Chapter 947 - 600: A Pleasant Surprise, Hunting Again, and Raising Suspicions
Chapter 947: Chapter 600: A Pleasant Surprise, Hunting Again, and Raising Suspicions
"I can’t fully confirm if this is the case; I need to conduct another test."
Thinking this, Lu Qing’s figure flickered and entered the plain, stepping into the Guardian Domain of a Black Wolf Beast.
In the next moment, the Black Wolf Beast awakened and roared as it lunged at Lu Qing.
"Is this the only move you know?"
Lu Qing smiled slightly. His Earth Vein Magnetic Domain unfolded beneath him, layers of Primordial Magnetic Power weighed upon the Black Wolf, instantly slowing its speed dramatically.
Then Lu Qing set his boxing stance, and the roar of a tiger and the cry of a dragon echoed, shaking the surroundings.
"Who is breaking into the tower?"
The commotion naturally alarmed many strong opponents lurking in the dense forest.
However, when they wanted to take a look, they found that the battle on the plain was already over. A figure darted into the forest, its aura completely vanished, unable to be sensed again.
They didn’t even get a clear look at the figure before completely losing sight of its traces.
Looking back again at the plain, one of the eighteen Mutant Beasts was missing, the Black Wolf Beast.
"Another Black Wolf Beast is gone; could it have been slain again?"
"Could it be the person who came with the Qiankun Sect yesterday?"
"It’s most likely him; that roar and cry of a dragon sound was precisely the boxing phenomenon he displayed yesterday in the battle with the Mutant Beast."
"Does this person have a grudge against these Black Wolf Beasts? Why does he keep going against them?"
"Could it be that there are secrets inside these beasts?"
"He’s continuously hunting these Guardian Beasts; doesn’t he fear provoking those terrifying beasts deeper inside to intervene personally?"
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Although the strong opponents in the dense forest didn’t get a clear look at Lu Qing’s appearance.
Through various clues, they quickly confirmed that the one who made the Black Wolf Beast disappear must be the young man who came with the Qiankun Sect yesterday.
What puzzled them was the reason behind Lu Qing’s continuous slaying of the Black Wolf Beasts.
Could it be that he aimed to hunt down the Mutant Beasts on the plain one by one, then enter the Ancient Tower?
Or perhaps there was some secret within these Guardian Beasts?
For a moment, the strong opponents in the dense forest had their thoughts fluctuating, generating numerous conjectures.
Lu Qing, naturally, had no time to care about these thoughts.
At this moment, he was lurking on a large tree at the edge of the dense forest, keeping his aura hidden while watching the direction of the plain.
With his Perfect Golden Core’s ability of formlessness and statelessness, hiding his aura was naturally undetectable by anyone.
Lu Qing kept a close eye on the direction of the plain. After he slew the Black Wolf Beast, the other two nearby Black Wolf Beasts became agitated.
However, before they could rush over, Lu Qing had already slipped away.
So, they could only roar at the edge of the plain for a while, then return to their original positions.
Once everything returned to calm, Lu Qing’s eyes suddenly narrowed.
He saw in front of the plain’s center, the Ancient Tower suddenly projected a beam of light, landing in front of the plain.
When the light dissipated, an almost identical Black Wolf Beast reappeared at Lu Qing’s previous battle location, filling the vacancy left by the one he had slain.
"Indeed, the Ancient Tower replenishes the lost beasts, maintaining their number at eighteen!"
Seeing this, Lu Qing was incredibly delighted.
This meant he could freely hunt these Golden Core Level beasts, extracting the Witch’s Primordial Blood within them to facilitate his own transformation.
Not even Little Li’s share would be missing.
"Ah Qing, since these beasts can be replenished, doesn’t that mean..."
At this time, Little Li also excitedly transmitted to Lu Qing.
"Yes, we’ll soon gather a considerable amount of Golden Core Level bloodline."
After speaking, Lu Qing’s figure flickered, jumping down the tree, heading towards the plain once more.
Soon, he arrived again at the Guardian domain of the Black Wolf Beast.
But this time, when Lu Qing awakened the Black Wolf Beast in his area, he also waved and slashed out two Sword Qis, striking at the other two Black Wolf Beasts in nearby areas.
Indeed, this time, to improve efficiency, he directly awakened three Black Wolf Beasts.
As three roars resonated, the many strong opponents who had just withdrawn their Divine Soul Sensing from the dense forest were startled once again.
"What’s happening, is someone breaking into the tower again?"
"What day is it today, why are so many people attempting to break into the tower!"
"No, it’s still that young man!"
When the strong opponents in the dense forest saw the situation on the plain, they were all stunned.
Because they could see that fighting with the beasts was indeed the young man who had slain a Black Wolf Beast yesterday.
This also confirmed that it was indeed him who had stirred up the beasts’ uproar earlier.
"What exactly is this person trying to do? Could these Guardian Beasts really contain some secret?"
Seeing Lu Qing using some invisible power to bind the three Black Wolf Beasts, then cleanly and efficiently, smashes their heads to slay them with one punch each.
Then, collecting the corpses, not even leaving the blood behind, his figure disappeared into the dense forest again.
The strong opponents in the dense forest, even if they were slow, sensed the anomaly now.
There must be some kind of secret within these Guardian Beasts that they hadn’t discovered.
Otherwise, the young man wouldn’t repeatedly hunt them, not only taking the corpses but also the blood.
For a moment, many strong opponents’ thoughts were stirred.
Those with formidable strength were already contemplating whether to hunt a Guardian Beast or two to investigate.
Action followed thought, as Lu Qing lurked on the large tree in the dense forest, saw the Ancient Tower projecting three Black Wolf Beasts again, intending to take action.
Yet to his surprise, he saw someone had beaten him to it.
He saw several powerful figures emerge in the plain, striking towards the newly appeared three Black Wolf Beasts.
"Indeed, my continuous slaying of Guardian Beasts has drawn suspicion among the other strong opponents."
After his surprise, Lu Qing immediately understood what was going on.
His consecutive hunts of the Black Wolf Beasts were indeed rather unusual.
The strong opponents lurking in the dense forest were almost all talented individuals, each highly astute.
It seemed they had already begun doubting the motive behind his hunting of the beasts.
"It looks like I’ll have to leave it at that for today."
Lu Qing sighed helplessly.
Although he knew, his consecutive hunting of Guardian Beasts would inevitably draw attention.
He hadn’t expected these strong opponents to act so swiftly.
He wasn’t ready to engage with other forces and immediately decided to retreat, quietly descending from the tree, collecting his aura, and quickly passing through the dense forest.
Using his extraordinary spiritual sense, coupled with Little Li’s mystical sensing ability.
Lu Qing avoided all the strong opponents lurking in the dense forest, disturbing no one, quietly returning to the valley.
Although the Valley Protection Array was set up by people from the Qiankun Sect, Lu Qing was also granted the spell to enter and exit, so he didn’t need to trouble anyone each time to activate the array.
"Where are you all heading?"
Just as he entered the valley, Lu Qing saw Qin Zheng and a group of Qiankun Sect disciples gathering, seemingly about to leave the valley.
"Mr. Chen, you’ve returned?"
Qin Zheng and the others were delighted to see Lu Qing return.
"Mr. Qin and the others were about to head out to assist you." Daoist Wubao said on the side.
It turns out Qin Zheng and the others heard faint roars of beasts coming from the direction of the Ancient Tower and, worried, finally decided to go out and assist Lu Qing.
Unexpectedly, just as they were about to leave, Lu Qing had already returned.
"I see, thank you all, but my escape skills are pretty solid, regular folks can’t pin me down."
After listening, Lu Qing immediately expressed his gratitude.
"Mr. Qin, from the sounds of the roars earlier, it seems there were more than one beast. What happened at the Ancient Tower?" Qin Zheng asked.
More importantly, even now, they could hear the disturbances coming from the direction of the Ancient Tower.
"Other strong opponents are battling with the Guardian Beasts there. Not wanting to get entangled with them, I decided to return first."
"That’s how it is." Qin Zheng suddenly realized.
He thought that Lu Qing wouldn’t be so careless as to get caught in a siege by the beasts.
"Everyone, I still need to retreat for a while, and I need to borrow the cabin again."
After explaining, Lu Qing said once more.