174: Chapter 174 Someone Came to Rob Them

Under the lead of the little fox demon Ah Lan, they quickly and quietly slipped into the interior of Death Mountain, yet they still walked very cautiously.

Suddenly, eight Ghost Wolf Clan soldiers came by on patrol. Fortunately, everyone reacted quickly enough that they weren't discovered.

After a while, the patrolling soldiers left, and Mu Cheng suddenly whispered.

"That was close! Fortunately, we weren't spotted!"

"Do you have any ideas?" Xiao Yao suddenly asked while clinging to him.

The monk hurriedly whispered: "Before we get a clear grasp of the situation, we should try our best not to be discovered."

"Don't worry! With me here, it won't be a problem," A Hong nodded and said in a low voice.

Mu Cheng didn't dare say a word. As they went deeper, there were more and more Evil Tiger Clan and Ghost Wolf Clan soldiers.

A Hong suddenly stopped. "We might not be able to pass through above. Stay close behind me!"

A Hong reached out, and a transparent energy sword instantly condensed. Under her conscious control, it flew toward a dozen patrolling Ghost Wolf Clan soldiers. Some soldiers had quick reactions and managed to dodge.

But though they dodged the first time, they couldn't dodge the second; A Hong's consciousness controlled the sword's turns.

In a short while, the dozen or so Ghost Wolf Clan soldiers were easily taken care of?

Mu Cheng said in great surprise: "This is too... strong!"

"Master, it's because your strength is too weak. How can you call her strong?" Xiao Yao retorted.

A Hong continued to carve a bloody path forward when suddenly two figures appeared: one was a humanoid tiger-headed alien, and the other was a humanoid wolf-headed alien.

Tiger Head A Hu was wearing golden armor, carrying a large black gold blade on his shoulder with one hand.

He stepped forward and shouted angrily: "A Hong, you've killed so many of my soldiers. Don't even think about leaving here alive today!"

As for Wolf Head General A Lang, he wasn't wearing much; he just looked older and held a black staff in his hand.

"Don't waste words with them. Hurry up and force them out."

A Hu brandished his large black gold blade and charged. Xiao Honghong took out a black blade and blocked it easily. In the first clash, the two were evenly matched.

"You've got quite some strength. I haven't stretched my muscles in a long time. Take another strike from me!" A Hu slashed again.

The two blades clashed again. Xiao Honghong exerted force and pushed A Hu back. "Is this all you've got? Use whatever skills you have."

Mu Cheng didn't go up to help in a battle of this level, and as for the monk, he couldn't help at all.

Needless to say for Xiao Yao, she certainly wouldn't take action.

So they all stayed on the side obediently. Fortunately, those Ghost Wolf Clan and Evil Tiger Clan soldiers only surrounded them and didn't move.

A Hu condensed black energy on his arms, making them as hard as iron.

"Since that's the case, then die!"

"Hey, A Hong, right? If you can't handle it, let me do it!" Mu Cheng suddenly spoke up.

"I admit you have strength, but still, let me do it!"

A Hong didn't dare be careless either. She gripped her black gold blade tightly and slashed with all her might. Sparks flew between the two blades. After a dozen rounds, the two were still evenly matched.

A Hu was already somewhat exhausted, while A Hong didn't seem tired at all.

"Why has your speed suddenly slowed down? You can't kill me like this!"

A Hu pulled back, threw away his large black gold blade, and condensed Bloodline Power into his arms. Both arms grew significantly larger as he charged at A Hong again.

"Die for me!"

A Hong also put away her black gold blade, gathered two trails of energy on her arms, and threw a punch. The two collided fiercely again.

After another dozen rounds, A Hong suddenly pulled back. "I've played enough with you. Now, die!"

She punched with her full strength. A Hu naturally wasn't afraid. "It's not certain who will die today!"

This time when they collided, A Hu's arm was crippled. A Hong seized the opportunity, took out a black gold sword, and stabbed forward.

General A Lang naturally wouldn't let anything happen to A Hu. He blocked the way and condensed a black shield to stop the attack.

"A big dummy is just a big dummy. I still have to step in!" General A Lang said coldly.

Although A Hu was unhappy about being scolded, he could only swallow his pride. A Hong realized the situation was wrong and immediately pulled back.

You Hun condensed blood-colored Bloodline Power onto the black staff, and a massive black energy greatsword slowly appeared.

"I don't want to waste time here. Let's finish this quickly!"

A Hong did the same, condensing a massive transparent energy greatsword.

Before long, both energy swords were fully condensed and suddenly crashed into each other.

General A Lang continued to inject energy, and A Hong also continuously injected transparent energy. The battle turned into a contest of who would run out of energy first.

Ultimately, it ended in a draw, with both of them nearly exhausted.

General A Lang suddenly gave an order. "Everyone, retreat for now. I'll be waiting for you inside!"

After saying that, he vanished instantly. The Evil Tiger Clan and Ghost Wolf Clan soldiers all retreated.

"Let me recover before we go deeper!" A Hong hurriedly began absorbing external energy.

Xiao Yao suddenly reminded him. "Aren't you going to show some appreciation? A million-year energy source is enough, any attribute will do."

"You should have said so earlier." Mu Cheng took out an ice-attribute million-year energy source from his high-tech bracelet.

He handed it to A Hong and asked curiously, "Ahem... Little girl, what is your current strength exactly, and what is the opponent's strength?"

Hmm? He didn't even know the opponent's strength and yet dared to talk big? Has his brain been waterlogged?

"Half-step God of Destruction." A Hong took the energy source without hesitation and immediately began absorbing it.

"Good heavens, it seems the opponent isn't weak either." Mu Cheng finally realized he had acted a bit too cocky.

Absorbing the energy source wasn't difficult for A Hong. It took barely ten minutes for her to successfully recover.

Xiao Yao suddenly asked, "Judging by that Ghost Wolf's tone just now, I'm afraid there are more people inside."

"Don't worry, I have my own ways to deal with them. Let's keep going deeper!" A Hong said, walking at the front.

"Wait for me... this crystal ball belongs to me now." The monk hurriedly followed, storing the crystal ball without hesitation.

Mu Cheng: "Whatever! I'm not interested."

The Ghost Wolf Clan and Evil Tiger Clan soldiers had all retreated, and they encountered no danger along the way. Four hours later, they entered the internal space, and further down was thick smoke and rolling black lava.

Surrounded by metallic iron ore, the monk asked curiously: "What is this?"

"It seems their goal really is the black gold iron ore." A Hong suddenly sighed.

Mu Cheng asked: "Um... is something about to happen?"

"If I'm not mistaken, these black gold iron ores are used to start a war," Xiao Yao suddenly said.

Xiao Honghong nodded and said: "They are indeed for starting a war. The Ghost Wolf Realm and the Evil Tiger Realm are up to their old tricks again. This is a desperate measure."

Xiao Yao: "black gold iron ore is extremely precious in the universe. I really didn't expect so much of it to exist on the second floor of the Battlefield."

"Even if they want to start a war, it would probably take more than a dozen years. By then, there shouldn't be anything to worry about, right?"

"No, no, three years at most. That's why the Lord sent me to complete the mission." A Hong revealed her purpose for this trip.

Xiao Yao: "The Super Ability Academy's side... should be sending people, right?"

"Mhm, so there's nothing to worry about." A Hong said, no longer hiding anything.

As they continued deeper, three figures suddenly appeared on top of the black iron ore.

Two were General A Lang and A Hu from before, and the other was a little girl dressed in black robes, looking to be about ten years old.

Hovering in mid-air, she suddenly threatened, "You'd better leave quickly! Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite."

"Master, be careful. This girl's strength is close to... half-step Great High Priest." Xiao Yao suddenly warned.

Mu Cheng: "Whatever, didn't she say people from the Super Ability Academy are coming? We can just be bystanders."

General A Lang and A Hu didn't understand the Super Ability Academy's strength, but the young girl understood it very well and didn't dare to provoke them easily.

So she decided to let them off...

A Hong wasn't afraid at all and slowly walked forward.

"Whether it's our Qingqiu or the Super Ability Academy, we exist to maintain the balance of the Battlefield's rules. You'd better give up!"

"Refusing a toast only to drink a forfeit. The only one in the Super Ability Academy I fear is the Dean; as for the others, I don't care about them at all." A black gold staff suddenly appeared in the girl's hand. With a light wave, a dark light energy sword flew toward A Hong.

A Hong condensed a shield to block it. "Aren't you afraid the Super Ability Academy will take action?"

The girl laughed loudly. "If the Super Ability Academy could really come, where would today's Allied Forces be? Right now, they should be having a massive headache!"

"It seems you've reached a cooperation. No wonder you've been so arrogant lately," A Hong said as she finally understood.

The girl gathered a large amount of dark light spatial energy into her spatial staff.

"So what if we have? Today, all of you must die!"

A massive dark light sword appeared instantly. A Hong suddenly threw out an energy cube, and a figure suddenly appeared.

This person was none other than Lu Yuling. She stretched out a finger and blocked the girl's attack.

"You're not worthy of the Dean personally taking action. I am enough. Why don't you just leave quickly!"

"Isn't this Sister Yuling? I really didn't expect it to be her." Xiao Yao was also incredibly shocked.

Mu Cheng was even more shocked. "Good heavens, has she... become this strong?"

The girl had heard of Lu Yuling before, but she simply didn't believe anyone could have such strength.

She again condensed a massive dark light energy greatsword and stabbed it forward. Lu Yuling still blocked it with a single finger.

"With this little strength, you still want to conquer the entire Battlefield? Stop dreaming and get lost!"

The girl was frightened and vanished instantly. A Hu and General A Lang also retreated with their people. A Hong wanted to go up and kill them.

But she was stopped by Lu Yuling. "They are innocent too. Let them go!"

A Hong: "I suppose my mission is complete then! We shall meet again."

After saying that, she quickly vanished without a trace...

"Brother-in-law, oh brother-in-law, I didn't expect to run into you here." Lu Yuling said with a slight smile.

Mu Cheng smiled awkwardly. "I didn't expect to run into you here either, Sister... you."

"Enough, enough. You must improve your strength as quickly as possible." After saying that, Lu Yuling suddenly vanished without a trace.

Xiao Yao: "It seems she went back. She probably used a Talisman Array to come here."

"Then should we... return the way we came?" the monk asked weakly.

Xiao Yao: "What else? After passing through Death Mountain and then the Black Zone, we can reach Qingqiu Camp."

"Then what are we waiting for? This place isn't very big anyway." Mu Cheng didn't complain and immediately headed back.

Xiao Yao and the monk followed closely behind...

In less than an hour, the three had returned to the top of Death Mountain.

Xiao Yao's speed went without saying. As for Mu Cheng and the monk, their speeds were evenly matched as they raced each other toward the Black Zone.

"Careful! Someone's here." Xiao Yao suddenly stopped and stared intently at the surroundings.

The monk looked around and saw no one. "Um, Sister Xiao Yao... I'm easily scared, please don't frighten me."

"Stay alert. Xiao Yao's perception won't be wrong." Mu Cheng didn't dare be careless. qianji transformed into a black gold spear and appeared in his right hand as he became extremely cautious.

Suddenly, a man wearing black night-traveler clothes and a black cloak walked slowly toward the three.

"Hand over your valuables, or die!"

"I'm running into a robbery these days?" Mu Cheng's blood boiled, and he lunged at the cloaked man with his black spear.

"Interesting, but your speed is too slow." The cloaked man dodged the attack easily with a teleport.

The monk recognized him immediately and shouted a warning. "He... is from the Ye family. You must be careful."

"Don't worry, that guy won't have any problems," Xiao Luolu said calmly.

The cloaked man, Ye Bugui, suddenly became serious. "Interesting, you actually know my identity. Then hand over your valuables, or die!"

"So much nonsense. Use whatever skills you have; I want to see just what you're capable of." Mu Cheng didn't have much patience and shouted while holding his black spear.

"This kid is with those two! It seems he has quite a background, but I've never seen someone like him on the second floor." Ye Bugui couldn't guess Mu Cheng's identity.

"The Ye family's Shadowless Divine Power is as fast as lightning. You should still be careful in everything."

The monk really wanted to go up and help, but he knew his strength wouldn't allow it... so he didn't go up to cause trouble.

"Master, don't waste words with him. You can use this chance to test that move." Xiao Yao wasn't panicked at all.

It was clear she was very confident.

"Interesting. Since you want to die, I'll fulfill your wish." Ye Bugui suddenly vanished without a trace.

He suddenly appeared behind Mu Cheng and threw a heavy punch.

Mu Cheng suddenly turned around and caught Ye Bugui's attack with his left palm.

"With this speed, I'd say you're only so-so!"

"This is impossible, absolutely impossible. How could you discover me?" Ye Bugui began to doubt his life and vanished again.

"Is that all? So slow." Mu Cheng suddenly raised his black gold spear. Ye Bugui fortunately braked in time, or he would have almost died on the spear.

Of course, Mu Cheng had let him off on purpose. If he hadn't wanted to see the power of that move, he could have easily finished him off long ago...