Chapter 314: Chapter 289: Mysterious Mountain People_1
After settling down, Shen Yinuo sequestered herself for focused training.
During her days in the Mansion of King Ming, she was engrossed in refining level-four Martial Pills.
In the World Bank, she bought ten thousand Martial Pills, and after killing a generous number of powerful beings at the True Body Realm, she obtained some Martial Pills from their Sumi Mustard Seed Bags. The quantity was not substantial, merely over two thousand and she gave all of them to Yinuo.
Yinuo’s original cultivation level was on the verge of metamorphosis. With the reinforcement of these Martial Pills, she was not far from undergoing a transformation. After a period of further cultivation, she would successfully metamorphose and enter the True Body Fifth Refinement stage.
Lu Yan continued to comprehend the Martial Arts.
In a blink of an eye, a month had passed since their arrival at Shiwan Mountain.
During this month, it was all calm and peaceful; there were no attacks from the mountain people.
Lu Yan happily enjoyed the tranquillity, mastered the three Body Refining Martial Arts at hand, and used the Immortal Bone to advance to the Unity of Man and Martial Arts realm.
Now, the number of Supreme Physical Martial Arts mastered by Lu Yan had reached seven.
With the seven techniques running simultaneously, his body became more terrifying, but his strength and defensive power reached an exaggerated level, thus boosting his combat power.
After completing the cultivation of all Supreme Physical Martial Arts, Lu Yan began to study the nine top-tier Body Refining Martial Arts he received at the Mansion of King Ming.
Mastering the first-rate martial arts was even smoother. Within almost a day, he could master one of the top-tier Body Refining Martial Arts and form a Martial Arts Avatar.
Nine days later, nine top-tier Body Refining Martial Arts were completely mastered, and then the Immortal Bone was swallowed and upgraded.
Dong dong dong...
Suddenly, the sound of the war drums echoed through the mountains and forests.
"The war drums have sounded, could it be that the mountain people are launching another attack?
An idea popped up in Lu Yan’s heart, and he left his house, soaring into the sky and arrived around the Blood Land Vein.
"Captain."
Nine team members were already in place.
Not far away, Xiao Ran had led hundreds of the King Ming’s soldiers into position, and there was another team of King Ming bodyguards.
"The scout reported that the mountain people are attacking."
Xiao Ran said.
At this moment, a figure floated over - it was Shen Yinuo.
Lu Yan looked at Shen Yinuo and his eyes lit up, "Yinuo, have you broken through?"
"Mmm."
Shen Yinuo nodded.
Lu Yan showed joy.
Upon Shen Yinuo’s breakthrough and entering the True Body Fifth Refinement, her combat power had definitely soared dramatically.
Awoooo...
At this moment, a large number of figures appeared in the distant mountains and forests.
Each of them was muscular, bare-chested, howling like wolves, and madly rushing towards the Blood Land Vein. Their speed was incredibly fast, one step was tens of meters, and they quickly approached the Blood Land Vein.
"Fire!"
Xiao Ran gave the order.
Several hundred of King Ming’s soldiers pulled their bows and shot their arrows.
The arrows flew through the forest towards the mountain people, but the mountain people wielded their curved knives to block the arrows.
After a round of shooting, only a few mountain people were killed, a few were injured, the rest of them were unharmed.
The faces of Lu Yan and the other King Ming bodyguards slightly changed.
"Shiwan Mountain is known for its tough people who all practice martial arts. Still, they are said to be practising superficial techniques, mostly second-rate and third-rate martial arts. And most of those mountain people are just Limit Breaking Warriors, how could they be so strong?"
Fan Yun, another squad leader, remarked in astonishment.
From the shots they just fired, there wasn’t a single mountain person below the Martial Marquis level among them, and a small portion had even reached the Grandmaster Level.
This contradicted all the rumours, they were like a modern Marquis Army.
It should be noted that in the Mansion of King Ming, only King Ming’s Forbidden Guards were pure Martial Marquises.
Looking at the number of mountain people, there were at least thousands, and they kept appearing one after the other.
"That’s what confuses us too, perhaps, it has something to do with the peculiar patterns on their bodies."
Xiao Ran said.
Of course, Lu Yan had also noticed the patterns that emerged on each of the mountain people’s bodies when they made their move.
These patterns were very similar to the Will Power Patterns, like intertwining and tangling little snakes, as if they were engraved onto their skin, extremely eerie.
"Yinuo, don’t you think the patterns on their bodies look like the Will Power Patterns?" Lu Yan asked.
"It’s not that they look like them, they are Will Power Patterns. It’s strange, why do these people have Will Power Patterns on them."
Shen Yinuo’s eyebrows furrowed, she was also full of confusion.
"Fire again!"
Xiao Ran roared.
"Take action together."
Both Lu Yan and Fan Yun gave the order at the same time.
The two teams of King Ming’s bodyguards also took out their bows and arrows and fired."
Although most of the King Ming bodyguards primarily practiced martial arts, not archery, they all had secondary training. With their cultivation level, the power they shot out was naturally astonishing. Immediately, a few mountain people were shot down and fell."
Swoosh!
Lu Yan also took action personally. A single arrow shot out, piercing the bodies of seven mountain people in a row."
However, these mountain people seemed to know no fear. None of them retreated. They howled with their mouths, the patterns on their bodies diffused, and they madly rushed towards them."
"Fire again!"
Xiao Ran roared."
After two more rounds of shooting, over a hundred mountain people were killed, and the mountain people were now on the Blood Land Vein."
"Kill!"
Xiao Ran, holding a long spear, leaped up and rushed forward. The spear thrust forward, piercing three mountain people in a row. With a violent shake of the spear, those mountain people were torn into pieces."
Then the long spear swept out horizontally, but was blocked by a curved knife."
"Damn outsider, your opponent is me."
A particularly strong mountain man roared, swinging his knife at Xiao Ran. He actually had the strength of the True Body Realm."
The number of Will Power Patterns on his body was more abundant, more compact, interweaving a profound pattern."
For a while, he was evenly matched with Xiao Ran."
Lu Yan held a battle knife in his hand and also rushed up. The flash of the knife was followed by several beheaded mountain people."
There was no sense of reluctance or pity."
This was a battlefield.
On the battlefield, you’re either your own or an enemy.
Showing mercy to the enemy is a death sentence.
The kindest ones die the fastest in the battlefield.
Shen Yinuo, Fan Yun, and others joined in the fight too.
Several true bodies acted together and immediately, a large number of mountain people were killed.
"Damn outsiders, kill."
A burly man, swinging a wolf fang club, charged at Lu Yan.
Lu Yan slashed, his blade meeting the wolf fang club. The man’s body shook violently, stepping back repeatedly.
"Apparently, there are also true body realm’s mountain people."
Lu Yan was a little surprised.
According to Xiao Ran, during the last attack by the mountain people, they only had one true body realm warrior, otherwise they couldn’t have withstood the assault.
But this time, there were as many as three.
Because on Fan Yun’s side, he was also facing a master.
Ao...
After being pushed back by Lu Yan, the stout man howled like a wolf; the will power patterns on his body rotated, wriggling like snakes, and emitted a bright light. The energy of heaven and earth started gathering around him crazily; he jumped up, attacking Lu Yan from a high position with his wolf fang club.
Lu Yan brandished his sword once, sending the man flying again, then unleashed his sword energy, chopping down a dozen mountain people nearby.
Naturally, Lu Yan held back, only using a bit of his strength. Otherwise, no matter how robust the mountain man was, he could have taken him down with a single stroke.
The reason he held back was because he was curious about the man’s techniques.
What these mountain people were exerting didn’t seem to be martial arts, but relied entirely on the will power patterns on their bodies.
When they started to move, the will power patterns lit up, drawing energy from the heavens and earth to boost their own body, thus launching a powerful attack.
This technique was somewhat similar to those at the primordial spirit realm who used their souls to draw on the power of heaven and earth.
Yet it was clear these mountain men were not at the primordial spirit realm.
After several rounds of fighting with the stout man, Lu Yan found that the man only knew to use the will power patterns to control the power of heaven and earth; his techniques were simple and nothing special.
He gathered strength, and with a flash of his sword, the man’s head flew off.
Huh?
Suddenly, Lu Yan’s eyes narrowed.
After the stout man had his head chopped off, surprisingly, he didn’t die; the will power patterns on his body connected with the patterns on his head, like threads, pulling his head back and reattaching it to his body.
"Ao ao, Immortal Lord be praised, I am immortal."
The stout man roared excitedly, attacking Lu Yan as if his life didn’t matter.
Whoosh whoosh!
This time, Lu Yan attacked repeatedly, leaving the man nearly dismembered.
But the stout man still didn’t die; his shattered body, connected by the will power patterns, was restored again.
"This technique is a martial spirit? No, it’s completely different from the power of the martial spirit."
"What is the ’immortal lord’ he keeps talking about? Does it relate to immortals?"
Lu Yan’s thoughts raced, his war knife striking out incessantly.
According to the experience of martial spirits and demons, there is no such thing as a truly immortal body in this world. The reason why some cannot be killed is that the offensive power is not strong enough.
As expected, after every time the stout man was chopped down and restored, his will power patterns dimmed. After several rounds of attack, the will power patterns on the stout man’s body started to sound ’chichi’ as if they were on fire, then disappeared.
"No..."
The puts on a look of terror for the first time.
Puff!
With a flash of the blade, the man’s head rolls on the ground.
This time, the stout man failed to come back to life.
"Retreat."
The true body realm mountain man, who was competing with Xiao Ran, shouted in fear; after a single round with Xiao Ran, he started to retreat.
The other mountain people vanished in an instant.
"Pursue."
Xiao Ran commanded loudly.
"No need to chase."
However, Lu Yan decided to stop them.
"Captain Lu, why shouldn’t we pursue? These mountain people are growing stronger each time, unless we take this chance to weaken them, they will be a constant threat."
Xiao Ran pointed out. Of course, he expressed himself very politely.
His defence against Lu Yan’s overwhelmingly superior and unfathomable power.
"These mountain men are exploiting strange energies, it’s clear someone is pulling strings behind them. I plan to quietly follow them and investigate."
Lu Yan said.
"Captain Lu is just, please be careful."
Xiao Ran saluted.
"Yinuo, shall we go together?"
Lu Yan turned to Shen Yinuo.
"Of course."
Both vanished in the blink of an eye, like a gentle breeze.
"Squad leader Fan, what’s Captain Lu’s background? He seems quite young, but his strength is unfathomable."
Xiao Ran asked Fan Yun.
"Captain Xiao, don’t ask what you shouldn’t know."
Fan Yun replied lightly.
When Lu Yan and Shen Yinuo stepped out, they changed their appearances and used aliases, concealing their true identities.
Of course, the bodyguards from the Mansion of King Ming knew about this.
However, before they set off, Chu Long had summoned them and instructed them not to reveal Lu Yan’s real identity.
Xiao Ran awkwardly smiled and stopped asking.
Silently, Lu Yan and Shen Yinuo caught up with the mountain people and continued following them all the way from behind.
These mountain people lived here, they could run freely in the rugged mountains. A few hours later, they reached their destination.
Inside a basin full of mountains, a gigantic wall was erected. The place was a prototype of an enormous city.
The mountain people entered the city and the gate closed behind them.
