Ancient Fiend Dragon Emperor

Chapter 1498: Chapter 1497: Shark Gill

Su Han was stunned.

He was certainly aware of what kind of spirit beast a Rock Shark was, but he never thought in this direction. How could he have imagined that he was just standing on a Rock Shark and talking to this old fellow?

The Rock Shark, a Third-Grade Spirit Beast, had a massive body, was one with the rocks, and often existed in a deep sleep.

When in slumber, the Rock Shark could automatically release its aura, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth from all directions.

Once awake, it would immediately enter a violent state, attacking any living being it encounters, losing all rationality.

It represented two extremes. While in sleep, no matter how loud the external world was, it didn’t bother it, much like how Su Han was standing on it speaking, yet it remained unmoved.

But once it awoke, bloodshed would begin!

”You set me up...” Su Han stared at the old man.

”Think what you want.”

The old man waved his hand, offering no explanation, then asked again, ”The Nine-Heart Lotus is wrapped right beneath this Rock Shark. To obtain it, you must wake this Rock Shark and drive it elsewhere; otherwise, there’s no chance.”

”Is this why you don’t act yourself, but want others to do it for you?” Su Han asked.

”What do you mean I don’t act myself?”

The old man’s eyes widened: ”First, I sold you the map, and second, I paid one and a half million spirit crystals and a favor to buy the lotus throne from you. If you say I’m setting you up again, I won’t be pleased.”

Su Han chuckled, deciding not to argue further.

”The Rock Shark is very powerful!”

After a moment of silence between the two, the old man continued, ”I once tried to wake it up, but that time, I almost died here, so I haven’t dared to hope again.”

”The ring you possess, if you enter it... does it work on Third-Grade Spirit Beasts?”

He was naturally speaking of the Xumi Ring of the Holy Son.

Su Han nodded slightly.

”As long as it works, it’s feasible!”

The old man’s face lit up with joy: ”With that, as long as we can find a way to lure the Rock Shark out of here, you can exit the ring and obtain the Nine-Heart Lotus!”

”But... I previously noticed when you entered the ring, it couldn’t move on its own. In that case, how do we lure out the Rock Shark?”

As he thought of this, the joy on the old man’s face vanished, replaced by worry.

He had been coveting this Nine-Heart Lotus for an unknown number of years; once obtained, he was very confident of breaking through to the Void Heaven Realm!

Now, the opportunity had finally arrived, just one step away from attaining the Nine-Heart Lotus.

And this step involved figuring out how to lure out the Rock Shark...

”That’s easily solved.” Su Han suddenly said.

”You have a way?” The old man’s eyes lit up.

Su Han raised his head, looking up three thousand feet, a sly smile appearing on his lips: ”I won’t need to; someone else will naturally lure out the Rock Shark.”

The old man frowned; being just a divine sense now, he couldn’t sense nor knew who else Su Han was referring to.

”Since you’ve got plans, the first step we must take is to wake the Rock Shark.”

The old man continued: ”The Rock Shark has few weak points, only two to be exact. The first is its eyes, the second its shark gills.”

”When it’s sleeping, its eyes are tightly shut and hard to find, so we must target its shark gills.”

Su Han nodded slightly, already well aware of this.

”Where are its shark gills?” Su Han asked.

”Go north for three hundred meters; there lies a giant stone weighing about thousand catties.”

The old man said solemnly: ”That giant stone marks the location of the Rock Shark’s gills. Every three days, the stone will roll, and at that time, the Rock Shark’s gills will be exposed.”

In silence, Su Han moved three hundred meters northward and indeed found a massive stone, about one thousand catties.

The gills were closed at this time, so even if Su Han moved the stone, nothing would be revealed unless the Rock Shark breathed spontaneously, exposing its gills.

Therefore, the only option now was to wait.

Su Han’s figure flickered as he entered the Xumi Ring of the Holy Son.

...

Meanwhile, Chen Zhonghai and his companions, three thousand feet away, turned serious again.

Because Su Han’s aura disappeared once more.

Every time the aura vanished, a spirit beast would charge towards them. Along their journey, Chen Zhonghai and his group had been in quite a predicament, burning up four sticks of Demon Repellent Incense.

”Vanished again!”

The fat man reacted instinctively to the disappearance of Su Han’s aura, panic-stricken: ”Quick, quick, get another stick of Demon Repellent Incense, this one’s not enough!”

”Shut up!”

Chen Zhonghai glared at him with a cold huff: ”Though his aura disappeared, no spirit beast has shown up, so he probably hasn’t provoked any.”

”Then what’s happened?”

”How should I know!”

Chen Zhonghai’s eyes were dark, pondering briefly: ”We’ve reached the bottom of the lake, yet there’s no Nine-Heart Lotus. He’s likely trying to find it, so let’s just wait here.”

”I see...”

The fat man laughed: ”Heh heh, is it finally harvest time?”

”With the Demon Repellent Incense, as long as a Third-Grade Spirit Beast doesn’t appear, we’ll be fine here,” the man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks laughed.

...

Two days quickly passed by.

Including the day Su Han and Chen Zhonghai’s group traveled, it totaled three days.

Su Han reappeared, emitting an aura, which Chen Zhonghai and his group sensed immediately, springing into excitement.

”He’s out again!”

”He must have figured out how to find the Nine-Heart Lotus!”

”Hahaha, heaven rewards the diligent; we haven’t waited in vain!”

The fat man and the man with sharp features laughed in transmission, and even Chen Zhonghai cracked a smile.

After waiting for two full days, Su Han’s appearance almost certainly meant intrigue.

While they laughed excitedly, Su Han had already reached the giant stone.

Standing for about two hours, Su Han furrowed his brows, thinking it should be time for it to breathe.

”Boom!”

At that moment, the once silent stone suddenly trembled.

In the next instant, a massive noise occurred, and the giant stone rolled directly towards Su Han.

His figure flashed, dodging the stone, then he looked towards the spot where the stone had been.

A hint of red emerged from what seemed like a giant figure of a ground, those reds were glowing with blood tones, expanding and contracting with the Rock Shark’s breathing... in this cycle.

”Shark gills!”

Su Han’s eyes narrowed slowly.