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Chapter 571 Surprised Again Two in One
Edited by Aelryinth
\"Come on, we've already achieved our goals above and beyond. We can return now!\"
Zhang Che took another look at the mountains and rivers around him. Truth be told, he was a little unwilling.
This period of time in the beast world was like paradise to him.
Nightly activities with Huang Tielan were something they did every day. After they returned to Mercury, it'd be more difficult to experience such days again.
However, it had been almost a whole month since they had entered the beast world. Zhang Che knew their family would worry if they didn't return.
\"Hmm, let's go, then. If things go well, we'll arrive at the safety zone tonight!\"
Huang Tielan was incredibly excited. She could finally return home!
She was a woman, after all. After so many days of fighting, she would of course be sick of it, even though it was her goal to raise her strength. She was very much looking forward to returning to Mercury to rest for some time.
However, similar to Zhang Che, Huang Tielan was a little unwilling to leave their unrestrained days in the beast world behind.
One could never forget the taste after trying it. She was unwilling to separate from Zhang Che for even a day. But when they returned to Mercury, the two would definitely not be able to be together like this everyday.
Putting aside the fact that they were not married yet, even if they were, they had their own careers and businesses to handle. How could they possibly stay together every day?
Moreover, the world was in troubling times. They had to plan for the future and work hard to increase their strength. They couldn't be like ordinary people.
Perhaps they were really unwilling to leave this lifestyle behind. On their way back, Huang Tielan didn't fly on her Dark Unicorn, but chose to ride on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back, letting Zhang Che embrace her from behind as they whispered sweet-nothings to one another during their journey.
Zhang Che had intentionally slowed down the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon. In their original plans, they could have returned to the safety zone tonight. But when night fell, the two were still hundreds of kilometers away from civilization.
It went without saying they needed to spend another night in a mountain cave.
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When camping, the elemental queen had very tacitly chosen to not enter the cave. She chose to stay outside of the cave alone, forcing herself to not think of strange things, and instead immersed herself into the world of a chess manual.
Indeed, the elemental queen's foresight was very wise.
That night, Zhang Che and Huang Tielan almost didn't get any sleep at all. They spent the night tangled in a sleeping bag, doing some vigorous activity. In the end, the two finally stopped from exhaustion, so tired they couldn't move any longer.
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\"It's already the 28th. Why are Xiaoche and Lanlan still not back?\"
Back in Bei Du, Huang Juyun was worried sick.
Although he believed in Zhang Che's strength and trusted that they wouldn't be in any danger, it had been almost a whole month since they left, and hadn't returned. It truly left him extremely worried.
Alas, the beast world was vast without end. He would have gathered his men and went searching for them personally otherwise.
\"Ai, the youngsters are really insensible. How can they stay in the beast world for so long? Even if they want to raise Lanlan's strength, they shouldn't do things in such a hurry. They're really killing me from worry.\"
Huang Juyun paced back and forth in his office. He tried contacting the two youngsters with his personal terminal again, but as usual, he couldn't reach them.
In the end, he could only sigh and pray that nothing untoward had happened to them.
Dok dok dok… knocks came from the office door.
Huang Juyun gathered himself and responded calmly, \"Come in.\"
The door was pushed open. An aide-de-camp came in respectfully and reported, \"Chief, at present the cult organizations in Bei Du's metropolitan area are almost wiped out, but judging from the interrogation results from our captives, it seems these are all only branch organizations. They know nothing about the higher-ups. How should we proceed?\"
Huang Juyun pondered silently for a while, then said viciously, \"Continue intensifying our efforts in striking at them. I don't believe these rats have left no traces behind. Pay attention to strengthening our cooperation with the government. Their intelligence network is very good; hopefully we can find some usable clues.
\"That's all. Send the order down!\"
\"Yes, Chief!\" the aide-de-camp stood at attention and left the room, closing the door.
Huang Juyun sighed, mumbling to himself, \"Ai, times are really difficult. It's indeed as Xiaoche said. Those evil cults might really be controlled by the demons. How could they have left things so watertight otherwise? It's already been a month, and we've only been dealing with their branches. Things are going to become difficult…\"
Shaking his head, he let out another sigh and opened up his personal terminal again, sending the report he had just received to the top brass.
During this period of time, Huang Juyun had been appointed chief commander for cracking down on evil cults due to his prior experience, instead of returning to Xinjing City to assume his post, and he had stayed in Bei Du to handle the matters.
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In the beast world to the south of Bei Du, a deep blue creature was seen in the skies several kilometers away from the safety zone, closing in rapidly.
Zhang Che and Huang Tielan had finally returned to the vicinity of the safety zone and would soon return to the human world.
Looking at the exotic scenery, the two felt even more unwilling.
\"Zhang Xiaoche.\"
\"Hmm?\"
\"When we have time in the future, let's come back and play for some time, okay?\"
\"Mmm, whatever you say. I'll come with you whenever you want.\"
\"Zhang Xiaoche.\"
\"Mmm?\"
\"Thank you for being by my side all this time. You're really fantastic!\"
Huang Tielan had a blissful smile on her face. Zhang Che's arms were around her slim waist. He couldn't help but hold her tighter, saying softly, \"I want to thank you too. It's very nice to have you by my side.\"
The two directly flew into the safety zone on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon. They landed, and crossed the spatial gateway holding hands, officially leaving this place where they had spent close to a month together.
Once they stepped out of the spatial gateway, the two took out their personal terminals from spatial storage, which immediately vibrated intensely at the same time.
\"Aiya, we stayed in the beast world for so long. Daddy must be worried sick!\" Huang Tielan cried out. She opened her personal terminal, and as she had expected, it displayed the many calls Huang Juyun had sent her.
\"We won't get reprimanded when we get back right? Haha!\" Zhang Che laughed. His own terminal was also displaying the many calls requests Huang Juyun had sent.
It seemed like his father-in-law was really anxious about their extended absence.
\"It's all because you didn't want to return. If daddy scolds us, I'll say you're the one to blame.\" Huang Tielan quickly shirked off all responsibility, and immediately sent a call request to Huang Juyun.
Soon the call connected. Huang Juyun's relieved voice was heard, \"Ah my precious girl! Why are you only back now? Daddy was so worried! Come back quickly, you two. I'll be waiting for you at home!\"
\"Ugh, okay, daddy. We're coming back now.\"
After ending the call with Huang Juyun, Huang Tielan stuck out her tongue at Zhang Che and said, \"Let's go. Go get your car quickly. We're going home immediately. Ah, I really miss daddy and the others now.\"
Zhang Che smiled, but didn't say anything. He immediately walked to the nearby military camp and drove the beastly car they had left here previously over. After picking up Huang Tielan, they drove straight towards Bei Du.
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After only an hour, the two arrived at the gates of the Huang family ancestral house. They saw Huang Juyun waiting outside, looking for them.
He seemed just like an ordinary old man looking forward to his son and daughter's return home. There was not a hint of the mighty presence of a military commander.
\"Ai, you two are too willful. Why did you go for such a long time? The month is almost over! Really, you two little willful brats!\"
Huang Juyun came up emotionally the moment Zhang Che and Huang Tielan got out of the car, but he kept nagging them, showing how worried he was.
\"I'm sorry, daddy/Uncle Huang. We won't do it again.\" The two youngsters knew it wasn't the time to explain things, and could only apologize profusely.
\"Alright, alright. Who are you trying to show by acting so wronged. Quickly come inside. I've already had them prepare lunch. Surely you must have not eaten or slept well during your stay in the beast world, right?
\"I've specially instructed people to go get some fresh seafood. They're all your favorites. We'll talk while we eat.\"
The three walked into the main courtyard, directly walking to the main hall.
\"Hmm? Daddy, where's grandpa, grandma, and the others?\" Huang Tielan suddenly asked Huang Juyun.
The latter smiled, explaining, \"The weather in Bei Du is getting colder and colder. I had your grandpa and grandma move to Xinjing City to spend the winter. Right, your mother has also put off matters and gone over. We'll go visit them in two days. Xiaoche, you haven't seen auntie before, right? It's a good opportunity to get to know her.\"
\"Ah, that's great! We can finally have a family reunion!\" Huang Tielan almost jumped in joy. She smiled, \"Then, daddy, will we be able to spend the new year together at Xinjing?\"
Huang Juyun smiled and nodded. He said, \"Mmm, we can have a family reunion together. Right, Xiaoche, how about asking your mother to come to Xinjing as well? The weather there is much more comfortable. Bei Du is getting colder and colder.\"
Zhang Che didn't reject his offer. He nodded profusely, saying, \"Alright, Uncle Huang. I'll come with my mom.\"
He was feeling a little excited inside.
-Our parents are finally meeting! Shouldn't they be discussing our marriage, then?-
However, Zhang Che was no longer in as much of a hurry to get married now. As for the reason… hehe… though he hoped it would get settled soon.
After all, the whole world would be in chaos in less than three years, when the fifth beast swarm attacked. Nobody would have time to get married then!
Moreover, the evil cults built by the demon spies were becoming more and more rampant. Heavens knew what other changes there might be in the future. Naturally it was better to get their marriage settled as soon as possible!
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When they arrived at the dining hall, Huang Juyun gave the word. Their servants immediately brought out plate after plate of delicacies, covering the dining table.
It was as he had said, they were all dishes Zhang Che and Huang Tielan liked.
The three sat down, and Huang Juyun was the first to dig in. He said, \"Come, let's eat. We'll talk while we eat. Tell me, what have you obtained in the beast world? You've been inside for such a long time. You must have gotten many rewards, right?\"
Huang Juyun was very confident of Zhang Che's luck. Since when did that kid not obtain something great whenever he entered the beast world?
Although their main objective this time was to help his precious daughter raise her beastmaster tier, they probably wouldn't neglect the other aspects, either. Surely they had gotten a lot of good stuff.
Huang Tielan had countless things to talk about regarding their trip to the beast world this time. She immediately took over the conversation and looked at Huang Juyun with a smile while eating, asking him, \"I'll tell you, dad. Guess how strong I am now.\"
Huang Juyun observed her closely at her questioning. He chuckled, \"Why, you're a Tier Five beastmaster at best. This is with Xiaoche helping you. It would be impossible for anyone to advance from Tier Four to Tier Five in a month!\"
\"Hahahaha, I knew you wouldn't guess it correctly, dad. Your precious daughter is already a Tier Six beastmaster, and…\" Huang Tielan smiled excitedly. A five-colored light flashed on her brow, and a jade green long sword appeared in her hand.
\"Look, dad! This is my new weapon! It's five-star legend-quality!\"
Huang Juyun was stunned. He could never have thought that his precious daughter would advance two tiers consecutively in less than a month, becoming a Tier Six beastmaster!
He would surely have thought it was but a tall tale if someone else had told him that, but the news came from his daughter. Huang Juyun had no choice but to believe her.
Moreover, what was that weapon in his daughter's hand?
Huang Juyun had seen it with his own eyes. It took form from a five-colored light. It was definitely a legend-quality beast card weapon!
-Incredible, that's incredible!-
Although Zhang Che had surprised him on multiple occasions in the past, Huang Juyun wasn't spared from the shock this time. He was so shocked he almost couldn't speak!
\"Haha, how is it, dad? You didn't expect that, right? Why did you think we spent such a long time in the beast world? We would be embarrassed to come back without getting anything good.\"
Seeing the surprised look on Huang Juyun, Huang Tielan was extremely satisfied. She continued, \"Not only that, dad, you have no idea. Other than this, this time Zhang Xiaoche also obtained another epic-quality subdued beast. Putting its combat strength aside for now, it looks very pleasing to the eyes. It's actually a rainbow deer, and its antlers are brilliant gold! It's really beautiful!\"
Huang Juyun was speechless. He was already numb to this. He looked at the two blankly, not knowing what to say.
-Just keep talking. I'll just listen and not say anything.-
Seeing her father was already numb from shock, Huang Tielan grew even more excited. She added, \"Oh, right, we only discovered that epic-quality exotic beast thanks to a spiritual herb. That exotic beast was actually guarding that herb and was killed by Zhang Xiaoche. Zhang Xiaoche, quick, bring out that thing. Daddy is very knowledgeable. He might know what that thing is, or we won't even know what that spiritual herb can do.\"
Zhang Che nodded, smiling faintly. He took out the rainbow spiritual fruit from his spatial storage readily.
A thick, delicate fragrance immediately filled the dining hall and spread out, overwhelming the smell of the table full of delicacies.
The baby's head-sized spiritual fruit had a faint rainbow luster to it, looking like the celestial fruits from fairy tales and legends!
Huang Juyun couldn't help but let out a low moan when he saw the fruit, his mouth agape from shock.
He truly didn't expect their luck to be so disgusting, to chance upon something like that!
-T-th-this… No one will believe me, even if I spread word of it!-
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Chapter 572 Lacking a Good Armor
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Seeing the rainbow spiritual fruit on the table, Huang Juyun thought to himself, -Looks like Zhang Che that brat isn't the only one with ridiculous luck. Our Lanlan isn't any worse!-
In the past, although Zhang Che would always bring back shocking rewards from the beast world, it had never been something this astonishing.
However, the last time he had only stayed in the beast world for a few days with their precious Lanlan, and they brought back pieces of spiritual crystals, their value immeasurable.
This time wasn't any worse, either!
Although Huang Juyun had no idea exactly what herb this spiritual fruit was, he was in charge of the Huang family's herbal research institute. He was a great authority in judging the grades of spiritual herbs.
Taking into account the delicate fragrance and the color of the spiritual fruit, he was sure the fruit's grade was extremely high. He had never seen a spiritual herb of this grade in his life before.
\"Daddy, do you know what this spiritual fruit is?\" Huang Tielan hurriedly asked when she saw the astonishment on Huang Juyun's face.
Although she and Zhang Che knew this thing wasn't simple, given their knowledge, they simply had no idea exactly what this fruit was.
Huang Juyun stared at the rainbow spiritual fruit once more at her questioning. After some time, he shook his head slightly, saying, \"I don't know. I have never seen this kind of spiritual fruit in the information database of any spiritual herbs. But, I'm sure that this is definitely the highest grade of all of the spiritual herbs I have ever seen.
\"You said there was an epic-quality exotic beast guarding this herb when you found it. So, we can be sure that it had an extremely high chance of advancing to divine-quality if it consumed this spiritual fruit!\"
\"What? It's actually that amazing!?\" Huang Tielan's mouth went wide from shock when she heard that. The exotic beast meat she had just stuffed into her mouth even fell out.
It was actually able to let an epic-quality exotic beast advance to divine-quality! Although it only granted a chance, the efficacy of the rainbow spiritual fruit was already extremely shocking.
\"Then, Uncle Huang, if we can use this spiritual fruit as the main ingredient and pair it with some other spiritual herbs, wouldn't we be able to concoct pills with incredible efficacy?\"
Zhang Che immediately realized the worth of this spiritual fruit. Letting his subdued beasts or pets directly consume them would be the most primitive method of using the fruit.
After all, success wasn't guaranteed. If the beast failed to advance, they would have completely wasted the efficacy of the spiritual fruit.
Facing such an invaluable spiritual herb, they couldn't afford the tiniest risk!
Huang Juyun cast a glance at Zhang Che in admiration. He nodded, saying, \"That's right, but before that we have to study and understand the attributes of this spiritual fruit first. Only then can we use it in the concoction of pills.
\"How about this? Since the matters in Bei Du are pretty much done, we'll head to Xinjing tomorrow and let the herbal research institute staff immediately start researching and experimenting on the fruit. If everything goes well, I estimate we'll find out everything about the fruit's attributes in a month at the most.\"
The three started looking forward to this.
If they succeeded in concocting pills with the rainbow spiritual fruit as the main ingredient, no matter if the end product was meant for beasts or beastmasters, it'd have incredible effects in raising the Huang family's strength!
Sighing, Zhang Che suddenly thought of another matter. He quickly took out the spiritual fruit's base plant from his spatial storage and said, \"Oh, right, Uncle Huang. This is the spiritual fruit's plant. It didn't wither away when it bore the rainbow fruit, so I dug it out and brought it back to see if we can grow it when we return to the herbal field. It'll be incredibly beneficial to us if we can reproduce this kind of spiritual fruit.\"
However, Huang Juyun shook his head slightly when he heard that. He said, \"It's not so simple. Even if heavenly treasures like this didn't wither away immediately after bearing fruit, all of its essence will have been transferred into the fruit. Even if we can keep it alive and regrow it, I'm afraid it would be very difficult for it to bear fruit again.
\"But, that is not a certainty. We have spiritual crystals, after all. Those things are the best tonics for spiritual herbs. Perhaps they might really be able to make this spiritual herb bear fruit again.\"
After a short pause, Huang Juyun showed a hint of hope and continued, \"When we arrive at Xinjing tomorrow, we'll immediately transplant this spiritual herb onto the largest spiritual crystal. Whether it'll bloom and bear fruit in the end will depend on fate.\"
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That night, Zhang Che didn't stay at the Huang family's ancestral house. He was afraid he couldn't endure it and would sneak into Huang Tielan's room. It'd be bad if his father-in-law learned of that. After all, they weren't married.
Since that was so, he decided to return home, in case he couldn't resist the temptation.
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The next day, Zhang Che piloted Dijiang-hao and headed straight to Jingzhou with Huang Juyun.
They couldn't delay the matter regarding the spiritual fruit for even a moment. It was better the earlier they started research on it.
As for Huang Tielan, it was already the school holidays since she had taken such a long absence. She needed to get back to take a make-up exam, and thus didn't follow Zhang Che and Huang Juyun to Xinjing.
She was extremely unwilling about that. Theywere right in their honeymoon period. They didn't want to be apart for even a moment, not to mention they wouldn't be able to meet one another for the next few days.
However, she didn't dare to show anything in front of her dad, and went to Bei Du University quietly.
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On the way to Jingzhou Island, Zhang Che chatted with his father-in-law from time to time, recounting the rewards he had gained on his trip to the beast world.
Speaking of which, it was truly a bountiful trip. First, Huang Tielan advanced to Tier Six beastmaster as she had wished, achieving her goal. Second, they also found her a mid-tier legend-quality weapon. It was extremely helpful in increasing her fighting strength.
Last but not least, they were unexpected surprises. The epic-quality subdued beast could no longer be considered a huge surprise. The rainbow spiritual fruit, however, left him unusually excited.
Even so, Zhang Che didn't feel like there were no regrets on this trip. Exactly why was that?
After pondering for a while with a furrowed brow, he suddenly realized he didn't obtain a decent armor-type beast card, despite killing so many exotic beasts.
At present, Huang Tielan's defensive equipment was still the Maneater Leech King leather armor from way back. Although it wasn't bad, it didn't match her current strength.
\"Looks like I have to think of a way to help get her a good beast card armor, though the Seven Star Silver Beetle armor I put aside previously is barely suitable for her now. It had fulfilled the time requirement for upgrading, but because of its low level, could not do so.
\"Hmm, when I'm done with the matters on this side in a few days, I'll immediately prepare things for concocting cultivation fluid for the Seven Star Silver Beetle when I return to Bei Du. That way, Tielan will immediately have a mid-tier legend-quality beast card armor.\"
Of course, this could only be considered as transition equipment.
Given Zhang Che's standards, he had to get Huang Tielan an epic-quality beast card armor! Legend-quality stuff couldn't really enter his eyes now...
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Chapter 573 Heading Off to Bei Mei Region Once More
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After spending a few days at Xinjing, the herbal research institute still had no progress on their study of the rainbow spiritual fruit. After all, a herb of that grade was something they had never seen before. There was nothing they could use to cross reference with. It was indeed difficult to make any progress.
On the day of his arrival at Xinjing, Zhang Che had informed Huang Tielan, telling her to start preparing the ingredients for concocting of the Seven Star Silver Beetle beast card's cultivation fluid. He'd return immediately once he was done with the matters here to level-up the card, which was severely lacking in that regard.
There weren't too many things to do at Xinjing City. On the third of February, Zhang Che flew back to Bei Duin Dijiang-hao.
He returned excitedly, but he saw Huang Tielan looking down. After asking her, he found out they were actually lacking two ingredients for concocting the Seven Star Silver Beetle's cultivation fluid. They couldn't be found in the market.
Not only that, Huang Tielan even went to the large stores to ask around. No one had heard of those two ingredients before.
With that, Zhang Che's plans had fallen through.
\"It's fine, Zhang Xiaoche. I'll be staying in the city most of the time, anyway. I won't be in any danger. As for the ingredients, we can slowly look for them. Given how big Hua Xia is, I don't believe we can't find two ingredients. If worse comes to worst, we'll set up a bounty for them across all of Mercury!\"
Zhang Che looked regretful, but Huang Tielan was optimistic about it and quickly consoled him. It was as she had said. She would be in the city all the time, with little opportunity to go out.
Not only that, ever since the assassination attempt by the Freemasons in the beast world, the Huang family had arranged a team of powerful high-tier beastmasters to protect her in the dark. No one could hope to hurt a single hair on her head, unless they were absolute top-tier experts.
Zhang Che could only let this matter go after hearing her putting things that way.
From the looks of it, it'd be very difficult to level up the Seven Star Silver Beetle armor in the near future. After all, the Bei Du metropolitan area had the highest population in Hua Xia, and was also the place with the most experts, yet they couldn't find the two ingredients on the market. As such, their chances of finding the two missing ingredients from other places were very low.
At that thought, Zhang Che couldn't help but worry.
It was already so difficult to find the key ingredients in concocting the cultivation fluid for a mere Seven Star Silver Beetle. What about his stronger subdued beasts?
From the looks of it, it'd be extremely difficult to raise all his subdued beasts to the peak of their potential within three years!
Fortunately, Zhang Che had a few very powerful pets.
Those guys didn't need cultivation fluid. As long as there were large amounts of high-tier exotic beasts of the same attribute to consume, in addition to high-grade herbs, they were much faster at advancing than subdued beasts.
Zhang Che shook his head to get rid of his chaotic thoughts. He decided to accompany Huang Tielan to shop around in the streets. After some time, the two couldn't hold it in and went to a hotel, booked a room for a short time and proceeded to engage in some indescribable activities.
They'd had their first taste of the forbidden fruit. Naturally they were very passionate about it.
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When they came out from the hotel, it was already evening.
Although it was slowly approaching spring, under the influence of the strange weather, the temperature outdoors in Bei Du was still unbearably cold.
Beastmasters, whose physiques were modified by their soul force, had it a little better. The common people, on the other hand, couldn't stand the frosty wind, no matter how much they had covered themselves.
Even so, the traffic on Bei Du's streets in the evening was still quite busy. It went to show that this was the core of Hua Xia, and how concentrated the beastmasters were in Bei Du!
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The next morning, when Zhang Che woke up, he didn't forget what happened yesterday.
He suddenly doubted whether He Luotu, who he had killed above the sea, was really the only demon spy on Mercury.
Did this demon who had possessed the president of the Freemasons really have no contact with the other demons?
Zhang Che felt like this was absolutely impossible.
-Maybe I'm already on a blacklist of the demon spies. Perhaps they're already planning how to eliminate me!
-Looks like Miss Tienan is urgently in need of a high-quality beast card armor to protect herself. This isn't something that can be put off, even though the Huang family has arranged for people to protect her in the dark…-
Zhang Che was still worried. He deeply understood that nothing was more reliable than individual strength to a beastmaster.
As such, he went to look for Huang Tielan after eating breakfast and talked to her about this matter.
\"Ah? You want to go to the Bei Mei region? Isn't that too dangerous?\" Huang Tielan turned pale when she heard Zhang Che saying he wanted to go to the Bei Mei region to hunt a high-tier beast card armor.
He had already considered things. If he wanted a beast card armor with outstanding defense, his best bet was probably the dinosaur-like exotic beasts. Those fellows had left a very deep impression on him back then.
Thinking back, he should have the strength to hunt those exotic beasts now. It was no harm to make this trip.
\"No, no, no, Zhang Xiaoche. I'd rather not have beast card armor now than let you take the risk. It's too dangerous over there! Moreover, you've offended a large faction over there; they'll surely try to ambush you once they find out that you went to the Bei Mei region!
\"You're not familiar with the place nor the people. We can't help you if anything happens!\"
Huang Tielan's stance on this was unusually firm. She wouldn't let Zhang Che make a trip to the Bei Mei region for that reason. no matter what.
After all, Zhang Che had set up a large faction viciously, and stolen their years of research results. If they learned what he was doing, they'd definitely go kill him, no matter the cost!
Zhang Che waited for Huang Tielan to finish talking, then smiled faintly and explained, \"Don't worry. I have another way to go over. I won't be piloting Dijiang-hao. That way, I'll enter the beast world directly once I arrive. They won't discover me.\"
Seeing Zhang Che insisting repeatedly, Huang Tielan finally softened her stance and didn't continue stopping him. Instead, she kept reminding him to be careful, and said that she didn't want to become a widow before even marrying him.
Of course, her final nagging was met with Zhang Che's severe punishment. If it wasn't because there were others in the house, she wouldn't be spared a round of physical torture.
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Huang Juyun learned of Zhang Che's decision immediately. His reaction was almost identical to Huang Tielan's, not agreeing with Zhang Che going to the Bei Mei region all of a sudden. After all, the clan's influence over there was too weak. They couldn't protect him properly. It would be terrible if anything happened!
Zhang Che was helpless about it, and had no choice but to explain his decision once more, finally convincing his future father-in-law after much difficulty. In the end, he let out a long sigh of relief.
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At Bangziguo, Zhang Che picked out a target and obtained their personal information, then took a commercial sky shuttle in their name to the Bei Mei region.
After a few months, he was setting foot in this land once more!
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Chapter 574 Reappearance of the Huge Blue Dragon
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Due to the time difference, the sky had just turned bright when Zhang Che arrived in the Bei Mei region.
He followed the traffic and walked out of the San Diego Airport slowly. He didn't go to the beast world right away. Instead, he walked a few miles around the streets, and silently transformed into an ordinary-looking Caucasian man in the end. After making sure his identity wouldn't be exposed, he flagged down a taxi casually and went out of the city area.
Zhang Che had no intention of finding the three women he got acquainted with back then. He wasn't afraid of getting eaten alive by them, but he was worried that he might expose himself.
Zhang Che had more enemies than before in the Bei Mei region. Those demons in hiding might be paying attention to him, and perhaps they might even have gotten close to those three women. Once he showed himself, even if he did so with Sun Che's appearance, he might draw their suspicion.
Since that was so, it was better to not meet them.
In any case, he didn't intend to do anything with them...
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Zhang Che couldn't help but feel a surge of emotions when he entered the beast world in the suburbs of San Diego and saw the lively safety zone, as well as the strange, yet familiar environment.
Back when he first arrived in this beast world, he was extra cautious, afraid of being noticed by those powerful exotic beasts and losing his life.
Even when he came here the second time to hunt the Earthen Rock Demon, he didn't dare act recklessly. It was like stepping on thin ice for him.
Everything was different now.
Right now, as long as his luck wasn't so bad that he encountered a divine-quality exotic beast, Zhang Che didn't have to worry about his life being in danger.
As for exotic beasts below divine-quality, he was very welcoming of them! It was like gifting him pets and subdued beasts. It simply couldn't get any better!
Just as Zhang Che was reminiscing about the past, a black man came up to him with a smile and whispered, \"Hi, brother, we're going to hunt a six-star gold-quality boss, and are lacking a few people. Are you interested in coming with us? Don't worry, you'll be compensated properly!\"
Zhang Che turned his head and cast a glance at him evenly, then shook his head and slowly walked in the direction from his memories.
He had perceived many things from that black man's seemingly simple and honest smile. Although he seemed innocent and harmless, there was a hint of unconcealable greed and ill intent deep in his eyes.
From the looks of it, that fellow was pretending to be gathering teammates, and was actually looking for unfamiliar beastmasters to set up.
If someone wasn't cautious and trusted his words, they might not see the boss in the end, or even the sun of tomorrow.
Of course, given Zhang Che's strength, even if that man had thousands of tricks, he wouldn't be able to hurt him at all. Zhang Che didn't want to waste his time on such trivial matters, however.
Seeing Zhang Che leaving expressionlessly, that man didn't continue pestering him.
They were at the safety zone, after all. It would be bad if he tried too hard and drew Zhang Che's displeasure as a result, attracting the enforcement personnel.
Even if this fish didn't bite the hook, there were thousands more fish behind him. There was no need to waste his time here...
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When he was a hundred kilometers away from the safety zone, Zhang Che surveyed his surroundings carefully. After making sure there was almost no one around him, he summoned out the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon with a wave of his hand, then quickly flew in the direction he remembered those dinosaurs gathered in.
Not satisfied with that, he even had Hanming gather the nearby vapor to form a thin layer of fog around them to hide the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's iconic blue figure.
Being in a foreign country, Zhang Che had to be cautious.
Although he was pretty much alone, who knew if any beastmasters would notice the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon from below while he flew to his destination? He couldn't possibly silence every witness he came across on his way, right?
He wasn't that bloodthirsty, nor did he want to waste his time doing that.
\"Given Hanming's flight speed, even if we continue at cruising speed, we can fly at close to fifteen hundred kilometers per hour at the very least. Calculating things this way, I'll need six hours at the most to reach my destination!\"
Zhang Che estimated the distance to that deep area in this beast world carefully. He was surprised to realize that he had spent close to half a month's time when he first tried returning from that area. Although it wasn't like he was rushing back all the time, it went to show how slow he was traveling. Now that he possessed strength that allowed him to ignore everything below divine-quality, in addition to the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's huge increase in speed, their efficiency when traveling was truly shocking!
He could make a round trip in just one day!
Calculating things that way, if his hunt in that area in the depths of the beast world went successfully, perhaps he'd only need a few days to obtain a suitable beast card armor! With that, he would be able to return to Hua Xia in about a week!
While Zhang Che was lamenting, he failed to notice that in the skies less than a thousand meters away, a falcon-like flying exotic beast had looked his way a few times.
Due to the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon being too fast, in addition to that falcon-like exotic beast being too weak, Zhang Che didn't notice it at all.
On the ground a few thousand meters away, in a mountain forest with complicated terrain, a hint of extreme surprise suddenly shone in the eyes of a skinny white man, his hair blond and dried, like a bamboo pole.
A short moment later, at his thought, that falcon-like beast in the sky quickly dove down and landed on a big tree in front of him.
The white man stared at the falcon with his slightly protruding eyes, and asked seriously in anticipation, his voice slightly shaking, \"Good boy, are you sure you saw correctly that it was a blue oriental dragon?\"
The falcon nodded in response, its sharp eyes filled with certainty.
Falcons had eyesight far surpassing that of other exotic beasts. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was less than a thousand meters away when he flew past it. Even though there was a thin layer of fog around him, that couldn't block its sight.
\"Ha, that's great! Wohohohahahahahohohehe…\" The man suddenly jumped off the ground, laughing maniacally. His body was shaking violently with excitement.
\"This is perfect. I didn't expect the bounty target I saw casually in the past would actually appear here! God really wants me to get rich!\"
After a few excited words, the man didn't delay any longer and had his falcon-like subdued beast confirm the direction the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was going, then quickly summoned a purplish black bat with a wingspan of over three meters out with a wave of his hand. He jumped onto its back, flying in the direction of the safety zone.
He felt like his life was about to hit its peak soon!
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In a large secret military base in the suburbs of San Diego, General Mihill sat lazily on his office chair, his legs spread open. A blonde head was between his legs, moving back and forth.
General Mihill squinted slightly, showing a look of pleasure.
After a while, he pressed his hand on the blonde's head, signalling her to stop.
The owner of the blond hair looked up at General Mihill charmingly, and slowly stood up. She turned around, laying her curvy figure on the office table, showing a pair of round peaks in front of him.
He licked his lips, then suddenly stood up and grabbed the two round mounds.
Feeling General Mihill placing his hands on her hips, the blonde turned her head around, showing a look of anticipation.
At that moment, hurried knocks came from outside the office.
\"WTF!\" General Mihill stopped what he was doing, cursing furiously. He patted the blonde's proud hips in disappointment, signalling her to go to the side and put on her clothes, while he tidied his pants and sat back in his office chair, only then telling the person outside to come in.
A middle-aged major pushed the door open and came in expressionlessly to report, \"General, an urgent report came,\" he said, and fell silent.
General Mihill nodded, then signalled the blonde at the side, who was still untidily dressed, to get out first.
Although the woman was unhappy she wasn't able to quench the fire inside her, she didn't dare to show any displeasure, and could only move her long legs obediently, walking out quickly.
When the office door was closed, the major continued seriously, reporting, \"General, someone took the bounty we set up previously. A beastmaster said he saw that blue oriental dragon in the skies a thousand kilometers west in the beast world southwest of San Diego.\"
\"What!? Is that true?!\" General Mihill's eyes went wide, immediately standing up from his chair. He stood up so fast that a breeze blew inside the office, blowing away a stack of paper on his table.
Seeing this, a thought flashed through the mind of the middle-aged major. -The general might be a little too loose with women, but his strength didn't deteriorate at all! Incredible!-
Although the middle-aged major had the thought, he didn't dare show it on his face. At General Mihill's question, he continued reporting the matter respectfully.
After confirming that the beastmaster who took the bounty wasn't lying, an excited look finally showed on General Mihill's face. A faint smile curled up at the corners of his lips as he muttered coldly, \"Is this really the will of God? We might not be able to do anything to you if you stayed in Hua Xia obediently, but you had to come to my territory, of all places!\"
Immediately, General Mihill gave a series of orders.
Soon, some powerful beastmasters in the large secret military base were mobilized, gearing up and heading to the spatial gateway southwest of San Diego.
Not only that, General Mihill wasn't assured with just his base's forces. He picked up his phone and used his connections to contact more experts.
He had decided that since God had given him this chance, he definitely couldn't let it go!
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Chapter 575 Returning to a Familiar Land
Edited by Aelryinth
Zhang Che couldn't help but feel a mix of emotions after returning to this familiar land.
Back then, he had to be careful of every step he took when he was trying to get out of the area. He didn't dare to relax in the slightest, afraid of provoking powerful exotic beasts and becoming their food.
Now, during this several thousand kilometers journey, he flew straight through on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon without having to care about any potential danger.
Although it had only been a few months, it was like he had experienced half a lifetime.
Perhaps it was due to the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's extremely powerful aura. Although Zhang Che was flying very flashily to his destination, no exotic beasts came to disturb him. Some decently powerful exotic beasts he had encountered on the way all chose to flee far away, afraid of becoming Hanming's prey.
Although those exotic beasts weren't weak, none of them were at legend-quality or higher.
Zhang Che couldn't be bothered to chase after them, either, allowing those aboriginal inhabitants to live a little longer.
\"I have really swelled up. Back then, I would go chasing after gold-quality exotic beasts with my eyes shining, not letting a single one go. Now, I can't even get excited about so many dark gold-quality exotic beasts. Tsk, tsk…\"
A faint smile showed on Zhang Che's face as he watched the powerful exotic beasts flee, one after another. He shook his head, ultimately deciding not to bother with them.
Time slowly passed as the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew on...
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Finally, a few hours later, Zhang Che arrived at the outskirts of the area where countless powerful dinosaur exotic beasts inhabited.
\"Stop here. Heavens know how powerful the exotic beasts that appear will be if we go any further. We can't act so arrogantly.\" Zhang Che patted the back of the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's neck, signalling him to land on a peak.
Hanming groaned unwillingly, obviously disagreeing with his master acting so cautiously.
Having advanced to eight-star epic-quality, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was of the opinion that no one would be a match for him unless they came across a divine-quality and above exotic beast.
Sensing Hanming's thoughts, Zhang Che couldn't help but slap the dragon's head and scolded in a joking manner, \"Enough. An army of ants can bite an elephant to death. Even if there aren't any overly powerful exotic beasts here, the number of legend and epic-quality exotic beasts shouldn't be low. It'll be very dangerous if we strut into the area so openly and end up being surrounded.\"
-Ai, looks like I'm not the only one that has swelled. Even my pets are the same way. This isn't good. It's very easy to get into trouble being complacent. I have to educate them better.-
\"Come, we'll enter stealthily. Don't drop the ball on me!\"
Zhang Che waved his hand, signalling the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to hide his aura. They snuck their way into the area ahead where countless dinosaur exotic beasts dwelled, flying very close to the ground inside the forest.
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At that moment, a few hundred kilometers to the west in the beast world southwest of San Diego, a large group of beastmasters were silently circling around a mountain top. None of them made any sound.
General Mihill's large figure stood above a huge golden lizard's back, looking to the far west with a grave expression.
Several beastmasters with powerful auras were at his side. They were silent as well, similarly looking west.
After a long time, General Mihill retracted his gaze unwillingly and sighed, \"Damn, that Hua Xia brat is really looking to die. He actually went deep into the west forbidden land. It's best he dies there; it'll save us much trouble and not offend those Hua Xia officials unnecessarily.\"
However, Mihill was very unwilling to give up just like that.
He grit his teeth and cursed for a while before turning back and sweeping his gaze across the men nearby, instructing, \"Leave some men behind and monitor the surroundings. Once they discover that Hua Xia brat is returning, inform us right away. If he is lucky enough to not die in the western forbidden lands, then we'll turn this place into his grave!\"
\"Yes, General!\" the beastmasters responded. Afterwards, they spread into the surroundings on their own, ready to monitor all paths back to the safety zone in secret.
At the same time, the huge golden lizard under Mihill moved without stirring a wind, rising smoothly into the sky.
This subdued beast of his actually possessed strength no weaker than epic-quality. It had no wings, yet it was able to take flight!
The huge battle it was anticipating never came in the end. The golden lizard opened its mouth and roared in disappointment. Although its voice wasn't loud, it spread more than ten kilometers.
For a period of time, the nearby mountain forest fell into silence. Anywhere the golden lizard's roar reached, all the creatures shut their mouths and didn't dare to make any noise.
Mihill rode his subdued beast quickly back in the direction of the safety zone. The expert beastmasters he had brought here followed behind, returning together.
Since Zhang Che had gone deep into the western forbidden lands, they had missed their chance to kill him. There was no need to waste their time waiting.
They were all high-tier beastmasters. Why would they waste their time here?
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Unbeknownst to Zhang Che, him hurrying to his destination had helped him avoid the ambush specifically targeting him.
He was currently flying on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back, silently advancing into the forbidden area. They didn't make any noise, and tried their best to conceal their auras.
Although he didn't think there were necessarily any exotic beasts that could easily threaten him in the area ahead, there were plenty of powerful creatures around. It was better to act more cautiously. He wouldn't have anyone to cry to if they messed up!
As they slowly advanced deeper into the area, various roars, loud and soft, near and far, entered his ears.
It went without saying that those were noises of those exotic dinosaur beasts fighting or hunting for food.
The dinosaur species really loved being rowdy. They weren't like other powerful exotic beasts, that usually wouldn't cause too great of a commotion.
\"If it wasn't like this, I wouldn't have left this area so easily…\"
This was naturally good for Zhang Che. If it wasn't for the stronger exotic beasts here calling out loudly back when he was trying to leave, he might have unknowingly walked into their territories as free food delivery.
Even now, Zhang Che could rely on the noises those exotic beasts created to easily determine their strength, helping him find his targets.
Despite concealing their auras and trying their best not to make any noise, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon wasn't slow when traveling through the forests. His nimble body left a string of afterimages, moving not any slower than cars driving at full speed
His body was over twenty meters long, and about half a meter wide. Moving a body like his nimbly wasn't something ordinary exotic beasts could do.
-Soon! We'll enter that wide area with lots of dinosaurs in a few more minutes!-
Zhang Che leaned forward slightly, laying down on Hanming's back. His squinted eyes shone with a resplendent light.
Suddenly, the heavens and earth darkened. All light instantly disappeared.
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon couldn't dodge in time and crashed into the thick forest, producing a wave of crashing noises. Heavens knew how many trees were knocked down.
\"Damn it, I forgot to keep track of the time!\" Zhang Che cursed softly. He hurriedly ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to quickly leave this forest.
It was already night time in the beast world!
There was no transition between day and night. Either it was bright, or it'd suddenly enter an endless darkness, not giving people any time to react.
Zhang Che didn't keep track of the time carefully as he made his way here. Otherwise, he would have found a suitable place to rest for the night long ago. He wouldn't have advanced into the dinosaurs' territory recklessly.
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon had night vision. However, he wasn't able to adapt in time when the sky suddenly switched from day to night, resulting in them crashing into the forest.
Soon, Hanming recovered his nimbleness and quickly turned back in the direction they came from, as per Zhang Che's order.
With the arrival of nighttime, heavens knew how dangerous it would be in here! Zhang Che didn't dare continue exploring deeper, only hoping he could find a safe place to spend the night. Everything else would have to wait until it was bright tomorrow.
While they were leaving, Zhang Che heard wave after wave of roars from the forest behind. Loud commotions came from all directions, all gathering at the location where the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon had crashed into the trees earlier.
Heavens knew how many powerful exotic beasts they had alarmed!
\"How unlucky…\" Zhang Che grumbled as he cast a glance back at the darkness. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew away nimbly, quickly disappearing from this forest...
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Chapter 576 That Comet-Like Streak of Dark Red
Edited by Aelryinth
A loud rumbling came from behind, scaring Zhang Che so much his heart nearly jumped out of his throat.
Heavens knew how many terrifying creatures were chasing him right now. Zhang Che knew the nights in the beast worlds were very dangerous, and he had never tried challenging it.
Even though he had moved during nighttime before, he did so in areas where it wasn't dangerous. Even if exotic beasts appeared, they weren't very powerful.
This time was different, however.
This was an area where epic-quality exotic beasts appeared often. Let alone nighttime, it was extremely dangerous even during the day! Zhang Che had to worry about his safety.
Fortunately, he hadn't gone deep into the area earlier. When night arrived, he had turned around in time and quickly flown out of the mountain range. Although he was surprised, he managed to escape safely.
-Ah, I have to adjust the time on my mechanical watch. I absolutely can't go deep into dangerous areas at night. I got lucky this time, but there's no guarantee next time…- Zhang Che thought, still feeling some lingering fear inside as he looked back at the endless darkness behind him. He took out a mechanical watch from his spatial storage without hesitation, and adjusted the time by estimation, then summoned out the Purple Crystal Tortoise to dig out a mountain cave to rest in.
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The scarlet golden light provided by the Scarlet Flame Drake illuminated the spacious cave. Zhang Che was missing the days of having the elemental queen at his side, roasting meat while he was bored.
This time, Zhang Che hadn't brought her along. He left her behind in Hua Xia to protect Huang Tielan in secret.
The elemental queen wasn't weak, and outsiders had no idea of her existence. With the flame specialist protecting Huang Tielan in the dark, even if their enemies sent out powerful forces to ambush the Huang family, their home wouldn't be in any danger.
\"But, after getting used to eating the meat roasted by her, my skills seem bad no matter how I look at it. How am I supposed to swallow what I cooked later!?\"
Although Zhang Che's skill at roasting meat could be considered passable, it was simply like heaven and earth compared to the elemental queen's!
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The night went by silently. When the endless darkness was instantly washed away and the beast world had turned bright once more, Zhang Che woke up in the cave on time.
He didn't have to check the time. With his natural instincts, he was able to tell a new day had started.
He was going to enter that primitive forest again to help Huang Tielan find a suitable beast card armor. Of course, it'd be great to obtain some decent beast cards as well! No one would ever complain about having too much good stuff.
Zhang Che followed the route he had taken yesterday, setting off for the vast primitive land. He was determined to not draw attention today.
As such, he had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon try his best to conceal his aura and stick close to the bushes, grass, and any vegetation on the ground, moving forward carefully.
There were not only large amounts of huge ferocious beasts in this area, but poisonous exotic beasts weren't few in number, either. However, the poisonous exotic beasts weren't strong across the board. Due to their fear of the faint icy aura coming from the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, they didn't dare to come close and attack. Some of them even fled far away to hide themselves.
The weaker a creature was, the better their instincts and sense of danger was. Zhang Che watched a several-meters-long large centipede with dark golden carapace flash past and quickly burrow into the soil.
Zhang Che couldn't help but lament inside, -What a pity. This type of centipede looks really delicious. If I let Hanming hunt it and remove its carapace, the meat inside is sure to be nice and tender. It should be an incredibly delicious food, whether I roasted it or fried it.-
This time, Zhang Che's main objective was to find an armor-type beast card. He didn't want to waste too much time here, or he might really have gone after the centipede and dug three feet into the ground to drag it out.
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After half an hour of moving carefully, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon finally crossed the intersecting area of the mountain range and wild plains, entering the area with huge dinosaur exotic beasts.
The vegetation here was much richer. The bigger trees were more than ten meters in diameter, and the spread of their crowns covered more than a thousand square meters in the sky.
Zhang Che even thought that if he had enough space in his spatial storage, he could bring some of the wood back to Mercury. They were definitely top-grade materials!
\"No, I'd better go find my targets quickly and stop thinking about unnecessary things!\" Zhang Che shook his head fiercely, forcing himself to focus on his objectives and not get distracted by other things. He gathered himself and continued forward, looking for the ideal target.
Truthfully speaking, it wouldn't be easy to find a suitable armor-type beast card. After all, Huang Tielan had just made it to Tier Six beastmaster. She wouldn't be able to use the high-level ones any time soon, while six-star and below exotic beasts were mostly Original Combat Body-types. Even weapon-type ones were extremely rare, not to mention armor-types!
Fortunately, although Zhang Che didn't want to stay here for long, extending his stay to ten days or half a month was no problem. He'd have sufficient time to find what he needed.
As Zhang Che advanced deeper into the area, the exotic dinosaur beasts he encountered grew in number, and they were also getting stronger and stronger.
He didn't want to be surrounded by the dinosaurs, and he didn't go provoking those huge creatures on his own. He continued advancing carefully, having the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon fly in the direction he remembered the boundless sea was.
He was thinking that armor-type exotic beasts were usually more unique existences. Logically speaking, it was pretty unlikely for them to appear at the outskirts of the area. It'd be better if he went further in.
Going forward, the silhouettes of dinosaurs appeared ever more frequently. Even though Zhang Che didn't want to provoke any of them, he was discovered by a few dinosaurs.
More accurately speaking, it was the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon that was discovered.
Zhang Che was so small he might not even enter the eyes of those gigantic creatures. After all, there wasn't much meat on him. Those dinosaurs whose appetites were measured by hundreds of kilograms wouldn't really be interested in him.
Fights broke out inevitably.
Although Zhang Che had always chosen to move cautiously in this area, when a battle was unavoidable, he would immediately erupt with high attacking power. He didn't Summon out his other pets and subdued beasts. He and Hanming would quickly get rid of the exotic beasts that came at them, then quickly change directions without even bothering about their trophies.
They'd be ferocious when the time called for it, but they'd continue hiding like turtles when it was appropriate to do so!
After all, Zhang Che wasn't strong enough to challenge all of the dinosaurs nearby. If he was targeted by some of the more terrifying ones, it wouldn't be easy to escape safely.
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Just like that, Zhang Che kept fighting and changing directions as the situation called for it, slowly moving deeper into the forest.
\"Hmm? What's that?\" A comet-like dark red streak of light had flashed past. He quickly followed it with his eyes.
However, the dark red streak was like an illusion, no longer visible.
He ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to change direction almost subconsciously, chasing in the direction that streak had gone.
He felt like he had come across something good!
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Chapter 577 Surprises Usually Come After Disappointmen
Edited by Aelryinth
Zhang Che was very confident about his instincts. Moreover, in this area where so many gigantic dinosaurs with thundering movements dwelled, it went without saying that something moving so fast would definitely be an extraordinary exotic beast!
Zhang Che had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon chase in the direction the dark red streak had disappeared in, praying inside, -Hopefully we can still catch up to it!-
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was truly the best pet, with the most all-around abilities Zhang Che had. Be it in terms of attack, defense, speed, or nimbleness, they were all at the top.
After searching in the thick forest for several hundred meters, Zhang Che saw that dark red streak of light again.
Although it was also moving very swift and nimbly in the bushes and wild grass, Zhang Che was still able to see it clearly.
It was a lizard-like exotic beast. Its whole body was covered in a dark red armor of scales that looked like flowing light. Its body length was just shy of four meters, with a slender figure.
\"Quick, don't let it get away!\"
Zhang Che grew excited. He quickly ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to speed up, because it had realized it was being chased at the same time. The creature's nimble body sped up considerably, almost disappearing from Zhang Che's sight again.
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon let out a low roar in excitement, relaying, -Rest assured, master! This puny thing won't be able to escape from me!-
In the next moment, Hanming erupted, flying close to his fastest speed. His body was like a bolt of blue lightning, chasing after that dark red streak of light closely.
In this forest with so many gigantic exotic beasts everywhere, none of the beasts actually noticed them!
It went to show that both that fleeing dark red lizard-like exotic beast and the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's nimble control over their body and speed had reached the peak of exotic beasts!
The distance between them slowly drew closer.
Zhang Che wasn't feeling happy inside, but was instead extremely shocked. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was flying at a low altitude, but that exotic beast ahead was only running along!
Under such circumstances, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was actually unable to catch up to it in one go! It went to show how terrifying its speed was!
It was no wonder that creature could live so leisurely in a forest filled with powerful exotic beasts and not be in any danger. It was simply impossible for those huge and terrifying dinosaurs to catch that dark red lizard in such a complicated environment!
After a few minutes of chasing, the dark red scaled lizard finally came within a hundred meters of Zhang Che.
[Scarlet-Scaled Comet Beast]
Level: Six Star (Level 59)
Quality: Legend
Characteristics: Incredibly Fast, Superb Physical Defense
Weakness: Vulnerable to Dark Elemental Attacks of the Same Level and Above
Innate Attribute: Increased Speed, Increased Defense
Skill: Star Chaser. Increases Speed by 30% After Activation. Skill Lasts For 10 Minutes, Cooldown Time: 6 Hours.
Halo: Speed Blessing
Potential: C Rank
\"As expected, its quality is not at epic or higher…\"
Although this Scarlet-Scaled Comet Beast's name and attributes were very eye-catching, and it was considered an outstanding existence among legend-quality exotic beasts, it was only at legend-quality, after all. In Zhang Che's eyes, it could no longer be considered very outstanding.
Moreover, this exotic beast's beast card type couldn't be confirmed before he killed it!
\"But, this fellow's skill at fleeing is very impressive. It can actually increase its speed by thirty percent after activation! Ordinary enemies can't hope to catch up to it at all!\"
Despite his disappointment, Zhang Che was a little moved.
The Scarlet-Scaled Comet Beast was extremely fast to begin with, and it even had an escape skill that increased its speed. It was no wonder it could survive in this land, where danger lurked everywhere, with only six-star legend-quality strength!
It had most likely activated its Star Chaser skill earlier, allowing it to run for a few minutes from the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's pursuit. Otherwise, it would have been caught by Zhang Che long ago.
\"Since that's the case, you can die here. You've wasted quite a bit of my energy already.\"
After making Zhang Che chase it all the way here, that fellow was qualified to have Zhang Che kill him.
\"Come on, go subdue it. We'll go deeper into this area afterwards to search for those powerful exotic beasts.\"
Zhang Che patted the back of Hanming's neck. The latter let out another low roar, increasing his speed again excitedly. They caught up to that Scarlet-Scaled Comet Beast in less than twenty seconds.
Sensing the threat of death looming, a hint of fear shone in eyes of the Scarlet-Scaled Comet Beast. It spat out its scarlet tongue and hissed a few times, desperately trying to increase its speed once more to escape the pursuit of the terrifying creature behind it.
Alas, it had already brought out its fastest speed. How could it possibly do it again?
Not only that, in another minute or two, when its skill duration was depleted, its speed would even decrease by a huge margin. It would have no hopes of escaping at that time!
Whoosh! A powerful wind swept over it from behind. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon didn't breathe out his cold air at all. He only brandished his sharp claws at the back of the Scarlet-Scaled Comet Beast's head.
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon didn't have to use his strongest attacks to deal with a six-star legend-quality small fry. Wouldn't it be like using a butcher's knife to kill a chicken?
There was not just two star tiers difference them, they were also separated by a quality tier. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon only needed a single swipe of his claw to end it.
However, what happened next shocked the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, and left Zhang Che staring with his mouth agape, not daring to believe what they just saw.
When the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's sharp claw swiped against the back of the Scarlet-Scaled Comet Beast's head, there was a string of sharp noises that left people grimacing, along with sparks flying everywhere.
The massive force slammed the Scarlet-Scaled Comet Beast into the soil, but it didn't receive much actual damage!
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's claws, which could destroy almost anything, had only left a foot-long mark on the back of the Scarlet-Scaled Comet Beast's head. It couldn't even be called a wound!
\"Damn, that physical defense is too much!\" Zhang Che was almost tongue-tied. The astonishment he felt couldn't be put into words!
He had originally thought the Scarlet-Scaled Comet Beast was only a small fry, and decided to kill it since he already caught up to it and so gave the order to Hanming.
From the looks of it now, that fellow was simply a gem among legend-quality exotic beasts! Putting other aspects aside, its defense alone was praiseworthy!
Of course, that was if this fellow's beast card was armor-type!
-Now, let me see your true appearance!- Zhang Che was filled with anticipation, looking at the Scarlet-Scaled Comet Beast struggling to crawl out from the soil and flee again, his eyes shining. A scarlet and white sword flew out of Zhang Che's brow without any sign.
At that moment, the Scarlet-Scaled Comet Beast sensed true danger approaching. It knew it couldn't escape and dove into the soil, using every limb it had to quickly dig into the ground, frantically burrowing deeper.
This fellow was actually a digging expert, too!
The corners of Zhang Che's lips curled up uncontrollably. -What a surprise…-
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Chapter 578 Having Things go too Smoothly isn't Good, Either...
Edited by Aelryinth
The physical defense provided by the dark red scales on the Scarlet-Scaled Comet Beast was simply unimaginable to Zhang Che. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was a powerful eight-star epic-quality beast. Despite his physical attacks being slightly inferior to his elemental attacks, it wasn't something ordinary six-star legend-quality exotic beasts could withstand, not even if they had tough defenses.
However, what had just happened had made Zhang Che's jaw drop.
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon used the full strength of his claws on the Scarlet-Scaled Comet Beast, yet he only managed to leave a shallow mark on its scales, not tearing it apart. It was truly too shocking!
Seeing the panic-stricken Scarlet-Scaled Comet Beast digging its way into the ground to flee, a bright smile gradually grew on Zhang Che's face.
He didn't let the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon continue attacking it.
Hanming's physical attack couldn't penetrate its defenses, and if he used his elemental attacks, Zhang Che was afraid the Scarlet-Scaled Comet Beast wouldn't be able to withstand it and perish.
It would be a huge loss if that really happened!
As such, the scarlet and white sword immediately emerged from Zhang Che's spiritual sea at his thought, silently flying towards the Scarlet-Scaled Comet Beast, who had already dug a few meters into the ground by now.
Sensing its life was under a grave threat, the digging Scarlet-Scaled Comet Beast let out a sharp hiss and dug at an even faster pace.
Even so, its efforts were in vain.
The ground collapsed after a clear noise of metals clashing was heard. It was caused by the ground suddenly emptying out after the Scarlet-Scaled Comet Beast was instantly killed and became a beast card. The soil above couldn't hold on and collapsed, forming a depression.
\"Done deal!\" Zhang Che snapped his fingers happily. At his will, the combined scarlet and white swords flew out of the earth, pinching a five-colored card between them.
The scarlet and white sword returned to Zhang Che's spiritual sea. Zhang Che caught the Scarlet-Scaled Comet Beast's beast card with his hand, and looked at it impatiently. An incredibly bright smile broke out.
If he wasn't deep in the dinosaur area, Zhang Che would definitely have burst out in laughter. Even so, he still couldn't hold it in and opened his mouth, letting out a soft chuckle.
[Scarlet Comet Armor]
Level: Six Star (Level 59)
Quality: Legend
Type: Armor Type
Characteristics: Speed Blessing. Upon Equipping the Armor, Speed is Increased by 10%. Nimbleness is Increased by 5%. Unparalleled Defense, Ignores Physical Attacks Below Epic-Quality, and Has Immunity Against Elemental Attacks (Except Dark Element)
Skill: Star Chaser. Increases Speed by 30% After Activation. Skill Lasts For 10 Minutes, Cooldown Time: 6 Hours.
Halo: Speed Blessing
Potential: C Rank
This was simply an armor that wasn't inferior to epic-quality, perhaps even surpassing epic-quality armors in some aspects. An incredible treasure!
Indeed, exotic beasts couldn't be judged by their appearances, and the sea couldn't be measured...
At the start, Zhang Che had looked down on this mere six-star legend-quality exotic beast and chased it with the mindset of not wanting to waste it. He had never expected it to actually bring him such a huge surprise.
Without a doubt, Miss Tienan's beast card armor was settled. She could continue using this even after advancing to high-tier beastmaster and would not need to change her armor.
Even epic-quality armors, unless their attributes were especially outstanding, could not compare to the Scarlet Comet Armor in some aspects!
\"Doesn't this mean that I'm more than a week ahead of schedule?\"
Since his objective for this trip had been accomplished, Zhang Che had no need to continue staying in this area.
This was the home territory of others, after all, and the exotic beasts around were very powerful. Zhang Che wouldn't have any reinforcements if anything happened.
To be on the safer side of things, of course it'd be better if he returned to Hua Xia earlier. However, it seemed a pity if he returned just like that...
After coming all the way here, he didn't feel at peace if he didn't hunt for more rewards!
Zhang Che was struggling inside. Before he could make a final decision on what his next plan of action would be, his expression suddenly changed. He had clearly heard rumbling noises in his surroundings.
\"This is bad! I caused too much of a commotion when I killed the Scarlet-Scaled Comet Beast earlier, and attracted all the powerful exotic beasts nearby here!\"
Zhang Che's expression turned ugly.
He was too excited when he saw the Scarlet Comet Armor's attributes and had forgotten that he was in a dangerous environment. How could he waste so much time here?
With no time for second thoughts, Zhang Che quickly jumped onto the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back and ordered him to quickly flee to the front and left.
Heavens knew what kind of terrifying exotic beasts were gathering at this location from all directions. If a few epic-quality exotic beasts appeared together, it would be very disadvantageous for Zhang Che and his army of beasts if things dragged on, even if they could hold on for some time.
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's nimble body immediately flew through the gaps in the bottom of the thick forest, Zhang Che grumbling to himself in frustration, \"Damn it, I really can't get careless. I'll attract huge troubles to myself if I'm careless in this kind of environment. Luckily the Scarlet Comet Armor's attributes are outstanding enough. Wouldn't I have suffered a loss instead otherwise?\"
Blessings and disasters were two extremes, and yet were closely connected to one another. Sometimes, having things go too smoothly might not be good, either.
After fleeing on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon for several hundred meters, the commotion around them grew much louder. Zhang Che could hear a wave of chaotic and heavy footsteps quickly approaching his way, the noise of trees being knocked over mixed with them.
Zhang Che could tell without seeing that the uninvited guests coming his way after hearing the noise were all huge creatures!
In this area where dinosaur exotic beasts roamed everywhere, he could well imagine how powerful they were!
-Hopefully I can rush my way out before these exotic beasts surround me, or a bitter fight will be unavoidable,- Zhang Che thought. However, just as the thought came to mind, his heart sank a little.
It seemed impossible for him to easily force his way out this time.
Intense rumblings were audible from all directions. Some of the larger exotic beasts had already sensed the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and Zhang Che's presence, and let out deafening roars, converging on him.
-Oh well, I have no choice but to fight this battle!- Zhang Che complained endlessly inside. With a thought, he ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to slow down, then Summoned out all of his capable pets and subdued beasts.
Since he couldn't flee, he'd fight properly against the local tyrants!
Resolving himself to fight, Zhang Che calmed down.
He was in a hurry to escape because he didn't want any trouble. Since it had become an unavoidable situation, it wasn't like he had no fighting chance. He wasn't necessarily afraid of these exotic beast groups.
A huge battle was on the verge of breaking out!
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Chapter 579 Demons on the Move
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A huge battle broke out in the thick forest.
Fortunately, Zhang Che's luck was decent. Although many powerful exotic beasts were attacking him, the strongest of them were only at epic-quality, and they were few in number.
Given Zhang Che's strength, in addition to his army of beasts, although he wouldn't be able to completely dominate the battle, he was able to handle it relatively easily.
Of course, even if he could, Zhang Che didn't dare waste too much time here. If he dragged it on for too long, heavens knew if stronger exotic beasts would be attracted there. At that time, it wouldn't be easy for him to retreat!
As such, Zhang Che didn't commit fully to fighting, nor did he find it a pity if those powerful exotic beasts weren't killed. He led his pets and subdued beasts, fighting and retreating intermittently. When he saw an opportunity, he would immediately break out from the exotic beasts' encirclement and make his escape.
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After fleeing from the area after much difficulty, Zhang Che wiped off the dried sweat on his face, feeling mixed emotions.
Although this trip was a short one, it was full of ups and downs, like a long time had passed.
Zhang Che had originally prepared himself to stay here for a long time, at least a week. After all, finding a suitable beast card armor for Huang Tielan wasn't an easy task.
Huang Tielan's beastmaster tier was neither high nor low. Being at Tier Six was considered an expert among most beastmasters, but it was weaker than the true experts.
There was simply a qualitative difference between mid-tier and high-tier beastmasters. The difference wasn't something that could be made up for with just a few powerful subdued beasts. One needed to improve in all aspects.
As for Huang Tielan, what she lacked most was her defense. She sorely needed to improve that aspect.
However, how many beast cards at six-stars and lower, especially armor-type ones, were truly extraordinary?
Zhang Che had never seen one before today. That was why he had planned to stay here for a long time.
However, what had happened today was very bizarre. Even now he didn't dare believe his luck was actually that good, obtaining the Scarlet Comet Armor, a six-star legend-quality armor that rivalled the best epic-quality armors!
As a result, after successfully killing the Scarlet-Scaled Comet Beast, Zhang Che wanted to ride on his luck and stay in this area for a period of time to hunt other powerful exotic beasts and fill his inventory with spare beast cards.
Alas, things took a turn for the worse.
What happened afterwards made Zhang Che remember that this was an area deep in the beast world, where powerful exotic beasts might appear at any moment! Even though he was much stronger than in the past, and he didn't have to be afraid of an epic-quality exotic beast or two, he couldn't act as he pleased here.
\"Since this place is filled with danger, and my objective has already been achieved, I should just leave and return home quickly.\"
Zhang Che wasn't a stubborn man, and quickly thought things through. Since his main objective had been met, there was nothing to be regretful about. Moreover, things had gone much more smoothly than he had anticipated. Thinking of things this way, weren't the circumstances actually not bad?
As such, Zhang Che didn't linger around any longer. After he carefully left the core of the area, he flew off in the direction he came from on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon.
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Not far away from the spatial gateway, the men who were originally planning on ambushing Zhang Che didn't wait any longer. On that day, a series of changes had happened across the globe. The Bei Mei region was no exception.
Perhaps it was due to Zhang Che killing one of the supreme demon's clones, but the other clones who had originally planned to keep hiding on Mercury suddenly started an uprising. They led the human beastmasters under their control and launched fierce attacks on important figures or units.
Chaos descended suddenly when most people had their guards down.
With that, how could General Mihill spare any attention for Zhang Che? After he received the news, he immediately sent someone into the beast world to recall the forces stationed there to suppress the upheavals in his territory.
The clones of the supreme demon had laid dormant in Mercury for a long time. Although their uprising was a little sudden, the forces they could mobilize weren't small.
All of Mercury was in turmoil. Crazy and aggressive beastmasters were everywhere. Caught unprepared, many people were killed. Some of them were even powerful beastmasters. Many important departments were breached, and large numbers of personnel were either injured or dead. Not only that, a huge amount of information was either stolen or destroyed.
More importantly, the cities, which were thought to be the safest places, suddenly became like the wild, perhaps more dangerous then when exotic beasts roamed about. All of society was in unrest.
As for people who had kept their evil thoughts in check due to societal rules, they erupted and fanned the flames of chaos. They followed the beastmasters led by the demon clones and wreaked havoc in the cities, committing arson, robberies, and even murder!
Zhang Che felt the difference in atmosphere as he walked out of the spatial gateway. He didn't have to ask around. The highly alert military guards and the grave expressions on their faces tipped him off that something extremely serious must have happened.
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An hour later, Zhang Che found out everything that had happened during the past few days.
\"Those demon spies actually didn't choose to continue hiding themselves and started an all-out uprising instead? That shouldn't be!\" Zhang Che furrowed his brow. He clearly understood that the demon spies' ultimate objective was to connect Mercury and the demon world's planes of existence, allowing their powerful warriors and their top combat forces to descend upon Mercury without restriction to conquer this world.
However, them causing chaos like this suddenly was simply exposing themselves, wasn't it?
In that case, what would they do next?
Zhang Che couldn't understand, but he knew the current situation was much worse than before. No one knew what those demons would do next.
\"Forget it. This isn't something I should worry about alone.\" Shaking his head, Zhang Che no longer bothered with the matter.
As for whether the chaos caused by the demon spies would affect Hua Xia too much, Zhang Che wasn't worried about that. Before this had happened, Hua Xia already had sufficient understanding of the demon spies, and with Zhang Che's help, they had cracked down hard on those main factions. Zhang Che had even killed one of the demon spies' masterminds personally.
With that, Hua Xia would definitely have strict plans against something like this!
Even though the demon spies' sudden uprising was truly unexpected, the Hua Xia military and government would react to the situation immediately and do all they could to contain the damage, keeping it to a minimum.
\"But, even so, many innocent people will lose their lives in this chaos…\" Zhang Che sighed. He left the camp and headed into the wilderness without leaving any traces behind.
He didn't come to the Bei Mei region on Dijiang-hao. Zhang Che could only return on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon now, but obviously Hanming couldn't appear in the eyes of the public casually. As such, he could only find a remote place before he flew off.
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As the sky was about to turn completely dark, Zhang Che finally arrived at a desolate area by the sea. He observed his surroundings carefully, and made sure there weren't traces of any human activity within dozens of kilometers. This was the most suitable place to have Hanming take off from.
\"Time to go home…\" Zhang Che sighed softly. A blue figure shot off from the skies above the beach like lightning, flying off into the far west...
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Chapter 580 Crack in the Plane of Existence
Edited by Aelryinth
Things were as Zhang Che had expected. The demon uprising in Hua Xia wasn't too severe.
On one hand, it was thanks to the Hua Xia's military and the strict government policies in place, and on the other hand, it was due to the contributions Zhang Che had made previously.
Not only did he kill one of the demon's clones, he had also dealt crippling damage to the faction they had built up at the same time. The remnants of the cults couldn't cause too much trouble.
Even though they had struck unexpectedly and caught everyone off guard, Hua Xia's military and government had reacted very swiftly to the situation, immediately mobilizing all forces to curb the anarchy.
Moreover, the world wasn't like it was before the arrival of the new age, where civilians had no way of putting up any resistance. There were many expert beastmasters among the civilians, too!
When the demonic forces first struck, they were met with fierce retaliation in some cities immediately, because the civilian beastmasters in those places were extremely powerful!
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\"You're back so soon, kid? Did your trip go smoothly?\" Huang Juyun couldn't help but find it strange when he saw Zhang Che coming home after only a few days.
He had thought Zhang Che had learned about the demonic uprising across Mercury and was worried about them, cutting his trip short.
Zhang Che smiled, saying, \"Uncle, this trip was a very successful one. I have already found a very suitable beast card armor for Tielan, so I didn't delay any longer and came back directly. I only learned that those demon spies had actually caused such a huge incident and brought chaos to all of Mercury after I came out of the beast world.\"
\"Very good! No one expected them to make their moves so soon. We thought they would continue hiding themselves and slowly develop their forces,\" Huang Juyun sighed. He continued, \"Luckily, the demon forces in Hua Xia were mostly crippled thanks to your discovery. We would be in a situation similar to the other regions otherwise. Who knows how great of a loss we would have suffered then?\"
The two talked about the current situation for a while, and let it drop afterwards. In any case, nobody knew what the demons' plans were. They could only make preparations to the best of their ability and fight off whatever came their way!
\"Alright, let's not talk about these things,\" Huang Juyun took the initiative to change the topic. He smiled, \"Take out what you found for Tielan that girl and let this old man widen his horizons.\"
He knew that since Zhang Che had said that beast card was very suitable for his daughter, it meant that it was an exceptional card.
He estimated that it would be a six-star beast card, and at legend-quality, if not epic. Not only that, its attributes should be comparable to ordinary epic-quality cards, too!
Although a legend-quality beast card was definitely not better than an epic-quality one, it would be really decent if it could compare to it in some aspects.
That was what Huang Juyun thought.
Naturally Zhang Che wouldn't reject his future father-in-law's suggestion. He nodded, and took the Scarlet Comet Armor card out from his spatial storage, then handed it to Huang Juyun.
Huang Juyun had an anticipatory look on his face. He activated the beast card skillfully, and was frozen on the spot afterwards, looking like he had just seen a ghost.
\"T-th-these… these kinds of attributes… How could they appear on a mid-tier legend-quality beast card?!\" Huang Juyun's tone changed, his eyes filled with disbelief.
It couldn't be helped. Even Zhang Che had been shocked speechless when he first saw the Scarlet Comet Armor's attributes despite being prepared for it, and broke out in laughter. That had promptly drawn all the powerful exotic beasts in the vicinity to him as a result, leading to him ending his trip prematurely.
In conclusion, the beast card armor, Scarlet Comet Armor, was definitely an extraordinary card. Its monstrous attributes would shock anyone who learned about them!
\"You brat, your luck is too good!\" Huang Juyun sighed. He was speechless about Zhang Che's luck. It seemed like this kid would always obtain something others could never hope to every time he entered the beast world.
This was probably what the child of destiny of the legends was like!
\"Alright, the demons weren't causing too much havoc, and have been suppressed on all fronts. You're not needed to go help out; you'd better go back and look for Tielan that girl. I'm sure she'll be very happy when she sees this beast card.\"
Huang Juyun didn't need Zhang Che to provide any help, and sent him away with a wave of his hand.
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Back at Bei Du, Huang Tielan wasn't only happy after she received the Scarlet Comet Armor. She was simply going crazy from ecstasy!
\"Woah, woah, woah! Zhang Che, you're really amazing! There's actually such a good legend-quality beast card in this world! I think even your epic-quality beast card armor loses out to it on some attributes!\"
Despite trying her best to suppress her excitement, Huang Tielan couldn't resist crying out loud in surprise. She was showing an extremely bright smile.
\"Just see who's the one that hunted the exotic beast. Since when have I gotten my hands on anything that isn't good?\" Zhang Che smiled proudly when he saw that Huang Tielan was satisfied with the beast card armor.
\"Right, right. I know our Zhang Xiaoche is the best!\" Huang Tielan drew closer with her eyes closed, planting a peck on his cheek to reward him.
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Other than Hua Xia, the chaos caused by the demons in the main regions across Mercury wasn't throughly suppressed yet. Large numbers of beastmasters died fighting every day. The situation in the world had become extremely tense.
Fortunately, the demon spies made their moves too hastily, and hadn't done enough preparation for their uprising. After fighting for some time and losing excessive forces, the chaos gradually settled.
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In the blink of an eye, a month had passed.
During this period of time, the huge commotions in the main regions of Mercury had completely disappeared. Only a few places had some minor unrest from time to time.
However, those minor incidents could no longer affect society. Factions from everywhere could finally let out a long sigh of relief.
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This place was an extended spread of thick forest. All kinds of powerful exotic beasts dwelled here. As a result, no humans lived around here. It was like a paradise for exotic beasts.
On this day at evening, at a certain place in this boundless forest, a group of people suddenly appeared.
This group of people wasn't great in number. They totalled less than twenty, and none of them emitted any auras. Also, they were perfectly blended into the surroundings, not alarming any exotic beasts nearby. Even some of the extremely powerful exotic beasts didn't notice the arrival of this group of people.
Looking closely, every member of this group seemed to be enveloped in a layer of faint, blurry black fog, leaving others unable to see their true appearances.
This layer of faint black fog had not only concealed their appearances, but even their auras were completely hidden.
After choosing a certain vantage point, the group of people stopped tacitly. It was like they didn't have to communicate to know what everyone else was thinking, as if they were extensions of a single person.
That's right; this was a group of the clones of that supreme demon.
The clones retrieved a mountain of strange objects from their respective spatial storages, then quickly busied themselves on this high ground, setting up an extremely complicated array.
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Time slowly passed. As the final rays of light disappeared from the horizon and darkness completely took over the skies, the huge array occupying thousands of square meters was finally completed by the clones.
After they finished setting up that huge array in an incredibly well-coordinated manner, the demon clones took out some odd crystal objects from their spatial storages at the same time.
The crystals were similar to diamonds, but their shapes weren't as pronounced as diamonds were. They had a much rounder appearance, with a layer of dark light glittering about. They were like the most beautiful gemstones in the world.
Even so, those \"gemstones\" were actually energy sources needed to activate the massive array.
After the clones embedded the crystals in specific positions across the array, the array slowly started operating. Layer after layer of dark light spread out, connecting to an unknown plane.
However, the forces of the dimension prevented the array's power from permeating outside.
The clones weren't anxious, however. They had expected this. As such, they silently took out something else from their spatial storages at the same time.
This time, they took out fist-sized black pearls. They looked like countless nebulae were moving inside them.
In the next moment, the clones smashed all of the black pearls. The nebulae inside the pearls erupted at the same time, turning into faint human silhouettes.
Just as the countless human silhouettes escaped the restrictions of the black pearls, they let out silent furious roars one after another, wanting to escape into their surroundings.
However, an enormous suction came from the array at the next moment, drawing those silhouettes inside it, no matter how violently they struggled.
All the clones stayed in position, be it in the sky, on the ground, or even underground, forming a strange geometric pattern, until every one of those silhouettes was drawn into the array.
Afterwards, surges of energies poured out from the clones' bodies, entering into the array as well.
An extremely concealed, yet extremely powerful shearing force suddenly erupted in the skies above the array, tearing a crack open in Mercury's plane of existence.
At the other end of the crack in the plane of existence, a grayish black world could be faintly seen. Extremely dark energies could be seen moving about in the other world, and they immediately gushed out from the other end through the crack in the plane.
The clones of the supreme demon had actually torn open Mercury's plane of existence temporarily by using an array!
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Chapter 581 Time Flies
Edited from beginning to end by Aelryinth
Translated from beginning to end by Mianbao
Mercury's spatial barrier underwent some changes. Afterwards, a gap suddenly opened in space.
The demon clones had actually forced open a crack in Mercury's plane of existence with the help of an array!
Dark-attributed energies gushed out from the dark world on the other side of the crack into Mercury, tearing the gap even wider. Even so, the supreme demon's clones didn't show any signs of happiness.
Indeed, as the crack was torn open, the energies of Mercury's dimension gathered from the surroundings, trying to mend the opening.
The demon clones had already done all they could. They could only stare at the other end of the crack in space, hoping the demons on the other side could react fast enough to help widen and stabilize the gap. It was the only way to keep the dimensional crack open for a longer period of time.
As for wanting to keep this dimensional crack permanent… that was an impossible feat! After all, this was only an insignificant crack in the dimension on the grand scale of things. It was extremely unstable to begin with, not to mention the spatial forces on Mercury were trying to mend the opening. Closing the gap and returning things to the way things were was only a matter of time.
Seeing the forces of Mercury was about to repair the crack, the demon clones showed extreme disappointment. At that moment, however, from inside the insignificant gap, a miniscule amount, yet extremely high level of dark energy, seeped through from the other side.
That negligible tiny hint of black energy actually held that closing crack open, and the natural forces of Mercury were unable to fully repair the crack.
\"We did it!\" The clones couldn't resist heaving long sighs of relief when they saw that wisp of black energy appear. They knew inside that their efforts and the risks they took weren't in vain. Everything would proceed as they had planned!
The dark energy slowly increased, and gradually widened the originally closing gap in the plane.
Although the widening of the gap was very slow, at a speed unnoticeable to the naked eye, its momentum couldn't be stopped!
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After an indeterminate amount of time, as the darkness of the night gradually faded, and hints of light started appearing in the eastern horizon, the negligible crack had expanded to a shocking degree. It grew to about half a meter wide, and more than ten meters long.
Such a huge gap in the dimension hung in the air like a harrowing wound. Even so, those witnessing this wound in the plane of existence all had extremely excited smiles on their faces.
The sky grew increasingly brighter. At the moment when the red sun rose from the towering mountain ridges in the east, a strange limb emitting a savage aura and terrifying energy crawled out from the other end of the dimensional crack.
It was very difficult to describe the strangeness of the limb with words. Ordinary people would have their minds sucked away when they first laid eyes on it, losing themselves in it and finally meeting their ends silently.
Seeing this limb appear, the final bit of worry on the anxiously waiting clones' faces finally disappeared. They opened their mouths and let out carefree, yet suppressed laughter in extreme excitement, like the howlings of demons, spreading to the mountain forest around them.
The mountain forest bathing in the first lights of the day, which should have been filled with lively cries, suddenly fell dead silent. All the creatures held their voices back unanimously, stopping all movements, not daring to make any noise.
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The social unrest caused by the demon spies didn't worsen. All the major regions on Mercury, with the exception of Hua Xia, gradually got the situation under control after the initial chaos. First they got rid of those people with ulterior motives making use of the chaos to cause further trouble, then gathered all their forces to crack down on the demon spies' forces.
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Half a year went by silently just like that. All of Mercury returned to the peaceful state it was in before. At the very least, it was peaceful on the surface...
As for the undercurrents flowing in the dark, that didn't concern the civilians. Even most of the expert civilian beastmasters who didn't have certain status or strength had no idea of the situation. A fundamental change was starting to engulf the whole world.
No one knew what had happened at that certain location in the Heizhou region. After that incident, nothing unusual had happened, either. Even the ordinary animals and exotic beasts living in that area didn't experience any changes.
However, the change had already happened. It was just that no one knew about it even now...
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Time flew. Three years went by before anyone realized it.
During these three years, Zhang Che had grown dramatically stronger.
All his pets and subdued beasts and grown to the limits of their potential. He had two super divine-quality pets, namely the Umbra Wind God Leopard and the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon.
The strength of those two pets were at the absolute peak among exotic beasts. Relying on only the two of them, Zhang Che could explore as he wished in the beast worlds, and did not have to worry about any danger.
Zhang Che had a few other divine-quality pets and subdued beasts, too. There were a total of five of them, increasing his overall strength considerably.
As for his subdued beasts and pets below divine-quality, they were no longer important. To the current Zhang Che, they were no longer of any help.
Of course, Zhang Che was someone who cherished the old times. Even though the potential of those pets and subdued beasts didn't allow them to grow to a decent level, he kept them at his side. Oftentimes, he'd Summon all of them out when there weren't any fierce fights going on.
During those three years, Zhang Che wasn't the only one whose strength increased by leaps and bounds. Experts all across Mercury experienced a qualitative increase in strength. Although very few of them could reach the height Zhang Che was at, there were many more super experts with divine-quality subdued beasts than before.
However, none of these could make humanity feel proud. The fortieth year of the new age had silently crept up to humanity. In the near future, the fifth beast swarm would arrive. At that time, every spatial gateway in Mercury would open wide, and exotic beasts would come flooding in like the tide, engulfing all of Mercury.
As per humanity's prior experience, every beast swarm would be stronger than the last!
Not only that, during the third and fourth beast swarm, super powerful exotic beasts of divine-quality began appearing sporadically, and had inflicted great casualties on humanity. In the end, some super experts sacrificed themselves and barely drove those exotic beasts back to the beast worlds. They weren't even killed!
What about this time? Ten years had passed since then, and this time the super powerful exotic beasts that would come swarming out of the spatial gateways would surely be in greater numbers, and even stronger! Even though humanity had gained more super experts since the last beast swarm, no one could guarantee that they would be able to triumph against the super exotic beasts that would appear during the upcoming beast swarm.
At present, although it wasn't time for the spatial gateways to open, every beast world across Mercury was no longer peaceful. No matter the species, all the exotic beasts had started to stir restlessly.
The beastmasters were experienced with this. When the exotic beasts in the beast worlds started acting restlessly, the beastmasters had very tacitly stopped heading into the beast worlds, except for some incredibly powerful individuals who felt that they wouldn't be in danger.
All of Mercury started acting like a formidable foe was whelming in front of them. The various factions united with one another and started preparing their defenses for when the beast swarm struck.
It went without saying that traditional defensive fortifications weren't effective against the attacks of the powerful beast swarm. This had been proven during the past swarms.
No matter how tough defensive fortifications were, even coupled with fierce firepower they could only resist some low-level exotic beasts. Against the powerful beasts, defensive fortifications were like paper, unable to withstand their devastating attacks.
Even low-level exotic beasts, if their numbers reached a certain level, could raze the toughest fortifications to the ground!
As such, humanity had to rely on beastmasters to resist the beast swarm.
As the strongest beastmaster of Hua Xia, in addition to his close ties with the military, naturally Zhang Che had to contribute his strength to the cause.
Currently, he was sitting in an office in the military headquarters, surrounded by important figures of the military. The whole office was glittering with stars.
The top brass had called him in to discuss his arrangements.
After all, Zhang Che wasn't an ordinary beastmaster. During the upcoming beast swarm, naturally they couldn't use him like any other beastmasters. That would be too much of a waste of talent…
Afterword:
Mianbao: Here we are. At the end of the chapters. I can't say I'm very satisfied with how the series has ended, but it has been an incredible journey working on it from the first chapter to the last. I would like to point out that some time during this journey, I realized I can't find the raws on Qidian.
I don't know exactly what this meant. Was it axed? Or did something else happen behind the scenes that we don't know of? None of us can say for sure. I'm not trying to explain away the sudden ending that we see here, either. Personally I would like to think that this might not be what the author had envisioned in the beginning, and I find it a shame to not get to see that.
No matter what, thank you dear readers for following this series to its end. Hopefully we get to meet on another project in the future!
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Aelryinth: This is the fifth novel I've edited from start to end on Qidian. One of the reasons I have this job is because I don't mind reading this sort of fiction, and find it very interesting.
I realize the trope this kind of story goes with, combining physical enhancements with monster summoning… but this is still a very abrupt ending. There is no sign whatsoever of a Book Two on the horizon…
As an author myself (Power of Ten: Sama Rantha, here on WN) I believe the writer reached 'high level play' and found it overwhelming. The number of options available to high level characters are overwhelming, and rapidly short circuit the story with either fast resolution or obliteration. It becomes impossible to track everything a character can do, and you end up throwing what feels like the same things against them over and over again, yet numbers just make it more tedious to write.
Maybe he'll be able to write an interesting high level Novel, but it is VERY difficult. Once you hit high level, the story starts moving VERY quickly, as all the mundane aspects of life are just not limits anymore.
In any event, Mianbo has been a consistent and skilled translator, and I hope everyone appreciates the work he has put in on this novel. He'll be moving on to another one, so look for his work!
Of course I still edit for Versatile Mage, and write Power of Ten: Sama Rantha. If you want some later high level shenanigans with a hefty dose of gaming thrown in, give both a read!
Happy reading!
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