Chapter 183: Chapter 161: The Beast King is Behind_1
The milky-white rib bone, which has been connected for a good while, has already joined together with the red rib bone, so much so they were indistinguishable from one another.
Lu Yan snapped this part of the rib bone off.
Suddenly, the Dao Book reacted violently, showing an extreme desire.
Lu Yan quickly connected with the Dao Book, and a Dao Book Illusion flew out of his brow, swallowing the piece of rib bone.
After swallowing the rib bone, the Dao Book shone brightly, and Lu Yan clearly felt a sense of satisfaction emanated from it.
Soon enough, energy began to surge out from the Dao Book.
"First, upgrade the Heart Tempering Decision."
With a thought from Lu Yan, the energy flowing out from the Dao Book landed on the Avatar of Heart Tempering Decision. The 100% word above the Avatar of Heart Tempering Decision’s head displayed a deepening color.
"This rib bone, it’s somewhat similar to the piece of finger bone I got from the Blood Land Vein in Dingxing City before. I wonder what the correlation is?"
Lu Yan pondered.
He then turned his gaze to the corpse of the tiger-like Alien Beast.
This tiger-like Alien Beast, weighing several thousand pounds, had not mutated, and its flesh was excellent. It was definitely top-grade level two Alien Beast meat—no, perhaps even level three Alien Beast meat.
Its combat power far outstripped that of a usual Martial Marquis Level Five, and normal level two Alien Beasts could hardly achieve this.
It must undoubtedly be a level three Alien Beast, which is of high value.
But there was simply no way for him to take it away.
"Bury it first, deal with it later. I’ll take it if I get the chance, leave it if I don’t."
Lu Yan made up his mind. His hands turned gold, and he began to dig the ground. He soon dug out a big pit, buried the corpse of the tiger-like Alien Beast in it, and cleaned up the bloodstains on the ground.
And then he quickly left the place.
After running a few miles, Lu Yan’s eyes brightened.
Because at this moment, the Heart Tempering Decision had broken through.
At the first level, at 100%, it had accumulated enough energy to break through to the second level at 1%.
"It seems that the Avatar of Heart Tempering Decision needs to accumulate energy when it reaches the peak of a certain level to serve as a primer for a breakthrough. Good."
A joyful look emerged on Lu Yan’s face, as long as he could break through, that’s all that mattered.
After breaking through to the second level, the progress of Heart Tempering Decision quickly picked up again.
The energy in that piece of rib bone seemed to be inexhaustible.
"I wonder if there’s any more Dao Food."
Feeling eager, Lu Yan made a move after running a bit further and intentionally connected with the Dao Book.
Unexpectedly, after the connection, there was indeed a response.
The Dao Book pointed in a certain direction, where there was more Dao Food.
Lu Yan instantly headed in that direction.
Not long after Lu Yan had left, two figures appeared not far from where he had just killed the tiger-like Alien Beast. It was actually Bai’s Martial Marquis and the old woman.
The old woman held a compass in her hand, and the needle on the compass remained motionless.
"What happened? Why isn’t the compass that tracks the Immortal Bone moving? The needle was moving before, but how come it stopped as we got closer?"
The old woman frowned.
Bai’s Martial Marquis was also puzzled and had no clue what was going on.
Could the compass be broken?
Or did the Alien Beast implanted with the Immortal Bone leave?
"Let’s continue searching forward. We need to be quick. Although the creature lured away the Beast King of Kunwu Mountain, we can’t guarantee that it hasn’t left another Beast King to guard. We need to defeat it quickly."
Bai’s Martial Marquis advised.
This place was inside the Crimson Jade Flower Sea and was the forbidden area of this adventure. They were constantly on edge while they were here.
"I wonder if Li Wenxuan came in. This man is as cunning as a fox, we need to be wary of him."
The old woman reminded.
The two, compass in hand, continued to move forward in the same direction as Lu Yan.
Not long after, the needle on the compass in their hand began to twitch, pointing straight ahead.
"There’s a reaction, the Alien Beast implanted with the Immortal Bone is right in front. Go!"
The two rushed towards the front.
"Another one."
Lu Yan looked ahead of him.
A crimson horse, with wings, looking like the legendary Pegasus, was extremely lofty.
The Dao Book’s guidance indicated that the Dao Food was inside this crimson horse.
After habitually scanning his surroundings and finding no anomalies, Lu Yan charged straight ahead.
This crimson horse was clearly weaker than the tiger-like Alien Beast before. Lu Yan only took three strokes to kill it.
Just like before, he found a piece of milky-white bone in the rib cage of the crimson horse.
Lu Yan continued to control the Dao Book, swallowing the milky-white bone.
Such bones were undoubtedly extremely valuable, being planted within the Alien Beasts.
Lu Yan speculated that it was likely to be the work of the Beast King of Kunwu Mountain.
This thing, carrying it on one’s person, was like a hot potato. It was better to let the Dao Book swallow it to ’destroy the evidence’.
Lu Yan repeated his actions, dug a pit, and buried the corpse of the crimson horse.
He then quickly left the place.
Just moments after Lu Yan left, the old woman and Bai’s Martial Marquis arrived nearby.
But the two of them appeared worried.
Bare moments before, the needle on the compass had stopped moving again.
"Could this Alien Beast somehow sense us? It always seems to leave just as we’re about to reach it."
Bai’s Martial Marquis said grimly.
The old woman was also quite speechless, and she didn’t understand what was going on.
"Perhaps it’s a coincidence. Let’s keep searching forward."
The old woman said.
This time, they became much more careful. They suppressed their presence, significantly slowed their speed, used vegetation and rocks as cover, and advanced at slow speed to avoid making any noise that would startle the Alien Beasts.
As expected, after they had traveled a few miles, the compass’ needle began to move again.
"It’s right ahead, let’s be more careful this time and make no noise."
The old woman’s face lit up with joy.
The two of them became even more cautious, controlling their Qi-blood flow, slowing their breaths, and moving forward slowly.
"This is the third one."
Lu Yan stared ahead, his eyes glowing.
Before them, a creature resembling a leopard, an Alien Beast registered by Dao Book, was predicted to have some Dao Food in its body.
After a brief observation, they directly attacked.
The leopard-like Alien Beast was agile and fast.
But, unfortunately, it was limited by Lu Yan. Being faster than the beast, Lu Yan was able to kill it with just a few strikes, extracting a piece of bone in the process.
This time, it was not a rib.
Instead, it was a piece of bone from its leg, not large, about the size of an adult’s fist.
The Dao Book Illusion flew out and ’gulped’ down the bone fragment.
"That’s three pieces. Could they be enough to raise the Heart Tempering Decision at once to the highest, the eighth level?"
"How come there are so many such bones in Kunwu Mountain? What kind of creature did these bones come from? Are they the bones of an Alien Beast that surpasses the Master Level?"
Lu Yan speculated wildly, but he felt a chill inside.
These bones were absolutely precious, he’d managed to dig up three pieces in succession. Would the beast king go mad if it found out?
"One more piece, just one more piece and then leave. Don’t get greedy..."
Lu Yan warned himself.
After digging a hole and burying the Alien Beast leopard, they continued on their way.
"Again, there’s no movement. Why is there no movement again?"
The old woman and the Bai’s Martial Marquis were both going crazy.
This time, they were cautious enough and almost made no noise. Why did their compass suddenly stop detect movement again?
They simply sped up and arrived in the area where Lu Yan had killed the leopard Alien Beast.
"There must be something wrong. Let’s look around for any abnormalities."
Proposed the old woman.
The Bai’s Martial Marquis nodded, and the two began to carefully examine their surroundings.
...
At this time, not far from where Lu Yan had killed the Alien Beast tiger, a giant ape, over six meters tall and looking very muscular, red all over, was pacing and observing the surroundings.
Suddenly, it sniffed the air, its eyes filled with rage. With a leap, it jumped hundreds of meters away, and with two leaps, it stopped at a particular spot, directing its gaze at the ground.
Then, it began to dig at that spot. Quickly, the body of the Alien Beast tiger that Lu Yan had buried was dug out.
Looking at the missing ribs, the red giant ape let out a low roar, its eyes filled with more intense brutality, and its body exuded blood-red blood energy.
Bang!
It leaped into the sky and, like gliding, landed hundreds of meters away.
Soon, it found the body of the red horse through a special perception.
At this time, the old woman and the Bai’s Martial Marquis also made a significant discovery.
After some investigating, they found a spot on the ground had been disturbed, and it was recent.
The two dug up the ground and were able to extract the body of a leopard-like Alien Beast.
Looking at the missing piece of bone in the leg, both their faces appeared grim, as if water could drip out.
The Immortal Bone had been dug away.
Someone else had caught the early bird.
Who was it?
Besides them, who else knew the Alien Beasts here had been implanted with the Immortal Bone?
Furthermore, the beast king had explicitly prohibited entry into the Crimson Jade Flower Sea. Who else was brave enough to do so?
Could it be Li Wenxuan?
Both of them thought of Li Wenxuan at the same time.
It was the only possibility.
This fellow, not travelling with them and entering ahead, was he trying to monopolize the credit?
They decided to take a new direction instead of going this way.
Bang!
Bang!
At this moment, they felt the ground rumbling, as if a massive animal was running.
Then, they saw a red giant ape in the sky behind them, charging at them with a face full of brutality and a tide of murderous intent.
The horrible atmosphere was bearing down on them like a giant mountain.
"Isn’t good! It’s a third-level beast king, retreat quickly!"
The old woman’s face changed drastically as she rapidly retreated, the Bai’s Martial Marquis, followed suit.
Bang!
No sooner had they retreated than the giant ape landed where they had been standing, exploding a large pit in the ground like a fallen meteorite, scattering debris everywhere.
Seeing the body of the leopard Alien Beast, the Giant Ape grew even angrier, his roars rolling like thunder, and he pounced on the old woman and the Bai’s Martial Marquis.
"We didn’t kill this Alien Beast..."
The old woman screamed, backing away with the Bai’s Martial Marquis.
But the giant ape was too fast. Putin, striding forward, swinging his thick, long arms, his fists the size of water barrels, swept towards the two.
In front of the fists, a terrifying howling sound, the air compressed, faint ripples formed by the compression waves could be seen.
There was no escape.
The old woman swung her arm, releasing hundreds of hidden weapons.
But these weapons, hitting the fists and the body of the giant ape, were like hitting metal, making a metallic rattling noise, all were deflected.
The attack of the giant ape was not hindered at all.
The Bai’s Martial Marquis swung his dual swords to block, unleashing three strands of bone strength simultaneously. But the moment his swords collided with the giant ape’s fists, the body of the Bai’s Martial Marquis, like a ball, was blown dozens of meters away. He smashed countless large trees and stirred up dust along the way.
The next moment, the giant fist hit the old woman.
The old woman screamed, her body squirming, her face distorted. She emitted a thick black fog.
Bang!
The next moment, the old woman’s body was also blasted away, shattering several large rocks, and rolled dozens of meters along the ground.
However, the old woman quickly stood up, with her worn-out body quickly recovering. Simultaneously, a shadow emerged from her body.
