Temporary Mount, Valley, Treasure Seeking Spirit Rat!

World-Ending Divine Light!

The marshland was thick with poisonous fumes.

A blazing beam shot into the heavens, sweeping away everything!

The source of that beam came from a youth's chest!

Lu Hao's body was split open, blood pouring from his wounds and dyeing him crimson from head to toe. His condition was utterly dreadful, and he was on the verge of death!

Yet the defiance and fighting spirit in his eyes had not weakened in the slightest!

Before him, eight Mountain Sea Secret Treasury Beast Kings barely managed to prop up their enormous bodies, staring in terror at the monster before them!

This human cub, whose years of age were so few, not only possessed a cultivation of three million layers of the Blood Moving Secret Treasury!

He also bore a supreme Supreme Bone, allowing him to fight all eight Beast Kings alone!

And he was practically like an unkillable cockroach. It was as though an endless stream of strength still supported him from within, carrying him through the battle to the very end!

Had this not merely been a simple gathering of the nearby Beast Kings for discussion?

How had they provoked such an existence?

The eight Beast Kings could not fathom it no matter how they racked their minds. Not one of them dared step forward to deliver the final blow to this human cub.

Before long, they were grateful for that decision.

Because that human cub stood back up!

"I cannot lose. Ancestor has placed great hopes on me, and my family has sheltered me as I grew. I have reasons why I must win..."

Lu Hao staggered to his feet, murmuring softly. At that moment, an invincible aura completely took shape around him!

"Undying Heavenly Art, operate at full force!"

With a furious roar, Lu Hao charged forward once more and battled them again!

In the end, the eight Beast Kings died miserable deaths, while Lu Hao's dried-up body fell into the swamp and gradually sank into its depths.

Within his body, a mark emitting an eerie glow slowly formed...

A piercing cry tore through the sky as a Blue Scale Eagle, its wings blotting out the sun, soared through the heavens.

The distant avian Desolate Beasts were nearly frightened out of their wits, frantically flying in the opposite direction.

For behind that cry lay the Blue Scale Eagle's strength—a Dharma Form Great Demon!

This was an existence surpassing Beast Kings, and even throughout the Great Wilderness, it was by no means weak!

Upon the Blue Scale Eagle's back, Lu Qingyun sat cross-legged, trying to draw as much essence as possible from the heaven and earth around him.

Within the void, endless essence was drawn toward him, allowing him to inhale and exhale it at will!

Merely being shrouded in the residual essence left behind by his breathing, the Blue Scale Eagle delightedly sensed that its cultivation was slowly increasing!

The speed was even far faster than its own arduous cultivation!

This made it all the more grateful for the decision it had made not long ago, having already completely submitted to him.

Of course, it seemed that there had been no other choice for that decision...

"Still too slow."

Lu Qingyun exhaled a breath of turbid air. His voice exploded like thunder under the vibrations of the essence!

Had the Blue Scale Eagle not been a Dharma Form Great Demon, that single utterance alone would have been enough to shatter its heart meridians!

Even so, it did not feel well.

Forcing down the metallic sweetness in its throat, it said, "Master, the Treasure Seeking Spirit Rat's dwelling lies in the canyon ahead. Not only does it possess a great number of spiritual materials, it even knows the location of a legendary sacred medicine! If we can subdue it, we will certainly obtain vast resources!"

"However, the valley has been shrouded in poisonous mist all year round, forming a natural sanctuary. Unless we possess the Treasure Seeking Spirit Rat's ability to fear no poison, we will have to find another way."

Hearing this, Lu Qingyun gazed into the distance.

A cold vertical pupil appeared on his forehead, shooting out a divine light that drew a wisp of poisonous mist into it.

Then, the vertical pupil closed.

Lu Qingyun said, "It is nothing. Merely some weak miasmic poison—no great matter."

Only then did the Blue Scale Eagle relax.

It had never entered the place before. It had only heard that the poisonous mist inside was exceedingly potent, so much so that no one had ever successfully entered and claimed the Treasure Seeking Spirit Rat for themselves.

Now, it seemed that the previous rumors might have been true. It was simply that no one had tested the power of the poisonous mist for too long.

Perhaps it had weakened over time, yet no one had known.

Just as the Blue Scale Eagle was preparing to dive straight into the valley, Lu Qingyun's unfinished words reached its ears.

"One only needs to reach the Dharma Form Secret Realm to endure within for three breaths."

With a sudden brake!

The Blue Scale Eagle halted outside the valley and asked in a trembling voice, "Then... what happens after three breaths?"

"Then you naturally turn straight into a puddle of blood."

Lu Qingyun answered as though it were only natural.

Then, the Blue Scale Eagle silently found a vine and tied it around its neck.

With a solemn expression, it considered matters for Lu Qingyun's sake. "Master, I think the terrain inside the valley is narrow. If I enter, I might easily crash into the rock walls. To avoid causing too much commotion and making that Treasure Seeking Spirit Rat wary enough to flee, perhaps it would be more suitable to leave me here."

Lu Qingyun glanced at it but said nothing.

He turned and walked into the valley.

He had not intended to bring this temporary mount inside in the first place.

Otherwise, finding another mount that was this fast later on would be somewhat difficult.

The valley was deep and had not seen sunlight for years.

The rock walls on either side were covered in a layer of strange purple fuzz. The poisonous mist was thick and strangely agile.

As though it possessed life, the moment Lu Qingyun stepped into the valley, it surged toward him in a swarm, enveloping him!

Yet before it could touch Lu Qingyun's body,

it was forcibly devoured and transformed into nourishment for his body!

[Absorbing Yin Baleful poisonous gas, Energy Points +2565, +2657...]

The notification that flickered once every so often could no longer stir even the slightest ripple in Lu Qingyun's heart.

Because compared to his current cultivation, this amount of energy was utterly insignificant!

What he needed were resources on a colossal scale!

"Where has this adorable little mousie hidden itself? Is it really this hard to find?"

In a concealed corner of the valley, inside a cave blocked by enormous boulders,

a Treasure Seeking Spirit Rat with snow-white fur, no larger than a palm, lay atop a mountain-like pile of Wild Stones. Its little eyes were closed as it luxuriated in the cleansing wash of essence!

The tuft of white fur atop its head suddenly stood on end, and the Treasure Seeking Spirit Rat abruptly opened its eyes.

Its gaze went blank, its pupils reflecting the Blue Scale Eagle outside the valley, idly pecking at insects for amusement.

In an instant, the Treasure Seeking Spirit Rat moved!

It rolled over and found a comfortable position to lie down in.

"What? Just a little bird at the Dharma Form Secret Realm. You startled me."

The Treasure Seeking Spirit Rat picked up a Wild Stone and placed it over its navel, preparing to sleep.

But just as drowsiness began to creep over it, perhaps because its belly was unusually round, the Wild Stone slipped off.

It frowned and stretched out a little paw to feel around beside it, only to find something warm and heavy.

When had it brought this back? Why did it have no memory of it at all?

The Treasure Seeking Spirit Rat was somewhat puzzled, but it did not think much of it.

It directly dragged the thing onto its little belly and covered itself with it.

Not bad. Though it was a little heavy, it was quite warm.

It would use this thing from now on!

One second... two seconds...

Beads of sweat the size of beans slid down the Treasure Seeking Spirit Rat's cheeks, and its exceptionally round face trembled uncontrollably.

Its little eyes were squeezed tightly shut, terrified that the moment it opened them, it would see something it should not see!

At this moment, it was no longer sleepy in the slightest!

Because... the thing it had just used to cover its belly was now kneading its little stomach!

That sensation... was exactly like a human palm!