Chapter 538: Hunting The Jade Beasts
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
After taking all the Realm Essence Crystal, it was now time for them to run.
Or at least, that was what An Lin thought. This was also what Cassidy and Merlin were thinking as well, so they simultaneously retreated as they battled.
A Return to Void Intermediate Stage cultivator teaming up with another cultivator at the pinnacle of Return to Void Initial Stage was more than enough to hold off the three Jade Beasts as they slowly staged their retreat.
However, at this moment, a sound akin to the roar of a ferocious ancient beast suddenly exploded forth in the distance.
The resulting earth-shattering sound waves swept through the air in a radius of close to ten kilometers.
A black shark over a kilometer in length materialized in the air before opening its cavernous, crimson jaws to bite down upon a Jade Beast. The Jade Beast was swallowed by the black shark, which then proceeded to explode.
A devastating black shockwave radiated outward, pulverizing everything in its wake.
The humanoid Jade Beast that had been swallowed by the black shark was unable to endure the force of the explosion as its body cracked open with a resounding boom.
Just as the Jade Beast’s body cracked open, a shiny golden object appeared where its heart should have been.
The dazzling light of the object pierced through the darkness, and everyone’s eyes instantly lit up upon catching sight of it.
It was a golden Realm Essence Crystal!
The heart of the humanoid Jade Beast was a golden Realm Essence Crystal!
An Lin drew a sharp intake of breath before turning to Cassidy and Merlin. “Stop running! You two are both Blood Tribe mighty figures! Aren’t you ashamed to be chased around like this by a few Jade Beasts?!”
Even without An Lin’s reminder, Merlin and Cassidy’s eyes had already lit up.
That was a golden Realm Essence Crystal!
One Realm Essence Crystal could be exchanged for one milliliter of blood! How could they not be excited?!
Merlin’s banner flashed through the air as a hundred thousand soul warriors once again conjured up the massive blood demon projection.
Meanwhile, Cassidy unleashed a series of monstrous crimson sword projections that swept toward the Jade Beasts.
An intense battle ensued as Cassidy and Merlin both unleashed their trump cards in an attempt to secure the golden Realm Essence Crystals before the other.
The mountainous blood demon over ten thousand feet tall conjured up a massive crimson saber in its hand.
Energy surged violently, and a devastating aura began to emanate from the saber as black lightning flowed around its blade.
The blood demon raised the crimson saber that had black lightning revolving around the blade before slashing down upon one of the humanoid Jade Beasts.
Boom!
A resounding boom rang out across heaven and earth as the humanoid Jade Beast collided with the crimson saber in a fearsome clash between golden light and black lightning.
In the end, the black lightning began to tear through the golden light as the massive crimson saber broke through the Jade Beast’s defenses.
The crimson saber projection continued onward to strike the Jade Beast’s body before instantly tearing it in half.
Elsewhere, Cassidy’s body transformed into an agile black shadow, thereby allowing her to evade the attacks of the Jade Beast as she slashed out a series of lethal crimson sword projections in retaliation.
She was fighting two humanoid Jade Beasts at once, but her strategy was to divide and conquer as she focused all her firepower output on one Jade Beast alone. After unleashing a mystic technique to further enhance her Return to Void Intermediate Stage power, her sword flashed through the air faster than the Jade Beasts could follow, leaving countless crimson afterimages in its wake.
Thus, one of the humanoid Jade Beasts was diced into a few hundred pieces by Cassidy.
The other Jade Beast was completely enraged by the death of its partner, and it threw itself at Cassidy with renewed ferocity.
The result was quite easy to foresee; this humanoid Jade Beast was also diced into countless pieces.
Cassidy and Merlin had both unleashed mystic techniques to drastically enhance their power for a short time, but this was not without its consequences. After taking care of the three Jade Beats, both of them were clearly quite feeble, and their already pale features became even paler.
“Master… I’m anemic…” Cassidy moaned in a mellow, seductive voice.
An Lin rolled his eyes before slicing open his finger and flicking four milliliters of blood toward Cassidy.
Cassidy accepted the blood with glee. “Master… this is twice the amount you promised… Is this an extra credit for my splendid performance?”
“No. You two didn’t obtain the twenty-one Realm Essence Crystals directly for me, but you did contribute to the effort, so the extra two milliliters of blood is your reward for your work back there!” An Lin explained.
Thus, Merlin also received three milliliters of blood.
After drinking An Lin’s blood, color returned to the two Blood Tribe cultivators’ faces, and they instantly felt as if they had been completely rejuvenated.
An Lin stowed away the three golden Realm Essence Crystals. After adding on the twenty-one golden Realm Essence Crystal as well as the seven that were already in his storage ring, he now had a total of thirty-one golden Realm Essence Crystals in his possession
He had completed a third of the mission before he even knew it!
An Lin discovered that Cassidy and Merlin weren’t in a hurry to leave after drinking his blood. Instead, they were looking at Ao Mingyu, who were at a distance away, like two tigers watching their prey.
Ao Mingyu was engaged in battle with a humanoid Jade Beast, and the two of them appeared to be quite evenly matched.
“I think Ao Mingyu needs our help,” Merlin said.
“I think we should take Ao Mingyu out…” Cassidy cut straight to the point.
An Lin: “…”
Ao Mingyu transformed into a white dragon, and with earth-shattering force, his tail swung down upon the humanoid Jade Beast.
Both of the humanoid Jade Beast’s fists were enveloped in golden light, and it threw a powerful punch against the massive dragon tail.
The tail and the fist collided, sending devastating shockwaves flying through the air.
Ao Mingyu was knocked back by the fearsome power behind the fist, but the humanoid Jade Beast was also sent flying through the air by the tail whip.
The Jade Beast possessed power comparable to a Return to Void Initial Stage cultivator, so Ao Mingyu was unable to gain the upper hand in their battle.
In actuality, Ao Mingyu had a mystic technique in the form of an extremely fearsome lightning spell that he could use to slay the Jade Beast in one fell swoop. However, he immediately abandoned this course of action after recalling An Lin’s uncanny lightning manipulation ability.
He was afraid that this human mighty figure would be able to use the lightning he summoned against him…
Furthermore, that technique required a massive amount of energy. Without an ally present at the scene, there was a good chance he would be targeted after depleting most of his energy to unleash such a powerful attack.
Ao Mingyu was still engaged in the battle with the humanoid Jade Beast, but Gu Luo had already begun flying toward him, and it was clearly not coming to help him out.
From a distance away, Cassidy and Merlin were also flying toward him. Their intentions were even clearer as they already prepared to unleash offensive spell techniques…
An indignant and resentful expression appeared on Ao Mingyu’s face when he realized that all his efforts were bound to be in vain.
He let loose an enraged roar as cloud and mist began to materialize behind him.
Dragon Tribe mystical technique—Cloud and Mist Vessel!
Ao Mingyu instantly broke through the sound barrier as he fled into the distance!
The humanoid Jade Beast wanted to give chase, but Ao Mingyu was simply too fast for it to chase down.
Gu Luo had initially planned to slay the final humanoid Jade Beast, but after a moment of hesitation, he abandoned this idea before fleeing in another direction.
Cassidy and Merlin didn’t chase down either of them. Instead, they both pounced on the final humanoid Jade Beast…
The humanoid Jade Beast was quite powerful, but it stood no chance against two Blood Tribe Return to Void Stage mighty figures, and soon, its body was torn apart before a golden Realm Essence Crystal was extracted from it.
Thus, Cassidy and Merlin both received half a milliliter of holy blood.
An Lin also received a golden Realm Essence Crystal, so it was a win-win situation.
He now had a total of thirty-two golden Realm Essence Crystal. If any other Return to Void Stage mighty figure were to learn of this, they would probably piss themselves in shock.
This was simply a staggering amount!
All the other cultivators in the Void Star Section combined might not have as many golden Realm Essence Crystals as An Lin did! He was like a Realm Essence Crystal mine!
However, there was quite a large element of luck that resulted in him reeling in such a massive haul, so he wasn’t about to get complacent.
After swallowing a Blood Spirit Pill, he blasted a hole into the jade mountain before sitting inside to meditate in order to recover from the after-effect of using the Origin Energy of the Netherworld.
