Chapter 1068 - Arrogance (1/2)
Chapter 1068: Arrogance
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Deep in the Himalayas was a huge space carved in the interior of a towering snow-capped mountain. A karst grotto appeared in the underground space after it had undergone a transformation by a secret art. A river of magma flowed through the cave, causing the temperature of this place to be extremely high as though inside a heated furnace.
Hou! Hou!
In the midst of the lava river that radiated the high temperature, a huge demonic beast with a blood-red physique suddenly rose. It looked like a toad, only magnified 100 times. However, it had four tens of meters long tentacles on its gills that constantly beat the surface of the magma river, causing liquid magma to splash.
“Archfiend Rupture!”
Savage killing intent filled the giant demonic beast’s eyes that seemed like a huge grinding disc. Its eyes swept over and, as its voice was heard, the building-sized super demonic beast flickered from the outside and moved lightning fast to the interior. In just the blink of an eye, it was already in front of the toad demonic beast.
“O’ Great Bloodfiend Monarch, you’ve finally woke up from your slumber. As you will it, the elites of our demonic beast army have probed the humans in this world again and again, and they found there are some very powerful humans among them. Regardless, I have the confidence to destroy those humans and occupy this planet for you.”
The toad-shaped Bloodfiend Monarch spouted out some magma before it shook its head and said, “The Heavenly Dao of this world is very powerful. Our strength is suppressed now and we can only use one-thousandth of our power. Hence, we must first investigate and figure out this world, to find out whether there are existences like Immortals, Demon Kings, and other powerhouses. If this world does have such existences, we must immediately leave this place to somewhere else to find another shelter. If not, we’ll begin our slaughter here!”
The super demonic beast called Archfiend Rupture heavily nodded. Almost without hesitation, it let out a roar and left. Within just half a day, nearly 100,000 demonic beasts quickly assembled from the entire interior of the Himalayas, occupying the grounds all over the mountains and plains. Loud and jubilating howls and roars greeted the awakening of their “King”.
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Ugley Town.
Sitting cross-legged inside the military tent in cultivation, Tang Xiu suddenly heard the roars and howls of countless demonic beasts. His complexion instantly changed drastically since he could determine that the number of roaring demonic beasts was not as few as 10,000, but definitely more than 50,000.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Shadows and figures moved lightning fast as they quickly appeared at the blockade line. All human cultivators were looking at the depths of the Himalayas in the north. Although they couldn’t see any traces of demonic beasts, they could clearly hear the roars that caused slight tremors to the earth.
“Tang Xiu!”
Duanmu Lin appeared next to Tang Xiu with eyes filled with deep worries and restlessness.
“The old saying is true that we can only be victorious in any battle if we know ourselves and our enemies.” Tang Xiu forced a smile and said, “We’re now unsure about the number of the demonic beasts as well as their overall strength. I’m afraid it would be a tall order to win the next battle. Senior Duanmu, are the rest of the cultivation forces you’ve invited already here?”
“Two cultivation forces haven’t arrived yet.” Duanmu Lin shook his head and said, “But the rest of them are already here. The Special Abilities Bureau’s people have counted the number of cultivators who have arrived here. We have more than 2,000 people now. However, we seem to have a lot of people, but the number of demonic beasts far surpasses ours. The weakest among demonic beasts are comparable to experts at the Foundation Establishment Stage, but less than half of the cultivators here at the same realm.”
Tang Xiu sigh inwardly. Duanmu Lin was simply stating the truth. In this kind of peace and prosperity era, there were only a very few people who walked on the cultivation path, and the number was even fewer for those who made achievements and reached the Foundation Establishment Stage.
“It seems we can only rely on the arrays,” said Tang Xiu helplessly.
“You told me that you still have a trump card, Tang Xiu. What exactly is it?” asked Duanmu Lin. “Please tell me now and let me feel at ease, will you?”
Tang Xiu glanced at the direction of Nine Dragons Island and vaguely said, “It will be coming soon.”
After half an hour when Tang Xiu was still sitting cross-legged in cultivation, four formidable auras were transmitted from the direction of Ugley. In just a few breaths, three men and one woman appeared in the blockade line.
“Interesting. I never thought so many kids would come here.” A young man donning a white robe and looking like a scholar seemed to talk casually, but his voice was clearly transmitted to everyone’s ears.
An old man with a walking stick and with eyes and eyebrows that made him look kind and amiable replied, “These fellow Chinese are not bad. They still step forward to help the country when it encounters a crisis. Anyhow, when was the last time we left our mountain? Was it more than 60 or 70 years ago?”
“It’s about 70 years ago, before the War of Resistance.” The tall and stalwart middle-aged man, whose face was red and dressed in red from head to toe and held the Demon Subduing Stick, replied with a resonant voice. His voice was not particularly vigorous, yet it carried a particular prestige.
The other, a middle-aged Taoist nun in Taoist hairdo and robe smiled and lightly said, “Let’s not talk about the past. This occasion is a chance and opportunity should all the benefactors be very powerful. It’s a pity that Dao Master Poison’s heart harbors evil intention then, so he has never been able to step up—otherwise, we five would’ve been able to get along together.”
Dao Master Poison?
Tang Xiu’s face, who was sitting cross-legged 10 of meters away from the four people, slightly shifted.