Chapter 653

Chapter 653: Feng Thirteen

Cao Ying is back in Haigang City.

She brought back the bodies of two fourth-rank demonic beasts. With hundreds of missiles, most of the demonic beasts crossing the tribulation were eliminated. Whether directly killed or injured before being finished off by heavenly tribulation, only two beasts managed to survive the tribulation, but they encountered Cao Ying.

"Uncle, look, this is a mixed-blood descendant of the divine beast Qilin."

Cao Ying threw a demonic beast body to Lin Jiang to look at. Lin Jiang took out a knife, dissected it himself, and retrieved useful items.

"Indeed good, we can now refine a fourth-rank spiritual talisman."

Lin Jiang took out a bottle of essence blood and said. The aura hasn’t fully recovered yet, many things cannot be restored, such as teleportation arrays, which require expertise. Being a Talisman Maker myself, with the materials, I can now draw fourth-rank spiritual talismans.

"Uncle, I don’t think we can stop the demonic beasts from advancing. This time, they are collectively advancing, causing too much commotion. We observed it, but if they use thunderstorms to advance during the tribulation, we won’t be able to observe them at all."

"I know, we can’t stop it."

Lin Jiang nodded, he already knew this, this time defeating all the transcendent beasts only delayed for a little while.

"What do we do after that?"

"Let’s see, what will be will be."

Lin Jiang shook his head, he didn’t know what to do, the dormant monster clan couldn’t be found, and technological development is not a quick process. What else could they do but take it step by step?

"Uncle, I have a guess, you have been supporting space exploration all along, are you thinking of running away if things get tough?"

"How is that possible? I can’t lack that much confidence. Even if we can’t stop the rise of the monster clan, we can still protect ourselves. At most, we would return to a situation similar to the era of cultivating immortality and coexist with the monster clan."

Lin Jiang said he was thinking of space travel and tourism, not fleeing. He needed to have that confidence.

"The monster clan has reached the Fourth Rank, the dormant monsters are about to awaken, Uncle, the real test is approaching."

Cao Ying added, this was the conclusion they reached after discussing. The dormant monsters needed to be at least Fourth Rank to awaken, as only those of the Fourth Rank and above can change form and use many supernatural powers. In other words, their real test was about to begin.

"Don’t worry, panicking won’t help. Just be prepared."

Lin Jiang nodded, stopped talking, he had done his best to prepare, if it’s still not enough, then it’s fate.

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Zhou Liao, Yunmeng Nature Reserve

The Yunmeng Nature Reserve is very large, covering several hundred thousand square kilometers. It used to be the largest swamp area in Zhou Liao’s territory. Over thousands of years, the swamp has shrunk by two-thirds, turning into agricultural and residential areas.

However, with the development of technology and rise of environmental protection concepts, Zhou Liao stopped further development of the remaining swamp areas and even converted several nearby hills into the Yunmeng Nature Reserve.

In the past hundred years, the Yunmeng Nature Reserve has been a famous tourist attraction in Zhou Liao. It is home to a wide variety of wildlife, with thousands of bird species alone, many of which are endangered.

With effective protection, the Yunmeng Nature Reserve became a paradise for wild animals. Until spiritual energy recovery, it was also the area with the most monsters, prompting Zhou Liao to mobilize many people and horses to combat the monsters once again.

However, the killings continued and faced opposition from many people. After all, decades of environmental protection suddenly turning the protected animals into targets of slaughter was unacceptable to many.

So in the end, Zhou Liao only blocked off the Yunmeng Nature Reserve and sent people to regularly clear out the monsters inside, without completely destroying the place.

One day, a man managed to sneak past all the blockades and arrived deep in the Yunmeng Nature Reserve. Finding nobody around, he casually cut his palm, forming a ball of blood that then turned into hundreds of drops and scattered away, flying towards various places.

In less than ten minutes, roars of beasts could be heard in the distance. Soon after, monsters slowly found the man, growling hungrily and wanting to eat him.

"Why are they all ordinary monsters? Where are the unique or divine beasts?"

The man was surrounded by monsters, but he showed no fear. Instead, he felt disappointed that the monsters coming for him were just ordinary animals turned into monsters, considering them very weak.

"*Roar*"

After a long wait, one monster couldn’t resist any longer, let out a low growl, and pounced towards the man’s neck. At that moment, the man gently waved his hand, and the monster flew away.

Then, a terrifying aura filled the area, causing nearby monsters to be immobilized, crawling on the ground and trembling all over.

"Little one, take me to your king. I know you have third-tier monsters here."

The man told a monster, "Fourth-level monsters can be kings. For ordinary monsters, anyone stronger than them is king, there’s no difference."

The monster didn’t dare to resist. Soon, it led the man deep into a cave. The monsters in the cave smelled a stranger’s scent and began to growl.

"That’s the scent of an Earth Bear. Finally, a monster with a noble bloodline."

The man smiled and walked into the cave. He didn’t need to do anything; just by releasing his aura, the bear demon inside prostrated itself.

"My king, have you transformed?"

The bear demon spoke to the man. Third-level monsters can speak like humans.

"I transformed a long time ago."

"My king, how did you do it? Humans are so powerful now; they can attack us from the sky. They killed my people before they could react."

"That’s called a flying machine, a tool that humans use. Has your bloodline heritage awakened?"

"No, Your Majesty, I feel like there are many things in my head, but I can’t see them. I want to advance, but I’m afraid of being killed by humans."

The bear demon said that these were his instincts, his bloodline heritage had not fully awakened yet.

"It’s okay, now that I’m here, there’s a chance. Remember, I’m Feng Thirteen, I will be your king in the future."

The man said that his name was Feng Thirteen, one of the most outstanding members of the Phoenix clan, the brother of Demon Emperor Feng Jiu. He was also once a member of the Demon Emperor Seed Plan, but he only made it to the top sixteen.

Even so, he was a high-ranking member of the demon tribe. Before the Heavenly Dao fell asleep, he had reached the peak of the sixth level, equivalent to the peak level of Void Achieving in the human tribe.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Are there other third-level demons in this area?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, there are three more, and a few in the water."

The honest bear demon confessed that they were survivors of human slaughter, surviving by hiding in various caves and corners, but they fared better in the water.

"Take me to find them, I will help you break through to the fourth level as soon as possible."

Feng Thirteen said, the bear demon didn’t dare to refuse, and they went to search together. The other three land-based third-level monsters were also found and reclaimed by Feng Thirteen.

After that, Feng Thirteen took out precious blood, let them swallow it, and in just a few days, the four monsters reached the peak of the third level. Feng Thirteen stopped them from crossing the tribulation immediately, but made them wait until the stormy weather with thunder and lightning before doing so.

In the following days, Feng Thirteen learned about the number of monsters in the Yunmeng Nature Reserve, knowing that there were only a few thousand. Feng Thirteen’s face darkened, and ultimately went deep into the marshes of the Yunmeng Nature Reserve, reclaiming several monsters. After calculating, the total number of monsters here was less than two thousand.

"No, the number of monsters is too small. In battles between the monster race and the human race, victory is often determined by numbers. With so few monsters, it’s not enough to defeat the humans. How can we take over Zhou Liao’s human kingdom?"

Feng Thirteen was very worried. He thought there were at least tens of thousands of monsters here, along with a huge number of wild animals that he could easily transform into monsters. Then, millions of monsters could attack the human territory. But now, it seemed unlikely.

Feng Thirteen looked into the distance at the direction of the Endless Sea, where there were definitely many monsters. Perhaps he could accomplish something with the monsters from the Endless Sea.