Huo Ling’er curled up, hiding under the invisible spirit gauze.
Perhaps out of fear, she instinctively hugged the “Zhu Tiancé” in her arms, clutching him tightly with both hands.
Zhu Tiancé could distinctly feel a firm sense of pressure.
Though not large, it was quite springy!
He hadn’t expected this girl, who looked so thin, to have such ample curves inside.
“Zhu Tiancé, what should we do now?
This Zhu Yan’s cultivation has already reached the Venerable Realm…”
Huo Ling’er murmured softly, her grip on Zhu Tiancé’s hand unconsciously tightening a bit more.
She had always been protected by her Imperial Father.
Even when she went out to play, she would be accompanied by a group of Fire Kingdom experts, either openly or secretly.
She had never encountered such a helpless situation as today.
Now, the only one she could rely on was Zhu Tiancé beside her.
“Don’t be afraid.
Look closely at this Zhu Yan; it is already severely injured, and its strength is probably less than one percent of what it once was.”
Zhu Tiancé said.
Upon hearing this, Huo Ling’er composed herself and began to carefully observe the Zhu Yan through the invisible spirit gauze.
She saw that the Zhu Yan’s body was covered in dense, intricate cracks.
Although the blood plasma clinging to the wounds had already clotted, it still looked shocking.
This Zhu Yan was truly injured.
And very seriously.
Furthermore, Huo Ling’er also noticed that the Zhu Yan’s aura was intermittent, as if it could dissipate at any moment.
This was a sign that its dao body was on the verge of collapse.
Seeing this, Huo Ling’er let out a small sigh of relief.
However, she dared not entertain any thoughts of attacking the Zhu Yan.
Because a supreme being of such cultivation, even if severely wounded, was still not someone the two of them could provoke.
“It’s too dangerous here.
We should leave as soon as possible, before that Zhu Yan discovers us.”
Huo Ling’er whispered, already beginning to carefully retreat her petite and delicate body backward.
Zhu Tiancé quickly stopped her: “Why are you in such a hurry to leave?
Look closely at what that Zhu Yan is doing right now.”
Prompted by Zhu Tiancé, Huo Ling’er suddenly realized that ever since the Zhu Yan arrived, it had been squatting at the bottom of the large lake, constantly stirring the mud with its arms, as if burying something.
“Could this guy be hiding that exotic treasure?”
Huo Ling’er pondered, a glint of light flashing in her eyes.
A few days ago, an exotic treasure had appeared in the Cang Mang Mountain Range, attracting a large number of ancient fierce beasts.
Now, this Zhu Yan, whose cultivation had reached the Venerable Realm, fled here covered in wounds and was eager to bury a heavy treasure in the lakebed mud.
It was possible that this guy had snatched that mountain treasure.
“Huh?”
Just then, the Zhu Yan seemed to sense something, and its pair of bell-like eyes immediately glared over.
“Where did these rats come from, hiding their heads and tails?
Get out here…”
Divine radiance appeared on its right arm, and it punched towards Zhu Tiancé and Huo Ling’er’s hiding place.
“Oh no, it found us.”
Huo Ling’er didn’t say a word, got up, and ran.
Facing such an enemy, she couldn’t even think of fighting back.
However, at the moment Huo Ling’er turned around.
Zhu Tiancé, without hesitation, removed the transformation technique, returning to his original appearance.
Then, two great divine ring Cave Heavens manifested behind him, and a primordial spirit wreathed in blood qi stepped out from one of the Cave Heavens, instantly merging with his main body.
Next, he flapped his wings, and his body directly transformed into a streak of light, rushing towards the Zhu Yan.
“Vermillion Bird Precious Technique Third Strike · Sky Rend!”
“—Boom!”
One person and one ape violently collided in mid-air, unleashing a powerful impact.
Zhu Tiancé’s figure was as tiny as an ant before the Zhu Yan’s dharma body, but at the moment of collision, a massive ancient Vermillion Bird appeared behind him, opening its mouth and letting out an earth-shattering phoenix cry towards the Zhu Yan.
“Ancient Vermillion Bird Precious Technique?”
The Zhu Yan’s expression changed drastically.
Although the Vermillion Bird in front of him was just a phantom formed by spiritual energy, the pressure it exerted on him was even stronger than the Vermillion Bird he had fought earlier.
Fortunately, this brat’s cultivation was only at the Heavenly Passage Realm and could not fully unleash the power of the Precious Techniques.
Otherwise, already severely wounded, he would definitely fall here.
“Brat, if your cultivation were a bit stronger, I might actually have suffered a setback today, but unfortunately…”
Before he could finish speaking, the Zhu Yan’s expression froze.
Because the moment he punched away the Vermillion Bird phantom, a terrifying power directly surged from the young man opposite him.
How could this young man’s physical strength be so terrifying?
Isn’t he human?
Before he could think further, the Zhu Yan’s body was shaken away by a massive force in mid-air, crashing heavily onto a barren mountain several thousand meters away, smashing a huge crater into the mountain.
“Damn it…”
The Zhu Yan pushed away the boulders pressing down on him, trying to get back up from the ground, but his crumbling dao body reached its limit at this moment.
With an unwilling roar, his mountain-like body directly disintegrated into specks of crystal light.
“Oh my heavens~!”
“Zhu Tiancé, you actually defeated that Zhu Yan with your Heavenly Passage Realm cultivation?”
Huo Ling’er stood on the ground, utterly dumbfounded.
Although that Zhu Yan was severely wounded, its dao body was on the verge of collapse, and its cultivation had plummeted, even ordinary Engravement Realm cultivators would find it extremely difficult to resist.
Yet, Zhu Tiancé, whose cultivation was only at the Heavenly Passage Realm, was able to send it flying with a single strike.
If she hadn’t seen it with her own eyes, she would never have believed it was true.
“Don’t just stand there, hurry and look in that mud pit…”
After landing, Zhu Tiancé called out to Huo Ling’er and immediately rushed towards the mud pit at the bottom of the lake.
Huo Ling’er quickly followed.
The two searched the mud pit for a while and soon found the item the Zhu Yan had hastily buried earlier.
This was a box made from refined heavenly bone.
The bone box was wreathed in precious light, emitting an aura of immortality.
One look was enough to tell it was no ordinary item.
Huo Ling’er curiously examined the bone box, her eyes filled with both excitement and anticipation.
“The material of this bone box is extraordinary; it must contain some powerful inheritance.
With our current strength, we cannot open it yet.”
Zhu Tiancé calmly put away the bone box, looking at Huo Ling’er as he spoke.
Back then, Shi Hao had to continuously use six Precious Techniquess with his supreme cultivation to open this item, which shows how difficult it is to open.
If they wanted to open this inheritance, there were only two methods.
Either find a very powerful person to help, or wait until their own cultivation improved later before opening it.
However, Zhu Tiancé leaned more towards the former.
As the saying goes, “good things don’t stay overnight.” When you get something good, you should open and use it while it’s hot.
There’s no reason to keep it overnight.
This is like dating; if you can get intimate, do it as early as possible.
Otherwise, if someone else gets there first, it’ll be over.
Unless you like to drink what others have left.
“Then let’s hurry back and find Imperial Father.
His cultivation is at the peak of the Venerable Realm; he can definitely open this bone box.”
Huo Ling’er suggested with an expectant look.
Zhu Tiancé, however, smiled and shook his head: “Father-in-law’s cultivation is high, but he cannot open this item either.”
“Ah?
Not even my Imperial Father?”
Huo Ling’er murmured in surprise, then belatedly remembered Zhu Tiancé’s earlier phrase “Father-in-law.” Her delicate little face instantly turned crimson.
“What nonsense are you spouting?
Who is your Father-in-law?”
“Haha, you’ve eloped with me, haven’t you?
Doesn’t that make you my wife?”
“Stop talking nonsense!
I, I just came out to play with you, that’s all.
If you keep this up, I won’t talk to you anymore…”
Huo Ling’er’s face was flushed crimson from Zhu Tiancé’s teasing, so she simply turned her back to him.
It was also at this moment that she suddenly noticed a golden light cluster faintly shimmering beneath the barren mountain in the distance, which had been collapsed by the Zhu Yan earlier.
“It’s the Zhu Yan!
That guy actually achieved nirvana!”
Huo Ling’er’s expression froze, and she quickly ran over excitedly.
“It’s just a monkey whose vital energy has collapsed.
What’s there to be so surprised about?”
Zhu Tiancé shrugged, just about to follow and take a look.
But just then.
A clear bird cry suddenly came from the distant valley.
He looked up.
He saw a large green bird rapidly flying towards them.
And on the back of that large bird sat a hairy child dressed in animal skin!