184: Chapter 184 Arrival at Qingqiu Camp

"The spear's penetration is indeed completely suppressed by the shield. But the shield is the same; there isn't a single opening. It looks like a victor won't be decided anytime soon," the monk said very seriously.

Xiao Yao observed every detail very carefully. "Big sister is clearly at a disadvantage; it looks like she's preparing a trump card."

"Even if she has a trump card... I'm afraid it will still be hard to decide a winner between this shield and spear," Mu Cheng said, looking worried.

"No, this woman won't be that simple." Seeing himself slowly gain the upper hand, Evil First Wolf, suspicious by nature, didn't dare to be careless.

He intentionally spoke out in mockery. "Your strength is only so-so. It seems the winner will be decided very soon."

"This guy is suspicious by nature; it looks like he's also holding back his strength." An Ning was very calm and didn't say another word.

Evil First Wolf had been fighting her for a full hundred years. It could be said they understood each other quite well; both were holding back.

"What... should we do next?" The monk watched with a look of utter confusion.

Whether they both ended up wounded or died together, it was truly hard to say who would win or lose.

Mu Cheng said very calmly, "Don't worry! Don't you still have me?"

The monk asked with a confused face, "What kind of scheme are you cooking up now? Don't do anything reckless."

"You don't need to worry; this is all within Master's plan," Xiao Yao said unhurriedly.

Mu Cheng didn't bother explaining. "Just stay honest and watch from the side! Watch how I deal with him in a moment."

An Ning and Evil First Wolf's Bloodline Power was nearly sixty percent depleted. At that moment, An Ning suddenly withdrew her hand.

She was instantly sent flying by the shockwave, coughing up blood.

"I don't want to perish together with you. It's time to decide the winner."

An Ning struggled greatly just to barely stand. However, despite this, dense Bloodline Power still slowly gathered in the wooden sword in her hand.

Evil First Wolf completely lowered his guard and shouted, "Take my strike! Do you think you still have the strength to fight?"

"Whether I do or not, won't you know once you try?" An Ning ignored Evil First Wolf and continued to condense her Bloodline Power.

Evil First Wolf didn't intend to let such a good opportunity go. Bloodline Power instantly condensed on his Guan Dao, forming an energy gear that flew toward An Ning.

"I'd like to see what other tricks you have!"

An Ning used a short-distance teleportation to dodge the attack. "You really did fall for it."

"Bind him!!!"

energy strands of Bloodline Power instantly and tightly bound Evil First Wolf.

Seeing that Mu Cheng was still hesitating, An Ning shouted, "Kid, what are you standing there for?"

No matter how much Evil First Wolf struggled, he couldn't break free from the restraints. Only then did he realize he had been careless, but even so, he no longer had a chance.

Faster than words can tell, Mu Cheng no longer hesitated.

He leaped from the city wall, and the qianji in his hand transformed into a giant hammer.

Falling from the sky, he swung it with all his might. The giant hammer showed a visible bend in his hands as it smashed ruthlessly onto Evil First Wolf.

BOOM—!!

The violent sound of the explosion echoed for a long time. A huge crater was left in the ground. Both Evil First Wolf and Mu Cheng were buried within it, their fates unknown.

An Ning stared blankly for a long while before reacting and saying:

"As expected of the Devouring Bloodline. It seems I can leave with peace of mind."

After a short while, Mu Cheng jumped up. He was safe and sound, as if nothing had happened to him at all.

"Something's wrong." An Ning suddenly noticed something amiss. She grabbed Lin Mo and teleported back onto the city wall.

Sure enough, Evil First Wolf also jumped up, but he was now extremely weak.

"Why? I'm not resigned to this! Why? I won't accept it!"

"This guy... isn't dead yet?" Mu Cheng asked, dumbfounded.

The monk said, "It's just a final radiance before the end. He's already at his limit."

"Who is right or wrong doesn't matter; it's just that you shouldn't have appeared on this land," An Ning said very seriously.

"You're right. In war, there are only losers. Indeed, I shouldn't have appeared on this land."

After saying that, Evil First Wolf's body gradually turned into energy and finally vanished without a trace.

The great General Wolf of a generation had fallen.

An Ning took out a Golden Rubiks Cube and handed it to Mu Cheng.

"This is the key to entering the Legendary Underground Palace. It belongs to you now."

"Big sister, what are your plans next?" Xiao Yao suddenly asked very seriously.

An Ning suddenly vanished, her voice echoing back.

"After a hundred years of guarding, it's time to do what needs to be done. We'll meet at the Super Ability Academy!"

Mu Cheng was confused and asked, "Big sister... what is she going to do? Besides, we aren't from the Super Ability Academy."

"You don't even understand this? You might as well go home and stay there! Being able to enter the Qingqiu Camp Elite Class means you already have one foot in the Super Ability Academy," the monk explained, feeling particularly helpless.

Xiao Yao: "Enough, enough. Let's go to the Legendary Underground Palace first."

Three hours later, the three of them arrived at the entrance of the Legendary Underground Palace.

The entire Legendary Underground Palace was constructed from black metallic material. On the gate was a very strange formation.

"It looks quite eerie. There won't be any danger, right?" Mu Cheng felt uneasy just looking at it.

The monk saw the keyhole and pointed at it, saying, "Stop dallying, hurry up and open it!"

He was just talking tough; in reality... he was scared out of his wits.

Mu Cheng took the Golden Rubiks Cube and walked forward.

"There shouldn't be any danger, right? After all, Big Sister guarded this place for nearly a hundred years."

He inserted the Golden Rubiks Cube into the keyhole, and it suddenly began to turn automatically.

The gate opened easily. Inside was a vast expanse of pitch black; one couldn't see the situation at all.

"There won't be any danger, right?" At this moment, Chu Xiao Yao became very cautious and carefully observed the situation.

Mu Cheng didn't panic at all and walked in quite casually.

"Hurry up and keep up!"

The monk followed closely behind. Xiao Yao glanced around and, seeing no danger, also followed in.

"This... there are so many!" The monk was stunned for a long while before he finally spoke.

Inside the Legendary Underground Palace, it was filled with star-glow crystals. They were piled into small hills on both sides, with a red-carpeted path in the middle leading to a set of stairs.

On the stairs was a very strange formation, with eleven black stone pillars on top and a black energy source in the center.

"There's something strange here, don't move recklessly," Xiao Yao suddenly warned urgently.

With such a huge pile of star-glow crystals, and all of them being of the very pure variety, their price would definitely be much, much higher than those on Blue-White Star.

Not just him, even Mu Cheng wanted to rush over, but seeing the situation before him, he didn't dare to act rashly.

However, after a long while, there was still no movement... and no anomalies were found.

Xiao Yao: "This... it seems there's no danger."

"See!" The monk took the lead, ignoring any danger, and went straight over to start storing the star-glow crystals.

Sure enough, nothing happened, so Mu Cheng also started to get to work.

As for Xiao Yao, she wasn't interested in the star-glow crystals at all. She walked toward the very center to study that energy source.

"This is an energy source from the ancient era... It seems the Dean of the Super Ability Academy went to such great lengths because he had planned everything long ago."

Ten minutes later, Mu Cheng and the monk had looted everything and arrived at the center, very satisfied.

"You guy, how are your results?" the monk asked with a sly grin.

Mu Cheng was very satisfied. He walked toward Xiao Yao and said, "Not much, just about fifty million or so!"

"Even more than me, you're really something." The monk had only managed to grab about forty million and spoke with a bit of embarrassment.

Xiao Yao had been staring blankly at the energy source. When she snapped out of it, she didn't care about their results.

*Cough*... *Cough*! Um, Master, you should be able to devour and refine this energy source. Why don't you try?"

In her heart, she knew very well that absorbing this energy source from the ancient era...

...was equivalent to forcing a basketball into a tennis ball net. One could imagine how much pain one would have to endure to do it.

She said it this way only because she didn't want Mu Cheng to know.

Wealth is found in danger, after all. Plus, she still had great confidence in Mu Cheng.

Mu Cheng didn't have any suspicions. He patted his chest and walked forward arrogantly.

"Don't worry! It's just a tiny little energy source. I can devour and refine it easily."

The monk was thinking of speaking up to warn him, but he was suddenly pulled gently by Xiao Yao, whose expression made it clear she wouldn't let him speak.

"Since... you're so amazing, let me see how you absorb it." The monk didn't say anything more.

"This? I don't even take it seriously." Mu Cheng placed his right hand on it with great confidence and began to absorb it.

Suddenly, a massive amount of black source energy poured into his body. His face instantly changed as he felt unbearable pain.

"What terrifying energy... what's going on? I can't stop it at all now."

Although Mu Cheng wanted to forcibly interrupt the absorption, it was ultimately in vain; he simply couldn't stop.

Xiao Yao: "This can't be stopped. Once you start absorbing, you have to absorb it completely."

"Will there be any danger?" The monk grew worried and thought about going over to help, but he was held back by Xiao Yao.

"If you go over, you'll only harm Master. Whether he can get through this trial now depends entirely on Master himself."

Suddenly, the black energy released by the energy source became several times stronger than before, pouring into Mu Cheng's body incessantly.

The influx of such powerful black energy into Mu Cheng's body was simply torture for him.

It was completely beyond what he could endure, yet even so, he endured it silently without making a sound.

The monk: "He's really got guts. If my guess is right, this energy source probably comes from the ancient era."

"Of course. Only an energy source from the ancient era can be devoured and refined by Master." Xiao Yao no longer hid the truth.

Ten minutes later, the energy emanating from the energy source had not weakened at all.

The monk still couldn't help but ask, "What's the situation? The black energy from the energy source hasn't weakened yet."

"Has this guy studied himself into a fool? That was left behind from the ancient era. If it were that easy, the human race would have become powerful long ago." Xiao Yao, of course, understood this very well.

Absorbing and refining this ancient energy source didn't just improve the quality of one's Bloodline Power; it was also remodeling the entire body bit by bit.

"True. If everyone could do it, the Super Ability Academy's strength would have at least increased a hundredfold." The monk finally realized.

Ancient energy sources did indeed exist in large numbers at the Super Ability Academy, but very few people could actually absorb and refine them.

Another thirty minutes passed, and the energy source was still releasing powerful black energy into Mu Cheng's body.

At this point, his body began to slowly lose sensation, and his consciousness started to blur.

The monk and Xiao Yao could only watch anxiously... they couldn't help at all, nor did they dare to try.

It wasn't until another hour had passed that the black energy source was finally completely absorbed by Mu Cheng. He was extremely weak and only managed to speak after a long while.

"It's finally over... but why haven't I broken through?"

In the end, he was so exhausted he could no longer hold himself up and collapsed to the ground.

"It's alright! It looks like it's time to head back." The monk pointed to the teleportation array that had appeared ahead.

Xiao Yao: "The Qingqiu Camp assessment should be over. It looks like we'll have to find another way."

"Yeah, what a pain. By the way... do you know where there are any of those wicked outsiders?" Mu Cheng asked as he stood up.

The monk: "What the hell!!! After all that, you mean you guys joined the assessment... just for that?"

"Otherwise? Is there another way if we can't enter Qingqiu Camp?" Xiao Yao asked seriously.

Mu Cheng: "There couldn't... really be one, right?"

"Of course there is. Entering Qingqiu Camp is both easy and not so easy, hard and not so hard. Just find a mercenary group. With your strength, entering within a few days wouldn't be a problem," the monk said, holding back his anger.

What was all this? So you guys weren't here to enter the Super Ability Academy? Then why did you come for the assessment?

"That... no one told us. I'm not interested in the Super Ability Academy or whatever; as long as I can increase my strength, it's fine." Mu Cheng also made his words very clear.

Xiao Yao: "Has Master forgotten his own identity? Even if you don't want to enter... I'm afraid it won't be up to Master."

"True. Forget it, no matter what, we'll take it one step at a time." Mu Cheng then remembered his other identity.

The identity of "Zero" was already a member of the Super Ability Academy. Even if he didn't want to enter, it was no longer up to him.

"Truly strange. This is really the first time I've met someone who isn't interested in the Super Ability Academy." The monk was also quite speechless.

However, he didn't think more about it. "No matter what, this Qingqiu Camp Elite Class... is already mine. Entering the Super Ability Academy is just a matter of time."

"Enough, enough. Let's talk after we get back!" Mu Cheng had recovered quite a bit and didn't waste time walking into the Teleportation Talisman Array.

Xiao Yao and the monk also followed closely behind...

In an instant, the three of them were teleported to the front of an ancient city.

"This is Qingqiu Camp... how strange, the Teleportation Talisman Array actually leads here," said the monk, who knew the place best.

Mu Cheng didn't dwell on it. "You do what you need to do!... We're going to look for a mercenary group."

"Alright then! For a mercenary group, go to Wolf Fang. That should be more suitable for you," the monk suggested.

He soon disappeared into the crowd.

"Wolf Fang Mercenary Group? Quite interesting... Master, should we go and ask around?" Xiao Yao said in agreement.

"Alright then! We'll do as you say." Mu Cheng didn't hesitate. After entering the ancient city, he went to ask about the location of the Wolf Fang Mercenary Group. Once the location was confirmed, he headed straight there.