Divine Beast Adventures

by Srtyi

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

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Chapter 475: First Victory. Cutting Down an Epic [Long Chapter]

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The exception was none other than Zhang Che. While the mass of beastmasters were still either running along, or the more proactive ones were riding on their land mounts, Zhang Che had already summoned the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon out, flying on it together with the elemental queen directly towards the secret plane gateway.

In Zhang Che's opinion, with his strength, there was nothing to be afraid of. Naturally it'd be more beneficial if he could enter the secret plane earlier!

"This brat…" Huang Juyun couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle to himself when he saw Zhang Che flying on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon in such a high-profile manner. However, he agreed with Zhang Che's actions in his heart.

As a beastmaster, one should show their strength when the time called for it. Since he possessed such great strength, why bother about how other people felt?

At the same time, the beastmasters from Hua Xia who were participating in this trip to the secret plane cast gazes of envy, jealousy, and hatred at Zhang Che, who had already flown a distance away.

"That Zhang Che is really brave. He actually dared to fly over!"

"This is the difference between us and him! As fellow mid-tier beastmasters, we're miles behind Zhang Che when you compare us together. He can already easily stand against epic-quality exotic beasts, while we still have to loop around when we encounter a legend-quality exotic beast. Ai…"

"How dominating! Isn't he afraid that in the off chance there is an exotic beast whose strength exceeds epic-quality in the mountains ahead? No matter how strong Zhang Che is, I don't believe he can win against exotic beasts above epic-quality!"

"Are you for real? If there are really exotic beasts of that level, the alliance government would have eliminated them long ago, no matter the price! How could they possibly allow that kind of existence to remain on Mercury? If it went on a rampage, it could easily level a large city! That's the kind of terrifying existence they are!"

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Discussions could be heard everywhere in the Hua Xia camp, while the beastmasters from other regions jumped in shock.

There was actually someone that arrogant around? Did he think he had lived too long a life and wanted to feed himself to the powerful exotic beasts here?

Since when did mid-tier beastmasters have this much guts?

Those who weren't in the know all thought Zhang Che was acting too arrogantly, while those in the know had different thoughts in their hearts.

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In the Nihong camp, the Miyazaki Clan's members all had extremely ugly expressions on their faces as they watched Zhang Che flying on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon through the satellite's surveillance feed.

Last time, it was precisely because Zhang Che had entrapped their descendent, leading to the series of incidents afterwards that caused the Miyazaki Clan to rapidly fall from grace as a first-rate faction. At present, they weren't even in a stable position as a second-rate clan.

The Miyazaki Clan's deep hatred for Zhang Che were apparent in their eyes. They wanted to command the powerful exotic beasts in the area ahead to surround Zhang Che and kill him. They wanted to see how was he going to keep acting so arrogantly!

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In the Bei Mei camp, a middle-aged man with a general's insignia on his shoulders was similarly showing a dark face. After pondering silently for a short while, he suddenly opened up his personal terminal and ordered: Tell the warriors entering the secret plane this time to kill that man, no matter what!

General Mihill originally thought that Zhang Che might not dare come to the secret plane this time. Unexpectedly, he actually showed up!

Since that was the case, he'd have him die inside the secret plane. The mid-tier beastmasters under him weren't weak, either. If they were careful about not exposing themselves, they should be able to kill Zhang Che by ambushing him.

Naturally, the prerequisite was that his men had to run into Zhang Che in the secret plane. Otherwise, his plans, no matter how good they were, were useless.

Of course, General Mihill wasn't worried, even if they failed. This minor loss was something he could endure.

—

At the same time, some of the beastmasters taken over by the supreme demon had taken notice of the flashy Zhang Che.

"This person is so strong. He'll surely become a great threat to our demonic army in the future. Looks like we need to add another agenda to our plans on this journey into the secret plane; killing this man no matter what!"

A few clones of the supreme demon had come into contact and linked up with one another. They were now secretly preparing for the demonic army's advance into the beast world. This trip into the secret plane was to increase their strength, and to bring more beastmasters under their control.

If they could bring more puppets under their control among the human beastmasters, the resistance from humanity would lessen when the demonic army arrived in the future.

Of course, the supreme demon's clones had never thought of taking over someone as strong as Zhang Che. This kind of genius beastmaster usually had extremely strong mental strength. If they failed, the demon might lose one of their clones, and at the same time risk exposing themselves to the humans.

The supreme demon would never do something that was not worth it. As such, the best method was to kill off this kind of youth with great potential among the humans. That was the most optimal choice.

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If the Miyazaki Clan knew about all this, they'd probably die from regret. So many people had the same objective, but the Miyazaki Clan wasn't confident about it and didn't dare to find trouble with Zhang Che. Perhaps they'd miss an opportunity to kill him, just like that!

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It went without saying that Zhang Che didn't know all this. Even if he knew, he wouldn't care. Those who could enter the secret plane were all mid-tier beastmasters. Who could be a threat to him?

A divine-quality subdued beast, maybe? Too bad; only high-tier beastmasters could employ them. Beastmasters below high-tier couldn't employ them no matter how many divine-quality beasts were provided to them.

What about treasures like spiritual sword fragments?

Zhang Che would welcome them with open arms! He was thinking that the scarlet and white sword shouldn't be at its strongest yet. If it could devour a few more spiritual sword fragments, his strength would increase greatly once more!

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was extremely fast. Erupting with Mach 2 speed, Zhang Che only needed half an hour to reach the core area where the secret plane gateway was.

At that time, the other beastmasters had probably advanced a hundred kilometers or so? Zhang Che had originally thought his flying so arrogantly would provoke many powerful exotic beasts.

In the end, although he had sensed the auras of a few legend-quality exotic beasts below him, all of them pretended as if they didn't see him, allowing Zhang Che to fly past them on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon without resistance.

"Those spineless cowards. I wanted to kill a few high-quality exotic beasts on the way to accumulate some good materials. In the end those cowards didn't even dare to come at me. Really…" Zhang Che sighed, shaking his head. Naturally he wouldn't take the initiative to go hunt the powerful exotic beasts on the way. He wouldn't do such kind deeds for others. If the powerful exotic beasts went at him, however, he wouldn't mind killing them and earning a small fortune off of them.

(The legend-quality exotic beasts: -You freaking take us for idiots, or what? That dark blue dragon is clearly an epic-quality powerful existence! Will we be so stupid as to go find trouble with you, thinking we've lived too long a life or something?-)

The exotic beasts that had lived on Mercury for a long time had a much better understanding of humans than those in the beast worlds. They knew to determine whether they could afford to provoke their enemies. If they couldn't win, they wouldn't rush up stupidly.

If there really were those fearless exotic beasts, they would have died to other beastmasters long ago. They wouldn't have lived until today, passing their days leisurely in the forests.

Zhang Che had flown more than half way through the one thousand kilometers distance. He thought to himself, -Looks like there wouldn't be any troubles this time…-

Unexpectedly, just as he thought that, a powerful aura suddenly erupted from a mountain peak covered with rich vegetation ahead, spreading out to cover the surrounding dozens of kilometers.

"Hmm? There's actually an epic-quality exotic beast here! Great!" Zhang Che wasn't alarmed, but happy instead, immediately displaying an excited smile.

It really was a case of having a pillow sent to you just as you were feeling sleepy. He didn't expect to have an epic-quality exotic beast on his flight route.

Despite his excitement, Zhang Che earnestly prayed inside, -But please don't let the epic-quality exotic beast be above seven-stars, or I'll have to run pathetically towards the secret plane gateway…-

Although Zhang Che could retreat safely even if he encountered an epic-quality exotic beast above seven-stars and enter the secret plane, he was being watched by everyone right now. It would be really embarrassing if he was sent scrambling for his life.

"Judging from the aura, the epic-quality exotic beast doesn't seem to be above seven-stars."

It wasn't like Zhang Che had never seen a seven-star epic-quality exotic beast before. The seven-star epic-quality Demonic Energy Large Boar card was laying somewhere in his spatial storage. Comparing this aura, it was about on par with the Demonic Energy Large Boar's.

In other words, this epic-quality exotic beast was around seven-stars. It was impossible for it to be eight-stars.

Zhang Che immediately relaxed, a look of anticipation on his face.

Although he wouldn't get beast cards from killing exotic beasts on Mercury, obtaining the corpse of a high-tier epic-quality exotic beast wasn't a bad reward, either. The value of materials from a high-tier epic-quality exotic beast wasn't any lower than a mid-tier legend-quality beast card. They could be sold for a million purple crystal points, at the very least!

A loud, furious roar rose from the mountain forest. Immediately after, a large wolf with purplish-brown fur all over its body flew up from the dense woods below, riding the wild wind. Its deep green eyes stared at Zhang Che and the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon he was riding.

As fellow epic-quality exotic beasts, how could the large wolf not display its rage when its territory was being invaded?

"Hanming, Extreme Yin Ray!" Although they were still a thousand meters apart, Zhang Che gave the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon the order to attack without hesitation.

The dragon's powerful single-target skill, Extreme Yin Ray, could attack enemies from a thousand meters away. Zhang Che naturally wouldn't waste such an advantage.

Upon receiving the order, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon opened its mouth and shot out a deep blue ray. In the next moment, it struck the large wolf riding on the winds, dying the fur on its body in a faint layer of deep blue.

As a fellow seven-star epic-quality exotic beast, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's single-target skill was able to cause severe damage to the large wolf. It had suffered an injury before even coming face-to-face with them.

The various factions who were observing this through the satellite were all astonished at seeing this. Since when did the attack power of this kid's blue dragon become so strong?

Could it be that this kid has a powerful advanced beast card cultivator behind him, helping him upgrade the blue dragon's level and quality?

As Zhang Che's signature "subdued beast", the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's attributes were closely studied by the various factions. Everyone knew it was probably only at mid-tier legend-quality.

As a result, seeing the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's skill had surprised all of them.

He actually had another powerful epic-quality subdued beast, in addition to the three epic-quality subdued beasts Zhang Che had revealed during the arena deathmatch back then!

This young man was simply heaven-defying!

However, what was even more heaven-defying came afterwards…

After the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's Extreme Yin Ray struck the large wolf, stunning it for a moment, the dragon brought out his fastest speed and immediately arrived a hundred meters away from it in the blink of an eye.

After coming within a hundred meters of this large wolf, Zhang Che could clearly feel the surrounding air had become berserk. Invisible blades of wind slashed at them, trying to shred him and the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to pieces.

However, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's Darkfiend Cold Force Field was a defensive False Domain to begin with, in addition to his innate gift of being able to neutralize the wind resistance around him. The large wolf's False Domain was unable to hurt Zhang Che at all.

"Slash!" Zhang Che immediately shouted calmly. A scarlet and white ray of light shot out from his brow. The scarlet and white sword light flew forth, directly streaking pass the neck of the large wolf riding the berserk wind.

The pitiful seven-star epic-quality large wolf didn't have a great defense. Its nimbleness and speed was greatly reduced after being struck by the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's Extreme Yin Ray. It actually wasn't able to dodge Zhang Che's slash at all!

"Ao…!" a miserable howl faded away. A wide, savage wound appeared on the large wolf's neck. Fresh crimson red blood gushed out like a fountain, raining blood in the sky.

—

Everyone watching this revealed astonishment on their faces. A mid-tier beastmaster was actually able to cut down a high-tier epic-quality exotic beast! What kind of terrifying combat ability was that!?

Many people felt like their views had been overturned.

Wasn't it said that no one under high-tier beastmaster could be considered a real expert? What was it with this young man? He was actually able to inflict such a heavy injury on a high-tier epic-quality exotic beast!

Some of the people who were in the know were even more terrified. Since when could spiritual sword fragments turn into a ray of light, and their powers increase to such a terrifying degree?

This young man, who wasn't even twenty yet, actually had multiple epic-quality subdued beasts and an extraordinary spiritual sword fragment! Could this be the legendary son of the heavens?

—

In Bei Mei camp, General Mihill couldn't resist raising his eyebrows at the sight of this. Afterwards, he quickly opened up his personal terminal and changed his prior orders: This man is very powerful. Tell them to play it by ear after entering the secret plane. If it's deemed undoable, don't try to force it. It will be very hard for ordinary mid-tier beastmasters to have a chance at killing such a powerful person.

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Chapter 476: Heaven's Prodigy in the Sky. Entering the Secret Plane.

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Edited by Aelryinth

After amending his order, General Mihill's expression was dark, staring at the video feed in front of him as if he was trying to use his glare to punch a hole through Zhang Che on the screen.

"Damn it, why would such a good spiritual sword fragment fall into the hands of a Chinese? If I could gain control over such a powerful weapon, I wouldn't have needed to conduct human experimentation so sneakily. The exotic beast genetic evolution fluid would have been developed long ago!"

In his anger, General Mihill's muscles tightened. Cracking noises rang out from his joints, and a thick killing intent erupted from him.

Luckily, he was currently sitting alone in his office and no one was around him. Otherwise, they'd surely have been injured from the aura he was emitting.

——

At the same time, in Hua Xia's camp, Huang Juyun was smiling brightly.

"That kid… I thought I already knew he was very strong now. I didn't expect him to be THAT strong! He really surprises me every time! Indeed, our Lanlan has a good eye!"

Huang Juyun could feel the envious gazes from the other faction and clan leaders. A clan would have nothing to worry about if they had such a prodigy of the heavens.

—

In the crowd, the crystal object between He Luotu's brows with mysterious mental control abilities was concealed under his skin. He narrowed his eyes, looking at the display on his personal terminal. Two black vortexes were spinning quickly deep in his pupils.

"It's really getting more and more interesting. Someone actually obtained such a powerful spiritual sword fragment. Even during the ancient war, spiritual sword fragments of such a level weren't commonly seen… A pity that such a talented person is fated to never become a member of our demonic tribe. Then… we can only kill him!"

When he finished thinking, the black vortex deep in He Luotu's pupils spun faster and faster. He immediately contacted his other clones via telepathy. After a short discussion, they decided to kill this man after they entered the secret plane, no matter how many mid-tier beastmaster puppets they had to sacrifice. Otherwise, Zhang Che would become an endless source of trouble to them!

—–

"Ao….!" A miserable wolf's howl rang out. The large wolf riding the berserk winds was heavily injured by Zhang Che's slash before coming back from the short stun it just experienced. Its dark green eyes instantly turned bloody red, its large body nearly turning into the wind itself, and it avoided Zhang Che's next slash.

"Hmm? This fellow is very clever!" A hint of surprise flashed across Zhang Che's eyes. He didn't expect the large wolf was actually able to determine where the scarlet and white sword was going to attack from by observing his movements, and avoid his next attack.

It was impossible for ordinary exotic beasts to have such an ability. It went to show this large wolf really mustn't be underestimated!

However, Zhang Che didn't care about that. With a wave of his hand, he summoned the Earthen Rock Demon out.

Although the Earthen Rock Demon was only at six-stars and unable to fly, it stood a few dozen meters tall. Standing atop the mountain peak below Zhang Che, it was able to disrupt the large wolf by hurling rock spears at it.

It was too bad the Scarlet Flame Drake couldn't fly. Otherwise, Zhang Che would have summoned all his powerful combat forces to gang up on that injured large wolf, earning some big bucks before entering the secret plane.

This time, the Earthen Rock Demon's appearance didn't draw the breaths of the spectators. After all, everyone knew Zhang Che had this epic-quality subdued beast, and was naturally not surprised by it.

Not only that, they were anticipating Zhang Che summoning his other two epic-quality subdued beasts as well. That way, the wind-riding large wolf's fate would be sealed.

Not many people knew that Zhang Che had long passed the other two epic-quality subdued beasts to Liu Gang's squad to protect the villa, and they had achieved huge merits during the ambush they recently experienced.

"Master, this servant will help you, too!" The elemental queen sitting behind Zhang Che cried out on seeing the intense ongoing battle, ready to join the fray.

However, Zhang Che hurriedly stopped her, saying, "No need. It's not good for you to expose yourself now. Me and those two fellows are more than enough to bring down that wolf."

He wasn't joking, the elemental queen was one of Zhang Che's secret weapons. He didn't intend to expose her true strength in front of others. They all thought she was another mid-tier beastmaster sent by the Huang family to follow him into the secret plane.

Once the elemental queen exposed her powerful fire elemental attacks, her identity as a non-human would be revealed!

Zhang Che had never heard of others coming across any fully humanoid exotic beast creatures. It was better to not expose her and draw the attention of others if he could help it.

Otherwise, heavens knew how much trouble this would give birth to!

Everyone had powerful subdued beasts, but humanoid pets were unique to Zhang Che, at least until now. He didn't want to bring trouble to himself for nothing.

—

Back in front of him, the large wolf was still dodging the attacks from Zhang Che's scarlet and white sword. It was staring at Zhang Che, able to see through his attacks for some reason, and the scarlet and white sword had hit nothing all this time.

Since all its attention was on Zhang Che, the large wolf was struck a few times by the Earthen Rock Demon's spears. A few more wounds appeared on its body, but none of them were too severe.

After all, the Earthen Rock Demon was a star tier lower than the wolf. The attack power of its rock spears weren't very high, either, in addition to the large wolf avoiding being struck in its vitals. There was nothing to be afraid of.

"Hanming, use your skill!"

Zhang Che couldn't be bothered to continue wasting time with this wolf.

Since it could see through his attacks and dodge nimbly in the air, then he would take away the speed to dodge his attacks!

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon quickly opened his mouth upon receiving the order. A huge stream of frozen air blew out, shrouding the surrounding couple hundred of meters within it, freezing the large wolf and slowing its movement once more.

At the same time, the Earthen Rock Demon let out a soundless roar. A lightning spear quickly shot out from its hand, directly flying towards the large wolf's throat.

With its flight speed suddenly plummeting, the large wolf was both surprised and enraged. It cried out furiously, opening its mouth and shooting out numerous sky-blue wind blades at Zhang Che.

Facing this type of pure elemental skill, Zhang Che showed no change in expression. He directly activated the Purple-Gold Demonic Armored Worm's Elemental Protective Barrier.

An invisible barrier immediately appeared around Zhang Che. Some of the wind blades that went through the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's False Domain struck Zhang Che, but were all blocked by the Elemental Protective Barrier.

This was a powerful barrier that rendered elemental attacks under divine-quality useless. How could the large wolf's wind blades possibly cut through it?

—

"That kid's defense is actually this tough! Even a high-tier epic-quality exotic beast's skill attack wasn't able to hurt him; it looks like that armor of his isn't simple!"

"With that kind of defense, could it be an epic-quality armor?"

The crowd fell into shock once more when they saw Zhang Che perfectly block the large wolf's skill.

An epic-quality armor! Even among high-tier beastmasters, not many of them had one. That kid was really like a favored child of the heavens; how much more good stuff did he have on him?

—

After seeing its skill failing to injure Zhang Che, the large wolf started feeling an intense fear. It manipulated the winds, ready to rush to the forest below. It knew it had no way of obtaining victory in this fight anymore. If it didn't run, it would probably meet its end here!

That man was really too shameless, actually ganging up on it three-on-one. If it was a one-on-one fight, the large wolf thought it definitely wouldn't have to fear Zhang Che.

"Only thinking of running now? Isn't it a little too late?" A mocking smile curled up on Zhang Che's face when he saw the large wolf trying to run.

"Hanming, Extreme Yin Ray!"

A minute had just passed. Zhang Che ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to use the single-target Extreme Yin Ray again. A deep blue ray promptly struck the large wolf once more.

Having been slowed down by the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's wide-area skill already, and with a huge wound inflicted by the Earthen Rock Demon's lightning spear, the large wolf was much slower than before.

The forest below was just in front of its eyes, but at this moment it seemed as far as the ends of the world.

"Die!" Zhang Che demanded. The golden vortex's energy erupted. The scarlet and white sword sped up by thirty percent suddenly, directly cutting into the wound it left behind earlier, and sliced off the wolf's neck.

The large wolf didn't even manage to howl one last time before it was decapitated by the scarlet and white sword, losing all signs of life and quickly falling to the forest below.

—

The two sections of the corpse, accompanied by the spraying blood, formed an extremely shocking image in the spectators' eyes.

Everyone who saw this scene through the satellite feed lost their voice.

What was a heaven's prodigy?

Cutting down a high-tier epic-quality exotic beast with two slashes; that's what it was!

All of a sudden, the crowd felt all kinds of emotions conflicting in their heart.

Those on Zhang Che's side were happy that such a powerful figure had emerged from the younger generation. In the future, the human camp would become stronger, no matter if they were against the fifth beast swarm or the demon army's next invasion.

Sometimes, the might displayed by a single young prodigy alone could be higher than a whole military platoon!

Zhang Che's enemies, as well as the clones of the supreme demon, had sunken expressions.

The stronger Zhang Che was, the higher the price they would have to pay to deal with him. Not only that, they might not succeed, either!

——-

After Zhang Che had slain the high-tier epic-quality large wolf with two slashes, he didn't go pick up its corpse. That fellow was a little too large. The space available in Zhang Che's spatial storage equipment and the Purple Crystal Tortoise wasn't enough to fit it in.

As such, he immediately made a call to Huang Juyun's personal terminal and said, "Uncle Huang, please get your men to help bring the large wolf's corpse back later. My spatial storage can't fit it."

Huang Juyun was incredibly excited. He roared out in laughter, quickly promising Zhang Che, "Alright, don't worry! This little matter is no problem for Uncle Huang!"

Zhang Che relaxed. There was no need to worry that this high-tier epic-quality exotic beast corpse, worth more than a million purple crystal points, would be snatched by others.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon continued flying, crossing dozens of kilometers. When Zhang Che saw the hundred-meters-tall purple gateway ahead, he felt a surge of emotion in his heart. Afterwards, without a second thought, he ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to directly fly inside.

"I hope this secret plane won't disappoint me!"

The scenery around him changed rapidly, light and shadow overlapping continuously. Zhang Che was deeply looking forward to this!

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Chapter 477: Floating Mountain. Fragmented World

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Edited by Aelryinth

"He's entered!"

"As expected of the most talented beastmaster of the younger generation. In less than an hour, he actually cut down an epic-quality exotic beast and was the first to enter the secret plane. There's simply no one comparable to him among the mid-tier beastmasters. Even many high-tier beastmasters are inferior to him!"

"This man will surely become a top-class expert in Hua Xia!"

Everyone who saw the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon disappear into the gigantic purple gateway together with Zhang Che and the elemental queen started sighing in praise.

At present, the other mid-tier beastmasters had barely advanced a hundred kilometers from their respective camps, fighting a bitter fight with the exotic beasts on the outskirts.

Comparing them to Zhang Che, all of the mid-tier beastmaster participants combined together couldn't measure up to Zhang Che alone!

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In Hua Xia's camp, Huang Juyun received compliments from the more well-acquainted people around him, saying that he found a man above a dragon as his son-in-law! Well, Zhang Che was literally above a dragon, riding one!

Huang Juyun was all smiles, responding to them one by one. His contentment was apparent in his words and facial expression.

He felt that everything the Huang family had built up over two generations weren't as significant as a one-star silver-quality beast card that had come from his daughter.

It was exactly the one-star silver-quality Fiery Scorpion card Huang Tielan gave to Zhang Che sneakily that made him grateful to her, in the end gradually developing into love, and finally becoming everything that was today.

Perhaps when Zhang Che had fully developed and took the helm of the Huang family, his own clan would be able to become a super first-rate clan in Hua Xia!

After all, if nothing unexpected happened, Zhang Che would surely become a divine-tier beastmaster in the future!

A clan with a divine-quality beastmaster would definitely be at the top of all of Mercury, be it in strength or reputation.

At present, the number of divine-tier beastmasters across the globe could be counted with two hands. It went to show how difficult it was to develop such an expert!

——

The scenery quickly changed, images flashing by. After a short while, the feeling of weightlessness suddenly disappeared. Zhang Che had arrived in another world.

He immediately opened his mouth wide in shock when he got a good look at the scenery in front of him.

At present, he was in the skies above a body of water. Below him, the sea was jade-green in color, waves sweeping, countless islands scattered all over.

Flocks of seagulls flew above the water, swooping down to scoop up small silvery-scaled fish from time to time before rising back into the skies.

Of course, this view was nothing strange in a sea region.

What really shocked Zhang Che was that in the skies above the water were mountains of various sizes floating in the air!

Floating mountains!

There was actually something that existed only in legends about this secret plane. It truly surprised Zhang Che.

Looking around him, floating mountains were everywhere in the skies. There were as many of them as the islands in the water, scattered across his field of view. The secret plane was like a fairyland!

Zhang Che would believe it if someone told him this was where the gods resided! Otherwise, how could these floating mountains that defied the laws of physics be explained?

Even the smallest of the floating mountains were at least few dozen meters tall. As for the large ones, their ends couldn't even be seen. The mountains were wrapped by a layer of fog, looking like lands occupied by immortals.

After being in a daze for some time, Zhang Che finally returned to himself, softly sighing in admiration, "What the heck, this is too awesome!"

"Master, this place is so strange. Why are the mountains floating in the sky?" the elemental queen behind him couldn't help but ask, obviously shocked by the sight of the floating mountains as well.

Zhang Che smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, "This is my first time here, too. How would I know why the mountains are floating in the sky?"

Zhang Che paused for a while, looking around him. Afterwards, he set his gaze on the largest floating mountain range he could see and waved his hand, saying, "Come, we'll go take a look over there!"

—

At his order, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew forth at about the speed of sound, riding a thin layer of fog.

Having just arrived in this world, Zhang Che didn't know whether it was dangerous here. As such, he didn't let the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon bring out his fastest speed. To be on the safer side of things, he didn't even let the dragon fly over the speed of sound.

As they flew, nothing happened. Zhang Che grew suspicious. Logically speaking, every secret plane was a sealed space, accumulated over countless years. It would surely be filled with dangers. Why did it seem so safe in this secret plane?

Although the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon didn't go supersonic, it was very fast regardless. After a few minutes, they drew close to the floating mountain range.

When he arrived there, Zhang Che could better feel how stunning the view was.

He could see across this floating mountain range the faint trail of creeks, and all kinds of creatures flying across his sight from extremely far away from time to time.

This left Zhang Che suspecting whether he had arrived in a world where immortals cultivated. Everything he had seen thus far was too shocking.

Just as Zhang Che was ordering the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to fly into the floating mountain range ahead, the elemental queen behind him suddenly said, "Master, this servant senses something amiss!"

"Mmm. Something does seem off." Zhang Che felt something was a little off as well upon the elemental queen's reminder. However, he wasn't able to put his finger on what exactly was wrong.

Even so, that feeling was very minute. It wasn't dangerous.

After thinking for a short while, Zhang Che put on the Purple-Gold Demonic Armored Worm armor. Afterwards, he prepared himself to summon out the scarlet and white sword to receive any enemies he might encounter and ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to continue flying forward, entering the enormous floating mountain range ahead.

At that instant, Zhang Che suddenly blanked out for a moment, feeling like he had just passed through a time-space barrier, crossing from one world to another.

That feeling was similar to when he crossed from Mercury to the secret plane, but it wasn't as obvious.

"Time-space barrier… Could it be this floating mountain was actually in a different world from that place earlier?" An extremely shocking thought flashed in Zhang Che's mind. Afterwards, he immediately ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to turn back, but he realized it was like he had entered an ambiguous time-space vortex, unable to fly out.

"Damn it, what is going on!?" Zhang Che was astonished. He hurriedly ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to stop. Everything was unclear at the moment, and it was better to calm down first.

However, just as the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon stopped, he found himself appearing in the position he was in when he had just entered. Below him was an endless mountain range shrouded in fog, while above was a vast, empty sky. The sea, islands, and other floating mountains he saw outside were also in his view.

Zhang Che's heart sank a little. He realized what he and the elemental queen had felt was off actually was.

He guessed that this world wasn't a complete world, but was made up from countless fragmented worlds. The wide floating mountain range he was at right now was probably one of those fragmented worlds!

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Chapter 478: True Spiritual Beast

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"If this place is really made up of many fragmented worlds, then most likely it will not be easy to gain the greatest benefits in the secret plane…"

Although Zhang Che didn't know if his guess was on the mark, he knew he was now trapped in this floating mountain range. That was indisputable.

Originally, he thought he could rely on the fact that he entered the secret plane earlier than everyone else and go search for the hidden treasures in the secret plane. From the looks of it now, this secret plane wasn't favorable to that strategy at all.

Even so, since he was already here, and with no way to leave for now, Zhang Che had no other choice but to explore this floating mountain range.

"Come on, we'll go look around deep in the mountain range, then. Hopefully this place won't disappoint me," Zhang Che said, patting the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back, indicating he should fly deeper into the floating mountain range.

Since he didn't know whether this place was safe, and whether powerful creatures were active here, Zhang Che didn't dare to be careless, fully focused on observing his surroundings.

"Ga, gaga!…"

Just as the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew towards one of the tall mountain summits, a wave of noise was suddenly heard from the forest below them. A group of birds that seemed to be wild ducks came rushing out in a panic, running in all directions.

"Those… are actually ordinary animals?"

Zhang Che was very surprised. He didn't feel any spiritual fluctuations from those wild duck-like animals. Even one-star black iron-quality exotic beasts from the beast world were much stronger than them.

That shouldn't be! The spiritual reaction in this world was very strong. Added to the secret plane being sealed for a long time, there should be large amounts of powerful creatures around. How could these ordinary animals be living peacefully?

They should have been preyed on to extinction!

Although Zhang Che was suspicious about this, he didn't bother with those ordinary birds. Instead, he had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon slow down further, continuing their exploration deeper into the mountain range.

Going forward, over the next few kilometers uncountable numbers of birds were alarmed in the forest below, confusing Zhang Che further.

Despite causing such a huge commotion, he actually didn't see a single creature that wasn't an ordinary animal!

This wasn't scientific… no, this wasn't fantastical at all!

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon kept flying straight. After flying through another invisible barrier, Zhang Che slowly came to realize the secret plane wasn't only made up of countless fragments. Each fragmented world was actually further divided into different areas.

This kind of feeling… why did it resemble those legendary immortals' caves so much?

Zhang Che felt apprehensive, unsure whether he should continue forward.

However, a shot arrow could never turn back. With things having progressed to this point, he couldn't afford to hesitate.

"Continue forward. At the most, we'll retreat immediately if it gets dangerous. Since the earlier area had no existence stronger than an ordinary animal, it meant that native creatures can't cross over!" Zhang Che decided after thinking for a moment.

Of course, before they went into action, he experimented on the invisible barrier behind him. After making sure he could cross back over, he let out a sigh of relief.

With a path of retreat, Zhang Che was no longer afraid. He directed the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to continue flying on…

—

Perhaps it was due to them having crossed that invisible barrier, but he noticed the surrounding spiritual force became denser. Countless clouds of fog flowed between the mountains, covering more than half of the dense forest, only vaguely revealing what was below.

As the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew forward, the fog ahead immediately stirred. Zhang Che wasn't surprised, but happy. He was worried that there wasn't any powerful creatures in this area, either. Wouldn't he end up empty-handed on this trip, then?

A bird's cry so sharp that it could crack metal rang out. Afterwards, a white silhouette suddenly pierced through the fog, flying directly towards Zhang Che.

It was a majestic male eagle. Its whole body was covered in white feathers, except for its crown, which was a tuft of purple. Its wingspan was over three meters wide, flying as fast as lightning with every flap of its wings.

"What a white-feathered eagle!" Zhang Che was elated at finally finding prey. He wasn't scared at all. A scarlet and white sword light shot out from his brow, streaking across the white eagle's body.

A line of blood appeared on the white eagle's neck, and its head suddenly fell away. The headless corpse continued on its path for a few dozen meters more before losing all momentum and falling.

In the next moment, something that left Zhang Che staring with his mouth agape happened.

The white eagle that was cut in two actually dispersed, turning into a puff of spiritual qi invisible to the naked eye and quickly melting into the air.

"Th-this… what the heck is this?" Zhang Che truly couldn't comprehend this phenomenon. He was very sure that white eagle wasn't an exotic beast, because it was fundamentally different from them.

After thinking for a short while, Zhang Che still couldn't understand why that white eagle would directly dissipate into spiritual qi. It was clearly a body of flesh and blood just moments earlier; why would it turn into spiritual qi all of a sudden?

That was truly too bizarre!

Although it had been less than an hour since Zhang Che entered the secret plane, he had received shocks time after time during this short period from what he had witnessed. He truly didn't know what to do next.

-I'll go try hunting a few more spiritual beasts. Maybe that was an isolated example?- Zhang Che thought. When he came across more of those animals later, he'd make sure to let his pets and subdued beasts take turns killing them and see if they would all turn into spiritual qi and dissipate.

Although Zhang Che was aware this possibility was very high, he wouldn't let this matter rest before he confirmed it.

He decided to let the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon land on the ground. Afterwards, he summoned out the Scarlet Flame Drake and trekked through the forest.

Shortly after they landed, a wave of rustling sounds came from ahead of them. Soon a large spread of various animals came and surrounded them.

Those animals' appearances were very strange. Although they looked similar to the lions, tigers, leopards, wolves, and so forth from Mercury, there were extremely huge differences in the tiny details, leaving him unable to classify them as the same creatures.

Although those spiritual beasts were great in number, their strength was mediocre. When Zhang Che erupted with all his strength together with his army of subdued beasts and pets, the group of oncoming spiritual beasts were quickly reduced to countless pieces, one after another. Afterwards, all of them turned into streak after streak of spiritual qi before Zhang Che's eyes, dissipating into the surrounding forest.

"Indeed, no matter what kind of attacks, these spiritual beasts will all turn into spiritual qi and scatter after they are killed."

Realizing this, Zhang Che was no longer interested in these spiritual beasts.

Going forward, he wanted to try and see if there were any spiritual herbs here. If there were, then would they also turn into spiritual qi and scatter after he dug them out?

That would be a problem…

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Chapter 479: Killing Endlessly. Mysterious Platform

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Edited by Aelryinth

Zhang Che didn't bother with all those animals. However, the animals didn't think the same. They wouldn't let him go, and came swarming up to him from all directions, wave after wave, seemingly endlessly.

"What's going on? It's like they're endless, no matter how many I kill!" Zhang Che knitted his brow. His instincts told him that something was wrong here. But if he had to say what was wrong, he couldn't point out what exactly it was.

He pondered for a short while, then decided to summon every one of his legend-quality and above babies out, slaughtering the attackers.

-I don't believe these things will keep popping up without end. Although this floating mountain range looks pretty huge, it's only a few hundred square kilometers at the most. How many spiritual beasts could there be?- Zhang Che felt that as long as he kept his killing spree going, he'd massacre them all eventually. Afterwards, he'd be able to look for the spiritual herbs in this floating mountain range peacefully.

For a period of time, the cries of animals echoed through these lands. It really seemed like they were endless. No matter how many of them Zhang Che killed, more would come pouring out from all directions to take their fallen compatriots' places.

"This won't do. If I continue killing like this, I'll die from fatigue, even if those spiritual beasts can't hurt us!" Zhang Che could finally not stay calm after killing constantly for half an hour.

He thought for a moment. Waving his hand, he recalled his flightless subdued beasts and pets one after another, then beckoned the elemental queen over to him and jumped onto the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back together, erupting his fastest speed.

It was like the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon tore the space apart, instantly disappearing from where he was just a moment ago, leaving the group of animals behind.

—

Returning back to the skies, Zhang Che's brow was slightly creased. He looked carefully at the environment below, then looked up towards the tallest place in the deepest area of the mountain range. Without any hesitation, he directed the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to fly there.

If he wanted to find out why those spiritual beasts seemed to be endless, the answer was probably at the tallest area in the center of this mountain range.

As they flew, many flying animals tried to rush up in an attempt to stop them, but they were far slower than the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, only able to catch the dust he left behind. Soon, all of them lost sight of the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon.

The center of the mountain range was getting closer and closer. Zhang Che could finally see the scenery ahead, although barely, and his face froze for a moment.

There was actually a huge platform sitting between the tall peaks ahead!

That platform was situated between a few mountain peaks. Steep mountain paths could be seen in all four directions, connected to the surrounding peaks, and looking rather mysterious.

-Could there be other humans here?- Zhang Che instantly thought. The obviously unnatural platform that looked like a huge plaza was clearly built by someone.

Perhaps this secret world was really the abode of some ancient cultivator?

Thinking of that, Zhang Che's heart tightened a little, then sighed in relief. If there really was some cultivators here, they would have came to check after he caused such a huge commotion earlier. How could there be no reaction even now?

Most likely this was an abandoned world. The people or cultivators who built this gigantic platform in the past had long left this world for some unknown reason and went to some other unknown lands.

Of course, it was also possible that the people here had met with some terrifying enemies, who killed off everyone in this world.

Without any clues, Zhang Che couldn't think of the story behind this. He could only ride the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and continue forward. Perhaps some clues might be left behind on the platform…

—

As they drew closer to the tall peaks ahead, Zhang Che finally realized how gigantic the platform really was.

The platform was pretty much a perfect square, each side exceeding three thousand meters. It was built from a tall mountain peak after cut off at the waist, using the leftover portion as the base. No traces of any sword or axe cuts could be seen. Some unknown methods had been used to construct the platform.

"It's like a work of the gods!" Zhang Che sighed in admiration. He had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon continue flying towards the platform.

Just as the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon arrived in the skies above the platform, Zhang Che's eyelids twitched. In the next moment, he saw masses of green light flashing from the platform out of nowhere. Afterwards, those light turned into animals one after another, pouncing at the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon in midair.

"It turns out the real bodies of those animals are here!"

Seeing those spiritual beasts appearing one after another, inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and he understood why he couldn't finish killing all the animals in outskirts of the forest earlier.

Those fellows really weren't made of flesh and blood, but were something like puppets. He still didn't know if killing those animals on the platform would kill them off completely…

Done thinking, a scarlet and white streak of light flew out from Zhang Che's brow, directly sweeping towards the bunch of animals ahead. He could already see those animals being cut into pieces in the next moment and thoroughly disappearing from this world.

However, when the scarlet and white sword light slashed at the body of a ferocious-looking flying leopard, it only left an insignificant mark on its neck. Not even a drop of blood was spilled!

"How can this be!?" Zhang Che was astonished. Why did those animals' strength rose to such a terrifying degree all of a sudden?

He hurriedly directed the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to run, flying away from the platform.

The situation was too bizarre. Zhang Che didn't dare to remain there. If he was careless and got surrounded by those terrifying puppet-animals, the results would be hard to imagine.

The scarlet and white sword could even injure high-tier epic-quality exotic beasts, but against those puppet-animals, it was only able to leave a shallow mark? All this had exceeded Zhang Che's understanding.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew out from the stone platform very quickly and continued flying away, not slowing down at all.

Zhang Che took a quick glance back. He saw that those ridiculously tough puppet-animals actually didn't give chase. Conversely, they actually turned into masses of green light one after another and vanished from sight.

"Hmm? Could it be those puppet-animals can't leave the stone platform?" Zhang Che immediately suspected.

In that case, wouldn't it mean that those animals he encountered before actually weren't these puppet-animals? That would explain why there was such a huge difference in strength!

Zhang Che gave up on going to the stone platform for now. Although he was sure there were some benefits to be gained there, those puppet-animals were too strong. He wouldn't be able to charge in there; it was better not to play around with his life!

Going forward, he'd explore the nearby mountains and see if he could find anything like spiritual herbs or whatnot instead…

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Chapter 480: Immovable Spiritual Herb

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Edited by Aelryinth

Before Zhang Che started investigating the area, he wanted to confirm if those puppet-animals were really unable to rush out of the stone platform.

As such, he had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon return and fly above the stone platform once more. As he had expected, countless masses of green light suddenly appeared around him and turned into all kinds of animals, flying at them.

"Retreat!" Zhang Che hurriedly cried out. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon quickly retreated out of the stone platform's perimeters. As they flew away, the animals were like a lamp with its power turned off, quickly fading away.

"Nice!" Zhang Che smiled, rubbing his hands, relaxing.

After confirming those puppet-animals couldn't rush out, he could go search for spiritual herbs at the nearby mountains without worry.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon turned back, and at Zhang Che's orders, directly flew towards a majestic mountain to their left.

The mountain was very close to that huge stone platform. The foot of the mountain was covered in fog, only some creeks visible from time to time.

Naturally Zhang Che wouldn't be interested in the creeks. He directly flew towards the top of the mountain's waist on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon. The distribution of spiritual force in these lands was clearly denser the higher it was. If any spiritual herbs were growing, they would only be at higher places.

"Hopefully the animals on these mountain peaks aren't too strong…"

Based on their earlier encounters, Zhang Che could predict that the mountain peaks near the stone platform would surely have those endless animals as well, although he didn't know their strength.

Indeed, just as the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew above the mountain waist, countless animals came out of the foggy forest below to surround them.

-Damn it, this secret world is really unfriendly!- Zhang Che cursed inside. He didn't summon his subdued beasts or pets to help him. Instead, he directly brought out the scarlet and white sword, and swept it around him.

A wave of noises rang out. A large group of animals were directly decapitated by the scarlet and white sword, fresh blood spurting everywhere.

However, before the fresh blood could hit the ground, the animals' corpses, together with the blood, all turned into pure spiritual qi and scattered into the air.

"As expected, it's also like that here…" Zhang Che furrowed his brow slightly. He summoned out all his legend-quality and higher babies and had them fend off the endless tide of animals. Afterwards, he summoned the frisky monkey and ordered it to search and see if there were any spiritual herbs around.

The moment the frisky monkey was out, he cried out excitedly and pointed everywhere, saying, "Baba, spiritual herb, many, spiritual herb, many!"

The frisky monkey was really excited. Not only did he sense countless spiritual herbs around him, he also sensed the aura of some spiritual fruits. His eyes immediately shone with greed.

Zhang Che was also incredibly excited when he saw the frisky monkey's reaction. He stared at the monkey's eyes, asking for confirmation. "Really? There are a lot of spiritual herbs?"

"Many, many!" The frisky monkey nodded profusely. In the next moment, he directly disappeared from Zhang Che's sight, zipping over to a tree a few meters away and reached out to grab at a weird-looking grass.

"Damn, are the spiritual herbs so plentiful in this world to THAT extent?" Zhang Che felt as if a huge pie had fallen from the sky, feeling a little dizzy.

This time, even if there weren't any other gains, he'd gain plenty just by gathering a mountain of spiritual herbs!

However, Zhang Che's excited look froze in the next moment.

The frisky monkey grabbed at the grass and pulled on it hard. The spiritual grass directly snapped from the ground. Afterwards, the stalk of spiritual grass held in the frisky monkey's palm directly turned into a streak of light and dissipated, just like that endless wave of animals.

"…" The frisky monkey stared wide-eyed. He turned to look at Zhang Che, looking confused. He seemed to be saying, -It's really not my fault!-

Zhang Che was upset! It wasn't only those animals who would turn into spiritual qi and dissipate after their deaths. It turned out that even the spiritual herbs were unable to leave the ground!

-Could it be that the world I am seeing right now isn't actually the real appearance of the secret world, but that I have accidentally fallen into an illusion?

-Impossible! There must be something I haven't discovered here!-

Zhang Che's gaze shifted downwards to the frisky monkey's feet. He saw the stalk of snapped grass on the ground had actually started to absorb the thick spiritual force in the surroundings and was slowly regrowing.

Although it would surely take more than a couple of days to fully regrow to what it was before, Zhang Che's senses were very sharp. He could tell that the spiritual grass was already slowly growing from where it snapped off.

"I wonder what it is like if I dig out the spiritual grass from the root?"

Zhang Che felt like he had found the root of the problem. He quickly went up and took out an herbal hoe from his spatial storage, digging at the ground where the spiritual herb was growing.

Clang! A loud noise rang out. Zhang Che was caught unprepared. The herbal hoe in his hand was nearly knocked out of his hand. The ground where the spiritual grass grew on was actually as tough as a rock. That swing of his hoe actually didn't move the ground at all.

"What the heck!?" Zhang Che's expression was ugly. Although he didn't use much strength to dig at the earth earlier, no matter how hard the soil was, a small hole should have been dug out.

However, upon closer inspection, he didn't even leave a mark on the ground!

Everything he had encountered after entering this secret world was strange. Zhang Che had already grown immune to it, not complaining. He brought out the Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword and stabbed hard at the ground.

Dang! An extremely strong rebound travelled up the sword, and Zhang Che almost lost his grip on the legend-quality sword.

Looking back at the ground, it remained undamaged!

"I don't believe this crap!" Zhang Che was incredibly annoyed by now. A scarlet and white streak of light shot out from his brow, slashing across the ground at lightning speed.

It was useless, however. Even the scarlet and white sword, which could heavily injure even high-tier epic-quality exotic beasts, was unable to leave a mark on the ground!

"This is too fantastical!" Zhang Che was speechless for a long time. In the end, he shook his head silently, not wasting any more effort.

Obviously, unless he found a way to dig through the tough ground, he would be unable to bring a single spiritual herb away even if he found them all. If he broke the herbs by force, they would immediately turn into spiritual qi and disappear. There was nothing to gain from that…

Why was the ground so tough? And how did the soft and delicate vegetation grow from it?

All this exceeded Zhang Che's understanding…

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Chapter 481: At Wit's End. Entering One by One

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To see a mountain of treasures right before your eyes, but be unable to pocket them… One could imagine how upset Zhang Che was feeling right now!

Unresigned to this, Zhang Che ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to shake off the countless animals and fly to a few other mountain peaks to investigate. The results were the same, however.

No matter where he went, the vegetation was easily cut. However, it was like the soil had a layer of restrictions set up. Whatever method he tried, he was unable to leave a mark on the ground.

"Right, a restriction!" Zhang Che's eyes lit up. He finally thought of the crux of the matter.

When Mercury was invaded by the demonic army, wasn't there a restriction in place in the spatial tunnels, forbidding the powerful demons from entering? It led to the invasion having a strong start but weak finish, and the war ending quickly.

These secret planes definitely had links to Mercury. It no longer seemed strange for Zhang Che to come across a restriction here.

However, unlike the restriction he came across on Mercury, the restriction in this secret world only prevented people from digging out the spiritual herbs growing here, like the owner of a garden putting up a fence.

Although the two were very different, the logic behind it was similar!

However, this world was empty. The owner was nowhere to be found, but the restriction was still in effect.

Looking all around him, the only thing that wasn't natural in this floating mountain range was the huge platform. If there was a way to break the restriction, it had to be there.

However, Zhang Che had no way to deal with the puppet-animals on the platform. Even the scarlet and white sword was unable to kill them. What else could he do?

Zhang Che was all out of ideas. Not only that, he was trapped in this floating mountain range, unable to leave. Although there was plenty of food in his spatial storage and he wouldn't starve to death, did he have to stay here just like this and wait for the secret plane gateway to open again and send him out?

If that was really the case, Zhang Che would really want to cry, but no tears would come out.

Let alone wasting his time, he wouldn't gain anything here. It was simply too embarrassing.

——

Ever since Zhang Che slew the high-tier epic-quality exotic beast with two slashes in an incredibly flashy manner and entering the secret plane gateway within an hour, it was like the mid-tier beastmasters participating in this event were stimulated, every one of them increasing their pace.

Not only that, many beastmasters who were confident in their strength directly summoned out their flying mounts and flew towards the core area.

However, those beastmasters had obviously underestimated Zhang Che too much, and overestimated themselves, thinking there was no reason they couldn't do what Zhang Che did. In the end, it resulted in tragedy.

Although there weren't many epic-quality exotic beasts in the area, not to mention that Zhang Che had slain one himself, the number of legend and dark gold-quality exotic beasts here wasn't low.

It was possible to avoid some of them if everyone had pushed forward carefully, or by gathering their strength together, they could launch a sudden attack and kill some of the powerful exotic beasts who were by themselves.

However, with the beastmasters flying on their mounts and charging straight through in a hurry, weren't they acting like living target practice for the powerful exotic beasts below them?

Seeing those mediocre fellows actually dared to provoke them, the powerful exotic beasts below didn't act nice like obedient kids, as they had when Zhang Che flew by. That had only been because the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's aura was too terrifying; they could only endure and not act up!

Now that these weaklings who had very few legend-quality subdued beasts dared to disregard the exotic beasts, they were immediately annoyed.

For a period of time, powerful silhouettes would jump out from the mountain forests below here and there and drag the unprepared beastmasters and their subdued beasts down from the sky. What awaited them was the nightmare of ending up inside the stomachs of exotic beasts.

Seeing this, the people from the various factions furrowed their brows one after another, then quickly sent orders to the remaining beastmasters via their personal terminal to stop them from acting in such a suicidal manner!

In fact, after some of the beastmasters were ambushed by the powerful exotic beasts, many others had reacted. Although they were still pushing forward quickly, they were moving much slower than before, not daring to act so arrogantly again.

There weren't too many powerful exotic beasts in this area, after all. Although many beastmasters had unfortunately died to ambushes, some of the lucky ones had narrowly escaped and quickly crossed the thousand kilometers, arriving at the enormous purple spatial gateway.

When they drew close, they finally felt exactly how majestic the hundred-meters-tall purple gateway was. Even the strongest beastmasters among them could feel how tiny they were.

Of course, the beastmasters were here to enter the secret plane. All of them were thinking of snatching resources, and none of them were in the mood to lament. Every single one of them directly crossed the spatial gateway without a word.

Less than five hours after Zhang Che entered the spatial gateway, batch after batch of beastmasters started arriving at the purple gateway, and entering the secret plane.

If Zhang Che was here, he would have been a little surprised at how courageous they were. They actually dared to take such great risks and directly flew on their mounts to the gateway. Every one of them was really daring!

However, without courage, it really was impossible to become strong.

Although the beastmasters chosen by the various factions to enter the secret plane weren't very strong, that was only relative to those standing at the very top. To ordinary beastmasters, these people were considered the elites of their generation. If they were lucky enough and didn't meet their ends while developing, it shouldn't be a problem for them to become high-tier beastmasters.

Very soon, faint purple light flashed one after another in the secret plane. Figures started forming out of thin air in secret world. Some appeared on land, some appeared on the islands floating on the sea, some appeared in the skies, and some even directly appeared on the floating mountains.

Without exception, everyone's reaction was similar to Zhang Che's when they saw the world in here.

The floating mountains high up in the sky truly had too strong of an impact!

How did those mountains, big and small alike, float in the sky?

No one knew the answer to this question.

That wasn't important, however. Everyone was clear that since this secret plane was so mysterious, treasures must be aplenty!

As such, the beastmasters who entered first were in no hurry to think of a way to contact their companions. Instead, they quickly flew to the nearest floating mountain.

Everyone had the same idea. Since those mountains were floating in the sky, the treasures, if any, should be hidden on those floating mountains, right?

As for the many islands below, no one was interested in them at all, and they were directly ignored by the beastmasters.

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Chapter 482: Caged Within the Heavens and Earth. Countermeasure

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When the first batch of beastmasters entered the secret plane, their breaths were taken away by the fairyland-like scenery.

After they came back to themselves, other than those who appeared at the floating mountains, the rest of the beastmasters all flew to the floating mountains closest to themselves on their respective flying mounts as if they had come to an agreement beforehand.

Although this world was massive, the first hundred or so people that entered didn't see any of their companions in sight, so it didn't deter them from making the same choices.

Obviously, the most likely places to find treasures in this world were those floating mountain ranges!

However, after they entered those floating mountains one after another, their expressions quickly changed just like Zhang Che did, feeling astonished.

They also felt like they had passed through an invisible barrier and arrived at another world. When they tried to turn back and discovered they couldn't leave the floating mountains no matter what, their hearts became extremely shaken, and their complexions paled considerably.

The beastmasters who went to the larger floating mountains were better off, able to console themselves. Perhaps the floating mountains before them contained some treasures. As long as they found them, they could peacefully wait for the secret plane gateway to open again and return to Mercury safely.

The beastmasters who entered the smaller floating mountains, found their expressions turning bitter.

The little mountain in front of them was only a few square kilometers wide. Even if there was good stuff to be found, the amount would be little. If they were trapped in there the whole time, it would be tragic!

No one had expected the secret plane this time would turn out to be such a world!

The world was like a bunch of cages sitting next to one another, trapping everyone inside them, with no choice to advance or retreat.

Not only that, some people were already praying inside, hoping for nothing troublesome to show up. Otherwise, being trapped in such a small floating mountain area, they wouldn't have anyplace to run!

——-

Zhang Che had wandered around the floating mountain range for some time now. He had investigated the situation at the few nearby mountain peaks and some other places. The results were as he had expected.

At the inner area of the floating mountain range, spiritual herbs were truly abundant. The frisky monkey would cry out excitedly every time after moving a certain distance, then show a sad look on his face.

There were so many spiritual herbs around, but they couldn't dig them out of the ground. It was simply driving them crazy!

Even though most of the spiritual herbs around them were only low-grade herbs, and mid-grade or higher were few and far between, their amount made up for the difference! After calculating the number of spiritual herbs in a certain area, the density was more than twice that of the depths of the beast world!

The inner area of this floating mountain range was neither large or small. It was a few hundred square kilometers wide. If they could scavenge all the spiritual herbs in this area, Zhang Che was sure the Huang family's herbal field would have to expand more than ten times in size!

The production quantity of spiritual honey in the herbal field was between sixty to seventy grams a day. If the field was expanded tenfold, then the amount of high-grade spiritual honey produced a day would reach six to seven hundred grams a day!

Measuring their value in purple-gold crystal, a day of production was worth six to seven thousand purple crystal points; In a year, that would be more than two million purple crystal points!

The sum might seem little, only able to purchase two mid-tier legend-quality beast cards, but the true worth of the spiritual honey wasn't to sell for money, but to use it for concocting medicinal pills.

If that high-grade spiritual honey was used as an ingredient to concoct medicine, the profit he stood to gain would increase by several times.

In other words, the final output value would reach about ten million purple crystal points in a year!

Even large clans like the Huang family wouldn't be able to accumulate that much wealth without two or three years of time!

Done thinking, Zhang Che grew even more frustrated. So much good stuff was scattered across the mountains, and yet he wasn't able to bring any of it away. He really wanted to cry…

"This won't do. I must think of a way to bypass the restriction on the ground and dig out those spiritual herbs. Otherwise, this trip to the secret plane will really be a huge loss!" Zhang Che grit his teeth and had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon turn back, flying towards the stone platform.

Afterwards, he tried all kinds of ideas, letting his subdued beasts and pets enter the stone platform in batches and trying all kinds of attacks. However, they only managed to deal insignificant damage to those puppet-animals before they had to retreat from the stone platform.

Obviously, those puppet-animals were strengthened by some kind of array. The source of their strength was endless. If he didn't disable it, there was no way to kill them at all, unless Zhang Che had a divine-quality subdued beast. He could then try to brute force it and directly blast those puppet-animals to smithereens.

"What should I do? Is there really no way to go about it?" Zhang Che stopped at the peak of a nearby mountain, scanning the wide stone platform below. His gaze settled on a higher elevated area.

A spread of dense air circulated around the higher platform, as if something was hidden there. It was most likely linked to the puppet-animals and the restriction placed on the entire floating mountain range's ground.

If he could obtain what was placed on the higher platform, he should be able to undo the restriction. Afterwards, the treasures on the floating mountain range would be free for the taking!

-There must be a way. There must be a way…- Zhang Che's brain spun quickly, thinking of a way to sneak onto the stone platform and get close to the higher platform in the middle.

All of a sudden, Zhang Che thought of the Myriad Transformation Lizard's shapeshifting ability. He shook his head immediately, however. -This won't do. Even if I turned into a frog, I won't be able to escape the senses of those puppet-animals. It isn't a dead object after all. It won't work…

-Not right! Isn't the Myriad Transformation Lizard able to copy three exotic beasts as templates? If I can imitate one of those countless mysterious spiritual beasts on these mountains, will I be able to sneak onto the stone platform?-

At the idea, Zhang Che immediately grew excited. Although this possibility was very slim, he wouldn't know without trying.

"I'll give it a try, then! Who knows, what if I succeed?" With that thought, Zhang Che directly rushed down to the mountain forest below. Countless animals immediately charged at him!

However, those animals were too weak; Zhang Che didn't care about them at all.

He directly reached out and grabbed a fox-like spiritual beast with his hand, then flew up on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon back to the stone platform's vicinity. With a casual toss, he threw the fox-like spiritual beast inside.

As the spiritual beast was thrown onto the stone platform, light suddenly started flashing.

Zhang Che's face sank. -Looks like it doesn't work… Hmm? Wait a minute!-

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Chapter 483: Sneaking Onto the Platform. Broken Crystal

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The little fox-like spiritual beast was totally confused when Zhang Che suddenly threw it onto the stone platform.

It sized up the puppet-animals,who were emitting powerful auras, and immediately trembled from fear and collapsed weakly on the platform.

After the puppet-animals were fully materialized, however, they didn't take any further actions when they saw it was the fox-like spiritual beast that had barged onto the stone platform. They quickly turned back into green lights and scattered.

It was obvious that those puppet-animals and the spiritual beasts in the mountains had some kind of connection, and wouldn't attack them on their own, even if the spiritual beasts had barged into the stone platform for unknown reasons.

At the side of the stone platform, Zhang Che immediately grew wild with joy when he saw this.

"Don't get too excited, don't get too excited… There's still a very important step to determine whether I succeed or not!"

Zhang Che suppressed his excitement with much difficulty, then ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to rush into the stone platform and capture the spiritual beast, who was still stunned from fear, while he stared at the spiritual beast and observed it closely.

-That thing will also turn into a mass of spiritual qi and dissipate after its death. Although the light is quite different from the one after an exotic beast dies, strictly speaking, it is rather similar, isn't it?

-Since that is the case, does that mean my Myriad Transformation Lizard card's shapeshifting ability can use them as a template?

-Whatever. Whether it works or not, I'll know once I try it. There won't be any loss, anyway!-

Hundreds of thoughts flew through Zhang Che's mind. He no longer hesitated and immediately activated the Myriad Transformation Lizard's shapeshifting ability, using the fox-like spiritual beast as a template.

In the next moment, Zhang Che felt the world spinning, and it suddenly turned dark, like a curtain had covered the world.

Zhang Che was shocked for a moment before he started laughing heartily. However, the sound he produced turned out into "jijiji…".

Suddenly, a fellow that looked exactly like that fox-like spiritual beast found its way out from within a pile of clothing. Its spirited eyes looked around carefully, showing a human-like joyful look on its face.

"Unexpectedly, this method really works!"

Although his laughter turned into little barking sounds, Zhang Che didn't panic at all. Instead, he grew even more excited.

With this, he could safely get onto the stone platform and go investigate the higher platform in the middle. Perhaps he'd find a way to undo the restriction!

At this moment, Zhang Che's excitement was simply indescribable.

He familiarized himself with his current body and tried walking a few rounds on the ground. After he learned how to walk properly, he shifted his gaze back onto the stone platform.

At that moment, the fox-like spiritual beast at the side suddenly let out an enraged cry, pouncing at him. Although its simple brain couldn't comprehend what had just happened, that didn't stop it from becoming angry at Zhang Che for turning into a doppelganger of itself.

"Jiji!" Zhang Che wanted to yell at it to get lost, but his words turned into soft jiji cries when he said it out loud.

Alas, Zhang Che's control of his current body was too bad. He was instantly knocked to the ground by that fox-like spiritual beast. It opened its mouth wide and bit down at Zhang Che with its sharp teeth.

At that moment, a gust of wind blew down from the sky. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon plucked up the fox-like spiritual beast with his claw and released a tiny bit of his cold aura, freezing it into an ice statue. Afterwards, the statue shattered, turned into a mass of spiritual qi, and dissipated.

-This freaking scared the shit out of me. Turning into these weak little creatures is really too dangerous!- Zhang Che let out a long sigh of relief. Afterwards, he hinted to the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon with his gaze. His pet dragon, still spiritually connected to him, immediately understood his intentions. He picked up Zhang Che and directly threw his tiny form onto the stone platform.

The little fox Zhang Che transformed into drew an arc a few dozen meters long in the air, then rolled onto the stone platform. Although this little spiritual beast was weak, the little fall didn't hurt him.

Just as Zhang Che fell onto the stone platform, green lights immediately appeared, and various puppet-animals materialized one after another.

However, when they saw it was the little fox again, the puppet-animals looked at it suspiciously before turning back into green lights and fading away.

Zhang Che's heart beat twice as fast when those puppet-animals swept their gazes towards him. He almost couldn't endure it and wanted to order the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to come save him.

Luckily, he managed to fool them. The Myriad Transformation Lizard's ability was really not just for show!

Zhang Che sighed long and deep. He carefully moved his short limbs and walked towards the center of the stone platform. While walking, he kept looking around. Seeing the puppet-animals no longer appear, he finally relaxed and gradually increased his pace.

The center of the stone platform was about a thousand meters from where Zhang Che was. Given his tiny frame right now, it would take him many minutes to reach it if he didn't hurry up.

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The elevated platform drew closer and closer, and the layer of dense air became clearer and clearer, too. However, the object that was shrouded inside it still couldn't be seen.

Zhang Che guessed that he would only be able to get a good look at what it was after he entered the layer of dense air.

-There won't be any other restrictions ahead, right?- Zhang Che suddenly thought as he ran. He quickly slapped his own face, hoping to not jinx it.

Fortunately, Zhang Che's foul mouth didn't come into effect this time, perhaps because he had turned into a spiritual beast. He ran all the way up to the higher platform, and didn't encounter any other restrictions.

-It's good that there aren't any other problems!-

Zhang Che stopped in place. His eyes focused, looking at the higher platform that stood about a dozen meters high. He reached out with his claw and carefully touched the edge of the first step. After confirming there weren't any other restrictions or contraptions, he hopped onto it one step at a time, heading towards the thick layer of air at the top.

Just as he stepped onto the higher platform, Zhang Che suddenly felt strange movements in his spiritual sea. The rainbow crystal that never showed any reaction suddenly trembled slightly.

-Could there be some treasure on top that the big boss needs?- Zhang Che was immediately overjoyed. He didn't expect to have such an unexpected gain!

Treasures that could tempt the rainbow crystal were very rare. There was only that chaotic light which he came across in the previous secret plane.

-Wait a second… Could this platform be the control center of this secret world?-

Zhang Che immediately screamed inside, -Big boss, wait, wait! Can you wait for me to undo the restriction and scavenge all the benefits first before you devour the control center of this world?-

Seemingly having heard Zhang Che's cries, the rainbow crystal actually calmed down.

Zhang Che let out a long sigh of relief. -Lucky… I would be returning without any gains otherwise!-

While thinking of all this, Zhang Che finally stepped onto the dozen-meters-tall platform and entered the area of thick air.

Before him, he saw that inside that thick layer of air was a broken crystal emitting rainbow light, hovering silently in midair, as if it was one with the world!

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Chapter 484: Devour!

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"Damn, there's actually a rainbow crystal here, too!" Zhang Che was stunned when he saw the broken rainbow crystal.

Although Zhang Che could make any sound, his heart was incredibly shaken, screaming inside.

-How can there be a rainbow crystal here!?-

However, no matter if Zhang Che believed it or not, the object floating in the air before his eyes was indeed a rainbow crystal. Although it was broken, its quality and color was exactly the same as the rainbow crystal in his spiritual sea.

At this moment, the rainbow crystal in his spiritual sea was trembling in anticipation.

-Please, please, no, wait a minute, big boss. Wait for me to find a way to disable the restriction here first before you devour this thing, okay?- Zhang Che hurriedly cried inside, anxious.

If he allowed the rainbow crystal to devour the broken one, wouldn't this world immediately collapse, and he wouldn't gain any benefits from it?

-No, no way. I mustn't let this happen!-

Zhang Che almost wanted to kneel to the rainbow crystal in his spiritual sea.

Fortunately, the rainbow crystal stopped stirring restlessly. Even so, its anticipation was still present.

Zhang Che was feeling incredibly anxious. His fox's eyes hurriedly looked around the other areas on the higher platform. However, even if his eyes popped out of their sockets from his frantic searching, there was nothing else to be found on the higher platform.

-No way… how can there be nothing else? At least leave a book or a bamboo scroll or whatever behind to let me control the stone platform!

-Or is it invisible to the naked eye, and I have to observe it with my spiritual force?- Hundreds of thoughts flew through Zhang Che's mind. He was getting frustrated from anxiety, but in order to look for the thing that would allow him to control the restriction set in place, he grit his teeth and calmed himself, sinking his consciousness into the golden vortex. He relied on the profound state to sense his surroundings.

Alas, it turned out to be fruitless…

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Time ticked away by the second. Zhang Che still couldn't find anything in the area. Finally, the rainbow crystal in his spiritual sea ran out of patience. A strong suction directly erupted, sweeping towards the broken crystal shard in the air.

Zhang Che wanted to cry, but no tears would come out. He vaguely understood that perhaps the method to undo the restriction wasn't left behind at all? Otherwise, the rainbow crystal wouldn't have ignored his orders, right?

At this moment, the broken rainbow crystal shard suddenly put up a violent struggle. Dense rainbow light burst out from the broken crystal, resisting the rainbow crystal's attempt to devour it.

In this fragmented world, the winds and cloud stirred up all of a sudden. Many lights flashed through the whole world.

Afterwards, the lights faded at the same time, turning into waves of invisible energy and sweeping towards the floating mountain range Zhang Che was at, gathering onto the piece of broken crystal.

"Hmm, is that thing actually alive?" Zhang Che couldn't help but feel very curious as he watched the crystal shard drawing in the vast amount of energy in the space crazily and trying its hardest to resist the rainbow crystal.

He had thought it would be a piece of cake for the rainbow crystal to devour the crystal shard. Unexpectedly, it was able to put up such a strong resistance!

Shouldn't it cooperate nicely and let the big boss rainbow crystal have a good time?

"But, from the looks of it, the rainbow crystal will succeed in the end."

As he felt the suction produced by the rainbow crystal growing stronger and stronger, Zhang Che wasn't worried that its operation would fail.

The big boss had never fought a losing battle before. Since it made its move, it would surely obtain the final victory!

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"Damn it, what the heck is going on!?"

Hundreds of beastmasters had entered the fragmented worlds by now. However, no matter where they were, every one of them stopped whatever they were doing at the same time. Feeling the terrifying shift of energy, none of them dared to make any moves.

This secret plane was very strange to begin with. Let alone being stuck in the floating mountains, now there was an energy storm brewing in their surroundings. If they didn't act carefully, they might find themselves dying horribly.

Everyone started cursing in their hearts. If they knew this would happen, they wouldn't have come to this secret plane!

The secret planes in the past would always have at least a two year gap before the next one appeared. Now that another one appeared after less than half a year, surely there would be problems inside!

All of a sudden, the entire world returned to what it was like before anyone entered. It was silent everywhere, and no sound could be heard.

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At Zhang Che's location, things seemed to have come to a crucial moment.

Although the energy from the crystal shard was still surging violently, resisting the rainbow crystal's attempt to devour it, Zhang Che could tell that the rainbow crystal was mostly still probing its opponent's strength. When it was done investigating, it would take further actions.

Indeed, a few minutes later, the rainbow crystal suddenly flew out from Zhang Che's spiritual sea, and hovered above him.

Intense rainbow light burst out from the inside of the rainbow crystal, suddenly forming an enormous rainbow cocoon that enveloped the entire higher platform.

As the cocoon took shape, the crystal shard's connection to the outside world was suddenly and forcibly cut off, unable to connect anymore.

The crystal shard finally grew terrified. It was only about the size of a fist, and trembled slightly in the air, seemingly in fear, but also looking like it was pleading for mercy.

Even so, the rainbow crystal was unmoved. The rainbow cocoon bound the space firmly, and the intensity of its attraction grew incredibly terrifying. It was too strong; so strong that the little fox Zhang Che had turned into was pressed to the ground, and even moving his eyes proved to be difficult.

-Shit… this won't end with me dying here, right?- Zhang Che suddenly felt a hint of fear.

As the saying went, mortals get swept up in the trouble when deities fought. His strength was nothing compared to these two gods. If the rainbow crystal was careless for a moment and let the crystal shard's terrifying energy erupt, wouldn't he be torn to countless pieces?

In the next moment, another suction force came from the rainbow crystal.

This suction wasn't aimed at the crystal shard. Instead, it directly swept towards Zhang Che.

-Damn, big boss, you got the wrong person!- Zhang Che cried inside, but it was useless.

He felt the golden vortex in his spiritual sea suddenly spun quickly. A mass of pure spiritual energy erupted, which was swallowed by the rainbow crystal.

-I'm done for… I'm done for… my treasure is devouring its master…- Zhang Che wailed inside. He couldn't move a muscle, and could only watch as the rainbow crystal devoured the enormous spiritual energy in the golden vortex.

Just as Zhang Che thought he was completely done for, the rainbow crystal suddenly stopped consuming his spiritual strength.

Zhang Che was stunned for a moment. He suddenly sensed the draw from the rainbow crystal had become much stronger.

In the next moment, the crystal shard finally couldn't hold on any longer, and was drawn towards the rainbow crystal.

In the blink of an eye, the crystal shard knocked against the rainbow crystal. The huge explosion Zhang Che was anticipating didn't happen. The crystal shard directly turned into a flawlessly pure rainbow light and was absorbed into the rainbow crystal.

The next instant, the upheaval of energy in the entire space ended. Everything returned to a state of peace.

The beastmasters in the secret plane all sighed in relief. Afterwards, they quickly flew towards where they had entered earlier in joy.

The energy storm was probably caused by the invisible barriers shattering due to too many people entering the secret plane, right? With that, they could exit and be free to go wherever they want in this world!

Like they had thought, how could the appearance of a secret plane not give any benefits to them? It turned out that too few people had entered thus far, resulting in those invisible barriers being present.

However, the mass of beastmasters were stunned again.

Flying at high speeds, they violently crashed into an invisible wall as tough as cowhide, together with their flying mounts.

There was no sign of the barriers dissolving at all! Everything was only the imaginations of the beastmasters…

-I'm done for… there really is no way to exit!…- everyone cried miserably at the same time…

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-#$%!… that fellow devoured the crystal shard after all. Looks like I really won't gain anything on this trip!-

Zhang Che felt the enormous pressure was lifted, but his little fox's body remained lying on the higher platform, too lazy to move a muscle.

What was there to move for? The world was about to literally shatter, and everyone in the secret plane would be thrown back into Mercury. Why would he waste his energy?

-If I had known this, I'd have been better off entering the beast world to hunt exotic beast and striven to advance to Tier Seven beastmaster. I wasted a few days' time for this matter for nothing. How sad!-

As for the rainbow crystal's gain for devouring the rainbow crystal shard, Zhng Che directly wrote it off.

It wasn't the first time the rainbow crystal had done something like this. In any case, there wasn't any benefit for him. Who cared?

Zhang Che clearly remembered that after the rainbow crystal devoured the chaotic energy in the previous secret plane, no changes were apparent to him at all, greatly disappointing him, so this time he didn't feel the slightest hint of anticipation.

-Hmm? Why hasn't the world started to break down?- Zhang Che gradually felt something was amiss…

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Chapter 485: This is My World

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Zhang Che lay on the ground, his heart cold as ash, waiting for the world to collapse. However, nothing happened for a long time.

-What's going on? Is the crystal shard not the control center of this world?- Zhang Che was baffled.

-That shouldn't be. An object at the level of the rainbow crystal should be the one invaluable treasure in this fragmented world. How could it not be the control center?-…

-Hmm, perhaps it really isn't!- Zhang Che thought for a while, and remembered when he first dug out the rainbow crystal in the beast world. The big boss went on to follow him, and nothing happened in the beast world, either!

-Since that was the case, naturally this secret world wouldn't be affected after the crystal shard was devoured by the rainbow crystal. But the crystal shard was hovering in the air above the higher platform. At the very least, it should be the control center of this floating mountain range, right?-

At that thought, Zhang Che's eyes suddenly lit up. He felt this possibility was more and more likely. Otherwise, why didn't he discover anything else here?

-Lift the restriction..!- Zhang Che yelled inside. Afterwards, his excited expression stiffened.

He freaking forgot that the crystal shard was devoured by the rainbow crystal boss. Even if it could undo the restriction, it wasn't something he could do himself!

As a result, Zhang Che stared blankly at the rainbow crystal hovering above him, crying inside, -Big boss, why aren't you coming back?-

It was like the rainbow crystal was jolted awake at Zhang Che's cry. The resplendent light from the rainbow crystal quickly retracted, then turned into a streak of light and returned to Zhang Che's brow, settling down in the sky above his spiritual sea.

From just its appearence, it seemed like there wasn't anything different about the rainbow crystal after it devoured the crystal shard. However, Zhang Che knew that the big boss had changed!

-Big boss, can you disable the restriction on the mountain range and let me go gather spiritual herbs?- Zhang Che asked carefully inside.

Truthfully speaking, he wasn't confident about this. He didn't know whether the restriction was really under the rainbow crystal's control. After all, perhaps the switch to the restriction wasn't on the crystal shard. Even if it was, perhaps it wasn't transferred over to the rainbow crystal after it was devoured.

Just as Zhang Che was feeling anxious about it, an invisible wave suddenly flashed on the rainbow crystal. It directly shot out from his brow, instantly enveloping the whole floating mountain range.

-This is… I succeeded?- Zhang Che blinked a few times. Afterwards, his figure shook, and quickly transformed back to his original self.

After changing back to the form of a human, Zhang Che looked around the stone platform cautiously, afraid that those puppet-animals would rush out once more and surround him.

Fortunately, the stone platform was as calm as before. Even so, Zhang Che remained wary. He took a light step forward, walking down the stairs from the higher platform one step at a time to the outside.

The puppet-animals didn't appear.

"Yes!" Zhang Che almost jumped from excitement. His joy was indescribable.

-I did it! I really did it!- The restriction here was indeed controlled by the crystal shard, and after it got devoured by the rainbow crystal, the way to undo it had transferred over as well.

Although Zhang Che didn't have direct control over it, leaving him slightly regretful, it didn't matter in the end. The rainbow crystal having control of it meant he had control over it!

Now, it was time to start harvesting the spiritual herbs on this floating mountain range!

Zhang Che trembled slightly from excitement once he thought of the surrounding hundreds of square kilometers in the inner ring of the floating mountain range having an endless supply of spiritual herbs waiting for him to gather.

The value was simply too great!

Finally, he left the stone platform and returned to the mountain peak outside.

On his way there, not a single puppet-animal came to life. It seemed like the rainbow crystal indeed had full control of the area.

"Come, let's go dig for herbs!" Zhang Che summoned out the frisky monkey. The master and pet jumped onto the Darkfiend byssal Dragon's back, then Zhang Che waved his hand suavely, flying off to the nearest mountain.

The elemental queen, who had been left here waiting on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back, obviously understood what had happened. She was similarly overjoyed inside and quickly said to Zhang Che, "Congratulations to Master!"

-This master is incredible! He actually has such a treasure!-

Thinking back on how she was pressed down by an invisible weight before she saw the rainbow crystal, unable to move at all, the elemental queen had a hint of shock of her face even now.

She felt that her surrendering to Zhang Che after realizing she couldn't defeat him was indeed the best choice she could have made.

By following a strong master like Zhang Che, perhaps she'd have a chance at reaching the realm of legends in the future, living an eternal life in the world!

"Hahahaha. We'll go dig herbs. After digging the spiritual herbs here, we'll go to another place!"

Zhang Che was incredibly happy. He didn't know if the rainbow crystal could control other fragmented worlds yet. If it could, given how vast this secret plane was, with uncountable floating mountain ranges, the amount of spiritual herbs waiting to be gathered was simply countless. It was absolutely an inexhaustible supply, capable of directly turning him into the wealthiest man on Mercury!

Let alone others, if he could find sufficient high-grade spiritual herbs, he could totally let his subdued beasts and pets, with the exception of a few unique ones, advance to the peaks of their potential, especially the Umbra Wind God Leopard! If he could continuously break through with the use of spiritual herbs, wouldn't he be able to grow to nine-star super divine-quality directly?

Wouldn't he become invincible right away?!

At the idea, Zhang Che started feeling a little dizzy, overwhelmed by happiness, so much so that he almost forgot what his surname was!

"Not right! With so many spiritual herbs, I can't bring them all back!"

Zhang Che instantly woke up from his dreams, realizing the space available in his spatial storage was limited. It was impossible for him to bring away so many spiritual herbs!

Moreover, if the rainbow crystal was unable to control the opening and closing of the secret plane, then he'd be thrown out along with the other beastmasters in a month or two at the most.

So, what was most important going forward wasn't for him to hurry up and go dig the spiritual herbs. Instead, it was to clarify whether the rainbow crystal could control this world, as well as the opening and closing of the secret plane gateway.

As thought after thought quickly flew through his mind, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon arrived at the skies above the forest on the mountain peak.

This time, the animals didn't come to attack Zhang Che. He wasn't surprised by this, however. Even the puppet-animals on the stone platform were under the rainbow crystal's control. Why would these weak little creatures come attack him?

Jumping off from the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back, Zhang Che didn't need the frisky monkey to guide him. With the monkey's Halo, Zhang Che could sense the fluctuations of several spiritual herbs not far away from him.

He directly walked to a spot with quick steps. Parting the grass aside, he saw a purple flower in full bloom, a delicate fragrance coming from it.

With a thought, an herbal hoe appeared in his hand. Zhang Che aimed at the root of the spiritual flower, swinging down at it.

Pu! The herbal hoe easily dug into the earth.

"I can really dig now!" A hint of happiness flashed in Zhang Che's eyes. He dug out the whole purple spiritual flower directly, along with a large piece of earth.

Holding the spiritual flower's root in his hand, Zhang Che exerted gentle strength, shaking the soil off it.

The spiritual flower didn't turn into spiritual qi and dissipate away.

"Good! Now I need to check if the rainbow crystal can control the barrier outside of this floating mountain range."

Zhang Che wasn't in a hurry to dig other spiritual herbs. Instead, he mounted the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon again, flying off to the outskirts of the floating mountain range.

Soon, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew to the edge of the floating mountain range, arriving in front of the invisible barrier.

Zhang Che reached out his hand to touch it. The smooth but tough, impenetrable and invisible membrane was still blocking the way back.

"Big boss, can you get rid of this thing?" Zhang Che asked the rainbow crystal, harboring some anxiety in his heart.

Of course the rainbow crystal wouldn't answer him, but an incorporeal splendor flashed across the translucent crystal and shot out in all directions.

"It really can!" Zhang Che lit up. He reached out once more.

As he had expected, the layer of tough membrane-like barrier had disappeared without a trace.

Everything in this world was now under the big boss rainbow crystal's control. However, Zhang Che wasn't sure if the rainbow crystaal also had control over the barriers in the other fragmented worlds.

After all, the crystal shard was found at the stone platform in this floating mountain range. Perhaps it was only the control center of this area?

That would also explain why the secret plane didn't shatter after the crystal shard was devoured.

With a quick thought, Zhang Che immediately sped off on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, flying to the nearest floating mountain range.

The short distance of a few dozen thousand meters was quickly covered in a dozen or so seconds by the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon. After the dragon flew into this floating mountain range, Zhang Che quickly turned back and reached his hand out. As expected, he felt another layer of tough, brilliant membrane, stopping his fingers from going further.

"Big boss, can you handle this?" Zhang Che sent his will to the rainbow crystal again.

In the next moment, an invisible wave spread out from the rainbow crystal once more. The barrier shrouding this floating mountain range was opened by the rainbow crystal as well.

Zhang Che's heart pumped crazily. He could faintly tell that the rainbow crystal seemed to be able to control all the barriers and restrictions in this world!

However, Zhang Che wasn't very sure after testing on only two areas. He quickly flew to the next floating mountain range a few dozen kilometers away on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon.

After the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew out a few thousand meters, Zhang Che's ears suddenly twitched. He hurriedly ordered the dragon to stop.

Zhang Che turned to look behind. He saw a figure entering the forest on the floating mountain range he had just left.

"Someone already entered here? So, that person saw the entire process of me passing through the barrier and leaving the floating mountain range clearly?"

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Chapter 486: Finding Out a Secret

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Zhang Che immediately furrowed his brow. He narrowed his eyes, staring at the spread of forest at the floating mountain range behind him for some time. Afterwards, he patted the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back lightly, directing it to fly back.

The elemental queen seemed to have sensed the cold killing intent coming from Zhang Che. She immediately asked, anticipating, "Master, are we going back to silence that person?"

She understood the significance of this world to Zhang Che. If he could really control this world, to the extent of being able to enter and exit as he wished in the future, the benefits behind all this was too great.

How could he let others know such a shocking secret?

But, did Zhang Che have to silence that person just because they discovered his secret?

Countless thoughts flew through Zhang Che's mind in an instant. In the end, a cold glint flashed in his eyes and he directly flew back on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon.

Putting the matter of killing that person or not aside for now, he needed to see what kind of a person the unlucky one was.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was very fast; they returned to that floating mountain range almost instantly.

In order to prevent that person from escaping in another direction, Zhang Che asked the rainbow crystal to put up the barrier again, then rushed towards the forest in the distance.

There weren't any signs of movement ahead.

"Strange. Does this floating mountain not have those annoying animals?" Zhang Che gradually grew suspicious.

He was sure he hadn't let the rainbow crystal disable the restrictions in other areas.

Could it be that the massive floating mountain range with the rainbow crystal shard was the only area with restrictions, other than the barrier?

While searching for the beastmaster, Zhang Che summoned the frisky monkey out and had him sense whether there were spiritual herbs on this floating mountain range.

The frisky monkey sensed the spiritual herbs deep in the forest ahead instantly. He quickly told Zhang Che with an excited look, "Baba, there are spiritual herbs!"

He was confused. The mountain range from earlier was filled with spiritual herbs, but baba didn't dig them all away with him. Could it be that baba wanted to snatch the spiritual herbs at other areas first and return there later?

The frisky monkey didn't understand what Zhang Che was thinking.

Zhang Che's expression changed slightly. He had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon fly to where a spiritual herb was, then took out the herbal hoe and swung at the earth.

When he dug out the spiritual herb, along with a large piece of earth, Zhang Che's mood immediately changed for the worse. He looked at the floating mountain ranges all around him and cried out miserably, "My spiritual herbs!"

A few hours had passed since Zhang Che first entered the secret plane. Since a beastmaster had entered this floating mountain range, surely many other beastmasters had also crossed the thousand kilometers and entered the secret plane.

If the other floating mountain ranges didn't have restrictions, wouldn't that mean the beastmasters were happily searching for spiritual herbs and had started digging already?

Naturally Zhang Che wouldn't harbor the extravagant hope of the other beastmasters not finding any spiritual herbs on the floating mountain ranges. Although they didn't have pets like the frisky monkey who could sense the fluctuations from spiritual herbs, the spiritual herbs on the floating mountain ranges were simply too great in number. One could come across an herb or two just by casually walking around!

Also, no other treasures had been found on the mountain ranges thus far. Everyone would surely shift their focus onto searching for spiritual herbs.

With that, as more and more beastmasters entered the secret plane, wouldn't a large amount of spiritual herbs be dug away by them?

Zhang Che grew restless. In his heart, everything in the secret plane was now his personal property. How could he allow others to take them away?!

"This won't do. I have to get the rainbow crystal to open the secret plane gateway right away, and kick everyone else out. I can't let others take my things away!"

Zhang Che almost wanted to let the rainbow crystal try to see if it could control the opening and closing of the secret plane gateway and drive everyone else out. However, there was still an unresolved problem.

Although he could pass through the restriction on the edge of the floating mountain range, it didn't mean others would realize the area was completely under his control. However, Zhang Che couldn't afford to take such a risk.

Everyone else would be blocked by a barrier after entering the mountain range; why was he the only one to go through it easily and not be affected?

Zhang Che was sure if he had the rainbow crystal kick everyone out right now, including himself, his secret would be exposed to the whole world in less than an hour.

So, before he found that beastmaster from earlier, he mustn't close the secret plane gateway!

Wanting to find that beastmaster in a quiet dense forest wasn't something easy to do, either. Although this floating mountain range wasn't very big, it was still several dozen kilometers wide. As long as that beastmaster hid themselves carefully, it really would be quite a task to find him.

However, this didn't pose to be a problem for Zhang Che.

-Big boss, can you find that person from earlier? Also, can you confirm if there are other beastmasters in this floating mountain range?- Zhang Che asked the rainbow crystal inside.

In the next moment, an invisible wave flashed across the rainbow crystal.

Immediately, Zhang Che felt like his mind seemed to be connected to this floating mountain range. An aura completely different from the floating mountain range, located in a valley less than two kilometers away from him, was clearly shown to him.

Indeed, since the rainbow crystal had gained complete control over this world, how could it not find those who had invaded its territory?

A faint smile curled up at the corners of Zhang Che's lips. He flew off towards that position on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon hastily.

—

In that valley, a dark-skinned man with a head full of messy curly hair was currently hiding in the dense forest. In the gaps between the trees, he saw the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon stop in the air for a moment before quickly flying in his direction,

"Damn, did that guy see me? What should I do? I was the only one here when I entered. According to the General, that yellow-skinned monkey is very powerful; I'm no match for him at all!"

A few large beads of sweat formed on his charcoal-black forehead, rolling down. However, this black brother didn't show any other reaction. Seeing the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon arriving near the forest almost instantly, he held his breath nervously, not even daring to look directly in the dragon's direction.

-May God bless me. He must be just passing here by coincidence. He didn't discover me; he definitely didn't discover me!- The black brother prayed in his heart, while at the same time regretting not waiting for the team behind him so they could enter the secret plane together.

If he waited until the team gathered and came in together, perhaps they would have a chance to take down this yellow-skinned monkey!

After all, in order to deal with this man in the secret plane, General Mihill had prepared a few special weapons for them. If they found a chance, they'd surely succeed in killing the man.

Alas, it was useless regretting now. The weapons were in the hands of the team leader. He wasn't qualified to carry them with him.

—

"Come on out. No need to hide anymore; I've already seen you!" Zhang Che said in English, a faint mocking smile on his face as he looked into the forest. Even so, the black brother showed no reaction.

"Hehehehe, you think I'm trying to trick you?" Zhang Che shook his head. The scarlet and white sword light immediately shot out from his brow, streaking into the forest like a bolt of lightning and directly spun around above the black brother's head, cutting down the top of the bushes he was using to conceal himself, revealing his inexplicably shocked face.

"Hey, brother, misunderstanding, misunderstanding!"

Left without a choice, the black brother could only raise his hands and stand up from the bush. He showed an awkward smile, faking confusion and saying, "Brother, I'm very poor. I don't even have any legend-quality beast cards on me. Please let me go and don't dirty your spiritual sword."

-Act, you just keep acting!- Zhang Che maintained his smile, saying, "You saw everything earlier, didn't you?"

"No, no, no, no!" The black brother shook his head violently. "I saw nothing, really! You have to believe me. I, Phil, am very honest. I didn't see anything, and that's the truth!" Phil pleaded. However, he was thinking inside, -This cursed yellow-skinned monkey! If I make it through this, I'll definitely spread the matter of you being able to enter and leave the barriers freely and let those experts all go find trouble with you!-

However, this world was now completely under the rainbow crystal's control. Unbeknownst to him, the hint of killing intent he emitted was clearly sensed by the rainbow crystal, and reflected to Zhang Che.

-Hmm, big boss means to get rid of this guy?- Zhang Che was slightly taken aback. The rainbow crystal was indeed powerful. It was actually able to sense the killing intent of others towards him through its control of the world?

Even so, Zhang Che didn't directly kill off this black uncle. Instead, he summoned out the Psychedelic Ghost-Patterned Butterfly.

The Psychedelic Ghost-Patterned Butterfly had become an extremely terrifying subdued beast. Upon activating its Enchant skill, non-high-tier beastmasters were sure to fall under its spell. It was that terrifying!

After the Psychedelic Ghost-Patterned Butterfly unleashed its Enchant skill, the black uncle's eyes immediately became confused. He seemed to struggle for a moment, but it was completely useless. He immediately fell under the Psychedelic Ghost-Patterned Butterfly's control.

"Speak. Who are you, and what evil have you committed?" Zhang Che asked, pressing the black uncle to spill all his information.

Although Zhang Che was going to kill this black uncle no matter if he had committed any evil, or what his character was like… if he was an evil man through and through, Zhang Che would feel better after killing him and not feel guilty.

At Zhang Che's questioning, Phil soon explained his identity clearly. He also spoke about what important matters he had done in the past. In the end, he even talked about the mission he received on this journey into the secret plane.

As Zhang Che heard about this, his complexion changed slightly…

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Chapter 487: Killing Under the Curtain of the Night

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After hearing Phil's account, Zhang Che's complexion slowly changed. It turned out that a general of the Bei Mei military was backing the mysterious faction trying to research exotic beast genetic evolution fluid through inhuman means, such as human experimentation!

Not only that, they were obviously very unresigned to their losses!

Alas, Zhang Che hadn't left Hua Xia in recent times. They weren't able to find another chance to strike. They wanted to find an opportunity during this trip to the secret plane to get rid of him.

Zhang Che was sure that if high-tier beastmasters were allowed to enter secret planes, that General Mihill person would probably come himself to kill him!

Speaking of which, Zhang Che never regretted a moment stealing their research information on exotic beast genetic evolution fluid, or even instigating a conflict between them and Nihong's Miyazaki Clan, inciting a huge fight to break out.

Those kinds of organization that employed unscrupulous methods to achieve their purposes, like kidnapping a large number of commoners to conduct human experiments on, he wouldn't have any sympathy no matter how far they fell, or how many times they died.

Zhang Che didn't have the strength to easily kill them all. Otherwise, he would have uprooted them back when he was in Bei Mei!

Now, they were actually looking to murder him, chasing him all the way into the secret plane! How could he possibly take that lying down!?

If this wasn't a fragmented world, with barriers everywhere, and the rainbow crystal coincidentally gaining control over the secret plane, allowing it to control those barriers and restrictions, Zhang Che would have really been in for a shock this time!

Of course, Zhang Che didn't think a few mid-tier beastmasters could hurt him, even though they entered the secret plane equipped with epic-quality beasts like him, as well as having a few secret weapons specially prepared for him.

Phil's confessions went on for close to half an hour. Zhang Che heard everything he wanted to hear. He even heard about the mysterious Bei Mei organization, learning its exact situation.

This could be said to be a blessing in disguise. However, not a single one of the beastmasters sent by the organization could be left alive…

—

Zhang Che took a last look at Phil, then ordered him to hand over all his beast cards, as well as any other valuables he had. Afterwards, Zhang Che let the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon grab hold of Phil and directly rush out of the floating mountain range, dropping him several thousand meters down into the vast sea below.

He'd be left to his own devices. Zhang Che wasn't willing to kill him personally. There was no reason to dirty his own hands, or pollute his floating mountain range.

Although the sea below also belonged to Zhang Che, surely there were large amounts of sea creatures living in it. That fellow would definitely be swallowed whole by some fierce carnivorous fish. In the end, even his bones would be digested completely!

"Hmm? Not right… If I want to eat fish in the future, what if I accidentally…" At that thought, Zhang Che's expression immediately changed.

-No! I definitely can't let him be eaten by the sea creatures!-

Zhang Che immediately gave the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon a new order, telling him to go capture the black uncle once more. Afterwards, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon directly turned Phil into an ice statue with a blast of cold breath on one of the deserted islands floating on the sea. Not only that, the dragon even dug a hole and buried him on it!

With that, Zhang Che's secret plane wouldn't be polluted, and Phil would even serve as fertilizer for the plants on the island.

—

"Damn it, why is there a barrier at the edge of the floating mountain?"

On a certain floating mountain, a mixed group of black-skinned and white-skinned beastmasters stood at the side of the mountain, looking at the vast space outside just in front of their eyes, every one of their brows furrowed deeply.

The leader was a man with a head of long brown hair, a pair of deep eyes, and a high nose bridge. He emitted a cold aura as he grumbled harshly, "The most damnable thing is that the barrier only allows entry and not exit. How are we supposed to complete the general's mission like this? Damn it, damn it, damn it!"

"Isn't this better, Leader?" A languid-looking black man at the side smiled. "I heard that yellow-skinned monkey is unfathomably strong. Even high-tier beastmasters might not be his match. If we really bump into him, we might not have a very high chance of winning."

"O'Neill is right, Leader. Given our current situation, we can try to look for more treasures in the secret plane, and not be considered to be defying the general's orders. Isn't that great?" a beautiful woman with golden hair chimed in.

The brown-haired man regarded as their leader narrowed his eyes, staring at the two. However, they didn't care at all. He then shifted his gaze to the side. The other three were showing similar looks on their faces.

"Alright. But keep in mind to never say these kind of things again. If the general learns of this, I won't plead for you."

"Okay, relax. We're not that stupid!" the group laughed.

Originally, they were feeling rather dispirited about this mission. Who didn't know that kid from Hua Xia was strong, and possessed a very powerful spiritual sword fragment?

Even though the general had prepared a few secret weapons for them, who knew if they would come in useful? The situation they were currently in was the best possible outcome. They could avoid the mission the general gave them, and could peacefully look for treasures in the secret plane to strengthen themselves. There was simply nothing better!

Since the few of them were holding one another's hands when they stepped into the secret plane's gateway, they appeared at the same place after entering this world. They casually chose to enter the largest floating mountain range near them, which was several dozen square kilometers in area. There should be quite a number of treasures to be found here, right?

"Oh, I wonder where that ass Phil appeared at? He actually came in by himself first! When we return to Mercury, I'll definitely report him to the general!" someone in the team suddenly mentioned.

"Don't bother about him. We have no way to deal with that yellow-skinned monkey anyway. It's not bad to have one less person to share our loot with."

After their discussion, they immediately set out, heading deeper into the floating mountain range and began their treasure-hunting journey.

—

"This is difficult. The secret plane is so big; where am I going to find those people?" Zhang Che was fretting at the moment. Although he had a rough idea of the situation about those few people through Phil and could recognize them as long as he met them, it wouldn't be easy to actually find them in the huge secret plane.

Zhang Che didn't want to go looking everywhere. Let alone the fact that it would be a waste of time, in addition to having no guarantee of finding them, the secret about him being able to pass through the floating mountain ranges' barriers would be easily exposed.

After all, the beastmasters who entered the secret plane weren't few in number. No matter how careful Zhang Che was, it was impossible for him to avoid the eyes of everyone and go undiscovered.

Suddenly, the entire space turned dark.

It was like the light in a hidden room was suddenly switched off. The bright and clear space turned completely dark directly.

"Hmm, is this the nighttime in this secret plane? The way it came was so strange."

Zhang Che looked around him in shock. It was dark everywhere, with no illumination at all.

It was unlike the previous secret plane, where the sky was covered by a massive stone wall, with countless crystals dotted above like stars, differentiating night and day.

Of course, the secret planes weren't normal worlds, after all. There was no sun; Zhang Che didn't understand how night and day came about in these worlds. So, even if night fell so strangely, he didn't put it to mind.

The only regretful thing was that he had to remain in this floating mountain range to rest, then find a way to look for that General Mihill's subordinates tomorrow.

Those people had to be killed. Putting aside the fact that they were following General Mihill and had committed many evil acts, Zhang Che couldn't let them go just based on the fact that they were looking to kill him.

They didn't have the opportunity to do so this time, but what about in the future?

It would be best if he could weaken his enemies' forces. That way, he'd feel a little less pressure when they clashed.

—

Zhang Che found a relatively flat area and started preparing for tonight's dinner with the frisky monkey and the elemental queen.

Well, it was the usual roasted meat with spiritual honey. They hadn't gotten sick of eating it yet. As for the future, at the most he'd switch up the flavor.

The elemental queen's skill in roasting meat had truly reached a master's level. Zhang Che guessed that he'd never get sick of eating the spiritual honey roasted meat she prepared!

While the three were gorging themselves, stuffing roasted meat in their mouths, huge changes suddenly occurred in the sky.

A layer of blurry light lit up his surroundings. When Zhang Che looked up, he was surprised to discover that dots of light were quickly pouring down from the skies in many different colors, like a rain of light was falling.

"What's this?" Zhang Che didn't understand what the dots of light were. However, he was happy to enjoy the view while eating.

Whether the rain of light was dangerous or not only mattered to others. The rainbow crystal had complete control over this world. Even if the rain of light could destroy the heavens and earth, it wouldn't be able to do anything to Zhang Che!

—

Unlike Zhang Che's carefree attitude, the other beastmasters furrowed their brows deeply when they saw the sudden rain of light, their expressions becoming extra cautious.

Something had to be up whenever there was an anomaly. This rain of light falling from the whole sky definitely wouldn't be anything good!

"So fast!" someone suddenly cried out in shock.

The rain of light that was high up in the sky suddenly accelerated its descent, quickly shrouding the world below like real light.

Everyone sensed a heavy intent to kill from the rain of light…

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Chapter 488: Great Danger from the Heavens. New Discovery

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-Damn it! Like I thought, how could there be no danger in this secret plane? It actually comes at night!- everyone cursed in their hearts. They quickly put on their best beast card armor and looked around for a place to take shelter.

Even if they couldn't find a good hiding spot like a crevice, hiding under a big tree would give them some sense of security! Heavens knew what kind of danger the fast falling rain of light would bring…

—

General Mihill's small unit of six people was similarly running towards a crevice between the mountains.

The brown-haired leader had a dark expression, not saying a word. Only a hint of fear of the unknown flashed across his eyes subconsciously.

The five other members were in a worse state. Their fear was very apparent on every face. With the help of the illumination from the rain of light, they were running like their lives depended on it, hoping to reach the crevice a few dozen meters away before the rain fell on them.

Although they were all mid-tier beastmasters and weren't weak, and a few dozen meters wasn't a long distance either, the terrain here was too rugged. They would only reach their destination in about four seconds.

Moreover, they were racing against the speed of light. Heavens knew if they could make it in time!

Of course, if the rain of colors was really travelling at the speed of light, every beastmaster out there didn't have to run. They'd probably be covered in those strange things before they even saw anything.

"Damn, I don't think we will make it in time!" O'Neill, who was at the back of the group, cried in frustration. Before he could even finish his sentence, the rain of light fell onto them. However, it wasn't a rain of light, but something that resembled rays of light. Their colors and length varied. The shorter ones were only about ten centimeters long, while the long ones measured over a meter. It came in all colors that could possibly be imagined.

Every one of those mysterious rays contained a different energy wave.

However, no one was in the mood to study the strange rays. They were all desperately running for their lives, making their way to the crevice only a dozen meters away now.

In the end, O'Neill was a little too slow. Just as he was about to enter the crevice, he was struck by a gray ray. Immediately, his large, dark muscular body went stiff and directly toppled to the ground, rolling into the crevice.

"Hey, O'Neill, you okay?"

His companions were astonished. They hurriedly tried to help him up, but his whole body was stiff like a rock sculpture; his joints couldn't move an inch.

"Ah! O'Neill is dead!" screamed Elena, the woman with long blonde hair. She truly hadn't dared imagine the rain of light was so terrifying. O'Neill was clearly wearing beast card armor, and yet he was killed instantly!

How scary! Luckily everyone else hid themselves inside the crevice at the last moment, even if O'Neill wasn't fortunate enough to make it in time.

"He's not dead!" the leader of the unit, Morack, shouted immediately. He lifted the rock-solid O'Neill up and saw his wide eyes were filled with shock and fear. O'Neill couldn't move a muscle. Even speaking was impossible.

"Damn it, were you struck by the legendary Medusa's petrification spell?" Morack asked with a frown, looking into O'Neill's eyes.

However, O'Neill could only show his fear and confusion with his eyes. His slightly opened mouth was unable to produce any sound.

Helpless about it, Morack put O'Neill down again. That guy was too big; holding him up like that was very tiring.

—

After a long while, O'Neill finally recovered. His face still showed his fear.

When he came back to himself, O'Neill started recalling the feeling when he was struck by the ray. Fear lingered in his heart, which was still racing even now. "Damn it. Those rays are impossible to block! The beast card armors seem to be useless; it really felt like I died in that moment!"

He was sure if he was struck by a few more of those rays, he would definitely be dead right now. There was no way he would survive that!

Hearing O'Neill's account, the others couldn't help but look outside in fear. It was only when they confirmed those colorful rays wouldn't come inside the crevice that they sighed in relief.

—

Morack's group was considered fortunate. Many other beastmasters weren't so lucky, however.

Some of them had just entered the secret plane. Although they sensed the danger when the sky full of rain of light started falling, they were too far from the floating mountain ranges and were unable to find a place to shelter themselves. A brief moment later, they were struck by a number of those rays and directly died in various ways, be it turning into ash, frozen into ice, or even petrified into stone, left with no signs of life at all.

Even many of the beastmasters in the floating mountain ranges lost their lives tragically due to their slower reactions and failure to find a suitable place to shield themselves. They were similarly struck by the rays and died to the strange attacks of the plane.

——-

Zhang Che could also feel the terrifying energy contained in those rays. However, the rainbow crystal had control over the situation. None of those rays fell on him, leaving him feeling very fortunate.

If he had not sneaked onto the stone platform and obtained control over the secret plane, perhaps he'd have run into some danger…

"What a pity. Who knows how many beastmasters will fall to these weird attacks…" Zhang Che observed a moment of silence for the beastmasters who might lose their lives while chewing some roasted meat.

Indeed, opportunities and dangers coexisted in the secret planes. You'd never know when there'd be unexpected dangers suddenly finding their way to you. It was almost impossible to avoid them.

"Oh, right, since the rainbow crystal can control the barriers and restrictions, I wonder if it can also control those mysterious rays? The beastmasters in the secret plane are the core of Mercury's forces, after all. It'd be best to keep the casualties to a minimum." Zhang Che suddenly thought of this issue. He immediately let the rainbow crystal try controlling it.

In the end, something surprising happened.

An invisible wave spread out in all directions from the rainbow crystal, and the colorful rays still pouring from the skies really stopped immediately. The heavens and earth actually returned to a state of darkness.

"Haha, I really can control this! I should have thought of this earlier!" Zhang Che was both happy and annoyed.

If he had realized this sooner, many people would have been spared.

-Ai, I should have thought of this sooner. Since the rainbow crystal gained control over the secret plane after devouring the crystal shard, naturally it can control everything in here. I'm really too thoughtless.

-What a pity. Who knows how many people died during those few seconds… Hopefully not too many…- Zhang Che shook his head. His complexion wasn't looking too good.

After all, if he had realized this point earlier, those unfortunate beastmasters would still be alive.

"I'd better make this secret plane shatter soon and send everyone out. Who knows what other dangers there might be afterwards? It's always good for less people to die. Also, I can prevent them from taking too many of my spiritual herbs away. It's killing two birds with one stone; why not?"

By now, Zhang Che was pretty confident he could control forcibly send everyone out of the secret plane prematurely through the rainbow crystal.

Also, he should be able to come back again anytime he wanted… right?

Before that, however, he still had to get rid of those Bei Mei beastmasters sent here by that General Mihill to murder him. Zhang Che was no saint, after all. Since others were looking to rob him of his life, it was impossible for him to let them go just like that, although they had no way to put their plan into action.

Many people had just perished in the secret plane. A few more of them dying was no big deal.

As for the possibility of that whole unit being wiped out by the wave of rays earlier, Zhang Che found it rather unlikely. A few lucky ones would probably survive.

"But, you guys better not celebrate too early. When I find you, you'll be going to join that black man from earlier!" A faint smile rose on Zhang Che's lips. He intended to rest for the night and go look for them tomorrow when light shone in the world once more.

In any case, Phil had given an account of his comrades' features. There was no need to worry he wouldn't find them. At the most, he'd need to spend a little more time.

—

Just as he was about to go rest, Zhang Che suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

-Since the rainbow crystal can control everything in this world, it should be able to help me find those people easily, right?

-Maybe? Perhaps? Most probably, yeah?-

At that idea, Zhang Che focused his attention into his spiritual sea and made this request of the rainbow crystal.

That's right. Zhang Che didn't dare to put up a commanding attitude towards the mysterious big boss, the rainbow crystal. He could only discuss the matter with it.

If he accidentally offended the big boss and made it fly away, who would he cry to?

Another invisible wave spread out rapidly from the rainbow crystal in all directions. Soon, a mysterious feeling appeared in Zhang Che's heart.

Under the rainbow crystal's guidance, Zhang Che immediately knew exactly where that unit was!

"As expected, I am the king in my territory. I can do whatever I want. If I want to find somebody, they'll have nowhere to hide, no matter how good they are at it!"

Zhang Che was extremely excited inside. In the end, he couldn't hold it in any longer and burst out in laughter. Afterwards, he didn't care that it was pitch black around him and mounted the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon. They followed the rainbow crystal's directions, flying out to their right.

Zhang Che really couldn't wait a moment longer. Heavens knew how many more beastmasters would enter this secret plane. The more people came in, and the longer this dragged on, the more of his spiritual herbs would be dug away!

Zhang Che would never do such a losing business!

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Chapter 489: Garbage Secret Weapon

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It felt really good to be controlling the world. Zhang Che didn't have to worry about any danger at all… although the rainbow was actually the one controlling the secret plane, and he had nothing to do with it.

-Well… I can be counted as the symbiotic host of the big boss. That's no different from me controlling the secret plane, right?- Zhang Che consoled himself thinking of it that way.

As for whether the rainbow crystal would abandon Zhang Che one day and disappear without a trace, he thought it was a hundred percent impossible. After all, the big boss was dug out from the rock after he exhausted much strength and effort, 'saving' it.

Even if the divine object had a spirit dwelling in it, Zhang Che was the first person it met. In a certain sense, it was like a newborn beast that would recognize the first creature it saw as its parent.

Zhang Che continued thinking smugly while the Darkfiend Abyssal Drgon quickly flew out of this modest-sized floating mountain range, heading in a pre-determined direction.

——-

The team whose original objective was to find a chance to get rid of Zhang Che was fairly far away, over three thousand kilometers away. They were on a decent-sized floating mountain range.

However, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was flying at his max speed without any worries. He would only need an hour and a half to reach their destination.

During the flight, Zhang Che inquired of the rainbow crystal to see if this secret plane would really open and close as he willed it, kicking everyone out.

The answer was positive. Zhang Che immediately brightened up when he confirmed this.

With that, he could really be counted as having a world of his own!

It really felt like the Xianxia novels he'd read in his previous life. Only those pseudo sage-level figures could have a world of their own!

That was too awesome!

In this secret plane, Zhang Che was simply a god-like existence. Other than a few fundamental laws of the world which couldn't be changed, he could do whatever he wanted!

Zhang Che felt so good he almost floated away…

"Hmm, in that case, I don't have to work so hard to dig all those spiritual herbs. I'll just come in and pick a bunch directly when the need arises."

"Tsk, tsk. From the looks of it, when I return to Hua Xia I'll have to get father-in-law to do something about the herbal research institute… No, the weather is still too cold in Bei Du, and with the invasion of the demon world's energy, the climate is becoming more and more extreme. It's best to relocate the herbal field south!"

Once that occurred to him, Zhang Che felt he was really smart.

Compared to Bei Du, the weather in the south was much warmer. Other than the spiritual herbs that preferred cold weather, the rest could be transferred to the south, establishing a new large herbal field. Afterwards, the spiritual honey production project would develop quickly.

The current herbal field only produced a few dozen grams of spiritual honey a day. When the new herbal field was expanded to a sufficiently huge size, those hundred or so bees could totally produce more than ten kilograms of spiritual honey a day!

Once done, it was akin to earning at least a hundred thousand purple crystal points a day! In a year, the total income could reach the astronomical sum of close to forty million purple crystal points!

Imagining the beautiful future ahead, Zhang Che smiled so wide his eyes narrowed into slits.

Indeed, having a world of his own was different. His wealth immediately grew to the level of being able to rival a country!

In such a vast secret plane, it was impossible for there to only be spiritual herbs around. There'd surely be other valuables, like minerals…

——

Before Zhang Che knew it, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon arrived at their destination while he was still fantasizing.

Their surroundings were still pitch black. He couldn't see a thing.

During his way here, Zhang Che wasn't able to see anything, either, since there was no source of light at all.

Fortunately, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was able to see even in absolute darkness. Otherwise, Zhang Che would have feared an accident might happen during the flight. They could have directly crashed into one of the floating mountain ranges, leading to both him and the dragon losing their lives.

Given that they were flying at Mach 2, in addition to the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's size, a collision would be devastating. Zhang Che guessed that his little body wouldn't be able to withstand it at all.

"Hmm, go in that direction."

When they arrived, Zhang Che guided the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon according to the rainbow crystal's pointers, quickly drawing closer to where the group was hiding.

Currently, Morack's group was still hiding in that crevice from before, not daring to move thoughtlessly.

Although that abnormal rain of light had stopped and it seemed like it was no longer dangerous outside, they didn't dare leave.

Heavens knew what other dangers there were in this cursed place. That strange rain of light from earlier had too shocking of an impact on them.

O'Neill was turned into a rock sculpture after he was struck by only one of those very small rays, and was nearly unable to recover. It went to show how powerful that rain of light was.

They felt that even if a high-tier beastmaster was here… No, even if one of those legendary divine-quality exotic beasts was here, it wouldn't be able to withstand that concentrated rain of light attack and would die pathetically.

Suddenly, a mysterious wave that couldn't be detected swept past them from the darkness outside. Morack's group of six all fell into a blank state. They were originally whispering among themselves, discussing what they should do next, and all of a sudden it turned deadly silent.

Afterwards, the six stood up in that crevice and lined up in a row, walking outside quietly in a weird manner.

From the darkness above, a wave of unintentional laughter rang out, spreading to a distance of a dozen kilometers, but no one heard it.

Well, Morack's group heard it, but they showed no reaction to it at all.

"Not bad, not bad! The Psychedelic Ghost-Patterned Butterfly's Enchant skill is truly too heaven-defying after breaking through to dark gold-quality! If it wasn't limited by the cooldown period, it'll totally be a one-sided slaughter, even against high-tier beastmasters." Zhang Che lamented. He signalled to the elemental queen behind him, who then conjured a ball of golden scarlet flame above her head in the air, bringing a bit of warm light into this dark night.

Seeing the six people under the Psychedelic Ghost-Patterned Butterfly's control, Zhang Che swept his gaze across their faces one by one. He nodded slightly. -Right. The big boss rainbow crystal is reliable indeed. It's as Phil had described. They are the ones.-

"As usual, hand over all your valuables, including your beast cards."

Although these people definitely couldn't be spared, they came into the secret plane to deal with him, bringing two epic-quality subdued beasts as well as some secret weapons with them. Zhang Che didn't want to waste those things!

Zhang Che didn't really care about the two epic-quality subdued beasts. According to Phil, the two beasts didn't have a False Domain of their own, heavily discounting their strength. The current Zhang Che wasn't interested in them at all. After all, even they didn't think they could rely on the two epic-quality subdued bests to take down Zhang Che.

The key was that so-called secret weapon which even Phil had no concrete idea about. However, when Zhang Che received that so-called secret weapon from Morack, he couldn't resist widening his eyes, nearly cursing out loud, -What kind of freaking garbage secret weapon is this!?-

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Chapter 490: Secret Plane Shattered Again

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Just look at what those things were!

Zhang Che almost erupted in anger when he got his hands on those so-called secret weapons.

Those things could be counted as secret weapons? Were those foreigners here to act out a comedy skit?

What appeared in front of Zhang Che was a row of three briefcase-like objects. They were naturally not some kind of powerful beast card weapon Zhang Che had imagined, but modern technological objects.

In fact, the three briefcases were actually holding three small but very destructive warheads. Those who had entered the past secret planes had discovered that technological products could function properly in almost every secret plane.

As such, that General Mihill person had his subordinates bring these things in here!

Zhaang Che didn't know if the warheads could be detonated in this secret plane, but it was undeniable that the things were indeed very destructive. If he was caught in their trap, there was a good chance he would really die! But the problem was, they weren't that valuable!

Zhang Che was very dissatisfied with his spoils of war. At the same time, he felt a little fear inside. Luckily the secret plane this time was very peculiar, and he had ran into that black brother called Phil first. Otherwise, he might have really found himself in danger!

"They are actually using even nuclear warheads to deal with me!" Zhang Che felt his anger rising from the bottom of his feet all the way to the top of his head. He really wished he could return to Mercury right away and throw these three miniature nuclear warheads back at his enemies' headquarters. Let that Mihill guy have a taste of his own medicine!

Aside from his fear, Zhang Che was very dissatisfied. "Freaking hell, only those two epic-quality subdued beasts with no False Domains are worth some money. Everything else is trash."

After thinking for a moment, he stashed the three briefcases away in his spatial storage. He looked at the group of mid-tier beastmasters under the Psychedelic Ghost-Patterned Butterfly's control in front of him, heavy killing intent coming from his eyes.

Since they had planned to murder him, they could forget about leaving this place alive. Soon, these mid-tier beastmasters, their valuables all stripped away, were directly frozen into ice sculptures by the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon with a stream of cold air, and then shattered into countless bits on the ground.

Zhang Che didn't care whether they would pollute his secret plane. Heavens knew how many people had died to the wave of light rays earlier. Zhang Che couldn't be bothered anymore.

In any case, he had decided to never consume any living creatures in here in the future, especially the sea creatures!

Despite watching those mid-tier beastmasters being killed at his command without any resistance, or even knowing what was happening, Zhang Che's hatred didn't simmer down at all. He grit his teeth, saying, "Mihill, right? Just you wait! I'll definitely go pay you a visit when I advance to Tier Seven beastmaster!"

Zhang Che's mood was completely ruined by the three briefcases. He didn't want to stay here a second longer.

Although it was already late, not sleeping for a night was nothing for a mid-tier beastmaster. As such, Zhang Che immediately let the rainbow crystal go to work, tell it to show signs of the secret plane collapsing and send everyone, including himself, out!

In the next moment, lights shone in all colors throughout the heavens and earth. The whole world trembled. Afterwards, fragments of the space broke out out of nowhere, like doomsday had arrived.

——

"Damn it, what's going on now? Is some terrifying attack about to befall us again?"

The beastmasters in the secret plane who were fortunate enough to survive the attack earlier were alarmed.

The rain of light from before was terrifying enough; many of them had witnessed their companions dying tragically to those unassuming rays due to carelessness, or failing to hide under a shelter in time.

Now, another change was occurring! Could it be that an even more terrifying crisis was about to arrive?

The beastmasters who had prior experience of entering a secret plane thought of an unbelievable possibility. "Damn, is this… is the secret plane about to break down?!"

The situation right now was too similar to the signs of when a secret plane was about to collapse. However, based on the past appearances of secret planes, they should stick around for a month or two, perhaps even as long as half a year!

Counting the time, it hadn't even been a day since they entered the secret plane, right? Why would it shatter just like that!?

Alas, the collapse of the secret plane wasn't something the people could control. Soon, as the trembling of the world grew increasingly violent, everyone felt a repelling force born from the space around them. It instantly grew very strong and transferred every beastmaster out of the secret plane!

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Back on Mercury, in the mountain range in the western Nan Mei region…

At this moment, there were still some beastmasters making their way towards the massive door emitting purple light in the center of the area.

They were either weak or had cautious temperaments, not wanting to provoke the powerful exotic beasts. They wanted to make their way forward sneakily and enter the secret plane safely.

After all, it had been less than ten hours since the first batch of beastmasters entered the secret plane. It was no big deal if they were a little slower.

Resources were abundant in the secret plane. Going in a day or two earlier actually didn't make much of a difference. In the end, destiny and luck was what decided how much they gained!

Suddenly, the hundred-meters-tall purple spatial gateway standing silently in the air burst out in intense purple light. The blinding purple light shot straight up into the heavens.

"This… what's happening?"

"Impossible. Could it be…"

Everyone who was paying attention to the area saw this. They couldn't help but stare in shock.

This situation seemed off. Weren't secret planes supposed to last a long period of time before they closed?

Seeing this familiar scene, some people immediately had unpleasant guesses in their hearts. Many people had witnessed a similar scene less than half a year ago at the ice plains in northern Hua Xia.

A few breaths of time later, as the light shone brighter and brighter, the hundred-meter-tall purple spatial gateway suddenly shattered, disappearing into the void silently, like it had never appeared.

In the next moment, countless fluctuations suddenly appeared in the air. Spatial ripples spread, and beastmasters appeared out of nowhere in the skies, one after another, crying in shock as they fell towards the ground.

Of course, every beastmaster who came for the secret plane had their own flying mounts. Some even had more than one!. As such, although they were falling from the sky, they weren't in any danger. They immediately summoned out their respective flying subdued beasts to catch them.

The whole world was shocked. Wasn't this too freaking bizarre? Not even four days had passed since the first appearance of the purple spatial gateway, and the secret plane had already collapsed, or had lost its connection to Mercury.

Everyone here, and those who saw it through the satellite feed, were thoroughly baffled.

It wasn't that they didn't understand what was going on, but that the world was changing too quickly…

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Chapter 491: Everyone Going Back to Their Own Homes, Looking for Their Own Mothers

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The collapse of the secret plane had caught everyone by surprise. This must have been a fake secret plane, right?

It had been less than four days in total. Many beastmasters were still on their way to the gateway, and the secret plane had already collapsed, just like that?

This had to be a joke!

However, the beastmasters falling from the sky clearly showed that this wasn't a joke. The secret plane had indeed collapsed less than a day after the beastmasters entered it this time!

"Hmm? Why are there so many fewer beastmasters?"

After the initial shock, many people's faces finally changed when they got a closer look at the beastmasters who had just appeared in the sky.

Originally, the beastmasters who had entered the secret plane during the past few hours numbered at least six hundred, if not seven. However, less than four hundred of them had reappeared!

In other words, close to half of the beastmasters had died inside the secret plane within a few hours! When more and more people realized this, everyone's complexions changed.

This was something unprecedented! In the past decades, even the most dangerous secret plane had a survival rate of more than fifty percent, and that was after they had experienced countless dangers!

That time, the survivors had spent over a month in the secret plane! But this time, it hadn't even been a full day yet!

By now, some people were rejoicing inside, thinking it was fortunate that the secret plane shattered so soon. Close to half of the beastmasters had died in less than a day; if it was longer, how many people would be left after a week? Or even a month?

The beastmasters who entered the secret plane were the core forces of the various regions. They were the top mid-tier beastmasters of the many factions, and were equipped with many high-quality beast cards.

If there had been more casualties, the blow to humanity as a whole definitely wouldn't be small. Even so, no one understood why the secret plane shattered so quickly this time.

With so little time, the beastmasters who made it into the secret plane probably didn't gain many rewards, if any. What a huge loss!

Everyone felt an ache in their hearts. Putting aside the matter of gaining close to nothing, they even lost this many people! This was definitely bad news for society!

——

Meanwhile, the beastmasters who were taking the risks associated with the night and pushing their way forward to the gateway were all stunned when they saw this.

-Freaking hell, we're still on our way in and you're already out?

-Hopefully these people didn't gain too many benefits, or I'd have lost big!-

The beastmasters who were personally involved in the action weren't sure how many people had entered in total. Thus, they didn't know that close to half of their fellow beastmasters had lost their lives during the past few hours. Otherwise, they would be rejoicing instead!

Following the collapse of the secret plane and the surviving beastmasters descending on their flying mounts, the skies in this area suddenly fell into darkness.

In the next moment, streaks of snow-white light shot out from the camps in all directions toward the central area.

With so many people dead suddenly, although everyone felt the pain, they still had to go take a closer look, hoping that their own forces had fewer casualties.

Putting aside the fact that the Mercury alliance was only an empty shell, even if it really became a unified alliance, it was impossible for the various regions to truly come together as one. Everyone would have their own selfish motives.

In the bigger picture of things, everyone had to repel the beast swarm together, as well as the demonic army that was sure to strike again in the future.

However, everyone hoped that their own forces would be stronger, and have less casualties. The two goals were not in conflict.

The snow-white light illuminated the surrounding dozen kilometers in the central area. The surviving beastmasters were visible to everyone's eyes.

The people in charge of the various regions, as well as clans and factions who had sent their mid-tier beastmaster to the secret plane, quickly went looking for their own people.

Those who found their men were still alive sighed in relief. Those who didn't started to panic, and looked around even harder. In the end, they still couldn't find their men and could only swallow their tears.

Huang Juyun saw the Darkfiend Abyssl Dragon on the horizon almost immediately. He let out a long sigh of relief inside, subconsciously showing a smile on his face that contained a hint of the lingering fear he felt.

Although he knew that Zhang Che probably wouldn't be in any danger, given his strength, no one could be sure of the situation inside the secret plane. Accidents could happen!

Seeing Zhang Che in perfect shape and quickly flying towards the Hua Xia camp on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, Huang Juyun could no longer be bothered to concern himself with other matters.

The faces of the many representatives of the clans and factions around him started to turn ugly, however.

This time, a total of about eighty mid-tier beastmasters from Hua Xia went to the secret plane. However, only fifty-some of them appeared in the skies. A quarter of the beastmasters were lost!

Although it was possible they had missed some people, it wouldn't be more than a couple. In other words, Hua Xia had lost more than twenty mid-tier beastmasters in just a few hours!

Not only that, those beastmasters were the core forces of the various clans and factions!

"We've suffered too great of a loss this time," a high-tier beastmaster sent by the government to oversee the entering of secret plane sighed and shook his head slightly, a hint of sorrow on his face.

——

The situation didn't only happen in Hua Xia's camp. The overseers of the various factions in every other camp were similarly gloomy.

In the Bei Mei region, General Mihill caught sight of Zhang Che riding the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon into the Hua Xia camp. A hint of killing intent flashed through his eyes.

-That kid is actually alive. Looks like Morack's group didn't manage to get him.

-Makes sense. Their time in the secret plane was too short, in addition to the vast size of the world in there, the chances of them appearing in the same area as Zhang Che is too slim.-

"Right, where's Morack and the others?" General Mihill's eyelid twitched. He didn't notice Morack and the others among the beastmasters who made it out alive…

He tried looking for them for a while, but it was fruitless. General Mihill's heart gradually sank.

-Looks like they were wiped out? Damn it! I prepared two mid-tier epic-quality beast cards for them! They were my personal strategic combat forces worth tens of millions of purple crystal points! They are gone, just like that?-

General Mihill felt a great pain in his heart, and had difficulty breathing.

No matter how strong and how influential an organization or person was, epic-quality beast cards weren't staple goods. Losing two of them at one go was a huge blow!

——

A few hours later, every mid-tier beastmaster, regardless of whether they had entered the secret plane or not, returned to their respective camps. Afterwards, they took jets or sky shuttles and flew off back to their home region.

This trip to the secret plane was like a swing of a club to the head for everyone. Every region suffered huge losses, and no one was willing to remain there any longer.

—

Aboard Dijiang-hao, Zhang Che was telling Huang Juyun the specifics of his entrance into the secret plane, especially the matter regarding the terrifying rain of light.

Of course, what Zhang Che said was the same as the other survivors of this secret plane. He didn't mention a word about his secret!

"Looks like we can't enter the secret planes thoughtlessly again if another one appears. The situation now is unclear; going in recklessly is too dangerous," Huang Juyun said slowly, his expression grave.

Zhng Che had a solemn look on his face as well, acting like he was deep in thought. However, he was actually thinking inside, -Please don't! Actually the secret planes aren't that different from those in the past. Although there are dangers, they're also full of opportunities!-

As for their collapse? Would Zhang Che mention the so-called collapse of the two most recent secret planes were actually because of him?

The previous one had really collapsed, but it was because the rainbow crystal had devoured the source energy of the secret plane, and as a result its space could no longer be maintained. In the end, it turned into countless fragments and disappeared into the void.

This time, however, the secret plane was still in existence in a perfect state. If Zhang Che wanted to enter it again, he could immediately have the rainbow crystal open up a tunnel for him. But Zhang Che wouldn't do something like that.

In the future, he would not open the secret plane gateway thoughtlessly, unless he was in a deserted area in the beast world. The commotion would be too great; it would be impossible to hide it from the observation satellites in outer space.

"This trip to the secret plane ended so abruptly; it truly is unexpected," Huang Juyun said. He looked at Zhang Che, asking, "Right, what are your plans after this? Are you going to keep entering the beast worlds and hunt exotic beasts to break through to Tier Seven beastmaster as soon as possible?"

Zhang Che nodded, answering, "Of course. I don't think I'm strong enough to handle many situations as long as I haven't advanced to high-tier beastmaster. So, if nothing unexpected arises, I'll probably keep going into the beast worlds and sweep through the remaining locations."

After a short pause, Zhang Che added confidently, "I can already vaguely tell that I'll only need ten days or so to break through to Tier Seven beastmaster if there aren't any accidents."

"Not bad, not bad!" Huang Juyun's mood brightened up when he heard Zhang Che's confident tone, dispelling much of the unhappiness from this trip to the secret plane. He said, "If I remember correctly, Xiaoche, you only became an official beastmaster in around April or May, right? It's only been half a year, and you're already about to become a high-tier beastmaster! Who will believe that?!"

Breaking through to high-tier in only slightly more than half a year's time after their awakening as a beastmaster! Let alone others, even Hung Juyun wouldn't believe it if he hadn't witnessed it himself!

Zhang Che, this kid was simply too much of a monster!

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Chapter 492: Arrangement. Proposal to Relocate South

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When Dijiang-hao finally returned to Bei Du, it was already the morning of the 18th of November.

The repercussions of the secret plane's sudden collapse was slowly spreading throughout the world. The aftermath of the incident was also slowly spreading.

Of course, this matter wasn't of much concern to ordinary people, or even most of the beastmaster population. After all, those who participated in the secret plane were only from the mid-tier clan and factions and above from the various regions. The lower-tiered people didn't even know about it.

After returning to Bei Du, Huang Juyun directly got on a military vehicle and rushed back to the military camp in a hurry. Although both the military and government had learned of the secret plane incident, it was very much necessary for someone who was at the site to go report the exact details.

Given Zhang Che's Dijiang-hao's insane speed, Huang Juyun was one of the first high-ranking officers to return to Hua Xia. Naturally he had to go to headquarters to give a report on the incident.

This would involve and affect the very important decision on whether Hua Xia would continue sending mid-tier beastmasters when secret planes appeared in the future. It couldn't be taken lightly.

Regarding it, Zhang Che felt helpless about it.

He really wanted to tell them to not worry, and that actually the secret planes didn't change much. The past two incidents were only due to the big boss rainbow crystal acting up. As long as he didn't allow the rainbow crystal to play any tricks the next time, the secret plane would surely stay around normally for a period of time, and the beastmasters inside could earn a fortune before it faded into the void again.

However, Zhang Che couldn't say this aloud, no matter what!

——

Back at the villa, Sun Lan was glad to see Zhang Che return safely.

Zhang Che didn't hide his trip to the secret plane from his mother. However, he didn't tell her about the dangers he faced inside, either. He let her assume that entering the secret plane was like entering the beast worlds, and that there wouldn't be any dangers as long as he didn't venture too deep into inside.

Regarding the early collapse of the secret plane, Sun Lan sighed at the fact that her son wasn't able to gain much.

As Zhang Che grew stronger and stronger, and with him being the kind of person to only talk about happy things, Sun Lan had the false impression that Zhang Che wouldn't be in danger no matter where he went.

-I have to become stronger. That way, I won't get into any danger in the future for real, and mom can rest fully assured.- Zhang Che spurred himself inside. Going forward, he'd ignore everything else and enter the beast world to hunt exotic beasts, striving to advance to high-tier beastmaster as soon as possible!

After that General Mihill from Bei Mei actually acted so crazily, getting his men to bring miniature nuclear warheads into the secret plane to murder him, Zhang Che grew even more wary.

He wasn't scared for his life. In any case, he wouldn't leave Hua Xia. Even if he did, he would do so while assuming another identity. However, his mother and close ones were in Bei Du. He still had to worry about his enemies having ideas on them!

Last time, they made a mistake and the beastmasters they sent weren't strong enough, leading to their capture in one fell swoop. If they were to strike again, it would surely be different…

As such, after pondering for some time, Zhang Che passed the two epic-quality beast cards with no False Domains he had recently obtained to Liu Gang's squad.

With that gift, the three of them would have almost ten legend-quality beast cards, in addition to four epic-quality beast cards combined. With such a strong force, Liu Gang's squad would be able to handle the situation even if a high-tier beastmaster with a high-tier epic-quality subdued beast attacked!

Zhang Che's estimated that even he would find it difficult to take on Liu Gang' squad alone, and would need some time to defeat them. Furthermore, they were in Bei Du. As long as the attackers couldn't defeat Liu Gang's squad swiftly, they would never get another chance to do so. They wouldn't even be able to walk out of Bei Du.

In order to maintain stability in Bei Du, the military and the government had many experts lurking in every corner of the city in order to take care of any chaos mid or high-tier beastmasters might cause.

After Zhang Che gave them another two epic-quality beast cards after a short trip away, Liu Gang's squad was simply at a loss, not knowing how to react to this.

Indeed, Zhang-shao was in a league of his own. To him, epic-quality beast cards were like ordinary beastmasters obtaining gold-quality beast cards; it didn't seem very difficult at all!

Obviously they knew Zhang Che was thinking about the safety of the villa. As such, they didn't reject the two epic-quality beast cards at all. Instead, they gave Zhang Che their word that they would ensure the safety of the villa and not let anything happen to Sun Lan and the others. Not unless they were dead.

"Old Liu, I'll be counting on you guys then!" Zhang Che cupped his fist toward the three, his face filled with gratitude.

Truthfully speaking, as high-tier beastmasters, especially since they were once the elites of the Huang family, arranging for them to play the role of chaperones was indeed beneath them. If it were any other high-tier beastmasters, who would be willing to remain here as a nobody, even if Zhang Che equipped them with epic-quality beast cards?

The strong had their own pride. At their level, it truly wasn't easy to get them to stand guard here day after day, year after year!

"Zhang-shao is too polite. This is our responsibility to begin with!" Liu Gang and the others hurriedly stood up and replied respectfully after they saw Zhang Che acting so formally.

All three of them were actually orphans adopted by Grandpa Huang. Their parents had lost their lives during the first two beast swarms. If it wasn't for the Huang family, perhaps they'd have become food for exotic beasts long ago.

That was precisely why their loyalty towards the Huang family had remained unchanged, despite becoming high-tier beastmasters.

As for Zhang Che, it was obvious he would take the reins of the Huang family in the future. Being loyal to Zhang Che was akin to being loyal to the Huang family!

Zhang Che nodded at them gratefully once more. No further words of thanks needed to be said. When he became stronger, he'd definitely reward them with more good stuff!

——

After dinner, Zhang Che went to the Huang mansion.

After his return, he had something very important to discuss with his father-in-law. Earlier, it had been delayed since Huang Juyun had to return to headquarters to report on the secret plane, and only now did he have the time.

"You're saying we should relocate the herbal research institute south?"

After hearing Zhang Che's suggestion, Huang Juyun began weighing the pros and cons. Indeed, as the climate turn colder, only the summer days would have a warm temperature. The rest of the months would be at least ten degrees celsius colder than before.

Although it could be argued that with the spiritual jade in the herbal field, the spiritual herbs would have less harsh requirements on the climate, it would still have a material effect.

"Uncle Huang, no one can predict how the climate will change in the future. It's very possible that the climate in the north will become colder and colder. The growth of the spiritual herbs will surely be greatly affected, especially the production the spiritual honey. If the blooming periods of the spiritual herbs are shortened, or even stop blooming altogether, the losses would be too great." Zhang Che nodded, then continued, "If we can relocate the herbal field to the south, this problem will be solved. At present, the scale of our herbal field isn't very big, but it will surely continue to expand in the future. At that time, the production of spiritual honey would be affected even more severely!"

In order to convince Huang Juyun, Zhang Che even revealed the secret that he had a subdued beast which could sense spiritual herbs within a certain range, shocking his father-in-law. After thinking for a bit, the suspicions Huang Juyun had all this time were finally explained!

It was no wonder this brat brought back such large amounts of spiritual herbs every time he went into the beast world. It turned out that he had a subdued beast that had the ability to sense spiritual herbs. No wonder!

"Hmm, what you've said is very important. Although the weather doesn't seem to have much of an effect on the spiritual herbs right now, in the future when we expand the herbal field, it'll surely become ever more significant." Huang Juyun nodded in agreement. He asked, "Then, Xiaoche, in your opinion, which city should we relocate the herbal research institute to?"

Zhang Che smiled. He didn't answer directly. Instead, he said, "That depends on you, Uncle Huang. At the very least, our forces there need to be strong. Otherwise, when the scale of the herbal field increases, who can guarantee no one will be spurred on by their greed and target us?

"I'm not sure about all that, and can only wait for Uncle Huang to arrange it. I'm only responsible for gathering spiritual herbs in the beast world."

Huang Juyun smiled and nodded, saying, "Alright. Since you're so confident, I won't hold you back. I'll definitely find a secure place that no one will dare have any designs on, even if the herbal field expands tenfold, or even a hundredfold!"

"I'll be troubling you then, Uncle Huang!"

Zhang Che finally relaxed after seeing Huang Juyun agreed to his suggestion. However, would the scale of the herbal field only increase ten or a hundred times in the future?

In the secret plane controlled by the rainbow crystal, spiritual herbs were as plentiful as the stars in the sky, completely countless. The only thing to worry about was having the time to dig them out!

After all, just in the floating mountain range where the rainbow crystal shard was found, the number of spiritual herbs was more than twice that in the current herbal field. Zhang Che had no idea exactly how vast the whole secret plane was. The amount of spiritual herbs he could find in the end was definitely at an unimaginable level!

——

After they were done discussing the relocation of the herbal research institute, Zhang Che didn't stay any longer. He directly drove home.

Meanwhile, Huang Juyun immediately summoned the relevant people and started discussing the matter in detail, seeing which southern city was the most ideal to relocate the herbal research institute to.

The climate there had to be warm and appropriate, and it had to be where the Huang family's influence could reach. Otherwise, it'd really be as Zhang Che said: if the security wasn't strong enough, it would lead to the herbal field being plundered both openly and covertly! Even ignoring the losses, it would be too much of an embarrassment for the Huang family!

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The relocation of the herbal research institute had huge implications.

Although Huang Juyun had agreed with Zhang Che's proposal to shift the herbal research institute south to better facilitate the growth of the spiritual herbs and production of spiritual honey, he had to make the proper arrangements.

If they were really going to shift operations, with so many spiritual herbs, research equipment, and so on, there were too many things to note. Also, they had to take into consideration the problem of the research staff's livelihood.

There were many commoners and low-tier beastmasters among the herbal research institute's staff. Their families were all in Bei Du; if the herbal research institute was to relocate south, it wouldn't be easy for them to return to Bei Du.

As such, the Huang family had to seek the opinion of the research staff. If they were willing to move south together with their families, there would be even more logistics to take care of!

Moreover, the most important thing was that as the herbal field expanded in the future, once the production of spiritual honey reached a certain level, some other factions or experts would surely be drawn to it by greed.

How were they going to ensure the herbal research institute's security was tight enough to deter anyone from having any ideas on them? That was a huge matter!

As a result, with so many things added together, they would need half a month's time at the very least to get it done, and that was assuming this matter was being taken care of swiftly!

Of course, Zhang Che wasn't going to just sit still and wait in Bei Du for such a long time. Coincidentally, he needed about a dozen days to break through to Tier Seven beastmaster.

Perhaps when he returned after advancing to Tier Seven beastmaster, he would make it back just in time for the relocation of the herbal research institute!

Well, it was impossible for Zhang Che to help out with this. He didn't know much about such matters, after all. He was only planning on providing a large batch of spiritual herbs when the time came to expand the scale of the herbal field several times over!.

—–

Huang Tielan had stayed at school tonight for self study. When Zhang Che returned home, he was dragged off by the elemental queen to play Go, and hence started a bitter night of leisure time.

The elemental queen's skill in Go had officially reached dan-class. Of course, she was at dan-class rating for casual players. Tormenting Zhang Che was easy for her now.

——-

Pa! The elemental queen slapped a white chess piece on the chess board crisply. She showed a faint smile, looking like everything was under her control.

Zhang Che looked at it and calculated. In the end, he shook his head with a bitter expression and threw the handful of white pieces in his hand on the chessboard.

"I'm done, I'm done. There's no chance of winning at all. There's no point; it's better for you to play against others on the internet!"

Zhang Che didn't know if this was counted as reaping what he sowed. Given his pathetic chess skills, he was truly being led around by the nose by the elemental queen from start to finish. He couldn't find a single opportunity.

"Master, you must be letting this servant win, right?" The elemental queen smiled, ignoring Zhang Che, who had just been struck with a hundred thousand damage critical hit. She immediately opened up her personal terminal and navigated to an online Go platform to look for other opponents.

"You play on your own, then. I'm going to sleep. I still have to wake up early and go to the beast world tomorrow." Zhang Che shook his head once more and returned to his room. After a quick wash, he laid down on his bed.

As for the elemental queen, she would have no problem even if she didn't sleep for a whole month straight. With her chess addiction acting up right now, she'd surely be playing through the night!

——-

Chen Lishan woke up early in the morning and washed up in a hurry. She looked at her personal terminal, a hint of hesitation flashing across her face.

It was her birthday today. She had already invited a few young teachers from school she got along well with for a little birthday gathering at her apartment.

She didn't invite her three best friends in Bei Mei. They were truly too far away. Also, she came to Hua Xia to begin a new life, and didn't want anything to do with her past.

-But, should I inform him? If it wasn't for Brother Sun, I might have already been captured by the pharmaceutical company my brother was working at…-

After thinking for a moment, Chen Lishan grit her teeth and made a call to a number on her personal terminal she had never contacted before.

—–

Zhang Che had just got out of his car. He was about to enter the airport and pilot Dijiang-hao to his next destination.

Suddenly, he felt vibrations inside his clothes.

Zhang Che furrowed his brow slightly. He quickly fished out a personal terminal from his shirt. It was the personal terminal he applied for in the Bei Mei region as Sun Che. Only Chen Lishan had this number.

Since this personal terminal was vibrating, it went without saying that Chen Lishan was calling him!

Zhang Che had never contacted Chen Lishan after he brought her back with him to Hua Xia. Other than bumping into her once at Bei Du University and learning that she was now working as an English teacher there, he had no idea how she was doing.

Chen Lishan had never contacted him, either. She probably didn't want to disturb his life.

-Why would she call me all of a sudden? Did something happen?- Zhang Che quickly picked up the call.

He noticed a slight hesitation in Chen Lishan before she asked, "Brother Sun, are you free today?"

Zhang Che thought for a moment, then said, "Probably. Is something the matter?"

"It's my birthday today, and I'm hosting a birthday gathering at noon at my place. Can you come? Oh, and I invited a few colleagues as well."

Adding in the last portion of her message, Chen Lishan was obviously afraid that Zhang Che would misunderstand and only added it in as an afterthought. She knew Zhang Che had his own life and was afraid he would misunderstand her intention.

Zhang Che wasn't thinking so much, however. He mumbled to himself for two seconds before agreeing. "Sure. Send me your address. I'll be there by noon."

Chen Lishan had obviously mustered her courage to invite him. Zhang Che didn't want to turn down her kind intentions. Thinking back, it was all thanks to her that he had obtained the healing-type Unicorn and cured his mother's illness in one go. Otherwise, heavens knew how long Sun Lan's illness would have dragged on for!

"Ah! That's great! Thank you, Brother Sun!" Chen Lishan chirp. She was obviously very happy that Zhang Che had agreed to come to her birthday gathering.

——

After ending the call with Chen Lishan, Zhang Che turned back and walked out of the airport.

He wasn't in a rush to enter the beast world today. He'd just take it a little easy. Speaking of which, he hadn't assumed the Sun Che persona in a long time. Zhang Che was afraid he had forgotten what he looked like back then. It was the only thing he could bring over into this world.

Right, he was attending a birthday party! He couldn't go without a present, or it'd be very rude!

Just as he was thinking of what present he should prepare, Zhang Che suddenly noticed the elemental queen was looking at him with a weird gaze.

"What?" Zhang Che found it strange. This humanoid pet's gaze looked like she had a lot to say.

"Master, you mustn't have an affair, or I'll tell Miss Tielan!" the elemental queen said with a straight face, looking very serious.

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Chapter 494: News of an Evil Cult. Attending a Party

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"I…" Zhang Che nearly died from anger after hearing what the elemental queen said.

-What do you mean by having an affair!?

-She's only a friend! And where did you learn that word!?-

"Are you still watching those stupid dramas behind my back?" Zhang Che shot an annoyed glance at her, but was actually secretly impressed with her. She could actually multitask, watching television and playing chess, and she had even managed to improve her Go skills at a rapid pace, quickly surpassing him. She was indeed inhuman!

The elemental queen had an innocent look on her face, shaking her head and saying, "I'm not! I haven't watched television since Master taught me how to play Go. This was all learned previously."

"You're learning all the bad things!" Zhang Che glared at her again. He continued, "What affair? She's a friend I got to know in the past. You've seen the unicorn before; it's all thanks to this friend that I got it! That's why I have to accept her invitation to her birthday gathering. Understand?"

The elemental queen was unmoved. She asked, "Master, is that woman beautiful?"

-Oh my god, what are these questions you're focusing on?- Zhang Che was about to go crazy. He simply answered "not as beautiful as you" in an irritated manner and no longer paid any heed to the elemental queen, sitting in the driver's seat and thinking of a present to get for her.

Zhang Che had no experience in giving gifts to girls except for Miss Tienan. So, he was feeling a bit of a headache about what to gift her.

Beast cards or whatnot were obviously not suitable. This was a birthday gift, for goodness sake! Going to a jewellery store to buy some jewellery for her seemed even less suitable…

So, what should he give her? Clothing? Or a handbag?

Zhang Che shook his head again. He felt like giving those things to her wasn't meaningful, and didn't suit his identity.

He was the most outstanding beastmaster of the younger generation in Hua Xia, and also the most outstanding mid-tier beastmaster. His gifts mustn't be too unpresentable!

"Right, I wonder if Chen Lishan pays attention to current affairs. If she keeps herself up to date on current affairs, perhaps she has already guessed my true identity…"

After all, he had exposed the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and the Purple Crystal Tortoise in front of Chen Lishan before. If she had taken notice of the hot news for the past few months, she'd probably have a vague idea that Sun Che was actually Zhang Che!

In this world, there wouldn't be two people with identical powerful subdued beasts, let alone having more than one of the same kind!

Unbeknownst to Zhang Che, since Chen Lishan didn't socialize much, so she wasn't interested in keeping up with news related to beastmasters. She had only heard a little about matters regarding Zhang Che, and didn't go actively read up on the news.

As a result, she had no idea at all that Sun Che was Zhang Che!

After thinking for a while, Zhang Che finally thought of a present to give her. His complicated mood immediately relaxed.

There was still some time before noon. Zhang Che wasn't in a hurry to go to Chen Lishan's apartment. Instead, he remained in his car and surfed the internet on his personal terminal, reading up on some news.

Suddenly, Zhang Che raised his eyebrows slightly, noticing a rather surprising piece of news. "Hmm? Evil cults seemed to have popped up around the world?"

In the article, it mentioned many evil cults were appearing all across the globe, attracting countless mid and low-tier beastmasters with neither strength nor status. At the same time, they had caused some incidents across the globe that were neither too minor nor major.

However, due to those evil cults hiding themselves deep, as of now the alliance government had yet to find out more information on them…

"Really, all kinds of nonsense are coming out. Looks like the world will become unstable in the future," Zhang Che sighed, shaking his head.

The fifth beast swarm was nearly upon them, and the demon world had suddenly connected a tunnel to Mercury. Now, even the people of Mercury were forming evil cults. Things were truly getting worse!

Hopefully the latter two wouldn't add on to the chaos during the outbreak of the fifth beast swarm. Otherwise, heavens knew how great a loss humanity would have to suffer this time.

Zhang Che whiled away the time on the internet. The elemental queen at his side wasn't idling, either. She was similarly on the web, immersed in an online chess game. A virtual screen was in front of her, showing a chess board. Black and white chess pieces intersected with one another, tangling in one area. She was obviously at a critical point in the game.

——

Before anyone realized it, it was already 11 AM.

Zhang Che got out of his driver's seat and delved into the spacious back end, transforming his appearance and changing his clothes.

The elemental queen was shell-shocked when Zhang Che returned to the driver's seat. If it wasn't for the fact that she could sense his aura, she would have swung her hands at the unfamiliar figure, throwing flames at him and turning him into a roast pig!

"Master, since when were you able to transform!?"

Zhang Che, who now looked like he had in his past life, drew back his lips in a smile. "No need to freak out. Your Master has tons of capabilities. You'll be able to see many more incredible things in the future."

The elemental queen nodded silently, then said, "I understand now. That woman called Chen Lishan must be very pretty. Am I right, Master?"

Zhang Che suppressed his urge to punch someone. He stared fiercely at the elemental queen, warning her, "If you keep acting so mischievously, I'll confiscate your personal terminal! See what you can do in the future!"

Once he pulled out this trick, the elemental queen immediately sat in place obediently, no longer speaking.

Seeing as he had finally kept this restless pet in check, Zhang Che looked for the address Chen Lishan sent him on the map and started the engine, driving over there.

—–

The apartment Chen Lishan lived in wasn't far from Bei Du University. It was about ten minutes' drive away, the local environment quite pleasant.

Of course, with Chen Lishan's salary, it was obviously difficult to afford such an apartment. However, she was a Tier Three beastmaster. On her days off, she would join in on the hunts organized by the school to kill some low-tier exotic beasts in the beast world. She'd earn some extra money that way.

Moreover, she had the gold-quality beast cards Zhang Che gave her. Of the low-tier beastmasters, her strength was one of the highest. Her gains in the hunting operation were definitely not small!

This neighborhood wasn't a low class one. The security was pretty good, too.

Outsiders couldn't enter without an invitation from the residents in this area. Not only that, Zhang Che could clearly sense that this neighborhood actually had two teams of security, one in the open and one in the dark.

On the surface, the security team only consisted of low-tier beastmasters. They were obviously only in charge of the day-to-day security, as well as settling trivial matters.

In the dark, the auras were not weak at all, all of them at least mid-tier beastmasters. Two of them were actually high-tier beastmasters!

Although Zhang Che's car wasn't something ordinary people would have, he was stopped by the guards outside regardless, requesting he show an invitation from a resident.

Helpless about it, Zhang Che informed Chen Lishan of his situation and waited for her to talk to security. It was only then that Zhang Che was allowed to drive in.

After parking his car in the underground car park in the neighborhood, Zhang Che had the elemental queen remain in the car to surf the web, while he quickly walked over to the building Chen Lishan was staying in.

Chen Lishan lived on the twenty-fifth story, one of the higher levels. Zhang Che had no intention of taking the elevator, however. Given his current strength, he would be faster if he climbed the stairs instead, and even train his body at the same time. Why not?

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Chapter 495: Making a Fool of Himself? No Such Thing!

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Zhang Che stood in front of the door. After confirming the unit number, he pressed the doorbell.

Ding dong, ding dong!…

Chen Lishan saw it was Zhang Che through the peephole and immediately welcomed him in. The security door was opened from inside. She smiled, saying, "You're here, Brother Sun! Please come in!"

"Happy birthday, Lishan!" Zhang Che congratulated her with a faint smile as he walked in.

"Thank you, Brother Sun!"

After walking into the living room, Zhang Che realized there were already seven young adults inside, three men and four women. They were all sizing him up with curious gazes.

The house was well-decorated. At the side were some fresh flowers, probably brought here by these people.

Zhang Che couldn't help but think, -Did I forget something? Right, the present!- Although he had a present prepared, it wasn't packaged. Wouldn't it be a little awkward to take it out directly in front of so many people?

Zhang Che finally realized what was wrong. Gift boxes, large and small, were stacked on top of the coffee table in the living room. Although Zhang Che knew his gift was valuable, wouldn't it be a little too casual if he took it out, just like that?

-Forget it. I don't care anymore. I'm really bad at this kind of matter…-

"Brother Sun, I'll introduce you. They are all my colleagues at Bei Du University. This is Cai Songming, this is Yu Manli, this is Jiang Jingyi… and this is Sun Che, Big Brother Sun. He helped me a great deal back in Bei Mei." Chen Lishan introduced the two parties warmly. Zhang Che nodded at them one by one, acknowledging them with a smile. However, they didn't know one another, after all, and thus only exchanged greetings politely.

"Alright, Lishan. Everyone's here! Come blow on your candles and cut the cake!"

The guests have all arrived. The girls immediately stirred up a commotion and brought out a boxed birthday cake. They quickly put on the candles and lit them up, then brought it over in front of Chen Lishan.

While the guests were celebrating the occasion and singing her a birthday song, Chen Lishan followed the standard procedure. She closed her eyes and made her wish, then blew out the candles in one breath. Afterwards, the guests presented her with their presents and let Chen Lishan unbox them.

The presents Chen Lishan's colleague gave her were either exquisite little objects or cosmetics. None of them were anything too valuable. They had only known one another for a few months, after all, and were only colleagues that got along a little better. It was impossible for them to give something that was too out of place, even the three young men. Although they might have a thing for Chen Lishan, they didn't gift her anything too extraordinary.

In the end, Chen Lishan looked at Zhang Che in anticipation. At the same time, the other guests also looked towards Zhang Che. If they didn't see it wrongly, Zhang Che seemed to be empty-handed when he came in, not even preparing some flowers.

The girls had curious looks on their faces, wondering what kind of present was Zhang Che going to magically make appear.

The three men sighed in relief inwardly at the same time. From the looks of it, this Sun Che who they had never seen before wasn't Chen Lishan's significant other. Perhaps it was how she had put it: he was only a friend she met in the Bei Mei region!

None of them had seen Chen Lishan interacting much with other men. It seemed like every one of them still had their chance!

Seeing everyone's gazes were on him, Zhang Che immediately felt a little awkward. Not preparing a gift box was indeed embarrassing.

Fortunately, he had trained his skin well, and it was pretty thick. He reached into his shirt pocket, and when he took it back out, a fist-sized creamy white jade bottle was in his hand.

-Hmm? This guy actually put his present in his pocket just like that?- A strange look flashed across their faces, especially that man called Cai Songming. He squinted slightly. Only he noticed that Zhang Che originally had nothing in his pocket.

-Then… this guy actually has a storage-type beast card equipment!

-A man can't be judged by his cover, indeed!-

Zhang Che presented the jade bottle to Chen Lishan and said awkwardly, "I came here in a rush and didn't have time to prepare a proper gift. This is for you. I hope you won't find Brother Sun's gift unpresentable."

"Why would I…" Chen Lishan didn't mind it at all. After receiving the jade bottle, she immediately sighed in admiration, "Woah, what a beautiful jade bottle! Thank you for your present, Brother Sun! I really like it!"

Zhang Che was speechless. -My present isn't the jade bottle…-

At the side, Yu Manli looked curiously at her and said, "Lishan, quickly open the bottle and see what's inside!"

Well, some people were more perceptive. At hearing Yu Manli's words, everyone else came to a realization that the real present should be inside the jade bottle. On the other hand, Chen Lishan seemed to prefer the container itself.

"Ah!" Chen Lishan yelped, embarrassed. Afterwards, she twisted the bottle cap open under everyone's anticipatory gazes. A thick fragrance wafted out from inside the jade bottle. Upon catching a whiff of it, everyone felt like they were cleansed from head to toe.

Their expressions changed simultaneously. -What is that thing, to actually contain such thick spiritual force!?-

"Ah, Brother Sun, what's inside?" While surprised, Chen Lishan couldn't help but be curious about what was contained inside the jade bottle, to actually emit such thick spiritual force.

The guests' gazes toward Zhang Che changed, too.

As lecturers from Bei Du University, they were elites of the younger generation. Naturally they knew what this fragrance filled with spiritual force meant! This was definitely not a product of Mercury; it could only come from the beast world, and was definitely not something just anyone could get their hands on!

"It's honey I found in the beast world. You can mix it with water and drink it. Its effect should be better than normal honey," Zhang Che explained with a smile, not minding it.

The guests, however, felt waves crashing in their hearts when they heard him.

Honey from the beast world! Wasn't that spiritual honey, then?

They had heard tales of others obtaining such things in the beast world before by chance. They were unclear on the exact effects, but the word around was that those things were worth several times more than purple-gold crystals in weight!

By now, everyone was making guesses to the identity of this man called Sun Che. He looked ordinary, but was actually able to bring out something like spiritual honey. He shouldn't be a random unknown!

Zhang Che didn't make a fool of himself like they had imagined. For the rest of the party, Zhang Che realized Chen Lishan's female colleagues kept stealing looks at him, especially that short-haired girl called Yu Manli. Her bright and beautiful eyes kept sending electricity at him secretly…

-Damn, isn't this too much..?-

Zhang Che felt complicated inside. He didn't recall being so popular with women in his past life with this appearance. Why this all of a sudden?

Indeed, although the society looked heavily upon appearances, for men, sometimes it wasn't that important.

Zhang Che wondered if he hadn't shown up with this ordinary appearance, but with his new super handsome face, so much so that he had no equals, in addition to his one ninety centimeters figure, would Chen Lishan's colleagues gobble him up on the spot?

Society had always judged one by their appearances. Sometimes, the effect of having a good-looking face was unimaginable.

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Chapter 496: Setting Out Once More. Hunting Target

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After lunch at Chen Lishan's place, it was about 2 PM. Zhang Che left in a hurry, not joining them for the rest of their activity.

It couldn't be helped; Chen Lishan's colleagues were too passionate, especially the women. That short-haired beauty called Yu Manli was especially noteworthy. She was like a policeman trying to look into Zhang Che's background, wanting to dig up all the information.

The thing was that his Sun Che persona had no background to speak of! Zhang Che himself was finding it difficult to come up with an answer to her questions!

Really, being too outstanding of a man had its woes…

—-

In the underground carpark, the elemental queen was still engaged in an intense battle online with her opponent. Seeing Zhang Che returning, she couldn't help but look up and asked, "Eh? Master, you're back so soon?"

She had originally thought Zhang Che might only return that night.

"Mmm. We still have to go to the beast world. Of course I'm coming back after lunch."

Naturally Zhang Che wouldn't say that he couldn't handle the women's enthusiasm, and the men's gazes toward him had turned extremely bitter, looking like they only dared to be angry inside and not express it. It truly made him feel awkward.

—–

Soon, Dijiang-hao rose into the sky, speeding off toward southwest Hua Xia.

This time, Zhang Che's destination was Yuanshan City in southwest Hua Xia. It was around thirty thousand kilometers away from Bei Du. Even with Dijiang-hao's speed, the journey took four hours, including take off and landing.

When Zhang Che arrived, it was close to 7 PM. The sky had started to turn dark.

Zhang Che parked Dijiang-hao at the airport, then rested for a night in the city with the elemental queen. The next morning, when the sky had just started to brighten up, the duo quickly went to the spatial gateway a few dozen kilometers away.

This time, Zhang Che didn't pilot Dijiang-hao over there directly. As a result, they didn't draw the crowd's attention like they used to. It was much more peaceful.

Zhang Che had this trip all planned out. With Yuanshan City as the starting point, he'd sweep through multiple beast worlds nearby, striving to break through to Tier Seven beastmaster within half a month.

After all, it had been a little too long since he advanced to Tier Six. His strength was severely limited. It would be very easy to get into danger if he was facing some powerful enemies.

By the time he advanced to Tier Seven, Huang Juyun should have already decided on the new location of the herbal research institute and relocated it south. At that time, Zhang Che only needed to fill the newly cultivated land with all kinds of spiritual herbs and the matter should be considered done.

As for the problems they'd run into during the relocation, Zhang Che really wasn't knowledgeable enough in that regard to help them out. In any case, with the Huang family handling it, there was no need for him to worry.

Zhang Che only needed to do his duty for the most important aspect!

—–

After crossing the spatial gateway, Zhang Che and the elemental queen headed northwest and walked out of the safety zone. Only then did he summon out the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon. The two got on the flying mount, and disregarding the exclamations of the nearby beastmasters, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon took off into the skies and quickly disappeared from the sight of the crowd.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon truly drew too much attention. Every time he appeared in front of others, he would cause a huge commotion.

It couldn't be helped. A dragon-like subdued beast was flashy enough, let alone one that looked like its body was a sculpture crafted from sapphire.

As a result, the large factions in southwest quickly found out that Zhang Che from Bei Du was here.

——

A low-tier beastmaster exited the spatial gateway in a hurry. He quickly walked to the business district at the side and headed straight into a beast card shop. He didn't go to the main hall, however. Instead, he went straight to the office area.

Without saying a word, this beastmaster knocked on an office door and pushed it open, walking in.

"Zhang Che has come to Yuanshan City."

Of course, news of Zhang Che arriving at Yuanshan City had already been found out by interested parties last night. However, there were quite a number of spatial gateways nearby. They just didn't know exactly which one he was going into.

It was only now that Zhang Che had crossed a specific spatial gateway together with the elemental queen that they finally got a confirmation on his position.

The news sent back by that low-tier beastmaster was quickly passed on through several layers before finally reaching a large city in southern Hua Xia.

—

He Luotu sat in the main seat in a conference room at the highest level of a thirty-story building. Sitting below him was a group of men and women, every one of them emitting powerful auras. These people were all high-tier beastmasters.

Their gazes toward He Luotu were fanatical, not concealed at all. They wouldn't hesitate for a single moment even if He Luotu told them to kill themselves.

These high-tier beastmasters were the top executives of the Freemason organization. He Luotu had spent much time and effort gaining control over them.

Despite having a strange crystal with mysterious effects embedded in his forehead, He Luotu had exhausted all of the demonic energy he had finally harmonized and stabilized in his body in order to control these high-tier beastmasters. But, it was all worth it.

At present, the Freemason organization had expanded across the whole of southern Hua Xia. The beastmasters he had direct or indirect control over had reached a terrifying number. If they wanted to, they could cause massive chaos overnight!

Even so, He Luotu and the other clones of the supreme demon weren't aiming to create chaos. Instead, they wanted to gain control over a sufficiently huge amount of beastmasters. When the time was ripe, they'd head into the beast world and set up a formation, then open a tunnel connecting the beast world and the demon world.

However, some beastmasters were impossible for them to control. Their future achievements would surely be incredible as enemies of the demon world.

The supreme demon clone in control of He Luotu's body knew from his stolen memories that Zhang Che didn't seem to be vulnerable to mental attacks, and his growth was astonishingly fast. He would definitely become a pillar of the beastmasters.

It would be best to pluck such people out while they were still seedlings!

The Freemason organization's people had no chance to make their moves when Zhang Che was in Bei Du. Now that he had actually come to Yuanshan City in the southwest, which happened to be an important location for the Freemason organization's development, where they had built up influence to a certain degree. They'd probably have a good chance at taking down Zhang Che.

He Luotu looked at the people sitting below him. His gaze settled on three people for a moment, then said indifferently, "You three go make preparations and head over to Yuanshan City immediately. Kill Zhang Che no matter that. After that is done, you'll be in charge of everything over in Yuanshan City. I only want one result, and that is Zhang Che's death!"

The three chosen by He Luotu with his gaze stood up simultaneously, their own gazes incredibly fervent. They replied in unison, "Please rest assured, President! We'll definitely bring Zhang Che's head back!"

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Chapter 497: Myriad Poison Swamp

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Zhang Che had no idea that he was already being targeted by the evil cult, let alone that they had set up an elaborate trap for him in Yuanshan City.

At present, he was flying on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon together with the elemental queen, quickly venturing into the depths of the beast world. An hour into their flight, they were close to reaching their destination.

In front of them, mountains had stopped showing up, and the terrain had flattened out.

"Myriad Poison Swamp… this stupid place's name is pretty terrifying, alright. I wonder how strong the exotic beasts in there are?" Zhang Che mumbled to himself, but his expression was one of indifference.

Although the information Huang Juyun gave him indicated that this place known as Myriad Poison Swamp had tons of poisonous exotic beasts, Zhang Che had the elemental queen and the Scarlet Flame Drake, both masters at wielding flames. They weren't afraid of poison attacks.

Not only that, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon wasn't vulnerable to poison attacks, either. The three epic-level combatants could totally guarantee Zhang Che's safety.

The Earthen Rock Demon, on the other hand, wasn't suitable for this kind of terrain. Its terrifying weight alone would make it sink into the swamp in no time, leaving it unable to display its strength.

While the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon streaked across the sky, Zhang Che saw a few groups of beastmasters below hunting weak exotic beasts at the edge of the swamp.

Seeing the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon fly past, the beastmasters below stopped whatever they were doing, one after another. Every one of them acted like a formidable opponent had just arrived, looking warily at the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon in the sky.

It was only after they saw Zhang Che and the elemental queen on the dragon's back that they heaved long sighs of relief.

Luckily it was only a beastmaster passing by, and not a wild exotic beast. Otherwise, judging from the terrifying aura coming from the blue dragon, they really wouldn't be able to put up much resistance if it decided to attack them!

After the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew past them, some of the beastmasters hesitated for some time and decided to turn back, returning in the direction of the safety zone.

This area was a little too dangerous, after all. It was a beastmaster passing by this time, but there was no guarantee the next! Placing themselves in danger for some prey wasn't what the wise would do.

When Zhang Che looked back, the beastmaster groups behind had become tiny dots in the distance. These people weren't strong; them leaving was good. Otherwise, when he began his massacre of the mid-tier and above exotic bests in this area, there might be some exotic beasts that went running in their direction. Zhang Che would feel bad if they were caught up in the mess.

"That works, too. I'm afraid you'll go too deep later and get frightened by my babies. I can't take responsibility for that."

"Gwa!" As the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon continued on, Zhang Che suddenly heard a mournful call from the skies ahead.

Looking in the direction the sound came from, it turned out to be a huge bird, fully black in color, crowing at them, protesting that the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon had obviously barged into its territory.

"Hmm? Could it be that this black bird is also an epic-quality exotic beast?"

Zhang Che was a little curious. From afar, this black bird had very wide wingspan, like a dark cloud. After noticing the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's aura, not only did it not run away, it even tried to provoke them. Obviously it wasn't weak.

At the very least, it wasn't afraid of the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon!

It went without saying that exotic beasts who weren't afraid of the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon were at least at epic-quality. Not only that, they had to be on the stronger side of the spectrum. After all, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was emitting a dragon's might; ordinary exotic beasts would be very afraid of him if they saw him.

"Come, we'll go pay it a visit and see how strong this black bird is!" Zhang Che immediately grew interested. He quickly ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to fly in the black bird's direction.

"Gwa! Gwa! Gwa!" That enormous black bird was like a crow, calling out non-stop. It was probably warning the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon. Its huge body suddenly took off with the wind, painting a dark streak in the air as it quickly charged at them.

"Master, let this servant take care of it!"

They were still far away from one another, but the elemental queen suddenly stood up on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back. She let out a battlecry and suddenly a flaming halberd was in her hands. With a swing of her slender arms, the flaming halberd turned into a golden scarlet streak of light and flew towards the huge black bird.

"Gwa!" the black bird let out another mournful cry. Its body shook for a moment, narrowly dodging the flaming halberd attack.

While Zhang Che was waiting for it to come closer to use the scarlet and white sword to attack it, the beast suddenly turned around and flew off.

Zhang Che nearly fell off from the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back.

-What the heck? I was all ready and you actually chickened out at the last moment?-

"Master, quickly give chase! Let's pluck it and roast it!" the elemental queen said, anticipating the meal.

However, Zhang Che didn't let the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon pursue the bird.

The huge black bird wasn't slow; similar to the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, it was moving at around Mach 2. The chances of them catching up were slim to none.

Instead of wasting time here, it was better to make their way to the Myriad Poison Swamp as soon as possible to hunt more exotic beasts and accumulate soul force points, allowing him to advance to Tier Seven beastmaster earlier.

"I'll definitely rip all its feathers out and roast it the next time I see it!" The elemental queen mumbled, obviously loathing the huge black bird's cry. She couldn't do a thing about it if Zhang Che wasn't willing to give chase, however.

—–

Finally, big and small lakes started appearing in the horizon. The vegetation in the area gradually increased, from sparse to low bushes, and even rich water plants.

They had arrived at the Myriad Poison Swamp.

"Come, fly a little lower!"

Zhang Che equipped the Purple-Gold Demonic Armored Worm armor, in case he accidentally came into contact with any poisons from exotic beasts while battling. Afterwards, he instructed the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to dive down to the swamp below.

From afar, Zhang Che saw a bunch of human-sized exotic beasts that resembled frogs, scattered across the swamp in groups of two or three.

"These are really the ugliest exotic beasts I've ever seen!" Zhang Che pursed his lips in disdain when he saw the weird-looking ugly frog-like exotic beasts covered in sticky slime all over.

Those exotic beasts were truly too ugly. They were simply unrivalled in that regard.

However, this didn't stop Zhang Che from treating them as prey. He didn't need to fight them in melee himself anyway. Feeling a little disgusted with them was nothing; he could still take it.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon quickly descended. When they were only a few hundred meters above the swamp, the frog-like exotic beasts finally noticed something was amiss. The frogs raised their ugly heads one after another, looking up to the sky, then started clamoring and gathering together, seemingly afraid of being left behind.

"Hmm? Are they lining up to get executed?"

Zhang Che found the sight a little strange. He didn't understand why these frog-like exotic beasts didn't run away and clustered together instead.

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Chapter 498: All Kinds of Poisonous Attacks

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Although Zhang Che found it strange, he was very welcoming of these frog-like exotic beasts' actions. He was originally worried they would run for their lives. Now, he could save a lot of time.

He was elated and ready to summon the scarlet and white sword to begin his massacre.

While the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was diving down, and was still around two hundred meters above the swamp, the group of bunched up frog-like exotic beasts suddenly raised their heads towards the sky at the same time and opened their huge ugly mouths in unison.

"This… could this be?…" Zhang Che was a little shocked inside. They were still two hundred meters away; could those exotic beasts' attack reach this far?

Just as the thought sprang up in his mind, something that made Zhang Che's scalp turn numb happened.

The skin of the frog-like exotic beasts below suddenly swelled up at the chin area. Then, they quickly shrank back to normal size. Streak after streak of gloomy green fluid was pushed out by that sudden change in pressure, shooting high up into the sky.

Countless putrid green fluids mixed together in the air. With the movement of the wind, before the spewed stuff even reached its target, a disgusting, vomit-inducing smell assaulted Zhang Che's nose.

"This poison… how terrifying!"

Even though Zhang Che reacted to it immediately and covered his nose, that tiny bit of toxin he breathed in brought about a faint spell of dizziness.

He was already a powerful mid-tier beastmaster now, and yet he nearly fainted from the miasma. It went to show how terrifying those ugly frog-like exotic beasts' poison attacks were!

"Don't let those water arrows reach here!" Zhang Che hurriedly instructed the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon.

Just a trace of the fumes nearly knocked him unconscious. What if he was accidentally struck by those gloomy green water arrows?

At the same time, Zhang Che summoned the Unicorn out. A white light immediately enveloped him, dispelling his dizziness.

After receiving Zhang Che's order, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon breathed out a stream of frozen air, aiming down and freezing the oncoming concentrated arrows of goo into icicles. They quickly lost their momentum and fell.

Seeing that, Zhang Che let out a sigh of relief.

Luckily, the frog-like exotic beasts' attacks weren't too fast, even if they were poisonous. Otherwise, it wouldn't be easy for Zhang Che to hunt them.

"Continue diving down. Kill them!" Zhang Che said coldly. Fortunately his beast card armor came with a mask, filtering some of the toxins away. He would have fainted on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back otherwise.

Although he knew the exotic beasts at this swamp were all poison-attributed, Zhang Che didn't expect the first exotic beasts he encountered to have such poisonous attacks. To say that he wasn't annoyed would be a lie.

"Master, let this servant take revenge for you!"

Seeing Zhang Che was slightly poisoned earlier, the elemental queen's pretty face was cold. She waved her hands continuously. Fire arrows quickly materialized around her, raining down at the frog-like exotic beasts, bringing a terrifyingly high heat with them.

The air was twisted from the high temperatures caused by the rain of fire arrows. Sharp hums were audible.

The frog-like exotic beasts below were alarmed after seeing their concentrated attack failing to reap any results. It had always worked before. Now that they saw the concentrated rain of fire arrows coming down at them, they grew even more frightened.

Those extremely ugly frog-like exotic beasts let out frightened croaks. Their strong legs pushed off the mud, directly rushing towards the nearest body of water.

Alas, their reactions were a tad too slow.

The elemental queen was an epic-level combatant, after all. Would the fire arrows she sent out in a fit of rage be so easily dodged?

The rain of fire arrows crossed the two hundred meters almost instantly, shrouding the group of frog-like exotic beasts.

A wave of ear-piercing noises rang out. The ugly creatures who failed to run in time cried out miserably. Golden scarlet flames burned on their bodies, their flesh and blood instantly charred to ash.

The smell of burnt meat rose to the skies along with a sour odor, nearly knocking Zhang Che out again.

Obviously those frog-like exotic beasts' bodies contained concentrated toxins. Even though they were burned to ash, the toxins were still in play, and able to hurt anything living nearby.

Sensing Zhang Che's less-than-ideal condition, the Unicorn immediately enveloped him in a ray of white light, dispelling the negative effects on him.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon didn't make a move, while the elemental queen kept waving her hands about. Fire arrows continued raining down, finishing off the leftovers.

The battle ended very quickly. In the end, none of the frog-like exotic beasts managed to escape into the water, allowing Zhang Che to reap a decent harvest.

Those frog-like exotic beasts turned out to be a bunch of five-star exotic beasts. Although their quality was a little poor, at only bronze-quality, the soul force points earned was pretty considerable given the kill count.

"Clean up the battlefield!" Zhang Che shouted. With the first battle concluding, he was very excited. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon dove down, his mouth opening and inhaling forcefully. The beast cards that were scattered everywhere were all vacuumed up.

This was a new little technique they discovered after the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon advanced to seven-star epic-quality. Although it wasn't very useful, it was a very practical trick to gather beast cards.

With the experience of hunting those poisonous frogs as example, Zhang Che had the Unicorn always summoned out and staying on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back for the rest of the hunt, ready to provide help at any moment.

After all, he didn't know what kind of poisonous attack he'd come across. Being cautious couldn't go wrong.

Also, Zhang Che didn't know if there were any exotic beasts out there whose poisonous attack could kill him instantly. If he didn't have the Unicorn on standby, it'd be too depressing if it didn't manage to save him in time and he lost his life out here for no reason.

—–

Indeed, Zhang Che really did come across all kinds of poisonous attacks afterwards.

The exotic beasts here weren't very strong. The best among them were only at six-stars gold-quality, but their poisonous attacks would often catch Zhang Che off guard, no matter how careful he was.

The one that left the deepest impression on Zhang Che was a type of strange, fist-sized worm-like exotic beast. Their ability to jump was extremely terrifying, able to leap up to a hundred meters in the air. It was nothing if that was all, they wouldn't be a threat to Zhang Che. The key thing was that those worms would launch a suicidal attack after jumping up. Their bodies would explode one after another, turning into toxins and covering the surrounding hundreds of meters in a poison mist.

At the beginning, Zhang Che was caught off guard and completely shrouded in the poison mist, along with the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon.

The toxins were extremely corrosive. Not only was a layer of the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's translucent crystallized body corroded away, the mid-tier legend-quality beast card armor Zhang Che was wearing couldn't withstand it, either!

In the end, if it wasn't for the Unicorn activating its healing skill to dispel the poison, Zhang Che would have suffered a huge loss without knowing it.

Afterwards, Zhang Che became much more careful.

Every time he encountered a new type of exotic beast, he wouldn't let the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon dive down recklessly. Instead, he had the elemental queen use her fire attacks to probe it. He would only go closer after confirming it wasn't dangerous and began his massacre.

"Tsk, tsk. This place really isn't for humans. No matter how many of those beastmasters from earlier came, they would all be poisoned to death by all these weird exotic beasts," Zhang Che couldn't help but muse. Coming here to hunt exotic beasts without a healing-type subdued beast was really fraught with danger. With every step they took, they were in danger of losing their lives if they were careless!

—–

Before Zhang Che realized it, he had hunted in this swampland for more than two hours. During this time, more than five hundred exotic beasts had died to him and his babies' attacks.

Suddenly, Zhang Che heard a familiar loud cawing.

Looking back and up to the sky to the side, Zhang Che's expression changed slightly, and he felt chills on his back.

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Chapter 499: Bringing Your Whole Family to a Fight

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Zhang Che was enjoying his killing spree when he suddenly heard that familiar crowing. Looking back, his scalp turned numb from shock.

That black crow-like flying exotic beast that flew off in fear earlier was currently closing in rapidly from the skies to his side.

That was no big deal. An epic-quality exotic beast truly wouldn't strike any fear in Zhang Che at all. Even if it dared to come, it would only be here to give him experience.

The problem was, behind that huge black crow, there were actually one, two, three, four… five similar crows!

"Oh crap, I didn't really provoke you, did I? You actually brought your whole family here to seek revenge?!" Cold sweat formed on Zhang Che's forehead.

A single epic-quality exotic beast was naturally no problem for Zhang Che. Even if there were three or four of them, Zhang Che could totally handle it with his subdued beasts and pets.

However, a total of six epic-quality exotic beasts came in one go! What was the meaning of that!?

Zhang Che quickly calculated. On his side was the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, the elemental queen, the Earthen Rock Demon, and the Scarlet Flame Drake at epic-quality. With the scarlet and white sword, his combat strength was not inferior to an epic-quality beast, either.

However, compared to the spread of darkness flying towards them, there was still some difference in strength.

It was five against six. It seemed like Zhang Che's side was only outnumbered by one, but the key thing was that the Scarlet Flame Drake and the Earthen Rock Demon couldn't fly! Facing these aerial exotic beasts, there was a natural disadvantage in mobility.

Regardless of whether he could win against them, Zhang Che didn't hesitate for a moment. He immediately ordered his scattered subdued beasts and pets to gather at his location. The babies were mostly only at legend-quality. Naturally it'd be a one-sided massacre if they were facing mid-tier normal-quality exotic beasts, but against a group of epic-quality exotic beasts, they were totally no match.

In order to prevent his subdued beasts and pets from being the targets of the revenge-seeking crows' ambush, Zhang Che could only try his best to gather all his babies together and recall the legend-quality ones. They wouldn't be able to contribute in a battle at such a high level. Not only that, they might even negatively affect Zhang Che.

The six crows were approaching extremely quickly. Zhang Che's babies had yet to gather before the crows arrived.

With that, Zhang Che had no choice but to fight. He grit his teeth and ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to directly descend towards a hill below.

The Scarlet Flame Drake and the Earthen Rock Demon could only display their greatest strength when on land.

"Give them a wave of concentrated attacks!"

In order to buy time for his legend-quality subdued beasts and pets, Zhang Che gave the order for the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and the elemental queen to attack while the former was still landing.

Only by holding off those crows could Zhang Che's subdued beasts and pets gather together and not be picked off individually.

After receiving Zhang Che's order, the elemental queen grit her teeth and said, "Master, watch me!"

As she finished, a mass of intense fire elements rose in her body. The elemental queen waved her hands around, and golden flaming halberds appeared out of thin air one after another, forming a huge, concentrated flame formation around her.

"Go!" the elemental queen shouted when the number of flaming halberds around her reached several dozen. The flaming halberds instantly tore through the space, streaking towards the six black crows over two hundred meters away.

The flames burned in the air. The whole space seemed to collapse from the heat. Light and shadow were twisted, waves of crackling noises rang out.

At the same time, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon took in a deep breath, activating his wide-area attack skill. A big stream of darkfiend frozen air shot out, turning into a huge deep blue fog, sweeping forth.

Although the breath of darkfiend frozen air seemed like fog, its speed was not inferior to the elemental queen's attack.

Everywhere the deep blue fog passed by, the entire space seemed to freeze. Numerous tiny fissures appeared in the air, quickly cracking further.

The ice and fire attacks came one after another, sealing off the path ahead of the six black crows, buying Zhang Che some time and allowing him to successfully land on the ground. Afterwards, he quickly recalled the legend-quality subdued beasts and pets gathering from all directions back into his spiritual sea.

Facing the elemental queen and the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's combination attacks, however, the six black crows weren't afraid at all.

"Gwa! Gwa! Gwa…" The six black crows cawed in unison. In the next moment, their opened mouths shot out extremely concentrated golden streaks of light.

The six streaks of golden light were like six suns, emitting light so dazzling that no one could look directly at them.

In the next moment, the six streaks of golden light clashed against the numerous fire halberds and the deep blue fog.

There was a rumble of energies meeting, and a huge explosion that reverberated through the skies rang out. At the point of contact, the surrounding hundred-some meters were instantly obliterated. An empty void appeared in its place for a moment.

Afterwards, a terrifying energy storm swept ferociously through the area.

Violent winds blew in the skies, like a super-sized storm had erupted. The pond below actually evaporated completely. Afterwards, the mud seemed to be stirred up by an invisible gigantic hand, streaking in all directions.

Despite being two hundred meters away, Zhang Che saw a large spread of mud flying his way thanks to the energy storm.

An invisible mass of energy inside the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon instantly erupted, strengthening the shield that neutralized any oncoming wind multiple times. All the mud and rocks that came flying were completely warded away.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry!" Zhang Che ordered the Earthen Rock Demon and the Scarlet Flame Drake to gather and launch attacks into the sky with a grave expression, while recalling his legend-quality subdued beasts and pets into his spiritual sea.

In the sky, the six black crows were thoroughly enraged. They let out another wave of noisy caws, then opened their mouths again. They didn't descend; they directly shot out six blinding golden lights at the hill Zhang Che was on from more than a hundred meters away.

"Damn, is this an exchange of artillery?!"

Actually, Zhang Che would rather the crows dive at him for a close-range battle. That way, his scarlet and white sword could display its strength. At present, he couldn't reach that far at all.

From the looks of things, those completely black ugly creatures were somewhat apprehensive of him, and didn't dare to dive down for a fight.

-What a blunder! Looks like I should have recalled the Earthen Rock Demon and the Scarlet Flame Drake as well, putting up a weak front and drawing these crows down here…- Zhang Che thought in frustration as he ordered the Scarlet Flame Drake and the elemental queen to defend against the six streaks of golden light.

-Say, can you guys not be so cowardly? Since you've already brought your whole family here to fight, why are you still keeping such a long distance? Since when was a group fight all about throwing things at the opposite party from afar?

-This is too outrageous!-

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Chapter 500: Too Bad For You, Running Into the Angry Me

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Edited by Aelryinth

The six black crows weren't too close. They were flying in the skies about two hundred meters away, sending golden light down continuously, angering Zhang Che to no end.

-Too shameless, too despicable!

-Which exotic beast does battle like this?-

Even so, Zhang Che was helpless against such a shameless tactic.

It was impossible for him to run. They were but a few epic-quality exotic beasts. It'd be too shameful for him to run. Zhang Che couldn't do that!

But if he insisted on fighting, there didn't seem to be a way for him to enjoy the battle. Left without a choice, Zhang Che could only let the Scarlet Flame Drake and the elemental queen keep assaulting the crows with their fire attacks. Meanwhile, the Earthen Rock Demon and the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon at the side weren't idle, either.

Although the Earthen Rock Demon's rock spear attacks weren't very threatening to epic-quality exotic beasts, it was enough to keep those six black crows in check, and they didn't dare act too presumptuously.

On the other hand, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's Extreme Yin Ray was a huge threat to those black crows. However, it was a skill attack. Even though its cooldown time was only a minute long, its sustainability was too low. It wasn't able to influence the battle too greatly.

If he wasn't afraid of the crows' greater numbers, in addition to the power of the golden lights being a little too terrifying, Zhang Che really wanted to charge right ahead on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and let them have a taste of the scarlet and white sword.

For a period of time, various colored bursts of light kept shining in this area. The sound of explosions rose and fell. Countless energy waves swept in all directions, devastating almost all the vegetation on this hill. Not only that, a thick layer of soil and rocks was shaved away.

Even so, despite the seemingly intense battle, no casualties appeared on either side.

Both parties were throwing attacks at one another from two hundred meters away. In fact, their attacks weren't that strong. They only seemed frightening on the surface.

Just like that, the situation remained at a standstill for several minutes, and Zhang Che grew tired of it.

The murder of crows was truly too cautious. Even though they held all the advantages, they actually had no intention of diving down at all.

"Retreat!" After thinking for a short while, Zhang Che finally recalled the Scarlet Flame Drake and the Earthen Rock Demon helplessly. Afterwards, both he and the elemental queen got on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and flew off, escaping.

It couldn't be helped. There was no way the battle would end well. His opponents were too cautious and unwilling to come down, and Zhang Che was unable to use his killing moves.

If the fight continued, his subdued beasts and pets wouldn't be able to gain any advantage. Those black crows held the geographical advantage, after all. Occupying the high ground gave them a little too much of an advantage. Zhang Che was afraid he wouldn't be able to withstand it.

At present, his only option was to retreat!

Naturally the six black crows weren't willing to let things go like that when they saw Zhang Che escaping on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon. They cawed noisily, chasing after him closely.

These fellows were obviously a mutated species; their flight speed was actually not any slower than the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, chasing right behind them.

Zhang Che had originally planned on luring those crows to the territory of a terrifyingly powerful exotic beast nearby and set them up, but he didn't dare to try it in the end when he saw them following so closely.

Although Zhang Che could transform into an insignificant little frog to avoid the powerful exotic beast's rage, the six black crows were chasing too closely. It would be impossible to fool them.

As such, it was likely that before any enraged powerful exotic beast killed the six black crows, Zhang Che would be obliterated by the crows' golden lights first, not leaving a single bone intact!

Zhang Che's idea didn't seem feasible, but he quickly thought of another. A short distance ahead, a huge lake had suddenly entered his sight!

Zhang Che whispered to the elemental queen behind him, asking, "Are you scared of water?"

The elemental queen didn't really understand what Zhang Che was asking, but she immediately replied, "Master, I'm not fond of water, but I'm not scared of it, either. It's fine even if I fall into it, although I won't be able to display much of my power."

Zhang Che nodded, "That's fine, then. I don't need you to continue attacking, just hide in the water."

Done speaking, he directly patted the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back, signalling him to dive into the wide lake ahead.

"Gwa gwa gwa!" The black crows immediately grew anxious when they realized the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon wanted to enter the water. They shot out a round of golden lights at the same time, then increased their speed, trying to intercept the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon before he entered the water.

However, even a divine-quality exotic beast might not be able to intercept the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon if he wished to enter the water, let alone the black crows!

Hundreds of meters streaked past in an instant. In the next moment, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon shot into the water with a loud boom, raising a huge splash of water in the sky, plunging into the depths of the water with Zhang Che and the elemental queen.

The six black crows were enraged! Those people barged into their territory and killed so much of their food. In the end, they actually escaped into the water; how vexing!

In the end, the black crows, their anger going to their heads, dove down and hovered a few dozen meters above the water's surface, unleashing a wave of golden lights below, blowing up the water and splashing more water everywhere.

At that moment, even as the splash of water rose to the skies, a scarlet and white streak of light suddenly flashed past them, puncturing the black crow closest to the water surface.

"Gwa!" it cawed miserably as a streak of blood spattered.

Although that black crow dodged to the side at the crucial moment and narrowly avoided getting struck in its vitals, a wound deep enough to reveal its bones appeared at the root of its wing on one side. A bunch of black feathers fell, accompanied by fresh crimson red blood.

Zhang Che, who had been silently enduring his frustration, finally got a sneak attack in and struck one of the black crows!

However, the black crows were epic-quality exotic beasts, after all. Even though they were caught off guard and suffered a hit from the scarlet and white sword, it wasn't a life-threatening wound.

"What a pity! If the scarlet and white sword's attack range was just a little further, at two hundred meters, at least two of these crows would have to forfeit their lives!"

A few dozen meters deep in the water, Zhang Che sensed the black crows gaining altitude in fearful haste, feeling very regretful about their thoughtless actions.

This was truly the most frustrating battle Zhang Che had ever participated in. Let alone being bombarded, he was even forced into the water!

Even though he carried out a sneak attack in the end, he wasn't able to kill a single crow!

Most importantly, Zhang Che hadn't even seen their attributes yet! He had no idea what these black crows were called!

-Freaking hell… I'll remember you. When I advance to Tier Seven beastmaster, I'll surely come back and find you for revenge!- Zhang Che cursed furiously inside while taking notice of the movements in the sky, swearing to get back at them

Of course, what mattered more than anything else was that Zhang Che was greedy for those six black crows. A family of exotic beasts of the same species at epic-quality! Let alone seeing anything like it in the past, Zhang Che had never even heard of that before!

If he could catch them all in one fell swoop, that would mean getting six identical epic-quality beast cards! Their value was immeasurable!

After waiting for some time, the water returned to its calm state from before. No more attacks came down from the sky, either.

Zhang Che had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon change direction and emerge from the water to check things out. He discovered the six black crows had actually flown far away, nowhere to be seen now.

Zhang Che's counterattack earlier had probably made those six black crows realize he was no pushover. Moreover, him hiding in the water had left the crows helpless against him, and they had no choice but to leave.

After all, they were afraid of Zhang Che sneak attacking them again. It wasn't something easy to guard against. The scarlet and white sword's attack speed wasn't something epic-quality exotic beasts could dodge!

"Huuu… they finally left." Zhang Che let out a long sigh. Encountering this kind of exotic beasts that fought so shamelessly had drained him. The black crows leaving was truly the best ending he could ask for.

As for this grudge, it wasn't too late for Zhang Che to come back and take revenge when he grew stronger!

Just as Zhang Che was about to exit the lake and detour to the next spot with a high density of mid-tier exotic beasts to hunt them, he suddenly felt some commotion under the water.

Zhang Che's spiritual sense was extremely sharp. Although it was dozens of meters away, he immediately determined that an exotic beast in the lake was quickly closing in on him.

"Heh, I didn't want to bother with these shrimps in the first place, but I happen to be very frustrated right now, and you actually came knocking on my door on your own. You can't blame me for what happens next!"

Zhang Che had a bellyful of anger with nowhere to vent it, and these water-type exotic beasts actually dared to come to him! Naturally he wouldn't say no to them! A cold glint flashed in his eyes, his killing intent surging.

He was tired of eating birds and land creatures; switching up the flavor didn't sound bad at all!

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Chapter 501: Demon Slaying Operation

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Edited by Aelryinth

A few streamlined figures swam quickly through the deep, dark waters.

Although these water-based exotic beasts were huge, they were fast in the water, uninhibited by the current. As they swam, they didn't stir up too strong of an undercurrent, either.

If Zhang Che didn't have the golden vortex granting him senses far sharper than ordinary beastmasters, he wouldn't have noticed these approaching exotic beasts. If things had really played out their way, when those water-type exotic beasts launched their sneak attacks, Zhang Che would be flustered, even with his strength.

The water wasn't Zhang Che's natural terrain, after all.

Even though the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's strength wasn't diminished at all in the water, if there were too many water-type exotic beasts attacking, he might not be able to handle it.

In addition, Zhang Che wasn't the only one in the water. There was also the elemental queen, who couldn't swim.

Hundreds of thoughts flew through Zhang Che's mind. He immediately decided, "Go, get up to the surface first."

Only the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was adept in the water. Also, from the looks of it, those attacking water-type exotic beast weren't weak. To be safe, Zhang Che couldn't remain in the deeper water any longer.

Even so, the water-type exotic beasts were extremely fast. They moved through the waters, their speed reaching the terrifying level of about a hundred meters per second. It was impossible for Zhang Che to swim up by himself.

"Master!" The elemental queen also noticed danger was approaching from the deep waters nearby. She cast a glance at Zhang Che, showing hints of worry on her face.

It couldn't be helped; the elemental queen was restrained in this environment. Let alone fighting, it would be very good if she could even keep herself safe.

Zhang Che nodded at the elemental queen, signalling for her to not panic. In the next moment, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon grabbed hold of the two with his claws and quickly swam up to the surface.

Although the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was no longer a water-type exotic beast, its name contained the word dragon, after all. His speed shouldn't be underestimated when he was swimming at his fastest. Almost instantly, they emerged from the water's surface when they were dozens of meters deep a moment before, rising to the skies along with a huge pillar of water.

Immediately, a few streamlined figures broke out of the water as well. Their terrifyingly savage mouths opened, revealing two rows of dagger-like sharp teeth each, biting at Zhang Che and the elemental queen ferociously, who were still in the grasp of the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon.

Zhang Che finally got a good look at them. These water-type exotic beasts were like huge sharks. They were more than eight meters long, they had no claws, and their bright skin was not covered in scales. However, there was a layer of slimy substance covering their bodies, emitting a luster under the sunlight.

"You're looking to die!" the elemental queen shouted. After leaving the water, she immediately regained her former might. Waving her hands, balls of golden scarlet flames immediately shot down.

The shark-like exotic beasts finally reacted to the situation. It seemed like they had picked the wrong prey and had provoked a powerful existence they should not have offended.

Masses of water arrows shot out from their gaping maws at the same time. Afterwards, their slender bodies twisted in the air at a speed that defied the laws of physics, turning back and directly falling back into the water below.

Those shark-like exotic beasts were only at six-star dark gold-quality. How could they possibly dare to face the attacks of an epic-class combat force head on?

The masses of concentrated water arrows were instantly evaporated by the elemental queen's flames, and continued burning towards the exotic beasts without losing any strength.

At this moment, Zhang Che hurriedly spoke out to stop her, "Don't ruin their bodies! We're eating them tonight!"

Although those exotic beasts were at six-star dark gold-quality, from the looks of it, obviously they could only display their power in the water.

Zhang Che did not want this kind of useless beast card. It was better to have a taste of their meat.

Hearing Zhang Che's cries, the elemental queen waved her hands in a hurry. The flames immediately transformed in midair, turning into long flaming needles. Afterwards, the flames quickly shot towards the exotic beasts' heads like precision-guided missiles.

The flaming needles easily plunged into the heads of the exotic beasts like red hot knives slicing into butter. Afterwards, they exploded, directly burning their brain matter into coal.

Plop, plop, plop!.. A few noises rang out consecutively as the exotic beasts fell into the water. No further commotion was seen after they fell, their huge bodies slowly sinking deeper into the water.

How could those six-star dark gold-quality exotic beasts possibly withstand the elemental queen's attacks? They died instantly under her wave of attacks.

{ Author's Note: A mistake in some earlier chapters. No beast cards will drop when the elemental queen kills exotic beasts.}

{ TLN : I'm pretty sure it was already amended by the time I got to translating it though (she was crippling things and another beast was finishing them off).}

Zhang Che was overjoyed. He quickly had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon bring him and the elemental queen ashore, then dive back into the water and retrieve the corpses of the shark-like exotic beasts.

Those were mid-tier dark gold-quality exotic beasts! Zhang Che had never been so extravagant as to actually try the meat of such high quality and level exotic beasts and see what it tasted like.

Moreover, they were water-type exotic beasts. The flavor should be pretty different, right?

At that thought, Zhang Che immediately felt a pang of hunger rising in his stomach. He could no longer wait to dismember the corpses and find a place to barbecue!

When the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon brought their prey back, Zhang Che immediately stowed them away in his spatial storage, then mounted the dragon and flew off. After observing for a while in the sky, he decided on an elevated area in the swamp and landed there.

——

While Zhang Che started on his barbecue session in the swamp area, things were moving in the dark in Yuanshan City.

The three high-tier beastmasters sent by He Luotu were gathering the forces of the Freemason organization here. They organized a group of mid-tier and higher beastmasters, as well as a batch of devastating weapons they had gotten their hands on with much difficulty.

The Freemason organization's men in Yuanshan City branch had some misgivings regarding the mission assigned to them by the higher-ups.

From their past experience, the Freemason organization had always expanded in a low profile manner. They had never made such a big move. Regarding this, the three high-tier beastmasters told them that they were going to slay a demon!

"Our Freemason organization is not only going to unite all the beastmasters without any background or influence. At the same time, we'll also shoulder the responsibility of defending our homeland!

"I'm sure everyone here is aware of the demons' invasion from before. Although we have obtained the first victory and forced them to retreat, the demons had many methods up their sleeves.

"Our President has learned from investigations that powerful demons have infiltrated our human society, taking over many beastmasters and concealing themselves, plotting evil schemes behind the scene to cause chaos.

"From our investigations, a genius beastmaster of humanity was actually taken over by one of those demons. He has come to Yuanshan City, his intentions unknown.

"In order to put a stop to them, the President has sent us three here to slay him before he makes his move. Are you willing to assist us in slaying the demon and maintain peace and stability for humanity?" The eldest of the three high-tier beastmasters, a middle-aged man with a righteous look, spoke with a low voice. He swept his anticipatory gaze across the elites of the organization in Yuanshan City.

"Rest assured, Vice-President, we'll fight to the death and swear to slay the demon here, returning peaceful times to Mercury!" a youngster stood up, shouting at the top of his voice, his face red.

"Slaying the demon is our duty!" With someone leading the cheer, the rest of the beastmasters started shouting loudly as well.

"Good! After we succeed on this operation, I'll surely ask for the President to reward everyone!" the righteous-looking middle-aged high-tier beastmaster was emotionally stirred as well, waving his hand enthusiastically.

Afterwards, orders were passed down. A series of arrangements was laid out near the spatial gateway Zhang Che had entered…

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Chapter 502: The Temptation of Food. The Might of Strong Bow

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Edited by Aelryinth

Zhang Che cleaned the corpses of the huge shark-like exotic beasts down by the lake shore, removing their heads, innards, bones and other things, carving off large pieces of milky white meat.

Seeing the meat, Zhang Che felt like he had made the correct choice this time. It went without saying that the exotic beast meat would surely be delicious!

If he had chosen to kill those exotic beasts personally, he'd only have gotten a few useless six-star dark gold-quality beast cards, and he would have missed out on this feast!

"Hmm, I should look around in the waters to find more of this kind of water-based exotic beasts that can't leave the water. No matter how strong they are, it's not as good as killing them and eating them!"

Thinking of his plans, Zhang Che stowed all the meat into the Nirvana Snake King spatial storage equipment, then quickly walked over to the elevated lands to the side.

The elemental queen had prepared everything. When Zhang Che was done skewering the large fish fillets with bone spikes and stabbed them into the tough soil, faint flames gushed out from the elemental queen's palms, grilling the sides of the meat.

As the fire burned hotter, drops of oil oozed out from the fish meat. An exotic fragrance started spreading.

Zhang Che and the frisky monkey were both sitting quietly at the side, their noses twitching at the same time, drunken looks showing on their faces.

That fragrance was truly too unique, as expected of water-based high-quality exotic beasts! The meat's aroma was indeed different from land and aerial creatures!

A long string of saliva flowed out from the frisky monkey's slightly opened mouth. As it was about to hit the ground, he sucked in back in hard, slurping his saliva back into his mouth.

Seeing this, Zhang Che felt goosebumps rising all over his body. That fellow was indeed disgusting!

If it were the past, seeing the frisky monkey's action would make Zhang Che feel the monkey was a little stupidly cute. But now that the frisky monkey was over two meters tall and had an ugly apish appearance, the sight of it was a little too much. Others did not dare to look at it directly.

Zhang Che decided to shift his attention away, or else he wouldn't have the appetite to eat later.

Seeing the fish fillets were about to be cooked, Zhang Che immediately took out some spiritual honey and applied a thin layer of it to the meat with well-practiced moves.

Suddenly, a fragrance that tempted people to swallow their own tongues erupted. Zhang Che could no longer control himself, either. Saliva poured out from his mouth.

The only person who could remain normal was only the elemental queen, who was grilling the meat. After all, her body had a unique composition. Food was optional to her, and she wouldn't be greedy for this kind of thing.

Soon, the fish fillets were all grilled golden yellow, the aroma extremely thick.

"Master, the meat is done!" the elemental queen said, retracting her flames.

"Baba, I want eat, I want eat!"

Before Zhang Che could do anything, the frisky monkey could no longer hold back and stood up looking at the grilled meat, his desire apparent on his face.

At this moment, a wave of commotion was suddenly heard from their surroundings.

Zhang Che, who was about to dig in, turned his head and looked around, immediately stunned at the sight.

With the hill they were on as the center, all kinds of exotic beasts were closing in on their location from all directions, their glowing eyes staring at Zhang Che's group.

The grilled meat's fragrance was too thick, and they were situated in the depths of the beast world. Naturally the stronger exotic beasts in the area were all drawn to it!

"Looks like this fish fillet is really a heavenly delicacy. It actually lured so many exotic beasts here!"

Zhang Che was a little angry inside. He was just about to enjoy his meal when so many unwanted guests suddenly came and ruined the atmosphere.

However, thinking from another perspective, he would need to spend quite a bit of effort to hunt so many exotic beasts. Now that they had gathered here of their own accord, it turned out to be a positive thing after all!

"It seems we don't get to eat for now. Let's do our work first." Zhang Che ignored the resentful looks from the frisky monkey. He summoned the Purple Crystal Tortoise out and put all the grilled meat away first. Afterwards, he summoned the Scarlet Flame Drake and the Earthen Rock Demon with a wave of his hand, ready to do battle.

After completing that series of actions, Zhang Che blinked a few times. -Not right. The bait is put away; what if the exotic beasts run away?-

As such, he had the Purple Crystal Tortoise bring out the grilled meat again, then took out the Falling Star Model X Mk III and tossed it over to the frisky monkey.

"Come, show me how this bow fares in actual battle!"

Zhang Che had not found a chance to let the frisky monkey use the real superstrong bow since he had obtained it. Previously, he had been going around hunting exotic beasts, and in order to keep the frisky monkey from danger, he never let him try it out.

Now that he and his babies were all keeping watch on this hill, the frisky monkey's safety was guaranteed. It was a good chance to let him test and see exactly how powerful the bow was.

"Kill, kill, kill!"

Let alone not being able to eat, he even had to work! The frisky monkey's bitterness could well be imagined. He could only vent all his rage on those exotic beasts. He quickly nocked a custom alloy arrow on the bow, then drew the Falling Star Model X Mk III into a full moon shape and took aim at an exotic beast a few hundred meters away, letting loose his finger.

Weng! A violent note immediately reverberated in the air. Just as the noise rose, the big head of that exotic beast a few hundred meters away exploded. Flesh and blood spattered everywhere. Nothing above its neck remained.

Zhang Che was overjoyed at the sight. He quickly ordered the frisky monkey, "Not bad. Pick a stronger exotic beast next."

Using the Falling Star Model X Mk III, which had a maximum draw strength of about twenty thousand kilograms, to hunt mid-tier exotic beasts was simply like using a butcher's knife to kill a chicken.

At the same time, in order to prevent the exotic beasts that had been drawn here from escaping, Zhang Che ordered his subdued beasts and pets to immediately start their killing sprees.

Those who couldn't wade into the water were ordered to stay on the hill and use their long-range attacks, while those who could move freely in the water were to immediately move out and strive to keep most of the exotic beasts here.

They were all experience points that came knocking on his door on their own. Zhang Che didn't want to see them go to waste.

While the powerful subdued beasts and pets began their onslaught, the frisky monkey's eyes were locked onto an exotic beast a few hundred meters to their front with a fierce aura.

Just by his senses, the frisky monkey could tell that this exotic beast wasn't weak. At the very least, it was at legend-quality. He let loose of the bowstring once more. Another violent vibration rang out. The custom made metal alloy arrow instantly crossed hundreds of meters and struck that exotic beast's head accurately.

This time, the exotic beast's head didn't explode like the frisky monkey's previous target. It was a mid-tier legend-quality exotic beast, after all. Its defense was significantly higher.

However, the Falling Star Model X Mk III's attack power was still too high. Paired with the custom made metal alloy arrow, its damage had increased several fold!

A miserable cry was heard. Although the exotic beast felt the danger and tried to dodge, it was struck on its cheek regardless. A fist-sized hole was punched through its face, fresh blood gushing out from the wound madly.

After suffering such a heavy hit, the amphibious-type exotic beast directly jumped to the side, wanting to hide under the water there.

However, a few more sharp sonic booms rang out in the air consecutively. The frisky monkey moved his right hand about, shooting three arrows in succession. They arrived at their target near simultaneously, every one of them landing accurately on the exotic beast's body.

Two of the arrows left two more fist-sized holes on the exotic beast's body. The last arrow struck its chest, directly punching through and shattering its heart.

Despite being at legend-quality, the exotic beast could only struggle for a few moments after falling into the water before no further movements could be seen from it, leaving only a spread of bloody red water.

"Not bad. According to the strength it is showing, even a mid-tier epic-quality exotic beat will find it difficult to withstand the Falling Star Model X's attack!"

Zhang Che smiled widely as he looked on from the side. His efforts weren't in vain. After equipping the frisky monkey with the Falling Star Model X Mk III, his fighting strength had directly risen to epic level!

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Chapter 503: To Pursue and Attack the Enemies. Reeling in the Net

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Edited by Aelryinth

The Falling Star Model X Mk III displayed devastating attack power during its first battle.

Although the frisky monkey had grown a full size bigger, its nimbleness and aim hadn't decreased at all. Not only that, it had grown stronger physically, to a terrifying degree.

He could even draw a super strong bow with more than twenty thousand kilograms draw weight easily, and maintain a firing speed of five arrows per second!

Seeing the frisky monkey landing every arrow and quickly killing the exotic beasts gathering towards them from all directions, Zhang Che didn't idle around either. He had already mounted the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, and was now rushing to the exotic beasts that were trying to run away.

The exotic beasts drawn here by the fragrance of the grilled meat had not expected there to not only be no delicious food, but a huge death trap also laid there.

The frisky monkey wasn't the only one hunting those powerful exotic beasts. The Scarlet Flame Drake, as well as Zhang Che's other subdued beasts and pets, were also unleashing their respective elemental attacks crazily, killing the exotic beasts near them and littering the ground with either corpses or beast cards.

"Kill as you wish! Kill as many as you can!" Zhang Che shouted excitedly. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon streaked through the area like lightning, rushing to where the exotic beasts were most concentrated almost instantly.

The scarlet and white sword light flew out from Zhang Che's brow and started harvesting the nearby exotic beasts' lives like it was the reaper's scythe.

The scarlet and white sword light flashed within the surrounding hundred meters radius of Zhang Che. Streak after streak of blood spattered. The slain exotic beasts turned into glows of light one after another, some of them directly dissipating, while the others condensed into beast cards and fell lightly to the ground.

Facing the scarlet and white sword's attack power that surpassed epic-quality, the exotic beasts, which were only around high-tier gold-quality at the most, couldn't withstand the attacks at all. Even running for their lives was extremely difficult.

In the next moment, the gathered exotic beasts started running away in all directions with a loud rumble, charging away like the water current from a broken dam.

It was a rare opportunity for Zhang Che. How could he possibly let the exotic beasts escape so easily? Flying around on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, the two chased targets everywhere, madly harvesting the lives of the exotic beasts. His accumulated soul force points quickly rose even higher.

At present, Zhang Che was less than a quarter of the way left from breaking through to Tier Seven beastmaster. He only needed to keep up his efforts for about ten more days to advance into high tier.

At that thought, Zhang Che couldn't but help grow excited.

—-

The pursuit and killing of the exotic beasts lasted about another half an hour. When there were only a handful of exotic beasts left trying to escape, Zhang Che finally let the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon stop, no longer chasing after those lucky ones.

It wasn't that Zhang Che didn't want to continue chasing, but that the exotic beasts had fully scattered. Spending more time to hunt them was no longer worth it.

A better use of that time was for Zhang Che to stop and fill his stomach, then continue looking for another area with a high density of exotic beasts and go on another round of harvesting. The gains would be much higher!

——

That evening, Zhang Che stopped all activities of hunting exotic beasts. He looked around in the swamplands and found a mountain, then had the Purple Crystal Tortoise dig out a cave to rest for the night.

He had tried letting the frisky monkey sense for spiritual herbs. However, they discovered that there were far too few spiritual herbs growing in this area.

If it were in the past, Zhang Che would go around and gather the scattered spiritual herbs despite the trouble. Now, there were uncountable spiritual herbs in his secret plane. Naturally he wasn't willing to waste his time like that.

If he was willing to, he could go gather large amounts of spiritual herbs from the secret plane any time he wanted. Although there might not be many high-grade herbs in there, when the sheer quantity reached a certain scale, it would be a terrifying fortune regardless!

Before going to sleep, Zhang Che elemental queen forced Zhang Che to play a few games of chess. The results were obvious without needing to mention it. Zhang Che, who wanted to preserve his face as her master, wouldn't let the elemental queen give him an advantage no matter what. In the end, the games they played all ended up with Zhang Che losing so badly it was humiliating. On average, he would be forced into a corner and lose a big chunk of his pieces at least twice every game.

Given the elemental queen's superior skills at Go, she could clearly give Zhang Che an easy death by slowly killing his pieces bit by bit, like cooking a frog with lukewarm water. However, she was very fond of the thrill of getting a big kill in one go. Despite Zhang Che enduring again and again, trying his best to survive, it was useless. Some pieces that clearly seemed possible to survive would always end up dying as the game went on.

"I'm done, I'm done. Time to sleep."

Seeing the elemental queen getting a kick out of torturing him, Zhang Che didn't want her happiness to be built upon his suffering. He directly pushed the pieces away, messing up the board and silently took out his sleeping bag. He made his way into it and quietly licked his wounds.

He swore to never play chess with the elemental queen again. It was nothing but seeking torture!

Seeing Zhang Che squirming into his sleeping bag like he had lost his purpose in life, the elemental queen gave him the final blow, saying, "Kakaka, Master was letting me win, right?"

Zhang Che pretended not to hear her and closed his eyes shut, forcing himself to fall asleep. The elemental queen continued gloating for a while when she saw Zhang Che ignoring her. Afterwards, she also found her way into her sleeping bag.

——

The night passed quietly. After they woke up the next morning, Zhang Che led his subdued beasts and pets to slaughter the remaining exotic beasts in the final area, then promptly returned.

Well, to say that they were returning was a little inaccurate. They were heading to the next beast world.

Although they were more than three thousand kilometers deep into the beast world, there weren't many overly powerful exotic beasts around. Zhang Che didn't have to purposely avoid some areas, and could directly fly on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon straight back towards the safety zone.

—–

At about 5 PM Mercury time in the afternoon, the safety zone appeared on the horizon.

Thinking back on it, this trip into the beast world was the shortest one ever. The reason was that there were few extremely powerful exotic beasts in the huge swamp area;Zhang Che didn't have to take them into consideration and saved a lot of time that way.

-We'll rest a night in Yuanshan City and set off tomorrow morning. We should be able to make our way into the depths of the next beast world about noon. If we continue at this pace, it might not even take me ten days to break through to Tier Seven beastmaster!- Zhang Che calculated for a while, growing more and more excited. Riding the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, he directly flew to the edge of the safety zone before jumping off and quickly made his way to the spatial gateway.

—

He didn't realize that right when the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's figure appeared on the horizon, several people quickly moved to cross the spatial gateway.

Afterwards, a huge net was quickly spread out, converging on Zhang Che without any sign.

—

He wasn't aware of any of this. After crossing the spatial gateway and walking out of the military camp, a taxi suddenly stopped in front of him.

"Young brother, are you returning to the city?"

-Since when did taxi drivers dare solicit for business outside of the city?- Zhang Che doubted for a moment. However, he didn't put it to mind. As long as the price was right, there would be plenty of brave men willing to take the risk.

"I am. What's the price like?" Zhang Che asked. The driver immediately smiled and replied, "Two hundred, no haggling."

Zhang Che nodded, not saying anything. He directly led the elemental queen forward and opened the door, getting into the car.

It was more than thirty kilometers from here to Yuanshan City. Asking for two hundred dollars wasn't much.

Of course, let alone two hundred, even two thousand or twenty thousand made no difference to Zhang Che. However, he wouldn't be taken for a sucker willingly, either. If the driver had asked for too high a price, Zhang Che didn't mind looking for another taxi.

—

The taxi rumbled on, leaving the military camp and quickly drove on the main road back to Yuanshan City. At the same time, a man standing next to the window of a building at the business district near the military camp opened up his personal terminal and dialed a number. He whispered, "The fish has taken the bait. Prepare to reel in the net!"

After the signal was sent out, an invisible gigantic net immediately came together. Once Zhang Che arrived at the center of the net, it would be quickly reeled in, launching a crazy attack.

—

Zhang Che had zero idea he was about to step into a huge trap. He sat inside the taxi with his eyes shut, taking a quick rest. At the same time, he was calculating exactly how many more days he needed to advance to Tier Seven beastmaster.

Although he could faintly estimate the time, it was very difficult to get a more specific estimation.

"Hopefully everything goes well. The sooner, the better." Zhang Che couldn't wait. He had two powerful beast cards waiting in his spatial storage for him to use.

One of them was the seven-star epic-quality Demonic Energy Large Boar. Although it was a little weak compared to other high-tier beasts, it was considerably stronger than ordinary mid-tier epic-quality beast cards, regardless.

The other one was the seven-star legend-quality Berserker Bear. Although the beast card was only at legend-quality, it was an extremely rare Fusion Transformation-type card, able to greatly increase Zhang Che's personal strength. Its use was totally not inferior to ordinary epic-quality beast cards.

Regrettably, the two beast cards were seven-stars, requiring that he advance to Tier Seven beastmaster before he could use them.

"Soon, soon! I'm almost there!" A faint smile slowly drew his lips back.

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The taxi drove along the road. It didn't come across any ambushes from exotic beasts.

Of course, with Zhang Che in the car, nothing would happen even if exotic beasts ambushed them. Not only that, Zhang Che didn't even have to make a move. The elemental queen could easily turn the exotic beasts to ash with a casual wave of her hand.

Exotic beasts that lived near cities wouldn't be too powerful. Otherwise, experts among the beastmasters would have discovered them long ago and would have either killed them or driven them away.

Perhaps the taxi driver was feeling a little bored. He couldn't help but strike up conversation, "Young bro, I see you have an imposing appearance and a contained aura around you. You're probably a mid-tier beastmaster already, huh?"

Zhang Che chuckled. -This guy is funny. What imposing appearance, what contained aura? You think you're telling a story here?-

Since the driver wanted to chat, naturally Zhang Che wouldn't deny him and casually replied, "I barely made it into mid-tier. But I'm still too weak and I don't even dare to go around saying that I'm a beastmaster. I'm afraid of embarrassing myself."

"Aiya, young bro you're too humble. Let me tell you. Although I'm really weak, only a Tier One beastmaster, I have ferried many big figures; my eyes are really sharp.

"With your aura, you have to be a Tier Five beastmaster at the very least, maybe even at Tier Six already."

Zhang Che grew a little curious. -Can this guy really judge by appearance? He actually got a rather accurate tell on my strength!-

Screeeeech!

All of a sudden, the driver stepped on the brakes as he was boasting about himself and parked the car by the roadside. He pulled the door opened and ran off, holding onto his stomach. "Aiya, I'm really sorry, young bro! I might have eaten something wrong today at lunch. Please wait for a while; I'll charge you fifty dollars less later!"

Zhang Che couldn't help but find it funny. Luckily they weren't on the highway, or they'd surely be rear-ended by the cars behind him seeing how this driver parked the car.

As Zhang Che watched the driver running into the woods at the side of the road holding his belly with his body bent, he wasn't feeling impatient. He was going to rest a night in Yuanshan City anyway. Returning to the city a little later was no big deal.

"Hmm? Not right… That guy is only having a stomachache. Did he have to run that far?"

Zhang Che's senses were much sharper than ordinary people. Although he had no interest in listening to others' pooping sounds, he could clearly tell that the driver's footstep sounds have gotten far away with no signs of stopping.

Something must be wrong!

Zhang Che immediately creased his brow. He focused his senses and scanned his surroundings.

In the next moment, his expression changed greatly. A five-colored light rushed out from his brow, turning into a dark golden armor and covering him from head to toe.

"Be careful!" Zhang Che warned the elemental queen at his side. He suddenly swung his arms, directly tearing the car roof apart and jumping out of the car.

At almost the same time, a mass of powerful energy suddenly erupted from the ground.

Intense flames, along with deafening explosion sounds, instantly engulfed the taxi on the road, as well as Zhang Che and the elemental queen, who had just jumped out of the car.

The explosion was incredibly violent. All of a sudden, the road surface was blown apart. Terrifying shockwaves spread in all directions. The taxi was immediately torn to pieces like paper. Spurred on by the shockwave, the debris slammed onto Zhang Che and the elemental queen.

The elemental queen wasn't afraid of such attacks, however. She immediately used her abilities, turning herself incorporeal and allowing the blown bits to pass through her.

As for the violent shockwave, it didn't cause much harm to her, either. On the other hand, Zhang Che was in a much worse state.

Although the Dark Gold Demonic Armored Worm was a six-star legend-quality armor with astonishing defense, shielding its wearer from an explosion like this perfectly, Zhang Che was only a mid-tier beastmster, after all. Despite having a much stronger physique than ordinary people, he was thrown over a dozen meters into the air by the shockwave regardless. He let out a low grunt, almost spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Under the sudden ambush, Zhang Che didn't consider which party had ambushed him. Instead, what he immediately thought of was nuclear warheads. -Damn it. Luckily they weren't using nuclear warheads. If not…-

After all, during his recent trip to the secret plane, General Mihill had sent a group of beastmasters after him with a huge present prepared. Fortunately, thanks to the unique characteristics of the secret plane, they had no chance to use the miniature nuclear warheads against him, and had ended up as Zhang Che's spoils of war instead.

However, this incident had left a dark trauma on Zhang Che. As a result, the first thought he had in his mind when the explosion went off on this ambush was nuclear weapons!

Thinking about it, if the ones who ambushed him this time had really buried a miniature nuclear warhead here, Zhang Che would have been severely injured even if he didn't die on the spot. It would be impossible for him to recover without recuperating for a long time.

If it was really a nuclear explosion, even if it was a warhead with the smallest yield, it was highly likely that Zhang Che would have been instantly blown to bits during the explosion and directly vaporized by the terrifyingly high temperature.

Facing nuclear warheads, a beast card armor at only legend-quality was most likely not enough.

"Damn it, who is it that's trying to take my life this time?"

Although the sudden ambush didn't injure him much, if at all, Zhang Che grew furious regardless. He swore to himself that if he ever found out who it was behind this, he'd definitely make them pay ten times, or even a hundred times the price!

In mid air, after Zhang Che regained his balance with much difficulty, his expression changed greatly again!

The explosion earlier was only the start of the ambush!

A sharp whistle suddenly rang out from a tall hill to the right of the road. A few medium-sized missiles flew at him at high speed. A breath or two later, the missiles penetrated into the road Zhang Che was on.

Even more violent explosions rang out continuously!

Zhang Che felt as if he was like a broken ball, thrown around by the shockwaves in different directions after every explosion.

"Wah!" He finally couldn't hold it in any more and spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

The ambush wasn't over yet! Zhang Che was still flying around from the shockwaves when a wave of cannons firing rang out from the hills on both sides of the road. Large caliber cannons fired at the same time, enveloping the area in concentrated cannon fire.

-Damn it! Did the military in Yuanshan City defect or what?!- Zhang Che thought, depressedly. He no longer cared about the falling cannon rounds and summoned all his powerful combat forces with a wave of his hand. Afterwards, he mounted the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and directly flew towards where the cannon fire came from.

Passively taking a beating had never been Zhang Che's style!

However, before the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew out, several powerful auras suddenly appeared around them and quickly converged on his location.

Zhang Che's expression finally changed completely…

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Chapter 505: Using Any Means Available

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"Hehe, three epic-quality subdued beasts!" Zhang Che chuckled coldly, his expression changed. In order to kill him, his enemies had really poured in a lot of capital! Let alone using so many cannon rounds, they even sent out three epic-quality subdued beasts!

Even now, Zhang Che had no inkling which faction was trying to kill him this time. The number of people and factions he'd offended were neither few nor many. Heavens knew exactly which of them was coming at him this time!

However, no matter who it was, they'd better be prepared to lose their lives if they wanted to claim his!

It was only three epic-quality subdued beasts. Although that was already a very powerful force, Zhang Che didn't even put it in his eyes. Even if his attackers had something else planned, and the cannons were still firing from the two hills at his side, Zhang Che didn't care about any of that.

Although Zhang Che's organs had suffered quite heavy injuries from the shockwaves, fresh blood flowing out of his mouth even now, and his head was heavy and groggy, he didn't care.

His enemies had failed to kill him with this ambush. They'd better be prepared to face his wrath!

A vicious light flashed through Zhang Che's eyes. He ordered his legend-quality subdued beasts and pets to directly climb the two hills to his sides, while he led his epic-level combat forces and went in the direction of the three epic-quality auras.

Zhang Che was not afraid of clashing with epic-quality combat forces!

In fact, if he tallied the numbers, he actually had four epic-quality subdued beasts and pets. In addition, his scarlet and white sword's attack power wasn't inferior to a high-tier epic-quality exotic beast, either. Why would Zhang Che be afraid of merely three epic-quality subdued beasts?

"Damn, he's not dead even after all that?!"

—

Many members of the Freemasons saw the situation at the road below from the top of the two hills through binoculars. None of them could resist widening their eyes in shock.

A shocking amount of explosives was buried under the road, and the area was bombarded with a round of missiles, not to mention the cannon fire from the two hills! Even so, that demon who was hiding itself among human society was still not dead!

Logically speaking, even if a mid-tier beastmaster was wearing an epic-quality beast card armor, under such heavy bombardment his bones and organs should have shattered and he should have died so horribly that he couldn't be any more dead, right?

Indeed, this mid-tier beastmaster who was said to be the most talented in all of Hua Xia was surely taken over by a demon. Otherwise, how could his physique be so strong?

Everyone was certain that Zhang Che was really possessed by a demon, and his body was altered. It was the only reason why he could withstand such violent explosions.

Even if this guy survived the explosions, so be it! He had even summoned so many subdued beasts in one go! Could a normal mid-tier beastmaster even employ so many subdued beasts?

That was obviously impossible! He'd only be able to employ so many subdued beasts after he was taken over by the demon and his spiritual strength experienced changes!

Seeing the many subdued beasts summoned by Zhang Che in an instant, everyone sensed they were not easy to deal with. If they allowed the beasts to rush up into the hills, they might not be able to defend themselves, despite their advantage in numbers!

The three vice-presidents had to deal with that demon directly. They would probably be unable to provide them with any help. Whether they lived or died depended on themselves!

"Quick, fire all the remaining missiles!"

"Reload, reload! Blast him with the cannon!"

The people gathered here to slay the demon were shouting loudly, one after another.

In the next moment, the bombardment grew even more concentrated. The remaining missiles were ignited as well, flying towards the area Zhang Che was moving through.

—

"Freaking hell, it just doesn't end, huh!" Zhang Che's ears were filled with the deafening roars of the cannons firing. However, his sharp senses could still sense the oncoming missiles flying towards him.

Unlike when he was first ambushed, Zhang Che was now on his guard. How could he let those missiles continue attacking him?

The scarlet and white sword flew out from his brow, like a bolt of lightning, flashing through the air, and cut down the missiles while they were still dozens of meters away. They couldn't even explode in time.

Below him, the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus, Mutated Giant Ape, and other legend-quality subdued beasts and pets had charged away from the road and were rushing into the woods on both sides.

"Just kill however you want! They're really taking me for a sick cat when I'm being a tame tiger!"

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon moved horizontally in the air, dodging the bursts from the cannon shells and silently waiting for the three epic-quality subdue beasts to come.

The road below was in ruins now. A hundred-meter stretch was blown into a huge pit. Let alone cars, even tanks couldn't drive through it.

Smoke and dust were everywhere. Flames were burning; a large section of the woods next to the road had caught fire. If it wasn't brought under control soon, who knew how far it would spread.

However, none of this concerned Zhang Che right now. All he wanted to do was vent out all the rage inside of him and let these people who dared to try murder him learn how severe the consequences for enraging him were!

The three epic-quality subdued beasts' auras suddenly stopped moving.

Zhang Che creased his brow slightly. -What in the freaking world does that mean? They're pulling punches all of a sudden when things have progressed to this extent?-

In the next moment, a wave of abnormal sharp whistles came from the skies. It was cannon fire shot from another vantage point!

At Zhang Che's order, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon moved horizontally again, dodging the explosion zone. However, when the cannon round landed, there wasn't any explosion. Instead, colorful smoke suddenly burst out, instantly covering the surrounding hundreds of meters.

Zhang Che's expression changed once more. Those people were really using any means available; they had even resorted to poison gas!

Seeing the colorful smoke billowing towards him from all directions, Zhang Che hurriedly held his breath and ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to fly higher into the sky.

Heavens knew how dangerous the poison gas shells were. Zhang Che didn't dare test them and see for himself.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was extremely fast. Just as the colorful smoke started to spread, the dragon had already flown a thousand meters into the sky with Zhang Che on his back. Looking from above, they could clearly see the road was pincered by two squads of artillery on both of the hills flanking him.

The larger cannons were no longer in use. It couldn't be helped; Zhang Che had already escaped to the sky. The cannons were no longer effective.

As for the men who were operating the cannons, they were hurriedly making their way into the woods in a pathetic manner, because Zhang Che's subdued beasts and pets were quickly slaughtering their way towards them!

"Could it be that the military here has really defected?"

Zhang Che creased his brow sharply on seeing these people, who all emitted extraordinary auras, fleeing. He couldn't help but suspect the ambushers were very likely to be from the military. It was highly possible that they were bribed by his enemies, who had then set up this meticulous trap.

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Chapter 506: They Actually… Ran?!

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Edited by Aelryinth

If they were really military personnel who were bought over to murder him, then it'd be very troublesome.

Zhang Che wasn't in a hurry to take on the three epic-quality subdued beasts. Instead, he creased his brow and started thinking.

The problem this time didn't seem trivial. Bribing the military and laying out a meticulous trap to kill him wasn't something an ordinary little faction could do.

At the very least, only large clans like the Zhen family had this capability. But, the people behind this couldn't be the Zhen family. It shouldn't be any clans from this country, actually…

Ever since Zhang Che had submitted the information on exotic beast genetic evolution fluid, he had entered the list of people under protection from the upper echelons. Causing small troubles here and there was nothing, but if someone actually dared to openly go against the rules and bribe the military to kill Zhang Che, it was impossible for them to not be discovered, no matter how discreet they were. They'd have to pay a heavy price for it in the end!

"Strange. Since it's not a faction from Hua Xia, could it be the Japanese or the Bei Mei region? That's impossible. Although they are extremely powerful, it's impossible for them to cause such a huge scene here."

Zhang Che found this stranger the more he thought about it. He truly couldn't understand it, despite him making use of all the juices in his brain. Who exactly was it that had laid out an ambush here to kill him?

If he couldn't think of it, then he'd stop thinking about it. Zhang Che shook his head, then had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon fly some distance to the side.

Below them, the colorful poisonous gas had completely spread all over the area. Even being a thousand meters in the sky no longer guaranteed his safety.

——

"Run, that demon's subdued beasts are here!"

On one of the hills, some low-tier beastmasters summoned their subdued beasts one after another, mounting them and running into the forest behind them.

The Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus was like a super tank, forcibly mowing down a path through the woods, and he had arrived at the edge of the artillery formation.

He let out a furious roar. Facing the ones responsible for ambushing his master, he wouldn't show the slightest hint of politeness. He strode forth, giving chase and stepping on the beastmasters and subdued beasts who weren't able to run in time, instantly turning them into meat paste.

That fellow weighed many tons. Coupled with moving at high speed, the momentum he brought with him was simply unstoppable.

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At the same time, on the other hill, the Mutated Giant Ape was advancing nimbly. Unlike the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus' violent methods, going around demolishing things, and although the Mutated Giant Ape was also much bigger than humans, he was a master at boxing in the end. When hunting down his enemies, his methods were very artistic.

He bobbed and weaved his way through the crowd of humans, his fists blurry, striking the scattered beastmasters and subdued beasts from time to time.

With every punch he threw, a beastmaster would directly burst into a mist of blood, or a subdued beast would turn into a glow of light. There was no need to follow up at all.

For a period of time, Zhang Che's two powerful fighting forces, with those two pets at the fore, quickly destroyed the two camps, along with the steel cannons.

——

Zhang Che waited for a while, but the three epic-quality subdued beasts still didn't come at him.

"What's going on? Are they setting up some kind of trap again?"

Earlier, Zhang Che had sensed the three epic-quality subdued beasts' auras stopping in the forest ahead, and he immediately stopped in response, choosing not to meet them head on for fear of them having some tricks up their sleeves.

After all, his unidentified enemies have shown tons of preparations intended to kill him thus far. If there was anything that could threaten him they haven't shown yet, it would be really dangerous for him.

Even so, Zhang Che started to grow impatient when they remained passive for so long.

"Freaking hell, no matter what other tricks you have, since you've failed to kill me even now, it'll be absolutely impossible afterwards!" Zhang Che grit his teeth and took the initiative on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, diving towards the forest where the three epic-quality subdued beasts were.

Since they weren't coming, he'd go over himself!

Even if the beastmasters who had summoned the epic-quality subdued beasts weren't the masterminds behind this incident, they were most likely important members of the faction. If Zhang Che could capture them, he'd be able to find out who or what faction had ambushed him.

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Unbeknownst to Zhang Che, however, after seeing him withstanding the wave of explosions, the three high-tier beastmasters from the Freemasonry were already staring with their mouths agape.

Although they had analyzed that Zhang Che was very strong from their intelligence, they never expected him to be THAT powerful!

Even the three of them might not survive the terrifying explosions if they didn't have superb beast card armor! Not only that, they'd probably suffer internal injuries from the shockwaves even if their beast card armor withstood the explosions, and lose their ability to continue fighting as a result.

However, Zhang Che had survived all that! Not only that, he summoned out all his strongest combat forces in one go, giving the three high-tier beastmasters a great scare!

No joke; he had four combatants with fighting strength at epic-quality, even more than theirs combined! Not to mention that he also had a spiritual sword fragment with terrifying destructive power. His overall strength had completely exceeded theirs!

At the beginning, they thought Zhang Che would have lost his ability to fight, even if he didn't die from the explosions. In the end, however, other than looking to be in a slightly worse state, he wasn't affected much at all. There was no way for them to continue this assault!

As such, the three of them stopped at the same time,halting the attacks of their respective epic-quality subdued beasts on Zhang Che. The epic-quality beasts were granted to them by the president. If they perished here, the three beastmasters would have a hard time explaining themselves when they returned.

Of course, the difficulty of explaining themselves was only a small matter. If the epic-quality beasts perished here, the three of them wouldn't be able to escape. That would be an even greater loss!

As a result, the three of them stopped at the same time and immediately contacted He Luotu with a personal terminal, seeking his opinion on what they should do next.

After recounting the situation here clearly, He Luotu, who was far away at the headquarters in the southeast, fell silent for a while. In the end, he had no choice but to agree with their suggestion: to preserve their strength and retreat from there!

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So when Zhang Che dove down into the woods below on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, the three epic-quality auras suddenly disappeared without a trace.

The woods were thick and dense with foliage. With so many low-tier beastmasters positioned in this area, Zhang Che wasn't able to quickly identify the masters of the three epic-quality subdued beasts or discover which direction they were in.

"Freaking hell, you want to run after launching a series of bombardment at me? No such good thing!"

Zhang Che clenched his teeth in anger. He didn't care where the mid or high-tier beastmasters were hiding. If he caught a few people to interrogate, the Psychedelic Ghost-Patterned Butterfly would ensure they'd spill everything they knew.

At that time, Zhang Che would naturally find out who it was that wanted him dead!

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon hovered around in the skies just above the forest for a while. Zhang Che immediately picked his targets out and captured a few low-tier beastmasters.

As for the masters of the three epic-quality subdued beasts, Zhang Che didn't manage to find them, and they escaped from the scene.

The low-tier beastmasters captured by the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon were paralyzed with fear, nearly soiling their pants. There was no need for Zhang Che to use the Psychedelic Ghost-Patterned Butterfly at all; they spilled out everything they knew by themselves.

"Freemasons? What kind of stupid organization is that?"

Zhang Che soon found out that the ones who ambushed him were from an organization known as the Freemasons. However, the people he captured were too weak, and they obviously didn't know anything about the higher-ups of the organization. All they knew was that this operation was personally led by three vice-presidents, setting up this death trap which they had originally thought to be perfect.

Zhang Che also found out the reason he was targeted. He didn't know whether to laugh or cry at the discovery.

"A demon hidden among the humans? What in the freaking hell is that stupid reason!?" Zhang Che didn't believe what they said. They were most likely being deceived by the Freemasonry higher-ups. If the demons were indeed so strong, having the ability to possess the human experts, wouldn't Mercury be in chaos by now?

"Freemasons… Hmph hmph, I remember you now! I'll get people to investigate you when I get back. When I find out where your nest is, I'll surely kill my way over personally and see what kind of demons you people are!"

Zhang Che couldn't be bothered killing those grunts. He directly rode away on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and flew off towards Yuanshan City.

As for the grudge of being shot at, he had marked it down in his heart!

Currently, he was in a hurry to advance to Tier Seven beastmaster and didn't have time to care about all that. He'd just have his father-in-law get his men to investigate first. After Zhang Che had broken through to Tier Seven beastmaster and had grown even stronger, he'd then go find trouble with those people.

All along only Zhang Che had been the one setting others up. This time, he was nearly set up by others. One could only imagine how fierce the rage hidden deep in his heart was…

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