The Strongest System - Chapter 234

Chapter 234: The Most Realistic Act

p>Xue Qing was crippled on the floor spasming with white foam out of his mouth. He was elated when he saw the appearance of Lord Xue Shen, but the sight of Lin Fan running away had him so worked up that he fainted over immediately.

‘Shameless individual.’

Those were the last words Xue Qing could think of as he fainted.

“Lord Xue Shen! The treasure is on that man!”

Other than the man who was pinned down by Lin Fan, the remaining 6 of them knelt down immediately at the sight of Lord Xue Shen. They were trembling at the thought of their incoming punishment for failing this mission.

Xue Shen looked in the direction where Lin Fan had escaped, and then at these bunch of disciples cowering before him. He snorted coldly before turning into a streak of rainbow, chasing after Lin Fan.

Until this day, no one had been capable of escaping from the gaze of Blood Kill Sect.

Blood Kill Sect comprised of twelve levels within the sect. Each of these levels had a level master. The higher one went, the stronger the level master’s strength became. Even though Xue Shen was just the 1st Level Master, his cultivation base was nothing to be scoffed at.

He was just that mere step away from reaching a Greater Celestial cultivation base.

…

As Lin Fan was running away frantically, he stopped from time to time to look behind him. He didn’t know if this guy could catch up with him. But after a few times of looking back, he couldn’t see any trace of the person.

Lin Fan was getting anxious now as he pretended to shout.

“Help! Somebody’s killing me!” Lin Fan knew that it was silly of him to do so, but this was the only way he could attract the attention of the man who was chasing after him.

But the more Lin Fan ran, the more he felt weird about the whole thing. His running speed wasn’t that fast to begin with, then why the hell wasn’t the guy catching up?

Running…running…

Bam! Lin Fan banged into something seemingly hard.

Turning around to look forward, Lin Fan was startled.

“Why…why are you here…!” Pretending to be terrified, Lin Fan stammered and shouted out, revealing a face of disbelief.

He did not know how this Xue Shen, who was clad in red robes, could appear before him in this dense forest. Those feet of his must be really fleeting.

Was it the usual pattern these days for all these pretentiously strong people to appear in such extravagant manners?

Xue Shen looked at Lin Fan with a face of disbelief as well. He had long noticed the running pattern of Lin Fan and was thus waiting far ahead in the distance for his arrival.

The moment Lin Fan appeared, Xue Shen’s grim face revealed a cheeky smile. To Xue Shen, this was all just a game of cat and mouse. He was going to enjoy his time playing in this forest.

Especially the look on this man’s face turning around from time to time as he was escaping, that look made Xue Shen especially excited. He had not savored a feeling like this for a really long time now.

In fact, Xue Shen had long been awaiting this look of disbelief on Lin Fan’s face as he bumped into him. That face of disbelief, of hope draining from his face, that look, that really turned Xue Shen on.

But the moment this guy bumped into Xue Shen, he realized that something was wrong.

Right at the moment this guy touched Xue Shen, he could feel an incredible amount of force rushing at him. But it was too late for him to dodge.

As Xue Shen was flying through the dense forest due to the force, he was filled with incredulity. How the hell could this guy have sent him flying? Impossible! This was impossible!

But facts were facts. The fact that he was sent flying was laid bare before him.

The shifting of bones was nothing to Xue Shen. After all, he was a master of the Blood Sea skill. Anyone trained in the Blood Sea skill could control their bones and anything within their bodies with the same fluidity as blood itself.

Crack.

A crisp sound rang out as Xue Shen rearranged his bones back to their original shape. But the way he looked at Lin Fan was filled with immense wrath.

This man must die…!

But when he saw Lin Fan’s frantic look as though he was at a loss for what to do, Xue Shen was excited once again.

Yes, this was it. This was the feeling he had craved for so badly!

“You have successfully riled me up.” Xue Shen lowered his head and glared at Lin Fan, his eyes emitting clouds of blood mist. His thin, long finger scratched along the bark of an ancient tree, letting out a crick, crack sound as though something was rotting and being consumed.

On those long nails of his, bright red blood oozed out continuously, and he looked absolutely frightening.

Lin Fan felt that his acting skills had reached yet another breakthrough level.

Lesser Celestial Upper Level.

This man here was just 2 steps away from being a Greater Celestial. But just these 2 steps alone would take him an extremely long time as well.

Lin Fan’s mind had been tinkering from the very start. His physical body state was also that of a lesser celestial. No matter how hard this man was to rain blows onto him, there was no way he could break Lin Fan’s defense.

However, he was evidently stronger than Lin Fan. It wouldn’t be an easy task to take him down. As such, Lin Fan could only come up with a plan.

If one were to ask anyone to claim the title of being the gutsiest person in this world, no one would dare to snatch it away from Lin Fan.

“What…are you trying to do?” Lin Fan pointed a finger at Xue Shen, pretending to tremble as though he was filled with fear from head to toe.

Xue Shen looked at the scene with utmost satisfaction.

“The only outcome for anyone offending Blood Kill Sect is death. But fret not, I will slowly torture you. Your blood shall fill your entire brain before slowly erupting from there. I shall let you experience the worst way to die in this world.” Xue Shen said grimly.

“No…no, please! Please let me go!” Lin Fan started crying. However, he was still inching step by step towards Xue Shen. He had portrayed the nature of a cowardly man with perfect realism.

Lin Fan was far from a coward. But if there was one thing he believed in, it was that the road to success wasn’t all smooth and straightforward. He couldn’t possibly kill everyone he saw in sight. Everything in this world had to depend on his brains and smarts. A man without smarts was a man bound to fail.

And what was Lin Fan’s aim? That was to stand at the top of this world. He wanted to be a man so powerful that all he had to do was turn an eye to whoever it was he wanted to rob, and that person would hand it over without a second word.

And there was no way Lin Fan was letting this prey before him escape.

In Lin Fan’s mind, he was the hunter with a weapon. Xue Shen was the innocent white rabbit waiting to be hunted. He had to wait for his chance to hit a clean strike. He mustn’t scare off this little rabbit here.

“Hand over the treasure and kneel down before me then. I will turn you into a blood corpse, granting you eternal life.” Xue Shen laughed wildly. That thin, fragile body of his looked like a deranged psycho with this laughter.

Lin Fan inched forward with a look of fright in his face, “Thank…thank you for your grace…!”

1 step.

2 steps.

…

And just like that, the distance between Lin Fan and Xue Shen was getting shorter. Lin Fan’s heart was thumping furiously. This was the excitement of a hunter about to get his kill. To be able to take down someone of a lesser celestial upper level, who else would dare to take him on after that?

Lin Fan finally came face to face with Xue Shen as he lifted his head up in the skies and cried tragically.

“Sir…! So you’re THAT guy whom everyone respects in Blood Kill Sect! Please…take me in as your underling…!” Lin Fan pretended to be so agitated that he was hugging at Xue Shen’s waist area while gently curving his legs.

Xue Shen looked down at Lin Fan’s curved body, revealing a vile smile on his face. His palm was filled with a ball of red mist which seemed to contain spirits within it, howling tragically.

“Very well, you can go and…” Xue Shen laughed grimly. But just as he was about to speak out, his face changed.

‘Twisting Heaven and Earth.’

Once again, Lin Fan had unleashed this ultimate skill. Lin Fan was so used to this skill by now that the reversal of Yin and Yang could be done with just a thought of his.

“AH…!” A torrential pain gushed up Xue Shen’s body. Even if he had mastered the Blood Sea, he couldn’t withstand this incoming pain.

And just then, a red flash streaked by his face as Lin Fan slapped him with the Nine Five Legendary Brick.

Bam!

The initially mighty and haughty Xue Shen collapsed to the ground lifelessly.

“HAHA!” With one hand on his waist, Lin Fan laughed happily while raising the brick up with his other hand.

“And a fool like you actually thinks he can kill Yours Truly?!? Yours Truly had long thought up of this plan before you had even arrived. To think that you’re so stupid you can still act so proudly in front of Yours Truly! Nagging incessantly nonstop before I even lay my hands on you. What a sh*tstain! Going down before Yours Truly even used anything spectacular on you. Weak…weak!”

Lin Fan shook his head and sighed. What a lonesome feeling it was to stand at the very top of this world alone!

Chapter 235: Inhumane Treatment

p>Lin Fan looked at the fainted Xue Shen.

“What an evil man! You reek of the stench of death. Evidently, countless people must have fallen prey to you. Oh well, whatever. Now that you’re in the hands of Yours Truly, then Yours Truly can only exact justice for the Heavens.” Lin Fan said righteously. But before he did anything, he first had to scavenge all he could.

‘Ding…congratulations on discovering Light Upper-grade Blood Vest.’

‘Blood Vest: Made from the core of 99 female fetuses.’

The moment Lin Fan touched the blood vest, he was shocked by the description alone. To think that this Xue Shen could be so cruel. For the sake of creating this vest, he had murdered so many innocents. What a b*stard!

Lin Fan took away every single object from Xue Shen’s body, leaving nothing behind.

“Not bad, not bad. Seems like he’s a somebody indeed. He’s got quite a few decent belongings.” Lin Fan looked into the storage ring with satisfaction.

Just as Xue Shen was about to wake up, Lin Fan knocked him on the head once more, sending him into yet another deep slumber.

Dragging one of Xue Shen’s leg, Lin Fan looked around the surroundings for a suitable place. He then found a good spot and dragged Xue Shen over, looking for vines to tie his hands to a tree.

Xue Shen’s body was hung slightly above the ground. This was a good position for Lin Fan to work with.

Slowly, Xue Shen began to wake up from his daze. But the moment his consciousness returned, the pain of Twisting Heaven and Earth surged through his body once more, causing unbearable torment all over his body.

“You…you…!” Xue Shen’s voice was trembling. The pain did not allow him to even have the energy to speak up anymore. His once sober brain was also sent spiraling into a daze with the presence of this pain.

“Hmph, have a good time taking in this feeling below.” Lin Fan’s eyes brightened as he lifted his right leg.

‘Balls Kicking.’

The skies changed color and shriek rang through the Heavens.

The pain from Twisting Heaven and Earth earlier coupled with the pain from Balls Kicking was ripping Xue Shen apart from the insides.

‘Ding…Balls Kicking experience points +100,000’

The moment Lin Fan moved his leg, Xue Shen tried to pull up his lower body to dodge. But because of that move, Lin Fan’s leg managed to fully cover all his sensitive nerve areas.

‘Balls Kicking.’

‘Balls Kicking.’

Lin Fan was thoroughly immersed in the frenzy of grinding experience points. Ever since he came to Dongling Continent, he had not really had the chance to grind for experience points.

After all, now that he had upgraded to Twisting Heaven and Earth, how could he leave Balls Kicking behind without an upgrade?

‘Ding…Balls Kicking experience points +100,000.’

“AHHHHH!”

The notifications of experience points from the system were muffled with Xue Shen’s tragic cries. But Lin Fan was even more excited. This was the 2nd time he had used such a savage and ruthless method on someone, the 1st being the Yan Emperor.

But, what Xue Shen was going through was way worse than the Yan Emperor did back then. This was a pain unimaginable to mere mortals.

Xue Shen’s skinny and fragile body could only tremble continuously under this pain. Those red eyes of his only grew redder with every kick, with his pupils almost lost their color in the face of this bloodshot color.

‘Ding…’Balls Kicking’ level up. Level 16.’

It was only after a long time when Balls Kicking had finally stopped giving experience points that Lin Fan came to a stop as well.

Looking at the man before him who was tormented inhumanely, Lin Fan’s heart took a leap of joy. Taking out his Eternal Axe, he cut down swiftly on Xue Shen’s skull.

That was all he could squeeze out of this man. It was time to take the experience points.

Xue Shen who was cut down by the axe let out a terribly cry and laid there silently.

“Eh?” Lin Fan pondered for a moment.

Now that Xue Shen has been killed by him, why didn’t he receive any notifications from the system?

Unless…?

Lin Fan laughed. What a crafty fella!

For someone like Xue Shen, there must be a secret skill or something he was using to preserve his life. But to someone like Lin Fan, it was all useless.

Lin Fan stretched out his finger.

‘Nirvana Finger.’

Instantaneously, an explosive force erupted from that ordinary looking finger as a large amount of True Energy surged through into Xue Shen’s body.

“ARGH…!” Xue Shen wailed out as he felt the source of his body erupting from every single cell. Those bloodshot eyes stared at Lin Fan with boundless hatred.

It was as though he was cursing for Lin Fan to die terribly in the future. But to Lin Fan, none of this mattered.

‘Ding…congratulations on killing Lesser Celestial Upper-Level Xue Shen.’

‘Ding…experience points +100,000,000’

…

Lin Fan laughed. Indeed, this was the type of pleasure from killing a high leveled beast.

But to be able to meet someone as dumb as Xue Shen, this should be a once in a lifetime event. Even though he knew that the other party couldn’t defeat him, he still wanted to take down Xue Shen. And the only way he could do this was to resort to trickery.

Looking at the dead hanging Xue Shen, Lin Fan chuckled. He clapped his hands then carved something onto the tree above him.

Good deeds he did should not be spread to the masses, that was Lin Fan’s style. But killing someone? Of course”, he had to leave his name behind.

‘Xue Shen has sinned gravely in his life. He is vanquished on this day by Yours Truly, Lin Fan.’

Looking at these words, Lin Fan could not help but smile at the face of it all. Not bad, not bad. Flicking his robes, hands behind his back, he headed off calmly into the distance.

Even though he had done the masses a favor by killing off vermin, it was a small matter not worth mentioning.

…

A gust blew by.

The renowned Xue Shen had died just like that. Hanging on the tree bare naked, it was as though he had suffered great humiliation before his death.

…

“Lord Xue Shen!”

After some time had passed, Xue Qing came from the distance on horses with the other disciples.

After receiving Lin Fan’s destructive kick, Xue Qing had finally come to. Even though there was still waves of pain spreading from his crotch area, Xue Qing could still bear with it for now.

But Lord Xue Shen had been gone for so long, which was pretty worrying. Xue Qing thus brought everyone with him for a search. But once they reached the place where Xue Shen was hanging, their faces changed.

He could not believe that Lord Xue Shen had died just like that…!

Xue Qing took in a deep breath, slowly letting down Lord Xue Shen from the trees. He then bit down furiously on his teeth.

“Father. I will seek vengeance for you.”

Silently, Xue Qing placed his hand onto Xue Shen’s chest as a red glow shimmered dimly under his palms. Avoiding the notice of everyone else, a few black spots appeared on Xue Shen’s ghastly pale face.

“Senior Brother, there are words here!” One of the disciples standing under the tree shouted. Gripping his fists tightly, Xue Qing looked at the carving on the tree with a frozen death stare.

‘Lin Fan…!’

…

Chapter 236: An Elaborate Ploy

p>Qinshen dynasty’s palace…

“Teng Long, is there anything troubling you?” For the sake of comprehending the energy grid lines to break through to a greater celestial cultivation base, the Qin Emperor had gone into seclusion for the past 10 years. The moment he came out of it, someone was trying to murder his son. This very fact riled him to no end.

Teng Long was the son of the Qin Emperor and his most beloved woman in this lifetime. To think that the woman would pass away just a few years later. Pained by her passing, the Qin Emperor converted his sorrow into motivation to grow stronger and thus entered a seclusion by himself.

But an empire could not do without its ruler. The Qin Emperor then used a secret skill to control a person, forcibly boosting his cultivation base and changing his appearance so that he could impersonate the Qin Emperor himself.

But now that his beloved son had been revived from the dead, the Qin Emperor was overflowing with joy. Even though he did not know the cause of it, he attributed it to the Heavens blessing his son.

“Father, I’m alright. However, I’m feeling guilty about hiding something from you.” The Teng Long today is no longer the Teng Long he was. Ever since the jade white skeleton entered him, he was no longer Teng Long and would never be.

The Qin Emperor fondled his beloved son’s head lovingly. “It’s alright. No matter what you’ve been hiding, Father will never be angry at you.’

“Father, this is a broken piece of map that I had bought from a roadside stall while I was playing around the city. The location indicated on it is the forbidden ground, Dead Demon Seas.” Teng Long took out the map which was made up of an unknown material, but by the looks of it, one could tell that it was pretty old.

The moment the Qin Emperor heard the 3 words ‘Dead Demon Seas’, he was taken back for a moment. Holding up the map, he looked at it carefully.

On this damaged map, there was a clear mark over the Dead Demon Seas.

And on an upper corner of the maps, a few words could be seen.

‘Seven Saints Treasure Map.’

Looking at the map, the Qin Emperor’s face softened.

“Teng Long, is there anyone else who knows of this?”

“No, father. Ever since I got my hands on the map, I’ve been keeping it by my side. I had intended to explore it for myself once I got stronger, but I’ve thought it through now. No matter if a treasure exists within it or not, I should hand the map over to father.”

“That’s my good son.” The Qin Emperor nodded his head and left soon after, allowing his son to continue resting.

Looking at the Qin Emperor leave, Teng Long’s calm face let out a cryptic smile.

“Darned bastard. Wait till I see you once more. I will make sure that’s your death day.” Teng Long gripped his fists tightly as the flames danced once more in his eyes.

…

Within an unknown forest…

A man and a bird were walking together happily.

“One for you, one for me. Chicky, Chicky, grow faster.”

‘Cuckcuckkoo!!!’

Lin Fan was taking out pills from the storage rings he had confiscated and split them one by one with Chicky.

Chicky was dancing happily on his shoulders as well, propping up his wings proudly. Raising his sharp beak up high, he was taking in the pills one by one as well.

Lin Fan was pretty satisfied with the robbery this time round. This could be considered successful since he gained quite a number of good pills in the process.

Most of the credit went to Xue Shen of course. He was the one who provided the best resources and Lin Fan was having a great time downing all the pills he got from Xue Shen.

But Lin Fan did not consume all of them, especially some of the suspicious-sounding ones. Like this pill whose name was ‘Three Infant Pills’, even though the quality was pretty decent, it was way too cruel.

This pill was made by removing the infant from the mother’s womb the moment it took shape within. After that, the the foetus was soaked with various medicinal herbs and ingredients before finally cultivating it out.

Even if Lin Fan was craving experience points, there was no way he’d consume a pill like this. This would truly be betraying his humanity.

Lin Fan took out the ‘Seven Saints Treasure Map’ and took a look at it.

Next stop: Dead Demon Seas.

Lin Fan had thought that the ‘Seven Saints Treasure Map’ was a precious item, but he now knew that one had to pay a terrible price for it.

Lin Fan’s mind was filled with questions. Even though the ‘Seven Saints Treasure Map’ was nothing pure, he still could not make out the true identity of the seven saints. Were there really seven of them?

From the moment Lin Fan received the pill, he knew that this was all an elaborate ploy set up by someone.

That Heaven Revolting Life Changing pill was indeed a godly pill. No matter how pathetic one’s potential was, as long as they consumed it, they would raise their potential to the max. But within the pill itself was a godly consciousness hidden. This consciousness was incomplete, just a portion of its entirety. And whoever was unfortunate enough to consume it…even if their potential were to be maxed out, they would be devoured by this godly consciousness.

If the system had not indicated this out, Lin Fan would not have guessed it.

But coming to think of it…bloody hell! All these things about having to find a treasure or whatsoever were just a ruse. Which sort of divine being would be so kind as to give off his lifetime’s worth of achievements so willingly? And then drawing a map out and leaving it for the good of the future generations, who would do that?

Only one who was unaccountably solicitous and was hiding evil intentions.

After all of this, Lin Fan was even suspicious of his own system. Just what was the system all about?

But, Lin Fan could not be too bothered to guard against the system. After all, everything he was today was due to the system. Even if the system wanted to do anything untoward towards himself, what could he do about it?

So, it’d be better to forget thinking anything negative about the system.

Therefore, the powerful being who had created this ‘Seven Saints Treasure Map’ had intended for someone in the future generations to come and retrieve it. After following it step by step and sinking deeper into the abyss, he would then become a vessel for the powerful divine being.

Thinking of this, Lin Fan could not help but chuckle. If he had not experienced this for himself, he might not have believed in this novel like plotline.

‘Cuckcuckoo!’ After swallowing a pill, Chicky was crying out for more.

“Noisy! Does it look like I’ll gobble up your share?” Lin Fan tossed a pill over as Chicky caught it into his mouth satisfactorily.

Lin Fan tossed the pill into his mouth as well.

‘Ding…congratulations on consuming Heaven Lower graded pill. Godly Training Pill. Experience points +500,000.’

…

Converting pills to experience points one by one, Lin Fan was extremely joyous.

As the clouds darkened, the skies cracked roughly; a sign of rain. Lin Fan hastened his footsteps. It was best to seek shelter first.

After traversing for tens of miles, he came across a cave. After entering the cave, Lin Fan explored it for a little. There were traces of burnt ashes from firewood on the floor. Evidently, someone else had seek shelter here as well.

After cleaning up a little, Lin Fan took out a mat from within his storage and laid it out on the floor.

Boom! The skies roared as it began pouring outside.

Since Lin Fan could not fall asleep, he decided to take out the items from his previous robberies. Oh well, since they were just lying around in his storage sack, he might as well put them to some use.

It had been a long time since Lin Fan had crafted any equipment. The thought of it had him itching slightly for it.

The legendary Nine Five Legendary Brick in his possession was a product of his persistence in the past. He wondered if he had retained the same luck as that day.

Chapter 237: Seven Realms Bring You Comfort

p>Lin Fan was going through the items in his storage. There had been a number of toys accumulated within them, quite a few from his robberies. But they had yet to be put to use.

For example, the items he had robbed from people like Ni Mantian, the Yan Emperor et cetera.

A couple of decent graded armors, a pair of Dragon Phoenix storage rings and a bunch of other stuff.

‘Ding…congratulations on discovering Heaven Lower graded skill ‘Blood Sea.’’

‘Learn?’

Lin Fan flipped the pages of Blood Sea’s manual. This was a corrupted and evil skill. To master a skill like this, one would not achieve it from just cultivating hard day and night. The main source of energy for a skill like this was blood itself.

Even though at the peak of this ability, one could be reborn from just a drop of blood, this skill was just too evil in Lin Fan’s point of view. He wondered who it was who created something like this. If he had met such a person, he was sure he would teach this guy a lesson.

But then again, rebirth through just a drop of blood…How goddamn strong was that?!?

Forget it. A skill was a neutral thing that knew no right or wrong. For a righteous person such as Yours Truly, Yours Truly could definitely bring this skill onto the right path.

‘Learn.’

‘Ding…congratulations on learning Heaven Lower graded skill: ‘Blood Sea.’’

‘Ding…Blood Sea Level 1. (0/10000)’

Lin Fan tried to sit down cross-legged and enter cultivation state. But indeed, Blood Sea was a mysterious skill which didn’t gain a single drop of experience points. It seemed like it was indeed different from other skills and could only be replenished by blood itself.

Even though Lin Fan had learned Blood Sea, the manual would not disappear just by itself. Lin Fan continued sorting out the stuff.

Finally, looking at his sorted storage, Lin Fan let out a smile.

Dozens of armors, one manual, dozens of fcked up pills, a pair of Dragon Phoenix rings, a pair of Blood Dragon’s Horns and a drop of Purple Horned Dragon’s Essence Blood.

Even though these items may be treasures in the eyes of others, to Lin Fan, they were comparable to trash.

Especially a skill such as ‘Blood Sea’, what a corrupted skill to exist in this world! Leaving it in the world would be an injustice to the masses. ‘Let Yours Truly incinerate it then.’

‘Heaven and Earth Smelt.’

Just then, the Heaven and Earth Smelt within Lin Fan’s mind opened up as Lin Fan contemplated for a moment if he should really do this.

Lin Fan did not want to think too much about it as he tossed all the items into the smelt.

This smelt was a legendary item for crafting. There was nothing in this world it could not smelt down. After tossing in the items, the potential results lined up in a row for Lin Fan to choose from.

Lin Fan could not be bothered about any of the equipment. Too many options caused him to be dizzy as well.

‘Smelt as you please.’

ROARRRR!

The smelt closed its door as the smoke dragon coiled itself around it once more, breathing out fire above the smelt.

Towards this smelt, Lin Fan was filled with both love and hatred. Even though he had gained quite an amount of experience points for his ‘Eternal Demon Body’ after entering it the other day, it was an unbearable and torturous pain. To someone like Lin Fan who undoubtedly loved the pleasure of having comforts in his life, that was a process too darn cruel and painful.

But that was only because he was forced to the edge of life and death by that spirit. But now that he was at peace, there was no need to him to go to such extremities to level up.

Lin Fan waited patiently as the dragon continued coiling itself while the smelt roared, wondering what was happening inside. Lin Fan waited in anticipation, wondering what sort of legendary equipment he would create this time around.

The smelt vibrated, and a beam of light shot out abruptly.

Lin Fan’s heart was nearly in his throat by now as his face was filled with anxiousness.

‘Shit. Had something gone awry?’

Back when he had crafted the Nine Five Legendary Brick, he didn’t get any reaction like this!

Was it because he had gone rusty after not crafting anything for a long time, and he couldn’t craft anything any longer?

Lin Fan waited with bated breath, waiting for the notification from the system.

‘Ding…congratulations on crafting a legendary equipment.’

‘Whew, fck me!’

The moment he heard the notification, Lin Fan almost fainted from the relief he felt.

He had not expected it to succeed this easily.

‘Was Yours Truly blessed by Lady Luck? To be able to craft legendary equipment one after another.’

This happiness came way too suddenly, but Lin Fan needed to hold it in.

‘Ding…owner’s luck is extremely high.’

‘Ding…congratulations on crafting a onetime use legendary equipment.’

‘Seven realms.’

Lin Fan was taken aback. Onetime? What did that mean?

A golden beam then shot out from within the smelt. Lin Fan controlled his excitement, as he had to see clearly just what sort of legendary item this was.

But when Lin Fan caught sight of the legendary equipment, he nearly puked out all the blood in his body.

What the…

Feeling it in his hands, Lin Fan was stunned wide-eyed as he heard the description from the system.

‘Sophisticated web surface creating a silky smooth sensation. Embedded with pretty floral designs in its dents. But don’t look down on these floral designs! They are essential for the sake of a high absorption rate! Comfy side cushion guards to pamper your delicate skin while its exquisite materials provide an enhanced experience to ensure a snug fit!’

Just what in the world was all this? What’s this? What’s that? What?

Lin Fan felt like crying at this point.

All the equipment he had dumped in, all for a…sanitary pad?!?

‘Seven realms?!? WHY NOT CALL IT A BLODY KOTEX? SO PERMEABLE YOU COULD BREATHE WITH IT?’

Lin Fan was almost in a state of frenzy. No matter how he thought about it, he would have never expected this outcome. Was it because the system knew that he was having too good a time recently and hence it played this trick on Lin Fan?

But this joke was not funny at all. No. No. No.

‘Ding…Legendary Equipment Seven realms. Able to cause death from menorrhagia. Can only be used on females. Disregards cultivation base. Onetime use.’

‘Activation phrase: Seven realms bring you comfort.’

…

Fck…what the flying fck…?

Lin Fan stared at this all so familiar looking piece of equipment with his mouth agape. He had thought that the system was pulling a prank on him. To think that it would be so darn strong!

Even though the looks of it seemed somewhat indecent, Lin Fan was extremely excited over its power.

Disregarding cultivation base… Death from menorrhagia.

These six words were enough to represent everything.

But what was up with the activation phrase, seven realms bring you comfort? Blody hell, shouldn’t it be seven realms cause no leakages?

But to think that if he were to ever get into any trouble with some woman whose cultivation base was beyond godly, all he had to do was to send this sanitary pad flying towards her face, and it’d wrap itself down there and cause her to die of menorrhagia. The thought of it was extremely satisfying.

Lin Fan placed the seven realms carefully back into his storage. This would be a powerful weapon for him in the future.

But what Lin Fan did not understand was the mechanics of the Heaven and Earth Smelt. Just what sort of requirements did it have for a legendary equipment to be crafted?

This was puzzling.

Based on the current situation, seemed like he would need to take some more time exploring this smelt.

Ever since he had been busy with training up his cultivation base, he had neglected the smelt almost entirely. Seemed like it was time to buck up with it.

Just then, he heard some noises from outside the cave. Lin Fan frowned and pretended to sleep.

He was waiting to see just who it was.

Chapter 238: Unfortunate Attempt

p>”Brother Xia, there’s a cave right ahead. We can seek shelter within!” A female voice came from the outside. Following it was the voice of a male. By the sounds of it, they both seemed relatively young.

“Yes, be careful, Yuhan.” Xia Youtian said thoughtfully.

…

“Who’s there?” The moment these two entered the cave, Lin Fan asked, pretending that he had just woken up.

The moment Xia Youtian heard the presence of someone, he looked at the other party warily. He only heaved a sigh of relief when he couldn’t feel any aura from this person. Just a normal anybody.

“Hi, fellow traveler brother. It’s pouring out there, so we’re just trying to seek shelter here for the night.” Xia Youtian replied politely.

“Ah, right. No worries. There’s a fire over there which you guys can use to warm up with. It’ll be easy to catch a cold if you guys are drenched.” Lin Fan said as he sat up. In this pitch-dark cave, the dim fire was not enough to light up the entire place.

“Yes.” Xia Youtian nodded his head. He then sat down with He Yuhan cross-legged, as both of them started channeling their True Energy. A white mist slowly floated around them and their wet clothing dried instantly.

“Oh, so the both of you are martial artists.” Lin Fan acted surprised.

“That’s right. How about you, brother? Where are you from?” Xia Youtian laughed, but he was still wary in his heart.

Ever since they had fought his way out of the family, they had since dodged three ambush attempts on their way here. If not for the rain, they wouldn’t have rested here as well.

But now that it was pouring outside, their tracks and scent should be covered by the rain. Those men should not be able to chase them here.

“Just a normal resident of the Qinshen dynasty.” Lin Fan laughed.

“Brother Xia, please consume this.” He Yuhan took out a pill from her storage sack. The moment she took it out, the cave was filled with a pleasant aroma of the pill.

“It smells good…” Lin Fan was caught by surprise. This pill was good stuff! But he acted coy.

“This is just a normal cold removing pill to keep us warm. Nothing much.” Xia Youtian patted He Yuhan’s hand gently, implying for her not to be too extravagant so as to not attract attention.

The only reason why he was able to escape from the family was all thanks to He Yuhan. But at the same time, he had dragged her into trouble along with him.

He Yuhan looked at Lin Fan and smiled gently.

But this smile was more of a warning: ‘No matter who you are, you better not try anything funny.’

“Oh…” Lin Fan did not say anything more. Lying down, “Both of you have a good rest. I’ll be turning in first since I’ve still gotta rush off tomorrow morning.”

“Sure…”

…

The night was quiet as Xia Youtian and He Yuhan engaged in a hushed conversation.

They were sabotaged, therefore, there was no way they could remain in that family which they had been staying with for the past 17 years. If not for Sister Yuhan’s help, he would have long fallen prey to them.

Even though he knew that Sister Yuhan wasn’t anyone from an ordinary background, he had known her since he was young. Thus, he trusted her wholeheartedly.

Besides, now that he had a pericelestial cultivation base, Xia Youtian was also clear in his heart that most of his achievements today were all thanks to Sister Yuhan.

For the past few years, Sister Yuhan had always returned with some mysterious pills to share with him. Even though she always insisted that they were ordinary pills, Xia Youtian was no fool. He knew that these were special pills. After consuming them, his cultivation speed would always increase tremendously.

“Let’s take a rest first.” Xia Youtian eyed Lin Fan before turning around to tell Yuhan.

“Yes.”

…

Lin Fan was wide awake the whole-time round. His thoughts were on these two people.

Now, there was nothing special about the lad, he was definitely a poor fck. Average cultivation base, and there was definitely nothing to be squeezed from him.

But that young lady was different. To think that her cultivation base would be way higher than this lad. In fact, she was more powerful than most people Lin Fan had come across.

Pericelestial full cultivation.

Even though this may not be extremely strong, but it was weird for Lin Fan to see it appear on a girl out of nowhere.

Furthermore, the pill she took out was nothing ordinary. As a master of pill cultivation, Lin Fan could tell its quality just by sniffing it.

The pill was an Earth Upper-grade pill. Even if this were in a sect, it would be considered a pretty decent pill. To be able to take it out just like that, evidently, she must have some secrets to her.

Lin Fan could not help but entertain the idea of robbing these guys.

Gradually, the cave went silent, and the only sounds were those of breathing.

Within that darkness, a pair of bright eyes glimmered.

Lin Fan felt that he had to teach these two young kids an important lesson. How could they fall into such a deep sleep out in the outside world? What if they were to meet with people of impure intentions?

Even though they might lose some valuables from this experience, it was far better than losing their lives due to such a mistake in the future.

Bearing the heart of a savior, Lin Fan slowly stood up. His footing was light as he had trained it all this while. One could even hear the drop of a pin.

Even a pericelestial full cultivation girl like her wouldn’t be the wiser.

Silently, Lin Fan continued his approach. He did not mind giving both of them a gentle knock of his brick.

But, when he came to both of them, Lin Fan let out a smile. Looking at these two still deep in their sleep, he could not help but sigh. What a golden couple they were!

The fact was that it wasn’t Xia Youtian and He Yuhan who were in a deep sleep. It was Lin Fan’s skills of sneaking around that were so immaculate that they couldn’t even sense a single thing, not even a hint.

If they were to just close their eyes normally and Lin Fan was standing in front of them, it’d be as though he was in Stealth mode.

“Hehe.” Lin Fan sniggered to himself and turned his gaze onto the ring on He Yuhan’s finger.

The ring shone in the darkness like a star in the skies, attracting his attention immediately.

“Excuse me then, hehe.”

Lin Fan stretched out his evil hands. But just at that moment, he froze. He could suddenly feel an aura being locked on him.

It was as though the other party was ready to kill him the moment he stretched out.

Lin Fan’s brains started tinkering.

This was an extremely strong aura. He was definitely no match for this guy. He wasn’t sure if he could defend against it entirely with ‘Eternal Demon Body’ either.

And this guy was hidden in the shadows, not budging a single inch. He was definitely waiting for Lin Fan to take action.

If this man was not appearing, then he was definitely here to protect these two. For someone that strong to be willing to stand guard for them silently in the shadows, this ring must definitely contain a load of precious stuff.

To be or not to be?

Lin Fan was hesitating. Sht! What an unfavorable situation he was in!

Lin Fan was indignant at this point. Why the hell had his good luck turned into sh*t luck in the blink of an eye? He had found a wealthy target, yet he was unable to take action.

“It’s so cold out here, how could they not cover themselves as they sleep? What if they fall ill?” Reluctantly, Lin Fan took his mat over and covered the two of them. He then shook his head and returned to his original position, turned over and went to sleep.

The aura which had locked on to him disappeared instantly as well, as though it had never been there in the first place.

Two streams of tears streaked down from Lin Fan’s eyes. What a painful revelation this was!

He Yuhan, who was deep in her sleep, opened her eyes gently and let out a long knowing smile before returning to slumber.

But Lin Fan could not fall back asleep.

This was the first time he had failed after wanting to rob so hard. Lin Fan could not take this. ‘Damn it! Whoever you are hiding there, better not let Yours Truly catch you. Otherwise, Yours Truly would rob you clean.’

Chapter 239: Earthshattering Secret

p>A building stood towering mightily, reaching into the clouds. It appeared and changed repeatedly within the void. One moment it was standing at the peak of a volcano, and the next, it appeared in the middle of a sea of blood.

This building was like a mirage. Even if it were seen by mortals, they would have thought that they’d seen wrongly as it would have disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The building had 12 levels. On the highest level…

A man was kneeling and trembling before a person clad in black robes wearing a ghastly looking mask.

The 12th Level was the most mysterious place in Blood Kill Sect. After all, this was the peak of Blood Kill Sect.

Even though one could not see the emotions beneath the masked man, one could feel that he was filled with anger from the rapid vibrations and tremors of the void around.

The masked man stretched out his hand. To think that the hand hidden beneath the black robes would be so delicately smooth and snow white. He pinched Xue Qing’s chin gently as those eyes beneath the mask emitted a bright red glow.

Xue Qing was trembling nervously, large beads of sweat dripping down from his forehead.

In front of this man, Xue Qing felt as though his entire heart had been seen through. There was no secret which could be hidden from this man.

“Hehe…” The masked man’s voice was deep, like the calling of a demon from the 9th level of hell. As he swept back his robes, Xue Qing, who was kneeling on the ground, disappeared into thin air.

“Interesting…” An aperture in the void appeared before the masked man. Gradually, the man entered the void and disappeared.

Xue Qing felt as though he had traveled through the boundaries of hell. Opening his eyes and looking at his surroundings, he found himself on the 1st Level.

“Sir…” A disciple nearby greeted him.

Xue Qing wiped the sweat from his forehead and nodded gently. Facing the Level Master of the 12th level, Xue Qing felt as though he had entered the depths of the 9 hells without a single room for resistance.

No one in this world had seen the true appearance of that level master. In fact, no one had even seen him strike. But no matter who it was, even if it were the level master of the 11th Level, everyone would tremble uncontrollably before him, unable to make eye contact with him.

It was as though the person beneath the mask was not a human, but a God, and all of them were ants to that fact, helpless against him.

But Xue Qing gripped his fists tightly. As long as the 12th level’s level master took action… that guy would definitely stand no chance.

Even though Xue Qing did not know of Lin Fan’s true strength, he knew that Lin Fan was a dangerous presence. The only chance at vengeance was to report this to the great lord.

But Xue Qing’s task at hand right now was to take control of the 1st Level. Ever since his father’s death, there had been many eyeing the position of level master. He had to take them all down…

…

Next day…

After the downpour, the forest let out a refreshing smell of nature. The bright morning sun shone, as though purging all the darkness away.

Lin Fan was waving goodbye to these two people with a smiling face. In that emotional gaze was a look of reluctance. After a night of contemplation, Lin Fan finally gave up on the thoughts he had.

He did not know what the cultivation base of the man in the shadows was. But for the sake of his own safety, this was a gamble he shouldn’t take.

“Farewell.” Xia Youtian placed his palm over his fists and bid Lin Fan goodbye.

On the other hand, He Yuhan revealed a wide, knowing smile to Lin Fan as they left. Those bright, deep eyes of hers sparkled as though she had seen through Lin Fan entirely.

“Where should we head to…” After leaving the cave, Xia Youtian sighed.

“Brother Xia, we can try out with this place.” He Yuhan took out a map and pointed at it.

Looking at the map, Xia Youtian was taken back momentarily, but he eventually nodded his head.

“Brother Xia, that person just now wasn’t a good man. You mustn’t sleep so deeply again next time, alright?” He Yuhan smiled like a blossoming flower.

“I think he was pretty decent, isn’t he?” Xia Youtian shrugged.

He Yuhan smiled and did not reply.

…

After they went on their way, Lin Fan continued along. He was quite a distance from the Dead Demon Seas. He was quite a distance away from Glory Sect too. It seemed like it wouldn’t be so easy getting back to the sect from here on.

Sigh! He wondered how his fourteen Sand Bandits were doing. But with their brains, they shouldn’t starve to death.

What about that pseudo male Liu Linfeng he had trained up? How was he?

Thinking about this, Lin Fan’s heart was filled with melancholy.

Far from the Qinshen dynasty, he entered a patch of danger grounds. Lin Fan could sense the aura of multiple beasts in the area. Some were strong while others were weak.

Along the way, Lin Fan had been contemplating about two things in his mind.

1st was the Life Seed. Lin Fan had explored it thoroughly. Other than the fact that its lifeforce was boundless, he couldn’t get to do anything else with it. He wondered what it was actually used for.

And the 2nd was the Blood Sea skill. Even though this was a corrupted skill, one could not deny the merits of cultivating it up to a high level.

Rebirth through just a drop of blood, that was a power countless of people would die for. But he wondered if it were for real. Even Xue Shen may not have reached that level of power.

GRAWRH.

Just then, in a forbidden area of the place, a beast stood before Lin Fan’s path while blocking him.

This beast was muscular and broad. Thick scales lined its back as it stood on all fours. It was like an alligator, and its eyes were filled with a murderous look.

Boom! Boom!

The earth shook as the beast tilted on one side and stomped down heavily on its two feet, releasing a vibrating roar across the place.

“Die…”

Lin Fan jumped towards the beast barehanded, carrying boundless amount of energy in his palms for this karate strike towards the forehead of the beast.

The gigantic beast opened its mouth, revealing its teeth that were ready to chomp down on Lin Fan’s hands.

But in that instant, all of its teeth shattered.

BAM!

The beast collapsed onto the floor with one slap on its skull.

‘Ding…congratulations on defeating pericelestial middle-level beast, Steelback Crocodile.’

‘Ding…experience points +100,000.’

‘Ding…congratulations on obtaining 1 drop of Steelback Crocodile Essence Blood.’

…

Lin Fan could not care much about trash beasts like these. The experience points he needed now to level up was 700,000,000, and he was only halfway there. Experience from trash beasts like this Steelback Crocodile was just a drop of water in an ocean.

But just then, Lin Fan realized that the essence blood of the Steelback Crocodile seemed to be attracted to him.

Immediately, the thought of Blood Sea hit Lin Fan’s mind.

Could a beast’s essence blood be of use?

After failing to level it up through sitting down and cultivating, Lin Fan thought that this skill could only level up using human blood and was intending to give it up.

Even though the benefits of Blood Sea were extremely attractive, there was no way Lin Fan would hunt humans for their Essence Blood just for this.

Lin Fan beckoned and curled his finger as the drop of blood flew towards him. Hesitating for a split moment, Lin Fan swallowed it.

The essence blood of a beast was not meant to be directly consumed by a human. Even though one would enter a beast like state and turn powerful after consuming it, the impact on one’s body would be extremely heavy, unless it had gone through some sort of processing.

The moment the essence blood entered Lin Fan’s body, the system rang immediately. But Lin Fan did not bother about it and started channeling Blood Sea.

Lin Fan felt as though multiple blood lines were spreading out through his body. These lines were like the tentacles of an octopus, surrounding the essence blood and sucking on it.

‘Ding…Blood Sea. Experience points +100.’

…

Lin Fan opened his eyes and revealed a smile of satisfaction. Within those calm eyes of his, a bright sparkly lit up, as though he had just discovered an earthshattering secret.

‘Here comes Yours Truly…!’

Chapter 240: Chicky, I Choose You!

p>Lin Fan was overwhelmed. To think that the perfect outcome he had thought about in his head would actually work out with the essence blood of beasts. This was an extremely easy task for Lin Fan.

But the thing that bothered Lin Fan was the fact that the essence blood from the Steelback Crocodile had only given him 100 experience points.

Would the experience points change depending on the cultivation bases of the beast?

Lin Fan took out Chicky from his storage. The moment Chicky came out, he spread his wings and cried out loudly. He enjoyed the fresh air of the outside world.

Patting Chicky on the head, Lin Fan said gently, “Chicky, gimme a drop of your essence blood.” Even though Chicky was still a youngling, a drop of essence blood shouldn’t be too much of an issue for him.

But just then, something shocking happened. The once lively Chicky toppled over and collapsed, tilting his head. But those little claws of his still gripped Lin Fan’s robes so that he did not fall over to the ground.

‘You…you…!’ Lin Fan did not know what else to say. This bl*ody Chicky! No matter how Lin Fan shook him, he would not wake up as though he was dead. Sticking out his pink tongue, it was as though he had truly died.

“Alright, fine fine. I don’t want it anymore. Stop pretending.” Lin Fan did not know what else to do with Chicky. To think that this was the rebellious nature of an uneducated kid. Lin Fan was speechless.

And indeed, the moment these words left Lin Fan’s mouth, Chicky regained his lifeforce and energy, hopping around while crying out loudly in joy.

Lin Fan rolled his eyes and placed Chicky back in his storage.

“Fine, seems like there’s only one way about it then. The one thing not lacking in this world is the presence of beasts.”

…

And within that dangerous place, a wolf-like beast was taken down by a single palm of Lin Fan.

‘Ding…congratulations on defeating precelestial full cultivation beast.’

‘Ding…experience points +1000.’

‘Ding…congratulations on obtaining 1 drop of essence blood.

Lin Fan consumed the blood.

‘Ding…Blood Sea experience points +80.’

…

Lin Fan then continued hunting down some beasts. But Lin Fan gradually realized that not all beasts dropped essence blood. Some beasts, despite being just at the precelestial level, would drop him an essence blood with a kill. But some of them, even if they were pericelestial beasts, might not drop anything post death.

At the same time, Blood Sea’s experience points depended on the essence blood of the beasts.

But on the whole, the essence blood provided by precelestial beasts did not differ that much in terms of experience points.

Same went for the essence blood of pericelestials.

Seemed like there was a huge amount of essence blood required to level up Blood Sea after all.

So, what mattered was quantity, not quality.

Through the day and night…

A shadow shuttled around the danger grounds, slaughtering countless beasts sadistically.

With his current cultivation base, Lin Fan would not actively seek out beasts of lesser celestial and above. After all, Blood Sea required quantity and not quality.

Thus, Lin Fan became the Beast Exterminator. The moment he saw a beast, regardless of cultivation state, he would take them down all the same. The essence blood which he had deemed useless all the way was like precious gems right now.

If Blood Sea could help someone be reborn just with a drop of blood at its max level, then wouldn’t it be bloody overpowered if Lin Fan could evolve the skill with his system?

‘Die…!’

A beast roared with boundless ferocity, but crumbled all the same under Lin Fan’s palms.

Looking at the massive number of carcasses laying around, Lin Fan revealed a satisfied smile as well. The endless stream of notifications from the system made Lin Fan feel extremely pleased.

Waving his robes, all the essence blood gravitated towards him as he swallowed all of it in a stream.

‘Ding…Blood Sea experience points +100.’

‘Ding…Blood Sea experience points +90.’

‘Ding…Blood Sea experience points +120.’

…

Pleasure! Incomparable pleasure!

Not only was the skill he was using to kill these beasts leveling up, Lin Fan’s own experience points were jumping as well.

Coupled with the leveling of Blood Sea, this was killing 3 birds with 1 stone once more!

Lin Fan only got more enthusiastic as he carried on.

Roar!

Just then, the earth shook as a powerful roar vibrated over from a distance.

Bam! Bam!

The earth continued to vibrate with every step. The beasts hidden in the surroundings began to raise their heads into the skies and howl as well.

“Seems like I’ve attracted the leader of them all.” Lin Fan stood where he was, observing the distance silently, certain of the fact in his heart.

The Snarling Bear’s build was large and mighty. Standing on the ground, it seemed to be blocking the sunlight from the skies. How could the beasts in its territory keep dying off like this? These were all its food! If this were to carry on, how would it survive from here on?

Even though the Snarling Bear was gigantic, it was agile as it raised it’s thick, large hind legs and leaped over a distance towards Lin Fan.

BAM!

Dropping from the skies, the Snarling Bear’s landing impact caused a large dust cloud. Seemingly unable to deal with this sudden blow, the ground started cracking. Those eyes of the Snarling Bear were filled with boundless wrath.

ROAR!

The Snarling Bear roared in the direction of the small, puny human. The sonic boom whirled around the entire place, as those beasts hiding in the surroundings ran off at sight with their tails between their legs.

Lesser Celestial Lower Level.

Lin Fan looked at this ferocious beast. However, compared to the Snow Lion back then, this was way weaker.

“Are you trying to bully me with your height?” Lin Fan raised his head and shouted. The Snarling Bear’s response was a gigantic palm strike in Lin Fan’s direction.

“Not bad, not bad. Pretty fierce, aren’t you? Not bad. Yours Truly will play along with you then. Come out, Chicky! You’re up!” Lin Fan released Chicky.

The moment Chicky came out, he spread his wings and started crying again form the happiness of being let out once more.

But his elation lasted for less than a second as he found himself facing a ginormous beast before his small eyes. He froze up. And because he was featherless, one could see all the goosebumps on his skin.

Chicky flapped his wings and ran behind Lin Fan immediately. He then hugged Lin Fan’s leg with his wings. Looking up with teary eyes, he revealed a look of fear.

Looking at this, Lin Fan was speechless.

Bloody hell! How was he so chicken!

‘Even though the opponent might be a little bigger than you, he’s only a lesser celestial lower level as well! You’re the offspring of an Ancient Beast with the same cultivation level! What are you being chicken about?’

Lin Fan hooked up Chicky with his finger and faced him. “You’re saying you’re afraid? What are you afraid of? You’re the descendant of an Ancient Beast! Take out some guts, won’t you?”

‘Cuckcuckkoo!’ Chicky flapped his wings frantically, looking at Lin Fan with those same teary eyes. It was as though he was saying, ‘Daddy! The opponent is so big! I can’t beat him!’

Lin Fan ignored those teary eyes of Chicky as he started swinging his arms. “Chicky, it’s time for you to show up.”

“My little Chicky, I choose you!” Just then, Lin Fan shouted loudly and tossed Chicky towards the Snarling Bear.

‘CUCKCUCKKOOO!!!’

Flying in midair, Chicky tried to flap his wings repeatedly, hoping to land or something. But those small little featherless wings could not bring about even a single bit force.

Chicky cried tragically.

The Snarling Bear roared in Chicky’s direction. The forceful roar caused Chicky to panic in midair. The Snarling Bear then sent his palm flying in the direction of Chicky.

Terrified, Chicky spread open his wings and stretched out both his claws, all the while crying miserably…

Chapter 241: Magical Skill

p>Lin Fan stared with undivided attention, ‘Chicky! You are the ferocious little bird in Yours Truly’s heart! Your calling is not to act cute and seek attention! Your true calling is to be the ferocious and domineering king of all beasts that you are!’

‘Do not disappoint Yours Truly!’

Lin Fan was not a single bit worried about Chicky’s safety. After all, if the descendant of an Ancient Beast were to be killed by any normal beast, there would be no hope left for this world anyways.

Chicky was frantically struggling midair while the mighty paw of the Snarling Bear looked like impending doom about to turn Chicky into a pancake.

‘CUCKCUCKKOO!’

Lin Fan’s jaw dropped.

The petrified Chicky underwent a change at this very moment. His featherless body began to glow bright red. But it wasn’t flame that was covering him, but an unknown form of energy.

Even though it looked similar to flames, Lin Fan knew and could feel that it was an entirely different thing altogether. And the thing that had Lin Fan so shocked was that within the red glow, there seemed to be a dragon howling.

But in an instant, the dragon disappeared as well.

From Chicky, the red glow expanded out 10 feet wide and exploded outwards, caging the Snarling Bear’s entire body.

‘Just what is going on?’

Lin Fan looked at the whole thing stupefied. Where has Chicky gone?

BOOM!

The Snarling Bear’s massive body collapsed head front onto the floor without a single wound on his body.

‘Ding…congratulations on defeating Lesser Celestial Lower Level Beast.’

‘Ding…experience points +2,000,000.’

‘Ding…congratulations on obtaining a pair of Bear’s Paws.’

‘Ding…congratulations on obtaining one drop of Snarling Bear’s essence blood.’

…

Lin Fan still stood where he was in disbelief. That was it? The Snarling Bear was down just like that? And HE was the one who received the experience points? What about Chicky!

Lin Fan broke out of his stupor and searched for Chicky hurriedly.

Bloody hell! That strike by Chicky was goddamn powerful!

‘Cuckcuckcuckoo!’

A series of cries rang out from a distance.

Lin Fan heaved a sigh of relief and smiled. Chicky was fine.

A small little bump appeared on the ground as though something was digging through it. And from it burst a little chicken head.

When Chicky broke out of the ground, he was still bending down his head and shaking uncontrollably. Slowly tilting his head around, he caught sight of the collapsed body of the massive Snarling Bear. The moment Chicky saw this, his eyes flashed brightly.

Chicky dashed. He dashed and dashed and hopped onto the head of the Snarling Bear. Tossing up his head into the air, raising both wings, he cried out victoriously as though he was at the top of the world, ‘CUCKOOKKOOOOKOOOKOOOO!’

This was a war cry. He was letting the world know who the best chicken of them all was.

“Bravo Chicky, Bravo!” Lin Fan began a slow clap.

Chicky hopped down from the Snarling Bear’s head and feet by feet, slowly strutted towards Lin Fan, head held up high proudly.

Coming before Lin Fan, he crowed proudly once more, ‘CUCKCUCKCUKOOO!’

“Cuck your head! Go back inside and lay down!” Looking at Chicky’s arrogant look, Lin Fan couldn’t help but slap him and toss him back into his storage once more.

Bloody hell. He didn’t know who Chicky took after to be so arrogant and cocky at such a young age. Did Chicky not know that the Heavens would smite those who were too cocky? Seemed like he had to take Chicky properly into hand from now on.

But Lin Fan’s evaluation of Chicky was right. Things probably were not as simple as he thought they were. That Phoenix mother of his must have crossbred with some other beast…

Otherwise, how was it possible that Chicky possessed some magical power other than that of a phoenix…?

But what Lin Fan did not understand was that the Phoenix was a holy and pure beast. Therefore, it would definitely not breed with just about any other beast. Could it be that Chicky’s mum had gone through a tragic and dark past?

Thinking back at the gigantic hand from the black vortex back in Fiery Hell, Lin Fan could not help but shudder.

Could it be a man and beast combination…?

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. The person from the black vortex was a powerful being indeed. To think that he would have such a voracious appetite.

Lin Fan shrugged and swept his robes, tossing all the items from the Snarling Bear within his storage.

Seemed like there must be a change on the path of development from here on.

Even though Chicky’s strength wasn’t THAT strong yet, to be a lesser celestial lower level from birth was still something that was practically impossible in the world of beasts. He wondered when Chicky would finally grow up. Wouldn’t he be outrageous by the time he reached a mature adult state?

Lin Fan continued trekking forth. After all, the final destination he wanted to arrive at was the Dead Demon Seas.

Along the way, he had already slain quite a number of beasts and collected a decent amount of essence blood.

…

After a night, Lin Fan found a hole in a tree. Sitting cross-legged within it, he began entering cultivation state while swallowing all the essence blood.

‘Ding…Blood Sea experience points +100.’

‘Ding…Blood Sea experience points +300.’

…

The Snarling Bear’s essence blood gave the most experience points. A full 300.

‘Ding…Congratulations on leveling Blood Sea.’

‘Ding…Blood Sea. Level 2. (150/100,000)’

Lin Fan could feel the blood within his body churning rapidly. It was as though True Energy from the Heavens and Earth had been transfused within him, nourishing every single drop of blood in his body. In fact, Lin Fan could even feel the defensive capabilities of ‘Eternal Demon Body’ steadily rising due to it.

Blood was the source of the human body. And by the looks of it, Blood Sea was a skill that could cultivate the strength of one’s blood.

Lin Fan took out his Eternal Axe and made a gentle incision on his fingertip.

The Eternal Axe was a legendary weapon. Therefore, for it to cut through even his ‘Eternal Demon Body’ was an easy task. And Lin Fan had meant for it, so that he could verify the powers of the Blood Sea.

Level 1 was just the beginning, allowing one’s blood to be revitalized. Now that he had reached Level 2, he had to see just what sort of miraculous effects there would be.

Under Lin Fan’s keen gaze, the open wound began regenerating rapidly.

Even though the pain was still present, as the blood that was oozing out bathed the wound within, its nourishing powers began to heal it back as well.

Lin Fan chuckled.

Those people who were trained in Blood Sea so intensely that the stench of blood always surrounded them should have been using the essence blood of humans for themselves.

Now that he was using the essence blood of beasts, coupled with the help of the system, every single drop of it was absorbed within the Blood Sea skill with his body taking none of it. That should be the reason why he wasn’t suffering from any side effects such as having the blood aura surround him.

Lin Fan then sat up and continued moving forth.

Even though Blood Sea was just a Heaven Lower grade skill, Lin Fan had the capabilities of leveling it up indefinitely. He was certain that he could train Blood Sea to a state this world had never seen.

On his way, multiple beasts fell prey to his hands.

After all, to these beasts of low intellect, a man who had dared to appear in their territories without any scent of aura was just free food. Or so they thought…

…

Chapter 242: Descent Of A Godly Presence

p>Green Ridge County was a country where the population lied in the tens of millions. However, it is nothing compared to a huge country like the Qinshen dynasty, whose population was in billions.

There was no royal palace here, just a County Chief, a leader who would safeguard the interests of the people here.

The Green Ridge County was situated thousands of miles away from the Qinshen dynasty, at an awkward place. Even though there were tons of resources available here, they were subject to many hidden risks as well.

On the left of the country was the Torrential River, and on the right, a danger ground.

The usually calm and peaceful Green Ridge County was in a frenzy today. On those streets, residents were hurriedly keeping and packing their belongings while the streets were lined with armored guards. All of them were holding weapons, as those solemn faces of theirs brought about a look of worry as well.

This was no invasion, nor was it due to natural disasters. This was the decennial Beast Stampede.

Green Ridge County had existed for hundreds of years. Even though these residents who had been staying in had naturally come up with ways of defending against the beasts, things were different this time round.

“Sir…the residents are evacuating really slowly. We may not make it in time.” A guard keeping watch above the surrounding walls commented with worry.

This guard was at precelestial full cultivation. Without the guidance of a system or any assistance of any sort, for a mere citizen to attain such a cultivation base was pretty decent. After all, all he could depend on was himself.

“We must ensure the safety of these residents.” Beside the guard stood a stern looking middle-aged man.

This man was the County Chief.

Pericelestial Lower Level.

“Sir, your subject here does not understand. Just when are the reinforcements from the major sects arriving?” Officer Xiao Lie asked.

“They have arrived.” The County Chief’s eyes were filled with some helplessness.

“They’re here? That’s great! We have a great chance of defending against this beast stampede then!” Xiao Lie’s face was overwhelmed with hope.

“Xiao Lie…we may not be able to defend Green Ridge County… You have to leave with the other residents…I will stay here and defend until the end with the other officers.” County Chief Xiao Lihai said.

Xiao Lie’s face changed. He could tell that something was amiss. He had been with the County Chief for tens of years after all. From the tone of his voice, Xiao Lie could tell a sense of resignation within it. It was as though the County Chief had already accepted the death to come.

“County Chief…this…!”

Xiao Lihai waved his hands dismissively, revealing a face of cruel irony. “When those sect members found out that the beast stampede this time round was different from the past years…they scurried back to their sects, protecting their own lives.”

“How could that be?! County Chief!? Don’t they have anyone strong amidst them?!?” Xiao Lie cried out in shock.

“Do you really think that they would bother protecting mere mortals like us? Every single time a beast stampede occurred, the disciples that came were all just mediocre and average. Now that the beasts are about to unleash a rampage on us, it isn’t something those disciples can handle. Thus, they’ve all scurried back for their own safety. As for the strong people within the sects, they couldn’t care less about this.” Xiao Lihai said in mockery of himself.

This was their fate.

They did not know why, but the beast stampedes only grew stronger over the years.

And just then, a loud boom rang across from the distance.

The earth shook, and the skies changed color.

All of these residents evacuating let out an alarmed look.

“The…beast stampede is coming!”

“The stampede’s coming! Those ahead, hurry up! Go!”

…

“You, over here! Escort these residents out through the Southern gate! Detour if the paths are flooded!” Xiao Lie ordered a soldier by the side sternly.

“Yes, sir!”

“County Chief. We belong to the county. If the county lives, we live. And we die when the county dies.” Xiao Lie said resolutely.

“Very well…very well. Everyone prepare your fire arrows! Watch out for the aerial attacks!” Xiao Lihai commanded calmly. Even though he did not have the utmost confidence in holding back the onslaught of the beast stampede, he would still fight to the death. If he could ensure the safety of all the residents, then it would all be worth it…

Looking at the raging sandstorm created by the rampaging beasts, the soldiers standing guard on the walls stood firmly and resolutely.

“Brothers! Attention! Even though these bastards are strong, unity is strength! Together, there is no victory we cannot take!” Xiao Lihai rallied.

“No victory we cannot take!” The soldiers echoed in unison.

…

The beasts dashed furiously from a distance. No one knew how the beast stampede was formed or created. But the one thing everyone knew was that as long as there was a human settlement, these stampedes would form to attack. It was as though they were bent on exterminating all humans.

Furthermore, there seemed to be some higher authority commanding them. For example, Green Ridge County was a small place. Hence, the beast stampedes that came were all small. However, as time passed by, the stampedes grew in numbers. It was as though they had a personal vendetta against Green Ridge County, and they wouldn’t rest until it was destroyed completely.

“FIRE!” Xiao Lihai who was observing the situation keenly commanded.

Pshew! Pshew!

The skies were filled with flames as the arrows flew like a blanket towards the beast stampede.

Ding! Ding!

When the arrow rain struck the beasts, the clean, crisp sound of them hitting against armor rang through the air. But there was no damage at all to their thick hides.

However, each and every one of those arrows was burning with flames, hence engulfing the land in a sea of fire.

Some of the beasts with lower cultivation bases started howling in pain due to the raging flames. But those with higher cultivation bases disregarded the flames entirely and continued rampaging forth.

“Watch the skies!”

Just then, a large number of shadows covered the skies as flying beasts flew towards them.

As time passed by, the defense against these beasts had reached its peak.

Just then, the soldier who was in charge of escorting the residents out came running back frantically, “Sir! Sir! Things are not going well! The Torrential River is filled with beasts as well, and they have destroyed our boats!”

“What?!?”

Xiao Lihai turned around in shock after chopping off the head of an eagle beast. He was filled with disbelief.

His face then turned grim, ‘That’s it. This is it. We are done for.’

The residents in the county who were surrounded by the beasts were crying, wailing, and praying. In the face of death, everyone has lost their wits and wills.

Those richer merchants also sat on top of their troves of treasures and valuables, crying helplessly.

…

“County Chief, look over there!”

Just then, Xiao Lie pointed over to the distance and shouted out.

The beasts stood aside to make way for a path in between them. A beast in the form of a human strode through. It was like a fire demon, as tall as the county’s walls. Eight fiery tails danced behind him as those bloodshot eyes were filled with flames burning furiously.

ROAR!

The humanoid beast roared with wrath. The sonic boom was so strong that all the soldiers on the walls knelt down while covering their ears in pain and writhing.

Looking at the scene before him, Xiao Lihai gave up every single strand of hope. This beast wasn’t something they could deal with. This situation had far exceeded his expectations entirely.

Based on the records of the beast stampedes for the past few hundred years, the strongest beast that had appeared was at the pericelestial cultivation base.

But by the aura of this beast, one could tell that he was way beyond that. Could he be a lesser celestial just like those godly beings in the sects?

Xiao Lihai’s body trembled at the sight of this beast and turned back to look at his wailing residents, gripping his fists tightly in indignance.

Boom!

Boom!

With every step the beast took, the earth reverberated and everyone’s heart trembled. Those sharp teeth of it gleamed brightly under the glare of the sun, chilling everyone to the bone.

“County Chief, we’ve tried our best…” Xiao Lie’s body was covered with wounds. He had escaped death’s door once too many times, and this time round, it was finally his loss.

But Xiao Lie’s heart was filled with indignance. Why did those sects leave them to die just like that? Just one single master and it would be enough to wipe out these beasts.

Among the billions of people of Dongling Continent, Green County Ridge was just a speck of dust. Even if they were to disappear, no one would notice.

After all, they were just a bunch of mere mortals.

…

Just when everyone had lost all hope, a weird object came flying from the skies along with a sigh.

‘Hais…’

Shocked, everyone raised their heads to that boundless sky. Looking towards the distant, Xiao Lihai evidently got emotional.

‘That is…that is…’

‘God…’