Chapter 607 - 606: Scavenging Spree! The Ultimate Boss Appears
Chapter 607: Chapter 606: Scavenging Spree! The Ultimate Boss Appears
Chu Sheng plummeted down the volcano’s crater.
Just as it was about to smash into the hard limestone at the bottom of the volcano, the surrounding space suddenly twisted violently.
A blinding light flashed, and Chu Sheng instinctively closed its eyes.
When it opened its eyes again, its surroundings had completely changed.
This was no longer the lifeless, lava-filled bottom of the volcano, but an immense natural cavern.
Countless stalactites hung from the cavern’s ceiling, emitting a faint fluorescent light that bathed the entire space in a hazy glow.
Chu Sheng found itself standing right in the center of the cavern.
The corpses of over a hundred Demon Beasts lay scattered all around it.
The weakest among them were Ninth-Grade Demon Beasts!
Among them were even the corpses of several massive Emperor Realm Demon Beasts!
In addition to the Demon Beast corpses, five human bodies lay not far away.
They were the Holy Emperor’s subordinates.
’Looks like the Sakura Holy Emperor and his people ran into this pack of Demon Beasts as soon as they got here and had a vicious fight.’
Based on the scene, Chu Sheng quickly pieced together what had happened.
’Even though the Holy Emperor’s side only had a dozen or so people, their strength was clearly superior. Still, they lost a third of their men.’
It glanced at the Demon Beast corpses on the ground and saw that their Essence Blood was completely intact. The Holy Emperor and his men hadn’t touched a single drop.
’They must have been in a hurry to get the Emperor Tier Spatial Treasure, the Baqi Mirror, so they couldn’t be bothered with this little bit of Essence Blood.’
They might not have wanted it, but Chu Sheng was not one to let things go to waste.
Before digging in, it first asked in its mind, "Immortal Venerable Shi Xi, are there any other exits here?"
"No. This is the only way in or out of this space," Immortal Venerable Shi Xi replied definitively.
’As long as I guard this exit, it’ll be like shooting fish in a barrel.’
’Once I get the Baqi Mirror, the spatial fold will disappear, and I’ll be able to leave whenever I want. The five-minute time limit will be gone.’
So, Chu Sheng wasn’t in a hurry at all.
With a single thought, it summoned ten Outer Body Avatars.
It ordered the ten Outer Body Avatars to refine all the absorbed Demon Beast Essence Blood into Essence Blood Crystals and store them for later, slower digestion.
Meanwhile, its main body flew directly to the corpse of an Emperor Realm Demon Beast, raised its sharp proboscis, and plunged it deep.
[Ding! You have absorbed Top-Grade Emperor Realm Qi Blood! Qi Blood +300,000. Estimated digestion time: twenty minutes. Upon completion, you are expected to gain 30,000 Evolution Points.]
[Ding! A large amount of Power of Space Origin has been detected and is being automatically absorbed...]
’Power of the Spatial Realm?’
’These Demon Beasts are from the Space System!’
Chu Sheng was overjoyed.
’What an unexpected bonus!!!’
’Suck!’
’Suck it all dry for Lord Mosquito!’
In no time, all the Demon Beast corpses on the ground had shriveled into husks.
Chu Sheng’s ten Outer Body Avatars collected all the remaining Demon Beast Essence Blood.
In total, they collected eighteen Essence Blood Crystals, each storing a full one million units of pure Qi Blood.
And its Space Origin Comprehension skyrocketed by 15,000!
[Current Domains]
Mortal Realm (Great Success), Thunder Domain (Great Success), Five Elements Domain (Minor Success)
[Current Realm/Origin/Law Comprehension:]
[Law of Thunder: 131,200/1,000,000 (10%)]
[Law of Fire: 100,220/1,000,000 (10%)]
[Metal Origin: 62,000/100,000 (Entry)]
[Earth Origin: 61,800/100,000 (Entry)]
[Wood Origin: 52,000/100,000 (Entry)]
[Water Origin: 42,900/100,000 (Entry)]
[Space Origin: 30,000/100,000 (Entry)]
[Destruction Origin: 25,880/100,000 (Entry)]
[Life Realm: 7,000/10,000 (Perfection)]
[Time Realm: 6,000/10,000 (Perfection)]
The increases in Destruction, Wood, and Earth came from absorbing the three Sakura Ancient God avatars previously.
The small increase in the Life Realm was an extra bonus from when it snatched the Sakura Ancient God’s Life Essence.
’Since this is the domain of the Emperor Tier Spatial Treasure, the Baqi Mirror, there must be more than just these Space System Demon Beasts. There might be even better things up ahead.’
Wasting no more time, Chu Sheng put away the Essence Blood Crystals and started exploring deeper into the cavern.
In truth, it didn’t even need to bother exploring.
The Sakura Holy Emperor and his men had already paved the way.
As Chu Sheng advanced, the path was littered with the corpses of Demon Beasts and the Holy Emperor’s subordinates. There wasn’t a single living creature in sight.
After about ten minutes, Chu Sheng came to a fork in the path.
The path split left and right.
Deep within the left passage, a soft and mysterious, multicolored light pulsed faintly.
’That must be the aura of the Baqi Mirror, no doubt about it.’
The right passage, however, was blocked by a heavy stone door.
A complex Barrier was laid over the stone door, its surface covered in countless slash and hack marks.
’The Holy Emperor and his men must have tried to break through, but failed.’
’It made sense. Their target was the Baqi Mirror on the left.’
’Since they couldn’t break the door quickly, it was only natural they wouldn’t waste time on it.’
But Chu Sheng had all the time in the world.
’All it had to do was wait for the Holy Emperor to get the Baqi Mirror, and then snatch it away.’
Chu Sheng looked at the stone door on the right, which was sealed by the Barrier.
’Anything placed in the same location as an Emperor Tier Spatial Treasure and specifically sealed with a Barrier has to be good!’
’I’ll take the loot here first.’
With a thought, Chu Sheng raised its foreleg.
Realm-Breaking Claw!
In less than a minute, the surface of the once-indestructible Barrier began to ripple.
Another five minutes passed.
KACHA—
A crisp shattering sound echoed.
The entire Barrier shattered, dissolving into countless specks of light that faded into the air.
Chu Sheng pushed open the heavy stone door and flew inside.
Inside was a medium-sized chamber.
The chamber was lined with rows of wooden shelves.
Chu Sheng glanced around, and its eyes nearly popped out of its head.
The shelves were filled with all sorts of treasures.
Magical Treasures, Spirit Pills, Spiritual Plants...
There was even a bottle of Emperor Level Essence Blood!!!
’Holy crap! I’ve hit the jackpot!’
Politeness was not a word in Chu Sheng’s vocabulary.
Without a moment’s hesitation, it packed up everything in the chamber and stored it in its Primordial Grotto Heaven.
Only after confirming that nothing was left behind did it leave the chamber, completely satisfied.
Chu Sheng had just returned to the fork and was about to head down the left passage.
ROAR!!!
Suddenly, a deafening roar erupted from deep within the left passage, causing the entire cavern to shake violently.
Immediately after, an extremely sorry figure stumbled out of the left passage.
It was the Sakura Holy Emperor!
His dragon robe was tattered and stained with blood and dirt, his hair was a mess, and several bone-deep scratches marred his face. He was a truly wretched sight.
He tightly clutched a palm-sized, stone-like mirror in his hand, from which faint spatial fluctuations emanated.
The Baqi Mirror!
Chu Sheng immediately knew what it was.
Just as it was about to move forward and snatch the Baqi Mirror, an opportunity presenting itself...
...earth-shaking footsteps suddenly thundered from within the passage, as if a behemoth was charging.
Then, a massive, pitch-black, dog-like Demon Beast burst out of the passage.
The dog-like Demon Beast held a person in its jaws.
After bursting out of the passage, the beast casually shook its head and flung the person from its mouth.
Chu Sheng looked at the person.
’Isn’t that Grand General Sakura, who was just with the Holy Emperor!’