Chapter 761: A Mortal
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The sound of footsteps indicated someone was there.
Who could it be?
The judge immediately thought it might be Sanhuan and Liugong. But on second thought, it didn’t seem possible.
When the immortal devouring beast roared, evidently discovering prey, it could only have been Sanhuan and Liugong. In his opinion, there wouldn’t be any other immortal still living in the Nine-Heaven Realm.
Exactly because he didn’t know and couldn’t guess who, he got nervous.
The old prisoner was nervous too.
The two were now staring at the corridor’s end, waiting to see who would appear there.
Finally, a silhouette came into view.
“An immortal?” the old prisoner whispered, sounding shocked because an immortal dared to venture outside. Also, he was sure it wasn’t Sanhuan or Liugong because he was very familiar with the two. This wasn’t either of their silhouettes.
The judge narrowed his eyes and shook his head. “It’s a mortal!”
A mortal!
Why would there be a mortal in the Nine-Heaven Realm?
For a moment there, the old prisoner couldn’t understand it. By then, the mortal noticed them too.
This mortal was none other than Lin Jin.
After stepping foot into the Nine-Heaven Realm, he had been following Cai Die around, witnessing many scenes he had never seen before. The Nine-Heaven Realm was also known as the Immortal Realm, and Lin Jin had the impression that this place was so much bigger than the mainlands and extraterritorial land put together.
And this was only one of the nine layers.
With all nine layers in total, the size must be more than ten times of the mainland.
It was then Lin Jin realized just how tiny the mainlands were. In the past, immortals had dominated the best place to live out and enjoy their long lives.
Meanwhile, mortals were left to suffer in the mainlands and endure eventual deaths.
From this perspective, immortals seemed greedy. They already had everything, and still, it wasn’t enough. They even wanted to seize control over Heaven and caused their own downfall in the end.
Of course, not all immortals were like that. Just like mortals, there were good and bad people.
Lin Jin hadn’t been able to find any immortals in the Nine-Heaven Realm anywhere. But there were surprisingly tons of beasts. Cai Die told him that this didn’t use to be the case. In the past, beasts were used as slaves by immortals. However, after they died, these beasts began to reproduce without restraint.
Only, not all beasts had spiritual intelligence.
While cultivation could activate a creature’s spiritual intelligence, they needed immortals to actually guide them in cultivation. Hence, the beasts in the Nine-Heaven Realm were only slightly more powerful than what he had seen on earth.
That was his opinion.
Cai Die listed this as one of the dangers here. Although she had some cultivation results to show for, she was still too lacking compared to beasts who were naturally powerful. Upon encounter, she would only become prey. However, Lin Jin had a different point of view. To him, this Nine-Heaven Realm was like a playground.
In just two days, he managed to record hundreds of immortal beasts into the museum, and none of them were normal species. Each one of them was cla.s.sed as a ‘rare beast’.
Also, Lin Jin didn’t fear them at all.
At first, there were indeed wild beasts that tried to attack them. However, Lin Jin didn’t even have to do anything as the hybrid beast could take care of them all.
When they randomly encountered beasts stronger than the hybrid beast, Xiao Huo only had to release a bit of his aura, and it was enough to deter those wild creatures. After all, even in the Nine-Heaven Realm, there weren’t many Rank 7 immortal beasts around.
Their journey had been smooth and without obstacles. Cai Die also relaxed considerably, until they witnessed the immortal devouring beast appear.
This wasn’t Lin Jin’s first time seeing it. Back at Daluo Temple, he had seen this creature kill the Buddha hiding underwater with a swipe of its paw.
The immortal devouring beast’s destructive power had been enormous, and it was then that Lin Jin understood what the ‘world’s strongest’ meant. His goal of attaining a Rank 9 beast was formed then and there.
Before that, Lin Jin was satisfied with just helping his pet beast reach Rank 5.
But now, even when Xiao Huo was already Rank 7, Lin Jin still felt unsafe.
The immortal devouring beast’s appearance had been too sudden. If it weren’t for the escaping silhouettes of two immortals, Lin Jin would have a.s.sumed the creature appeared because of him.
Rather than the immortal devouring beast’s appearance, what intrigued Lin Jin even more were the two immortals.
This was the Nine-Heaven Realm, so how could immortals still exist?
This sentence itself would have been a mistake in the past, but it was now a fact.
Two immortals were found in a place where they shouldn’t exist. What could be more interesting than that? And right now, the immortal devouring beast was pursuing them.
And honestly, Lin Jin had immediately gone to hide upon seeing this.
Although he wanted to ask the immortals how they managed to survive for so long, this act of satisfying his curiosity was too insignificant compared to facing the immortal devouring beast.
Lin Jin may be strong right now, but he still couldn’t match up to the immortal devouring beast. So he had to chicken out.
This was a battle strategy.
As for the two immortals, Lin Jin only wished them the best.
When the gigantic immortal devouring beast appeared, Cai Die was frightened back into her original form to hide inside Lin Jin’s clothes. Even Xiao Huo sensed the huge pressure and shuddered in response inside Lin Jin’s body.
But there were also two calm beings who gave no reaction. The hybrid beast and the blood ghost.
These two beings were aberrant creatures who didn’t have spiritual intelligence or thought. So they naturally didn’t know fear.
Based on how things usually panned out, the immortal devouring beast would eventually kill the two immortals, and that would be the end of it. But things took an unexpected turn.
The immortals suddenly split up and performed some kind of spell. Only, the immortal devouring beast was much faster, so while one of the immortals had dashed ten thousand feet away, he was still struck and killed by the immortal devouring beast.
Its mountain-like claw swiped down, carrying flames and lightning that could easily destroy a city. No matter how powerful those immortals were, they could not endure this attack.
Then, the immortal devouring beast went on to pursue the other escaping immortal. A loud rumble thundered in the distance where fire and lightning flashed. Then, the immortal devouring beast left, and everything was quiet again.
The entire hunting process was abnormally swift, and in the blink of an eye, two immortals had died.
Two immortals! And they died like ants!
Even if this wasn’t Lin Jin’s first time encountering the immortal devouring beast, he was still frightened beyond words. His fingers were trembling, a reaction from him and Xiao Huo combined.
They were still scared.
No matter how much stronger they had gotten, the gap was still there. Also, they were observing the immortal devouring beast up close this time. The two immortals who just got killed were clearly stronger than the Buddha Lin Jin met in Daluo Temple too.
So the shock was much more intense this time.
Lin Jin took a deep breath before getting back on his feet. He looked at the ma.s.sive crater in the distance that still emitted lightning and fire.
“It used thunder fire this time!” Lin Jin mumbled to himself.
He had appraised the immortal devouring beast before, and the creature was adept in all elements. As if it was invincible, the creature practically had no weaknesses.
This was the first time Lin Jin wavered.