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Chapter 251: We Have to Fight

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

"Members of the Saints?" Du Feng immediately frowned.

Du Feng remained silent for a moment, he then instructed, "Ai Peng, ask the others to come back."

Ai Peng immediately left. Liang Qian looked extremely worried.

"Leader, should we leave?"

Du Feng shook his head. "No, members of the Saints have a peculiar way of thinking. Since they have discovered us, they will feel like they are being discriminated against if we try to avoid them. Then, they will trouble you. We shall just treat them as the normal passersby."

Soon, Ai Peng came back with three of his teammates.

"The two of them should be the ones who triggered the massacre in Luoxi City. They'll slaughter your whole family simply because of one comment on the network. There are people who have said that the members of the Saints are a group of madmen," Duan Yang scolded as he had heard from Ai Peng that the members of the Saints were coming towards their direction. "Brother Du, you asked us to come over. Are we going to kill the murderers together?"

"I've watched the live video of the incident that you mentioned. Both of them are at gold-level, so we are incapable of beating them. Therefore, don't act rashly. Otherwise, we will probably die here," Du Feng said with a serious expression and warned them, "From now onwards, the five of you, act like you're dumb and like you're not allowed to talk. I'll answer any of their questions. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Leader!" Ai Peng answered while the rest of them nodded their heads.

"Ai Peng!" Du Feng stared at him. Ai Peng then covered his mouth and nodded his head.

"Alright, let's set up the tent now and treat them as the normal passersby. Try to act naturally," Du Feng instructed five of them.

Right after each of them had set up their tent, two of the Saint members arrived, riding the Holy Light Lion.

The Holy Light Lion was a white, lion-like gold-level monster. It was a lot bigger than the lions on Earth. Its shoulder height was more than three meters and it had claws the size of the average face. The biggest difference between the Holy Light Lion and the normal lion was not the size of their bodies but the former had a huge pair of white wings attached on its back. They would usually hide their wings, expanding them only when they were flying.

The flying speed of the monster was very impressive. However, the monster was weak at traveling over a long distance and for a long period of time. It symbolized the reserve members of the Saints as almost each of the reserve members would have one on hand.

Although the two of the Saint members were dressed in white robes, one could still see that the both of them were skinny. However, they were tall, above 1.85 meters.

There was a black cross on their face and the crossing point of the marking was exactly on their nose tips.

Although the cross had covered half of their face, their age could still be estimated. The young man was about 20 years old and he had a fair, clean-shaven face. The older man looked like he was at the age of 25, with a short beard and yellow skin.

"Is this the place?" asked the short-bearded man, turning his head to his companion.

The fair-skinned man glanced at the map and nodded. "The coordinates show that the energy reaction occurred here." He then raised his head, seeing Du Feng and the rest of them in the tent. He said, "There are some other people here…"

The short-bearded man frowned. "Ask them to leave, otherwise, kill them all!"

The fair-skinned man then got off his Holy Light Lion and recalled it. He stood in the sand and shouted at Du Feng and his teammates, "Everyone who's in the tent, you have three minutes to leave. If you're still here after three minutes, then all of you shall just stay here forever!"

When they heard what the fair-skinned man said, their expressions turned grave. However, Du Feng still forced a smile and walked out of the tent.

"Relax, we'll leave immediately!" As soon as he finished his sentence, Du Feng and his teammates immediately put away their tent, preparing to leave.

Although they were unwilling to do so, Du Feng hinted that they had to leave. They summoned the Megalodon Wolf to depart.

"Wait!" shouted the short-bearded man suddenly.

"Let's go!" Du Feng acted as if he did not hear anything.

"I asked you to wait, didn't you hear me?" The short-bearded man suddenly leapt from his Holy Light Lion and appeared in front of them, blocking their way forward.

The fair-skinned man blocked behind them as well.

"I'm sorry, it's noisy here. I didn't hear you. How can I help you?" Du Feng's heart immediately sank but he asked with a smile.

"The men can leave but the woman has to stay. We want to bring her back as an oblation." The short-bearded man then shifted his gaze to Liang Qian.

"No, you can't do that. You have to choose other people as your oblivion," rejected Du Feng with a heavy heart.

"Saint members, I think you're looking for a virgin as an oblation. However, I'm a married woman. He is my husband," Liang Qian said, pointing at Du Feng who was standing beside her.

Ai Peng and the rest of them were shocked when they heard what Liang Qian said. Even Du Feng was startled.

"Woman, you're quite clever. But you're wrong." The short-bearded man smiled after listening to what she said. "Whether you're a virgin or not, we've identified the facts from the aura released by your body just now. Are you a married woman? Is the junk at the bottom half of your husband useless?"

"Whether it is useless or not, it's none of your business, Mr. Saint. She's married and she's my woman. Perhaps your god wouldn't want a married woman," Du Feng was helpless and could only emphasize the fact that she was married.

While the short-bearded man was still hesitating, the fair-skinned man who was standing behind said, "Cao Yang, if she's really married, regardless of whether she's a virgin or not, she can't be an oblation."

"Mu Ping, they are probably lying. The woman doesn't want to become an oblation, that's why she lied."

"Do you think that I'm lying?" Liang Qian smiled when she heard that. She then jumped to Du Feng's Megalodon Wolf.

"Hubby, give me a front hug." Liang Qian blushed as she spoke lovingly to Du Feng.

Du Feng was stunned. He did not know what Liang Qian wanted to do but still, he turned back and did what she asked.

Right after Liang Qian was sitting straddled in front of Du Feng, she kissed him.

Du Feng was shocked. He then knew what she wanted to do. He closed his eyes and kissed her. After a few moments, she put her slippery tongue into his mouth. Du Feng hesitated for a moment but still, he acquiesced.

Both of them kissed for a long time before they stopped. Everyone was stunned and even Du Feng was blushing.

"How's that? Is it enough to prove our marriage? Or do you want more?" Liang Qian turned her head back, glancing at Cao Yang.

"Cao Yang, for the sake of safety, it'll be better if we look for other oblation." Mu Ping who had watched from behind believed them.

Cao Yang sized up the rest of them, nodding his head after he had remained silent for a moment. "Alright, you may leave now."

"Let's go!" Du Feng immediately asked his group to leave.

After walking for a while, Mu Ping shouted in joy, "Cao Yang, I've found it. It's here!"

Du Feng and the rest of them turned their heads back. They saw that Mu Ping was walking towards the withered tree.

"What are they going to do?" Du Feng frowned.

Under the withered tree, Mu Ping and Cao Yang quickly took out a tool and started digging.

Du Feng could no longer stay calm as he saw this blasphemous scene in front of him.

"Leader, bear with them. I think they are looking for something. We can bury them again right after they leave," Liang Qian advised him.

"I can bear anything but those are my old mates' graves! I was a coward two years ago, seeing them die in front of me. I can't bear to see them digging their graves and do nothing…" Du Feng's eyes turned watery.

"You all should leave as soon as possible. Don't get involved in this!" Du Feng had a cold expression on his face. He was determined to stop them.

"Brother Du, if you're not leaving, we aren't going to leave too! Let's fight them!" Ai Peng shouted.

They did not want to helplessly see Du Feng get killed.

"No, you have to go! Even if I die, all of you must pass down the legacy of Dian Feng!" Du Feng did not want to disband the team so soon.

"It'll not end as long as one of us survives. Let Liang Qian stay here and we'll accompany you to fight!" Ai Peng shouted and the rest of them nodded, agreeing with him.

Liang Qian immediately shook her head. "Brother Du, don't leave me alone. I want to go together with all of you…"

Du Feng suddenly raised his hand and hit Liang Qian's neck. Her body instantly turned limp.

"I'm sorry, Qian Qian…I know that I'm selfish and it's unfair to you but I have to do this." He then placed Liang Qian's body on the Megalodon Wolf and put his monster taming token into her pocket. Du Feng then kicked the Megalodon Wolf's butt and jumped onto the Megalodon Wolf that Liang Qian rode previously.

The Megalodon Wolf that was in pain immediately fled while Du Feng turned around on Liang Qian's Megalodon Wolf.

The other four of them turned back as well.

"Bros, thanks for the company!" Du Feng shouted, embracing the wolf's body and loping towards the intruders.

Under the scorching sun, the five of them rode on the Megalodon Wolf in the golden desert, pouncing towards the withered tree…

Chapter 252: GoldEagle11's Third Form

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

As time passed, Lin Huang had been in the Meteorite Desert for a week.

He had bumped into a hunter team on the morning of the second day. However, he did not meet anyone after that.

Lin Huang knew from Bloody that there were two other teams that passed through the desert. They did not stay there or approach him. Other than sleeping and eating, Lin Huang spent most of his time in the game cabin. Therefore, he did not meet the other two teams.

However, there were monster attacks in the last three days.

During the daytime, there were only a few monsters that appeared. However, the monster attacks became more frequent at night.

Ever since Lin Huang had set up his tent, he had not moved. The smell of the blood from the Enchanted Poisontail Scorpion's slaughter had spread throughout the entire region. The higher the number of kills, the stronger the scent of blood, attracting more monsters to come over.

Such a situation lasted until the third night.

Although the Enchanted Poisontail Scorpion was present and it could instantly kill all the monsters that appeared every night, Lin Huang would still be awakened by the attacks several times a night.

In order for Lin Huang to have a good night's sleep, Bloody had to control all the bronze-level monsters around him. Initially, Bloody wanted to track the trail of the Starlight Beast and had collected all the silver-level monsters as parasites.

In fact, Lin Huang could actually sleep in the game cabin as it was well soundproofed.

Furthermore, the game ring that Lin Huang had bought was the deluxe edition and it was designed to be water- and shock-resistant. Also, it had an automated gas scavenging system. When the game cabin was being designed, the factor of it being an accommodation facility was considered by the designer as well. It was not a problem at all to treat the game cabin as a field camp.

Lin Huang could somehow feel that sleeping in the game cabin was strange. He had chosen to keep the game cabin while he was sleeping and he slept in the tent.

Seven days had passed and Lin Huang had learned four types of middle-rank gunfighting technique.

Bloody had finished reading the monster guide and had even gone through the detailed information on the parasite species that was sent by Mr. Fu on the third day. Lin Huang then downloaded the battle videos between the various types of parasite species and humans from the Heart Network as well as the Hunter Info Network. Bloody had also been watching these videos for the past two days and did some research on the parasite species' combat techniques.

Bloody's parasite species had completed the parasitism process on the third day. There were more than 100,000 of parasite species that had been looking for traces of the Starlight Beast. However, they could find nothing.

The result was as expected by Lin Huang because the last time the Starlight Beast had been discovered by humans was 17 years ago. The monster's whereabouts were too difficult to track in a short period of time. What he could do now was to wait patiently.

On the morning of the eighth day, the game was stopped after Lin Huang entered it for a while.

He knew that Bloody was the one who had pressed the "stop" button outside the game cabin. He then exited the game cabin, pushing against the door.

"What happened?" Right after Lin Huang asked the question, he saw a Giant Armored Elephant carrying a woman and walking towards him.

After the Giant Armored Elephant tossed her off its back, it left. Lin Huang could only recognize her when her hair flipped away from her face in the toss.

"You're the female member of Du Feng's team. What happened?" Lin Huang asked curiously.

"One of my parasites discovered her in a burrow last night. She's lost her consciousness. I instructed the Giant Armored Elephant to bring her over," Bloody wrote on the sandy ground.

"She's severely injured. I think she's dehydrated, that's why she's in such a state of unconsciousness…" Lin Huang was not a doctor. However, he had studied the fundamentals of outdoor medical sciences at the Hunter Reserve College before. There was some simple medical knowledge taught in this course and most of them included outdoor survival skills and medical treatment for companions.

Lin Huang took two tubes of dextrose out from his storage space and injected them into Liang Qian's arm.

As she slowly regained consciousness, he then took out a tube of nutrients elixir and injected it into her other arm.

After a few moments, Liang Qian slowly opened her eyes. As she saw Lin Huang, she was apparently shocked. She looked around the surroundings on high alert.

"Don't worry, you're safe here." Lin Huang noticed that Liang Qian's emotions fluctuated drastically between fear and confusion.

"Why am I here? I remember that I was hiding in a hole." Liang Qian sat up and stared at Lin Huang, remaining alert.

"One of the monsters that I've summoned discovered you when it was hunting for prey and brought you back," Lin Huang explained with a smile. He then asked, "What happened? Why are you alone? Where are your leader and your teammates?"

"They've all died…" Drawing both knees to her chest, Liang Qian hugged herself and she was clearly shaken.

"Died? How did they die?" Lin Huang frowned.

"They were killed by two of the Saint members!" Liang Qian was having an emotional breakdown, tears rolling down her cheeks.

"Saint members? Are they the ones who triggered several massacres in Luoxi City?" When Lin Huang heard about the Saint members, he could only relate to those two fellows.

Liang Qian nodded. She was crying and she could not speak at all.

Lin Huang wanted to ask her what had actually happened. However, looking at her condition, he could not ask about it any further. He then took out a pack of tissue from the storage space, tore it open and passed it to Liang Qian.

"It's good if you can vent your emotions. I'll get you some food." Lin Huang then took out an oven and a quick-frozen cake. After defrosting the cake in the oven, he took out a small snack table and placed it on the sandy ground.

After three minutes, the oven chimed. Lin Huang immediately took out the quick-frozen cake and placed it on the table. He cut the cake into four slices and placed one of them on a plate which he passed to Liang Qian.

"Although I've injected the nutrients elixir into your body, you still have to eat something."

"Thank you…" Liang Qian did not stop crying. However, she still took the plate and fork from him. She was really hungry these days.

Although Lin Huang just had his breakfast half an hour ago, he cut the slice of cake in half and ate it together with Liang Qian. Otherwise, it would be awkward to watch her eating alone.

"What's your name?" Lin Huang ate two mouthfuls of cake and asked.

"Liang Qian." Liang Qian raised her head, glancing at Lin Huang. "I remember your name. You're Ye Xiu."

"Yes, you have a good memory." Lin Huang smiled, nodding his head. He had no idea if Liang Qian was really hungry or if she originally had a big appetite. Other than the one-eighth of the cake that Lin Huang had eaten, she devoured the rest of them.

Lin Huang tried to make her feel more relaxed as they chatted about other topics. He avoided asking her what had actually happened.

Right after she had finished eating the cake, Liang Qian seemed to have realized that she could not avoid the problem anymore. After remaining silent for a moment, she told him everything that had happened…

"I didn't know that my leader would actually hit me. When I regained my consciousness, it was already late at night. I immediately went back on the Megalodon Wolf to where they had last been as I wanted to know if they were still alive...The next morning, I saw a scene that I'd never be able to forget for the rest of life…Five of their skulls were beheaded and placed on the ground, forming a toy-like circle. Their reproductive organs had been cut off as well and inserted into their mouths. There were wounds all over the headless corpses as they were tortured. They were naked and pierced through from the lower half of their bodies to their necks with a sharp spike like roast pigs…"

Lin Huang clenched his fist as he heard this.

"What I didn't expect to happen was for the two of them to have been waiting for me over there…However, they never expected that I'd have a flying relic with me. Brother Du and the rest of them saved up for a few months and bought it for me. As soon as I saw the both of them, I immediately activated the relic and fled. Both of them chased after me for three hours on the Holy Light Lion. Fortunately, the Holy Light Lion was exhausted, only then did they stop pursuing me. However, my Life Crystals have almost been depleted. After escaping for a certain distance, I hid in a hole. I sealed off the exit of the hole and dared not get out of the hole at all. I didn't have any water or food in my storage space as Brother Du has always kept it for me…I was staying in the hole for one day one night, then I found out that I'm here as soon as I regained my consciousness."

Lin Huang suggested, "You have some wounds on your body but you'll be fine. I'll send you back to the Meteorite Desert first. Meteorite Desert is a B-grade foothold. Saint members can be easily identified and as they have committed serious crimes, they will not go to the Meteorite Desert. I'll report this to the Hunter Association and they'll send the hunters to kill them."

In fact, Lin Huang actually wanted to send Liang Qian away to come back to kill the both of them.

"Alright." Liang Qian nodded her head and agreed with him. She had no faith in Lin Huang that he was capable of killing both of them. However, she wanted to return to the city so that she would be safe.

"Wait for a while. I'll have to pack my things first. Let's go back to the city together."

After that, he walked into the tent and said in a low voice, "I'll keep you in your card form first. Will it affect your parasites' search for the monsters?"

Lin Huang then passed Bloody a bottle of purified water. Bloody soaked up a drop of the water and wrote on the sleeping bag, "No, it won't. However, in the card form, I'll not be able to receive the search results."

"Then, you shall hide in my sleeve." Lin Huang extended his hand. Bloody then got into Lin Huang's left sleeve and it wrapped itself around Ling Huang's arm, making him feel chilly.

After the conversation with Bloody, he walked out of the tent. After putting the portable tent and the game cabin away, he finally recalled the Enchanted Poisontail Scorpion.

As he was about to summon the Alexandrian Eagle and leave, two shadows abruptly appeared in mid-air.

Lin Huang activated his Boundless Vision and he could clearly see that they were the Saint members who were riding the Holy Light Lion, moving quickly towards his direction.

"They are coming again. Let's run!" Liang Qian immediately exclaimed.

"Get up first!" Lin Huang then helped Liang Qian to climb onto the Alexandrian Eagle and patted it. "Send her back to the Meteorite City!"

Liang Qian panicked, then she shouted, "You quickly get up too!"

However, the Alexandrian Eagle had flapped its wings and quickly flew away.

When the Saint members saw this, they wanted to ignore Lin Huang and chase after her. However, they saw that the gold ring that Lin Huang was wearing had transformed into a huge shoulder gun barrel. The length of the gun barrel was more than two meters with a diameter of at least 20 centimeters. It was the third form of the GoldEagle11 – Artillery.

"Eh, the both of you have ignored me. You'll have to pay for it!" Lin Huang shouted while taking aim at them in the sky.

After a few moments, a silver flame fired into the air…

Chapter 253: Killing Saint's Members

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Lin Huang took aim at one of the Holy Light Lions and the muzzle of his gun emitted a silver flame into the sky. After a few moments, a loud thud was heard followed by an explosion that spread throughout the bloody desert. Holy Light Lion roared in pain and it soon fell onto the ground.

Lin Huang did not even look at the shadow that was falling and immediately shifted his aim at the second Holy Light Lion.

"Damn!" Cao Yang did not expect that Lin Huang would attack them.

As the Holy Light Lion that Mu Ping was riding fell after being shot by Lin Huang, Cao Yang noticed that Lin Huang had taken aim at him. He immediately shifted his direction to dodge the attack.

Lin Huang grinned and soon, two beams of silver from the muzzle of the shoulder gun barrel flashed into the air one after another.

In mid-air, despite the Holy Light Lion managing to dodge the first beam of glow, it was then struck by the second beam. In an instant, half of its head exploded and died. The carcass then slumped hard onto the ground.

After killing two of the Holy Light Lions, Lin Huang instructed, "Bao, Ghastly, show up!"

Two of the epic monsters, Bai and Ghastly were instantly being summoned.

Lin Huang knew that although two of the Saint's members had fallen to the ground, they would definitely not die. Despite the fact that they had no defensive relics with them, they had the gold-level equipment at the very least. Since it was just a short fall, their bodies would only experience a mild shock instead of death.

"Control the bearded man and kill the other one," Lin Huang quickly instructed.

Thanks to Ghastly's ability to control, the battle became much easier.

The three of them ran towards the direction where Cao Yang had fallen. As soon as they saw Cao Yang, a face mask appeared in the Ghastly Clown's hand. Before Cao Yang could even react to them, the face mask was put on him.

The next moment, the three versus two battle had immediately become a one-sided four versus one battle.

Just as when Lin Huang was about to lead the monsters to kill Mu Ping, the Ghastly Clown blocked his way, expressing a wry smile.

Lin Huang was startled and at the same time, Cao Yang ran towards Mu Ping.

"Mu Ping, are you okay?"

Mu Ping did not realize that Cao Yang was acting strangely. He struggled to move the Holy Light Lion away as it was pressing on his leg. Cao Yang then extended his hand and pulled him up.

Mu Ping extended his hand as well. At that very moment, Cao Yang's hand suddenly shifted aside and a sharp blade appeared in his hand. While Mu Ping was still trying to comprehend what was happening, the sharp blade that was about 10 centimeters long pierced through the left side of his chest and went straight through his heart and out his back.

"Cao Yang, you…" Soon, Mu Ping's eyes grieved. Even after he died, he still would not know why Cao Yang had killed him.

Removing the sharp blade from Mu Ping's body, Cao Yang wiped it with his hand. The weapon immediately returned to the state before it had been activated which was in the form of a gold ring.

Even Lin Huang felt that the Ghastly Clown's killing rate was unbelievable. Of course, even without the Super Intelligence, the Ghastly Clown's intelligence could not be underestimated.

He was stunned for a short while. As soon as Lin Huang recovered from his thoughts, he said, "Bring him over, I have something to ask him."

Controlled by the Ghastly Clown, Cao Yang slowly walked towards him.

Lin Huang took out a lounge chair from the storage space and started questioning him.

"What's your name?"

"Cao Yang."

"Which organization are you from?"

"Saint."

"What's your identity in Saint?"

"I'm becoming a reserve member soon. I'll be upgraded to Transcendent after killing a holy fire-level monster," Cao Yang explained in detail.

"After joining Saint, have you ever violated the Saint's principles?" Lin Huang would always ask questions about privacy to make sure that he was telling the truth.

"I've eaten meat three times…"

Meat was prohibited in the Saint's principles as they believed that one was unable to be spiritually pure if they consumed meat. Therefore, all the Saint's members were vegetarian. They would be severely punished if they were found out. The punishment would be to cut off the same amount of meat that they had eaten from their body. The meat that was removed from their body would then be fed to the swine beast. If they had eaten meat that weighed more than one-third of their body weight, they would be put to death. Other than the equal weight of meat which would be used to feed the swine beast, the remaining parts would be used as an oblation to serve their god. To them, they would be able to cleanse themselves from impurities by removing the same amount of body part so that the remaining body would be pure.

Obviously, he was not lying as he had told him about this.

Lin Huang continued questioning.

"Did you kill the Luo family in Luoxi City?"

"Yes."

"Why did you kill them?"

"They deserve it as they insulted the Saint!"

Lin Huang frowned when he heard the answer.

"What's the purpose of coming to Meteorite Desert?"

"Three years ago, one of the Saint's reserve members stole the ruin key and betrayed the organization. We have found his whereabouts last month, knowing that he last appeared in the Meteorite Desert. We came to the Meteorite Desert as we wanted to kill the traitor and take back the ruin key."

Lin Huang's eyes brightened as he heard about the ruin key.

After the Virtual Eye was opened, due to human interference or some other reason, the Virtual Eye was not completely closed. It continued to exist in some special way, creating an independent small space. It was called the ruins or the dimensional ruins.

In the small space, there were monsters everywhere. Moreover, if the number of monsters fell below a certain percentage, new monsters would be sent to the ruins. Therefore, many of the strong adventurers would train there.

As for the ruin key, it was the only item that could open the dimensional ruins. Each of the dimensions would have one key. Lin Huang had no idea how the key was formed. However, owning the ruin key would be the equivalent to possessing the resources of the entire dimensional ruins.

"So, have you found the traitor and taken away the key?" Lin Huang asked about as he felt that they would not be chasing after Liang Qian for a few days if they had not completed their task.

"The traitor has died. His dead body and the ruin key have been buried. Fortunately, he would have no way to store the ruin key in any storage space and we have dug it out a few days ago."

What Cao Yang said matched what Liang Qian had told him previously. The traitor must have been one of the guys who had joined Du Feng's team to kill the Transcendent monster two years ago. Therefore, what he left behind had been kept by Du Feng, buried together with the bodies in the grave. This was also the reason why they dug up the burial site.

Lin Huang gave a new instruction "Take out the ruin key and everything valuable you have in your storage space.".

Cao Yang then gave him everything he had in the storage space.

Lin Huang quickly looked through each item. He then stored the valuable items in his storage space, including the 3,000 Life Crystals he received.

Lastly, he finally found the ruin key. It looked like a conical magic cube and it was black in color. If Cao Yang did not mention the ruin key, he would have treated it as rubbish and thrown it away. Perhaps this was the reason why Du Feng did not retrieve it and buried it instead.

Keeping the key in his pocket, Lin Huang checked again to make sure that there was nothing valuable left. He then gave the rest back to Cao Yang. He continued asking, "Why did you want to torture and kill the hunters a few days ago?" As Lin Huang asked this, he had a cold, stony expression on his face.

"We have no intention of killing them. However, the skinny guy insulted us when he saw that we killed one of his companions. He said things like how the Saint's members are mad dogs that are not even comparable to the swine beasts. That's why we killed the other teammates in front of him. However, the guy did not stop insulting us. I've tried all sorts of ways, torturing him from the afternoon until the next morning. He was stubborn. He only stopped insulting us right after he died," Cao Yang explained in detail.

After asking another few questions, Lin Huang gave a new instruction after he confirmed that he had nothing else to ask, "Take me to the place where you killed the hunters."

After recalling Bai, Lin Huang summoned the Viridian Wolf. He rode on the Viridian Wolf with Cao Yang and the Ghastly Clown, heading north.

They were led by Cao Yang and three days later, the Viridian Wolf finally arrived at the withered tree where the graves were buried.

Lin Huang frowned as he saw the dead bodies. However, he noticed that although the dead bodies had been there for several days, they had not been engulfed by the monsters.

Getting off the Viridian Wolf, Lin Huang asked, "Why didn't the monsters eat the dead bodies?"

"We've sprayed drugs to banish all monsters as we wanted to stop them from eating or dragging away the dead bodies. We are waiting for the runaway girl to witness this," Cao Yang said.

Lin Huang did not say anything. He then took out an empty storage ring and stored all the dead bodies in it. The corpses were emitting a foul odor as they had been exposed to the sun for many days. However, Lin Huang did not mind.

Du Feng's skull was the last skull that he put away. After taking out his reproductive organ from his mouth, Lin Huang sighed emotionally. He had never expected the person that he met a few days ago would die so distressingly.

"In this world, humans are sometimes scarier than monsters…If there's such a thing as reincarnation, I hope that all of you can live in a peaceful world when you start a new life. Live where there are no battles and no fights. Everyone can live a peaceful life there…"

After storing the corpses, Lin Huang turned back and looked at Cao Yang. However, the next instruction was directed at the Ghastly Clown, "Ghastly, make him commit suicide."

The Ghastly Clown nodded. In an instant, the gold ring that Cao Yang was wearing had transformed into a sharp blade.

He held the handle of the blade tightly and made it penetrate hard through his own chin.

In an instant, the cold, sharp blade pierced through his chin and part of the blade had gone through the back of his head. The blade was stained with sticky white fluid as well as some blood…

After recalling Ghastly Clown and the Viridian Wolf, Lin Huang then summoned the Alexandrian Eagle.

The Alexandrian Eagle had transformed back into its card form a few days ago after sending Liang Qian back to Meteorite City.

"Let's go to Meteorite City."

Chapter 254: Passing On A Legacy

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

After killing two of the Saint members, Lin Huang went back to the Meteorite Desert on the Alexandrian Eagle.

He did not even bother with the two dead bodies as he knew that the monsters in the desert would settle them for him. Although Cao Yang's dead body was within the area where they had sprayed a drug to banish all monsters, the drug was only effective for a maximum of three days. In the desert, with the strong winds and sand violently blowing around, the period of effectiveness of the drug would be shortened.

Arriving at the Meteorite Desert's entrance, Lin Huang recalled the Alexandrian Eagle and Bloody at the same time.

If Bloody was not transformed back into its card form, it would not be able to pass the entrance gate of the foothold.

As soon as Lin Huang had passed the verification and entered the Meteorite Desert, he immediately summoned Bloody again. Bloody wrapped itself around Lin Huang's arm and hid in his sleeve. It had been recalled for less than 10 seconds and was summoned again because Lin Huang was afraid that the investigation of the Starlight Beast would be delayed.

After entering the city, Lin Huang went to the Hunter Association first and asked about Liang Qian.

Normally, the Hunter Association would not reveal any hunter's information to another hunter. However, after Liang Qian had returned, she had mentioned Ye Xiu in the description report before. Furthermore, Lin Huang knew the name and contact number of Liang Qian's hunter team leader. In addition to that, they would not usually add an anonymous contact number through the Emperor's Heart Ring. Therefore, the division of Hunter Association at Meteorite Desert gave Liang Qian's hotel information and room number to Lin Huang.

"083021…" After a short while, Lin Huang found the hotel that Liang Qian was staying. By going up the floating stairs, Lin Huang had arrived on the 83rd floor and soon, he found room No.21.

Standing outside the door, he pressed the doorbell.

As the bell rang, Liang Qian felt weird as she had no friends in Meteorite Desert and she had not asked for any room service as well.

"Is there any news from the Hunter Association? Why didn't they contact me via the Emperor's Heart Ring?" Liang Qian wondered. She then activated the gold ring that she was wearing and a long sword appeared in her hand. She peered through the sight glass to see who was at the door.

Liang Qian was startled the moment when she saw that Lin Huang was standing at the door. She immediately opened the door.

"You're still alive?!" She thought that Lin Huang would have been killed by the Saint members since he had helped her to block their way.

"Yes, I have my way to escape from them. Plus, the Hunter Association's backup team arrived on time and we killed the both of them," Lin Huang lied.

"Is that true?!" Liang Qian was in disbelief.

"Of course, I've stored Du Feng's and your teammates' dead bodies for you." Lin Huang nodded, then asked, "May I go in?"

"Yes, I'm sorry…" Liang Qian then realized that she had been blocking Lin Huang from entering. She immediately opened the door.

After entering the house, he took a glance at the living room floor and asked, "Can I put the corpses on the floor? But they've started to smell…"

Liang Qian was stunned for a while and said, "Please hold on for a minute."

She then cleared out everything from the living room by putting the chairs and tables aside and flipping over the carpet.

Lin Huang then took out five of the dead bodies. He first took out their body parts, followed by their skulls and the remaining parts. The dead bodies had decomposed, giving off a foul odor.

However, the both of them did not avoid that.

Liang Qian's eyes teared as she saw the five corpses.

"I've no idea what should I do next…" Liang Qian's mind was blank. She actually knew the procedure but she could not remember it at all.

"You'll have to look for a forensic pathologist to have their heads reattached first. Then, look for an appropriate place to bury them," Lin Huang reminded.

"Yes, I should first reattach the dead bodies' decapitated heads and bury them…"

"The Hunter Association has a forensic pathologist that specializes in this. I'll go with you." Lin Huang knew that Liang Qian was confused and traumatized. He shook his head and said, "I'll put these away first."

Lin Huang stored the dead bodies again and wanted to pass them to Liang Qian. However, Liang Qian was about to have an emotional breakdown and she could not keep them with her now.

"I'm sorry. These corpses have reminded me of the scene when I first saw their dead bodies." Liang Qian trembled and burst into uncontrollable tears.

Lin Huang did not say anything. He walked towards her and carried her to the sofa.

After sitting with her for a while until she had calmed herself down, he stood up and walked to the kitchen. He found some tea and made her a cup.

Liang Qian took the cup of tea gratefully. However, she did not drink it as she was still crying.

Lin Huang waited patiently beside her…

After about 20 minutes, Liang Qian finally calmed herself down. She put down the cup of tea that she was holding and Lin Huang passed her a piece of tissue.

Liang Qian's eyes were red and she apologized to Lin Huang, "I'm sorry. I've wasted so much of your time." Taking the tissue, she wiped her tears.

"It's okay. If I were you, I would have collapsed too. It's better to vent your emotions than to suppress them," Lin Huang comforted her. "Take a good rest and we'll meet the forensic pathologist tomorrow."

"It's better if we go today. I know that you have something to deal with." Liang Qian's emotions seemed to have completely returned to normal.

"Are you sure you're fine?" Lin Huang asked.

"Yes, I'm running out of tears," Liang Qian joked.

"Alright, let's go." Lin Huang then stood up.

After leaving the hotel, the both of them quickly went back to the Hunter Association by riding on the Viridian Wolf.

Lin Huang and Liang Qian then went to the forensic room.

The person who was in charge of reattaching the decapitated heads was a man in sunglasses. He wore a white coat and a face mask. He was completely different from Liang Yin whom Lin Huang had met previously.

"This is the place where the dead bodies are fixed up. Autopsy and medical examination will be carried out in the room next to this," said a man in glasses who was preparing a report when he saw that there were shadows outside the room without even looking up at them.

"We came here to reattach the dead bodies," Lin Huang explained.

The man in glasses then raised his head and took a glance at both of them. "Come in."

"Wait a minute. I need five more minutes to complete this report," said the man in glasses, continuing with his work and not caring about them at all.

After about five minutes, the man in glasses seemed to have completed his work. He then stood up and said, "How many corpses do you have?"

"Five."

"Take them out." The man in glasses then took out four morgues and placed them together with the morgue that he had brought out earlier.

Lin Huang placed the corpses on the morgues.

The bespectacled man frowned the moment he saw the dead bodies."Who did this? How could they be so cruel?"

"The Saint members," Lin Huang answered.

"You may wait outside. I'll need some time to get this done." The man turned to glance at them.

"Alright."

When Lin Huang was about to leave with Liang Qian, he asked, "Erm… It's not difficult to distinguish their heads. But how do you make sure that you'll not attach them wrongly?"

"I have my ways. Don't worry, I won't make any mistakes," answered the man, with no intention to explain.

Since he did not want to answer his question, Lin Huang then left together with Liang Qian.

Both of them sat outside the forensic room for more than half an hour and soon, a voice called from the room, "You may come in now."

After entering the room, they could see that the five bodies looked completely fine. The man had used a transparent thread which could only be seen when they went closer to the corpses. The parts of the body that had decomposed had been fixed as well.

Liang Qian's face blushed slightly when she saw that the lower part of their bodies was perfectly fine. She immediately shifted her gaze.

"Amazing…" Lin Huang was impressed by the man in glasses. "How did you handle the decomposed part? Why aren't there any marks at all?"

"I extracted their skin cells. Then, bacteria is used so that they can regenerate another layer of skin to cover the wounds. I've removed the decomposed part and filled it with the skin that has been thickened," he explained.

At least, Liang Qian's emotions were no longer affected as the dead bodies were complete now.

"I've passed the fee slip to the counter. If there are no other problems, you may pay over there and collect the bodies here. If you have any other requests, go ahead and suggest them. I'll do it for you." The man still had a poker face.

"I'll pay now. Wait for me here."

Of course, Liang Qian knew that she could not let Lin Huang pay for her and she immediately left the forensic room.

After a short while, Liang Qian came back with her face red.

"It's done so quickly?" Lin Huang asked.

"I don't have enough money. Could you please lend me some Life Crystals? I've used up all my Life Crystals when I activated the relic." Liang Qian dared not look at Lin Huang. "I'll return it to you as soon as possible after hunting down some monsters!"

"How many Life Crystals do you need?" Lin Huang asked.

"Five."

Lin Huang immediately took out five Life Crystals and passed it to Liang Qian. "Anyway, you don't have to return me the money."

"I have to. Thank you!" Liang Qian took the Life Crystals and immediately left.

After a few minutes, she finally came back. She then asked the man in glasses, "I've made the payment. May I take the corpses now?"

"Yes, go ahead ." The main in glasses nodded in his own seat without looking at them.

Liang Qian then carefully put away the bodies. It seemed like the complete corpses did not remind her of the scene that she had witnessed, so she was calm.

"Where are you going to bury them?" Lin Huang asked after she had stored the bodies.

"The leader told me before that he wished that he could settle down at foothold A-grade, living a peaceful life. I'll bury them as well as the items left by the other members in the grave there," Liang Qian said with a wistful smile.

"What's your plan after this?" Lin Huang asked again.

"I will re-establish Team Dian Feng and pass on the legacy. Brother Du will be happy if he could see this…" Liang Qin eventually figured out what she had to do after this.

"All the best to you!" Lin Huang raised his fist.

"Same goes to you!" Liang Qian raised her fist as well.

At that moment, Bloody who was in Lin Huang's sleeve suddenly twisted slightly.

"Have you found the Starlight Beast?!" Lin Huang communicated with Bloody through his mind.

Although he had no idea what Bloody was saying, Lin Huang could briefly understand that it was a confirmation reply.

Chapter 255: Suspicious Identity

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

"Liang Qian, my summoning monster has detected the monster that I'm hunting down. I need to make a move. I'm sorry!" Sensing Bloody's notification, Lin Huang had to leave right away. Of course, Liang Qian knew that Lin Huang had been waiting in the desert for many days just for the monster. Although she had no idea what he was after, she smiled and nodded anyway.

"Go ahead then. Your matter is more important and you've been waiting for many days now. There's nothing urgent on my side. I can handle myself."

"Okay, let's get each other's contact number. I'll contact you after I'm done with my task. I'll try to make it to Du Feng's and the rest's funeral." After exchanging contacts, Lin Huang left.

As he exited the Hunter Association's entrance, Lin Huang projected the map of Meteorite Desert immediately and asked Bloody, "Where did you detect the Starlight Beast?"

Bloody extended its twine and pointed at the map, then Lin Huang marked the coordinates immediately. He then summoned the Alexandrian Eagle and patted its back. "Head northeast."

The Alexandrian Eagle flapped its wings and headed northeast.

Four hours later, it landed at the destination. Lin Huang leaped off the Alexandrian Eagle's back and recalled it.

"Bloody, is the Starlight Beast still here?" Lin Huang looked around. Aside from sand, he did not see anything else.

"It's gone. It was killing another gold-level monster that appeared nearby four hours ago, according to one of my parasite hosts. After the killing was done, it left with the body. It was too fast, so my parasite's host did not manage to catch up with it," Bloody scrawled on the ground.

"If the hunting was done here, its nest should be nearby and not too far away," Lin Huang figured.

"Bloody, spread some of your pods here. We shall camp out here for a couple of days. Hopefully, we should be able to find something."

"There's no need to do that. Let's see if there's an oasis around; it should be hiding there," Bloody wrote.

"In the oasis? Why would you say so? From what I remember, the monster encyclopedia never mentioned that the monster likes areas that are rich with plants," Lin Huang questioned.

"The monster encyclopedia had never mentioned that but the open desert isn't suitable for it to hide in. Such a monster has pride and it wouldn't want to hide in places such as caves. The only place that it could be possibly hiding would be an oasis," Bloody explained.

"That makes sense." After hearing Bloody's explanation, Lin Huang projected again, enlarging the areas nearby looking for an oasis.

Soon Lin Huang found out that there were three oases nearby. There was one in the north, one in the west and one in the northeast.

"Looking at the distance, the one in the west is nearest to the location we are currently standing in. However, the one in the north looks like it's the biggest. There's even a huge lake in the middle," Lin Huang observed the three locations he had found on the map.

"Let's go to the north and see," Bloody suggested.

"Sure, let's go to the north then," Lin Huang accepted Bloody's suggestion.

He summoned the Alexandrian Eagle again and headed north. It was around 280 kilometers from the location that Lin Huang was standing at previously. In 20 minutes, the Alexandrian Eagle arrived at the destination and landed at the border of the oasis. It was big with lush greenery and it felt like there was a primitive jungle that had appeared in the desert out of nowhere.

After recalling the Alexandrian Eagle, Lin Huang explored the jungle while looking at the map. Purple parasite pods were sprayed out from his sleeve into the jungle air. Following the directions, Lin Huang arrived at the lake after 10 minutes. He walked to the side of the lake and cupped the lake water with both his palms. He took a sip of the water after sniffing it.

"There's nothing wrong with the water, it's drinking water. This lake should be the water source of many monsters nearby," Lin Huang observed.

"Let's stay here for awhile, I'm afraid we might catch the Starlight Beast's attention if we go further in. Such a monster doesn't like seeing humans. If it noticed me, it might run away. You might reveal yourself if you do mass parasitizing, so let's spread your pods around here and get them to watch. If the Starlight Beast is really in this oasis, it'll definitely drink from this lake. We will get it then," Lin Huang said to Bloody.

Bloody nodded. It had not stopped spreading its pods ever since they entered the jungle. Lin Huang returned into the jungle and climbed up a big tree and sat on a branch. The tree was filled with overlapping leaves. From the bottom, nobody could see Lin Huang on top of the tree. As long as he did not make any noise, he would basically be undetectable. Just when he had settled down on the tree, he received a message. He looked at it immediately. It was a message from Liang Qian.

"Brother Ye, thank you for taking care of me for the past few days. If not for you, I would have been dead. Thank you for bringing back the bodies of Brother Du and the rest as well as bringing me to the forensic. As soon as my father knew about the attack, he came to get me. I'm at their graves retrieving their belongings and I will head back to Sakura City with my father. The funeral will be held in Sakura City as well. I don't have the exact time yet, but I will contact you again once the time is confirmed."

"Sure, safe journey," Lin Huang gave her a simple reply.

…

In the Meteorite Dessert, a young, short-haired man was digging the grave next to the withered tree while a serious middle-aged man stood beside Liang Qian. She received a reply from Lin Huang shortly after she sent the message. She looked at the message immediately.

"Who is that?" The middle-aged man next to her frowned.

"Brother Ye," Liang Qian replied without even lifting her head up.

"Oh, is he the one who saved you a few days back?" The man's frown deepened even more.

"Try not to contact him anymore," he added.

"Why not?" Liang Qian was puzzled and looked at her father.

"I suspect his identity is fake. He told you that he killed the two Saint members with the assistance of the Hunter Association. From what I know, although the Hunter Association was hunting down the two members, none of them encountered the both of them."

"The most skeptical thing is the way the two members died. Their bodies were found and the post-mortem report showed that the younger member was killed by the bearded Saint member."

"I think this Ye Xiu guy is trying to approach you with bad intentions." The man looked at Liang Qian with all seriousness.

"I don't think so. Even if he's using a fake identity, I believe he has his own reasons. I'm also using a fake identity, so according to your logic, I'm a bad person as well. As for the cause of death, the two members might have been killed with spells. There're many people who could do that, so what makes you think that Brother Ye is capable of doing that?" Liang Qian insisted to speak from Lin Huang's perspective.

"You…" The man was upset.

"Dad, stop fighting over this with her. If they start dating, I'll watch them," the short hair man who was digging shouted.

"This girl is spoilt rotten by you!" yelled the middle-aged man and he stopped arguing with Liang Qian.

Liang Qian did not say anything about her brother's suggestion. She knew that her father and brother were concerned for her. Soon, all the belongings in the sand were dug out and stored properly.

"Is there anything left behind?" Liang Qian was worried.

"I have checked three times, don't worry about it," replied the short hair man.

"Alright then…" Liang Qian nodded. Seeing that the man was drenched in sweat, she did not want him to continue digging.

"Let's go home then," said the middle-aged man and he summoned a blue dimensional relic. The three of them entered it and after the door was closed, they disappeared…

Chapter 256: Bloody's Discovery

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The sun rose in the morning and the air in the lush jungle was extraordinarily fresh. Lin Huang stretched his body in the hammock that was strung between two branches, then with sleepy eyes, he sat up. He looked around him, the lush leaves reminding him that he was in the desert oasis. After confirming the direction of the lake, Lin Huang hopped down from the hammock and walked to the nearby lake barefooted.

There were a couple of tiny monsters drinking water at the lake. Seeing Lin Huang, they looked at him with their guards up. They seemed to be zoned out, looking like stupid but adorable monsters. Lin Huang waved at the monsters.

"Good morning! Are you here to drink? Do you mind if I take a shower here?"

Not understanding what he was talking about, Lin Huang's hand that was lifted up scared them. They ran away immediately, two of them even running into each other and before falling. They got up immediately and disappeared.

"Oh, they're so timid…" Although different monsters had different characters, it was the first time Lin Huang saw such timid ones. The monsters that he encountered would always attack humans. Monsters would only run away when they saw powerful summoning beasts with Lin Huang. He shook his head and laughed. He then took off all his clothes and put everything in his storage space before leaping into the lake.

It was spring and although the temperature in the desert was slightly high, the lake water was cool. As Lin Huang's physique was comparable to a gold-level rank-3, he did not think it was cold; it felt cool against his skin. Entering the lake, Bloody returned to its normal size with its 1,000 meter-long vine, swimming in the water. Although it was a parasite, it was still a plant that loved water. Seeing it having fun in the water, Lin Huang did not want to stop it.

"Have fun in the lake, I'm going back to the hammock after I'm done bathing."

Bloody nodded as it heard Lin Huang and headed deeper into the water. Lin Huang swam for a little while after he bathed so that he could stretch his body before leaving. The body that he used for Ye Xiu's identity was exactly the same as his old one on Earth; even his body ratio was the same. He looked like a closet hunk about 1.83 meters tall in his mid-twenties. Now that he had arrived in this world, his six packs had developed into eight and his abs were even more defined on his body.

He walked to the shore naked, wiped himself with a dry towel and put on his clothes. The lake was quiet. Bloody was nowhere to be seen and Lin Huang had no idea where did it go. However, he was not concerned about its safety. Even if it encountered a gold-level rank-3 monster, Bloody which was a double mutated silver-level rank-3 might not be able to fight it but it would be easy for it to escape. As long as it did not encounter any Transcendent monster, then it would be alright. Bloody's intelligence was terrifyingly high now, so it was impossible that it would find fault with any Transcendent monster.

Lin Huang returned to his hammock and sat down. He read the news while eating some snacks for breakfast.

"Wow, Zhu Nian has been promoted to a senior executive officer..." Seeing the picture of the middle-aged man in the top news, Lin Huang was stunned. He remembered the man was the Transcendent who had been defeated by the Ghastly Clown outside of Daxi City.

"No wonder he's so much more powerful than the other people of holy fire-level. Only immortal-level people could be a senior executive officer. Now that he is promoted in the Division7 Hunter Association, that means he's now an immortal-level. Although he was not immortal-level yet when he fought the Ghastly Clown last year, he should have been close by then." Lin Huang did not expect that the Zhu Nian that he saved using a seal card earlier could achieve such an impressive accomplishment.

Apart from the first to the third safety zones, all of the Hunter Association divisions in the safety zones would have less than 20 senior executive officers in each division. In Division7, there were only 12 of them before Zhu Nian was promoted. They now had 13 senior executive officers in Division7. Lin Huang then read his personal biography.

"He graduated from basic military college when he was 28 with only a pass…He was not accepted into any privilege military school…With his own abilities, he managed to get to holy fire-level when he was 58 and immortal-level when he was 75…This guy's a late bloomer!" Lin Huang exclaimed after reading Zhu Nian's biography.

In reality, his being such a genius was not terrifying but many of them could not accomplish anything as they had not put in enough effort. Lin Huang had heard similar stories when he was on Earth. However, it was even crueler in this world. Not only would geniuses be lacking if not enough effort was made, they might even be assassinated by the dark world. Moreover, the younger one achieved fame, the more arrogant one would usually be. Once he encountered any failures, he would not be able to get up and that would be the end of his glory.

However, people such as Zhu Nian was scary as he had stood up many times from countless failures. Through the struggles and many lessons in life, with enough experience, he grabbed his opportunity to achieve what he had today. Zhu Nian was the classic example of such a case. Many people thought that famous people were born geniuses and that that was how they achieved what they had today. Many did not know that most of them were the same as the rest; they were just ordinary people. Most of the mythical stories about the powerful people when they were young were either exaggerated or made up. The truth was that the effort they put in as they grew were much more than the others, hence contributing to their accomplishments. Hard work was much more important than talent!

Because of that, Lin Huang had never stopped training himself although he had a powerful Goldfinger. After reading the news about Zhu Nian, Lin Huang glanced at other news. Just when he was done with breakfast, a red glow plunged towards him like lightning, twisting around his arm. Lin Huang knew that it was Bloody. However, it seemed to be in a rush.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that Bloody was pulling him down, Lin Huang leaped onto the ground immediately.

Bloody then detached from his arm and gestured to Lin Huang to follow it before hurrying away. Lin Huang followed it immediately. As they arrived at the edge of the lake, Bloody wrote on the ground beside the lake, "I found the Starlight Beast's lair. It's at the bottom of the lake!"

Chapter 257: The Starlight Beast's Lair

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

"At the bottom of the lake? Are you sure?"

Although Lin Huang trusted Bloody, from what he remembered Starlight Beast wasn't a monster that lived in water. Bloody understood Lin Huang's doubt immediately and wrote on the ground again.

"There's an isolated water-less area at the bottom of the lake with many Starlight Beasts living inside there."

"Isolated area? With a lot of Starlight Beasts?" Lin Huang's eyes lit up as he listened.

"Wait, let me transform myself then you can bring me there!"

Lin Huang transformed himself into Spectre with a Specific Transformation Card and dived into the lake following Bloody. Bloody took the lead while Lin Huang followed behind it in the form of Spectre. The lake water was clear and Lin Huang could see many schools of silver fish as well as water monsters. However, they were running away when they saw Bloody, none of them dared to come close. Although the monsters were all different kinds, once they were within a close distance they could sense that Bloody was double mutated. Such a vibe became fear for them, which then became a convenience for Lin Huang.

After swimming down for half an hour, Bloody finally stopped and pointed ahead. Lin Huang swam for some distance and noticed there was a strange area not far in front. If you didn't look closely it would have been hard to tell that the area was strange. It was like a thin round glass floating in the water. Without Bloody telling him he might have missed this place. After observing from the outside, Lin Huang poked one finger into the area. Since nothing happened he entered the area followed by Bloody.

Lin Huang was shocked at what he was seeing as he thought it was connected to an underground location or even a cave. However, it was a wide area with a sky and even a sun. There was lush green on the ground, it was like a wide-open meadow, he couldn't see where the end of the meadow was. Just when Lin Huang thought the area was unreal the fragrance of grass and flowers came to his nose which assured him that what he was looking at wasn't an illusion.

"Bloody, how did you find the Starlight Beasts here?" Lin Huang could not help but ask as until now, he hadn't seen any. Of course, it could be due to the area being too big. Bloody took out a writing board from the storage ring and wrote with its vine.

"Yes, I saw many of them and informed you immediately."

Lin Huang had prepared the writing board in the storage ring specifically for Bloody when they were in Meteorite City as there were environments that would not be convenient for writing. The customized storage ring could be activated using Life Power and could even be used by monsters.

"Where are they? Bring me there!" Lin Huang wanted to see them for himself before planning his next step. Once on the meadow, Bloody shrank himself to the size of a thumb which was hard to be noticed, while Lin Huang dived underground and followed behind it to the area where the Starlight Beasts had gathered. In less than 10 minutes Bloody had brought Lin Huang to their destination. Lin Huang who was hiding underground was shocked at what he saw on the ground as there were at least 300 Starlight Beasts in this area.

There were more than 10 of them whose color and size were different from the usual Starlight Beasts; clearly they were mutated once. Besides the Starlight Beasts, there was another thing that caught his attention. There was a black gigantic rock that was 10 meters long and equally tall. Its shape was out of the ordinary that didn't seem like a natural product from the area instead it looked like an item from somewhere else. Lin Huang sensed that the appearance of the Starlight Beasts was related to the black rock.

"I need to leave now. There are too many Starlight Beasts here if I were to do anything I would definitely die. These Starlight Beasts are all gold-level rank-3 moreover, there're more than 10 mutated ones. With their attack speed, even Bai wouldn't be able to handle them and perhaps summoning all my monsters still wouldn't be enough to fight them…"

Thinking of the issues, Lin Huang decided to recall Bloody into its card form and left the nest quietly. When they arrived on top of the lake, Lin Huang summoned Bloody again.

"There are too many of them, I can't attack and besides, even if any of them left the group, we couldn't attack in that nest as it's too quiet inside. There isn't any other force in the nest at all so if we attack, the shockwave from our attack would definitely alert them and by then, we'd be killed by the monsters." Lin Huang said.

"It seems like we could only wait for them to come out and look for food, we could then kill them outside."

"We could lure them." Bloody took out the writing board again and wrote.

"Lure them?" Lin Huang was stunned at the suggestion.

"That's a great idea, it's so much better than waiting for them."

"We could get the Ghastly Clown to get them out." Bloody wrote again after erasing what it wrote earlier.

"Yes, that's a great idea! The Ghastly Clown can control a mutated Starlight Beast and get it to leave the nest. We could then kill it and obtain the muted Life Seed gift!" Lin Huang thought it was totally doable.

After confirming the plan, Lin Huang discussed the details with Bloody. Later on, he was ready to carry out the plan. To avoid affecting the forces in the nest, Lin Huang summoned the Ghastly Clown before jumping into the lake. After briefing it, he transformed himself into the Spectre again and dived into the water with Bloody and the Ghastly Clown. Soon, they made it to the bottom of the lake and entered the isolated area. Once they entered the area, the Ghastly Clown shrunk to the size of a palm. They had arrived at the area where the Starlight Beasts gathered in an instant.

However, Lin Huang was shocked again as they arrived at the area. All of the Starlight Beasts were on all fours standing on the ground, even the 10 mutated ones. They seemed to be worshipping. Looking in the direction where all of them were looking, Lin Huang noticed that there was another monster standing on top of the black gigantic rock. This monster was different from the other Starlight Beasts with a different look and size.

She looked like a human lady with silver armor, there was a metal helmet which covered her entire hair. On her face, there was a two-colored mask with red on the left and blue on the right. Her face had nothing on it, not even eyes and her body was long; she was around 2.5 meters tall. She didn't look overwhelming with her body size in perfect ratio with her height. At the back of her armor were six wings that looked like golden knives. Clearly, the wings could be weapons as well. Besides the wings, she was holding a purple spear on her right hand which seemed to be her main weapon.

"This Starlight Beast should be the double mutated one…" Lin Huang was guessing in his heart.

Chapter 258: A Powerful Silver-Armored Monster

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Although Lin Huang had some idea of what the monster standing on top of the black rock was, he wasn't completely sure. The Starlight Monster was rare and their numbers limited. Throughout hundreds of years, they'd only been seen less than 10 times in the entire Division7. Before Lin Huang, nobody in the whole of Division7 had even seen a mutated Starlight Beast. Regarding the double mutated ones, they were nowhere to be found in any of the monster encyclopedias. There were no documents about double mutated Starlight Beasts at all.

Therefore, Lin Huang couldn't determine if the silver-armored monster was a double mutated Starlight Beast or another type of monster that was living with the Starlight Beasts. In the monster world, there were monsters that lived together in peace. Besides monsters of the same type, there were also different monsters living together. They could benefit from each other or their preys were completely different which had no conflict… Under such circumstances, it was normal for monsters to live together.

Although many of the Starlight Beasts were worshipping this monster, it wasn't sufficient enough to determine whether this was a double mutated Starlight Beast or not. It could be another powerful creature with a unique ability that could get all the Starlight Beasts to obey it. If Bloody was a gold-level rank-3, it could easily do the same as long as it spread the parasites into the Starlight Beasts' bodies. Unsure, Lin Huang decided to risk it anyway. It would be his lucky day if the creature was a double mutated Starlight Beast and if not this monster seemed to be much more powerful than the rest, the Life Seed gift that he'd obtain from the kill would be a powerful addition.

After putting in some thought, Lin Huang had made up his mind and without saying a word, he poked the Ghastly Clown who was in the form of a palm-sized doll with his finger and pointed at the silver-armored monster that was standing on top of the rock. Ghastly Clown understood what Lin Huang meant and within the next second, a small mask appeared on its hand which it then put in on its face. Suddenly, the wings on the back of the silver-armored monster shook and flew up into the sky. It lunged out of the doorway with a silver glow around it.

The Starlight Beasts that were worshipping panicked but none of them dared to chase after it. Lin Huang quickly followed bringing Bloody and Ghastly Clown to the exit of the dimensional ruin. They soon arrived at the top of the lake after leaving the dimensional ruin and swam to the shore. The silver-armored monster stayed in the air, looking down at Lin Huang and his two summoning beasts.

Once Lin Huang arrived at the shore he turned himself back to a human while Ghastly Clown changed to its original form with Bloody hiding inside Lin Huang's left sleeve.

"Ghastly, bring the monster down." As Lin Huang spoke, a gold-level sword activated in his hand. Under the Ghastly Clown's control, the silver-armored monster descended slowly and stood at the side of the lake less than five meters away from Lin Huang.

It was his first time seeing the monster close-up. Roughly 2.5 meters tall with silver armor covering its body. Besides its joints, there were no gaps at all. The armor seemed to be sticking to its skin covering every corner of its body. The mask on its face was half red and half blue. Although there was nothing on its face, Lin Huang could sense that it was watching him.

After observing closely, Lin Huang frowned as he could not find any gaps that he could attack. The armor was perfect, it felt like it was a creature whose body was made of armor. Even Lin Huang was doubtful of his own ability now.

"Seems like I have to try using Wildfire Sword now…"

Lin Huang kept his sword and stepped back 10 meters. Soon, his eyes were blood red and four red Blood Spirit wings grew out of his back.

After inserting one full wheel of Life Power into the red Blood Spirit wings, a golden spark on a wing began burning and transformed into a blade. Seconds later, Lin Huang leaped in front of the monster and with the help of the level-2 sword realm, he lunged towards the monster's heart with Worldly Purification , all the while looking like a shooting star. Just when the blade arrived at the monster's chest, a purple light shone.

"Ding!", it collided with the blade leaving Lin Huang stunned, without having any time to figure out what had happened, the golden spark from Worldly Purification shot out from the blade. However, a stronger force came from the tip of the blade. After the golden spark exploded, Lin Huang was tossed back by the force, smashing into more than ten big trees.

Lin Huang puked blood. He wasn't badly injured but his organs were affected. However, with his strong body physique, such injury wouldn't affect his combat strength.

He stood up slowly and looked in the direction of the silver-armored monster with a frown. When he attacked using Worldly Purification , the monster did not move at all. It remained on the ground like nothing happened. Although everything had happened too fast, Lin Huang knew that the monster had used a spear to defend itself as it was still there. It remained in the same position where Lin Huang's Blood Spirit wing had collided with it.

"It managed to break free from the Ghastly Clown's control?!" Lin Huang was upset, that was not good news. Bloody seemed to have sensed that something was wrong and came out of Lin Huang's sleeve showing Lin Huang what it had written on the writing board.

"It didn't break free from the Ghastly Clown, it's just that its strong will to live allowed her to break free from Ghastly Clown temporarily. However, the more it manages to break free, the more immune it will be to Ghastly Clown's control. Master, you'll have to use your most powerful attack on her or else it will break free from the Ghastly Clown soon."

As Bloody was explaining to Lin Huang, the Ghastly Clown managed to get the silver-armored monster to withdraw its purple spear and kick it aside. It seemed to miss the earlier moment when it managed to break free from the Ghastly Clown.

"This monster is too powerful. As long as the person or monster is not one level higher, the Ghastly Clown could totally control it. However, this monster was the same with Ghastly Clown which is gold-level rank-3 and it had managed to break free…"

Lin Huang looked at the monster with burning desire as he knew that the more powerful the monster was, the more powerful the Life Seed he would get after killing it.

" Worldly Purification is already my strongest ability but it managed to defend against that just now. Without the spear, it could still defend with both its arms. I'll insert two wheels of Life Power this time, I don't believe I can't kill it with that!"

Chapter 259: Silver-Armored Monster VS The Ghastly Clown

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

After deciding on the plan, Lin Huang didn't execute right away but instead, contacted Xiao Hei in his mind.

"Xiao Hei, is there any way that I can increase the chances of me getting a complete card?"

After fighting with the silver-armored monster, Lin Huang was sure that it was definitely a double mutated monster. Whether it was a double mutated Starlight Beast or not, this monster had a powerful ability so while he was hunting a Life Seed monster, he hoped to obtain a complete monster card as well.

"With your authorization level and the number of card pieces that you have, the only way to do that is to redeem a Probability Enhancing Card."

"Each Probability Enhancing Card can increase the chances of obtaining a specific complete card by 1% of, the maximum enhancement is at 50%"

"You'd need 10,000 card pieces to redeem one Probability Enhancing Card if your level is under transcendent. You've got a total of 42,813 card pieces right now, the most you can redeem will be four cards."

"More than 40,000…. Isn't that the total amount of card pieces from iron-level to gold-level? Can I use all of them to redeem Probability Enhancing Cards?" Lin Huang didn't expect himself to be able to redeem four cards.

"Yes, from iron-level to gold-level. As a whole, all of them are under the same category. Besides redeeming Monster Cards of the same level, redeeming Function Cards and Special Cards would also fall under the same category. However, if you obtain the card pieces by killing monsters that are lower than your combat strength, they won't work as you can only redeem Monster Cards of the same combat strength."

"This restriction must be to prevent any people from obtaining lower level card pieces which is easier than obtaining higher level card pieces when they leveled up…" Lin Huang understood the reason for the restrictions immediately.

"If I can only redeem four cards, that means I can only enhance the probability to 4%… It's still too low."

After giving it some thoughts, Lin Huang asked again.

"Oh yeah, can I use this Probability Enhancing Card together with a Double Reward Card?"

"Yes, but you could only use the Double Reward Card on the Probability Enhancing Card once. You cannot use more than one."

"If that's the case, the 4% can only increase to 8%…" Although the probability was still low, Lin Huang decided anyway.

"Alright, then I shall redeem four Probability Enhancing Cards!"

"Are you sure you want to consume 40,000 card pieces to redeem four Probability Enhancing Cards?"

"Yes!"

"Deducting 40,000 card pieces, you have obtained Probability Enhancing Card x4"

"Probability Enhancing Card: Within one-hour of activation, the probability of obtaining complete cards from killing monsters will increase by 1%"

"Remarks: Can be used in mass quantities with a maximum probability enhancement of 50%"

"Use all four Probability Enhancing Cards!" After checking out the cards for awhile, Lin Huang used them immediately.

"Probability Enhancing Card x4 had been consumed. Your probability of obtaining complete cards increased by 4%. The time limit is one hour."

"Use a Double Reward Card!" Lin Huang used a Double Reward Card without thinking twice.

"Double Reward Card x1 has been consumed. Your probability of obtaining a complete card has increased to 8%. The time limit is one hour."

"Although 8% is still very low, that's better than nothing…" Lin Huang looked at the silver-armored monster.

Two wheels of Life Power were released into the blade that was transformed from one of his Blood Spirit wings. Lin Huang plunged towards the silver-armored monster with his strongest sword skill, Worldly Purification . A golden spark was going after the silver-armored monster at the speed of light. The air where the blade passed by cracked into patterns like a spider's web. The attack was quick, it was two to three times faster than his previous attack.

The blade with a golden spark arrived at the silver-armored monster's chest in an instant. However, the silver-armored monster managed to break free from the Ghastly Clown's control once again. The six golden wings on its back that looked like countless blades combined into a golden hemisphere. Lin Huang's fatal attack collided with the golden defense. The golden glow spread like an explosion, it was so bright that one couldn't look at it directly.

Standing in the middle of the spark, Lin Huang was not affected at all. He saw his attack pierce through the golden defense, but it hadn't pierced deep enough. There was something hard blocking the tip his Blood Spirit wings. It felt like there was another defensive layer within its defenses.

"Break it!" Lin Huang shouted and released the remaining two Life Wheels of Life Power into his Blood Spirit wing.

The golden spark was getting more and more intense while the blade that had transformed from the Blood Spirit wing pierced further in. Suddenly, the Ghastly Clown grabbed the back of Lin Huang's collar and tossed him behind. It then plunged towards the silver-armored monster. At the same time, the silver-armored monster's wings opened wide, a clear palm appeared from thin air and collided with the Ghastly Clown. The both of them backed up stopping when they were 10 meters away.

When Lin Huang managed to see what happened, he saw the both of them back up and understood what was happening.

"The monster had completely broken free from the Ghastly Clown!" Lin Huang thought it was unbelievable, he didn't expect it could have developed to this level. He thought he would have obtained the Life Seed easily with the help of the Ghastly Clown. He stared at the silver-armored monster solemnly, he wanted to know what the second defensive layer was that he had encountered just now.

Soon, he saw something shocking. Besides a hole on the silver-armored monster's wings, there was also a hole on the left side of its chest near its heart. Lin Huang could see there was purple light flowing inside the hole.

"Seems like I almost killed it just now but she managed to escape…"

After glancing at Lin Huang, the silver-armored monster looked at the direction of the Ghastly Clown. It knew very well that the monster in the mask was far more dangerous than Lin Huang. As long as it killed the Ghastly Clown, it would be able to kill Lin Huang easily.

Although it had some fatal injuries, the silver-armored monster didn't seem to have a plan to escape at all. It was unclear this was because its lair had been discovered and it was afraid that its secret would leak or perhaps it was fighting because it was furious from almost getting killed. The purple spear that was kicked away by the Ghastly Clown disappeared as it performed the clear palm attack earlier and appeared in its hand again. With its spear, it pointed downwards towards the Ghastly Clown's direction. Its golden wings shook in the air and appeared less than one meter in front of the Ghastly Clown in an instant…

Chapter 260: The Terrifying Double Mutated Monster

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Lin Huang's personal ability was powerful where he could easily perform cross-ranking monster kills of gold-level rank-3. However, a double mutated monster was more powerful than a human genius with the ability of a level higher than it was. This gold-level rank-3 double mutated silver-armored monster had abilities comparable to Bai and Tyrant. If Lin Huang was a gold-level rank-3 hunter, he might be able to fight it. However, he was only a silver-level rank-3 right now and his abilities were too far behind the silver-armored monster. Not only had this silver-armored monster managed to break free from the Ghastly Clown's control, its speed was so fast that Lin Huang couldn't capture it anymore. Lin Huang didn't even see how it had managed to appear in front of the Ghastly Clown.

Out of nowhere, as the silver-armored monster arrived less than one meter in front of the Ghastly Clown, it thrust its spear towards the Ghastly Clown's mask on its face. Suddenly, the color of the Ghastly Clown's eyes' changed and the silver-armored monster's movement was restricted. The Ghastly Clown then tightened its fist in the air holding the silver-armored monster with an invisible giant hand.

Lin Huang figured that the silver-armored monster had to have been controlled by the Ghastly Clown's illusion when it stopped moving with the invisible hand created by the Ghastly Clown's psychic abilities. The silver-armored monster seemed to have no vocal chords. Even as its wings were distorted and its armor crushed by the gigantic invisible hand, it still did not make a sound.

Suddenly, golden electrical tendrils came off the silver-armored monster and enveloped its entire body. The silver-armored monster disappeared, escaping from the invisible hand by transforming itself into lightning. Lin Huang's jaw dropped when he saw what had happened.

" Elemental Transformation ?!"

After escaping from the giant hand, the silver-armored monster didn't return to its original form instead it transformed into a human-shaped lightning bolt and dashed towards the Ghastly Clown.

The silver-armored monster that had transformed into lightning was even more terrifying in speed. The purple spear in its hand was now a lightning spear. Holding the spear high up, lightning shot into the sky creating a vapor cone. A loud explosion followed. It was a sonic boom, the sound made when an object's speed exceeded the speed of sound!

Just when Lin Huang witnessed the vapor cone, the monster that had transformed into lightning appeared before the Ghastly Clown. The Ghastly Clown created an invisible psychic wall to block it with its gloved hand. However, the lightning spear in the lightning monster's hand did not hold back when it collided with the invisible wall. As they collided, the psychic wall cracked like a spider's web but it was not broken. The lightning monster then twisted the spear in its hand like a screw before an intense glow shot out from the lightning spear and broke the psychic wall completely.

The invisible psychic wall broke like glass into pieces. The Ghastly Clown backed off immediately attempting to gain some distance between them. However, the lightning monster dashed towards it again and arrived in front of the Ghastly Clown in an instant once again. The spear on its hand became a giant golden boa that went at the Ghastly Clown's face.

The Ghastly Clown blocked the hit with its hand, its white glove colliding with the golden spear. The 10-centimeter space between the glove and the spear was like an unbreakable wall. The golden lightning couldn't get any closer and both attacks were stuck. Suddenly, the lightning monster looked at the sky with its mouth wide-open, roaring loudly like thunder and a golden lightning ball shot from its mouth into the sky.

Soon, the sky got dark and began to rumble above the two monsters. Within the clouds, the thunder growled like monsters and suddenly, golden lightning shot across the sky, lighting up the place. It looked as though it was two giant lightning snakes connected in the sky and dashed towards the lightning monster. The flashes of lightning were swallowed by the lightning monster and it grew a few times in size. Soon, the second, then third… Lightning kept coming down and entering the lightning monster's body. As its body grew, the spear in its hand penetrated deeper and deeper into the invisible wall, closing the distance between the Ghastly Clown and the lightning monster.

Soon, the lightning monster seemed to arrive at its peak. As it roared, the lightning in its body gushed into its spear. The spear in its right hand twisted intensely again with endless lightning tendrils shooting out.

"Crack…"

As the light cracking sound was heard, a layer of the defensive wall completely shattered. The golden spear collided directly with the Ghastly Clown's glove. Under the immense collision, there were cracks visible on the Ghastly Clown's glove.

However, the lightning monster didn't stop there. It attacked using its spear again, attempting to pierce through the Ghastly Clown's palm and kill it. After two impacts from the spear, the Ghastly Clown's glove broke completely, revealing its hand that was made of a black light. Lin Huang was stunned as he watched from afar, he had never seen the Ghastly Clown's hands without the gloves before.

Suddenly, a warning came from Xiao Hei.

"Warning: The Ghastly Clown is evolving by itself! As your authority isn't sufficient, if your monster card is upgraded from epic to legendary automatically, there is a chance that it could detach itself from the control system and return to freedom…"

"Warning: Holy fire and immortal-level monsters detected in the areas nearby. There is a 99% chance that the Ghastly Clown's evolution would attract transcendent monsters! By then, you'd be in a great crisis."

"Would you like to stop the Ghastly Clown from evolving by force?!"

Lin Huang frowned as he heard the two warnings. However, he made his decision in an instant.

"Don't stop him!"

"Ghastly, leave this to me. Go to the isolated area and kill the Starlight Beasts to complete your evolution!" Lin Huang shouted at the Ghastly Clown from far away.

The Ghastly Clown looked in the direction where Lin Huang was. Suddenly, an intense force shot from its black misty-like hands.

The spear in the lightning monster's hand fell under the intense force. Noticing the Ghastly Clown's odd action, the wings on its back shook as it attempted to run away. However, the Ghastly Clown's black palms broke through the space between them and landed on its cheek. Under the attack, its body that went through the Elemental Transformation returned back to its silver armor form and fell to the ground. The Ghastly Clown relented its attacks. Instead, it dove into the lake nearby and disappeared…