Chapter 1294 – Submit or Die!
Just like its name implies, the Ten Thousand Transformation Staff could come in all kinds of forms. And it was said that the staff was as firm as diamond. It was also rumored that the staff doesn"t have the same style as a Buddhist staff. Although it wasn"t as beautiful as Buddhist staffs, its might was astonis.h.i.+ng.
The Pangolin was very confident in its claws. Pangolins use their claws to dig, so it was the most tenacious part of their body. Ever since he gained spiritual wisdom, the Pangolin had been nurturing its claws as weapons. This made the strength of its claws unimaginable.
The Pangolin had also fought people from the other realms and among them were experts with Nascent Soul strength. There were very few weapons that it couldn"t grab with its claws.
But in the process of fighting Zhao Hai, the Pangolin couldn"t get any advantage. And instead, its strong scales were destroyed by Zhao Hai and his s.h.i.+eld could block his claws. Moreover, there were no scratches on Zhao Hai"s s.h.i.+eld. Such weapon caused the Pangolin to feel afraid.
The Pangolin was sure that Zhao Hai wasn"t using the Ten Thousand Transformations Staff. But Zhao Hai"s own transforming weapon still caused it to feel a headache.
Seeing that his attack was useless, the Pangolin retreated quickly. Its small eyes couldn"t hide the amazement it felt. It had already calmed down from its anger and was starting to consider its own situation.
Zhao Hai looked at the Pangolin and smiled as he said, "What? Scared? I thought Demons are unafraid of death? I"ll give you two options. Either you surrender to me, or die and be skinned!"
Hatred flashed through the Pangolin"s eyes. Then it opened its mouth and coldly said, "Are certain that you can stop me from escaping?"
Zhao Hai laughed and said, "I am sure that you can"t escape from me. If you don"t believe me, then you can look behind you. It"s already impossible for you to escape."
The Pangolin suddenly felt a savage aura coming from behind it. When it turned to look, it discovered that a giant bug had appeared. It was the Silverback Gold-winged Bug that Zhao Hai subdued!
The fighting strength of the Silverback Gold-winged Bug was in no way inferior to the Pangolin. It might even be more powerful than the Demon. After all, it had been transformed by the s.p.a.ce.
Although the Pangolin was a Demon, it also knew about the Bug Race. The Bug Race and the Demons were different. Although the Bugs were also technically Demons, the Demons were somewhat weaker while the Bugs were a headache to the Cultivation Realm.
The Silverback Gold-winged Bugs had a reputation among the Bugs, so how could the Pangolin be unaware of it. With Zhao Hai in its front and the Silverback Gold-winged back at its back, the Pangolin knew that it no longer had any chance of victory.
The Pangolin"s heart turned cold. It knew that it was in trouble, so it looked at Zhao Hai and said, "Who are you?"
This Pangolin had been in the Six Realms Battlefield for a long time but he doesn"t know who Zhao Hai was. Additionally, the Demons don"t have many computers and they also didn"t like to use them. Therefore, even if it heard Zhao Hai"s name, it couldn"t recognize him from his face.
Zhao Hai looked at the Pangolin, then he smiled faintly and said, "I"m called Zhao Hai."
Upon hearing Zhao Hai"s name, the Pangolin couldn"t help but stare, then it muttered, "So you"re Zhao Hai. No wonder you"re so strong."
Zhao Hai didn"t say anything and just looked at the Pangolin. The Pangolin also knew that if it didn’t submit, then it would certainly die. Between death and submission, naturally it knew which one to choose. It wasn"t a Demon that was faithful to its race until death. Thinking that it would perish, it had no choice but to submit to Zhao Hai.
Zhao Hai didn"t compel the Pangolin to make its decision. He only stood there and waited for the Pangolin to respond. Before long, the Pangolin turned into its humanoid form and moved forward. The humanoid pangolin looked very ordinary. It had yellow body armor and was quite buff. However, its face was very generic, he looked like an army man.
Zhao Hao saw this and knew that the Pangolin had decided to submit. The Pangolin gave Zhao Hai a salute and said, "Jia Ding Shan submits to Master. I wish the Master would take me in."
Upon hearing the Pangolin, he nodded and said, "Go in." Then he waved his hand and opened a spatial rift. Jia Ding Shan stared. But after seeing the Silverback Gold-winged Bug staring at him, it had no choice but to enter the s.p.a.ce.
From the moment Jian Ding Shan announced that he submits to Zhao Hai, the walls to its heart had already fallen. It had completely lost all courage to rebel. Naturally, it wouldn"t dare defy Zhao Hai"s orders.
Just as Jia Ding Shan entered the s.p.a.ce, the s.p.a.ce immediately issued a prompt, "Partially submissive creature detected. Subduing completely, subjugation complete. The creature is a demon-cla.s.s lifeform. Its body is in the form of a pangolin. Extracting the demonic spirit of the Pangolin and fusing it with the s.p.a.ce. Extraction successful. All armored creatures in the s.p.a.ce will now increase in strength."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Hai couldn"t help but smile. The prompt was good news to him. Jia Ding Shan has been completely subdued, this was certainly good news.
Actually, in the World of Cultivation, subduing another pract.i.tioner and making them your servant wasn"t an unusual matter. However, this was generally done by powerful pract.i.tioners to those lower-ranked than them. There were very few people who would submit to those of equal level. Moreover, with the Machine Field"s reputation, making other people from other realms submit to them was close to impossible.
Jia Ding Shan being subdued by Zhao Hai would certainly cause a ma.s.sive stir in the World of Cultivation. However, Zhao Hai didn"t mind it for now as he released large quant.i.ties of Undead to clean the battlefield. There were more than 30 Demon corpses waiting to be cleaned up.
The yin lightning mines caused the Demons directly hit by them to be vaporized. However, there were several Demons whose bodies survived after the explosion. There were also a few surviving ones, but the Undead wouldn"t have any problems dealing with them.
Actually, Zhao Hai could send the injured Demons to the s.p.a.ce to cure their wounds after subjugating them. However, Zhao Hai didn"t want to do that since this would leave Yuan and the others very little loot. Although they had killed the group of Cultivators earlier, the loot they gained was still lacking. If Zhao Hai subdued the surviving Demons, then Yuan and the others would gain even less spoils.
Therefore, Zhao Hai didn"t subjugate the Demons and just killed them off. Then he took their bodies to the s.p.a.ce while taking Jia Ding Shan out.
After releasing Jia Ding Shan, Zhao Hai didn"t immediately call Yuan and the others over. Instead he looked at the collapsed mine and tried to see if he could get some soft gold ores.
Zhao Hai turned to look at Jia Ding Shan and said, "You"ve been here for some time, did you manage to find some soft gold ores?"
Jia Ding Shan respectfully replied, "Replying to the Young Master. I haven"t really come across any soft gold ores. In fact, there are very few soft gold ores left in this mountain. I"m afraid finding some wouldn"t be easy."
Zhao Hai nodded, he had the same idea. Then he looked at the rubble and said, "Go take a look at those rocks and try to see if there are some soft gold ores."
Jia Ding Shan nodded and immediately began to sort through the rocks. The collapsed tunnel was huge, so its collapse should have informed other people. But since n.o.body wanted to explore a collapsed region, this gave Zhao Hai the opportunity to investigate.
Zhao Hai kept silent as he looked at Jia Ding Shan being busy. He was also paying attention to the people outside. Yuan and the others had escaped the collapsed tunnel and were waiting for him to come out.
Zhao Hai sent them out because he was afraid that they would get caught in the fight. One should know that fights between Nascent Soul Experts weren"t peaceful. Zhao Hai wasn"t sure if he could keep everyone safe from being attacked.
At the same time, Zhao Hai realized that his strength was still lacking. If he didn"t have the Silverback Gold-winged bug, then Jia Ding Shan wouldn"t have surrendered. It"s possible for the Pangolin Demon to find an opportunity to run away. No matter which realm in the World of Cultivation, and no matter from which influence they came from, Nascent Soul Experts always had ways to save their lives. They couldn"t be easily dealt with.
The Demons weren"t the strongest in the World of Cultivation Realm. It can be said that their strength was at the middle of the ranking. However, Jia Ding Shan was already a very strong Nascent Soul Expert that was difficult for Zhao Hai to deal with. When he thought about this, Zhao Hai couldn"t help but whisper, "It seems like I had been a little carried away."
Zhao Hai knew that those he met weren"t the strongest experts of the World of Cultivation. At least these people hadn"t been integrated into the very core of their own sects. At the very least they were Inner Disciples. For people like these, Zhao Hai couldn"t be proud even after defeating them.
He had already shown his strength before to the Cultivators. In the future, the Cultivation Realm would only want to deal with him. They would certainly send more powerful experts. When that time comes, things would only get more troublesome.
After thinking about this, Zhao Hai secretly made a warning to himself. He needs to be careful or else he would suffer a loss.
At this time, Jia Ding Shan happily held a rock the size of a person"s head. Besides being more yellow than the other rocks, it looked nothing special. However, this piece of rock actually made people feel a strong aura.
Jia Ding Shan handed the rock over to Zhao Hai and said, "Young Master, our luck is really good. This is soft gold ore. If we refine it, I reckon we can get 2 to 3 bars of soft gold."
Zhao Hai received the ore and immediately felt that it was heavy. It seems like its gold content was high. Otherwise, it would be impossible to get 2 to 3 bars by just relying on this piece of ore alone.
Zhao Hai nodded and then threw the ore to the s.p.a.ce which immediately made ore veins out of it. Then he looked at Jia Ding Shan and said, "Good job. Keep looking." Jia Ding Shan nodded and then resumed digging. But at this time, Zhao Hai"s expression suddenly changed as he hurriedly stopped the Pangolin.
Chapter 1295 – Elder of Sword Pavillion
Jia Ding Shan looked puzzled at Zhao Hai. Zhao Hai"s expression turned serious as he said, "Follow me." Then his body moved as he brought Jia Ding Shan out of the tunnel and then led him towards Yuan and the others.
Although Jia Ding Shan didn"t know what Zhao Hai was doing, he had already submitted to him so all he could do was obey. He followed behind Zhao Hai as they flew forward.
Zhao Hai was in a hurry to go out because he discovered that Yuan and the others were under attack. They weren"t being attacked by the Demons. Instead, their opponents were people from the Cultivation Realm.
There were about 50 Cultivators that were being led by two Sword Cultivators with Nascent Soul strength. Such a team wasn"t an opponent for Yuan and the others.
To be honest, Yuan"s previous battles against the other realms only involved Core Formation Experts. As for those with Nascent Soul strength, Yuan wouldn"t normally dare make them his enemies. Only when they have vast numerical advantage would Yuan try to fight them.
But at this time, although their team had more than 100 people, the Cultivation Realm had 50 and two of them were Nascent Soul Sword Cultivators. In this case, it was impossible for Yuan and the others to be their opponent.
They could still survive for some time, but Yuan and the others were being desperate. They came to the soft gold mine because of Zhao Hai"s a.s.surance. But now, Zhao Hai was left inside the tunnels and Yuan couldn"t check up on him. They won"t dare to leave the area as well. The only thing they could do was to defend the exit. However, they didn"t think that they would meet a team of Cultivators. Faced with so many Cultivators, Yuan and the others were in great trouble.
Fortunately for them, behind them was the collapsed tunnel, so they weren"t surrounded at all sides. They could also head back inside. Moreover, they still had 50 yin lightning mines left, those could still be taken out to be used.
But they couldn"t make a move at this time since it"s not yet necessary. They still don"t know Zhao Hai"s situation. If they risked retreating back into the tunnel, then they might bring trouble to Zhao Hai. The same was true for using the yin lightning mines.
Because of this, Yuan forbade the others from retreating back into the tunnel when the fight began. They also weren"t permitted to use the yin lightning mines. At this time, they could only defend against the attacks of the Cultivators. Before long, they were at a complete disadvantage.
However, even if they were at the back foot, their casualties weren’t that big. Currently, they only have injured people with no deaths. But Yuan wasn"t in a happy mood. This was because the two Nascent Soul Sword Cultivators had yet to make a move.
The two Sword Cultivators were the strongest people in this team. Without them making a move, Yuan and the others were already at a disadvantage. If these Sword Cultivators made a move, then the Machine Field team would certainly be finished.
At the same time, Yuan could see that the members of the Cultivator team were Sword Cultivators. It seems like they were from the same Sect and they went to the soft gold mine for training. Yuan and the others were being treated as training partners for these Cultivators.
Although he was aware about this, Yuan couldn"t be angry. He knew that this was the reality in the World of Cultivators. If you have the strength, then you can treat others like pigs and dogs. If you were weak, then you can only be treated as a pig or dog to be slaughtered.
Fortunately, the Machine Field had experience in fighting Cultivators. They were very methodical in their actions, allowing them to block the attacks of the Cultivators.
At this moment, Yuan noticed that the two Nascent Soul Sword Cultivators had s.h.i.+fted their attention into the tunnel behind them. Yuan"s heart skipped a beat as he also paid attention to the hole behind him. He knew that his senses weren"t as good as the two Nascent Soul Sword Cultivators. The two Sword Cultivators must have found something. If Zhao Hai came out of the hole, then that would be good. However, if it wasn"t Zhao Hai, then Yuan and the others would be finished.
It didn"t take long before Yuan saw two people flying out of the hole. One of them was Zhao Hai, but who was the other one? Was it the Nascent Soul Demon from before? What was going on? Why did Zhao Hai go out with the Demon?
While Yuan was puzzled, Zhao Hai and Jia Ding Shan flew out of the tunnel. Zhao Hai saw the situation and without hesitation let lose several 1000-layer formations to drive back the Cultivators. Yuan and the others also took this chance to go behind Zhao Hai.
While he was behind Zhao Hai, Yuan also looked at Jia Ding Shan. He discovered that Jia Ding Shan was standing behind Zhao Hai as though he was a servant. This discovery caused Yuan"s heart to shake.
However, Yuan was an experienced person. His strength might be lacking, but his vision made up for it. As soon as he saw Jia Ding Shan, he knew that the Demon had been subdued by Zhao Hai. Otherwise, it wouldn"t have acted like this.
To be honest, this seemingly normal result was something that Yuan still couldn"t believe. This was because he knew clearly that if Zhao Hai was really able to do this, then that would make him terrifying. Jia Ding Shan was a Nascent Soul Demon, but it was actually subjugated by another person. This only meant that the other party had strength so great that it forced the pangolin to submit.
As Yuan thought of this, the Cultivators paused their attack. The Cultivators stopped attacking because the two Nascent Soul Sword Cultivators could see that Zhao Hai and Jia Ding Shan were also at Nascent Soul. In this case, the Core Formation Cultivators needed to retreat or they would be courting death.
The two Sword Cultivators also noticed the strange arrangement between Zhao Hai and Jia Ding Shan. After observing for a while, one of the two Sword Cultivators looked at Zhao Hai and said, "Who are you? You seem to be someone new here. I haven"t heard about you."
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and then gave the Sword Cultivator a bow. Then he said, "This one is Zhao Hai. You should be able to recognize my name. Might I have the honor to know your names?"
When the two Sword Cultivators heard Zhao Hai, they couldn"t help but stare. They had certainly heard about Zhao Hai"s name. The first place spot of the Six Realms Beginner Compet.i.tion was just s.n.a.t.c.hed by someone named Zhao Hai. So how could they not know of his name? They didn"t expect Zhao Hai to be in the Six Realms Battlefield.
The Sword Cultivator who asked Zhao Hai cupped his fist and answered, "I"m an Elder of the Sword Pavillion Zhou Fang. This is Song Qing, my junior brother."
Zhao Hai nodded and said, "I didn"t expect to meet Cultivators from the Sword Pavillion. It"s an honor. This one is my servant Jia Ding Shan."
Upon hearing that Jia Ding Shan was Zhao Hai"s servant, everyone present were shaken. Although they had already made this guess, they were still shocked when they heard it from Zhao Hai"s mouth.
Jia Ding Shan"s expression didn"t change as he cupped his fist towards Zhou Fang and Song Qing. The two Sword Cultivators didn"t dare neglect the greeting as they also cupped their fists. Although Jia Ding Shan was a servant, he was still a Nascent Soul Expert – someone with the same level as them. The World of Cultivation spoke with strength. If they underestimate Jia Ding Shan because he was a servant, they would risk offending him. And offending a Nascent Soul Expert was never a good idea.
After the two exchanged greetings, Zhao Hai immediately went straight to the point as he said, "We should all be aware that we are in the soft gold mine. I won"t say anything about you attacking my people. Of course, I can also fight back, but it"s obvious that it"s not suitable for us to fight. How about we all take a step back? What does Mister Zhou think about this?"
When Zhou Fang and Song Qing heard Zhao Hai, they couldn"t help but gawk. They didn"t expect Zhao Hai to go straight to the point. They looked at each other and exchanged a look. Then Song Qing turned to Zhao Hai and said, "Mister Zhao Hai"s words are very reasonable. This one wants to exchange notes with Mister Zhao Hai. I wonder if Mister Zhao Hai can agree to my request?"
Upon hearing Song Qing"s reply, Zhao Hai couldn"t help but laugh. Then he said, "Alright, that"s a good idea. This one has always wanted to compare notes with Sword Cultivators. I remember being able to see people from the Sword Pavilion back in the Yellowsand Planet trial. But it"s a pity that we only brushed past each other. Being able to spar with an Elder of the Sword Pavilion is my good fortune."
Song Qing didn"t say anything else after hearing Zhao Hai. He took a step forward and then said, "Since Mister agrees, then forgive me for being impolite." Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "Mister Song, please!"
Song Qing wasn"t polite as he moved his hand and took his sword out. The sword didn"t delay and immediately thrust itself towards Zhao Hai. The thrust looked ordinary, there"s nothing special about it at first glance. However, Zhao Hai knew that he couldn"t dodge this sword or else Yuan and the others would suffer bad luck. Song Qing"s sword had a very intense astral qi. It"s clear that he was able to absorb some astral qi into his body.
Zhao Hai"s eyes flashed a cold light. Then he took a step forward and released a punch. The fist shaped qi flew towards Song Qing"s sword. This fist was different compared to the previous punches he threw before. This time, Zhao Hai used astral qi in his attack.
Zhao Hai had also absorbed astral qi into his body before. However, he had yet to clash with an enemy who managed to do the same. Astral Qi could increase offensive strength so he was preparing to use it as a trump card. But this time, he had to use it because Song Qing also had astral qi. If Zhao Hai sent out an ordinary punch, then it might not be able to block the incoming sword.
The attack of the two happened very quickly. When the sword and the fist hit each other, a fierce "Bang" was heard before the tunnel they were in shook. Fortunately, the tunnel didn"t collapse.
Dust fell but Zhao Hai was able to blow it off easily. On the other hand, Song Qing had already sheathed his sword. Zhao Hai just stood there and didn"t move. The two parties were looking at each other before they laughed at the same time. Song Qing cupped his fist towards Zhao Hai and said, "Mister has great technique. I have learned so much. I hope to meet you again in the future."