Chapter 511 - 225: Dare to Kill Me, and You Offend Young Master Dai
Chapter 511: Chapter 225: Dare to Kill Me, and You Offend Young Master Dai
"You can’t kill me!"
Seeing his men all dead and his own escape impossible, the captain immediately shouted, "I’m a disciple of the Yin Corpse Sect! I’m one of Young Master Dai’s guards!"
"If you dare to kill me, you’ll be offending Young Master Dai! You’ll be offending—"
Before he could finish, he was sliced in two.
Xiao Chen couldn’t be bothered to listen to his nonsense. It was nothing more than offending the Yin Corpse Sect. ’Trying to threaten me with that? That’s hilarious.’
If he were truly afraid of trouble, he should have just swallowed his pride from the start.
Since he had already chosen to act, he certainly wasn’t going to be scared now.
’Maybe I should head to the core region first.’
Xiao Chen skillfully collected the Storage Rings. ’That’s another nine Storage Rings. If I keep on with the Refinement, I might not have enough time.’
But now there was a problem: you couldn’t put a Storage Ring inside another Storage Ring.
The same went for Storage Bags. In short, no nesting dolls.
Luckily, he had ten fingers and could just barely wear them all. It was just a bit uncomfortable on his hands, and he wasn’t used to it.
’Ah, this ring is a size too big. I’ll move it to my thumb.’
Xiao Chen adjusted its position. ’Good thing it wasn’t a size too small.’
Before Refinement was complete, a Storage Ring wouldn’t resize to fit a Cultivator’s finger.
You could say having too much loot to process was its own kind of trouble.
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’This place is pretty huge.’
Xiao Chen strode onto the main path and walked for nearly a thousand li in one go, yet he still hadn’t seen the core region.
There were no longer any large buildings on either side. Instead, there were rockeries of various heights and flowing water.
There was even a man-made mountain of green stone, hundreds of zhang high.
’Using such a huge place for something like this... what a fucking waste.’
Xiao Chen had heard some rumors about this kind of strange architectural layout before.
It was said that in Ancient Times, some major powers or mighty Loose Cultivators would deliberately build such artificial wonders to show off their strength.
The location was also very particular—it had to be built over a Tier Three or even a Tier Four Spirit Vein.
The whole point was picturesque scenery, to have a perfectly good Spirit Vein and just leave it unused. Yeah, just for kicks.
Of course, in the current cultivation world, aside from a few special preserved areas, this kind of thing no longer happened.
Everyone was more inclined to find ways to increase the utilization efficiency of their Spirit Veins.
He continued on for another hundred li or so and crossed a high mountain.
The scenery finally changed. In the area between it and the next great mountain, numerous small huts appeared.
’What is this place?’
Standing on the mountaintop, Xiao Chen could easily see several dozen Cultivators below, weaving between the different huts as if they were looking for something.
He slowly walked down the mountain and found that the nearest few huts were already completely empty.
’Interesting. What’s hidden here?’
Xiao Chen instantly guessed that some special items had likely been left here as well.
His interest was piqued, and he decided to investigate the situation first.
He headed deeper along the right side and soon came across a small hut that hadn’t yet been searched by others and was still protected by a Restriction.
’Good thing I found that Xuanhuang Reversal Array. Looks like it’s coming in handy now.’
Xiao Chen unfurled the Array according to the Array Deployment Map. Even though he was alone, the Restriction on this small hut was not as exaggerated as the one at the Traveling Palace.
As a result, it took him less than a Quarter Hour to successfully deal with it.
He put away the Array Plate and pushed the door open.
In the very center of the hut stood a humanoid statue, holding a Shield in its left hand and a saber in its right.
As if sensing someone’s entry, the statue’s eyes swiveled and locked onto Xiao Chen.
At the same time, the power of an Array swept over him, as if to verify his identity.
Naturally, the verification failed.
Dust suddenly fell from the statue as it began to move. "Kill!"
As it uttered the word "Kill," a powerful Spiritual Power fluctuation erupted from its body, no weaker than that of a Late-stage Golden Core cultivator.
Its speed was even faster; it reached Xiao Chen’s side in just two steps.
A brilliant light flared on its curved saber as it swung directly at his neck.
CLASP!
Xiao Chen clapped his hands together, catching the curved saber between them.
The statue reacted quickly, however, raising its Shield and ramming its whole body forward.
POP!
BANG!
Xiao Chen pushed out with both palms. One hand sent the curved saber flying while the other pressed against the Shield, using his superior strength to forcibly stop the statue’s charge.
"Hah!"
He put more force into his hands, and the stone slab beneath the statue’s feet shattered. Half of its body was immediately pressed into the ground.
Then, with a whip-like kick, Xiao Chen sent the statue’s head flying.
With its head gone, several mechanical linkages were exposed inside, yet the statue’s arms could still swing.
So, he had no choice but to completely dismantle the mechanical Human Puppet before he had a chance to investigate the room.
’Huh? Strange.’
Xiao Chen searched the room thoroughly. ’Why is there nothing here?’
The problem was that the hut’s Restriction was perfectly intact, meaning no one should have been here before.
He thought for a moment, then went back to inspect the puppet. At its waist, he found a Token made of a special material.
On it were more characters in the Ancient Spirit Language that he currently couldn’t recognize.
Hiss... ’Don’t tell me I have to collect Tokens?’
Recalling the number of huts he had seen from the mountaintop, Xiao Chen’s brow furrowed. ’There must be several thousand of them, at least. Isn’t this a bit too much trouble?’
Although a large number of Cultivators had come this time, nearly half of them had already been eliminated.