Chapter 318 (1/2)

Chapter 318: Ambush

Translator: Radiant Translations Editor: Radiant Translations

“What!” Xue Ying was startled. Wu Ma Hai? He was the commander of the team from the Temple of the Earth God.

“Did he really die on the first vine leaf world?” Xue Ying did not dare believe it.

“Indeed,” Uncle Fu continued. “He left a Qi Avatar behind with the others in the Xia Clan world. Just moments ago, his Qi Avatar actually dissipated right in front of us. He died with a look of unreconciliation on his face.”

Chen Jiu nodded.

He had seen the savage and frenzied expression that this cold young man garbed in golden armor—Wu Ma Hai—had before dying. He couldn’t help but feel some sympathy. If Wu Ma Hai died in the first leaf vine world, then what about Uncle Fu? Or even Chen Jiu? How could they get through all five vine leaf world trials and become honorary disciples of Crimson Rock Mountain?

“Ai.” Xue Ying shook his head lightly.

Wu Ma Hai had indeed treated him coldly. He had even demanded five Deity-grade scrolls from the Xia Clan. But even if he was furious, Xue Ying couldn’t really hate him for it. After all, he had not actually gone through with the exchange. Yet who would have thought that their team would be annihilated so quickly.

“Neither he nor Jian Huang could use Deity grade scrolls. The first vine leaf world is still quite dangerous, and Jian Huang himself previously confirmed that he’d already fought a total of 35 battles!” Chen Jiu said. “Wu Ma Hai didn’t really talk much, but he most likely also went through a lot of battles. Even if we include this battle which we had with the Mirage Creature, we’ve still only been in a total of 16 battles.”

Uncle Fu also added, “Not only did they go through many battles, they were all very suddenly too. All of those fights would have occurred accidentally after stumbling upon dangerous areas.”

Without any scrolls with effects like the Eyes of Space…

And also without scouting methods such as what Xue Ying’s Mirage Avatars provided, Wu Ma Hai’s death could be considered quite normal.

Meanwhile, Jian Huang specialized more in long-range attacks. Even without Eyes of Space, he could still discover enemies from a distance.

…

Wu Ma Hai’s death caused the hearts of Xue Ying, Chen Jiu, and Uncle Fu to start tightening from their previous carefree state.

“Let’s check out the contents of this box.” Xue Ying’s Mirage Avatar walked toward the black metallic box. Ba, da! He twisted the lid, and the box opened. It was totally empty except for a bronze command seal.

“It’s the command seal for the Deity warrior.” Chen Jiu nodded. “Right. There was only a Mirage Creature that specializes in sneak attacks. While it might have had a Deity grade combat power, a reward of one offensive Deity item as well as a defensive Deity item in addition to a Deity warrior is about what we should expect.”

Xue Ying nodded too.

The Mirage Creature was actually quite hard to deal with, but unfortunately, it met someone who could enter the Mirage as well. The rewards were actually not bad. Several Xia Clan Demigod ancestors had been in the first vine leaf world, but never had they been able to obtain any Deity-grade equipment. Xue Ying, on the other hand, had found some them on his first try.

“Brother Dong Bo, this was only possible due to your effort,” Chen Jiu said. “It was you who killed the Mirage Creature, so it’s only normal that the battle rewards should belong to you. However, I’ll have to make a shameless request of you to temporarily lend me this defensive Deity armor. What do you say? Should I manage to return alive, I’ll definitely return the Deity armor to you! If I die…whether it will find its way back to you will be up to luck.”

“You don’t have to say anything else. Brother Chen Jiu, you’ve also taken care of me along this first vine leaf world, and I can’t even use Qi. There’d be no point in me taking this armor seeing how I couldn’t even use it. Brother Chen Jiu, you can have it for now, but as you said, I expect you to return it once you leave Crimson Rock Mountain alive,” Xue Ying joked.

“Definitely, definitely.” Chen Jiu revealed a joyful expression.

Having an additional defensive item inside the Crimson Rock Mountain would greatly increase his chances of getting out alive.

As for once he left?

What use would he even have for armor at that point? Once he returned to the Deity world, his own defensive Deity equipment would be waiting for him within his Flying Sword Mountain Manor! Furthermore, he would be greatly rewarded by that World Deity according to the oath sworn for such a huge contribution.

In truth, Chen Jiu was well aware that he might die along the way. Furthermore, once they got a bit further, they would have separate and move alone. If he died, there would be no way for him to return the Deity equipment.

“I’ll have to thicken my skin and leave it at that then,” Chen Jiu replied. “Brother Dong Bo, you should quickly refine this warrior command seal.”

“Mn.” Xue Ying extended his hand, sending the bronze command seal flying towards him. He then began to refine it with blood.

The originally struggling fat warrior immediately stopped once that happened.

Chen Jiu also loosened the shackles.

“Greetings, master,” the fat warrior respectfully greeted.

“What are you called?” Xue Ying asked.

“Master, you can call me Tu Shuang!” it answered. “Once I was successfully refined, I was moved over to this vine leaf world by Senior Xi Wei.”

“Place down the two Deity items you have. There’s no sense in you holding them,” Xue Ying said.

“Right, right.” The fat warrior rapidly placed down the Wolf Teeth Cudgel and got out of the armor. “These weren’t even my items in the first place, and I don’t even like to use such equipment.”

Xue Ying retrieved the Wolf Teeth Cudgel, while Chen Jiu rushed to refine the armor with a silly smile.

The Deity items inside Crimson Rock Mountain were quite useful to them. They were absolutely ownerless and could easily be refined!

A silvery-gray armor immediately appeared over Chen Jiu’s frame.

“What kind of equipment do you normally wield?” Xue Ying asked. He would, of course, not leave the Deity equipment to the Deity warrior to use. If they were taken away during a battle, it would be too late for him to regret. Meanwhile, the Wolf Teeth Cudgel might prove useful in the future if he were to take it back to the Xia Clan.

“Shield and a greataxe, ” Tu Shuang replied.

“I have a shield here with me, but no greataxe.” Xue Ying waved his hand, throwing over a shield and a saber. “Use these for now.”

Xue Ying amassed quite a large amount of equipment from the Demonic Faction. The important ones he gave over to the Xia Clan, leaving behind only several that were worth less, such as Demigod rank spears of which he had three. The only reason he held onto those was because he was afraid that the Stellar Fire-Cloud Spear might fail and break against the enemy’s armor due to its weaker material composition! Naturally, he had to prepare several spare weapons. Prior to coming to Crimson Rock Mountain, he had also prepared two shields and other weapons such as sabers or polearms, all of them Demigod-ranked weapons left behind by General Ku Meng and Nuo Nuo An.

“Right.” The fat warrior immediately grabbed that shield and saber happily. “Master, I, Tu Shuang, will definitely be loyal and fight to the death for my you!”

That sculpture-like warrior, who had not moved for a long time, had suddenly broken down!