Perfect World

Chapter 701: Chapter 701: Battlefield Fortunes
 

“Who are you?” Yun Xi stepped back, inadvertently touching her earlobe, which made her pretty face blush, slightly annoyed, and also a bit shy.

At this moment, she thought of too much, remembering that boy from the Lower Realm from the past, and her heart stirred with waves, regretting that his death was such a pity.

“I am Moye,” Shi Hao responded. He had many concerns. If he told who he was, then the Celestials Clan would also know, and there might be unforeseen events.

For some reason, Yun Xi felt a sense of familiarity looking at the person before her, with the same pearly white teeth, brilliant smile, and carefree demeanor. It was all too familiar.

However, she knew that it was impossible for that person to reappear; he had already fallen one or two years ago and was buried in the great desolate area of the Lower Realm.

“You resemble someone I know,” Yun Xi spoke softly. Her purple hair, porcelain-white oval face, delicately arched eyebrows, lively large eyes, and bright red cherry lips made her look exceptionally beautiful.

“Is there really someone like that, from which clan does he come, and does he truly resemble me?” Shi Hao asked.

“He was once my enemy, but later our grievances were resolved, and he even saved me. That person was quite astonishing, such a pity,” Yun Xi shook her head, her thoughts drifting to the past and her mind momentarily bewildered.

“Aooh…”

From deep within the Ancient Battlefield, a terrifying roar came, breaking her train of thoughts and also alerting Shi Hao that this was no good place.

“We cannot linger long,” Shi Hao said. Whether considering the dangers of this cursed land or the need to evade the pursuers behind them, they had to leave.

“You go ahead, I don’t want to drag you down,” Yun Xi expressed her gratitude; Shi Hao had saved her, and to continue traveling with him would most likely bring upon mortal peril.

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Shi Hao shook his head and said, “It’s already too late to leave now; those pursuers have seen me with you and will not let us go. Our primary task now is to leave these Scarlet Plains and avoid them.”

He didn’t reveal his identity but wanted to help Yun Xi overcome this difficulty, unwilling to see her being hunted and her Heavenly Destiny Stone seized, leading to her untimely demise.

Shi Hao gathered the remaining twenty Blood Spirit Grasses and then set off with Yun Xi, crossing the ancient and boundless battlefield, heading southward.

“Are you still consuming such strange herbs?” Yun Xi was surprised. Along the way, she noticed Shi Hao opening his cave, his entire body’s symbols flickering, circulating mysterious Bone Text and refining the grass there.

“It tastes really good, sour and sweet, very refreshing,” Shi Hao said casually. If outsiders were here, they would be astonished.

This was the deadly “Death Grass,” how could ordinary people dare to consume it? Their soul-fire would ignite, their bodies would burst open, and they would die without a place for burial!

Yun Xi was really anxious; he was too stubborn. At this rate, he might not last long, and she couldn’t just stand idly by as this was the person who saved her life.

“If you need strength, when we get to the Celestials Clan, I’ll have a Celestial God from my clan help you. You must not continue to risk your life like this,” she earnestly advised.

“Do I look reckless to you? With my talent, I command respect across the Three Thousand States. How could I foolishly commit suicide?” Shi Hao said with a thick skin, stuffing another grass into his mouth.

Yun Xi was speechless. Wasn’t this reckless? Moreover, the more she looked at him, the more she felt that this youth resembled that person from the Lower Realm. Even their behavior was just as “detestable” and incredibly narcissistic.

There were more than fifty Blood Spirit Grasses found under that rock cliff, glowing like red jade, bright and dazzling, and Shi Hao had eaten them all along the way.

At this moment, he felt discomfort; his body ached, his blood seemed to ignite, and his divine soul was so hot it was about to turn into a blaze of fire.

“The herb’s potency is really overbearing!” Shi Hao muttered to himself, his heart solemn, knowing that if it were a normal Venerable One, their bodies would have exploded, with soul and blood burning.

But he restrained himself. Earlier, his confidence wasn’t just conceit; it was also this kind of foundation and strength that allowed him to bind his body with cave techniques, guarding his heart with power that surpassed The Extreme Hundred Thousand Jin Boundary.

Someone once consumed a hundred stalks of Blood Spirit Grass only to perish; he believed that refining over fifty would be absolutely no problem for him.

All along the way, Shi Hao had been activating the Bone Text from the Primal True Solution, his entire body glowing brightly, blood vitality surging within him, his physique incredibly solid.

“Is this the mysterious power?” Shi Hao muttered to himself. A mysterious force permeated his flesh and bones. Was this the fundamental reason for his Magic Immunity?

Yun Xi became even more shocked. This youth was too terrifying, with astounding talents. Consuming over fifty stalks of Blood Spirit Grass and not only was he unharmed, but he also refined that dreadful medicinal property.

“It would be best to capture a live Ape Demon to carefully study their physique, to understand the situation further.”

Shi Hao felt a bit regretful; despite having killed six, he couldn’t probe the true secrets of that clan without capturing one alive.

“Awoo…”

Suddenly, a horrible roar that was deafening erupted, a grim breath swept through the sky from deep within the battlefield, and they were not far from it.

“Not good, those three Ape Demons have drawn the master of this Ancient Battlefield here. We must escape quickly.” Yun Xi knew a lot; looking at the figure approaching swiftly through the fog, she was startled.

Shi Hao secretly used his Dual Pupils to observe, and besides spotting those three Ape Demons, he also saw a white skeleton further away, surrounded by blazing Divine Fire, wielding a bone sword, and swiftly closing in.

The long howl came from it, shaking the battlefield to its core. That was a soul roar, not a real growl.

“True God!” Shi Hao was greatly startled. This being surpassed those in the Divine Fire Realm; it was in the True One Realm.

Usually, many people refer to the Divine Fire Realm as a pseudo-god realm, because they have only just touched on the divine domain – they are mere beginners, with not very high status.

Comparatively, the True One Realm, which is above the Divine Fire Realm, is called True God because of the word “true” and their formidable strength.

In fact, the True One Realm is just a major step further into the divine domain.

The white skeleton, engulfed in the scorching white Divine Fire, was like a sun crossing the sky, devoid of any deathly aura, only radiating heat as though to ignite the heavens and the earth.

Facing such a True One Realm powerhouse was impossible. Even someone impressive like Shi Hao had to retreat, carrying Yun Xi and using the Ground Shrinking Technique, they fled with extreme speed.

“Chi La!”

At the same time, Shi Hao also deployed his thunder techniques, a pair of wings of light and darkness materialized behind him, intertwined with lightning, speeding away.

“I know someone who also learned the lightning precious technique.” Yun Xi said. She was a bit skeptical but eventually shook her head; that idea seemed very implausible.

“I am proficient in the Thunder Sparrow’s precious technique.” Shi Hao said.

This was a great escape, Shi Hao carrying Yun Xi, taking flight for tens of thousands of miles, crossing the battlefield, leaving the place behind.

Soon, the True God stopped and didn’t leave that ruin, peering through the haze at the outside world, with soul flames flickering continuously in its eye sockets.

“Going directly to Heavenly Province is too dangerous. We need to choose another ancient and boundless battlefield to traverse. Otherwise, we could be discovered at any moment outside.” Shi Hao said.

Yun Xi nodded, telling Shi Hao that what they needed to do now was to delay time and wait for the awakening of the ancient ancestor of their clan. As long as that old Celestial survived, everything would change.

“Is it really so terrifying to evolve from human to Celestial?” Shi Hao murmured, looking at the beautiful girl.

He already knew that the old Celestial had created the glory of their clan alongside five other powerful beings, ranking among the top ten clans and known as the imperial family of the higher realms.

What sort of terror such an existence, who had lived from the ancient times to the present, was, no one could clearly articulate.

“Integrating with the Heavenly Destiny Stone can induce a fundamental metamorphosis in the evolution of my Celestials Clan, reaching the apex. Relatively speaking, it’s equivalent to becoming the strongest of the Primordial ones!” Yun Xi did not hide the truth from Shi Hao, as she trusted him. If he had ill intentions, there would have been opportunities to act—there was no need to wait until now.

Not long after, they entered another ancient battlefield, vaster still, with a radius of fifty thousand li. As they ventured deep inside, they even discovered a Celestial God Bone!

Both of them gasped in amazement, imagining how intense the battle must have been that even Celestial Gods had fallen here in a helpless state.

The place was filled with an intense gloom, the battlefield enveloped in mist, with numerous bones and a great deal of broken weapons and Treasured Artifacts, all rusted or rotted away.

“Blood Spirit Grass!” Shi Hao exclaimed in surprise. Entering such an ancient battlefield and discovering such treasures was the greatest harvest, and this time, he saw another six plants.

Such spirit items, when they appeared, were never solitary, always at least three or more.

“You really ought to be careful and not haphazardly assimilate them,” warned Yun Xi.

“Let’s go, this is my fortune. Maybe I can indeed acquire the marvelous ability like Mana Immunity!” Shi Hao’s heart blazed with excitement.

Two days later, Shi Hao was overjoyed, and even Yun Xi was shocked when they discovered a scorching red glow beneath a bare Stone Mountain, like a flame burning.

This was a patch of Blood Spirit Grass, crystal clear, densely packed, and extremely vibrant and dazzling, surrounded by a halo of scarlet mist.

“There are more than two hundred of them!” Yun Xi trembled with excitement. This was an enormous fortune that would cause a sensation if brought to the outer world.

“Do you want some? We can split them evenly,” Shi Hao said.

Yun Xi shook her head and said, “I won’t eat them, and you shouldn’t take the risk either.”

“Then I won’t hold back. Please believe that I will survive and acquire the ability of Mana Immunity. This is my great fortune!” Shi Hao insisted.

However, things didn’t go as smoothly as he had imagined. Without any sign, two Ape Demons appeared, extraordinarily large, their black scales faintly gleaming with silver light.

“These two creatures are too strong, even stronger than those nine added together,” Yun Xi realized and urged Shi Hao to leave, to not risk it.

“Too late, they’ve set their eyes on us and won’t let us go,” said Shi Hao gravely, and instructed Yun Xi to hide.

“Aooh…” The two Ape Demons roared, their bodies shining, their physique clear as if made of jade, and with their stretching bodies, emitted thunderous booms.

Clearly, it was going to be a fierce battle—as any one of the Ape Demons posed a threat to Shi Hao, let alone two. The black scales were even beginning to turn silver.

Even someone with a strong body like Shi Hao struggled to injure them, as their protective scales were too hard.

“Boom!”

Shi Hao erupted, fighting fiercely against the two demons. At this point, there was no way back.

“Now’s your chance, run!” he silently spoke to Yun Xi, because in his heart, he truly had no confidence in securing victory.

“I’m not leaving!” Yun Xi shook her head, ready to provide assistance at any moment.

“You can’t help, their realm is too high, and their bodies are terrifying. You can’t hurt them,” Shi Hao shouted, urging her to leave quickly.

Boom!

The heavens and earth shook as the two Ape Demons radiated light, their vital energy surging skyward. Their crystalline bodies made the nearby earth crack and collapse with just a stomp of their feet.

Especially when they swung their arms, space twisted, and just one punch was enough to turn a mountain peak into dust using pure physical strength!

Shi Hao howled, giving it his all in this battle. It didn’t last long before he was covered in blood, disheveled, in a terrible condition, almost killed.

“Bang!”

Of course, the two Ape Demons did not come out unscathed either; one of them got hit by a punch from Shi Hao, scales flying, black blood pouring down, nearly piercing through its chest.

The battle was too intense, lasting over a thousand moves. This was definitely one of Shi Hao’s most brutal fights since his debut. A battle of over a thousand moves had only happened a few times in total.

Spurt!

Finally, Shi Hao punched through the chest of one Ape Demon, shattering its heart, and with a shake of his right arm, tore its diamond-hard body apart.

A shower of blood erupted as the formidable creature perished.

But at that moment, Shi Hao was also brutally assaulted by the other Ape Demon, suffering a severe injury, his abdomen nearly split open, blood pouring out.

And the wound on his chest was so large that his bones were exposed, blood gushing forth.

“Bang!”

In the end, Shi Hao and the Ape Demon were both heavily injured, lying on the ground gasping for breath.

“Let it end!” Shi Hao shouted, garnering the last bit of his strength as he spun his right leg, sweeping at the Ape Demon.

At this point, even the Ape Demon was afraid. It let out a howl, struggling to rise and dodged away before fleeing far and fast without looking back.

“Bang!”

Yun Xi made her move. She hadn’t left but had hidden herself, struck the Ape Demon with a precious mirror, causing it to cough up blood profusely and stagger back, nearly collapsing.

“Kill!” shouted Shi Hao as he charged, using the last of his strength to strike down with his palm, severing the Ape Demon’s head, ending its life.

Then he fell straight to the ground. The two Ape Demons had been so strong that he almost perished alongside them.

“It’s good that they were both killed. If one had escaped, it could have brought other terrifying allies, and that would have been a huge problem,” said Yun Xi.

Shi Hao laughed heartily, struggling to sit up and looking towards the more than two hundred Blood Spirit Grass in the distance. He felt it was worth it—if he could consume them all, he would most likely possess that astonishing ability. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to cast a recommended vote or monthly ticket. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)