Chapter 392: Chapter 391: Astounding Harvest
Before comprehending the Demonic True Intent, Shi Xiaole theoretically could completely succeed in unifying the Devil Path, but the difficulty would definitely be there. After all, after turning into Xie Xiaofeng, he couldn’t possibly demonstrate the Wind True Intent, to avoid arousing suspicion.
Now that he has comprehended ten percent of the Demonic True Intent, the strength of Xie Xiaofeng does not at all fall short compared to the main person Shi Xiaole, and even with the use of the fifteenth Death Claiming Sword, he shows even greater superiority.
Standing tall, Shi Xiaole was in high spirits.
Glancing around, he began to confiscate the low-grade Spiritual Weapons he found, eventually obtaining two low-grade Spirit Swords, a convenient shovel from the Buddhist door, as well as two pairs of low-grade Spirit-level gloves, all of which he collected.
After some thought, he suddenly took out the Red Dragon Sword and stuck it in the blood-colored land.
The Red Dragon Sword itself is a fierce weapon, the intentions of killing here might inspire the fierceness of the sword, making its destructive power even greater.
Outside the red fog.
"I can’t wait any longer, I must go in and take a look."
Pan Yiheng’s expression wasn’t good.
Shi Xiaole’s mental power was far greater than his, meaning that if something happened to the other party, it would definitely be in the deeper areas of the Blood War Plains - him going there would be pointless.
Ge Jiao sighed, "Brother Pan, let’s go in together, we should try our best for Shi Xiaole."
Both of them were somewhat regretful.
A person like Shi Xiaole was destined to stand out. Now it seems, he was more like a meteor, although brilliant, it’s brilliance is short-lived.
"It’s me who harmed Shi Xiaole."
Pan Yiheng gnashed his teeth.
Suddenly, the sound of footsteps were heard from the red fog.
The two instinctively heightened their vigilance.
Dressed in a dust-free aqua gown, Shi Xiaole walked out, laughed and said, "Senior Brothers, I have kept you waiting."
"Shi Xiaole, are you... okay?"
Ge Jiao asked uncertainly.
"Do I look like something’s wrong?"
After giving Shi Xiaole a few more stares, they both finally relaxed and eased their anxiety.
"Shi Xiaole, why did you delay for so long?"
Ge Jiao glanced at the sword on Shi Xiaole’s waists, guessing that he must have gained a lot.
"I was too absorbed looking for things and completely lost track of time."
Shi Xiaole suddenly took out two intact gloves from his arms and gave them to Pan Yiheng and Ge Jiao, "Senior Brothers, I found these accidentally and they are of no use to me. I’ll give them to you."
Without Pan Yiheng, Shi Xiaole would not be able to come to the Blood War Plains and comprehend the Demonic True Intent, and without Ge Jiao, he wouldn’t even be able to meet Pan Yiheng, everything would never have started.
So in Shi Xiaole’s eyes, giving two pairs of Spirit-level gloves was not a big deal.
But to the two of them, it was different.
These are intact low-grade Spirit-level gloves! Once possessed, their strength would increase by at least 30%. Even if they faced the top master-level experts, they could barely fight them off.
And let’s not forget, not only masters of martial arts can use gloves. Which martial artist in the world doesn’t have a bit of hand-to-hand combat skills?
Something so priceless, but he says he’s just giving them away?
For a moment, the look Pan Yiheng and Ge Jiao gave Shi Xiaole was incredibly complicated.
How far a person can go, the lower limit depends on aptitude, but the upper limit is dependant on nature and chance. There’s no doubt that Shi Xiaole’s nature was ranked at the top within the people they knew.
If they were in his shoes, they would admit that they could not be as generous as Shi Xiaole.
"Shi Xiaole, you..."
Ge Jiao opened his mouth to speak, but could not say anything.
Pan Yiheng was even more embarrassed.
Earlier, he had received a broken glove and a low-grade Spirit Sword, and wished he could immediately hide it away. His actions were quite normal, but comparing them to Shi Xiaole, they seemed quite petty.
"Senior Brothers, could it be that you’re looking down on me?"
Shi Xiaole laughed.
"No way, not at all."
The two exchanged glances, blushing they accepted the gifts, and couldn’t help but feel overjoyed in their hearts.
"Senior Brothers, I want to continue researching the Blood War Plains, are you going to leave first, or..."
Whether it’s the information left by Pan Yiheng’s master or Shi Xiaole’s own feelings, the Blood War Plains are too mysterious. He wants to delve a little deeper, after all, it won’t waste too much time.
"Given that we have nothing else to do, why don’t we split up and investigate, then we can gather our findings later. How about that?"
Pan Yiheng suggested.
With Shi Xiaole’s abilities, it’s only natural that he would go deeper into the Blood War Plains. He and Ge Jiao could take care of the periphery, this way they could also improve efficiency.
The three quickly reached an agreement and each walked their separate ways.
Shi Xiaole came back to the deepest part of the Blood War Plains, gazing at the blood-soil around the Intent of Killing.
The blood-soil here is different from other places, it’s probably because of the influence of the Intent of Killing, which is clearly much softer. If the Blood War Plains really are a single monolith, you could dig down from the periphery.
With the thought, Shi Xiaole took out the convenient shovel he had obtained not long ago from his system storage. After experimenting, he found that the blood-soil thirty meters to the east was the softest, so he started digging.
With his current capabilities, combined with the power of the convenient shovel, his speed was extraordinary. In a short span of three 2-hour periods, he had already gone two hundred meters underground.
Shi Xiaole started to feel more shocked as he dug deeper.
Because as he went deeper, he discovered that about ten meters to the west of the pit he had dug up, within the mud wrapping, was an indestructible rigid object, immensely huge and completely solid, it was the Battlefield of Blood and Iron!
"Is it really a giant rock?"
Swinging the handy shovel, Shi Xiaole struck the Battlefield of Blood and Iron with all his strength. With a startling ’boom,’ a great force of recoil made the shovel fly out of his hands. His palm tingled from the impact, and his internal organs felt as if they had slightly shifted.
The area that was hit instantly lit up with a red glow that gradually faded after three breaths.
The Flying Horse Dynasty had countless strange and unusual incidents, but it was unheard of where a stone had such toughness. Could it be, just like Brother Pan’s master insisted, the Battlefield of Blood and Iron wasn’t from this world?
Huff!
Shi Xiaole could accept this bizarre speculation more easily than others because he himself was not from this world.
He clumsily picked up the shovel and dug for several more two-hour periods. When he reached a depth of over 300 meters, Shi Xiaole finally came to the bottom of the Battlefield of Blood and Iron. He observed it left and right for a long time and found that the Battlefield of Blood and Iron seemed to have no particular features except for its sturdiness.
After pondering, Shi Xiaole decided to meet up with Ge Jiao and Pan Yiheng first. As he was about to move, a breath of air drifted towards him, causing the Stone Touching Qi Cyclone in the system space to suddenly start rotating rapidly.
"Is that... the Mystic Crystal Stone?"
Only the Mystic Crystal Stone could trigger a reaction from the Stone Touching Qi Cyclone and to elicit such a huge response, the evidence pointed towards an incredibly pure Mystic Crystal Stone aura.
Shi Xiaole’s face underwent several changes, he started digging in the direction from which the aura originated. A few tens of meters later, a mass of rubble tumbled from the dirt with a crumpling sound.
Boom!
The rotating speed of the Stone Touching Qi Cyclone had never been so fast, it had almost turned into a vortex of air currents.
With his mouth dry and tongue parched, Shi Xiaole didn’t hesitate and immediately picked up the scattered rubble and put it into the system space.
Ten pieces.
Fifty pieces.
A hundred pieces.
Two hundred pieces.
The Mystic Crystal Stones here seemed endless, after a quarter of an hour, Shi Xiaole had already collected a staggering ten thousand pieces, yet Mystic Crystal Stones continued to fall from the dirt.
Fifteen thousand pieces.
Twenty thousand pieces.
...
They reached the astonishing number of over fifty-three thousand pieces and yet the amount of Mystic Crystal Stones didn’t decrease, they continued growing in number!
Thanks to the system space, otherwise, carrying so many Mystic Crystal Stones away would require hundreds of large boxes.
"Wait a second."
Shi Xiaole suddenly noticed something wasn’t right.
From the fifty-six thousand pieces onward, the Mystic Crystal Stones became slightly different, the surface intermittently exhibited an extremely faint green tinge, hard to notice. If Shi Xiaole hadn’t been keenly aware and calm-natured, he wouldn’t have been able to discover it.
Running his internal power within his hand, the Mystic Crystal Stone in his palm momentarily exhibited a green light. With a plop, the stone dropped to the ground and Shi Xiaole retreated back in fright.
A strand of green light drilled into his palm, infiltrating his channels, causing Shi Xiaole to feel as if he were being burned by fire. His entire body was as if undergoing some terrifying transformation, which scared him into suppressing it with the Faceless Divine Skill.
But what was terrifying was that a little green light had consumed half a two-hour period of Shi Xiaole’s time to barely drive it away.
He even doubted that if he hadn’t used the extremely tough and pure Faceless Divine Skill and used another technique like the Brahma-I Unity, he might not have been able to remove it.
Not daring to waste another second, Shi Xiaole checked all the Mystic Crystal Stones that he had put into the system space and threw out thirteen of them. He was still unsure, so he checked repeatedly. After ascertaining he made no mistake, he managed to calm his mind down.
That was too close!
Had he not been extremely cautious, if he had really absorbed these Mystic Crystal Stones with the green light, the consequences could have been disastrous.
Looking at the soil in front of him, large patches of Mystic Crystal Stones were piled together, and there were countless more behind, but Shi Xiaole’s heart was already devoid of excitement.
What was this green light, exactly?
Considering where the Mystic Crystal Stones were located, the spot of the green light should be under the Battlefield of Blood and Iron. Could it be related to the Battlefield of Blood and Iron?
"A mysterious substance?"
Shi Xiaole suddenly remembered, Pan Yiheng had mentioned that the Battlefield of Blood and Iron was connected to a mysterious substance underground, could that be this green light?
His intense curiosity prompted Shi Xiaole to investigate further, but in the end, he picked up the handy shovel, and flew away from the underground.
There were dangers one could afford to face, and there were those one absolutely couldn’t touch. Perhaps when his skills were high enough in the future, he could come back to look.
However, having understood the Demonic True Intent and having received over fifty-six thousand Mystic Crystal Stones for free, Shi Xiaole’s haul this time was alarming enough to terrify people.
"Friend Shi, have you discovered anything?" Pan Yiheng asked outside the red fog.
"The Battlefield of Blood and Iron is indeed a giant stone, but apart from that, there doesn’t seem to be much else worth noting."
Shi Xiaole still kept the discovery of the Mystic Crystal Stones to himself, otherwise he wouldn’t be able to explain how he had managed to carry so many away.
"In the past, many people have surveyed it, but regretfully, no one has made any real discoveries. Friend Shi, there’s no need to fret."
Brother Pan’s eyes flashed as he said with a smile.
After their investigation drawing up no results, the trio immediately left the Battlefield of Blood and Iron, and suitably camouflaged the area to prevent it from being discovered. If the news of the Battlefield of Blood and Iron were to be exposed, it would create endless turbulence in the Martial World, causing nothing but harm and death.
"There are two months left until the system’s deadline, it’s time to return to the Devil Path to eliminate some people."
Looking at the blue sky, Shi Xiaole uttered a faint smile, murmuring in his heart.
