Chapter 437: Chapter 435: Entering the Valley
After Shen Haoran leaped into the valley, a disciple from the Qi Refining Sect couldn’t help but swallow nervously. He said in a weak voice, "The look in that kid’s eyes... I get the feeling he knows what we’re planning."
"No way," another disciple said. "If he knew, why would he jump down? Isn’t that just asking to die? Let’s just wait here!"
"We’ll wait a bit, then," Xu Hao said with a frown, his gaze dropping into the valley below. By now, Shen Haoran had already landed in a clearing.
The Death Warriors were extremely sensitive to the scent of blood and the aura of humans. The moment Shen Haoran appeared, the Black Iron Level Death Warriors, who had been wandering aimlessly through the valley, all froze. They turned in unison toward him, and the cyan ghostfire in their eyes surged.
Watching Shen Haoran get surrounded by forty or fifty Black Iron Death Warriors, the Qi Refining Sect disciples on the ridge felt their scalps tingle with fear. A single Black Iron Death Warrior could fight any one of them to a standstill. If they were besieged by so many, they wouldn’t even know what hit them.
But a slight smile touched the corners of Shen Haoran’s lips. So many Black Iron Death Warriors posed no threat to him. Shen Haoran saw them merely as tools—tools to enhance his own power!
"ROAR—"
Suddenly, one of the Black Iron Death Warriors let out a piercing shriek. It was like a signal. The moment the sound died, all the Death Warriors shot toward Shen Haoran like cannonballs. The deathly aura in the valley seemed drawn in as well, quickly blanketing the entire gorge and obscuring the view of the onlookers above.
Shen Haoran watched the Black Iron Death Warriors attack from all sides, a sinister smile playing on his lips. Instantly, the Fire Spirit Black Obsidian within him erupted, coalescing into a jet-black Flaming Longsword that hovered before him.
When the Black Iron Death Warriors closed within ten meters of him, Shen Haoran finally moved. He snatched the Flaming Longsword before him, picked a direction, and charged. His body blurred into an afterimage, vanishing from the spot in an instant.
"BOOM—"
The instant Shen Haoran vanished, a Black Iron Death Warrior that had been in front of him stopped abruptly. A mass of black fire suddenly erupted from its body, and it exploded. Immediately after, a scorching wave of fire erupted across the battlefield. A black Flame Dragon raged through their ranks. Any Black Iron Death Warrior that came into contact with the black Flame Dragon didn’t even have a chance to resist before it, too, exploded, its body dissolving into motes of light that vanished into the air.
*WHOOSH...* When Shen Haoran’s figure reappeared, the Flaming Longsword in his hand slowly dissipated. Behind him, the dozen or so remaining Black Iron Death Warriors stood frozen. A light breeze swept by, causing their bodies to tremble slightly. Then, they all exploded in unison in a dazzling display.
Shen Haoran glanced at the forty or fifty Black Iron Death Warrior Medals in his Storage Ring and nodded in satisfaction. Without a backward glance, he headed deeper into the valley. His target for this trip was still there: the Silver Death Warriors.
After Shen Haoran slaughtered the Black Iron Death Warriors, the deathly aura in the air gradually dissipated. Xu Hao and the others on the ridge could once again see the situation in the valley below. However, the clearing was empty. There was no sign of Shen Haoran or the Black Iron Death Warriors.
"Where’d he go?" a disciple asked, looking all around. Forget Shen Haoran, they couldn’t even see a single bird’s feather.
"Don’t tell me that kid killed all those Black Iron Death Warriors and headed deeper in?" a disciple said timidly. It was true that the aura of the Black Iron Death Warriors was gone. Hearing this, the others couldn’t help but gasp. ’How long has Shen Haoran even been down there?’ they thought. ’To kill nearly fifty Black Iron Death Warriors... just how powerful does he have to be?!’
"Let’s go. We’ll go down and take a look," Xu Hao said with a frown, his voice heavy.
At his words, the other Qi Refining Sect disciples hesitated for a moment before nodding and following Xu Hao down into the valley. When they landed, they were stunned by the sight that greeted them.
The clearing before them was scorched black everywhere. Because the color blended in with the valley floor, they hadn’t noticed it from above. But now, standing in the clearing, they could clearly feel the residual heat radiating from the scorched earth.
’Did Shen Haoran do all this?’ Xu Hao was filled with shock. ’The Death Warriors are shrouded in an aura of death; they would never use such scorching flames. The only one who could have caused this scene is Shen Haoran.’
"BOOM—"
Just as Xu Hao was reeling from the shock, a massive explosion echoed from the depths of the valley. The entire gorge began to tremble. Xu Hao and his companions whipped their heads around to look. Deep in the valley, a huge mushroom cloud was rising into the air. A scorching heatwave instantly swept outward. Even from such a great distance, they could feel its terrifying temperature.
"Let’s go, we have to see!" Seeing the massive mushroom cloud, Xu Hao suppressed the shock in his eyes and sprinted deeper into the valley. The disciples behind him scrambled to keep up.
Since Shen Haoran had cleared out all the Death Warriors in the valley, Xu Hao and his group faced no obstructions. They soon arrived at the source of the commotion.
In front of them now was a sea of black fire. A searing heatwave washed over them, the terrifyingly high temperature completely incinerating the surrounding aura of death. The very space around them began to distort. In the middle of that fiery sea stood Shen Haoran. With a casual wave of his hand, a Silver Level Death Warrior was devoured by the black flames and burned to nothing. These were the same Silver Death Warriors that even Xu Hao found difficult to handle, yet under those black flames, they were like pieces of paper, instantly incinerated until not even ash remained.
*GULP...*
Staring at that back, which looked like that of a Demon God, Xu Hao couldn’t help but swallow hard, his heart trembling. ’Just a moment ago, I was actually plotting against Shen Haoran,’ he thought in terror. ’I was actually scheming against this... this monster. I really don’t know the meaning of death!’
"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"
While Xu Hao was still in a state of shock, the last of the Silver Death Warriors in front of Shen Haoran fell to his Fire Spirit Black Obsidian. But after he finished them off, the sea of fire behind him did not dissipate. Instead, it formed several fiery tendrils that shot out and dragged Xu Hao and his companions out from behind the rocks where they were hiding.
"What’s this? The Gold Level Death Warriors haven’t even shown up yet, and you’re already impatient to make your move?" Shen Haoran said, staring at Xu Hao and the others with a cold expression.
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