Battle Through the Heavens: Flame Emperor, Please Restrain Yourself—Your Brother Is Truly Quite Simple and Honest, Chapter 40

Boom!

Qing Yanjing had been lost in wild thoughts when she heard the ground tremble and the sound of the wooden house shattering.

"Underground!?"

Zhang Yuan's pupils contracted as he immediately unleashed Lightning Step Chasing Cloud.

Lightning Step Chasing Cloud was a Mysterious Tier Mid-grade lightning-attribute movement technique. After mastering Wave-Treading Wind-Chasing Step over the past month, Zhang Yuan had used the Thunder God Visualization Diagram to enhance his comprehension of Dou Techniques, combining its strengths with Divine Step Chasing Lightning to create this new Dou Technique.

With his current physique, when he used Lightning Step Chasing Cloud at full power, his speed was no slower than Ling Ying's—provided Ling Ying was not flying.

Whoosh!

Silver-purple lightning flashed, leaving behind an almost solid afterimage.

Meanwhile, Zhang Yuan himself had already carried Qing Yanjing outside the wooden house, summoning both his Dou Qi Armor and Exotic Fire Wings.

Boom!

Nearly half of Banana Cottage collapsed, revealing a deep pit several zhang wide. Two sharp claws over a zhang long extended from within, covered in razor-sharp barbs and dripping purple fluid.

The two claws waved through the air, striking nothing, before bracing themselves against the edge of the pit and causing large cracks to spread across the ground.

Five ghostly blue lights emerged from the black pit. As they gradually grew larger, their true forms were exposed beneath the moonlight—five enormous eyes filled with cold killing intent.

"An Earth Rock Evil Spider!" Qing Yanjing cried out, instinctively shrinking back.

Any girl would instinctively fear a Magical Beast that looked like some kind of insect.

The Earth Rock Evil Spider was a spider-type Magical Beast with earth and poison attributes. At its peak, it could grow into a sixth-rank Magical Beast comparable to a human Dou Emperor. It had eight claws, and one could determine its strength simply by counting the eyes opened on its back.

This Earth Rock Evil Spider had five eyes open, meaning it was a fifth-rank Magical Beast comparable to a Dou Wang.

"So Zhang Yuan was so eager to save me because this thing was about to ambush me?"

Qing Yanjing immediately understood. The trace of resentment in her heart vanished, leaving only embarrassment.

No matter what, given Zhang Yuan's strength, he must have seen everything clearly just now.

"Zhang Yuan, did Elder Ling discover it?" Qing Yanjing suddenly thought of something, her face turning slightly pale.

"No." Zhang Yuan immediately shook his head.

He had discovered this Earth Rock Evil Spider on his own, though it had largely been luck.

Qing Yanjing always bathed within a fixed time period each day. At that time, he would keep watch outside while also conducting his daily Thunder God Diagram visualization.

While visualizing just now, the diagram had stirred once more. A purple full moon had appeared beneath the illustration, just like when the Azure Winged Sky Serpent had descended from the sky in Qingyun Town.

Fearing that Qing Yanjing might be in danger, he had released his soul perception to inspect the surroundings, yet found nothing. However, the unease in his heart had only grown stronger.

Following the principle that caution never hurt, he had forcibly taken Qing Yanjing away. That was how they had narrowly avoided the Earth Rock Evil Spider's ambush. Otherwise, Qing Yanjing would have been in grave danger.

"Why does it feel like Qing Yanjing came to the lower realm to undergo tribulations? Every time the visualization diagram shows a purple moon, she encounters the most severe life-and-death crisis of her life? And today happens to be a full moon."

Keeping this anomaly in mind, Zhang Yuan said to Qing Yanjing, "If Elder Ling were here, this beast would never have had a chance to ambush us. At this hour, I had him take the Purple Thunder Cloud Eagle out for a walk to aid its digestion."

"Oh." Qing Yanjing relaxed inwardly. Her eyes flickered as she stared intently at Zhang Yuan and asked, "It destroyed our home. What do we do now?"

"Home?" Zhang Yuan looked at Qing Yanjing with a faint smile. After looking at her until she lowered her head, he smiled and said, "Where I am is home, not some wooden house."

"But this was something I gave you. Since it dared to destroy it, then it can only be asked to die."

"Die?" The Earth Rock Evil Spider let out a piercing cold laugh. "Human brat, how dare a mere Da Dou Shi speak of death to this king?"

"That woman smells delicious. If you offer her to this king, this king can still grant you a quick death."

"You don't think that bunch of trash outside can inflict any harm upon this king, do you?"

The Earth Rock Evil Spider's five eyes were filled with undisguised greed and killing intent.

"Heh~"

Zhang Yuan met the Earth Rock Evil Spider's gaze, but his figure kept retreating rapidly.

Due to its attributes, although the Earth Rock Evil Spider was a fifth-rank Magical Beast, it could not fly.

"Little bug!"

Seeing Zhang Yuan flee, the Earth Rock Evil Spider's eight legs moved rapidly, its figure becoming too fast for the naked eye to follow.

After racing dozens of zhang across the ground, it suddenly exerted force, smashing a section of earth several meters downward. Its body shot upward like an arrow toward Zhang Yuan as it released the pressure of a fifth-rank Magical Beast.

Yet Zhang Yuan suddenly stopped moving, merely holding Qing Yanjing and watching quietly.

"This mere human brat has been scared stiff by this king."

The Earth Rock Evil Spider sneered inwardly, convinced that everything was under its control.

But in the next moment, its heart pounded wildly as it sensed a catastrophe descending upon it.

Its five eyes swept around, and it saw a black-robed man standing in midair below Zhang Yuan. The man struck out with his palm at the air.

The energy existing between heaven and earth was drawn forth, instantly condensing into a black flaming hand over a dozen zhang long that attacked with the power to devour light.

High-level Profound tier, Black Flame Demonic Palm!

Ling Ying naturally possessed Earth Tier Dou Techniques, but there was no need to use them against a mere fifth-rank Magical Beast.

The Earth Rock Evil Spider was utterly dumbfounded.

The ability to draw upon massive quantities of external energy of the same attribute was the hallmark of a Dou Emperor.

What the—!?