Chapter 119: Realizing their location.
Liang Chen and Yan Ling locked eyes for a short second, giving each other a short nod. Without any need for more words to get their meaning across, the two dashed forward. Liang Chen dashed at the tall leader, the man who had discovered them using his Anima Essence, and another one of the normal-looking beings. This left the two other four-armed beings and one normal looking one to Yan Ling, the six enemies neatly divided between the two of them.
The six beings were currently in the process of rearranging themselves, taking up their positions for battle. The three tall and four-armed ones stepped forward while the three normal-looking ones stepped back, attempting to take cover behind the larger ones. But as Liang Chen and Yan Ling had acted swiftly, the six beings had yet to properly enter their positions.
As Liang Chen dashed, he also activated his bloodline, deciding that now was a good time to test it out. Gray scales started to grow on his arms, his fingers turning more claw-like as both his arms were fully covered in gray scales. Previously when he activated his bloodline, his eyes and hair would also turn gray, but now his eyes stayed in their heterochromia state and his gray hair turned a light cyan, the same as Yan Ling's.
Power welled up from deep within him, his entire body turning as light as the wind itself. Coupled with the speed granted to him by his law of time and his law of lightning, his speed drastically increased after activating his bloodline. He gave a heavy stomp and dashed forward even faster, his stomp causing deep cracks to spread out in the surrounding 10 meters.
He set his sights on the being that had discovered them, the one with a hoarse male voice, turning into a faint blur that left a trail of emerald lightning. The being noticed that he was the first one to be targeted, so he swung the sickle he was carrying, aiming at the spot where Liang Chen would have to stop if he wanted to launch his attack.
But just as his sickle reached its destination, a strong gust of wind rose up from beneath the being, pushing both the sickle and his arms high up into the air, leaving him defenseless. It was at this moment that Liang Chen arrived in front of him, his golden and cyan pupils having turned into slits that instilled a primal fear in the being. Liang Chen swung his spear sideways with all his might, reinforcing his body with his Fiendgod Essence to check just how strong his current physical strength was.
The handle of his spear smashed into the side of the being's gray helmet, which was shaped like a wailing face. The metal that the helmet was made of immediately distorted and bent under the force of the attack, a loud crunch sounding out as the being's head was jerked to the side, both the skull and neck shattered in a single hit. But the attack still had plenty of force behind it, resulting in the neck not only shattering, but also being torn completely off.
The being's head was removed from its body in a brutal manner, both head and helmet flying to the side and gushing forth nearly black blood that released a rotting scent. But Liang Chen's eyes narrowed faintly after the head flew away, because he could feel a faint and ethereal energy linger around within the decapitated body of the being, hiding away deep within its chest.
Liang Chen reached out with his left arm, the air crackling with emerald lightning as he sank his hand into the being's chest. His claw-like fingers easily pierced through the armor covering the being's body, his hand sinking deep into the being's chest, quickly reaching the hidden away energy, the soul and Anima Essence of this being. He channeled his own Anima Essence through his arm, using its poisonous property to corrode and dissolve the soul of the being, truly killing it.
The reason Liang Chen had targeted this being first was a simple fact that he was a bit worried that he might target Yan Ling. She didn't have a soul as strong as Liang Chen's, so it might be a bit hard for her to resist the Anima Essence of this being. This was another one of the reasons Liang Chen had given her the Chaos King technique, even if it might get him in trouble with Elder Chaotic and the Storm Wolf sect.
The Star God bloodline gave her a strong body and excellent Qi cultivation talent, but it did nothing for her soul, the moment she encountered a soul cultivator she would have no way to defend herself. There was no way Liang Chen would allow Yan Ling to have no way to defend herself, so even if he did get in trouble with Elder Chaotic or the Storm Wolf sect, he would not regret the decision he had made.
After killing the first being, Liang Chen swung his left arm sideways, tossing the corpse at the leader with the horned helmet. The leader slashed at the oncoming corpse with his two axes, aiming to slice it into pieces and charge at Liang Chen.
But the moment his axes came in contact with it, the entire corpse exploded with a thunderous roar, emerald lightning and violet poison spreading out and assaulting the leader. A gust of wind was also released by the body as it exploded, surrounding the leader and trapping the powdery poison in a small area around the leader.
Liang Chen had dashed away the moment he threw the corpse at the leader, so by the time it exploded, he had already reached the second of the three people he was facing, the second normal-looking one. This being rapidly took several steps back, waving his arms and causing a grayish Anima Essence to billow forth. The Anima Essence unleashed a strange shrieking sound that seemed to drill into Liang Chen's mind in an attempt to throw his thoughts into disarray by shaking his soul.
But Liang Chen's soul had already materialized, he had even fused the law of poison and the law of time into his soul, turning all the bone marrow of his soul into a type of timeless poison that was unique to him. His soul was far too strong to be shaken by someone like this being.
Liang Chen raised his spear high and brought it down in an overhead smash, the handle crashing into the top of the being's head. The helmet was unable to endure the force, twisting and distorting as the being's neck was shattered and its entire head was turned into a bloody pulp. Looking at how easily these two normal-looking beings had been utterly crushed by physical strength, it seemed like they focused on cultivating their soul and neglected their bodies, resulting in them having weak bodies.
Liang Chen stretched out his left arm and stabbed it into the chest of the being, channeling his Anima Essence into his hand to grab onto the soul of the being. Just like the previous one, this being had tried to hide its soul deep within its chest, probably planning on feigning death until Liang Chen and Yan Ling left. But what a shame, it had encountered Liang Chen.
Liang Chen didn't dissolve the soul of this being, he simply filled it with so much lightning and poison that all consciousness was wiped out from it. The strong soul of this being would be perfect for Yan Ling, she could use the Chaos King technique to absorb it and strengthen her own soul. Had it not been for the fact that he had been a bit worried at the start and his thoughts fully focused on killing the first being, he would have also snatched the soul of that being so that he could give it to Yan Ling. Only when she had strengthened her soul to a point where she could defend herself against other soul cultivators would he feel relieved enough to absorb a few souls for himself.
After wiping away the consciousness within the soul, Liang Chen stored the entire body of the being into his interspatial ring, putting it away for later. He then turned around and faced the leader, who had just now finished dealing with the lightning and poison that Liang Chen had used to keep him occupied. The leader faced Liang Chen, tightly grasping his two axes as he growled forth in a deep and robust voice.
"You are too strong to be cattle from out town. Are you ones that have escaped from the pens in Ten Thousand Hearts city or one of the other cities?"
Liang Chen had no idea where they were, so there was no way he would know where Ten Thousand Hearts city was or how grand that name truly was. He cast a quick glance at Yan Ling and saw that she had already finished off the normal-looking being and was currently fighting the two three-armed ones. Her face was a bit pale and her eyes rather bloodshot so it was clear that the normal-looking one had given her a bit of trouble, it was likely a soul cultivator just like the two others.
Liang Chen couldn't feel the soul of the normal-looking being, so it seemed like Yan Ling had already destroyed it. One could destroy the soul of a soul cultivator by flooding it with vast amounts of Qi, but it would take far more Qi than it would take Anima Essence, so it wasn't the most efficient manner. Liang Chen turned his gaze back onto the leader, raising his spear and pointing the tip at his head.
"We're not cattle. We are hunters, and you are our prey."
Liang Chen stomped the ground after his words sounded out, the earth cracking as he turned into a blur and left behind a trail of lightning. Liang Chen appeared at the right side of the leader, sending out a sweeping slash that aimed to remove the leader's right arm. The leader was quite a bit faster than the two first beings, so he was able to take a step to the side and raise his right arm, blocking the spear with one of his axes.
Liang Chen's spear collided with the two-headed axe, the loud sound of metal hitting metal ringing out. The two-headed axe was pushed away, but Liang Chen felt a jolt run up his arm through the spear, the leader had physical strength far greater than the two earlier beings.
Liang Chen didn't relent, stopping the time of the air beneath his feet and using it as a foothold that he could kick off from, launching himself forward. With how close the two were to each other, he nearly instantly arrived next to the shoulder of the leader and punched out with his left arm.
His fist collided with the shoulder of the leader, packing enough punch to completely crack the armor that covered the leader's shoulder. Lightning and poison burst forth as his fist made contact with the shoulder, the lightning heating up the armor so much that it started to glow a faint red while the poison started to sizzle and corrode the armor, seeping onto the leader's body through the slowly growing cracks in the armor.
But as he punched the leader, Liang Chen felt like he had hit a boulder. The leader's body was incredibly solid and tough, as if it was forged from pure steel. Liang Chen now understood how the leader had such great physical strength, he seemed to focus on strengthening his body quite a bit. The leader let out a deep growl and slashed out at Liang Chen with the two-headed axe he held in his two left arms, forcing Liang Chen to put some distance between them.
The leader quickly tore off his armor and threw it aside, the leather-like yellow grass starting to burn when it came in contact with the hot armor. When the leader removed his armor, Liang Chen finally got to see how he looked, and what he saw caused his eyes to narrow.
The leader's skin was pitch black and released a faint glimmer, resembling the shell of an armored beetle, a very tough and durable exoskeleton. His fingers were rather long and his nails pointed and sharp, resembling the sharp tips of arrows. His eyes were also quite large, his sclera completely red and his pupils crimson. Contrasting with his pitch black skin he actually had golden hair hanging down to his ears, making for a somewhat strange sight. Upon seeing the leader's appearance, Liang Chen muttered slightly, almost certain that he now knew where they had arrived.
"So you're a Fiendgod, then this one?"
As he spoke, he sent part of his mind into his interspatial ring and checked up on the corpse he had just placed into his interspatial ring, removing the armor that covered it. What revealed itself beneath the armor was a male that looked human but had snow-white skin, blue lips, and a third eye in the middle of the forehead. All three eyes were gray and glazed over, like the eyes of a corpse that had been dead for a while. After seeing the appearance of this corpse, Liang Chen once again muttered to himself.
"Someone from the Undead race. Does that mean this is the fabled Hidden World?"
The Hidden World had received this title because of the fact that no one on Dragon's Gate planet, Liang Chen's home, knew just where it was. A few people from this place had occasionally arrived on Dragon's Gate planet after being sucked into spatial rifts, but none of them were willing to say anything about their own homeworld, causing it to be shrouded in mystery.
Liang Chen had read practically all the books that the Storm Wolf sect had, so he had already read all they had about the Hidden World. Quite a few people from this Hidden World had arrived on Dragon's Gate planet over the years, but they were always either from this Fiendgod race or the Undead race, there had never been any humans.
The Fiendgod race was known for their incredibly strong bodies, rivaling Demonic beasts and even surpassing some body cultivators. Their bodies were so strong and contained so much lifeforce that they could rapidly regenerate wounds, some even being able to regenerate lost limbs after a while. After dissecting a few Fiendgods, it was revealed that they cultivated by infusing their bodies with Demonic beast parts that came from Demonic beasts that had an element that suited the cultivator. The Fiendgod sect had taken their name and cultivation technique from these Fiendgods, their signature black robes emulating the black skin of the Fiendgods.
As for the Undead race, they were more fit to be called ghosts. They were a race that focused entirely on the soul, cultivating and sustaining themselves by eating the souls of other living beings. They were actually just a strange type of soul, so no one on the Dragon's Gate planet knew how they reproduced or even created bodies for themselves. They were marked as highly strange and dangerous, best left to soul cultivators.
Now that he knew what he was up against, and where they had likely arrived, Liang Chen's eyes narrowed slightly. No humans from this place had ever arrived on Dragon's Gate planet, and whenever a Fiendgod or an Undead arrived on Dragon's Gate planet, they adamantly refused to talk about their own homeworld, especially the humans there.
Taking this fact and putting it together with what these people had called Liang Chen and Yan Ling earlier, cattle, a disturbing and disgusting image started to form itself in Liang Chen's mind. But he wasn't certain yet, and it was best to not jump to conclusions, so he would have to first incapacitate this Fiendgod so that they could get some information from him.
He cast a sideways glance and saw that Yan Ling had also seen the appearance of the leader, probably also guessing at where they had ended up. She had dealt with one of the three-armed people in her group and was currently dealing with the last one, adjusting her fighting style to better deal with her enemy.
Liang Chen returned his gaze back onto the leader, tightening the grasp he had on his spear. Since he now knew what he was dealing with, it would be easier for him to handle this leader, all he had to do was attack in a different manner.
He crouched down slightly, stretching out his left leg so that it was a bit behind his right and placed his left hand on the ground as if he was a cheetah preparing to launch itself at its prey. Emerald lightning mixed with faint arcs of crimson lightning started to dance around his body, the air crackling and heating up, the grass around him starting to burn.
The leader sensed incredible danger from Liang Chen and realized that he was about to launch an attack that aimed to end the battle. He crossed his axes in front of his chest and let out a deep breath, his entire body growing nearly a meter taller. His skin started bulging out slightly, his back splitting open and revealing two leathery gray wings. His arms grew almost twice as thick, dense brown fur starting to cover his arms. He had unleashed all his strength, revealing the Demonic beast parts he used to cultivate.
Liang Chen kicked off the ground with his right leg, the force from the movement resulting in a shockwave rippling through the air, a small crater appearing where his foot had just been. Before cracks could even spread out from the crater, Liang Chen had arrived in front of the leader.
The air around him was alight with arcs of emerald and crimson lightning, the heat so strong that the air was heavily distorted. Mixed with the arcs of lightning were small clouds of violet and white poison, both releasing a sweet scent as they corroded away anything they touched. All this, coupled with the ferocious wind that raged around him and caused his hair and robe to flutter, made him look like a furious deity descending to deliver punishment on his enemies.
He stabbed out with his spear, all four of his laws as well as his Qi, Fiendgod Essence, and Anima Essence gathering into a single dot at the very tip of the spear. A tearing sound rang out as the air itself seemed to be sliced open, leaving behind a vacuum in the wake of the spear. The tip of his spear collided with the two axes, a low mutter ringing out in Liang Chen's heart.
"First step shatters the body."
Liang Chen unleashed the first part of the Dragon Lord's Three Steps, instantly doubling the power of his attack. The wind, lightning, poison, and time, that had gathered at the tip of his spear turned into a single pure gray bolt of lightning. The two axes disintegrated under the might of the bolt, allowing it to pierce through the chest of the leader, passing directly through him and shooting in the distance.
The bolt left behind a finger thick scar in the ground that stretched out for an entire kilometer, the grass and earth around the scar simply disintegrating and vanishing, not even leaving behind ash. The leader simply stood there dumbly, a finger-sized hole in his chest. Compared to his four-meter tall body, this finger-sized hole seemed nearly completely insignificant. But it was this small hole that had sealed his fate.
His insides had already turned into a ragged mess, green blood pouring forth from the hole and dying the earth. He was a Fiendgod, so a wound like this would usually not be fatal to him. But the energy of the attack continued to rage through his body, tearing him to shreds from the inside out and rendering his regeneration useless.
Of course, Liang Chen had no intention of killing this leader just yet, they had to gain information from him first. Some of the poison that had invaded his body came from the Fragile Heart Mushroom, his weak soul under constant assault. Once he became a puppet, Liang Chen would pull back the remaining energy, assuring that the leader didn't die before he was allowed to. Liang Chen stored away his spear when the leader's eyes glazed over and all strength left his body, a sign that he had succumbed to the Fragile Heart Mushroom's poison. As he put away his spear, a shout from Yan Ling drew his attention.
"You're slow, I already finished ages ago! Don't you know that it's rude to make a lady wait like that?"
Liang Chen turned his head slightly and saw that Yan Ling had indeed finished off the last of her enemy. She had focused all her wind and water onto the edge of her blade, slicing a small wound into the exoskeleton that covered the Fiendgod. Through this wound, she had infiltrated his body with water and wind, using her wind to slice him apart from the inside and her water to drown him.
But looking at the Fiendgod, who was still twitching, he had clearly only died a few seconds ago at best, there had been no waiting at all. Liang Chen started to turn his head, sweeping the area around them in an exaggerated manner as he spoke.
"It is indeed rude, but I can't see any lady here, so it doesn't matter. Or was one of the people you were fighting a lady?"
Liang Chen's lips curled up slightly, a smirk appearing on his face as he took the chance to tease Yan Ling. Yan Ling let out a snort, grabbing the three corpses and storing them into her interspatial ring as she walked over to Liang Chen and complained.
"Bleh, you're just a brute, so what do you know."
Liang Chen swiped his interspatial ring and took out the soul of the Undead race man he had stored away, handing it to Yan Ling. At the same time, he also nodded his head, responding to her complaint.
"Aye, but I'm you're brute, and it's too late to trade me in."
Before she had the chance to respond or react, he used his law of lightning to increase his speed and leaned in and planted a kiss on her lips, causing her to blush slightly as he pulled away. She sent him a slight glare after being kissed in such an unexpected manner, sticking out her tongue and pointing at the daze leader.
"Bleh, you're not even a brute anymore, you're just a lecher. You better have him spit out some information about this place before I give you a beating."
She tried to sound displeased, but the faint blush on her face said otherwise. Liang Chen also noticed another thing she tried to hide, the fact that she had given her lips a quick lick while Liang Chen was pulling away. But he knew when to not push his luck, giving Yan Ling a quick salute before turning around and facing the leader.
"Aye aye, Captain."
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