Chapter 313

Cool, moist, as if moonlight were washing the lungs.

At this moment, a bright moon hung in the sky, its pure moonlight spreading over the entire mountain range.

This was Mu Yi's first impression upon entering the Savage Mountain Range; this range differed from his own Kunlun Mountains, possessing a sense of liveliness, wildness, and vitality…

Mu Yi, too, was accustomed to living in the mountains and wilderness, and could clearly sense the vitality within this mountain range.

What puzzled Mu Yi most was that he had a feeling that this mountain range…… seemed to be alive?

No, more precisely, it was that something beneath this mountain range gave Mu Yi an overall eerie feeling, as if he had seen something similar somewhere before, yet he could not recall it.

After a moment's thought, Mu Yi gave up thinking and headed deeper into the mountain range.

His target this time was a Legend-ranked Bimon godson, far more troublesome than an ordinary Legend, especially since the opponent might possibly receive divine power empowerment from the Bimon god.

However, for Mu Yi, winning should not be difficult; the difficulty lay in finding the opponent within this mountain range and then selling the corpse to the so‑called Kri dynasty.

According to intelligence, the Kri dynasty is a kingdom founded by the beast‑people of this world, apparently worshipping a Kri god whose divine power equals that of the Bimon god, both being mid‑tier divine spirits.

Lately they seem to be searching for a suitable sacrificial offering; a Legend‑ranked Bimon corpse would not be refused by them, and would be the finest offering they could present to their gods.

Although Mu Yi is not skilled at searching, fortunately there is Chu Yi— as the current legitimate Mountain God of Kunlun, in any ownerless mountain range he feels as if he has returned home.

Chu Yi was tracking the Bimon's traces through the earth; because this is outside Jiuzhou, Chu Yi needed some time, but before Chu Yi could finish the investigation.

Awoo—

A wolf howl rose, followed by rising and falling howls, and the distance to Mu Yi's position grew ever closer.

He glanced over; Chu Yi, immersed in the investigation, Mu Yi also did not move his feet.

Not long after, several giant wolves the size of cattle appeared in Mu Yi's sight, their fur reflecting the moonlight's hue— at a glance it was clear they were nothing ordinary.

【Shadow Moon Wolf, Challenge Level 13】

Mu Yi raised an eyebrow, ignored it, and continued waiting for Chu Yi's result.

However, the wolf pack did not seem to think so; in the moonlight, these giant wolves showed a greedy expression toward Mu Yi and Chu Yi.

Mu Yi sensed this greed, his eyes turned cold, and he never showed much mercy toward enemies.

A Shadow Moon Wolf, unable to restrain its greed, leapt out in the moonlight and lunged at Mu Yi.

Mu Yi waved his hand somewhat astonishingly; a blade flash passed, and the lunging giant wolf was instantly cut in half by his hand‑blade, the cut surface perfectly smooth.

Looking at the hundreds of giant wolves in the distance, Mu Yi wondered if the entire mountain range's giant wolves had coincidentally gathered today— would a normal wolf pack ever have such numbers?

However, Mu Yi did not want to delve into the cause; instead he wanted to try another idea.

"Chop them down!"

Mu Yi snapped his fingers; the Human Dao opened, and his subordinate officer Guan Linglong appeared with her guards, charging toward the wolf pack as Mu Yi commanded.

The guards, whose average biological level exceeded 15, formed a small sharp‑edge formation under Guan Linglong's leadership, pushing their sharp‑edge talent to the extreme.

Guan Linglong raised her hand and dropped her blade; blade light crisscrossed like a flood dragon entering the sea, and with her guards she swept the wolf pack away as easily as autumn wind sweeping leaves.

"My lord, I have not failed your command!"

Even a larger, stronger wolf king was beheaded by Guan Linglong with a single blow, and she presented the head to Mu Yi.

"What do you think— could these wolves serve as your mounts?"

After examining the wolves' build, Mu Yi asked Guan Linglong, previously he had had an idea: to further combine the power of the Six Paths of Reincarnation with military campaigning.

With the Asura Path's armored pearls and jade already in place, figuring out how the other paths could better suit the army is a problem he needs to start considering.

The Heavenly Man Path and Hell Path can for now be dealt with via empowerment, but solving how to handle the Hungry Ghost Path and Animal Realm has become a problem.

Compared to the other paths, the combination of these two is a hassle.

Moreover, the Animal Realm's power appears well suited to providing mounts for the Human Dao's soldiers, which is also why Mu Yi suddenly wanted to try it.

"Reporting to my lord, it seems worth a try!"

Guan Linglong looked at the wolf head she held, recalled the battle scene just now, and realized this wolf pack was indeed quite suitable to serve as their mounts.

Most importantly, the numbers are roughly the same, so it can indeed be tried.

He and the sword‑wielding officers behind him were essentially following the path of imitating Guan Sheng Dijun's teachings, and given Guan Sheng Dijun's earthly stories, mounted combat also seemed a good road.

After all, the Guan blade they study is itself a blade technique suitable for both mounted and foot combat.

"Animal Realm!"

Mu Yi opened the Reincarnation Barrier, absorbing the giant wolves' corpses and souls together; this is not in Jiuzhou, and everything he obtains is his spoils of war.

Under the pull of the Animal Realm, the Shadow Moon Wolf's soul was awakened, manifesting a form identical to its living self.

Guan Linglong tried riding the wolf king; because the Six Paths are interconnected, the wolf king did not resist her mounting.

"Ha!", Guan Linglong's crescent blade projected a blade of light in mid‑air, falling into the void as if it could cleave even space itself.

"My lord, the effect is excellent, but we still need some time to break in!"

Mu Yi counts as half a disciple of Guan Sheng Dijun; naturally he can see that in the mounted state Guan Linglong can exert greater strength, and he can also feel the connection of power between the Human Dao and the Animal Realm.

This state of rider and mount as one undoubtedly enables these soldiers to exert greater strength.

Mu Yi immediately turned his gaze to the other soldiers of the Mu family army; cavalrymen like Chang Haoran could obviously be strengthened this way, and the reason warhorses are stronger than other animals and more suitable as mounts is naturally because they cooperate well.

However, if the connection is made through the Animal Realm and Human Dao, this bond far surpasses the compatibility of warhorses as mounts.

"Looks like we have yet another thing to do!"

Mu Yi sized up this newly born wolf cavalry; it looked good, but the numbers were too few.

"Chu Yi, are there more of these giant wolves in this mountain range?"

Looking at Chu Yi crawling up from the ground, Mu Yi pinched his chin and asked, "It would be great if there were a few more of these giant wolves."

"Awo?" Chu Yi tilted his head, put his ear to the ground to listen, then shook his head.

Mu Yi felt a bit disappointed; he had thought this mountain range might produce such wolves as a specialty, but it seems that was a bit of a pipe dream.

"Come on, let's go find that Bimon!"

Chu Yi nodded, then carried Mu Yi as they sprinted in a direction; riding on Chu Yi, Mu Yi suddenly felt he could also sense the flow of earth's information.

Mu Yi turned his gaze to an Elite Talent he had set aside for a long time—Quality Sharing; although it had already reached level 5, he rarely rode into battle.

He hadn't expected that now he could even share Chu Yi's Earth-manipulating ability.

"Can this talent be passed to the Mu family army's soldiers? Through the Animal Realm?"

Mu Yi explored, noting this was not a pipe dream; just as he had once combined the Ember Talent with the Hell Path, granting the Animal Realm mounts the Quality Sharing talent, which seemed able to enhance the strength of human soldiers.

The Elite Talent has essentially reached its peak for his advancement, or rather the Elite Talent itself is a key to mastering Transcendent Power.

How to infuse these talents into his subordinates became a dilemma for Mu Yi; although possessing more talents doesn't automatically make one stronger, the more talents one masters, the richer the methods, which is indisputable.

If every soldier could, like him, simultaneously bear several Elite Talents, the army's combat power would clearly leap a step.

Previously he seemed to have seen related material in the scriptures, but only fragments; perhaps the war god Wei Qing could answer his questions.

"I wonder if General Wei can help me solve this trouble?" Mu Yi muttered, the war god still being too distant for him.

Between Legend and the deities there is a peak called Demigod, and he cannot see the scenery beyond the deities.

Under Chu Yi's guidance, even without seeing the target, Mu Yi knew they were already very near.

It felt like reaching a Dragon's lair; a wave of domineering pressure hit them, and even the wind carried the opponent's unabashed domineering aura outward.

As if announcing to all around that this was his territory.

"Looks like this Bimeng Divine Son has a bad temper!"

Chu Yi and Mu Yi entered Bimeng's domain; the deeper they went, the more intense the domineering suppressive force became, and the entire area showed no signs of other life, indicating the opponent had been entrenched here for a long time.

"Can a short temper make the Bimeng Divine Son stay in one place for a long time?"

Mu Yi instinctively sensed a conspiracy, or rather a secret aura.

"You've really come to the right place!"

The oppressive pressure grew heavier, but for Mu Yi and Chu Yi, who are of the same rank, it was no different from a gentle breeze.

Only the domineering and brutal aura in the air became increasingly evident.

"Roar!"

A thunderous roar rang out, the whole earth began to shake, as if ten thousand riders were charging here.

A massive black silhouette leapt up from afar, then descended from the sky.

"Boom!"

Dust and smoke rose, and the entire mountain range seemed to tremble under the impact.

Without any warning, amid the dust, a huge Bimeng rushed forward like a train, its massive body instantly enveloped Mu Yi, and its huge claws swept down violently.

Suddenly a cold glint flashed, and ferocious claw marks instantly appeared on the ground.

Meanwhile Mu Yi and Chu Yi were no longer at their original spot.

The missed attack showed no pause or hesitation; Bimeng thrust its limbs upward, then crashed down like a small mountain onto Chu Yi and Mu Yi, who had just emerged from the earth.

"Woof!"

Chu Yi's claw struck the ground heavily, and instantly an earth-and-rock dragon rose from the ground, charging at Bimeng.

A disdainful look flashed in Bimeng's eyes; he had seen other mountain beasts use this Earth-manipulating technique, but these rocks and soil meant nothing to his claws.

A light swipe would shatter them.

Bimeng, as usual, swung its claws, but unexpectedly failed to completely crush, only destroying half of the earth dragon's body, and was flung far away by the dragon's impact in shock.

Ordinary rocks and soil naturally cannot block the Legend Bimeng's claws; those claws, bearing Bimeng's Legend ability, can tear apart almost any material, but when infused with Earth Vein Power, it becomes different.

It's like Bimeng's claws can shatter Dragon Scales, yet cannot slice a mature Dragon in a single swipe.

"Humans, beasts, you have the right to state your names!"

With a leap amid the earth's tremor, Bimeng returned to Mu Yi and Chu Yi, but this time it asked for their names.

"No need to ask our names; we're just ordinary hunters and partners, here to hunt you today!" Mu Yi patted Chu Yi's head and leapt down from his back.

Although riding can boost strength, Chu Yi's combat experience is poor; he can assist decently, but fully joining battle might cause trouble for Mu Yi.

"Roar!"

Angered by Mu Yi's words, Bimeng instantly transformed into a mud truck and charged at Mu Yi, while Mu Yi drew his Holy Sword.

The broad sword and incense golden body were cast into the Reincarnation Realm for suppression; the only weapon at his disposal now was this Holy Sword.

"Roar!"

Bimeng's claw struck down, Chu Yi vanished into the earth, and Mu Yi easily leapt aside to dodge the fierce blow.

"Too slow!"

Mu Yi turned around, spun the Holy Sword powerfully, and slashed a blood mark onto Bimeng's body.

"Aaa~"

The pain transmitted through the wound made Bimeng's eyes turn blood‑red, emitting a thunderous howl, and its speed increased.

"The effect of this Legend calamity is better than I imagined!"

Mu Yi dodged Bimeng's attacks, which were maddened by pain, while continuously creating new wounds on Bimeng; the smooth battle left Mu Yi somewhat incredulous.

"How can it be so weak?"

Just as Mu Yi wondered why this Bimeng was so weak, the Bimeng, unable to hit Mu Yi and constantly injured, suddenly let out a long howl on the spot.

"Roar!"

Immediately after, a deep roar sounded, Mu Yi's body stiffened for a moment, and the domineering aura in the air grew even denser.

An even larger Bimeng leapt from the distant mountains into the sky, but then crashed down abruptly.

As Mu Yi was just beginning to react, a claw was magnified infinitely within his sight.

"Bang!"

Mu Yi raised the Holy Sword to block, but the overwhelming force still hurled Mu Yi straight out despite the huge size difference.

"So that's how it is!"

Rising from the deep pit, Mu Yi stared at the newly appeared gigantic Bimeng; all his doubts were resolved, and the Bimeng before him, its fur even shimmering with golden light, was the very target they had been seeking.