Chapter 596 - 535: Assassination by a Ninth Realm Powerhouse
Chapter 596: Chapter 535: Assassination by a Ninth Realm Powerhouse
The Merit Points he gained were fewer than what he would get for killing a single Earth-Split Dragon.
In just half an hour, he had maximized his efficiency, hunting and killing two Eighth-Level Calamity Beasts in a row.
And the Earth Shield Elephant was the strongest among them.
In half an hour, he had raked in 2 million Merit Points.
As expected, earning Merit Points was ridiculously easy for a powerful Martial Artist.
And he, a mere Seventh Realm Martial Artist, was already capable of this.
’Once I reach the Eighth Realm, my targets will be Ninth-Level Calamity Beasts.’
He took a Potion from his Battle Armor, a vial filled with green liquid.
This wasn’t a Top-Grade Healing Potion, but the Water of Life.
He downed it in one gulp.
High Realm Martial Artists all used the Water of Life to recover.
A single bottle cost just 5,000 Merit Points in the House of War.
Middle Realm Martial Artists couldn’t bear to use it, but it was a different story for High Realm Martial Artists.
Lin Qi was not short on Merit Points, and the Water of Life could rapidly restore his stamina.
Half an hour of high-intensity combat had consumed a massive amount of his stamina.
He had to make sure his stamina was plentiful.
As he felt the strength inside him rapidly recovering, his gaze locked onto the distance.
The Tenth-Level Calamity Beast, the Thunder Prison Fierce Lion, had been lured into the distance, where the Overlord, the Sword Emperor, and the Sword King were struggling to fight it.
Even the Particle Cannon would land a strike on it from time to time.
They were barely holding their ground.
But things were getting chaotic on the front with the Ninth-Level Calamity Beasts.
"Get out of the way!"
Suddenly, an urgent, furious roar echoed from the sky.
Lin Qi looked to the sky. A crimson light filled his vision as a scorching heat wave washed over him.
It was a gigantic bird of prey, wreathed in scorching flames.
It was over 60 meters long with a 100-meter wingspan, resembling a red cloud that blotted out the sun. Its entire body was covered in crimson feathers, each burning like an individual flame.
A Ninth-Level Calamity Beast—the Red Flame Bird!
The Red Flame Bird’s feathers erupted with a stunning light, as if they had burst into flame, and its body radiated an incredible heat.
Like a moving sun, it instantly melted the falling snow.
Through his [Golden Eyes], Lin Qi could clearly see red, vein-like patterns glowing on the bird’s feathers, radiating heat like molten lava.
It spewed scorching flames from its beak, with temperatures reaching several thousand degrees—hot enough to instantly incinerate a Middle Realm Martial Artist.
And in the sky, a tall, burly figure brandished a Big Gun, unleashing a hundred-meter-long, brown Spear Gang.
It collided with the flames in a fiery explosion.
That was the King of Mountains and Rivers. He was single-handedly holding back two Ninth-Level flying Calamity Beasts, but he was clearly outmatched.
He could choose to focus on killing one of the Ninth-Level Calamity Beasts first, but the other would then wreak havoc on the base.
The shout from earlier had come from him.
Lin Qi suddenly sensed intense danger. He activated his Body Technique, erupting with his full power and transforming into a bolt of Lightning as he fled into the distance.
BOOM!
In the next instant, a pillar of flame shot out from the Red Flame Bird’s beak, blanketing a massive area.
Lin Qi could already feel the scorching air. The surrounding snow instantly melted and evaporated, revealing the scorched earth beneath.
The other Martial Artists in the vicinity also fled in an instant. Some weren’t fast enough to escape and were engulfed by the flames. Even with their Power and Combat Suits, they couldn’t hold it back.
"AHHH!!!"
They were instantly turned into human torches.
Many of the Calamity Beast corpses on the ground were also set ablaze.
The corpse of the Earth Shield Elephant, however, remained unscathed.
"You beast!"
Seeing this, the King of Mountains and Rivers roared in fury, and terrifying Gang Power erupted from his body.
Lin Qi, meanwhile, quickly made his escape, his heart still pounding with lingering fear.
He had almost been hit himself. He wasn’t sure if he could have withstood the thousands of degrees of the Red Flame.
That was a temperature capable of instantly burning a person to ash.
He looked at the charred remains of several Martial Artists and sighed.
’This is a real battlefield.’
’You never know when disaster will strike.’
His gaze hardened as he watched the distant figures of the Red Flame Bird, the Black Gold Eagle, and the King of Mountains and Rivers.
The other Ninth Realm Martial Artists were also locked in a stalemate with Ninth-Level Calamity Beasts.
Each was fighting two beasts at once.
They were waiting for reinforcements from other Ninth Realm Martial Artists.
And those reinforcements would be arriving soon.
He charged toward the other Calamity Beasts, his [Golden Eyes] operating at high speed.
"ROAR~"
KABOOM!
Several Iron-Backed War Bears lunged at him. Lin Qi brandished his Big Gun, and a Golden Spear Gang shot forth.
SHINK! SHINK!~~
In an instant, several Golden Spear Gangs pierced through the Iron-Backed War Bears. Blood splattered onto the ground as their bodies crashed down.
Merit Points +500
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A smile appeared on Lin Qi’s face. Just as he was about to hunt other Calamity Beasts...
"Hm?"
In that instant, he felt an intense killing intent that sent a shiver down his spine.
It was a sensation he hadn’t felt even when he was nearly struck by the Red Flame Bird’s flames.
The battlefield, filled with the smoke of battle, held only Calamity Beasts and the Martial Artists fighting them.
Lin Qi turned his head, his gaze sweeping over a dilapidated watchtower where the accumulated snow had been blown away.
Through his [Golden Eyes], he activated his X-ray Vision.
Piercing through the watchtower, he saw several figures behind the structure.
They looked like Ordinary High Realm Martial Artists, clad in Battle Armor and wielding Weapons to fight Calamity Beasts.
But strangely, they weren’t releasing any Gang Power, using only pure physical strength.
The next moment, a figure appeared in his line of sight. They were a hundred meters apart, and their eyes met.
The image in Lin Qi’s eyes zoomed in.
Super Vision!
In a flash, the person’s Ordinary face seemed to have a filter removed, revealing its true form.
"This is..."
Lin Qi was startled. Through his [Golden Eyes], he saw a bizarre "human face."
Aside from the general outline of a human face, every other feature was drastically different.