Chapter 213: Shi Hao: "Why is my jungle gone?"
After a long while, Shi Hao finally realized that the jungle had already been cleared by Shi Jian. He had dug three feet deep but didn't manage to get much economic gain.
Helpless, he had no choice but to go out and search for an Opportunity. As a Child of Luck, it wasn't long before he encountered a Heaven-Defying Opportunity: an Eight-Treasure Qilin.
This was an extremely precious treasure, not only incredibly delicious but also possessing the ability to enhance other sacred and divine medicines. When used with other sacred medicines, the Eight-Treasure Qilin could make them unleash ten or even a hundred times their usual effect.
Whether for the sake of his appetite or his cultivation, Shi Hao naturally wouldn't let go of such a treasure. However, other people also had their eyes on the Eight-Treasure Qilin. After he acquired it, several First-generation Divine Fire powerhouses surrounded him and launched a siege.
The various forces outside also noticed Shi Hao, the other great Fiend of Sin Blood. They wondered if he would be as Heaven-Defying as Shi Jian. Surely, encountering so many First-generation powerhouses at once, he would have to pay some price, wouldn't he?
But what do you think the result was? The several First-generation powerhouses who had ignited their Divine Fire were directly hammered to death by Shi Hao, revealing their true forms as many Yao Beasts.
"A Purple-Gold Swan, an ancient divine bird, a very rare species..." Shi Hao swallowed his saliva while commenting on the dead First-generations on the ground. "A Silver Mastiff, dog meat is the most fragrant..."
When Shi Jian killed these First-generations, he provided a one-stop service for refining them. Shi Hao, however, was a gourmand. He personally moved his prey over, gutted, skinned, and bled them before washing them clean.
Then, he set up a large pot, put Spirit Spring water in it, and began to happily eat hotpot. "Fat beef is indeed suitable for hotpot..." A fierce bull, like a small golden mountain, was sliced into thin pieces by him and put into the pot. This fat beef was countless times better than the fat beef he had eaten in the Devouring Starry Sky World.
First-generation figures were treated as treasures and worshipped within their respective clans, yet Shi Hao ate them with immense satisfaction. Fat beef, Fire Scorpion meat... one First-generation after another went into the pot, making his mouth water with oil.
He even added sacred medicines to adjust the flavor. He knew how to enjoy himself far more than Shi Jian. After finishing everything, he contentedly put away his pot.
He then collected the original true feathers of the birds, preparing to give them to Lin Dong. He remembered Lin Dong's idea of refining a Five-Beast Fan when they were slaughtering on Demon God Island and had been collecting suitable divine feathers ever since.
After eating and drinking his fill, Shi Hao took out a jade box. Inside lay a lush green plant over a foot long, resembling a Qilin horn. This was the Eight-Treasure Qilin.
As the head of the Eight Ancient Treasures, this plant's leaves were very special, and its Qilin-shaped stem would burrow deep underground as soon as it touched soil. "It smells so good, no wonder it's something that can increase the efficacy of sacred objects and divine medicines by several times," he said.
Shi Hao was also preparing for a Breakthrough, so he naturally needed more of these things. He wasn't worried about Shi Jian since he had heard many pieces of news about him along the way. The treasures Shi Jian had plundered were several times more than his.
He had long since been eating to his heart's content. Shi Hao knew that Shi Jian, like himself, was probably also going to forge an Unrivaled Dao, surpassing previous sages. He had a mind to compete with Shi Jian to see who would take this step first. Shi Hao was re-energized.
The people watching him from outside, however, exploded. As the saying goes, killing is merely a nod of the head. Shi Jian's actions were always clean and decisive, leaving no intact corpses. But Shi Hao not only killed people, he also ate them with great relish.
More importantly, he only chose to eat First-generation powerhouses; he didn't even bother with the others. So many First-generation powerhouses had laid siege to him, yet they ended up lying dead on the ground.
Shi Hao, like Shi Jian, looked almost like a skeleton on the outside, with dried-up Qi and blood. He looked easy to bully, but if you really tried, he would explode directly! What kind of terrifying situation was this?
How strong would Shi Hao become when he grew up?! From the crowd's perspective, although he was not as strong as Shi Jian, he was enough to be ranked among the ancient freaks! The Shi Clan has truly struck it rich!
Those who had grudges with both Shi Jian and Shi Hao were even more turbulent in their hearts. One Shi Jian was already enough to make them tremble with fear, but now there was another Shi Hao! How difficult would their lives be in the future when these two Supremes grew up?
Countless people wished they could rush into the Immortal Ancient and directly kill the two of them, not giving them a chance to grow. Some felt as if their hearts were being cut by a knife, watching their clan's First-generation die in battle. Their hearts ached so much they almost fainted. The next moment, they even saw their First-generation being skinned, deboned, and boiled in a pot by Shi Hao. It hurt, it really hurt too much!
The eyes of everyone watching twitched with fear as the two brothers moved. They were afraid that these two murderous fiends would encounter their own descendants and successors. One killed without leaving a corpse, and the other ate until only bones remained. They were both great fiends!
In forces like the Immortal Palace and the Demonic Dragon Dao Gate, the average strength individuals were barking in anxiety. But the truly Supreme few among them remained calm. "From ancient times until now, all the accumulation of our sect has been given to them, hoping they can rekindle the glory of the strongest in the Immortal Ancient Era!" Several existences hidden within the chariots exchanged thoughts.
After seeing the battle prowess of Shi Jian and Shi Hao, they still remained unhurried. Aside from the opportunities in the Immortal Ancient, the years of accumulation of their great sects had also been given to their strongest few. Once they took that step, Shi Hao and Shi Jian would be nothing more than mere clowns.
Although Shi Jian and Shi Hao were also taking that step, how could their wild paths possibly compare to the centuries of accumulation of the great sects? Moreover, this step was a path of ten deaths and no life. Perhaps these two brothers would perish halfway through.
As time passed, the mood outside became increasingly low. The two brothers had become the Chaos Devil Kings of the Immortal Ancient realm, and almost no one could restrain them. Watching them flaunt their power all day long, the people outside were almost driven to internal injury from anger.
Finally, the people of the various great sects welcomed their hope. "Look, Ning Chuan has appeared!" someone exclaimed in surprise. The Immortal Dao Flower Petals couldn't broadcast at all times. If someone underwent a deep-level transformation, the outside world couldn't perceive it.
When Shi Hao and Shi Jian underwent their bizarre transformations and the descent occurred, the live broadcast couldn't display any images. When Ning Chuan, the Ten-Crowned King, and some other Supremes made their breakthroughs, the heavenly secrets would be shielded.
Now that Ning Chuan had appeared, did that mean he had completed his transformation? An ancient cave shrouded in mist and exuding chaos anomalies appeared before everyone. Within the scene, a figure appeared: the Six-Crowned King, Ning Chuan!
"What is he doing?" Everyone was surprised to see Ning Chuan take out an ancient box.
"A World Tree? This is actually a treasure box carved from a part of the World Tree's heart, how extravagant! Such a high-level treasure is only used for storing things? How precious must the item inside be?" The heart of the World Tree could allow people to comprehend the Dao and increase their comprehension ability.
It was greatly beneficial to cultivation. The World Tree had already been cut down, so this item was unfindable in the current era. It was a rare Supreme treasure, and to use it just to store an item was shocking!
Under everyone's curious gazes, the wooden box opened, and a human hand bone appeared before them. They hadn't expected the item sealed within the box to be a white bone. What kind of existence's bone was worth being preserved with such an item? Could it be an Immortal bone?
Everyone's gaze was solemn. Immortal bones were even rarer and more precious treasures. This era was one of cultivating bone script. What kind of precious ancient script would be inscribed on a single bone of an Immortal?
The Immortal bone itself was infinitely valuable, and the runes on it were even more precious. Ning Chuan seemed very familiar with this bone, having nourished it for an unknown number of years. He suddenly tore open his left hand and fused this bone into it.
The hand bone and his own bone merged, emitting an incredibly sacred light. Soon, the Immortal bone glowed, and intertwined runes enveloped his entire being. People could no longer see his figure.
Countless people were overjoyed. "This is definitely an Immortal bone; the Six-Crowned King Ning Chuan has fused one! He should be able to emerge from seclusion in a few days; he is very familiar with this bone."
"That's a hand bone! An Immortal's weapon of battle! He fused that bone into his hand; I can't imagine how terrifying the power of that hand will be. The might of an Immortal?"
Countless people were excited, as if they had finally seen hope. This was too astonishing. With an Immortal's hand bone, would Ning Chuan still be afraid of not being able to defeat Shi Jian? Everyone was looking forward to the day Ning Chuan emerged from seclusion and annihilated the two brothers.