novelraw Chapter 198 - 143: Have You Seen an Unparalleled Celestial Pride?
Chapter 198 - 143: Have You Seen an Unparalleled Celestial Pride?
’Training?’
The three of them were stunned.
’Who would come here for training?’
’If it was purely for training, why would he be paid so much Spiritual Source?’
’It would make more sense if he had to spend Spiritual Source to come here.’
The three of them instantly arrived at a conclusion. This man had been tricked.
After a moment’s hesitation, the tall man asked, "Do you know how to farm?"
Jiang Man was perplexed. "Yes, I do. I’ve been farming since I was six."
The three of them lowered their heads in silence.
They seemed to be lost in memories of the past.
The tall man paused before speaking. "When the time comes, try not to get involved. Let us handle it. As soon as this wave is over, you should request to leave as soon as possible.
"That way, the impact should be minimal.
"You’ll still have a chance."
’Jiang Man thought they were worrying for nothing.’
He really was here for training.
And to earn some Spiritual Source on the side.
But he didn’t bother explaining further, since no one would believe him.
It was a widely accepted fact that this place could lock a genius’s Heart Spirit.
If he claimed to be fearless, no one would believe him.
Besides, there was no point in explaining.
The ’lock’ was invisible, so no matter what he said, he couldn’t offer any proof.
’In that case, I’ll just focus on my objective for this trip.’
As evening fell, the sky filled with stars.
They were exceptionally bright.
Jiang Man was a little surprised. The night sky here was far more beautiful than at Cloud Mist Peak.
Soon, they arrived at their destination: a giant crater surrounded by towering stone pillars.
"We’re here," the tall man said. "But we need to wait a bit longer. That way, the Demon Beasts that have wandered off will return."
Standing off to the side, Jiang Man asked, "If I practice my Cultivation here, will I be detected?"
Hearing this, the three of them froze.
It seemed they never expected Jiang Man to say such a thing.
But it was true that he wouldn’t be easily discovered.
That put Jiang Man at ease.
He then began to temper his Visualization Skill.
His eighty rounds of tempering were not yet complete.
The three rested while watching Jiang Man’s Cultivation, but the longer they watched, the more they felt a strange sense of shame.
It was as if his presence was telling them: ’You’re poor, yet you don’t strive. You’re weak, yet you don’t strive.’
Ultimately, the three grew despondent. It wasn’t that they didn’t work hard, but that hard work was now useless for them.
They had no choice but to accept their own mediocrity.
They were all bound by family contracts to some extent, required to endlessly earn Spiritual Source.
「Two hours later.」
The stars in the sky grew ever more brilliant, and the temperature had dropped.
A pack of Demon Beasts now lay resting in the giant crater.
Their hides were nearly the same color as the surrounding rocks, with flickers of firelight occasionally flashing through their bodies.
They looked to be about ten feet tall, like true behemoths.
"It’s about time," the tall man said, prompting Jiang Man.
Jiang Man took a deep breath and ceased his practice.
He looked down at the Demon Beasts and asked curiously, "Twenty-six of them? Are we just charging straight in?"
The three were taken aback and immediately shook their heads.
"We have to lure them out one by one and kill them," the woman said. "I’ll handle luring them out. You two decide who will activate their True Martial Skill first."
She then suppressed her aura and began to move forward.
But just as she moved, Jiang Man felt a sense of crisis.
Up ahead, the firelight in one of the Demon Beasts was flashing erratically.
’Something’s wrong.’
As an Unparalleled Celestial Pride, he knew this strange sense of crisis was no illusion.
He took a single step, instantly appearing beside the woman. He grabbed her shoulder with one hand and threw her backward.
Caught completely off guard, the woman was sent flying.
She was both surprised and annoyed. ’What is wrong with this new team leader?’
However, while she was still in mid-air, there was a sudden BOOM.
A terrifying shockwave surged forward.
BANG!
She quickly threw up a Defense, but the impact was weaker than she’d expected. She had thought the blow would gravely injure her.
But when she landed, she saw the new team leader standing right in front of her, having shielded her from the blast’s impact.
Jiang Man was forced back several steps. He shook his hand, which now ached.
"A mutation," the tall man said instantly. "We can’t stay here long."
But it was too late. The earlier explosion had awakened all the Demon Beasts in the crater, and they were all looking over.
They moved quickly, launching an Attack directly at the three people behind Jiang Man.
Meanwhile, in the center of the pack, a five-foot-tall Demon Beast stared intently at Jiang Man.
Firelight flowed across its body, marking it as clearly different from the rest.
"A Demon King! The intel was wrong, there’s a Demon King here! Run!" the other, skinnier man shouted in terror.
SWOOSH!
In an instant, the Demon King moved, charging toward Jiang Man.
BOOM!
Jiang Man struck.
Celestial Heart Seal.
With a thunderous RUMBLE, Jiang Man was sent flying backward, while the Demon King also retreated half a step.
The Demon King continued its Attack, but Jiang Man dodged every single one.
Cyan Smoke Prelude.
Each time, its Attack missed by a hair’s breadth.
The Demon King, meanwhile, grew more and more enraged as it fought.
Jiang Man didn’t dare to clash with it head-on either.
’It’s pretty strong.’
Meanwhile, the other three were besieged by over twenty Demon Beasts, leaving them with no room to escape.
They attacked relentlessly with skills like Wandering Dragon and Shadowless Palm, but they were completely unable to faze their opponents.
They were used to fighting one at a time; against so many, they were utterly outmatched.
Just then, with a loud CRASH, the weakest of them, the skinny man, was sent flying by a Demon Beast.
The Demon Beast was on him in an instant, about to swallow him whole.
Staring at its terrifying, cavernous maw, his heart filled with terror. He wanted to dodge but found he couldn’t move.
In that moment, it was as if his entire past flashed before his eyes.
Struggle, failure, joy, sorrow.
They played out like scenes, one after another.
The final image stopped in front of a small, thatched cottage.
He stared at the thatched cottage, and his heart was instantly filled with regret.
’I haven’t been back to see it in so long.’
’Now I’ll never be able to go back.’
Despair showed in his eyes.
Gritting his teeth, he made his final decision: to self-destruct.
He would use the small amount of Hidden Spirit he had just managed to accumulate to self-destruct.
’The blast might be a little stronger that way.’
But just as he made his decision, a figure suddenly dropped from the sky.
Landing heavily on the Demon Beast’s head.
THUD!
The cavernous maw, once wide open, was slammed shut as its head was driven straight down, getting stomped into the dirt with a loud THUD.
The figure was now crouching on the Demon Beast’s head, face-to-face with the skinny man. "What’s on your mind?"