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Translator: Silavin
Although the Demonic Beast Mountain Range was fraught with danger, generally speaking, as long as one did not venture too deep, the chances of encountering Spirit Realm Demonic Beasts were quite low.
With Qin Yichen’s current strength, even if he encountered a Partially Accomplished Spirit Realm Demonic Beast, making a complete retreat would not be too difficult.
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One month later…
Near the inner depths of the Demonic Beast Mountain Range, amid the jungle’s turmoil, a slender figure was battling two Demonic Beasts. Looking closely, these two Demonic Beasts were actually Spirit Realm Bloodthirsty Spirit Tigers!
Though this figure’s aura had not reached the Spirit Realm. Relying on his mysterious Movement Technique, he was freely weaving through the fierce attacks of the two Spirit Realm Demonic Beasts. From time to time, his sharp hand strikes would carve out terrible wounds on the two Bloodthirsty Spirit Tigers, causing them to roar in fury, making the entire forest tremble.
Being toyed with by a Human whose strength was clearly inferior to theirs infuriated the two somewhat intelligent Bloodthirsty Spirit Tigers.
Finally, at one moment, that figure seemed to falter slightly, his agile footwork showing a hint of stiffness.
*Roar!*
*Roar!*
Seeing this opportunity, the two Bloodthirsty Spirit Tigers did not hesitate. They lunged forward, their massive paws tearing through the air with vicious force, smashing toward that figure – they wanted to pound this challenger into meat paste!
As the two Bloodthirsty Spirit Tigers’ enormous bodies surged forward, a cold gleam shot out from that slender figure’s arm. That cold gleam was a Spirit Sword emanating a sharp aura.
*Whoosh!* Following two urgent wind-breaking sounds, both Bloodthirsty Spirit Tigers’ exposed bellies were slashed open with horrific wounds. Instantly, internal organs and fresh blood scattered on the ground, and both Bloodthirsty Spirit Tigers let out anguished roars before crashing down.
After dealing with the two Bloodthirsty Spirit Tigers, Qin Yichen let out a long breath, then sat down cross-legged. He casually took out a pill bottle from his chest, and as he tilted it, two Yuan Healing Pills rolled out.
“My Yuan Healing Pills are almost depleted? Looks like I’ll need to make a return trip now…” Looking at the only two remaining Yuan Healing Pills, Qin Yichen shook his head helplessly, then swallowed both Pills and quickly began meditating.
As he meditated, Qin Yichen’s breathing gradually steadied. Faint Yuan Energy surged toward his body from all directions, and upon touching his skin’s pores, was greedily absorbed.
This state continued for about half an hour before Qin Yichen finally exhaled a long breath of turbid air and opened his eyes to stand up.
“One month, and still no breakthrough…” Feeling the Yuan Energy in his body had reached a bottleneck, but still could not break through, Qin Yichen felt helpless. He could sense the layer separating him from Spirit Realm, but he just could not break through it. It was as if he was lacking some kind of catalyst.
“Hmm?” Just as Qin Yichen was pondering, his brows suddenly furrowed. He immediately stomped his foot and launched himself upward, hiding among dense tree branches.
*Rustle rustle…* Just after Qin Yichen had hidden himself, rustling sounds came from the nearby bushes, then the forest parted as three strong men emerged. These three men looked anxious, frequently glancing behind them.
“Damn it, it’s just around here. How are there Spirit Realm Demonic Beasts here!?”
“Fortunately Boss bought two Sudden Energy Pills at a high price a few days ago, otherwise we Brothers would have died there.”
Seeing no major disturbance behind them, the three men’s expressions relaxed slightly, and some conversation quietly spread.
“My god…” Suddenly, one of the strong men’s body trembled and his footsteps stopped.
“Second Brother, what are you standing there for? Hurry up. If we don’t leave now, once the Pills’ effects wear out we’ll all die here!”
Seeing his action, their leader frowned and shouted.
Hearing the shout, the stunned man came to his senses, but remained speechless, his arm slightly raised, pointing forward.
“Big Brother, these… these are Spirit Realm Bloodthirsty Spirit Tigers, right?”
The stunned man asked with a trembling voice. Hearing this, the other two strong men also looked in the direction his arm was pointing. When they saw the carcasses of two scarred Bloodthirsty Spirit Tigers in the midst of the carnage, their bodies suddenly trembled.
“To torture two Bloodthirsty Spirit Tigers like this before killing them, which powerful figure did this?” The man on the right speculated, his gaze scanning around, though he did not discover Qin Yichen who had concealed his aura and hidden in the tree branches.
“Second Brother, Third Brother, let’s leave quickly, something’s not right…” The leader said with a grave expression.
All three were experienced mercenaries. With just this hint, the other two seemed to realize something, and horror surfaced in their eyes.
“Could it be… impossible, the Ten Thousand Beast Tide only happens once every hundred years. It’s only been twenty or thirty years, how could it…”
“Don’t waste time, we need to quickly leave this mountain range!”
After a few murmurs, the three men did not even think about investigating the Bloodthirsty Spirit Tiger carcasses. They hurriedly rushed past them to leave.
After their figures disappeared into the forest, Qin Yichen leaped down from the tree branch. At this point, his expression had also become solemn.
“Ten Thousand Beast Tide? I remember that was supposed to happen seventy years later, how could it be occurring so early?” Qin Yichen inwardly wondered.
There was an important reason why the Thousand Mist Empire ranked last among the Grand Empire’s provinces – there was no Supreme Family in the Thousand Mist Capital. The other provinces all had one Supreme Family stationed there.
The fundamental reason the Thousand Mist Capital had no Supreme Family was because of the Ten Thousand Beast Tide!
For unknown reasons, the Demonic Beasts in all five regions of the Thousand Mist Empire would go berserk about every hundred years, frantically attacking various regions’ and cities.
Each Ten Thousand Beast Tide would severely wound the Thousand Mist Empire, causing countless deaths.
The Thousand Mist Empire, which already lacked attractive resources, had this tumor of the Ten Thousand Beast Tide, so no Supreme Family was willing to station themselves here.
In his previous life, Qin Yichen had not personally experienced the Ten Thousand Beast Tide. After leaving the Thousand Mist Empire, he never returned, so he was not very clear about the cause of the Ten Thousand Beast Tide.
However, with his rich experience, he vaguely sensed that this matter was not as simple as it seemed. The Thousand Mist Empire must be hiding some secret. After all, the Ten Thousand Beast Tide could not happen without reason, and not if its timeline could change so drastically like this.
In his previous life when he had no attachments in the Thousand Mist Empire, he naturally could ignore the Ten Thousand Beast Tide. However, this time, he could not withdraw. After all, there were too many people here who needed his protection now…
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