua Xia said that the beastmaster didn't attack our men directly, so it is only considered a failed attempt to provide help-"

"Bakayaro!" the middle-aged man cut him off, his face red with anger. He suddenly pulled out a black straight knife at his waist and swung it ferociously. A shockwave extended out, directly drawing a dozen-meter-long deep mark on the frozen ground.

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Chapter 272: Enter the Gateway

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Zhang Che was in a beautiful mood after setting up that group of five.

The only pity was that the white snake was too powerful, leaving him with no way to pick up scraps, putting his "Fisherman Zhang" nickname to shame.

However, Zhang Che didn't feel much regret over this.

When he grew stronger, did he have to worry about not having epic-quality subdued beasts and pets?

Let alone others, there was the giant stone man in the Bei Mei region's beast world behind the San Diego spatial gateway carved deep into his memory. He would surely make a trip there when an opportunity arose in the future.

Leaving that giant stone man's offensive strength aside, just the defensive effects the gravity field False Domain provided were extraordinary.

Zhang Che estimated that the giant stone man was still a mid-tier exotic beast. If it could advance into high-tier, or its quality could increase another level, the might of that gravity field would definitely be overpowered. Anyone who entered it would surely find themselves weakened by at least half.

Not only that, they might not even have to lift a finger against weaker enemies. That terrifying gravity effect would just destroy their bodies.

"Stop daydreaming and start thinking about how to reach the gateway to the secret plane," Zhang Che smiled self-mockingly. He shook his head, clearing his mind of useless thoughts. He flew on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, steering away from the white snake, heading deeper into the area.

The white snake was a high-tier epic-quality exotic beast. There shouldn't be any other such terrifyingly powerful creatures within two or three hundred kilometers, so Zhang Che could make use of this chance to hurry on his way.

It would be a few days later before he arrived at the gateway to the secret realm if he only covered two to three hundred kilometers of ground per day. It was fine if he was slower than others by a step, but it would be too much of a disadvantage if he was slower by several steps!

As Zhang Che had anticipated, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew about four hundred kilometers close to the ground before he encountered a seven-star gold-quality exotic beast.

Although a seven-star gold-quality exotic beast was strong, it could do nothing but get beaten up by Zhang Che's babies, laying on the ground on the verge of death just a few minutes later.

Since he wasn't in the beast world, and was unable to obtain beast cards by killing the exotic beasts, Zhang Che tried his best to leave such high-end beasts alive, harboring hopes of taming them as his pets.

However, this seven-star gold-quality exotic beast was incredibly stubborn. No matter what methods Zhang Che used, tough or otherwise, it didn't budge in the slightest. In the end, Zhang Che directly had the rainbow crystal release a rainbow talismanic rune to forcibly tame it after running out of patience.

Alas, just as the rainbow talismanic rune was about to engrave itself deep into the exotic beast's soul, its life force was extinguished, leaving only a corpse behind.

"My guess turned out right after all. If an exotic beast is unwilling, there's no way to tame it as a pet!" Zhang Che sighed. He could only wave his hand, letting the Purple Crystal Tortoise store this seven-star gold-quality exotic beast's ruined corpse into its spatial pocket.

Although this fellow's body was beaten to a pulp by his babies, it was still a seven-star gold-quality exotic beast, after all. The remaining parts could still be sold for a high price.

Zhang Che would never shy away from money!

Afterwards, Zhang Che became cautious again. Once something seemed amiss ahead, he would have the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon change direction immediately. He wouldn't stay for a second longer, nor would he harbor a complacent attitude about trying to kill those exotic beasts that looked too strong for him at a glance.

The day passed very quickly.That evening, Zhang Che estimated that he was only about three hundred kilometers away from the gateway to the secret plane.

In that case, he should be able to break through the inner area and enter the secret plane by tomorrow evening if nothing went wrong.

"I wonder what the secret world would look like this time? Hopefully it's not too dangerous, or it'll be hard to say what the end result will be like."

Zhang Che had imagined on many occasions what the past secret planes were like inside. What were the similarities and differences between each of them?

However, his current status was not at the level where he could learn those secrets. Even though he had become the son-in-law-to-be of the Huang family, Huang Juyun didn't tell him any of the more secretive information, leaving him with no inkling of any of that.

Well, it wasn't like he knew nothing. At the very least, he knew it was very dangerous inside. He had to be very, very careful in there.

Zhang Che smiled self-mockingly, before looking for a mountain and repeating what he did yesterday: the Purple Crystal Tortoise dug out a cave for him to settle down for the night.

Of course, a roasted meat feast was a given. Zhang Che and the frisky monkey ate so much that their mouths were dripping with oil before finally stopping to rest.The next morning, Zhang Che was woken up by the alarm on his personal terminal again.

He walked out of the cave and grabbed a handful of the accumulated snow on the ground to clean his face. After a simple breakfast, Zhang Che continued on his journey towards the secret plane's gateway.

The closer he was to the core area, the higher the frequency of powerful exotic beasts appearing.

Zhang Che didn't dare to have the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon randomly fly around anymore. Instead, he had the latter fly at a controlled speed of about forty to fifty kilometers per hour, keeping up his guard.

He didn't bother to fight the exotic beasts he came across, either, no matter if they were strong or weak. He would avoid them if possible, trying his best not to waste any time.

Killing exotic beasts on Mercury wouldn't give him any beast cards anyway, and the chances of successfully taming them were extremely small. In the end, Zhang Che chose not to bother with them at all.

As for procuring food, the Purple Crystal Tortoise had already stored the corpses of over a hundred large exotic beasts over the past two days. The amount of meat in there weighed several hundred tons, nearly filling up the thousand cubic meters of space it had.

Not to mention, there was still the food Huang Juyun had prepared for him in the bracelet spatial equipment. If Zhang Che was only eating by himself, that much food would last him decades!

Obviously, Zhang Che wouldn't spend decades in the secret plane, no matter what!

As Zhang Che continued going deeper into the territory, he started seeing other beastmasters again. The closer he got to the center, the higher the number of beastmasters around him.

They were no longer purely beastmasters from Hua Xia. Beastmasters with all kinds of skin color and hair color entered his sight, one after another.

All of a sudden, Zhang Che realized that after passing through the inner area, it actually became safer the closer he was to the center.

-Could it be because of the sudden appearance of the gateway?- Zhang Che wondered.

Although he had no way of knowing that, there didn't seem to be any other explanations.

Since it was much safer here, and beastmasters could be seen everywhere, Zhang Che no longer acted as cautiously, and had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon speed up, flying towards the center hastily.

Finally, when the seemingly cool sun was hanging on the western horizon, a flat icy plain suddenly appeared ahead.

Right in the middle of this snowy-white icy plains, a slightly flat golden ball of light of a few dozen meters diameter entered Zhang Che's sight.

On this icy plain, as well as its surroundings, group upon group of beastmasters were hurrying over, and rushed into that golden ball of light like moths attracted to flames.

-It shouldn't be dangerous right behind the gateway, right?- Zhang Che suddenly thought.

When the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon arrived before that golden ball of light, Zhang Che jumped off his back and recalled him into his spiritual sea. Afterwards, two streaks of five-colored rays shot out, one of which materialized into a purple armor, covering his entire body, while the other turned into a scarlet-black sword in his hand.

After making all his preparations, Zhang Che strode forth resolutely, stepping into the golden ball of light.

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Chapter 273: This is the Secret World?

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In the moment Zhang Che stepped into the ball of light, he even had the time to glance left and right.

There were quite a few other beastmasters who stepped into the ball of light at the same time as him. Those beastmasters were of various builds and skin colors, their gazes shining with caution, afraid that they would be ambushed by others after entering the secret world.

-Well, I'm not afraid of an ambush; if these mid-tier beastmasters can penetrate the purple crystal armor's defense, it's better for me to go home early and not explore the secret world.-

Zhang Che wasn't worried about his own safety, but naturally he wouldn't be careless, either.

Once he stepped into the ball of light, he held his Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword tightly in his hands cautiously.

In the instant he entered the ball of light, Zhang Che felt like he had entered a strange area. The feeling couldn't be described with words. It felt a little similar to that time when he was sucked into that endless spatial tunnel, yet was extremely different.

After a seemingly very long time, which at the same time felt like an instant, Zhang Che realized he could move again. He suddenly struggled, and broke free from that strange area, landing on solid ground. A hint of the smell of decay spread through the air, leaving him scrunching his nose uncontrollably.

"What the heck is this place? Why is there such a strange smell?"

Zhang Che opened his eyes, and discovered that it was dark all around.

His heart tightened immediately. He instantly summoned his capable babies, including the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, Scarlet Flame Drake, and Mutated Giant Ape. Not only that, he was also prepared to slash out at any moment with his Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword.

However, no ambush came. Not even those who crossed the gateway at the same time as him were anywhere to be seen.

-Could it be that everyone randomly appears in different locations?- Zhang Che thought to himself. He finally understood why Huang Juyun let him come by himself, and didn't send anyone to assist him.

Perhaps this was one of the similarities between all secret worlds!

When his eyes were finally adjusted to the darkness, Zhang Che looked at his surroundings cautiously.

Over his head was what seemed to be an endless night sky, countless stars up there, each of them so dim that they seemed to be dying. The illumination they provided only allowed Zhang Che to see a few dozen meters around him. Any further than that was a blur.

The location he was at seemed to be a mountain top. It wasn't too narrow here, able to fit a few large cargo trucks.

Everything below the mountain was a blur; he couldn't tell the distance at all.

If it wasn't for the dancing scarlet flames around the Scarlet Flame Drake, Zhang Che wouldn't even be able to make out the surroundings of this plateau.

"Damn it, what kind of god-forsaken place is this? There's not a bit of sound at all!" Zhang Che creased his brows. He could tell that he was surrounded by mountains, and could make out the very faint outlines of dense forests, but why weren't there any sound?

This wasn't normal at all!

-It can't be that there's no living creature here at all, right?-

Zhang Che grew even more wary. He was in no hurry to explore, however. Instead, he was preparing to spend a night here first.

-Hmm, hopefully the nights here aren't too long, or it'd be really hard to endure the solitude.-

Suddenly, a breeze blew up from below the mountain.

Within that breeze, a dark shadow pounced towards Zhang Che, who was wielding his sword.

"What the heck is that!?" Zhang Che cried out in shock, subconsciously swinging his sword forward.

Chi! This slash felt as if it swept through a mass of cotton. It did not resist any of the force, nor was it cut open, merely making the dark shadow float backwards a little.

At this moment, with the help from the fiery light from the Scarlet Flame Drake's body, Zhang Che finally got a clear look at the dark shadow in front of him.

Well, it was just a dark shadow!

Zhang Che felt a chill in his heart. This was beyond anything he had seen before.

It was a dark shadow that resembled a large wolf. All its facial features were present, and even its fur could be seen clearly.

However, this thing was fully black, and floating in the air as if it weighed nothing. Only its eyes were a dark red in color, staring at the Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword in Zhang Che's hand.

The deep wound he had caused on this black wolf-like strange creature's body could be seen rapidly closing up. The inside of the wound was similarly dark, with no blood flowing out of the wound. Only a black mist could be seen stirring there.

"Could this be a spirit or something?" Zhang Che's brow furrowed even deeper.

The black wolf suddenly opened its mouth and let out a long, silent howl. It then turned into a dark shadow and pounced at Zhang Che again, this time more than twice as fast as before!

Zhang Che couldn't handle this kind of speed at all. He could only quickly step backwards and swing his sword across, not hoping to injure the enemy, only for self-preservation.

When he swung his sword, he didn't hit anything. The lost sense of balance left Zhang Che's back leg moving weirdly, and he hurriedly exerted strength to stabilize himself.

Looking ahead, the black wolf was no longer in Zhang Che's sight.

-Shit!- Zhang Che cursed to himself. Just as he was about to rush forward, he heard a dog's bark behind him. A streak of fiery light shot directly behind him; the Scarlet Flame Drake made its move!

In the next moment, a sharp and miserable howl penetrated into Zhang Che's soul, ringing out silently, leaving him feeling a little uncomfortable.

He turned around to look, and saw that the black wolf was reduced to a black ball of light, rapidly dissipating in the flames shot out by the Scarlet Flame Drake.

"So this thing is weak to fire-attributed attacks!"

Zhang Che heaved a long sigh of relief after seeing the black ball of light thoroughly extinguished. It'd be fine as long as the Scarlet Flame Drake's flames could restrain those cursed entities. Otherwise, gods knew what other methods they had that might threaten his safety?

After the black ball of light was extinguished, a tiny trace of mysterious energy suddenly went through the purple crystal armor and entered Zhang Che's body, merging into his spiritual sea.

"What the heck is this?!"

Zhang Che was flustered by all these strange incidents. He hurriedly manipulated the rainbow energy in his spiritual sea, wanting to get rid of that trace of mysterious energy.

However, the rainbow crystal floating high up in his spiritual sea was unresponsive. The trace of mysterious energy didn't launch any attack onto Zhang Che, either. Instead, it quickly melted and thoroughly disappeared from his spiritual sea.

-Perhaps, this is the benefit gained from killing that black wolf?- Zhang Che thought to himself. Zhang Che suddenly felt that following the disappearance of the trace of mysterious energy… well, perhaps it should be said that as that mysterious energy was absorbed by his soul, his spiritual sense seemed to become a tiny bit clearer.

That feeling wasn't obvious; Zhang Che wasn't sure whether he was only imagining things.

To verify this, he could only kill more of the dark shadows.

However, Zhang Che didn't dare to treat his life so lightly in such a strange area. He had no intention of descending the mountain to explore, only wanting to pass this night safely before making any further plans.

There were simply too many unknown variables in this secret world. Before he gained a sufficient understanding of his surroundings, Zhang Che's best choice was to stay put where he was.

As such, he found a relatively flat surface and sat down. Afterwards, he had his babies spread out to the sides, while the Scarlet Flame Drake, who could counter those strange creatures was stationed right at his side. With that, it could attack at any moment once anything went wrong.

"This mountaintop doesn't seem safe, either. I'd better get the Purple Crystal Tortoise to dig out a cave…"

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Chapter 274: Abundant Resources Indeed

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After the ambush by that strange black wolf, how could Zhang Che feel safe enough to remain here?

However, the problem was that he didn't know how many of those creatures would be down in the dark area below if he chose to descend the mountain now.

His only choice was naturally to dig out a cave on this mountain top and bury himself inside the mountain. He shouldn't have to worry about his safety then.

At Zhang Che's order, the Purple Crystal Tortoise quickly went to work.

Zhang Che wasn't idling around while waiting for the Purple Crystal Tortoise to dig out the cave, either. He directly took out a huge piece of exotic beast meat and had the Scarlet Flame Drake roast it before filling his protesting stomach.

During this entire process, he was on the lookout in his surroundings. Gods knew whether those strange spirits were interested in roasted meat; if a few of them really came charging at him, he'd have the Scarlet Flame Drake roast them to ashes while it was at it.

However, as things would have it, those creatures weren't interested in meat at all, even if the fragrance of roasted meat spread out.

By the time Zhang Che ate his fill, the Purple Crystal Tortoise had finished digging out a huge cave from the top of the mountain. Zhang Che walked into the cave with his babies, then had the Purple Crystal Tortoise seal the entrance. Finally, a sense of security settled on his heart.

"Let's just go to sleep; I'll check out the surroundings tomorrow after the sun rises."

Just as Zhang Che was about to take out his sleeping bag and slip into it, with the help of the illumination from the Scarlet Flame Drake, he suddenly noticed the cave wall seemed to have some starry objects reflecting a weak light. It would have been impossible to notice them if he hadn't taken a good look at it.

"Hmm? What substance is this?" Zhang Che immediately grew curious. He forewent the idea of sleeping and walked over to the cave wall, staring at those starry dots.

There was very little of those substance, but they were distributed very evenly. Looking carefully, the several-square-meter-wide wall had a few dozen of them.

The lighting was slightly lacking. Thus, Zhang Che had the Scarlet Flame Drake come over. Using the light from its natural flames, he took a closer look at the wall, and finally confirmed that the starry dots spread on the rock wall were, in fact, grain-sized translucent crystals.

He took out the Mutated Puffersword and pried one of these grains out. Looking closely at the crystal grain in his palm, he felt that this thing looked somewhat familiar.

Naturally Zhang Che wasn't the one feeling a sense of familiarity. It was his predecessor who had seen a photo of this substance, leaving memories of it behind.

Well, what was he waiting for? This was definitely another kind of rare mineral!

Zhang Che immediately tried hard to recall, and soon a hint of surprise flashed across his eyes.

Stellar Crystal! That was the name of this substance.

It didn't have many applications, but it was very important.

Since the first discovery of the crystal in the beast world, the Alliance had discovered only one use for it. Using it in high-end electronics would at least double their functionality!

Let alone high-end products like satellites, even if you only used it on daily-use electronics, it would be extremely shocking to have its functionality doubled.

However, stellar crystals were extremely rare. The entire Mercury Alliance didn't harvest much of from the beast world after all these years. The demand heavily outweighed the supply, and its price had reached a terrifying level, nearly ten times that of purple-gold crystals!

Zhang Che's eyes immediately shone with a blinding golden light.

A rare mineral worth ten times as much as purple-gold crystal was found just like that after digging out a cave?

It was no wonder Huang Juyun said that resources were abundant in the secret world. The saying was true!

Zhang Che quickly summoned the Purple Crystal Tortoise again, and had it transform into a hardworking miner, scavenging for the stellar crystals in the mountain's body.

The Purple Crystal Tortoise was indeed a model manual labor who worked without any complaints. Its purple figure immediately melded into the rock wall, and it collected every bit of the stellar crystals hidden in the mountain according to Zhang Che's orders.

Zhang Che no longer felt sleepy at all now. He stood in the cave, pacing back and forth, unable to stop. He was unusually excited right now; how could he possibly calm down?Time slowly passed by, and the Purple Crystal Tortoise had yet to surface from the rocks. This made Zhang Che smile even more widely.

The longer it took, wouldn't that mean that there were even more stellar crystals?

That was a high-end currency! A top-grade resource that couldn't be bought no matter how much was offered. Who could possibly loathe having too much of it?After over two hours, the Purple Crystal Tortoise finally surfaced silently from the rock wall to the side and crawled over to Zhang Che. It opened its mouth and spat out a pile of dazzling white grains.

Oh, no, it should be a pile of tiny dazzling crystals.

"Woah, there's really quite a lot of it!"

Zhang Che's eyes narrowed into slits from over-smiling.

The pile of stellar crystals in front of him didn't seem like much, but it was definitely over a cubic meter.

According to the information left behind in his prior memories, the density of stellar crystal was about twice that of water. In other words, this pile of stellar crystals weighed about two tons!

Converting them over, these were worth twenty tons of purple-gold crystals!

Mama mia! How much was twenty tons of purple-gold crystals worth in dollars?

Although Zhang Che's mathematics were bad, he knew that it was definitely an astronomical sum that exceeded his imagination.

The market price of purple-gold crystal was already at about ten thousand dollars per gram!

"This happiness came too suddenly. What if I can't sleep tonight?"

After Zhang Che had the Purple Crystal Tortoise stash the pile of stellar crystals away, he felt as if he was a single man about to crawl into the bed of an eighteen-year-old after a long dry spell. He was unusually excited; how could he feel even a hint of sleepiness?

In the end, he took the Mutated Puffersword and started practicing his swordsmanship in the cave, hoping to calm down.

It turned out that this method was really not bad. After practicing for about half an hour, Zhang Che gradually calmed down. He finally stopped his practice and found his way into the sleeping bag, falling asleep before he knew it.In his dreams, Zhang Che found himself lying on a mountain of rice grains so wide that the ends couldn't be seen… oh, no, it should be a mountain of stellar crystals where the ends couldn't be seen. With a raise of his hands, a wide spread of glittering crystals scattered in the air, leaving him drunk with pleasure.

Of course, Zhang Che sobered up in the end… due to the alarm he set a few days ago, waking him up from his sweet, sweet dream.

"Damn it, why did it have to ring at this moment? Can't it just let me-" Zhang Che was suddenly dumbstruck after opening his eyes very unwillingly.

All electronic products were unusable in the beast worlds. This was something humans realized very early on after their first entry into the beast world.

Soooo… why did the alarm on his personal terminal ring right on time?

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-The alarm went off. Doesn't that mean that personal terminals are functional in here?

-Then, what kind of a place is this secret world?

-Could it be that this secret world isn't related to the beast worlds?-

Many questions flooded into Zhang Che's head, immediately waking him up fully, his grogginess clearing. However, he wasn't able to reach any conclusions.

He turned off the alarm on his personal terminal and smiled wryly.

So what if he could use his personal terminal? The satellite's signal couldn't reach here anyway. His personal terminal was akin to an electronic watch, only useful for telling the time.

-Oh, right, if a day in the secret world is different from the outside world, then even it's time measuring function will be greatly affected…

-I should go take a look outside first and see if the sky is bright. I can estimate the length of a day in here then.-

Thinking of that, Zhang Che stored his sleeping bag back into his spatial bracelet and had the Purple Crystal Tortoise go through the rock to scout things out at the mountain summit first, to check if there was any danger.

After a short while, the Purple Crystal Tortoise returned safely and expressed that it was safe out there.

It was only now that Zhang Che felt assured. He had the Purple Crystal Tortoise go ahead of them to clear the rocks at the cave entrance, while he and his capable babies would follow shortly thereafter.

As the rocks at the cave entrance were cleared away by the Purple Crystal Tortoise, ray upon ray of light shot in from above.

"Looks like the length of day is about the same as the outside world," Zhang Che sighed in relief. He followed the winding tunnel and walked out of the cave.

After that, he stood there blankly.

Looking up to the sky, he realized that it wasn't blue, nor did it have clouds. There was only a vast starscape in sight.

No, that wasn't a starscape, either!

Zhang Che's head raised slightly, his eyes filled with shock, looking at the "sky" over his head. He was dumbstruck for a long while before recovering from his shock.

That starscape wasn't a starscape at all!

What was over his head was an endless rock wall, with crystals embedded in it, looking like pearls that glowed in the dark, emitting a soft light.

Looking at it from a broader perspective, it was like a slightly curved pot covering his head.

However, how was that endless rock body able to float in the "sky"? What was supporting it, allowing it to remain in position and not fall down?

This world was truly too mysterious. Zhang Che suddenly felt as if all that he knew was overturned. The sight before him was too bizarre, and yet it was indeed what he was seeing right now.

After a long while, he sighed faintly and rubbed his temples helplessly.

"What the heck is this freaking world exactly?"

He sat down on the mountain summit, brought out some breakfast and filled his stomach before scanning his surroundings.

His discovery last night was correct. There were indeed plants around, but perhaps due to the unique environment, the vegetation was extremely sparse, and wasn't tall, either. Even the amount of bushes and wild grass was scarce.

Not only that, the vegetation here had a very gloomy color, with a tinge of ink green to their appearance. It didn't give off any vital feeling at all.

On the other hand, all kinds of moss-like plants were growing everywhere, with various colors to them. At the very least, they brought some bright colors to this world.

Even so, those colorful mosses still gave off an overall gloomy appearance.

-It's probably because there's not enough light here…- Zhang Che could only attribute the cause of the problem to that.

Although the beast world didn't have a sun either, it was still very bright during daytime. Also, the sky seemed boundless, and it was still considered a relatively normal world.

The secret world, on the other hand, was a little too strange.

-Are the insides of the past secret planes similar to this?,- Zhang Che wondered. Afterwards, he remembered what Huang Juyun said. Every secret world was different. After all, how could these strange worlds be identical? They should have their own uniqueness.

His surroundings were very quiet, almost no sound could be heard. However, Zhang Che was already numb to it, not paying any attention to it.

He raised his head and looked at the endless rock wall over his head, embedded with concentrated shimmering crystal objects, thinking whether he should ride the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon up to take a look. Those shimmering crystals should be good stuff, right?

Zhang Che was immediately tempted when he thought of that.

Instead of thinking, why not act on it!?

As such, Zhang Che recalled the rest of his babies with a wave of his hand and jumped onto the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back. Afterwards, they took to the skies and flew towards the ceiling.

As they quickly flew higher, the scenery below entered Zhang Che's sight more fully. Looking to the distance, mountain after mountain extended to the horizon, without any sign of ending.

The large amounts of beastmasters who had entered the secret world seemed to have disappeared without a trace. Zhang Che couldn't see any of them.

However, there seemed to be some black dots moving in the sparse forest in the mountain range. Due to the distance, Zhang Che couldn't tell exactly what creatures those black dots were, but he was certain they weren't the beastmasters!

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon continued soaring higher, and the mountain range below continued extending to the horizons.

Gradually, Zhang Che noticed something amiss.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was at least several kilometers above ground now. However, that seemingly low rock wall over his head didn't seem to get any closer at all.

The shimmering crystals emitting soft light were still about the size of a coin to his eyes.

-How strange… what exactly is this damn place!?,- Zhang Che nearly cursed out loud. All these illogical phenomena were about to drive him crazy!

Zhang Che was a stubborn person to his bones. He didn't believe he would never reach the rock wall over his head. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon under him didn't slow down, either, and continued flying higher.In the end, Zhang Che was in despair.

No matter how high the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew, the rock wall over his head showed no signs of getting closer.

It was like the rock wall was rising higher as the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew higher.

"Let's go down. There's no need to continue flying higher," Zhang Che said, patting the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon. He had finally given up and had the dragon descend.

This place was too strange. Zhang Che didn't dare to remain so high up in the sky any more. The end result would be unthinkable if any powerful creatures set its eyes on him.

Alas, there were times when the more you were worried about something, the more that something would happen for real.

As the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon descended, Zhang Che suddenly saw a group of black dots flying towards him from very far away.

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Chapter 276: Greatly Beneficial Thing

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-I knew it!- Zhang Che cursed inwardly. He hurriedly had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon accelerate to his maximum speed, diving straight down.

However, that group of black dots was even faster!

Originally, they were only about the size of sesame seeds in Zhang Che's eyes. Before long, they were already at the size of peanuts and were quickly expanding to the size of a fist!

-What the hell is that? It's so fast!- Zhang Che was astonished. He could only pray that those black dots wouldn't catch up to him before the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon reached the ground.

Alas, his wish was destined to come to nothing.

When that spread of black dots came closing in at the speed of lightning, Zhang Che finally got a clear look at them. It was a bunch of strange grayish birds with appearances resembling bats. They had savage-looking heads, and their bodies were covered in a layer of grey fur.

What was more shocking was that those fellows had a long, slim tail, and at the tip of their tail was a sharp stinger, giving him chills when he saw it.

Zhang Che quickly summoned the Purple Crystal Tortoise and Scarlet Flame Drake without any delay. Among his subdued beasts and pets, only these two had sustained long distance attacks.

Forget about the Unicorn; that fellow only had a one-time use attack, and would turn into a pure nanny afterwards. It wouldn't be very useful in this situation.

Of course, if he was really in such a desperate situation, Zhang Che wouldn't just leave it idling in his spiritual sea.

What was left was only the frisky monkey.

In the current situation, the frisky monkey's aim would surely be greatly affected. It was hard to say if he could hit his targets accurately.

Moreover, the frisky monkey had almost no means of self-preservation. Once those extremely fast strange birds got close, he wouldn't be able to put up any resistance at all.

Zhang Che didn't dare risk losing the frisky monkey by summoning him out. The monkey was his super biological spiritual herb searching tool. Finding spiritual herbs all depended on him; how could Zhang Che let him take such a risk?

The flock of strange birds had a lot of them. Zhang Che roughly estimated that there were several dozen of them.

After Zhang Che summoned the Scarlet Flame Drake and Purple Crystal Tortoise, the bunch of strange birds were finally upon them.

Zhang Che's complexion changed slightly.

He couldn't see their attributes!

This reminded him of the strange black wolf slain by the Scarlet Flame Drake last night. Could it be that the creatures in the secret world were entirely different from the beast world?

Not being able to see their attributes meant that Zhang Che was unable to determine his enemies' strength. This left him feeling a little flustered.

All this while, he had avoided many dangers thanks to his data eyes, and also obtained many powerful subdued beasts that could incite envy in others.

Now that his data eyes were ineffective, how could he not be scared?

Although he was shaken, Zhang Che wouldn't do nothing and wait for his death.

Under his command, the Purple Crystal Tortoise was the first to strike.

Of course, since he didn't know the true strength of those strange birds, Zhang Che didn't have it directly shoot out the bone spikes. They were high up in the sky right now; how was he supposed to find and retrieve the bone spikes if they were shot out? He would be devastated if even one of those precious treasures was lost!

The Purple Crystal Tortoise opened its mouth and shot out a rock spear at the strange bird at the fore.

A soft sound rang out. The rock spear shot by the Purple Crystal Tortoise directly punched a hole through the strange bird's head and body. The latter suddenly froze and fell from the sky.

"Eh? They're actually a bunch of weaklings!" Zhang Che was overjoyed. He immediately ordered the Purple Crystal Tortoise to use its rock spear gatling skill, turning all the rocks stored in its body, despite the small amount, into spears and shooting them like a M61 Vulcan, hemorrhaging a huge amount of bullets for a short period of time.

A wave of pitter-patter noises rang out. The several dozen strange birds were turned into sieves almost at the same time, and fell from the sky like dumplings dropped into a pot.

"They're really a bunch of weaklings, with no redeeming features! So bad!"

Now, Zhang Che was finally sure that these creatures were completely different from those found in the beast world. After their deaths, they would neither drop beast cards, nor would they turn into streaks of light and dissipate away.

This sudden encounter didn't yield Zhang Che any rewards at all, giving him an unfamiliar feeling. However, to keep himself safe in this strange world was the greatest reward he could ever hope for. Zhang Che, too, knew that he mustn't be too greedy.

After experiencing the ambush, Zhang Che understood that the skies of the secret world were too dangerous. Perhaps the next flying creatures he encountered would be so strong that he couldn't put up any resistance.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon continued descending, his speed faster than the corpses of those strange birds falling. Zhang Che swept his gaze across those tattered corpses, shaking his head regretfully.

"Hmm? Something feels off…"

Zhang Che's face suddenly stiffened. He finally remembered what was amiss.

Those strange birds were turned into sieves from the stone projectiles, but not a drop of blood had fallen!

Perhaps… they weren't dead!

Just as he realized that, Zhang Che discovered that the wounds on those strange birds' corpses were quickly closing, and were showing signs of life, mysteriously regaining consciousness.

"Damn it, they're still alive!" Zhang Che furrowed his brows deeply. Powerful enemies were nothing to be scared of. It was only scary when they couldn't be killed! No matter how weak they were, they would tire you to death, reviving again and again after killing them!

Zhang Che had no answer to this. He could only have the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon continue descending.

They were getting closer and closer to the ground.

The strange birds over his head regained consciousness one after another. They gathered together and dove down towards Zhang Che.

"Damn it, I really don't believe you can't be killed!" Zhang Che gritted his teeth, and ordered the Scarlet Flame Drake to activate the new skill it gained after advancing, Rain of Fire.

-Physical attacks might not kill you, let's see if you can keep reviving after I burn all of you to ash!-

In an instant, the fire elements in the surrounding kilometer of space were quickly gathered to the Scarlet Flame Drake. Afterwards, they materialized into countless drops of scarlet rain in the air fifty meters around the Scarlet Flame Drake, shrouding the bunch of strange birds.

The fiery rain drops immediately burned and spread upon contact with the strange birds, enveloping their whole bodies.

Soundless miserable screeches rang out, penetrating Zhang Che's spiritual sea, reminding him of the black wolf from last night.

-Could it be…-

As he expected, traces of mysterious energy directly seeped into Zhang Che's spiritual sea in the next moment, repeating the events after the black wolf's death, nourishing his soul through some unknown means.

After all the strange birds were burned to ashes, and several dozen traces of mysterious energy entered Zhang Che's spiritual sea, he felt that his soul had become clearer, and his spiritual sense had improved considerably.

Everything around him seemed to become clearer, but it wasn't in the sense that he could notice with his naked eye.

That fascinating feeling was inexplicable. Zhang Che almost moaned in pleasure. Without a doubt, the mysterious energy left behind after those strange creatures' death was something greatly beneficial!

Even though Zhang Che had yet to realize what exact benefits that mysterious energy gave him, he knew that as long as he continued hunting those creatures and absorbing more of that energy, the changes would become clearer.

When a quantitative change led to a qualitative change, the energy's real use would be brought forth.

-Could it be that this energy will allow one to attain the legendary divine sense?-Zhang Che guessed randomly. Due to the lack of references, he wasn't able to make heads or tails of it. All of it could only be clarified in the future.

However, when he saw the black dots moving in the sparse mountain forest below, his eyes revealed hints of greed.

Zhang Che knew that he had already found out what benefits those strange creatures provided!

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Before Zhang Che started his killing spree, he needed to clarify one thing.

That was, whether the strange creatures in this secret world could only be killed with fire elemental attacks, or could other elemental attacks work as well?

Otherwise, it might be difficult to avoid getting into an accident if he could only rely on the Scarlet Flame Drake.

After all, even though the Scarlet Flame Drake could return to his spiritual sea and recover its vital strength after using its skill, it needed time to do so.

What if a powerful creature suddenly attacked him while the Scarlet Flame Drake was recovering its vital strength? Zhang Che would really be in a helpless position!

Keeping this in mind, Zhang Che directly recalled the Scarlet Flame Drake into his spiritual sea and rode the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, flying towards the black dots he had discovered moving in the sparse forest earlier.

First, he needed to verify whether the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's darkfiend frozen air could kill those strange creatures.

If that was possible, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon would be much more useful than the Scarlet Flame Drake, because his frozen breath had a longer reach than the Scarlet Flame Drake's fiery breath.The trees in the sparse, dark green forest were all shaped weirdly. The soil on the ground was a bleak, pale gray color, like a place of exile.

If it wasn't for the abundant, colorful moss that could be seen everywhere, this world simply had a deathly appearance, able to drive people mad.

Zhang Che found one of the strange creatures very quickly.

It was a strange snake about three meters long, with a row of sharp thorns on the scales on its back. It was pale gray in color, similar to the soil it was slithering upon, looking extremely weird.

Whoosh! The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon dove down quickly. Before that strange thorned snake could react, a stream of darkfiend frozen air blew its way.

Although that thorned snake reacted immediately, its body quickly winding up and shooting away to dodge the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's attack, it failed to avoid the stream of frozen air in the end. Its body was completely frozen before it could spring up a meter into the air.

A crisp sound rang out. The icy blue frozen thorned snake fell to the ground, breaking into countless ice shards. Afterwards, the ice quickly melted, thoroughly disappearing from Zhang Che's sight.

At the same time, an unnoticeable mysterious energy seeped into Zhang Che's spiritual sea.

Zhang Che was immediately relieved. It seemed that any elemental attack would work on these creatures, although they were invulnerable to physical attacks!

With that, Zhang Che had the ice and fire pair, the Scarlet Flame Drake and the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, available to crush any of these strange creatures.

Of course, there might be extremely powerful creatures that even the Scarlet Flame Drake and the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon couldn't deal with. However, in Zhang Che's opinion, those powerful creatures would be rarely seen. Unless he was unlucky to the extreme, he would probably not run into one of them.

After absorbing the thorned snake's mysterious energy, Zhang Che could barely feel any change.

"Looks like even these strange creatures are divided in strength…"

Zhang Che had killed three different types of the strange creatures since last night. By comparison, he discovered that the black wolf he had first encountered had contributed the most mysterious energy to him, followed by that bunch of strange birds, and lastly the weak thorned snake before him.

However, due to the large numbers of those strange birds, the combined amount of mysterious energy they gave him was quite high.

Zhang Che sighed softly. He had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon fly into the air, at a few dozen meters high, and casually chose a direction to fly in.

The deep green bushes on the ground were extremely sparse. It was impossible to conceal any large creatures, and thus Zhang Che didn't have to worry about missing any prey.

Even if there were creatures that could be concealed by the trees and plants, Zhang Che didn't care. Those would probably not give him much mysterious energy.

Zhang Che soon discovered another target.

This time, it was a large lizard-like creature. Its entire body was covered in large pieces of bone shields like armor, and on its savage head were dense bone spikes just that thorned snake from before, giving it a fearsome appearance.

-The heck… aren't there any normal-looking creatures here?-

Zhang Che didn't have any energy to curse out. He ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to dive straight down and shoot out a stream of frozen air at it.

However, that few-meters-long lizard monster was much stronger than that thorned snake from before. It was alarmed as the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was diving down. All the bone spikes on its head shot out, producing a concentrated wave of whistling sounds, and struck the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's belly accurately.

A wave of crisp, clanking sounds rang out. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's extremely tough, crystallized body was actually punctured with holes. Deep blue darkfiend abyssal air immediately wafted out from the holes like a fog.

At the same time, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's frozen air had also reached the strange lizard, immediately enveloping the surface of its body with a layer of deep blue ice crystals.

However, the strange creature suddenly shook its body, shattering the ice crystals, which then fell to the ground. Afterwards, its large figure quickly crawled towards a pale grey crevice nearby.

Although the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's frozen air was able to hurt the lizard, his attack had failed to cause any fatal injuries.

"Don't let it get away!"

At Zhang Che's order, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon immediately charged in pursuit. The two sharp claws on his chest directly grabbed onto that strange lizard's tail and dragged it out from the crevice. Afterwards, he opened his mouth and breathed out several streams of darkfiend frozen air at it.

When the extremely low temperature froze that lizard, leaving it unable to struggle anymore, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon raised the lizard's tail and forcibly whipped the lizard at the rock wall.

A loud, dull sound rang out. The blue icy crystals covering the strange lizard's body immediately shattered all over the ground.

To Zhang Che's joy, he saw that the layer of armor on that fellow's body was also smashed apart, revealing the pale grey flesh underneath.

However, as he had expected, that fellow's body didn't seem to contain any blood, either. A pale grey wisp of air was flowing out of the revealed pale grey flesh like liquid, not leaking out at all.

"This really is a cursed place. Could it be that it isn't that the strange creatures here have no blood, but that flowing air substance is what's sustaining their life?"

Although Zhang Che had many questions, now wasn't the time to dwell on it.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon continued breathing stream after stream of darkfiend frozen air at it, shrouding the exposed pale grey flesh of the strange lizard.

A soundless shriek penetrated Zhang Che's mind again. Afterwards, under his anticipatory gaze, the strange lizard was turned into a frozen statue, and was raised and smashed into the rock wall again, shattering onto the ground where it quickly melted, disappearing without a trace.

This time, the mysterious energy Zhang Che obtained was obviously much denser than the three types of strange creatures he slew before had provided him.

The pleasure he felt originating from his soul directly caused him to moan out.

"This is definitely a first-rate enjoyment in the world! Nothing can compare to this!" Zhang Che closed his eyes, enjoying this moment for a bit. In the end, he reopened his eyes, his face filled with satisfaction, and sighed, thinking regretfully, -Looks like these strange creatures only exist in the secret plane. When I leave this place in the future, when can I experience this pleasure again?

-Then, while I'm still here, I better go hunt more of those creatures!

-Kill as many as I can!-

As for the other resources, Zhang Che couldn't be bothered to think about them. It would be his luck if he found them, and nothing to pity about if he didn't.

How could external resources compare with directly raising his own strength!?

Well, although Zhang Che didn't know exactly what benefits this mysterious energy would bring him, it was without a doubt that it wouldn't be disappointing!

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Chapter 278: The Streak of Light in the Sky

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Although Zhang Che didn't go specially looking for external resources, he would have the Purple Crystal Tortoise meld into the ground every time he stopped to hunt those strange creatures to check around the rock strata nearby.

It would be great if any rare minerals were found. It'd be fine if nothing was discovered, either, since no time was lost.

Just like that, half the day passed. Zhang Che cleaned up the surrounding hundred kilometer radius and saw all kinds of those strange creatures. The creatures came in all shapes and sizes, truly leaving him speechless. All kinds of oddities could be found in the world, indeed.The harvests for today were remarkable.

First, as an exceptional miner, the Purple Crystal Tortoise discovered quite a few minerals.

However, since that fellow wasn't Zhang Che's pet, it was unable to express exactly what it had discovered. Every time it would bring some samples back to let Zhang Che take a look first. He could only identify what the mineral was after examining it properly.

Even so, not much time was wasted.

During this half a day, a few different tiny piles of minerals were added to the Purple Crystal Tortoise's unique dimension. Although there wasn't much and their value was far from comparable to the stellar crystal, they were rare minerals with extensive uses regardless. They were still worth a pretty sum if converted to Alliance dollars.

"No wonder future father-in-law kept emphasizing that the secret plane has abundant resources…," Zhang Che lamented.

Compared to the Purple Crystal Tortoise's harvests, Zhang Che wasn't doing too bad himself, either.

Sweeping through the hundred kilometer radius around him during this half a day, the number of strange creatures he had killed was close to four digits. If those creatures could bleed, he would truly be an executioner whose hands were covered in blood.

After killing so many strange creatures, the amount of mysterious energy Zhang Che absorbed had also reached a shocking degree. He discovered that his mind was now crystal clear. Be it his memory, or his thinking ability, they were much better than before.

Not only that, his five senses had similarly become at least twice as sharp.

Zhang Che had a premonition that if he continued developing this way, perhaps he might not even have to have his eyes open to sense what was going on around him. He would be able to ensure that he wouldn't walk into a cable pole when walking on the streets, or fall into a ditch.

Through their continuous slaughtering, the Scarlet Flame Drake and the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's teamwork grew better and better. They could use their ice and fire elemental attacks on the same target without affecting the other's effects. With that, their destructive powers directly more than doubled.

It was a pity that Zhang Che didn't encounter any powerful strange creatures in this area. Otherwise, he could have experimented to see how heaven-defyingly strong this ice and fire combo was.Seeing the sky turning dark, Zhang Che ended today's hunt and started looking for a place to settle down.

Well, as usual he would have the Purple Crystal Tortoise dig out a cave on a mountain. That method would best ensure his safety.

While waiting for the Purple Crystal Tortoise to dig out the cave, just as Zhang Che took out a piece of meat to have the Scarlet Flame Drake roast it, he suddenly noticed a streak of scarlet light streaking across the sky to his left in his peripheral vision.

"Hmm? What's that!?"

Zhang Che immediately stopped what he was doing and looked carefully at the sky on his left. He saw that streak of scarlet light flying towards him from extremely far away like a comet, landing about a hundred kilometers away from him in the mountain range.

Zhang Che's heart jumped. His gut feeling told him that the streak of scarlet light was definitely extraordinary!

He focused and deliberated for a while. Afterwards, he put everything back away into his bracelet spatial equipment and ordered the Purple Crystal Tortoise to come out, recalling it back into his spiritual sea. Then, he got onto the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back together with the Scarlet Flame Drake and flew in the direction the scarlet streak of light had fallen.

The sky gradually darkened. Zhang Che didn't dare let the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew too high in the sky. They were flying close to the mountains, heading to where the streak of scarlet light had fallen.

With the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's speed, even if he didn't fly at maximum capacity, it only took a few minutes to reach the vicinity.

After reaching the location, however, Zhang Che was stunned.

Although Zhang Che could determine that the streak of scarlet light fell in this area, it could be anywhere within the surrounding few kilometers. How was he going to look for it?

He didn't know where to begin. It was like finding a needle in a haystack; the chances of finding it were too small.

Left without a choice, Zhang Che could only ride the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, circling a few times around this area in the sky. He scanned through every corner in a rough manner, hoping that there will be some traces left behind when that scarlet streak of light fell.

Alas, it didn't.

It was like the scarlet streak of light was really just that – a ray of light. After falling to the ground, not a single blade of grass was hurt. How could there be any traces left behind for Zhang Che to find?

Seeing the sky was turning even darker, Zhang Che could only give up on it helplessly in the end. He found a mountain and had the Purple Crystal Tortoise dig out another cave.

As the light coming from the strange crystal objects on the rock wall in the sky became incredibly weak, this mysterious world fell into darkness.Zhang Che sat cross-legged in the cave dug out by the Purple Crystal Tortoise, opposite him was the frisky monkey.

The master and pet duo were both holding a large kebab, competing over who could eat the fastest.

Up until now, although Zhang Che had yet to discover any food sources in this world, and only a few places had small streams of water. But, he wasn't worried about food at all.

The Purple Crystal Tortoise's unique dimension had hundreds of tons worth of exotic beast meat stored in there. Zhang Che and the frisky monkey could totally eat without worries; it could last them ten years without any problem.

Moreover, Zhang Che didn't believe that there really wasn't be any source of food in the entire secret plane.

If that was true, wouldn't more than half the other beastmasters who entered the secret plane starve to death, in the end?

Not everyone was like Zhang Che, owning a subdued beast whose storage space could frighten others to death.

The spatial-type beast card equipment carried around by ordinary beastmasters probably only had storage space similar to the bracelet on Zhang Che's wrist. It would be considered normal to have a few dozen cubic meters worth of storage space.

-Hmm? That is really hard to say. After all, the circumstances in every secret plane are different. What if this particular secret plane really doesn't have, or has very little, food sources?-

Thinking of that, Zhang Che immediately decided that from now on, he couldn't allow the frisky monkey to eat any more of the meat before he left the secret world.

Sensing Zhang Che's ill thoughts, the frisky monkey's ugly face immediately scrunched up and started madly tearing large mouthfuls of meat off of the kebab, as if he had to give his all into eating today.

Right up until he went to sleep, Zhang Che was still thinking about that scarlet streak of light.When the mysterious crystals on the rock wall in the sky had become unnoticeably dim, and the entire world fell into an endless darkness, a striking red streak of light suddenly circled a few rounds outside the mountain where Zhang Che's cave was at, then suddenly plunged into the rock strata…

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Chapter 279: Another Form of Strange Creature?

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Edited by Aelryinth

On Mercury, at the icy plains where the Hua Xia and the Er Sha region intersected…

Near the surroundings of the huge golden ball of light that was the gateway to the secret plane, beastmasters could still be seen passing through the obstacles and stepping into the gateway like moths attracted to a flame.

According to past experience, the gateway to the secret plane would remain for about two weeks after its first appearance. In other words, even if some beastmasters were still fighting with exotic beasts in the surrounding area of a thousand kilometers radius, they would still have two to three days' time to enter the secret plane.

Of course, about four days had passed since the first dissolving of the defensive perimeter. Basically all the stronger beastmasters had already crossed the gateway, leaving only a tiny fraction behind.

Even the related departments from the government of various countries and armies were no longer paying as much attention as the first few days. Some of the satellites weren't even watching here, and had switched targets to some other places.In the secret world, Zhang Che was lying in his sleeping bag, his face radiating a satisfied smile.

In his dreams, he finally found the scarlet streak of light and successfully captured it.

To his surprise, it turned out that the scarlet streak of light was actually an ancient godly weapon. A single slash with it could split the heavens and earth!

Zhang Che was wild with joy. From then on, wielding that godly sword, he cleared the beast worlds one by one, slaying all the powerful exotic beasts within. The once-a-decade beast horde could no longer threaten the survival of humanity in Mercury.

Billions of people prostrated themselves to Zhang Che, worshipping him as a god.

Meanwhile, he explored deeper into the beast worlds resolutely, to find out why these mysterious worlds were descending upon Mercury.

It was only when the Scarlet Flame Drake barked out furiously that Zhang Che's dreams suddenly collapsed, waking him up as he opened his eyes.

"You little doggie, what are you barking so loudly for? Don't you know it's not even mor-ack!"

Zhang Che finally had a good dream and was forcibly interrupted by this beast, annoying him. He quickly crawled up from his sleeping bag, reprimanding the Scarlet Flame Drake at his side.

Before he could finish his words, however, he blanked out on the spot and cried out in shock. A moment later, he directly Summoned out the Purple Crystal Tortoise and the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon with a wave of his hand.

"Shit, how did this thing get in here!?"

The Scarlet Flame Drake was running around in the cave, shooting flames out of its body from time to time, chasing after a scarlet streak of light that had appeared here without anyone realizing.

Wasn't this thing the scarlet streak of light Zhang Che saw flying in the sky extremely far away, which fell in this area this evening?!

-Nice! I went searching for you for half a day to no avail, and here you are, showing up by yourself!-

Under the Scarlet Flame Drake's chasing, the scarlet streak of light was running all over desperately, seemingly very afraid of the flames on the Scarlet Flame Drake's body.

"Strange, since this thing is so scared of the Scarlet Flame Drake, why is it trying so hard to run around in here? Why didn't it just escape?" Zhang Che wondered. With this streak of scarlet light's speed, there was no way he could catch up to it if it really wanted to escape.

-Unless…- Zhang Che suddenly thought of a problem. Could it be that this thing was a mysterious treasure in the secret world that would randomly pick an owner after being born?

Zhang Che, who had read all kinds of Xianxia novels in his past life, immediately grew excited.

If that was true, he'd really struck gold this time!

But would an object that could pick its own master be simple?

Although… he didn't know what exactly this streak of scarlet light was.

Done thinking, Zhang Che's eyes narrowed, following the scarlet light that was being chased down by the Scarlet Flame Drake with his gaze, wanting to see what exactly it was.

However, the layer of scarlet light was too dense. It was like a layer of burning blood was enveloping it, leaving Zhang Che unable to see what was inside.

Not only that, after sensing Zhang Che's focused gaze, the streak of scarlet light suddenly flew straight towards Zhang Che. He got so scared that he quickly dropped to the ground.

Although he had guessed that the thing was possibly some kind of treasure, he didn't dare to let it get close to him. If that thing turned out to be some cursed object, wouldn't he suffer a great loss?

As a loyal watchdog, how could the Scarlet Flame Drake allow that streak of scarlet light to rush up to its master?

It opened its mouth, breathing out flames at the streak of scarlet light.

Although it only shot a small tongue of flames, the streak of scarlet light was scared silly regardless. It quickly changed direction, circling around the cave.

"How reliable, my little doggie!" Zhang Che heaved a sigh of relief. More doubts rose in his mind, however.

After pondering deeply for a while with furrowed brows, Zhang Che gave an order to the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon at the side.

As the streak of scarlet light dodged another tongue of flames shooting towards it, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a stream of darkfiend frozen air at it, sealing its escape route.

There was nowhere the streak of scarlet light could escape to, and it could only run into the mass of frozen air.

In the next moment, the streak of scarlet light suddenly let out a soundless miserable neigh, which directly penetrated Zhang Che's spiritual sea, causing a slight stabbing pain in his head.

Zhang Che was astonished. -What the heck was that!?-

Luckily, he didn't allow that streak of scarlet light to get close to him, like in those Xianxia novels. Otherwise, it would be hard to say if he'd still be alive now!

Without a doubt, it was impossible that the streak of scarlet light was some kind of treasure, but a kind of existence similar to those strange creatures, although its form was different.

Zhang Che didn't forget how those strange creatures would let out soundless miserable screams that penetrated his spiritual sea when he killed them.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's darkfiend frozen air was evidently able to cause a great deal of damage to this thing, too. This had also indirectly proved that this streak of scarlet light was possibly a different form of strange creatures. Just as it charged into the stream of frozen air, its speed lowered by a large margin, and the scarlet glow around it that resembled burning blood immediately dimmed down, finally revealing its true appearance underneath.

"Eh..?" Zhang Che couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise after seeing its true appearance, despite confirming that this thing was another form of the strange creatures.

It was actually a sheathless sword with an extremely simple appearance. Although a layer of bloody light enveloped its entire body, Zhang Che immediately recognized the obvious shape of the sword hilt and blade.

-It really is a sword!-

-How could this be?-

Zhang Che felt as if he had been slapped in the face. Just moments ago, he was still figuring that this thing was probably a different strange creature, and now it had directly revealed its true appearance, overturning his conjecture.

-But this doesn't make any sense, either. What about that soundless miserable neigh earlier?-

Zhang Che felt like his brain was overwhelmed.

After getting hit by the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's frozen air, the sword enveloped by the layer of bloody light slowed down greatly. Facing the follow up pincer attack from the Scarlet Flame Drake and Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, it had no way of escaping.

Whoosh! A tongue of flames shot out from the Scarlet Flame Drake's mouth once more. The long sword couldn't dodge any more, and was directly engulfed in the flames.

-It's coming!,- Zhang Che thought to himself. As expected, in the next moment, the soundless miserable neigh rang out again, and was several times stronger than before, directly penetrating his spiritual sea, making him feel as if his brain was swelling and a spell of dizziness cast on him.

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Chapter 280: Finally Seeing Other People

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Edited by Aelryinth

The fearsome but silent rainbow crystal high up in Zhang Che's spiritual sea wasn't there just for show.

Whenever Zhang Che's soul was under threat, it would display its ferocity.

In his spiritual sea, the rainbow crystal radiated dazzling light, and Zhang Che instantly sobered up. The piercing pain and uncomfortable swelling feeling disappeared without a trace.

In the next moment, a blinding red light suddenly erupted where the Scarlet Flame Drake's innate flames burned.

This streak of red light was very different from the scarlet light from before.

The streak of scarlet light from before was like burning blood, and now the red light was like a rising sun. The two's attributes were completely different.

The scarlet flames scattered. The sword floated silently in the air, the bloody light coiling around it having faded away.

An extremely pure red glow radiated from the translucent blade. It felt as if a grand sword intent was spreading into the surrounding.

"My initial guess was actually right!" A hint of light flashed across Zhang Che's eyes, his breathing hastening.

"Come on, baby!" Zhang Che waved his hand, calling out softly, waiting for the red sword to fly into his hand.

However, Zhang Che felt awkward in the next moment.

The red sword shook in the air a few times, dipping slightly towards the Scarlet Flame Drake's direction, as if it was expressing gratitude, then turned into a streak of red light, flying towards the rock wall at the side at extreme speed.

"What the, my doggie helped you out and you're leaving without showing any thanks?!" Zhang Che grew anxious. He hurriedly had the Scarlet Flame Drake give chase. At the same time, he jumped onto the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back and ordered the Purple Crystal Tortoise to open up the sealed cave entrance.

By now, the scarlet red sword had broken through the rock wall and turned into streak of light, flying far away.

When Zhang Che finally emerged from the cave, he only saw the tail end of the sword's streak of light, flying extremely far away.

"This is simply being ungrateful! Intolerable!" Zhang Che was depressed. He ignored the fact that it was late at night and directly ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to fly in pursuit.

Even if they couldn't catch up to it, he had to try!

What difference was there between you and a salted fish if you didn't try?

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew as fast as it could, but he was quite a bit slower than the streak of sword light. Zhang Che could only watch as it gradually disappeared from his sight.

"Chase, continue chasing!" Zhang Che ordered, his eyes red. The scarlet sword was obviously unusual. As long as there was still a slight chance, Zhang Che would keep chasing, wanting to see where it flew to.

He didn't believe that it could keep flying non-stop.

Indeed, the scarlet sword didn't keep flying.

Zhang Che chased it over several dozen kilometers, and finally saw that streak of scarlet light again.

He was overjoyed; his persistence paid off in the end!

-Wait, what's that fiery light in the valley?-

As he got closer, Zhang Che saw the sword's scarlet streak of light finding its way into the camp below.

"I'm finally seeing other people!" Zhang Che nearly wept from joy.

At long last! Zhang Che had arrived at this secret plane for two days now, and he had been alone all this time. Even those strange creatures weren't able to produce any sound. The secret plane was like a silent world.

That feeling of solitude could drive one to madness!

It had only been two days; if it lasted any longer, Zhang Che wondered if he could still speak after returning.

It wasn't so bad when Zhang Che was in the beast world in the past. At the very least, the environment was still normal, with brighter colors, and he could hear the sounds produced by the various exotic beasts and small animals. As such, he didn't feel that the atmosphere was too depressing.

When Zhang Che suddenly saw that camp ahead, one could well imagine the happiness he felt.

Of course, he didn't let his guard down. He summoned both the Scarlet Flame Drake and the Purple Crystal Tortoise, each of them lying on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back, ready to take on any enemies.

The beastmasters who entered the secret plane weren't weak by any means, and they came from all over the globe. Only the gods knew whether those in the camp ahead were fair or dark-skinned, or perhaps they were neither black or white?

As the saying went, "One shouldn't have the mind to hurt others, but one definitely should be mindful of others."

Zhang Che had to be prepared, in case he didn't have time to react if he was attacked.

As for going with the saying, "Strike first and gain the upperhand", killing all of them and snatching back the red sword that flew into one of the camps, Zhang Che never thought about that at all.

After all, he wasn't a cold-blooded murderer who could bring himself to kill everyone else for the sake of benefits.

-Maybe I should try to come to an "agreement" with them? After all, I was the one who contributed to freeing that sword from that bloody glow.-

Thinking about that, Zhang Che couldn't help but feel angry. That red sword was simply the epitome of an ingrate. His baby helped free it and return its freedom, and yet it didn't even do anything and turned to run.

-What was that about!?

-If you ran, so be it! Why did you fly all the way here, into one of the beastmaster's tents? Is your sweetheart here?-

As it turned out, Zhang Che guessed correctly. The red sword's sweetheart was really in that tent.

In the tent, following the red sword's entry, a blond man suddenly woke up from shock. With a wave of his hand, a long sword that looked identical to that red sword, except that it was white instead, appeared in his hand.

The two swords trembled in excitement the moment they met, letting out a crisp, unified sword cry.

The blond man's wary expression instantly froze and revealed an overjoyed look in the next moment.

Originally, he was still feeling upset after one of the swords flew away yesterday in that dangerous place. He didn't expect it to come flying back by itself after half a day!

"Good!" the blond man smiled. His free left hand spread outwards, extending towards the red sword floating in front of him.

At this moment, however, the white sword suddenly struggled free from his right hand and flew into the air, tangling around with the red sword like a pair of lovers who were separated for a long time and finally reuniting, expressing their love for one another.

Outside the camp, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon came flying in at great speed.

The few subdued beasts on guard duty around the tents immediately shouted out warnings. Afterwards, they turned to face the direction the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was coming from, their faces filled with hostility, seemingly warning Zhang Che, -You are trespassing private grounds. Please leave immediately, or we will have to take defensive measures!-

Following the roars of the few subdued beasts', the atmosphere in the camp immediately heated up.

The sleeping beastmasters jumped out from the sleeping bags one after another, streaks of light immediately shooting out following waves of their hands and materializing into armors around them. Without even putting on their clothes they came running out of their tents.

In the tent in the middle of the camp, the blond man furrowed his brow. Just as he was about to come walking out of his tent, the two circling swords in the air seemed to have finished expressing their feelings for each other and suddenly pierced through the tent, flying out.

"WTF!"

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Chapter 281: Two for One Offer. How Worth It!

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Edited by Aelryinth

It flew away…

It flew away just like that!

It actually flew away just like that!

"Oh, fuck!" The blond man's expression froze for two seconds. He jumped out of his sleeping bag and parted his tent with a wide swinging motion, chasing them out of his tent.

Originally, he was celebrating to himself that the sword had flown back to him in the middle of the night, and from now on he would be invincible with the two swords united.

Unexpectedly, that damned thing wasn't returning to him, but was here to abduct his white sword!

How could he possibly tolerate this? This was definitely, definitely intolerable!

Just as he came charging out of his tent, in the light of the bonfire, he saw a man of eastern descent flying in his direction while riding on a huge icy blue dragon, and the two swords were flying towards him!

He instantly understood why that red sword would return to seduce his white sword.

The blond man looked at that eastern man, his eyes filled with bloodlust, and cried out, "Kill him!" Following a wave of his hand, the beastmasters behind him all summoned their subdued beasts one after another, charging forward in unison.As Zhang Che approached the camp atop the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, everyone in the camp was jolted awake. He couldn't help but have a bad premonition, thinking that he should just turn back immediately.

In any case, it was impossible for that ungrateful red sword to belong to him now. It was better to not get into a conflict with those in the camp, or it'd be hard to settle the matter.

When he saw a group of people, men and women, dark and fair skinned, coming out of their tents and summoning a bunch of subdued beasts and looking at him warily, Zhang Che suddenly froze.

It wasn't the hostile looks from those foreign beastmasters that stunned Zhang Che, however. Instead, he realized that two streaks of light, one red and the other white, had suddenly shot out from the tent in the middle of the camp, and were flying his way!

Just as he took out the Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword and had the Scarlet Flame Drake and Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon get ready for battle, Zhang Che saw the two streaks of light suddenly stopping in place a short distance in front of him, and each of them let out a clear sword cry, slowly flying towards him.

-Isn't that red sword that ungrateful thing from earlier!?

-But what is that white sword?-

Before Zhang Che could react to this, the two swords suddenly turned into streaks of light and shot towards the center of his brow, not giving him any time for defensive maneuvers.

-Shit, I'm going to die!- Zhang Che was greatly alarmed. Just as he wanted to ask the rainbow crystal in his spiritual sea to help suppress the situation, he realized the two streaks of light didn't cause any harm to him at all. They shot into his spiritual sea, entering from between his brows, and turned into two streaks of light, one red and the other white, swimming around happily under the rainbow crystal.

-This is… I actually misunderstood the red sword!-

Not only was this fellow not an ingrate, it actually gave him a two-for-one offer, bringing the white sword to him!

-Hahahaha!- Zhang Che nearly laughed out loud… but caught himself. The furious blond man came rushing out from his tent and stared at him, his eyes filled with anger and distress. The blond man waved his hand. The entire camp of subdued beasts belonging to about a dozen beastmasters came charging at Zhang Che simultaneously.

That concentrated spread of beasts came charging at him with ferocious momentum, nearly causing Zhang Che to wet his pants.

-What the heck, foreigners are really unfriendly!

-I finally found some fellow humans and came over to say hi. Did you have to act like you're going to war?-

With a rough glance, Zhang Che saw that the subdued beasts were all gold-quality at least. They were even quite a few legend-quality among them!

Was there any way to win this fight? They were swarming him with numbers; he didn't have a chance even if it was a verbal fight!

-Since they are so unwelcoming, I'll just run!-

At his command, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon turned around urgently and brought forth his greatest speed, escaping into the darkness of the night.

Behind them, many colors flared up, one after another. All kinds of elemental attacks, like fireballs, icicles, lightning, and even poison mists came flying at him, pounding the place he was at a moment ago into ruin.

A huge air current swept over them from behind, nearly flipping over the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, who had just accelerated. A powerful shockwave reached them, instantly vaporizing a section of the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's tail.

The air current swept through, directly penetrating the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's aura that acted as a shield to the oncoming wind, blowing Zhang Che astray, and he nearly fell from the dragon's back.

If he hadn't reach out in time and grabbed onto the whiskers on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back, he would probably drowned under the army of pursuing subdued beasts if he fell.

-Damn it, bullying me by flaunting your numbers, huh?!-

Zhang Che was depressed. He wanted to curse at them, but they wouldn't understand him anyway. In addition, although he had an army of powerful babies too, the number of beasts he had couldn't compare to all of them!

The circumstances didn't favor him; he couldn't do anything but endure!

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon finally accelerated to his maximum speed, gradually shaking off the pursuing army."%#*@%!"

From afar, Zhang Che could vaguely hear them cursing out loudly. Their voices were filled with anger and unwillingness. It was like a man had found out his spouse was cheating on him and was about to go confront them with a chopper in hand, and in the end he accidentally alarmed the adulterous couple and could only watch as they ran away, unable to catch up.After the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon had retreated about a hundred kilometers away from that area, Zhang Che finally heaved a sigh of relief. -You shouldn't be able to catch up now, right?-

It was currently in the middle of the night. Zhang Che didn't dare to let the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon continue flying around randomly. His safety would be an issue if they encountered any powerful creatures.

Using his usual method, Zhang Che had the Purple Crystal Tortoise dig out a cave from the side of a mountain. After he hid himself in there, he then ordered the Purple Crystal Tortoise to seal up the entrance, and did some disguise work on the outside. No one would ever think that he actually hidden in the body of a mountain.

It was only after securing a safe place that Zhang Che thought of checking his harvests.

Speaking of which, the events tonight were truly filled with many twists and turns. No one could have imagined that.

Zhang Che couldn't help but wonder, -If I didn't go chasing after it, would that red sword have flown over a hundred kilometers to repay its gratitude after hooking up with the white sword?-

Right, repaying its gratitude. That was what Zhang Che thought!

If it wasn't repaying its gratitude, the red sword would have flown away. Why would it fly back to him, and even bring the white sister along? Oh, no, why did it bring the white, flawless sword back with it?

The two-for-one offer was truly worth it! Zhang Che really hoped that more things like this would happen!

He calmed down and focused on his spiritual sea. Zhang Che saw the two streaks of light, red and white, happily swimming around under the rainbow crystal like a pair of fish.

With a thought of his, the two streaks of light instantly flew out of his spiritual sea and materialized into two swords, one red and the other white, in each of his hands.

Wielding the two swords, the red felt hot, and the white felt icy cool.

They were actually ice and fire attributed!

Zhang Che was amazed. Looking closely at the two swords in his hands, he realized that other than their colors, they were identical in both shape and length. The swords were about a hundred and twenty centimeters long, the blades about five centimeters wide, and extremely thin, with no obvious blade spine. The blades looked as if they had been polished from two translucent crystals.

On the mirror-smooth blades, which easily reflected his face, light was flowing through them, as if they contained the essence of the gods. One look and you could tell they were extraordinary.

To be able to turn into a streak of light and enter a person's spiritual sea, naturally it wouldn't be anything ordinary.

-Tsk, tsk. Will I be able to ascend into a Sword Immortal in the future, gaining the ability to kill others from a thousand miles away?- Zhang Che couldn't help but look forward to the future when he thought about both swords having the ability to fly.

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Chapter 282: The Key to Wielding the Swords

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Edited by Aelryinth

"Here, let's see you fly around!" Zhang Che said, loosening his hands, anticipating seeing the two swords flying in the air.

Dang! Dang! In the end, the two swords fell to the ground at the same time.

Zhang Che blinked a few times, his lips stretching back into a smile.

"I must be hallucinating, or are you too tired from flying earlier?"

He bent down and picked up the two swords. Afterwards, he shut his eyes, thinking to himself, -Fly, fly for me!-

He loosened his grip once more, opening his eyes.

Fortunately, they didn't fall this time. -Looks like they were joking with me!-

The two swords floated at Zhang Che's side just like that. They didn't fall like before, but they didn't listen to his command to fly around, either.

"Hmm, strange!"

Thousands of questions immediately sprang up in his mind, not understanding what was going on with those two swords.

They were still fine moments ago when they flew out from that foreigner's tent, speeding towards him. Why would they become so shy now, not willing to move?

Zhang Che rubbed his brows, then said softly, "Fly for me, fly for me, fly for me, freaking fly for me!"

However, the two swords remained floating in the air, ignoring him.

Zhang Che finally ran out of patience. -It can't be that you can fly freely before pledging yourselves to me, and now you've fallen into the mundane world and became foot soldiers, right?-

-Could this be because of the rainbow crystal?

Zhang Che immediately thought of that. He quickly focused in his inner world, begging that quiet boss, -This little brother obtained two flying swords after many difficulties, and is looking forward to relying on them to kill my enemies from a thousand miles away. Please give me a little bit of face, big brother, and stop interfering, will you?-

The rainbow crystal turned out to be a very polite object. A splendid light instantly flashed over it. Afterwards, the white sword floating next to Zhang Che suddenly turned into a streak of light, flying back into his spiritual sea.

Zhang Che was speechless.

-Big brother, I asked you to help me, not recall them back in there!-

Zhang Che was in despair. Just as he was about to recall the red sword as well and take out his sleeping bag to rest, he suddenly sensed an inexplicable spiritual link with the red sword. Then, he saw the originally motionless red sword become unusually active, cheerfully flying around him at great speed.

-What's happening?- Zhang Che blinked a few times, not understanding the situation. -Could it be that I can only control one sword at a time? If that is true, having both swords is as good as not having them. How depressing!-

Zhang Che didn't believe there was nothing he could do about it. As such, he summoned the white sword out again.

The moment the white sword appeared, the spiritual link he had with the red sword was forcibly severed, as if there was some interference.

Zhang Che finally gained a little understanding. -Perhaps the two swords can't be controlled by one person at the same time?- That was a bummer. – I was hoping to combine the might of the ice and fire swords, and become invincible from now on. Am I wishing for too much?

-So be it if I can't do that. At the most, I'll gift the white sword to Miss Tienan after I return to Mercury. I can still use the dual sword combo then.

-Although… I wonder if Miss Tienan can use the sword…-

Zhang Che didn't know what was needed to wield the weapons originating from the secret plane. However, he was certain it wasn't soul force.

As such, maybe Miss Tienan wouldn't be able to use it…

"How depressing… my dual sword combination…" Zhang Che sighed, shaking his head. He could only recall the ice sword again, then through their inexplicable spiritual link, start directing the fire sword to spin around him. (Fire Sword: What the heck is this stupid name!?)

Zhang Che didn't know if it was because he had the inexplicable spiritual link with the fire sword, but he realized that under his control, that fellow's nimbleness was far worse than when it acted of its own free will.

However, it wasn't a living object, after all. Even if Zhang Che allowed it to move on its own will, there was no way it would understand his intentions, and would only randomly slash around in battle. It wouldn't be able to display much effectiveness.

"Forget it. I'd better go to sleep and try again tomorrow morning. This cave is too small and I won't be able to experiment as I want to."

Zhang Che recalled the fire sword, his interest waning. He took out his sleeping bag and laid it on the ground, slipping into it. He had the Scarlet Flame Drake and Purple Crystal Tortoise stand guard at his side, and he soon fell asleep.Strangely enough, this time he didn't dream!

The alarm on his personal terminal performed its duty responsibly, waking Zhang Che up right on time.

He rubbed his eyes and squirmed his way out of the sleeping bag. Afterwards, he did a simple wash-up inside the cave and settled his breakfast, before getting the Purple Crystal Tortoise to scout out the situation outside.

As Zhang Che had expected, there were no signs of other beastmasters in the vicinity.

The mixed group of foreigners probably thought that he escaped far away, and they had also left the area.

However, Zhang Che was still not fully assured. After exiting the cave stealthily, he summoned the Purple Jade Condor and had it soar a few kilometers up in the air, scouting out the surrounding few dozen kilometers.

The results left Zhang Che very gratified. The Purple Jade Condor didn't notice any suspicious human-shaped creatures in the surrounding few dozen kilometers. Meanwhile, it discovered quite a number of strange creatures on the mountain range to his right.

Zhang Che was immediately attracted. "Hmm, that's a good place to go!"

What he needed to verify the most right now was what changes the mysterious energy left behind by the strange creatures after their deaths had done to his body.

Although Zhang Che could feel as if his soul was cleansed after his unbridled killing spree yesterday, and that his senses were much sharper than before, those changes did not translate into actual strength.

Now, he could only hope by killing more of those strange creatures, a qualitative change which would benefit his actual combat abilities would occur in the end.

In this secret plane, where danger lurked everywhere, every tiny bit of increase in his abilities might influence his life or death. Zhang Che had no choice but to place heavy importance on it.

Zhang Che didn't recall the Purple Jade Condor; the fellow was extremely fast to begin with. If it encountered any danger, it could still activate its blade wing skills, and escaping wouldn't be a problem for it.

With it scouting ahead from above, he would be in a much, much safer position!Soon, under the Purple Jade Condor's guide, Zhang Che arrived at the target mountain range spotted earlier.

It was the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and the Scarlet Flame Drake's time to shine. With the two of them complementing one another, they began a ruthless slaughter of the strange creatures there.

It was truly a massacre. Stream after stream of flames and frozen air roved out. The taste of the ice and fire heavenly combo wasn't something those strange creatures could withstand. More often than not, a few seconds was all it took to slaughter them.

Zhang Che was naturally not idling, either. He was directing the fire sword, albeit to less-than-ideal effect; slashing, hacking and stabbing at the creatures, sometimes with sudden acceleration, and from different angles…

As the two capable babies racked up their kill counts on the strange creatures, Zhang Che's sharpening senses realized that his mysterious spiritual link with the fire sword also seemed to become clearer.

Not only that, his control over the red flying sword in performing the various attacks had also greatly improved!

-Could it be that the mysterious energy provided after the strange creatures' deaths is the key to wielding the swords?- Zhang Che immediately thought of that possibility!

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