90: Large shelled silver beetle

Ning Ruogong sat there, pondering, 'I've gathered energy for several months, how much further do I need to go?' He thought, revealing his identity for the first time in a while.

Status

Name: Ning Ruogong

Energy: $5,232,000,000

Separated Energies

Thermal Energy: 5,202,902,000

Acoustic Energy: 98,000

Strange Energy: 29,000,000

Skills: Simultaneous Thought, Intermediate Map, Omniscient Language, Candlelight, Yin-Heat Conversion Technique, Night Vision

I, Cross-dimensional Storage (Time paused; 112 kg), Air Cutter, Telepathy, Yin-to-Sound Conversion Technique, Water Filtration, Mundane Jade Cultivation Method, Apollo's Morning Cleansing Technique, Qi Cultivation Analysis, Body Cultivation Analysis, Basic All Languages, 2x Qi Adaptation Rate

'Wow, that's a lot. Damn it, I've only eaten half? Should I sleep?' He wondered. 'No, then I wouldn't be able to cultivate, would I?'

'Let's go, Night, let's go, I want to find you a brother.' Ning Ruogong said. As soon as Night sat on his shoulder, he stood up and walked deeper into the forest.

His own sect also had many disciples there, some greeted him, while others ignored him and continued on their way. Ning Ruogong couldn't find a suitable spot, so he walked deeper into the forest.

Beautiful

Suddenly, an arrow flew towards Ning Ruogong, and Night abruptly left his shoulder, flying out to catch the arrow. 'Thank you, Night,' he said as he took the arrow back and examined it.

'Hmm, who attacked me?' He wondered, looking in the direction the arrow had come from. He couldn't see anything, but he could hear a buzzing sound, as if something was buzzing.

Soon after, a dark shadow appeared in the distance, slowly growing larger as it approached him. 'A... Beetle?' He thought, looking at the beast's form.

Another arrow shot from the side of the Beetle towards Ning Ruogong, this time, he merely hit it with Telepathy, not needing Night to shoot the arrow for him.

'Who is shooting arrows at the Beetle?' He wondered, watching the Beetle get closer. The closer the Beetle got, the brighter Ning Ruogong's eyes became.

'A Great Shelled Silver Beetle?' He exclaimed in surprise. This approaching Beetle was one of the most famous defensive animals here. It was also very difficult to find. It was already surprising that he could even see it in front of him.

The Great Shelled Silver Beetle wasn't that highly ranked, in fact, it was average at best, but that was only considering its weak attack power and not-so-fast speed.

Even if it was average in both these aspects, it might still rank higher than Night.

Another arrow flew from behind the Beetle. However, this time, the arrow actually hit the Beetle. It seemed the arrow's purpose wasn't to harm the Beetle, but to tire it until it could no longer fly, but was still tameable.

The Beetle was now in that state, no longer able to fly, and it fell to the ground in front of Ning Ruogong. Ning Ruogong dodged to the side as the heavy Beetle slid past him until it hit a tree and stopped.

'Get down, Young Master.' Someone said from behind Ning Ruogong.

'There's someone here,' another person said.

'Hey, kid, leave this place, we're going to tame the beast now.' A group of people appeared, and Ning Ruogong didn't want to, but seeing so many people, he decided to leave.

'Wait!' A voice came, sounding young, and what was worse, Ning Ruogong recognized it.

'Shh!' He said lightly, turning around to see Ashius looking at him with an evil smile.

'Haha, long time no see, big brother, I haven't seen you since you first defeated me in the arena.' Ya Zi said.

'H-hey, what's up?' Ning Ruogong tried to act friendly, 'Actually, I have something nearby, I'll leave you guys for now,' Ning Ruogong said, preparing to leave.

'No, you won't. Surround him.' Ya Zi said. Suddenly, the six people around Ya Zi spread out, surrounding Ning Ruogong from different sides.

Ning Ruogong quietly looked around, trying to assess their strength.

'Phew, if I let things get to this point, it'll be a tough fight,' he thought.

'Why can't we just talk nicely, brother?' Ning Ruogong said as he checked their strength.

Ashius had unexpectedly reached the Fifth Qi Condensation Realm. The other four had all reached the Sixth Qi Condensation Realm, and surprisingly, the last two had reached the Seventh Qi Condensation Realm.

'You want to talk? Hahaha, why don't you talk to yourself? You're pretty good at that, aren't you?' Ya Zi said.

'Damn it, should I teleport out of here? But that would mean I'd have to give up my abilities here, and I don't want to do that. And, I don't want to exhaust my energy here. Besides,...' He looked around, thinking.

'I really want to see how strong I am,' he thought.

Night was also ready for battle. He was in an attacking stance, ready to fly off the moment Ning Ruogong gave the command. But Ning Ruogong knew that Night alone faced too many opponents, and he couldn't possibly fight against the Sixth and Seventh Qi Condensation Realms.

'I know you want to help me, buddy, but it's really dangerous if you stay here. Come back,' he said, putting Night back into his bag.

'Hahaha, you already know I'm doing this for your beast, right? Well, since you know, hand it over?' Ya Zi pointed at the beast bag.

'What? He didn't stop me because of the humiliation he suffered, but Night?' He was surprised. Then he looked directly into Ashius's eyes and said, 'No.'