MONSTER PARADISE

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Chapter 301: The Relationship Between Monsters

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

While on their way to hunt down the Fire Phoenix, Lin Huang told Yi Yeyu and Li Lang why he was rushing the both of them.

“It’s been an hour and a half since the Fire Phoenix appeared, so we can’t be sure if it’s still in the same location?” Yi Yeyu asked after hearing Lin Huang’s explanation.

“That’s right, the Fire Phoenix found out about Bloody’s detection seed and destroyed it. There’s no way that we could detect its exact whereabouts now.” Lin Huang nodded.

“I came to the both of you as soon as I found out about it, the Fire Phoenix flies at over 2,000 kilometers per hour.

“How long will it take for us to get there?” Yi Yeyu asked.

“It’s more than 1,000 kilometers away, so it should take around an hour.”

“How do we kill the Fire Phoenix when we get there? This is a double mutated monster that’s even more powerful than the Sanguine Skeleton Spirit that we encountered the last time.” Li Lang asked a practical question that nobody could overlook.

“Everything will be alright if Ms. Yi can control the monster with her physique. But what if she can’t, what should we do?”

Lin Huang and Yi Yeyu were silent. More than an hour later, the silence was finally broken after arriving at their destination. As they landed, the three of them recalled their monsters.

“When I looked around from up above there didn’t seem to be any monsters in the nearby area.” Li Lang said to Lin Huang.

“Don’t worry.” Lin Huang called out to Bloody who was hiding in his sleeve.

“Bloody, where’s the exact location that you discovered the Fire Phoenix?”

Since the coordinates that Bloody had marked were just an estimated area instead of an exact location, they now needed Bloody to point out the exact location for them. Bloody stuck out its head from Lin Huang’s sleeve and looked around. It then spread out purple flowers and as they floated around, something came into Lin Huang’s mind.

“Follow the flowers, be quiet, don’t summon the flying mounts.” Lin Huang passed Bloody’s message to Yi Yeyu and Li Lang while he took the lead.

Yi Yeyu and Li Lang followed behind him. As they walked around, they headed into an area with many volcanoes. There were up to 100 active volcanoes with smoke billowing out of them. There were big and small ones, high and low. It was quite a scene to behold.

“Could it be hiding behind the volcanoes?” Li Lang guessed as he walked.

Lin Huang gestured to get him to be quiet. “Shh!”

The three of them followed behind the purple flowers quietly and got up to the tip of a volcano half an hour later. Seeing that the flower went through the tip and down, they followed the edge of the crater and walked to the other side of the volcano. What they saw on the other side shocked them. There was a huge lava lake that was blocked by all the volcanoes. Calling it a lake was not accurate as it was boundless. Its layout was out of the ordinary, hundreds of kilometers long and more like a lava sea than a lake.

“A sea that’s completely made of lava…” The three of them were stunned when they saw what was in front of them. Suddenly, the lava started rolling, a gigantic shadow plunged out of the lava sea. It was a giant bird with a golden crest and a tail with nine colors. What caught their attention was the bloody gigantic alligator and its purplish gold claws. The alligator was 70 to 80 meters long, it was no smaller than the giant bird and was covered in a black, hard metal cast that seemed very powerful. However, its neck was clamped by the giant bird. No matter how much it struggled, it could not get away from the bird’s claws.

“Is that a Blazing Alligator?” Li Lang asked Lin Huang in shock.

“Yes.” Lin Huang was concerned as he watched. Yi Yeyu was frowning too, she did not look too good. The giant bird with its nine colored tail and golden crest was their target – a Fire Phoenix. The Blazing Alligator was a mutated monster from the fire elements, it was a ruthless double mutated transcendent monster. Such a giant-sized mutated transcendent monster was captured by the Fire Phoenix easily, it did not seem to have the strength to fight back. What they were looking at gave them a direct understanding of the Fire Phoenix’s ability.

With the Blazing Alligator in its claws, the Fire Phoenix flew towards the volcanos where the three of them were located. They immediately bent down to avoid being seen, watching secretly with half of their heads showing at the crater. As the Blazing Alligator was tossed onto the ground, it seemed to know that it could not defeat the Fire Phoenix and instead attempted to jump into the lava sea. However, its neck was clamped by the Fire Phoenix that once again dashed from the air.

It struggled by moving its tail and body but it could not escape from under the Fire Phoenix’s purplish, golden metal claws. The Fire Phoenix gave a deathly glare with its blue eyes, it had no plan to eat it as it watched the Blazing Alligator struggle in its claws. Soon, it seemed to know that it could never escape. The black metal cast started to change color and its body appeared to be filled with lava. Its black cast turned dark red at first, but soon it became a flaming red. The Blazing Alligator was covered in a flaming red crystal-like cast within seconds.

“What’s it doing?” Li Lang asked Lin Huang softly.

“This is its Crystallize skill. With that, its defense will peak.” Lin Huang explained softly.

As Lin Huang said that, the Fire Phoenix used another claw to grab the Blazing Alligator’s back, easily breaking through its defense into its body. In its crystalized mode, the Blazing Alligator seemed to struggle for awhile due to the pain then stopped moving completely. The flaming red on its body was fading fast, returning back to its black cast within seconds.

“Is it dead?” Li Lang asked.

“I don’t think so…” Lin Huang was surprised with what he saw, he could still sense the Blazing Alligator’s aura. Later on, the Fire Phoenix removed its claw from the Blazing Alligator’s back and it shook again. The Fire Phoenix flapped its wings and flew up into the air letting go of the Blazing Alligator. The Blazing Alligator flipped its tail and dived into the lava sea not far away disappearing.

“Isn’t it going to eat the Blazing Alligator? Why did it let it go?” Li Lang could not understand what he saw.

Lin Huang took a guess. “I think it wasn’t planning on eating it, instead it was extracting the fire energy from within the Blazing Alligator…” What they saw had never been documented before in the monster encyclopedia. It said on the monster encyclopedia that the only relationship between the monsters was either food or symbiosis. However, what they witnessed was nothing like that. It seemed like the relationship between monsters is more complicated than what humans could have ever imagined…

Chapter 302: Lin Huang’s Plan to Kill

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

As the Blazing Alligator escaped, the Fire Phoenix that was in the air flapped its wings and dived into the lava ocean once again.

“It got away?!” Yi Yeyu shouted in exasperation. They had finally found the Fire Phoenix but just witnessed it going back into the lava.

“Don’t worry, it shouldn’t be running away.” Lin Huang shook his head.

“With the Fire Phoenix’s characteristic, it’ll usually fly away if it wants to leave instead of diving into the lava. It might be capturing the other Blazing Alligators.”

“Now that the both of you have seen the Fire Phoenix’s ability, even a double mutated Blazing Alligator can’t fight back. If we were to fight it, we might all die. Maybe we should come up with a plan.” Li Lang’s usually playful demeanor vanished during critical times.

“The location that we are standing in isn’t suitable for battle. We don’t have much space to land in the crater. If we fall into the volcano, normal lava aside, we’ll definitely die if it’s spiritual lava. There’s no place for us to stand in the lava ocean. Although we could fight at the foot of the volcano, we’d be blocked by the volcanoes at the back. There’s no way for us to escape if we can’t fight it,” Li Lang voiced his concern. Before the battle started, he figured that the Fire Phoenix had the advantage of winning.

“I have a double mutated white flame-level summoning monster, the Sanguine Skeleton Spirit. What I’m thinking about is to get the Sanguine Skeleton Spirit to hide while I distract the Fire Phoenix. When it’s distracted, the Sanguine Skeleton Spirit will use its Punishment Chains to seal its Life Power. Once that’s done, Yeyu will get on her flying mount to attack,” Lin Huang said and looked at Li Lang.

“Stay up there. If it’s getting away, block its way with your flying mount. Even if you only manage to stop it for a couple of seconds, that’ll be good enough.”

“Alright…”

Li Lang’s facial expression was completely solemn as he listened to Lin Huang’s arrangement. He did not have any disagreements; he knew very well that if he were to fight the Fire Phoenix himself, he would be killed immediately. Lin Huang chose to distract the Fire Phoenix himself as he knew he had the ability to do so. If Li Lang were to follow him, he would definitely be a burden instead.

Meanwhile, Lin Huang assigned that job to himself as he knew that it was unlikely for the Fire Phoenix to escape. As it encountered an attack, such a powerful monster would be triggered and respond madly towards its attacker. Yi Yeyu did not say anything as she knew why Lin Huang had come up with such an arrangement. No matter if it was Lin Huang or Li Lang, they were here for her to level up. Li Lang proved his friendship as he agreed to come along, while Yi Yeyu did not mind if he could help at all. She would grateful if he did not become a burden.

The both of them did not even ask about the Sanguine Skeleton Spirit as they had their minds occupied by the plan.

“I’ll be down there, so the both of you hide yourselves now. When I’m fighting the Fire Phoenix later, Yeyu, please be patient and only attack it when the chains of the Sanguine Skeleton Spirit are tying it down or else, our plan will go to waste,” Lin Huang reminded.

“Okay.” Yi Yeyu nodded.

Lin Huang then summoned the Alexandrian Eagle and headed down to where the volcanoes were. The Alexandrian Eagle landed at the bottom of the volcanoes, a couple of meters away from the lava ocean. He then recalled the Alexandrian Eagle and summoned the Sanguine Skeleton Spirit. Yi Yeyu and Li Lang were shocked when they saw the gigantic Sanguine Skeleton Spirit. Although Lin Huang had mentioned that it was his summoning monster, the both of them thought that it looked very similar to the one that Lin Huang had killed earlier.

“Don’t you think that this Sanguine Skeleton Spirit looks like a replica of the one that he killed earlier?” Li Lang asked Yi Yeyu.

“Perhaps monsters of the same size look the same to us, but it’s probably an illusion. Just like human twins. If they look alike and have the same height, it’ll be difficult to tell who’s who,” Yi Yeyu explained. She had some doubts too but that involved Lin Huang’s secrets so she did not want to pry any further.

“Illusion in terms of the size?” Li Lang frowned. Although he thought that it was strange, he accepted Yi Yeyu’s explanation anyway.

As Lin Huang summoned the Sanguine Skeleton Spirit, he instructed the monster, “Hide in the lava and shield your aura to the maximum. When the Fire Phoenix attacks me, it’ll be distracted at some point. Then, catch the opportunity to tie it up with your Punishment Chains!”

“Hehehe… You mean kill the Fire Phoenix? I’d be happy to help, Master.” The Sanguine Skeleton Spirit’s bloody robe moved without any wind and excitement shone in his blue eyes.

“This fella… So, do all Transcendent monsters really have their own characteristics?!” Lin Huang did not expect his inference earlier to be true. This Sanguine Skeleton Spirit seemed to have retained the character it embodied before it was killed. However, Lin Huang was not sure if it still retained its old memories.

Lin Huang frowned as he watched the Sanguine Skeleton Spirit dived into the lava with its aura undetectable. Although he knew that it had an instinct for faking its death, shielding its aura was an easy feat for it. However, the fact that it managed to hide its aura to the point that even Lin Huang could not detect it was terrifying. Lin Huang then sat at the foot of the volcanoes while waiting patiently for the Fire Phoenix to appear again.

Time passed by. It had been half an hour since the three of them waited. It was almost six in the evening and the sky was turning dark. Yi Yeyu was getting impatient at the peak of the volcano as she was worried that the Fire Phoenix had left and would not ever appear again. However, Li Lang was relieved. Although he hoped to help Yi Yeyu with leveling up, witnessing the Fire Phoenix capture a double mutated Blazing Alligator terrified him. The calmest one among the three of them was Lin Huang. He knew very well that he could not fight the Fire Phoenix. However, the battle would not depend on the strength of his ability alone. As long as the techniques were properly executed, it was still possible for them to defeat it. Moreover, even if they could not kill it, he was confident that they could leave in one piece.

He was not afraid of the Fire Phoenix. On the contrary, he was excited about the battle. Another half an hour passed. When it was almost half past six, Li Lang and Yi Yeyu both figured that the Fire Phoenix would not make its return. Just when Yi Yeyu was ready to get Lin Huang to give up, the lava ocean churned vigorously. A giant bird appeared from the surface of the lava with a Blazing Alligator that was a few times larger than the bird itself…

Chapter 303: Lin Huang Asking for Trouble

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Chirp!”

As the Fire Phoenix got out of the lava sea, it chirped in excitement. Flapping its wings as it flew to the bottom of the volcano, it noticed Lin Huang that was as small as an ant. It glared at him but after realizing that his aura was not threatening, it completely ignored him due to more important things it had in its mind. It landed less than 500 meters away from Lin Huang with the Blazing Alligator in its claws.

Lin Huang was speechless about being ignored. Although he was just an ant in Fire Phoenix’s eyes, he was sure that it had noticed him as most of the bird-type monsters had extraordinary vision, including the Fire Phoenix. Perhaps it ignored him as he was not a threat to it. Lin Huang even smile awkwardly as he was eager to see the Fire Phoenix’s reaction when it saw him and came up with different responses. However, he did not expect himself to be ignored.

Yi Yeyu who was hiding at the top of the volcano was relieved when she saw the Fire Phoenix. She could not help it but laugh when she saw that Lin Huang was being ignored by the Fire Phoenix. Li Lang who had his fists clenched tight was now relieved too. Lin Huang watched as the Fire Phoenix waited for to Blazing Alligator to turn red. He knew that the Fire Phoenix was not going to kill the Blazing Alligator, but was planning to absorb the fire energy in the Blazing Alligator’s body instead.

As the Blazing Alligator was slowly turning red, Lin Huang knew that he could not wait any longer, he had to come up with something to catch the Fire Phoenix’s attention or else they would have to wait again once it released the Blazing Alligator. He then took out his GoldEagle11 and transformed it into a cannon. Li Lang and Yi Yeyu saw what Lin Huang was doing. Yi Yeyu was speechless as she watched.

“Must he ask for trouble?” Li Lang puzzled. He could guess what would happen if Lin Huang was to open fire. As Lin Huang observed the Fire Phoenix, he was inserting Life Power into his cannon. As soon as he was almost done with inserting one wheel of Life Power into the gun, the Blazing Alligator that was captured in the Fire Phoenix’s claws turned completely red.

“It’s time!” As the Blazing Alligator turned red, a golden spark was shot out of the gun, heading towards the Fire Phoenix at a speed of light.

“Bang!” A loud thud exploded, the Fire Phoenix was shot as it was not aware. It did not expect the human of ant size would attack it. The Fire Phoenix flapped its wings by instinct as it was shot, it accidentally let go of the Blazing Alligator.

The Blazing Alligator turned around and dove into the lava sea that was not far away. Seeing that its prey escaped, the Fire Phoenix that was flying in the air became furious. Although the attack did not hurt it in any way, it challenged its pride. Moreover, the attack helped its prey escape. It wanted its revenge on Lin Huang now.

“Chirp!”

This time, the Fire Phoenix chirped furiously while glaring deadly at Lin Huang beneath it. Staring into its angry blue eyes, Lin Huang had no fear and was excited instead. He then aimed his cannon at the Fire Phoenix again. As it saw Lin Huang do that, it was triggered and opened its wings wide, flapping hard at Lin Huang.

Tens of thousands of red feathers came down like a thunderstorm. In the air, its red feathers seemed like they were lit up with fire, transforming into golden feathers with sparks that went at Lin Huang. It used an attack with a large area-of-effect and it was clear that the Fire Phoenix wanted Lin Huang to die without having the opportunity to escape. Lin Huang was drowned in the shower of golden feathers like meteors. The feathers exploded as they collided with every object that they touched and loud explosions were head at the bottom of the volcanoes with sparks and dust flying everywhere.

Yi Yeyu and Li Lang who were on top of the volcano became worried. They looked at the bottom of the volcano that was now covered in dust with concern on their faces. Lin Huang might be able to avoid if it was a one-on-one battle. However, such a rapid attack with an area-of-effect like this made it difficult for him to escape. The both of them did not expect the Fire Phoenix to hit them with such a powerful attack in the beginning. Although such an attack was much weaker compared to attacks it would use in a one-on-one battle, this Fire Phoenix was a white flame-level, double mutated phoenix-type monster. Among the monsters with same combat level, it was on the top of the food chain in terms of abilities. The area-of-effect attack it used was comparable to ultimate abilities of monsters at the same level.

The Fire Phoenix chose to use an attack like this as it wanted to prevent Lin Huang from escaping. It could sense that Lin Huang’s aura was not powerful and figured that as long as he was hit, he would definitely die. However, Fire Phoenix did not leave after it launched the attack but waited patiently. It would not be satisfied if it did not see his dead body. It spent more than an hour trying to capture the Blazing Alligator but it ran away because of Lin Huang’s interruption.

Yi Yeyu and Li Lang watched patiently for the dust to fade away as they wanted to know the result. However, they did not look too good as they figured the outcome might be negative. Under such pressure from the Fire Phoenix, Lin Huang could possibly die. Awhile later, the Fire Phoenix seemed to lose its patience. It flapped its wings to blow away the dust and as the dust was blown away, a black shadow appeared at the bottom of the volcanoes. As the dust continued to be blown away, it revealed an untouched Lin Huang.

“Such a terrifying attack. I thought I would’ve died. Luckily I have this defensive skill…” Lin Huang said while smirking as he looked at the Fire Phoenix above him. The way he looked at it looked like he was throwing it a challenge.

“Hey, show me everything you’ve got. I want to find out the limits of my abilities!”

Chapter 304: Lin Huang Versus The Fire Phoenix

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The Fire Phoenix was a double mutated transcendent monster. It had encountered human before so it understood human language. It got even more furious when Lin Huang challenged it! Although it had no idea what was the black piece of cloth that he was using to defend its first attack, it was surprised that he managed to defend himself. However, that attack was not its most powerful attack. It did not think that the black shield could protect Lin Huang during its following attack.

Meanwhile, Lin Huang had never wanted to use  Dark Shield  to fight until the end. His objective of entering this dimensional ruin was to strengthen himself by going through the training. Although the Fire Phoenix was powerful, it was not as powerful to the extent that he would want to run away. On the contrary, it benefited him when the Fire Phoenix pressured and gave him the confidence that he would survive this battle. That was the reason why he challenged the Fire Phoenix.

Yi Yeyu and Li Lang who were on top of the volcano could not hear what Lin Huang was saying, or else their jaws would have dropped. However, they could sense that the Fire Phoenix was angry, or to be precise, it was furious as the both of them saw that the Fire Phoenix’s beautiful nine colored tail was now completely red. It was a sign that it was going crazy from anger. Lin Huang knew that as well as he looked at the Fire Phoenix

As the Fire Phoenix’s tail turned bloody red, it chirped loudly while shaking its tail. Nine flaming whips appeared, they were coming towards Lin Huang who was hundreds of meters away. The whips were fast, traveling at a speed that broke the sound barrier, causing explosions in the air. From the look of it, Lin Huang knew that he would not be able to defend it. If he was whipped by the whips even once, he would be badly injured if he even managed to survive the attack. He would lose his strength completely by then.

Without thinking twice, Lin Huang used Seraphic Speed as well as Cloud Steps as the whips were coming at him. He even used Micro Territory as his sensing circle together with Boundless Vision . Lin Huang looked like he was dancing on the tip of swords as he was surrounded by the nine whips. The whips did not stop attacking him even for a moment. However, he was not hit once, not even the corner of his clothes was touched.

The ground at the bottom of the volcanos was burnt black with marks made by the whips. Each of the marks were hundreds of meters long and couple of meters deep. Those were the traces left by the flaming whips. Fortunately, the ground around them was much thicker. If this happened in other areas of the dimensional ruins, it would have collapsed from the very beginning. Yi Yeyu and Li Lang who were watching from the top were worried. They could only catch a glimpse of what was happening as the speed they were moving at was too intense. If they were the one being attacked by the whips, they would have been chopped into pieces within a second.

In fact, even though Lin Huang had Boundless Vision , he could only catch the shadows of the whips. He managed to avoid the whips by using the sensing ability from Micro Territory . It was upgraded from Sensing Circle and it retained the sensing ability. He could sense anything that was within a 100 meters radius and that was how he managed to move 100 meters away before the whips hit him. With the help of Seraphic Speed , he managed to avoid the hits easily.

Looking at him avoiding the whips easily, Yi Yeyu and Li Lang were shocked.

“How did he do that?!” Li Lang could not understand how could Lin Huang managed to do that when he had just leveled-up to gold-level rank-3.

“I don’t get it too. His speed and response absolutely makes him look like he’s on the standard of a holy fire-level transcendent. Also, I can’t see the movement of the whips at all, I can only catch the shadows. It’s obvious that he can see the attack trajectory of the whips clearly.” Yi Yeyu thought it was unbelievable too.

“This must be the legendary genius…” Li Lang exclaimed.

“A regular genius isn’t as powerful as this. My brother is close to being a genius but even then, he can only fight a regular white flame-level transcendent monster when he was a complete gold-level. Even a genius could only fight a mutated, white flame-level monster. However, this Fire Phoenix isn’t merely a double mutated monster, it also ranked on top of the double mutated monsters. Moreover, Lin Huang is only a gold-level rank-3 now and is not even complete gold-level. Before he levels up to transcendent, he still has room to improve his abilities…” Yi Yeyu knew what a genius could do as she had seen Yi Zheng fought before. As hunters of the same level, Lin Huang’s performance had already surpassed Yi Zheng.

In reality, Lin Huang was much weaker than the Fire Phoenix as a whole. However, he had many skills that he could use to defend against the Fire Phoenix at the moment and he was not fighting with his own ability. What Yi Yeyu and Li Lang were looking at was actually an illusion. If they were to actually fight head-on with their attack abilities, it would be different. What Lin Huang used in the beginning was a monster defense skill. He had been avoiding the Fire Phoenix’s attack, while the Fire Phoenix was not hurt by his gunshots at all. If they were to fight with his current ability head-on, Lin Huang would lose in one hit.

However, Yi Yeyu and Li Lang who were watching from afar did not know that. Meanwhile, the battle between Lin Huang and the Fire Phoenix continued. Noticing that its tail attack was ineffective, the Fire Phoenix was shocked. It could be luck that Lin Huang avoided its Meteor Fireplume earlier, but now it was impossible that luck was helping him anymore. Within one minute, it had attacked Lin Huang for more than thousand times but none of them hit him.

“Terrifying ability and outstanding movement skills, it’s just that his attack ability is weak. This human fella is good as a whole!” The Fire Phoenix thought to itself. However, its recognition did not mean it would let him go. To monsters, the more powerful a human was, the more threatening they were to them. When Lin Huang, who was not even a holy fire-level could do this, it would be unimaginable when he became a transcendent one day. If the Fire Phoenix did not kill him right now, he would definitely come back for it in the future when he levels up to transcendent. The Fire Phoenix did not want that trouble for itself and the will to kill him reflected in its blue eyes got more intense!

Chapter 305: Overdone…

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Nine fire whips streaked across the sky, creating enormous cracks that were a few hundred meters long all over the ground like a spider web.

The tail whip of the Fire Phoenix was so powerful that each of the attacks launched had enough force to even break metal, forming gaping gullies on the ground.

Such an attack could not even affect Lin Huang, let alone cause any injuries. Its tail whip attacks were rendered useless for the next few minutes. With a murderous aura, the Fire Phoenix let out a few roars. When it opened its mouth wide, there was a surge of red glow from its red beak.

Hundreds of meters away, Lin Huang could clearly sense the immense energy fluctuating within its beak.

Lin Huang was frightened as he had a good understanding of the Fire Phoenix. Of course, he knew what kind of attack he was going to encounter as soon as he saw that.

In the Fire Phoenix’s beak, the ball of an energy had reached its peak. The tip of the flame spiraled into the shape of a corn, rotating towards Lin Huang like an electric drill.

It was the Inferno Dragonspit Drill , a skill which was considered as the most powerful single-target attack skill that the Fire Phoenix possessed. In addition to its tail whip that restricted Lin Huang’s space where he hid, it was trying to kill Lin Huang with the combination of these skills!

Realizing that its tail whip could do no harm to Lin Huang, the Fire Phoenix resorted to using such a combo skill instead. It first restricted Lin Huang’s space with its tail whip and was going to kill him in just one blow when Lin Huang had no more space to dodge.

Lin Huang had already noticed that the space around him was shrinking. He then saw that the Fire Phoenix was collecting energy to unleash the Inferno Dragonspit Drill , instantly understanding the Fire Phoenix’s intention.

“Never underestimate double mutated monsters.” Lin Huang frowned. He clearly knew that if it was not considered as a forbidden skill, it would be the most powerful skill possessed by the Fire Phoenix. He was not sure how long his Dark Shield  could still defend him against such strength.

“What’s the use of shrinking my space?!” Lin Huang grinned.

At the second when the Inferno Dragonspit Drill gushed out of its mouth, Lin Huang suddenly switched from Cloud Steps to Thunder Steps . He took a step forward with Thunder Steps as his Seraphic Speed reached its maximum state, unlocking the space locked in the nine tail whips.

Bang!

The next moment, a loud explosion was heard and the volcano instantly collapsed.

Not only did the Infernal Dragonspit Drill penetrate through the huge volcano, a huge gully measuring more than 10 kilometers was also formed on the ground, striking terror into the people witnessing this horrific scene.

On top of the volcano, Yi Yeyu and Li Lang were aghast because they both knew that if the attack hit them, there would be nothing left of them.

“Your damage is quite good but you’re still slightly slower!” Lin Huang was standing at a place that was hundreds of kilometers away from the volcano, looking calm as he shouted at the Fire Phoenix.

” Do you want to shit !? 1 ”

The Fire Phoenix growled. It would not usually bother to speak the human language but it was instigated by Lin Huang. Although it spoke like a drunkard, it was not easy for it to do so.

“Hey, can you please straighten your tongue before you speak? You can’t even distinguish between alveolar and retroflex consonants. Do you really need me to teach you!?” Irritation filled Lin Huang’s face. “Repeat after me. She sells seashells by the sea shore. The shells she sells are surely seashells. So, if she sells shells on the seashore, I’m sure she sells seashore shells. 2 ”

” Go shit! 3 ”

The Fire Phoenix’s temper had gone past its limit. It opened its big mouth again and flames gushed crazily out.

Enveloping the air, the red flames seemed to have been intensified with a layer of oil as it burned more intensely. In just a short while, the flames poured down the sky, shrouding the region that was halfway down the hill in flames.

Boundless Flame was a type of ranged attack. Compared to the Meteor Fireplumethat it had used earlier, the former could cover a larger area and Lin Huang would have no space to escape at all.

“There’s nothing else that I can do but fight!” Of course, Lin Huang knew the characteristic of the Fire Phoenix’s skill. Again, he activated his Dark Shieldhelplessly, which turned into a ball, so it could envelop Lin Huang securely.

The entire area seemed to be wrapped in flames right after Lin Huang had activated Dark Shield . However, the intense red flames were isolated by Lin Huang’s Dark Shield and had no way of entering. Not even the heat produced by the flame could penetrate through the Dark Shield .

The exterior of the Dark Shield was a dark curtain that looked like an isolation layer. Nobody could see what was happening within the Dark Shield . However, Lin Huang could look through the shield as if it was completely transparent and as smooth as glass.

Looking at the ocean of flames outside which was separated from him by an impenetrable layer of “glass”, Lin Huang was relieved.

He had no idea to what extent could the Dark Shield’s defense achieve. Even the skill description mentioned that as long as the strength of the opponent’s attack was not more than 10 times of the user’s, the shield would not break. In fact, it was just a rough estimation and there was no exact standard to follow.

If Lin Huang were to extract all his Life Power contained in five of his Life Wheels to unleash Worldly Purification, the power it could potentially release would be terrifying as it could kill most of the white flame-level monsters in the world in split seconds. To think of having an attack strength that was 10 times stronger than that was bone-chilling.

However, Lin Huang was not going to test the limitations of his defense power in front of his enemy because it was irrational to do so. Therefore, he had been avoiding the Fire Phoenix’s initial attack. Only after it launched its ranged attack did Lin Huang then dare to defend himself with the Dark Shield .

Since the ocean of red flames had been separated from the isolation shield, Lin Huang felt relatively safe. When he raised his head, he saw that the Fire Phoenix was getting in position for its next skill. His pupils immediately dilated and his face turned grave.

In mid-air, after pouring out flames from its mouth for the last time, its blue eyes flashed with a trace of fury.

A golden beam of light emerged from the Fire Phoenix’s head, floating in front of its body. It resembled a small golden spark and it was shrouded in an invisible energy.

“Ah, a forbidden skill – Flare …” Lin Huang swallowed a mouthful of saliva in anxiety. He clearly knew what the Fire skill was about.

The golden flame was the Fire Phoenix’s natal flame – the Fire Spark .

Under normal circumstances, the Fire Phoenix would need to spend more than hundreds of years to produce a Fire Spark . Therefore, it was very unlikely that it would use this skill.

The Fire Spark would normally stay in the Fire Phoenix’s belly and most of the time, each of the Fire Spark was only half unlocked. Once the spark was released out of its body, it would quickly absorb the surrounding heat energy when it was unsealed, creating an extremely large explosive fireball. The greater the amount of heat absorbed, the higher the energy content of the fireball.

If adequate energy was absorbed, a Fire Spark that expanded to its maximum power could destroy an area that was more than 10,000 square kilometers, making it on par with Earth’s atomic bomb.

“I’ve overdone it…” Lin Huang’s back was drenched in sweat as he confirmed that his Dark Shield would definitely not be able to defend against such an attack.

Chapter 306: Bloody Robe’s Ambition

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Very few of the double mutated monsters would possess a forbidden skill. Such a skill was different from the rest as it would normally have rather harsh conditions of using it and many of them even left side effects on the users.

The Fire Phoenix’s fire skill could only be used once after having accumulated flame energy for more than a hundred years. Despite the fact that it had immense power, it was somehow restricted from using it simply by environmental factors.

This was because the forbidden skill relied on the absorption of external heat energy to generate its power. It would become more powerful in places with an adequate supply of heat energy. On the contrary, in regions with extremely low temperatures, the attack would do nothing to its opponent as the effect would be even worse than an ordinary skill.

However, there was an ocean of lava and hundreds of volcanoes around where Fire Phoenix was releasing its Fire. The heat energy was sufficient to activate its Fire Spark to its maximum state. Such an attack could cover up to an area of more than 10,000 square kilometers.

Other than Lin Huang, Yi Yeyu and Li Lang who were both on top of the volcano, others would definitely not be able to escape.

Although Li Lang had never actually read the monster guide, he knew the impact that the Fire Phoenix’s forbidden skill could cause. Of course, Yi Yeyu knew everything about it since the Fire Phoenix was her target and she had done the relevant research earlier.

Seeing that Fire Spark was being released, both of their minds went blank instantaneously.

“The forbidden Fire Spark skill…How could this happen? According to the records, the Fire Phoenix will not simply use its forbidden skill…” Yi Yeyu was stunned.

“The distance is too short. It’s impossible to escape. Right after the spark is unsealed, it’ll expand to its maximum state in less than 10 seconds. Then, the entire region around it stretching out to more than 10,000 square kilometers will be flattened,” sighed Li Lang as he shook his head helplessly, “I’ve never expected to die here…”

Right at that moment, although Lin Huang was surrounded by flames, he could still observe the Fire Phoenix’s movement mid-air through his Dark Shield .

The golden beam of light that was as small as a firefly seemed to be insignificant. However, Lin Huang’s facial expression changed the moment he saw it.

“I said it too soon.” He was stunned for a short while before he contacted the Sanguine Skeletal Spirit in his mind.

“I don’t care if it’ll discover this or not. Let’s take action now!”Lin Huang instructed without any hesitation. Initially, he wanted the Sanguine Skeletal Spirit to only attack when the Fire Phoenix was not aware of it. However, the situation did not allow them to wait any longer.

The Fire Phoenix extended its claws into the air and grasped the Fire Spark , tearing apart the layer of a seal to release it.

At that very moment, countless Punishment Chains emerged from the lava and tore across the sky towards the Fire Phoenix.

The Punishment Chains reached its maximum speed as it arrived behind the Fire Phoenix in just an instant.

However, the Fire Phoenix seemed to have sensed that something was wrong. It immediately fluttered its wings and instantly rocketed hundreds of meters higher so that it could avoid getting ambushed by the Punishment Chains .

“Dammit!” Lin Huang’s heart immediately sank.

On top of the volcano, Yi Yeyu and Li Lang thought that there was hope the moment when they saw the appearance of Punishment Chains. However, the Fire Phoenix successfully dodged the attack and their smiles instantly turned stiff.

“We’re finished, we’re doomed!” Li Lang wrung his hands as he dared not look at the outcome of the battle anymore.

All of a sudden, a chain appeared without any signs and the Fire Spark got entangled in it, drawing it into the pool of lava at lightning fast speed.

It was so sudden that even the Fire Phoenix could not respond, just able to watch its Fire Spark being snatched away.

“Hehehehe…” As maniacal laughter was heard, the Sanguine Skeletal Spirit gradually emerged from the lava with the half sealed golden spark in his big palm.

“Stupid bird, thank you for the gift!” The Sanguine Skeletal Spirit was being mean as he teased the Fire Phoenix mercilessly.

“Go f*ck yourself!” The Fire Phoenix yelled, fluttering its wings as it gave up fighting Lin Huang and pounced on the Sanguine Skeletal Spirit.

“Hehe, it’s too late to snatch it from me now,” said the Sanguine Skeletal Spirit with a vague smile. It inserted the half-sealed spark into his blue eyes without hesitation.

The very next moment, a notification from Xiao Hei came in.

“Congratulations, Epic Monster Card – Sanguine Skeletal Spirit has obtained a new skill – Flare ”

Lin Huang was stunned as he heard that. He had never expected the Sanguine Skeletal Spirit to seize its skill this way and in such an instance.

“I thought that only a monster of the same type can seize another monster’s skill?” Lin Huang mumbled in a low voice curiously.

“Not necessarily. If the skill is powerful enough, it can be seized by a monster of the same element too.” Soon, Bloody’s comment came into Lin Huang’s mind, reminding him that he had not recalled Bloody yet.

Seeing that the Fire Phoenix and the Sanguine Skeletal Spirit had collided with each other, Lin Huang started having a headache. “Although Bloody Robe has snatched away its Fire Spark and resolved the situation, I’ve completely lost the chance to seal the Fire Phoenix with the Punishment Chains, so Yi Yeyu cannot kill it as planned…” he thought to himself.

“If there’s no chance, we can create the opportunity. The Sanguine Skeletal Spirit will be unable to defeat Fire Phoenix but you can still call on the Nephilic Judge to control and seal it,” Bloody suggested.

“That’s the only choice we have. It should be fine for it to leave Tyrant’s side for a short while…” Lin Huang knew that among all his monster cards, only the Sanguine Skeletal Spirit and Kylie the Nephilic Judge were on white flame-level. They were capable of fighting in the air and with their abilities, they could fight the Fire Phoenix for a short period of time. In comparison, the combat strength of the other monsters was slightly weaker and most of them could not fly. They would only be dominated by the Fire Phoenix if they were to fight it, slowing Kylie and Bloody Robe down instead.

Since Lin Huang could not fly or launch distance attacks on the Fire Phoenix at all and the effect from his ranged attacks would be limited, even if he joined the fight, he could only distract the Fire Phoenix and do nothing else.

“It seems like I’ve to learn a skill for ranged attack or get a monster skill for it. Otherwise, I’ll have to get a firearm relic and complement it with a gunfighting secret skill.” Lin Huang thought determinedly.

Seeing that the flames outside the Dark Shield had subsided, Lin Huang recalled Kylie the Nephilic Judge back into her card form without hesitation and soon, she was summoned again.

Kylie had shrunk in her silver armor, stunning Yi Yeyu and Li Lang, who could only recognize her after a few seconds.

Lin Huang’s Dark Shield had disappeared and he gave Kylie a new instruction, “Kylie, please help Bloody Robe to control the Fire Phoenix and complete the punishment seal on the Fire Phoenix.”

Kylie took a glance at Lin Huang. Without saying anything, she flapped her wings and disappeared…

Chapter 307: Purplish-Gold Lightning

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

As soon as Kylie the Nephilic Judge entered, the battle became more intense.

Three of the double mutated white flame-level monsters clashed with each other, causing the clouds in the air to disappear. The remaining energy caused the ground to tremble a little.

The intense collision resulted in a strong wind pressure that resembled ripples on the water surface, spreading far and wide. The crushed rocks on the ground sprayed everywhere like bullets and waves even appeared on the ocean of lava that was initially calm.

Seeing the three monsters battling each other in the sky, Lin Huang exclaimed, “A Transcendent is indeed like nothing else. Even if it’s just at holy fire-level, its power for destruction can never be achieved by a normal human!”

Before becoming a Transcendent, Life Power could not be detached from one’s body. Aside from some monsters with special skills that allowed their Life Power to be separated from their body, most of the monsters were just like humans and they chose to use mainly short-range attacks as their main battle strategy.

However, once they were upgraded to holy fire-level, the quality of their Life Power changed. Their Life Power could be detached from their body and this made the difference between the monster’s fighting style and that of humans’ whereby the damage caused would be increased as well.

The same thing had happened to Lin Huang now as he could not join the fight among the three Transcendent monsters at all. One of the reasons he could not do so was because he could not fly and the other reason was that his Life Power could not be separated from his body.

Despite the fact that his speed and defense strength was on par with the three Transcendent monsters, even for his close-range combat, he still could not approach them. The Fire Phoenix’s reflexes could easily keep Lin Huang away.

“Under such circumstances, I can’t even go close to them…” The battle in the air was so intense and Lin Huang panicked.

The sky got darker and the monsters in the ruins became more active. Although many of the monsters around them were terrified by the battle between the three Transcendents, the energy fluctuation caused by the battle might trigger monsters that were even more powerful to hunt them as prey.

“Don’t delay anymore. Quickly end the battle!” Lin Huang knew that it would get them into greater trouble if the battle was dragged out for too long.

As soon as he contacted Kylie with his mind, she suddenly exited the battle.

Along the purple long spear, a golden beam of light flowed continuously and a golden Thunder Sphere was quickly formed. The Thunder Sphere took only a few seconds to expand to the size of a human fist.

Kylie then picked up the Thunder Sphere with the tip of her spear and it blasted off into the sky. In just a short moment, it penetrated through the atmosphere and exploded, turning into a dazzling, golden laser beam.

Soon, a loud explosive noise was heard and dark clouds were instantly formed in the air. Within the dark clouds, beams of golden electric arcs were flickering wildly.

Not only did Kylie activate her Lightning Control , purple electric current flowed through Lin Huang’s body as well as he stared at the cloud layers.

After a short while, beams of purple electric arcs appeared out of nowhere, enhancing the beauty of the golden electric arcs. The cloud layers were a mishmashed painting of different shades of gold and purple, making it look very mysterious.

On top of the volcano, Yi Yeyu and Li Lang raised their heads and gazed at the sky. The sky was dark and the purple golden luster appeared to be rather appealing.

“The golden lightning appears only on the human-like monster’s body. Where does the purple lightning on the cloud layer come from?” Li Lang felt curious.

“Look at Lin Huang…” Yi Yeyu mumbled. Li Lang then noticed that there were faint purple electric arcs flickering on Lin Huang’s body.

“Is that a type of skill to control the elements?! The little brat sure picked up a lot of things!” Li Lang was astonished.

Yi Yeyu remained silent, fixing her gaze on Lin Huang as she fell into deep thought.

Lin Huang had just thought about overlaying both Thunder Control skills. By doing so, there would be a substantial increase in the frequency and density of lightning strikes, hence distracting the Fire Phoenix’s line of sight.

The dark clouds had enveloped an area of more than 10 kilometers in the sky.

Of course, the Fire Phoenix noticed that. However, it did not bother as the lightning element could not restrain it. If it turned out to be an ice element attack, the Fire Phoenix might be afraid of it but there was not much difference between the lightning strikes and normal Life Power attacks. At most, it would numb the Fire Phoenix.

However, on top of the dark cloud layer, lightning did not strike even after a long while. Lin Huang was shocked. He then activated Boundless Vision and gazed into the sky.

He then noticed that on the cloud layer, Kylie’s golden lightning and his purple lightning were intertwined together and strangely, they started to merge, forming into a purplish-gold color that differed from the two previous colors.

“How can such a mutation happen? Did they merge because they are skills of the same type?” Lin Huang could not find a better explanation for that incident. His Lightning Control was extracted from Kylie’s skills. However, such a mutation was out of his expectation.

As soon as the merging of the first beam of lightning had succeeded, the rest of them seemed to be infected as other purple and golden lightning branches started merging with each other rapidly.

In just a short while, the purplish-gold radiance had completely disappeared and it was replaced with purplish-gold lightning throbbing vigorously between the cloud layers.

On top of the volcano, Yi Yeyu and Li Lang noticed the changes too. However, only the Fire Phoenix remained oblivious.

Kylie the Nephilic Judge immediately exited the battle. The Fire Phoenix did not chase after her, focusing on killing the Sanguine Skeletal Spirit instead as it wanted to get back its Fire Spark.

As a fire element monster, the Fire Phoenix’s attack had a limited effect on the Sanguine Skeletal Spirit. Therefore, it had chosen to engage it in close combat.

During the battle, the Sanguine Skeletal Spirit had powerful defenses in addition to the appearance of its Punishment Chain from time to time. Although it seemed like it could not fight back at all, it would not be easily defeated in a short period of time.

Purplish-gold lightning had formed in the sky, revealing its ferocious nature. At that moment, the sky was getting darker. On the cloud layer, a beam of purplish-gold lightning penetrated through the sky and attacked the Fire Phoenix at a terrifying speed.

At almost the same time when the beam of lightning appeared, the Fire Phoenix seemed to have sensed that danger was coming from atop. Before it could dodge the attack, the beam of lightning had already struck its back.

A screech and the rumbling of thunder were heard simultaneously. Right after the attack hit the Fire Phoenix, its body sank and a black burn mark appeared on its back.

Although it was not severely injured, pain that it had never felt before seared through its body. The Fire Phoenix immediately flapped its wings and escaped from the battle with the Sanguine Skeletal Spirit, staring at the sky in fear…

Between the cloud layers, the second beam of purplish-gold lightning was formed, indicating the arrival of a terrifying power.

The Fire Phoenix immediately flapped its wings vigorously to dodge the attack. Although the first attack did not cause any internal injuries, it obviously had broken through the Fire Phoenix’s feather defense. It was in so much pain and felt numb at the same time. It definitely did not want to be struck by the lightning again.

The second beam of lightning missed the Fire Phoenix as it dodged it. However, there was the third, fourth and fifth beam that rained down crazily like a thunderstorm…

Chapter 308: Fire vs Lightning

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Purplish-gold lightning that resembled a freak thunderstorm rained down from the sky. The Fire Phoenix who would not usually care about thunder element attacks immediately flapped its wings to dodge the attacks as it dared not fight it after being struck for the first time.

The Fire Phoenix seemed to have teleported to the best of its ability. Each time it flapped its wings, it would immediately disappear, avoiding the lightning attacks. Although it seemed like it was using Flicker , it was actually because the Fire Phoenix’s teleportation ability had reached the maximum level.

Its wings continued to flap and Fire Phoenix was constantly changing its position in the air to avoid the purplish-gold lightning attacks.

Right after it had successfully dodged the attack, a huge black pit with a diameter of a few meters was formed on the volcanic rock.

Aside from that, the purplish-gold lightning caused the volcanic rock’s internal structure to melt due to the sudden release of energy with such high temperature. There were countless unique marks made by the lightning imprinted on the pit and the surrounding ground.

The rock with patterns formed by high temperature lightning was known as Thunderstrike Rock in this world. It was rare and was the ultimate collector’s item for rich men. It was said that only three of the collectors in Division7 owned such an item.

Of course, Lin Huang did not know much about that but Yi Yeyu and Li Lang felt avaricious just looking at them.

“There are so many Thunderstrike Rocks here. If we can take any of them and sell them at art auctions, we can definitely fetch a good price. We’re going to be rich!” Li Lang’s saliva practically dripped from his mouth.

“Get one for our great-grandfather. He’ll definitely like it…” Yi Yeyu mumbled, stroking her chin.

Both of them seemed to have forgotten their situation as they stared at the Thunderstrike Rocks and their mind went blank.

Although the battle was still as intense, the Fire Phoenix did not stop dodging but it had no more energy to attack.

Despite possessing the transcendent teleportation ability that gave it terrifying speed, it still could not dodge the lightning attack perfectly. It would occasionally get hit by the purplish-gold lightning. Each time the attack struck it, it would experience intense pain followed by numbness. The area where it was attacked would turn charcoal black. Even if it had strong recovery abilities, it could hardly recover in such a short period of time.

After being attacked several times, the thought of retreating arose in the Fire Phoenix. Trapped in an area that was shrouded in dark clouds, it was now in the worst possible situation. It wanted to get out of the dark clouds and wait for them to disperse.

Flapping its wings, it then fled towards the ocean of lava.

Right at that moment, flaming chains streaked across the sky, turning into a huge net and blocking its way.

Knowing that it was the Punishment Chains , the Fire Phoenix did not dare touch it at all. It quickly turned back and flew in another direction. Again, thePunishment Chains  appeared abruptly to block its way.

The attack speed of the Punishment Chains was actually on par with the Fire Phoenix’s speed of flying. The reason why it could not be captured was because the Punishment Chains were unable to estimate its direction and dodging angle so quickly

However, knowing that the Fire Phoenix intended to flee, it would be easier to capture it with the chains as long the direction it was headed in was identified.

“Hehehe… The rare Fire Phoenix chooses to escape battle? How humiliating!” The Sanguine Skeletal Spirit mocked, “If you’re willing to give me the phoenix blood, I’ll let you go…”

“This fella…” Lin Huang was speechless as he heard that. The Sanguine Skeletal Spirit’s attitude was just as bad as it was before it was killed, having the guts to declare that it would let the Fire Phoenix go in front of Lin Huang. However, Lin Huang knew that despite having such an attitude, it would have no way of disobeying Lin Huang’s order as it was restricted by the rules of the monster card.

Unexpectedly, the Fire Phoenix was not angry. It ignored the Sanguine Skeletal Spirit’s provocation. Meanwhile, it dodged the lightning attacks as it thought of ways to solve the problem.

All of a sudden, it glanced at Kylie who was standing outside the battle. Kylie’s body was flickering in a golden electric glow, her eyes flashing with a trace of fury.

“You’re the one who did that. Since I can’t get out of this area, I might as well kill you first! Once you’re dead, the lightning will probably disappear!”

As the thought ran through its mind, the Fire Phoenix immediately pounced on Kylie.

Seeing the Fire Phoenix pouncing on her, even to the extent of ignoring the lightning attacks, Kylie picked up her spear and was ready for the fight without an ounce of fear.

The purple long spear in its hand clashed with the Fire Phoenix’s claws again.

Despite having a huge difference in body size, the collision only proved that the both of them were equally powerful.

Apparently, the Fire Phoenix had chosen the wrong opponent for close combat. In terms of combat abilities, Kylie the Nephilic Judge was way stronger than the Sanguine Skeletal Spirit. She had even controlled the Grimace Clown that had wicked intentions previously. The Fire Phoenix was enormous in size and looked intimidating. As a matter of fact, it was a monster that was skilled in ranged elemental attack with average close combat abilities. Using its own weakness to fight Kylie’s strength, of course, it would not get its desired result.

However, the Fire Phoenix noticed its mistake right after the attack. Nine of its tail feathers vibrated slightly and soon, nine flaming tail whips appeared in the air out of nowhere and attacked Kylie.

Kylie was white flame-level. Once her Seraphic Speed was activated, she would be several times faster than Lin Huang’s while his  Thunder Steps and Seraphic Speed ability was activated. Transforming into shadows in the sky, she could easily dodge the tail whips. She grabbed her purple spear and counterattacked.

Although Lin Huang who was standing on the ground could not join the battle, he was the one who controlled the lightning that streaked across the sky together with Kylie as she fought.

Kylie was engaged in a fight, so she could no longer control the lightning. Of course, Lin Huang would not let go of such a good opportunity to attack the Fire Phoenix. He controlled the descent of the purplish-gold lightning bolts and attacked the Fire Phoenix.

Encountering Kylie’s counterattack, the Fire Phoenix was in dire straits as it was hit several times by the lightning bolts. The intense pain and numbness that followed affected its movements.

Kylie took the opportunity while the Fire Phoenix was not paying attention to her. She unleashed her Judgement Spear at full force, tearing its neck apart.

Its scorching blood resembled flames as it dripped out of its wounds. It was the first time the Fire Phoenix felt an injury.

Kylie launched consecutive attacks, turning her spear into beams of light and shooting them at the Fire Phoenix.

The Sanguine Skeletal Spirit took a chance to launch another onslaught as well, blocking the Fire Phoenix’s way to retreat with its chains.

At that moment, the Fire Phoenix’s feathers started burning and in just an instant, it completely turned into a colossal flaming bird.

Kylie’s spear directly penetrated through the flame.

” Elemental Transformation !”

Lin Huang frowned. After going through Elemental Transformation , the Fire Phoenix’s body would no longer exhibit its usual characteristics. The effect of physical attacks would be rendered useless. Despite Kylie’s spear penetrating through its body, the physical impact of the attack would no longer work. If she were to attack it with Life Power, the effect on it would be limited as well. Furthermore, the purplish-gold lightning that appeared in the sky could only remove part of the flames within its body and would not cause a significant impact on its body any further.

“The Fire Phoenix is forced to go through an Elemental Transformation . It’s difficult to keep it with us now…” Yi Yeyu was slightly disappointed as she stared at them, feeling disdain as she would not be able to hunt down the Fire Phoenix.

Just then, golden beams of light were released from Kylie’s body. In an instant, she turned into a golden human-like bolt of lightning. She had gone throughElemental Transformation as well…

Chapter 309: Completing A Capture!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

 Golden lightning and red flames clashed with each other continuously in the sky.

Each impact caused a serious stir in the surrounding space. It seemed like the area where the both of them collided with each other became distorted.

The intense collision created wind pressure that resembled ripples, spreading everywhere. A growl that was even louder than the rumbling of thunder was heard, causing Yi Yeyu and Li Lang on top of the volcano to cover their ears as well.

After it had gone through the Elemental Transformation , the Fire Phoenix’s speed had increased. The probability of it getting hit by lightning was reduced drastically and even the Sanguine Skeletal Spirit’s Punishment Chain could not catch up with its speed anymore.

At the foot of the volcano, Lin Huang frowned.

“If this continues, the concentration of the Fire Phoenix’s Life Power will stretch beyond Kylie’s Life Power. With such an impact, we won’t know who will win the fight in a short period of time. However, after a prolonged period of collision, Kylie will collapse…” Lin Huang noticed the problem after the both of them had clashed with each other several times. “Since lightning can no longer affect it, it’s time to switch to wide-area attack. Kylie’s one of those who can unleash the skill. Therefore, the lightning won’t be affected.”

Lin Huang immediately planned what to do. He then raised his head, staring at the sky.

The sky was overcast with dark clouds. The purplish-gold lightning did not stop dancing between the cloud layers and fury flashed within Lin Huang’s eyes.

A few moments later, the lightning started to break away from the clouds.

“Get down!” Lin Huang said in a low voice and lightning began to descend from the sky, resembling a waterfall.

The Fire Phoenix was no longer the target of the lightning bolts. It hit the ground everywhere as if it was raining heavily, attacking the area shrouded in dark clouds.

Fortunately, Yi Yeyu and Li Lang were hundreds of meters away from the region covered by dark clouds, so they were safe from the attack.

Lin Huang was not the one controlling it. When he had intentionally stacked the charges between the cloud layers, it had exceeded the load limit of the cloud layer which inevitably caused the lightning to completely break away.

In an instant, thousands of lightning bolts struck the ground at almost the same time, enveloping the entire region at the foot of the volcano.

Not only was the Fire Phoenix covered by the purplish-gold lightning, Kylie and Lin Huang were within the range of attack as well. However, since the both of them were the ones who triggered the lightning, they were not attacked by the lightning rods. However, the Sanguine Skeletal Spirit was not so lucky as it could only block the lightning bolts by controlling the lava to form a defensive layer on top of its head. By doing so, it had drawn all the lightning into the ocean of lava and successfully avoided the attack.

There was a significant increase in the speed and density of the lightning attack as the Fire Phoenix got attacked again and again.

Although the lightning did not have a significant effect on the Fire Phoenix’s body, it was somehow depleting it of its elemental flame. Moreover, as there was a great amount of lightning energy associated with the lightning strikes, each attack consumed a large amount of the Fire Phoenix’s energy. The energy consumed with each attack it took was comparable to when it collided with Kylie.

On the other hand, Kylie was not affected. She did not suffer any attacks from the lightning as it was her own skill. However, she took the initiative to absorb the surrounding lightning bolts, causing her aura to grow even stronger.

Then, the situation got warped. Kylie’s attack that was initially being suppressed now grew stronger and she seemed to have gone insane as if she had no more fear or inhibition. On the other hand, the Fire Phoenix began to worry that its energy would be depleted and the period of Elemental Transformation would be shortened. It then switched from being on offense to being on defense. Knowing that such a high-frequency lightning attack would not work for a long period of time, it was getting ready to counterattack right after the lightning strikes stopped. In just an instant, it was obvious that Fire Phoenix was completely pinned down by Kylie.

Since the attack made no difference, in order to avoid greater consumption of energy, the Fire Phoenix had decided to use a small portion of its energy to dodge the lightning attack.

Looking at the Sanguine Skeletal Spirit’s little trick in mid-air, Lin Huang grinned.

After Kylie had gone through the Elemental Transformation , she had grown larger. In addition to absorbing the lightning bolts earlier, her body had expanded as well. In this state of Elemental Transformation,  her height reached about 10 meters tall.

When the Fire Phoenix did not pay attention to her, she hid a few Punishment Chains behind her back. Before the Sanguine Skeletal Spirit activated itsPunishment skill, the Punishment Chains were only ordinary chains and would not affect Kylie.

The Fire Phoenix was caught unprepared and a bolt of lightning struck it again. The next moment, Kylie took the opportunity and approached it.

Two beams of golden light and red light crashed into each other again. However, just then, red glows emerged from behind the golden beam of light at a terrifying speed, heading towards the Fire Phoenix.

Taking a nervous glance at it, the Fire Phoenix immediately retreated as it did not want to be locked down by the Punishment Chains .

The speed of the Fire Phoenix’s retreat was alarmingly fast and it managed to get rid of the flaming chains in an instant. However, all of a sudden, it felt that its tail had sunk. As it turned back, it realized that its tail was entangled by a flaming chain that had appeared out of nowhere.

It attempted to escape. However, it noticed that its Life Power was depleting quickly. Right at that moment, it was locked by eight additional chains. Despite the fact that it had gone through an Elemental Transformation , its body instantly returned to its original state.

Nine of the chains quickly extended over the Fire Phoenix’s body, locking its wings, claws and even its beak.

The Fire Phoenix’s huge body immediately fell to the ground as it still struggled to break free of the chains.

It all happened very suddenly. Yi Yeyu was stunned for a moment, then she summoned a flying mount and rushed over.

In just a few moments, she appeared in the sky above the Fire Phoenix, summoning a long green saber.

“Quickly get it done. If it gets rid of the chains, it’ll be difficult to capture it again,” Lin Huang urged.

“Alright!” Yi Yeyu immediately gathered her Life Power to unleash the strongest saber skill she had without a moment of hesitation.

“Hmph, weak human ants. Even if my Life Power is sealed, you’ll not be able to break through it!” The Fire Phoenix took a glance at Yi Yeyu and its voice boomed without even using its mouth. “Right after I break the chains, I’ll immediately activate another Fire Spark and kill you all!”

“Aren’t you afraid that your Fire Spark will be snatched away again?” Lin Huang grinned as he teased him.

The blade of Yi Yeyu’s green, long saber relic was rapidly enveloped by the red Life Power.

The moment when the Fire Phoenix that was originally fearless saw the long saber’s blade, its pupils dilated. With just one look, it could sense that the saber was dangerous. The extent of danger it was facing was way beyond all the opponents it had ever encountered. It then began to struggle.

“Damn, what’s the red Life Power for?!” Fear bubbled in the Fire Phoenix’s heart. It did not know what the red Life Power was. However, it could sense that it would definitely die if it was struck by it.

Cracking sounds from the Punishment Chains were suddenly heard. The Fire Phoenix struggled, getting rid of the Punishment Chains with its wings. It quickly flailed its wings as it wanted to flee. However, the Fire Phoenix’s body was captured by the remaining chains.

Flapping its wings hard, the Punishment Chains instantly broke into pieces.

“Act now!” Lin Huang yelled.

Yi Yeyu’s Rainbow Sparrow seemed to be frightened by the Fire Phoenix’s power and dared not move forward…

At that moment, a silver beam streaked across the sky and grabbed Yi Yeyu before pouncing on the Fire Phoenix that was struggling to break the last chain…

Chapter 310: Hunting For The Tinder

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Despite having its Life Power sealed, the Fire Phoenix was still powerful. The moment it noticed the impending danger, it unleashed an immense amount of strength, struggling to break free of the Punishment Chains to flee.

Unfortunately, the Fire Phoenix did not manage to get rid of all the Punishment Chains . While it flapped its wings desperately to escape, it still got entangled by the Punishment Chains and its escape route was blocked. Its movements turned sluggish in mid-air.

“Damn it, please break!”

Since it was being blocked, the Fire Phoenix then began flailing its wings faster. The remaining Punishment Chains began to break…

Just before the last Punishment Chain broke and the Fire Phoenix was about to flee, Kylie, who had transformed back to her real body, attacked. She grabbed Yi Yeyu’s collar, transforming into a silver blur and quickly pounced towards the Fire Phoenix that was lingering in the air!

Looking at Yi Yeyu’s red long saber that was about to attack it, the Fire Phoenix was filled with intense fear. It had never worked its wings at such a rate before in its entire life.

A cracking sound was heard. It had finally broken the last Punishment Chain . The moment when Lin Huang and the rest of them heard the crack of the chain, everyone’s hearts sank.

As soon as it managed to break the chain, the Fire Phoenix immediately flew up high into the sky…

Yi Yeyu ground her teeth and demanded, “Send me there!”

Immediately, an immense power came up behind her. Yi Yeyu’s slender body accelerated in a blink of an eye as she headed towards the Fire Phoenix that was flying in mid-air…

The Fire Phoenix could feel its Life Power being quickly unsealed. The immense strength it used to have had returned and it felt slightly relieved. Before it left, it sneered at the people watching from below. However, it then saw a terrifying scene — the woman, who was armed with a saber, had sped up, dashing towards it…

The Fire Phoenix was unable to dodge her at all. Yi Yeyu’s long green saber that was covered with bloody Life Power broke through its feather defense with ease. The blade completely punctured its stomach and only the handle of the saber could be seen outside.

“Jeez… I wonder what monster’s soul Xue Luo inserted into Yi Yeyu’s body. It can control fire element monsters to such an extent…”

Lin Huang clearly knew how powerful the Fire Phoenix’s defense was. Seeing Yi Yeyu’s long saber completely brushing off the Fire Phoenix’s defense and penetrating through its body, he knew that it was the effect of her unique physique. He had expected this outcome the moment he saw the Fire Phoenix’s strange reaction. The consequences of the attack on the Fire Phoenix had proven his prediction right.

Even Kylie was shocked to see this. The Sanguine Skeletal Spirit then looked at Yi Yeyu with trepidation.

Mid-air, the Fire Phoenix felt severe pain burning its wound. Soon, a peculiar energy invaded its body through the wound and it had no idea what type of energy it was as it started engulfing the flame energy from its body. In just a blink of an eye, the Fire Phoenix felt that the fire flame in its body had been extinguished together with the remaining Fire Spark …

After it had lost its flame energy, its body started to sink. It did not even have the energy to move its wings and soon, its huge body plummeted to the ground. Kylie dodged and carried Yi Yeyu in her arms.

Boom!

The Fire Phoenix instantly fell to the ground and a cloud of smoke billowed up into the air from the foot of the volcano.

Even Lin Huang could sense it from afar that it was about to die. He noticed that Yi Yeyu did not strike its weak point though.

Kylie then carried Yi Yeyu and soon, they reached the ground. Her face blushed when she got out of Kylie’s arms.

“Stay focused. Get ready to extract its tinder, it’s collapsing really soon!” Lin Huang’s voice was heard as he came up behind Yi Yeyu.

To avoid any unnecessary distractions, Lin Huang had recalled Kylie and the Sanguine Skeletal Spirit. He then retreated hundreds of meters away. As a matter of fact, according to the rule of Life Fire tinder extraction, as long as there were no Transcendent humans around her, the extraction process would not be affected. Lin Huang wanted to play safe, hence he stayed away.

Since everything had now been decided, Li Lang rode on the Ashenquill Eagle and descended beside Lin Huang.

The huge Fire Phoenix gradually collapsed onto the ground and soon died.

Yi Yeyu, who was staring at the Fire Phoenix, immediately moved forward, pressing against its huge carcass as her red-colored Life Power penetrated through the Fire Phoenix’s body like silk threads.

Inside the Fire Phoenix’s body, the white Life Fire that was about to fade out turned into a white peanut-sized tinder. The tinder that was going to die out soon sensed the guidance of the red Life Power as if there was a chance for it to reignite and it attempted to absorb the red Life Power. As soon as the red Life Power was being absorbed, the tinder lit up. Apparently, it had sensed something delicious, engorging on the energy like a starving animal all the way…

Hunting the tinder was just like fishing; you had to use your own Life Power as bait to lead the tinder to enter your body.

Therefore, the first criteria to successfully extract a tinder was to make sure that the tinder would be partial to one’s Life Power. If it was not the type of Life Power that the tinder preferred, the tinder would not be lured out. It would hide deep inside the monster carcass and disappear within an hour right after the monster had died.

Of course, the prerequisite was that the tinder hunter must be the one who killed the monster. Otherwise, even if one could get to the monster carcass before the tinder disappeared, the tinder would automatically collapse the moment that Life Power was inserted into the monster carcass and there would be no way of extracting it. Nobody knew where such a theory came from. However, everyone knew that it was a rule that could not be violated as it had been verified by the people who had tried to bypass it.

In a nutshell, the time limit to hunt for the tinder was one hour and the hunter had to be the murderer as well. Also, the hunter’s Life Power had to be preferred by the tinder. An hour later, if the tinder was not drawn into the hunter’s body, it would automatically collapse and one would fail in the quest for the tinder.

Without a doubt, Yi Yeyu was quite successful extracting the Life Power. In less than 30 seconds, she had successfully lured the tinder into her body.

As soon as the tinder entered her body, Yi Yeyu released her palm that was pressing against the Fire Phoenix’s body.

“Can you really do it that quickly?!” Even Lin Huang was amazed by her.

Yi Yeyu nodded her head with a smile. She did not expect things to go so smoothly. “I’ll need some time to reignite the tinder.”

“Alright, we’ll keep watch beside you.” Lin Huang nodded.

Yi Yeyu then sat down and started controlling the tinder that was inserted into her Life Wheel. It was engulfing the Life Power within her body…

Lin Huang and Li Lang waited patiently around Yi Yeyu. From just a short distance, they could clearly sense the Life Power within Yi Yeyu’s body being drained. In just a few breaths, the aura released by her Life Power had completely disappeared. It felt like she was engaged in an intense battle that drained her Life Power.

In Yi Yeyu’s body, the peanut-sized tinder did not only engulf all the Life Power in her Life Wheel within a few minutes, it even absorbed all the Life Power within her body that had drifted away from her Life Wheel.

The crust of the tinder started to crack after all her Life Power had been engulfed and the energy of the white flame was released gradually. As time passed, more cracks appeared on the tinder and the white flame started to burn vigorously. Eventually, the tinder had completely turned into a white Life Fire, releasing a significant amount of Life Power. Yi Yeyu’s empty Life Wheel and her body that was running out of Life Power had been restored…

Chapter 311: The Fire Phoenix’s Carcass

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The rules for advancing from complete gold-level to holy fire-level were totally different from the norm.

Upgrading from iron to gold-level would only require one to kill a Life Seed monster. After the monster was killed, one would automatically go through a Life Light Baptism. The Life Seed would be drawn into the hunter’s body as well, allowing the hunter to directly complete the transformation.

Upgrading to holy fire-level, however, one would need to kill the monster and extract its Life Fire tinder. Upon the completion of the extraction of the tinder, the tinder could be reignited by Life Power after it was inserted into one’s body. A Life Fire could then be formed.

However, the success rate of extracting Life Fire tinder was not guaranteed.

After the holy fire-level monster had died, the tinder would exist for only one hour before self-destructing. That being said, not retrieving it within one hour would indicate that the extraction of tinder had failed.

Furthermore, despite the fact that the tinder of Life Fire existed in living organisms, it somehow still had a relatively weak consciousness. It would choose its host on its own. The most likely scenario was that one would only be able to extract tinder with which their Life Power matched.

Therefore, by forcefully extracting tinder from a monster that did not match one’s characteristic or element, a hunter could be rejected with a probability of at least 90% and he or she would be unable to extract the tinder. Of course, most of them would not choose to do so.

Yi Yeyu was a good example. To the Fire Phoenix’s tinder, her Life Power was absolutely delicious. That was the reason why she could easily complete the extraction of its tinder. In fact, an ordinary person would need to spend more than half an hour to complete the entire process.

Of course, this was what they had to pay attention to during the extraction of tinder. Hunting the monster itself was another thing altogether.

The only similar thing between upgrading from iron to gold-level was that one could form a team to hunt the monster. However, the similarity ended there.

While hunting for the tinder of a monster, aside from the human’s combat strength having to be lower than that of the monster by at least one level, a limit for the number of people was there – not more than 100 participants could join!

The number of monsters being summoned would not be counted in this party of hunters.

However, there were rules established for the monsters being summoned as well. First of all, the monsters being summoned must not exceed the monster’s combat strength. Secondly, the number of monsters being summoned could not exceed ten and lastly, the person who obtained the tinder would be the one who last killed the monster.

No matter how hard they tried, even if their Life Power matched the tinder’s characteristics and regardless of how delicious it was to the tinder, it would not have any reaction.

Going against any of the rules, even after the monster had been killed, the tinder would automatically collapse as soon as the monster died. It was an absolute restriction. During the past hundred years, many of them had been looking for different tricks and ways to bypass the rules. Instead, as a consequence, they had only proven that these were rules that could not be violated and there would be no exclusion.

Upon obtaining the tinder, it would automatically immerse itself in the hunter’s body to obtain his or her Life Wheel. One would have to allow the tinder to absorb all the Life Power to ignite it.

The tinder and Life Power were correlated. The higher the compatibility between the both of them, the faster the tinder would light up and the reverse was true. It would then take a longer time to transform the tinder into a Life Fire.

Apparently, Yi Yeyu’s Life Power was extremely compatible with the tinder. In about three minutes, the tinder had completely engulfed her Life Power and transformed, igniting the Life Fire.

After the Life Fire had been ignited, there would be some changes in the quality of Life Power released.

If the concentration of Life Power from iron to gold-level was compared to that of vapor, the concentration at complete gold-level would be a denser form of vapor. At holy fire-level, the concentration of Life Power was no longer comparable to that of vapor. There would be changes in the quality of Life Power as it would be more similar to droplets of water instead.

Not only was the concentration of Life Power of those on holy fire-level higher than that of those on complete gold-level by more than tenfold, there was a change in the quality of Life Power as well. The change in the quality of the Life Power would also result in a change in the strength of body and soul.

Before achieving holy fire-level, other than using certain skills, the Life Power would not be able to be separated from one’s body. However, upon achieving holy fire-level, the Life Power could exist even if it had detached from the body. By achieving such a level, humans could generate impact waves like what occurred in Dragon Ball as long as they had sufficient Life Power.

That was also the reason why Lin Huang was so eager to become a Transcendent.

Furthermore, the existence of the Life Fire could increase the rate of recovery of the Life Power in the human body by more than tenfold.

Yi Yeyu had a unique physique. It took her only about half an hour for her Life Power to be filled by the Life Fire. Even the Life Power within her body had been restored. She felt energetic and powerful to the point that she even thought that she was having an illusion. She slowly opened her eyes, looking at the both of them who kept watch beside her.

“You’ve filled your Life Power so quickly?!” Although he knew that Yi Yeyu had a unique physique, still, Lin Huang was surprised.

“Yes.” Yi Yeyu nodded.

Lin Huang hesitated for a moment and requested, “This… Could you please sell the Fire Phoenix carcass to me?”

“The carcass belongs to you. Without you, I wouldn’t have been able to complete the extraction of its tinder. I’ve done nothing since the beginning. What I did was just kill it at the end of the battle,” Yi Yeyu laughed at herself.

“I’ll take it then. The carcass is useful to me.” After finishing his sentence, Lin Huang stored the Fire Phoenix’s huge carcass in his storage space. The reason why Lin Huang wanted the carcass of the Fire Phoenix was because it was a monster that had undergone two mutations and it fulfilled the requirement to unseal Bai. After drinking some fresh blood, Bai could then be unsealed.

Lin Huang had asked Xiao Hei about it while Yi Yeyu was igniting her Life Fire. The monster had stronger vitality than humans. The blood of a double mutated monster like the Fire Phoenix would still remain fresh within three hours after it had died.

Not only could the carcass of the Fire Phoenix unseal Bai; there was also no damage to its head, so after Bloody had leveled up, it could try to retrieve information from its brain. There was a possibility that its abilities could be recovered.

“I’ve finally completed the biggest mission in the training. What’s your plan?” Yi Yeyu asked the both of them.

“Of course, I’m aiming for holy fire-level as well…” Seeing that Yi Yeyu had killed the powerful Fire Phoenix and had leveled up, Li Lang looked somehow disappointed. He had chosen a monster that had only mutated once and its tinder was relatively weak.

“Do you need my help?” Lin Huang turned around and asked.

“No, I’ve already asked a few of them from the Hunter Association to kill it. I’ve chosen a normal Life Seed monster, so it should be easy to kill. If I can’t handle it, I’ll contact you then,” Li Lang rejected Lin Huang as he had promised his friends to hunt down the monster together. Furthermore, he was confident that he could kill it and he did not want to trouble Lin Huang.

“Lin Huang, what about you?” asked Yi Yeyu.

As soon as Lin Huang was thinking of how he should answer the question, an oppressive aura suddenly came from afar.

Lin Huang’s and Yi Yeyu’s facial expression changed abruptly. The intimidating aura must have been released by monsters that were at least purple flame-level. It was even stronger than the aura emitted by the Fire Phoenix.

“Run!”

Lin Huang summoned his dimensional relic, the Black Ink, without a moment’s hesitation. A black door was instantly activated and the three of them quickly ran over to it

The moment the Black Ink closed and disappeared, a flame that looked like a meteorite hurtled towards the door. The flame blasted off into the sky, stirring up waves in the ocean of lava that reached hundreds of meters high. On the other side, a few of the volcanoes collapsed abruptly due to the energy generated by the shock…

A few moments later, a gigantic dragon-like monster that was even bigger than the Fire Phoenix spread its wings and swept past the entire region…

Chapter 312: Submission Of The Mission

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Holy fire-level was categorized into five mini levels. To rank them in ascending order, white flame-level came first, followed by crimson flame-level, blue flame-level, purple flame-level, then gold flame-level.

Monsters like the Sanguine Skeletal Spirit that Lin Huang had captured earlier and Kylie the Nephilic Judge that he had unsealed as well as the Fire Phoenix that he had just killed were monsters on white flame-level.

However, a white flame-level monster that had mutated a second time would have abilities that were on par with a blue flame-level that had not gone through any mutations yet. As the Fire Phoenix possessed phoenix blood, its ability was slightly stronger. Perhaps, it could even fight a blue flame-level monster that had mutated once.

Although Lin Huang and Yi Yeyu had no idea what the monster that they had detected earlier from afar was, they could sense just from its aura alone that it was on at least purple flame-level. It might be a gold flame-level monster as the aura of the monster was a lot stronger than that of the Fire Phoenix even though it was still far away from them.

Obviously, the monster was attracted by the aura released from the battle. A monster that dared to approach them even after it could sense that there was a battle among three double mutated white flame-level monsters must be confident that it was capable of gobbling up the three powerful double mutated monsters.

Fortunately, Yi Yeyu spent only half an hour to complete the ignition of the Life Fire. If she was a few minutes slower or if the monster came a few minutes earlier, the three of them would definitely become monster food.

Based on Lin Huang’s current abilities in addition to the monsters that he could summon, defeating a monster that was on a level like the Fire Phoenix was his maximum limit. Fighting a monster that was stronger than that was beyond his capabilities. That was also the reason why he had chosen to run away at the very moment when he sensed the aura.

Passing through the Black Ink, they appeared at a place that was thousands of kilometers away, somewhere near the forest of the Undying Bloodoaks.

The place was one of the locations that Lin Huang had set previously in the Black Ink, so that he could come over to see Tyrant’s condition at any time. Since they were in a hurry when the Black Ink was being activated, he did not manage to choose a specific place in time. Therefore, they were randomly sent to this place.

“What was that?! I felt like it was way stronger than the Fire Phoenix!” The thought struck terror in Yi Yeyu.

“I don’t know, but it’s at least on purple flame-level. We can’t fight it.” Lin Huang was slightly relieved. Right at the moment when the door was about to close, he could vaguely see the meteorite approaching.

“Was there a monster attack just now?”

Li Lang could only react to it now that they mentioned it. He had been dragged into the door by Lin Huang, not having any idea about what was happening at all. Listening to their conversation, he then knew why Lin Huang had suddenly summoned a dimensional relic.

Both of them were speechless and took a glance at the ignorant Li Lang.

“By the way, where’s this place? It looks familiar.” Yi Yeyu suddenly noticed that the surrounding environment was somehow familiar yet strange.

“You feel the same way too? I thought it was an illusion. I feel that it looks like the forest of the Undying Bloodoaks that we passed through previously…” Li Lang’s voiced out. As he observed around, he felt odd.

“Yes, it looks like it… But there aren’t any Undying Bloodoaks over there. Why have all of them have disappeared?” As soon as Li Lang reminded them of that, Yi Yeyu turned back and looked at the direction where the Undying Bloodoaks were supposed to be. She frowned.

“Lin Huang, why did you set this location as our destination? You’re not the one who wiped out everything in the forest, are you?” After witnessing Lin Huang’s skills, he felt that no ordinary person could do such a thing. Perhaps, only Lin Huang was capable of doing so.

“No, it’s not me. I found out that the forest was being wiped out when I passed through this place a few days ago, so I set this location as I felt that it was weird that the forest has disappeared. I wanted to try and see if I can figure out what’s happening by chance when I’m free,” Lin Huang simply came up with some excuses.

Both of them easily believed what Lin Huang said as the forest of the Undying Bloodoak had completely disappeared as if it had never existed before. It did not look like it could be done by an ordinary human.

“Many of the unknown abilities that we can’t defeat exist in the ruins…” Yi Yeyu sighed.

Lin Huang was slightly relieved as the both of them trusted what he said. In fact, he had revealed many of his abilities to both of them but he did not wish for them to know more of his secrets. It was not because he could not trust them. He felt that the knowledge of his secrets brought no benefit to both parties and it might even cause them trouble.

Glancing at the time projected, it was about eight o’clock at night. It had been more than 40 minutes since the Fire Phoenix had died.

“Lin Huang, is there anything that you have to deal with?” Yi Yeyu asked as she noticed that Lin Huang had also glanced at the time when he had requested for the carcass of the Fire Phoenix from her. He looked at the time again after a while and she could not help but feel that he had something urgent to settle. “Get your work done first. Once you’re done, we’ll meet again.”

“Alright, I do have something to deal with. I’ll bring the both of you back to the place for submission of our mission. We’ve collected enough Transcendent monsters. We might as well submit our assignment first. Wait for me over there and I’ll join you guys right after I’m done with my work,” Lin Huang suggested.

“If you’re in a hurry, you may get your work done first. We’re not in rush to submit the mission,” Li Lang explained.

“I still have time, let’s submit the mission first.”

Lin Huang was worried that the both of them were going to stay here as he was afraid that they would discover Tyrant who was unsealing itself underground and that Tyrant’s unsealing process would be interrupted. As for Bai’s unsealing, although it was only about forty minutes since the Fire Phoenix had died, the submission of the mission could be done in a few minutes, so he would still be able to make it.

He summoned the Black Ink again, specifying the location of the place for submission of their assignment. They strode over to the door and the door gradually closed.

When they appeared again, they arrived at the place where they had gathered during the second round of training.

The examiner of the second round of training, Zang Bing, was startled the moment when he saw them arrive. Immediately, he noticed that Yi Yeyu had achieved white flame-level.

“Why did the three of you come back? Have you completed the mission?!” Zang Bing felt like it was only the second day since the assessment had started. Despite the fact that they had a member who had achieved white flame-level, it was impossible for them to complete the task of killing six Transcendent monsters as looking for the right Transcendent monster alone would take them some time.

“Examiner, we’ve completed our task and we’re here to submit it,” Li Lang said with a smile, “I guess we’re the first team to complete the mission, aren’t we?”

“You’ll only be considered to have completed the mission after passing the carcasses to me.” Zang Bing stared at Li Lang as he hated glib-tongued people.

“Alright…” Li Lang felt bored and rubbed his nose after listening to what Zang Bing said. He then took out the Afflicted Weaver’s dead body while Yi Yeyu took out the dead body of the Fiendish Terraflame Lizard and the Volcanic Giant that she had killed. Lin Huang took out the carcasses of the Undead Soldier, the Greatsword Fiend, and the Blazecrystal Scorpion. He kept the dead body of the double mutated Sanguine Skeletal Spirit under his care.

Seeing the three of them produce six dead bodies of white flame-level monsters, Zang Bing was surprised. Gazing at them, he suspected that there must be a person among them that possessed unique detection abilities. Otherwise, even if they were capable of killing the monsters, it was impossible for them to complete the mission so quickly.

After scrutinizing the dead bodies, although he felt curious to know how some of the monsters had died, he just put the carcasses away and nodded at them.

“The three of you have passed the assessment. Tell me your names!”

“Yi Yeyu.”

“Li Lang.”

“Lin Huang.”

After a short while, Zang Bing found their names on the name list projected and marked a tick beside their names.

“Before the third assessment begins, the three of you can do whatever you like. However, I’d suggest you guys not to be lazy and go kill some Transcendent monsters. You’ll know why during the third round of the assessment,” Zang Bing issued a simple reminder and did not say anything after that.

“Both of you can wait for me over there. Since it’s late now, you can set up the tent somewhere around here and make some food. I’ll come back right after I get my things done.”

Again, Lin Huang summoned the Black Ink and went through the door…

Chapter 313: Unsealing Bai

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

After the second mission had been submitted, Yi Yeyu and Li Lang stayed somewhere near the examiner. Lin Huang then left by summoning the Black Ink without any worries.

The first location that he was sent to was the forest of the Undying Bloodoaks as it was where Tyrant was unsealed. He summoned Kylie again and instructed her to keep watch over the place. Lin Huang then summoned the Black Ink and left again.

The next location that he had chosen was a huge, extinct volcano. He had accidentally discovered this place when he had been through here while riding on the Alexandrian Eagle. He felt that the extinct volcano was a good shelter, hence, he had bookmarked the location on the Black Ink. He never knew that it would be useful for him until now.

The location was set right at the entrance of the volcano. After the Black Ink was recalled, Lin Huang summoned the Alexandrian Eagle. Riding on its back, they descended gradually and entered the volcano.

It was an extinct volcano which was quite humongous with a height of more than 5,000 meters. The diameter of its base was about 100 kilometers. There was no more lava beneath the volcano as it had now all become volcanic rock. Not even a hint of heat energy was released.

After he had confirmed that the internal space of the volcano was big enough, Lin Huang then restored the Alexandrian Eagle back to its card form and took out the Fire Phoenix carcass from its storage space. At the same time, Bai was summoned.

Right after Bai was summoned, upon seeing the Fire Phoenix’s carcass, he was triggered. He clearly knew that the carcass could help him to unseal himself. However, he did not act first. He looked at Lin Huang instead, waiting for him to give an instruction.

“Drink it,” Lin Huang ordered. He was quite satisfied with Bai’s reaction. Bai was the most obedient monster among all his monsters in the monster card collection.

Upon receiving Lin Huang’s instruction, Bai’s eyes suddenly turned red and he pounced on the Fire Phoenix’s carcass. He bit into the Fire Phoenix’s wound on its neck with his fangs and began to suck the Fire Phoenix’s blood.

Lin Huang sat on the ground and waited patiently. He was bored after a while, then he raised his head, gazing at the sky.

Despite the wide crater of the volcano, he felt like he was gazing at the moon through a well as he looked up from the base of the volcano that was thousands of meters deep.

Staring at the sky through the crater, Lin Huang fell into deep thought, “The sky that I can see from the base of the volcano is not a complete sky, just like the world that I see in Division7 is not how the whole world exactly looks like. The world is infinitely big. What I saw today, what I heard today and even what I encountered today, they’re all just a small part of the world… Perhaps I’ll be upgraded to holy fire-level soon, then I can then step out of Division7 to explore a bigger world…”

As time passed, Lin Huang still waited at the base of the volcano patiently.

The Fire Phoenix’s dead body began to shrivel away as Bai was draining it of its blood. In less than an hour, it looked like a mummy that had lost a great amount of water.

Seeing the changes in the Fire Phoenix’s body, Lin Huang knew that Bai was almost done. About ten minutes later, when the Fire Phoenix’s body had almost dried out completely, Bai then released the carcass reluctantly.

Extending his tongue and licked the remaining blood stains on its lip, Bai’s body gradually floated up into the air. His body was completely shrouded in a beam of white glow that looked like a spotlight in the sky. His white hair was ruffled despite the fact that there was no wind. Soon, a bloody mist gradually spread through the air and surrounded him. Lin Huang could sense that it was the Blood Spirit. However, it was his first time witnessing the Blood Spirit appearing in such a strange mist form as it would usually appear in the form of wings.

As soon as the Blood Spirit had appeared, Bai’s aura rapidly grew stronger. The layer of bloody mist got thicker as well and eventually enveloped his entire body. It had even formed a huge bloody spawn mid-air. As the white glow from the sky shone on it, the layer of the bloody nucleus reflected a crystal clear radiance.

What had happened was beyond Lin Huang’s expectations. When Kylie was unsealed, she had not gone through this process.

“It seems like it’s different from Kylie’s evolution…” Lin Huang lifted his head and looked at the huge bloody spawn in shock.

“He possesses the God’s blood in his body but because his combat strength was too weak previously, he couldn’t activate the God’s blood. After he’s unsealed, the God’s blood will be activated by default. Therefore, the third evolution which is the so-called ‘ultimate mutation’ will happen,” Xiao Hei suddenly explained.

“Is Bai going through the third advancement?!” Lin Hung then recalled the description on the monster card. He had not paid much attention to it previously. However, a question suddenly came to his mind. “Will it cause a big stir?”

Previously, during the second advancement, Lin Huang would always choose a place that was less crowded to avoid catching anyone’s attention during the advancement due to the fluctuation of energy. Perhaps, it would cause a bigger stir during the third advancement. There were countless Transcendent monsters in the ruins and once Bai’s aura was released, many of the powerful Transcendent monsters would hone in on Bai as their prey. This was because the probability of a double mutated monster going through the third mutation was higher as long as it could engulf a monster that had mutated three times.

“Yes, he’ll definitely lure other monsters out. Therefore, after he has leveled up, he has to leave as soon as possible.”

Lin Huang frowned when he heard the answer. After a short while, another question came into his mind. “After Bai has completed the third advancement, incidents like the Supreme Overlord won’t happen, would it?”

Xiao Hei gave a detailed explanation, “No, monster cards that are obtained from killing monsters or accumulated from monster card pieces will have no way of getting rid of the restriction rules of the monster card. Only monster cards that are sealed or being controlled forcefully will have the chance to go against the rules. In addition, since your combat level and authority have improved and my abilities are being constantly enhanced as well, it isn’t likely that such an incident will happen in the future.

“However, due to the restrictions on your authority, you’ll not be able to use a legendary level monster card. Therefore, after Bai has leveled up, he’ll be sealed. You’ll not be able to summon Bai before you’re upgraded to white flame-level.”

Although Bai was not rebellious, Lin Huang would still be unable to summon Bai after the third advancement as his authority would be restricted.

“Alright…” Lin Huang was slightly relieved when he heard the explanation. He was somehow helpless as Bai used to be his most frequently used monster card. Although he rarely used it nowadays, he somehow felt different since he knew that Bai would be sealed.

The huge bloody spawn was rotating in mid-air. As the beam of light from the sky shone on it, it looked like a beautiful work of art that was presenting itself to the people.

Lin Huang then summoned the Alexandrian Eagle and flew to the crater. He chose to keep watch at the crater as he was afraid that other monsters or humans would approach him, interrupting Bai’s advancement process.

It had been more than three hours since the start of the process. Fortunately, no monsters came over throughout it.

While Lin Huang was waiting nervously, he suddenly heard a soft crack coming from afar. He immediately activated his Boundless Vision and looked towards the direction of the sound.

A small crack appeared on the huge bloody spawn that was lingering mid-air. A terrifying aura was then gradually released from the crack…

Chapter 314: The Vampire Monarch

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Sensing the aura released from the huge bloody spawn, Lin Huang was startled.

“How incredibly powerful!”

The strength of the aura being released was far beyond the Fire Phoenix’s. In fact, it was even stronger than that of the Supreme Overlord that had mutated three times.

“The God’s blood is one of the strongest blood vessels. Although both of the monsters have mutated three times, Bai, who possesses the God’s blood, will be stronger than most of the triple mutated monsters after its evolution,” Xiao Hei explained as though it could sense what Lin Huang was thinking.

“However, perhaps the aura that Bai releases will attract many of the Transcendent monsters…” Lin Huang frowned, expressing his worries.

“Yes. In fact, many of the monsters will be attracted during the third evolution. Some of the powerful monsters can even sense the God’s blood as it’s the most valuable treasure to them. It might even be more attractive than a dragonkin. The ruins aren’t that big. It’s almost the same size as an A-grade foothold. Once Bai’s aura is released, almost all the monsters in the ruins will sense it. Therefore, you’ll have to recall Bai back into his card form in the very first place and leave.”

“All the monsters can sense it…?” Lin Huang did not feel relieved after listening to Xiao Hei’s explanation. He felt heavy-hearted instead.

As time passed, more cracks appeared on the huge bloody spawn and the immense aura emitted got even stronger. Lin Huang frowned.

At about midnight, a layer of faint bloody fog spread out from the irregular cracks. Even the white glow in the sky appeared bloody as if the huge bloody spawn was completely enveloped by a huge, bloody light column.

As the bloody light column shone on it, even Lin Huang could not see what kind of mutation the huge bloody spawn was going through.

All of a sudden, a colossal aura burst out from the volcano as if something powerful had awakened from a deep slumber. Meanwhile, the intensity of the aura was increasing every second.

Lin Huang could vaguely sense that the aura being emitted was majestic. He guessed that it must be an effect of the God’s blood. It would be easier for the monsters to notice the difference in Bai’s aura since even a human like him could sense it as well. His facial expression changed.

“I’m not sure how long it takes…” As the aura was released more and more powerfully, Lin Huang panicked. The longer it took, the more likely the powerful monsters would approach him.

Ten minutes later, the bloody light column that appeared in the sky gradually faded. Bai, who was previously shrouded in the huge bloody spawn, slowly revealed his body.

Bai no longer looked like a teenager. He looked more like a young man that was in his early twenties. His height was about 1.8 meters tall and his appearance was 80% similar to how he looked like previously. However, he did not look as gentle as he once did. He had a craggy face and his hair was still pure white and maintained at earlobe-length. From the neck down, he was wearing a black robe…

Having a cold, stony facial expression in addition to his attire, people on Earth would describe him as a standard handsome guy.

“Congratulations, monster card Bai has been upgraded from epic to legendary level!”

“Congratulations, you have obtained a legendary monster card, Vampire Monarch.”

After Bai had leveled up, he lifted his head and looked at Lin Huang in the sky. Placing one of his hands on his chest, he saluted Lin Huang.

The next moment, a notification from Xiao Hei popped up.

“Since you do not have the authority yet, you are unable to use a legendary level monster card. The monster card will be automatically sealed. After you have leveled up to holy fire-level and your authority is upgraded, the monster card will be automatically unsealed.”

Several black chains appeared on Bai’s body right after the notification was received and he was sealed. He looked calm and did not resist as he was completely trapped in the black chains. Soon after that, he disappeared.

The purple monster card that appeared on Lin Huang’s hand then turned into a gray stone. He had no more access to the information behind the card either. Soon, he received another notification from Xiao Hei.

“Congratulations, Blood Spirit has leveled up. You have obtained a new skill, Vampire Particles.”

“Don’t worry. I’ll unseal you really soon.” Lin Huang did not bother checking the description of the skill as he fixed his gaze on the front of the card that had turned gray. Gently rubbing the sides of the card with his thumb, he then recalled the card.

When he was about to leave, Lin Huang suddenly sensed a terrifying aura was approaching. With a grin on his face, he then summoned the Black Ink and entered the door.

Right at the moment when the Black Ink disappeared, a loud roar was heard coming from the sky. Soon, a huge shadow appeared somewhere near the crater just where Lin Huang had stood earlier.

As soon as it gave out a warning roar, the remainder of the impending aura hesitated for a moment and left. Monsters that were rushing over did not dare go closer anymore.

It was a giant dragon with a completely black body. Sitting right in front of the crater, it released its threatening aura, terrifying any other monsters that were coming for the God’s blood. It then popped its head slowly into the crater. Soon, it realized that its efforts were in vain.

Roar!

There were growls of anger from its belly and the humongous dragon checked out the surroundings with its red eyes. Still, it got nothing.

“Eh?”

All of a sudden, it sensed a familiar aura. The gigantic dragon immediately lowered its head, sniffing its surroundings. Soon after, it remained still at the position where Lin Huang had stood.

“It’s a human aura. It’s the aura of the people who escaped using the dimensional relic a few hours ago!”

Impressively, the black dragon was the Transcendent monster that had summoned meteorites to attack Lin Huang on the shore of the lava ocean.

“The monster that possesses the God’s blood has disappeared so quickly. The human that used the dimensional relic must have brought it away!”

A trace of fury flashed through black dragon’s eyes. “Human, how dare you snatch away the God’s blood? F*ck!”

With a low growl, the black dragon flapped its wings and flew up into the sky…

Lin Huang did not know that Bai’s advancement and the remaining aura released by himself had triggered such a powerful monster in the ruins.

As soon as Bai had leveled up, Lin Huang activated the Black Ink and set the location to the place they submitted their mission where the examiner, Zang Bing, was at.

It was about 1 a.m. However, the lights in Yi Yeyu’s and Li Lang’s tents were still lit up. Obviously, they were still awake.

Despite seeing that Lin Huang had just transported back, Zang Bing did not say anything.

As they heard the sound of footsteps, both of them unzipped their tents one after another.

“You’re back.” Yi Yeyu seemed relieved.

“Both of you are still awake,” Lin Huang commented. He then took out a tent and set it up.

“I can’t fall asleep. Perhaps it’s because I’ve just leveled up today and I’m too excited,” Yi Yeyu came up with an excuse.

“What about you? You got too excited as well?” Lin Huang turned around, looking at Li Lang as he teased him.

“Damn, I’m depressed, that’s why I can’t fall asleep. You’re a genius and Yeyu has leveled up to holy fire-level. I’m the only burden!” Li Lang complained.

“Why are you depressed? Even before Yeyu upgraded to holy fire-level, you were still a burden,” Lin Huang added.

Yi Yeyu sniggered.

“Damn, I’m not as mean as you!”

The three of them chatted for a while. Seeing that Zang Bing had fallen asleep, they went back to their own tents as well.

In the peaceful night, Lin Huang checked out the new skill that he had just obtained. He used to think that he would have no skill advancement since Bai was being sealed. It was because when the Supreme Overlord had been sealed, he did not obtain any skills. In fact, if the skill was originally possessed by him, despite the fact that the monster card had been sealed, the skill would still be upgraded in accordance with the upgrade of the monster card.

“Vampire Particles: The Vampire Monarch’s exclusive skill. It is evolved from Blood Spirit. Naturally, it is a peculiar energy that exists in the form of particles. You can create any colors or forms that you prefer by using the particles including weapons, armors, wings, and more.”

“Remarks 1: Vampire Particles has the ability to absorb blood automatically. The more blood is absorbed, the stronger the particles would become.”

“Remarks 2: The number of Vampire Particles is restricted by the user’s combat level. The higher the combat level of the user, the more Vampire Particles one can control.”

“Remarks 3: When something is killed with Vampire Particles, it’s likely that the elemental attributes of the body of the one being killed will be absorbed by the particles.”

“Remarks 4: Due to certain special reasons, the Vampire Particles that you own possess the fire elemental attribute by default.”

“It’s evolved from the Blood Spirit’s wings. They can change into several forms and their strength is a lot stronger as well. I should spend some time to check out how the skill can be used…” After reading the skill description, Lin Huang did not continue any further as it was quite late already. Closing the skill page and switching off the light in his tent, he quickly fell asleep…

Chapter 315: White Flame-Level Monsters Aren’t Scary

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

On the next day, Lin Huang woke up early in the morning. Compared to a few days back, he was much more relieved. The unsealing of Kylie the Nephilic Judge was completed, and the same applied to Bai who had even completed his third advancement. Meanwhile, Tyrant was still in the midst of unsealing, which would probably take another ten more days. The remaining Monster Cards were all on epic-level. Bloody had leveled up to complete gold-level. However, it still had two empty skills which made it ineligible for unsealing yet.

Unsealing Charcoal would require dracaena but it was impossible to make that happen in the ruins. Lancelot the Ruthless Sword Master would need to kill eight more sword servants to level up. Lin Huang did not want to kill any sword type monsters that were not double mutated but he would have to depend on his luck whether he could encounter any double mutated sword type monsters in the ruins. On the other hand, Lin Huang had leveled up from gold-level rank-2 to gold-level rank-3. He had achieved his goal in the training, so whatever he obtained next would be a bonus to him.

Yi Yeyu and Li Lang woke up awhile after Lin Huang did. The both of them came from noble families with a healthy lifestyle since they were young unlike Fatty, who would not even get up until somebody woke him up. Zang Bing, who was not far away, opened his eyes. He sat at the same spot throughout the night without a tent. His eyes were closed, so nobody knew if he was really sleeping.

After washing up, Lin Huang took out a frozen cake. It was not the same one that he had bought in Luoxi City a month ago. This was bought on the Heart Network before he entered the ruins. The online store he had sourced it from was not the headquarters in Luoxi City, but a branch near Winter City. Although the recipe and ingredients were the same, he thought that it did not as good as the one from the headquarters. However, it still beat eating snacks.

As the weather was warm in the ruins, Lin Huang did not warm the cake up but cut them into four servings instead. He gave them to Yi Yeyu, Li Lang, and the examiner Zang Bing and left one for himself. Zang Bing looked at Lin Huang, not rejecting or accepting his treat. Lin Huang put down the cake and left without saying a word. Perhaps Zang Bing thought Lin Huang was kissing his ass, but since they had passed the training, there was no need for them to do so.

After some thought, Zang Bing picked up the cake and started eating it. Just when Lin Huang turned around, Li Lang had finished the cake that was the size of his face. It had only been ten seconds since he had accepted the cake, and he looked at Lin Huang in anticipation.

“Do you have more?!”

“No, each of us only gets a slice.” Lin Huang started munching on his cake. Li Lang looked at the frozen cake in Lin Huang’s hands and was drooling. A while later, Lin Huang decided to give in. He took out another piece of cake and gave it to Li Lang, clearly disgusted by the way Li Lang was looking at him.

Li Lang demolished the cake clumsily with a fork while he mumbled with his mouth full, “Where did you get this cake? It’s so f*cking delicious!”

Yi Yeyu looked at them as Li Lang asked that question. She seemed like she wanted to know the answer as well.

“You guys can search for frozen cake on the Heart Network. If you’re not in a hurry, get it from the headquarters in Luoxi City as they make the best tasting ones. I was in a rush to get it this time so I got it from a branch but it’s not as delicious as the one at the headquarters,” Lin Huang answered with a smile.

The both of them took note of what Lin Huang said as they seemed to really like the cake. It was 7:30 a.m. when they were done with breakfast. They put their tents away, said goodbye to examiner Zang Bing and left.

…

Two men and a woman appeared from a black relic at the bottom of the volcanoes. The leader was a young man who looked 16 or 17 years old and had short, fluffy, black hair with bright, black eyes. He had clean features and looked harmless. Meanwhile, another young man who looked like he was in his twenties but was actually only 19, was over 1.8 meters tall. He had a buff body modestly covered by a white suit. His hair was well combed like a pair of polished shoes. He seemed to be a man with style. The lady wore a dark green army uniform that covered her entire body. However, it was clear that she had a slim body and long legs. She wore flat, high-cut army boots and was 1.7 meters, exuding a cool vibe.

The three of them were Lin Huang, Li Lang, and Yi Yeyu who were here for their mission.

“What do we have today?” Li Lang looked around and asked Lin Huang.

“Hunting down monsters, of course. There’s a reason why the examiner asked us to kill more Transcendent monsters,” Lin Huang reminded them of what examiner Zang Bing had said earlier.

“Besides, Yeyu has just leveled up to holy fire-level, so she’ll need to stabilize and strengthen herself. Battling is the fastest way to do that.”

“That’s true.” Yi Yeyu nodded.

“Zang Bing is right. I’ll need some time to stabilize myself. Moreover, I’ll also need battle experience to adapt to my transformed body and new Life Power.”

“She has something to do but how about me?” Li Lang asked immediately, not wanting to be idle.

“You’ll be the first to attack. If you can’t beat the monsters, let Yeyu do it,” Lin Huang laughed.

“You want me to fight holy fire-level monsters on my own?!” Li Lang exclaimed in shock.

“All the best! You can do it!” Yi Yeyu grinned.

“You’re only one step away from the gun realm. Without pressure, you’ll take forever to reach there. White flame-level monsters are not as scary as you think. There’s no need to be afraid. You’ll get used to it after a few battles. Moreover, if you can’t do it, you still have us,” Lin Huang comforted him.

“White flame-level monsters are not scary… That only applies to lunatics like you,” Li Lang answered.

“I have already chosen the first prey for you,” Lin Huang smirked.

“What’s that?” Judging by Lin Huang’s smirk, Li Lang could sense that his first battle would not be easy.

“It’s in the volcano.” Lin Huang pointed at the volcano next to them.

“There’s smoke coming out of it… It’s an active volcano! Do the both of you want me to kill myself?” Li Lang said as he looked at the volcano next to them.

“Why don’t you try luring the monster out?” Yi Yeyu rolled her eyes.

“Don’t use the nuclear bomb. You won’t be able to train yourself if the monster dies in the explosion.” Lin Huang knew what was he thinking about by looking at Li Lang’s grin.

“Oh, alright then…” As his plan was exposed, Li Lang summoned his Ashenquill Eagle unwillingly and flew towards the crater…

Chapter 316: Good News From Bloody

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Before Li Lang took out his black crystal barrel, Lin Huang did not know that Li Lang had been a cannoneer as his part-time job. Yes, not a firearm master, but a gun master; a profession that would only be helpful when it came to battles. Yi Yeyu’s eyes lit up when she saw the relic on Li Lang’s shoulders. She was always passionate about firearms. However, she was not gifted in the profession, which was why she had always been envious of firearm masters and gun masters.

Lin Huang and Yi Yeyu were waiting for the show to start as Li Lang opened fire into the volcano randomly. Soon, he triggered the Volcanic Giant in the volcano. Hearing the Volcanic Giant’s roar, Li Lang could tell that it was a big guy. He then rode on his Ashenquill Eagle and backed away from the crater. Soon, the Volcanic Giant climbed out of the crater. As the monster’s head appeared from the crater, Li Lang finally knew what he was facing.

“Volcanic Giant…” He was nervous as the Volcanic Giant had powerful defenses as well as strong attack and explosive abilities. The only disadvantage was that it was slow.

“It’s a Volcanic Giant. Do you think he won’t be able to fight it?” Yi Yeyu asked Lin Huang.

“Yes, it’s hard to break its defenses but this monster is the best for him to train himself. With the pressure on strength, he can definitely find his opportunity to attack as the monster isn’t very agile,” Lin Huang explained.

“Let’s not pick fire element monsters the next time. I’d like to train by myself,” Yi Yeyu suggested. She could kill all fire element monsters easily, so it would not be challenging for her at all.

“Sure!” Lin Huang agreed.

Facing Li Lang’s challenge, the Volcanic Giant ignored Lin Huang and Yi Yeyu, who were at the bottom of the volcano, completely. Soon, it was lured by Li Lang to a flatland, then he recalled his Ashenquill Eagle. It was a tough battle. Although his marksmanship was good, he had yet to master the gun realm. Moreover, the Volcanic Giant had powerful defense among the holy fire-level monsters and he could not break through its defense.

As the shots were fired at the Volcanic Giant, they only left marks that were one to two millimeters wide on its body which were healed immediately. Fortunately, the Volcanic Giant had low intelligence and slow speed, so Li Lang managed to avoid it and proceeded to attack it. As time passed by, Li Lang’s Life Power was almost drained an hour later. Seeing that he had reached his limit, Yi Yeyu rode on her Rainbow Sparrow with her saber. A red saber glow broke the speed of sound and pierced through the Volcanic Giant’s head. It then fell to the ground.

Li Lang gaped in admiration and was upset when he recalled his inability to break the Volcanic Giant’s defense. Now, it had been killed by Yi Yeyu in one hit. She recalled the Rainbow Sparrow and landed slowly. Lin Huang was puzzled.

“Didn’t you say you could fly when you reached white flame-level? Why do you still need to ride on your Rainbow Sparrow?”

“I haven’t built my anti-gravitational Life Power force field yet. Of course I can’t fly yet…” Yi Yeyu looked at Lin Huang in confusion.

“Did you really think that everyone can fly naturally once they reached white flame-level?”

Li Lang looked at Lin Huang with a judging face.

“Oh, isn’t that how it works?” Lin Huang had always thought so as he recalled all Transcendent humans could fly.

“Of course not!” Yi Yeyu shook her head.

“You’ll need to wait for your Life Power to stabilize as you reached white flame level before you could even build your Life Power force field. With the Life Power force field, a human can only break the restriction of gravity. My Life Power isn’t stable, so I can’t build the Life Power force field yet. That’s why I’m unable to fly now.”

“How can you not know about this? Isn’t it common sense? If it’s really like what you said, why didn’t you think about the many Transcendent monsters with wings that are unable to fly?” Li Lang laughed at Lin Huang.

“Ahh is that so…? That means those Transcendent monsters that are unable to fly have yet to master the way to build their Life Power force field?” Lin Huang understood immediately.

“No matter monster or human, those that are below Demigod level must build their Life Power force field to break the gravity in order to fly. For humans, building the Life Power force field will need at least one to two weeks to be completely mastered. Therefore, monsters that are unintelligent won’t be able to fly while for those that are, without the guidance to build their Life Power force field from humans, they are unable to fly as well,” Yi Yeyu explained.

“Didn’t Mr. Fu tell you about that?”

“Oh… No, he didn’t. I haven’t been his apprentice for long and we spent most of the time training outside. There’s still much to learn. Whenever I have questions, I’ll ask him,” Lin Huang explained helplessly.

“I’m so jealous of you! Your master actually lets you out like that. My master beat me with a bat since I was young.” Li Lang expressed his envy of Lin Huang.

“It seems like putting you out there is a great way to learn. If I did that since I was young, I might be a white flame-level now…”

“You’re thinking too much.” Yi Yeyu rolled her eyes at Li Lang.

“This only works for geniuses like Lin Huang. If you did that, you might not even be a silver-level now.”

Li Lang wanted to argue back but he thought what Yi Yeyu said was right. He was a lazy person and without somebody guiding him every day, he could not imagine what would he turn out to be today. He decided to shut up.

“Yeyu, please refill his Life Power. If we were to wait for him to fill up his Life Power at his normal speed, we can only kill two monsters a day. That’s too inefficient.” Looking at Li Lang’s condition, Lin Huang figured that he would need more than 10 hours for his Life Power to recover with the rotation of his Life Skill.

“Sure!” Yi Yeyu then put away the monster carcass and agreed to transfer her Life Power to Li Lang. In less than a minute, Li Lang’s Life Power was filled.

“Let’s go to the next destination,” Lin Huang said while summoning his dimensional relic.

The three of them stepped into the relic and arrived at the location of their second target.

“What is it this time?” Li Lang asked carefully.

“An Undead Soldier,” Lin Huang smirked.

“Undead Soldier?!” Li Lang and Yi Yeyu screamed almost at the same time.

“This monster can’t be killed, can it?” Li Lang thought Lin Huang was messing with him.

“There are not many non-fire element monsters in this ruins. The Undead Soldier isn’t considered powerful in the holy fire-level, but it’s difficult to be killed, so it’s the best candidate for Yi Yeyu to train herself.”

The Undead Soldier had no pain receptors. Even if its head was chopped off, it would not die. The only way to kill it was to destroy its flesh completely or to cleanse the undead energy inside its body using purification force.

“You go first!” Yi Yeyu noticed a couple of Undead Soldiers wandering around. She was excited. Li Lang agreed to fight it unwillingly. Although he knew he would not be able to kill this monster, it was better than not being able to break through its defense like the monster before. He comforted himself.

Li Lang then took out his gun and dashed towards the Undead Soldier while Lin Huang and Yi Yeyu watched. The Undead Soldier was much faster than the Volcanic Giant, but luckily, it was much weaker than the Volcanic Giant. Though clumsy, Li Lang soon adapted the Undead Soldier’s rhythm and managed to defend himself. As half an hour passed by, Li Lang was improving, confirming Lin Huang’ deduction that it was the right way to train. Just when he was enjoying the battle, a message came from Bloody, “Master, I’ve found a double mutated sword type monster!”

Chapter 317: Fiery Swordfiend

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“A double mutated sword type monster? Are you sure?!” Lin Huang asked immediately. This monster would not only be Lancelot the Ruthless Sword Master’s unsealing monster; after the monster was killed, it could be transformed into a sword servant card. That was the reason why Lin Huang was so excited.

“Yes, it’s a Fiery Swordfiend,” Bloody confirmed.

“Fiery Swordfiend… Hmm, that’s a little difficult,” Lin Huang frowned when he heard what Bloody said.

The Fiery Swordfiend was an undead double mutated monster that was talented in fire element swordsmanship. Its attack skills ranked on top of double mutated monsters of the same level. This monster was the same with the Fire Phoenix as they both controlled the fire element. To be honest, Lin Huang did not have full confidence that he could kill this monster. Although he had not used all his strength to manage the Fire Phoenix earlier, he did spend some effort to hold it down. It almost got away and the one who had killed it was Yi Yeyu.

“Bloody, do you have any plans to handle this Fiery Swordfiend?” Lin Huang was thinking how to increase his probability of winning.

“The easiest way is to ask Ms. Yi for help,” Bloody suggested immediately.

“Ms. Yi has the ability to control the fire element. As long as you get her to chop off the Fiery Swordfiend’s hand that it uses to hold its sword, everything else will be a piece of cake.”

“Ask her to help…” Lin Huang was hesitant.

“The unsealing conditions to unseal Lancelot only mentioned that human and summoning monsters that are of a higher level than the monster that is to be killed are prohibited, so getting Yi Yeyu’s help is allowed…”

If Bloody was to suggest that before Yi Yeyu leveled up to white flame-level, Lin Huang would decline the idea straight away as the Fiery Swordfiend could definitely kill her in a single hit. Although Yi Yeyu was immune to fire, she would not be able to defend herself from the physical attack of the sword. However, now that she had leveled up, although she had not peaked yet, she was ten times more powerful than she had been before. Even if she was to face an opponent like the Fiery Swordfiend, she would not be killed in one hit.

Lin Huang was hesitant as he did not want to trouble anyone, especially his friends. In his opinion, he would always do things himself on his own as long as it was achievable.

Bloody sensed Lin Huang hesitation and suggested immediately, “Master, the Fiery Swordfiend’s ability is no weaker than the Fire Phoenix’s. On some level, it’s even more dangerous than the Fire Phoenix as it has a more powerful attack. Without Ms. Yi’s help, the chances of us killing the Fiery Swordfiend is low.”

“Alright then, I shall ask her,” Lin Huang agreed to Bloody’s suggestion.

He thought about it himself. With his current abilities, it was not completely impossible for him to kill the Fiery Swordfiend but it would be difficult. He might have to sacrifice his summoning monsters.

“Yeyu… Could you help me kill a monster later?” Lin Huang was not used to asking for help.

“Sure! What monster is that? Is it powerful?” Yi Yeyu agreed right away, clearly excited. She had been watching Lin Huang fight these few days. If he needed her help, that would mean that the monster must be something really powerful, which thrilled her.

“Yes, it’s a Fiery Swordfiend.” Lin Huang did not expect Yi Yeyu to agree to help him just like that.

“A Fiery Swordfiend?!” Yi Yeyu’s eyes flew wide open. She knew what monster that was as the Fiery Swordfiend was one of the tinder monsters that her family had chosen for her. It was next to the Fire Phoenix in terms of ranking in strength, so of course, she already knew how powerful that monster was. However, despite her initial shock, she agreed to help immediately without asking any further.

“Sure, what do you need me to do?”

“When we find the monster later, I need you to chop off its hand that’s holding its sword whenever you have the opportunity,” Lin Huang said.

They then started discussing the details on confronting the Fiery Swordfiend.

“Hey, what are the both of you doing? I can’t take it anymore!” Li Lang’s Life Power was draining but Yi Yeyu still did not come to his rescue. He looked at the both of them and realized that he was being ignored while they were chatting with each other.

“We almost forgot about him…”

The both of them just recalled that Li Lang was still fighting hard not far away. Yi Yeyu then dashed towards the Undead Soldier with her saber while Li Lang escaped.

“What are you guys talking about? You guys were so in the zone while I almost died!” Li Lang went to Lin Huang and gave him puppy eyes.

“We’re going to kill the Fiery Swordfiend later.” Lin Huang ignored Li Lang’s pathetic expression.

“Didn’t Yi Yeyu complete the extraction of the tinder?” Li Lang was puzzled as nobody would challenge a sword type monster for nothing, let alone a double mutated sword type monster.

“I need her help to kill this monster,” Lin Huang explained.

“Oh.” Li Lang did not ask further as he knew Lin Huang had his reasons for killing the monster.

“I’ll be watching you guys then since I can’t help you with that,” Li Lang added.

Meanwhile, the Undead Soldier was being oppressed by Yi Yeyu. Suddenly, she darted forward with her saber and pierced the Undead Soldier’s chest. Lin Huang frowned as he watched because he knew that such an attack would not work on it. Just when he was ready to help, a red flame flowed out of the Undead Soldier’s body. Later on, the Undead Soldier turned into a burnt figure.

“What just happened?” Li Lang was shocked.

“I thought she could only control fire element monsters.”

Lin Huang knew how she managed to kill the Undead Soldier with her saber. “There’s a purification force in her fire.”

“Little Li, put away the carcass!” Yi Yeyu sheathed her saber and shouted at Li Lang.

“Why must I do it?” Li Lang objected.

“If you keep the carcass, it’ll belong to you. It’s okay if you don’t want it.” What Yi Yeyu said was irresistible. She did not even bother to turn around as she did not want to keep the burnt carcass in her storage space anyway.

“You sure?” Li Lang’s eyes lit up.

“It’s up to you whether you want it. I don’t want ugly carcasses anyway,” Yi Yeyu said.

“When do we depart?” Yi Yeyu asked Lin Huang.

“Wait.” Lin Huang projected the map.

“Bloody, give me the coordinates.”

Soon, Bloody marked down the coordinates of the Fiery Swordfiend. Lin Huang raised his eyebrow when he saw the coordinates.

“Luckily, it’s not too far away from the coordinates that I set earlier.”

Li Lang came back after he stored the Undead Soldier’s carcass. Lin Huang summoned his dimensional relic and the three of them stepped into it…

Chapter 318: Narrow-minded

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The location of the Fiery Swordfiend was only 300 kilometers from the Greatsword Fiend that Lin Huang had killed earlier. After killing the Greatsword Fiend, Lin Huang had marked down the coordinates. The three of them arrived at the saved coordinates through the dimensional relic. They then rode on their flying mounts and when they arrived, they spotted the Fiery Swordfiend in the air from far away.

It was a huge monster taking on the human form. It was around three meters tall with a body that was cast in black rock. To be precise, it looked more like a red flame that was covered by a layer of greenish-black rock armor. Flame could be seen from the gaps between where its armor was connected. Its face looked like the sculpture of an adult man with rough lines that was similar to an aging human’s. Red flame burned in its eyes and there were sparks in its nose and mouth. There was a gigantic black sword measuring about two meters on its back. As it floated half a meter from the ground, it looked majestic.

“This must be the Fiery Swordfiend. Seems like it’s a tough guy.” Li Lang knew the monster was completely out of his league. Even if he was to level up to white flame-level like Yi Yeyu had, he might not be able to fight this monster either unless he mastered the gun realm. He might be able to confront it by then, but it was impossible for him to defeat it.

“You just watch from here. We shall go now.” Lin Huang patted Li Lang’s shoulder.

Li Lang nodded helplessly while watching the both of them fly to where the Fiery Swordfiend was. As the Fiery Swordfiend sensed their aura, it looked up at the sky. Soon, they arrived not far from the monster.

“Humans? I didn’t expect humans to dig their own grave here,” the Fiery Swordfiend spoke fluently.

“I wasn’t interested to do what the black dragon instructed, but since you guys came, I shall send you to the black dragon to redeem some resources.”

“What do you mean?” Lin Huang and Yi Yeyu were ready to fight but they were puzzled by what the Fiery Swordfiend was saying.

“Seems like you guys have no idea what’s happening… One of The Three Overlords, the black dragon, instructed all of us to send him some humans alive and he would give us rare resources in return.” The Fiery Swordfiend did not seem to be in a hurry while it conveyed the both of them the news.

“Black dragon? Do you mean the Molten Dragon?” Hearing the title of The Three Overlords, Lin Huang knew which black dragon the Fiery Swordfiend was talking about.

The Molten Dragon was one of the most powerful gold flame-level monsters in this ruins. As it was double mutated and also a sky dragon, it was not captured by the immortal-level human but remained in the ruins. Lin Huang could guess that the reason why the Molten Dragon had issued such an instruction as it had sensed the God’s blood in Bai’s body. For some reasons, it knew that Bai’s disappearance was related to humans. Without the knowledge that Lin Huang owned Bai now, it then targeted all humans.

As soon as a double mutated sky dragon obtained the God’s blood, it would go through its third mutation or the possibility of its blood density upgrading to that of a dragonkin’s would increase. Regardless of what transpired, there would be a transformation in Molten Dragon’s ability. That was the reason why it desired the God’s blood.

“It seems like humans out there know a lot about us. I heard there are many of them out there, so I must get out there if I have the chance to, then I’ll feast on them all. I must say, you humans are nothing when it comes to abilities but you sure taste good. Humans are good food…” The Fiery Swordfiend was drooling at this point.

“Nothing when it comes to abilities? Do you think all humans out there have weaker abilities than you do?” Lin Huang realized that there was a misunderstanding going on.

“Don’t all humans out there have similar abilities as the both of you? How far can the difference be?” The Fiery Swordfiend said.

“That’s what you think…” Lin Huang and Yi Yeyu laughed.

“Should we tell him the truth?” Yi Yeyu looked at Lin Huang while still laughing.

“What truth?” The Fiery Swordfiend asked as it saw their odd reactions.

“Do tell,” Lin Huang gestured to Yi Yeyu to speak.

“Alright then.” Yi Yeyu looked at the Fiery Swordfiend with sympathy.

“The truth is, all of us that are sent here are trainees, so we aren’t the powerful ones out there. If those powerful human get here, a single person could kill all the monsters in this ruins.

“This ruins is restricted to gold flame-level individuals at most. However, in our world out there, besides holy fire-level, we even have more powerful ones including immortal-level, imperial-level, and even demigods. Demigods aside, even if an imperial-level human were to come here, it wouldn’t matter as a triple mutated monster or dragonkin could be easily killed using one little finger.”

“You’re lying! You f*cking human lady,” swore the Fiery Swordfiend once it recovered from its shock when it heard what Yi Yeyu said.

“What she said is the truth! It’s you who doesn’t want to believe it,” Lin Huang, who had been silent, spoke up.

“I don’t believe you! It’s impossible that humans are so powerful. I’ll only believe it if I saw it with my eyes! I’ve never seen any human that is immortal or imperial-level.” The Fiery Swordfiend drew the sword from its back and pointed it at the both of them.

“The both of you are humans. Those lies are meant to consume me.”

The Fiery Swordfiend could not accept the truth as what it had been believing all along crumbled.

“What we said is the truth. You’re being delusional. There’s nothing that we can do if you don’t believe us…” Lin Huang shrugged his shoulders.

“However, now I know why the Molten Dragon was so daring to capture us humans without even thinking about us getting revenge. Seems like he’s the same as you, thinking that the humans out there are on the same level as us trainees. What a naive mindset!”

“I will kill you, liars!” The Fiery Swordfiend dashed towards them with the flaming sword in its hand…

Chapter 319: Broken Arm

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The Fiery Swordfiend did not only master the sword realm; its fire attributes attack also did even more damage than most monsters with fire attributes as the temperature of its flame was comparable with the surface of the sun, which was about 6,000 degrees Celsius. Most creatures that went close to it would get burnt. Hearing the truth about how powerful humans were from Lin Huang and Yi Yeyu, the Fiery Swordfiend refused to believe what they said. It was sure that it was a lie to confuse it, so it dashed towards them with its sword.

The black, dull, and ordinary-looking sword turned red as it advanced towards them. It looked like it was burning as a layer of greenish blue flame appeared on the sword. As the Fiery Swordfiend swung its sword, the air around was distorted.

When Lin Huang blocked the attack with his own attack, the impact was so intense that he had to back off. Although he had an armor relic on, the burning flame that came his way was unbearably scorching.

Yi Yeyu, who was on his left, covered her green saber relic with a burning red flame. She rushed forward with her saber without hesitation and it collided with the Fiery Swordfiend’s sword. As the sword and the saber collided, the greenish blue flame on the Fiery Swordfiend’s sword was oppressed by Yi Yeyu’s red flame. The red flame was devouring the greenish blue flame.

“What’s that?!” Fiery Swordfiend was shocked as it was the first time he encountered somebody else’s flame that devoured his own.

Yi Yeyu smirked without saying a word. She dashed towards the Fiery Swordfiend again with her saber. With her unique physique, she was not afraid of fire at all, which was why she dared to fight the Fiery Swordfiend at such a close distance. If it had been some other monster or people with fire attributes, they usually feared the high temperature of its sword.

“Wait, that’s an aura of a Fire Phoenix… You killed a Fire Phoenix?” The Fiery Swordfiend soon figured the source of Yi Yeyu’s flame.

“What if I say I did?” Yi Yeyu smirked as she was not afraid to let the Fiery Swordfiend know where her flame came from. Aside from the fire source that came from the Fire Phoenix, her fire attributes and abilities had also been upgraded.

“Although there’s the aura of a Fire Phoenix, its flame shouldn’t be able to devour other flames. This human lady is strange…” Fiery Swordfiend increased its guard towards Yi Yeyu.

Within seconds, Yi Yeyu had collided with the Fiery Swordfiend for more than 100 times. She was winning. Lin Huang decided to watch from far instead. Although Yi Yeyu had not been fighting much these couple of days, Lin Huang could see that she had mastered the level-1 saber realm. The Fiery Swordfiend had also mastered the same level, so at some point, they had the same standards in swordsmanship. Yi Yeyu was leading mainly because of her oppression of the fire element which prohibited the Fiery Swordfiend to unleash all its ability.

However, Lin Huang foresaw that Yi Yeyu would lose as time went by. The Fiery Swordfiend had already been a white flame-level and also a double mutated monster for a long time. No matter the strength of its Life Power, attack, defense, and speed, it was much more powerful than Yi Yeyu who had just reached white flame-level. As soon as it adapted to Yi Yeyu’s battle rhythm and sealed the fire attributes on its sword, it could focus its Life Power on physically attacking. By then, Yi Yeyu might not be able to fight it anymore.

As expected, the Fiery Swordfiend soon realized that Yi Yeyu could oppress fire attributes. It was a monster of human-form with high intelligence after all. It stored the flame in its body and started transferring its Life Power to its physical attack. A few swings of her saber later, Yi Yeyu could not take it anymore.

“So, all you’ve got is a rather unique body. I thought you managed to kill the Fire Phoenix on your own. It seems like you relied on your unique body to kill it.” As soon as it discovered Yi Yeyu’s secret, the Fiery Swordfiend was not afraid at all and mocked her.

Yi Yeyu’s cheeks were flushing as she was criticized by the Fiery Swordfiend. Distracted, her movement turned sluggish. The Fiery Swordfiend then sent its sword towards Yi Yeyu’s heart. Her repeated sword techniques could not defend against the Fiery Swordfiend anymore and it was too late for her to run.

The sword arrived just in front of her chest in an instant. Suddenly, she felt a powerful strength pull her from her back. A shadow appeared before her and blocked the attack.

It was Lin Huang, who had been watching on the side. He had expected his to happen.

“Take a break, I’ll handle it.”

There were two scratches that were two meters long under Lin Huang’s feet, created as a result of blocking the Fiery Swordfiend’s attack. He was not afraid at all. Instead, he was excited as he knew that he could unleash his close-range ability to his peak without the Fiery Swordfiend using its flame.

He smirked and rushed towards the Fiery Swordfiend. His sword skill combined with Seraphic Speed and Thunder Sting broke through the sound barrier. He was like a gold lightning bolt as he headed towards the monster. At an instant, he arrived before the Fiery Swordfiend which did not have the time to react at all. Lin Huang then swung his sword relic so swiftly that there was a sonic boom in the air. He was aiming at the Fiery Swordfiend’s right arm, intending to break the biggest threat, which was its right arm that was holding its sword.

The Fiery Swordfiend did not expect Lin Huang to be that fast. It did not see the attack coming at all, so it did not have the time to defend or to avoid his attack.

The first swing, second swing, third… As seven swings of the sword were performed consecutively, the Fiery Swordfiend’s elbow joint on its right hand was half broken. Suddenly, its left hand flew towards Lin Huang’s head at a rapid speed. Lin Huang glared viciously at its left hand without attempting to avoid the attack. Instead, he proceeded to swing his sword at Fiery Swordfiend’s right hand.

The eight swing… The ninth swing…

Bang!

A loud thud exploded less than 20 centimeters from Lin Huang’s head. A layer of his  Dark Shield that looked like a piece of cloth appeared on his right side and blocked the Fiery Swordfiend’s claws. Meanwhile, Lin Huang was already at his 15th sword swing! Its elbow on the arm that was holding the sword broke and the right arm fell to the ground…

Chapter 320: Killing Plan

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Lin Huang managed to break the Fiery Swordfiend’s elbow, then he kicked its broken arm away. As he kicked it, the Fiery Swordfiend’s broken right arm created a trajectory and landed thousands of meters away. Lin Huang then leaped back far away. Flames were roaring from the Fiery Swordfiend’s body out of control. It looked like a cat that was burnt. In the embrace of the flames, it looked bigger than its actual size.

In the place of the broken right arm was bubbling lava flowing out. Witnessing this scene, Lin Huang did not panic. Instead, he was smirking like he was implying that it was game over for the Fiery Swordfiend. Two shadows appeared beside him. It was Lancelot the Ruthless Sword Master on the left and the Sanguine Skeleton Spirit on the right. The Sanguine Skeleton Spirit’s nine Punishment Chains shot out like arrows, catching the Fiery Swordfiend before it could even move.

Meanwhile, Lancelot was ready to attack with his Absolute Life sword skill. It advanced towards the Fiery Swordfiend with the sword in hand. White glow shot out of the sword like a shockwave, covering the entire Fiery Swordfiend…

“Congratulations, you have received an epic-level Monster Card – Fiery Swordfiend (Sword Servant).”

Seeing Lancelot fade into pieces and returning back to card form after performing Absolute Life, Lin Huang recalled the Sanguine Skeleton Spirit that was standing next to him.

Winning the battle was much easier than he thought. He did not expect to break the Fiery Swordfiend’s arm so easily. Before the battle started, he knew that as long as he managed to chop off the Fiery Swordfiend’s arm, he would definitely win. The Fiery Swordfiend was powerful but it had a fatal weakness. As long as any part of its body was broken, it would need to be in silent mode as it regenerated its body parts. To the Sanguine Skeleton Spirit, the Fiery Swordfiend’s silent mode was its best time to use its Punishment Chains.

Lin Huang had planned to chop off the Fiery Swordfiend’s right hand which was used to hold its sword before the battle even started. As long as it lost the sword in its hand, the Fiery Swordfiend’s ability would be taken away. It would need to regenerate its broken arm immediately to retrieve its sword. On the other hand, if any other part of its body was injured or cut off, it was not necessary for it to carry out regeneration in an instant.

In reality, since Lin Huang had made the Fiery Swordfiend his target, he had discussed the entire killing plan with Bloody. His intention of asking for Yi Yeyu’s help was to let her chop off the Fiery Swordfiend’s right arm and he would do the rest himself. Although Yi Yeyu did not manage to chop off its arm, she had made the Fiery Swordfiend mute its flame. That gave Lin Huang the opportunity to get close to the Fiery Swordfiend and carry out the rest.

Yi Yeyu and Li Lang, who were still in the air, were stunned as they watched Lin Huang win the battle easily. Yi Yeyu, who had fought the Fiery Swordfiend earlier, especially knew how powerful the monster was. However, it was unbelievable that Lin Huang had managed to kill the powerful monster in less than ten seconds. Yi Yeyu thought that Lin Huang was only powerful against gold-level monsters. As she leveled up to white flame-level, her overall ability should be higher than his. However, it seemed like she was too naive to have such a thought. Lin Huang’s abilities were beyond her imagination.

After putting away the Fiery Swordfiend’s carcass, broken arm and sword, Lin Huang walked towards Yi Yeyu.

“Are you alright?”

Yi Yeyu shook her head. She was still in shock. Meanwhile, Li Lang who was far away arrived on the Ashenquill Eagle.

“Killing a double mutated white flame-level monster in less than ten seconds. Your abilities have to be No.1 on the Gold Hunter Leaderboard,” Li Lang smiled and complimented. He knew Lin Huang was powerful but he had not fought the Fiery Swordfiend earlier so he was not as shocked as Yi Yeyu was.

“You’ve been planning to kill this Fiery Swordfiend, am I right?” Yi Yeyu finally snapped out of her shock a while later and asked.

“Yes. Actually, it’s not my ability that killed it. I came prepared.” Lin Huang nodded while telling his entire plan.

After hearing his explanation, Yi Yeyu finally understood why he had asked for her help. She looked embarrassed as she did not manage to complete Lin Huang’s plan. Fortunately, Lin Huang had managed to handle it and she did not drag him down in his plan.

“My great-grandfather told me that ability isn’t everything. Throughout hundreds of years in the human history, there’re many successful Transcendent humans who fought those powerful monsters. What I thought was that the only way to do that is to form a large team of people. From what you said, I think a team doesn’t need that many people. What we need is to come up with a plan to tackle the powerful monsters’ weaknesses and assign the appropriate number of people with the relevant techniques within the team.” Yi Yeyu understood immediately. She put Lin Huang’s teaming up with his summoning monsters together with the teaming up of humans in history.

“That’s right, planning is important.” Lin Huang nodded.

Li Lang did not say a word as he listened. He seemed to be in deep thoughts.

“Where do we go next? Do we continue to kill double mutated monsters?” Yi Yeyu was excited.

“Where do we find so many double mutated monsters here for you to kill? We’re lucky that Bloody even managed to find one…” Lin Huang was speechless by Yi Yeyu’s addiction to killing now.

“That’s true. Although this is a grade-2 dimensional ruin, there aren’t that many white flame-level double mutated monsters,” Yi Yeyu commented.

“Where do you go next?” She asked.

“Let’s go back to the submission spot to inform the examiner about the Molten Dragon. If we don’t handle that on time, many people might die,” Lin Huang said and summoned his dimensional relic.

Soon, they arrived at the mission submission spot.

“Why’re you guys here?” Zang Bing frowned as he thought that the three of them were being irresponsible. They had only been gone for less than two hours and they were already back.

“We heard something that we must tell you about.” Lin Huang walked over to him and told him about the Molten Dragon’s interaction that the Fiery Swordfiend had informed them about.

“You mean a Fiery Swordfiend told you guys that a Molten Dragon is hunting humans down?” Zang Bing did not believe what he heard.

“How did the three of you manage to escape from the Fiery Swordfiend?”

Lin Huang then took out the Fiery Swordfiend’s carcass. Zang Bing was stunned when he saw the carcass, then he looked serious. His shock was not a result of knowing that there was a Fiery Swordfiend in the dimensional ruins, but that it had been killed by humans not long ago.

“Tell me everything that happened in detail!” Zang Bing looked at the three of them sternly.