Chapter 598

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Protagonist:

Yu Zhangsheng

This matter couldn't be concealed anyway, so Yu Zhangsheng simply spoke frankly.

That Hu Ruhai, on the contrary, wasn't very surprised, as if this situation was the reasonable one; they hadn't encountered it for the first time either.

"How many people did you come to this Secret Realm with?"

"Same as the Da Sheng Clan's people, all ten thousand."

"Strange... since there are so many of you, why did only these few come?"

Yu Zhangsheng didn't dare say more, casually perfunctorily replying: "The Da Sheng Clan only explored a small part of this Secret Realm. Perhaps they just didn't run into them."

Though Hu Ruhai was suspicious, he didn't press the matter further.

"Forget it, this matter has nothing to do with me. I've already contacted my several subordinates, but none have sent any reply; I don't know what their situation is."

"Right now I don't have any good destination either; what's your opinion?"

Yu Zhangsheng had long since noted down the approximate locations of the other few light dots.

"Continuing toward the center definitely won't be wrong; we still need to rope in more manpower, so naturally we need to run into a few more people."

"In short, heading toward the center is never wrong."

Hu Ruhai had no objections either; after the two briefly discussed, Yu Zhangsheng immediately determined the direction.

The next light dot was also not far from the two.

Estimated it wouldn't take two hours to run into them.

Hu Ruhai didn't seem to have any suspicions about the direction Yu Zhangsheng deliberately chose; after all, they had to pick some direction to advance.

Under Yu Zhangsheng's lead, the two quickly discovered traces of another person.

Hu Ruhai went forward to investigate, saying in a low voice: "Be careful, there are traces of someone having been active here."

Yu Zhangsheng said: "Hehe, someone being here is normal; let's catch up and take a look."

Following the direction indicated by those traces, Yu Zhangsheng soon saw a figure in the distance.

And even recognized that figure's identity at the very first moment.

"Didn't expect it to actually be Wang Mie?"

Ever since entering this Holy Land Secret Realm, Yu Zhangsheng had never seen any trace of this person. Didn't expect to actually run into him here.

Yu Zhangsheng was conflicted for a moment.

This Wang Mie had offended him after all; he might not agree to his cooperation request.

But on second thought, Wang Mie wasn't the type to hold a grudge and retaliate; on the contrary, he was more like someone who could tolerate things to achieve his goals.

"You wait here a moment; I'll go meet him."

Hu Ruhai nodded, hiding to the side.

And Yu Zhangsheng immediately caught up to Wang Mie's footsteps.

Wang Mie had long sensed a presence behind him; the moment Yu Zhangsheng drew near, he instantly struck a palm force backward, but Yu Zhangsheng dodged by turning sideways.

"Hehe, Brother Wang, separated well? Why so rude?"

"It's you!"

Wang Mie withdrew his fist, his gaze vigilant as he looked around.

After confirming no one else was approaching, only then did he stare at Yu Zhangsheng and say: "Never thought the first person I'd run into in this layer of the Secret Realm would actually be you; truly didn't expect it."

Yu Zhangsheng laughed: "I didn't expect it either; to actually run into the Seventh Holy Son here — truly fate."

"Wonder what plans the Seventh Holy Son has?"

Wang Mie scrutinized Yu Zhangsheng for a moment, indifferently saying: "That's none of your business; if you have something to say, say it directly, don't beat around the bush."

Yu Zhangsheng said: "Cooperation!"

"Wonder if you know one thing: Lin Tianhao has subdued a Fifth Rank Spirit Beast in the Ninth Layer. If we don't join forces, how could we be his match?"

Wang Mie was slightly surprised, but given Lin Tianhao's methods, it wasn't that strange.

"Cooperation, agreed. Where is Lin Tianhao? I'll go find him right now."

Yu Zhangsheng laughed: "How would I know? This Twelfth Layer Secret Realm is so vast; wanting to confirm a person's location is simply fantasy."

"I can only take it step by step; first gather enough manpower, then we'll see."

Wang Mie said vigilantly: "Could it be you already have other manpower?"

"Can't call it manpower; it's just cooperation."

Yu Zhangsheng gave a greeting, and the hidden Hu Ruhai soon hurried over from the distance behind.

"This one is Hu Ruhai, a Da Sheng Clan person."

"This Seventh Holy Son is named Wang Mie."

Wang Mie nodded slightly, exchanging a glance with him.

"You two, no time to lose; let's continue setting out."

Wang Mie asked: "What exactly do you want to do?"

"Very simple: find enough manpower to deal with Lin Tianhao."

Wang Mie let out a cold snort, and didn't ask further.

Hu Ruhai frowned: "Could it be we just rely on luck like this?"

"What else can we do? There's no map here; we can only rely on luck. Let's go; the deeper we go, the higher the probability of running into people."

The two had no other good option and could only follow Yu Zhangsheng and continue forward.

And Yu Zhangsheng also secretly sent out a message, exchanging information with the Xuan Gui.

From the Xuan Gui, he learned that in the northeast direction of the three, there were still a few light spots; this time, there were a full three light spots.

Yu Zhangsheng immediately locked onto the target and rushed toward the location.

From afar, bursts of clashing mana suddenly transmitted over.

The intense trembling sensation also made the three stop immediately.

"There seems to be a battle ahead."

Hu Ruhai also stopped his steps and asked, "As things stand now, do we still need to go over? If we get dragged in, it won't be fun."

"If we don't go take a look, wouldn't that be a regret?"

Yu Zhangsheng had the two stay at Ci Di, while he himself secretly slipped over there.

The closer he got, the more intense the sounds of battle became.

"The commotion really isn't small."

Yu Zhangsheng clicked his tongue twice, having already neared the direction of the battlefield.

Only to see mana light emerge in the distance, trembling continuously.

Two groups of people were fighting fiercely.

One side Yu Zhangsheng was very familiar with — it was actually Lin Tianhao.

This guy didn't know what method he used; relying on his own strength alone, he was actually firmly suppressing the other side.

And the opposite side was a group of Da Sheng Clan people.

The leader was someone Yu Zhangsheng had not seen before.

He estimated it was one of the two groups Hu Ruhai mentioned before.

The leader was a person wearing Da Sheng Clan main clan clothing.

A head of method was messily draped behind him, and there were wounds in many places.

That person wiped the fresh blood from the corner of his mouth, his hands continuously forming incantation/hand seals.

Countless dao wen surged toward Lin Tianhao like a water column.

Yet Lin Tianhao merely waved a hand casually; countless black qi swept out, smashing all those dao wen into powder.

Seeing his methods actually had no usefulness, that Da Sheng Clan person roared in anger. Red dao wen gradually rose on his body, covering his body surface.

With the empowerment of these dao wen, that person's figure suddenly enlarged by several portions; the muscles of his arms swelled rapidly as if inflated, his whole person transforming into a giant over two meters tall.

This person must have seen that ordinary methods didn't work and planned to use his flesh body to fight Lin Tianhao head-on.

Lin Tianhao, seeing this, was even more disdainful.

His arm condensed a circle of black qi, coiling around his body; his fists also began to ripple with black blood threads.

"Mie Sha Fist!"

Lin Tianhao let out a low shout and clashed a fist head-on with that Da Sheng Clan person.

With the explosion of a powerful qi, the surrounding buildings were instantly destroyed by the terrifying mana collision.

Countless rocks were crushed into powder by the terrifying mana and dissipated with the wind.

Even the place where Yu Zhangsheng was hiding was affected.

Seeing this, Yu Zhangsheng could no longer care about being discovered and immediately retreated backward.

At this time, Hu Ruhai and Wang Mie also rushed over.

Seeing the scene before them, both were shocked and immediately deployed defensive measures to resist.

As the massive smoke and dust slowly dissipated, that Da Sheng Clan person was already lying on the ground; his entire arm had been corroded by black qi, turning into a dried corpse.

The other few people, seeing this, all attacked Lin Tianhao.

All sorts of bizarre attacks simultaneously bombarded Lin Tianhao.

Countless black flames instantly magnified a hundred times; each black flame emitted a heart-palpitating qi.

These black flames opened up like an umbrella; every attack that neared the black flames was instantly devoured by them.

Not only did they strengthen the black flames, the attacks themselves vanished into nothingness.

After neutralizing these people's wave of attacks, those black flames not only did not stop.

Instead, they all rapidly approached the other besieging people.

Those people originally wanted to rely on methods to block the black flames' approach, but the majority of attacks, upon nearing the black flames, were directly devoured by them.

Even the few attacks that caused some slight influence on the black flames were very limited.

But when those black flames rapidly neared, until they landed on their bodies.

Only then did these people reveal terrified expressions; the black flames rapidly dissolved their defenses.

Before long, someone already had their defense broken through by the black flames, instantly letting out miserable screams; before long, they were devoured into ashes by the black flames.

The other few fared not much better; despite using every method, they still couldn't erase the black flames; some even directly chopped off the parts stained by black flames, but the black flames immediately pounced on the true body, and immediately came another bout of painful screams.

In merely a few breaths' time, the people present had completely lost all sound.

Only left on the ground was that Da Sheng Clan person whose arm had been sucked dry into a corpse by black qi.

Seeing Lin Tianhao approach, that person instantly became terrified to the extreme.

He hurriedly tried to crawl backward, wanting to find Yu Zhangsheng and them to save his life.

But his speed — how could it possibly be faster than Lin Tianhao? He was immediately caught up to.

Lin Tianhao stomped one foot on his withered arm, his gaze looking toward Yu Zhangsheng's direction.

The two locked eyes; Lin Tianhao merely laughed lightly, then lowered his head to look at that Da Sheng Clan person.

"Die or submit."

The members of the Da Sheng Clan had twisted expressions, remaining silent for a long time, unwilling to speak the two words of submission.

But the fear of death in his heart made him dare not choose another option.

Lin Tianhao saw him struggling, directly extended a hand, and a black small snake slowly crawled out, directly landing on that Da Sheng Cross's body.

Black flames gradually burned on the small snake's body, emanating an evil aura.

That member of the Da Sheng Clan immediately let out a miserable cry, the muscles of his whole body rapidly withering, and his magic power leaking away like a flood,

all absorbed by that small snake, until that member of the Da Sheng Clan's magic power was completely absorbed dry.

His true body had also become a dried corpse, with no trace of life force left.

After dealing with this person, Lin Tianhao quickly left, seemingly uninterested in Yu Zhangsheng and the others.

Yu Zhangsheng and the three remained silent; Yu Zhangsheng was fine, after all he already knew Lin Tianhao's strength and had some preparation in his heart.

And Wang Mie was after all a person of Hai Shou Tian Dao, having some understanding of Lin Tianhao's power.

But Hu Ruhai, seeing this person for the first time, had already been scared pale.

Just in that instant, he even thought he would also become a soul under Lin Tianhao's blade.

Even his legs no longer obeyed him; otherwise he might not have been able to bear the pressure Lin Tianhao brought him and flee this place.

"This person is actually so powerful; do you know who the person slain by him was?"

Yu Zhangsheng speculated: "Could it be that Da Sheng Li Xie?"

"It seems that among the Da Sheng Clan who entered this layer, only that Da Sheng Li Xie's strength is relatively formidable?"

Hu Ruhai nodded heavily: "Correct, it is him."

"What I didn't expect is that even Da Sheng Li Xie was so vulnerable before Lin Tianhao,."

Wang Mie chuckled twice: "Lin Tianhao's strength has probably already reached the Spirit Transformation level, it's just that his cultivation base hasn't reached it yet."

"I estimate that even some Spirit Transformation Saint Venerables might not be his opponent."

"A Spirit Transformation cultivator entering this Holy Land Secret Realm is simply crushing; we absolutely cannot be his match."

At this moment, Wang Mie had the thought of retreating.

Originally when entering this Holy Land Secret Realm, he still had confidence to compete with Lin Tianhao, but now after personally experiencing Lin Tianhao's strength, he had completely lost any thought of competing with him.

"This person's strength is truly too strong; we cannot be his opponent. Even finding a few more helpers would be meaningless."

Hu Ruhai nodded: "Yes, even Da Sheng Li Xie and his several subordinates joining forces are completely no match for Lin Tianhao, how could we possibly be his match."

Yu Zhangsheng couldn't help but worry, not worrying about anything else, but at this moment, the helpers he had finally found were actually timid before the battle even started.

"I didn't expect I actually found you two rats to help; I really misjudged."

Yu Zhangsheng coldly hummed once, and directly left.

Wang Mie gritted his teeth: "Yu Zhangsheng, do you still want to seek death yourself?"

"Knowing you are no match for Lin Tianhao, you still want to compete with him?"

Yu Zhangsheng smiled: "You haven't even tried, and you already know you're no match? People always have weaknesses. Lin Tianhao won't be an exception either."

"Being timid before the battle is not my Yu Zhangsheng's style."

Saying this, Yu Zhangsheng directly turned and left, no longer paying attention to the two.

Hu Ruhai lowered his head, clenched both fists, gritted his teeth, and followed.

Wang Mie pursed his lips, seemingly holding a breath in his heart, and finally gave a bitter smile.

Thinking of how he considered himself extraordinary, how proud he was when he first became a Holy Son, regarding Yu Zhangsheng as nothing more than someone to use.

But now he only knew what a gap there was between himself and Yu Zhangsheng.

Just this courage alone, he was already far inferior.

"Yu Zhangsheng, I indeed did not misjudge you."

"However, if we want to deal with Lin Tianhao, ordinary methods probably cannot cope. I have another secret art; as long as it is accomplished, it is enough to seal most of his strength."

Yu Zhangsheng suddenly became interested.

"Oh? I don't know what good method you have?"

"This is my family's secret art, cannot be spoken, but as long as you do as I say, it is absolutely feasible." (Chapter End)