Chapter 371: Fiends
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At the entrance of the auction, three human-form monsters suddenly descended from the sky. It seemed like two of them were men and the other was a woman.
The woman was tall and dressed in black armor. Except for the red horn on the back of its head as well as the black tail behind it, there was not much difference between it and a human.
One of the men was as muscular as Tyrant whereas another man was slightly shorter. Nevertheless, it was still above two meters high. Similar to the woman, there were two black horns on the back of its head. It had a pair of red eyes but no tail.
Meanwhile, the monster next to it was a stout monster at the height of about two meters. There was a scaly pattern all over its arms and its brain was covered by a thin layer of blue, crystallized structure.
Apparently, the three of them were fiends from the abyss. Their combat level was on par with the dragonkin.
Soon after three of the monsters appeared, the security guards stationed outside the hall panicked. Just when two of them were about to inform the person in charge of the auction, they saw that the female fiend's eyes had turned black abruptly. Outside the auction hall, more than 20 of the security guards were instantly shrouded in a black mist that appeared out of nowhere. The layer of black mist resembled a living element that slithered into their bodies through the noses and throats. After a few moments, the people's faces turned black. About three seconds passed before their body turned stiff, falling down onto the ground. They then turned into black powder that scattered around the ground as if they had been carbonized by high temperature.
The three monsters then casually walked across the dark area, heading towards the entrance of the auction house. Soon, they stopped in front of the door. They were blocked by an invisible protective shield.
Two of the fiends with the horns then looked at the stout fiend standing next to them.
Roar!
Letting out a howl, the stout fiend's arms grew a few times larger and instantly slammed on the door of the hall forcefully.
Bang!
A loud thud was then heard. Unexpectedly, a small crack appeared on the shield created by the immortal-level.
However, the stout fiend obviously was not satisfied with the effect caused by his single hit. It then struck consecutively as if it would not stop until the protective layer was destroyed.
Its attacks caused the whole shield as well as the entire auction hall to tremble.
Hundreds of meters away, Yang Yang instructed, "Let's go!"
It leapt from the building and more than 30 of the Purple Crow members who were hiding nearby followed behind it. They then landed at the entrance of the auction hall.
Lin Jian's body gradually appeared next to Yang Yang.
"The fat guy's combat strength is quite good. In order to get rid of the protective shield set up by the immortal-level, I have to put in some effort too," Yang Yang complimented as he could see that in just a few seconds, the shield was about to collapse.
"The Malachian Fiend is one of the low-level fiends. It's been genetically modified by Professor Jin so that its defense as well as its attack power has become terribly strong. Despite the fact that it's only on gold flame-level, the monster's overall abilities are on par with those who are on immortal-level rank-2. Its combat strength is close to those who are on immortal-level rank-3. Of course, it'll be easy for it to destroy such a protective shield."
"What about the other two monsters?" Yang Yang then looked at the monster with a horn at their side.
"Monsters with a single horn are female fiends. They have rather wicked abilities. The male fiend with two horns contains the actual blood of the low-level fiend in its body. Both are low-level fiends. Professor Jin has done the necessary modifications, so although their combat level is only on gold flame-level, their overall abilities are even stronger than that of the Malachian Fiend."
"It sounds useful. Why not get a few more of them?" Yang Yang asked curiously.
"With the strength of my spirit, controlling three monsters is my limit. I originally thought that with my immortal-level rank-4 combat abilities as well as my unique spiritual talent, it's not a big problem to control three immortal-level rank-2 fiends. However, I can hardly control an immortal-level rank-1. That's why I've decided to change them to three gold flame-level monsters," Lin Jian explained helplessly.
"How can that be? With the strength of your spirit, your limit is only three of the gold flame-level monsters?" Yang Yang's eyes flew wide open as he knew that Lin Jian had extremely strong spiritual talents. In fact, it was a few times higher than his.
"I never expected this to happen too. I have to admit that the new batch of fiends created by Professor Jin is much stronger than the half-completed monsters he worked on previously." Lin Jian shook his head helplessly.
While the two of them were chatting, the Malachian Fiend in front of them had been attacking the protective shield.
Just when the protective layer was about to collapse, a loud voice boomed, "Who's the troublemaker?!"
At almost the same time, a middle-aged man dressed in a black vest and wearing a black hat suddenly appeared above the auction hall in the sky.
The middle-aged man, Fei Yuan, was an immortal and he was the one who was responsible for looking after the auction hall. He was on immortal-level rank-5.
"Are they from the Purple Crow?!" Fei Yuan could recognize the coats that the people were wearing. He then said with disdain, "How dare the people from the Purple Crow try and profit from us?"
"What's so good about Mystery Organization? Isn't it an organization relying on the backup forces in Division2 and isn't the auction just a cover for trafficking businesses and to carry out underground human experiments?" Lin Jian replied with a smirk. His voice instantly spread throughout half of the Haitian City as he did not use a transmitter deliberately.
"You're spouting nonsense!" Fei Yuan's face had instantly turned grave and he refuted. He never knew that Lin Jian would say this.
"Nonsense? You're the children traffickers. You also make use of the adults to carry out genetic experiments. Almost 80% of the royal families know that. The reason why nobody has ever mentioned this is because they're afraid that they'll offend the backup forces in Divison2. It's true that the Purple Crow is not a good organization. However, we're not as hypocritical, at the very least, unlike you. Your organization looks good on the outside but you're actually doing something horrible. Even the bad people like us are disgusted," Lin Jian continued revealing the truth.
"Stop spreading unfounded rumors! The Purple Crow deliberately sends people like you, who can speak well, over here to create lies and mislead the public," Fei Yuan was experienced in crisis management as he quickly refuted, "We're a legal auction organizer. We've never done anything like you've said. Evil organizations like you aren't allowed to criticize us."
"Tsk tsk tsk… You sure can turn black into white. Mystery has made the right decision to have you guarding the auction hall. You're such an eloquent speaker. It's a waste for you to stay at Mystery. Join us. You don't have to be a two-faced person anymore. You can do whatever evil you like and you don't have to act as if you're a good man. Think about it how tiring it is pretending to be a good man everyday," Lin Jian persuaded.
"I don't have time for nonsense!" Having uttered his last words, he brandished his golden battle sword, tearing the space apart and plunging towards the three fiends.
At that moment, Yang Yang suddenly leaped and pounced on Fei Yuan.
"Hehe, you're a sword player? Me too!"
A black, giant sword then appeared in Yang Yang's hand out of nowhere. The long sword resembled a black moon and instantly crashed into his opponent's golden blade…
Chapter 372: Do You Want It? Snatch It!
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Bang!
A deafening blast was heard and half of Haitian City began to tremble.
The moment the swords collided with each other, the space within the region that was a few meters away was distorted. The remaining energy resembled waves, spreading everywhere.
It was the consequence of crashing into the immortal-level guardian. It was way more threatening than engaging in any of the battles with a holy fire-level.
Lin Jian immediately supported the protective shield, allowing all the Purple Crow new members behind him to be enveloped by it. If he did not do that, the new members who were only on holy fire-level would not be able to survive the encounter with such a high impact within that short a distance.
However, the effect on three of the fiends was not significant. They did not retreat at all. The Malachian Fiend paused for a moment and soon, it continued attacking the protective shield of the auction house as if it had nothing to do with the fight.
The layer of shield that already had cracks all over it became even more unstable right after the energy waves struck it. In addition to the Malachian Fiend's continuous blows, it seemed like the protective layer might break at any time.
Fei Yuan was worried that they might affect the auction and suggested, "We can't do our best here. Let's fight in the sky!"
Yang Yang then glanced at Lin Jian and the rest of them. Soon, he immediately nodded in agreement.
As soon as they were able to reach a consensus, the both of them immediately ascended into the sky and penetrated the cloud layers. A few moments later, growls that sounded like the rumbling of thunder were heard on top of the cloud layers.
At the auction, despite the crowd not being able to see how intense the battle was, the loud roar coming from outside could be clearly heard. So could their conversation in mid-air. All of them knew that they were being attacked by the Purple Crow and that they were all on immortal-level.
Many of them panicked. Even though they had never contacted one another, they had heard about what the scary Purple Crow had done before. Only a small number of them remained calm as they believed in Mystery's ability to protect them. Meanwhile, a minority of them was confident in their own abilities.
"The Purple Crow is prepared for the fight. There must be more than one of them who's on immortal-level," Leng Yuexin said confidently in VIP room 3.
"If they manage to break in, they'll definitely kill everyone here." Lin Huang had stayed at the Purple Crow training camp before and he knew the organization well.
"Under normal circumstances, the regulators and the assistant of Haitian City will come over really soon. But it seems like the Purple Crow is ready for it. Otherwise, they won't be so confident to go up against Mystery," Leng Yuexin guessed, lifting her head and staring at the dome of the auction.
"Do you mean that we won't have any backup?" Lin Huang frowned.
"At least for now, we won't have any. It's difficult to attack an A-grade foothold. However, if one's intention is only to slow down the regulators and assistants, it won't be too difficult for the Purple Crow."
"This is not good news…" Lin Huang helplessly realized that the world was so dangerous. Strange things always happened no matter where he went. He simply wanted to attend an auction but he was now caught in an unexpected rare attack by the Purple Crow.
He was now worried that if he happened to bump into any Purple Crow members that could recognize him, the secret of him faking his own death would be revealed. Mr. Fu had promised him that the Purple Crow would not look for trouble with him and his family anymore. Perhaps, it was only about the matter of him joining the Purple Crow training camp.
If Hong Zhuang found out that he was still alive, she would most likely give him trouble. Lin Huang knew the woman very well and she would not let him go easily especially since the Purple Crow would not restrict the behavior of the elite members. Also, he was the one who had lied to Hong Zhuang, so it would now be considered their personal issue and had nothing to do with the Purple Crow. It was definitely not a good thing if the immortal-level noticed him.
"Why did the Purple Crow choose to attack them this year?" Lin Huang grumbled rhetorically.
"If I'm not mistaken, the Purple Crow must be here for the demigod brain. There's no other reason for them to get into a fight." Leng Yuexin thought that Lin Huang was asking her a question. She pondered for a while and answered, "Many of the powerful organizations have considered the demigod relics as a valuable treasure. The value of a demigod material will be deemed even higher. The item is actually quite appealing to the Purple Crow. Therefore, they have instructed the people who are on immortal-level to take it away. I suspect that the people on imperial-level from the Purple Crow are there to control the entire battle…"
A cracking sound was heard and the huge protective shield eventually collapsed after being repeatedly attacked by the Malachian Fiend.
Before the three fiends could enter the auction hall, an old man with white hair blocked their way. He was skinny and dressed in a Chinese traditional costume with black designs. He was less than 1.7 meters tall, even shorter than the female fiend. He had prominent cheekbones and skinny arms. He looked like he was malnourished. Compared to him, the low-level fiend and the Malachian Fiend resembled two small mountains.
"The three of you shall stop here." Impressively, the old man was the guard of Mystery's warehouse, Hou Xu.
After finishing his sentence, Hou Xu struck a blow in the air. Without even touching them, he had rained three blows on the chest of three of the fiends at almost the same time. In the next moment, the fiends were thrown into the air as though bullets had been fired.
He had well mastered his power. The fiends created a parabolic curve mid-air and fell into the sea that was more than 10 kilometers away.
Clap clap clap...
The sound of applause was heard. The one who clapped his hands was another immortal-level Purple Crow member, Lin Jian.
"You are skilled indeed," Lin Jian complimented.
"They're just three gold flame-level monsters. Despite the fact that they're fiends, their combat strength is relatively weak." It meant nothing to Hou Xu. Again, he clasped his hands behind his back and studied Lin Jian. He could sense that he was on immortal-level as well. His intuition told him that it would not be easy to deal with him.
"You must be the guard of the warehouse. Only now you show up? Perhaps, you're done cleaning up the warehouse?" Lin Jian adjusted his glasses, gazing at the Emperor's Heart Ring on Hou Xu's left middle finger.
"Whatever you want is all in here. Do you want to take it from me?" Hou Xu then flipped Lin Jian his left middle finger. He smiled while wiggling his finger.
"Is the demigod in there too?" Lin Jian frowned and asked. The conversation went well and it sounded like two old friends chatting.
"Of course. Do you want it?" Hou Xu wagged his middle finger again.
"That's great. I can save me some time. I've heard that it's difficult to unlock Mystery's warehouse. It'll now be easier because...I only need to kill you…" Before he could even finish his sentence, Lin Jian disappeared abruptly…
Chapter 373: The Fiends Have Not Died
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Bang!
Lin Jian and Hou Xu instantly crashed into each other.
Energy waves were created out of nowhere. Nevertheless, it was suppressed by the both of them as they restrained it to a radius of a few meters around them. The Purple Crow members behind Lin Jian as well as the people in the auction hall behind Hou Xu were not affected.
"Yo, I didn't know that you're good in both ranged attack and close combat despite all your refined ways." Hou Xu raised his eyebrows, looking at Lin Jian who had taken off his glasses. His eyes were bloodshot.
"I'm quite surprised though. Your body is kind of…" Lin Jian said with a sly grin on his face.
"Young man, it's not right to judge a book by its cover," Hou Xu immediately chided.
"You're the one who started it first," Lin Jian answered coldly.
"Alright, stop bullshitting me. It's not easy to meet an opponent who's so talented in ranged attack. Let's find a place to fight!" Hou Xu was excited.
Listening to what Hou Xu said, Lin Jian grinned widely again. "That's what I was thinking about too."
Both of them then flew off into the sky.
Soon after they had left, three figures emerged from the sea that was more than 10 kilometers away, heading towards the auction hall. Unbelievably, the three fiends did not die.
Although they were severely injured, having handprints that had yet to be healed on their chests, the aura exuded by the fiends was no weaker than before.
Obviously, Hou Xu had never expected this to happen. Before drawing Lin Jian away, he thought that the fiends would have been killed. Such a disaster was unexpected.
"Young man, you're evil enough. You knew that they're still alive? That's why you accepted my offer and drew me away!" Hou Xu soon realized that he was tricked.
"They were specially created. Their overall abilities are on par with those who are on immortal-level rank-2. They won't die even if they are attacked at full force by those who are on immortal-level rank-4. You're also an immortal-level rank-4 but your attacks earlier aren't powerful enough." Lin Jian smiled coldly.
"Get out of the way!"
Hou Xu did not want to bug Lin Jian anymore. His wizened hands instantly extended to about the length of a foot. His nails transformed into black-golden claws, tearing the space around Lin Jian apart with his sharp nails and five black fissures appeared.
He was serious about his role. As one of the guardians of the Mystery Organization, he had to protect everyone in the auction hall. If people found out that those who joined the auction died there, perhaps nobody would dare to attend the auction anymore. If the organizer failed to protect their customers, of course, they would have no supporters.
"Why are you being so impatient? The die is cast. Let's fight for a few minutes since it takes only two to three minutes for the three fiends to kill everyone in the auction hall." Having uttered these words, Lin Jian's eyes suddenly turned black. At almost the same time, his body split into two and soon, they were split into four and so on… As soon as he was split into 16 different bodies, he took a step towards Hou Xu.
"It is the ocular skill from blood inheritance… It seems like I've underestimated you." Hou Xu's face turned solemn.
"There's no such thing as blood inheritance. It is a pair of eyes transplanted by gene technology. However, I have to admit that I am highly compatible with these eyes. I'm satisfied with a few of the combat skills that have developed." Lin Jian's 16 voices chimed at the same time. Even the movement of adjusting his glasses was the same. Not even one bit of difference could be sensed.
"It's just a small Illusion trick. Do you really think that I'll be fooled?" Hou Xu laughed coldly.
"It seems like you don't have a thorough understanding of the ocular skill. I'll teach you a lesson today. Perhaps, this is the last time in your life to gain some knowledge…" Lin Jian sounded as polite as he used to be. However, his patronizing tone offended Hou Xu.
"It's simply an unorthodox way. I can get rid of it with just one hit!" Hou Xu scoffed. His skinny body immediately expanded as if it was filled with air all of a sudden.
In just one breath, the wizened old man that was less than 1.7 meters tall had lengthened to almost three meters. He became a muscular man as he ripped off the Chinese costume that he was wearing. Not even a single piece of cloth was left on his body. The loose-fitting pants that looked like bloomers turned into extremely tight shorts, not even reaching his knees. The "old Beijing" canvas shoes that he was wearing had completely turned into powder form as well.
"It seems like shit's getting real…" Seeing his opponent's transformation, he was shocked. As soon as he recovered from his thoughts, he mumbled, "Perhaps, it won't be considered bullying an old man if I killed him."
…
The protective shield at the auction house had completely collapsed.
The three fiends appeared at the entrance again. As soon as the Inferior Imp extended its hand, the door of the auction hall automatically opened as if it was being controlled by someone.
Everything at the auction hall was revealed.
There were the holy fire-level guards standing not far away from the entrance and the bidders holed up in the area near the stage.
Seeing the fiends entering the hall, the group of holy fire-level guards began to charge. A variety of colors flashed as they launched Life Power attacks at the fiends.
At that moment, the Inferior Imp extended its hand. An invisible shield was formed in front of the fiend like an impenetrable wall. All the attacks were blocked.
Lin Huang and Leng Yuexin who were in the VIP room witnessed this phenomenal scene.
"The monsters are so powerful! They managed to block the attacks by more than 30 of the holy fire-levels." Lin Huang frowned.
"They are fiends. Their abilities are on par with the dragonkin. From the aura they exude, it seems like they are on gold flame-level. Perhaps their abilities are comparable to those who are on immortal-level rank-1," Leng Yuexin said with a straight face.
At this moment, the auctioneer, Kong Hao's voice boomed, "Three of them are gold flame-level fiends. Perhaps their combat abilities are on par with the immortal-level. If we don't fight them together, we'll probably die here!"
Many of the holy fire-level bidders knew that Kong Hao was not exaggerating, so they joined the team to fight.
"I'll help them out as well. Stay here and observe the situation. If something goes wrong, try your best to leave." Leng Yuexin then stood up.
Lin Huang kept quiet. Without using his cards, he was incapable of engaging in such a battle. Even Tyrant, who had completed its unlocking, was only on white flame-level. He would be food to the fiends. In addition, the situation of the battle was not clear to all yet. Lin Huang decided to observe the situation for a while before deciding whether to use the cards or not.
Chapter 374: Abnormally Modified Creatures
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Lin Huang was watching the battle from VIP room No.3.
If the crowd managed to solve the danger, there was no need for him to use his cards.
All those who were on holy fire-level at the auction hall stood up for themselves as they were convinced by Kong Hao. More than 300 of them joined the team and attacked the three fiends.
Soon, the protective shield of the Imperial Imp began to shake and cracks even appeared.
"It seems like the large number of people we have now is against their advantage." Lin Huang was slightly relieved.
Right at that moment, a group of Purple Crow members who wore black coats entered the hall. There were about 30 of them.
Seeing their presence, the people in the hall panicked. As soon as they realized that there were only a small number of them, they calmed down.
"Let's split in two directions," one of the Purple Crow members said. He did not care if the people at the auction house could hear him.
Soon, about 30 of the Purple Crow members divided themselves into two groups, entering the hall from the left and the right.
"They're only on holy fire-level. Form a team of 30 and block their way from the left and the right!" Apparently, it was not the first time for Kong Hao encountering a regiment attack.
The bidders were then led by the auction guards in an orderly manner to form a team of about 30 each and headed towards the Purple Crow.
After being struck about 300 times, fissures were formed all over the Imperial Imp's protective shield. In about two to three seconds, the protective layer that was originally indestructible had collapsed.
Seeing the protective shield destroyed, more than 300 of the holy fire-level bidders were spurred on. Their Life Power attacks became more intense. Aside from the Imperial Imp, the crowd's attacks buried another two of the fiends as well.
After ten seconds, three of the fiends, who were struck by the Life Power attacks, did not counterattack or dodge. They did not even let out a howl.
"Are they dead?" In the VIP room, Lin Huang fixed his gaze upon the fiends. He vaguely felt that things would not be that simple.
The reaction the fiends was strange. Despite the large number of royal members, only a few of them had achieved gold flame-level. In addition, the attacks by 300 of them were scattered. They would not be able to defeat the gold flame-level fiends in just split seconds.
In fact, as soon as that thought arose in Lin Huang's mind, the three fiends reacted.
The monsters gradually walked towards the crowd. They were not injured at all and there was a faint black mist coiling off from the surface of their body.
Lin Huang could clearly see that the attacks of the royal members were not rendered useless. Some of their attacks did hurt the three fiends. However, their bodies had instantly recovered on their own, transforming the Life Power into black mist and expelling it out.
"Their self-recovery ability is powerful. It's somehow similar to Super Regeneration, yet it is even more powerful than that. They're even capable of expelling the unusual energy from their body…" Lin Huang pondered strangely, "Three of the fiends possess the same abilities. Could it be an innate ability just like the dragonkin's dragonflame?"
"Based on the results of the observation, three of the monsters are abnormally modified creatures. The modification deviates from their genes and their physique has been strengthened. They might even have been granted with new skills. Logically, such a modification shouldn't exist… However, three of the monsters have been successfully modified. Indeed, that's strange." Xiao Hei's voice was suddenly heard.
Listening to what Xiao Hei said, Lin Huang uttered, "Abnormally modified creatures? Isn't the Advance Card a black technology that can abnormally modify creatures too? It can even modify species from one type to another."
"The Advance Card operates based on the fundamental requirements of genetic evolution. Its operating principle is actually to track the origin of the monster genes, modifying them into the same type and creating a creature that is even stronger. For example, the genes of the dragonkin originate from the Ouroboros Dragon. It is a super strong monster that is beyond the protoss."
"Ever since I've been activated, I've scanned through your memory. I found out that the Ouroboros Dragon is the same Ouroboros mentioned by many of the religions and myths on Earth. However, the concept of dragons didn't exist in the past. Therefore, the people thought that the Ouroboros Dragon is actually a large snake. The Ouroboros Dragon eats its own tail all the time but will never die. It isn't even affected by time, so it will exist forever. Such a monster possesses the power to create and destroy a world at the same time.
"It is said that the dragon family originates from the Ouroboros Dragon. Due to some unknown reasons, its genes were spread to the world, creating the dragon families.
"Based on the origin of the genes, the dragonkin monster card can be transformed into a state close to the Ouroboros Dragon genes. That's why I said that my Advance Card fulfills the requirements of genes evolution."
"Do you mean that Charcoal is a monster that's capable of destroying the world in future?!" Lin Huang's eyes flew wide open.
"As long as the evolution continues, theoretically, that's possible."
"It sounds so comforting…" Lin Huang's mouth twitched. "Why are you telling me this? Do you want me to help out?"
"I'll need you to capture at least one of the carcasses of the fiends for me as a sample. Perhaps, that'll be useful for the research of monster evolution and modification," Xiao Hei finally requested.
"Do you really want me to kill the gold flame-level fiends? You should know that even using all my cards, I can hardly kill them. Furthermore, there are three of them here. Killing any of them will attract the other two fiends," Lin Huang said. He did not want to be involved in this matter since the Purple Crow and the Mystery Organization were evil. His plan was to rescue Leng Yuexin if the situation got out of hand.
Looking at the situation, the effect of the regiment attack was rendered useless. Six of them who were on gold flame-level blocked the fiends. If they were allowed to approach the crowd, perhaps nobody would have the ability to fight them.
Although the battle was two versus one, the humans held no advantage over them. They were pinned down by the fiends.
Despite the fact that they were all on gold flame-level, they discovered that their attacks had limited effect on the fiends. On the contrary, the attacks launched by the fiends could cause serious injury to the humans. Six of them were forced to dodge the monster attacks passively.
When the rest of them knew that they were not capable of fighting the fiends, they then joined the team to take on the Purple Crow.
Even though the new Purple Crow members were all on white flame-level, they were ruthless. In addition to their sufficient preparation, they were hurling all sorts of equipment at the people. Only a few of them died. They had killed many of the royal members instead.
"It's not going too well…" Lin Huang saw that Leng Yuexin was in one of the teams to kill the Purple Crow members. She was more skilled than the others as she managed to kill three Purple Crow members in a few seconds. However, it was meaningless even if all the Purple Crow members were killed because the fiends were still there.
"If you can help me to get the carcasses of the fiends, I'll make an exception. I'll give you the complete set of monster cards. You'll be given one monster card for killing one monster. Killing the three of them, you'll get three monster cards!" Xiao Hei remained silent for a moment before offering a deal.
Chapter 375: Provisional Summoning Card
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Lin Huang could not reject Xiao Hei's offer.
The fiends were about the same level as dragonkin since they were both one of the strongest types of monsters. A minority of them was even comparable to protoss of the same level.
Furthermore, the combat level of the three monsters was originally on gold flame-level. Upon transforming into monster cards, their combat level would be no weaker. That being said, he would have another gold flame-level monster as a fighter.
Lin Huang was eager to own a complete set of such monster cards.
"Alright, I'll accept it!" Lin Huang accepted without hesitation. However, as soon as he promised Xiao Hei, he started to feel worried.
"The fiends will be able to get rid of the Sanguine Skeletal Spirit's Punishment Chain by using their physical strength. Even if the Provisional Combat Strength Upgrade Card is used on Tyrant, only three cards can be overlaid at one time. It's only possible to upgrade his combat strength from white flame-level to purple flame-level. Perhaps, he can barely defeat one fiend with that, let alone three. I have three one-time skill cards. However, I've only seen the process of Zhu Nian unleashing his skill so far and he's only a gold flame-level during that time. It's less likely that I can kill fiends of the same level with one hit…"
"You have two Provisional Summoning Cards. You can summon a monster that is a level higher than the highest level monster card that you currently own."
"The white flame-level monster card is the highest level card that I own. A monster that's a level higher than that will be on immortal-level. Am I not restricted by my authority to summon a monster of this level?" Lin Huang remembered the system features. The combat level of a summoning monster used to be restrained by his own level and it could only be a level higher than the user's combat level.
"That's for regular summoning. Provisional summoning is rather special as the monsters will be summoned randomly. The summoning monster will only exist for one hour. Therefore, it isn't restricted by your combat level."
"Even if an immortal-level monster is randomly summoned, it can hardly kill three of the fiends." Lin Huang frowned. "How's the combat strength of the immortal-level actually differentiated?"
"Upon achieving holy fire-level, they can live up to 1,800 years. It's one of the reasons why humans are known as Transcendents as soon as they achieve holy fire-level. At the immortal level, there'll be a substantial increase in human lifespan. In order to achieve holy fire-level, one will have to extract Life Soul from the monster body in order to kindle Life Light. There're a total of nine Life Lights. Humans can live an additional 360 years for each Life Light lit up. Lighting up the first until the ninth Life Light helps one in approaching immortality. This is the reason why it's known as 'immortal-level'."
"Since the monster card of the highest level that you own is white flame-level, the summoning monster will only be immortal-level rank-1 when a Provisional Summoning Card is used. I don't know what type of monster will be summoned. If it's a dragonkin or protoss, it can possibly defeat the fiends. However, if it's just an ordinary monster, it might be even weaker than the fiends…"
"I have five Provisional Combat Strength Upgrade Cards on hand. Can they be used on the provisional summoning monster?" Lin Huang suddenly thought of the Provisional Combat Strength Upgrade Cards he had.
"Yes, you can use it. The Provisional Combat Strength Upgrade Card is applicable to all monsters. Once the Provisional Summoning Card is activated, it'll turn into a provisional monster card that exists for only one hour. It is effective to use the Provisional Combat Strength Upgrade Card here."
"I can overlay three cards at most, can't I?" Lin Huang asked.
"Yes, you're right. The rules will not change."
"It can then be upgraded to immortal-level rank-4. Even if an ordinary monster is randomly summoned, it's capable of killing the fiends," Lin Huang eventually came up with a solution to overcome the danger after discussing with Xiao Hei.
The situation at the auction hall was unpleasant. The team of royal members had failed to defeat the Purple Crow. Three of the fiends had taken the lead as well.
The Imperial Imp's claws had penetrated through the chest of the gold flame-level. Despite not dying, he was severely injured and left the combat team as he could no longer fight.
Only the auctioneer, Kong Hao was fighting the fiend. The people on gold flame-level were fighting the other two fiends. They wanted to help him out. However, the two fiends had trapped them.
Despite Kong Hao's experience, compared to the fiends, his combat strength was much weaker. When there had been two of them, they could barely fight the fiend. The situation became more dangerous as Kong Hao was fighting it alone.
All of a sudden, the Imperial Imp's bloody eyes glowed, the light devouring Kong Hao and he felt like he was in an ocean of blood.
From the outside, his movement became sluggish. He was caught unprepared and the Imperial Imp's claws pierced through his chest, pulling out a bloody red heart that was still pumping.
A squelching sound was heard. The Imperial Imp's big, black hands that were transformed into sharp claws tightly grasped the heart. It was then pulverized into minced meat. The fresh blood splattered like ten fountains everywhere up to a distance of 10 meters away.
Right when this happened, everybody's hearts skipped a beat.
After defeating the second opponent, the Imperial Imp then walked towards one of the gold flame-levels that was fighting the Witch.
Knowing that he had become the fiend's next target, the gold flame-level immediately quit the battle. He headed towards the dome of the auction hall and dug a big hole. Soon, he fled.
In less than one second after he escaped, a moan of death was heard in the hall. A carcass then fell from the broken vault. He was the person on gold flame-level who had just run away.
A sound was then heard coming from the dome.
"Don't ever think of escaping. All of you will die here today!" Obviously, it was the voice of the man with glasses who was from the Purple Crow.
"Is it true that they are going to kill us all…?" Lin Huang frowned.
Looking back at the auction hall, the fourth person who was on gold flame-level was killed by the Imperial Imp and the Witch.
He had an extra golden card in his hand. A black virtual shadow appeared on the front of the card. On top of the shadow was a question mark which was gold in color.
It was the Provisional Summoning Card that Lin Huang had never used before.
Without saying a word, Lin Huang directly crushed the monster card. The monster card then turned into a golden glow, forming a new monster card in Lin Huang's hand. Lin Huang then took a glance at it. The card was purple in color and there was a black giant dragon on the front of the card.
There was a semi-transparent sandglass on the bottom right corner of the card. It started counting down the one hour he had left to utilize it.
"The Provisional Summoning Card is activated. You have obtained a chief-level provisional card -- Infernal Dragon."
"You're quite lucky as it is a mid-level dragonkin that has gone through its third evolution."
"Activate three Provisional Combat Strength Upgrade Cards." As usual, Lin Huang instructed without a moment's hesitation.
"Consumed Provisional Combat Strength Upgrade Card x3… The combat strength of Infernal Dragon is upgraded to immortal-level rank-4!"
Three of the golden glows then immersed into the summoning cards. The description of their combat strength on the back of the card was immediately modified.
"I'll go now." Lin Huang crushed the monster card in his hand again…
Chapter 376: You Fooled Me Again!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
At the center of the auction hall, a golden beam resembling sunlight appeared abruptly without traces at the place where Lin Huang fixed his gaze on.
It was strange and it caught everybody's attention, including the three fiends that were killing the remaining three people that were on gold flame-level. They completely stopped moving.
As soon as the dazzling golden glow appeared, the fiends could feel a strong, intimidating aura. The rest of the holy fire-level could feel the same powerful aura exuded by the golden glow as well. Nobody dared to react as they wondered if it was an enemy or a friend.
Roar!
A loud growl came from the golden glow and an intense sound wave was spread everywhere. The air pressure along with the sound wave instantly crushed all the chairs in the hall. The royal members that had not achieved Transcendent were blown away. They could not move at all as they were being pinned against the wall. Those who were on white flame-level and crimson flame-level retreated more than 10 meters away before they could balance themselves against the strong pressure.
Those who managed to stand at their own positions and remained unaffected were the three gold flame-level fiends as well as the three gold flame-level humans. However, the six of them began to fear the glow.
After sensing the vibrations from the sound waves, a black giant claw gradually extended from the ball of light.
As soon as it stomped on the ground, its claw occupied about half the area of the auction hall.
"It's a giant…"
Many of the Mystery Organization staff knew very well that the area of the auction was more than 30,000 square meters. The people exclaimed when they saw the giant claw.
After extending its first giant claw, a big skull gradually emerged from the golden glow.
The crowd fixed their gaze on the terrifying scene. Despite showing less than a fifth of its head, it had already taken off the roof of the auction hall. Soon after, it continued extending its giant head and the people were terrified.
"It's a dragonkin!!!" The crowd shouted right after a third of its head could be seen.
In just a short while, the Infernal Dragon's giant head was completely revealed.
"It is a real dragonkin. Not a Sky Dragon!"
Looking at the form of the giant head, many of them could recognize that it was not a Sky Dragon at first glance. Some of them could even recognize what monster type it exactly was.
"It is an Infernal Dragon, a mid-level dragonkin. It's a killing machine!" There were even people who could recognize that it was actually an Infernal Dragon.
The royal members panicked after listening to what they said. It sounded like it had been summoned by the Purple Crow.
However, the Purple Crow was baffled at its appearance.
Even four of their opponents who were on immortal-level were stunned. They could clearly sense that it was certainly an immortal-level monster. Each thought that the monster was summoned by their opponent.
Roar!
It let out a loud roar again and the black gigantic dragon quickly moved away from the golden glow…
In just a few seconds, a massive monster that was the length of more than 10,000 meters arrived on top of the auction hall. The dazzling golden glow eventually disappeared.
Almost everyone at the auction hall shifted their gaze towards the giant dragon with trepidation.
"Kill the three fiends," Lin Huang instructed in a low voice from the VIP room.
Roar!
Again, the Infernal Dragon let out a deafening roar as it heard Lin Huang's instruction clearly. It then located the position of the three fiends, glaring at them with its flaming eyes.
The fiends could instantly sense that the giant dragon was coming for them. At that moment, one of the Infernal Dragon's giant claws approached them.
As it lowered its giant claw, it was akin to a mountain that was about to collapse, covering the sky above the auction hall. Even the lights dimmed and its giant claw penetrated through layers of space as it was about to attack the fiends.
They wanted to flee. However, they found out that space was limited by its claw. They could not avoid it at all. They could only activate their defensive skills to defend themselves against the giant dragon's attack.
A cracking sound was heard and the black giant claws instantly descended from mid-air, crashing into the fiends' protective layer. The protective layer that was capable of defending against hundreds of holy fire-level attacks was like papyrus to the giant claw. The enormous claw then struck three of the fiends' heads.
Bang!
A loud thud was heard. It seemed like a spell was cast by the giant claw as it could completely pin down all three fiends. About half of the ground at the auction hall sank, creating a big crater in the shape of its giant claw.
The crowd was terrified, seeing the powerful fiends defeated in an instant. They could clearly see that the protective layer of the three fiends had instantly collapsed. They had no way to free themselves from the giant claw.
"They haven't died yet?!" Lin Huang squinted as he did not receive any notification from Xiao Hei yet. He then knew that three of the fiends were still alive.
"Kill them. There's no need to keep them alive," Lin Huang instructed for the second time.
When the Infernal Dragon was about to kill them, a human figure suddenly descended from the sky along with a black shockwave. The human figure then descended in the auction hall and the black shockwave attacked the Infernal Dragon's eyes.
Roar!
The black dragon let out a howl and immediately reacted to it. It raised its head, opened its mouth and spat out a black glow. The black glow then collided with the shockwave. Without even waiting for the outcome of the collision, it opened its mouth again and a golden dragonflame gushed out of its mouth.
Half of the sky was entirely enveloped by the golden flame. Many of them lifted their heads and looked at the sky.
Soon after the sky was shrouded in the dragonflame, three figures immediately retreated in three different directions. Apparently, the black dragon's indifferent attack had totally distracted the battle of the immortal-level.
Right at that moment, a notification from Xiao Hei was heard.
"Mission card activated due to special circumstances.
"Mission: Get the brain of the demigod.
"Mission Due: 24 hours.
"Reward: One Memory Card.
"If you fail to accomplish the mission before the time limit, you will be punished: One of the existing Legendary level monster cards will be removed!
"The mission announcement is conveyed, please read the back of the card for more information."
"Xiao Hei, you fooled me again!" Lin Huang scolded angrily after a brief moment of being stunned.
"It's not my fault. The mission card was activated due to special circumstances…"
Xiao Hei's voice sounded as if it had been wronged…
Chapter 377: Wrong Judgement
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Lin Huang was about to cry as he saw the mission that arrived so suddenly.
He was wondering why the people who traveled to this world had helpful Goldfingers while his Goldfinger always fooled him?!
It promised him that it only wanted the carcasses of the fiends for research purposes. Now, an unexpected mission had been assigned to him to get the brain of the demigod.
Lin Huang, who had no means of getting involved in this incident, was being drawn further into the matter.
"Xiao Hei, I feel like killing you…" Lin Huang took a deep breath, calming himself down and said to Xiao Hei.
"The mission card is activated under special circumstances. Perhaps, you've accidentally activated that. Even after killing me, the mission card will still be activated. It's not controlled by me."
"Under special circumstances?" Lin Huang gazed at the figure that had just reached the ground and created a big crater in the ground. The mission was activated at the moment when the human figure descended to the ground. Perhaps, it was the reason why the mission had been activated.
"The guy who fell from the sky might be the immortal-level who fought them in the sky. He is not wearing the Purple Crow coat. He might be one of the guardians of the Mystery Auction," Lin Huang surmised the man's identity.
He knew from Leng Yuexin that there were two immortal-level guardians at the Mystery Auction. One of them would have been stationed outside the auction hall whereas another would guard the warehouse. However, he was unsure which guardian this guy was.
"It looks like the old man is about to die…" Inside the big cavity, the old skinny man had blood all over him and he only had his underpants on. It seemed like he was about to die. Lin Huang hesitated while staring at the Emperor's Heart Ring on the old man's finger, wondering if he should kill the old man and keep his dead body.
While he was hesitating, the Infernal Dragon's claw that was stepping on the body of the three fiends suddenly moved, climbing into the hole where the old skinny man was at.
"Congratulations, you have obtained a Legendary level Skill Card -- Heaven's Wrath."
Lin Huang was stunned as he heard a notification from Xiao Hei. He then recovered from his thoughts and knew what had happened.
"Eh, the old man is dead because the Infernal Dragon accidentally stepped on him?" Before he could even check the card, Lin Huang immediately summoned Spectre.
Upon receiving Lin Huang's instruction, Spectre immediately plunged underground and reached the black dragon's claw. It wrapped the dead body of the old skinny man and dove into the ground. A few moments later, it appeared in VIP room 3 along with the dead body without anybody being aware of that.
Lin Huang then recalled Spectre while glancing at the old skinny man's dead body which had become deformed. He had a strange expression on his face. "You can't blame me for your death since I've not decided whether to kill you or not. You can only blame yourself for lying in a wrong place… Erm… Anyway, it has nothing to do with me."
Again, he glanced at the old man's Emperor's Heart Ring and found out that it was still completely intact. He then put the corpse into his storage space.
The three immortal-levels exited the battle as they were defeated by the dragonflame.
One must not underestimate the dragonflame of an immortal-level rank-4 dragonkin. Perhaps, people on immortal-level rank-7 or rank-8 would not want to be tainted by the flames as well.
Despite the fact that dragonflame looked simply like a flame, it was actually a peculiar form of energy with extremely strong invasive abilities. It could release an intensely high temperature and at the same time, it could ignite the enemy's Life Power. Aside from the magicians, basically, there was no way anyone could avoid this. The dragonflame would continue burning according to one's will until the soul of the enemy was completely destroyed and they had died.
The three immortal-level humans were on three different sides of the sky. They then looked at the Infernal Dragon fearfully.
Aside from the dragonflame, a mid-level dragonkin's ability must never be underestimated. Be it its body strength or power, the dragonkin was incomparable to all three immortal-level humans.
The Infernal Dragon's burning eyes gave a deadly stare at the man hanging in mid-air. He was the man in glasses who was dressed in the Purple Crow black coat. It could clearly sense that the black glow that had struck it was similar to the aura released by the man.
"It seems like things are getting complicated…" Lin Jian frowned, adjusting his glasses. He did not switch his gaze to the Infernal Dragon though. He looked around, including at the VIP rooms in the auction hall. "Based on the name list that I have, nobody who's on immortal-level joined the auction…"
Theoretically, only an immortal-level Imperial Censor had the ability to summon an immortal-level rank-4 monster. It was because if there was a huge difference between the combat level of the Imperial Censor and the summoning monster, the monster might unilaterally tear up the contract. Be it holy fire-level or gold flame-level, it was impossible to control an immortal-level rank-4 monster, let alone dragonkin that was such a wild monster.
It was also the reason why Lin Jian predicted that there might be an immortal-level Imperial Censor at the auction. He had bumped into some of the Imperial Censors and he knew very well that the dragonkin was not the biggest problem. It was the Imperial Censor instead.
It was impossible for an immortal-level Imperial Censor to have only one summoning monster. If the Imperial Censor had the ability to summon an immortal-level rank-4 dragonkin, he would, of course, be capable of summoning other immortal-level monsters. Since the unknown Imperial Censor was on immortal-level and capable of taming a dragonkin, his abilities could not be underestimated.
Lin Jian had made a wrong judgment due to his common sense. He would never have thought that the dragonkin with terrifying abilities was actually summoned by a young man that had not even achieved holy fire-level.
Sizing up the surroundings, Lin Jian could not find the Imperial Censor.
"Lin Jian, what should we do now? Should we kill the Imperial Censor?" Yang Yang frowned, looking at Lin Jian. He made the same judgment as well and immediately asked Lin Jian about it.
"Our time is limited. The regulator's side can't drag on for too long. It's not wise to kill the Imperial Censor now. Furthermore, even if we have sufficient time, the both of us might not be able to defeat him. It's difficult for us to fight the black dragon. Both of us might probably die here if there are a few other monsters." Lin Jian analyzed the situation, "We must now grab the opportunity to take the old man's dead body. If it's possible, kill the man in armor as well. Although the old man in the Chinese costume admits that he stores everything in his Emperor's Heart Ring, that might not be true. It might be kept by the man in the armor too."
"What about the black dragon?" Yang Yang asked.
"Just control it. Don't fight it face to face. We might possibly offend the unknown Imperial Censor if we do so. If more summoning monsters appear, we will be in great trouble." Lin Jian directly gave up the thought of fighting it.
However, things were not as simple as he thought. The dragon was an arrogant monster. It could not accept any provocation.
The Infernal Dragon that was a mid-level dragonkin was arrogant as well. The attack launched by the man with glasses provoked it!
Roar!
It let out an angry bellow and the Infernal Dragon suddenly appeared. It opened its mouth widely and its golden dragonflame gushed towards the man with glasses. His body was completely covered by the dragonflame…
Chapter 378: Imprisonment Chain
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Lin Jian was reluctant to encounter an opponent like the dragonkin. His ocular skill was in favor of defeating souls. He would benefit from the skill in every way when battling a powerful opponent.
However, the dragonkin was a unique type of monster as its soul would grow in pace with its body ever since its birth. It was common knowledge that it had a very strong body. As a matter of fact, its soul was equally powerful and was immune to many of the soul attacks as well.
The dragonkin monster that Lin Huang summoned would restrain Lin Jian. This was also the reason why he was unwilling to pit himself against the dragonkin and its Imperial Censor.
The three fiends that Lin Jian got from Professor Jin's laboratory were expensive. If not for that factor, he definitely would not rescue the fiends by attacking the dragonkin. However, the black dragon could not get its mind off Lin Jian's attempt to rescue the fiends. The golden dragonflame then gushed towards him, covering the entire sky.
A black vortex appeared abruptly in Lin Jian's left eye. Seemingly, the golden dragonflame was attracted by a peculiar energy as a golden tornado was drawn into his eyes. A vacuum was then formed around him and he was surrounded by the golden flames.
A few moments later, the Infernal Dragon seemed to sense that something was wrong and it stopped spitting dragonflames.
Soon, the golden flames in the sky were engulfed by Lin Jian's black eye and his body was revealed. He was perfectly fine.
Many of them witnessed the last dragonflame being drawn into his eyes and they were terrified.
"It's an eye that can even engulf the dragonflame! His ability is horrifying!"
"Is he really a human or some kind of human monster instead?!"
…
"It must be a Legendary level ocular skill at the very least…" Lin Huang did not expect that the opponent could easily engulf the dragonflame. However, the next moment, he saw something that was even scarier.
Lin Jian suddenly turned around and looked towards the man in black armor, Fei Yuan. In an instant, his right eye turned golden and the golden flames gushed out from his eyes akin to a tsunami heading towards Fei Yuan.
Lin Jian's sudden attack was unexpected. Even Fei Yuan did not expect that he could still fight him despite attacking the black dragon.
Fei Yuan was caught unaware and immediately retreated. He did not have similar skills to get rid of the dragonflame. Although he was unsure if the golden flames were the actual dragonflame, he still decided to dodge. If he was tainted by the dragonflame, it was not easy to put out the flames.
Yang Yang the Purple Crow member, who was wearing a black robe, suddenly appeared behind Fei Yuan when he retreated and he brandished his battle sword.
A streak of black glow could be seen on his blade, resembling a crescent moon. The speed of the sword glow was extremely rapid as it tore the space apart when it passed, creating fine, black cracks.
Fei Yuan's face turned grave as soon as he felt the attack behind him. It was too late for him to dodge the attack. He waved his sword while twisting his body and the golden battle sword instantly collided with the black sword glow.
In mid-air, two shadows flew away and fell into the golden flames. A wry smile was plastered on Yang Yang's face the moment he saw that.
Everything happened so quickly and the battle ended in just an instant.
Lin Huang was still stunned by Lin Jian's skill when he used the dragonflame to attack. "His ocular skill is amazing. He can seal the attack with his left eye while releasing it with his right eye. No wonder the old man will lose…"
Fei Yuan, who was hanging mid-air, was completely engulfed by the golden flames. He had no choice as Yang Yang's attack was fatal and he had to avoid it. He could only retreat since he would not die if he was tainted by the golden flames for a short period of time.
Right after he fell into the golden flames, Fei Yuan realized that it was an actual dragonflame. Apparently, the opponent's ocular skill was not an illusion or imitation. In fact, it was released right after it was sealed.
Fei Yuan's Life Power was being drained a hundred times faster as he was covered by the golden flames. The flames began to penetrate through his relics and started to invade his body. Soon after he realized this, he dared not stay any longer in the dragonflame and immediately got out.
At this moment, Lin Jian's left eye changed colors again. His left eye turned all white and he had no pupil.
All of a sudden, the dragonflames were shrouded in a layer of white mist and a thin, transparent film was quickly formed around it.
Lin Jian grinned and spirals gradually formed in his left eyeball. The thin layer of transparent film started to rotate crazily along with the thick white mist and the golden flames.
Seeing this happen, Lin Huang knew that the man from the Mystery Organization who handled the sword was doomed.
Under such a torque, the swordsman who was stuck in the dragonflame would lose his sense of direction. He would not be able to escape from the dragonflame in a short period of time. If he managed to approach the film after some time, it was still impossible to easily crush it. As long as he was trapped in the dragonflame for a long period of time and his Life Power was depleted, he would be completely swallowed by the dragonflame. Even if he could free himself from the dragonflame, his remaining Life Power would be insufficient to fight the two Purple Crow members and he would be killed.
"Although the swordsman is not a good person, the black dragon will have to fight two immortal-level Purple Crow members alone if he dies…" Lin Huang had a clear picture of the situation. He was decisive and immediately issued a new instruction, "Attack the man who is using the ocular skill and rescue the person!"
As soon as the instruction was heard in its mind, the Infernal Dragon immediately launched an attack.
More than 20 ripples were formed in mid-air. Imprisonment Chains that were as thick as an adult's legs were unleashed. It seemed like a python that twisted around Lin Jian's body.
As the Imprisonment Chains ripped out, a flicker of fear flashed through Lin Jian's eyes. He could recognize that it was the Imprisonment Chain that sealed souls at first glance. Apparently, the black dragon knew what his plan was. He did not expect it to use such a skill in restraining him.
"Yang Yang!" Lin Jian immediately shouted.
Yang Yang immediately appeared in front of Lin Jian in his black robe. He smirked, "Hehe, you finally need my help."
"Stop bullshitting me. It's the Imprisonment Chains," Lin Jian said with a serious face for the first time. Since he was using soul energy as his primary skill, he clearly knew that once he got locked in the chains, not even 0.01% of his abilities could be used. Of course, he dared not underestimate it.
"You're so afraid of skills that attack souls…" Yang Yang teased.
"You'd better not get locked in the chains too. Perhaps, not only could it seal the souls, it might be harmful to the souls as well. It's comparable to the Soul Destroying Needle. Once you get locked in it, you will be in extreme pain. Based on the strength of your soul, your soul will be completely destroyed if you are locked by about four to five chains," Lin Jian reminded.
"I should have run far away… You fooled me!" Yang Yang cursed as he heard Lin Jian's explanation. Obviously, he did not have a thorough understanding of the Imprisonment Chain. Otherwise, he would not have helped him out without hesitation.
"Back me up. We'll be in great trouble later if we don't kill the man in armor." Lin Jian shifted his gaze towards the transparent film again. He determination to kill was clear.
Chapter 379: The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Dragonkins had extremely high resistance against soul attacks. Some of the dragonkins were even born with soul attacking skills.
The Infernal Dragon was one of them.
The Imprisonment Chain possessed the effect to seal souls, rendering the effect of soul attacks on the chain useless. This was also the reason why Lin Jian was afraid of it. He could not even fight back. If the chain touched his body, it would immediately penetrate through his body and his soul would be locked. When confronted by such chains, he could do nothing but dodge it.
Yang Yang was excellent in physical attack. He could use his relics to avoid the Imprisonment Chain from touching his body. However, to some extent, it would be dangerous to encounter the Imprisonment Chain for a person whose soul was not strong enough.
Not only would the Imprisonment Chain seal one's soul, it would tighten around the soul as well. Naturally, the soul was an intangible object. Its form could be simply altered. However, when it was sealed by the Imprisonment Chain, it would return to its original form, turning into a human form which had a fixed volume. As the Imprisonment Chain tightened like a noose, the soul would experience tremendous pain. If the soul was not strong enough, it would be crushed.
Lin Jian was not exaggerating when he said that about four to five chains were sufficient to crush Yang Yang's soul.
The two Purple Crow elite members did not hesitate when they encountered the attacks by the Imprisonment Chain in mid-air.
Yang Yang immediately slashed his sword, knocking all the chains aside. After he was warned by Lin Jian, he dared not touch the chains as well.
He protected Lin Jian and Lin Jian continued maintaining the speed of the rotating transparent film. He could sense that Fei Yuan was pivoting in the layer of film.
The dragonflames and the white mist began to revolve around the transparent film. Fei Yuan could not distinguish the direction at all. He had the strength but he did not know where to apply his strength to.
After several attempts, he could not find the edge of the dragonflames. Sensing that his Life Power was depleting, he knew very well that the probability of dying would increase if he stayed in there longer.
"It seems like there's only one skill to use since I still have sufficient Life Power! There isn't a single skill I can use later if my Life Power continues to drain like this." Fei Yuan eventually decided after a moment of hesitation.
His body suddenly exuded a powerful aura. After a few moments, a large amount of Life Power gushed out of his body, forming a shadow in mid-air.
The shadow looked like a human dressed in black armor and had a height of more than 10 meters. The man in the shadow was grabbing a long sword that was about 10 meters long. It looked like a titan and the people could feel that something was not right from the aura it exuded. It was impossible that it was human.
As soon as the black armored giant was created, the cyclops eye on its head opened as if a beam of golden light was lit up. At the same time, the black giant blade in its hand began to glow. The black armored giant raised its sword with both of its hands. Just when the dazzling golden light radiated brightly, it slashed its sword.
A huge column of golden light instantly left the blade of the sword, streaking across the sky. It passed through the white mist and golden flames and they were all cut into half.
Bang!
A loud thud was suddenly heard and the golden glow eventually crashed into the layer of thin film.
The transparent film that had been rotating quickly only managed to hold for a short while and soon, it collapsed. The white mist began to disappear as well. Due to the inertia, the dragonflames began to form a huge, golden flaming tornado.
Fei Yuan then followed the direction of the tornado and finally, he could successfully free himself from the dragonflames.
Lin Jian was not surprised to see that Fei Yuan managed to get out of that. He slightly frowned and soon, his pair of eyes returned to normal. The golden flaming tornado that was lingering mid-air then disappeared on its own.
Knowing that not much of his Life Power remained and that he would not be able to attack the souls, Fei Yuan then shouted at the Infernal Dragon, "Mr. Imperial Censor, if you're willing to kill the two Purple Crow members, you'll be heavily rewarded by Mystery."
He noticed that the black dragon was dealing with the people from Purple Crow. Under such circumstances, he no longer cared who the Imperial Censor that controlled the black dragon was. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Therefore, he suggested fighting them together.
Before the black dragon and the unknown Imperial Censor answered, Lin Jian said, "Mr. Imperial Censor, the Purple Crow has no means of pitting ourselves against you. The reason why we are here is simple. We want to kill two of Mystery's guardians and bring back their dead bodies."
"Yes, you can bring back their dead bodies but not their Emperor's Heart Rings!" The black dragon's voice rang out. Obviously, this was what Lin Huang had told it to say.
Lin Jian and Yang Yang's facial expressions changed. It was obvious what Lin Huang was trying to say -- leave empty-handed!
"Mr. Imperial Censor, don't you think that you're going too far?" Lin Jian's face turned grave when he shouted.
"Alright, the brain of the demigod is mine. The rest will be yours," the black dragon said again, "Perhaps, you can exchange something of the same value for the demigod brain, then I won't get involved in this matter."
"Stop talking nonsense to him. He's just a useless brat. He needs his summoning monster to speak for him. He shows no sincerity in the negotiation," Yang Yang scolded.
"Little brat, is that the way that you were taught to speak to your elders?!" Having uttered those words, the black dragon's giant claws extended and penetrated through space. It appeared in front of Yang Yang, pointing at his heart.
Yang Yang was terrified. However, he could not dodge it anymore and he had to slash his sword to defend himself against the attack. As soon as the giant claw collided with the black battle sword, Yang Yang's body shot like an arrow and fell from mid-air.
Without Yang Yang, the black Imprisonment Chain was like tentacles that headed out for Lin Jian.
Lin Jian dared not touch the Imprisonment Chain at all and avoided it clumsily. Fei Yuan then seized the opportunity by using his Combat Soul to attack Lin Jian.
Lin Jian was in straitened circumstances right after he was attacked by the Imprisonment Chain. He was in great danger as soon as Fei Yuan joined the fight. While he avoided the Imprisonment Chain, the attack by the Combat Soul hit him and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
Yang Yang was blown away by the hit and he could see that Lin Jian was severely injured. He could no longer care about the possible injuries caused by the black dragon's attack. He immediately transformed into a flash of light and joined the battle.
"Lin Jian, are you okay?" Yang Yang brandished his sword again to block the Imprisonment Chain's attack.
"I'm still alive! I've contacted the three fiends. I asked them to bring along the dead body of the skinny old man and leave this place. Help me to block the Imprisonment Chain. I'll launch a skill and kill the man in armor. We'll then bring along his dead body and leave! We don't have much time left. Don't bug the Imperial Censor." Lin Jian knew that the situation would not be favorable to them if the battle dragged on for too long.
"You have used it once. Are you sure that you can still activate it again?" Yang Yang asked worriedly.
"I barely managed to do it. The man in armor has almost used up his Life Power. I think it's not difficult to kill him. However, I need your help to escape." Lin Jian tensed up as he knew that he did not have any other choice.
Chapter 380: Trying To Advance Without First Looking Behind
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
At the Mystery Auction, three of the severely injured fiends gradually got off the ground. However, they did not leave. They walked around the auction hall as if they were looking for something.
Their movement was strange and had caught Lin Huang's attention. "They must be looking for the old skinny man's corpse." Lin Huang knew their intention with just one glance.
The Purple Crow was after the demigod brain. However, all the items at the auction had been cleared and most likely they would be kept in the guardians' Emperor's Heart Rings. The three fiends must be looking for something related to the demigod brain and their target would definitely be the skinny old man that had fallen to the ground not long ago.
"Black dragon, kill the fiends first!" Lin Huang instructed.
As soon as the instruction was received, the Infernal Dragon glanced at the hall beneath its feet. Soon, a dark Imprisonment Chain was released at a tremendously fast speed like an ultra-swift big, black python.
The big python then wriggled through the auction hall. The fiends soon noticed the threat. However, they did not stop frantically searching.
"That's weird. They sensed the threat coming from the Imprisonment Chain but still, they insist on continuing their work." Lin Huang felt that the consciousness of the fiends was being controlled. Under normal circumstances, encountering such a powerful threat, even a monster with low intelligence would choose to flee.
As soon as the Imprisonment Chain confirmed its target, it struck. Its first target was the Witch as its soul was the strongest among all.
Although it had no idea what the Imprisonment Chain was, the Witch could sense that the power of its soul was being restrained by the chain. Sensing that it was the chain's first target, it dodged in the first place. However, it was too late.
The Imprisonment Chain transformed into a black lightning and twisted around the Witch's waist in an instant.
As soon as its soul was sealed, the Imprisonment Chain constricted. The Witch began growling from the pain it suffered. The growl sounded like a human being thrown into boiling oil as it moaned in pain and struggled to get out of the oil.
The throes of growling lasted for less than five seconds and finally stopped. The soul inside its body was completely crushed by the Imprisonment Chain. It had died. As soon as the Imprisonment Chain was released, the Witch's body collapsed and fell to the ground.
The Imprisonment Chain next target was the Inferior Imp.
Right this moment, a notification from Xiao Hei was heard.
"Congratulations! You have obtained a complete set of Epic level monster card – Witch!"
"Spectre, bring the carcass of the fiend over," Lin Huang summoned again.
Spectre then plunged underground and headed towards the dead body of the Witch…
The Inferior Imp knew how terrifying the Imprisonment Chain was and quickly moved aside. However, it was not fast enough and was captured in less than two seconds. It managed to struggle for less than three seconds after it got locked in the Imprisonment Chain and died.
Soon after, the Imprisonment Chain started to attack its last target – the Malachian Fiend.
The Malachian Fiend did not dodge the attack. Instead, it struck a blow towards the Imprisonment Chain. Unfortunately, just when they made contact, it was captured. Its soul only managed to struggle for a second before it completely collapsed.
The Imprisonment Chain had easily killed the three fiends. Lin Huang then obtained three complete sets of fiend monster cards.
Spectre brought along three of the carcasses and appeared in VIP room 3.
"Xiao Hei, do you need me to keep the carcasses for you?" Lin Huang asked.
"I'll be able to collect the carcasses if you touch them with your hands."
Lin Huang nodded and followed. He pressed his hand against the dead bodies and they disappeared.
Lin Huang straightened up and he could feel a powerful aura about to explode in the sky. He immediately lifted his head and gazed at the sky.
There was a huge, black eyeball looking down at the ground from the sky.
When Lin Huang saw that, he felt that he was looking at an illusion that was the opening of the Virtual Eye. Soon, he realized that it was not the Virtual Eye as there was a huge difference in their forms.
Lin Jian, who was hanging mid-air, had taken off his glasses. The black eyeball lingered around somewhere near his head. Lin Jian eventually switched his gaze towards Fei Yuan and the black eyeball followed.
As the eyeball fixed its gaze on Fei Yuan, he could feel that danger was near. He was drenched in sweat and goosebumps rose all over his body. He somehow looked like a burnt cat.
Without hesitation, Fei Yuan chose to retreat. His body was like a shooting arrow as he fled far away.
The Combat Soul was activated in front of him to defend him against the eyeball.
Bang!
An immense, black impact wave suddenly burst out of the eyeball.
The black armored Combat Soul thrust its sword forward and slashed down on the black wave.
The next moment, the impact wave pierced through the Combat Soul's chest and straight towards Fei Yuan who was escaping. The Combat Soul had died and Fei Yuan spat out a mouthful of blood. A large amount of his Life Power had been drained before this. He was even worse now.
Knowing that the impact wave was attacking him from behind, Fei Yuan immediately changed his flying path. Soon, he found out that the impact wave that was coming after him had shifted its direction as well.
"Stop wasting your energy. Your soul is now the death eye's target. There's no use running away," Lin Jian's weak voice vaguely called out.
Lin Huang, who was watching the battle, did not ask the Infernal Dragon to rescue Fei Yuan. It was not a bad thing if Fei Yuan died as he might have the demigod brain with him. After all, he had to die if Lin Huang wanted the demigod brain.
Lin Huang also noticed that the man with the glasses who was from the Purple Crow became a lot weaker after using the skill. The swordsman next to him had to put in more effort to defend against the Imprisonment Chain. That being said, the man with the glasses had almost used up his strength. He had no more energy to dodge the Imprisonment Chain's attack.
At this moment, the Infernal Dragon summoned by Lin Huang and the Purple Crow swordsman with the most energy remained.
Since he had to protect the man in the glasses, the swordsman's abilities were restrained. Therefore, even after Fei Yuan had died, still, the Infernal Dragon would have an advantage over them.
The result of the analysis was the reason why Lin Huang decided to stand aside and watch the battle. However, he instructed the Infernal Dragon through his mind, "You have to snatch away the armored man's dead body as soon as he dies!"
In mid-air, the black impact wave was approaching him swiftly. Fei Yuan's Life Power was depleted and he could not run any faster. He hopelessly watched his body engulfed by the impact wave.
A few moments later, the black impact wave disappeared and Fei Yuan's dead body fell onto the ground.
Lin Jian's eye turned white again and a layer of thin film quickly formed around Fei Yuan's dead body.
Right at this moment, the black Imprisonment Chain appeared. It ripped off the thin film surrounding Fei Yuan's corpse, heading right for it.
Lin Jian was stunned. As soon as he could react to it, he saw the Infernal Dragon open its jaws widely and swallow Fei Yuan's corpse…