Chapter 672: Monster Hunt
Translator: Transn Editor: Transn
The howling ended abruptly. Judging by that voice, the monsters seed to have just left the bridge, heading into the other end in the mist.
ng Qi and the others could not help marching in the direction of the voice. They sped up at first, but soon afterward, they all slowed down. The situation on the other end was unclear and they did not dare to risk their lives as the Roc Monster King had. They decided to take careful observations first before making any further move; after all, it was not their companion that was in danger.
Finally, ng Qi and Jiang Zhiwei and the others walked over the long bridge. There they saw a paradise land, where pavilions were surrounded by trees in the mist. The void in the distance had the color of the Chaos. The shard of the Celestial Court seed to end here abruptly.
“The core item should be here...” ng Qi turned to look at everything in front of him. At the end of the bridge was a forest, where every tree had a thick trunk and a large tree crown that could block out the sun. No bushes, flowers, or herbs were growing under the trees.
They had to walk through the woods to get to the paradise land, unless they could fly over the forest.
At the sight of this, ng Qi could not help thinking, “These are immortal trees. If I can take one ho, I can exchange it for a lot of Karma points...”
“Be careful,” Ruan Yushu reminded him.
It was common sense to her that, on the way to any place, there had to be ambushes or Formations. The Ruan Clan would set up traps like that, and here they were in the ancient Celestial Court!
Similarly, she could tell that the trees without herbs growing underneath them were all suspicious!
ng Qi nodded gently while holding a sword and a blade respectively on each side. He walked slowly and steadily into the woods. He looked into the distance and could see that the trees were sparse and free from any poisonous mist. He could directly see the palace on the other side with no signs of danger.
ng Qi quickly used the Eight Nine Mysteries to sense any danger, and used the Jade Virtual Divination to deduce the possible contingencies.
“The woods are safe...” ng Qi stayed vigilant and tried hitting a tree. The tree fell and did not provoke anything unusual. Then, he used the Penetrating Stare technique to scan everywhere and did not find any sign of seals.
Subsequently, after using a few more techniques to sense seals, ng Qi took a deep breath and walked into the seemingly normal forest.
There was no swirling fog, no traps that turned him upside down, or millions of sword lights that ca at him. ng Qi felt a little relieved and was about to signal Jiang Zhiwei and the others to co in.
But that was when his eyes almost popped out of his head because there was no one there. Jiang Zhiwei, Ruan Yushu, Qi Zhengyan, and Zhao Heng, who had all just been standing there, were all gone!
“Is there danger lurking outside the woods?” ng Qi gathered his full strength and dashed toward the edge of the woods.
All of a sudden, the trees were transford into piles of rocks. The rocks ford into several roads in all directions. ng Qi could no longer see the bridge, the palace, or the mist in the air.
“It’s not a killing formation but a maze formation?” ng Qi was collecting his thoughts. “No wonder I didn’t see the danger, the trees were indeed safe. And the monsters have walked through the woods, so I couldn’t see any damage.”
At the sa ti, he was really appreciating the formations. “It indeed is an immortal formation; I didn’t notice it at all. Things were different in Zhen Wu’s Secret Chamber, where I broke the outer seal in a regular way, which made the formation manipulator and I could sense anything suspicious very easily.
“I just thought that if we don’t enter the area where the core item lies, we can’t run into formations that are beyond our levels...” After thinking for a while, he raised his sword and blade and walked into the passage. ng Qi decided to find Jiang Zhiwei and the others first.
He believed that without any formation manipulator, he could walk out of it by using deduction and exploration.
However, his perception was sohow suppressed and he could not sense very far. Thus, ng Qi had to leave marks at every corner he passed so as not to get lost.
With the passage of ti, even though he did not go deep into the woods, he also failed to walk out of them. And when he tried to climb up the piles of rocks, he was stopped by protective spells. Finally, he had to explore the maze using his Divine Deduction.
“Hmm...?” Walking for a while, ng Qi saw his marks under a pile of rocks. It seed that he had returned to where he started.
“This ti, I’ll turn right...” Leaving a mark, ng Qi strode forward again. But just as he turned, he saw a burly figure!
It was more than two ters tall and had a cow’s nose. It looked robust and had ferocious eyes. The rake in its hand was glimring with coldness.
eting unexpectedly in such a passage, both of them were startled but soon collected their thoughts.
“Monster!”
“Human!”
The burly monster gained more confidence when it discovered that ng Qi’s breath was under the Fourth-fold Heaven. And its eyes beca more ferocious as it lifted up its rake. It seed to have produced a several-ter-high ox shadow because its whole body was shining.
It swung the rake at ng Qi’s head. The ox shadow lowered its head, and its shimring bull horns were nearly in the sa position as the rake. They combined to push the rocks behind ng Qi, and their strength seed to penetrate everything.
“Trying to beat in strength?”
ng Qi’s muscles bulged and he opened his Aperture acupoints. Nurous lights rose up and ford various images around the blade. He did not use the Law Phenonon or Dharmakaya movents; he just directly hacked at it.
“Clank!”
Strong winds started to blow, and the ground cracked. The burly monster was pushed back by the strength. Its arms were numb and its hands were shaking, nearly losing hold of its rake.
“He’s so strong!
“And he used only one hand!”
The big monster started to look at ng Qi like he was an ogre!
“I’m famous for my strength, but I can’t compete with a human in the Fourth-fold Heaven?”
ng Qi held the long sword in front of him, and dragged the Heaven Inflicted Pain blade behind him. He stomped toward the monster, ready for a nasty fight.
Suffering from the previous hit, the burly monster flinched and spat a huge Calculus Bovis through its mouth. The Calculus Bovis transford into a flying light and rushed toward ng Qi’s face. The Calculus Bovis flew so fast that ng Qi failed to dodge it.
“Whack!”
ng Qi’s face was shimring with a pale golden hue. He was hit in the face, but was not injured. His face beca slightly red from the blow, while the Calculus Bovis cracked. And then, he grew a pair of hands to pick it up.
“Ogre!” The Wild Ox Monster lost all courage and turned around to flee.
“The Calculus Bovis is my best strike; I only use it in an ergency. The enemy always ends up with their head smashed in. But this ti, he’s fine, while my Calculus Bovis almost broke!
“Can he still be considered human?”
ng Qi held the Calculus Bovis and stomped with his Void-stamping Footwork. He easily overtook the Wild Ox Monster and blocked its way.
The Wild Ox Monster knew that it had to fight it out. It rolled on the ground and turned into a six-ter-long ox. Its bull horns were sharp and shimring with coldness.
The ox shadow erged and was attached to the Wild Ox Monster’s body.
Its bull horns bulged. ng Qi could clearly see the spiral patterns and the green lights at the tip of the horns.
It was breathing heavily. It lowered its head and dug into the ground, then it stord in front of ng Qi in a flash.
ng Qi remained calm and slightly turned his body. He used the long sword to distract the ox, while he used his free hand to directly grasp the bull horn.
ng Qi’s arms bulged, and a pale golden hue was shimring. He gathered up all his strength and stopped the Wild Ox Monster!
Then, he raised his right hand, swung his long sword eight tis in the air, and then brought it down.
“Kaboom!”
After a string of flashing purple lights, the Wild Ox Monster dashed forward, blood pouring out of its neck. Its head was in ng Qi’s hand.
ng Qi took out a jade vase to collect its blood. He quickly dissected the ox corpse to separate the valuable bull horn and bull skin. There was a limit to what the Space Ring could hold; trivial things had to be left behind.
“Hmm...” ng Qi discovered that sothing was missing. “Where’s its storage bag? It’s a Monster King, so it must have so possessions.”
In the midst of these thoughts, he noticed the ox stomach that he had tossed away. He poked it with the tip of his blade—it was full.
“There it is!”
ng Qi picked up the ox stomach and forced it open. The Wild Ox Monster had a large collection, but none of it was useful to him. Thus, he just put it away with the rake.
Looking around, ng Qi was upset. “What if Senior Brother Qi, Zhiwei, and the others have also been trapped inside the formation? What if they were tricked by the formation and walked into the woods following ? The Monster Kings were still in here!
“The little foodie Ruan Yushu has the Demon-revealing Mirror, so she can save herself even if she bumps into a grandmaster monster. Zhiwei is at the sa level as , so she can at least flee. Zhao Heng holds the Baroque Pagoda of Nature’s Hues, so he can also survive. However, if Senior Brother Qi has the misfortune to run into a grandmaster monster, he’ll be in danger!”
ng Qi was worried, so he tried to figure out the way to find his companions as soon as possible.
Suddenly, his heart sank and he sensed a feeling of danger. Without a second thought, he dashed to the nearest road and hid behind the rock piles, which could block perceptions!
In the distance slowly ca a mysterious man covered in a black robe. His breath seed formidable, striking a chill in ng Qi’s heart and making him cringe even more. He did not dare to even look in the direction of the stranger.
“That’s not the grandmaster monster I’ve sensed. Where did this man co from?”
After Jiang Zhiwei clearly saw “ng Qi” nod, she entered the woods with Ruan Yushu and the others.
But after just a few steps, she noticed sothing was wrong because Qi Zhengyan, Zhao Heng, and Ruan Yushu were all out of sight—even ng Qi in front of her was nowhere to be seen.
“It’s a maze formation?” She collected her thoughts and decided to walk on. Along the way, she did not frown even when the trees turned into stones.
“The thing about a maze formation is that the harder you try, the deeper you’ll be trapped.”
The calm Jiang Zhiwei walked on following her instincts. Finally, she started to see the profile of the palace in front of her.
At that mont, a ghostly cry rang out. She saw a man erge from a branch. The man had the Chinese character “king” tattooed on his mid-brows.
Qi Zhengyan held his Golden Dragon Stripe Sword and marched forward expressionless.
All at once, the rocks beside him exploded. A fat black man staggered out of the explosion.
Seeing Qi Zhengyan, it slowed down and grinned.
“A weak guy...”
Qi Zhengyan wielded his sword, fearlessly.
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