King of Ten Thousand Years

When Ke Yuexuan lit the Demon-Luring Fragrance, Luo Tian had already used the Shadow Cloak to hide and slip away.

He was now in the woods further back, watching the Giant Wolf Spider charging excitedly in the distance, and then glanced at Ke Yuexuan’s position.

’Is this your plan?’

Ke Yuexuan’s plan wasn’t very reliable.

If she lit the Demon-Luring Fragrance too late, the Giant Wolf Spider would already be dead, and the spoils of war would all belong to the Eighth Prince, Xiao Feng, and the others.

If she lit it too early, it would lead to the current situation.

Facing a Giant Wolf Spider that still had forty to fifty percent of its strength, Ke Yuexuan would likely be powerless to resist and be crushed instantly.

...

The Giant Wolf Spider abandoned the Eighth Prince, Xiao Feng, and the others, charging straight for Ke Yuexuan.

It was as if it had smelled the most delicious food, growing agitated and finding the lure impossible to resist.

But when it arrived, all it saw was a stick of incense and a human woman.

It had been tricked!

Realizing this, the Giant Wolf Spider’s fury flared. Its eight eyes turned bloodshot as it prepared to kill Ke Yuexuan.

Feeling the Giant Wolf Spider’s killing intent, Ke Yuexuan’s face turned deathly pale, her heart filled with terror.

’Luo Tian, if you hadn’t run, we might have been able to win if we attacked together!’

Ke Yuexuan grit her teeth, filled with rage.

Luo Tian had sworn he had a brilliant plan, but when danger appeared, he had fled in a panic.

’What a coward, full of empty words.’

Ke Yuexuan was deeply disappointed in Luo Tian, even feeling a little contempt for him.

’I have to risk it all!’

At this point, Ke Yuexuan had no way to retreat. All she could do was fight to the death.

If she killed the Giant Wolf Spider, she would live. Otherwise, she would be eaten.

She activated her Martial Vein Phenomenon. A bright, circular Moon Disc materialized behind her, making her look like a Moon Palace Fairy.

Her True Qi blazed as Ke Yuexuan leaped into the air, brandishing her Jade Sword!

SWOOSH! SHINK SHINK SHINK!

Ke Yuexuan unleashed nine streaks of Sword Light, which then transformed into dozens, then a hundred, shining with a brilliant radiance like a blooming white lotus.

’What profound swordsmanship!’

Luo Tian’s eyes lit up from his position in the rear.

’This woman must have an impressive background. That swordsmanship seems to be at the Earth Tier. It must be her trump card.’

”Sever!”

Ke Yuexuan let out a low cry, and the Sword Light instantly converged, slashing toward the Giant Wolf Spider’s abdomen!

SCHLICK!

This astonishing strike seemed to originate from the celestial Moon Palace itself—cold and magnificent. It tore open a meter-long gash, and blood spurted out.

The Giant Wolf Spider shrieked. It hadn’t expected this human to have such an extraordinary trump card, just like the Eighth Prince, Xiao Feng, and the others.

But the blow wasn’t fatal.

Its eight eyes fixed on Ke Yuexuan as it opened its cavernous, dark maw, about to devour her.

’So this is how it ends...’

Ke Yuexuan sighed, her expression dimming, filled with intense unwillingness to accept her fate.

Suddenly, a harsh, unpleasant voice came from behind.

”You ugly freak of a spider! I haven’t seen you for a bit, so how did you get even uglier? You’re so ugly this handsome fella almost didn’t recognize you...”

The Crow held its head high and puffed out its chest, looking extremely narcissistic as it hurled insults.

The Giant Wolf Spider looked up. It was that ugly Crow again. A creature so ugly it defied the heavens was actually calling *it* ugly.

Moreover, this Crow was detestable. It had even stolen the Dragon Blood Stone it had dug up.

However, the Giant Wolf Spider still planned to eat Ke Yuexuan first before dealing with this ugly Crow.

Ke Yuexuan glanced sideways. She knew this Crow was Luo Tian’s Spirit Pet.

Seeing the Crow deliberately provoke the Giant Wolf Spider to save her, Ke Yuexuan felt a flicker of warmth in her heart, but she knew it was useless...

”Ugly Bird, your ability to draw aggro is pathetic. Do you still want the Dragon Blood Stone or not?”

Luo Tian transmitted his voice from his hiding spot.

Ke Yuexuan had warned him several times. Although it was unnecessary, she was still a decent person.

If he could save her, Luo Tian would at least try.

When the Ugly Bird heard Luo Tian say its skills were lacking, it was instantly displeased.

”You ugly freak of a spider, your ugliness has inspired this god! I’ve composed a Divine Melody just for you. Take it, so you can die with no regrets!”

As soon as it finished speaking, the Crow began to sing.

Luo Tian instinctively covered his ears.

”If the world was pitch black, you would still be ugly... Ugly freak, oh, can you please not turn on the lights... Ugly freak, ahhh, in an era where looks are everything, your existence is just... sad...”

The appalling song echoed through the sky.

At that moment, the wind howled through heaven and earth as if ghosts were wailing and wolves were crying.

The geniuses in the distance were all completely dumbfounded.

”What the hell is that song?!”

”My head hurts! Shut up!”

Everyone was irritated and anxious, gritting their teeth on the verge of going mad. They desperately wanted to rush over and tear the Crow limb from limb.

Luo Tian had experienced the Crow’s singing before. Though hideous, it possessed an unbelievably strange power.

The Giant Wolf Spider was the main target of this song, and the effect on it was several times stronger than on anyone else.

ROAR!

The Giant Wolf Spider roared in a frenzy, its eyes turning completely red. It abandoned Ke Yuexuan and charged directly at the Crow, as if they were mortal enemies who could not exist under the same sky.

”That Ugly Bird is really courting death, composing a song to insult a Celestial Wolf Spider! Death is too good for it!”

”I’ve never seen a Demon Beast go so berserk. The Celestial Wolf Spider is utterly enraged now. It might even unleash its full Peak strength!”

Everyone was shocked. Being able to provoke the Celestial Wolf Spider to this extent was a skill in its own right.

The three great geniuses all chose to wait. In its rage, the Giant Wolf Spider was strong enough to wipe them all out. It was better to wait for it to calm down before striking.

RUMBLE!

Watching the Giant Wolf Spider charge madly toward it, the Crow trembled. ”Kid, you better not be setting me up!”

In an instant, the Giant Wolf Spider was in front of the Crow. Frantic and excited, it launched an all-out attack.

But at that very moment, a figure suddenly burst out from the ground beneath the Giant Wolf Spider!

”Die!”

Luo Tian let out a low shout as his Nether Dragon Divine Vein erupted completely. A swirling, dark Cold Mist condensed around him, sweeping out in a ten-meter radius like the dead of winter descending.

Star River Radiance!

Celestial Star Nine Techniques, True Intent eruption!

CLANG! SWOOSH!

A brilliant, river-like rainbow of sword light kicked up a surging tide of frosty mist. It was like a dazzling Star River cutting through the darkness, emitting a trace of the vast and boundless Great Trend of the Sword Way.

This strike resonated with heaven and earth. Infused with Divine Vein Power, it unleashed terrifying might.

Only at this moment did the Giant Wolf Spider react, sensing the mortal threat from below. This showed just how powerful the Crow’s Sound Dao was.

It was too late!

SQUELCH!

The thick, brilliant, frosty Sword Light struck the Giant Wolf Spider’s abdomen—the exact spot Ke Yuexuan had injured earlier.

The sword slashed through. Blood sprayed, and its entrails spilled out.

The light in the Giant Wolf Spider’s eight eyes dimmed instantly. Its eight legs went limp, and it collapsed to the ground, its life force completely gone.

A one-hit kill!

Not far away, Ke Yuexuan watched this scene, her heart inexplicably stirred.

’What a beautiful strike!’

As a fellow sword user, she was deeply captivated by Luo Tian’s attack.

The vast and boundless True Sword Dao Intent, in particular, inspired a heartfelt reverence in her.

He killed the Giant Wolf Spider with a single sword strike!

And saved her life in the process.

Ke Yuexuan’s expression was awkward. Her supple lips pressed together, and she suddenly whispered, ”Thank you!”

「Farther away.」

The Eighth Prince and the others had been watching as if it were a good show, eagerly anticipating the Giant Wolf Spider devouring that detestable Ugly Bird.

But suddenly, the Giant Wolf Spider collapsed, its life force extinguished.

”It’s dead?”

”How did it die so suddenly?”

Everyone was in disbelief. Could it be that the Giant Wolf Spider had actually been severely injured? Did it die suddenly from overexcitement?

”No, that’s not it!”

The pupils of the three top geniuses contracted abruptly.

Although the aura the Giant Wolf Spider had emitted right before death was terrifying, they had still sensed a surge of... Sword Intent!

”It’s Luo Tian!”

The Eighth Prince, familiar with this Sword Intent, shouted immediately.

It was obvious: the Crow had lured the Giant Wolf Spider into Luo Tian’s ambush!

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!

The three great geniuses immediately charged out, with the other geniuses following close behind.

The Giant Wolf Spider was dead. It was time to divide the spoils!

However, when the group arrived in front of the Giant Wolf Spider,

the Demon Core inside had already been taken, and the spider’s most valuable assets, its fangs, had been cut off.

Even its eight eyes had been gouged out.

”The Dragon Blood Stone!”

The Eighth Prince swung his sword, hacking at the Giant Wolf Spider’s intestines to search for the most precious treasure.

But obviously, the Dragon Blood Stone had been taken as well.

”Are we still distributing the loot as we originally agreed?”

one of the men asked tentatively.

According to their original agreement, the three great geniuses would split the Dragon Blood Stone, while the others would divide the materials from the Giant Wolf Spider’s body. The three geniuses were not included in the latter part.

Now, the Demon Core and the Dragon Blood Stone were both gone.

That meant the three great geniuses... would get nothing.

The faces of the Eighth Prince, Xiao Feng, and Feng Qiuling instantly turned black.

They had contributed the most to this battle and were all heavily injured, but in the end, they got nothing.

”Damn you, Luo Tian! I will tear you to pieces!”

the Eighth Prince roared in fury and frustration.

He now regretted not letting Luo Tian participate in the first place. If they had kept an eye on him, they might have been able to prevent all this.

”Luo Tian!”

Xiao Feng let out a low growl filled with astonishing killing intent.

To dare snatch the spoils that belonged to him from right under his nose—Xiao Feng had already marked Luo Tian for death!

”Find him! Luo Tian must have paid a price to kill the Giant Wolf Spider. He can’t have gotten far,”

Feng Qiuling shouted, ordering everyone to spread out and search for Luo Tian’s whereabouts and offering a reward.

But in reality, Luo Tian had already fled a great distance.

’What a harvest!’

Luo Tian was all smiles as he found a hidden spot to lie low.

After all, his actions this time weren’t just snatching food from a Tiger’s mouth; he had snatched food from a whole pack of Tigers.

But just as he hid, Ke Yuexuan appeared before him.

”What is it?”

Luo Tian had noticed Ke Yuexuan following him for a while.

”Little girl, Luo Tian and I killed this Giant Wolf Spider. The spoils belong to us,”

the Crow said with obvious hostility, worried Ke Yuexuan was here to steal their treasures.

”...You saved my life. The spoils are all yours. I don’t want any,”

Ke Yuexuan said, biting her lip gently.

”Oh! Great! Kid, let’s divide the loot then,”

the Crow chirped excitedly.

Luo Tian then took out the Dragon Blood Stone, the Demon Core, and the Giant Wolf Spider’s fangs and eyes.

The Crow wasn’t interested in the fangs or eyes; it only wanted the Dragon Blood Stone.

”A Dragon Blood Stone?”

Ke Yuexuan looked astonished.

She had arrived later, and no one had explained the details to her, so Ke Yuexuan had no idea there was a Dragon Blood Stone inside the Giant Wolf Spider.

”Er... um, I contributed to killing the Giant Wolf Spider too. Could I... have a small piece of the Dragon Blood Stone?”

Ke Yuexuan’s fair face flushed red. She looked very embarrassed as she forced herself to ask.

After all, the Dragon Blood Stone was too precious. Although it might only contain a minuscule amount of dragon blood, it had tremendous effects even for those in the Spirit Sea Realm.

Refining the essence within a Dragon Blood Stone could significantly strengthen one’s physique and vitality, enhancing their power, Defense, and self-healing abilities.

It not only improved one’s strength but also their survivability.

There were even rumors that absorbing enough dragon blood essence could grant one Dragon Power!

”Little girl, how could you do this? You’re going back on your word,”

the Crow said, its eyes wide with displeasure.

”Just a little piece is fine. It’s such a big stone, after all,”

The usually proud and aloof Ke Yuexuan was now acting uncharacteristically coy. Her sweet, soft voice was enough to make one’s bones melt.

Just then, a resonant voice boomed in all directions, shaking the heavens: ”The assessment time is up!”