My Cold and Elegant CEO Wife - Chapter 1687

Chapter 1687: Fly Out in One Punch

Translator: Noodletown Translated Editor: Noodletown Translated

 

Qingfeng looked at Ta Hei before him, as his eyes grew cold. He knew that this person was doubting his abilities, so naturally Qingfeng wouldn’t respond nicely to those who did not treat him nicely, instead raising his fists.

Qingfeng smiled coldly and said, “You say that I’m not qualified to ride in this luxurious coach, then fine, I’ll punch you, and if you could block it then I’ll give the coach for you to ride. If not, then you will have to step aside and get back on the horse.”

Ta Hei roared in laughter and said, “Okay, I’m a first level supreme realm master, I can easily catch your punch.”

Qingfeng smiled coldly with disdain in his eyes. His Mortal Purgatory Body was a powerful technique that could suppress Hell, and those of the same realm were incomparable to him.

He was also a first level supreme realm master. Within the same realm, no one was his opponent; not to mention Ta Hei, not even a second level supreme realm master could defeat him.

Qingfeng activated his internal vital essence, charged out with his right fist that glowed with black talisman scripts, and like a ray of lightning, he suddenly appeared from the void and punched Ta Hei’s chest.

Before Ta Hei could respond, Qingfeng’s fist landed on his body, sending him flying out and landing on a tree several meters away, shattering the tree. Ta Hei fell to the ground as dust flew up, while he himself spat out blood.

One punch, and the first level supreme realm Ta Hei was defeated.

At this scene, all of the ten men in black stepped back with disbelief.

They all knew Ta Hei well, having lived together with him for some time because they were all living in the second prince’s residence to protect him.

Amongst the ten or so people, Ta Hei was definitely within the top three, with no more than three people that could beat him. However now, he was defeated by one of Qingfeng’s punches, which meant that Qingfeng could also defeat all of the other ten or so masters with just one punch.

At this moment, the ten or so men in black knew why the Second Prince offered the coach to Qingfeng and not them. They all felt a distance between them and Qingfeng that was determined by strength.

Ta Hei’s face grew pale as he struggled to stand up; he wiped the blood off of his mouth and walked over to Qingfeng with respect.

“I’ve lost, so I’ll take back what I’ve said. I don’t deserve this luxurious coach, but you do.” Ta Hei lifted his fist, apologized to Qingfeng, and then he turned to return to his horse.

Qingfeng nodded as he looked at Ta Hei with praise. This strong youth may be a bit dumb, but he knew right from wrong. He admitted that he had lost and acted like a man.

Qingfeng took out a recovery elixir from his interspatial ring and said, “Ta Hei, wait.”

Ta Hei looked at Qingfeng with confusion and didn’t know why Qingfeng asked him to stop.

Qingfeng smiled lightly and said, “I’ve just wounded you, this is a recovery elixir that can help you recover. We’re just about to enter the dangerous Crimson Fire Desert, we should stay united and help the second prince get the Monarch Soul Elixir.”

After he spoke, he threw the recovery elixir at Ta Hei, as Ta Hei’s face filled with gratitude.

Ta Hei was very powerful, but he didn’t have any supreme grade elixirs, because his vitality stones were limited and couldn’t cover the cost of such a luxury.

Qingfeng was now a supreme level alchemist, and helped Lu Gu to become supreme level alchemist as well, so Lu gave him some supreme grade elixirs to thank him. Qingfeng decided to give Ta Hei one of them.

Ta Hei looked at the supreme grade elixir in his hands with excitement. He put it inside his mouth and then chewed, releasing a massive stream of vital essence that entered his body.

Suddenly all the wounds on his body were recovered, it was incredible how powerful the supreme grade recovery elixir was.

Even with such a heavy wound, internal injuries, and shattered bones, one could still recover in a second. This was why some many self-cultivators admired supreme level alchemists.

This time as Qingfeng led Black Puppy and Li Yang into the luxurious coach, none of the men in black stopped them, instead only looking at him with admiration.

They knew that this Qingfeng was a true master, and no matter where in the world, masters were always respected.

The second prince rode in the first coach, while Qingfeng rode in the second, as ten or so men in black followed behind them as they headed out of the Imperial Capital.

However, they encountered two groups of people outside the Imperial Capital gate. One was the Crown Prince, and the other was the third princess.

Qingfeng lifted the coach blinds, looked outside and immediately saw the Crown Prince on the left, just as the Crown Prince lifted his blinds and saw Qingfeng.

The two pairs of eyes clashed with glints of coldness, Qingfeng didn’t like this Crown Prince at all, because that guy had once tried to kill him.

Qingfeng had already given him a death warrant, but never had the chance to act in the Imperial Capital. Once they were out of the Imperial Capital, Qingfeng had to teach him a lesson.

However, Qingfeng was shocked to see the Third Princess, because he thought that the Third Princess looked a lot like Mengyao Xu.

But he could only judge based on the body and silhouette, which were exactly the same, since the third princess wore a veil that hid her face.

Qingfeng activated his clairvoyance, with a release of golden light he tried to see through the veil, however the Third Princes felt his gaze at the same time.

She suddenly waved her horsewhip to hit the demonic beast before her and left Qingfeng’s vision.

Qingfeng’s eyes filled with regret, because his Penetration Vision could only see a meter’s length, and nothing above that. He nearly saw the third princess’s face, and then he would know who she was.

The second prince had a bad relationship with the Crown Prince, but he still showed respect to his older brother because the Crown Prince was older, so he let the Crown Prince be the first to leave the gate.

Then the Third Princess left, because the Second Prince also showed respect to his little sister. Even though she was mysterious, and they didn’t spend so much time together, he knew that their father adored her.

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Chapter 1688: Towards Crimson Fire Desert

Translator: Noodletown Translated Editor: Noodletown Translated

 

Qingfeng and the Second Prince then left with the ten or so men in black behind them, being the third to leave.

After they left the Imperial Capital, all three groups rushed towards the Crimson Fire Desert.

At the same time, the five kingdoms of the southern Crimson Fire Continent; Lingyun, Fiery-Sun, Gold-Arrow, Clear-Wood, Soil-Border, and all of their princes, princesses, lords, along with powerful talents and supreme level final sect disciples, all rushed into the Crimson Fire Desert.

Everyone ran at their fastest speeds, because they wanted to get to the Crimson Fire Desert sooner to obtain the monarch soul fruit.

Qingfeng’s coach was very fast as it sped along the way like a ray of lightning, as a supreme level wind demonic leopard pulled on it.

This kind of demonic leopard was incredibly fast; it was creating gusts of mad wind and lightning as it ran, shaking the heaven and earth as its paws hit the ground like thunder.

Qingfeng, Black Puppy, and Li Yang sat inside the coach with eyes closed in meditation.

Suddenly, Black Puppy frowned as worry appeared in its eyes. It waved its black tail as if it was anxious.

Qingfeng asked, “Puppy what’s wrong, do you smell something familiar?”

Black Puppy nodded and said, “I just caught a hint of Sky-Devouring Snake’s presence, it must be heavily wounded, weak, and being hunted. We must hurry to the Crimson Fire Desert to save it.”

Qingfeng nodded. Of course, he knew that they had to get to Crimson Fire Desert soon, but the wind demonic leopard was already fast enough.

Qingfeng patted Black Puppy on its head and said, “Don’t worry, Sky-Devouring Snake should be fine. It’s the ancestor of all snakes, and the number one snake between the heavens and earth after all. We’ll find it as soon as we get to the Crimson Fire Desert.”

He decided to go find the monarch soul fruit afterwards, because Sky-Devouring Snake was the top in his mind. The monarch soul fruit may be important, but not as important as Sky-Devouring Snake.

After traveling a thousand meters away from the Imperial Capital, the Crown Prince called out a massive spiritual ship from his interspatial ring that could seat ten or so people.

The Crown Prince shouted, “All those from the Crown Prince Palace jump into the spiritual ship, I’ll take you into the Crimson Fire Desert with my supreme level vitality stones.”

All those around the Crow Prince lit up with joy, as they happily jumped onto the spiritual ship.

This spiritual ship was a fifth level supreme spiritual treasure that could sore through the sky ten times faster than the speed of lightning.

However, the spiritual ship also used a lot of energy, as it needed supreme level vitality stones to fly. The Crown Prince gave it his all just to reach the Crimson Fire Desert faster.

There was definitely less than three of these treasures in the entire Royal Palace.

Of course, the Emperor didn’t give this spiritual ship to the Crown Prince; instead the Empress secretly opened the Palace treasure chest to sneak the spiritual ship to the Crown Prince.

The Empress hoped that the Crown Prince would find the monarch soul fruit to prolong the Emperor’s life, which would ensure that the Crown Prince becomes the future Emperor.

There were plenty of wind talisman scripts on the spiritual ship, which represented speed. As the talisman scripts lit up the space, a massive force of energy engulfed the space like a tornado.

The spiritual ship formed into a ray of black lightning that immediately disappeared from its position as it charged towards the Crimson Fire Desert.

The Third Princess frowned when she saw this as her eyes filled with surprise. She never thought the Crown Prince would have such a rare treasure.

The Third Princess had seen it before when the Emperor wanted to give it to her, but the Empress took it away. Who knew it would end up in the hands of the Crown Prince.

The Third Princess activated her mind and called out a massive white crane from the sky.

This white crane looked like a mythical immortal crane with snow-white feathers, like the purest snow, it was incredibly graceful and beautiful.

There was no one else aside from a woman in green, Princess Red-Swallow, who followed beside the Third Princess.

The Third Princess pulled on Princess Red-Swallow to form a ray of lightning that soared into the sky and immediately landed on top of the white crane.

The Third Princess lightly patted the white crane’s head.

The white crane formed a ray of white lightning that disappeared into the void as it charged towards the Crimson Fire Desert.

The Second Prince and Qingfeng were speechless as they looked on from below. They both thought that their wind demonic leopards were already fast enough, but who knew the Crown Prince and the Third Princess both had their tricks. Undoubtedly the two would be there before them.

Qingfeng frowned and said, “No, we have to increase the speed.”

Qingfeng hopped out of the coach, told the horseman to ride another horse, and he heavily whipped onto the wind demonic leopard to increase its speed.

The wind demonic leopard was initially unwilling, but Qingfeng threatened to kill it if it didn’t go faster.

Under Qingfeng’s threat, the wind demonic leopard had to increase its speed. It used up all of its energy to charge forward as it dripped with sweat and steam.

Of course, Qingfeng didn’t torture the wind demonic leopard. Before it spent all of its energy; he fed the wind demonic leopard a supreme grade elixir for it to recover its demonic essence.

After it ate the supreme grade elixir, it ran faster like a streak of whirlwind that immediately outran the Second Prince, as it led Qingfeng, Black Puppy, and Li Yang forward.

The Second Prince was speechless when he saw this. He had thought that he would go with Qingfeng, but now even Qingfeng had outran him.

The Second Prince gritted his teeth and took out a spiritual treasure. It was a piece of paper, with three large lines of spiritual flight talismans on it.

The Flight seal was incredibly rare in the self-cultivation world and could only be made with spiritual seals. Not many people could make this, as it was known for its great speed.

The Second Prince put the spiritual seal onto the wind demonic leopard’s butt, as its speed increased by several times like a tornado gathering speed.

It ran forward at a speed no less than Qingfeng’s, as it immediately caught up beside Qingfeng’s carriage.

However, the Second Prince’s ten or so men in black ran behind with their black horses.

While Qingfeng sped forward, he saw some powerful supreme and spirit emperor realm powers fly past him from above.

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Chapter 1689: Fire Eagle City

Translator: Noodletown Translated Editor: Noodletown Translated

 

Those above Qingfeng were all incredibly powerful and had spiritual treasure more powerful than Qingfeng’s Fire Emperor Sword.

Qingfeng knew that these were all super powers from Lingyun and the southern Crimson Fire Continent, with incredible powers and identities.

Three hours later, the Crown Prince, Second Prince, Qingfeng, and the Third Princess all arrived outside the Crimson Fire Desert.

There was a city outside the Crimson Fire Desert, which was called Fire Eagle City.

The Fire Eagle City was built right outside the Crimson Fire Desert, with several hundred thousand people. They had opened up hotels, inns, restaurants, elixir pharmacies, elixir labs, spiritual treasure stores, and weapon stores.

The businesses of Fire Eagle City provided self-cultivators with food, weapons, and elixirs in exchange for the Crimson Fire Desert’s demonic beasts and herbs.

The Crimson Fire Desert was extremely dangerous, as increasingly fewer self-cultivators were entering the Crimson Fire Desert in recent years. Now barely any self-cultivators went inside to scavenge for herbs, because many didn’t want to risk their life for some herbs.

Barely any self-cultivators entered the Crimson Fire Desert in recent years, so the Fire Eagle City grew desolate, as many had left.

Many elixir pharmacies and spiritual treasure stores had gone bankrupt, while restaurants and hotels became empty.

However, the Fire Eagle City was especially crowded today, it could even be the most crowded day in three years.

Countless self-cultivators from Lingyun and the other four kingdoms had all gathered there. All of a sudden, several tens of thousands of people had gathered in and filled this city.

The once empty streets, restaurants, and hotels were now packed with people who ate, bought things, or gather information about the Crimson Fire Desert.

The Crimson Fire Desert was the most dangerous place in the country of Lingyun. It was incredibly powerful within and outside of the country, as many self-cultivators were faced with dangers and died within. The monarch soul fruit was attractive, as many self-cultivators desired it, but they all desired to live more than anything.

Only while alive, will they have the chance to get the monarch soul fruit.

If they died inside the Crimson Fire Desert, then it would be impossible to get the fruit.

Qingfeng and the others saw the crowd before the gate of Fire Eagle City, as many self-cultivators lined up to enter.

Because of the monarch soul fruit, many people came to the Crimson Fire Desert, but they all knew of the dangers, so they didn’t go into the Crimson Fire Desert at once. Instead they went to the Fire Eagle City.

As the city on the borders of the Crimson Fire Desert, those who lived inside the Fire Eagle City had been there for several hundred years, and they clearly knew of the dangers in the Crimson Fire Desert.

Some were itinerant cultivators, or Hunter’s Alliance, and held the map to the Crimson Fire Desert. However those maps were extremely expensive, such that most self-cultivators wouldn’t be able to afford it.

Only the Crown Princes, Princesses, and final disciples of big forces could purchase it.

Qingfeng and the Second Prince got off of the coach, as Black Puppy and Li Yang followed behind Qingfeng, the ten or so men in black followed behind the Second Prince.

The Second Prince looked at Qingfeng and said, “Qingfeng let’s go into the Fire Eagle City first to get a Crimson Fire Desert map, that way it will be less dangerous.”

Qingfeng nodded as he agreed with the Second Prince. He never went into the Crimson Fire Desert, but from other’s discussion, he knew of the great dangers in the Crimson Fire Desert.

Legend had it that even seventh level supreme realm powers had died inside the Crimson Fire Desert.

There were several thousand people lined up in front of Qingfeng and he became speechless.

When he was back on Earth, he hated lines the most. As soon as he saw lines, he grew anxious.

Qingfeng stood there bored as he looked up into the sky and worried about Sky-Devouring Snake.

He turned to ask Black Puppy, “Puppy, feel Sky-Devouring Snake’s energy. Is it doing better?”

Black Puppy nodded, raised its nose, and smelled around in the air.

Shortly after, Black Puppy’s eyes filled with joy. It said, “I’ve felt that the Sky-Devouring Snake has just escaped danger. There are still powerful forces chasing after it, but it has managed to escape.”

Qingfeng nodded when he heard, he knew that with Sky-Devouring Snake’s intelligence, it must be capable of escaping. After all it was called the ancestral snake, it couldn’t die that easily.

After a lengthy hour, Qingfeng, Second Prince, Black Puppy, Li Yang, and the ten or so men in black entered Fire Eagle City.

One thousand or so self-cultivators lined up behind Qingfeng, but of course many of them were reluctant to stay in line.

However, two fifth level supreme masters stood at the gate. As soon as someone caused trouble, they would throw him or her out immediately.

Those two were all Fire Eagle City super powers, there to keep the City in order, or else with such a great inflow of self-cultivators, they would definitely cause trouble.

These self-cultivators were all from Lingyun and the other southern Crimson Fire Continent kingdoms. Each and every one of them was incredibly powerful, and didn’t care about others, so they were there to maintain order, or the self-cultivators would fight.

At least they wouldn’t fight at the gate. If they wanted to fight, they could do so inside the City or the Crimson Fire Desert.

Qingfeng, Second Prince, Black Puppy, Li Yang, and the ten or so men in black entered into the Fire Eagle City, but all of the City streets, hotels, and restaurants were packed.

They had asked three or four hotels, and none were vacant, which pissed Qingfeng and the Second Prince off.

They were both famous, especially the Second Prince of Lingyun, and now even with his status and power, nowhere had room for him.

The Second Prince felt humiliated. He took out his Second Prince badge in hopes that some of these hotel bosses would make room for him.

However, none of those bosses cared, because those who stayed were all super powers, princes, or master disciples no less powerful than the Second Prince.

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Chapter 1690: Enemies Meet

Translator: Noodletown Translated Editor: Noodletown Translated

 

Qingfeng, Second Prince, Black Puppy, Li Yang and the others continued forward to find hotels because they had to find a place to stay. Their mission tonight was to obtain a map of the Crimson Fire Desert first, in order to safely travel through the desert tomorrow.

All the major hotels were booked inside the Fire Eagle City, so Qingfeng continued to look for other hotels.

Meanwhile, they heard the discussions of many self-cultivators.

“Did you hear? Many have come to the Fire Eagle City this time, some even on the supreme level genius ranking list, I’ve already seen a few.”

“Who did you see? Tell me. I’ve only seen Yidao Leng.”

“Aside from Yidao Leng, I’ve seen Yangtian Jin, Yifei Wang, and the other kingdoms’ princes and princesses.”

“You’re lucky to have seen such a top genius on the supreme ranking, they are so powerful.”

“D-uh, they’re super powerful. I’ve only them from far away and already could feel their powerful energy. They’re all supreme realm masters with incredibly vital essence.”

All the self-cultivators discussed nonstop on the streets.

Qingfeng frowned because he heard a few familiar names amongst the crowd. They were Yidao Leng and Yangtian Jin, who had just arrived on Mars. Who would’ve thought that they would have come to Fire Eagle City.

Fighting sounds came from the wide streets, likely from people who had previous conflicts who met on the streets and jumped each other.

Although fighting was banned in front of the gate, after they entered, as long as they paid vitality stones to Fire Eagle City to compensate for damages, it was fine, since it would increase the city’s vitality stone earnings.

After an hour of searching, Qingfeng, the Second Prince, Black Puppy, and the others finally found a hotel called the Desert Hotel.

This hotel had a particular name, it took the last two words of the Crimson Fire Desert, and the outside of the hotel was made of yellow gravel, so it looked a bit deserted.

The owner of the hotel was a strong man, and the building was built several hundred years ago, as far back as when the Crimson Fire Desert first was discovered.

The Desert Hotel was famous throughout the Fire Eagle City. Many knew of this hotel, but because of its high price, most people couldn’t afford to stay there.

Qingfeng and the Second Prince had no other choice, so they ended up there.

Qingfeng looked at this strong man and asked, “Boss, how much for us for one night?”

The strong man sat at the counter with a bottle of alcohol in his hands, clearly been drinking. He didn’t look at Qingfeng at all and said, “One person costs one hundred imperial grade vitality stones.”

Whoa!

Qingfeng sighed when he heard the boss. Even with his temper, one person per night for one hundred imperial grade vitality stones was far too expensive.

Qingfeng, Second Prince, Black Puppy, Li Yang, and the other ten men in black totalled to twenty people, and would cost two thousand imperial grade vitality stones for one night.

Not to mention Qingfeng, the Second Prince beside him also felt it was too expensive.

Even as the Second Prince of Lingyun, he had many imperial grade vitality stones, but to spend several thousand imperial grade vitality stones for one night was too painful for him as well.

The Second Prince took out his Second Prince Token in hopes that the hotel boss would make it cheaper.

However, the hotel boss didn’t care to even look at the Second Prince, as he said lightly, “It doesn’t matter if you’re the Second Prince of Lingyun. Even if you’re the Crown Prince, or the Emperor, the price never changes.”

The Second Prince looked at Qingfeng for his advice, because the Qingfeng was now the Second Prince’s most important guide and supporter.

Qingfeng stood there as he thought, but in the next moment, a mocking voice rang out from behind him.

“Bunch of poor hobos, you cant even afford a hotel. Leave now.” An arrogant voice sounded from behind them.

Qingfeng frowned with disdain. He was just thinking about whether or not to stay, when someone mocked him from behind.

Qingfeng turned around to see who the arrogant man was.

However, Qingfeng’s face changed when he recognized this man, it was Yidao Leng.

As the final disciple of Saber Supreme sect, Yidao Leng acted incredibly arrogantly on the Ascension Platform, even demanding that Qingfeng do his laundry.

Qingfeng refused at that time, and Yidao Leng became murderous, wanting to kill Qingfeng but was stopped by the chubby middle-aged man.

Of course, this chubby middle-aged man didn’t mean to save him; he just didn’t want Qingfeng to die on the Platform, or else the Crimson Fire Continent upper management would hold him responsible.

This chubby middle-aged man left Qingfeng alone in the Demonic Beast Wilderness so that the demonic beasts there would kill him.

However, Qingfeng had Black Puppy’s help and suppressed those demonic beasts.

Clearly Yidao didn’t recognize Qingfeng, because Qingfeng was a mere ant in his eyes at the time and only supreme level talents were worthy of being remembered.

The saying goes, enemies’ eyes turn red when they meet. Qingfeng’s eyes filled with angry fire, and cold murderous intent when he saw Yidao, but it was quickly suppressed.

Qingfeng smiled coldly and said, “We’re here first, I’ve already decided to live in this Desert Hotel, why don’t you go somewhere else?”

Yidao laughed loudly with disdain and mockery in his eyes when he heard Qingfeng’s words.

Yidao pointed at Qingfeng and said, “Do you know who I am? I’m Yidao Leng, one of the top ten on the supreme realm genius ranking list, how dare you tell me to leave? Do you want me to kill you?”

Qingfeng couldn’t suppress his anger anymore, so he said coldly, “I hate others who dare to push me around. I’ll give you a second to move your finger, or you wont leave here alive today.”

Yidao Leng’s eyes filled with craziness as he said loudly, “I’ll point at you all I want, what are you going to do?”

Chapter 1691: Defeating Yidao Leng

Translator: Noodletown Translated Editor: Noodletown Translated

 

Qingfeng stepped heavily onto the ground and shattered the firm green stone floor, creating a crater in the ground.

His right foot then kicked the massive broken stone into the air towards Yidao Leng, as if he intended to send Yidao’s body flying up into the air.

Yidao Leng frowned with a ray of coldness flashing in his eyes.

His right foot kicked forward to form a ray of energy, which charged forward like a bolt of lightning, colliding with the rock. The rock shattered under the kick and disappeared into countless pieces in the air.

Qingfeng’s eyes filled with surprise as he didn’t imagine that the rock he kicked out could be so easily blocked by the opponent.

He felt a rush of powerful energy from Yidao Leng’s body; it was more powerful than his own, having already reached the fourth level of the spirit supreme realm.

Yidao Leng was three realms higher than Qingfeng, but Qingfeng was not afraid at all, because it was all within his comfort zone.

The hotel boss was angered, and walked over while saying, “You two can fight, but don’t wreck the hotel. The hotel was just ruined, you two must pay ten thousand emperor level vitality stones each for repair costs.”

When they heard the burly man, both Qingfeng and Yidao Leng’s face changed. They didn’t think that this burly man would be so stingy. They only destroyed one of the stone tiles on the ground, and he asked for ten thousand emperor level vitality stones. The tile definitely didn’t cost more than ten vitality stones.

The burly man saw that both of them didn’t want to pay the vitality stones, so he unleashed fierce energy that engulfed both Qingfeng and Yidao Leng and made them unable to move.

Qingfeng’s eyes filled with shock, because he just found out that this burly man was a powerful master. The man concealed his strength completely before!

The burly man must have trained in powerful saint level techniques, and only those who have trained in saint techniques could block his energy.

The Second Prince was also shocked; he had heard from the Emperor that there was a Fire Eagle City beside the Crimson Fire Desert, and there was a mysterious hotel called the Desert Hotel.

The history of Desert Hotel was longer than the country of Lingyun itself, and the Emperor told the Second Prince several times that once they entered the Desert Hotel, they shouldn’t fight with the hotel boss.

Now the Second Prince finally realized that this was the boss of the Desert Hotel. He was a great master that even his father respected.

Without any hesitation, the Second Prince hurriedly took out ten thousand imperial grade vitality stones from his interspatial ring, and said, “Boss, here is ten thousand imperial grade vitality stone for you to release Qingfeng.”

The burly man smiled and nodded happily, as he took the vitality stones from Second Prince and left.

Before he left, the burly man said loudly, “If you two wanted to fight, then use spirit energy. Don’t destroy anything the Desert Hotel, or I’ll throw both of you out. Whoever wins gets to stay in the hotel.”

When Yidao Leng heard the burly man, his face lit with joy and he laughed.

Yidao Leng looked at Qingfeng arrogantly and said, “Today is your death day, my spirit energy is supreme grade.”

“Leopard Roar.” Yidao shouted as he activated his mental spirit energy, and opened his mouth to form a ray of sonic leopard that charged towards Qingfeng.

This leopard was very big and was completely formed with sonic spirit energy. It was ten feet big and engulfed the entire hotel as it charged towards Qingfeng’s mind, in attempts to suffocate his spirit.

All the self-cultivators around were shocked, it was the first time they’ve ever seen such a powerful sonic leopard. Yidao Leng truly is number eleven on the supreme genius rank.

Second Prince, Li Yang, and the other ten men in black were worried, because they’ve heard of the powers of Yidao Leng back in Lingyun.

Of all the billions of self-cultivators in the entire southern Crimson Fire Continent, those in the top hundred of the supreme genius rank were already powerful enough.

Not only did Yidao Leng reach the top hundred, he has even reached the top eleven, nearly in the top ten. This clearly showed how powerful he was.

Everyone was worried for Qingfeng, but Black Puppy clearly knew the powers of Qingfeng’s spirit energy and wasn’t worried for him.

Qingfeng’s spirit energy was more powerful than the supreme realm. Even the spirit energy of a supreme realm power won’t be able to defeat Qingfeng.

Qingfeng opened his mouth and shouted, “Fourth Roar – Thunder Lightening Lion.”

A powerful black lion formed by sonic appeared before Qingfeng. It was ten feet big, with black lightening that clattered around it. As soon as it appeared, it unleashed powerful force.

The lion was called the king of the forest, and the Lightening Lion was the king of sonic attacks.

The sonic Lightening Lion moved very fast, it immediately appeared before the sonic leopard, tumbled it, and charged onto the sonic leopard with its lightening. The leopard was tormented by the attack, as it shook incessantly.

Finally, with a bang, the sonic leopard exploded and disappeared in the air.

After Qingfeng defeated Yidao Leng’s sonic leopard, he didn’t stop attacking. The Lightening Lion continued forward into the depth of Yidao’s mind, and he made him cry out in pain.

The massive sound explosive attack brought on a massive collision force that made his body fly out, and heavily few outside of the hotel.

Yidao Leng fell to the ground, as he bled out from his mouth, nose and eyes.

Silence, as all the self-cultivators around looked on with shock.

“Do you see? The top eleven supreme genius ranking Yidao Leng is defeated.”

“Of course I see, this Qingfeng is too powerful, he unleashed the sonic Lightening Lion in one go, and I’ve never seen such a powerful sonic attack.”

“I think Qingfeng is able to be ranked amongst the top ten young supreme self-cultivators in the five kingdoms of southern Crimson Fire Continent.”

The entire crowd around discussed nonstop as they looked at Qingfeng with admiration, while they looked at Yidao Leng with mockery.

Yidao Leng was badly defeated, and he was kicked out of the hotel by sonic attack, so everyone looked at him with disdain.

Yidao Leng stood up with difficulty, looked at Qingfeng with hatred, and turned to leave.

He knew that he was defeated and couldn’t stay here, because the Desert Hotel boss already said that whoever lost must leave immediately.

Chapter 1692: Desert Map

Translator: Noodletown Translated Editor: Noodletown Translated

 

Yidao Leng left because of his defeat, he no longer had the face to stay at the Desert Hotel.

Everyone mockingly looked at his back while he left. All the self-cultivators around once admired Yidao Leng, because he was within the top eleven of the supreme genius ranking list.

However now that Qingfeng defeated Yidao, they no longer looked up at him since weaklings did not deserve respect.

Many self-cultivators rushed around Qingfeng with admiration in their eyes.

They knew that whoever could defeat Yidao with one attack must be a super master, with the ability to be amongst the top ten on the supreme genius ranking list, which was the biggest honour one could receive in the southern five kingdoms of the Crimson Fire Continent.

Even the Second Prince didn’t get the opportunity to be amongst the top ten on the supreme genius ranking list.

Second Prince looked at Qingfeng beside him with shock, surprise, and hints of admiration.

He knew that Qingfeng was very powerful, such that he could even defeat the Crown Prince’s guards easily.

However, he now knew that he had underestimated Qingfeng, who was a great master with not only immense physical prowess, but also incredible spirit energy capabilities.

The Second Prince felt lucky to have met Qingfeng, and he felt that with Qingfeng’s help, it will be easy to get the monarch soul fruit.

Qingfeng smiled lightly and said, “Second Prince let’s go inside the hotel and rest.”

Because of Qingfeng’s victory, the Desert Hotel boss arranged ten rooms for Qingfeng’s group, and charged them half the price, which was a great discount.

Qingfeng let Black Puppy, Li Yang, the Second Prince, and the other ten men in black rest in their rooms, while he went elsewhere.

He came to the Hotel reception desk and saw the burly man who was still drinking from an alcohol jug.

Qingfeng walked over and said lightly, “Are you not going to offer me a drink?”

The burly man looked at Qingfeng and said, “There is alcohol there, grab it yourself.”

Without hesitation, Qingfeng grabbed the alcohol jug beside the burly man, opened his mouth and drank. Qingfeng had a great tolerance and soon drank the entire jug, which contained 10 liters.

The alcohol tasted great, with a taste that lingered. After Qingfeng finished, he praised loudly, “Good alcohol, good alcohol.”

The burly man looked at Qingfeng with surprise, he knew that there were precious supreme elixirs inside the alcohol he brewed, along with other herbs, so it was no regular alcohol.

In addition, the alcohol content was high, such that normal self-cultivators would feel dizzy with one cup, and faint with half a liter. If one drank a whole jug, then he or she would have completely blacked out, or even died from it.

However, Qingfeng drank a whole ten liter jug before him, without any side effects. He was definitely a king of alcohol.

After Qingfeng finished, he said, “This alcohol you’ve brewed is amazing! There’s rice wine grass, aromatic flower leaf, and egg fruit.”

The burly man’s face changed when he heard Qingfeng, as shock filled his eyes. This time, Qingfeng’s words truly shocked him.

The burly man had worked in the Desert Hotel for over ten years, and there has been about 8,000 ti 10,000 people who have had a chance to drink this alcohol, and all of them were not able to to identify the contents of it.

But, Qingfeng was able to correctly state all of the contents after he drank a whole jug of alcohol, without any mistake, as if he had brewed it himself.

The burly man looked at Qingfeng and said, “What is your name?”

Qingfeng smiled lightly and said, “I’m Qingfeng, what is your name?”

The burly man thought for a moment and said, “You’re an interesting person, so I’ll tell you, I’m called Zheng Huo.”

Qingfeng smiled lightly and said, “Zheng Huo, good name.”

Qingfeng and Zheng Huo began drinking again with another jug, as both of them had a great tolerance, they drank jug by jug and not sip by sip.

Two people drank one jug after another, to a total of five jugs, which meant that both of them had fifty kilos each. Even with Qingfeng’s great tolerance, he felt dizzy as well.

Qingfeng knew that he was a bit drunk, but his physique was great with the Mortal Purgatory Body. There were golden flame inside his body, which could eradicate the alcohol content.

Even so, Qingfeng still felt dizzy after he drank fifty kilos of alcohol.

Zheng Huo however wasn’t any better off. He was also dizzy as his two eyes filled with stars.

He had put in his full effort when he drank with Qingfeng. Someone with such a great tolerance was rare to come by, and he naturally felt unwilling to be defeated, but was defeated anyways.

Qingfeng activated his internal Mortal Purgatory Body as he unleashed black light that released some of the blood alcohol contents, and his head cleared up a bit.

Qingfeng held Zheng Huo’s shoulder and said, “Brother Zheng Huo, you’re older than me, allow me to call you older brother.”

“Do you have the Crimson Fire Desert map? Could you give me a copy?” asked Qingfeng

Zheng Huo patted his chest and said, “Brother Qingfeng, just for being called brother, big brother will be happy to help you.”

Zheng Huo said, “I have the most concise Crimson Fire Desert map, I’ll give it to you today.”

Zheng Huo moved his mind and took out a wrinkled map from his interspatial ring. It was very antiquated, with rips, stains, and rusts, as if each page contained history itself.

Qingfeng looked at it and noticed that there was at least five hundred years of history on this map, or it wouldn’t have been so old.

He previously hypothesized that this Desert Hotel was unique, but now it seemed that this hotel had an incredible background.

Why else would he have this over five hundred years old map of the Crimson Fire Desert? It was a rare treasure that couldn’t be found in all of the five southern Crimson Fire Continent kingdoms.

Luckily Qingfeng got Zheng Huo drunk, and the two got along well, or else Zheng Huo wouldn’t have taken out the five hundred years old map.

Qingfeng could clearly feel Zheng Huo’s incredible power, of at least ninth level supreme realm, and was nearly in the royal spirit realm.

“Thank you Big Brother Zheng Huo, if I find any treasures inside the desert, I’ve bring one back for you, brother.” Qingfeng thanked him, took the map and left.

Chapter 1693: Entering Crimson Fire Desert

Translator: Noodletown Translated Editor: Noodletown Translated

Zheng Huo’s eyes glowed with stars as he waddled into his room, completely drunk.

After Qingfeng returned to his room, he found the Second Prince waiting inside, whose face filled with joy when he saw Qingfeng enter.

The Second Prince hurried before Qingfeng, closed the windows, and said quietly, “Qingfeng, have you gotten the Crimson Fire Desert map yet?”

Qingfeng smiled lightly and said with arrogance, “Don’t worry Second Prince, of course, I did.”

They looked at each other with joy and excitement.

Qingfeng drank with Zheng Huo on purpose, because he knew that the Desert Hotel was the oldest hotel in Fire Eagle City, and Zheng Huo was the boss of the Desert Hotel, so he definitely had a map of the Crimson Fire Desert.

As soon as they got the Crimson Fire Desert map, the danger of entering the Crimson Fire Desert would greatly decrease, and they would have a chance to get more treasures.

The Second Prince quickly glanced over Qingfeng’s map, and after he made sure it was correct, he raised his thumb and looked at Qingfeng with praise and admiration.

The Second Prince said quietly, “Qingfeng you’re too powerful, I clearly saw you drink fifty liters of alcohol. Even if put my life in it, I wouldn’t be able to drink that much.”

Qingfeng smiled lightly, waved his hand, and said, “My head is dizzy now as well, and I need rest. Let’s leave early tomorrow morning, and try to enter the Crimson Fire Desert soon so that we can find the monarch soul fruit.”

“I still have to save my friend.” After he spoke, Qingfeng went to the bed and fell asleep. Strictly speaking, he made himself drunk.

25 liters of alcohol wasn’t a small amount, not to mention the supreme grade elixirs that were mixed in, each with incredible power. If it were any other self-cultivator, they would have been intoxicated half to death.

Only Qingfeng had physical strength and spirit energy powerful enough to withstand the effects of this supreme grade herbal alcohol.

On the next day, the sun rose as the warmth of the sunlight heated the ground and raised the temperature of the air to a scorching degree.

Lingyun was situated on the southern side of the Crimson Fire Continent and was the hottest kingdom around. Most of the time, it was baked under the sun with high temperatures. Especially around the Crimson Fire Desert borders, the temperature was able to reach fifty degrees.

Qingfeng woke up early and led the Second Prince, Black Puppy, Li Yang, and ten other men in black out of the Desert Hotel towards the Crimson Fire Desert.

On top of the Desert Hotel, a burly man stood quietly before the window, as he looked at Qingfeng while Qingfeng left with hints of oddness in his eyes.

This burly man was Zheng Huo, who Qingfeng drank with last night. He was actually defeated by Qingfeng in drinking, and even gave his treasured five hundred-year-old Crimson Fire Desert map away.

However, Zheng Huo wasn’t regretful at all, because he already saw that Qingfeng had mysterious power and techniques, which not even he could see through yet.

Zheng Huo watched as Qingfeng left and said, “What an interesting person. I hope we’ve become friends, and you’ll bring me back some treasures from the Crimson Fire Desert.”

After Zheng Huo spoke, he closed the windows, lied on the bed, and fell asleep.

Zheng Huo’s family was cursed by a mysterious group five hundred years ago, causing them to be unable to enter the Crimson Fire Desert.

Even though they had the map, they weren’t allowed to get the treasures inside, so this time he gave the Crimson Fire Desert map to Qingfeng on purpose.

Qingfeng and the others might have woken up early, but other powerful self-cultivators woke up earlier, like the Crown Prince, the Third Princess, as well as the princes, princesses, and lords of the other four kingdoms, all of them moving towards the Crimson Fire Desert.

They had also found Crimson Fire Desert maps in the city, but they were all incomplete and didn’t mark down some of the dangerous places.

Only Qingfeng had the most complete version of the Crimson Fire Desert map, and it marked even some of the deadly forbidden areas, where ferocious beasts lived. Not even supreme level masters could get close; they would definitely die if they approached.

As Qingfeng walked outside the city gate, he met Yidao Leng, whose face changed right upon seeing Qingfeng.

Yidao was terrified by Qingfeng’s spirit energy. After he returned, he was wounded in some parts of the depths of his mind and still hadn’t recovered yet.

After he saw Qingfeng, Yidao turned to leave and didn’t make any trouble for him, but the coldness in his eyes did not disappear.

Qingfeng didn’t bother to look at Yidao, because he was worried about Sky-Devouring Snake. Qingfeng turned to ask Black Puppy, “Puppy, use your nose to smell where Sky-Devouring Snake is. We must go to find it right away.”

Black Puppy raised its dog nose and smelled around. After a while, it reached out its dog paw and pointed northwards. “It is three hundred miles to the north of the Crimson Fire Desert, there is a caved in area.”

Qingfeng nodded and turned to talk to the Second Prince, “Second Prince, I have a friend three hundred miles north of the Crimson Fire Desert, I must go there. Will you come or should we go separate ways?”

The Second Prince said without hesitation, “Qingfeng, save your friend first, and I’ll come with you.”

The Second Prince was very clear minded, he wanted to find the monarch soul fruit, but he knew that he wouldn’t be able to defeat the princesses, princes, lords, and masters of the other kingdoms with his abilities.

Qingfeng nodded and thanked the Second Prince because he knew his hardships. Then the group of people hurried northwards into the Crimson Fire Desert.

The Crimson Fire Desert was the most dangerous place in Lingyun and was very well known throughout the other kingdoms because many of talented people had died there.

However, this time, the monarch soul fruit appeared inside the Crimson Fire Desert. It was an imperial class elixir, which attracted the other five kingdoms, as all the other supreme grade talents all came.

If it wasn’t because of the Five Country Treaty, then the emperors might have even come themselves!

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Chapter 1694: Chasing Sky-Devouring Snake

Translator: Noodletown Translated Editor: Noodletown Translated

As soon as Qingfeng and the others stepped into the Crimson Fire Desert, he felt a rush of fierce energy that scorched the sand on the ground. His foot had just lightly stepped onto the first sand dune when he felt an incredible burn.

Qingfeng had trained in Mortal Purgatory Body and had resilient skin that could resist this high temperature. However, the other ten self-cultivators’ feet all steamed from the heat. Even Li Yang and the Second Prince’s feet burned with steam, stinging in pain.

Qingfeng frowned, and desert sand burned while the others around him couldn’t stand it.

Qingfeng saw that Li Yang was sweating heavily, as her shoes burned with black smoke. He grew worried, as he pulled Li Yang over beside him.

He activated his internal fire-element vital essence and transferred it into Li Yang to help her block off the desert heat.

Li Yang’s face grew red and her foot no longer smoked; clearly Qingfeng’s fire vital essence came of use.

Qingfeng saw that his vital essence had helped Li Yang, so he gave some to the Second Prince, along with the other ten or so men in black.

Qingfeng’s fire vital essence contained hints of the Golden Flames, which were saint level flames. The Crimson Fire Desert was extremely hot, but it was still far from the Golden Flames.

The Second Prince and the others all looked at Qingfeng with shock, it was the first time they’ve seen someone block off the Crimson Fire Desert temperature with his physical strength.

With so many self-cultivators coming to the Crimson Fire Desert, a large proportion eventually succumbed to the high temperatures, with some even dying to it.

The Second Prince was aware of this, so he prepared many things inside his interspatial ring, such as ice blocks and ice-element cooling talismans that surprisingly came of use.

Black Puppy wagged its tail and ran over to Qingfeng, saying, “Qingfeng give me some of your fire vital essence to block off this high temperature.”

Qingfeng kicked Black Puppy away and said, “Your skin is rough enough, you don’t need my fire vital essence. Lead us to Sky-Devouring Snake!”

Black Puppy looked at Qingfeng like it was wronged and then went to lead the way.

Its paws were especially strong, fierce, and its skin was thick. The sand in the desert may be of high temperature, but it couldn’t harm Black Puppy.

At the same time, on the north side of the Crimson Fire Desert, Sky-Devouring Snake was being chased .

The one that was chasing after Sky-Devouring Snake was a giant which was three meters tall. His body was made of sand, and emitted incredibly powerful energy.

Everytime he struck, a massive human-sized hole was punched into the Crimson Fire Desert ground, and Sky-Devouring Snake’s body was already heavily wounded.

Sky-Devouring Snake had already dodged many pursuits last night. It found a place to recover but didn’t know that it would be caught by the three-meter tall desert giant.

The snake shook its tail as it ran and cursed, “These damn desert giants are too powerful, they’re like demons that won’t die. How come they can re-assemble with sand after I smash its head?”

In the past few days, Sky-Devouring Snake was fighting with the desert giant, but the giant’s body was made of the golden sand of the Crimson Fire Desert.

Even if Sky-Devouring Snake forcefully shattered the opponent’s head, there were plenty of sand in the Crimson Fire Desert, and the enemy would reassemble.

Which meant that the desert giant could never be killed as long as it was inside the Crimson Fire Desert.

While Sky-Devouring Snake ran in the front, it began muttering to itself, “Qingfeng, Black Puppy, where did you two go? I’ve tried to find you all this time but I didn’t even get a single peep of your dumb faces. I’m going to die here.”

The desert giant behind them had the same physical form as humans, but their bodies were composed of sand, and even their two massive eyeballs were formed from golden sand.

The desert giant coldly looked at Sky-Devouring Snake with fury in its eyes, because their Desert Queen wanted Sky-Devouring Snake as her pet.

The desert giant laughed and said, “Black snake, don’t run anymore. Come back with me and be our queen’s pet. She’ll adore you, or else you’ll be turned into food.”

Sky-Devouring Snake turned around and spat, as it continued to run.

It wouldn’t listen to the desert giant, because even though the woman was beautiful, she was rotten inside, and Sky-Devouring Snake didn’t want to end up in her hands.

Suddenly, Sky-Devouring Snake’s face changed, because a great swarm of black ants appeared before it. If they were normal ants, Sky-Devouring Snake wouldn’t have been so afraid.

However, those weren’t normal ants, they were carnivorous ants, a large swarm of ferocious creatures that ate the living flesh off of demonic beasts and humans alike.

Sky-Devouring Snake had previously seen a powerful fourth level demonic beast get eaten by these carnivorous ants. Its corpse turned into a set of white bones within seconds.

These black carnivorous ants screamed in excitement when they saw Sky-Devouring Snake, as they charged towards it.

Sky-Devouring Snake’s face turned green because the desert giant and carnivorous ants had sandwiched it from the front and back. It was completely surrounded.

Black Puppy sensed that Sky-Devouring Snake was in danger, so it charged forward.

Qingfeng, the Second Prince, Li Yang, and the other ten men in black all charged forward nonstop at an incredible speed like a tornado.

Qingfeng suddenly felt something wrong, and he said towards Black Puppy before him, “Stop running.”

Black Puppy stopped and asked, “Qingfeng, I’ve already felt Sky-Devouring Snake not far from us, and it is in great danger, why should we stop?”

Qingfeng pointed at the sky and said, “Don’t you see? The wind is changing in the sky. It wasn’t caused by us running, having formed naturally.”

The Second Prince’s face changed when he heard Qingfeng. He said, “Qingfeng, the wind is a forming sand hurricane, and like a normal hurricane, it contains great destructive power.”

As soon as the Second Prince’s voice dropped, a yellow hurricane suddenly dropped from the sky in front of them and formed a whirlpool that was incredibly ferocious.

With the naked eye, one could see some self-cultivators’ bodies inside the whirlwind. Their bodies were already torn apart by the force of the wind!

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Chapter 1695: Sandstorm

Translator: Noodletown Translated Editor: Noodletown Translated

Seeing the sandstorm raging his way, Qingfeng Li frowned. The level twelve sandstorm was extremely powerful, swirling up countless grains of sand and tearing cracks in the air.

Qingfeng Li’s group had been advancing in a path that led them directly toward the sandstorm; it was now too late to get out of the way. The sandstorm moved toward them at an astonishing speed.

“Seventh Fist, Shattering the Body!”

Qingfeng Li used the seventh technique of the Strangle Hell Fist, as black talisman scriptures radiated from his punch.

These talisman scriptures looked like a school of tadpoles, lighting up the heavens and earth as they smashed forward, cutting the sandstorm before them in half.

Boom!

With a loud boom, the massive sandstorm was abruptly blown apart. Countless grains of golden sand fell from the sky, back onto the ground.

Qingfeng Li’s seventh fist technique of the Strangle Hell Fist was extremely powerful. It was capable of splitting apart even the bodies of self-cultivators. Naturally, a mere sandstorm was no match for the blow.

Behind the Second Prince, the dozen-or-so men in black saw Qingfeng Li split apart the giant sandstorm with one blow and were struck with shock.

Although they had witnessed Qingfeng Li’s attacks many times before, and were aware that he was extremely powerful, the scene still surprised them.

The Second Prince stared at Qingfeng Li in admiration. “Taking you with me into the Crimson Fire Desert was absolutely the right decision,” he said. “If you weren’t here and I ran into such a sandstorm, I’d had no choice but to flee or die.”

Qingfeng Li smiled. Waving his hand, he said, “Everyone, stop the chitchat. Let’s go and find my friend, Sky-Devouring Snake.”

Qingfeng Li, Black Puppy, and Li Yang led the way, with the Second Prince and the score of black-clad men following behind them.

All of them shoved onward using their vital essences. They dashed forward like black cyclones.

A hundred meters ahead of them, Sky-Devouring Snake had also met with great danger. The Desert Giant behind it struck out with its fist, sending Sky-Devouring Snake flying and landing right in front of the carnivorous ants.

These carnivorous ants weren’t about to play nice, either. They loved eating the corpses of humans and demonic beasts. Seeing Sky-Devouring Snake, they swarmed toward their prey with great enthusiasm.

Sky-Devouring Snake’s expression changed. Opening its mouth, it spat out a beam of black light. This was its Snake Ancestor Super Power, an extremely powerful attack. It blasted dozens of the ants into oblivion straight away.

But there were far too many carnivorous ants. They numbered over ten thousand and completely surrounded him. Despite losing dozens of their ranks, thousands more charged forward.

Fear appeared on Sky-Devouring Snake’s face. It opened its mouth to spit out more of the black light, which flew into the ants with great force, tearing the air as it went. Its corrosive qualities ate away at the ants’ bodies, reducing them to dust.

But to use its Snake Ancestors Super Powers, Sky-Devouring Snake had to exhaust a large amount of its vital essence. After using it twice, it started panting in fatigue.

This was mostly because it was severely wounded. As it was being chased by the Desert Giant, it had sustained many injuries. Now, having forcibly used its Snake Ancestor’s Super Power twice, it could no longer withstand the exertion. It wobbled as it moved, nearly falling to the ground.

Sky-Devouring Snake glanced at the Desert Giant behind it. “Goddammit, “it swore to itself. “Why aren’t these ants attacking the Giant? Why’re they only attacking me?”

In reality, unbeknownst to Sky-Devouring Snake, the carnivorous ants were friends with the Desert Giants. They were well acquainted with one another, having lived together in the Crimson Fire Desert for so long. The carnivorous ants didn’t eat sand, which was what the Desert Giants were made of. Likewise, the Desert Giants didn’t bother the carnivorous ants.

The ants only attacked human self-cultivators and demonic beasts, like Sky-Devouring Snake; the ants saw them all as delicacies.

However, this time, the Desert Giant did not intend on letting the carnivorous ants devour Sky-Devouring Snake. The Desert Queen wanted this snake for a pet, he had to bring it back.

Looking at the carnivorous ants, the Desert Giant spoke. “You can’t eat this Sky-Devouring Snake. The Queen wants it. I must bring it back.”

Hearing the Desert Giant’s words, the king of the carnivorous ants shook its head. “I sense the power of the Snake Ancestor within this snake. With such power, if I were to devour its body, I can awaken my ancestral bloodline and become the Ant Ancestor.”

Neither the Desert Giant nor the carnivorous ants were willing to back down; they both wanted Sky-Devouring Snake.

Stuck between them, the Sky-Devouring Snake was miffed. It was being treated like cattle. One party wanted to catch it, the other wanted to eat it. Dammit.

The Desert Giant and the carnivorous ants argued for a long time without an outcome. Neither could defeat the other, nor could they kill one another, so they were stuck debating over the matter.

The Desert Giant grew impatient. “If you ask me,” he said, “whoever catches Sky-Devouring Snake first gets to keep it.”

“Fine,” said the king of the carnivorous ants. “I agree with your suggestion. What are you waiting for? Go! Catch Sky-Devouring Snake! We’ll take him and make a great meal for ourselves.”

Hearing the order, the ten thousand carnivorous ants behind the king rushed toward Sky-Devouring Snake. As though propelled by the call of their loved ones, they surrounded their prey in a watertight swarm.

Sky-Devouring Snake had his back to the wall, there was nowhere left to run.

It stared at the waves of carnivorous ants before it, a hint of fear in its eyes.

It knew full well how strong these ants were; they devoured demonic beasts and human self-cultivators whole, not even leaving a shard of bone behind.

Opening its mouth one more time, Sky-Devouring Snake spat out another beam of its superpower, killing several hundreds of the carnivorous ants.

Thud!

Completely exhausted, Sky-Devouring Snake fell to the ground. The remaining ants swarmed forth, opening their sharp mandibles and biting down on Sky-Devouring Snake’s body.

A wound was torn into Sky-Devouring Snake’s skin, causing it to drip blood onto the sand. Although its skin was extremely tough, due to its injuries and exhaustion, there was no vital essence to defend against the onslaught.

In addition, the carnivorous ants’ teeth were extremely sharp, capable of biting through even meteor stone. Sky-Devouring Snake’s body was no problem for them.

“Ow!” The Sky-Devouring Snake howled. “Qingfeng Li, Black Puppy! Where the hell did you two run off to? If you don’t show up soon, I’m really going to die!”

Just as its voice fell, an arrogant voice rang out nearby. “Who dares to harm my friend? Do you all want to die?”

Hearing the familiar voice, tears fell from Sky-Devouring Snake’s eyes. It frantically turned its head and, seeing Qingfeng Li and Black Puppy, it was filled with hope.

Qingfeng Li saw the state that Sky-Devouring Snake was in and a flash of cold, murderous light shone across his eyes. These damned black ants… How dare they bite Sky-Devouring Snake?!

Chapter 1696: Killing Them All

Translator: Noodletown Translated Editor: Noodletown Translated

 

Qingfeng Li kicked lightly off the ground, his body taking to the air and instantly appearing in the sky. Then, he drew an arc through the air as he flew to Sky-Devouring Snake’s side.

By this time, several hundred black carnivorous ants had gathered around Sky-Devouring Snake. They had completely surrounded their prey and, with their sharp mandibles opened, were trying to tear off its flesh.

Killing intent flashed in Qingfeng Li’s eyes as he activated his fire vital essence. Drawing the Fire Emperor Sword, he slashed ahead of him, releasing a beam of fiery sword energy.

The fiery sword energy was extremely powerful. With terrifying heat, it fell upon the black carnivorous ants. The ants’ bodies crackled in the flames as they howled in pain.

Instantly, the several hundred carnivorous ants around Sky-Devouring Snake had been killed by Qingfeng Li; it had only taken a single swing of his sword. Seeing this, the carnivorous ants around them stopped, their eyes filled with disbelief.

They knew full well how strong one of their own was. Just now, they had already wounded Sky-Devouring Snake; they had even torn off a bit of its skin.

But now, a few hundred carnivorous ants were slain in the blink of an eye, all by one swing of Qingfeng Li’s sword. The man before them was unbelievably strong, stronger than they could ever have imagined.

The leader of the carnivorous ants was very tall, standing at a full half-meter in height; it was massive. Its sharp mandibles stuck outward like the canines of a tiger. By its side fluttered a pair of wings. It was the king of the carnivorous ants and the monarch of this swarm.

It stared at Qingfeng Li.

“Who are you?” it asked in a cold voice, “Why did you kill my subordinates?”

Qingfeng Li gave a humorless smile.

“This,” he said, “is my friend. And you dared to attack him. Now, I’ll give you two options. One, get lost this instant. Two, you can all die here.”

The king of the carnivorous ants bellowed in laughter, its eyes filled with disdain. “Aren’t you a cocky one,” it said. “Of all the human self-cultivators who had entered the Crimson Fire Desert, most of them had become our food. Not to mention that you’re only at the First Level of the Supreme Realm. I’ve eaten even masters of the Fifth Level of the Supreme Realm! You are just an appetizer to me.”

The king of the carnivorous ants swung a forelimb. “All of you, “he said. “Go! Kill this human. I’m going to eat his skin, flesh, blood, guts, and heart!”

At the command of their king, thousands of carnivorous ants swarmed forth at Qingfeng Li.

With so many carnivorous ants, they moved like a carpet or ocean wave, completely enveloping Qingfeng Li, Black Puppy, and Sky-Devouring Snake.

Activating his fire vital essence, Qingfeng Li created an Inferno Realm. He was now a master at the First Level of the Supreme Realm, so the Inferno Realm he created was incredibly powerful. It spanned a thousand meters in diameter, within which was a sea pf red flames burning everything.

With a terrifying heat, the Crimson Fire crackled in the air. Smoke began to rise from any carnivorous ants within the circle; they gave agonized shrieks as they burned.

The expression on the king of the carnivorous ants’ face changed, a hint of rage flashing across its eyes. It hadn’t expected Qingfeng Li to have so much fire vital energy, and at such a high temperature. Its subordinates were completely unable to withstand it.

The king of the carnivorous ants abruptly flapped its right wing, creating a black tornado.

With violent force, the black tornado tore apart space itself as it appeared. It ripped a crack straight into Qingfeng Li’s Inferno Realm, allowing the carnivorous ants within to escape.

Qingfeng Li furrowed his brows.

Fifth Level Supreme Realm huh? he thought to himself. He hadn’t expected the king of the carnivorous ants to have reached the Fifth Level of the Supreme Realm. No wonder it acted with such arrogance.

Qingfeng Li knew that he needed to use his full strength in order to kill the king and its carnivorous ant army. Otherwise, once they escaped, he would be in a difficult situation. These things moved through the desert without a leaving a trace and were very difficult to track.

Without hesitation, Qingfeng Li took out his Thunder Lightning Pearl.

Qingfeng Li’s Thunder Lightning Pearl had been in incubation for the past little while. As his own power increased, the Thunder Lightning Pearl’s level had changed as well. It had now reached the Fifth Grade and its color had turned red.

Using his Thunder Chant, Qingfeng Li activated the Thunder contained in the Thunder Lightning Pearl, releasing all of the one thousand beams of lightning therein.

The one thousand beams of lightning appeared, releasing a series of loud crackles; they were even more powerful than they had been when they were of the Fourth Grade.

Bright red lightning appeared as though from the void, viciously striking the ten thousand or so black carnivorous ants. The ant’s bodies exploded on contact, turning to fragments that disappeared in the skies over the Crimson Fire Desert.

Qingfeng Li’s Fifth Grade thunder was far too powerful for the carnivorous ants; they didn’t even have time to react. They died before they were even able to let out a scream. The only one remaining was the king of the carnivorous ants.

The king was extremely powerful. Despite having been struck by thunder twice, it had only sustained light injuries, with only a bit of black blood leaking from its wounds.

Aside from this, it was unharmed. However, seeing all ten thousand of its subordinates being killed, the king of the carnivorous ants let out an infuriated roar.

The king of the carnivorous ants glared at Qingfeng Li murderously. “Human, you will die! I will eat you today no matter what!”

The king of the carnivorous ants abruptly spread its wings and flew up off the ground. From the air, it opened its mandibles and spat out a black fluid aimed straight at Qingfeng Li.

The black fluid was a type of super power that it had learned on its own. It had strong corrosive properties, capable of eating a hole through the air, ground, or even the void itself.

Qingfeng Li remained calm, not frightened in the least. He drew power from within and the golden flame appeared, dancing over two fingers on his right hand. In one swift motion, he threw the flames forward.

The golden flame radiated heat reaching eight thousand degrees, reducing the black poisonous fluid to nothing, leaving only a wisp of green smoke which quickly disappeared over the Crimson Fire Desert.

Then, without a shred of hesitation, the golden flame continued to rush forward. It fell upon the king of the carnivorous ants, making it howl in pain.

The king of the carnivorous ants tried to extinguish the golden flames consuming its body, but it found that the flames were far too powerful. It could not put it out.

The golden flame climbed along the king’s feet, consuming its legs, wings, head, and body. Finally, it was reduced to ashes and scattered to the winds.

The king of the carnivorous ants was slain.

Seeing the death of the king of the carnivorous ants, the Desert Giant’s expression changed to one of horror. It was well aware of how powerful the king of the carnivorous ants was. Even the Desert Giant couldn’t kill the King.

But now, the king of the carnivorous ants was killed by Qingfeng Li with ease.

The Desert Giant knew that, if it were to battle with Qingfeng Li, it might not even be a match for the human.

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Chapter 1697: Taming the Desert Giant

Translator: Noodletown Translated Editor: Noodletown Translated

 

Glancing at Qingfeng Li, the Desert Giant turned and prepared to run.

It knew that it had to escape from this man if it wanted to survive.

Although the Desert Giant’s body was made from sand, it suspected that this man’s golden flame could still do it harm. The flames were incredibly powerful, and the Desert Giant felt a sense of danger coming from them. He had no doubt that the golden flame could melt all the sand in his body.

“You want to run?” A cold glint appeared in Qingfeng Li’s eyes. “But can you get away?”

Merging into the void using spatial talisman scriptures, Qingfeng Li appeared before the Desert Giant in an instant.

He then activated his vital essence and struck out with his fist, blowing a large hole in the Desert Giant’s body. The Giant was sent flying, landing heavily on the ground.

But, a moment later, sand from the Crimson Fire Desert began to converge toward the Desert Giant, filling the hole in its chest; it had recovered to its original state.

Qingfeng Li furrowed his brows. “Huh, you didn’t die?” He said. “Your body is actually made completely from sand? How strange.”

Beside him, Sky-Devouring Snake spoke. “Qingfeng Li, this thing is practically immortal. I tried so many times, hell, I even blew up its heart. But the sand always comes right back.”

Qingfeng Li nodded. “Since you won’t die,” he said, “then I’ll just use my flames and melt all your sand.”

When he finished speaking, Qingfeng Li called upon his golden flames, which appeared over his fingers again. A hint of killing intent flashed over Qingfeng Li’s eyes as he prepared to cast the flames onto the Desert Giant’s body and kill it.

The expression on the Desert Giant’s face changed to one of terror. It had just witnessed the king of the carnivorous ants being burnt to death by the golden flame. There hadn’t even been a body left behind.

The golden flames were far too powerful. The temperatures it contained were at the Saint level. The Desert Giant was just a master of the Supreme Realm; there was no way it could withstand it.

With a shocking thump, the Desert Giant fell to its knees. It put its forehead to the sand and bowed toward Qingfeng Li. “Don’t kill me,” it begged, “don’t kill me. I don’t want to die.”

Qingfeng Li was left speechless. He had expected the Desert Giant to be a tough guy, but it turned out that it was surprisingly afraid to die. But then again, maybe it wasn’t so strange.

Whether it was humans or demonic beasts, or any other race for that matter, all living things had an intrinsic fear toward death. No one wanted to die; everyone wanted to live.

Qingfeng Li’s rolled its eyes. “You want me to spare you, I can do that. But you must agree to become my servant.”

The Desert Giant’s expression shifted. “No,” it said, “I can’t become your servant. I’m a subject of the Desert Queen. If she found out that I’ve become your servant, she’d kill me for sure!”

A cold glint flashed through Qingfeng Li’s eyes. “Since you won’t become my servant, then you can die.”

He continued after a pause. “If you become my servant, you’d still have a chance at life. As for this Desert Queen, rest assured that she is no match for me. You should know how powerful my golden flames are.”

The Desert Giant’s eyes shifted restlessly. It seemed to be struggling to reach a decision. Finally, it decided to pledge itself to the man before him. If it didn’t, it would die right now. If it pledged itself to this man, there was still a chance he would live.

With a heavy thump, the Desert Giant fell knelt before Qingfeng Li again. “I agree to pledge myself to you,” it said, “I will become your servant.”

Desert Giant raised a finger. From deep within its mind-space, it produced a golden sand seal. This seal appeared identical to an ordinary grain of sand, only it was made from soul energy. The seal flew directly into Qingfeng Li’s hand.

Qingfeng Li stored the seal deep in his own mind-space. It appeared there, a floating grain of sand. The grain of sand took the shape of the Desert Giant’s current appearance.

With just a thought, Qingfeng Li could force the grain of sand to shatter, to explode. If that happened, the Desert Giant, too, would die.

Seeing that the Desert Giant had pledged itself to him, Qingfeng Li was visibly pleased. The reason he had let the Desert Giant live was that he needed to ask it for information about the Crimson Fire Desert.

Although Qingfeng Li had obtained a complete map of the Crimson Fire Desert, it was a map from five centuries ago. During those five hundred years, some of the geography, landmarks, and the distribution of demonic beasts within the Crimson Fire Desert should certainly have changed.

For example, the king of the carnivorous ants had not been marked on the map. But Qingfeng Li had encountered it soon after entering the desert.

Qingfeng Li stared at the Desert Giant. “Right now, “he asked, “what are the biggest forces in the Crimson Fire Desert? Tell me about them.”

The Desert Giant nodded. “Right now, there are three large forces in the desert,” it said, “The first is a powerful human self-cultivator called the Fiery Supreme.

The second is the Desert Queen. Her whole body is made of the golden sand from the Crimson Fire Desert. She is extremely powerful, capable of consuming human self-cultivators and demonic beasts and turning them all into her own power.

The third major force in the desert are the Mirage Beasts. They can create illusions and mirages in order to confuse self-cultivators. They would trap their prey and eventually kill them.”

Hearing the Desert Giant’s words, Qingfeng Li nodded. He now had a clearer understanding of the distribution of power in the Crimson Fire Desert.

Combined with the five-hundred-year-old map of the Crimson Fire Desert in his possession, he had a clear idea of the area’s terrain and major players, along with the locations of some of the spirit herbs.

Turning, Qingfeng Li walked to Sky-Devouring Snake’s side. “How are you feeling?” he asked.

Sky-Devouring Snake shook its head. “I feel like crap,” it said, “I’m heavily wounded; my demon essence is exhausted. And even if you told me to walk in this damn desert right now, I wouldn’t be able to.”

Qingfeng Li nodded. With the power of a thought, he retrieved some healing elixirs from his interspatial ring. He placed these in Sky-Devouring Snake’s mouth. “Eat these,” he said. “Absorb their power and recover your demon essence.”

The Sky-Devouring Snake’s eyes lit up, pleasantly surprised. “Where did you get all these Supreme level healing elixirs?” it asked. “These are very valuable, I’ve never seen these on the Crimson Fire Continent before.”

Beside them, Black Puppy wagged its tail haughtily. “You’ve got it the worst of any of us,” it said, “First you got chased around, then you nearly die. We’ve been having a great time on this continent. See this guy beside us? Yeah, that’s the Second Prince of the Country of Lingyun. And he’s our friend.”

Sky-Devouring Snake glanced at Black Puppy, eyes filled with envy. It had nearly died, and these two were living the chill life.

Without a moment’s hesitation, Sky-Devouring Snake hurriedly swallowed the supreme level elixirs that Qingfeng Li had given it. The elixirs turned into a massive amount of energy, repairing its broken body and internal injuries.

This supreme level healing elixir was extremely effective. It was made entirely from treasures of the heaven and earth. In just a few minutes, the Sky-Devouring Snake’s body had been fully restored.