Chapter 917 Taking revenge (3)
Moments afterwards, Liu Mei"s lips curved up into a bewitching smile, and after casting one last look at the "Five-elements protective formation" behind her, she commanded the Death Eater to head straight towards the east of the "Endless Desert".
Naturally, the easternmost part of the desert was where the "Illusion Oasis" was located, and was precisely Liu Mei"s and Xingyi"s target this time.
The last time the two women were there, their group had taken a little more than a month to reach the outer edge of the oasis, and that was while they were traveling on the back of a peak rank 6, wind-attributed magic beast like Little Silver. This time, Liu Mei estimated that with the Death Eater"s speed, it would take them approximately half a year to reach that place.
But of course, as long as they could get revenge against Mao Huang and that black-robed young man named Guo Chen, even traveling for more than a year would be worth it!
As for Jiang Chen and Bai Longtian, although the two of them were also eager to get payback after the humiliation that Mao Huang had subjected them all to, but since they had yet to reach the peak of the Dao King realm, they both understood that they could only sit back and quietly cultivate this time.
After all, putting the mysterious Guo Chen aside, Liu Mei and Xingyi were more than enough to deal with someone at Mao Huang"s level.
Of course, Mao Huang himself wasn"t weak by any means, and could even be considered above average even by the standards of most peak rank 9 Dao Kings! Still, in front of someone like Liu Mei or Xingyi, the yellow-robed man would only last for a couple of minutes at most before he ends up losing his life.
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As the 2 young women traveled towards the east, Shun Long continued to cultivate quietly within the "Five-elements protective formation", as the "Heaven Swallowing vine" continued to provide him with unending amounts of purified "immortal qi".
At this point, Shun Long"s cultivation had already reached the peak of rank 7 in the Dao King realm and was only a step away from advancing to the early rank 8! Still, as he attempted to form the 64th golden ball of qi and push it inside the "Monarch"s Hourgla.s.s", an invisible type of pressure had already started to form around his body, clearly trying to prevent him from going any further.
The closer one was getting towards the peak of the Dao King realm, the more difficult it would become as they reached the later stages! This was even more so for people like Jiang Chen, Bai Longtian, and Xingyi who were cultivating high-grade immortal-tier techniques!
The stronger one"s cultivation technique was, the more retaliation they would have to face from the heavens as they advanced further in their cultivation.
Techniques like Liu Mei"s "Blood Absorption art" were the exception, and even those had their own drawbacks in return!
As for Shun Long and his "Monarch"s Hourgla.s.s", even Little Black couldn"t ascertain how tough it would be for someone like his master to reach the peak of the Dao King realm this time!
In fact, if it wasn"t for the endless amounts of "immortal qi" that everyone could absorb inside the "City of Immortals", the black dragon wasn"t certain if even Shun Long"s ma.s.sive fortune of high-grade spirit stones would have been enough to last him until he reached the peak of the Dao King realm!
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Like this, time continued to pa.s.s within the "Endless Desert", and soon another year had already gone by.
At this point, less than 2 years were left before the "City of Immortals" closed according to everyone"s calculations, so those Dao Kings who had yet to make a decent harvest were finally starting to get desperate.
At the same time, as the 10-year-old mark approached closer and closer, fights between cultivators became more frequent as a result, while even the peak-stage Dao Kings could no longer stay on the sidelines and watch!
Just like Elder Ming and his group previously, 2 more groups had ended up stumbling upon the "Five-elements protective formation" during the past year, but before they could create any trouble, they were quickly taken care of by Jiang Chen!
Half a year after Liu Mei"s and Xingyi"s departure for the "Illusion Oasis", Bai Longtian became the third person to reach the peak of rank 9 in the Dao King realm, and a few days after that, Jiang Chen followed suit as well.
However, even after reaching the peak of rank 9, Jiang Chen and Bai Longtian didn"t let up and stop their progress. Instead, they focused on their body refinement cultivation, as they began to absorb the pills that Shun Long had refined for them using the golden skeleton!
As for Shun Long, he had already reached the peak of rank 8 in the Dao King realm, and was only a step away from becoming a bona-fide rank 9 Dao King!
Finally, a few days later, the enormous silhouette of the Death Eater could be seen in the distance heading straight for the "Five-elements protective formation", causing the ground to tremble with its every step and kicking up sand along the way.
On the gigantic monster"s back, Liu Mei"s and Xingyi"s faint figures could be seen as they conversed with each other, while a half-dead corpse could also be spotted hanging from the hideous monster"s mouth!
At the same time, the Death Eater"s aura was so horrifying, and the killing intent and malice that the creature exuded were so intense, that along the way, the few Dao Kings who were unfortunate enough to encounter it immediately flew as far away as possible, unwilling to entangle themselves with such a terrifying monster.
Whether it was the creature"s own strength or the mutilated figure of a peak rank 9 Dao King that it was carrying, both of those factors were scary enough to act as a deterrent against most other Dao Kings in the "Endless Desert"!
As soon as the Death Eater entered the "Five-elements protective formation", Shun Long was the first one to open his eyes, immediately followed by Jiang Chen and Bai Longtian, before everyone cast their gazes towards the half-dead figure that the monster was carrying almost simultaneously!