King of Ten Thousand Years

Waves of gray-white energy billowed, and a behemoth appeared before Luo Tian and Mu Qingqing.

The giant beast was gray-white all over. Its eyes were minuscule compared to its body, but its mouth was shockingly large, looking as if it could swallow a creature of its own size whole!

Before it, Luo Tian’s small boat wouldn’t even be enough to pick its teeth with.

”It’s huge!”

Mu Qingqing covered her mouth, frantic with panic.

Luo Tian’s expression was grim. He could see a look of contempt and mockery in the gray-white beast’s eyes.

WHOOSH!

The next moment, the gray-white beast opened its mouth and blew, stirring up a ferocious gale.

The small boat carrying Luo Tian and his companion immediately began to rock violently, blown back a hundred meters.

SWISH!

The gray-white beast was enormous, but in the unique environment of the Outer Void, it held a special advantage and was extremely fast.

It arrived in front of the boat and puffed up its cheeks, preparing to blow again.

It was toying with Luo Tian and the boat as if they were playthings!

Luo Tian suspected that if he let this gray-white beast keep blowing, it might just blow him right out of the Pale Ring.

SWISH!

Luo Tian shot into the sky, an Ice Nether Ancient Sword appearing in his hand!

He activated his Celestial Furnace Treasure Body!

BZZZT!

Sharp golden rays of light shot out from his entire body, making him impossible to look at directly, as if the light would stab one’s eyes.

As he activated his Treasure Body, the Ice Nether Sword in his hand began to tremble faintly, emitting a feeling of incredible familiarity.

It was as if Luo Tian and this Profound Artifact had merged into one.

This was the Celestial Furnace Sword Body. It tempered the physical body into an unparalleled blade, and while possessing a certain degree of physical Defense, it could also fully unleash the potential of sword-type Weapons and erupt with even greater power!

SCHLICK!

A beam of Sword Light, interwoven with gold and white, slashed down with the speed of lightning.

The gray-white beast was fast, but it couldn’t dodge in time. A fifty-to-sixty-meter-long gash was cut into its massive body, and blood sprayed out like rain!

”Get lost!”

Luo Tian roared, his aura soaring.

”So strong! As strong as my grandpa!”

Mu Qingqing gazed at the graceful and handsome Luo Tian, her eyes filled with reverence.

Luo Tian heard her.

’Your grandpa is much stronger than me,’ he thought.

Mu Qingqing’s Cultivation was relatively low, only at the Earth Element Realm Fourth Layer, so she couldn’t clearly judge the specific strength of high-level Martial Artists.

ROAR!

The gray-white beast was enraged. Its face twisted with fury as it opened its cavernous mouth, each of its teeth glinting with a cold light.

”Boy, this god hasn’t eaten any Heart Essence in a long time. This big fellow looks pretty good,” the Crow cawed.

Luo Tian nodded slightly.

Ever since leaving the Thief King’s Treasure Land, he hadn’t given the Crow any other resources.

The Crow’s Cultivation had previously been improving with remarkable speed, but it had suddenly slowed down recently. Perhaps its gains from the Thief King’s Treasure Land had all been used up.

It just so happened that Luo Tian’s injuries had healed and his Treasure Body was complete. He could use this Void Giant Beast for some practice and let the Ugly Bird have a good meal.

Suddenly, the Void Giant Beast charged out, ramming toward Luo Tian with its mountain-like body.

Its body was its most effective Weapon!

At this moment, a layer of scale patterns appeared all over the Void Giant Beast, its body becoming incomparably hard. It intended to crush this ant, Luo Tian, to dust!

SCHLICK! BOOM!

Luo Tian struck out with a lightning-fast slash, but it only left a five-to-six-inch-deep wound on the Void Giant Beast’s body.

Compared to its enormous physique, this was merely a flesh wound.

SWOOSH!

Luo Tian flew back just in time to avoid the Void Giant Beast’s charge.

’This big guy is tougher to deal with than I thought,’ Luo Tian mused.

This Void Giant Beast had the strength of the Celestial Pool Realm Third Layer. Combined with its massive size and its speed in the Outer Void, it might even have a slight advantage against Elder Hu from before.

CLANG! CLANG! BOOM!

Luo Tian and the Void Giant Beast were evenly matched, trading blows. It was a good opportunity for him to warm up and practice his Swordsmanship.

After twenty rounds of combat, Luo Tian was completely unharmed, while the Void Giant Beast had already accumulated over a dozen wounds.

The wound from Luo Tian’s initial surprise attack was especially severe.

SWISH!

Suddenly, the Crow flew into the Void Giant Beast’s mouth.

The Void Giant Beast was stunned. What kind of creature would willingly fly into its mouth?

It would eat anything that came its way, but that Crow was so ugly, swallowing it felt worse than eating a fly.

”If the world were dark, you’d still be ugly... Oh, ugly thing, ah, ah, can you not turn on the light... Oh, ugly thing, ah, ah, ah...”

What the Void Giant Beast didn’t expect was for the Crow to suddenly burst into song.

The song echoed inside the Void Giant Beast’s mouth, growing even louder.

It instantly became dizzy and disoriented, its blood and energy in chaos, and it grew irritable and agitated!

Luo Tian seized the opportunity, his sword striking the huge wound on the Void Giant Beast’s body, widening it further and causing blood to gush out wildly.

The Void Giant Beast wanted to flee.

But it was severely wounded and had lost a massive amount of blood. It gradually lost its strength and succumbed to death.

Meanwhile, the Crow in its mouth went straight for the Heart Essence and began to feast.

”This Demon Beast is huge.”

Mu Qingqing landed on the Void Giant Beast’s back, feeling as if she had climbed a small mountain.

Luo Tian consulted the Celestial Book and learned the name of this Void Giant Beast, along with other information.

’So it’s called a Giant Lu Beast...’

Luo Tian also learned that the Essence Blood of a Giant Lu Beast was an excellent Spirit Treasure Material that could be used to concoct many special medicinal liquids.

Spreading the Giant Lu Beast Essence Blood directly over one’s body would also allow for absorption, greatly enhancing one’s Life Essence and strengthening one’s Cultivation Foundation.

The Essence Blood of this particular Giant Lu Beast would be of great benefit even to someone at the Celestial Pool Realm Third Layer.

For Luo Tian, the effects would be superb.

Once Cultivation of the *Celestial Furnace Treasure Body* reached the Seventh-Layer, its defensive advantages would gradually diminish. The Giant Lu Beast Essence Blood could compensate for this by strengthening his physical Defense.

As for his Cultivation.

Nearly half a year had passed since he broke through to the Celestial Pool Realm.

Luo Tian’s Cultivation was steadily improving.

Back in the Broken-star Realm, with his status and Cultivation, he would have been revered and worshipped.

But here in the Pale Ring, his status was useless, his Cultivation was not outstanding, and he was being hunted by his enemies!

He urgently needed to increase his strength and Cultivation to protect himself, and even get revenge!

’Demon Wave Martial King, Sea Demon Palace...’

A sharp glint flashed in Luo Tian’s eyes. He then entered the Giant Lu Beast’s body to search for its Essence Blood.

The amount of Essence Blood in a typical Martial Artist was very small, but the Giant Lu Beast was enormous. Luo Tian managed to collect a large basin full of its Essence Blood.

’Such a strange treasure is unique to the Pale Ring. If this were in the Broken-star Realm, this basin of Essence Blood would be worth at least three hundred thousand Spiritual Essence Coins.’

After collecting the Essence Blood, Luo Tian ran into the Crow.

Luo Tian noticed a large chunk was missing from the Giant Lu Beast’s heart. That missing piece was surely the Heart Essence.

’How could the Crow eat so much without bursting?’

”Let’s go. Now.”

Luo Tian urged.

Just a moment ago, his Creation Technique had sent him a sense of impending crisis.

The danger of pursuit had not completely vanished. The Sea Demon Palace had not given up.

When the white-haired old man was around, Luo Tian could afford to relax, but now he had to maintain a high level of vigilance.

SWISH!

Luo Tian brought Mu Qingqing back to the small boat, preparing to continue their journey.

Before leaving, the white-haired old man had also given Luo Tian a rough map of the Pale Ring.

Luo Tian had been in the Pale Ring for two months, but he was still a great distance from the Wuji Saint Institute.

Suddenly, a large Void Ship appeared behind them.

Luo Tian swept his Spiritual Sense over it and, based on the style of the Void Ship, immediately identified it as one from the Sea Demon Palace!

WHOOSH!

Without a word, he activated the small boat and sped away!

”After them!”

An excited, elderly voice called out from within the Void Ship.

A cold-faced man from the Cyan Armor Race walked onto the deck and gazed into the distance. He could only see the blurry silhouette of a boat fleeing at high speed!

”So this is the Pale Ring? The environment in the Outer Void is terrible.”

The cold-faced man frowned.

He was none other than Teng Yuanxing, once first on the Earth List of the Broken-star Realm!

Back in the Thief King’s Treasure Land, when Luo Tian was only at the Fifth or Sixth Layer of the Earth Element Realm, Teng Yuanxing had already reached the Celestial Pool Realm!

Many years had passed. Teng Yuanxing had long since left the Earth List, and his Cultivation had now reached the Peak of Celestial Pool Realm Second Layer!

”The harsh environment of the Pale Ring affects everyone. Now that we’ve found Luo Tian, it’s impossible for him to escape our grasp,” a green-robed old woman said with a smile.

This was a pursuit squad from the Sea Demon Palace. The leader was an Elder at the Celestial Pool Realm Fourth Layer, and there were five other Celestial Pool Realm experts in the squad!

How could such a powerful squad fail to take care of Luo Tian?

”Elder Huo, I’m afraid catching up to Luo Tian and his companion won’t be so easy,” a Helmsman said.

”And why is that?”

The green-robed old woman’s expression darkened.

”The environment in the Pale Ring is different from the Broken-star Realm. The resistance here is greater, which slows you down. But Luo Tian’s Flying Artifact is small, so it has less resistance and is extremely fast...” the Helmsman explained.

Everyone understood as soon as they heard this. It was, in fact, the first time any of them had been to the Pale Ring.

”Keep chasing him! We’ll wear him down until he’s dead!” the green-robed old woman ordered.

”But... Luo Tian obtained a portion of the Thief King’s treasure. The few of us combined probably can’t outlast...” the Helmsman said hesitantly.

The green-robed old woman shot him a cold, furious glare, and he immediately shut his mouth, not daring to say another word.

In fact, Luo Tian didn’t have many assets left.

He had been too extravagant before.

In the years after leaving the Tai Yuan Sect, his Cultivation had continued to advance rapidly, but the price was a swift depletion of his wealth and resources.

If this chase turned into a battle of attrition, it would be disadvantageous for Luo Tian.

Luo Tian understood this as well and was trying to think of a solution.

”Boy, this god has a bad feeling...”

The Crow’s pitch-black eyes scanned the surroundings.

Now that the Crow mentioned it, Luo Tian felt it too. The air had suddenly become oppressive.

Gradually, a gale began to blow, and gray-white mist started to churn.

ROAR!

An angry roar echoed out.

Luo Tian found the roar familiar. It was the roar of a Giant Lu Beast!

The next moment!

Mountain-sized shadows could be seen approaching from all directions!

A total of six Giant Lu Beasts were surrounding them. Two of them were much larger than the one Luo Tian had just killed.

”What’s going on?”

Aboard the large Void Ship, the pursuers from the Sea Demon Palace looked stunned.

”Oh no, it’s Giant Lu Beasts!”

”Quick, get away from them!”

”We can’t! We’re surrounded!”

BOOM! CRASH! WHOOSH!

The six Giant Lu Beasts charged forward violently.

The Sea Demon Palace’s large Void Ship was rammed, and a hole was torn open in its hull amidst flashing sparks.

Luo Tian and Mu Qingqing’s boat was small and managed to avoid the charge, but its small size also caused it to be thrown back several dozen meters by the violent turbulence.

Luo Tian glanced at the Sea Demon Palace’s Void Ship. It was severely damaged and probably couldn’t be used anymore.

The attack from these Giant Lu Beasts had, in a way, done Luo Tian a huge favor, much to his pleasant surprise.