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Chapter 283: Savage Gigantic Worm
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
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Zhang Che's spirits immediately rose upon thinking of that possibility.
As of now, he could only control the red sword to attack within a dozen meters or so. If the red sword was any further than that from him, there was a possibility of their mysterious spiritual link being interrupted. This greatly affected the sword's effectiveness.
After a bunch of experiments, Zhang Che found out that the sword's killing potential was not inferior to the Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword at all. The only lacking part was having no skill attack.
Since this thing was obviously not a beast card equipment, the two were evidently two different types of objects.
However, if Zhang Che's guess was right, and the mysterious energy he obtained from killing those strange creatures was the key to controlling the swords, then he might really be able to kill someone from a thousand miles away in the future!
With that, so what if it's attacking power was slightly inferior? It would totally be as dangerous as a nuclear weapon! With such an unpredictable attack, did he still need to be afraid of any powerful foes?
To achieve this goal, Zhang Che neglected his meals and sleep, and had the Purple Jade Condor find every strange creature it could, then directed the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and the Scarlet Flame Drake to go kill them, gaining every bit of mysterious energy he could!
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Time flew by just like that.
Before Zhang Che realized it, he had slaughtered his way into the extreme depths of this mountain range. The pale grey mountains around him grew steeper and steeper, and the vegetation grew increasingly sparse.
During this time, the Purple Jade Condor was ambushed by flying creatures on multiple occasions. However, it was exceptionally observant and managed to discover the ambushers from extremely far away more often than not. Zhang Che went along with it, drawing all those flying creatures to him and turned them into target practice for the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and the Scarlet Flame Drake, earning himself a large amount of mysterious energy.
Gradually, Zhang Che became able to control the red sword to attack up to thirty-something meters away, more than twice the range of before!
"If I continue hunting like this, a day will come where I can control the sword to attack my enemies from dozens, or even a hundred miles away!"
Killing someone from a thousand miles away was, after all, just a fantasy. Zhang Che didn't know if he could ever achieve that in his life.
However, tens or even a hundred kilometers was still worth looking forward to!
The prerequisite was for him to be able to stay long enough in the secret plane to kill enough strange creatures to reach that level!
However, from what he learned from Huang Juyun, in the past secret planes' appearances, it seemed the longest they allowed people to remain in there was half a year before collapsing, forcibly ejecting all the beastmasters.
"Hopefully the secret plane this time will last half a year, at least!"
As Zhang Che was thinking, he was riding on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, flying towards a mountain peak ahead at the Purple Jade Condor's directions.
On that mountain summit, the Purple Jade Condor had discovered a large number of strange creatures. The sheer numbers they had could only be described as thickly dotted.
This made Zhang Che anticipate what was coming next, unable to keep himself calm.
Just as the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew over that mountain summit, the pale grey earth under him suddenly stirred, scattering about, and a bunch of basket-sized holes appeared.
A bunch of pale grey worms covered in dense, tiny spikes over them quickly slid out of the earth. Their bodies arched and they sprang off the ground, pouncing towards the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon!
"Shit, there's actually ambushers!"
Zhang Che received a small fright, but he didn't mind it much. After killing so many strange creatures, he had already gained some insights about them.
Insect-type strange creatures were usually extremely weak, unable to withstand a single stream of frozen air from the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and would instantly turn into a pile of ice.
A level above them were the crawling or mammalian creatures. They would be slightly stronger.
Among those two types of creatures, the more savage and eccentric their appearances, the stronger they were.
On his way here, Zhang Che had encountered a large, two-legged strange creature with a devilish appearance, its body covered in pale grey spikes. That type of creature was unusually powerful, and even the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and the Scarlet Flame Drake's normal attacks were ineffective against it.
In the end, Zhang Che had the Purple Crystal Tortoise use its skill and spat out a concentrated wave of bone spikes at it to first shatter the outer shell of the creature, then immediately follow up with the two babies' skills and treat it to a skill-version of the ice and fire combo, blowing the strange creature into smithereens.
The soundless miserable cry it made before its death forced Zhang Che to rely on the rainbow crystal for help, preventing his spiritual sea from receiving damage.
At present, such low level insects wouldn't even enter Zhang Che's eyes.
Reality was like this, too. After realizing those insects had bounced off the ground to attack him, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon didn't panic at all. He quickly lowered his head and shot out a few streams of frozen air at them, turning those insects into piles of deep blue ice, shattering to bits upon falling on the ground.
On their way up to the summit, these insects that came wriggling out from the ground appeared more frequently the higher they went.
Although Zhang Che didn't keep count, by the time he reached the peak, he had killed over a hundred of them, contributing quite a bit of the mysterious energy.
After reaching the peak, Zhang Che suddenly realized that the densely packed strange creatures gathered here were actually not that different from the crawling insects he had fought on his way up here. The only difference was that the shells of the insects on the mountain peak were of a much deeper color, with faint traces of black on them.
Without a doubt, the insects up here were stronger than the pale grey ones below.
Zhang Che wasn't alarmed at all. He was elated, in fact. This was a huge amount of experience for him!
To realize his fantasy of killing others with a sword from a thousand miles away, the more strange creatures of this level appeared, the better! Even if they came in a swarm, Zhang Che would welcome them with open arms!
However, in the next moment, Zhang Che's gaze was drawn to a deep pond in the center of the mountain peak.
In that circular pond with a volcano-esque opening pit, and a thick black fog was spreading out of it. Within the fog, a fully black, savage gigantic worm several meters thick could be faintly seen.
"Heh, there's actually a boss here!"
Zhang Che narrowed his eyes as he subconsciously directed the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to raise their altitude. This subconscious action of his pretty much saved his life.
In the instant the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon rose higher, the savage gigantic worm that was originally lying quietly in the pool emitting black fog suddenly raised a section of its extremely ugly body. The single eye at the top of its head seemed to belong to a demon as it swept its gaze across Zhang Che. Afterwards, it opened its mouth and spat out a violent stream of black fog at him.
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon failed to dodge in time. A small section of his tail was caught in the black fog. The crystalized area instantly disintegrated and turned into a mass of deep blue darkfiend aura.
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Chapter 284: The Vortex in His Spiritual Sea
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The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon let out a miserable roar as he continued ascending, reaching a thousand meters in the air.
The section of his tail that was caught in the black fog had turned into a deep blue aura, unable to regenerate!
Zhang Che felt a chill in his heart, his hair standing on end. -How is this possible!?- was his only thought.
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon had an undying body of abyssal cold. Non-innate fire elemental attacks were unable to damage his foundation!
Even though normal attacks could damage his crystallized body, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon could regenerate his body very quickly, and would only lose some vital energy.
However, that jet black savage gigantic worm filled with creepy spikes all over its body only spat out a stream of black fog and left the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon unable to regenerate his damaged body.
What kind of energy was that?
Zhang Che had no doubt that if that black fog had reached him, his body, which had almost no defense, would directly turn into powder and disappear from this world forever.
This truly was a case of his honed instincts saving him after being in beast worlds for so long. If he hadn't felt something was wrong the moment he discovered the gigantic worm and had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon ascend, the end result would have been unthinkable.
It was no wonder his future father-in-law said that the secret plane was filled with opportunities and danger! Who would have thought that such a terrifying creature would be on top of such an ordinary mountain?
If Zhang Che rated this creature's strength based on the system in the beast world, that thing's attacking strength had definitely reached epic-quality. It could not be any lower, only higher!
-What should I do? Do I just leave?- Zhang Che was truly reluctant.
One could only imagine how much mysterious energy he would obtain if he could successfully slay this black gigantic worm. Perhaps he would accumulate enough of the energy to bring about a qualitative change, strengthening his spiritual link with the two swords, and thus allowing him to attack from even further away.
Fighting that creature was a given. The problem was… how should he go about doing it?
Zhang Che was in no hurry to think up a way of killing this savage gigantic worm. Instead, he summoned the Unicorn with a wave of his hand and had it heal the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon.
If he delayed the dragon's healing any longer and allowed his vital energy to continue leaking, perhaps he might not be able to stay flying!
As the milky white splendor from the tip of the Unicorn's spiral horn shrouded the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, the latter finally felt his pain alleviating.
Originally, the leftover black fog was hopelessly muddled with his darkfiend cold aura, and he couldn't dispel it no matter how hard he tried. Under the radiance of the Unicorn's milky white splendor, it was like snow meeting the sun, quickly melting.
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's injury wasn't light. Naturally a single healing wasn't enough to completely cure him.
The Unicorn shot out a few of those milky white rays from the tip of its horn consecutively, thoroughly healing the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's injury.
As his injuries were healed, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon looked to the center of the mountain peak below him, where the one-eyed creature was staring at Zhang Che with its head raised, and roared out furiously at it.
Regrettably, however, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was aware that he couldn't take on that thing alone, and could do nothing but talk smack to it, dropping the matter after roaring out twice.
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"Go, give it a taste of your ice-fire combo!"
After pondering for a while with his brow furrowed deeply, Zhang Che could only resort to his old ways in the end, having the Scarlet Flame Drake and Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon work together and shot out their long range skills at the same time, shrouding the mountain peak under their attacks.
Even if they couldn't get rid of that black gigantic worm below, the small fries on the summit would be easily wiped out.
That was also a huge sum of experience. Zhang Che wouldn't miss them!
The surrounding elements quickly stirred.
Following the Scarlet Flame Drake's activation of the Rain of Fire skill, the fire elements within a thousand meter radius gathered. Then, with the Scarlet Flame Drake at the center, the fire elements formed fiery rain drops in a fifty-meter radius, raining down upon the mountain peak.
At the same time, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon opened his mouth and shot out a mass of deep blue frozen air at the mountain peak, flooding towards them all like a broken dam.
The two extreme energies, ice and fire, actually reached a delicate balance, complementing one another and shrouded the entire mountain peak beneath them.
Another mass of black fog shot out from that savage black gigantic worm's mouth, forming a round barrier around the mountain peak, shielding it.
However, when the Scarlet Flame Drake and the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's elemental skills reached a balance, the force they unleashed directly doubled, breaking through the black fog's defense in an instant!
Left without a choice, the black gigantic worm could only reduce the area of the black fog, abandoning its surrounding minions.
As the rain of fire and frozen air shrouded the mountain peak in an instant, all the grayish black insects nearby let out soundless cries. Their bodies quickly fell apart under the combined forces of the ice and fire elements, disintegrating.
Mysterious energies came to Zhang Che one after another, leaving him feeling so good that he almost moaned out in pleasure.
Suddenly, a soundless roar swept out from below, and Zhang Che's pets let out painful cries.
Zhang Che himself wasn't affected, however, as the big brother rainbow crystal helped him at the crucial moment, shielding him from the powerful spiritual attack.
In the next moment, the savage gigantic worm suddenly took a deep breath. Zhang Che watched as the black fog at the center of the mountain peak's pit was all sucked in by the gigantic worm, leaving only a weird round pit.
Having swallowed all the black fog, the gigantic worm whose body was very big to begin with, grew a whole size bigger. It suddenly lifted off the ground without any wind, pouncing towards the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon in the air.
"Run!" Zhang Che's eyes narrowed slightly. Now that both the Scarlet Flame Drake and Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's skills were used up, they had no way to attack it any more. There was no option other than to run away.
-Wait a second!-
Zhang Che suddenly turned his head to look at the Unicorn behind him, who he hadn't recalled back into his spiritual sea.
That fellow, too, had a powerful elemental skill!
Even if it couldn't kill that gigantic worm, the skill could hurt it at the very least, stopping it from chasing them. Otherwise, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon might not be able to successfully escape before the gigantic worm's speed.
Blinding lightning immediately gathered on the Unicorn's spiral horn, forming a mass of dazzling electrical light. In the next moment, it tore through the air, zapping the gigantic worm chasing after them.
The gigantic worm seemed to be extremely wary of the Unicorn's Lightning of Purification skill and quickly dodged to the side.
However, something outside of Zhang Che's expectation happened. The streak of lightning shot out by the Unicorn actually changed direction instantly, like a nail attracted to a magnet, striking the savage gigantic worm's dark body.
An incomparably miserable cry rang out soundlessly. The savage gigantic worm, who had remained unharmed through the Scarlet Flame Drake and the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's combination attack, directly crumbled in mid air and turned into a cloud of smoke, which then scattered without a trace before a gust of wind.
Zhang Che watched blankly with his eyes wide. Before he could understand the underlying reason, a massive wave of mysterious energy came flooding into his spiritual sea like the tide, instantly leaving him feeling like he was filled up to the brim.
Under the effects of this enormous mysterious energy, the energy Zhang Che had absorbed previously seemed to appear from thin air and directly mixed with this mass of energy. Zhang Che's brain felt like it was swelling up a little, causing him some pain.
-Did I eat too much of the energy am now suffering indigestion?- Zhang Che mocked himself, but felt very pleasantly surprised.
With this, the range which he could control the swords should be greatly expanded, right?
He immediately summoned the red sword from his spiritual sea and tried directing it. He couldn't help but furrow his brow deeply.
Although his spiritual link with the sword had become incomparably close, as if the sword was an extension of his body, the range at which he could control it seemed to have hit a ceiling, unable to go any further than about fifty meters.
"Why is that so?" Zhang Che couldn't understand, and he didn't have the time to think now, either.
In his spiritual sea, perhaps the mysterious energy he had absorbed was too enormous, it left Zhang Che feeling slightly out of control.
Before he could show his surprise, the rainbow crystal floating high up in his spiritual sea suddenly emitted a blinding rainbow light.
In the next moment, under the rainbow light's illumination, the massive mysterious energy quickly collapsed inwards and turned into a tiny point of light. It flew to just under the rainbow crystal and started spinning on the spot.
As it spun faster and faster, the tiny origin grew smaller and smaller, to the point that it was almost undetectable to Zhang Che.
While he was spacing out, a tiny golden vortex suddenly appeared in the same spot where the origin had disappeared.
Translator's Note
1: In the raws, the actual description was an old saying that went something like naturally his shoes would get wet from his frequent walks by the river. It means that he was affected by his surroundings from his constant involvement in the activity.
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Chapter 285: The Bane of the Demonic Energy
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Zhang Che was incredibly shocked; he couldn't understand what had happened at all. His thoughts were frozen, unable to process anything.
Below the rainbow crystal, the newly-appeared golden vortex looked like an extremely small dot which could be easily missed if you weren't paying attention.
However, at this moment, Zhang Che's entire focus was drawn to that tiny golden vortex. He felt that this miniscule vortex was incomparably huge and could take in the entire world.
"What is that?" Zhang Che wondered. Suddenly, his soul was sucked into that golden vortex.
An extremely profound feeling filled Zhang Che's mind. His eyes were closed, but it was like he could see everything around him.
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was circling in the air, while the Scarlet Flame Drake, Purple Crystal Tortoise, and Unicorn were on the dragon's back in that exact order, every detail of their bodies visible to him.
A slight breeze went through the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's shield and blew on Zhang Che's face. He felt as if he could feel every bend of the wind.
In that wind, there was a desolate and slight smell of decay. Zhang Che could sense it very clearly; it was the odor of this world.
Zhang Che could even see himself sitting on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back, his eyes shut, looking calm.
With a thought, the red sword flew out of his spiritual sea, circling around the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon like it was an extension of his arm, drawing a beautiful arc in the air.
The red sword slowly flew further and further away, and his control only became a little awkward when the red sword had flown to about a hundred meters away from him.
Zhang Che was overjoyed. He opened his eyes and recalled the red sword, an extremely delighted glint in his eyes.
The current range at which he could control the red sword had slightly more than doubled!
-What exactly is that tiny golden vortex?- Zhang Che had no way of knowing. However, he knew that it must be something incredible. Other beastmasters had almost no chance of obtaining it, unless they also had something like the rainbow crystal.
That was almost impossible, however. A treasure like the rainbow crystal was very likely to be a unique object in the beast worlds. How could other people have one as well?
"A hundred meter range. That's totally enough. Maybe that golden vortex will become stronger if I continue to hunt those strange creatures and absorb their mysterious energy…"
Although he didn't know what that golden vortex was, that didn't stop Zhang Che from feeling happy. It was fine as long as it was beneficial to him; why care so much?
Not only that, Zhang Che, having read many Xianxia novels in his past life, was even thinking that this might be a legendary primordial spirit! Although… this possibility being true was miniscule at best.
The golden vortex only made Zhang Che's soul clearer, and allowed him to sense his surroundings when he focused, as well as have better control over the swords. There was none of those more profound abilities.
If it really was a primordial spirit, its capabilities shouldn't be this limited, right?
Based on those novels, a primordial spirit had divine sense, and could scan a wide area in its surroundings like radar, not missing any detail.
On the other hand, this golden vortex's capabilities were worlds away from reaching that level.
Shaking his head, Zhang Che sent his gaze below.
In the center of the mountain peak where the strange insects gathered earlier, the black fog that was all sucked in by that savage gigantic worm in one go was actually wafting out slowly from the crater. Although the amount was extremely small, Zhang Che saw it clearly.
The golden vortex in his spiritual sea was still beneficial. At the very least, his five senses had become sharper. Despite being a thousand meters away, he could clearly see that little wisp of faint black fog.
-What exactly is in that mountain?- Zhang Che narrowed his eyes. Afterwards, he had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon turn around and fly towards the peak.
The black savage worm had already been blasted into powder by the Unicorn's Lightning of Purification. There shouldn't be any danger below them left…
As he thought of that, Zhang Che paused for a moment.
He was distracted by the many changes in his spiritual sea earlier and had forgotten about this.
The black savage worm was so strong that even the Scarlet Flame Drake and Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's combined skills could do nothing to it. How was it possible that the Unicorn's skill had killed it just like that?
It wasn't like Zhang Che didn't know the Unicorn's skill only sounded awesome. It's destructive power was actually nothing to brag about. All this while he had been neglecting it.
"Lightning of Purification… Lightning of Purification..!" Zhang Che mumbled the name of the skill. His eyes suddenly shone, finally understanding why this skill was called Lightning of Purification.
It seemed like the skill would only deal earth-shattering damage when used on evil, demonic type of energies!
This discovery immediately skyrocketed the Unicorn's value in Zhang Che's eyes.
Zhang Che estimated that there should be quite a number of powerful creatures like the savage gigantic worm in this secret plane. If he could encounter more such high-level creatures, the Unicorn could totally kill them and earn Zhang Che a huge amount of the mysterious energy!
The only point to take note of was that the Unicorn's skill had a cooldown time of one day, unlike the Scarlet Flame Drake's skill, which used its vital energy to perform. The Drake could return to Zhang Che's spiritual sea and recover quickly.
"One day… so be it. It would be really great if I can kill one of those powerful creatures every day!" Zhang Che revealed a satisfied smile.
At this moment, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon had descended to the mountain peak. Zhang Che had the Scarlet Flame Drake, Purple Crystal Tortoise, and his other babies get off first, making sure there wasn't any danger on the mountain peak, before he jumped off too.
The ground of the mountain peak was like cracked glass, fissures could be seen everywhere.
This was the result of the Scarlet Flame Drake and the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's ice and fire combo. It went to show how devastating it was when they worked together.
In the center of the mountain summit, the black fog had filled up quite a bit of the crater, and was increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Zhang Che didn't dare to risk himself. He had the Scarlet Flame Drake approach it and breathe out a column of flames into the crater.
Although this stream of flames wasn't the innate fire elements the Scarlet Flame Drake had, it was extremely hot nonetheless. Ordinary rocks would explode from the heat in an instant.
However, when the flames were shot into the crater, the black fog wasn't affected at all.
Zhang Che's expression immediately froze. Afterwards, he recalled his babies without hesitation and mounted the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, leaving.
He didn't dare to take the risk. If there was anything in that crater and it suddenly flew into a rage from his provocation, the end result would be unthinkable.
Cats weren't the only thing curiosity killed; even humans died because of it!
It was close to noon. After thinking for a bit, Zhang Che continued heading deeper into this mountain range.
Going forward, he'd kill as many of those strange creatures as he could!
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Chapter 286: It's Especially Rage-Inducing When Enemies Meet
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Zhang Che was even hoping that some other strange creature would discover this place and grow stronger, then he'd come back and have the Unicorn deal with it!
At that time, it would be another massive amount of mysterious energy entering his pocket. Just thinking about it excited him!
At that moment, the Purple Jade Condor standing sentry in the sky above Zhang Che suddenly let out a sharp cry, followed by a quick swoop down to the ground.
Zhang Che was shocked. He hurriedly looked up to the sky and saw an enormous black shadow flying towards them at lightning speed from extremely far away.
"Shit!" Zhang Che cried. He immediately recalled the Purple Jade Condor, Scarlet Flame Drake, and the other babies into his spiritual sea without hesitation. Afterwards, he ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to change direction and dove into the valley below, flying close to the ground.
Just seeing that flying creature's size, Zhang Che knew that his babies were no match for it, not to mention that his babies with elemental skills had all expended them. Only the Scarlet Flame Drake could recover to its peak condition in the near future, and as such Zhang Che's current fighting potential was far from his best. There was no way he could fight this battle.
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew into the sparse forest below, flying close to the ground like a blue fighter plane.
However, the strange creature in the sky had its sights dead set on Zhang Che, chasing him from above, and showing no signs of letting him go.
"I didn't freaking rob it or something; why is it so insistent on chasing me down?!"
Zhang Che grew anxious. Looking up, he saw that the black shadow was actually a strange creature, looking like a flying tiger with black and white alternating patterns. Although it resembled a tiger, the surface of its body was covered in a layer of tough scales. Sharp bone spikes protruded out of its joints, looking especially savage and fearsome.
Judging from its aura alone, the fellow was probably not inferior to epic-quality beasts from the beast world.
Moreover, he could fly! Zhang Che's babies would have no advantages to speak of if they were to fight against it. They would only be passively getting beaten on.
Fortunately, this bone-spiked flying tiger's membrane-like wings were too large, leaving it unable to descend to where it could launch a direct attack at Zhang Che.
After all, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon purposefully chose places with extremely complicated terrain to fly through. That Bone-Spiked Flying Tiger had no choice but to retract its wings if it wanted to get close to them. Doing that, however, would force it into a situation where it couldn't fly. It would be impossible for it to catch up to the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon then!
"It'd be so great if there is a cave somewhere near here. I don't believe that fellow would dare to continue chasing us in there!"
Zhang Che looked ahead carefully, trying to find a place to hide. Alas, what he hoped didn't come to pass.
Although the Purple Crystal Tortoise could dig out a cave, it needed time. Obviously the bone-spiked flying tiger over his head wouldn't give him that much time.
Luckily, this area had some complicated terrain. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon made sure to keep flying in places with tall mountains or cliffs on both sides, leaving the creature helpless against Zhang Che for now.
But, this was no long-term solution! There would be an end to this complicated terrain. What would he do then?
When the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon made a turn into a narrow valley, a group of human figures suddenly appeared in front of them. It was a mixed group of about a dozen men and women, with both dark and fair-skinned people among them, directing their subdued beasts to attack a bunch of surrounded creatures.
It went without saying that Zhang Che wasn't the only one who had discovered killing those strange creatures benefited them!
"Why does this group of people look so familiar?"
After taking a closer look, Zhang Che realized they didn't only look familiar. Hah! How fated!
Zhang Che immediately recognized them. -Aren't they the foreigners I saw at that camp last night?
-Now this is interesting!-
Without pausing to think, Zhang Che took out the Fallen Star bow from his bracelet spatial equipment, aiming and shooting at the Bone-Spiked Flying Tiger up in the air.
After doing all this, he immediately put the Fallen Star bow away and had the Purple Crystal Tortoise activate its skill, covering him up, then ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to fly towards the open space ahead where the group of people were gathered.
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At this moment, the group of beastmasters with the blond man as the leader had obviously noticed Zhang Che as well. Everyone's eyes immediately turned red with anger, especially the blond man whose red sword had been stolen away from him. His eyes were as red as an enraged bull, painted the color of blood.
"You're looking to die!"
He waved his wand. Half of the subdued beasts around them immediately turned and charged towards Zhang Che.
All kinds of elemental attacks instantly rained down upon Zhang Che.
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon quickly switched directions, trying his best to avoid where the elemental attacks were concentrated and rushed at the group of people.
-We should be able to get through this, right?,- Zhang Che thought, trusting in the Purple Crystal Armor.
The Purple Crystal Armor had the ability to absorb a certain percentage of elemental attacks; it should be able to withstand this wave of attacks. After all, the group had their hands tied up by a bunch of strange creatures, and did not dare to mobilize all their forces to attack him.
Zhang Che and the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon were instantly engulfed by colorful rays of light. Countless wounds immediately appeared on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's crystallized body.
However, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon tried his best to avoid the heaviest area of elemental attacks with the front of his body. As such, he didn't take too many attacks, while Zhang Che, who was on his back, received even less damage.
Despite being struck by various energies, the Purple Crystal Armor's ability to absorb the power of the attacks immediately came into play. In addition to Zhang Che's inhuman physique, although he felt like his organs were shifting positions and his entire body was in terrible pain, there weren't any injuries that were too serious.
-Once I get through this, I can immediately summon the Unicorn to heal me!-
"Kill him! He must die!" the blond male leader cried out loudly, his eyes open so wide they almost fell out of their sockets as he flew towards Zhang Cheon on a golden western dragon subdued beast.
That large golden western dragon was obviously an extremely powerful subdued beast. It let out a furious roar and opened its mouth, breathing out a mass of golden rays that turned into countless blades, flying at great speed at Zhang Che.
Zhang Che wasn't frightened, but elated! -A formless attack from a subdued beast with metal attributes? Just great! The Purple Crystal Armor is the least worried about physical attacks!-
Thus, at Zhang Che's command, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew straight at them without dodging.
A wave of chaotic clanking rang out. Nearly half of the seemingly solid metallic blades that struck the Purple Crystal Armor Zhang Che was wearing, unable to harm him at all!
Only a tiny bit of the metallic energy contained in those blades passed through the Purple Crystal Armor and stabbed into him, leaving countless tiny cuts on his body, fresh blood seeping out from the wounds.
Zhang Che was greatly relieved. After all, the energy had to go through the Purple Crystal Armor's energy absorption. The amount of energy that successfully passed through it was extremely thin, and could only barely cut his skin.
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was like a blue bolt of lightning, breaking through their encirclement in just two to three breaths' time.
At this moment, the Bone-Spiked Flying Tiger who had been shot by Zhang Che with an arrow was extremely furious. It happened that the direction Zhang Che was escaping in was an open area, and it swooped down like lightning.
A bunch of assorted elemental attacks immediately shrouded the strange creature that had suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
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Chapter 287: The First Creatures With Flesh and Blood
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"Shit, what's that?"
It was only now that the group of beastmasters saw something that shouldn't be here entering the area of their subdued beasts' combined elemental assault.
Meanwhile, Zhang Che, who was their intended target, flew away from this area on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, fleeing a thousand meters away in the blink of an eye.
A soundless miserable roar suddenly rang out. Every one of them here let out low groans one after another.
Some of them even bled from their mouths and nose, their faces turning red and collapsing.
Suddenly, the situation turned chaotic.
"@#%*%#@"
The blond man screamed loudly, no longer caring about Zhang Che, who had escaped. He turned to command his group, getting them to direct their subdued beasts at the Bone-spiked Flying Tiger that had suddenly appeared. All kinds of attacks rained down on it.
After a short while, a dark silhouette rose to the skies, flying into the distance and escaping.
In the open space in the valley below, everything was a mess.
The group, which had about a dozen members originally, had lost a third of its members. The survivors had suffered heavy casualties with regards to their subdued beasts, too, with only about half of them left.
The blond man looked at his beat up team with a solemn expression, his eyes filled with rage. He clenched his fists tightly, veins popping out on the back of his hands. Each and every blood vessel seemed to be on the verge of bursting.
He suddenly turned around and looked in the direction Zhang Che had fled to, his eyes filled with hatred.
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Even so, at this moment, Zhang Che was already dozens of kilometers away from the valley.
After making sure that the Bone-spiked Flying Tiger was no longer chasing after him, he had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon slow down and stop. Afterwards, Zhang Che had the Purple Crystal Tortoise dispel its skill, drops of thick blood immediately dripping down from cuts all over him.
Zhang Che's clothes were shredded to pieces. A gust of wind would blow them off his body.
Zhang Che moved slightly, and immediately felt stinging pain from the countless wounds all over himself, leaving him gritting his teeth and cursing, "Si… why can't I wear other armor when the Purple Crystal Tortoise uses its Purple Crystal Armor skill? I wouldn't be suffering like this otherwise!"
If he could wear another set of armor under the Purple Crystal Armor, he wouldn't have suffered any injuries at all!
Alas, he didn't have a choice. If he wanted to gain the Purple Crystal Armor's unparalleled physical defense, he had to give up on the defense from other sources.
Zhang Che summoned the Unicorn and ordered it to bestow a heal upon him, then tore the shreds of clothing off. After that, he had the Purple Crystal Tortoise produce a bucket of water from its spatial pocket, and washed off the blood stains before putting on another set of clothing.
"Heh, I wonder how those foreigners are doing now? They aren't weak; they should be able to claim victory against that powerful creature, right?"
Thinking of that, Zhang Che couldn't help but chuckle from the bottom of his heart.
He totally didn't expect to bump into that group of people while he was running for his life. It truly felt so good to be able to set them up while he was at it.
Last night, if it wasn't for the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's speed, he would have been blown to bits. How could he still be acting so freely now?
Zhang Che was someone who held grudges!
"Setting people up feels too good! I hope we will meet again; I don't mind setting them up again! Ha! I feel like my Fisherman Zhang nickname can be changed to Schemer Zhang!"
After laughing to himself, Zhang Che realized that it didn't seem to be very late. He jumped onto the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back once more and continued on his way.
He was only a few dozen kilometers away from the battlefield. It truly wasn't very safe here. Heavens knew if that bunch of foreigners would chase him down and rip him apart, then turn him into meat paste to vent their anger.
To be on the safer side of things, Zhang Che felt that it was very necessary for him to travel far away from here, giving them no chance of catching up to him.
As such, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon went on his way, flying close to the ground for a few hundred kilometers before slowing down.
After that painful experience, Zhang Che didn't dare to continue letting the Purple Jade Condor scout things out from the sky. There might not be a bunch of meat shields to save him again if he drew another powerful flying creature to himself!
The reason why he slowed down wasn't because he felt that it was absolutely safe here, but because he realized that the colors he saw seemed to have become slightly brighter.
Although the vegetation was still sparse, Zhang Che noticed that occasionally there would be bits of bright, fresh green grass between those dark green ones entering his eyes.
How could such bright colors, filled with signs of life, escape from Zhang Che's sharp senses?
He had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon gradually slow down, then flew to a fresh green bush. He saw that although this tiny patch of grass wasn't considered lush and was almost completely blocked off by the surrounding strange dark green bushes, it was growing resiliently!
After looking closely for quite some time, a golden ray of light suddenly shot out from between his brows. The Golden Elephorse King, Hanxue's scarlet figure, appeared before him.
-I'm finally out! At long last! Master Daddy must have almost forgotten about me…-
How excited must Hanxue be? It felt like he was sentenced to an indefinite jail sentence and had served for a dozen years in there. When he had completely lost all hope, he suddenly found himself set free when he woke up from his sleep. Words alone could never express the joy he felt.
As such, he raised his neck up high, wanting to let out a long cry to vent the emotions bottled up in him, but Zhang Che quickly jumped over and slapped his head.
"Don't cry out! Who knows if there's any powerful strange creature around? Are you trying to murder your master daddy?"
Hanxue immediately showed a resentful expression.
Afterwards, Zhang Che continued, "Here, see if you can eat this patch of fresh grass."
Hanxue immediately ran up with short steps. First, he took a whiff of it, then extended his long tongue out and wrapped around the grass, bringing them into his mouth, and slowly chewed on them, his eyes narrowed into slits.
Zhang Che was overjoyed. -I finally found some normal vegetation!-
Didn't this mean that he might encounter creatures with flesh and blood if he continued going forward?
Zhang Che's anticipation grew. He didn't recall Hanxue back into his spiritual sea, in case that fellow grew to resent him. Instead, Zhang Che jumped onto Hanxue's back and galloped forward with the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon guarding at his side.
Hanxue was very excited to finally be able to run around once more, although it was a pity it couldn't make any sound to express the agitation in his heart, leaving it slightly depressed.
Perhaps he hadn't taken a breather outside for too long, but Hanxue grew more excited the more he ran. Before he realized it, he was running at his maximum speed, racing across the land like a red sports car. The wind resistance blew Zhang Che's hair back.
Zhang Che narrowed his eyes, relishing in this feeling that he hadn't felt for a long time, thinking, -It's not bad to relax like this once in a while, riding on Hanxue. Although it would be better if it was safer in the secret plane!-
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Hanxue ran for dozens of kilometers. Freshly-colored vegetation appeared more and more frequently, from small patches of grass to short bushes, and in the end a small emerald green forest appeared ahead.
In that forest, a few small wild beasts with long necks suddenly heard galloping sounds and turned to look in his direction warily. Afterwards, they dispersed in confusion and ran off in different directions toward the other side of the forest.
Just a glance and Zhang Che knew that this was a group of creatures with flesh and blood!
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Chapter 288: Black Wind. Green Land
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Zhang Che was immediately interested. He slapped Hanxue's neck lightly, telling him to go chase after the creatures.
Hanxue raised his head and neighed happily. This fellow had truly held it in for too long, and finally cried out.
Zhang Che couldn't be bothered about it, either.
The scattered yellowish-brown furred wild beasts ahead were obviously not very strong. If they could live in this area so freely, it should indicate that the surroundings were rather safe.
Since that was so, why not let Hanxue let out his feelings? If he kept bottling everything up, what would Zhang Che do if Hanxue couldn't make a sound in the future?
When his surroundings were finally free of those strange dark green plants, Zhang Che noticed that the air around him was suddenly much fresher. That vague smell of decay was nowhere to be found.
"What is going on? Why would there be two areas with such stark differences in the same world?" Zhang Che wondered, but no answer revealed itself.
The running speed of those yellowish-brown furred wild beasts was far from that of Hanxue's. After passing through the tiny forest, a verdant green valley appeared in front of them, and Hanxue finally caught up to them.
Although they were referred to as small creatures, it was due to Zhang Che having seen too many large beasts in the beast worlds. When he saw these normal-sized wild beasts, he would subconsciously compare them with the exotic beasts from the beast world. Naturally he would feel that they were small.
In fact, these wild beasts running around in panic right now were about the size of young calves. Although they weren't considered very big, they weren't small by any means.
"Go, catch them all!" Zhang Che turned to look at the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon circling around him, commanding. The fellow immediately flew forth, his figure turned into a blur and captured all of the scattered wild beasts.
There were exactly five of them. Each of the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's claws were holding one of them, and the last was held in his mouth as he flew back to Zhang Che's side.
The wild beasts had builds similar to deers. They were hornless, had long slender necks, and a layer of yellowish-brown fur. At this moment, they were caught by the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, shivering from the cold generated by the dragon's aura, with no strength to break free.
They were actually ordinary wild beasts!
Zhang Che was very surprised. His data eyes didn't show any attributes for these wild beasts.
If there weren't any other unknown factors, they were definitely ordinary wild animals!
The Mutated Puffersword suddenly appeared in his hand, wanting to slaughter one of them to see if they were really only ordinary animals.
At that moment, a loud voice cried out from a few hundred meters away, finding its way into Zhang Che's ear clearly, "Stop!"
Zhang Che creased his brow slightly and turned to look in the direction the voice originated from. He saw a few men, each riding their own subdued beasts, quickly running his way.
One of them seemed to worry that Zhang Che wouldn't listen to them and hurriedly cried out loud again, "Brother, you can't kill them!"
"Can't kill them?" Zhang Che instantly grew interested.
-Do you think that you occupied this area first and thus everything on this land belongs to you?
-What nonsense!-
Zhang Che wasn't someone who was afraid of getting into trouble, either. -If you want to snatch, you have to see if my babies will agree to it!-
A few five-colored rays of light shot out from between Zhang Che's brow consecutively. The Scarlet Flame Drake, Purple Crystal Tortoise, and Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus all appeared at his side.
In the next moment, the sword in his hand stabbed towards the heart of one of the wild beasts.
The group of men were rapidly closing in. The well-built man at the fore of the group blanched in horror, crying out loudly, "You can't kill them; there'll be huge trouble!"
-Trouble?- Zhang Che immediately halted his thrust. The tip of the Mutated Puffersword was less than ten centimeters away from the wild beast's heart. If his arm reached out just a little further, the sword would easily stab into its flesh, and blood would spatter.
Seeing Zhang Che was still hesitating slightly, the man stopped about a hundred meters away and shouted anxiously, "Brother, no blood must show, or disaster will immediately befall!"
Zhang Che naturally didn't continue attacking. He could tell that the muscular man and the two beside him were all looking very nervous, as if they were worried that any accidental movement from his hand would cause the Mutated Puffersword to wound the animal.
"Disaster will befall? What huge trouble are you talking about?" Zhang Che was very curious about what they meant by disaster would befall once blood showed.
"In this green land, once blood is exposed, a black gale will blow from the sky. Even legend-quality subdued beasts might not be able to withstand it, so brother, please don't make any moves, or it'll be troublesome!" the burly man hurriedly explained to Zhang Che.
However, Zhang Che grew even more confused after hearing that.
"Green land" was still something easy to understand.
After all, the plants in this area were all very normal-looking. Looking around, everything was a lively green; calling it a green land was nothing strange.
But, what on earth was that black gale supposed to mean?
Zhang Che looked up to the sky; there was no difference to the layer of rocks above his head!
He blinked a few times, asking the man, "How big of an area will the black wind engulf if blood is exposed?"
The man was slightly taken aback, not understanding what Zhang Che meant, but still explaining out of goodwill, "Once blood is exposed, a black gale will immediately sweep through the surrounding hundred meter radius. All living creatures will be blown to powder in an instant. There is no chance of escaping it; so please, brother, don't do anything stupid!"
Zhang Che finally understood why the three of them stopped a hundred meters away from him.
In the next moment, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew up high, bringing the wild animals with him and flew a few hundred meters out, while a bow appeared Zhang Che's hand.
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon loosened his jaw slightly, and that nearly-frozen animal suddenly plunged to the ground. Meanwhile, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon shook and flew back towards Zhang Che like a bolt of lightning.
In the next moment, the bow in Zhang Che's hand was drawn to a full crescent. An arrow shot out, directly piercing through the falling animal, fresh blood gushing out of the hole on both sides.
Instantly, a huge black tornado appeared out of nowhere from the sky, blowing past the animal in the blink of an eye. The wind lasted for less than a second before dispersing.
In the air over there, nothing was left behind.
The plants in the area over there, however, were unharmed at all. They didn't even sway a little, as if the black tornado didn't appear at all.
Zhang Che's mouth opened wide, unable to understand what the phenomenon was at all.
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Chapter 289: Such a Poetic Name…
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What the hell, where did that black tornado come from? Zhang Che hadn't sensed a thing!
Indeed, there wasn't anywhere absolutely safe in the secret plane!
-If it wasn't for the fact that I had enough food with me from the start and didn't kill those wild animals the moment I saw them, wouldn't I be left without a corpse right now?- Thinking of that, cold sweat poured down from Zhang Che's forehead.
How could anyone avoid such unthinkable danger the first time they came across such a situation?
Zhang Che almost wanted to turn around and leave immediately, returning to the pale grey area where all kinds of powerful strange creatures might be hiding everywhere.
At the very least, he only had to be more careful and not get discovered by those creatures that were way too powerful for him. That way, there wouldn't be much danger to him.
In this cursed place, however, you might lose your life if you were ever so slightly careless!
Zhang Che looked at the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon at the side. Four pitiful beasts were still hanging from that fellow's claws.
-I'd better release them quickly. What if he makes them bleed by accident?-
As if sensing Zhang Che's worries, the muscular man immediately said out loud, "Don't worry, brother. That subdued beast of yours is cold-attributed, right? You can have it directly freeze them to death and it'll be fine."
Zhang Che was slightly taken aback, "Freeze them to death and it'd be alright?"
The man nodded, "Right, nothing will happen at all as long as they're dead before bleeding."
-What a strange rule!- Zhang Che realized that there really were all sorts of strange things in this part of the secret plane.
After thinking for a while, he asked, "Then, what if a beastmaster or subdued beast bleeds? Will that strange black wind appear too?"
The man nodded, then shook his head, saying, "Beastmasters bleeding will attract the black wind to blow their way. If it was a subdued beast, however, due to the uniqueness of their state of living, nothing will happen no matter how much blood they lose."
-Is that so…- Zhang Che nodded, pretty much understanding the situation.
In other words, in this "green land", only real living creatures bleeding would cause that strange black gale to blow their way, while creatures like subdued beasts who didn't have a soul of their own wouldn't.
-Hmm, in conclusion, it means that the strong wind will blow if creatures with their own souls bleed!- Done thinking, Zhang Che immediately gave an order to the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon. A faint mass of blue darkfiend aura suddenly gushed out from the latter's claws, freezing the four wild beasts in an instant, their souls dissipating.
As he'd been told, no strange signs appeared in the air.
Zhang Che let out a long sigh of relief. The four wild beasts held in the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragons weren't wild beasts at all; they were like four nuclear shells filled with destruction!
Now that the four nuclear shells were successfully destroyed, there wouldn't be any further threats to his safety.
Zhang Che recalled Hanxue back into his spiritual sea, then walked towards the group of three men along with the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, still holding the four frozen wild beasts in his claws. He thanked from the bottom of his heart, "Thank you so much for big brother's reminder, or I might have already lost my life here. In the beginning I was still thinking you wanted to snatch those wild beasts from me, judging a gentleman like you as a vile character!"
That man waved his hand, not minding at all, "Eyy, that's nothing. Anyone in your position would think we were trying to snatch food from you! There's really not much food to be found in this damn secret plane. People might die at any time outside of the green lands while fighting for food; it's as normal as can be!"
"No, I still have to thank you, big brother!" Zhang Che said seriously, "My name is Zhang Che. If there's anything you need my help with after we're out of the secret plane, just say the word. This brother will definitely not say no if I can help!"
To this man, although all he did was call out to Zhang Che from afar, in Zhang Che's perspective, this man had truly saved his life!
"You're too polite, Brother Zhang!" the man smiled, "My name is Luo Wenjun, the same Luo as the one in Luoyang city. If you don't mind, you can call me Brother Luo-"
Finishing up, he looked at the strange expression on Zhang Che. He couldn't help but show signs of embarrassment on his crude face, explaining, "Haha, this… my family was without a girl. My mother named me when she was still carrying me, and nearly died from anger when she gave birth to me. She couldn't even be bothered to change my name then. I feel like crying just talking about it; it's fine to have this name if I was born a fair-skinned, good looking boy, but my looks grew rougher and rougher, and turned into what you see now in the end…"
Zhang Che suppressed his urge to laugh forcibly, then waved his hand and said, "Well, a name is just that, a name. Actually, it doesn't matter what you're called. In fact, in my opinion, someone as warmhearted and virtuous as Brother Luo is fully worthy of being called Wenjun!"
"Hahahaha!" Luo Wenjun laughed out cheerfully. He pointed at Zhang Che, saying, "Brother Zhang's words are so flattering, but I love hearing it. Since my appearance started to change in my teens, everyone who knew me said that it's weird to put a crude-looking person like me and such a poetic name together. Pei! What do they know?! I sure am befriending you, Brother Zhang!"
Luo Wenjun had probably never heard of anyone saying that his name suited him since his appearance started maturing roughly. Meeting Zhang Che made him feel like he had just met a long lost brother.
"Alright, we're brothers from now on!" Zhang Che said, extending his palm out to high five Luo Wenjun. Afterwards, he turned his head and looked at the two silent middle-aged men beside Luo Wenjun all this while, asking, "Right, I haven't had the opportunity to ask these two brothers' names."
"Luo Da," the man on the left with a slim, long face said, nodding.
"Luo Er," the man on the right with a wide, flat face nodded at the same time.
-Why don't you call yourselves Xiong Da and Xiong Er!-
Zhang Che understood the situation now; they should be the bodyguards assigned to Luo Wenjun by his family.
Although this guy's appearance was as crude as Zhang Fei, his family background was definitely not simple!
To be able to arrange for three people to enter the secret plane, no matter their prestige, or the amount of resources needed to gather three different people, it was definitely not something middle or small-sized families could do!
Regrettably, Zhang Che didn't have a good understanding of the influential families. He had no idea who the Luo family was.
He didn't waste time thinking about it, either. After greeting Luo Da and Luo Er with a nod, Zhang Che looked back to Luo Wenjun and said, "Brother Luo, the sky is about to turn dark. Why don't we find a place, cook these wild beasts and have a good meal together?"
As he spoke, he pointed to the four frozen corpses held in the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's claws.
This time, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon acted very appropriately when he made his move. Although the four wild beasts seemed to be frozen into ice blocks, it didn't affect the meat.
However, after Zhang Che made the suggestion, he saw a bitter smile on Luo Wenjun's face.
Translator's Note
1: Wenjun(文君), Wen means cultured, and Jun means gentleman. However, it is gender neutral when it is used in a name.
2: Luo Da and Luo Er means Luo Big (Or in this case, Eldest) and Luo Two. Xiong means bear; Xiong Da and Xiong Er are the names of two bears in a Chinese animated cartoon, the Boonie Bears.
3: Zhang Fei is a military general who served under Liu Bei during the Three Kingdoms era. He is said to have had an uncouth appearance.
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Zhang Che's heart thumped. -Could there be some other problems in this place?-
Seeing the confused look on Zhang Che's face, Luo Wenjun shook his head and said, "It's a long story. Let's bring the things in; we'll talk as we move."
Zhang Che nodded and jumped onto the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back, following Luo Wenjun's group away.
On their way, Zhang Che gradually learned about the relevant situation in the "Green Land" from Luo Wenjun.
This piece of green land surrounded by the strange lands was about a hundred kilometers long, the widest area barely reaching seventy kilometers. The overall shape of the area was like a flat oval.
In this area, the terrain was complicated. There were both long stretches of continuous mountains and small pieces of flat lands, and dozens of water streams in various sizes…
Of course, none of these was the important point.
The important point was that hundreds of beastmasters from all over the globe had gathered in this green land. Everyone treated this area as a temporary resting ground, out looking for resources during the day, and would return to the green lands to rest at night.
That was because in the green lands, they didn't have to worry about the strange creatures attacking them.
In any case, the strange creatures outside would never enter the green lands, no matter how powerful they were for some unknown reasons.
Since everyone knew about the black gales, theoretically speaking, they would live in peace, not getting into any conflicts. After all, the gale would sweep through the surrounding hundred meter radius if blood was exposed. Who would dare to act recklessly under such conditions?
Even if you were strong enough to forcefully suppress others, and could attack them from over a hundred meters away, so what? Who didn't have a friend or two? Once they found out who the troublemaker was, they could easily get back at you with the same method by catching you off guard, unless you never entered the green lands again.
However, it just so happened that there were quite a lot of resources to be found in the green land. Let alone all kinds of wild animals and fish, there were also many wild fruits that can be used as rations. Who would be willing to leave such a rich land?
Of course, the most wicked thing in the entire world was the human heart. Even if there were heavy restrictions, there was no guarantee of having zero conflicts and no one trying to harm others from the dark.
In the first couple of days, many beastmasters who entered the green lands were involved in sabotage. You might see the black wind from the sky at any time.
That was, until the arrival of a beastmaster yesterday called He Luotu.
That person's subdued beasts weren't considered very strong; he only had two legend-quality beasts. Compared to the hundreds of beastmasters in the green land, he could only be considered among the middle-upper tier.
However, he was in possession of a unique piece of equipment!
It was a silver diamond crystal object about the size of a thumb, directly embedded in He Luotu's forehead. Nobody knew exactly what kind of beast card equipment it was.
People only knew that through this silver diamond, He Luoto had a powerful mental attack and methods similar to hypnosis.
Through this ability, although he couldn't kill a mid-tier beastmaster directly via mental attacks, he could affect the mid-tier beastmaster's mind, making the latter go insane temporarily.
That was enough. This ability might not be considered too terrifying in other places, but when used together with the black gale in this area, it couldn't get any simpler for He Luotu to kill someone. He only had to manipulate his target into conducting acts of self-harm, like cutting himself, and his life would be forfeit immediately.
It was exactly with this queer method that He Luotu killed a few beastmasters who were suppressing others by relying on their strength after entering this green land. Those acts immediately garnered the support from the weaker beastmasters, quickly gaining him an extremely high status in the green land.
Then, He Luotu called for a meeting with all the other beastmasters and set up a series of rules within the green land.
For example, getting into conflicts with others in the green land was forbidden; anyone who infringed this rule will be severely punished. Half of all food acquired in the green lands had to be handed over to distribute them to the weaker beastmasters, and many other rules.
Zhang Che felt that this was absurd after hearing all this.
-What exactly is this beastmaster called He Luotu thinking? Is he trying to turn this green land into a utopia within the secret plane?-
Even if all the beastmasters were apprehensive of that queer mental attack of his and acted appropriately in the green land for now, would the people keep remaining here?
Other than food and water, there were no other resources in the green land.
The reason everyone risked their lives and entered the secret plane was not for a holiday. All of them wanted to fight for sufficient resources to bring out of the secret plane, strengthening their families or factions.
As such, after the beastmasters obtained enough supplies in the green land, they were sure to travel out of the green land and continue exploring the vast lands outside.
Meanwhile, with the illusion of peace in the green lands brought by the threat of death from He Luotu, the beastmasters were sure to breed conflicts among themselves. Although they might not show it, they would only grow deeper and deeper.
Once they were out of the green lands, life and death battles were sure to ensue.
Of course, although Zhang Che felt that He Luotu's actions were ridiculous, he was still very impressed by the man.
At the very least, everyone had indeed found themselves a safe resting ground in the green lands, not having to worry about backstabs, sabotage, and ambushes.
Not only that, the weaker beastmasters and those with faltering courage could stay here until the day the secret plane's gateway was reopened.
However, what Zhang Che found strange was that to maintain the peace and stability here, He Luotu had to remain in the green lands. Otherwise, those who were suppressed by him were sure to erupt in chaos.
-In that case, there's a question; what does He Luotu gain by doing all this?
-Or perhaps, what he placed importance on isn't the resources in the secret plane, but the beastmasters who joined in on this expedition, and he is trying his best to gain a favorable impression from them. Afterwards, when they return to Mercury, he will try to expand his influence?-
Shaking his head, Zhang Che didn't try to think any further. He asked Luo Wenjun, "So, I have to hand over two of the four frozen beasts?"
Luo Wenjun nodded, "Exactly! If we were to deal with the beasts privately before we handed them over, we might get reported by others, and get exiled from the green lands, never to take another step in here again."
Zhang Che was thoroughly baffled. He asked in confusion, "Does no one have any complaints about such tyrannical rules? Why do I have to hand over and share the prey I hunted myself?"
"Sure, there are complaints, but the majority of the people support him," Luo Wenjun smiled. "Think about it. The weaker beastmasters are sure to be suppressed by others even after arriving at the green lands. If they were unlucky, they might even get robbed of their belongings! With He Luotu, they didn't have to worry about that problem any more."
After a short pause, Luo Wenjun continued, "Compared to their lives and the resources they've already obtained, what does a few ordinary beasts count for? Moreover, food is abundant in here. Even if they have to hand over half of it, they wouldn't go hungry or whatever, so there's not much problem there. Also, it's not like He Luotu takes all of the tributes for himself; he reallocates the resources. So, this is only a formality, so to speak."
Zhang Che couldn't understand. However, he didn't continue asking, only thinking to himself, -Is this He Luotu person also a transmigrator? His life before transmigrating was a firm believer and fighter for communism…-
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Chapter 291: One Night in the Green Land
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Zhang Che suddenly felt something in his heart as he followed Luo Wenjun further into the green land. Looking up to the sky, he saw a nearly unnoticeable tiny black dot circling at least a few thousand meters in the sky. It flew over their head, then quickly disappeared from his sight.
Luo Wenjun looked at Zhang Che in surprise, sighing with praise, "Woah, Brother Zhang's senses are so sharp!"
Zhang Che asked, "Brother Luo, is that… a scouting-type subdued beast?"
Luo Wenjun nodded, replying, "Right, that's one of the two legend-quality beasts He Luotu owns. It possesses extremely strong scouting ability. Even at night, it can survey the surrounding few dozen kilometers clearly with the help of the 'starlight'."
Zhang Che came to a sudden realization. The last doubt he had was finally solved.
Indeed, with such a powerful scouting-type subdued beast circling over their heads, none of the beastmasters with ill intentions would dare to cause any problems in the green land, or act inappropriately.
As he went deeper into the green land, Zhang Che saw beastmaster after beastmaster. There were men and women, with various skin and hair colors.
Every one of them seemed friendly, smiling at one another, as if this place was truly a paradise.
When they arrived at the plains in the middle of the largest stream in the green lands, there was a wide spread of tents in a picturesque disorder visible. If he didn't know any better, he might have mistaken himself as having arrived at a pastoral grassland.
Going along with the rules set in place, Zhang Che gave up two of the four animals the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon had frozen to death, then followed Luo Wenjun to an empty space to set up camp.
This area was the land assigned to Luo Wenjun's group of three for their camp.
It wasn't like you could set up camp wherever you liked. Everything was bound by strict rules, unless you chose to leave this area and settle down somewhere else in the green land.
However, even if you didn't understand He Luotu's intentions, it was clear that this area was the safest place within the entire green land. Absolutely no one would dare to cause strife here.
After pitching their tents, Luo Wenjun had Luo Da and Luo Er clean up the two animals at the stream, while he and Zhang Che sat down at the open area outside their tents and started chatting.
Other than their strengths and family background, the two of them spoke about everything, as if they had known each other for ages.
By the time Luo Da and Luo Er were done cleaning the two carcasses and came back, Zhang Che and Luo Wenjun had a bonfire set up. In the camp, there were people specifically assigned the task of gathering dried leaves and branches. Those who gave up half of their food could get them for free. Afterwards, the four of them worked together and purposely left a few pieces of meat aside, then split the remainder into four shares, applied spices to them, and roasted them over the bonfire.
When the bonfire was started, some people actually came over to them and distributed a bunch of fruit, as well as some greens like mushrooms and vegetables.
What surprised Zhang Che the most was that they were even given a big pot.
It was really a large metal pot!
Could there be people who specifically brought pots into the secret plane?
It wasn't just one or two of them. Judging from the scale of the camp site, there were at least a hundred!
However, Luo Wenjun soon answered the doubts in Zhang Che's heart.
"Haha, did you find it very strange, Brother Zhang? These metal pots were actually produced by a certain beastmaster's metal-attributed subdued beast. That subdued beast isn't very strong, but is skilled in shaping metals. It just so happened that someone found an iron mine in the green land, and that's where all these pots come from!. Everyone can use them to boil soup and water, greatly improving the lives of the people here."
Zhang Che was convinced. There truly wasn't anything too bizarre in this world. Such subdued beasts actually existed! It was simply a must-have for long journeys!
He finally understood why Luo Da and Luo Er would purposely leave a few pieces of meat behind when roasting the rest of the meat. With just a big pot, together with the mushrooms and vegetables distributed to them, they could cook a pot of piping hot meat soup. It was so much better than just eating roasted meat!
Now that they had a pot, how could they do without bowls?
Not to worry; the camp's management had thought things out. They made some high quality clay and shaped it into clay bowls, then fired them with fire-attributed subdued beasts. You could have as many of the simple pottery bowls as you wanted!
Zhang Che even had the ridiculous thought that if everyone were stuck in this secret plane, would they form a new tribe in this green land and reproduce?
There were men and women among the beastmasters, and there were also people of black, white, yellow, and brown skin. If a few decades, or even a century, passed, perhaps they might really form a large tribe!
Another bonfire was lit. The big pot was placed over the fire, half filled with water from the stream, and covered with a wooden lid. Soon, the water was boiling.
The small pieces of meat were thrown in, followed by the mushroom. Some salt and spices were also added. When the big pot of meat soup was giving off a good aroma, vegetables were thrown in to boil for a while, and it was now ready for eating.
The timing was just right; the roasted meat at the side was also cooked.
To Zhang Che's surprise, Luo Wenjun even took out a few bottles of alcohol from his spatial equipment.
This fellow, did he come to the secret plane for a tour?
"Hahahaha, don't kid me, Brother Zhang! To me, alcohol is as important as life itself! My whole body doesn't feel at ease if I don't drink any alcohol for a day. So, for this trip I purposely brought some drinks with me. Here, try some. This is a special wine recipe passed down in my family for a thousand years! You'll be sure to like it!" Luo Wenjun laughed out loud. He opened a bottle and poured the wine into the bowls, then raised his and emptied it.
From the instant the wine bottle was opened, Zhang Che caught a thick smell of wine assaulting his nose. Although he wasn't someone who drank frequently, he could tell that this was definitely top grade wine!
-I'll have a little, then. My physique is way better than ordinary people anyway. This little bit of alcohol won't get me drunk!-
——
The bonfire feast lasted for over an hour. Zhang Che and the others only separated ways and returned to his own tent to rest when the rock strata over their heads dimmed down and darkness shrouded the land.
Even though he could rest peacefully at the camp site, Zhang Che summoned the red sword nonetheless, letting it hovering silently in the air in his tent. That way, it could warn him and counterattack right away if anyone ambushed him.
At present, Zhang Che's control over the sword had reached a level where it moved as he wished. Within a hundred meter radius, the sword would move exactly how he wanted it to, not a single millimeter off.
——
After Zhang Che woke up the next morning and had breakfast with Luo Wenjun and his group, he made his intentions to bid farewell known.
Luo Wenjun didn't find this strange. After all, although the green land seemed very peaceful on the surface, it was filled with conflicts underneath. It was only due to He Luotu's overhanging threat that no one dared to cause any strife.
Anyone who had the goal of obtaining resources in the secret plane by risking their lives wouldn't stay here for long.
"In that case, I'll see you again, Brother Zhang!" Luo Wenjun cupped his fists towards Zhang Che, "I'll be staying here for another day. I plan on leaving tomorrow. When we return to Mercury, I'll be sure to find Brother Zhang for a drink!"
"Alright, that's a promise!" Zhang Che nodded, smiling faintly. He mounted the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and quickly headed out of the green land.
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Although it was very safe in the green land, Zhang Che didn't want to continue remaining there. He was afraid that he would lose his drive to improve if he slacked off for too long. In such a dangerous world, losing one's drive was something very dangerous.
Zhang Che still remembered the experience of when he was pulled into the endless tunnel vividly!
So, he wanted to work as hard as he could to raise his strength, to have the power to protect himself and his family when any problems occurred.
With so many benefits to be found in the secret plane, if he acted carefully, he would surely obtain many things!
Ignoring everything else, just those strange creatures provided Zhang Che with large amounts of mysterious energy, improving that tiny golden vortex in his spiritual sea bit by bit, increasing the range of his control over the swords.
Unbeknownst to Zhang Che, after he left on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, a team of beastmasters summoned their own flying beasts quietly somewhere near the camp, following behind him.
After leaving the green lands, Zhang Che let out a long sigh of relief.
That unknown black gale over his head was just like a Sword of Damocles, threatening his life at all times.
Although He Luotu, who he hadn't had the chance to meet yet, was overlooking the situation, he wasn't certain if anyone would suddenly go insane and launch a suicidal attack.
The little bit of fresh green in his surroundings soon vanished. Zhang Che had entered the desolate world outside once more.
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was flying close to the ground. The Scarlet Flame Drake, Unicorn, and Purple Crystal Tortoise were lined up in that order behind Zhang Che, every one of them observing their surroundings cautiously. If they discovered any danger, they could react to the situation immediately.
After the events from yesterday, Zhang Che didn't dare let the Purple Jade Condor act as a sentry high up in the sky any more.
Even if he couldn't defeat the strange creatures on the ground, he could escape from them!
If he was targeted by another flying-type strange creature, Zhang Che didn't dare guarantee that his luck would be as good as yesterday. If he couldn't escape, he would really end up dying!
They flew for several dozen kilometers. Tracks of the strange creatures gradually appeared in the surroundings. Zhang Che was delighted at the sight, and he immediately had the Darkfiend Abyssal rush forth, working with the Scarlet Flame Drake, killing one with every attack, not letting even one of them go.
Of course, it was mainly due to this place being near the green lands that the powerful strange creatures wouldn't appear here, since they hated the odor there.
Zhang Che only found some weaklings. For him, there was no pressure at all.
Every time he slew a strange creature, Zhang Che would try to sense carefully to see how much that little bit of mysterious energy would benefit the tiny golden vortex in his spiritual sea.
However, the results were very disappointing.
Even though the Scarlet Flame Drake and the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon slew about a dozen strange creatures in one go, Zhang Che sensed almost no changes to the tiny golden vortex in his spiritual sea.
He had now come to realize that the amount of mysterious energy the golden vortex needed was unusually high. The amount obtained by killing only those low-level strange creatures wouldn't bring much improvement, even if he killed a hundred of them.
-Do I have to hunt those powerful ones?- Zhang Che was tempted. However, he decided to forget about it after thinking carefully.
It was better not to do those super dangerous things. What happened yesterday was still fresh in his mind.
At this moment, his eyelids suddenly twitched a few times, feeling a bad premonition!
-How is this possible? I'm so near to the green lands; will the powerful strange creatures be hiding here?- Zhang Che couldn't understand. Wasn't it said that the powerful strange creatures hated the air around the green land?
-No, it's not strange creatures!-
Zhang Che immediately shut his eyes, focusing on the golden vortex in his spiritual sea. In the next moment, that profound feeling appeared once more. It was as if he had a three hundred and sixty degree field of sight. With himself at the center, his vision quickly expanded outwards.
After that…
"What the heck, I'm only able to sense the surrounding hundred meters!?" Zhang Che opened his eyes again, his face colored with depression.
A moment later, he remembered that his range of control over the flying swords was only around a hundred meters, too.
-Could it be…-
He instantly understood the situation. It turned out that his control of the swords was through the golden vortex in his spiritual sea!
Didn't that mean that as the vortex in his spiritual sea grew, the range of his control would also increase?
Not only that, Zhang Che also realized how useful it was to enter that profound state of awareness. It might not be obvious now, but when he could sense several hundred meters, or even further, around him, he wouldn't have to worry about any problems regarding controlling the sword. It was unlike using his eyes to observe, where there would be a problem if there were any obstacles.
"All that are matters for the future. I better check who or what has set their eyes on me for now…" Zhang Che reminded himself, gathering his focus. He had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon continue flying, and perked up his ears to listen, finally sensing a few subtle whistlings of the wind from behind.
"So I am being targeted by other people!"
The corners of Zhang Che's lips curled up into a faint smile. When the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon turned into a valley, the Purple Crystal Tortoise directly jumped off and disappeared into the ground.
The area ahead happened to be a little valley surrounded by cliffs on all sides. The few strange creatures hiding among the sparse dark green plants noticed Zhang Che's appearance and immediately turned in his direction and pounced at him.
"Heh, this really is a case of hunting a rabbit while cutting grass. It's not bad to get rid of you guys as well while I'm at it!"
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon rushed forth and breathed out several streams of frozen air, turning the few weaklings into ice statues. Afterwards, his claws swung down and easily smashed them into bits, as if he was smashing glass.
A few whistlings of the wind rapidly approached from different directions, thoroughly trapping Zhang Che inside the valley. Those people had summoned over twenty subdued beasts, sealing all paths of escape.
"Who are you people, what are you trying to do!?" Zhang Che cried out, his expression darkened.
"Haha, this brat is actually still thinking of hunting those creatures here!" a yellow-skinned young man ridiculed, looking at Zhang Che, his face filled with contempt. He extended his arm and pointed at Zhang Che, demanding, "Brat, recall all your subdued beasts now and hand over your beast cards after wiping away your spiritual imprint. We're only seeking wealth, and not trying to hurt anyone."
Zhang Che looked around him, his face filled with horror. He discovered that this group of people numbered about a dozen, and had him fully surrounded with their subdued beasts. He couldn't even try to fly out.
What surprised him even more was that this group of people was actually comprised of people of all skin colors, and there were even a few female beastmasters among them. It was simply a large international syndicate!
"Then, how can I trust you?" Zhang Che asked in a shaky voice.
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Chapter 293: In Martial Arts, Speed Reigns Supreme
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"Hahahaha, it doesn't matter if you trust us or not. You have no choice!" the only Chinese man in the group immediately laughed out loud. His eyes were full of contempt seeing Zhang Che trapped there by them like a cornered rat.
Zhang Che's whole body was trembling from fear. A hint of will to struggle flashed in his eyes, but dimmed down in the end when he saw how powerful the group was. He nodded and said, "Alright, I'll give you my beast cards, but you have to promise to spare my life."
Suddenly, a black man stared at that Chinese man and said something out loud, "@#%*%#@!"
That Chinese man's expression changed slightly and quickly urged Zhang Che, "Hurry, we don't have time to waste on you. Recall your subdued beasts immediately and wipe away your spiritual imprint. We said we won't kill you, and that's that! Right, and that spatial storage beast card on your hand. Don't forget that!"
Zhang Che nodded timidly and recalled the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, Scarlet Flame Drake, and Unicorn back into his spiritual sea with a wave of his hand.
The breathing of the people surrounding him quickened when they saw three streaks of five-colored rays representing legend-quality beasts fly back to Zhang Che's spiritual sea in succession.
-A big fat sheep!-
-After so many jobs, today's was the biggest!-
"Hurry, and that spatial storage card on your hand!" the Chinese man swore at Zhang Che, his eyes red. If it wasn't for the fact that he couldn't take beast cards with the owner's spiritual imprint on them, he would definitely have stripped it off Zhang Che personally!
"Oh, okay, okay," Zhang Che recalled the bracelet on his wrist back into his spiritual sea. Another streak of light, this one dark golden, flashed before the crowd.
-A dark gold-quality spatial storage equipment card!-
Their breathing hastened even more.
However, Zhang Che didn't make any further moves. He looked at everyone around him and asked seriously, "Then, I'll ask once more. You won't kill me after taking my things, right?"
The Chinese man flew into a rage. He forcibly suppressed his killing intent and shouted coldly, "If you continue being this freaking long-winded, your father I will immediately silence you!"
Zhang Che suddenly revealed a subtle strange smile on his face, saying, "So, you will kill me even after taking my things?"
Before he could finish his words, the earth under him suddenly collapsed like a sinkhole. Zhang Che instantly disappeared from sight, leaving only a hole less than two meters wide in front of them.
The group was stunned for a moment. Afterwards, the black man, who was the leader of the group, roared out some words furiously. The surrounding dozens of subdued beasts unleashed a rain of elemental attacks at the same time, aiming at the hole.
The ground near the hole was instantly blast into ruins, and the hole disappeared without a trace.
Pu! A sound that resembled a watermelon being smashed rang out. The group jumped in fright and turned to look. They saw one of their comrades had lost his whole head from the neck up. Some red and white fluid splattered all over the nearby beastmasters' faces.
A few sorrowful cries were heard. Among the subdued beasts, a few of them instantly turned into rays of light on the spot, quickly dissipating.
"@#%*%#@," the black man shouted in horror. A five-colored ray of light shot out from between his eyebrows and materialized into a set of purple-golden armor, covering him entirely.
Immediately afterwards, the remaining beastmasters all activated their beast card armors, looking around their surroundings warily.
Peng!
This time, a loud noise rang out. At the same time, a fist-sized hole appeared in the helmet of one of the beastmasters. At both ends of the hole, a mixture of blood and brain matter flowed out.
This time, every one of them was flustered!
This comrade of theirs was wearing a six-star dark gold-quality beast card armor, and yet it was unable to defend against that unknown attack at all! The beastmaster's head exploded in an instant!
A few more sorrowful cries rang out. A few more of the many subdued beasts turned into streaks of light and dissipated.
"He's the devil!" the commanding black man cried out, his face filled with horror. He no longer cared about those ad-hoc companions he had found and jumped onto his own flying beast, speeding away into the sky.
Right at this moment, however, a red streak of light that almost couldn't be seen with the naked eye suddenly flew out from the ground, directly swiping across the neck of the subdued beast the black man was on.
Just like that, the mid-tier dark gold-quality subdued beast turned into a streak of light in the air and dissipated without any warning. Caught unprepared, the black man above the subdued beast directly plunged down from several dozen meters high and crashed into the ground with a loud bang, creating a crater in the pale grey earth.
Despite wearing a set of legend-quality armor, the black man was knocked out from the fall, lying on the ground unmoving.
On the other side, the remaining six or seven beastmasters were in full panic, each of them jumping onto their own flying beasts, wanting to split up and escape.
On a cliff several dozen meters away, the Purple Crystal Tortoise's round head peeked out and opened its mouth. Countless golden streaks of light unnoticeable to the naked eye shot out continuously, shredding the group of people.
Bang, bang, bang, bang… A concentrated wave of dull sounds rang out in succession. The fleeing beastmasters, including that Chinese man, all cried out miserably at the same time… not right, two of them didn't have any chances to cry out at all, because a fist-sized hole was punched through their heads at the first moment, instantly taking their lives.
The rest of them didn't last long, either. Their beast card armors were all useless. Their bodies were punched full of fist-sized holes, becoming sieves.
Sorrowful cries rang out endlessly. Streak after streak of light glowed in the air and on the ground, dissipating one after another.
Zhang Che, half of his body still in another hole, was watching all this, his face filled with sorrow and pain.
Those were all money! All wasted, just like that!
This group of beastmasters commanded at least ten legend-quality subdued beasts! All of them turned into streaks of light before his eyes, just like that!
Zhang Che felt his heart aching, and his vision darkened, nearly fainting.
A dozen or so legend-quality, twenty to thirty gold and dark gold-quality subdued beasts, all gone…
How much were they worth in Alliance dollars?
Zhang Che was unwilling to think about it….
There were only eight or nine badly mangled corpses on the ground, in addition to that fainted black man and the four Original Combat Body-type subdued beasts guarding him.
Zhang Che crawled out from the hole with a mournful expression. Afterwards, his capable legend-quality beasts – the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, Scarlet Flame Drake, and Unicorn – appeared at his side once more in that order, while the red sword that had achieved major merits hovered above his head silently.
"Martial arts overcomes all, and speed reigns supreme! This saying is indeed true…"
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Chapter 294: Getting a Taste of a Gigantic Tail in the Face
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Zhang Che lamented as he slowly made his way over to the unconscious black man.
He was well aware of the Purple Crystal Tortoise's strength.
The ferocious beast bone spike was a natural weapon from an exotic beast of at least divine quality. After exceeding the speed of sound, brought about by the Purple Crystal Tortoise's skill, its destructive power naturally reached a level that left one speechless.
Let alone a dark gold-quality armor, even some legend-quality armors might get punched straight through in a single hit!
As such, Zhang Che didn't find it strange at all that this group was annihilated by the Purple Crystal Tortoise after getting caught with their pants down.
What he didn't expect was that the red sword's attacking strength was actually so high!
On previous occasions, Zhang Che had only used the red sword to slay a few of those strange creatures, and learned that the sword's attacks contained dense fire elemental energy. However, he didn't know that its sharpness was actually so shocking.
A mid-tier dark gold-quality subdued beast was cut down just like that, posing no difficulty at all!
Zhang Che suspected that perhaps even mid-tier legend-quality beasts might not be able to withstand the attacks of the sword!
It was very simple to find that out. Among the four subdued beasts guarding the unconscious black man, there happened to be a legend-quality beast!
In any case, Zhang Che assumed that he wouldn't be able to get his hands on those subdued beasts. So, why not use them to test out the limits of the red sword's attacks? With that knowledge, he would have a dependable ace in his arsenal if he encountered any danger.
With a thought, the red sword instantly turned into a scarlet streak of light, arriving before the subdued beasts in the blink of an eye, and directly slashed at the legend-quality subdued beast.
The legend-quality subdued beast sensed the danger and quickly opened its mouth, breathing out a stream of deep blue fluid.
Ziziziziiii… the deep blue fluid sizzled from the heat upon contact with the red sword. A cloud of blue smoke spread out instantly.
The red sword was undamaged, and sliced across the legend-quality subdued beast's side, instantly leaving a deep gash. At the same time, a mass of fire-attributed sword qi erupted in the wound, charring the flesh and blood around the subdued beast's wound black.
"So strong!" Zhang Che exclaimed, his eyes wide with disbelief at what he was seeing. If he knew this would happen, he wouldn't have run from that Bone-spiked Flying Tiger yesterday. He totally had the ability to fight it!
The blue smoke was swept away by the wind and wafted over to a patch of dark green plants not far away.
Zhang Che saw the stalks of dark green plants wither and decay extremely quickly. In the end, they actually turned into a pool of deep blue fluid, corroding the pale grey earth under them and producing a big hole.
"That poison is so freaking scary!" Zhang Che shivered at the sight. He directly gave the red sword the order to kill. If he let that beast spew out a few more mouthfuls of that poisonous fluid, wouldn't he immediately meet with a game over if even a tiny bit accidentally splashed his way?
Afterwards, while the subdued beasts roared furiously, the scarlet sword turned into a red blur, flying around them in all directions. From time to time, a limb or two would get cut off.
The three gold and dark gold-quality subdued beasts were the first to meet their ends. They were unable to fend off the scarlet sword's attacks at all, and were cut into pieces, turning into streak after streak of light and dissipating in the end.
The last remaining subdued beast, however, was a legend-quality beast after all. Even though it didn't have any defensive scales, its skin and fur were very tough.
Although the scarlet sword managed to leave cut after cut on its body, it was a large beast. Despite having suffered close to twenty deep slashes, its injuries weren't too severe.
Zhang Che wanted to control the scarlet sword and directly pierce the fellow's vitals, like the eyes, but that beast covered its weaknesses very well. Every attempt would miss by millimeters.
"Forget it, I can't be bothered anymore!" Zhang Che cried out, shaking his head. The Purple Crystal Tortoise, who had retrieved some of the bone spikes, immediately popped its head out from afar, aimed at the poison-type legend-quality beast and fired a bone spike at it.
As the legend-quality subdued beast was being kept busy by the scarlet sword all this while, how could it find the opportunity to dodge the Purple Crystal Tortoise's attack? The bone spike directly shot through its eye socket and flew out from the back of its head, leaving a big hole behind.
In the next moment, the subdued beast let out a sad cry and turned into a streak of light, dissipating.
Zhang Che felt his heart aching again. -Ah, another legend-quality subdued beast is gone…-
It couldn't be helped. Other than killing it, he had no other option.
Fortunately, the black man still had a legend-quality armor on him. That was much more valuable than ordinary legend-quality combat beasts. It could be considered a small consolation.
Zhang Che strode his way, and heard a pained groan. That black man actually crawled up to his feet with some difficulty.
"Hmm? Is that armor great, or is this man's physique that good? How is he awake so soon after falling from several dozen meters in the air?"
"@#%*%#@!" the black man immediately cried out after opening his eyes. He realized that his surroundings were in ruins, and he could no longer sense his combat-type subdued beasts. He quickly turned around to run.
-If I let you escape after all this, I might as well cut my own neck with the scarlet sword…- Zhang Che shook his head, smiling. He jumped on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back and instantly blocked the black man's path.
After thinking carefully, Zhang Che said a sentence in English which he had purposely learned; "Remove your spiritual imprint on your beast cards and hand them over, or die!"
Ever since he needed Chen Lishan to help him with stealing the Unicorn card, Zhang Che deliberately learned a few sentences in English… just in case he encountered such situations again, and lost a chance at a large amount of beast cards due to communication problems…
Indeed, how long had it been since that incident? He didn't expect his efforts to pay off so quickly in the secret plane…
The black man obviously understood what Zhang Che said. A resolute gaze shone in his eyes, although it was concealed under his helmet. He cursed out loud, "@#%*%#@!"
However, Zhang Che had no idea what he was saying at all.
Of course, he didn't need to understand what the man was saying. All that was needed was that the man understood his intentions.
In the beginning, he was still worried that this guy might be from Hei Fei Zhou region and might not necessarily understand English. From the looks of it now, his worries were unfounded.
"Since you're not cooperating, I can only do it myself!" A weird smile appeared on Zhang Che's face. A five-colored ray of light shot out from between his brows. The gigantic Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus immediately appeared before them.
A hint of confusion flashed in the man's eyes, not understanding why Zhang Che had summoned another powerful beast. -If you wanted to kill me, your subdued beasts from before were enough; why the unnecessary effort?-
However, the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus strode forth in the next moment and twisted his waist, spinning around. His huge tail, which was as wide as a door, lightly whipped the black man's head.
Bam! A dull sound rang out. Even though the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus was already controlling his strength very carefully, this tailwhip still contained several tons of force behind it, directly sending the black man flying. He fell about a dozen meters away on the pale grey ground.
The black man, protected by his set of legend-quality armor, tumbled over a dozen times on the ground before coming to a stop, then crawled back up to his feet.
"Good! As expected of a legend-quality armor!" A golden glint twinkled in Zhang Che's eyes…
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Chapter 295: The More Bountiful, The More Heartache
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"@#%*%#@!" The black man stood back up, staggering, looking at Zhang Che with a gaze that had seen past life and death.
-Did you think that by torturing me, I will hand over the beast card obediently?
-No way in hell!
-I don't give in that easily!-
The Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus rushed up with long strides, perfectly twisting his waist and spinning around once more, slamming his thick tail into the side of the black man's head and sending him flying.
This time, the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus used thirty percent of his strength, sending that guy flying a few dozen meters away, and he tumbled along the ground for another dozen or so meters, before knocking his head into a huge pale grey rock and stopping.
That rock, however, directly shattered from the impact, and buried half of the man's body under it in the end. Only his feet remained in Zhang Che's sight.
This time, he finally stopped moving.
That whip from the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus contained over ten tons of force behind it. Even a vehicle would be flattened from that impact, and yet it only managed to barely knock this guy out. It went to show how tough that set of legend-quality armor's defense was.
"You've finally fainted. How stubborn!" Zhang Che huffed. He walked towards the black man quickly, a golden ray of light flying out from between his brows, turning into a big butterfly with weird patterns on it.
-Heh heh, no matter how strong your will is, the Psychedelic Ghost-Patterned Butterfly will turn you obedient once you are unconscious!-
The Psychedelic Ghost-Patterned Butterfly activated its Enchant skill. The unguarded and unconscious black man was immediately bound by the spell, but didn't wake up immediately. Instead, he remained buried under the pile of rocks.
Zhang Che, who was experienced at all this, wasn't worried at all. He sent a signal to the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon at the side with his gaze. The latter quickly rushed forward and grabbed hold of that man's legs with his claws, directly pulling him out from the debris, then lifted him off the ground and upside down, shaking him.
The black man finally regained consciousness, albeit not with a clear mind. He struggled for a little while, and although his eyes were open, they weren't focused at all.
This was because the Psychedelic Ghost-Patterned Butterfly had him under control with its skill.
Zhang Che immediately yelled out those words he had worked so hard practicing. In the next moment, the purple-golden armor immediately dissolved into a mass of five-colored light and flew back into the man's spiritual sea. At the same time, an object hidden at his neck under his clothing also quickly turned into a dark golden ray of light and returned to his spiritual sea.
Immediately afterwards, two rays of light shot out from between the man's brow once more, but this time they materialized into two beast cards, and were caught in Zhang Che's hand.
Looking at the dazed black man, Zhang Che let out a sigh. He turned around and walked away as a scarlet streak of light flashed past him, followed by a dark head falling through the air.
Zhang Che first set his gaze on the dark golden beast card. It was in the form of a spatial storage equipment, hidden on the man's chest, and he hadn't known it was there.
Fortunately, this spatial-type card, known as a Meso Worm, was only at five-star, which he could use. If it was a six-star card, he would only be able to stare at it, unable to check what was stored inside its spatial dimension.
After successfully triggering a spiritual resonance with it, Zhang Che immediately stowed it in his spiritual sea and branded his spiritual imprint onto it. Afterwards, he summoned it back out, taking the form of a thumb-sized white worm amulet with a weird shape.
Zhang Che sent his mental energy into it to take a look, and his eyes immediately widened.
The amount of space inside this spatial-type equipment wasn't very different from the long worm-shaped bracelet Huang Juyun had given him. After all, they were both at five-star dark gold-quality. Under usual circumstances, the size of the storage space wouldn't exceed a certain range.
What surprised Zhang Che was that in the fifty cubic meters or so worth of space in that spatial-type equipment card, were filled with all kinds of rare minerals.
Although there weren't many kinds of minerals in there that were as valuable as purple-gold crystals, they were lots of them. Their total value was comparable to about a dozen tons of purple-gold!
He could only imagine how many beastmasters they had robbed to amass this much stuff. There would certainly be quite a bit of resources in the spatial-type equipments of those other beastmasters he had killed, too!
Alas, as they had met their ends, those resources were left behind in the sub-dimensions of their beast cards, unable to be retrieved.
Zhang Che felt his heart aching once he thought of that.
-How much freaking money was that!?-
Regrettably, during the situation earlier, Zhang Che could only choose to leave that commanding black man behind. He had to kill off the others quickly. Otherwise, if any of them escaped, they would surely become a huge headache for him in the future.
After all, they had seen Zhang Che's iconic beasts. It was without a doubt that every one of them had influential backers behind them. If they investigated seriously, they would find out his identity very quickly.
"This truly is painful bliss!"
Zhang Che threw the peculiar spatial storage equipment to the Purple Crystal Tortoise, then turned his gaze towards the remaining five-colored beast card with six hexagrams in his hand.
It was certain that the monetary worth of this beast card was lower than the resources in the spatial storage equipment, but to Zhang Che, this beast card had a higher value.
A mid-tier legend-quality defensive beast card was simply a treasure with demand, but no supply. You might not necessarily find one no matter how much money you offered. This kind of equipment could very well save someone's life at crucial moments!
He could tell how terrifyingly tough the defense of this thing was from how relatively uninjured the black man was after being struck a few times.
[Purple-Gold Demonic Armored Worm]
Level: Six Star (Level 58)
Quality: Legend
Type: Defensive Equipment Type
Characteristics: Enhanced Defense Against Physical and Elemental Attacks. Non-Epic-Quality Attacks Cannot Penetrate its Defense.
Weakness: Vulnerable to Epic-Quality or Higher Corrosive Attacks
Innate Attribute: Strengthened Defense Against Physical and Elemental Attacks. Balanced, All-Around Protection.
Skill: Elemental Protective Barrier. An Invisible Protective Barrier Forms Outside of the Armor After Activation. Able to Fully Block Elemental Attack, Impenetrable by Non-Divine-Quality Elemental Attacks. Lasts 1 Hour. Cooldown Time: 1 Day.
Halo: Increased Physical and Elemental Defense
Potential: D Rank
"This is good stuff! Too bad I can only use it after reaching Tier Six. Looks like I have to make a trip to the depths of the beast world again after leaving the secret plane to level up…" Zhang Che couldn't help but sigh even though he had already seen the attributes of this card earlier, feeling regretful over his inability to immediately put on such a tough beast card armor.
At present, Zhang Che didn't have a proper beast card armor. Although the Seven-Star Silver Worm was dark gold-quality, its level was a little too low, after all. It wouldn't be able to put up much of a defense against stronger enemies.
On the other hand, although the Purple Crystal Tortoise's defense was amazing, that fellow wasn't a defensive equipment-type subdued beast. It would only provide Zhang Che with super strong defense for a short duration of one hour after activating its skill.
After that hour passed, he would become vulnerable. It would be too dangerous when he encountered truly powerful enemies.
This Purple-Gold Demonic Armored Worm was different, however. Although its overall defense wasn't as great as the Purple Crystal Tortoise (Which was a given. Although the Purple Crystal Tortoise was two level ranks lower, the rainbow crystal played a part during its advancement and directly consumed a mountain's worth of purple-gold crystals, turning into a unique existence. It's abilities couldn't be measured by normal standards) it was a proper defensive equipment-type beast card, and could be worn all the time.
Moreover, the defense of this beast card was very balanced, providing strong defenses against both physical and elemental attacks. When facing exotic beasts who excelled in elemental attacks, it could even defend against all non-divine-quality elemental attacks after activating its skill!
"Ai, who knows when will I advance to Tier Six, and how many exotic beasts I have to kill to achieve that? How depressing…" Zhang Che sighed. He could only throw the beast card to the Purple Crystal Tortoise.
After that, he thought of those people he just killed. There were over ten legend-quality subdued beasts, not to mention their spatial equipment beast cards and the unknown amount of resources contained in them…
-Why does my heart ache more the more bountiful it is…-
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Chapter 296: Strange Movements From the Swords
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"Robbing seems to be a career with very good prospects. Should I learn from them a little?"
Although Zhang Che had to watch as a bunch of legend-qualilty subdued beasts turn into streaks of light and dissipate from his counter-kill against the group of beastmasters, his gains were still very impressive.
Just that Purple-Gold Demonic Armored Worm had left him satisfied.
Alas, he wasn't able to equip it for now…
If it wasn't for his moral baseline, Zhang Che might really consider learning from them and look for solo beastmasters and robbing them.
Speaking of which, Zhang Che simply had an advantage in that regard.
When a beastmaster had their guard down, the Psychedelic Ghost-Patterned Butterfly could go up and cast its Enchant skill, and they would basically hand over their goods obediently.
"Forget it. This kind of thing could get addicting…" Zhang Che shook his head, giving up on this extremely beautiful idea.
Since it was still early, Zhang Che rode the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and continued on his way, staying close to the ground.
He felt that he had to train his skill at controlling the sword. Although the scarlet sword was as good as an extension of his arm, slashing wherever he wanted, he still needed to go through some training to truly exhibit its might.
For example, the timing on when to make his move, or the angle to attack from; all these could be improved on.
Zhang Che had trained with Liu Gang and the others for a single day previously. Although he was far from finishing from his apprenticeship, he understood some of the basic principles, which were totally compatible with applying his control of the sword.
Moreover, directing the sword to attack was much better than Zhang Che personally brandishing a weapon. If he trained well, it could become an extremely powerful killer move!
When hunting high-level, high-quality beasts, this killer move might not be too useful. If he was facing fellow humans, however, the strength he could display was shocking. Just look at what happened when that group of beastmasters tried to rob him!
The strange creatures in this vicinity happened to be weak. Going forward, Zhang Che didn't let the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon or the Scarlet Flame Drake make any moves. Any strange creatures saw he handled by himself, directing the sword, slaying each and every one of them.
Not only that, but in his pursuit of efficiency, Zhang Che wouldn't strike randomly. Instead, he would choose to strike at the opportune moment and angle, guiding the scarlet sword, aiming for one shot kills.
In the beginning, Zhang Che was not able to achieve this target. Only those extremely weak strange creatures would die to a single attack. The slightly stronger ones would dodge to avoid being hit in their vitals in advance when facing mortal danger. Although the scarlet sword would still manage to severely injure them, it wasn't able to reach the level of killing the creatures in an instant.
"'The road to improvement is narrow and endless', indeed. It won't be easy to achieve perfection in my control of the sword," Zhang Che sighed, but he didn't lose hope.
In this world, there was no way you could achieve success overnight. As long as you worked hard and persevered, along with consolidating everything you learned, final success would definitely come one day!
———
Time passed quickly. Before he realized it, the day was over.
During the day, Zhang Che had hunted at least several dozen strange creatures and gained a decent amount of mysterious energy.
Although there wasn't any signs of the golden vortex in his spiritual sea expanding, he felt that his speed seemed to have improved a little when he directed the sword to attack.
Even though the improvement was very minute, with Zhang Che's sharp senses, in addition to him directly controlling the sword with his mental energy, he could clearly feel it.
This discovery excited him greatly. Even though the golden vortex didn't expand in the end, which would allow his range of control to increase, being able to increase his attacking speed was also very, very good!
Just imagine if he could reach the level where the sword arrived just as he thought of it… what would he have to fear?
As long as the target was within the sword's attacking range, and they weren't able to effectively defend against it, he could kill them with a thought no matter how quickly they reacted!
Zhang Che looked up in the sky. Although he still wanted to continue hunting strange creatures, the time didn't allow him to do that. "It's getting dark. I'd better start looking for a place to rest…"
Once it was dark, Zhang Che wouldn't be able to accurately determine the situation around him. The danger was simply too high to risk!
If in the future he could observe his surroundings perfectly using the golden vortex in his spiritual sea, Zhang Che would be free of the restrictions of the night, able to go anywhere as he pleased!
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon continued flying along at low altitude. Zhang Che wanted to find a big mountain for his resting ground, and at the same time let the Purple Crystal Tortoise scout around in the surrounding rock strata to see if there were any precious minerals.
——
A short while later, after passing through a valley, a majestic mountain entered Zhang Che's sight.
What a good location! This mountain was tall and majestic, standing several hundred meters tall. It was covered in pale grey rocks, with almost no plants on it. Only a little moss-like vegetation was present on the more humid rocks, proving their resilient vitality.
Without any hesitation, Zhang Che had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon fly over there, then ordered the Purple Crystal Tortoise to start digging.
When the cave was finally dug, Zhang Che entered it. He took out a piece of exotic beast meat and had the Scarlet Flame Drake start cooking it. At the same time, the Purple Crystal Tortoise began searching in the rock strata of this mountain to see if there were any rare minerals hidden inside.
Under the Scarlet Flame Drake's dutiful roasting, a fragrant smell soon rose from the meat. Just as Zhang Che was about to dig in, he thought for a while and summoned the frisky monkey with a wave of his hand.
Since the green land existed in the secret plane, there shouldn't be any worries about food. So why not let the frisky monkey come out and eat too? Eating by himself was truly too harsh!
The frisky monkey grew so excited that he scrunched up his ugly face after finding out he could have some roasted meat, crying out cheerfully towards Zhang Che.
"Come, let's eat!" Zhang Che took the roasted meat and shared half of it with the frisky monkey. At the same time, he took out another piece of exotic beast meat that had spices applied on it beforehand and gave it to the Scarlet Flame Drake to prepare at the side.
-Hmm? Why isn't the Purple Crystal Tortoise back yet?- Zhang Che suddenly realized after finishing a portion of the roasted meat. -It has been quite some time since the Purple Crystal Tortoise went off, and it still hasn't returned here. Did it discover a large amount of rare mineral?-
-It shouldn't be… Even if it did discover a large amount of rare minerals, the storage space is mostly filled with meat and other resources. It won't be able to gather much, so it should be back by now?…-
Regrettably, that fellow had no scouting ability at all. Otherwise, Zhang Che could have seen what it was doing via their spiritual link.
Right at that moment, the scarlet sword, which he had recalled into his spiritual sea, trembled along with the unused white sword…
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"What is going on?" Zhang Che was shocked. He hurriedly focused on his spiritual sea, and saw that the scarlet and white swords, which usually acted like they were fish swimming in water, were currently stopped in place, trembling lightly.
This was the first time such a situation had occurred since he obtained the two swords.
He immediately lost all interest in his dinner, and his brow furrowed deeply, not understanding what was happening.
Those two swords couldn't freaking speak, either, nor did they have legendary spirits dwelling in them. Zhang Che couldn't make out why they were trembling at all.
However, he was sure that this was definitely not anything good.
Done thinking, a few rays of five-colored lights shot out from his brow. He summoned Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, Scarlet Flame Drake, and Unicorn.
The secret plane was truly too bizarre; heavens knew what danger was approaching him right now.
After thinking for a bit, Zhang Che also put on the Seven-Star Silver Worm armor. Although its defense was a little weak against powerful enemies, it was better than having nothing on at all.
Not only that, to prevent being trapped in the cave by the unknown enemy, Zhang Che immediately charged out with his beasts.
As a mainly elemental-based subdued beast, the Scarlet Flame Drake's close combat ability was not to be underestimated. It could be seen from how it spent less than half a minute to dig through the rocks the Purple Crystal Tortoise used to seal the exit.
"Where's the Purple Crystal Tortoise?" Thinking of that, Zhang Che was reminded of how he was just wondering why that fellow hadn't come back yet.
Close to an hour had passed. It was still not back!
That subdued beast of his should be fine. Zhang Che would know if it died.
Bad news seemed to be coming one after another. The Purple Crystal Tortoise was missing, and the swords in his spiritual sea were acting strangely. All this left Zhang Che feeling uneasy.
He hurriedly gave an order to the Purple Crystal Tortoise via their spiritual link, to have it quickly return to him no matter what it had discovered. That fellow was an important combat asset, although it might not be very effective against the strange creatures who didn't fear physical attacks.
However, who would know what this unknown danger was coming from?
Time slowly passed by minutes and seconds. It was already dark outside.
Zhang Che didn't discover any danger approaching. However, he didn't dare to relax at all.
A person's senses might be wrong occasionally, but the scarlet and white swords' strange movements were definitely not for no reason.
A little while later, the Purple Crystal Tortoise finally showed itself, appearing from the ground at the side.
"Where did you go to? Why are you only back after so long?" Zhang Che glared at the PUrple Crystal Tortoise. The latter stuck out its round head, its eyes looking innocently at Zhang Che, then nodded downwards, gesturing to the ground.
"What do you mean? Is there something good underground?"
Zhang Che's eyebrows rose. -Could the reason why this fellow went away for so long be because it discovered something really good?-
The Purple Crystal Tortoise shook its head, then nodded.
Zhang Che couldn't understand it.
Seeing Zhang Che's confused look, the Purple Crystal Tortoise decided to move instead. Its body sank into the ground, and soon a dark cave entrance appeared before his eyes.
-What does it mean? Shouldn't it directly bring out whatever good stuff it found to show me? By digging a hole on the ground, does it mean for me to take a look for myself, and that thing can't be brought out?-
Zhang Che immediately found it strange. He hadn't encountered anything the Purple Crystal Tortoise couldn't bring with it.
He strode forward quickly, sticking his head in to take a look inside the hole. He saw the Purple Crystal Tortoise was still hard at work digging down. It seemed that thing was hidden very deep.
The Purple Crystal Tortoise labored diligently, and the hole kept extending down in a spiral.
Zhang Che's interest grew. He hurriedly led his subdued beasts and pets and jumped into the spiral cave, following the Purple Crystal Tortoise down.
Suddenly, a strange expression showed on Zhang Che's face for a moment.
The two swords in his spiritual sea started trembling again!
-Could it be that the swords aren't trembling because they sensed danger, but because they also sensed that there was something good underground?-
Zhang Che's eyes twinkled.
What level of a treasure could it be if the swords sensed them and trembled like this!?
Zhang Che wasn't worried about any danger down here. The Purple Crystal Tortoise had gone down earlier; if there was danger, naturally it would have informed him.
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Going forward, Zhang Che felt like he was walking through an endless spiral. He was starting to feel dizzy from turning round and round, but the Purple Crystal Tortoise was still digging down.
"Damn it, little tortoise, tell your daddy how much further we have to go down to see that treasure? It's already been a kilometer or so, and you're still digging!"
The Purple Crystal Tortoise turned around and nodded at Zhang Che, then continued to dig, dig, and dig diligently…
Zhang Che had no choice. He could only suppress his curiosity in him and continue following it down.
In his spiritual sea, the two swords were trembling more and more violently, as if they were installed with electrical motors, shaking endlessly.
-We should be reaching it soon,- Zhang Che thought to himself.
Alas, he was too naive.
The Purple Crystal Tortoise continued digging down tirelessly. In the end, Zhang Che didn't even know how far he had been walking down. Even with his current physique, he was starting to feel tired and sleepy, and yet the end of this spiral was still not in sight.
"I can't, I can't anymore. Let's rest for a bit. It looks like there's no end to this."
Zhang Che truly couldn't take this anymore and sat down on the ground, leaning back against the smooth rocks. He shut his eyes and finally fell asleep.
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When he woke up, there was only the fiery light coming from the Scarlet Flame Drake's body. He didn't know what time it was, or how far the spiral tunnel had extended. It seemed like the Purple Crystal Tortoise didn't rest at all.
"Let's continue down, then. I want to see exactly what is hiding so deep in the ground."
In his spiritual sea, the two swords were trembling even more violently. After thinking for a bit, Zhang Che decided to summon them and cut off the mysterious spiritual link with them. The two swords turned into two streaks of light, red and white, and quickly shot down.
Finally, Zhang Che saw the Purple Crystal Tortoise. It had stopped at the end of the tunnel, not digging any more, while the two swords were similarly stopped at the side, flying back and forth like impatient people.
"What good stuff is it? Let me see…"
Zhang Che quickly ran down, a look of joy on his face.
At the bottom of the tunnel dug out by the Purple Crystal Turtoise, a mass of weak light, giving off an extremely mysterious feeling, instantly entered his sight.
He immediately rushed over and extended his arm out, reaching for that mass of light. Afterwards, he felt like his hands were touching an extremely rubbery membrane, and were blocked off from it.
"Could it be that this treasure actually has a natural layer of protection?" Zhang Che grew even more surprised. No wonder the Purple Crystal Tortoise was unable to bring this back after discovering it. It seemed like this thing was sure to be extraordinary!
He glanced towards the pair of swords at the side, then recalled them back into his spiritual sea with a wave of his hand. Afterwards, he summoned the scarlet sword, directing it to stab at the layer of membrane.
The scarlet sword tool shot forth like lightning, instantly stabbing into the membrane. A flash of light suddenly erupted. Zhang Che felt like the scarlet sword had let out a sad cry as it bounced off at an even faster speed, directly leaving small cracks on the thick rock wall behind.
Zhang Che's eyeballs nearly popped out from their sockets.
This thing was actually so strong that even the scarlet sword couldn't pierce through it!
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Chi! The scarlet sword stabbed through the thick rock wall and flew back to Zhang Che's side, hovering silently in the air, unmoving.
What choice did it have? It couldn't pierce through that membrane, and nearly snapped itself in two…
The excitement in Zhang Che's eyes grew even more intense. With such a powerful layer of protection, it went to show how precious the treasure hidden inside was!
-Could it be that this secret plane was some broken dimension left behind by some ancient powerful being, which explains why there are so many bizarre things in here?-
Putting those strange creatures side, the green land he arrived at a couple of days ago was even more peculiar, not to mention the scarlet and white twin swords that should only exist in Xianxia novels.
Now, this unknown treasure hidden deep underground in the secret plane had managed to exceed Zhang Che's imagination. The scarlet sword he controlled couldn't even penetrate the barrier formed from that thin membrane. It truly was a little too unthinkable.
-Since I can't pierce through it, I'll just dig you out and bring the whole thing away!-
Zhang Che furrowed his brow, deep in thought. After a short while, he made up his mind and had the Purple Crystal Tortoise continue working, digging around the opening at the bottom of the tunnel, determined to dig out the entirety of that thing.
-I don't believe the size of that thing will be so big that the Purple Crystal Tortoise can't dig it out!-
As truth would have it, the thing was really huge.
The Purple Crystal Tortoise kept digging around it, and he still couldn't see the end of the barrier emitting a gentle light even after digging a big hole several dozen meters wide!
Zhang Che slowly began to feel something was wrong.
If this thing really was the protective barrier of some treasure, then it should be spherical in shape. Why did he feel that the layer of membrane was flat as a mirror?
-No, no, there must be something not right!-
Zhang Che had the Purple Crystal Tortoise stop its meaningless actions and fell into deep thought for a while. However, he realized that he couldn't fathom what this layer of light membrane was, no matter how hard he thought about it.
-Should I let my babies try using their elemental attacks?-
Thinking of that, Zhang Che proceeded to give the order. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon went first and breathed out a stream of frozen air at the light membrane.
However, there weren't any changes at all.
Next, the Scarlet Flame Drake went forward. It directly used its Liquifying Scarlet Flames skill, breathing a mouthful of scarlet raging flames onto the layer of light membrane. However, it was directly deflected off to the other side, instantly melting the rock wall at the other end of the tunnel.
The boiling hot lava flowed onto the light membrane, then quickly solidified and turned into a layer of smooth rock, covering the entire membrane.
"There's really no other way…" Zhang Che sighed, losing hope in his heart.
The layer of light had exceeded his imagination and knowledge. Neither physical or elemental attacks could do a thing to it. What else could he do?
-Wait, wait, wait. There should be a way…-
Zhang Che closed his eyes and thought for a long while. An idea suddenly struck him. First, he had the Purple Crystal Tortoise move the new layer of rocks above the light membrane away, then he stepped onto it. When he stepped onto it, he felt a similar amount of force pushing back against him, reminding him of trampolines from amusement parks.
-What freaking trampolines!?-
Zhang Che shook his head violently, purging the useless thoughts from his mind. Afterwards, he laid down prone on the light membrane, focusing his mind onto the golden vortex in his spiritual sea, instantly entering a profound state.
Since this golden vortex allowed him to control the swords, then couldn't he try to communicate with the treasure beneath the light membrane? It was just like in those Xianxia novels, communicating with spiritual treasures using his divine sense.
No matter if it worked or not, giving it a try wouldn't hurt.
Just as Zhang Che started trying to communicate with the light vortex beneath him through the golden vortex, a change suddenly occurred.
A tremendously strong vacuum suddenly appeared from the inside of the light membrane, trying to suck Zhang Che in. His eyes quickly widened in shock and he hurriedly struggled to pull himself back, but was unable to overpower the strong draw from within the light membrane.
With a thought, his pets and subdued beasts quickly shot towards him one after another, pulling Zhang Che back.
However, as his babies joined in on the tug of war, the suction force from the light membrane directly grew several times stronger, sucking Zhang Che in along with his babies.
Countless thoughts flew past him.
First, he was shocked. Then, he thought of his past experience of being sucked into the black door, then immediately denied that idea.
-Not right; if it was that mysterious force from before, it is impossible for the rainbow crystal to have no reaction. It would have acted to help me when the suction first came about.-
Just as countless thoughts flew past him, he suddenly felt as if there was nothing underneath him, falling freely into an endless abyss. The blinding light forced him to keep his eyes shut.
However, he could move freely again!
-What the heck is this? Didn't we dig to the deepest part of the secret plane? How can I be falling?-
Zhang Che was astonished. He opened his eyes a hair and summoned the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to catch him, finding he had some time to observe his surroundings.
What entered his sight first was that endless rock wall above his head, embedded with countless crystals emitting dim light!
"The heck, what the freak is going on!?" Zhang Che nearly fell from the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back, feeling the hair all over his body standing on end.
He had clearly dug to the bottom of the rock strata of the secret plane, and was sucked in by that light membrane. Why was he suddenly falling from the sky of the secret plane in the blink of an eye?
Or perhaps, the secret plane was actually a multi-layered dimension, and he was falling from an upper level to the level below?
It didn't seem right when he thought about it. It might not necessarily be a upper-lower level relationship.
Zhang Che felt his brain being overwhelmed. He didn't understand if he was currently in the secret plane he was on originally, or if he had arrived at another independent dimension.
However, there was no doubt that this place still belonged to the secret plane. The rock wall over his head was identical. Judging by the time, it should be daytime of the next day. The blinding light around him was the proof of this.
With a thought, he directed the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to fly towards the rock wall above his head.
However, after trying for a few minutes, Zhang Che had no choice but to have the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon give up.
The layer of rock wall was similarly endless. No matter how high the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew, they could never get any closer.
-That's strange. Where did I fall from, then?-
Zhang Che grew even more confused.. But he could no longer be bothered to think about this question. Instead, he rode the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, quickly heading to the ground.
Afterwards, he was stunned again.
Several dozen kilometers beneath him, what entered his sight was a vast, endless ocean. On it were dotted islands of various sizes, spread out like a star scape.
"What kind of world is this exactly!?" Zhang Che finally groaned weakly…
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Chapter 299: A Puzzling Secret Plane
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Zhang Che didn't know whether he had arrived at another dimension in the secret plane, or he had triggered some forbidden mechanism and was transferred to the other end of the same secret plane.
Since he couldn't clarify any of that, he decided to not think about it. Shaking his head, he directed the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to descend to the sea below.
The sea seemed to be without end, with big and small islands scattered all over. Not only that, Zhang Che could see many huge birds flying freely over the sea.
The dimension seemed to finally be something more… normal?
As the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon quickly descended, Zhang Che saw a big bird with a two-meter-plus wingspan streaking across the surface of the sea like lightning. When it rose back up in the air, its talons were holding onto a fish about half a meter long.
The big fish, covered in azure scales all over, kept struggling. Blood kept dripping from the area the big bird's talons pierced through.
No black gale swept down from the sky!
This seemed to prove that this place was no longer the secret plane he was in before?
If that was true, there was a problem.
If this place wasn't the secret plane, then could he return where he came from?
Zhang Che's mood immediately sank.
Even though he didn't have to worry about food in here, there was no meaning in living here alone.
What about his mother, or Miss Tienan, back on Mercury?
"No, no, no, there should be a way!"
Zhang Che's brain spun at maximum capacity. In the end, he thought of the layer of light that sucked him in earlier.
It would be impossible to return by flying upwards.
In that case, he could try digging to the end of the earth in this dimension, to see if there was something similar to that membrane.
As long as it existed, he could keep digging, going through layer by layer. He didn't believe he couldn't get out!
Even if this was the eighteen levels of Hell, Zhang Che believed that as long as he had the Purple Crystal Tortoise, he could dig himself out of this place!
The surface of the sea was getting closer and closer, and the scattered islands gradually became clearer, too.
Those islands were separated into two extremes. One was an overabundance of vegetation, dense and rich everywhere; the other was bald as an eagle, with only craggy rocks. The two formed an incredibly stark contrast when compared with one another.
Naturally Zhang Che wouldn't go to those bald islands. As such, he directed the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to fly towards one of the larger islands with lush vegetation.
A faint fishy smell was on the wind sweeping over the waves below. This was the smell of the sea!
If it wasn't for the fact that he didn't know whether it was safe in the sea, Zhang Che really wanted to take a good bath in it, despite being a non-swimmer.
As they quickly approached the big island ahead, a human silhouette suddenly appeared in the forest.
-There are actually other beastmasters here!?- Zhang Che's eyebrow rose slightly, instantly feeling calmer.
If he could find other beastmasters here, it meant that he was still in the secret plane. It wouldn't be much of a deal even if it wasn't the same dimension as before; he could return to Mercury in the end, anyway.
What he worried the most about was being the only one in this dimension. That would be really unsettling.
Just as he was celebrating inside, he saw that beastmaster at the edge of the island in the distance suddenly waving at him, their arms pushing upwards.
-What does that mean?- Zhang Che was confused. Even if they were welcoming him, it shouldn't be such a gesture, right?
While he was confused, a huge wave suddenly rose from the surface of the sea. A gigantic sea beast's savage head broke out of the water, opened its ferocious mouth and sucked at the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon above.
It was like the suction originated from a Kun-peng. A massive wind swept their way, and the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon nearly lost control of his body. He had to struggle with all his strength to not get drawn down.
-Heck! Luckily I didn't think of taking a swim in the water earlier!-
Zhang Che was astonished. The opened mouth of the sea beast looked like a gigantic pit. When that vacuum reached him, he could only hold onto the long beard on the back of Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, stopping himself from being pulled down.
A five-colored ray shot out from between his brow. The Scarlet Flame Drake made its appearance.
Whoosh! The Scarlet Flame Drake directly opened its mouth and shot out a column of flames.
Originally, the flames' reach was only limited to fifty meters or so. Affected by the suction, the column of flames directly separated from the Scarlet Flame Drake's mouth and swept down.
Alas, without the amplification from the Scarlet Flame Drake's vital energy, the flames instantly dimmed down and were quickly extinguished.
"It's not working?" Zhang Che furrowed his brow. At present, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon could only manage to resist the suction from the gigantic beast's mouth, and was unable to escape at all. If he didn't use some other methods, he might not survive this ordeal.
Zhang Che looked back at the island ahead. The beastmaster who waved at him to warn him of the danger was nowhere to be seen, probably worried about getting themselves dragged into this mess and hiding in the dense forest.
That worked, too. Zhang Che decided to have the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon hold back a little of his strength, allowing them to get sucked down.
The distance between the two parties closed rapidly. As they fell further and further down, the suction grew increasingly harder to resist. In the end, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon tried his best to resist once more, but it was already too late to break free.
However, Zhang Che didn't show any fear.
At his command, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon opened his mouth. The Darkfiend Energy Wave skill was activated. A gush of extremely cold frozen air poured down like a waterfall, all of it sucked into the savage sea beast's mouth.
At the same time, a scarlet streak of light was hidden within the frozen air, thrusting down at lightning speed.
After suddenly sucking in the entirety of the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's breath into its mouth, the extreme cold immediately caused the sea beast to stiffen, unable to react in time.
Amidt the extreme cold, a fierce wave of heat suddenly erupted.
The scarlet sword pierced through the skin in the sea beast's mouth without any resistance. Afterwards, it sliced along the blood vessels, heading straight for its heart.
Ao….! A pained cry rang out, carrying a few dozen kilometers away, the sound forcing the surrounding sea water to flow away from the beast.
Under the excruciating pain, the sea beast closed its enormous mouth. A massive figure over a hundred meters long suddenly rose from the water, rolling violently on the surface.
Zhang Che sat on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back, his eyes shut tight, his mental energy fully focused on the golden vortex in his spiritual sea. He directed the scarlet sword, directly cutting its way into the heart of the savage sea beast below them.
A wave of violent vibrations ensued. The scarlet sword turned into a blur, shredding the sea beast's several-meters-wide heart into pieces from the inside out.
Ao…! Another miserable cry that seemed to drain all its energy rang out. The sea beast's body shot up, then plunged down towards the sea, raising wave upon wave that measured up to a hundred meters tall.
A faint smile rose at the corners of Zhang Che's lips. A scarlet streak of light suddenly emerged from the water, directly flying toward the center of his brow, returning to his spiritual sea.
The water below gradually returned to the calm state it was before. Afterwards, a massive silhouette floated up to the surface; just like that, the savage sea beast's corpse swayed back and forth, bobbing up and down on the water's surface.
"As expected, it's not an exotic beast, either…" Zhang Che sighed. In the end, he looked at the water surface, which was gradually being dyed red, and prepared to have the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon fly to the island he saw someone was at.
Suddenly, a half-transparent ethereal form flew out from the sea beast's body, rapidly approaching Zhang Che.
"What the heck is it now?!" Zhang Che's expression changed greatly. He hurriedly summoned the scarlet sword to slash at it.
Translator's Note
1: A Kun-Peng is a beast from Chinese mythology, truly massive in size (like, city-sized or bigger), and looks like a hybrid of fish and bird. It can alternate between fish and bird form, and is considered a master of the sea and sky.
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Chapter 300: Don't Go Out During the Day
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That half-transparent ethereal thing was rapidly closing in. Zhang Che summoned the scarlet sword to slash at it, but it looked as if the sword passed through air, unable to interrupt it in the slightest.
At this time, he finally saw clearly that the half-transparent specter was a condensed version of the sea beast.
-What is this?
-Is it the soul of the sea beast? Its body was slain by me, and its soul can emerge from it to attack me?-
Zhang Che felt a chill inside. The scarlet sword passed through it directly; it seemed like physical attacks were ineffective. As such, he hurriedly ordered the Scarlet Flame Drake to breathe out a ball of flames.
However, the flames passed through the ethereal, too, unable to inflict any damage onto the spirit of the sea beast!
In the end, the half-transparent ethereal directly jumped onto Zhang Che, instantly merging into his body. His face turned pale white from the shock, at a complete loss for what to do.
Just as he was about to mobilize the rainbow crystal to attack, the specter quickly rushed into his spiritual sea. At that moment, an extremely strong suction suddenly erupted from the golden vortex in his spiritual sea, directly absorbing it.
Instantly, a golden brilliance shone out in his spiritual sea. It was like the golden vortex had taken some tonic. Its size quickly expanded from a tiny dot to about the size of a sesame seed.
Zhang Che felt an incredibly profound sensation. He suddenly closed his eyes and allowed his consciousness to sink into the golden vortex, switching to the godly perspective, perceiving every tiny detail within a hundred meter radius.
A hint of excitement rushed up to Zhang Che's head. The corners of his lips gradually curled up into a faint smile.
The scarlet sword swept down and directly flew to a hundred and ten meters away from him. Both its speed and range had improved tremendously.
As he willed it, the scarlet sword instantly disappeared from the limits of its range. It turned into a streak of red light and directly flew back into Zhang Che's brow, whereupon Zhang Che reopened his eyes.
At this moment, a terrifying aura could be faintly sensed from under the water.
"A stronger one is here!" Zhang Che's brow furrowed. He hurriedly ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to head to that island ahead.
Just as the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew away, huge waves rose from the water surface behind them.
An unbelievably huge sea beast directly broke the water's surface and flew a few hundred meters high in the air, its ferocious head looking Zhang Che's way. It opened its mouth, aiming at him and shooting out countless water arrows.
Those were clearly arrows formed from water, but they gave Zhang Che an extremely terrifying feeling, as if they were the sharpest alloy arrows in the world!
Without any hesitation, Zhang Che summoned the Purple Crystal Tortoise, ordering it to activate its Purple Crystal Armor skill, enveloping him. He quickly laid down prone, sticking closely to the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back.
Those countless arrows were upon him!
Dang, dang, dang, dang! Crisp sounds similar to metal clashing rang out consecutively.
Zhang Che felt massive forces slamming continuously onto the Purple Crystal Armor. The impacts nearly left him unable to hold onto the fur on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back, almost falling off.
Meanwhile, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's crystallized body was punctured with countless tiny holes. Wisps of darkfiend aura leaked out from those holes, enveloping himself in a layer of deep blue mist.
"Go, go!"
Zhang Che could only direct the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to keep flying to the island just before their eyes. Once they got through this final bit of distance, there was nothing else to worry about.
Zhang Che's guess was right. When the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon finally arrived in the sky above the island, the countless water arrows that were still being fired continuously seemed to hit an invisible barrier, losing their strength and turning back into water droplets, splashing down as rain.
From the looks of it, these islands filled with vegetation were like individual safety zones.
Zhang Che finally let out a breath of relief. He jumped off the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back and saw that the dragon's body seemed to be on the verge of collapsing after taking all those beatings.
" Si… what terrifying water arrow attacks. Luckily I reacted quickly, if not I might not even have any bones left by now…"
With a wave of his hand, Zhang Che recalled the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon back into his spiritual sea to recover. He didn't terminate the Purple Crystal Armor skill, however, and headed deeper into the island looking like a big walking purple tortoise.
Suddenly, some rustling could be heard from the forest ahead. A male beastmaster approached him, looking at Zhang Che with an astonished expression and said in disbelief, "Woah, you're not bad, brother! You actually managed to make it out alive from that spitty monster's attacks! Amazing!"
Zhang Che was taken aback. -Spitty monster?- He realized this fellow was probably referring to that enormous sea beast.
Before Zhang Che could ask the questions bugging him, that man looked at him strangely and asked something that shook Zhang Che even further. "Strange. You don't look weak at all; why did you only enter the secret plane today? Did you encounter some powerful exotic beast on the way?"
Zhang Che collected his emotions a little, putting on a faint smile and nodded, "Can't help it. I got unlucky and was chased by an epic-quality exotic beast for two days. That's why I came in late. Luckily I still managed to enter the secret plane, or everything would have been a waste."
"Haha, I see that this brother's luck is really not that great. You finally made it into the secret plane and arrived at this island without much resources."
Zhang Che was thoroughly stunned. -Not much resources?-
Seeing the confused look on Zhang Che, that man slapped the back of his head and explained, "Right. The minerals on the nearby bald islands were all scraped clean by a bunch of beastmasters over the past few days and they left for somewhere else."
Zhang Che seemed to understand the situation a little better now, and he asked, "Then, why didn't brother leave?"
The man smiled bitterly and lifted his arms, shrugging, "I can't. All my subdued beasts died by the time I got here. In the end, I even gave up my remaining spatial storage card to those guys in exchange for a trash beast to hunt wild beasts for food. My only hope right now is for the gateway to open soon and leave this damn place."
Seeing Zhang Che still seemed to be a little suspicious, he gestured towards the sea with his mouth, "There, I got unlucky when I entered the gateway, and was transported to above the sea. That spitty monster from earlier showed up and I summoned all my subdued beasts to protect me, allowing me to barely make it to this island." Shaking his head, he sighed and continued, "I see that you're pretty strong yourself. When night comes, you better get going to other places. In any case, there's no more resources on the nearby bald islands. Treat it as you're pitying me and leave the food on this island for me."
Zhang Che creased his brow slightly, asking, "I can leave at night?"
"Right. At night time, there will be a strange black wind blowing above the sea. The monsters in the sea won't dare to come out at that time. All you have to do is ride fly close to the water surface on your flying subdued beast and you can avoid the black wind and go look for your next stop," the man explained.
-Is this considered as… not being allowed to go out during the day?-
Zhang Che couldn't find the strength to curse any more. The secret plane was full of danger and oddities, indeed. Any carelessness from him might result in death.
Seeing Zhang Che still harboring doubts, the man smiled amiably and extended his arm, inviting him, "Let's go, I'll bring you to look around on the island.
"Perhaps I might even need you to help with hunting a few animals later. Although the animals on this island aren't strong, each of them are sly as hell. The subdued beast I exchanged for with my spatial storage card is truly too weak and can only be used to defend myself."
"No problem," Zhang Che nodded. He followed the man, walking further into the island. "I'm about to throw up from eating compressed biscuits these past few days after being chased by that epic-quality subdued beast outside. I can do with hunting some wild animals to adjust my tastes."
Before he was done speaking, a scarlet streak of light suddenly shot out from Zhang Che's brow, directly thrusting towards the man's face.
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Wherever his thoughts were, the sword was there. The scarlet sword instantly punctured the man's head as it flew out of Zhang Che's brow.
In the next moment, the man's figure suddenly turned into a cloud of ash. Afterwards, a black silhouette emerged and flew to the skies above the forest, turning into a fierce devilish face looking down at Zhang Che. It hissed shrewdly, "Damn it, how did you know!?"
Zhang Che's expression was calm. He pointed at the scarlet sword hovering at his side, saying, "I didn't notice it. It did."
-Or rather, they did!-
Just as Zhang Che entered this strange dimension, the two swords in his spiritual sea started trembling violently again, especially at the moment when this man showed himself. The two swords almost went out of control and shot out. How could he possibly not know what was going on then?
What added to Zhang Che's suspicions towards this man was that after he entered this dimension, he realized he couldn't help but think of the secret plane, as well as everything regarding other beastmasters.
Although this seemed normal, Zhang Che kept feeling as if something was guiding his thoughts in that direction.
Not only that, the timing of the sea beast's appearance at the beginning was also a little too much of a coincidence.
What made Zhang Che absolutely certain about all this in the end was what that man said.
He claimed that he traded his spatial storage card with another beastmaster for a weak subdued beast and was waiting for the gateway to open.
However, Zhang Che, who had sufficient understanding towards humanity, knew that if some other beastmasters had really gotten their hands on this man's spatial storage card, how could they possibly leave him alive?
"Hehehehe, so what if you realized it. Do you think you can kill me?" that black devilish face laughed evilly, emitting a heavy air of resentment. "I have to admit that your luck is very good, to actually obtain a fragment of the Spiritual Sword in these ruins. But, do you think you can kill me with just a fragment?"
After saying that, the devilish face displayed its ferocity and headed straight towards Zhang Che.
A white streak of light shot out from between Zhang Che's brow. He didn't attempt to control the white sword. Not only that, he even gave up his control over the scarlet sword.
He could vaguely tell that the reason why the two swords were trembling so violently was because they wanted to take action themselves!
Indeed, after giving up his control over the two swords, they instantly turned into streaks of light and shot towards the ferocious devilish face together.
When he saw the white sword suddenly appearing, the devilish face revealed a look of disbelief.
"How is this possible? How could you have found two Spiritual Sword fragments!?"
He immediately gave up on charging towards Zhang Che, making a sharp turn in the air, trying to fly away. However, the two swords had become a single entity, slashing at it in the form of a helix-shaped scarlet and white sword light.
A sharp howl rang out. The black face shattered into tiny pieces.
A burst of scarlet and white light shone in the sky, like the sun shining on residual snow, instantly melting the collapsed black shadow.
"Hahahaha, I'm finally free after being trapped for countless years… Hehehehe, a day will come when the demon lord reopens the gate to the spiritual realm…"
The devilish face scattered, but Zhang Che's expression turned extremely ugly.
-Trapped for countless years?-
He understood a little of that. The devilish face said that the secret plane was ruins, and could be understood as an abandoned place. He was trapped here forever, unable to get away.
To that end, could it be interpreted that all the creatures in the secret planes were creatures trapped in these ruins, or their descendants?
Then, the demon lord and the gate to spiritual realm, what were those?
Zhang Che had a vague feeling that all these seemed to have a certain relationship with the spatial gateway that had appeared on Mercury. However, what he knew was too little. It was impossible for him to continue deducing.
"Oh well, I don't care anymore. Even if the sky falls, there'll be someone up high holding on. I'm just a little mid-tier beastmaster right now. Why think about all these problems?"
Zhang Che shook his aching head, no longer thinking about all those things. What he was thinking now was to leave the secret plane, or to put it another way, to leave these ruins.
Everything here was too strange. Even though the resources found here were incredibly abundant, and Zhang Che had already gained much, he still wanted to leave as soon as possible.
He didn't dare guarantee his luck would be good enough to get through any other dangers he might come across, especially since that devilish face's "last words" made him realize that this so-called secret plane was only the ruins left behind from some far-off era. His desire to leave here grew much stronger.
To be called ruins, this was definitely not a good place.
Didn't that creepy devilish face just say that he was stuck here for countless years, and unable to get out?
Perhaps the other beastmasters from the previous dimension could wait for the secret plane's gateway to reopen to leave, but if Zhang Che didn't think of a way, he would not be able to leave after getting sucked into this dimension.
If there was a way to leave, that devilish face would have left long ago!
-Perhaps, the way to get out is still to dig through the ground?,- Zhang Che thought. There seemed to be no other way.
After making up his mind, Zhang Che summoned the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, who had recovered to his peak. He rode on the dragon and flew in the skies above the island, wanting to have a proper look to see if there were any other weird places on the island.
This lush green island was huge, with an area of no less than a thousand square kilometers. The terrain of the island was high in the center, with the surroundings low, similar to most other islands.
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew at high speed around the island. After a rough check, Zhang Che didn't discover any problems. There were a few dozen species of animals living on the island, forming a little ecosystem.
Zhang Che went to a random mountain top, and dispelled the Purple Crystal Armor, then had the Purple Crystal Tortoise begin another round of mad digging, quickly digging a spiral tunnel into the ground.
"When we dug to the bottom of this dimension, I wonder where the light membrane will lead us to…?" Zhang Che anticipated. He jumped into the hole the Purple Crystal Tortoise dug out, his surroundings instantly turning dark.
A five-colored ray shot out from between his brow. Zhang Che's biological illumination, the Scarlet Flame Drake, was called upon again. The scarlet flames jumping around its body immediately lit up the hole.
Pa! Zhang Che suddenly stopped in place and slapped the back of his head, mumbling to himself in frustration, "Silly me, who knows how long the Purple Crystal Tortoise has to dig to reach the bottom? I'd better get some food up there first."
Realizing that, Zhang Che jumped out of the hole. He had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon catch a few herbivores unique to the island. At the same time, he had the frisky monkey go pick a bunch of fruits, and they ate a well-balanced lunch on the island.
This time, Zhang Che didn't wait for long.
On the "star scape" over his head, the light from those little strange crystals had yet to dim down when the Purple Crystal Tortoise appeared from the ground.
Zhang Che looked at it suspiciously, then discovered to his horror that water was flowing out from the hole.
-What is going on?
-Are these islands actually floating above the sea?
-Then, am I also stuck here just like that devilish face?-
Zhang Che's heart immediately sank.
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Chapter 302: Black Wind Wreaks Havoc
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At Bei Du University, the faculty of Beast Card Cultivation, Practical Building…
Huang Tielan stood fully focused behind a laboratory table, operating related tools with both hands, extracting the essence of various raw ingredients kept in containers, and transferring them into a petri dish in an orderly manner.
Her face showed none of the nervousness and uncertainty from when she first started concocting. Her eyes were filled with confidence and calm.
After completing all the steps, she placed the petri dish in the heating apparatus and switched it on, carefully adjusting the temperature.
Everything was done properly without any mistakes.
Several hundred students filled the seats of a tiered-seating conference room in the big building. They were the freshmen of Bei Du University's beast card cultivation faculty.
Every one of them were seated quietly in their seats. None of them were whispering among themselves. They were all focused on the large screen behind the rostrum.
On the screen, Huang Tielan was shown carefully placing a beast card into the petri dish, then putting on the cover unhurriedly and using a vacuum machine to remove the air inside.
Up on the stage, an elder sitting casually there was watching Huang Tielan's movements on the screen, nodding in satisfaction. Afterwards, he turned his head around and looked at the many students sitting below.
This elder had a dishevelled appearance. His hair and beard were greyish-white, but his face was a healthy pink, making it hard to tell how old he was.
Although he had an amiable manner about him, none of the students below dared to challenge his authority.
That man was Sun Qilong!
"Did you watch Huang Tielan's entire operation carefully? She did every step as orderly and thoroughly as she could, and that is why she didn't commit any careless mistakes. This is something you should learn from her. If you want to become a passable beast card cultivator, you need to keep one thing in mind: EVERY tiny detail determines your success or failure.
"During the process of concocting the cultivation fluid, any neglect in any tiny detail will lead to the failure of your concoction. Let alone wasting the ingredients, there is even the risk of causing an explosion.
"Regarding this, Huang Tielan did very well. There was zero incidents from her since the training began. Why is that?"
Sun Qilong swept his gaze across the audience. His voice became a little stricter as he stated, "Because she's more attentive to detail than any of you!
"Alright, this will be all for this practical class. Go back and carefully think about this. By the end of the pre-school term training, I don't ask for your success rate to be as high as Huang Tielan's, but at the very least, I hope there won't be any huge mistakes that should be avoided during your concocting."
After finishing his words, Sun Qilong stood up and walked out of the lecture hall quickly.
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After a short while, the room suddenly exploded into discussion. Several hundred people started talking at the same time, and the commotion seemed to be threatening to tear the lecture hall apart.
" Ai, so depressing. Someone with good looks is actually more hardworking than us. I feel like my future is really dark now…" a woman with less-than-ideal looks sighed, looking dejected.
At the side, a man's eyes were shining as he chuckled, "Say, wouldn't whoever manages to court Huang Tielan have it easier for a few years more than the others?"
The surrounding men couldn't help but look forward to that, every one of them started fantasizing.
Chi! At this moment, a handsome man at the side suddenly chuckled, "With you guys? Ever heard of the capital's Huang family? Is she someone you can try courting?"
"Hmm? Isn't that even better? If I managed to do just that, it's not that I could take it easy for a few years, but that I won't have to work hard for my whole life!"
Which of the students who enrolled into Bei Du University wasn't a favored child of the heavens? So what if she was the daughter of a large house! It'd only be even more interesting with a bigger challenge!
———
Unbeknownst to Zhang Che, as Miss Tienan started to show her talent in beast card cultivation, and the male students becoming more aware of her beauty, more and more people wanted to snatch his girlfriend away from him.
At this moment, his expression was dark and sunken. Looking at the water flowing out from the hole, his heart nearly turned to ash.
If these islands were really floating above the water, how was he supposed to continue digging down?
Could it be that he was trapped in this dimension just like that, waiting for his death?
Zhang Che was unwilling to succumb to such a fate. He walked over to the edge of the hole, looking at the overflowing water with squinting eyes.
-Not right. If this island is really floating above the sea, how can the sea water possibly flow out from the hole? I am standing at a position much higher than the sea level!-
Therefore, he squatted down and smeared his finger with the water and brought it up to the tip of his tongue, tasting it. The expression on his face immediately relaxed.
The water had a clear, refreshing taste, unlike the faint fishy smell of sea water.
-This is not sea water!-
This was the underground water of this island! Due to the Purple Crystal Tortoise digging through the rock strata, the water came flowing up from the pressure.
Zhang Che immediately felt much more at ease.
Right, if these islands were really floating above the sea, how could they possibly remain in place, not moving at all?
That wasn't scientific at all… well, okay, these were strange ruins in any case, not something that could be explained with science.
But, even so, it would be very troublesome going forward.
If there was an abundance of fresh water underground, it was unavoidable that the Purple Crystal Tortoise would cause a large amount of water to flow into the hole.
Naturally, the Purple Crystal Tortoise wouldn't be too affected by it, but it was different for Zhang Che!
After all, he didn't have the ability to hold his breath underwater for a long period of time. Even if they managed to dig to the bottom in the end, and found the light membrane whose existence in this dimension was only a mere possibility, Zhang Che wouldn't have enough time to reach the bottom before drowning.
"This island isn't big enough, after all," Zhang Che sighed. Afterwards, he thought of those bald rocky islands, thinking those islands shouldn't have underground water.
Regrettably, it was still day time. Obviously it was impossible for him to scout out those islands for now.
Heavens knew how many of those enormous sea beasts were in the sea. If there were even stronger creatures in there, it was impossible for his subdued beasts and pets to put up any resistance.
Fortunately, it was already starting to get late. Zhang Che decided to wait patiently on the island.
The light provided from the "star scape" over his head gradually dimmed. Darkness slowly encroached on the lands.
In the end, when the embedded crystals on the rock strata over his head had fully dimmed, night finally arrived.
At this moment, Zhang Che suddenly saw a strange black wind blowing in the air above the sea. "Could it be that what the devilish face said was true?"
Zhang Che rode on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and quickly flew to the edge to the island. He focused his gaze, looking out. The strange black wind avoided the islands, enveloping the skies above the sea, almost pressing down on the sea surface, leaving only a few-dozen-meters gap.
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Chapter 303: Broken and Shattered
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In a certain villa district in the capital, Huang Tielan had dinner with Sun Lan, and made her way back to the Huang family's ancestral home. Afterwards, she went to the gym and started working out.
"Strange… why am I starting to put on weight again?" Miss Tielan was depressed.
She realized that ever since Zhang Che returned safely, there were signs of her putting on weight madly. Even though she did weight loss exercises every day, the effects weren't obvious at all.
"Shit… is my body type the legendary easily fat kind? The type where I will get fat by just drinking water? How horrifying…"
Miss Tienan didn't want to put on weight again after slimming down with much difficulty.
As such, the number of times she did weight loss exercises increased from twice to thrice a day, but she was still unable to stop her flesh from becoming thicker.
"This won't do. I have to start dieting. Otherwise, Zhang Xiaoche will get frightened when he returns and see that my appearance rebounded to the way it was!"
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The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew close to the water's surface, circling around the island. Not far above his head was the dark cloud-like wind belt.
Zhang Che watched closely with narrowed eyes for quite some time. After confirming that there was indeed no danger flying in this manner, he had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon return to him, then mounted on the dragon's back, flying to the horizon.
Zhang Che had vivid memories of seeing a tiny island when he just arrived in this dimension earlier, whose surface area was only a small spread of rocks.
If he wanted to dig through this dimension, that island was his best choice in this area.
As he flew towards his destination, there was indeed no danger at all.
The water's surface was oddly calm. Let alone those terrifyingly huge sea beasts, there weren't even signs of any little fish appearing.
It seemed like the black wind above them was indeed extremely abnormal, actually bringing about such great pressure onto those sea creatures.
After arriving at the bald island, Zhang Che found a place to settle down and rest, while he had the Purple Crystal Tortoise start digging down into the center of the island by itself.
In any case, that fellow wouldn't be done digging to the bottom anytime soon. Zhang Che could use this time to sleep.
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The next morning, Zhang Che was woken up by the blinding light. The Purple Crystal Tortoise had yet to complete its mission; it seemed like the ground in this dimension was much deeper than the previous level.
Zhang Che wasn't in a hurry, however. After a simple wash up, he had a roasted meat breakfast together with the frisky monkey, prepared by the Scarlet Flame Drake, before jumping into the hole unhurriedly to take a look.
Following the spiral hole down, Zhang Che made sure to take a good look at the walls around him. He didn't discover any rare minerals; it seemed like this dimension didn't have that kind of resources.
—
In the afternoon, the Purple Crystal Tortoise finally reached the bottom of the ground. Zhang Che finally saw the mysterious light membrane.
"It's really like that!" Zhang Che felt a huge weight lifted off his chest. With a wave of his hand, he recalled all his babies into his spiritual sea, then laid prone on the light membrane, focusing his mind on the golden vortex in his spiritual sea.
Even if his next destination was a similar dimension, Zhang Che wasn't afraid at all. In any case, he'd just keep digging down. A day would finally come when he dug his way out.
As that incredibly profound feeling rushed up to his head, Zhang Che felt that familiar suction from the light membrane, drawing him in violently.
After his prior experience, Zhang Che naturally didn't resist.
——
In the next moment, he suddenly vanished from above the light membrane. It was like he had arrived at a formless, chaotic dimension. His surroundings were filled with intersecting black and white air currents, making it difficult for him to even move a muscle.
-What's going on? Where is this place?- Zhang Che was shocked. He hurriedly called upon his babies in his spiritual sea, wanting to summon the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to protect him.
However, what happened next thoroughly frightened him.
No matter how hard he tried to summon them, the beast cards and balls of light in his spiritual sea showed no response at all, as if there was an unknown energy in this chaotic dimension forcibly interrupting his spiritual link to his babies in his spiritual sea.
Cold sweat poured out from Zhang Che's skin. He tried to move his limbs, but he discovered that the chaotic air flow around him was like sticky mud, restricting him. Despite using all his strength, the best he could do was make minute movements.
He was thoroughly stunned, not understanding what kind of place he was at. In the end, he thought of the scarlet sword and tried to summon it. Alas, there was no response from it, either!
"What should I do? Am I completely trapped in here to die?"
Zhang Che's face was pale. His brain worked at maximum capacity, trying to think of a way to get himself out of this situation.
He opened his eyes, looking around earnestly, wanting to find the light membrane that had just drawn him in. However, there was nothing in his sight other than those intersecting black and white chaotic air currents.
Just as he was losing hope, the rainbow crystal in his mind started to tremble slightly.
In the next moment, the rainbow crystal directly flew out of Zhang Che's spiritual sea and went off to the depths of this chaotic dimension.
"This time I'm dead for sure!"
Zhang Che's face was ashen. Even the rainbow crystal had abandoned him; he could only wait for his death now…
In the next moment, the surrounding chaotic air currents seemed to bend slightly, sweeping Zhang Che forward in the direction the rainbow crystal had flown.
Zhang Che wasn't just shocked, but elated!
As long as there were changes, it proved that there was still a chance for him to leave, and not be trapped in these thick, chaotic winds.
The surrounding chaotic air currents flowed faster and faster. As a result, Zhang Che was also picking up speed, being swept forward faster and faster.
Not only that, the density of these chaotic air currents was also falling quickly.
Suddenly, a rainbow radiance shone brightly ahead, directly penetrating the chaotic air currents that had thinned by more than half.
He saw the rainbow crystal hovering silently in the air of this dimension. Under it was a single black and white-colored ball of light, closely linked to the rainbow crystal through a tunnel.
The rainbow crystal seemed to be absorbing the energy contained in the black and white ball of light!
"What is that ball of light? It actually made the rainbow crystal fly out of my spiritual sea to absorb its energy! It's definitely no ordinary object!"
As the mixed ball of light's energy was madly drawn in by the rainbow crystal, the surrounding winds were also quickly thinning. In the end, only a thin layer of fog was left.
After an indeterminate amount of time, after the chaotic winds had completely disappeared and left only a pitch black space, a light shattering sound suddenly rang out in front of him.
The ball of light emitting black and white rays instantly dimmed and broke like smashed glass.
The surrounding black space trembled violently, making Zhang Che almost lose his balance and fall upside down.
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Chapter 304: Shattered Secret Plane
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All the remaining chaotic wind from the entire dimension was drained by the rainbow crystal.
As the black and white ball of light shattered, Zhang Che seemed to hear a soft sound. Cracks and fissures visible to the naked eye appeared in the air itself.
"This is…" Zhang Che looked at the fissures that had appeared out of nowhere in disbelief. The surrounding black space burst like a balloon, and he could no longer see anything.
In his hazy consciousness, Zhang Che only remembered the rainbow crystal flying back into his spiritual sea. When he could finally move, and light shone again, there was already another scene before his eyes.
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In the skies of the secret plane, many cracks had suddenly formed on the age-old rock wall, and were quickly spreading out. The embedded strange crystals even lost their radiance one after another, like lamps with their power cut, revealing their original appearance.
Everyone was confused. They looked up, their eyes filled with astonishment.
"What's happening? Is the sky going to fall?"
"Hurry, hide yourselves! We'll definitely be smashed into meat paste if that rock wall collapses on us!"
Every single beastmaster fell into panic. They scattered to look for a mountain nearby that could hide them, and summoned their subdued beasts to start digging out caves.
The rock wall covering the sky extended without end. If it really fell, who could possibly avoid it?
The beastmasters in the green lands were even more terrified.
If the rock wall in the sky collapsed, it might not necessarily smash every one to death. However, once they bleed, the black gale would sweep over them. At that time, no one would be lucky enough to survive!
As such, amid the flustered screams, no one bothered to put their tents away or whatever, and the beastmasters directly mounted their own flying beasts, making their way out of the green lands in all directions, hoping to leave the incredibly dangerous area as soon as possible.
Even so, in the next moment, countless cracks visible to the naked eye suddenly appeared in the heavens and earth. An irresistible vacuum erupted from between the cracks, drawing every beastmaster, along with their subdued beasts, in.
Afterwards, the entire secret plane shattered, disappearing into the void.
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In Mercury, at the ice plains located at the borders between northern Hua Xia and Er Sha…
The gateway to the secret plane, that gigantic golden ball of light, suddenly shone extremely brightly. It was like a super efficient giant golden lamp lit up there, emitting golden rays that turned the surrounding area for a thousand kilometer radius golden.
Less than a week had passed since the first batch of beastmasters entered the secret plane. There were still soldiers from many different regions stationed in the camps nearby.
When that golden burst of light suddenly lit up, a mass of chaotic space-time energy erupted. Every electronic device in the surrounding area became faulty, and soldiers of different races all came rushing out of their camps in a fluster, nearly going blind from the golden light shining at the core of the area.
Far off in outer space, satellites that were still observing this area immediately noticed the peculiar situation below and quickly sent the information to the respective government departments.
The government and military from every region in Mercury suddenly went into a panic.
This was something unseen and unheard of!
The past appearances of the secret plane gateways had remained open for a period of time, and would only close when the number of people who entered it had reached a limit, reopening after a period of time.
They had no idea what this sudden burst of golden light was about.
The government and army from the various regions hurriedly tried to contact the camps, but discovered that they had lost contact with them!
The golden burst of light lasted for only a short while. Before the brass of the various regions could figure out what was going on here, it was like a blackout had occurred all of a sudden. The gigantic golden lamp lost its light, leaving only the peaceful ice plains behind.
Well, it wasn't very peaceful. As if receiving a fright, the exotic beasts living in this area all left their nests or territories and scattered in all directions, running away from the gateway.
Looking at the video feeds from the satellites, the exotic beasts were running in a hurry, not caring which direction they were going. They weren't even attacking the camps at the outskirts of the area. Each of them was charging right past, ignoring the camps, and continuing their escape into the wilderness.
Exactly what happened there?
The gateway to the secret plane suddenly vanished. What about the beastmasters in there?
Were they stuck in there forever?
Once they thought of this possibility, everyone turned pale, their expressions ugly.
They were the younger generation elites of the various factions and houses! If they were all lost in the secret plane, what kind of chaos would erupt at the situation!?
Just as their thoughts were in a whirl after receiving the news, the satellites monitoring the area suddenly captured countless starlights in the skies of the icy plains within a hundred kilometers radius around the vanished gateway.
In the next moment, human silhouettes and subdued beasts were thrown out from the star lights one after another, falling down towards the icy plains below.
Seeing this scene, the people from the various factions finally let out a long sigh of relief.
Everything was fine as long as the people were alright!
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Zhang Che felt that he was recovering his ability to move. As light returned to his sight, he looked into the distance, and realized he was falling from the sky to an endless snowy plains below.
-This is… I'm back to Mercury!- Zhang Che couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief. A five-colored ray shot out from his brow. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon immediately appeared under him, catching him and descending.
It was only now that Zhang Che had the time to observe his surroundings. He realized that people and subdued beasts were raining from the sky. Looking into the distance, everywhere within his sight were people of various races and subdued beasts of various species falling.
Almost everyone was screaming at the top of their lungs in fright. However, upon realizing that they had returned to Mercury, the beastmasters directed their flying subdued beasts to catch their falls.
As for the minority unlucky ones who lost their flying beasts in the secret plane, their fates were a little more miserable. They screamed all the way as they fell until they hit the thick icy plains below with loud bangs, and were silent…
-Looks like the secret plane is thoroughly destroyed…- Zhang Che sighed inside. He had a vague idea that it was related to the rainbow crystal absorbing all of the chaotic aura in the chaotic dimension.
Dididi! Suddenly, a ear-piercing sound rang out from the personal terminal on his left wrist. Zhang Che raised his arm and saw the voice call request from Huang Juyun. Right after accepting it, his future father-in-law's anxious voice was heard,"Xiaoche, are you alright?"
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Chapter 305: The Most Envious Treatment
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Although Huang Juyun sounded rather anxious, he wasn't too worried. After all, his call connected to Zhang Che's personal terminal. That proved that the boy had returned to Mercury.
"I'm fine, Uncle Huang. I'm very safe right now." Zhang Che's tone was very calm. However, huge waves were crashing in hisr heart.
"It's good that you're alright. Wait at our Hua Xia region's camp. Someone will come receive you soon."
Huang Juyun was fully assured now, and ended the call after instructing Zhang Che.
Zhang Che flew to the Hua Xia's camp on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon. On the way, his mind was on his spiritual sea, looking at the rainbow crystal.
He could clearly sense that the rainbow crystal seemed to be different now, but he just couldn't put his finger on what exactly was different.
Not only that, he even placed his focus on the golden vortex and tried feeling while in that profound state. However, he still couldn't tell what was different.
-This big brother, you had a full meal now. What new abilities do you have? Can you tell me?,- Zhang Che pleaded.
This was just too intriguing. He clearly knew some huge changes had happened to the rainbow crystal, and yet he wasn't able to tell what those changes were. How could Zhang Che possibly take it well?
Alas, the rainbow crystal didn't show any reaction despite Zhang Che's pleading.
Zhang Che could only give up. -Perhaps the rainbow crystal will only show what it obtained when I come across some situation in the future?-
"Knock on wood, I rather hope that I don't get into some strange situation!" Zhang Che shook his head, hurriedly purging this thought from his mind.
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Before long, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon arrived at Hua Xia's military camp. The area had become crowded again. Some people were excited, but there were also sad people around.
However, although it was very noisy here, everyone knew that everything that happened in the secret plane was secret, and they couldn't talk about it in front of others. As such, they only discussed about why the secret plane suddenly collapsed for no apparent reason.
This was no secret, anyway. After the gateway disappeared, everyone suddenly flew out from those star lights. It was all long captured clearly by the satellites in orbit.
As long as they didn't talk about the situation in the secret plane, no one would care.
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Not even half an hour later, a jet suddenly appeared in the southern horizon. The loud rumbling immediately attracted the attention of the crowd in the camps below.
When it was about to arrive at the area, the jet's engine suddenly stopped. The head of the plane tilted down slightly, flying straight towards the camp.
Since its engine had stopped, the jet quickly exited supersonic flight and slowed down more and more. When it was only about a thousand meters away from the camp, the top of the plane suddenly slid open. A metallic pillar rose from the window, spread open, and turned into a propeller.
At the same time, a small propeller also stuck out at the tail.
All of a sudden, a midsize jet was transformed into an odd-looking helicopter, drawing an arc in the air, hovering at low altitude in the sky at the side of the camp.
This kind of hybrid fighter plane was a new type of fighter plane invented just before the arrival of the new age. It could employ jet-powered high speed flight and possessed the nimbleness of helicopters. It was an impressive product.
Regrettably, as the new age dawned upon the world, the position of this kind of jet immediately turned awkward.
Due to some tiny details regarding its structure, it was unable to fly at top speed like real jet-powered fighter planes. It was very easy to get into dangerous situations when they encountered powerful flying beasts.
However, this type of aircraft could ascend and descend like helicopters, after all. It was still very useful in some situations. Take now, for example…
The pilot suddenly announced on the megaphone, "Is Mr Zhang Che here? Please come forth and board the plane. This plane is tasked to bring you back to Bei Du."
"Is Mr Zhang Che here…"
The camp suddenly fell silent for a moment. Afterwards, the crowd started discussing among themselves. Who is Zhang Che? Why was a military jet brought here so quickly to receive him? Was that guy the descendent of some military top brass?
Soon, a blue silhouette suddenly rose from the crowd. Zhang Che rode on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, under the gaze of many people feeling different emotions, and directly flew towards the hovering fighter plane.
Amid the crowd, Jiang Chao, currently covered in dirt, saw all of this. He was speechless at the sight. Earlier, he was running for his life in the secret plane and was in a sorry state. Seeing Zhang Che sitting comfortably on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back and flying towards the fighter plane in the air nearby, he mulled, -Fuck me, this kid is actually someone from the army. I hope he doesn't bear grudges. If my old man finds out that I got into such big trouble, my days ahead will be tough…-
Thinking of how he actually dared to chat up Huang Tielan right in front of that guy in the past, he really wanted to beat up his past self with a bat and kill himself. There wouldn't be any future troubles, then.
While he was flying towards the fighter plane on the Darkfiend Abyssal, Zhang Che, too, was lamenting, -Looks like the Huang family's influence within the army isn't low. It's barely been half an hour and they actually managed to arrange for a plane to fetch me. The efficiency is really nothing to scoff about.-
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon quickly closed in. The pilot confirmed Zhang Che's identity before the door slid open on the side of the cabin.
Zhang Che jumped off the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back into the plane cabin. Afterwards, with a wave of his hand, the dragon directly turned into a five-colored streak of light and flew back into his spiritual sea.
In the next moment, the propellers accelerated and the plane turned back south and flew off.
When the plane's speed had reached a critical point, the jet engine was turned on. The propellers stopped and were retracted into the plane's body, turning back into a traditional jet.
———–
Inside the fighter plane, there was no one other than the back passenger Zhang Che, and the pilot in the crew cabin in front. He was focused on piloting the plane, with no intention of making conversation with Zhang Che.
It was normal when you thought about it. This pilot was only here on orders to receive him. He wasn't obligated to make small talk with him. Who would want to chat with strangers?
"Right, it's been awhile since I returned. Thinking about all the things regarding the secret plane made me forget to inform mom and Miss Tienan about my safe return."
Zhang Che quickly raised his left arm and opened up his personal terminal, sending a voice call request to Sun Lan.
However, there wasn't any response.
Zhang Che was stunned for a while. He then gave a call to Miss Tienan, and she was similarly not responding.
His expression changed slightly. -Did my personal terminal just break again?-
-Impossible! Future father-in-law gave me a call when I just came out!-
In the camp, shortly after Zhang Che entered the jet and left, another similar plane arrived. Hovering in the air, a megaphone blared out towards the camp, "Who is Zhang Che, Zhang-shao? We're here on orders to receive you back to Bei Du."
The camp immediately exploded into discussion!
Who exactly was this fellow named Zhang Che? Two batches of people came one after another to receive him! This treatment was simply too envious!
Jiang Chao, who was still among the crowd, his expression had turned extremely ugly by now. He was even considering whether he should withdraw from school after returning and just stay at his hometown?
Such a huge figure was truly someone he couldn't afford to offend…
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Chapter 306: Four-winged White Tiger
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Zhang Che's complexion recovered slightly. He finally realized what was wrong.
His personal terminal couldn't be broken. Therefore, the signal block must have been activated on the jet.
Thus, the question arose: this fighter plane was only responsible for bringing him back to Bei Du, and not to execute some secret mission. Why was it necessary to block the signals?
Zhang Che swept his gaze around the cabin. He saw the intercom placed at the side and switched it on, asking, "Hello? Brother, can you deactivate the signal block for a minute? I need to make a call."
The pilot in front didn't say a word, only focusing on piloting the plane.
Zhang Che looked out the window. He realized the plane was slowly but surely changing its bearing. It wasn't heading south, but had started to turn towards the east.
Not only that, the jet was quickly picking up altitude. At this moment, he could no longer see the situation on the ground clearly. From time to time, the plane would be surrounded by clouds.
-This is fishy!
-No wonder I felt something amiss when this jet came so quickly. So it's like this!-
Hundreds of thoughts flew pass his mind. He didn't recall making any enemies; why would anyone rush to bring him in?
Not only that, they were obviously of high standing, and they were paying attention to him in the dark all this while. Otherwise, how could they guide him into a trap the moment he came out of the secret world?
Zhang Che realized that they must have been monitoring his personal terminal through some means, and his call with Huang Juyun was spied on. That explained why they were so quick with their maneuvers.
However, did they think they could do anything to him with just this little jet?
Unless…
Zhang Che suddenly felt alarmed. A five-colored ray of light rushed out of his brow and materialized into the Purple Crystal Armor, enveloping his whole body.
The Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword appeared in his hand. He swung it hard at the side of the cabin, cutting open the cabin door.
Violent winds immediately came howling in. The jet completely lost control and started spinning in the air. Meanwhile, Zhang Che stamped his feet and jumped out of the plane.
At that moment, a burst of light suddenly erupted from the belly of the plane. With a loud explosion, the jet instantly turned into a huge ball of flames, its parts scattering in all directions.
Zhang Che only felt a large force suddenly pushing against the Purple Crystal Armor. It felt like he was a baseball struck by a baseball bat, flying far away. He thought he felt his organs shift positions, as a sweet taste appeared in his throat. He nearly vomited a mouthful of fresh blood, barely holding it in.
Although the Purple Crystal Armor had perfectly absorbed the explosion, the shockwave it had produced had inevitably hurt Zhang Che.
"Who exactly was it that sent a suicide warrior to set me up!?"
Realizing he was falling, Zhang Che hurriedly summoned the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, which caught him in mid-air.
The air around him was flowing fierce and wild. The jet had thoroughly disappeared, leaving only pieces of the plane falling.
"But, aren't they looking down on me too much? Did they think they could take my life with just that?"
Zhang Che watched the pieces of the jet fall as he rode on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back. He kept feeling that things weren't that simple.
Suddenly, he felt a few vibrations from his personal terminal on his left wrist.
He quickly had the Purple Crystal Tortoise dispel its skill and opened his personal terminal. He saw that in just this short period of time, Huang Juyun had called him several times.
Zhang Che hurriedly called back. Soon, Huang Juyun's anxious voice rose on the other end, "Xiaoche, are you alright?"
Zhang Che knew that the real people sent to fetch him didn't find him and reported back to Huang Juyun. The matter about him going on another jet must have reached his ears, too.
"Don't worry, Uncle Huang. I'm fine now. That plane detonated itself, but I'm unhurt."
"Okay, we've locked down your location through the satellite. Fly southwest; the jet will be there to receive you."
Zhang Che didn't respond. At this moment, he was looking at the skies above the forest below. As the remnants of the plane fell, a huge white tiger with two pairs of wings on its back suddenly flew into the air. Its eyes were filled with godly spirit and locked onto the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon.
"Hello? Xiaoche, are you listening?" Huang Juyun hurriedly called out through the personal terminal, noticing Zhang Che was not responding.
Zhang Che smiled bitterly and answered, "Uncle Huang, let the jet hold off on coming to me for now. There's a little bit of trouble here. I'll go over on my own to look for him later."
Done talking, he directly ended the call, looking at the rapidly approaching Four-winged White Tiger, his eyes filled with fear.
-So, this is their killing move!-
Zhang Che had to admit that the opposite party was truly something to set up such a death trap for him in just half an hour. The Four-winged White Tiger's appearance brought an extremely heavy pressure to bear upon him. He realized that this fellow's strength wouldn't be so simple.
"I hope it's not an epic-quality beast, or it'll be hard to make my escape…"
The Four-winged White Tiger was incredibly fast. Its speed clearly surpassed the sound barrier, but strangely enough, it didn't produce any sonic boom. In just a few breaths' time, it reached a high altitude.
Zhang Che's expression was extremely ugly.
To possess speed surpassing the sound barrier, either this Four-winged White Tiger was at epic-quality, or it was a high-tier beast!
No matter which was it, it was definitely not good news for Zhang Che!
"This won't do. Given this Four-winged White Tiger's speed, I definitely can't fight it in the air, or I won't have any chance of winning."
Zhang Che's mind worked at lightning speed. He immediately ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to dive down to the ground.
Although the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon wasn't faster than the speed of sound, it wasn't too far off, especially since they were now descending. With the help of gravity, they were incredibly close to the speed of sound.
Seeing the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon trying to escape, the Four-winged White Tiger drew a nimble arc in the air, chasing them closely.
Zhang Che felt his scalp going numb seeing this.
It was already so freaking fast, and it could even change direction in the air so nimbly. How terrifyingly strong was this fellow!?
He really wanted to let the Four-winged White Tiger close in a little more to take a look at the fellow's attributes. However, his rationality told him that doing so was no different from courting death.
"Come, slow it down a little!"
Zhang Che slapped on the Purple Crystal Tortoise's shell lightly. The latter immediately opened its mouth and morphed the tiny bit of rocks in its storage into rock spears, then activated its skill and shot them all out.
Zhang Che didn't dare let the Purple Crystal Tortoise use the ferocious beast's bone spikes to attack. The Four-winged White Tiger was incredibly fast and nimble; even using the Rock Spear Gatling skill might not hit it.
Indeed, facing the rain of rock spears from the Purple Crystal Tortoise, the Four-winged White Tiger's figure was like the most agile swift. It made a few sharp turns in the clear sky, dodging every single projectile cleanly.
" Si… "
Although he was mentally prepared for this, seeing the Four-winged White Tiger dodging the Purple Crystal Tortoise's skill so easily left him sucking in a breath of cold air uncontrollably. His brows were furrowed deeply.
At present, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was still at least two thousand meters above ground. Even though they were flying infinitely close to the speed of sound, they needed a few more seconds to reach the forest below.
However, the Four-winged White Tiger's speed wasn't affected much by the attack. It had closed to within only a few hundred meters away from them!
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Chapter 307: Battling the White Tiger
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In Bei Du, at the office of the Tri Special Intelligence Bureau under the direct jurisdiction of the Administrative Affairs Office…
Zhen Manting stood before a large ceiling-to-floor window, holding a cup of refreshing tea in her hand, looking outside. Her face was as calm as a dry well.
Dok dok dok…
Knocking sounds rang from the door, followed by a middle-aged man walking in, looking very respectful.
"Bureau Chief, we caught the person who divulged information and have begun interrogating him. But he is obviously a veteran spy. The interrogation has yet to yield any results."
Zhen Manting turned her head slightly, glancing at him, "What are you interrogating him for? Just hand him over to the Huang family directly, or they might think I'm the one causing trouble."
The middle-aged man revealed a hint of shock on his face. Although he really wanted to rebuke her, he could only nod after seeing the smile on Zhen Manting's face, and retreated from the room.
When the office door was closed, the corners of Zhen Manting's lips suddenly curled up into an inexplicable smile, mumbling to herself, "That kid surnamed Zhang really knows how to cause trouble, to actually offend the Japanese! I wonder which important characters are among those he messed with at that time, that the Japanese would not hesitate to expose a high-ranking mole to kill him. Looks like this grudge isn't anything trivial… although I really have to thank that kid for helping me unearth that mole through this matter. Hehehehe…"
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In the military zone at Qian Wei City, Huang Juyun stood in a room filled with apparatuses with a serious face. On the large screen in front of him, Zhang Che was shown riding his Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, trying to make his escape from a Four-winged White Tiger.
Huang Juyun's expression was dark and as sunken as water, his fists clenched tight. His eyes were emitting killing intent.
Suddenly, an adjutant walked in quickly, holding a strange communication device in his hand.
"General, an encrypted call from the Tri Special Intelligence Bureau."
Hearing the words "Tri Special Intelligence Bureau" made Huang Juyun's eyelids twitch slightly. He nodded and received the device from the adjutant. He said in a deep voice, "This is Huang Juyun."
Unexpectedly, the other end of the call was from a respectful male voice, "Hello, General Huang. Our Bureau Chief told me to pass on the message that our Tri Special Intelligence Bureau has discovered a mole. After our preliminary investigation, we found out that he revealed information regarding Mr Zhang Che to a certain Japanese faction. This ambush on Mr Zhang Che was orchestrated by him. At present, we have already apprehended the said mole, and he is being sent to Bei Du's army as we speak, for you to interrogate personally…"
Huang Juyun listened silently to the entire message. Afterwards, he only replied evenly, "Give my thanks to your Bureau Chief," and hung up directly. He returned the phone to the adjutant and waved him off.
"Zhen Manting, you're a little too much this time. If anything happens to Xiaoche, I definitely won't let the matter drop!"
Huang Juyun was sure that this mole in the Tri Special Intelligence Bureau was exposed long ago. Zhen Manting was probably aware about the operation targeting Zhang Che, but she didn't stop it in time.
A complicated expression flashed across his eyes. Afterwards, he set his gaze on the screen displaying the surveillance feed of the satellite in real time. Zhang Che flew into the forest below on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon. The Four-winged White Tiger also disappeared from the screen.
That area was too far from where Huang Juyun was. He could only watch, unable to provide any help.
"Now, I can only hope that that kid makes it through…," he sighed and stood up, walking out.
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"I'm finally here!" Zhang Che couldn't help but sigh in relief as the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon plunged into the forest.
As long as they weren't fighting that Four-winged White Tiger in the air, even if his babies were no match for it, at least they had enough space to move around.
At Zhang Che's thought, his strong babies were summoned out with a wave of his hand. Five-colored rays shone one after another. A group of varied subdued beasts and pets filled the dense forest.
At almost the same time, the Four-winged White Tiger behind them also descended from the sky without any hesitation. Its massive figure quickly entered Zhang Che's sight.
His eyelids twitched a little, and he immediately recalled the Mutated Giant Ape and Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus.
In the next moment, the Four-winged White Tiger suddenly opened its mouth, letting out a loud roar at him.
Carried by the roar, an invisible mental attack swept through like a wave. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, Purple Crystal Tortoise, and his other subdued beasts stopped moving for a moment, but they weren't affected much. Behind them, Zhang Che was unfazed by the attack, and even revealed a faint smile.
[Four-winged White Tiger]
Level: Seven Star (Level 62)
Quality: Dark Gold
Characteristics: Mental and Space Dual Attributed. Possesses Extraordinary Speed and Nimbleness, Has Strong Mental Attacks
Weakness: Lacking in Physical Defense
Innate Attribute: Born with the Ability to Manipulate the Power of Space, Able to Teleport Extremely Short Distances During Flight, and In Turn Obtain Super High Flight Speed Without Having to Withstand the Great Pressure Produced After Surpassing the Speed of Sound. Its Roars Contains Strong Mental Attacks Which Can Cause Heavy Mental Traumas to its Foes.
Skill: Spirit Break. Its Mental Attacks Become Several Times Stronger After Activation of Skill, Directly Destroying the Souls of its Enemies. Range of Skill: 1000 Meters in a 120 Degree Cone in Front of User. (The Further Away, The Weaker Its Effect. After Exceeding the Skill's Range, the Effect is Lowered to that of a Normal Mental Attack.) Cooldown Time: 30 Minutes.
Potential: C Rank
It had to be said that this Four-winged White Tiger was one of the strongest exotic beasts Zhang Che had ever encountered. It was probably only slightly weaker than the two epic-quality exotic beasts he had met.
Not only that, this fellow was an extremely rare space and mental dual attributed exotic beast. Both its defensive or offensive abilities belonged to an extremely peculiar type.
However, it was also due to the combination of those two unusual attributes that the Four-winged White Tiger's close combat ability wasn't very strong. In addition, its weakness was its low physical defense.
Of course, just by possessing that powerful mental attack made this Four-winged White Tiger an extremely tough beast to handle.
Earlier, Zhang Che managed to recall the Mutated Giant Ape and Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus in time, fearing that those two pets would be unable to withstand the mental attack.
Although those two beasts were classic close combat beasts, they were both pets. They had no resistance or whatsoever against the Four-winged White Tiger's mental attacks. They might even die straight away from the attacks.
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was different, however. That fellow was no ordinary life form anymore. Unless he was up against powerful innate fire elemental attacks, he was basically unkillable as long as his darkfiend aura remained. At the most, he would only be severely injured.
As for the Purple Crystal Tortoise and Scarlet Flame Drake, they were both subdued beasts without complete souls of their own. As such, naturally they had strong resistances against mental type attacks. Although they could be greatly affected, their foundations wouldn't be easily damaged.
After the roar, the Four-winged White Tiger was a little stunned.
The attack that had worked without fail against all the prey it had hunted in the past had actually failed…
The Four-winged White Tiger was in disbelief, certain that these fellows in front of its eyes must have been strong enough to barely withstand the attack.
Nevermind; this was only the most basic mental attack. It still had its killer move!
It opened its mouth wide once more. This time, however, it didn't make any sound, but an extremely terrifying mental attack shot forth, enveloping the space in front of it in a hundred and twenty degree cone.
In the blink of an eye, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, Purple Crystal Tortoise, and the Scarlet Flame Drake revealed painful looks on their faces. But that was all.
As for Zhang Che, who was standing behind them, he remained unaffected. A scarlet sword had appeared in his hand.
Roar! The Four-winged White Tiger was thoroughly enraged. Its mental attacks and Spirit Break skill were both ineffective, but that didn't mean it had no other moves.
It was a seven-star dark gold-quality exotic beast! It might not be as strong as other exotic beasts of similar level and quality physically, but it wasn't so weak that a bunch of mid-tier beasts could compare to it, either!
At the same time as the tiger's roar, the Four-winged White Tiger disappeared, directly appearing in front of Zhang Che's babies. Its claws turned into blurs, attacking the three beasts, but its spirited eyes were dead set on Zhang Che.
Zhang Che let go of the scarlet sword in his hand, suddenly shutting his eyes.
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Chapter 308: Zhang Xiaoche, I Grew Fat Again
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A white silhouette was streaking through the forest like lightning.
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, Scarlet Flame Drake, and the Purple Crystal Tortoise were guarding Zhang Che between them. They had no way to resist the Four-winged White Tiger's attacks at all, and could only use their bodies to shield him.
The Four-Winged White Tiger, who had the ability of micro instantaneous movements, was simply unavoidable. Every swing of its claws would hit Zhang Che's babies accurately, producing loud dull striking sounds.
Even so, its attacks were unable to yield the results it wanted.
The Purple Crystal Tortoise's defense was impenetrable by non-divine-quality attacks. Despite the huge force behind the attacks sending it tumbling away, even slamming it against huge trees from time to time, it didn't receive any damage at all.
On the other hand, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon had a crystallized body, and even had an undying body of abyssal cold. Even if his crystallized body was torn to shreds by the Four-Winged White Tiger, it wouldn't affect his movements at all.
Only the Scarlet Flame Drake had many wounds on its scaled body, fresh blood flowing everywhere. However, with the help from the two other beasts, it was able to persist.
Zhang Che, hiding safely in the middle of the three beasts, had his eyes closed, the scarlet sword hovering silently in front of him.
He focused his mind on the golden vortex in his spiritual sea. Through his spiritual sense, he was able to see everything within the surrounding hundred and ten meters.
Suddenly, a scarlet ray of light streaked through the dark forest.
The Four-Winged White Tiger let out a low, deep roar in fright. Its nimble body blinked around several times at a speed invisible to the naked eye, leaving its original position in an instant, while the scarlet light flew past where the tiger's neck had been.
Zhang Che's expression was dead calm. He didn't feel any frustration after his failed attack. Instead, he continued directing the scarlet sword. He chose the most opportune moment and launched a flurry of attacks against the Four-Winged White Tiger.
The beast kept roaring out furiously. The scarlet sword was like an annoying fly sticking around the Four-Winged White Tiger, every attack aiming for its vitals, forcing it to weave about in the forest, and give up on its assault against Zhang Che, who was hiding in the middle of the three beasts.
-Wasn't it just disturbed by the debris of the plane? Why isn't it running away?,-Zhang Che thought as he was focused on the golden vortex, directing the scarlet sword's attacks.
However, this was good, too. Once the cooldown period for the Purple Crystal Tortoise's skill was over, Zhang Che was confident in bringing down the Four-Winged White Tiger.
Although beast cards wouldn't drop from killing exotic beasts on Mercury, Zhang Che didn't necessarily have to kill it. After injuring it heavily, he could try to use the rainbow crystal to tame it.
If he succeeded in taming the beast, it was equivalent to having another high-tier combat force, especially since the Four-Winged White Tiger's mental attack was an invaluable support for Zhang Che's army.
Time slowly flowed by. Fatigue was getting to Zhang Che, but the Four-Winged White Tiger's body now sported a few deep cuts, too.
Even so, the high-tier exotic beast still refused to leave!
"Five minutes have finally passed!"
Sensing the cooldown time for the Purple Crystal Tortoise's skill had passed, Zhang Che focused with renewed vigor, controlling the scarlet sword. The sword turned into a blur of scarlet light, surrounding the Four-Winged White Tiger.
The Purple Crystal Tortoise slowly opened its mouth. It activated its skill, all hundred and eight bone spikes instantly shot out.
Sensing the great threat approaching, the Four-Winged White Tiger went berserk and roared out furiously, charging towards the net of swords fearlessly. Alas, the sword stabbed into its neck, stopping it in place for a moment.
The pause lasted for less than a tenth of a second, but the Purple Crystal Tortoise's barrage of bone spikes instantly punched the Four-Winged White Tiger's body full of holes like a sieve. Blood and flesh splattered everywhere.
At the same time, the scarlet sword cut around the tiger's neck, nearly decapitating it.
Zhang Che suddenly opened his eyes, walking quickly towards the dying exotic beast.
"Are you willing to join me?"
Alas, the Four-Winged White Tiger wouldn't give in no matter how Zhang Che tried to entice or threaten it. As its life force quickly dwindled, it let out a final furious, miserable roar in the end, and its head fell to the side, dead.
"Forget it. A beast like you with such a strong will is really uncommon. Rest in peace," Zhang Che sighed. Seeing the Four-Winged White Tiger's eyes had lost their divine light and were still opened, he couldn't help but reach out to close them.
Although Zhang Che would never let go of the corpse of a seven-star dark gold-quality exotic beast, it didn't stop him from shutting its eyes.
"Hmm? Not right!"
Zhang Che stopped for a moment. Afterwards, he turned to look at the direction the Four-Winged White Tiger was looking at before its death. A twinkle shone in his eyes as he ordered the Purple Crystal Tortoise to put the corpse away and mounted the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, flying in that direction.
A short while later, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon suddenly emerged from the top of the trees and rose to the skies, flying south with Zhang Che in tow.
At this moment, Zhang Che was smiling brightly, looking at the sleeping bag in his hand that seemed to contain something, his eyes in slits with a wide smile.
After smiling for some time, Zhang Che suddenly opened up his personal terminal and called Huang Tielan.
Huang Tielan was obviously not very clear on the details of Zhang Che's trip, thinking he went to some beast world to train. Seeing he had returned, she asked in surprise, "Eh? Zhang Xiaoche, this time you're back so soon?"
"Mhm. I'm still on my way back," Zhang Che replied, smiling. He asked, "Are you at school? Quickly come back. Right, to your ancestral house. I'll be back around evening."
After ending his call with Miss Tienan, Zhang Che saw the jet receiving him hovering a thousand meters in the air.
-It won't be another imposter this time, right?- Thinking of the set up, Zhang Che revealed a hint of happiness instead.
"Although it can be considered a blessing in disguise this time, I won't thank you people. If I ever find out who is causing trouble behind my back, just wait for my revenge!"
A hint of cold killing intent flashed across his eyes. He stepped into the open cabin of the jet, which then quickly turned around and flew in Bei Du City's direction.
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The sun slowly set in the west. After a few hours of flight, they finally arrived at the field near the outer courtyard of the Huang family's ancestral house in eastern Bei Du.
Zhang Che directly jumped off the plane from several meters up, carrying a sleeping bag. His knees bent a little, dispersing the impact of the jump, and he quickly trotted towards Huang Tielan, who was waiting outside the field.
At present, Huang Juyun was still on his way to the capital. The two Huang elders naturally wouldn't be here to receive Zhang Che, who was two generations younger. As such, he didn't hide his excitement at all and smiled. "It's been a few days, Miss Tienan. Have you been well?"
Chi..! Huang Tielan, who was originally showing an embarrassed expression, immediately burst into laughter. "Haha, Zhang Xiaoche, don't mess around!"
The two stood facing each other. Zhang Che was looking intently at Huang TIelan's face. Her embarrassed look from earlier crept back up on her cheeks, when she suddenly said with a hint of sadness, "Zhang Xiaoche, I seem to have grown fatter. What should I do!?"
Zhang Che shook his head resolutely when he heard this. "Not fat. Not fat at all. This way is the best!"
He had to be firm. He definitely couldn't let her continue on this topic!
Huang Tielan finally smiled, "Alright, you get a pass. But, I really seem to be growing fatter… eh? Why are you carrying a sleeping bag?" It was only now that she noticed the sleeping bag in Zhang Che's arm. She was surprised by his unusual action and hurriedly asked about it.
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Chapter 309: The Real Culprit Behind the Scenes
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Indeed, what a girl paid the most attention to would eternally be the question of whether they were fat, even though Huang Tielan didn't look fat at all… uhm, okay, putting it that way would be going against his conscience. A little fat was fine, however. It looked more pleasing to the eye!
(Ed. Note: No, no, this isn't sexist at all…)
Zhang Che was amused by Huang Tielan's slow reaction. He decided to put on airs, saying, "Let's go find a quiet room first. I'll tell you what this is later."
"Gosh, Zhang Xiaoche, you're getting bolder by the day!" Huang Tielan looked at Zhang Che in disbelief, then glanced towards the sleeping bag in his arms. Her expression seemed to convey her disbelief at his behavior. Afterwards, her cheeks flushed red, saying indistinctly, "Are boys always thinking about those things? I know it's hard for you, but promise me, wait until we're married, okay?"
Zhang Che staggered, nearly falling. -Am I someone like that?-
He reached out and tousled Huang Tielan's head, not knowing whether to be angry or amused. He said, "What are you thinking with that brain of yours? This is your house; I wouldn't dare even if you said yes! Who do I blame if your dad returns and break my legs? Hurry, let's go to a quiet room. I have something good for you!"
Done speaking, he pointed to the bulging sleeping bag.
-So I was mistaken…- Huang Tielan was embarrassed! Her cheeks turned even redder.
But, her attention was quickly drawn by Zhang Che. She raised her arm and compared herself with Zhang Che, exclaiming in surprise, "Eh? Zhang Xiaoche, you grew taller again. You seem to be just a little taller than me now!"
Zhang Che was thoroughly defeated by Huang Tielan's strange train of thoughts. He directly wrapped his arm around Miss Tienan's shoulder and pulled her away.
"Come on, let's go check out what I brought you!"
It was only then that Huang Tielan believed Zhang Che really had something to discuss with her. She hurriedly brought him into a quiet guest room located at the front courtyard of the ancestral house.
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"Zhang Xiaoche, what exactly is in this sleeping bag?" Huang Tielan asked, her gaze falling on the sleeping bag in Zhang Che's arms, showing a curious look.
"No hurries. Wait until I'm out before you open it to see."
Zhang Che directly put the sleeping bag on the bed and walked out quickly, even closing the door.
Huang Tielan's surprised exclamation was immediately heard from inside the room, "Woah, what a cute little white tiger! Hm? This boy actually has two pairs of wings! How strange! Oh, his eyes aren't open yet… Hah, you actually opened them just as I mentioned it! Here, here, let me give you a kiss…"
Zhang Che slapped his forehead speechlessly. People really couldn't compare to one another. Did she complete the acknowledgment of master already?
Wasn't it said that baby exotic beasts didn't acknowledge their master easily?
It seemed like this girl had a natural familiarity about her, making a baby exotic beast subconsciously rely on her right when they opened their eyes!
-Luckily when I found this little Four-winged White Tiger, this little fellow had yet to open his eyes fully before he was put into the sleeping bag. Otherwise, if he saw me first, would he immediately acknowledge me like it did to Miss Tienan?
-It seems very unlikely…-
The door was pulled open with a creak. Huang Tielan walked out of the room, carrying a big cat-sized little white tiger in her arms with an excited smile.
"Thank you, Zhang Xiaoche. My Caihong finally has a companion now!"
The little white tiger laid his head against Huang Tielan's chest, his eyes shut in contentment. Sensing the attention from Zhang Che's gaze, he couldn't help but open his eyes, roaring out in a low, immature voice.
Zhang Che rolled his eyes back, feeling like had he carried this little beast all this way for nothing.
Huang Tielan immediately caressed the white tiger's head and said gently, "Don't cry out, Xiaobai. This is big brother Zhang Che. He's also your family from now on!" {TLN: Xiaobai means Little White.}
Zhang Che interrupted, "Wait. Can I not be his brother?"
Huang Tielan looked up at him in confusion.
Zhang Che chuckled, "Tell him to call me daddy!"
Huang Tielan raised her long leg and kicked towards Zhang Che, "You're looking to die, Zhang Xiaoche! Taking advantage of me again!"
Zhang Che ran off, bursting out in laughter. He teased, "Isn't this just a matter of when? Haha, let's just leave it at that!"
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After completing the little Four-winged White Tiger's acknowledgment of master, Zhang Che and Huang Tielan went to the villa his mother stayed at and had a warm, comfy dinner together, before returning to the Huang family's ancestral house.
Huang Juyun had arrived!
"Xiaoche, we've investigated this matter clearly."
In the study, Huang Juyun and Zhang Che sat opposite one another, each with a cup of hot tea placed in front of them.
Huang Juyun took a sip of tea and slowly said, "The Tri Special Intelligence Bureau, which is the department Zhen Manting manages, had a mole. Via spying on your personal terminal, he learned about me sending a jet to fetch you, then contacted a suicide warrior hiding within the army and rushed to the icy plains before my man."
"Zhen Manting has already delivered that spy to me. There are people interrogating him right now. At present, what we know is that the ones targeting you are Japanese. It's unclear exactly which faction they belong to. More interrogating needs to be done before we'll find out."
Zhang Che was silent for a while. He suddenly asked, "Then, did Zhen Manting find out BEFORE, or AFTER the matter?"
This was crucial. If it was the former, it meant that Zhen Manting allowed the spy to stir trouble. Although it wasn't like she owed Zhang Che anything, it clearly showed them the true face of a potential enemy.
If it was the latter, there wasn't anything to be said. They just needed to maintain their caution against that woman.
Huang Juyun shook his head, smiling bitterly, "I'm not sure, either. But, you don't have to be too worried about Zhen Manting in Hua Xia. Although we have conflicts, she won't target or do anything against you directly."
Zhang Che nodded. Actually, he wasn't afraid of being targeted. He was more worried about them playing tricks. Those were the hardest to guard against.
Take this incident, for example. If Zhen Manting had learned of the spy's actions beforehand and played along with it and apprehended the spy afterwards, who could possibly fault her for it?
-Damn it, I hate this kind of scheming the most! Hopefully that woman won't come find trouble or play anymore tricks in the future. If she really pushed me into a corner, I'll directly slaughter my way to her, not giving a shit!- Zhang Che cursed inside. He wasn't afraid of such nonsense. If she really drove him mad, at the most he'd just put on a new face and slaughter his way to her house. Who would know he was the culprit?
With the Myriad Transformation Lizard card, Zhang Che wasn't afraid of anyone!
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Chapter 310: The Best Anti-Spy Equipment
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Seeing Zhang Che was unharmed, Huang Juyun finally settled down.
Not only was this kid unhurt, he even obtained the cub of a high-tier exotic beast that was about to open his eyes. His luck was truly incredible!
-Although, this kid treats my girl really well. He didn't even stop to think for a moment and gave such a great pet to my girl. He really is a man worth entrusting your life to!-
"Alright, Zhen Manting's matter aside, you being set up by the Japanese is all your own fault."
Pausing, Huang Juyun looked at Zhang Che with a slight faulting gaze. This kid was still too young, not thinking about the consequences of his actions. Now, trouble was finding its way back to him!
Hearing Huang Juyun mentioning this, Zhang Che couldn't help but smile in embarrassment.
Indeed, he didn't think through his actions at that time. He only wanted to set up those people; who would have thought they were so weak that the epic-quality exotic beast would wipe them out?
However, Zhang Che didn't regret it a tiny bit.
Putting aside the history of his previous life, on Mercury, Hua Xia was also invaded by the Japanese over a hundred years ago. Who could forget about that?
Seeing the embarrassed look on Zhang Che's face, Huang Juyun didn't harp on the matter. He changed the topic, saying, "Right, I haven't had the chance to ask you. What happened in the secret plane this time? Why did everyone return all of a sudden?"
Zhang Che shook his head, answering, "I don't know. It just happened all of a sudden. The entire secret plane crumbled, and I was sent back to Mercury for some unknown reason. I don't know what exactly happened in there."
Huang Juyun nodded silently. His expression was somewhat solemn as he said, "It probably suffered some attack. Hopefully it's not related to the mysterious energy behind the demonic flower you mentioned. If not, I'm afraid our world won't find peace."
Zhang Che thought to himself, -This time, it really didn't concern the mysterious energy behind the demonic flower. The entire secret plane shattered because of that big boss in my spiritual sea. It absorbed the foundation energy of the secret world.-
The two stopped talking about this matter tacitly.
Zhang Che suddenly took off the bracelet on his wrist. After wiping away his spiritual imprint, he gave it to Huang Juyun and said, "Uncle Huang, this is what I got from the secret plane. Take a look."
Back in the secret plane, Zhang Che transferred everything in the big black man's Meso Worm over to the bracelet. Even the pile of stellar crystals was in there.
To him, those things weren't very valuable, and he lacked a channel to convert them into money.
Moreover, even if he gave them all to Huang Juyun, as his future father-in-law, would he have the cheek to take them all? He would leave at least half for Zhang Che!
Not only that, Zhang Che's greatest gains in the secret plane weren't these worldly possessions…
The rainbow crystal had a sumptuous meal, although it was still unknown what new abilities it had gained. The scarlet and white swords weren't ordinary, either, not to mention Zhang Che formed the golden vortex in his spiritual sea by some stroke of luck. The two swords were his greatest trumps right now.
Originally, Zhang Che planned on giving the white sword to Miss Tienan, but he realized later on that the golden vortex in his spiritual sea was necessary to display the swords' full potential. He could only put a hold on this matter.
Huang Juyun didn't reject him. He directly took the beast card from Zhang Che and triggered spiritual resonance with it, then branded his spiritual imprint on it and took a look inside.
In the moment he looked into the dimension inside the bracelet, Huang Juyun nearly jumped up from fright. He looked at Zhang Che with his eyes wide, asking in disbelief, "Why would you have so much? Y-yo-you, you didn't rob other beastmasters in there, did you?"
The bracelet had around fifty cubic meters worth of space, and it was almost filled to the brim with all kinds of rare minerals, especially the mountain of stellar crystals. They were dazzling, blurring Huang Juyun's sight.
During those few days, even if Zhang Che did nothing but dig for minerals, it was impossible for him to dig out this amount of minerals!
Zhang Che chuckled, explaining, "I didn't go around robbing others, although there was a group of people who tried to rob me. In the end, I turned the tables and robbed them instead. Only the pile of stellar crystals was found by me. The rest belonged to that group of people."
Zhang Che spoke nonchalantly, but Huang Juyun was very clear on how dangerous it was inside.
How could a group of people who managed to rob this many resources be looked down on?
From the looks of it, this future son-in-law of his was hiding many aces up his sleeves!
He didn't mind, however. Who wouldn't have some secrets of their own?
Moments later, he thought of those beastmasters that went around robbing people. They were surely an atrocious bunch. How could they possibly hand over their resources willingly? Surely they would rather die and sacrifice their beast cards than hand over their fortune…
When Huang Juyun asked about this, Zhang Che didn't try to hide from him. With a wave of his hand, a large, peculiar butterfly appeared in the study.
"Uncle Huang, this subdued beast of mine has a skill. When non-high-tier beastmasters have their guards down, they can be easily controlled. They will do whatever I tell them during a five minute window. They won't hesitate even if I tell them to kill themselves."
Huang Juyun's eyes went wide. This time, he was really astonished.
"There's such a queer exotic beast? Boy, you keep surprising uncle!"
Huang Juyun immediately thought of the spy that was still being interrogated. He stood up and said to Zhang Che, "Come, we'll go find that spy. With this subdued beast of yours, it'll be a piece of cake to find out which Japanese faction is targeting you."
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The two of them left during the night. After over an hour of driving, they arrived at a military base outside of Bei Du City.
After passing through three guarded entrances, the two finally arrived at the area where felons were being held at.
Once the Psychedelic Ghost-Patterned Butterfly appeared, the spy who had not revealed a single thing, despite being tortured to the brink of death by the interrogator, immediately spilled out everything he knew.
Only Zhang Che and Huang Juyun were involved in the entire process. Seeing the spy revealing everything they wanted to know under their questioning, Huang Juyun was both surprised and ecstatic.
This subdued beast was simply the best anti-spy equipment!
For a brief moment, Huang Juyun's heart was moved.
If he had such a subdued beast, there would be no need to spend any effort investigating suspicious personnel in the department. He could directly order the subdued beast to use its Enchant skill and ask them openly, easily weeding out the spies.
Of course, this subdued beast wasn't omnipotent. It was unable to affect high-tier beastmasters.
However, would anyone with the strength to become a high-tier beastmaster be an unknown figure? How could they possibly be willing to be spies? Even if such people existed, they would be extremely rare.
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During their journey back, Zhang Che seemed to see through Huang Juyun's thoughts. He wiped away his spiritual imprint on the Psychedelic Ghost-Patterned Butterfly card with a smile and handed it to Huang Juyun, saying, "Uncle Huang, I watched your interrogation process earlier. I realized that it's really not easy to pry open the mouth of a good spy. I hope this subdued beast will be useful to you."
Huang Juyun was overjoyed inside. However, he didn't have the face to take his own junior's belonging. He tried his hardest to suppress his excitement and rejected, "Forget it, it's very useful for you…"
Before he could finish his words, Zhang Che said with a smile, "Actually, I have a spare."
Huang Juyun was thoroughly speechless. He could swear that he had never seen such a lucky guy!
-Looks like our Lanlan has a really good eye for people, picking an ideal man at first sight!-
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Chapter 311: Purple Crystal Points
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Giving this two-star gold-quality Psychedelic Ghost-Patterned Butterfly to Huang Juyun could be considered making full use of it. It would be a great help to the Huang family.
As for Zhang Che himself, if his calculations were right, after tonight, that five-star silver-quality Psychedelic Ghost-Patterned Butterfly card would advance to gold-quality!
This left Zhang Che anticipating.
The two-star gold-quality variant was already this amazing. Then, wouldn't the five-star version's abilities be much higher?
It was a given! The only thing to look out for was how much better!
"Xiaoche, the Miyazaki clan is a huge faction that holds much weight in Japan. You having set up their descendant accidentally, they definitely won't let the matter rest so easily. You have to be more careful if you leave Hua Xia or enter the beast world," Huang Juyun warned Zhang Che sincerely in the car.
Huang Juyun truly didn't expect this son-in-law of his (Mhm, this old man has totally sold off his daughter in his heart) to not only have extraordinary luck, his ability to get into trouble was equally ridiculous.
The Miyazaki clan was much more powerful than the Huang family. They were a top clan in all of Japan. Having indirectly caused the death of their descendant, they would surely take revenge.
Although they wouldn't go to the extent of openly coming to Hua Xia to take revenge, if Zhang Che ever left Hua Xia, or entered the beast world, he would surely suffer endless troubles from them.
Zhang Che smiled, "Rest assured, Uncle Huang. I'll be careful."
Truthfully speaking, he wasn't afraid of that Miyazaki clan or whatever.
At the most, he'd switch his identity beforehand when he needed to leave Hua Xia or enter the beast world in the future. Where would they go to find him?
Zhang Che's only worry was his mother, Sun Lan!
Although the security at the villa Sun Lan stayed at was very good, that was only relative to common people. Any expert beastmaster at mid-tier or higher would be able to sneak in easily.
Who knew? Perhaps the Miyazaki clan's next move would be to take action from this angle after their failure.
Huang Juyun nodded. Given his many years of experience, how could he possibly not know what his son-in-law was worried about when he saw the look on Zhang Che's face? He immediately smiled and said, "Just look after your own safety. On your mother's end, I'll have Liu Gang and the others stay close to her around the clock. Nothing will happen to her."
Zhang Che felt moved. He didn't expect his future father-in-law to be so attentive.
"Thank you, Uncle Huang! Thank you for your trouble, really!"
"What trouble, we're all family," Huang Juyun dismissed Zhang Che with a wave of his hand. He continued, "But, the men are yours. If you really want to ensure your mother's safety, you have to equip Liu Gang and the others with some decent beast cards. These expenditures will be deducted from the resources you obtained, the remainder of which I'll exchange into purple crystal points for you tomorrow. That way, you won't have to cash them in at the last minute if you need to buy any high-end things."
Purple crystal points. That was one of the currencies used by those at the top of the pyramid to exchange for top-grade beast cards, or high-grade ingredients.
As its name suggested, purple crystal points were based on the price of purple-gold crystals. One purple crystal point was equivalent to one gram of purple-gold crystal. When converted into Alliance dollars, it was worth at least ten thousand dollars, and under normal circumstances, no one would be willing to sell it for that.
Exchanging all of Zhang Che's harvests on this trip into purple crystal points was an astronomical sum. Unfortunately, his math was very poor, and was unable to get an exact amount of how much it was. In any case, it was a lot.
Putting everything else aside, just the mountain of stellar crystals weighed around two tons. The value of stellar crystals was around ten times that of purple-gold crystals; how much would that be when converted into purple crystal points?
Zhang Che calculated properly, and the final results gave him a shock.
It was twenty million points!
Adding on the assorted piles of minerals he got from the big black man, the total worth was close to the equivalent of twenty tons of purple-gold crystals. That was another twenty million purple crystal points!
Adding them together, that was forty million purple crystal points!
But, it didn't seem to be too much?
To put it in perspective, some top-grade three-star gold-quality beast cards were already worth a thousand purple crystal points.
By calculating according to their combat strength, the basic strength of a five-star legend-quality beast was about twenty times higher than a three-star gold-quality beast.
That was only their basic strength. In terms of value, you still needed to multiply by about fifty or so.
In other words, the minimum price of a five-star legend-quality beast card would reach a million purple crystal points.
Forty million purple crystal points could only buy you forty of the worst five-star legend-quality beast cards.
Putting it that way, this fortune really didn't seem much.
Zhang Che blinked a few times, realizing for the first time how massive his assets truly were.
By calculating according to this, even if he could only claim half of it, he could totally arm Liu Gang's little squad of three to the teeth. Equipping every one of them with a few mid-tier legend-quality beast cards was simply like a game.
With that, basically he didn't need to worry about his mother's safety any more.
After all, no matter how much the Miyazaki hated him, they definitely wouldn't risk offending Hua Xia officials and sending truly powerful figures to get rid of him.
On the other hand, if they only sent a couple mid-tier beastmasters, even if they were equipped with an epic-quality beast card, with the strength of Liu Gang's squad, they would be able to buy enough time for reinforcements to arrive, even if they couldn't win.
After all, Bei Du was the heart of Hua Xia region. How could others do as they wished so easily?
Sitting at the side, Huang Juyun watched as Zhang Che mumbled to himself with a serious expression, calculating with the help of his fingers. He couldn't help but find it amusing, asking, "Why… are you calculating your fortune? Don't bother. I can tell you truthfully that this fortune is definitely more than the total assets of some small or medium-sized houses. You can totally be considered a super wealthy man."
Having been seen through by his future father-in-law, Zhang Che smiled in embarrassment and said, "Actually, I feel that it's not a lot. After all, it can only buy a few dozen mid-tier legend-quality beast cards at the most."
Huang Juyun nearly laughed out in frustration.
-It can only buy a few dozen mid-tier legend-quality beast cards?
-Do you really think legend-quality beast cards are like cabbages you find at the market?-
During this trip to the secret plane, many of the young elites from small-medium houses only brought a legend-quality beast card or two with them. That would nearly bankrupt their family; and he actually dared to look down on legend-quality beast cards!
However, when he thought of that brat's heaven-defying luck, Huang Juyun surmised that Zhang Che had quite a lot of good stuff. Looking down on legend-quality beast cards didn't seem to be so big of a deal now.
Done thinking, Huang Juyun could only sigh helplessly.
-Indeed, people can't compare with one another. When I was his age, what kind of beast cards was I using?
-Hmm, when I was around eighteen or nineteen years old, I was only a Tier Three beastmaster. The best beast card I had was only a dark gold-quality one, and the rest were only ordinary stuff.-
Huang Juyun decided to close his eyes to rest. He felt that he couldn't continue talking with this son-in-law of his, or he might really go crazy with envy.
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By the time they returned to the Huang family's ancestral house again, it was close to midnight.
Zhang Che was resting in the guest room, wondering if Miss Tienan would visit him in the middle of the night.
-Mhm, that's impossible. Not even in my dreams!-
As he expected, he had a good night's sleep, only dreaming of himself sitting on a mountain of purple-gold crystals, smiling stupidly to himself. It left him very unsatisfied when he woke up.
However, in the next moment, he couldn't help but show a faint smile.
That five-star silver-quality Psychedelic Ghost-Patterned Butterfly had advanced to gold-quality, as he anticipated!
[Psychedelic Ghost-Patterned Butterfly]
Level: Five Star (Level 50)
Quality: Gold
Type: Original Combat Body
Characteristics: Able to Disperse Hallucination Powder, Causing Those Affected to Become Mentally Confused
Weakness: Fire Elemental Attacks
Innate Attribute: Amplified Confusion. The Effects of the Hallucination-Inducing Poisonous Powders are Greatly Amplified.
Skill: Enchant. Allows Temporary Control of Three Targets at Maximum After Activation, Obeying Any and All Commands. Lasts 20 Minutes, Cooldown Time: 30 Minutes. (Note: Skill is Ineffective Against Six-Star Dark Gold-Quality and Above Beasts, and Effect is Increasingly Stronger Against Weaker Beasts. Has Terrifying Effects on Humans. Non-High-Tier Beastmasters are Unable to Resist When Caught Unguarded.)
Potential: B Rank
However, after checking the beast card's attributes, Zhang Che couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
Its basic attributes weren't very different than before. Compared to the two-star gold-quality version, the five-star gold-quality Psychedelic Ghost-Patterned Butterfly mainly had better skill effects.
The number of targets it could control increased from one to three, and the duration was now twenty minutes. Also, it had certain effects against exotic beasts at six-star dark gold-quality or below.
However, what Zhang Che looked forward to the most was its effect against humans. There weren't any changes; it was still unable to do anything against high-tier beastmasters.
Thinking about it, however, the effects were already very terrifying. It was only at gold-quality. When it rose to dark gold-quality in the future, it might have a qualitative increase in abilities.
Wouldn't it be a little too overpowered if he could control high-tier beastmasters now?
"Time to wake up, Zhang Xiaoche!"
Just as Zhang Che was thinking about all these things, Huang Tielan's voice suddenly rang out from outside.
"Alright. Let me wash my face first."
Zhang Che put on his clothes and crawled out of bed. He went to wash up in a hurry. When he walked out, he saw Miss Tienan standing at the corridor outside in a cheerful mood, with the millstone-sized Demonic Rainbow Spider Caihong behind her, and the Four-winged White Tiger cub, Xiaobai, in her arms. His big cat-sized head was laying comfortably on Huang Tielan's chest, drawing jealousy from Zhang Che.
The most infuriating thing was, that little fellow opened his eyes and bared his fangs at Zhang Che when he saw the latter walking out. It seemed the cub was still unfamiliar with him.
-Hm, when did I offend this little thing, to show me an attitude the moment we met?- Zhang Che was depressed.
The Demonic Rainbow Crystal seemed very dissatisfied that the Four-winged White Tiger had stolen his "motherly love" from him. Seeing Zhang Che walking out, he immediately crawled forward and up along Zhang Che's clothes, and into his arms.
Zhang Che's expression immediately stiffened.
This freaking thing was filled with lethal poison everywhere. What should Zhang Che do if the baby spider accidentally bit him?
Moreover, Zhang Che hadn't liked such furry insects since he was a kid. He immediately felt uncomfortable all over. However, Miss Tienan was looking at the side, smiling. He could only summon his courage and extended his arms, holding onto this really pretty, but extremely dangerous Demonic Rainbow Spider, and headed to the living hall with Huang Tielan.
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When they arrived at the living hall, the two Huang elders and Huang Juyun were sitting around a table, with exquisite breakfast sets spread out before them.
"Quickly, we're just waiting for you kids," the granny beckoned them over with a smile.
Zhang Che didn't dare to take it slow. He walked over and greeted them accordingly in a respectful manner, then sat beside Huang Juyun. The whole family then started on their breakfast.
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After breakfast, Huang Tielan went to school to continue her pre-school term training, while Zhang Che was called on by Huang Juyun. The two directly took a car and headed to the City Administration building in Bei Du.
"The personal terminal you're using now isn't very safe. I applied an encrypted special model for you; this way, you won't have to worry about your calls being spied on in the future. Mhm, there's also one for your mother. I applied for one for her, too. Just grab them both when we're at the city administration building later."
Zhang Che was greatly moved. This father-in-law had really thought of everything!
Seeing the agitation on Zhang Che's face, Huang Juyun hurriedly raised his hand and stopped him from saying the words that were already at the tip of his tongue, "No need for thanks. Like I said, we're family. Don't bother about this kind of stuff."
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When they arrived at Bei Du City's City Administrative building, the two were guided by a staffer and they directly received Zhang Che and Huang Tielan's special model personal terminals. From now on, they didn't need to worry about people with ulterior motives spying on them.
{TLN: Maybe it's a typo by the author? Or perhaps Huang Juyun applied one for Huang Tielan too. Not sure.}
When they returned to the car, Huang Juyun suddenly pointed at Zhang Che's personal terminal and said, "Right, go open your account. I opened up a purple crystal account for you. I'll transfer the money over to you now."
-So efficient!-
As expected of a large house with great influence in the army! Goods worth a few dozen million purple crystal points were settled in one night!
Zhang Che nodded. He raised his left hand and opened the new special model personal terminal. He found his bank account and indeed, he realized there was another row for his encrypted purple crystal account.
Huang Juyun opened up his personal terminal, too. He sent a transfer request to Zhang Che, and quickly completed the funds transfer.
Zhang Che opened his purple crystal account to take a look. He was so shocked that his jaw went loose.
A number three was at the front, followed by a string of zeros. Counting them carefully, the total balance was thirty million points!
In other words, Huang Juyun had already used the remaining few million purple crystal points to equip Liu Gang's squad. The balance was rounded and transferred to Zhang Che.
In that case, his father-in-law didn't even take any "commission" from him!
"Uncle Huang, I don't need that much by himself. It's better that you…"
Huang Juyun directly interrupted him with a wave of his hand, "No need. You risked your life for all this in the secret plane. Why would I take what's yours? Although, I won't be taking responsibility for any of Lanlan's expenditure from now on. You'll handle that all by yourself."
Zhang Che nodded heavily. "Rest assured, Uncle Huang. I'll buy whatever Tielan wants!"
Huang Juyun burst out in laughter, "What if she wants the stars in the sky? Can you get that for her too?"
Zhang Che: …
Taking a "not-on-the-way" ride on Huang Juyun's car back to the villa district in central Bei Du, Zhang Che walked back to his home after saying goodbye to his father-in-law.
"Mom, I'm back!"
When he returned home, Zhang Che took out the special model personal terminal Huang Juyun got for him through his connections, and had Sun Lan activate it. From now on, they didn't have to worry about their calls and location being found out by others.
Well, at the very least, Zhen Manting's Tri Special Intelligence Bureau wouldn't be able to find out…
After activating the new personal terminal, their core chip on the old one was automatically destroyed. They only needed to dump it into the trash can.
As for why she needed to change to a new personal terminal, Zhang Che didn't explain to his mother about the troubles he had caused. He didn't want her to worry, only saying that Huang Juyun applied for the personal terminals for them specially, to prevent some unwanted incidents.
Through this trivial matter, Sun Lan finally felt the extent of the Huang family's influence. She couldn't help but remind Zhang Che, "Xiaoche, Lanlan's family treats us so well; you mustn't let her down. Understand?"
Zhang Che nodded with a smile, "Don't worry, mom. I won't be able to find a second girl as good as Tielan. I won't be that silly to let her down!"
"That's good, then. Mom is at ease now."
Zhang Che noticed his mother's complexion seemed a little off. A hint of worry seemed to cloud her face. His heart tightened uncontrollably, and he hurriedly asked, "Mom, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell somewhere?"
Although the Unicorn had fully treated Sun Lan's illness, Zhang Che couldn't help but worry about her seeing her looking like this.
Sun Lan shook her head. Afterwards, her expression changed slightly a few times, before she finally sighed and asked, "Xiaoche, can you ask the Huang family to help mom with something? Uhm, it's a very small matter. It shouldn't be very troublesome."
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Chapter 313: Levelling Up Starts From the Fiery Scorpion
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Edited by Aelryinth
Zhang Che couldn't help but wonder after hearing what Sun Lan said. -What matter is it? Why haven't I heard her mention anything about it before?-
"Mom, what is it? Just say it; I think Uncle Huang will be happy to help."
Sun Lan looked to be thinking of the past. She began to slowly talk about it.
It turned out that she wasn't born and raised in Qian Wei City. Her hometown was actually Tian Xing City, about ten thousand kilometers away from Qian Wei City. The day before the new age dawned upon Mercury, she was coincidentally here at Qian Wei City on vacation with her parents, and went through the cataclysmic event on that day.
During the chaos, Sun Lan's mother died from the attacks of the exotic beasts, and her father was severely wounded, too.
What happened after was very simple. After the dawn of the new age, traffic between cities was cut off. After Sun Lan's father recovered from his injuries,they found out that it was already impossible for them to return to Tian Xing City due to the exotic beasts' threat to human safety.
In addition, due to his lack of spiritual strength, Sun Lan's father was unable to become a beastmaster and could only work odd jobs, barely managing to raise Sun Lan into an adult, and died to a sudden break out of a hidden illness in the end.
After Sun Lan married to Zhang Che's father, since he was only a low-tier beastmaster, their family wasn't able to support Sun Lan to look for her relatives in Tian Xing City. This matter was thus left unsettled.
Now that Zhang Che had achieved success, and was soon to become the Huang family's son-in-law, Sun Lan's suppressed wish naturally surfaced and grew stronger by the day.
Of course, Sun Lan's ancestors were probably gone after decades. In her parents' generation, her mother was an only child, but her father had a younger sister. She was only about ten years older than Sun Lan. If everything went well for her, she would surely still be alive.
"Don't worry, mom. I'll tell Uncle Huang about this matter later and ask him to help investigate. If that aunt is still alive, we'll surely find out," Zhang Che nodded and promised her.
It was only after listening to Sun Lan's story that Zhang Che found out how lonely she had been all these years, especially since they came to Bei Du. She didn't know anyone here, and it was impossible for him to always be with her at home. Naturally she would miss her kin from long ago.
Zhang Che could even foresee Sun Lan becoming ill again from depression if this dragged on. This was something he didn't wish to see happen.
So, he gave her his promise very straightforwardly. He even thought to find Huang Juyun and tell him about this matter later, and ask him to help investigate this great-aunt of his whose life or death was unknown.
"Xiaoche, forget it if you can't find her. It's not good to trouble others," Sun Lan told Zhang Che, worried that this might be too much of a trouble.
"It's fine, mom. This is only a small matter," Zhang Che smiled. This was indeed no big deal for the Huang family. Given their status in the army, they only needed to make a call to the military stationed in Tian Xing City, and they would probably find out very soon.
After thinking for a bit, Zhang Che opened his personal terminal and called Huang Juyun right then and there.
"You're home, Xiaoche?"
"Mhm. I just got home. It's like this, Uncle Huang. I want to ask you for a favor…"
Zhang Che went straight to the point, and told Huang Juyun about Sun Lan's matter.
Huang Juyun laughed out a hearty laughter and immediately gave his word, "Hahahaha, it's fine. This is no trouble. Let me know the specifics. I'll make a call to Tian Xing City later; I'll let you know immediately if there's news."
"Thank you so much, Uncle Huang."
Zhang Che hurriedly told Huang Juyun the specifics regarding Sun Lan's aunt, and thanked him once again. After ending the call with him, Zhang Che looked at Sun Lan and said, "You can rest at ease now, mom. With Uncle Huang helping, as long as that great-aunt of mine is still alive, we'll surely find her."
Sun Lan revealed a hopeful smile and nodded, saying, "I'm so grateful to Sun Lan's father. Xiaoche, maybe we should find a day and invite their family over for a meal as thanks."
Zhang Che waved his hand, "No need for that, mom. Uncle Huang is very busy with Qian Wei City's matters. I suppose he's already heading back on a plane. Maybe in the future. We'll have lots of time for both our families to have a meal together."
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Zhang Che had lunch with his mother at home, then went to visit the villa next door.
This place was bought by Huang Juyun. Now, Liu Gang's squad of three were stationed here permanently, protecting Sun Lan in the dark, in case the Japanese came to stir trouble.
Meeting Zhang Che again, Liu Gang and the others were very respectful of him.
When they witnessed Zhang Che's strength while helping with his training previously, they only admired him. Now that each of them had received at least one mid-tier legend-quality subdued beast, their view towards Zhang Che was completely different.
It could be said that in their hearts, Zhang Che was as good as their young master.
-What should I do now?-
Zhang Che wasn't someone who could stay quiet. Without having something to do, he kept feeling a void in his heart.
He would definitely be going to the beast world, but now was not the time.
He just returned from the secret plane, and had multiple near-death incidents. He needed to rest for some time first.
However, he just couldn't feel comfortable if he stayed at home every day.
-Why don't I try to see if the cultivating direction according to my data eyes work? Many of my babies have the potential to advance to divine-quality. If I can't increase their levels first, they'll be stuck at this bottleneck…-
Zhang Che was moved when he thought of this. At present, he was already very strong, but had come to an important bottleneck. Without an epic-quality subdued beast, he just couldn't feel truly assured.
Zhang Che wasn't really worried about the threat of the Japanese Miyazaki clan, however. It was mainly about the fourth beast swarm in about three years' time. If he didn't have a few epic-quality beasts at that time, Zhang Che was worried that he might not get through it.
Also, that mysterious force behind the demonic flower was like the Sword of Damocles, ever hovering over his head. Gods knew when would it suddenly came slashing down at him with an unstoppable force contained in it.
If he didn't plan ahead, was he supposed to just surrender obediently when the time came?
However, at present, finding the ingredients his capable babies needed to advance to a higher level wasn't something that could be done in mere days, either.
Not only that, Miss Tienan was only barely at the entry level of beast card cultivation. She would probably not be able to concoct the more complicated cultivation fluids.
She still needed more practice!
Zhang Che immediately thought of the Fiery Scorpion.
That fellow's level was only at two-star. Using it as practice was the best choice.
Moreover, it was his and Miss Tienan's love token. Choosing to raise its level first held extraordinary meaning!
Of course, the most important reason was that the Fiery Scorpion was a poison-type beast card. The ingredients needed to raise its level was mostly the venom of various poisonous exotic beasts, or poisonous plants found in the beast world. Although many ingredients were needed, they weren't rare, after all. Wanting to gather a set of them was truly not difficult.
Zhang Che immediately said goodbye to Sun Lan and went out. He flagged a taxi and went straight to the exotic beast materials trading hub at northern Bei Du.
Here, he could buy pretty much all of the ingredients he needed to raise the Fiery Scorpion's level!
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-Do I need to buy a car?,- Zhang Che pondered to himself as he took the taxi to northern Bei Du.
Thinking about it, it seemed like buying a car was necessary.
After all, taxis were not available at all times. Sometimes, when he was in a rush, having his own car would be very useful.
Moreover, it was impossible for Sun Lan to always stay at home. If she wanted to go for a trip outside, having a car would be much more convenient.
Thinking of it that way, maybe buying two cars was better…
He needed one for himself, and another for the family.
Naturally Zhang Che wouldn't consider buying ordinary cars. He didn't care about himself, but if his mother wanted to go out, her safety was the most important. Thus, he had to consider buying the newer car models that incorporated the use of beast world materials.
In that case, he had to make a custom order, like that ferocious beast of a car the Huang family had. Low-tier exotic beasts and ordinary mid-tier exotic beasts were unable to penetrate the car's defense at all, ensuring a high level of safety.
However, this matter could be put aside for now. Zhang Che didn't know anything regarding about that. It was better to wait for Huang Juyun to help find his great-aunt first, then talk to him about this matter. Having him giving suggestions would be better.
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When Zhang Che rushed to the northern sector and bought the required materials to increase the Fiery Scorpion's level, he realized he wasn't thinking things through.
Although he managed to buy the materials, and the stores would even help with transporting them, what about storage?
He didn't have a lab of his own yet. Even if he called Huang Tielan over, there was no way they could do anything.
Among the materials, some had to be stored at low temperatures, or they would deteriorate very easily, losing their effects.
"I should have discussed things with Tielan first…" Zhang Che slapped his forehead in frustration. He could only leave the materials at the store for now, and have them deliver the goods when he needed to use them.
Right at that moment, Huang Juyun called.
"Xiaoche, I have good news for you. It's regarding your mother's aunt. The people at Tian Xing City have checked things out for you. I'll send you her contact number later, and you can go find her at Tian Xing City then."
Zhang Che was overjoyed. When Sun Lan heard this news, she'd surely be very happy. "Thank you so much, Uncle Huang!"
Huang Juyun laughed heartily, "What's there to thank? I already said we're family. You're not allowed to say thank you from now on!"
"Right, Uncle Huang, I have two matters I need your opinion on. I hope you can give me some advice." Zhang Che didn't stand on ceremony anymore and directly told Huang Juyun about wanting to buy cars and machinery for a lab.
"Hah, and I was thinking what it would be. No problem; I'll link you up and have them directly send the goods to your place. Also, the villa Liu Gang's men are staying at has the room to set up a lab. I'll have them help you set it up," Huang Juyun said proudly, "But, you'll be forking out the money yourself. Your Uncle Huang won't take care of that, hahahaha!…"
"It's already great that Uncle Huang is helping to take care of the matters. How can I possibly ask you to pay for it?"
After ending their call, Zhang Che opened up the messages on his personal terminal. As expected, he saw that Huang Juyun had sent him a number.
He was thinking of calling his mother immediately to tell her this piece of good news, but decided to drop it.
He was going home anyway. It'd only take an hour or two. He could let his mother directly contact her aunt then, and spare her the wait.
"Ai, I made this trip for nothing…" Zhang Che sighed, shaking his head. He called for a taxi once more and headed home.
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When he finally returned to the villa, Zhang Che couldn't help but widen his eyes.
Two bold and ferocious black cars were at the gates of the villa. They were extremely similar in appearance to the one he had seen at the Huangs' place.
-Tsk, tsk. The Huang family is really something. Just one call and the car is delivered immediately! Then, apparatuses for the lab should be here too, right?-
As he thought of that, his gaze shifted over to the neighboring villa. Indeed, he saw a large truck parked there. A few workers were moving back and forth, carrying the lab equipment one by one down from the back of the truck.
Also, a few rooms at the first level of the villa were now broken down and being connected. Renovations were being done quickly.
This efficiency was unbelievable!
"Are you Mr Zhang Che? We've delivered the cars. Would you please inspect them and see if there's anything you're unsatisfied with?"
A staffer waiting outside the villa immediately came up respectfully when Zhang Che walked closer.
Zhang Che nodded with a smile. He opened the doors and sat in the cars for a while, then asked some questions regarding the materials used for the car body. In the end, he nodded in satisfaction.
"Not bad, nothing needs to be changed. How much is it?"
"Thank you, Mr Zhang. The unit price for this car model is twenty-six thousand purple crystal points. Since you're our VIP, you're entitled to a ten percent discount. The total price will be forty-six thousand eight hundred purple crystal points."
Zhang Che nodded. He truly thought this price wasn't very expensive.
As introduced by the staffer earlier, around fifteen thousand grams of purple-gold crystal was used and added to the car body's composition. Adding in other various new materials, it could be said that it was very worth its price.
Zhang Che opened his personal terminal and completed the payment. These two latest car models with top-tier armor belonged to him from now on.
As for other administrative work, naturally Zhang Che didn't have to worry about it. The sellers had arranged everything.
When the staffers drove the two cars into the villa, Sun Lan, who was taking an afternoon nap, was alarmed. She came out to take a look and nearly got a fright.
When she found out the price of the two cars, she received a fright so big that she was at a loss for words for a long time.
Over forty thousand purple crystal points! Converting them to Alliance dollars, it was close to five hundred million! And all they got for it was two cars!
Some time ago, she was still fretting about money for the genetic repair medicine to keep her illness under control. Now, her son could actually buy two cars with such astronomical price tags without even flinching!
A dose of the new genetic repair medicine cost around a million Alliance dollars, and a car like this was equivalent to over two hundred of them!
Sun Lan felt this was unreal. She asked Zhang Che in disbelief, "Xiaoche, since when did you have so much money?"
Zhang Che smiled and replied, "Mom, this little bit of money isn't much. Your son is now a mid-tier beastmaster! Do you remember the Unicorn that healed your illness? That fellow is worth a few hundred of these cars!"
That was true. Although the Unicorn was only at four-star legend-quality, it was an extremely rare healing-type beast. It's worth couldn't be measured with conventional standards. A few million purple crystal points was totally a fair price for it.
To shift Sun Lan's attention away, Zhang Che told her about the good news he had received from Huang Juyun. Afterwards, he opened his personal terminal and sent his great-aunt's contact number to Sun Lan.
Seeing Sun Lan almost weeping from happiness as she dialed the number, Zhang Che silently left the courtyard and walked over to the neighboring villa.
More time was needed to finish renovating his lab. However, Zhang Che settled the bill first regardless.
Later on, his mother surely wouldn't be able to wait to go to Tian Xing City. He wouldn't have the time to waste here.
Compared to the super luxurious cars that used large amounts of purple-gold crystal, the lab set-up was much cheaper, although it wasn't actually very cheap. Including the fees to set up the lab, it only cost Zhang Che around five hundred purple crystal points.
After leaving some instructions to Liu Gang and the others, Zhang Che went back to the other villa. Sun Lan had already ended her call with her aunt.
Although her eyes were red, and tears filled her face, her smile couldn't be hidden.
"Xiaoche, quickly go buy air tickets. Let's go to Tian Xing City right now to find your aunt!"
Zhang Che nodded. He knew his mother would want to go to Tian Xing City immediately once she learned the news about her aunt.
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