Chapter 194 - Stumbling into the Dong Clan (1/2)
Within the period it took for half an incense to burn, Qin Nan had defeated a total of two hundred and thirty six Ice-armored Ancient Insects, while the remaining managed to flee from him.
“Phew, what an awesome battle!”
Despite Qin Nan’s body being extremely exhausted, his emotions still remained high-spirited.
Since Qin Nan had obtained the Divine Battle Spirit, it imperceptibly influenced him, causing him to have a stronger Battle Intent than anyone else.
However, Qin Nan did not have many chances to experience battles, and most of them did not last a prolonged period, hence he felt incredibly awesome after this battle.
“I should collect the Beast Cores first!”
Qin Nan swiftly calmed himself down and focused on looting the Beast Cores.
The final outcome was kind of unacceptable. Since it was his first time using the Fire Accumulating Saber Art, he could not control his strength with precision, hence resulting in most of the Beast Cores being burned to ashes straight away together with the corpses of the Ice-armored Ancient Insects.
He only managed to collect forty Beast Cores from the battle.
“Forty Core Beasts is equivalent to four hundred thousand Xiantian Pills, which could be exchanged into four thousand Martial Emperor Pills!”
Qin Nan stored the Beast Cores in his storage bag and spent some time comforting himself. He then sat with his legs crossed without any hesitation and started meditating to heal his wounds
After three hours, Qin Nan’s Qi had fully recovered, but the wounds on his flesh were unable to be healed without the support of rare medicines, as he could still faintly feel the pain from many of the wounds.
“I can now exert seventy percent of my strength, which is equivalent to a strength of the fifth-layer Xiantian Realm. It is more than enough to advance forward in the Longhu Mountain Range.”
Without wasting any time, Qin Nan swiftly stood up and opened the second map.
His priority now was to finish completing the missions given by Princess Miao Miao, so he could then focus on killing beasts and training himself to pay his debts.
The second map recorded the location of the Nine Variations Flower, which was just less than ten miles away from where Qin Nan was.
“Let’s go!”
With a flick, Qin Nan’s figure vanished into the woods.
After the period it took for half an incense to burn, Qin Nan arrived on top of a huge boulder with a stern look on his face.
Before him stood a jungle of weird-looking trees, which had an extremely thick pitch-black trunk, and branches filled with densely packed leaves, blocking the sunlight from above, giving it a gloomy feeling, as if there was a ghost hiding deep inside.
“Strange, this is too strange!”
Qin Nan said to himself, as his figure remained stationary in place.
When he arrived here following the markings on the map, he immediately unleashed his Eyes of the Divine Battle Spirit, but not a single beast, nor a stalk of a rare plant could be seen inside this pitch-black woods, not to mention the presence of the Nine Variations Flower. It was very quiet—quiet in an ominous way.
Hence, he did not dare to enter the woods straight away.
“There is definitely nothing wrong with the map given by Princess Miao Miao. Only two possibilities are applicable to the situation. Firstly, the Nine Variations Flower was already taken by someone else. Secondly,there might be an unknown secret lying within this pitch-black jungle…” Qin Nan analyzed the situation and said, “If I can’t get my hands on the Nine Variations Flower, Princess Miao Miao would surely blame me for it. Therefore, I should hide here and wait patiently. If I can’t see anything else in the next two days, I doubt she would still blame me.”
Qin Nan made up his mind and withdrew his aura, before hiding in a concealed spot and remaining motionless.
Time passed swiftly, and within the two hours past, nothing worth mentioning happened inside the Pitch-Black Jungle; it was quiet as usual in an eerie way.