128: Shenma stuff

The desolate and silent Flowing Land.

Although Qingyang had already strongly killed two waves of people searching for the Treasure Bone Body, there were still six waves approaching his side at an even faster speed.

In the dark and humid swamp, Hong Zong had also reached the final stage.

His entire body was becoming more complete under the continuous nourishment of blood energy.

But it was obvious that the blood energy of a Thirteenth-Order Fierce Beast was not enough to satisfy Hong Zong's needs.

At a certain moment, as the flesh and blood of the three-headed lion were completely refined, the opponent's massive skeletal bone body scattered and broke into pieces with a "crash".

At this moment, Jin Sheng noticed the majestic fiery horse in front of him, quickly mounted it, and looked at the distant plain, saying, "Let's go, support them."

As soon as he said this, Hong Zong's two front legs suddenly lifted, and his entire body instantly transformed into an afterimage, quickly disappearing into the swamp.

Jin Sheng, a Twelfth-Order Human expert.

And Hong Zong, in the era when he was born on Blue Star, had already grown to Divine Beast combat power.

Now, with flesh and blood in his body, his combat power had finally returned to his former state, although he was only at the Eleventh-Order peak, fighting a Twelfth-Order Human was still effortless.

As an afterimage rapidly rushed towards the Flowing Land, a closer look could still reveal that Hong Zong's two hind legs were still bone bodies, clearly not in a perfect state.

But even so, Hong Zong's combat power had now soared.

Being a speed-type Divine Beast, Hong Zong saw the emerald green figure from afar in just a few hours.

Both Hong Zong and Jin Hua held gratitude towards Qingyang.

After all, Qingyang had used himself as bait to earn resources for everyone, and Qingyang had been in dangerous situations multiple times, all for everyone.

Watching Qingyang's emerald green afterimage bone body fighting with several Humans, Hong Zong's entire body accelerated again and directly rushed into the crowd.

"Swish~"

Hong Zong, who could now use his innate skills, generated gusts of wind like sharp swords under his four limbs the moment he rushed into the crowd.

"Clang~"

"Clang clang~"

Those gusts of wind were like Hong Zong's most powerful weapons, and in less than a few seconds, the several Eleventh-Order Humans who were attacking Qingyang were all killed.

Seeing this scene, even Qingyang couldn't help but turn his head to look at Hong Zong.

The era of the Empress reigning was likely the Tang Dynasty in China, an era without the current spiritual energy recovery.

But even in such a difficult environment, Hong Zong could still grow to this point; his strength, talent, and combat power were undoubtedly exceptional.

After dealing with this wave of people, Qingyang nodded towards Pink Spirit in the distance.

Then, Pink Spirit quickly ran over, collecting resources while examining Hong Zong.

And Qingyang, like Pink Spirit, observed the opponent.

With Eleventh-Order peak strength, coupled with Divine Beast innate combat power, although Hong Zong's entire body was not yet covered in flesh and blood, Qingyang could feel that...

Hong Zong's current combat power was actually similar to, or even stronger than, his own green bone body that had evolved four times.

Seeing Qingyang examining him, Hong Zong shook his beautiful mane and said casually, "Before, I couldn't be of much help to you, and my combat power was far behind yours, but now I've finally recovered. Let's not talk about gratitude; everything is in my heart. What should we do next?"

Looking at the gusts of wind like sharp swords surrounding Hong Zong's four limbs, Qingyang nodded.

"Okay, you and I will split into two groups. There are currently five more waves of experts. After each of us deals with one team, we'll meet in the swamp forest."

After saying this, Qingyang's entire bone body had turned into an afterimage, heading in another direction.

As for Hong Zong, he lifted his front legs and quickly followed Jin Sheng's guidance.

On Qingyang's side, as he traveled, Qingyang muttered to himself, "Its strength is actually slightly stronger than mine now."

If it fully recovers its flesh and blood, its combat power is estimated to be comparable to Yin Li, or even Ba Qing and Xuan Ming. It truly is a Divine Beast that rose in the era without spiritual energy."

Thinking of this, Qingyang also made up his mind that after this was over, in addition to ensuring the energy resources for his next advancement, the remaining resources would be fully used to support the remaining blood energy replenishment for Hong Zong's body.

Qingyang and Hong Zong splitting into two groups, however, exhausted Pink Spirit.

Because now Pink Spirit had to run back and forth, transporting the resources from the killed Humans to the new gathering place.

Half a month later, when Qingyang and Hong Zong had successively eliminated two more teams and returned to the swamp to rendezvous, they received bad news from Liu Jian's side.

The remaining three teams of experts had received news that the other small teams had been wiped out and had all gathered together.

With over thirty experts, the lowest strength being at the Tenth-Order peak, Hong Zong and Jin Sheng repeatedly suggested to Qingyang to give up here.

Qingtian had already returned to the new rendezvous point ahead of time; he seemed to have aggravated his injuries after killing the Thirteenth-Order expert and the three-headed lion last time.

In other words, Qingyang could only rely on himself now.

"No, we can't give up here. This will put Liu Jian in great danger. Don't forget, Liu Jian is their leader now."

Hong Zong, you are completely recovering your flesh and blood body, with only a little bit of resources left. You and Jin Sheng, return to our new rendezvous point first; there are over seventy expert blood energies there.

I believe that will be enough for you to fully recover. As for me, I'll find a way to contend with them first and buy you time."

There was no more time to waste. After receiving Qingyang's order, although Hong Zong was very worried, he eventually left with Jin Sheng.

Not long after Jin Sheng and Hong Zong left, Qingyang looked at the only Pink Spirit beside him and slightly shook his emerald green crystalline bone body, saying, "Let's retreat too."

Pink Spirit, from now on, you and I will separate, so your safety can be guaranteed. Just follow behind me and pick up the scraps; leave the rest to me."

Qingyang's arrangements were also quickly learned by Jin Hua and Liu Jian.

Jin Hua, as the "righteous" party, had been operating under the name of the Order Keeper, leading his small team to help Qingyang reduce his burden, while also subtly conveying some information every time he met with Liu Jian and the others.

A few days later, when the over thirty Human experts finally saw Qingyang's figure from afar, the great chase began.

The vast numbers of Humans, each displaying their unique abilities, put Qingyang in precarious situations.

But relying on his speed, coupled with Jin Hua's cover, and Qingyang's own considerable combat power, Qingyang was slowly killing those Humans while escaping.

The Treasure Bone Body was right in front of them; the flesh and blood of the killed experts were simply not worth the attention of others.

Thus, Pink Spirit had been following behind, frantically picking up scraps.

This caused the Enforcer in Jin Hua's team to repeatedly report to Jin Hua with confusion, asking why those resources disappeared during the chase.

Facing the questions from his team members, Jin Hua's original words were, "They were probably poached by other forces."