Chapter 405: Revisiting the Secret Treasury of the Hundred Victories King, Four-Winged Fallen Angel (Three-in-One)

Roar—roar—roar—

On Tiger Roar Mountain, three tigers roared loudly at Li Changsheng, as if bidding a final farewell.

Under the special training during this period, Aixi's younger siblings had undergone a transformation, and with the resources piled up by Li Changsheng, they successfully promoted to the Middle Rank.

"Goodbye, we will meet again when there is time!" Li Changsheng waved his hand vigorously and climbed onto Aixi's back together with Ning Bizhen.

Roar—

Aixi let out a powerful and impassioned tiger roar; it never looked back, walked away with steady steps, and soon disappeared from their sight.

Not long after, the two returned to the Li Family Manor.

Unlike before, the Li Family Manor was decorated with lanterns and streamers, and the clansmen and servants they encountered along the way wore heartfelt smiles, as if they had encountered a joyous event.

For the Li Family Manor, this could be called a momentous joyous event.

Some time ago, the Li Family had been preparing for promotion to a County-level Clan.

Yesterday, the Pengcheng Governor's Office personally sent someone to deliver the news that the Li Family had successfully promoted to a County-level Clan.

Having been established for over a hundred years, the Li Family had finally completed their accumulation; promoting from a Local Power to a County-level Clan was not only a major step up, but they had also become an upper-echelon force in the Langya Kingdom.

To major powers, Local Powers were completely insignificant forces, as numerous as the carp in the river, capable only of small-time antics in their local areas.

County-level Clans were different; there were fewer than three digits of them in the entire Langya Kingdom. They were deeply rooted with lush branches, each having a Fifth Rank Stronger presiding, and could be called the backbone forces of the Langya Kingdom.

In the Langya Kingdom, there was an unwritten rule: Local Powers could only huddle in their own cities to operate. For example, the former Li Family could only operate in Luo City and the towns and villages under its jurisdiction.

As for the Lin Clan, which was wiped out by the Li Family, although they had organized a caravan, they survived by attaching themselves to a County-level Clan, with the majority of the profits shared by that County-level Clan.

County-level Clans were different; they rose from "huddling in a city" to the level of a province, their scope of operation greatly increased, and they could even touch some businesses that were previously unreachable, thereby bringing in far greater profits than before.

In addition, some Local Powers that possessed caravans would also, like the former Lin Clan of Luo City, take the initiative to attach their caravans under the Li Family's banner.

After promoting to a County-level Clan, the Li Family naturally had to hold a grand banquet, distribute a large number of invitations, and socialize with other upper-echelon forces to formally enter this circle.

Among them, the Yuanling Academy could be said to be the most important of all.

Thus, Li Changsheng was assigned the task of going to the Yuanling Academy to distribute invitations.

In the entire Li Family, was there a better candidate than Li Changsheng?

No!

The next morning!

"Bizhen, you stay here, I will go alone!"

Li Changsheng refused Ning Bizhen's good intentions. If it were before his promotion to the Fourth Rank, he naturally would not have refused, but now his strength was much greater, and he initially possessed the ability to protect himself in the Langya Kingdom.

"Remember to be extra careful!"

Under Ning Bizhen's gaze, Li Changsheng rode a Venomous Flying Dragon and flew toward the direction of the Yuanling Academy.

Like Li Changsheng, some Li Family elites also rode large Flying Demon Pets to go to various places to distribute invitations and invite guests extensively.

Before noon, Li Changsheng finally arrived at the Yuanling Academy.

It just so happened that the senior management of the Yuanling Academy was holding a meeting, so Li Changsheng could only wait quietly outside the conference room.

After about an hour, the meeting finally ended.

When the door of the conference room opened, Li Changsheng saw the three senior members: Xu Wenhua, Zhang Kaishuo, and Ning Wei.

Unexpectedly, Instructor Lu Qian was also among them.

Like Li Changsheng, Instructor Lu Qian's aura was very unstable, but its intensity was not much worse than that of Zhang Kaishuo or Ning Wei; clearly, Instructor Lu Qian had successfully promoted to the Sixth Rank.

Before the Academy Exchange Tournament started last year, there were rumors circulating in the academy that Instructor Lu Qian was about to break through; he did not expect that he had really completed the breakthrough.

According to the unwritten rules of the Yuanling Academy, as long as an instructor promoted to the Sixth Rank, they would automatically become senior management of the academy, that is, at the Dean level.

Judging from the specifications of this meeting, Instructor Lu Qian had clearly become, or was about to become, senior management of the Yuanling Academy.

"Eh, it's Changsheng... you, you, you promoted!"

Just as Li Changsheng was surprised by Instructor Lu Qian, the four academy senior members were equally surprised by Li Changsheng's changes.

Li Changsheng feigned humility and said: "I just promoted yesterday, I cannot be mentioned in the same breath as Instructor Lu!"

"Can the nature of this be the same? You don't even look at how old Dean Lu is!"

Xu Wenhua grabbed Li Changsheng tightly with both hands, without concealing the look of ecstasy on his face.

He never expected that before the winter break was even over, Li Changsheng had promoted to the Fourth Rank.

In the hundred-year history of the Yuanling Academy, there had never been a first-year student who reached the Fourth Rank.

Looking at the history of the Langya Kingdom, there had been one, and only one, and that was the current Principal of the Royal Academy—the Butterfly King, Luo Qingning!

As for the only Double-Character King in the Langya Kingdom—the Dark Night King, Dou Cangqiong, his age was longer than the history of the Langya Kingdom, so he was naturally not included.

The most critical thing was that the second semester of the first year had not even started yet; with Li Changsheng's monstrous growth speed, it was possible for him to become a Fifth Rank student before the end of the second semester!

Lu Qian stroked his graying beard and said with a face full of emotion: "This old man is seventy-six this year; being able to promote to the Sixth Rank in my lifetime is already a blessing from heaven, I really cannot compare to you!"

"I feel like I've lived these years in vain!" Dean Zhang Kaishuo added without any taboo.

"We really have high hopes of surpassing the Royal Academy!" Because of being too excited, Dean Ning Wei's lips trembled.

"You all stop talking, let this old man first check if Changsheng has broken the record for the youngest in history!"

At this moment, Xu Wenhua took out a thick volume titled "Records of Langya Kingdom"; just like the book title, this book recorded various records since the founding of the Langya Kingdom.

Under the control of Mental Power, the book automatically flipped to the table of contents page.

Each page of this book recorded an item, mainly personal records, and all were related to Monster Tamers.

Soon, Xu Wenhua flipped to the record page for the youngest Fourth Rank in the Langya Kingdom.

Luo Qingning: Promoted to Fourth Rank at the age of 17 years and 8 months!

Li Changsheng was also 17 years old now, but he was born in December, which meant he promoted to the Fourth Rank at just over 17 years old, a full seven months faster than Luo Qingning.

Hiss!

This child is truly terrifying!

The four high-level members of the Yuanling Academy gasped, their gazes toward Li Changsheng almost no different from how they would look at rare treasures.

Li Changsheng felt his scalp tingle from their stares and hurriedly changed the subject: "Instructor Lu has become a Dean?"

Xu Wenhua put away the books and replied with a smile: "We intend to have Instructor Lu Qian serve as the Combat Academy Vice Dean of Yuanling Academy, but it will be announced after the start of the term!"

Dean Zhang Kaishuo added: "This is truly a double blessing!"

Dean Ning Wei asked with a puzzled look: "By the way, Changsheng, is there something you came for this time?"

"My family has been promoted to County Gentry, and they sent me to deliver invitations to you!"

This time, the family had not anticipated Lu Qian reaching the Sixth Rank, so they only gave Li Changsheng three invitations.

However, to avoid any accidents, the family also gave him a few blank invitations.

So-called blank invitations meant that all other content was written and the family's grand seal was stamped, leaving only the name of the invitee to be filled in.

Li Changsheng immediately took out a blank invitation and wrote the name of Dean Lu Qian on it directly.

After handing over the four invitations, the four high-level members of Yuanling Academy discussed it and finally made a decision.

"This time, let this old man and Dean Lu go there in person!"

Xu Wenhua decided to make another trip to Luo City and brought Dean Lu Qian along, intending to help Li Changsheng's family hold down the fort.

As for the two Deans, Zhang Kaishuo and Ning Wei, they would preside over the affairs of Yuanling Academy on their behalf.

With the start of the term approaching, Yuanling Academy could not be without high-level management.

The Li Family's promotion to County Gentry would inevitably touch upon the interests of various major forces in Yuan Province; this banquet was mainly for probing and seeking potential partners.

This time, the Li Family invited mostly major forces from Yuan Province, among which Yuanling Academy was undoubtedly one of the best; as long as they had the full support of Yuanling Academy, they would surely be able to gain a firm foothold in Yuan Province quickly.

"Then I won't disturb you any further!"

After bidding farewell to the four high-level members of Yuanling Academy, Li Changsheng left Yuanling Academy.

In the sky, Li Changsheng rode the Venom Wyvern; he did not immediately return to Luo City but flew toward the direction of Luojing Mountain.

Three months ago, Li Changsheng was still a Second-Rank Beast Master when he found the Baisheng King Secret Treasury located at Luojing Mountain.

It was also in that place that Li Changsheng encountered Cai Yangkun, eventually killing him by taking advantage of his carelessness, and inferred from various clues that Cai Yangqian was the enemy who killed his parents.

Cai Yangqian, Fifth Rank, Clan Leader of the Cai Clan; three months ago, Li Changsheng was far from being his match. He not only did not let his blood boil and seek revenge, nor did he re-explore Luojing Mountain after reaching the Third Rank, but instead, while ensuring his own safety, he laid low for three consecutive months.

Over these three months, Li Changsheng continuously broke through his cultivation realm; with his current strength, even if he were not a match for Cai Yangqian, he had enough confidence to escape.

After spending more than an hour, Luojing Mountain was already visible in the distance; the Venom Wyvern circled and landed near the top of Luojing Mountain.

When he left last time, Li Changsheng had blocked the gap again; at this time, a large amount of accumulated water had once again pooled on the mountaintop, forming a small lake.

For the sake of safety, Li Changsheng projected his Mental Power; after his Mental Power liquefied, its projection range had been greatly improved, already capable of covering a range of one thousand meters.

The area of Luojing Mountain was not small, and with the obstruction of the mountain body and trees, Li Changsheng could only cover a portion.

Within his range of mental sensing, he did not discover anything unusual.

However, Li Changsheng still felt uneasy and summoned Kailan.

"Kailan, communicate with the nearby plants; has there been anything unusual here recently?"

Like the Forest Spirit, the Spirit King also possessed the ability to communicate with plants, so after possessing the bloodline of the Spirit King, this ability of Kailan's was greatly strengthened.

Previously, she could only communicate one by one, but now she could communicate with several targets at once, and could even link the consciousnesses of the plants together to 'discuss' with each other.

"Leave it to me!"

Upon hearing this, Kailan closed her eyes, and a green ring of light centered on her quickly spread toward the surroundings.

Within a few breaths, Kailan established a connection with the largest trees nearby.

The larger and more lush the vegetation, the easier it was to communicate, and often more information could be obtained.

Not long after, the two sides finished communicating.

Kailan opened her eyes and said with a serious face: "They said that recently, a bird-man with two pairs of wings has often come here; according to the timeline, it has lasted for about two or three months!"

"As expected!" Li Changsheng's expression did not change; this was within his expectations.

Whether for him or for Cai Yangqian, the Book of Bloodlines was something they regarded as their life.

As long as one obtained the complete Book of Bloodlines, one could greatly improve the efficiency of purifying Spirit Beast bloodlines, and there was a high chance of becoming the next Baisheng King, or even reaching a higher realm.

Both were Double-Character Kings, but the Baisheng King could be said to be one of the strongest Double-Character Kings; how could he be compared to Dou Cangqiong, the Dark Night King of Langya Kingdom?

If he hadn't been too aggressive, slaughtering too many high-level demons and Demon Commanders, given the Baisheng King's age and potential at the time, he would have had a good chance to go further.

Li Changsheng's face became a bit more solemn as he continued to ask: "When was the most recent time?"

"Two days ago!"

"Transmit its image to me; Aixi and the Venom Wyvern will stand guard together!"

Li Changsheng summoned Aixi; establishing a Mental Connection with a Demon Pet required one to devote their entire body and mind to it, which was also when a Beast Master was most defenseless.

Li Changsheng closed his eyes and, using the mental channel, began to communicate with Kailan's consciousness.

Soon, Kailan transmitted a scene to him.

This was a bird-man with two pairs of wings—no, it should be called an angel; unlike normal angels, this angel's wings were black.

"Fallen Angel!"

Fallen Angels and angels were of the same race; they were the product of angels falling, and the two belonged to opposing camps.

Not only their appearance, but their attributes were also completely opposite.

"This should be Cai Yangqian's blood Demon Pet!" Seeing the Contract Mark on the Fallen Angel's forehead, Li Changsheng revealed a smile.

"Then let's collect some interest first; I wonder if it's still here!"

Li Changsheng opened his eyes and decided to actively search for the Fallen Angel.

Li Changsheng had a judgment in his heart; judging by Cai Yangqian's realm, this four-winged Fallen Angel should have the level of a Commander.

Like angels, Fallen Angels were also Top-tier Exotic Beasts; they could reach the Commander level upon reaching adulthood and were born with Superior Quality or higher.

Li Changsheng retracted the Venom Wyvern, held Kailan, and mounted Aixi's back, beginning to search for the traces of the Fallen Angel in the vicinity.

Mental Power provided Li Zhangsheng with great convenience; it wouldn't take long to search all of Luojing Mountain and the several large mountains nearby.

When Aixi brought Li Zhangsheng to the foot of Luojing Mountain, Li Zhangsheng finally sensed a large point of light.

"Superior Quality, this should be the Fallen Angel!"

Li Zhangsheng thought to himself, even if it wasn't the target, this was still a nice unexpected harvest for him.

Under Li Zhangsheng's guidance, Aixi quickly swooped toward the direction where the point of light was located.

Just when they were two or three hundred meters away from the point of light, the point of light suddenly moved; clearly, the other party seemed to have discovered something unusual.

"Too late!" A smile played on the corners of Li Zhangsheng's mouth as he immediately summoned several Flying Demon Pets.

Crowned Flame Bird, Baitian, Heiye, Red Dragon, Venom Wyvern, and Light Blessing Bird—if you add Kailan to that, it was a full seven Flying Demon Pets of Elite level or higher.

Adai was out of the question; although it could fly, it wasn't agile, and coupled with its massive size, it was practically no different from a living target.

With this luxurious lineup, Li Zhangsheng was confident he could keep the Fallen Angel.

As the Demon Pets appeared, a Fallen Angel with two pairs of wings quickly appeared before Li Zhangsheng.

Even though it was surrounded by seven Flying Demon Pets, the Four-Winged Fallen Angel still appeared quite confident, saying leisurely: "It seems you are the human the master mentioned! Human, do you know, in order to wait for you to come, I have stayed in this godforsaken place for a full two or three months!"

The Four-Winged Fallen Angel was rambling, having a bit of a tendency to be a chatterbox; in this Luojing Mountain where only Demonized Fairies existed, it naturally could only keep company with loneliness.

Just as the Four-Winged Fallen Angel was speaking, Li Zhangsheng had already obtained the other party's data.

【Spirit Beast Name】: Four-Winged Fallen Angel (Mature Stage, Top-tier Exotic Beast)

【Spirit Beast Realm】: Lord 5th Stage

【Spirit Beast Race】: Medium Monarch

【Spirit Beast Quality】: Superior Quality

【Spirit Beast Bloodline】: None

【Spirit Beast Attribute】: Darkness

【Spirit Beast Status】: Healthy

【Spirit Beast Weakness】: Light

To put it simply, this was a normal Four-Winged Fallen Angel.

If it were one-on-one, Li Zhangsheng really wouldn't have much confidence in keeping the other party, but the essence of a Monster Tamer is group fighting, and he could also buff his Demon Pets with Secret Techniques, so he was confident he could keep the other party.

The Four-Winged Fallen Angel was so confident mainly because of the strength of the opponents it had encountered before, so it subconsciously assumed that Li Zhangsheng's Demon Pets were the same as its previous opponents; even if it couldn't win, it would be impossible for them to keep it.

"Attack!"

Following Li Zhangsheng's order, the six Flying Demon Pets launched their offensive in unison.

At the first moment, Baitian activated the Light Radiance trait and the Light Vision Aura.

Baitian's body was like the Sun, shooting out abnormally blinding white light in all directions.

The Four-Winged Fallen Angel was completely unprepared, feeling only a stinging pain in its eyes; before its eyes could adapt, everything before it became a blur.

Before activating the Light Radiance trait, Baitian's Light Vision Aura had already been activated in advance, and a milky white ring of light appeared under the feet of all the Demon Pets, who were not affected by the blinding light in the slightest.

At this moment, the Light Blessing Bird cast Light Blessing on the Crowned Flame Bird; because the Crowned Flame Bird's realm was higher, the Light Blessing was discounted, increasing the Light Blessing Bird's combat power by about 5%.

Flame Storm!

The Flame Bird shook its whole body, and flames like raging waves appeared around it; in the blink of an eye, a Flame Storm with a diameter of over ten meters took shape, spinning as it rushed toward the Four-Winged Fallen Angel.

Dense Forest Stars!

Kailan condensed a large amount of Wood Energy and threw out countless green seeds, which swarmed and fell into mid-air.

Under the condensation of Wood Energy, these 'seeds' quickly transformed into illusory large trees, and under Kailan's control, they smashed crazily toward the Four-Winged Fallen Angel.

Death Wither!

Heiye radiated rich black energy, and countless Darkness-type energy gathered, forming a huge pitch-black ring above the Four-Winged Fallen Angel's head, falling toward it.

In the sky, the abdomen of the Red Dragon Xieryasina suddenly caved in, and it opened its mouth to spray a stream of scorching Dragon Breath.

On the other side, the Venom Wyvern also sprayed Acid Breath inherited from its ancestral Black Dragon.

By the time the Four-Winged Fallen Angel had initially adapted to the blinding light, it discovered that five offensives had almost surrounded it.

The Four-Winged Fallen Angel had lost the initiative; at this time, rather than dodging pointlessly, it was better to defend, especially since it had great confidence in its own defense.

"A grain of rice dares to shine like the moon!"

The Four-Winged Fallen Angel shouted quite ostentatiously, and immediately cast Dark Barrier, its body surface covered by a thick black energy shield.

Pop—pop—pop—pop—

Countless illusory trees smashed crazily against the black barrier; what surprised the Four-Winged Fallen Angel was that intense ripples appeared on the barrier.

The other party did not seem to be the group of incompetent, uneven Demon Pets it had imagined at first.

However, where was there room for regret now? It had paid a heavy price for its arrogance.

Before the illusory trees could disappear, the Crowned Flame Bird's Flame Storm arrived, directly engulfing and covering it, surging and calcining the Dark Barrier.

Crack—crack—clatter—

Under the Four-Winged Fallen Angel's terrified gaze, a series of dense cracking sounds rang out on the Dark Barrier, followed by the sound of it shattering.

Rumble—

When the several different energy torrents converged, an explosion suddenly occurred in the center, and the intense wind pressure blew the seven Flying Demon Pets back a certain distance.

"Ah!"

The Four-Winged Fallen Angel was submerged in the energy tide, from which came a shrill, miserable scream.

The next moment, a figure fell from the sky, like a broken wing... no, it was a broken-winged angel!

Under this offensive, the Four-Winged Fallen Angel was covered in dense scars, and one of its wings was even broken, hanging limp and motionless.

Besides that, it had also fallen into a burn state, feeling a burning sensation inside its body, as strands of fire poison rampaged within, constantly eroding its body.

With just a single round of attacks, the Four-Winged Fallen Angel was nearly crippled.

When he was still more than ten meters from the ground, the Four-Winged Fallen Angel woke up from his pain and wanted to flap his wings to escape.

Li Zhangsheng's Demon Pets were far more powerful than he had anticipated; he did not want to stay here for even a moment longer, as he would lose his life!

Unfortunately, before he could even fly up, Aixi took a running start and leaped high into the air with a tiger's pounce.

The Four-Winged Fallen Angel only felt a huge shadow descend, but before he could react, he was snatched directly out of the air by Aixi.

Boom—

The ground shook a few times; relying on her massive weight, Aixi slammed the Four-Winged Fallen Angel straight into the dirt, producing the sound of bones breaking.

Thud— Crack—

The Four-Winged Fallen Angel struggled desperately, but he was unable to break free from Aixi's restraint, and instead, Aixi took the opportunity to snap off his remaining wings.

The poor Four-Winged Fallen Angel had been on the scene for less than a minute before being taken down by a brilliant combination of attacks.

Today's goal: Three, pigs, verified!

(End of this chapter)