Chapter 164: East Xuan Attacks

Jin Chi, too, was somewhat interested. If he could truly gain some fortune, he naturally wouldn't refuse.

"Let's try it first," Zhou Yuan said.

Luoluo nodded excitedly, then waved her small hand, leading the way. They bypassed the woods and eventually headed deep into the mountains.

Zhou Yuan observed the path she took and indeed found the mist was thin, unlike other areas where it was so dense that one couldn't even distinguish directions.

"Are there no others on this path?" Zhou Yuan asked curiously. "A place like this should be crowded, shouldn't it?"

"Because this place belongs to me," Luoluo said proudly.

"And others accept that?" Zhou Yuan asked, surprised.

Luoluo tilted her head and replied, "At first, they didn't accept it, but after I beat them a few times, they all did. So then this place belonged to me."

Zhou Yuan gave a thumbs up. *She's got spirit, not to be trifled with.*

The two walked on, chatting and laughing. Along the way, Zhou Yuan could vaguely sense numerous beast roars faintly emanating from the thick mist around them, and pairs of beast eyes secretly peering.

However, these Genesis Beasts ultimately did not appear to intercept them. Zhou Yuan knew this must be Luoluo's doing.

Although she couldn't control Class 4 Genesis Beasts, she could communicate with and command those below Class 4.

As a result, their journey was exceptionally smooth.

Zhou Yuan's steps slowly halted only when they reached the depths of the mountain range. He sensed a ferocious aura lingering in the distance, a palpable, fierce might continuously emanating.

"This is the Class 4 Genesis Beast blocking our path," Luoluo said, her small face tensing up.

On her shoulder, the ice-blue bird's body began to surge with ice-blue Genesis Qi.

Zhou Yuan stared ahead. The ground there vibrated faintly, and then he saw a mottled giant tiger, about ten-odd feet long with a pair of wings on its back, slowly step out from the thick mist.

Its beast eyes were filled with savage determination, locked onto them.

***

Elsewhere in the mountain range.

Zhen Xu walked leisurely. His grayish-white eyes seemed devoid of any life, and his entire being was like a walking corpse, his body ice-cold and without warmth.

Suddenly, his steps slowly halted.

He raised his head, looking ahead. Thin mist lingered there, with a large tree within it. Atop a branch of that tree, a figure sat cross-legged, looking down at him.

It was a young man with an innocent, baby-like face and a smile, easily evoking goodwill at first glance.

But Zhen Xu merely stared at him with indifferent eyes.

"Heh heh, hello there..." the young man said, smiling at Zhen Xu.

He received no reply.

The young man didn't mind and continued with a smile, "My name is Jiang Quan, from the Jiang family of the East Xuan Continent."

Zhen Xu's gaze finally shifted. Staring at the young man named Jiang Quan before him, he said, "It seems quite a few rats from your East Xuan Continent have indeed snuck in."

Jiang Quan smiled. "You're the Little Yama King from the Yama Sect, aren't you?"

"I want to leave my name on that Sacred Monument, so... I'd like to ask for your help..."

"Would you mind dying by my hand?"

As the last word fell, Jiang Quan's eyes suddenly turned cold. He flicked his finger, and the ground beneath Zhen Xu's feet suddenly shattered as two streams of blue Genesis Qi, like sharp ice cones, sliced towards Zhen Xu's feet with lightning speed.

Zhen Xu's figure also soared upwards at this instant.

The blue Genesis Qi swept past, tearing the air and leaving two deep grayish-white marks on Zhen Xu's calves, yet no blood flowed.

Zhen Xu's expression remained indifferent, as if he didn't feel the injuries on his legs. He clenched his hand abruptly.

Behind Jiang Quan, a stream of grayish-black Genesis Qi quietly surged forth like a poisonous snake in the darkness, then suddenly shot down towards the vital point of his back.

Blue Genesis Qi surged behind Jiang Quan like a vast ocean, deflecting the sneak attack of grayish-black Genesis Qi. The corpse poison contained within the grayish-black Genesis Qi would disperse and dissolve upon encountering the blue Genesis Qi...

"As expected of a top prodigy from the Cangmang Continent... truly alert," Jiang Quan said with a smile.

Grayish-black Genesis Qi surged beneath Zhen Xu's feet, carrying him aloft in mid-air. He stared at Jiang Quan with his grayish-white eyes and said, "A rat is a rat; it only knows how to sneak attack."

"Aren't you the same?" Jiang Quan smiled. "You made a move in the dark as soon as we met."

"But it seems you indeed have some capability; my trip wasn't in vain." Jiang Quan slowly raised his palm. At this instant, astonishing Genesis Qi suddenly erupted from his body. Blue Genesis Qi whistled behind him like a tide, carrying astonishing momentum.

"I heard you once exhausted a Primordial Realm expert to death?"

Jiang Quan smiled faintly. "What a coincidence. I've also 'played' Primordial Realm experts to death in this manner."

"And today... you will also taste the same result."

However, before his voice had fully fallen, surging grayish-black Genesis Qi had already swept out from Zhen Xu's body. In the next instant, it transformed into countless streams of grayish-black aura, overwhelmingly engulfing Jiang Quan.

"You talk too much."

Jiang Quan's eyes turned cold. He waved his sleeve, and blue Genesis Qi whistled like a myriad-layered wave, crashing down and colliding with the countless grayish-black auras.

As both unleashed their full power, shockwaves immediately rampaged, and the entire ground began to crack...

Meanwhile, Jiang Quan licked his lips, a cruel glint appearing in his eyes, and a chilling voice echoed through the forest.

"After today, all you top prodigies of the Cangmang Continent... will become stepping stones for our East Xuan Continent..."