Chapter 229: Three’s Company

Chapter 229: Three’s Company

“Go? Chief, are you crazy?” Li Hao licked his lips. The chief had gone crazy! Go where? “So many people have died up there, that’s all mysterious power!”

The chief must be crazy. He loved mysterious power, but wanted to leave when the ground was covered by it?

Liu Long’s jaw dropped at the young man. You’re the crazy one! What are you going to do if the Black Armors come back? You want to be rich so badly that you’re going to throw your life away for it!

“Chief, they’re just killing trespassers and are alerted by light, sound, and flight. That’s not much of a problem if we keep the noise level down. They must be back to the inner city by now. Let’s hurry before someone else comes along and brings the soldiers back.” A bold thought suddenly struck Li Hao. “Chief, why don’t we... just follow these guys from now on?”

If they kept quiet, didn’t talk too loudly, didn’t create light, or fly... then the Black Armors may not be able to discover them. The guys from outside might not know all this and fights may break out. The trio could follow the soldiers around and collect the corpses! There was so much mysterious power for the taking, which was exactly what he needed. Energy of the five elements was best. Wind and thunder would do too.

Liu Long and Liu Yan gaped. To seek fortune in the midst of danger was something they could do given their daring, but approaching the battle site before the soldiers responsible for this slaughter were safely far away...

They truly hesitated at the idea.

“C’mon!” Li Hao ignored them. What was there to fear? Black Armors didn’t seem alive. If they were puppets, they must be subject to specific commands. There would be no issues so long as the trio didn’t violate those commands. This was also recorded in some ancient books.

Chief and Liu Yan don’t get it, they just know to be afraid. In these circumstances, it’s more dangerous to randomly run around. Li Hao tossed all worries to the back of his mind. Was there anything more alluring than mysterious power at this time?

He swiftly ran up to the plaza, but turned pale as he scanned it. The ground... seemed to be devouring the flesh and blood! Not only that, but it was drinking the dissipating mysterious power as well!

The young man swallowed hard as his heart skipped a beat. The earth! He’d sensed a unique power in it before. Did... it devour corpses and mysterious power?

My heavens! Is this city alive?

Sweat beaded his forehead, but he couldn’t give any consideration to this. He set his jaw and began picking up the larger body chunks.

No wonder the soldiers didn’t clean up the battlefield or move the corpses, there was no need to. The remains would vanish after a while like they never existed. A demonic air and unspeakable evil permeated this ancient city! It was horrifying beyond belief!

Li Hao quickly gathered a few body parts and fled when he filled his storage box. This was damned terrifying, the ground ate people! The source of this content nov(el)bi((n))

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A new martial master such as Li Hao would find it easier to ascend to the heavens than strengthen his organs if he didn’t have the aid of elemental power. He reached a hand into his storage box and took out a piece of bone.

Blood and other liquid still clung to it, but he was impassive to sights such as these now. After scanning it with his senses, he determined that this was fire energy. Fire energy was more commonly found and it strengthened the heart!

As the Breathing Method of the Five Styles operated, sword energy seeped out of the sword at his waist. Compared to what it had been before... Li Hao could only say that he’d been oblivious in his youth and wasted it extravagantly. Even the dog had enjoyed a great deal of it! Now that he sensed how feeble the current was, there was nothing to do but regret past actions. Thankfully, the sword energy could still distill mysterious power despite the slower flow.

Fire elemental energy was swiftly extracted, leaving behind unattributed mysterious power to strengthen the body. Meanwhile, fire elemental energy enhanced the heart. The bone appeared to be from a Darkmoon as it didn’t contain much energy. Li Hao continued with another piece when it was quickly depleted.

It was said that mysterious power was stored at some organizations’ secret bases or in ruins. Some origin weapons could also produce it on their own, or produce it with the help of certain methods. Mysterious power contained by the human body was the lowest quality and least efficient. Beggars couldn’t be choosers, though; this was the only way available to Li Hao as he needed such a vast sum.

Yuan Shuo had absorbed one thousand cubes of fire energy to strengthen his organs and nurture the fire heart ape. If Li Hao wished to reach his teacher’s level or even approach it, his organs would have to absorb another eight hundred cubes after the two hundred of each element he’d taken before. Only then could he safely summon his spirits.

Of course, strengthening all five visceral organs was an immensely difficult task. He could simply focus on one at first. Li Hao set his concerns aside first and absorbed however much he could take in. He didn’t differentiate and took in any energy that came his way. Wind energy lightened the body. Thunder energy strengthened the physique. All of that could be absorbed.

The crux of the issue was the dwindling reserve of crucial sword energy. Would there be a chance to replenish it within this ancient city? After all, it looked to be connected to the eight families.

One minute, five minutes, ten minutes...

Booming sounds traveled from a distance after half an hour. A solemn Liu Long quickly returned to the young man.

“Cease cultivating as soon as possible. A team of one hundred Black Armors just vanished, probably to stop more newcomers. It’s not just Black Armors this time, I saw one that was potentially a centurion because its armor was bronze!”

Bronze-armored soldiers had appeared after the black ones! If Black Armors were Darkmoon, what were Bronze Armors?

Sunflare?

These soldiers were highly trained and undying. How strong would a Bronze Armor be? Just their black-armored brethren could kill multiple Sunflares, so would a Bronze be capable of killing a Solar?

Li Hao gravely contemplated the situation and swiftly paused his absorption. There wasn’t much left. At the same time, it had been a decent harvest. He’d absorbed roughly eight hundred cubes of mysterious power, which filled him to capacity. However, it hadn’t been an even distribution of elements. Fire had been the most at three hundred. He’d managed to absorb some of the other five except water, which meant that his kidneys were noticeably weaker than the others at the moment.

“Let’s go take a look!” The young man rose to his feet and swiftly congregated with Liu Yan at the other end.

“Be careful,” the woman kept her voice down. “This street didn’t seem all that right just now...”