Chapter 205 – Quiet Departure (1/2)
Chapter 205 - Quiet Departure
The Demon King tried to blank out his hatred towards the beastkind, ‘I don’t have to work with these stupid creatures forever, when we’ve sabotaged the plans of those humans, I will get rid of them somehow.’
The Beasts were born with thick skin and powerful bodies, thus the Demons had always needed them to fight for them on the frontlines; Demons were born with superior intelligence and were raised to be devious, the alliance between beast and demon was therefore amongst one of the oldest cross-race partnerships.
After the brief verbal treaty between the Skeleton Demon King and the Quadwing Barren Beast, the human squads escaped, while a few of the beast leader’s quickest inferiors followed the royal squad and watched their every move.
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Three days had passed since Ye Wei began to study the Eternal Star stance at the Supreme Yu Palace. The pillar of starlight gradually faded away and the underwater current grew weaker.
‘It’s been three days. They should be done fighting by now…’ Ye Wei thought to himself, eager to get out of the palace and into the world. He needed diversion from cultivating to get inspired, needed to find an opportunity to unearth Supreme Ye Yu’s treasure.
He looked to his side to see that Helian Jieyuan was still cultivating.
“I will be heading off for a while! Take care and thank you!” The palace’s gate opened as Ye Wei approached. He turned and bowed.
The palace was protected by a freezing current created by Supreme Ye, and, although Ye Wei currently had the strength of a three-star returned prime Warrior, his body still could not withstand the cold.
The young Runemaster immediately used Starblink Steps and melted into a belt of runic light; he escaped the thirty-feet-thick layer of the densest freezing water in less than half a second.
The brief exposure was enough to cover Ye Wei’s whole body with a sheet of blue ice; had he hesitated while escaping, his whole body would have turned into a block of ice regardless of his three-star returned prime level bodily prowess.
“Splash!”
The surface of the pound broke open in the shape of a flower, and Ye Wei flew out from the middle.
“Haha! Here it is! Guys! The Drakehead is underwater!” Ye Wei heard a chant the moment he surfaced.
“Get him!” Huyan Haoze was elevated; his men recklessly rushed towards the direction of his finger.
‘These are… Huyans?’ Ye Wei looked up to confirm his senses. ‘More than ten of them, and they are all returned prime Warriors.’
The corner of Ye Wei’s mouth twitched and moved up to form a smile. He expected the Drakehead’s location to be discovered sooner or later, and he also knew the exposure would be meaningless as long as Helian Jieyuan was around.
‘I would love to see you try.’ Ye Wei calmly stood next to the body of water with arms crossed in front of his chest, waiting to watch a show.
“Bang!”
A shock-wave came from each of the returned prime Warrior’s direction, all having expanded their presences to pile pressure onto Ye Wei.
“Kid, is the Drakehead at the bottom of this pond!?” Huyan Haoze’s voice boomed, and the pond began rippling; he surfed the wind, looking down at Ye Wei.
The vast pressure began stacking onto Ye Wei’s upper body; it startled him to a recoil as he backed off a few feet. ‘This must be the royal family’s young leader… His strength and power are insane!’
Ye Wei had gained a lot of confidence since defeating Lu Qianhuan, but he was again humbled by this confrontation.
“Yes, you are right, the Drakehead is in there.” Ye Wei said, pointing at the pond.
“Good! I like it when people cooperate!” Huyan Haoze’s eyes lit up as he gazed upon the water, while his men smiled excitedly
For a family like the Huyan, the Drakehead meant more than the nine marks all together, it was easy for the resourceful royal family to set up a base around the area and and have their young benefit from the accelerated cultivation speed. Having a whole generation strengthened might even topple the balance between the three families in the Huyan’s favor.