Chapter 360 (1/2)
Chapter 360: Western Desolate Territory
Translator: Thyaeria Editor: Thyaeria
White clouds fluttered around the azure horizon, appearing exceedingly languid. Sunlight pierced through the cloud layers, illuminating the earth, leaving behind dim gigantic shadows all around.
Whoosh!
On the horizon totally devoid of sound, hurried whooshing sounds suddenly resounded. In the next moment, ten streaks of light explosively shot over from the far side of the sky. Their speed was extremely fast. Howling over in a split second. Due to the wind pressure created by such high-speed movements, huge scars were ripped apart from the layers of clouds in the sky.
This group of people was, naturally, Lin Zheng, Mu Chen and the rest that had come from the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy.
Due to the urgency of the situation, they had seemingly not taken any sort of breaks, traveling at their utmost speed for the entire journey.
“Senior Brother Lin Zheng, how much further do we have left?” Mu Chen asked while following closely behind Lin Zheng. Looking in front of him, his voice, wrapped in Spiritual Energy, rang within the latter’s ear.
“From the fluctuations radiating from the Blood Toll Bell, they should be at the Western Desolate Territory, towards the northwest of the Northern Heavens Continent. With our speed, we would need a day and a night of time, at the very least, to reach there,” replied Lin Zheng.
“That long, huh…?” muttered Mu Chen as his forehead started to faintly wrinkle. A day and a night. He was just afraid that there might be some unforeseen changes. After all, since the beginning, Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong’s situation was not that good.
“Relax. Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong aren’t people that can be easily pinched to death. Even with Mo Longzi and his lineup, wanting to kill the two of them won’t be an easy thing to do.” Lin Zheng understood Mu Chen’s worry, and thus, said some consoling words.
“I hope so.”
Mu Chen nodded his head. Looking at the distance, the skies over there seemed to be covered in black clouds. This mission wouldn’t be easy at all.
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Western Desolate Territory
When Mu Chen and the rest had rushed over, it was already a day later.
Mu Chen and the group descended towards the edge of the Western Desolate Territory. Looking at the region before them, it was in a state of complete disorder. Gigantic deep gulches akin to being created from meteors descending from the sky were present, with gigantic cracks tens of thousands of metres long extending from them.
There were a few mountains originally present here. As of now, all of them had completely collapsed, with gigantic stones scattered everywhere across the area.
Obviously, an extremely intense battle had taken place at this territory.
Staring at the totally chaotic and disordered region, Lin Zheng slowly said, “Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong had met an ambush at this place.”
The group swept their gazes across the region, before their expressions slowly turned slightly grave. Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong had fought against nine vicious people from the top ten ranks on the bounty list. It was hard to imagine exactly how bitter and desperate this battle was.
“After this fight, Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong should have already suffered injuries. After fleeing deep into the Western Desolate Territory, Mo Longzi and his group should’ve been relentlessly pursuing them, with no thoughts of giving up.”
Lin Zheng’s eyes turned frosty as he looked towards the depths of the Western Desolate Territory while saying, “We should get closer to them as fast as possible.”
“Everyone, be more careful. Our enemies this time aren’t simple people.” Lin Zheng reminded. In the next moment, with a wave of his hand, he shot towards the depth of the Western Desolate Territory, with Mu Chen and the rest immediately following closely behind.
However, this time, everyone had tensed their bodies up. They knew that not too long from now, they would land in a head-on confrontation with a luxurious lineup fully comprised of vicious people.
The depths of the Western Desolate Territory. This place was covered all year-round by thick Spiritual Mist. The Spiritual Mist hadn’t dissipated nor scattered for many, many years, causing any senses to be greatly reduced within it.
Living within the Spiritual Mist were numerous kinds of special and unique Spiritual Beasts. These Spiritual Beasts relied on the cover of the Spiritual Mist to appear and disappear like ghosts. This made them extremely hard to deal with. Therefore, there would be very little experts from the Northern Heavens Continent who would come over here in search of treasure.
At this moment, at the stone peak within the depths, were ten figures. A thick baleful aura covered the bodies of these ten figures. From a single look, people would be able to know that they weren’t any kind-hearted or good-natured folks.
At the very front of the group was a male dressed in black robes. A longsword strapped across his back, while the malevolent marking of a black dragon was present on his forehead, displaying his identity. He was the target that Lin Zheng, Mu Chen and their group was looking for, Mo Longzi.
“Tsk, tsk, Mo Longzi, we’ve already investigated. That Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong are treating their injuries while hiding in that misty valley. This time, they’ll definitely have nowhere left to go!” A male in grey robes standing behind Mo Longzi gave a high-pitched laugh before speaking out. Those deep pair of eyes were sparkling with an ominous and cunning glint, while dark and extremely tyrannical Spiritual Energy fluctuations radiated from his body, causing the Spiritual Mist to be unable to enter a radius of ten metres around him.
This vicious person was the 7th Rank on the Bounty Board, Wang Yingui. His strength had reached Heavenly Completion Stage Initial Phase.
Upon hearing his, Mo Longzi gave a faint smile and replied, “I think that the rescue squad from the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy should be arriving very soon.”
“To be in such a hurry, their manpower shouldn’t be much. However, it can be assumed that they would be their best ones. The three Great Generals of the Punishment Hall will definitely come,” said a person dressed in greyish-white robes. The body of this person appeared to be as thin as a matchstick, with only a layer of skin covering his bones, making him look akin to a skeleton. At this moment, a thick fog appeared within his skeleton-like eyes as he spoke out with an indifferent voice.
“Hehe, what’s the matter? Could it be that you, Mu Gu are afraid?” said a male whose physique was sturdy and strong, like a bear, with a giant blood-red axe on his back, making a droning laugh.
“Gui Xiong, caution is the parent of safety. That time, your head was almost obtained by Lin Zheng. Could it be that you’ve still not learnt your lesson?” replied Mu Gu indifferently.
“Previously, I’ve only been too complacent. If I see that Lin Zheng today, I, your father, will cleave him into two halves!” roared Gui Xiong, his eyes opened wide as a baleful aura gushed from him.
“That’s enough. Don’t argue at this place.”
Mo Longzi spoke out while wrinkling his forehead. Waving his hand, he looked towards a male in green who had yet to speak. The latter’s eyes appeared normal. However, chilling rays of light erupted and sparkled from within, as if a poisonous snake was lurking within their depths.
“Wu Jia, are the preparations complete?”