by Shian Jeen
Ch.734
“Correct, I’m not Cheng Huai’an.” Huwang Xiao nonchalantly admitted. It wasn’t necessary to conceal it at this point.
After all, the other side was going to die.
Liang Guang began to feel apprehensive looking at Huwang Xiao, “Who are you?!” This person’s disguise technique was so splendid that not a single Vermilion Bird Institute master saw through it? Including himself before this!
“You can ask Cheng Huai’an later.” A suction force from Huwang Xiao’s right hand instantly pulled Liang Guang toward himself. Prior to ending Liang Guang’s life, Huwang Xiao scoured his soul for information.
He had long been curious why the demonic beast clans were attacking the Golden Mountain World, perhaps he might some find clues or the actual reason from Liang Guang’s memories.
A short while later, the soul-scouring ended.
Huwang Xiao lightly tapped Liang Guang’s forehead with his finger, and true immortal essence fire drilled into his soul, burning it to ashes.
“The Hundred Spirits Beast King!” Huwang Xiao repeated the name under his breath, waves of shock reeling in his heart.
From scouring Liang Guang’s soul, Huwang Xiao found out why the demonic beast clans were attacking the Golden Mountain World. Apparently, the Piercing Sky Beast King read in a particular ancient canon from the demonic beast clan’s Holy Temple that one part of the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s true body was sealed somewhere in the Golden Mountain World!
The Hundred Spirits Beast King was a peerless demonic beast king from tens of thousands of years ago, Huwang Xiao already knew this. An illustrious existence of the same era as the Black Warrior Institute’s first Principal.
During that time, in order to cultivate his Hundred Spirits Demonic Art, the Hundred Spirits Beast King was extremely savage and vicious, trampling and slaughtering in human territories to absorb human souls. Later, the first Black Warrior Institute Principal and a group of pinnacle human cultivators joined forces to exterminate this Hundred Spirits Beast King.
However, the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s body toughness had reached a horrifying level, so strong that the many human masters weren’t able to kill the Hundred Spirits Beast King. In the end, they could only cut off his arms, legs, head, and torso, and sealed them separately on different worlds surfaces within the four galaxies.
However, other than the first Black Warrior Institute Principal and a handful of people, no one else knew where the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s dismembered body parts were sealed in.
Yet, this Piercing Sky Beast King actually discovered it?! But, which part of the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s body was sealed here in the Golden Mountain World?
Huwang Xiao shared the result of his soul-scouring with Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi, and the old dragon was alarmed to the point where his dragon form trembled.
“The Hundred Spirits Beast King’s body!!” A second later, Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi exclaimed in excitement, “Little Huwang brat, if you can find all of the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s sealed body parts and refine them, and find the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire afterwards, I guarantee that within a hundred years you can absolutely advance to the Highgod Realm! There’s even a chance you can obtain the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s Soul Devouring Physique!”
“Soul Devouring Physique?!” Huwang Xiao was astonished.
Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi nodded, “Yes, Soul Devouring Physique. Although the Soul Devouring Physique did not enter the top ten ranks among the three thousand unique physiques, and may not rival your True Dragon Physique, it isn’t any weaker than the Etheric Physique. The Soul Devouring Physique allows its owner to devour other people’s soul force, strengthening its owner’s soul and increasing the soul clarity. Because of this, the Hundred Spirits Beast King grew to be overwhelmingly powerful in the past!”
Pleasant surprise flickered in Huwang Xiao’s eyes, it never crossed his mind that the Hundred Spirits Beast King possessed the Soul Devouring Physique.
He didn’t know about this.
Moreover, this Soul Devouring Physique could actually enable its owner to devour others’ soul force to strengthen their own soul and further increase their soul clarity!
Judging from a certain aspect, this Soul Devouring Physique was even better than the Etheric Physique.
“But, if the Piercing Sky Beast King knows that one of the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s body parts is sealed in this Golden Mountain World, why didn’t he come to search himself, merely sending some subordinates over that openly massacre the humans everywhere?” Huwang Xiao asked.
Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi contemplated and answered, “Although the Piercing Sky Beast King knows that the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s body part is sealed here in the Golden Mountain World, he does not know the exact location. There were rumours that the Hundred Spirits Beast King has a fervid liking for blood, I think the Piercing Sky Beast King is trying to stimulate the sealed body part of Hundred Spirit Beast King with blood by large-scale massacres of the human race in order to determine the location!”
Huwang Xiao nodded, agreeing with Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi’s thought.
Had the Piercing Sky Beast King started massacring numerous humans, he would be carrying a target on his back.
A sharp light flickered in Huwang Xiao’s eyes; since he came to know that this Golden Mountain World sealed one of the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s body parts, then he would find it no matter what.
Not only the one in Golden Mountain World, he would find all the other parts too.
A while later, Huwang Xiao focused his attention back to the present. The most urgent matter now was to awaken He Jing and the others.
Very soon, Huwang Xiao found the antidote for the Soul Scattering Powder from Liang Guang’s spatial ring and awakened He Jing and the rest one by one.
When He Jing and the others regained consciousness, each of them was confused looking at Liang Guang and those demonic beast clan masters’ corpses scattered on the ground.
Huwang Xiao’s explanation was; all of them, including himself, were rescued by a mysterious master. As for that mysterious master, after killing Liang Guang’s group and waking Huwang Xiao up, that mysterious master left.
Everyone felt a nagging doubt toward Huwang Xiao’s explanation, but they could not think of other reasons.
Although He Jing suspected that this rescue was related to Huwang Xiao, he knew only too well his Junior Brother’s strength. Cheng Huai’an definitely wasn’t a match for those several Eighth Order God Realm demonic beast clan masters.
He Jiang’s group subsequently rushed back to the spot where Fu Qian and the others were waiting. Contrary to He Jing’s group, Fu Qian’s group did not meet with any demonic beast clan masters’ attack, which was a relief.
Seeing He Jiang’s group bring back three small children and that Liang Guang was missing, Fu Qian asked what happened.
With a complicated expression, He Jing briefly recounted what happened. When Fu Qian and those who stayed behind heard that Liang Guang was actually a member of the demonic beast clans, everyone was shocked.
A few hours later, they finally made it back to the Alliance headquarters.
He Jing and Fu Qian reported the events of their task to Yu Ze, Fang Hengning, and the other four council representatives.
“Impossible! How can Junior Brother Liang Guang be a member of the demonic beast clans?!” When Yu Ze heard that Liang Guang was actually the Piercing Sky Beast King’s son, he reacted badly, rebuking loudly in denial.
He Jing’s expression darkened coldly, “Impossible? Elder Yu, this is something we saw with our own eyes, and we heard with our own ears that several demonic beast clan masters called Liang Guang ‘Young Master’.
Furthermore, it was Liang Guang himself that admitted with his own mouth that he’s the Piercing Sky Beast King’s son, or are you implying that all of us are lying?”
Yu Ze wavered between doubt and denial. He almost blurted out that He Jing and everyone else colluded to lie.
For too much was involved if what He Jing said was true.
If Liang Guang was really the Piercing Sky Beast King’s son that infiltrated the Vermilion Bird Institute, then even his Master, a Grand Elder, couldn't escape punishment!
Most likely, even him and his other Junior Brothers would be subjected to investigation and interrogation.
Watching Yu Ze’s myriad of expressions flickering back and forth, Huwang Xiao inwardly sneered. Yu Ze’s thoughts were all too clear to him.
Very soon, other Vermilion Bird Institute higher echelon arrived at the headquarters. The news they learned had greatly shocked them.
Yu Ze soon received a summons from the Vermilion Bird Institute’s higher echelon. He was relieved of his position as the Demon Slaying Alliance’s council representative and was to report himself back at the Vermilion Bird Institute for investigation.
Whereas He Jing, ‘Cheng Huai’an’, and those involved, they were also called back to the institute. Of course, He Jing, Huwang Xiao, and the others returning to the Vermilion Bird Institute wasn't for investigation, but merely to answer some questions.
Thus, Huwang Xiao could only return to the Vermilion Bird Institute at the moment. After he was done with the questioning, he would think of another way to return to the Golden Mountain World and search for the location of that sealed part of the Hundred Spirits Beast King.
Back in the Vermilion Bird Institute, Huwang Xiao was basically unrelated to the matter after he was done with questioning, hence he returned to the Lightning Fire Peak.
Now, even though he knew there was a part of the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s body sealed in the Golden Mountain World, that world surface was by no means small. How was he going to find the location? Huwang Xiao felt a headache coming.
Ch.735
Huwang Xiao thought for a long time but failed to come up with a solution. He couldn't act like the members of the demonic beast clans, massacring humans without prejudice and use their blood to stimulate some kind of reaction from the Hundred Spirits Beast King so that he may find the sealed location, could he?
At his wit's end thinking by himself, Huwang Xiao turned to Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi.
Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi solemnly answered, “There is really no better way than blood in order to find the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s sealed location, however, you don’t need a large amount of blood, just your blood should be enough.”
“Use my blood?” Huwang Xiao blanked.
Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi nodded, “It’s true that the Hundred Spirits Beast King is excited by blood. The stronger the blood essence, the more alluring it is to the Hundred Spirits Beast King.” The power that Huwang Xiao’s physique contained had reached a horrifying level, even some First Order Highgod Realm masters would feel lacking compared to Huwang Xiao’s physique.
One could imagine the energy contained in his blood essence, the bloodline and laws within.
Huwang Xiao flashed a wry smile, “Even so, the Golden Mountain World is so huge, draining out every last drop of my blood essence still won’t be enough for us to locate the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s sealed location.”
At that time, before they could find the sealed location, Huwang Xiao would be emptied out of blood.
Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi grinned with a hint of sinister aura, “You don’t need to worry about this, although you will bleed quite a bit, you definitely won’t squeeze out every drop of blood. Have you forgotten about the Blood Sacrifice Law?”
“Blood Sacrifice Law?” Huwang Xiao was confused.
Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi explained, “Right, use your blood essence as a sacrifice, let your blood become a natural part of this Golden Mountain World. Based on the energy contained in your blood essence, one drop would be sufficient to cover a radius of ten thousand li.”
A radius of ten thousand li for one drop? Huwang Xiao breathed out in relief. ‘But, calculating based on the Golden Mountain World’s size, I’d still need to let out quite a lot of blood essence’, Huwang Xiao glumly thought.
Then again, if he could really find the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s sealed body, it was worth this much blood.
A few days later, Huwang Xiao went to see Wude at his Death Prison Peak, saying that he’d like to go to Golden Mountain World to assist the Demon Slaying Alliance in killing those monsters, as well as complete his Elder promotion task.
Wude naturally agreed.
The incident related to Liang Guang had already been investigated and was proven that Liang Guang was indeed the Piercing Sky Beast King’s son. Consequently, Liang Guang’s Master, Grand Elder Qin Lin, was implicated. Though Qin Lin managed to hold onto his Grand Elder position, he no longer oversaw the Inheritance Hall, which indirectly contributed to Wude’s recent good mood.
The crux of the matter was that Liang Guang’s identity was exposed because he wanted to kill ‘Cheng Huai’an.’
Nowadays, Wude’s gaze was much gentler when he looked at his youngest disciple, reminding Huwang Xiao to be careful on his way to the Golden Mountain World.
Huwang Xiao nodded and acknowledged Wude’s words, then he immediately departed to the Golden Mountain World from the Death Prison Peak.
Upon returning from the Golden Mountain World, he would be promoted to an Elder, enabling him to enter the ten underground floors of the Vermilion Bird Institute library and continue his search for information related to the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire.
On this trip to Golden Mountain World, Huwang Xiao flew at his fastest speed without the need to conceal his strength. He was traveling alone after all.
Last time, when Huwang Xiao traveled with He Jing and Fang Hengning, they took more than ten days to reach Golden Mountain World. This time however, it merely took Huwang Xiao three days.
Arriving in Golden Mountain World, Huwang Xiao did not immediately report at the Alliance headquarters. Instead, he began searching for the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s sealed location by using the blood sacrifice law.
However, he didn't begin his search at just any random spot like a headless fly, he chose mountains and hills that were far from any human population. According to the conclusion Huwang Xiao derived, the places surrounding the sealed location would be affected by the energy coming from the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s body, making it an unsuitable area to live in.
Therefore, the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s body part was definitely sealed somewhere desolate and uninhabited.
In the southern parts of the Golden Mountain World, were long stretches of uninhabited mountain ranges. Most commonly found here were highly toxic and poisonous plants and creatures.
This was the place Huwang Xiao decided to search first.
Sending out a drop of blood essence from his body, Huwang Xiao performed the blood sacrifice ritual taught by Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi, burying his blood essence into the earth.
He could clearly sense the energy contained in his drop of blood essence spread out underground.
Unfortunately, the result was disappointing, and Huwang Xiao began to sacrifice his second drop of blood essence.
Then the third drop, the fourth drop…
Moments after Huwang Xiao offered his seventh drop of blood essence, he suddenly felt a fluctuation somewhere deep underground. Despite the weak, negligible fluctuations, he still captured it.
Joy rose to Huwang Xiao’s face as he quickly offered another drop of blood essence to the mountain range below.
A similar fluctuation came from deep underground. This time around, however, the fluctuation grew stronger.
Huwang Xiao no longer hesitated, requesting Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi to come in his true form to protect him as he drilled deep underground.
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p; One hundred zhang, two hundred zhang, five hundred zhang, one thousand zhang…
With Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi protecting Huwang Xiao, both of them went two thousand zhang underground before finding the source of the fluctuation.
All of a sudden, Huwang Xiao felt his body float for a second and appeared in another space.
It was a large space filled with grey-colored energy.
This floating grey energy was none other than demonic qi! When demonic qi reached a certain concentration, it became visible to the eye.
Overwhelming demonic qi!
A frightening amount of it!
Even someone as strong as Huwang Xiao, the moment he entered this grey space, he was nearly swallowed, assimilated into this space.
When this grey demonic qi seeped into Huwang Xiao’s body, the Black Tortoise Divine Fire flared up brightly in a snowy blue flame, incinerating every bit of demonic qi that wanted to invade Huwang Xiao’s body.
A film of cold sweat covered Huwang Xiao’s forehead, even Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi was looking somber.
“Such horrifying level of demonic qi, this is definitely the place where the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s body part is sealed.” After his feelings of astonishment passed, Dragon Emperor Ao Taiyi spoke excitedly.
Huwang Xiao’s eyes glimmered with excitement.
Now that they had discovered where the Hundred Spirits Beast King’s body part was sealed, all that was left to do was to find it, regardless how big this space might be.
Huwang Xiao leaped into the air, flying in the direction of the demonic qi source.
As he grew closer to the source, the surrounding demonic qi grew more horrifying, like heavy liquid. Huwang Xiao suspected that even if a hurricane blew past, this demonic qi still wouldn’t disperse.
This situation made Huwang Xiao increase his vigilance. He then summoned the Black Tortoise Divine Armor, protecting himself from head to toe.
A short while later, Huwang Xiao was extremely glad that he decided to summon the Black Tortoise Divine Armor, otherwise he could forget about getting to the source, for he wouldn't even last thirty seconds inside this place.
