Urban God-level Youth

The night on the desolate plain was not calm; beastly roars echoed in succession. Nighttime was when beasts hunted.

Qin Hao lay on the grass, setting up a formation around him to prevent beast attacks. Occasionally, he could see a fierce bird soaring overhead, its wings spanning tens of feet, blotting out the sky.

The next morning, as the sun rose with countless golden rays, Qin Hao set off again. He slightly changed his direction, as he planned to capture a fierce bird as a mount. These birds excelled at flying and were impressively fast.

A few minutes later, Qin Hao saw a towering dead tree hundreds of feet tall, with a gigantic nest atop it. The fierce bird was perched within, cultivating.

Piled below the dead tree were bones, remnants of the beasts the fierce bird had caught and devoured.

Because Qin Hao did not conceal his form, the fierce bird noticed him at once. It stood up on the nest, its fiery red eyes glaring at Qin Hao, roaring angrily.

Qin Hao looked at it and said, "I intend to traverse the desolate plain. You will be my mount, and once we cross, I won't treat you unfairly."

This fierce bird was of the early-stage Extreme Realm and understood Qin Hao's words. It stood atop the dead tree, emitting an enraged sound. A mere human dared to demand its submission as a mount? It was an insult.

The fierce bird screeched and descended, its gleaming claws striking directly. These claws could crush gold, stone, and spiritual artifacts; they were its signature attack.

Qin Hao watched this bird, reminiscent of a giant black crow, and scoffed coldly, "Ignorant beast!"

"Boom boom boom"

In an instant, dark clouds gathered overhead, thunder rumbled, and golden lightning flickered within the clouds.

The black crow saw the thunder in the sky and a trace of fear flashed in its eyes; these beasts were most afraid of lightning power.

"Fall"

Qin Hao uttered casually.

A massive golden lightning bolt, as thick as a leg, descended, striking the black crow.

The black crow felt the terrifying aura within the lightning pillar, causing its feathers to stand on end, as its spiritual energy shield tried to resist the golden lightning pillar.

"Boom boom boom"

The golden lightning struck the crow's defense shield directly, and after three lightning bolts, the shield shattered.

This shocked the crow; the golden lightning pillars were astonishingly powerful!

"Bang"

A lightning pillar hit the crow's body, causing it to fall from the sky.

Qin Hao shimmered and flashed, appearing before the fallen beast crow, and said in a calm tone, "I'll give you one more chance—be my mount or die!"

Then Qin Hao raised his right hand, summoning endless lightning power, gathering it in his hand, causing the surrounding void to warp and tremble, indicating the terrifying force in his hand.

The beast crow was overwhelmingly frightened, thinking this human was unbelievably strong, and hastily said with Divine Sense, "I consent, I consent."

Qin Hao gazed coldly at it, "Smart choice. But don't play tricks, or I'll obliterate your soul."

He then took out a pill and threw it into its mouth, watching the scorched areas from the lightning heal, sprouting new feathers.

Qin Hao mounted its back and commanded, "Fly ahead; I need to cross the desolate plain to reach the Central Continent!"

The beast crow shuddered upon hearing this. Cross the desolate plain to reach the Central Continent? Damn, the depths of this plain are filled with high-realm beasts—entering is a near-death experience.

Yet it dared not defy Qin Hao. If it didn't fly, it would die at Qin Hao's hands now.

The beast crow's speed was immense, being a bird known for flight and velocity.

Qin Hao sat on the crow's back, taking out a jade slip to continue reading. With so many jade slips, he'd seen less than one percent of them.

The beast crow carried Qin Hao for five days, and they were now in a Transcendent Realm beast territory. The crow's wings bore multiple wounds, inflicted yesterday.

They encountered a Transcendent Realm fierce bird, and if Qin Hao hadn't intervened dominantly, it would have died by that bird's hand.

The beast crow now had a clear understanding of Qin Hao's combat strength, estimating it at Transcendent Realm. Such strength made crossing the desolate plain dangerous, yet it didn't dare ask why Qin Hao wanted to cross.

"Young master, further ahead the beasts will be stronger; we're no match for them," the beast crow voiced.

Qin Hao replied, "Find a safe spot and stop; I need to retreat into seclusion for a few days first!"

"Understood, young master!" the beast crow began searching for a location.

After flying a few hundred miles, Qin Hao suddenly said, "Stop!"

The beast crow halted, asking curiously, "What is it, young master?"

"How long have we gone without encountering beasts?" Qin Hao's face showed caution, appraising his surroundings.

The beast crow paused before responding, "About a few thousand miles without encountering any beasts."

"Do you find that normal?" Qin Hao's eyes narrowed slightly, searching around but finding nothing unusual, yet that made him uneasy.

The beast crow said, "Isn't not encountering beasts better? We'd likely die if we did!"

Qin Hao glared at it, "Be quiet!"

He then released golden light into his eyes, scanning the area, and saw a faint light several miles ahead; there lay a killer formation waiting for him. If he flew forward, he'd step right into it and be shredded.

Qin Hao's hand appeared the War God Spear, "Come out, I want to see who plans to kill me."

In the void ahead appeared dozens of figures, all concealed in black garments, exposing only their eyes.

"Hell Organization?" Qin Hao's eyes narrowed at them.

He'd been secretly investigating the Hell Organization but found nothing—even the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion had lost their trail.

"Indeed, you are a top prodigy of the Southern Continent; you are perceptive of danger's approach." Behind Qin Hao, another group emerged, these without disguise.

Seeing them, Qin Hao's heart shook, "Hidden Zhao Family members?"

"Not just them,"

On either side of Qin Hao appeared two more groups, one from the Nan Zhou Dynasty, the other from Leisurely Palace.

Qin Hao asked those from Leisurely Palace, "I don't seem to have any grievance with your Leisurely Palace, correct?"

The leader, a Late Stage Mahayana Peak expert, sneered at Qin Hao, "Do we need a reason to kill you?"

Four major forces, each sending Mahayana Realm Peak experts. Qin Hao, merely at the late-stage Extreme Realm, could not withstand them; he pondered how to escape.