MONSTER PARADISE

321-340

Chapter 321: The Molten Dragon

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

In the Volcano Hell dimensional ruins, 28 young people stood in a row near a boiling spiritual lava lake. There were six women among them while the rest were all men. They were tied up by a black chain and they shook in fear. There were more than ten monsters, all of which had a powerful aura, surrounding them. Judging by their aura, they were commander-level 1 , white flame-level, and purple flame-level monsters and it looked like they were having a meeting.

Suddenly, there were massive bubbles rising from the lava lake. A gigantic shadow appeared on the surface of the lava lake. A gargantuan black dragon flapped its wings and landed at the edge of the lake.

“I sent out my instruction a day ago but you guys only managed to get more than 20 humans for me? Are you messing with me?!” The black dragon shook the lava off its body while glaring at the monsters present with its huge red eyes. Its powerful, ominous aura filled the space.

The monsters held their heads low, none of them daring to look at the Molten Dragon. Meanwhile, the 28 people lay weakly on the ground, not having the strength to even stand up. After a moment of silence, a tall monster in shadow form that looked like a lady spoke. Her voice sounded like a sweet, soft-spoken lady.

“Master, don’t be mad. The instruction has only been disseminated for a day and the humans are scattered all over the place, so it’s not easy to capture them. Moreover, there must be some of them who are making their way back from far away. These are only the first batch that they have captured.”

The shadow-form monster was called Phantom. It was a double mutated undead monster. The shape of her body looked like she was dressed in a sophisticated manner and her shadow was stretched long. However, it was a three-dimensional shadow. As Phantom comforted the black dragon, it then suppressed its aura.

“Phantom will stay. The rest of you can leave.” All of the monsters left immediately. None of them wanted to stay for one more second.

“Master Black Dragon…” Phantom was worried as she thought what she said had triggered the leader.

Seeing that other monsters had left, the black dragon said, “Don’t worry, I have a favor to ask.”

“Please do tell if you need anything at all. I’ll try my best.” Phantom was relieved. She was a double mutated monster that had just leveled up to purple flame-level a while ago. She was not good in battling and she knew very well that she could not fight the Molten Dragon.

“It’s nothing too difficult. I have some questions for the humans and I need your help to do that for me,” the black dragon said.

“Interrogation is my expertise.” Phantom smiled confidently when she heard what she needed to do.

“May I know what would you like to ask, Master?”

“Ask them if any of them know a person who owns a black dimensional relic,” the black dragon posed his first question.

Phantom floated slowly before the people who were chained up. Her black irises turned white as a strange force covered the area the 28 people were. They started to panic. However, they soon became calm and their eyes were empty.

“Does any of you know a person who owns a black dimensional relic?” Phantom repeated the black dragon’s question. In her mind, she was guessing that it had something to do with the sudden appearance of the God’s blood on the first day.

Everyone shook their heads at Phantom’s question. Lin Huang had never used his dimensional relic in public places. Besides Yi Yeyu, Li Lang and a few other people, nobody knew about his dimensional relic. Phantom then looked helplessly at the black dragon and she could sense that he was unhappy.

“Do any of you know if there are any Imperial Censors that entered this world?” The black dragon was silent before asking the question himself.

Most of them shook their heads. Only two people spoke at the same time.

“There are two Imperial Censors in the Hunter Association who joined the training…”

“There’s an Imperial Censor in the Union Government who joined the training…”

The two of them reported three names but Lin Hua was none of them.

Perhaps everybody in Division7 knew about Sword Genius but not Lin Huang. Nobody knew that he was an Imperial Censor as well.

“Good…” Although he was not sure if the person that he was looking for was among these three Imperial Censors, at least he got three names. With Phantom’s help, he managed to extract the faces of the three people. The black dragon’s mood got slightly better.

“Where’s the foothold of you humans?” The black dragon asked his last question as he was losing his patience.

A person projected a map that was downloaded earlier and marked the coordinates of the mission submission place.

“This is the mission submission place of the second round of training. The second round will take ten days. Today is the third day, so we’re scattered everywhere. We’ll only gather at the mission submission place on the tenth day. Those who didn’t complete their mission will be sent out of this dimensional ruins…”

“That means I will need to wait for a week to capture all you humans!” This piece of news was priceless to the black dragon.

“Finally, a useful piece of information…” The black dragon sounded delighted.

It then transformed its claws into a sharp spear that was 10 meters long. Flashing through the air, the spear pierced through the abdomens of 14 people. They were lifted up like a skewer and the black dragon rolled them onto his tongue, devouring all of them. He enjoyed his meal as he munched on the 14 people…

Later on, he repeated what he did and ate the remaining 14 people.

“The taste of humans is simply delicious. It’s just that there are too little of them, it’s not satisfying…” The black dragon licked their meat and crushed their bones with his teeth, clearly enjoying the human flesh.

“It’s okay, I shall have a big feast a week later!”

Chapter 322: Sister Luo Li

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

At the submission spot of the second round of training, Zang Bing frowned as he heard about the Molten Dragon from Lin Huang. With the proof of the Fiery Swordfiend’s carcass and no loopholes in the detailed descriptions, Zang Bing was sure that the three of them were telling the truth. There was no benefit of them lying anyway. Although he had no idea what the intention of the Molten Dragon was, Zang Bing took out a Transmission Snail and contacted the other examiners.

The Transmission Snail was a timid mutated monster and was fed mainly algae, which was completely harmless to humans. Such a monster colony usually consisted of a mother and many children. All the offspring of the mother would have the same telepathic sense with each other. Armed with that characteristic, they were cultivated by humans as a communication tool when the Heart Network was unusable. It was easy to use. As the speaker’s voice was sent into the mother Transmission Snail, the message would be delivered to its offspring.

Soon, two-dimensional relics opened at the same time. The examiner with squinty eyes from the first round of training arrived from the green dimensional relic on the left, while on the right was a girl who looked like she was thirteen or fourteen years old. The three of them were stunned to see the girl. Lin Huang and Li Lang were guessing the girl’s age. She looked like she was even younger than Lin Xin. She was a couple of centimeters shorter than Lin Xin and did not look like a day over fourteen.

Meanwhile, Yi Yeyu was puzzled. When the girl noticed Yi Yeyu, she floated to her.

“Xiao Yeyu? Is that really you?” The girl floated closer to Yi Yeyu and started studying her.

“Sister Luo Li…” Yi Yeyu greeted the girl while looking at Lin Huang and Li Lang as if she was asking for help.

“Sister?!” Lin Huang and Li Lang’s eyes flew wide open when they heard how Yi Yeyu addressed the girl. The girl did not look like she was older than Yi Yeyu.

“So, you’ve leveled up to holy fire-level now?” Luo Li got even closer to her while staring at her boobs.

“You have bigger boobs now.” Luo Li poked Yi Yeyu’s boobs and fondled them.

“Why’re you here, Sister Luo Li?” Yi Yeyu asked helplessly.

“Master Yi was worried about you leveling up to holy fire-level, so he asked me to look after you. I’m the head examiner of the third round of training. Little did I expect that you have already leveled up before the third round even began.” Luo Li still had her hands on Yi Yeyu’s boobs.

“Master Yi? This girl…” Zang Bing looked at Si Kongjian in curiosity.

“She’s Master Donglai’s great-granddaughter,” Si Kongjian smiled as he explained.

“No way, I thought it was just a rumor that Master Yi’s great-granddaughter would join the training…” Zang Bing had just found out about Yi Yeyu’s identity. The news that the three of them told had to be true then.

“Are these two fellas your boyfriends?” Luo Li switched her topic of interest as she turned around and looked at Lin Huang and Li Lang.

“No, they’re just friends.” Yi Yeyu wrung her hands.

Luo Li ignored her while looking at the both of them. She looked at Li Lang for a while, then stared at Lin Huang with an intimidating vibe until he felt uncomfortable. A unique force was masking Lin Huang’s body to isolate him from Luo Li’s detection.

“This lady is dangerous. Stay away from her,” Xiao Hei warned. Clearly, it was Xiao Hei who had created the layer of protection.

“Eh?!”

Luo Li smirked after a slight pause, then she looked away from Lin Huang.

“Alright, let’s talk business,” Luo Li then addressed Zang Bing.

“Xiao Bing Bing, was the news that you told me about Xiao Jian Jian conveyed to you by these three? There’s nobody else here anyway.”

“Yes.” Hearing her addressing him ‘Xiao Bing Bing’, Zang Bing was unhappy but he did not say anything.

Si Kongjian’s eyes twitched but he remained expressionless.

“Xiao Yeyu, could you tell me exactly what happened?” Luo Li then smiled at Yi Yeyu.

“I think I’ll let Lin Huang tell you. He explains better than I do.” To avoid Luo Li from messing with her, Yi Yeyu pushed the responsibility to Lin Huang.

“Sure, let me tell you then.” Lin Huang nodded.

“This little brother will tell me, huh?” Luo Li looked at Lin Huang while smiling. The way she looked at him was overwhelming.

Li Lang, who was standing next to Lin Huang, walked next to Yi Yeyu. Zang Bing, who was standing not far away, sympathized with Lin Huang while Si Kongjian looked arrogantly at Luo Li. To him, as long as Luo Li did not trouble him, she could do whatever she wanted. Despite Xiao Hei’s masking, the way Luo Li looked at him still felt uncomfortable. Lin Huang decided to ignore her staring and told her what happened.

“You mentioned you guys killed the double mutated Fiery Swordfiend. Can I look at the carcass?” Luo Li asked with a smile. She continued to stare at Lin Huang like she was sure that the carcass was with him. Lin Huang did what she asked and took out the carcass. Si Kongjian walked closer and inspected the carcass with Luo Li.

“It seems to be killed by a powerful force. Did you kill it?” Si Kongjian asked Yi Yeyu.

“I don’t think it’s Xiao Yeyu who killed it. It was probably this little brother.” Luo Li looked at Lin Huang again.

“Yes, it was I who killed it with some tricks,” Lin Huang admitted right away.

Si Kongjian was shocked.

“Although I have no idea what the motive was, this carcass is real and these three kids won’t lie, so the thing about the black dragon must be true too,” Si Kongjian voiced out his thoughts.

“Didn’t you guys sense the monster with the God’s Blood aura last night?” Luo Li looked at Si Kongjian and Zang Bing with her eyebrow raised.

“Monster with the God’s Blood?” Zang Bing was stunned.

“Do you mean the aura that was like a double mutated monster’s?”

“I sensed that too. I thought the aura was too powerful but I didn’t think too much about it.” Si Kongjian frowned.

“No wonder, you guys couldn’t tell as you guys have never encountered any monsters with the God’s Blood in their bodies.” Luo Li soon realized how the both of them failed to figure that out.

“The black dragon showed up almost at the same time the monster with the God’s Blood appeared. I’m sure that it was going for that monster. As for killing humans… Perhaps, somehow, it found out that the monster had been captured by humans… Or maybe this triple mutated monster with God’s blood is a summoning monster belonging to a human Imperial Censor!”

Chapter 323: The Luo Sha 16 Years Ago

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Lin Huang was stunned when he heard Luo Li’s analysis. From the very limited information that he had provided, he did not expect her to come up with a speculation that was so near the truth. Her daring speculation shocked all of them present.

“But isn’t it impossible for a triple mutated monster with the God’s Blood to be captured by a human?” Yi Yeyu was the first one who raised an objection to her sister’s speculation. Perhaps, she was the only one present who dared to talk back to Luo Li.

“Even if it leveled up from a double mutation, the monster could’ve broken the contract made earlier with the help of the force of the God’s Blood and get an upgrade.”

“That’s true. A monster with the God’s Blood is usually arrogant and has a high level of intelligence. As it levels up, under normal circumstances, it’s very likely that it will break its contract and devour its own master. However, the Imperial Censor allowed his summoning monster to level up, so he must’ve done all the preparation possible with a solution to prevent the monster from devouring him,” Luo Li defended her speculation.

“I think this could be one of the Imperial Censors who has joined the training this time,” Luo Li said.

Li Lang and Yi Yeyu looked towards where Lin Huang was standing. Fortunately, the examiners did not know that Lin Huang was an Imperial Censor.

“I don’t think it’s necessarily an Imperial Censor. Without a sealing relic, as long as the ability is sufficient, it’s possible for one to control the monster. It’s a triple mutated monster with the God’s Blood after all. Even a demigod would be tempted!” Yi Yeyu suggested another possibility.

Luo Li laughed when she heard what Yi Yeyu said. She chuckled, “So, what Xiao Yeyu meant is, among the three of us, is any one of us the suspect?” She then scrutinized Zang Bing and Si Kongjian. After observing them for awhile, she proceeded to say, “It’s not possible that Xiao Bing Bing did it. He’s too honest, so if he did it, we’d be able to tell. However, it’s another story for Xiao Jian Jian…”

“Sis Luo, please stop kidding. We’ve no idea what exactly happened. The existence of this so-called monster with the God’s Blood is still unknown. Even if somebody did it, it’s true that he’s the culprit, but it wouldn’t be any help if we look for him now. Our priority is the trouble that the black dragon is causing.” Si Kongjian changed the subject as he realized the finger was pointing at him.

“You’re behaving suspiciously now.” Luo Li squinted her eyes.

“This discussion is never-ending if you guys are going to go back and forth like this. How about I take the blame for now? Just pretend that I have the monster with me. Our priority is to solve the problem. The longer we drag this out, the more people will be killed by the black dragon,” declared Zang Bing, surprising Lin Huang.

Luo Li glared at Zang Bing skeptically again while Si Kongjian remained relaxed.

“Alright then, I shall handle the little black dragon. The management wanted to keep it alive but now that it’s looking for trouble by itself, we have to kill it. It’s been a long time since I have eaten a sky dragon. It’s a great opportunity for a feast.” Luo Li did not want to dwell on it since Zang Bing wanted to take the blame. She licked her lips as she talked about the sky dragon’s meat.

“This lady is really dangerous…” Lin Huang raised his guard towards Luo Li while Yi Yeyu and the rest started to mourn for the black dragon in their hearts.

“The two of you will inform all the staff to protect the kids as soon as possible. I’ll make a move now,” Luo Li said and summoned her dimensional relic.

“Oh yeah, what’re the coordinates of the little black dragon?” She raised the question as she summoned her dimensional relic. Zang Bing walked to her helplessly and projected his map.

“This black skull on the top right is where it is.” He pointed the spot out.

“Alright, I know it now.” Luo Li looked at it and waved her hand. She then stepped into the relic after setting the coordinates.

As the relic disappeared, Li Lang turned around and asked Yi Yeyu, “Who’s that little girl? Can she really handle the gold flame-level Molten Dragon on her own?”

“You might not have heard of the name Luo Li, but I bet you must’ve heard of Luo Sha?” Si Kongjian glared at Li Lang.

“You meant the Luo Sha who was named the most powerful gold-level hunter in Division7 sixteen years ago? The gold-level rank-3 who got 70 consecutive wins in Hunter Area before Sword Genius did?! What relationship does she have with that little girl?” Li Lang still did not get it.

“Luo Li is Luo Sha. Luo Sha is the nickname that she uses in the Hunter Area,” Yi Yeyu looked at Lin Huang as she said.

Not only did Lin Huang obtain 70 consecutive wins, he got 90. However, it was even more difficult to bag consecutive wins at gold-level compared to silver-level.

“She’s the Luo Sha from sixteen years ago?! Why does she look like she’s only thirteen or fifteen?” Li Lang thought it was really strange.

“When she was thirteen and hunting for her bronze-level Life Seed monsters, she got a drop of youth fountain water by accident. Since then, she stopped aging at 13,” Yi Yeyu explained and looked seriously at Lin Huang and Li Lang.

“Please be careful when you guys speak to her. Never bring up any topic about age and lady’s figures.”

“Also, if you don’t want to die, never call her ‘little girl’. The last person who did that was a leader of the Demon Slayer Legion. After getting beaten up by Sis Luo Li, he was bedridden for three years and eight months. Sis Luo Yi has a special Life Power that will damage one’s body’s healing ability once her Life Power is inserted. It also brings immense pain to the person.”

“Could she be an immortal-level already?” Li Lang was terrified as he heard what Luo Li could do.

“Not yet. She’s been on gold flame-level for twelve years. It’s not that she can’t break through that. She’s been waiting for a commander-level monster. I heard that such a monster can break the effect of the youth fountain in her body.” The Yis and the Luos were close. Because Yi Yeyu always played with Luo Li when she was young, she knew quite a lot about her.

Although it was Li Lang who was asking the questions, Lin Huang was paying close attention. He could understand why Luo Li wanted to wait to level up. To most people, the youth fountain was a dream come true but to Luo Li, it was more like a curse. She had always wanted to be like other girls, to grow like a normal human and date the man that she liked, even getting married and have kids. However, due to the single drop of youth fountain, it took away all that from her, giving her a face of a teenager eternally…

“Are you sure that with her abilities, she should be able to handle the Molten Dragon on her own?” Although Lin Huang had gotten the answer from the reactions of both the examiners, he wanted a confirmation.

“Don’t worry, it’s just a double mutated sky dragon. Sis Luo Yi has even killed a super genius commander-level monster on her own. At the same combat level, perhaps only a triple mutated monster with the God’s Blood can fight her,” Yi Yeyu affirmed.

Chapter 324: 8000 Sword Rain

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

A lady walked out of the white dimensional relic that opened suddenly on the surface of the lava lake. She floated steadily in the air like she was walking on the ground. As she materialized, the white dimensional relic faded away.

“Not bad, there’s even a lake here.” Luo Li, who wore a dark green army uniform, smirked as she looked beneath her.

A Blazing Alligator that was sunbathing by the lava lake opened its eyes as it sensed a wave of energy enter its space.

“A human?!” It noticed Luo Li who was floating in the air immediately.

“Little alligator, this must be the little black dragon’s territory, am I right? Tell me, where did the little black dragon go?” Luo Li questioned and disappeared from where she was, flashing less than three meters before the Blazing Alligator.

Instinctively, the Blazing Alligator swung its tail hard and pounced towards Luo Li with its jaws wide open. It moved so quickly, yet it did not manage to get Luo Li.

“Tsk, tsk. You’re not being a good boy.” Luo Li appeared on top of the Blazing Alligator all of a sudden. The Blazing Alligator had not even seen her move at all.

Without waiting for the Blazing Alligator to respond, Luo Li pointed two fingers in the air. A gigantic black sword appeared and assaulted the Blazing Alligator’s tail. It pierced through its tail at the speed of light like a black nail, pinning the alligator’s tail on the ground.

With that single swing of the sword, the purple flame-level Blazing Alligator was badly injured. It struggled vigorously in immense pain, attempting to get rid of the sword on its tail.

“The more you struggle, the more pain you will experience and the more blood will shed. This is just a small lesson for you.” Luo Li floated down slowly. This time, she landed even closer to the Blazing Alligator. She was less than a meter away from the alligator. Her black eyes stared deeply into the Blazing Alligator’s red eyes.

“If you’re so dumb to attack me again, you might die…” warned Luo Li in a deadly tone.

The Blazing Alligator felt like it was placed next to a gigantic demon’s mouth and might be wolfed down any minute. It was so scared that it could not move anymore. Luo Li smirked as she watched the Blazing Alligator stop struggling. She knew she had managed to terrify it.

“It seems like we’ve come to a common understanding.”

The Blazing Alligator nodded immediately, thinking that the lady in front of it was not human, but a high-ranking demon in human skin.

Luo Li was satisfied with the Blazing Alligator’s reaction. “Let me ask you, where did the little black dragon go?”

“Little black dragon?” The Blazing Alligator was stunned.

“The Molten Dragon, isn’t this its territory?” Luo Li rolled her eyes impatiently.

“My boss is at the bottom of the lake,” the Blazing Alligator betrayed the Molten Dragon without thinking twice.

“At the bottom of the lake?” Luo Li raised an eyebrow.

“I know that the fire element monster loves spiritual lava but why would it stay at the bottom of the lake? Is there anything special there?”

“There’s a molten crystal at the bottom of the lake. It’s the spiritual source of the lake. Only the boss and a couple of us know about this,” blurted the Blazing Alligator.

“The molten crystal is the main reason our boss got so powerful.”

“Molten crystal? That’s some good stuff!” Luo Li was excited.

The molten crystal was a special fire energy crystal that was usually formed under high temperature and pressure over the span of millions of years. The crystal contained pure fire energy which was priceless to a fire element monster or human. It was worth more than a grade-5 relic.

Luo Li was surprised to find out about the molten crystal existing there.

“Oh yeah, I heard you guys are hunting down humans. Why’s that?” Although she already had the answer, Luo Li wanted to know the truth from the Blazing Alligator.

“He didn’t say much about it. He only told us that a certain human has a unique relic. As soon as he gets that relic, he can accelerate his speed, level up to his third mutation, and even undergo a blood transformation to become a dragonkin monster.”

Although what the Blazing Alligator said did not directly bring up the God’s Blood, Luo Li was sure that her speculation was right as there were not many treasures that could accelerate mutation and increase the thickness of blood. The God’s Blood was one of them.

“How many humans have you guys captured so far?” Luo Li asked again.

“Not many. It has been less than ten hours since the Boss gave his instructions. Only 30 to 40 people were sent to him,” the Blazing Alligator answered honestly.

“Where are they?” Luo Li looked around but did not see anybody.

“Boss ate all of them after getting Phantom to interrogate them.”

Luo Li glared deadly at the Blazing Alligator again and once more, it felt like it was going to be eaten by a supreme demon.

“Seems like there’s no reason to keep this idiot alive anymore…” Luo Li mumbled to herself, then looked at the Blazing Alligator.

“You wait here patiently. Let me kill the little black dragon first and I’ll see what to do with you.”

Although the Blazing Alligator was unhappy, it did not dare to say anything while it waited patiently where it was.

Luo Li had basically gotten everything she wanted to know from the Blazing Alligator. She flew above the lava lake. She then extended her palm facing the surface of the lake. Long, black swords appeared around her. Within seconds, thousands of swords appeared and the number was still growing. Ten seconds later, the black swords finally stopped multiplying.

Luo Li started murderously at the surface of the lava and said to herself, ” 8000 Sword Rain !”

The thousands of black swords dashed towards the lake like a storm…

Chapter 325: Molten Crystal

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The black sword rain covered the entire surface of the lake as streaks of its black glow penetrated into the red lava in every ten meters. The impact of each sword was limited to an attack that covered such a huge area. However, it was just a plan to Luo Li to lure the Molten Dragon out of the lake rather than to kill it. The gigantic black dragon was laying down at the bottom of the lake, not sleeping but absorbing the energy from the molten crystal. Lying down was the most comfortable pose for it.

Suddenly, the black dragon felt an intense pain on its tail as the sound of torrential whistling was heard. It turned around and saw half a black sword sticking out of its tail. Another whistle came and another sword pierced less than a meter from the black dragon’s left eye, almost blinding it instantly.

Roar !

The black dragon was furious as it was attacked twice. As one of the Three Overlords of this world, it had been a long time since someone had challenged it. Hearing the roar echoing from the bottom of the lake, Luo Yu smirked.

“It worked.”

Soon, huge waves undulated on the surface of the lava lake. A humongous monster appeared from the lake. Luo Li checked out the black giant creature with her head slightly tilted to the side. The Molten Dragon looked like a mammoth alligator with wings. Its abdomen was short compared to the ratio of the rest of its body and it had a heavy bottom. On its back were not dense like the scales of dragon blood monsters but like the thick skin on the back of an alligator. They were bumpy like hard tumors.

“It’s really ugly…” Luo Li commented after checking out the Molten Dragon for a while. Soon, she recalled something and licked her lips mockingly.

“But I heard from a Food Hunter that the uglier something is, the tastier it is.”

As Luo Li was checking out the Molten Dragon, it was studying her too. The size of her body confused it. It had never seen a human of such small stature. However, the intensity of her attack shocked it a little as the two swords had managed to break through its defense easily.

Perhaps, the smaller a human was, the more powerful they were. Just when the Molten Dragon pondered upon that thought, it heard Luo Li mocking it. It was furious again.

“Human kid, are you messing with me?” It was its first time hearing somebody calling it ugly and it could not take it anymore.

Meanwhile, Luo Li looked serious.

“Who’re you calling a kid?” She was dismal to hear what the black dragon called her.

Sensing Luo Li’s odd reaction, the Molten Dragon decided to attack first. As its muzzle opened, flames came out of it and engulfed Luo Li instantly. Because the Molten Dragon was not a dragon blood monster, the flames it emitted were not dragon flames but molten core instead. It was tens of thousands degree Celsius like the core of a planet. The molten core came out like a waterfall, consuming the entire space that Luo Li was standing in. The black dragon was sure that Luo Li would definitely not be able to avoid its attack. Even if she did not die, she would definitely be severely injured from the high-temperature flames.

“So, this is the standard of a sky dragon. Huh, you can never compare to a real dragonkin.” A silhouette walked out of the flames. Not only was Luo Li not hurt, the flames had done nothing to her clothes. She smirked as she looked disdainfully at the shocked Molten Dragon.

“I’m sorry that I forgot to tell you that the Life Fire monster that I killed to get to holy fire-level was a dragonkin. Although it was just a basic one, it was so much more powerful than you are. At your level, you’d be killed in less than ten seconds by that fella. I’m even more powerful than the monster. I just need one thing to kill you.” Luo Li pointed a finger as she spoke.

The Molten Dragon sensed immense danger looming. Its instinct had helped it escape death many times, so it chose to trust it. It flapped its wings and backed away from Luo Li. When it was a distance away, it started to dive into the lava lake.

“It’s too late to run now!” Luo Li pointed in the direction where the black dragon dove in.

A black glow that was as thick as her thumb shot out of her fingertip and appeared next to the black dragon’s head. It pierced straight through its head and came out on the other side. The body of the black dragon was like a meteorite as it flopped into the lake, creating waves hundreds of meter high.

The black dragon’s carcass floated on the surface of the lake. Just when Luo Li went down to pick up the carcass, she noticed that its tail was broken.

“Did it run away?!” Luo Li squinted.

After storing the carcass, Luo Li went to the Blazing Alligator that was at the side of the lake again. It was shaking in fear. Although it did not see her killing the black dragon, its senses allowed it to feel what exactly happened. It did not attempt to struggle after knowing that she had managed to kill the Molten Dragon in one go.

“What else is there at the bottom of the lava besides the molten crystal?” Luo Li asked the Blazing Alligator.

“There’s a natural tunnel that connects to a huge lava river,” the Blazing Alligator said immediately. Although it had no idea why Luo Li asked such a question, it answered honestly anyway.

“No wonder…” Luo Li finally understood why the Molten Dragon could escape from this lava lake that did not seem to have any other exit routes.

“Bring me to the molten crystal and don’t try to fool around!” Luo Li snapped her finger. The black sword that pinned the Blazing Alligator’s tail down faded away and transformed into a black mist that entered its wound.

The Blazing Alligator was hesitant as it pondered if it should attempt to escape. After some thought, it decided to give up on any hope of doing so and just bring her to the molten crystal as the human was simply too terrifying. As Luo Li trailed behind the Blazing Alligator into the lava lake, her body was covered by an invisible energy layer that isolated her from the lava. The spiritual lava would usually infiltrate one’s Life Power but it did not seem to affect Luo Li at all.

Within a couple of minutes, they arrived at the bottom of the lake. Luo Li’s eyes lit up when she saw the giant golden crystal that measured two meters wide. However, she figured that she would not be able to bring it along with her. Although the molten crystal was a relic, it was not something that was meant to be taken away. Once it was moved, there would be an explosion with a massive energy loss. Half of the molten crystal was buried in the ground, hence the Molten Dragon had to train at the bottom of the lake.

“This little black dragon is stupid. Why didn’t it think of digging the soil around it?” Luo Li was speechless.

“Help me dig the soil around it away. I’ll set you free as soon as I get this molten crystal,” Luo Li said to the Blazing Alligator.

“We’ve no idea what’s the ground made of. It’s very tough and can’t be dug. If we could, the black dragon would’ve taken it away from the beginning.” The Blazing Alligator shook its head.

Luo Li did not believe it, so she went to the crystal and knocked the ground. She then made a black blade from her finger and attempted to pierce it into the ground. However, it could not penetrate the earth at all.

“Eh… That’s strange!” Luo Li went further away from the crystal and observed it carefully. She noticed that the soil ten kilometers surrounding the crystal had been dug out by the black dragon. It was left with a flat, black soil.

“Did you guys do this digging?”

“Yes, the Boss got us to dig it. However, because the area of the black soil is too big, he gave up.”

“Alright then. Since I can’t take it away, I’ll leave it here then.” Luo Li decided to empty the lake after the assessment ended to try if she could dig it out.

“I shall set you free now.” Luo Li waved her hand and the black energy came out of the Blazing Alligator’s wound, then disappeared into the spiritual lava. She rocketed upwards of the lake and disappeared from the Blazing Alligator’s field of vision…

Chapter 326: Suspended Training?

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

After Luo Li left the submission place, Zang Bing looked at the three of them.

“Don’t go anywhere before Sister Luo comes back.”

“How long would that be?” Lin Huang did not want to waste his time there.

“If everything goes as planned, she should be back in an hour. Perhaps, she might even make it within half an hour if she’s fast,” Zang Bing answered.

Zang Bing’s answer had proven that what Yi Yeyu had said earlier was true. She was not exaggerating when she said that Luo Yi could fight a triple mutated monster of the same level with the God’s Blood. After all, Yi Yeyu was not even a holy fire-level a few days ago, so her judgment on Luo Li’s ability might be subjective. On the other hand, because Zang Bing was on the same level with Luo Li, his judgment would be relatively more objective.

“Let’s wait for a while then, since it’s only one hour at the most,” Lin Huang said to Yi Yeyu and Li Lang.

The both of them did not object to him as it was dangerous for them to be outside in these conditions. In usual circumstances, participants of the training would avoid territories of monsters that were above white flame-level. However, since the black dragon’s instruction had been issued, the monsters that were above white flame-level might leave their territory to hunt humans down, which made the ruins more dangerous than the night before.

Zang Bing and Si Kongjian got busy with their Transmission Snails. To prevent from confusing people with multiple instructions, the Union Government had given out three types of Transmission Snails to the staff. The first one was exclusively for the three examiners of the training. They used a Transmission Snail that only connected the three of them and none of the other staff had access to that. Zang Bing and Si Kongjian informed their own group of staff about what was happening to get them to secretly protect the training participants.

Just when the three of them were getting bored, a white dimensional relic appeared in the sky and Luo Li casually walked out of it.

“So soon?! It hasn’t even been five minutes!” Li Lang was shocked.

“It hasn’t even been three minutes…” Lin Huang looked at the time on his Emperor’s Heart Ring. Luo Li had been gone for only two minutes and 16 seconds to be exact. It was stupefying that she had managed to kill the Molten Dragon with such a short period of time!

“Didn’t I tell you that Sister Luo Li is powerful?” Yi Yeyu beamed proudly. As the white dimensional relic disappeared, Luo Li appeared before Zang Bing and Si Kongjian.

“You settled it so soon?” Zang Bing’s eyes were wide open. Although Si Kongjian did not say a word, the corner of his eye that was lifted slightly betrayed him. He did not expect Luo Li to be back so soon.

“No, the fella escaped by shedding its outer skin…” Luo Li grumbled annoyedly, “I didn’t expect the sky dragon to be such a pussy. It ran away before I could even do anything.”

Luo Li did not bother lowering her voice, so Lin Huang and the rest heard her loud and clear. Li Lang rolled his eyes as he thought Luo Li was exaggerating. However, Lin Huang thought what Luo Li said might be true. Perhaps, the Molten Dragon sensed something dangerous from her demeanor, so it escaped. Some monsters were very alert to danger, and the Molten Dragon may possess such a supreme sensing ability.

Yi Yeyu, on the other hand, trusted what Luo Li said fully as she knew how powerful she was since she had grown up with Luo Li. The other two examiners trusted Luo Li too as both of them were well-versed with her ability.

“That black dragon was terribly lucky that it managed to escape from you.” Si Kongjian teased, “But too bad for it that it escaped by shedding its outer skin because then, its combat level would drop a level or two lower.”

“It won’t have such good luck next time!” Luo Li was furious.

“So, what should we do now? Since the black dragon is still alive, the other monsters will be striving to fulfill its order and hunting down all the training participants. If that is the case, our training difficulty will increase as well as the death percentage. Should we suspend the training?” Zang Bing looked at the both of them worriedly.

“Wow, look at you! You guys must be sick of being an examiner by now. My assessment hasn’t even started yet!” Luo Li objected.

“But it would be dangerous to proceed with the training now,” Zang Bing insisted this time.

“What do you think?” Zang Bing looked at Si Kongjian.

“I have no comment. You guys can discuss. I’m okay with anything.” Si Kongjian opened his arms in nonchalance and backed off. He did not stand on any side as he did not want to offend anybody.

“Xiao Bing Bing, it’s not as bad as you thought. I’ve heard many things from the little black dragon’s follower. The instruction isn’t about killing humans, but to bring humans alive to it.” Luo Li toned her temper down when she saw Zang Bing being all serious.

Although she was daring, there was nothing that she could do about Zang Bing’s stubbornness. Once he decided on something, it was impossible for him to change his mind. He would not give in even if he was beaten up. He would only change his mind with legit reasoning.

“An order is an order but the executor might not execute what it says exactly. Even though the decree is to capture humans alive, it might eat them later on. The goal of this training is to allow the young people to challenge themselves. That’s why they’re asked to kill white flame-level monsters. But now that they will be encountering monsters above crimson flame-level, blue flame-level and even purple flame-level, they might be killed instead. That would mean that there won’t be any room for them to train themselves, which defeats the purpose of the training. There’s no meaning to carrying on with the training,” Zang Bing elaborated.

Luo Li was silent after hearing what he said. She knew that it would be too much if she insisted on carrying on with the training. She spoke again a while later, “How about this? We get all the participants to come back and tell them what’s happening. They get to choose to stay or to leave. If most of them choose to suspend the training, we do just that. However, if most of them choose to leave, we’ll send those who want to leave out of the ruins while allowing those who want to stay.

“However, we have to change the mechanics of the training. We’ll need to discuss further on how to keep everybody safe if we’re carrying on with the training.”

Luo Li compromised in the end but she suggested the option of allowing trainees to stay as she did not want to give up the opportunity of being an examiner. Zang Bing stayed silent.

“Lao Zang, let’s do what Sister Luo suggested. After all, there’ll be some participants who don’t want to lose the opportunity of this training,” Si Kongjian finally spoke, sidelining Luo Li this time. Zang Bing lifted his head and looked at Lin Huang and the others.

“What do you guys think?”

“I’d like to carry on,” Lin Huang answered without thinking twice.

“I’d like to level up to white flame here,” Li Lang answered.

“Although I have already leveled up to white flame, I still want to train myself by battling more.” Yi Yeyu smiled at Luo Li.

“See, five over one.” Si Kongjian patted Zang Bing’s shoulder smugly.

“Alright then, let’s get everybody back and decide later.” Zang Bing nodded.

Chapter 327: You’ll Be An Auntie To Kids The Moment You Turn 20

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The next day, the three examiners managed to gather all of the participants with the help of their staff by the afternoon. It was only the fourth day of the second round of the training. The original 978 people had dwindled to 906. Zang Bing was upset as it had just been a few days and so many participants were already missing. In reality, since they were appointed as the examiners by the Union Government, they had a death quota which was broken down to less than 5% on the first round, 10% on the second round and 15% on the third round. It was only the fourth day of the second round of training for Zang Bing’s segment and the death rate was already at 7.2%.

As everyone gathered around, Zang Bing as the examiner of the second round of training informed them about the Molten Dragon. Many of the elites had noticed the odd encounters with the monsters, some of them even managing to escape from the monsters. They finally understood what was happening.

“We can’t come up with a unanimous decision among the three of us. Since the training is for all of you and you guys are adults with your own opinions, the decision is up to all of you. You guys can vote to decide if we should suspend the training,” Zang Bing finally revealed the objective of gathering everybody here.

“Before that, I would like to emphasize that this is not part of the assessment. I hope that all of you can decide whether to suspend the training based on what you really want without worrying too much about the consequences. Just go for whatever that you think is right.

“To make everyone feel safe, your name won’t be necessary for the vote. All votes will be anonymous. If you think the training should carry on, draw a tick and if you think the training should be suspended, draw a cross. We will decide after all the results are collected.”

A lady raised her hand in confusion.

“Please speak.” Zang Bing nodded to the lady.

“If those who want this to end exceed those who want this to go on, does that mean all of us will have to leave even if we don’t want to?” The lady asked.

“Yes, we go by the majority. If most of you vote to end this rather than to stay, we will suspend the training. Even if you’d like to stay, we’ll send everyone out of this place and that’ll be the end of the training,” Zang Bing affirmed.

“What if it’s the other way round? If there’re more people who vote to carry on than those who vote to end this, does that mean those who would like to leave have to stay?” The lady asked.

“No. If we have more who vote to carry on, those who want to stay will stay while those who want to quit will be escorted out of this place by our staff. By then, our staff will explain to your organization accordingly that you guys were not eliminated. If any of you get into trouble for leaving early, you can choose to stay instead. We’ll arrange for a campsite guarded by an examiner. You’ll be sent out of here after the training ends.

“If there’re no more questions, I’ll get the staff to pass out the voting cards.”

Zang Bing waited for a while and nodded to the staff after nobody asked any more questions. Soon, the staff gave out blank white cards the size of a palm to everyone.

“Fold the card after you’ve voted and the staff will collect them from you.

“Don’t mess up. If you want the training to go on, draw a tick. If you want it to stop, draw a cross,” Zang Bing reminded again.

Lin Huang drew a tick without thinking twice when he received the card, then he folded it. Yi Yeyu drew her choice expressionlessly and folded the card. Meanwhile, Li Lang held the card without doing anything.

“What are you doing?” Yi Yeyu asked.

“I think the results will be close. I’m thinking of using my vote as the deciding vote after the result has been announced.” Li Lang looked obnoxious.

“After the result is announced, your vote won’t count anymore,” Lin Huang said in all seriousness.

“Yeah, do you want to give up your vote?” Yi Yeyu added while smiling.

“Ah, does that mean I’m giving up on my vote?!” Li Lang was shocked. He quickly drew a tick immediately and folded the card.

As everyone had voted, the staff collected all the cards. It took a couple of minutes for the calculation of the votes and the result was soon sent to the three examiners. Zang Bing frowned when he saw the result as he stood in front of the people for the announcement.

“I shall announce the voting results. There are 812 votes who want the training to carry on and 92 votes who want the training to be suspended. We have two empty votes.

“It seems like the decision is clear. We shall respect your decision and carry on with the training!

“For safety purposes, I’ll get the staff to follow every group. They’ll be watching the movement of the crimson flame-level monsters and above so you won’t have to fight them. All staff, please work with us. We’re so sorry for the extra workload. After the training ends, we will apply for extra rewards for all of you.”

Zang Bing intentionally said that before everyone so that the staff would put in their best efforts.

“Now, those of you who voted to carry on with the training can leave now. Those who don’t want to stay, we will arrange something for you.” As Zang Bing said that, many of them left one by one.

“We should leave too.” Li Lang looked at Lin Huang.

Lin Huang was looking at Luo Li who had appeared before Yi Yeyu out of nowhere. He had not seen her move at all.

“Damn, when did she come?” Li Lang asked softly.

“She just did, I guess. I didn’t see it as well…” Lin Huang was telling the truth.

“Xiao Yeyu, I remember your body had no fire element. How did the change happen?” Luo Li asked.

“It happened last year. I have no idea how but something happened to my body and it now has the fire element.” Yi Yeyu did not understand it herself.

“But that’s good. I might have a present for you soon. You’ll have to wait until after the assessment.” Luo Li smiled.

“It’s okay.” Yi Yeyu smiled and shook her head. She had a close relationship with Luo Li since she was young but it had been a couple of years since they had last met. She could not adapt to her friend’s new eccentric character.

“Treat it as a present for leveling up to holy fire-level,” Luo Li said.

“I think your boyfriend on the left is good, but he’s a little short. He doesn’t look too old, so he might be able to grow taller. Never mind the one on the right with greasy hair. My hands feel itchy when I look at his hair,” Luo Li said while looking at Lin Huang and Li Lang.

“Erm, they’re not my boyfriends. We’re just friends… Moreover, who would date two guys at the same time?!” Yi Yeyu was speechless.

“What is there to be embarrassed about when it comes to dating? You’re not young anymore and you should be thinking about getting married…” Luo Li proceeded to lecture her, ignoring Yi Yeyu’s reaction.

“I’m only 20 this year…” Yi Yeyu’s eyes were twitching. She had a really attractive body. In fact, she had hit puberty early and already had the body of a 20-year-old when she was just 15. She could not cover her body any longer and guys were always gawking at her wherever she went.

“Girls can get married after their adult ceremony when they are 16. Those who are 20 years old will have kids calling them aunty…” What Luo Li said made everyone speechless.

As Luo Li was indulging them with her opinion, Bloody contacted Lin Huang in his mind.

“Master, I have found the Molten Dragon. It seems to be in bad shape…”

Chapter 328: Gamblers and Shortcuts

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Haltharad soaked its body in the spiritual lava in the volcano, its mind was a mess. It could not remember how long had it been the overlord in this world… It had been years. There was almost nobody that could take it on in this world ever since it leveled to gold flame-level. Gold flame-level was the highest level that this world could accommodate. As a double mutated sky dragon, its ability made it the best in this little world. If the stupid Shadowflame Boa did not listen to what the cunning Golden Toad said and fought it, it would have been the ruler of this world.

It did not expect there to be anyone that was the same as itself, a gold flame-level that was even more powerful to exist in this world. As a double mutated dragonkin sky dragon, it was confident that even if it encountered a triple mutated monster that was the same level, it would win as well. However, Haltharad had a taste of failure today. It was its first time it tasted defeat ever since it achieved gold flame-level. Its opponent was a human that was similar in level to itself but it could not even handle a single hit from this human.

The human girl who looked rather young with a petite body was as powerful as a god, making it difficult for anyone to find it in themselves to fight her. Its body was shaking as it recalled the moment when it was almost killed by her, it was a reflection that came from fear. However, fear was not the only thing, hatred burned inside it as well.

“That damned human girl forced me to shed my carapace. Now, my combat strength had dropped two levels and I have to hide in this freaking place!” Haltharad said to itself. It did not dare to say it too loud as it was afraid that others would find out about the humiliation it felt.

The temporary degradation to its power was the side-effect of its shedding Life Skill, it would last for 72 hours. Not only that, its body would be weak for three days, even its defensive ability would drop two levels. Many of its skills and Life Skills that required Life Power would be deactivated. It was afraid that it might be attacked by blue flame-level monsters, that was why it was hiding.

“Two days more…” Haltharad stared deadly in the air.

“If I can’t fight you, I’ll kill you with a monster crowd! Not only you, all humans will have to pay the price!”

…

“Where is the black dragon hiding?” Lin Huang asked immediately when he heard about the black dragon from Bloody.

“It’s hiding in a spiritual volcano, it’s very weak right now. I think it’s badly injured, its aura had dropped to the that of a blue flame-level monster.” Bloody told its observation.

“A blue flame-level monster…” Lin Huang was tempted. He knew very well that it was the side-effect of shedding its carapace but it would only last for three days and its combat strength would go back to normal. By then, it would be impossible to kill such a monster.

“One day has passed out of its three days of weakness. I need to find it within these two days or else I’ll lose the opportunity.” Lin Huang squinted, he was thinking if he should look for the black dragon. Even though its power had dropped by two levels, the ability of the Molten Dragon was not to be underestimated. Lin Huang’s concern was not its ability but more of what he would get if he was to kill the black dragon.

“Xiao Hei, what kind of rewards will I get if I manage to achieve a double cross-ranking kill?” Lin Huang asked.

“Normal cross-ranking kill – Random Reward Card x1!”

“Double cross-ranking kill – Draw Reward Card x1!”

“Triple cross-ranking kill – Draw Reward Card x3!”

“Quadruple cross-ranking kill – Draw Reward Card x5!”

“Quintuple cross-ranking kill – Draw Reward Card x10!”

“So if I kill the black dragon that had dropped two levels, would that be considered as a triple or a quintuple cross-ranking kill?” Lin Huang asked.

“The Molten Dragon’s level drop is just temporary and its real combat strength is still gold flame-level. If you manage to kill it, it’ll be considered a quintuple cross-ranking kill and you’ll receive a draw of 10 Reward Cards.”

Lin Huang was over the moon when he heard Xiao Hei’s reply.

“I should be able to use a Double Reward Card, right?” Lin Huang asked again.

“Yes, a Double Reward Card can be used on all cross-ranking kill.”

“That means, if I manage to kill it, I’ll get to draw 20 cards!” Lin Huang could not resist such a temptation.

“I must do this!”

The Molten Dragon that was hiding in the volcano far away had no idea that it had become the ultimate boss for Lin Huang. Lin Huang was even thinking if he should get Mr. Fu to get him a gold flame-level monster with the Life Skill ability to shed its carapace after the training ended so that he could get the quintuple cross-ranking reward.

Xiao Hei noticed what he was thinking.

“The objective of the reward from system is to encourage you to strengthen yourself. Such behaviour of trying to cheat the reward system is not encouraged. As soon as humans find shortcuts, they’ll always look for more shortcuts. This is the evil side of humans. With the time spent looking for shortcuts, some people have already arrived at the destination with their own strength. I hope that you don’t become one of those people who are always looking for shortcuts. Things that you achieve through hard work are the most valuable ones.”

“It’s just a thought, why must you give me a life lesson…” Lin Huang smiled awkwardly after hearing what Xiao Hei said but soon he fell into a deep thought. He had seen many people who were always looking for shortcuts when he was on earth instead of doing what they should do. This was similar to what he saw in gamblers who lived in the casinos. They wanted to get rich by gambling but what usually happens is that they would go bankrupt and even get their family members killed.

Lin Huang thought if those gamblers put the passion they had for gambling into their career, even if they did not become a millionaire, they would still definitely make enough to feed their family. Shortcuts were acceptable occasionally but if one wanted to use shortcuts in everything, that would be no different from gambling. The consequences might get ugly.

“Lin Huang, what are you thinking about?” Yi Yeyu waved her hand in his face.

“Nothing.” Lin Huang snapped out of his thoughts and realized that Yi Yeyu had ended her conversation with Luo Li. Luo Li had returned to be with the two examiners. Aside from the 50-odd participants who decided to not proceed with the training, the rest had left. In reality, among the 90-odd people who voted to end the assessment, only slightly more than 50 of them stayed. Lin Huang looked at the remaining people and realized that most of them had leveled up to holy fire-level. It was unnecessary for them to stay as they had achieved what they wanted to from the ruins.

“Let’s go.” Lin Huang waved to the both of them, he did not want the three of them to be misunderstood as giving up the training.

Chapter 329: No Comment

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

As they left the mission submission area, Lin Huang had been thinking of how to leave the group and get to the spiritual volcano to kill the Molten Dragon on his own. He did plan to let Li Lang and Yi Yeyu know about this as it would take them by surprise if he left so suddenly. Although the Molten Dragon had experienced a drop in its level, it was still a gold flame-level monster after all. Moreover, there would be a staff from the Union Government’s Demon Slayer Legion following them and he did not want to reveal his ability in front of a stranger.

As they left the mission submission area for some distance, Li Lang could not help but ask, “Where are we going?”

“I found a non-fire element monster for Yeyu to train,” Lin Huang said then paused.

“But I have something to settle on my own, so I’ll send you guys there and leave,” Lin Huang added.

“I suggest you don’t leave the group. I can’t be looking after two teams at the same time,” immediately warned the poker-faced staff who was following them when he heard what Lin Huang said.

“If you insist on leaving, I’ll have to follow the team that has more people and your safety will be your own responsibility.”

“Thanks for reminding. I have the ability to take care of myself, so please take care of the two of them.” Although the staff’s attitude was unpleasant, Lin Huang could tell that he genuinely did not want him to be in trouble but he rejected the person’s kindness anyway.

Poker Face then looked at Yi Yeyu and Li Lang. Since the both of them did not stop Lin Huang, he did not say anything. Lin Huang then changed his black dimensional relic to a blue one and summoned it.

“Lin Huang, how come your dimensional relic…?” Seeing that Lin Huang’s dimensional relic had changed, Li Lang started to ask but was pinched hard by Yi Yeyu.

“Why did you pinch me?”

“Because I can. Can’t I do that?” Yi Yeyu gave an unreasonable excuse.

“Okay then…” Li Lang dared not fight back, looking at Yi Yeyu’s condescending expression.

“Let’s go.” Lin Huang opened the dimensional relic. Soon, the blue dimensional relic disappeared as the four of them entered it.

In reality, the regular dimensional relic did not come with any function of changing colors or modes as it was unnecessary. The material to make a dimensional relic itself was pricey and changing colors was still acceptable but to be able to change its mode, the handling of materials would be much more complicated. This also caused the cost of the making of the dimensional relic to be a few times more expensive. Therefore, a dimensional relic with mode-changing function would usually cost four to six times more than a regular one of the same level.

In fact, that dimensional relic cost at least three times more than a relic of the same rank. Only people who had too much money to spare would purchase such a unique dimensional relic. Of course, the seller knew who their target market was. Mr. Fu was the perfect person for such fancy things. Besides, he had too much money. Therefore, when the nine basic colors for dimensional relic were introduced, he bought all of them without thinking twice.

He had given the black one to Lin Huang as a gift. Lin Huang intentionally changed the color and mode of the dimensional relic as they were with the poker-faced staff. From Luo Li’s analysis, he would have to be extra careful and not let the staff of the Union Government associate him with the monster with the God’s Blood. Luo Li and the rest would definitely report the discovery of the monster with the God’s Blood to the Union Government and there would be a thorough investigation conducted. Thus, Lin Huang had to get rid of all traces of him being related to the monster with the God’s Blood.

After they stepped into the blue dimensional relic, the four of them appeared not far from a small lava lake.

“What are we looking for this time?” Li Lang did not see anything as he looked around.

“Smoldervenom Toad.” Lin Huang pointed at the lava lake.

Smoldervenom Toad was a mutated monster. Despite having the word smolder in its name, it was not a fire element monster but a venom-type monster. It could absorb heat to produce venom. The so-called fire venom was not actually made of fire energy but was made of venom instead. Such a venom was unique, because when it enters the human’s body, an excruciating pain that felt like intense burning would be experienced. The dead body of the poisoned victim would be severely dehydrated.

The Smoldervenom Toad had appeared several times in Division7, so it was not a stranger to Yi Yeyu and Li Lang.

“It’s in that lake?” Li Lang was excited.

“There’s no need to rush. Before I leave, I’ll need to buy some stuff from you.” Lin Huang told him.

“What?” Li Lang thought it was such a strange request.

“Nuclear bombs. How many do you have with you? I want all of them.” It was definitely not a spontaneous request. As soon as Lin Huang had found out about the black dragon that was hiding in the spiritual volcano from Bloody, he thought of using the nuclear bomb to lure the black dragon out as well as destroying its geographical advantage.

“Ahh, that toy! I only have two left.” Seeing Lin Huang staring at him without saying a word, Li Lang felt guilty.

“Okay, I have three.”

Lin Huang remained silent as he looked at Li Lang. He knew that he was lying. Li Lang was bad at lying. Every time he lied, he would bite his lips without noticing it.

“Okay, okay, I’ll give you all five of them for free since they’re not worth a lot of money anyway,” Li Lang compromised. He had only spent less than 20 Life Crystals to get the nuclear bombs from the black market.

“Thanks then, I’ll treat you a meal when you get out.” Lin Huang knew that Li Lang would not accept his money even if he was to offer it, so he gave the promise of food instead.

Learning from his lesson earlier, Li Lang took out the five nuclear bombs carefully and passed them to Lin Huang. Lin Huang was nervous as he was storing the nuclear bombs. The bombs had been around since the ancient epoch and it would be terribly disastrous if they exploded.

“Hey, what do you plan to hunt? Why do you need all these?” Li Lang was curious.

Yi Yeyu looked at Lin Huang curiously too. She remembered how powerful the bomb was. A single one was terrifying enough.

“It’s a secret.” Lin Huang smiled mysteriously, not wanting to reveal anything.

“Lin Huang, you’re not being honest right now. I gave you these bombs, so I have the right to know!” Li Lang objected.

“No comment.” Lin Huang grinned as he summoned a blue dimensional relic and stepped into it.

“Bye!” He waved at the three of them.

Again

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The Alexandrian Eagle stopped in the air as Lin Huang peered out at the gigantic volcano that was 10 kilometers away. From what Bloody had found out, he was sure about the exact location of the Molten Dragon.

Lin Huang did not go closer to the volcano, instead, he instructed Bloody, “Bloody, get your parasites on five flying monsters. Go for those that are strong.”

“Master, are you thinking of…?” Bloody looked out from Lin Huang’s sleeve when it heard the instruction.

“The previous nuclear bomb had reached a radius of 30 kilometers. If I toss the five of them together, it will be even more powerful and the impact will spread even wider. If I toss the bombs myself, even at the Alexandrian Eagle’s speed, we might not be able to leave the impact area in time. It’ll be safer to get the parasitic hosts to do that,” Lin Huang explained as he knew what Bloody was thinking about.

“But before I toss the bombs in, I must make sure that the Molten Dragon is in there, or else, I’ll just be wasting the five nuclear bombs.” Although it was quite impossible for the Molten Dragon to leave the volcano due to its weak state, Lin Huang did not want to risk it. He wanted to be very certain before he attacked.

“Alright, I will arrange for that. I should be able to get that done within half an hour,” Bloody responded immediately, clear on what to do.

Lin Huang patted the Alexandrian Eagle to get it to land near the crater while waiting patiently for Bloody. Around ten minutes later, a red ladybird flew around Lin Huang.

“Is this the Exploding Ladybird?” Observing the ladybird, Lin Huang knew that it was one of the parasitic hosts.

The Exploding Ladybird was a bug that lived around lava. They were born white in color and was at silver-level. They mainly fed on lava, spiritual lava particularly was their favorite. After consuming a sufficient amount of spiritual lava, they would enter adulthood and upgrade to gold-level while their body would turn red like an enlarged firefly.

However, such a monster was much more dangerous than the average firefly as it would attack anything that invaded its territory. They did not fear death and most importantly, they possessed a terrifying ability which was to self-combust. The combustibility of each adult Exploding Ladybird was comparable with a white flame-level monster’s ultimate move.

“The Exploding Ladybird is small, so it’s hard to notice. Looking for spiritual lava is what they do every day. It won’t be a problem if they get close to the Molten Dragon as the dragon wouldn’t suspect a thing,” Bloody explained why it had chosen the monster as its detective.

“That’s a good one.” Lin Huang nodded in satisfaction, realizing that Bloody was now picky with its hosts.

After referring to the monster encyclopedia, Bloody’s knowledge on using parasite hosts had improved. Not only was it parasitizing and controlling, before it did that, it would consider the environment, the host’s behavior and even the possible reaction of the monster that they were investigating before choosing the best host. Its all-rounded analysis minimized the possibility of the host being revealed.

Under Bloody’s control, the Exploding Ladybird flew to the spiritual volcano far away. It was slow and took almost ten minutes to arrive at the crater. Before the Exploding Ladybird arrived at the crater anyway, five Putrescent Falcons already stood in a row at the crater not far away from Lin Huang. The Putrescent Falcon was a gold-level soul monster. It was a bird was left with bones that were very different from the clean, white bones that the Sanguine Skeleton Spirit had; their bones were bloody with bits of flesh hanging off them. They looked like rotten bones that had been chewed by the lions in Africa during summer and they emitted an unbearable stench.

Theoretically, their wings that were mere bones were unable to fly. However, they inserted Life Power into their wings when they attempted to, which made flying possible.

“I got these five Putrescent Falcons to fly together, so even if the black dragon senses them, it won’t find anything odd,” Bloody explained.

“That’s smart. If different birds appear at the same time, the black dragon will definitely sense that something fishy is going on.”

“That’s right. Even though we’re attacking sneakily, it’s best to attack it when it has its guard down.” Bloody had the same thought.

Most of the monsters could sense the movement trajectory of creatures within a limited range but not inanimate objects such as nuclear bombs. As long as the Molten Dragon did not see what was being carried by the Putrescent Falcons, it was quite impossible for it to notice the nuclear bombs. Soon, the Exploding Ladybird came back with its scout report. The Molten Dragon was really at the bottom of the Spiritual Volcano. It was soaked in the spiritual lava with only its head showing and seemed to be enjoying itself. Although it noticed the existence of the Exploding Ladybird, it did not care about it at all.

Lin Huang smirked when he heard what Bloody told him.

“It seems like this fella isn’t aware at all. It’s only left with two days of recuperation before it regains its strength, so it must have thought that everything will be fine as long as it’s hiding in this volcano.”

“Should we attack now?” Bloody asked.

“Let’s do it,” said Lin Huang as he took out the five nuclear bombs.

As the five Putrescent Falcons picked up the nuclear bombs, they filled their wings with Life Power immediately. A pair of black wings formed on each of their foul-smelling bodies.

“Take note of the flight speed. Don’t be too aggressive. Just fly at a normal speed,” Lin Huang reminded.

“Understood!” Bloody controlled the five Putrescent Falcons to fly towards the spiritual volcano.

As the five Putrescent Falcons flew nearer to it, the Molten Dragon that was at the bottom of the volcano sensed them. It was in a weakened form now, so it was extremely alert and cautious. It had its sensing ability covering the area within a 10-kilometer radius in his watch.

“They’re flying towards my direction?” The Molten Dragon thought.

“There are five of them… The unpleasant vibe seems just like those brainless Putrescent Falcons. Anyway, they’re only at gold-level. It’s probably only a false alarm.”

Just when the Molten Dragon lowered its guard down, the five Putrescent Falcons arrived at the crater of the spiritual volcano. They let go of the five nuclear bombs from their claws almost at the same time and the bombs fell into the volcano…

Chapter 331: Heist

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Lin Huang was a traveler from Earth. He was fearful of the nuclear bomb because he knew despite its size, it was dubbed as the most powerful weapon on Earth. It was the ultimate weapon during the war and was a deadly weapon to many powerful countries. It was clear that the seller had never tested the impact of the nuclear bomb before, so they handled them as bombs from the ancient times, which was how Li Lang had managed to get them from the black market. They probably did not even know if the bombs were still working, hence they had sold them to Li Lang at a cheap price.

Knowing how powerful the bombs were, Lin Huang had fled the explosion zone with the Alexandrian Eagle as the Putrescent Falcons left. He was 60 kilometers high in the air, using his Boundless Vision to watch the five Putrescent Falcons tossing the five nuclear bombs into the spiritual volcano.

Soon, a bright yellow spark shot into the air. A gigantic mushroom cloud that extended up to thousands of meters high filled the air. The white glow it emitted was so bright that it lit up a couple of kilometers. The high temperature from the white glow melted everything that was a few kilometers around the volcano. Even the gigantic spiritual volcano collapsed into flatland.

Outside the coverage of the white glow, the intense shockwave had shaken the earth 50 kilometers away. Everything within thousands of square kilometers was impacted and the trembling of the ground was felt far and wide. Even Lin Huang, who was riding on the Alexandrian Eagle 60 kilometers away, had to fight against the strong wind created from the shockwave. As the wind blew, Lin Huang could hear the explosion. It sounded like thunder, but it was much more intense with a fearful force.

Lin Huang watched the entire explosion take place, his thoughts going everywhere. The nuclear bomb had destroyed every physical thing on Earth. However, it was not enough here. As it was a different world, the creatures in this world were much more powerful than those on Earth. Even an ordinary person could easily live up to 100 years old, some of them even living over 150 years old. Meanwhile, the monsters here were more resilient and stronger than the animals on Earth. If the scariest lions and tigers were placed on this world, they would be food for the lowest-ranking monsters, which were the iron-level monsters.

“Master, you don’t seem to be worried that the Molten Dragon might die from the nuclear bomb. If that happens, wouldn’t you lose the opportunity to obtain the cross-ranking kill reward?” Bloody interrupted Lin Huang’s thoughts.

“The physical attack will do limited harm to the Life Power… If anyone can use their Life Power to attack with the effect of a nuclear bomb, don’t mention holy fire-level, the person can even kill an immortal-level,” Lin Huang thought out loud and shook his head.

He did not think that the nuclear bomb alone could kill the Molten Dragon even though its combat strength had dropped.

“One of the reasons why I tossed the nuclear bomb is to destroy the spiritual volcano so that I can get rid of its geographical advantage. On the other hand, I can also drain its Life Power. It’ll be even better if I manage to injure it, so that I can save some strength to fight it,” Lin Huang said.

“But if I kill it with the bomb, that’s just my bad luck then…” Lin Huang added.

“Compared to it dying from the explosion, what I’m more concerned about is that it will run away,” Lin Huang voiced out his concern.

As the Molten Dragon was weak now, it would be unwilling to fight. Following the terrifying explosion, it might escape instead.

“There’s a tunnel connecting to the lava river. But with the explosion, the entire volcano has collapsed, so the tunnel to the lava river must be destroyed as well. There’s no way that it can run.” Bloody was confident.

Looking at the volcanic ashes that covered the air, Lin Huang waited patiently for the Molten Dragon. As his vision was affected, it would be dumb to get closer to the Molten Dragon now. Soon, a furious roar could be heard from far away. A gigantic shadow appeared from the gravelly flatland. The gargantuan Molten Dragon flapped its broken wings in the air and looked around. Its powerful vision picked out Lin Huang who was riding on the Alexandrian Eagle tens of kilometers away.

“An Imperial Censor?” The Molten Dragon speculated as it saw Lin Huang. Soon it recalled that aside from the Imperial Censors, it had seen other humans summoning monsters using monster taming tokens.

Seeing that the black dragon had noticed him, Lin Huang smirked and gestured to the black dragon to advance. He knew very well that it could see what he was doing. Haltharad saw Lin Huang’s challenging gesture very clearly. When it first saw him, it did not think that he was the one who had orchestrated the explosion as Lin Huang was too far away from it and it doubted that Lin Huang could attack from such a distance. On the other hand, Lin Huang’s aura was too weak for it to believe that he was the one who had attacked. However, his challenging gesture made it doubt its own speculation.

“Is this human kid challenging me? Could he be the one who caused the explosion?” With doubt and anger, the Molten Dragon flew towards Lin Huang’s direction. As the Molten Dragon was coming his way, Lin Huang patted the Alexandrian Eagle and landed at a crater nearby. He then recalled the Alexandrian Eagle and Bloody into card forms.

A minute later, the black dragon arrived above Lin Huang.

“Were you the one who attacked me, human kid?!” Haltharad demanded furiously.

As it got closer to Lin Huang, it could sense how weak this human was. He was not even a white flame-level. As it was flying over him, it planned to attack the human directly. However, it noticed that Lin Huang did not use a token when he was recalling his monsters, which proved that he was an Imperial Censor. It then thought of the God’s Blood. Perhaps, it could get something out of Lin Huang.

“What do you think?” Lin Huang playfully teased. He could clearly sense that the Molten Dragon was now a blue flame-level, making him feel very relieved now.

“Are you messing with me?” Haltharad roared furiously.

“You should really brush your teeth.” Lin Huang fanned his face and scowled. The black dragon had incredibly stinky breath.

“I heard that you’ve been hunting us humans down. It must be for the monster with the God’s Blood, am I right?” Lin Huang added without waiting for the black dragon to respond.

“What do you know about that?!” Haltharad asked immediately.

“I know you want the God’s Blood to increase the density of your dragon’s blood, to level up to a dragonkin. I also know that you need the energy from the God’s Blood to accelerate your third mutation. And what you want to know the most is where the monster with the God’s Blood is right now…” Lin Huang knew the black dragon would definitely be tempted.

“What do you want?” Haltharad knew that Lin Huang would not provide it with the information without anything in return.

“I want all of the treasures that you have!” Lin Huang asked directly.

“You are too greedy, human!” Haltharad looked solemnly at him.

“The God’s Blood is priceless and it’s the one thing that you desire most. Moreover, I’m the only one in this ruins who knew who has taken that special monster away and where the person is.”

“10%,” Haltharad thought for a while and bargained.

“80%, I’m being generous to you. You still get to keep a part of your treasures,” Lin Huang negotiated.

“30%!” Haltharad looked displeased.

“Half and that’s my final price. If it’s unacceptable for you, I shall keep the secret with me. By then, it’ll be useless even if you capture me as I will not breathe a word.” Lin Huang smiled as he knew that it would agree with the price.

“Half then! You’d better make sure that what you’re going to say is the truth, or else, you know the consequences,” Haltharad compromised as the God’s Blood was too important to it.

“Of course,” Lin Huang said and took out an empty temporary storage ring.

“You can use this storage ring by inserting your Life Power. Put the stuff in and I’ll tell you the secret after checking the contents. Don’t try to fool around, or else, the deal is off.”

Lin Huang tossed the ring to Molten Dragon. The black dragon scoffed and put the treasures that it had collected over the years into the ring. It was not afraid that Lin Huang would escape with the ring as it planned to kill this obnoxious human after it retrieved the secret and get back all its treasures. That was its revenge for destroying the spiritual volcano!

Soon, the black dragon tossed the ring back to Lin Huang.

“That’s half of my treasures. You can take a look at it.”

Lin Huang took the ring and started checking. The more he looked, the more surprised he was as the black dragon had a crazy trove of items. It seemed to be honest about the amount of treasure it had. Even if it hid some, there was plenty in Lin Huang’s ring already.

Seeing Lin Huang putting the ring away, the black dragon was nervous.

“Can you tell me who has the monster with the God’s Blood and where is the person now?”

“Come closer.” Lin Huang waved to the Molten Dragon.

The black dragon was shocked but it put its head closer to Lin Huang. Lin Huang walked right up to its ear from the edge of the crater.

“Actually… The person who took the monster with the God’s Blood is…me…” Lin Huang grinned as he whispered. A couple of Punishment Chains appeared from the crater and whistled down towards the black dragon’s head…

Chapter 332: Killing the Dragon!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Lin Huang had done his calculations before this…

The volcano beneath him was a spiritual volcano. He had gotten the Sanguine Skeleton Spirit to hide in the spiritual lava, so no matter how close the Molten Dragon got, it was impossible for it to sense the Sanguine Skeleton Spirit’s existence. Lin Huang had planned to fight the Molten Dragon by flying over to it and luring it closer to the Sanguine Skeleton Spirit to attack. He did not expect the Molten Dragon to come to him just by challenging it. Its desire of the God’s Blood had oppressed its anger and they had chatted instead.

Lin Huang’s request for treasure from the Molten Dragon was a trap. The treasure that he received was just a bonus. Humans were always driven by wealth, therefore, Lin Huang pretended to be a greedy human to lower the Molten Dragon’s guard. His acting was so good that the Molten Dragon trusted him and even stuck its head closer to him.

Haltharad was not dumb, but its desire to obtain the God’s Blood had blinded it, causing it to ignore many things that it should be aware of. When it heard Lin Huang talking about the God’s Blood, it looked like it had been charmed by the devil and eventually, fell into his trap.

As Lin Huang revealed that he had the monster with the God’s Blood, the attack came out of nowhere. The nine Punishment Chains were like hungry poisonous snakes that had been hiding for a long time. They pinned down the Molten Dragon’s head and neck when it was unaware. Haltharad struggled immensely while the Vampire Particles in Lin Huang’s right hand transformed into a bloodySeraphic Spear that pierced into the dragon’s left ear. As the Blood Spirit leveled up to Vampire Particles , they were no longer in the form of wings anymore. They could turn into any form and be placed anywhere on the body instead of just the back.

As the Vampire Particles pierced through the black dragon’s eardrum and arrived at its brain, the chains that were locking its head and neck broke. Lin Huang was flung away in the process. As the Vampire Particles had yet to leave the black dragon’s ear, not all the Punishment Chains were completely broken, so Lin Huang decided to transform the spear into a gigantic ball that was stuck in its ear.

“Explode!” As Lin Huang shouted, the ball that was formed from the Vampire Particles in the dragon’s ear exploded.

Without the defense from its Life Power, the left side of the black dragon’s head exploded. It convulsed on the ground but it did not fall. At that moment, the Sanguine Skeleton Spirit’s chains that were broken shackled it again while Lin Huang summoned the Alexandrian Eagle to get him. He took out his sword relic and filled it with Life Power. A golden glow gleamed at the tip of the sword. The black dragon was already badly injured from the explosion earlier, feeling very dizzy. It was stunned before it started to struggle and flapped its wings to attempt to break free from the chains. It knew very well that it would definitely die if its Life Power remained sealed by the Punishment Chains !

As the black dragon struggled, the Punishment Chains were losing their hold. However, Lin Huang had yet to charge his Worldly Purification . Seeing that the last chain was going to break, Lin Huang knew he had to use his trump card.

“Charcoal!” Lin Huang shouted as a powerful force oppressed the space around them. The black dragon that was struggling was shocked as it sensed the aura of a dragonkin. It was impossible that it was mistaken as the presence felt really close. Haltharad forgot to struggle while it looked at the direction where it sensed the aura coming from.

With it midnight black scales, Charcoal stared lethally at Haltharad. There was a young man sitting on its back. As Lin Huang summoned Charcoal, he recalled the Alexandrian Eagle and rode on Charcoal immediately as he knew that the Alexandrian Eagle was afraid of the Molten Dragon. The terrifying aura of a dragonkin was fearsome to most monsters and that fear also applied to monsters that were a level higher. The effect of deterrence worked best on monsters with a lower density of dragon blood, effectively suppressing them.

Under normal circumstances, Haltharad would not be affected by Charcoal’s aura due to their difference in level. However, it was weak and injured now, so its defenses against Charcoal’s deterrence was low. Because of that, Lin Huang had decided to summon Charcoal as his trump card because he knew that Charcoal could suppress the Molten Dragon. Haltharad’s head was blank. Seizing the opportunity, the Sanguine Skeleton Spirit engaged its Punishment Chains around the black dragon again while Lin Huang, who was riding on Charcoal’s back, had five Life Wheels with Life Power inserted into his sword.

Sensing the chains, the black dragon finally snapped out of it and started struggling again. The appearance of the dragonkin had made it realized a bigger crisis. The human was much more terrifying than it had imagined! It had never thought that a human could get a powerful dragonkin to be his summoning monster. How could a triple mutated monster be captured by a human? All of these happened with the same human, which made it fear Lin Huang now.

“I must escape, or else, I’ll definitely die!” Haltharad only had one thought in its mind, which was to escape! Seeing that the chains were losing grip again, Lin Huang knew that it was his last chance to fight.

“Charcoal, go!”

Charcoal flapped its wings and dashed towards the black dragon. Since it had been a long time since Charcoal was let out, it was exceptionally aggressive. Although it was much smaller than the black dragon with a lower combat strength, it could feel the power of its own blood and the fear in the black dragon’s eyes. That allowed it to attack the black dragon without fear as it extended its claws towards the black dragon’s neck.

The black dragon that was already restricted by the chains was now compacted on its neck. It opened its mouth wide, attempting to shake off the oppression. Seizing the opportunity, Lin Huang used Seraphic Speed and Thunder Steps as he advanced towards the black dragon. A sparkly golden sword pierced into the wound on the left side of the black dragon’s head. The black dragon’s vision was blocked by Charcoal but when it saw the golden glow, it moved its head aside by instinct.

However, Lin Huang, who was in the air, transformed the Vampire Particles into a pair of bloody wings on his back. It was his last bit of Life Power that he had. As the wings formed, he aimed for the black dragon’s wound. The black dragon wanted to run away desperately. Charcoal flapped its wings and released the black dragon’s neck. Charcoal knew that it was not as strong as the black dragon but it knew that it needed to help Lin Huang. Without any communication, Lin Huang noticed that Charcoal was buying him time. He rushed into the opening of the black dragon’s wound on its head.

Without the Life Power defense, his sword that was shining brightly like the Sun plowed into the temporal bone of the black dragon’s head and right into its brain. The golden glow from Worldly Purification was released into its brain and the Molten Dragon’s brain melted…

“Congratulations, you have completed a quintuple cross-ranking kill. You’re rewarded with 20x card draws!”

“Congratulations, you have obtained Epic Molten Dragon card pieces x2”

Chapter 333: As Yet Unwitnessed

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

After putting away the Molten Dragon’s carcass, Lin Huang recalled Charcoal and the Sanguine Skeleton Spirit into their card forms. He used Life Crystals to activate his dimensional relic after making sure that he did not leave anything behind. He did not even draw the reward cards and left before his Life Power could recover. Because the appearance of dragonkin just now would attract many powerful monsters, it would be dangerous if he stayed even for a second more.

The blue dimensional relic disappeared as he walked into it. Lin Huang did not go to Yi Yeyu and Li Lang. Instead, he went to the area where Tyrant was in the midst of its unsealing. Seeing the blue dimensional relic, Kylie took out her spear and was ready to fight. As soon as she saw that it was Lin Huang, she put away her weapon.

“I’m sorry. Due to some reason, I needed to change the color of the dimensional relic,” Lin Huang explained when he saw Kylie’s reaction.

After keeping the dimensional relic, Lin Huang then took out a Life Power Refill Card to refill the Life Power that he had lost. Within seconds, his five empty Life Wheels were completely filled. He was relieved as he felt energized again. Looking at the blood stains on his clothes, Lin Huang said to Kylie, “Could you please look away? I’m going to take a shower.”

Kylie heard what he said and turned around to look at him intentionally, not bothering to look away.

“Never mind then, you can look if you want to. I’m a man anyway, so there’s nothing to lose.” Lin Huang then took off his clothes.

As he stripped down to his underwear, he felt shy as Kylie was still watching him intently. He did not want to take off his underwear. He then took out a large tub and filled it halfway with cold water. He then leaped into the tub with his underwear. It was a pleasure to shower with cold water under such scorching weather. Of course, he did not do that for enjoyment, but more to get rid of the smell and the blood stains on him. There was a strange fragrance from the black dragon’s blood. It smelled like musk. He was worried that the fragrance might attract trouble.

After six tubs of water and using different brands of shower gel six times, there was still a light musk fragrance on his body, Lin Huang decided to give up.

“It seems like I can’t get rid of the fragrance. I shan’t waste water like this or else, I won’t have any water to drink for a few days…”

He then got out of the bathtub and changed into a new pair of underwear while hiding behind the tub. He changed into new clothes and shoes as well. He then tossed his clothes into the lava and cleaned the tub before putting it into his storage space. He noticed that Kylie had been watching him.

“Haven’t you seen a man taking a shower before?” Lin Huang teased.

“A man who showers six times a day? No,” a lady’s voice said.

“Who’s that?”

Lin Huang was shocked when he heard that voice and he looked around but did not see anything. He calmed himself down as he did not see Kylie taking out her weapon to defend them.

“Was it you who spoke just now?”

Kylie remained silent but Lin Huang knew the answer.

“It’s not that I want to shower six times a day but I’ve got the black dragon’s fragrance on me…” Lin Huang knew that Kylie misunderstood, so he explained immediately. “Oh yeah, why didn’t you speak before this since you can talk?”

“Because there’s nothing to talk about.” Kylie was cold towards him.

“Alright then…” Lin Huang accepted her response reluctantly as it was not bad that Kylie was able to express that.

“Is there anything else that you would like to say to me? If not, I shall leave now. I’ll come back to you guys a few days later after Tyrant is done with its unsealing,” Lin Huang informed.

“I have a question,” Kylie spoke again after keeping quiet for a while.

“What’s that?” Lin Huang raised his eyebrow.

“Why do you wear clothes when you shower?”

“Erm…” Lin Huang wanted to blame it on her as she had been watching him but he thought about it and gave another answer, “I usually won’t wear anything but it’s different when there’s a lady around. It’s rude to be naked in front of the opposite sex.”

Lin Huang wanted to say ” excluding special people ” but he refrained from doing so as Kylie might ask him what that meant. He was a simple man who did not like to explain a lot. He thought it was unnecessary for Kylie to know about all that.

“If there’s nothing else, I’ll make a move,” Lin Huang said and summoned his dimensional relic.

Seeing Kylie shake her head, he then stepped into the dimensional relic. As the blue dimensional relic disappeared, Kylie mumbled to herself, “Is it rude?”

This time, Lin Huang went back to Yi Yeyu and Li Lang who were hunting down the Smoldervenom Toad. Li Lang was recovering his Life Power with snacks that looked like spicy strips. The poker-faced staff saw Lin Huang walk out of the dimensional relic but did not say a thing.

“Finally, you’re back. It’s been more than an hour. What monster were you after?” Yi Yeyu asked curiously.

“Nothing much, it was just a double mutated monster that took some time.” It had only taken Lin Huang less than ten minutes to kill the Molten Dragon but he had spent most of his time showering.

“What’re you eating?”

“Spicy bacon strips. It’s a snack that’s made of marinated pork with a special spicy sauce. It’s good! It’s very popular on the Heart Network. Do you want to try some?” Yi Yeyu took out a packet.

“I’ll try one strip instead of an entire packet. I might have to throw it away if I don’t like it.” Lin Huang walked towards her.

“Alright, then.” Yi Yeyu offered a packet that was opened to him.

Lin Huang took a strip from the packet, then passed it back to her.

“Why do you smell so good?” As Lin Huang walked towards her, Yi Yeyu sniffed the fragrance on his body.

“I had blood stains on my clothes, so I took a shower. I think it’s the fragrance of the shower gel,” Lin Huang came up with an excuse.

“This shower gel smells good,” Yi Yeyu commented without thinking too much about it.

Lin Huang was relieved as Yi Yeyu did not ask further. He put the spicy bacon strip into his mouth. A spicy and savory taste filled his mouth. After some chewing, he savored the fragrance of the bacon. Just like what Yi Yeyu said, it was delicious but it was a little heavy on the palate. As they chatted, Li Lang paused his Life Power recovery and opened his eyes.

“Help me hunt down a Life Fire monster.”

Lin Huang was stunned when he heard what he said.

“Sure!” He nodded and agreed immediately.

Chapter 334: Demon Slayer Token

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Although Lin Huang agreed to help Li Lang, he looked at Yi Yeyu in confusion. He thought Li Lang must have been triggered, or else, he would not have requested to do that on his own. Lin Huang had mentioned helping Li Lang hunt down a Life Fire monster earlier but he was rejected instead. Lin Huang did not expect him to mention this matter on his own again.

“Which Life Fire monster did you pick?” Lin Huang asked Li Lang.

“I initially wanted a Barbed Savage but I’d like a Hellish Spearfiend now,” said Li Lang firmly. It was clear that he had decided.

“Hellish Spearfiend…” Lin Huang repeated that name softly. He could tell why Li Lang had chosen that monster.

The tinder of a Life Fire came with the monster’s original ability and potentially, other abilities as well just like Yi Yeyu’s Fire Phoenix that had bestowed her with the fire ability. Lin Huang was not sure if it came with any other abilities. Li Lang must be going for the Hellish Spearfiend’s Spearheart. Even without other abilities, the Spearheart alone would allow Li Lang to improve his understanding of spear fighting. Compared to the once mutated Barbed Savage, the Hellish Spearfiend was much more difficult to overcome.

The Hellish Spearfiend was not only a dangerous demon but also a double mutated monster in human form. It held its weapon in its hand and usually sat on top of the pyramid among the monsters of the same level. The monster was no weaker than the Fiery Swordfiend that Yi Yeyu helped to kill for Lin Huang earlier. Perhaps, it was because of that that Li Lang did not target the Hellish Spearfiend at first as it was too far to reach. Although Lin Huang had no idea what inspired Li Lang to change his target, he decided to support Li Lang without thinking twice.

He remembered clearly how Li Lang had helped him a year ago. Without him, Lin Huang would not be able to afford to buy all the materials that he needed for the Reserve Hunter assessment. He would not have reaped the success today without Li Lang.

“I remember you didn’t even research this ruins. Are you sure that there’s such a monster here?” Lin Huang thought suddenly.

“Yes, there is. Although I didn’t research this ruins, I have researched about the Hellish Spearfiend. It has appeared in this ruins before, that’s what I remembered. However, it was five years ago when it was discovered. The Hellish Spearfiend was at white flame-level that time, but I’m not sure if it has leveled up to crimson flame-level now,” Li Lang said and looked at Lin Huang.

“If it’s now a crimson flame-level, that’s bad luck for me and I’ll just go for the Barbed Savage then.”

“It’s okay if it has leveled up. Since you have picked this monster, no matter white or crimson flame-level, I’ll try my best to help you to kill it. Do you remember the coordinates?” Lin Huang asked.

“I only remember the rough coordinates,” Li Lang admitted embarrassedly.

“Mark it down.” Lin Huang projected a map.

Li Lang looked at the map for a while and drew a circle on the top right of the map.

“It should be in this area.”

“Sure, let’s look there.” Lin Huang stared at the poker-faced staff who was far away. He did not enlist Bloody’s help.

“I suggest you guys stop wasting your time. Confronting a double mutated monster isn’t as simple as you guys think. Don’t even mention about crimson flame-level monsters, the ability of the white flame-level is not to be underestimated either. Don’t think that just because you guys have me and your white flame-level friend around that you can do whatever you want.” Poker Face thought they had made their decision simply because they had him and Yi Yeyu with them.

“If you follow us, your tinder will disappear. You guys should not follow us tomorrow.” Lin Huang glared at Poker Face and looked at Yi Yeyu.

“I’m okay.” Yi Yeyu shrugged her shoulders.

“I disagree! As your chaperone, I must follow you wherever you go. if the both of you decide to leave the group, I’ll have to follow the two of you as there are more people in your group instead of following her alone!” Poker Face rejected Lin Huang’s arrangement without hesitation.

“We don’t need you to protect us.” Li Lang frowned.

“There’s nothing to do with whether you need me or not. That’s the order that I received. Your willingness has nothing to do with me. I’m just following the orders.” Poker Face was upset. If not for the order from the management, he would not want to deal with them.

Lin Huang frowned. He did not want Poker Face to follow them as he was the staff of the Union Government. If he found out that Lin Huang was an Imperial Censor, Luo Li might hear about it and she might find out that he had the monster with the blood of God. After all, she had managed to come up with the speculation that was so close to the truth. If she managed to obtain more information, she would definitely find out.

“Just following orders? Then, this should work.” Yi Yeyu took out a black token the size of half a palm. It had a black metal mast with a ferocious demon face on top and there were two words in red at the back saying “demon slayer”.

“A demon slayer token?!” Poker Face was shocked when he saw the token. He stood stiffly immediately and bowed to Yi Yeyu.

“Since you know what it is, that makes things simple. I order you to follow me when the both of them are hunting the Life Fire monster.”

“Yes, Madam!” Although Poker Face was unwilling, he did not dare to say no to her.

“It’s a deal!” Yi Yeyu looked smugly at Lin Huang and Li Lang.

After Poker Face sat down in silence, he could not help but to ask Yi Yeyu, “Madam, may I know how did you get the demon slayer token?”

“My family name is Yi. Yi Donglai is my great-grandfather,” Yi Yeyu told him the truth.

Poker Face was in shock, his mouth hung wide open for a while.

“My great-grandfather was worried that something might happen to me in the ruins, so he gave me this. I’ll have to return this to him after I get out.” Yi Yeyu did not know the token would be so useful.

“What does this token do?” Lin Huang asked. Although he knew about the Three Elite Divisions of the Union Government, he had no idea about the internal management of the troops.

“The demon slayer token was given by the Union Government for the temporary assignment of staff. Those who hold the token can transfer all the staff below the team leader and deputy team leader to them. It’s the equal to an instruction from the deputy team leader,” Li Lang explained.

“It’s usually used when other troops need the Elite Division’s assistance in wars.”

“It would be incredibly powerful if a person owned tokens of the Three Elite Divisions…” Lin Huang thought to himself.

Lin Huang was relieved after settling Poker Face. He then discussed with Li Lang the details to hunt down the Hellish Spearfiend.

“Focus on recovering your Life Power today. We’ll depart tomorrow morning to hunt down the monster!” Lin Huang came up with the arrangement after observing Li Lang’s condition.

Chapter 335: One-trick Pony

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The next morning, Lin Huang washed up and had his breakfast. He then summoned the Dimensional Portal.

Lin Huang had never been to the location where Li Lang specified. Therefore, he had never located the coordinates on Black Ink. He then chose a place that was nearest to the location specified by Li Lang so that they could be delivered safely.

After saying goodbye to Yi Yeyu, the both of them entered the Dimensional Portal and appeared in another region.

Upon arriving, Lin Huang took out a map and confirmed the direction to head towards. He then pointed in another direction. “We have to travel for about 2,000 kilometers by riding our flying mounts. We’ll then arrive at the area you mentioned earlier. I’ll ask Bloody to investigate the surrounding area. We’ll probably get the results in a short while.”

After Lin Huang finished his sentence, they summoned the Alexandrian Eagle and the Ashenquill Eagle.

Soon, both of the flying mounts then advanced rapidly towards their destination following Lin Huang’s instructions.

About two hours later, both of them finally arrived at their destination. As soon as they landed on the ground, Lin Huang recalled the Alexandrian Eagle and summoned Bloody again.

“Bloody, please help us to look for the Hellish Spearfiend. It’s a white flame-level monster that is within 200 to 300 kilometers around us,” Lin Huang immediately briefed.

“Does it know how the Hellish Spearfiend looks like?” Li Lang started to feel worried when he saw Bloody pop its head out of Lin Huang’s sleeve.

“Don’t worry, it’ll know how it looks like.” Lin Huang was not going to explain Bloody’s intelligence.

A few moments later, Bloody’s leech pods were quickly spread around while Lin Huang and Li Lang were waiting for the results at their original position.

“Why did you suddenly change your mind?” Lin Huang asked. Perhaps, it was related to Yi Yeyu. He had not asked about it previously as Yi Yeyu was there.

“Are you talking about the change of monster to extract the tinder?” Li Lang turned back, looking at Lin Huang. As Lin Huang nodded, he then answered, “I knew that there must be differences among monsters that have mutated once and those that have mutated twice. However, I never knew that there’s such a huge difference…”

“Before Yi Yeyu leveled up to holy fire-level, how big was the gap between our abilities?” Li Lang suddenly asked.

“Without considering her unique physique, there’s not much difference between the both of you,” Lin Huang shared his observation, “She has just mastered the saber realm and you’re halfway through mastering the spear realm. Both of you are equally good with combat skills and movement skills. You’re slightly better than her in actual combat and battle experience. Let’s ignore the equipment used as it’s not considered an actual ability. Overall, both of you are on the same level.”

Li Lang finally told him the reason why he had changed his mind, “I think so too. However, ever since she obtained the tinder of the Fire Phoenix, her abilities are incomparable with the earlier ones. I used to think that it’s because of her unique physique that she can hunt monsters easily. I then realized that this is not the truth. She can still easily kill monsters that are uncontrolled. I do have a friend that is on white flame-level too. His abilities were almost the same as mine previously. However, he killed a monster that had mutated once and his abilities are far beyond Yi Yeyu’s current abilities!

“I wanted to upgrade to Transcendent without risking my life. Therefore, I’ve chosen the Barbed Savage as my target. However, after noticing the difference in their abilities, I found out that I can’t do that anymore. I don’t want to be an ordinary person. I want to be strong! Even if I can’t be as strong as you, I wish that I can be a true hunter or, at the very least, I can’t be weaker than Yi Yeyu is. She’s a woman and she dared to fight the Fire Phoenix. I’m a man and if I have no guts to fight the Hellish Spearfiend, am I not worse than a girl?!”

“It’s good that you want to be strong. I’ll try my best to help you to complete the kill.” After listening to what he said, Lin Huang grinned. He never knew that Li Lang’s target was only to achieve holy fire-level and live a peaceful life right after that. However, at least his fighting spirit had been reignited now. Lin Huang felt happy for him as well.

After expressing how he felt, Li Lang remained silent. Lin Huang had no idea what he was thinking about and he kept quiet as well, patiently waiting for news from Bloody.

About 20 minutes later, a notification from Bloody arrived. “Master, I found it! However, it’s not a white flame-level monster as you mentioned. It’s a crimson flame-level instead.”

“Where’s it?” Lin Huang immediately asked.

Bloody quickly marked the location on the map.

“Has Bloody found it?” Li Lang could not hear the conversation between Bloody and Lin Huang as they contacted through their minds. However, he saw that Bloody had made a mark on the map.

“Yes.” Lin Huang nodded and said, “It has found it but the monster has upgraded to crimson flame-level.”

“Crimson flame-level… Can I handle it?” Li Lang panicked and he looked at Lin Huang desperately.

“There’s nothing that we can’t handle. It’s just a crimson flame-level,” Lin Huang said as he was the hunter that had killed the Molten Dragon on the first day after all. Of course, he would not be afraid of a crimson flame-level monster.

“Let’s go.” Lin Huang summoned the Alexandrian Eagle again and flew towards the sky, heading in the direction of the Hellish Spearfiend.

Li Lang immediately rode on the Ashenquill Eagle and followed after him. It took only five to six minutes for both of the flying mounts to travel over a distance of more than 100 kilometers and arrive at their destination.

The Alexandrian Eagle stopped at the side of the lava lake that possessed spiritual power and soon, Li Lang followed and descended.

“Where’s the Hellish Spearfiend?” As soon as he reached the ground, Li Lang looked around. However, he could not find his target monster.

“Don’t panic. Let’s make some arrangements.” Lin Huang summoned the Sanguine Skeletal Spirit and got it to hide in the lake.

“I’m a one-trick pony. I’m not sure if I can still directly kill the monster…” Lin Huang mumbled in a low voice.

“What’re you talking about?”

“Nothing, just stay there and don’t move. I’ll then know exactly where the Sanguine Skeletal Spirit is hiding.” Lin Huang asked Li Lang to stand at the side of the lake which was the position where the Sanguine Skeletal Spirit descended. He was standing less than five meters away from the lake.

“Do I have to stand still?” Lin Huang had actually briefed Li Lang about his plan on the first day. However, he had just described it shortly and Li Lang had no idea how he should do it.

“You can move, but not left or right. You can do anything after the monster is lured over here,” Lin Huang explained. “Do you still remember when the right time for you to make an attack is?”

“I’ll launch an attack right after it is completely locked in the Punishment Chains !” Li Lang nodded.

“It’s highly possible that the monster will break the Punishment Chains . Therefore, its Life Power can’t be sealed for a long period of time. You have to grab the opportunity to attack. You might miss the chance if you wait for me to remind you,” Lin Huang emphasized again.

“Alright, I got it!”

“Wait here. I’ll lure the monster!” Lin Huang rode on the Alexandrian Eagle again and moved forward…

Chapter 336: Lin Huang Versus The Hellish Spearfiend (I)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

It was said that the Hellish Spearfiend was discovered at Safety Zone No. 2, namely, the Dark Prison. It was located somewhere around the B-grade foothold. Therefore, it was named the Hellish Spearfiend.

Lin Huang was not familiar with this type of monster. There were more than 200,000 types of monsters recorded in the monster guide. He had looked through only the monster types that he was interested in. He could actually recognize less than 30,000 types of monsters and he managed to remember the detailed information of about 10,000 types of monsters.

Before last night, Lin Huang had no idea how the Hellish Spearfiend looked like at all. He then referred to the monster guide that he had downloaded previously before he slept.

The Hellish Spearfiend was a human demon with high damage capabilities. Not only did it possess powerful close-range combat abilities, it could do well in ranged attacks as well. Its only weakness was that its strength was lower than the Molten Dragon and the Fire Phoenix. In a nutshell, it was a monster with great overall strength. It was definitely one of the strongest monsters among monsters of the same level.

It was difficult to kill this type of monster from the front. Lin Huang mainly relied on the Sanguine Skeletal Spirit’s Punishment Chains . Once the monster was locked in the Punishment Chains , the battle would basically end.

Sitting on the Alexandrian Eagle’s back, Lin Huang quickly located the coordinates specified by Bloody and he found the Hellish Spearfiend.

It was a human-like monster that had a height of about 2.5 meters. Its body was covered by a thick, silver armor, including its head. There were two large horns on top of the silver armor and only its eyes could be seen. However, from afar, it looked so dark as if there was nothing inside the armor.

Its long spear was special as it did not look like the human weapons that Lin Huang had seen before. It was at least 3 meters long and was all black in color. The unique part of the long spear was that it looked like a large umbrella that was closed. Other than its handle, it was shaped like a cone. These two parts occupied a third of the entire length of the long spear. Further up the long shaft, it was a cone-shaped object with screws. It looked like screws that had been magnified about 100 times. However, it was apparent that they were much sharper than regular screws.

While Lin Huang was sizing up the monster in the air, it seemed like the Hellish Spearfiend could sense him as well. It suddenly lifted his head and looked towards his direction. Its dark eyes instantly lit up and turned red.

He expected to be discovered. Mid-air, he exchanged glances with the Hellish Spearfiend.

All of a sudden, the Hellish Spearfiend propelled forward towards Lin Huang.

Without a moment’s hesitation, Lin Huang immediately told the Alexandrian Eagle to fly ahead, so that he could attract the monster to the targeted position.

Soon, the Hellish Spearfiend got closer to him. Fortunately, the lava lake was not too far away from him. In less than half a minute, the Alexandrian Eagle arrived at its destination and rapidly descended.

Seeing that the Alexandrian Eagle had returned and the Hellish Spearfiend in silver armor following after them, Li Lang was alarmed. However, he still stood in his original position.

The Alexandrian Eagle landed at a position that was less than 10 meters away from him and soon, Lin Huang immediately recalled it.

The Hellish Spearfiend descended as well. He glanced at Li Lang and attacked Lin Huang without hesitation. Obviously, Lin Huang was rather intimidating to it.

It initially landed at a position that was less than 20 meters away from Lin Huang. As it came one step forward, the long spear in its hand had already approached Lin Huang. It would penetrate through Lin Huang’s chest within just a distance of one to two meters.

Lin Huang did not panic at all and extended his left palm. A Dark Shield was immediately formed, blocking the spear from moving any further. Vampire Particles immediately formed on his back, transforming into a bloody long blade. It then streaked in an arc across the sky and cut through the opponent as it bypassed the Dark Shield .

The Hellish Spearfiend was shocked when it saw that its attack was blocked. As it was getting ready to increase the strength of its attack, a bloody glow struck it and it immediately retreated.

To the Hellish Spearfiend, the aura of the human who was standing in front of him was not powerful. However, his body gave off a strange smell as if it was the remnant scent after killing a strong monster. It was associated with a multitude of other scents and the Hellish Spearfiend had no way to distinguish what monster he had actually killed. However, this put the Hellish Spearfiend on high alert.

Therefore, the Hellish Spearfiend decided to dodge his attack instead of fighting back at the very first moment when Lin Huang struck.

As the Dark Shield disappeared, the Hellish Spearfiend could then see that Lin Huang was in an unusual state. His eyes had turned blood red and a sharp blade that was created by a peculiar energy was extended from his back. He no longer looked like a human.

The Hellish Spearfiend was standing more than 20 meters away from him and it started to size up Lin Huang as it could not confirm if its opponent was still a human.

Lin Huang immediately grinned as he saw its reaction. On his back, three bloody wings rapidly formed.

Despite his Vampire Particles being able to transform into any form, he had chosen to transform them into wings. It was mainly because he was most familiar with this mode.

As soon as four of his wings were fully developed, Lin Huang summoned his sword relic.

His Seraphic Speed and Thunder Steps were activated simultaneously. As he stomped on the ground hard, he pounced on his opponent.

Although close-range combat was not the monster’s weakness, Lin Huang did not have many skills in ranged attack. Therefore, he had chosen close-range combat since he was confident in that.

The Hellish Spearfiend’s abilities were on par with the Molten Dragon’s abilities. The only difference was the high temperature of the Molten Dragon’s sword that restricted Lin Huang’s close-range combat abilities to some extent while the Hellish Spearfiend did not possess such an ability. This was the reason why Lin Huang had the courage to go for close-range combat.

As Lin Huang stepped forward, he rapidly appeared at a position in front of the Hellish Spearfiend which was less than two meters away from it. Li Lang, who was watching this, felt like the distance between them had been shortened drastically. As a matter of fact, it was actually an illusion since Lin Huang’s speed exceeded what his vision could capture.

As soon as he stepped into the attack range, Lin Huang’s Thunder Sting was unleashed without a moment of hesitation, creating layers of sword shadows in the air.

His Seraphic Speed was complemented with the fastest sword skill he possessed.

Lin Huang made 58 consecutive attacks in a single second. Encountering such a strong opponent, he had managed to break through his personal best as he could only strike 46 consecutive attacks during practice sessions.

It was lightning fast!

The Hellish Spearfiend’s first impression of Lin Huang was that he did not intimidate it regardless of his body movement skill, sword skill, or even his explosive speed. After all, it had achieved crimson flame-level.

However, this did not stop it from fighting back as its speed was on par with Lin Huang’s.

The spear in its hand immediately deflected the attack. The long shaft resembled a large shield, blocking more than ten of Lin Huang’s attacks.

He was not weak at all!

That was the second thought that flashed through the Hellish Spearfiend’s mind.

The strength of each strike launched by Lin Huang was on par with the attack strength of a white flame-level hunter. More than ten strikes rained on it and it seemed like they were all formed into one powerful strike. The Hellish Spearfiend nearly failed to avoid the attacks. Perhaps, the large spear in its hand might slip had Lin Huang made another one or two more strikes, which was the reason why he immediately retreated the next moment.

“In fact, it’s not strong. The consecutive attacks made just now are about to break its defense. Otherwise, it would not have attempted to pull further apart.” Seeing his opponent’s reaction, Lin Huang grinned again as he knew that the opponent’s defense had reached its limit.

He was even more confident now although he was previously worried if he could break the opponent’s defense without using Worldly Purification . However, the answer was apparent now.

“Come at me again!” Lin Huang yelled. He then leaped and plunged towards the Hellish Spearfiend once more.

Chapter 337: Lin Huang Versus The Hellish Spearfiend (II)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Is that Lin Huang’s true ability?!”

Li Lang, who was standing somewhere near the lava lake, was astounded. Not only did Lin Huang launch a frontal attack on the Hellish Spearfiend, he could even pin down his opponent, blowing Li Lang’s mind.

The Hellish Spearfiend was not an ordinary holy fire-level monster. Its ability was on par with a crimson flame-level’s and it was a double mutated monster. Perhaps it was comparable to many of the blue flame-level monsters. As a human-like monster, its intelligence was similar to humans as well. Despite such circumstances, Lin Huang still managed to launch a frontal attack, indicating that his abilities were incredibly powerful.

“He must be a genius,” the Hellish Spearfiend immediately concluded. His combat level did not match his abilities though. Be it his strength, speed, or even the use of sword skills, they all exceeded the standard of a gold-level hunter.

Lin Huang got stronger as the battle progressed. It had been a long time since he had been engaged in a close combat like this. He launched consecutive attacks with his Thunder Sting , forcing the Hellish Spearfiend to retreat. It was incapable of fighting back at all.

Nevertheless, the Hellish Spearfiend was not weak. The size of its spear was too big and therefore, was not suitable for close combat. Lin Huang noticed this weakness, so he intentionally approached it and directly rained a storm-like attack, hence his opponent would have no way to counterattack.

The Hellish Spearfiend retreated several times and it wanted to stay a distance away from Lin Huang. However, it was not as fast as Lin Huang and the human managed to catch up with him.It seemed like the Hellish Spearfiend was pinned down by Lin Huang.

Lin Huang clearly knew that despite his Thunder Sting taking the lead and his lightning fast speed, it had a limited effect on the Hellish Spearfiend. In addition, it was protected by an armor that did not look cheap at all. Even if his attack hit it, it was not very likely that the attack would cause any severe injuries. Once his opponent realized this and endured the attacks, he would be incapable of taking the lead like he was now doing once he was forced out of the attack range.

However, Lin Huang did not feel worried about that. He was clear about what was going to happen in the later part of the battle. What he currently had to do was to fight heartily.

The sword in Lin Huang’s hand was shrouded in the golden Life Power. In actual combat, he became even more familiar with Thunder Sting , which was complemented with the second level of sword realm and each of the skills was performed almost perfectly. There was no flaw that the Hellish Spearfiend could figure out to attack back. It could only choose to defend against the attack helplessly.

Each onslaught performed by the Thunder Sting was extremely fast. Lin Huang continuously attacked it and his sword that was shrouded in Life Power had created layers of golden shadows in the air, enveloping the Hellish Spearfiend. When he switched skills, four of his bloody wings transformed into sharp blades at the same time. He was not giving his opponent a chance to rest at all.

Despite the Hellish Spearfiend defending against his assailant, not a single attack could break through its defense. He could feel that Lin Huang’s single strike was not that strong. However, it dared not use its body to defend against the attack.

The close combat lasted for about ten minutes. Still, Lin Huang was taking the lead. As Lin Huang was thoroughly focused, he started to increase the speed of his sword. It started from 58 hits within one second, to 59 hits, 60, 61…

The Hellish Spearfiend was trying to adapt to Lin Huang’s blitz speed. However, as Lin Huang started to increase his attack frequency, it could no longer bear it.

It seemed to notice that if this continued, it would be completely pinned down by its opponent. Then, the Hellish Spearfiend started to switch from defense mode to attack mode. It completely ignored Lin Huang’s long sword that was about to pierce through its chest. Suddenly, it loosened its grasp on the long spear in his hand. The next moment when it gripped the long spear tightly, the Hellish Spearfiend grasped the top part of the shaft where it was less than a meter away from the tip of the spear. The tip of the long spear was about to pierce through Lin Huang’s chest rapidly.

Although it could not strike at full force, the hit was so sudden and extremely fast. In addition to the short distance between the both of them, Lin Huang did not manage to summon his Dark Shield in time to defend against the attack. He could only use one of his bloody wings to transform into a large shield so that he could dodge the attack.

The Hellish Spearfiend then took that opportunity to stay a distance away from Lin Huang, returning to its original way of gripping the spear. Before it could even balance itself, it lowered its head and looked where Lin Huang had slashed its body.

There were only 23 injury points on its body. Lin Huang had only managed to leave a scratch that was about 10 centimeters long on its armor. Without a doubt, the attack would not be able to break its defense, let alone cause any injuries.

Although his opponent managed to pull their distance apart, Lin Huang did not chase after it. This was because he knew that it had already discovered that he was unable to break away its defense through close combat. It was meaningless to go after it.

“Human, I’ve to admit that you’re strong but that’s your limit. There’s a big gap between our combat strength. If there’s no way that you can overlay your skills, you’ll be unable to break my defense.” The Hellish Spearfiend picked up his long spear and pointed at Lin Huang. As soon as it finished its sentence, it glanced at Li Lang who was standing not far away from Lin Huang. It then continued, “I can sense that your companion has not even achieved the gun realm. His combat strength should be weaker than yours. Therefore, even if both of you were to fight me together, there’s no way that both of you can defeat me.”

“You’re not the one who can decide the outcome of the battle.” Lin Huang then pounced towards the Hellish Spearfiend, turning four of his bloody wings into sharp blades before blasting off towards its red eyes.

The Hellish Spearfiend scoffed. It seemed like it was angry that Lin Huang had provoked it. Picking up the long spear in its hand, it flashed through the air and easily deflected Lin Huang’s attack.

Three meters away would be the main battleground! Lin Huang could then confirm his prediction earlier.

“It’s true that my attack can’t break your defenses. Your defense can’t break my mine either. If our energy consumption continues draining in such a way, I might not lose!” Lin Huang grinned as he provoked it again.

“You’re overconfident, human! You managed to dodge my random attacks but that doesn’t mean that you can endure the attack that I’m going to launch at full force.” The Hellish Spearfiend was quite confident in his combat strength. “I’ll show you how big the gap between us is!”

As soon as it finished its words, the Hellish Spearfiend transformed into a beam of silver glow and dove towards Lin Huang. It was so swift that it looked as if a silver thread had streaked across the ground.

Lin Huang felt no fear as he grabbed his sword with both of his hands and attacked from the front.

Bang!

Right at the moment when the screw-like spear tip crashed into the golden knife blade, the whole battleground instantly exploded. Soon, a human silhouette appeared, standing in its original position. Impressively, it was a spearman dressed in silver armor.

Lin Huang spat out blood and retreated more than ten meters away, managing to balance himself. He was just one to two meters away from falling into the spiritual lava lake.

“Indeed, I can’t fight the Hellish Spearfiend from the front,” Lin Huang thought in his heart.

As soon as the Hellish Spearfiend saw this, he took the opportunity and headed towards Lin Huang, knowing that Lin Huang’s defensive abilities would be incapable of protecting him from the corrosive nature of the spiritual lava lake. With just one hit, it would force Lin Huang to retreat and fall into the lava. Basically, the battle would then end there.

Lin Huang could feel the high temperature emanating from the spiritual lava behind him. He did not turn back, fixing his gaze on the Hellish Spearfiend.

He did not hesitate when he saw it heading for him and his left palm formed theDark Shield in the air again.

At almost the same moment, the Hellish Spearfiend descended on him as well. The tip of its spear crushed into the Dark Shield.

Bang!

As soon as an explosive noise was heard, black Life Power then gushed into the long spear. The screw-like spear tip began to rotate insanely like a high-powered electrical drill…

Chapter 338: Li Lang Leveled Up

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The changes that occurred in its long spear were out of Lin Huang’s expectations

He was quite confident in his defenses as he knew how terrifying Worldly Purification was. The Dark Shield was capable of defending against an attack that was ten times stronger than the Worldly Purification . Therefore, he was not worried that it would collapse.

Even if it was being attacked by a unique skill, it would not collapse in such a short while.

Lin Huang grinned. On his back, four of the bloody wings transformed into sharp blades. They then bypassed the Dark Shield and plunged towards the Hellish Spearfiend.

It seemed like the Hellish Spearfiend expected that Lin Huang’s attack would not be able to break its defense. It ignored his attack, inserting its Life Power at full force as it wanted to penetrate through Lin Huang’s black defensive layer.

Four of the bloody blades dashed against its body several times and the sound of colliding metal could be heard. On the layer of silver armor, not even a scratch was detected.

“Are you trying to tickle me?” The Hellish Spearfiend teased.

It could not see that behind the Dark Shield , Lin Huang was grinning.

The bloody sharp blades that were made of  Vampire Particles had instantly transformed into ropes. The ropes had twisted around its arms and legs when it let its guard down.

The Hellish Spearfiend was terrified. As it was about to get rid of the ropes, a few flaming chains suddenly extended from the dark.

However, as soon as it managed to break away from two of the bloody ropes, its ankles were locked in the Punishment Chains . Its Life Power was completely sealed and soon, the Hellish Spearfiend was locked in nine Punishment Chains .

Li Lang, who was standing not far away from them, appeared, turning the long spear in his hand into a spiritual snake. It then penetrated through the Hellish Spearfiend’s eyes.

The red glow in one of the Hellish Spearfiend’s eyes dimmed…

Sensing the Hellish Spearfiend’s aura fading, Lin Huang then removed the Dark Shield and recalled the Sanguine Skeletal Spirit. He retreated, leaving Li Lang with the Hellish Spearfiend to complete the extraction of its tinder.

Li Lang pressed against the Hellish Spearfiend’s head, inserting his Life Power into it. Soon, the tinder inside its body reacted. Obviously, he was highly compatible with the tinder in the Hellish Spearfiend’s body.

Watching Li Lang’s aura start to change, Lin Huang was relieved as he knew that Li Lang had successfully obtained its tinder.

Lin Huang then shifted his gaze to the Hellish Spearfiend. Despite looking relaxed during the battle, it was not easy for him. Encountering such a formidable enemy like the Hellish Spearfiend, he could only manage to defeat his enemy with his best efforts.

“There’s nothing wrong with my speed and sword skill but my strength is much weaker than the monster. Even if I possess supernatural powers or any passive skills that overlay my strength, it’s still only comparable to white flame-level humans. If I clashed with a crimson flame-level monster from the front, there’ll only be one outcome, which is an immediate collapse.

“Also, there’s a gap between our Life Powers. Its Life Power is obviously stronger and more concentrated than mine. The primary reason that I can’t break its defense is that it has added its Life Power to the surface of its silver armor. It significantly reduced the effect of the addition of my Life Power.

“Besides, the sword that I’m using is not a high-quality relic as it’s only a 3-star relic. If it can be upgraded to four or five stars, most probably there’ll be an increase in my attack strength…”

Lin Huang analyzed the results in his heart. He had discovered many of his weaknesses from the battle and he was thinking of ways to improve so that he could do better.

“Before upgrading to holy fire-level, there is still room for improvement in my strength through practice. I’ve not gone through any special strength training session so far. As for my Life Power, there’ll be a substantial increase in it after I’ve leveled up to complete gold-level. Despite being incomparable to that of a holy fire-level’s, there’ll be a slight improvement in my attack and defensive strength. In regard to the sword relic, I’ll look for some other swords after getting out of this place. It’ll be best to get a 5-star relic, so I can directly use it until I reach holy fire-level…”

At the side of the lava lake, Li Lang took more than three hours to complete the ignition of the tinder and the initial process of his body transformation.

The first thing he did when he opened his eyes was to express his gratitude to Lin Huang, “Thank you. Without your help, it would be almost impossible to obtain the tinder.”

“You’re welcome. That’s what a friend should do.” Lin Huang nodded with a smile and looked at the dead body on the ground. “The carcass is mine.”

“Of course!” Li Lang immediately confirmed. It was useless for him to take the carcass. At most, he could only earn some credit points. Furthermore, Lin Huang should be the one who earned the carcass as Lin Huang had left the last hit to him instead of killing it right away.

After storing the carcass, Lin Huang then summoned the Black Ink that was blue in color. Both of them then strode over to the door.

They returned to the place where they had said goodbye to Yi Yeyu in the morning. She had remained in her original position.

The poker-faced staff was busy barbecuing a thigh of an unknown monster that was more than two meters in length. After it was grilled, the thigh turned golden brown with a shiny surface, giving off a fragrant scent.

Yi Yeyu was fixated staring at the thigh. Lin Huang and Li Lang turned their gazes on the thigh as well as soon as they saw it.

“Both of you are back! What took you so long?” Yi Yeyu grumbled. She knew that Li Lang had leveled up and was now on the same level as her which was white flame-level. However, she did not feel surprised at all.

“Eh, I need some time to ignite the tinder.” Li Lang beamed. Right after he had leveled up to white flame-level, his mood improved.

“Did you guys really kill the Hellish Spearfiend?” It seemed like Poker Face could not believe that. He felt that both of them must have hunted down other monsters for Li Lang to obtain the tinder.

“Of course.” Li Lang nodded confidently.

Poker Face glanced at Li Lang. Still, he felt that he was lying. However, he did not say it out loud and continued grilling meat.

“Hurry, show me how the Hellish Spearfiend looks like!” Yi Yeyu came over and asked Lin Huang.

Lin Huang then took out the carcass helplessly.

Poker Face then took a look at the dead body and found out that it was really the Hellish Spearfiend that they had killed. As he looked at it carefully, he looked even more surprised. “Is this a crimson flame-level Hellish Spearfiend?!”

“How is it possible? How did you know that it’s a crimson flame-level monster?” Yi Yeyu asked curiously.

“Look at its arms. The crystals on both of its arms are red in color,” Poker Face explained, “The color of the crystal on its arms would differ if it possessed different combat strength.”

The three of them then noticed that a thumb-sized red crystal on both of the Hellish Spearfiend’s arms which were garbed in silver armor. It seemed like there were two rubies inlaid on its arms.

“You are now capable of killing a crimson-flame level double mutated monster?!” After confirming the monster’s combat strength, Yi Yeyu was bewildered and she stared at Lin Huang. She felt that Lin Huang was getting unpredictable.

“I was just lucky.” Lin Huang grinned, seeing that Poker Face was looking at him with a strange expression. He then changed the topic, “It seems like we came back at the right time. We have meat for lunch!”

Chapter 339: Attack by the Monster Horde

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Since Lin Huang and Li Lang joined them for lunch, Poker Face did not say anything because he would not have been able to finish the thigh with Yi Yeyu anyway.

After lunch, the three of them started chatting. Poker Face did not join their conversation. He sat aside and took a nap.

Yi Yeyu and Li Lang’s journey to the ruins was complete since their ultimate goal was to obtain a tinder and level up to holy fire-level. They had now achieved their goals. After Tyrant’s unlocking was completed, Lin Huang could then achieve his target as well. The rest were a bonus to him. Since three of them had completed the second round of training, they were relaxed.

Poker Face did not urge three of them to hunt for any more monsters as he had heard from Yi Yeyu that they had already completed their mission.

“Lin Huang, both of us have achieved our goal. What’s your purpose of participating the training? Do you need our help?” Yi Yeyu asked.

“Basically, I’ve achieved what I wanted to as well. However, I’m interested in the reward which is the monster egg.” Lin Huang said with a smile.

“The person who ranks first will get rewarded with the monster egg?” Li Lang frowned. However, when he thought carefully, it was indeed possible for Lin Huang to get the first place.

“What if both of us pass the carcasses that we killed to you? You can then redeem the points with those carcasses,” Yi Yeyu suggested.

“Isn’t that considered cheating?” Lin Huang asked curiously.

“No.” Poker Face slowly opened his eyes. Obviously, he had been listening to their conversation with his eyes closed.

“The three of you have completed the second round of training and the third round of training has yet to start. Therefore, you are in between the second and the third round of training now. During this period of time, it’s break time for trainees. You’re a free man now and you can assign any tasks to yourself. You can do whatever you like and you have the freedom to distribute the monsters killed as well. Be it the rules of the second or the third round of training, they don’t apply during the break,” Poker Face explained in detail. As soon as he finished his sentence, he closed his eyes again and dozed as if nothing had happened.

After listening to what he had said, they came to a conclusion – the dead bodies of the monsters could be handled in whatever way they liked.

“Alright, I’ll treat you guys to a meal if I can get the first place,” Lin Huang promised as a way to express his gratitude.

“I’ve heard from my grandfather that the monster egg was dropped by a chief-level monster when his disciple killed it previously. It was a monster that went through a triple mutation. His disciple then gave it to him as a gift. I’m not sure what kind of monster it was exactly. If you’re able to train it, it’ll be really useful to you in future,” Yi Yeyu said.

“It’s a monster that has gone through three mutations and possesses phoenix blood in its body. Why didn’t your grandfather keep it for you?” Lin Huang asked curiously.

“It was originally intended for me but we found out later that my constitution is rather special. My grandfather said that the concentration of phoenix blood inside my body is rather low and the entire family is now helping me look for an actual phoenix.” Yi Yeyu did not bother hiding anything from them.

“The head of armed forces is really generous!” Li Lang was envious of Yi Yeyu.

Even Poker Face’s eyelids twitched as he heard that.

If the people over there did not know Yi Yeyu’s family background and what they said had been heard by strangers, perhaps nobody would believe that it was true.

Lin Huang smiled. He was not envious of Yi Yeyu’s family since there was nothing to envy. He was quite satisfied with his current condition. He had such a powerful Goldfinger like Xiao Hei. As long as his Goldfinger could be developed further, he could train a bunch of pure phoenixes as well as dragonkins and monsters with phoenix blood.

“I’m not an Imperial Censor. I can only engage one pet monster. Therefore, I have to choose it carefully,” Yi Yeyu said with a serious expression. As soon as she finished her sentence, she raised her head and looked at Li Lang, then said, “You have leveled up to holy fire-level. It’s time to consider having a pet monster.”

“I should really get one. I’ll ask around and see if there’s any pet monster that suits me after we leave.” Li Lang nodded with a smile.

There was actually no restriction on the combat strength in order to engage a pet monster, provided that one’s Life Power was capable of doing so. It was because one would have to insert a great amount of Life Power in order to hatch a monster egg. Therefore, it would be impossible for an ordinary person to hatch one. However, anyone from iron to gold-level could do it.

Yi Yeyu and Li Lang considered having a pet monster only after they had leveled up to holy fire-level as they spent most of their time practicing before they achieved holy fire-level. They did not have sufficient time and energy to take care of the pet monster. Upon achieving holy fire-level, the increase in combat strength would start to slow down. They would then have extra time and energy, hence they would be free to take care of a pet monster. In fact, most of them who were confident to upgrade to holy fire-level would make such a decision. Those who had a pet monster before they could achieve holy fire-level were those that were incapable of upgrading to holy fire-level.

The biggest difference between a pet monster and a summoning monster was that the latter could be an adult. However, a pet monster had to be trained during its infancy stage. Therefore, to train a pet monster was far more troublesome than a summoning monster. This was also the reason why many people were envious of the Imperial Censor.

While three of them were chatting happily, Poker Face, who was taking a nap, suddenly stood up.

“Three of you, quickly get ready! There are monsters approaching us!” Poker Face shouted at three of them.

They immediately stood up as well and took out their weapons.

“What monster is that?” Yi Yeyu asked.

“It is a monster horde formed by a group of gold-level monsters. There are more than 300 of them,” Poker Face answered.

“Are they coming after us? Or are they just passing through?” Lin Huang then asked.

“They look excited and it doesn’t seem like they are just passing through.”

“Could the barbecue’s aroma have attracted them?” Li Lang stared at the charcoal fire that had not been completely extinguished.

“That’s possible.” Lin Huang nodded. However, he could vaguely feel that things were not that simple.

Soon, four of them were surrounded by the monster horde. Lin Huang could finally see their enemy. They were Black Spiritual Serpents.

Black Spiritual Serpents lived in the spiritual volcano. They looked like snakes. In fact, the Black Spiritual Serpent was a black spiritual object that had an elongated body. It was a spirit type monster that existed only in its shadow form. They liked to live in places where spiritual power gathered as they relied on the spiritual power of various elements to survive.

Seeing this type of monster, Lin Huang and the rest of them immediately turned down the possibility that the monsters were coming after the grilled meat. The monsters could not taste and smell at all. Spiritual power was their only food. They were not interested in human food at all.

Despite the large number of Black Spiritual Serpents that came after them, they were too weak compared to the three of them. In less than two minutes, more than 300 Black Spiritual Serpent were destroyed.

Just when Lin Huang and Li Lang were busy collecting the carcasses, Poker Face shouted at the three of them again, “The monster horde is attacking us again!”

The second batch of monsters was a group of Terraflame Scorpions. They were gold-level monsters as well. There were more than the previous batch of monsters – more than 1,000 of them.

The monsters were rapidly slaughtered by them as well.

“This is unusual…” After killing the second batch of monsters, Lin Huang frowned.

Right at that moment, Poker Face’s Transmission Snail vibrated abruptly…

Chapter 340: Incident Investigation

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Poker Face got up and avoided Lin Huang and the rest of them. He then connected to the Transmission Snail as he walked away. The three of them did not intend to eavesdrop anyway and continued chatting.

After a short while, Poker Face put away his Transmission Snail and returned. However, he looked upset.

“We have to go back to the mission submission area,” he said while he approaching three of them.

“Is it related to the monster attack just now?” Lin Huang could roughly guess the reason behind this.

Poker Face nodded. “Zang Bing said that there’s a monster outbreak. The reason is still unknown. For the sake of the trainees’ safety, we have to bring all the trainees back.”

“I’ve just leveled up. I wanted to kill some monsters for practice…” Li Lang forced a smile.

“Let’s go!” Lin Huang patted Li Lang’s shoulder and summoned the Dimensional Portal.

The four of them entered the Dimensional Portal and soon, they appeared where they had previously gathered.

When they returned, many of the trainees were already back. Poker Face and the rest of the staff had a dimensional relic given by the Union Government. Although Lin Huang knew that as well, he did not want to trouble Poker Face and summoned the Dimensional Portal immediately.

As he gazed at the crowd, Lin Huang looked towards Zang Bing’s direction. Luo Li and Si Kongjian were there as well. Zang Bing looked somewhat gloomy. Other than that, Luo Li and Si Kongjian looked like they usually did.

The trainees were discussing the incident of the monster outbreak. The area was bustling with chatter.

A man saw Li Lang from afar and walked toward Li Lang.

“Li Lang, have you leveled up?!” The man was 20 years old and he was slightly taller than Li Lang.

“Yes, Brother Zhou.” Li Lang smiled.

“I’ve told you that it’s not difficult to kill a Barbed Savage. If you’re willing to spend some time, perhaps you’ll be able to kill it on your own.” Brother Zhou patted Li Lang’s shoulder.

“My friend helped me to kill it.” Li Lang did not explain that he had not obtained the tinder from a Barbed Savage.

Brother Zhou then glanced at Yi Yeyu and Li Lang. When he looked at Yi Yeyu, his eyes lingered on Yi Yeyu’s slender legs and her busty boobs. Despite being dressed in a military uniform, her attractive body was not covered. Soon, Brother Zhou fixed his gaze on Lin Huang.

“Is Lin Huang the one who helped you?” Brother Zhou could see that among three of them, only Lin Huang’s aura was on gold-level. He could recognize that Lin Huang was Mr. Fu’s disciple as well. He was the first one that Yi Donglai had appointed to enter the ruins. “I’m Zhou Quan, nice to meet you.”

“Hello,” Lin Huang acknowledged politely. Since Zhou Quan knew his name, there was no need for him to repeat it.

“You are…” Zhou Quan then shifted his gaze toward Yi Yeyu.

“She is Yi Yeyu, the eldest daughter of the Yi family,” Li Lang introduced with a smile.

“You’re from the Yi family? The head of the armed force?!” Zhou Quan opened his eyes wide. Among the royal families in Division7, other than the military, there was no other Yi family. Li Lang had intentionally emphasized the Yi family. Of course, he was referring to the Yi family of the armed forces. It was impossible that no one knew who they were.

After he had confirmed her identity, Zhou Quan held an obvious reverence for her. The Yi family was somehow a powerful family in Division7 and was comparable to the six royal families. They were at the top of the royal family pyramid in Division7. Small potatoes like him could not afford to offend them.

“Brother Zhou, you’re well-informed. Regarding the monster outbreak, can you tell me exactly what happened?” Li Lang immediately asked after introducing Zhou Quan to the both of them.

“I don’t know exactly what happened. However, our team has encountered several batches of monster attacks earlier. The staff then informed us to come back to this area and gather with all of you,” Zhou Quan explained briefly. What they experienced was almost the same as Lin Huang and the rest of them.

“So, you guys were attacked by the monsters too.” Li Lang then looked at Lin Huang and Yi Yeyu.

“I’ve asked two other teams and the same thing happened to them as well. Obviously, there’s something wrong with the monsters.” As he listened to what Li Lang said, Zhou Quan knew that Li Lang and his team had encountered the same thing as well. “I hope that the examiners can figure out what caused the monster outbreak as soon as possible. Otherwise, we won’t be able to continue with the training.”

Lin Huang’s heart sank when he heard what Zhou Quan said. If the examiners were to stop the training and send all of them out, Tyrant’s unsealing would be stopped as well.

The ruins belonged to an independent world. If Tyrant was left in the ruins and Lin Huang got out of the ruins, he would not be able to sense the existence of the card. Under such circumstances, the system would automatically recall the monster card. Of course, Lin Huang would not want this to happen.

“Xiao Hei, will the monster card be affected if the unsealing process is terminated?” Lin Huang thought of asking Xiao Hei about it first.

“If the unsealing process of the monster card is terminated, it’ll be considered a failure. The monster card that fails to unseal will be completely sealed at the state it was in before unsealing. It can’t be unsealed for the second time and it can’t be leveled up as well. However, the monster card can still be summoned as usual.

“That being said, if the unsealing is terminated, Tyrant will remain on complete gold-level forever and it’ll be unable to upgrade to holy fire-level. It can’t evolve for the third time as well. Its combat strength and rarity will remain stagnant forever…”

Lin Huang’s face turned grave. Tyrant was the second monster card that he had obtained. They had overcome so many dangers together. He could not accept if he was to put the card aside. “No! Whatever the decision of the examiner is, I must stay!”

About ten minutes later, the supervisors then led the trainees back to the area where they had first gathered.

Zang Bing counted the number of people. Right after he had confirmed that nobody was absent, he started talking.

“I guess everyone has been informed by our staff the reason why we asked every one of you to come back. There’s a monster outbreak in the whole ruins and the reason is still unknown. Many of the trainees have encountered the monster attack. For the sake of everyone’s safety, we asked all of you to come back. The examiners and our staff will investigate the reason behind the monster outbreak as soon as possible. We’ll then decide if the assessment should be continued or stopped. Please be patient. Set up your tents and stay here for two days. We’ll know the results soon…”

“It’s just a monster outbreak. Is there really a need to stop the training?” Li Lang felt that Zang Bing and two of the examiners had overreacted.

“We’ve previously encountered gold-level monsters. What if the monster outbreak is not only on gold-level and it involves holy fire-level monsters as well?” Yi Yeyu asked LI Lang. “This area is a 2-star ruin. There are more than 10,000 holy fire-level monsters. Even people like us who are on holy fire-level can fight them, what about the crimson flame-level, blue flame-level, and purple flame-level monsters?”

What Yi Yeyu had voiced out was exactly what Lin Huang was worried about. If holy fire-level monsters were involved in the outbreak, it was highly possible that they would stop the assessment.

After comforting the crowd, the three examiners held a discussion. Soon, Luo Li and Si Kongjian summoned their own Dimensional Portal and left. Only Zang Bing was there to keep everyone in order…