Chapter 257: King Meets King, the Energy Ore Vein Detonates

Lang Xing merely felt a figure appear before his eyes, then saw a middle-aged man in a long robe holding a wine gourd appear before him.

The middle-aged man glanced lightly at Su Yu and said.

"Go do your own business, I've taken him over!"

Su Yu chuckled and said.

"Then I'll trouble you, Teacher Li!"

Having said that, he no longer paid attention to Lang Xing, rushed out directly, and ran toward the direction of the Energy Ore Vein.

Now he must race against time!

Lang Xing looked at the middle-aged man before him; although he felt no aura on the man, for some reason his deep instinct told him.

This person before him was filled with a dangerous aura all over.

Lang Xing did not act impulsively, but narrowed his eyes, stared at Li Zhangsheng, and said.

"Human Race? It seems what Wu Lie said is all true; the Mist Forest really has allied with the Human Race."

Li Zhangsheng lightly took a sip of fine wine, eyes still closed, and said lightly.

"You're only half right."

Lang Xing snorted coldly.

"The Human Race actually dares to venture deep into the Myriad Races Continent; it seems they aren't dying fast enough!"

"Today I want to see just how strong the Human Race really is!"

"Come die!"

Lang Xing roared angrily; behind him a bright moon illusory image appeared, and silvery-white Grandmaster's Power surged into his limbs.

Instantly it gave Lang Xing immense strength.

In a boom, he charged toward Li Zhangsheng.

His whole body directly transformed into his true form.

A huge azure wolf two or three meters in size.

The ferocious wolf's head opened a bloody maw; upon its orderly, interlocking sharp fangs flashed cold light.

"Human Race, come die!"

Lang Xing roared, and a terrifying surge spread instantly.

He sought to swallow Li Zhangsheng in one bite.

Li Zhangsheng leisurely took a sip of fine wine, not regarding Lang Xing at all.

"These days, really anyone is willing to come seek death!"

Li Zhangsheng said lightly, his finger lightly brushing across the wine gourd.

Then he lightly flicked at Lang Xing's incoming body.

The wine hanging from his finger instantly turned into a wine sword qi, which instantly shot toward Lang Xing.

The wine was filled with an extremely sharp aura, as if the whole space were torn apart, emitting mournful cries.

Lang Xing's pupils suddenly contracted.

His instinct told him that if that drop of wine caught him, his whole body would be severed.

He bellowed, forcibly twisting his body in midair to change direction.

Yet that wine seemed to have eyes.

It directly reversed course and slashed toward Lang Xing.

Fear filled Lang Xing's pupils.

"Damn it, you're no ordinary Human!"

Lang Xing roared, mobilizing his full strength to resist the power within the wine.

Yet the wine fell into Lang Xing's body.

As if nothing, it easily broke through Lang Xing's defense.

It pierced straight into Lang Xing's heart.

*Thud! *

Accompanied by a dull thud.

Lang Xing's massive body plummeted directly, smashing into the ground.

His seven orifices instantly bled, and his aura became extremely feeble.

"Huh, he didn't even die!"

Li Zhangsheng's eyebrows rose slightly, and he walked over curiously.

At this moment, Lang Xing's pupils were filled with fear and regret.

He never imagined that this utterly ordinary Human before him could unleash such terrifying power.

Watching Li Zhangsheng slowly approach, Lang Xing kept struggling.

"You can't kill me; if you kill me, my Wolf Clan won't let you off—I am a subordinate of the Azure Wolf Marquis; if you kill me, the Azure Wolf Marquis won't let you off."

Lang Xing kept shouting.

Li Zhangsheng narrowed his eyes.

"Azure Wolf Marquis? Has that guy entered the rank of Marquis?"

"But it doesn't matter; if he dares to come, I'll slay him!"

Li Zhangsheng said lightly.

As his words fell, a sharp sword qi suddenly appeared in the void, slicing Lang Xing's throat.

Blood spilled out, and life was instantly cut off!

After doing all this, Li Zhangsheng rudely dug out the inner core from Wolf Xing's body, and also took Wolf Xing's space ring.

There's no way; the human race is really too poor, and in the territory they inhabit, there are no resources at all.

All resources are obtained from the enemies.

Li Zhangsheng slowly looked toward the direction of the Energy Ore Vein, his mind somewhat excited.

"Little guy, it's all up to you!"

Li Zhangsheng murmured softly, then turned into a drifting cloud, slowly floating toward the Energy Ore Vein.

At the same time.

Su Yu's figure appeared near the Energy Ore Vein.

This place is at the edge of Mist City, still quite a distance from the plaza.

Even if a Flying Heaven Realm expert rushed over at full speed, it would still take half an hour.

But Su Yu is no ordinary Flying Heaven Realm expert; he only used five minutes to get here.

Before him lay a sight like a minefield; ahead was a huge cavern, inside which flickered countless glimmers of azure light.

Indeed, it was the glow of the energy stones.

Near the Energy Ore Vein, the energy between heaven and earth became extremely rich.

Su Yu merely took a breath, and he could feel his internal spiritual qi stirring.

"This is still just a low-grade ore vein; it's a pity that my low-grade ore vein is merely illusory— to make it substantial, one must advance to high-grade to achieve such an effect."

Feeling the energy permeating heaven and earth, Su Yu sighed somewhat.

Although I can obtain energy stones every day, they are ultimately illusory; if they became substantial, the surrounding heavenly and earthly energy would become richer.

Su Yu let out a sigh, then proceeded to walk into the ore vein.

Just as he reached the cave entrance, he felt a gaze fall upon him.

"Lord of the City's decree— no entry!"

An aged voice rang out beside Su Yu's ear.

Subsequently, Su Yu saw an elderly figure sitting quietly beside the cave; if not for the voice, he would have sensed nothing of the person's presence.

Su Yu's soul power lightly swept over.

Suddenly, his heart sank.

This person's cultivation had, shockingly, reached the terrifying peak of the Bright Moon Realm, only half a step away from advancing to Grand Master of the Great Sun.

At this moment, near the Energy Ore Vein, there was only this old man.

Yet this single old man is comparable to many Bright Moon Grand Masters.

With this person present, even a Great Sun Grand Master expert wishing to forcefully break in would need to spend some time.

"No wonder the City Lord's battle attracted so many Grand Master experts!"

Su Yu sighed, then quickly took out the City Lord's decree and handed it to the old man.

The old man slowly opened his eyes, his eyes extremely turbid, like those of a man on his deathbed.

"Mist Lin? Is the city lord of this term still Mist Lin?"

The old man was obviously somewhat surprised.

Su Yu gave a faint smile.

"It's my father!"

Only then did the old man glance at Su Yu.

"Oh, it's the little Mist Jie kid. Has the City Lord's battle ended today? I didn't expect Mist Lin to be re-elected. Before long, our Mist Clan will probably produce another Marquis!"

Looking at Su Yu's appearance, the old man evidently became more talkative.

After all, Mist Jie has come here several times before; the people here are naturally familiar with him.

Then the old man waved his hand and said.

"Alright, still the old rule: one can cultivate for only one shichen at a time, and at most go seven hundred meters deep."

Su Yu's eyes flickered slightly.

"Seven hundred meters? According to Mist Jie's memory, the Mist King cultivated in the Energy Ore Vein, only able to go up to seven hundred meters; it seems the Mist King trained beyond seven hundred meters."

"I just don't know whether the energy stones within seven hundred meters can completely detonate the entire vein."

Su Yu pondered for a moment.

You should know, earlier I detonated tens of thousands of energy stones, which produced the effect in Leopard City.

If the Mist Clan doesn't have that many energy stones, that would be somewhat troublesome.

However, Su Yu took a deep breath, bowed to the old man, and still chose to go in.

After Su Yu entered, the old man then closed his eyes again, like an ascetic, quietly cultivating.

Upon entering the ore vein, Su Yu saw scattered energy stones growing on the stone walls.

As Su Yu went deeper, the energy stones along his path were all marked with his spiritual qi imprint.

After walking a full four hundred meters, Su Yu roughly calculated the number to be about three to four thousand.

Such a scarce number made Su Yu involuntarily furrow his brows.

Yet he continued to go deeper.

Accompanying Su Yu's continual advance, the number of energy stones gradually increased.

Until Su Yu reached seven hundred meters, all the energy stones already bore his spiritual qi imprint.

"At a distance of seven hundred meters, there are only over ten thousand energy stones— this Mist Clan is really too poor!"

Su Yu couldn't help but complain.

Clearly both are low-grade veins, yet the energy ore vein near Leopard City obviously contains far more energy stones.

"It's still just a small clan after all, so fucking poor!"

Su Yu grumbled.

He had originally thought that when detonating, he could secretly pocket some, but looking at it now, over ten thousand energy stones were barely enough for the detonation.

Su Yu gritted his teeth, his gaze slowly falling on the area beyond seven hundred meters.

Over there, there was a dividing line, and beyond it was a patch of blue.

Clearly, the quantity of energy stones was even greater there.

Su Yu pondered for a moment.

"Whatever, with the way I look now, even a Marquis-level Expert wouldn't be able to see my true face. With Wujie's identity, even if the Mist King notices, he'd probably just give a scolding or two."

"Life and death are fated, wealth and honor are in heaven's hands — I'm going all out!"

A flash of madness crossed Su Yu's face as he stepped directly across the dividing line.

Instantly, Su Yu felt a terrifying gaze land on him.

Right after, a surprised voice sounded by Su Yu's ear.

"Oh?"

Su Yu's body trembled slightly, and he bowed toward the depths.

"Junior Wujie greets the Mist King!"

After a moment, a deep, resonant voice came from the depths.

"Wujie? The son of Wulin? You seem to have crossed the boundary!"

The voice was extremely flat, but the warning within the words could still be heard.

Su Yu took a deep breath, then slowly spoke.

"I beg the Mist King's forgiveness. Wujie merely wishes to rely on the energy within the Energy Ore Vein to break through to the Flying Heaven Realm upon reaching Golden Body Ninth Revolution. I humbly ask the Mist King to grant this!"

As Su Yu's voice rang out, he immediately felt an extremely surging soul power sweep over him.

Su Yu hastily manipulated his Arhat Golden Body, suppressing his cultivation to around Golden Body Ninth Revolution.

He had tried this trick before — unless it was a King-Conferred Strong One, it was very difficult to see through.

Sure enough, after that surging soul power swept past, the Mist King's voice continued to sound.

"Indeed Golden Body Ninth Revolution. To reach Golden Body Ninth Revolution at such a young age — even I was not your equal back then. It seems Wulin has fathered a fine child!"

A trace of amusement was hidden in the Mist King's voice.

He was clearly quite satisfied with Su Yu's cultivation.

Su Yu muttered in his heart.

"Just Golden Body Ninth Revolution gets you this excited. If I showed off my peak Flying Heaven Realm cultivation, wouldn't that scare you to death!"

"No wonder the Mist Clan is just a small race!"

Su Yu grumbled inwardly.

The Mist King's voice continued to come through.

"Since that is the case, I shall spare you this time. You may cultivate freely within the range of eight hundred meters. If you can break through to the Flying Heaven Realm, my Mist Clan may one day have the chance to enter the ranks of second-rate races!"

The Mist King's voice was filled with excitement.

Though Su Yu grumbled in his heart, he still bowed to the Mist King.

"Many thanks, Mist King!"

Afterward, Su Yu noticed that the aura that had been locked onto him earlier disappeared.

Clearly the Mist King had resumed seclusion.

Su Yu took a deep breath, then quickly scanned the energy stones within eight hundred meters.

Sure enough, past the dividing line, the number of energy stones increased.

In just a hundred-meter span, the number of energy stones already exceeded ten thousand!

"Looks like this guy the Mist King kept all the good stuff for himself. Just eight hundred meters has this many energy stones — who knows how many there are beyond eight hundred meters!"

Su Yu's eyes flickered slightly.

He then stored some energy stones into his Space Ring.

After collecting around two thousand, Su Yu quickly left his Spiritual Qi imprint on all those energy stones.

After doing all this, over ten minutes had already passed.

Su Yu hesitated not at all, instantly retreating at full speed.

He dashed toward the cave entrance.

The entire way was unobstructed.

Su Yu arrived at the cave entrance. The old man sitting cross-legged there slowly opened his eyes, glanced at Su Yu, and said.

"You're leaving after only twenty-some minutes? Isn't that a waste of this opportunity?"

The old man was somewhat puzzled.

Su Yu gave a sly grin and said.

"Senior, this junior has gained a slight insight and needs to return immediately to comprehend it."

The old man nodded and said.

"If that's the case, so be it — go on back!"

Su Yu's heart relaxed, but right at this moment, a hurried figure ran over.

The newcomer was a Flying Heaven Realm expert of the Mist Clan. He quickly arrived near the Energy Ore Vein, but when he saw Su Yu, his expression changed drastically.

"Wujie, why are you here!"

Looking at the newcomer, Su Yu's heart sank. It seemed the news from over there had already gotten through.

Su Yu ignored it, instantly erupting with vigorous power, driving his body, swiftly running outward.

The Mist Clan's flyer's expression changed, and he immediately said to the old man.

"Heavenly Elder, Mist Jie and Mist Lin have colluded with the Human Race; now Mist Lin is being held by the Mist Lie sirs—please, sir, act and seize Mist Jie!"

The old man suddenly opened his eyes; a terrifying aura emanated from his emaciated body, instantly spreading out.

"What? Colluding with the Human Race!"

"Mist Jie, leave him for me!"

The old man's face changed instantly as he bellowed in anger.

The surging Grandmaster's Power condensed into a giant hand, about to seize Su Yu whole.

Su Yu's expression slightly tightened as he let out a long cry, "Teacher Li, make a move!"

As his words fell, heaven and earth seemed to freeze for an instant.

A sharp sword aura burst forth from the void in an instant, white like a blade's edge.

It effortlessly severed the old man's Grandmaster's Power-formed hand, turning it into energy fragments that fell to the ground.

"Who goes there!"

The old man bellowed, his body instantly leaping into the air as his gaze swept the surroundings.

A weathered voice sounded.

"Human Race... Li Zhangsheng!"

As the voice sounded, the old man's pupils contracted sharply, as if he had thought of something terrifying.

"What?"

The old man's expression shifted slightly as he exclaimed in surprise.

Li Zhangsheng's figure gradually emerged, suddenly appearing between heaven and earth.

He held a wine gourd, gulped down a mouthful of fine wine, his eyes brimming with killing intent.

Li Zhangsheng's gaze fell upon the mine cave, and he said lightly.

"Come out—I don't believe I've appeared and you still haven't noticed!"

Boom—!!

The entire mountain body suddenly trembled.

The next moment, the thick mist filling the sky slowly gathered toward a direction.

Immediately thereafter, within the gathering mist, a human figure flickered in and out of sight.

After a moment, the mist between heaven and earth gradually dissipated, revealing the figure of a pallid middle-aged man before everyone's eyes.

"Old man, I have paid respects to the Mist King!"

Seeing this, the old man bowed to the middle-aged man.

This person turned out to be the king of the Mist Clan, the Mist King.

The Mist King glanced lightly at Li Zhangsheng.

"I never expected you'd still dare to come!"

"It seems the past events still haven't taught you a lesson!"

The Mist King said sternly.

Killing intent burst forth from Li Zhangsheng's eyes.

"This time, I will surely kill you!"

Su Yu also stopped fleeing, walked to Li Zhangsheng's side, and gave a hehe laugh.

"Teacher Li, everything is ready!"

Looking at Su Yu, the Mist King's brows furrowed.

For now Su Yu still has the appearance of Mist Jie; under the influence of the Seventy-Two Transformations, the Mist King cannot perceive Su Yu's true form.

"You wretched Mist Jie, actually betraying the Mist Clan and colluding with the Human Race—if your father found out, he would surely beat you to death!"

The Mist King gave a low shout.

Su Yu gave a faint smile.

"I'm afraid the Mist King won't get to see this scene."

"What?"

The Mist King's brows twitched slightly, and a sudden bad premonition arose.

Su Yu lightly lifted his finger and then snapped it.

His mouth opened slightly.

"Boom!"