129: Pegasus Appears

Four months had passed since Qingyang had been constantly pursued, and now, out of the more than thirty powerhouses who had been chasing Qingyang, only twenty-odd remained.

These individuals were now extremely cautious, always acting in groups, giving Qingyang no opportunity whatsoever.

Precisely because of this, Qingyang was exhausted from fleeing every day.

On this day, when the more than twenty powerhouses once again locked onto Qingyang and rapidly rushed towards him, Jin Hua despaired.

In the past four months, the ten Order Keepers in the Order Keeper team had lost seven members, and the remaining three were also severely injured.

Facing this predicament, Jin Hua had even anticipated Qingyang's demise this time.

Even Qingyang himself felt like he was at a dead end.

As the more than twenty powerhouses approached Qingyang, a red streak in front of Qingyang also rapidly hurried towards him.

Noticing this scene, Qingyang couldn't help but have his energy fluctuate intensely and let out a call.

"Hong Zong, you're finally here."

Yes, that red dot was Hong Zong, who had spent four months completely forming his flesh-and-blood body.

At this moment, Hong Zong had not only completed his flesh-and-blood body, thoroughly becoming a Fierce Beast body.

Moreover, his strength had suddenly reached the Twelfth-Order.

On Hong Zong's side, noticing Qingyang's perilous situation, his entire streamlined body instantly accelerated and directly arrived beside Qingyang.

With the cooperation over the past few years, Qingyang also turned his entire bone body and wrapped around Hong Zong.

"Whoosh~"

The moment he received Qingyang, Hong Zong's entire body accelerated, instantly moving away from the encirclement while also saying to Qingyang, "I'm here. I'll take you back to the Sky Cave now, and I'll handle the rest."

The Sky Cave was the new meeting place they had found together.

Facing Hong Zong's words, Qingyang didn't argue.

The reason was simple: a Twelfth-Order Divine Beast, Hong Zong, whose strength could rival Yin Li's combat power, Qingyang believed he could handle those Human powerhouses.

Two days later, when Qingyang was brought to the Sky Cave, Qingtian was quietly lying in the Sky Cave, sleeping.

This was a massive cave resembling a cellar, small at the top but with a thousand meters of space below, making it the best hiding place.

After putting down Qingyang, Hong Zong and Qingyang nodded to each other, and Hong Zong instantly leaped, leaving the place.

In the enormous Sky Cave, Qingyang's entire emerald-green bone body, resembling imperial jade, was intact, but filled with cracks everywhere.

Without much hesitation, Qingyang immediately began using energy to heal his injuries.

On the fourth day of Qingyang's recuperation in the Sky Cave, Pink Spirit brought back five corpses in one go and said to Qingyang, who was recovering from his injuries, "Hong Zong is killing them by guerrilla tactics."

Yes, facing more than twenty powerhouses, although Hong Zong was powerful, he couldn't confront them directly, so he adopted a strategy similar to Qingyang's.

On the twenty-fifth day of Qingyang's recovery, Hong Zong, Pink Spirit, Jin Hua, and Jin Sheng had killed all the powerhouses and all returned to the Sky Cave.

This made Qingyang, who had almost recovered, a bit shocked by Hong Zong's combat power.

"I was thinking of waiting until I was completely recovered before going to help you."

After saying this, Qingyang lowered his head and looked at the flesh-and-blood bodies not far away.

In this plan, Liu Jian had made a great contribution, finding more than a hundred powerhouses in one go.

Moreover, because it was a secret operation, the deaths of these more than a hundred powerhouses had not caused much of a stir, which was what Qingyang was most satisfied with.

When Hong Zong broke through, he used the blood energy of more than forty powerhouses, which was a big expenditure.

As for the remaining blood energy of these more than sixty powerhouses, everyone present looked at Qingyang, waiting for his arrangements.

Seeing this, Qingyang calculated the time, and after pondering for a moment, he said, "Jin Hua, Jin Sheng, the two of you first take a few powerhouses' blood energy to the city.

Each time I undergo a new advancement, the energy required increases. Twenty Tenth-Order Bone Beasts' energy and twenty Eleventh-Order Bone Beasts' energy are roughly what I will need for my next advancement.

Additionally, now that Hong Zong has completely regained his flesh-and-blood body, you can exchange for several hundred thousand zhen crystal for yourselves and Hong Zong to absorb. All the remaining blood energy will be absorbed by Pink Spirit."

Hong Zong expressed confusion regarding Qingyang's suggestion.

In the Inner Realm, zhen crystal are quite common because of their large quantity, so they are not valuable.

But Hong Zong's thought was, with those resources, why not exchange them for Fierce Beast flesh and blood to devour and absorb.

Clearly, Hong Zong's idea was the same as most Fierce Beasts, focusing on improving their own realm.

Qingyang didn't explain his thoughts to Hong Zong, only telling everyone to follow the instructions.

When Jin Hua and Jin Sheng went to the city, they were punished because, as Order Keeper Captains, they had allowed their subordinates to die.

However, with a major battle imminent, Jin Hua and Jin Sheng were only given a minor punishment as a warning and then released.

But even so, they wasted several months.

Inside the Sky Cave, looking at a large pile of zhen crystal, Qingyang felt a bit envious.

After all, for Qingyang himself, zhen crystal were all absorption points, but unfortunately, he didn't have a flesh-and-blood body now, so he couldn't absorb zhen crystal.

Next, Pink Spirit and Liu Jian used those blood energy together to help Pink Spirit gradually gain a flesh-and-blood body.

Jin Hua, Jin Sheng, and Hong Zong, however, spent their days rapidly absorbing the zhen crystal.

Regarding the matter of exchanging resources for zhen crystal, Jin Hua, Jin Sheng, and even Hong Zong kept complaining that it was not cost-effective at all.

After all, in the Inner Realm, flesh and blood were always the most precious, followed by the energy of Bone Beasts and Bone Spirits, and finally zhen crystal.

But according to the exchange rate, zhen crystal were a bit expensive, which is why everyone complained that it was not cost-effective.

The day of Qingyang's next formatting was getting closer, and Hong Zong had undergone some strange changes during this time.

First, white patches began to appear on his entire body's fur, clearly indicating his bloodline was evolving.

This discovery finally made Hong Zong realize Qingyang's painstaking efforts and he absorbed the zhen crystal even more diligently.

In contrast, Jin Hua and Jin Sheng didn't feel much, other than their strength increasing slightly, they had no other sensations.

Qingyang knew the importance of zhen crystal, which were like tonics, so he always encouraged everyone to absorb more of this stuff.

On this day, as Qingyang's body slightly swayed and he looked up at Pink Spirit in the distance, Hong Zong also opened his eyes immediately and looked at Qingyang.

Clearly, everyone knew that a year had passed!

On the other side, Pink Spirit's entire bone body, after being injected with blood energy for so long, had already grown a fluffy pink tail.

Noticing Qingyang's movement, Pink Spirit immediately got up and came to Qingyang's side, beginning to prepare.

And not far away, Qingtian, who had been like dead, also slowly came to Qingyang's side after Pink Spirit got up.