Book 11 Chapter 26

Super Divine Beast With The Strongest Battle Strength

Qin Yu instead, felt a momentary headache. Fei Fei was still that temperamental; stubborn and unruly. The martial expert before them was obviously very strong, such that even if the three of them were to combine their efforts, Qin Yu was still not confident. However, Hou Fei was still wilful and proud. Even so, Qin Yu did not say much.

After all…… he still had Qingyu Immortal Mansion.

Man Gan looked at Hou Fei with a cold expression, while Hou Fei instead stared back at Man Gan, seemingly without any intention to back off.

“Good, good, you are indeed arrogant, worthy of being a Fiery-Eyed Water Ape,” Man Gan suddenly burst out laughing.

Hou Fei, Qin Yu, and Hei Yu were astounded. People who could identify Hou Fei’s true form in the Mortal Realm were few in number, but Man Gan had instead just said it out. Additionally, at that very moment, a Restriction Spell appeared and surrounded all of them, preventing ordinary mortals from overhearing their conversation.

Qin Yu stood up, and gently smiled, “Brother Man Gan, let me introduce you for a moment, this is my Second Brother Hou Fei. My Second Brother is stubborn and unruly, Brother Man Gan also do not need to pay heed and mind that much. This is my Third Brother Hei Yu, his temper…… is even colder than my Second Brother.”

“Oh?”

There was a glint in Man Gan’s eyes, and he startlingly looked at Hei Yu. That one look which Man Gan gave took quite a while, and he doubtfully asked, “Divine Beast? Since when do the Avian Divine Beasts have someone of your type? Unless you are a kind of variant?”

“Don’t know,” Hei Yu’s mouth squeezed out those two words.

Man Gan smiled, “This is definitely interesting.”

Man Gan suddenly looked at Qin Yu, and smiled, “You are a human, right? A single human who can actually convince a Fiery-Eyed Water Ape and a Divine Beast which even I cannot discern, to be their Big Brother. That really astounds me.”

“I am Qin Yu, and am only a Xiuzhen Practitioner.” Qin Yu lightly smiled.

Man Gan nodded, then glanced a look at Shi Xin and the other three great Divine Beasts. Immediately, he spoke to Qin Yu, “I honestly am really impressed, for you to actually convince four Divine Beasts to willingly be Spiritual Beasts. However, for four Middle Class Divine Beasts to actually be able to mix around with Hou Fei, ah, I think that they are also able to learn some decent martial cultivation techniques from him. This can also be considered their good fortune.”

It was very evident that Man Gan knew what class of Divine Beast Hou Fei belonged to.

“What all of you commonly use should be the Transmission Talismans right? Hand over your Transmission Talismans to me for a moment. If, in the future, should all of you encounter some problems regarding certain matters, you can find me. I think…… I can still settle common matters in the Mortal Realm,” Man Gan smiled sincerely.

Qin Yu also felt secretly amazed.

Realistically speaking, although the darkly tanned and burly man before his eyes emanated a pressurising atmosphere, and the cold expression on his face was extremely terrifying, when that Man Gan had sincerely smiled, it instead gave others a feeling of trust.

“Someone who is naturally born to be a commander,” Qin Yu concluded in his mind.

Coldness, was meant to instil fear into people. His smile, was meant to unintentionally gain others’ trust.

For such a character, it was also Qin Yu’s first time meeting one.

Even if it was Hou Fei, or even Hei Yu, both of them belonged to the slightly more arrogant kind.

Qin Yu was, of course, willing to become friends, and promptly exchanged the process of leaving behind Spiritual Awareness signatures with Man Gan.

“Brother Qin Yu, and Hou Fei, Hei Yu. Currently I have some important matters to attend to at the Tenglong Continent, so for the moment I will have to bid you farewell. If there is a need, you can all look for me using the Transmission Talisman,” said Man Gan as he looked at Qin Yu and his two brothers, while he removed the Restriction Spell surrounding them at the same time.

Qin Yu promptly stood up, “If there is a chance, we will definitely meet up with Brother Man Gan once again.” Meanwhile, Hou Fei and Hei Yu also stood up. They, too, felt that the  darkly tanned and burly person before them was worth being friends with.

“Farewell.”

Man Gan clasped his hands together and bid his farewells, then immediately left the drinking house in two or three steps, his entire person disappearing from everyone’s view of sight. No one knew if he had Teleported or performed a special skill.

“I never thought that I could also meet such an unfathomable martial expert in the Qianlong Continent,” Qin Yu sighed within his mind.

“Master, what did that burly man talk to you about just now?” Ink Qilin inquired using Sound Transfer, while Shi Xin and his two brothers also doubtfully looked over.

Earlier when Man Gan had performed the Restriction Spell, that had only allowed Man Gan and Qin Yu, along with his two brothers to converse. Shi Xin and the other three great Divine Beasts absolutely could not hear anything.

“Nothing much. All right, prepare to return to the royal mansion,” said Qin Yu lightly, and the four great Divine Beasts did not inquire further for the moment.

Immediately, everyone returned to Yu Royal Mansion.

A few days after Qin Yu had left the drinking house, a lone person entered the Yinyue mountain range. That person was Man Gan.

“Is this the gathering place for the side of the Loose Devils? There are a total of three pieces of the Sundering The Heavens Diagrams. The Dragon Clan has one, while the side of the Loose Devils here has another. The last piece belonged to a target who definitely could not be found. It would not be difficult to handle the Emissary of the Dragon Clan, together with the Dragon Clan’s Patriarch who possesses Finest Grade Demonic Equipment, but that will also be very troublesome. The side of the Loose Devils here is simpler.”

Man Gan looked at the vast Yinyue mountain range while his mind silently planned.

There were several tens of thousands of Loose Devils within the Yinyue mountains, while ordinary Xiumo Practitioners even numbered to several hundreds of thousands. Those were people who came from the various Xiumo sects. Currently, with Blood Devil ‘Du Zhong Jun’ in charge, the entire side of the Loose Devils had their backs straightened considerably.

In under two or three steps, Man Gan had already arrived within the vicinity of the Yinyue Palace.

“Who are you?” a Loose Devil sentry called out from the border of Yinyue Palace.

Man Gan only casually glanced a look at that Loose Devil. Flashes of light circulated around his purple coloured eye pupils, and the facial expression on that Loose Devil’s face instantly froze. After that, as if he was in the back garden of his very own house, Man Gan walked directly into Yinyue Palace.

The Loose Devil who was keeping guard regained awareness after quite a while. “What happened just now? I dozed off? A Loose Devil like me actually dozed off?” After thinking about it, that Loose Devil could not remember what had happened earlier no matter how hard he pondered.

Meanwhile, Man Gan was proceeding at a leisurely pace.

Along the way, many Loose Devils even greeted Man Gan. Those Loose Devils even thought that Man Gan was a martial expert of some kind of Modao.

Only a few Loose Devils who were keeping watch inquired Man Gan’s advance. However, once Man Gan lightly gave them a look, every single one of those Loose Devils seemed as if they had lost their souls and obediently relaxed themselves. That carried on until…… Man Gan directly arrived at the heart of the current Yinyue Palace’s palace hall — Blood Devil Hall.

“Blood Devil Hall? A mere First Tier Devil King also dared to call himself ‘Blood Devil’. He must also be only inflating his ego in the Mortal Realm,” said Man Gan as he stood just outside Blood Devil Hall and smirked.

Man Gan’s voice was not exactly loud, but for the people surrounding the Blood Devil Hall, as well as within it, who amongst them were not experts? All of those martial experts heard his voice, including the Devil Realm’s Emissary within the Blood Devil Hall — Blood Devil ‘Du Zhong Jun’.

“Who actually dares to be presumptuous outside the Blood Devil Hall!”

Following a furious roar, a streak of blood-red light flew towards Man Gan.

“Twelfth Tribulation Loose Devil,” Man Gan shook his head and sneered. “Get lost.”

A single wave of his hand.

From merely a single wave of Man Gan’s hand, the Wu Kong Xue who had his powers greatly increased after obtaining a Finest Grade Devil Equipment vomited out blood, and his entire body effortlessly smashed against an exterior wall of the Blood Devil Hall before collapsing onto the ground. Meanwhile, Lady Lian Yue, Wu Hei and the others who had rushed out of the hall and prepared to intervene, were shocked motionless.

By the Heavens, even Wu Kong Xue, who had his capabilities increased several times, was not an opponent who could withstand against a single blow. Wasn’t the person before them too powerful?

“Who is making a din outside, is he seeking death?”

Blood Devil Du Zhong Jun’s tyrannical voice rang forth, and a streak of blood-red light appeared out of thin air outside the great hall of Blood Devil Hall.

For the past several days, Blood Devil Du Zhong Jun had been living a comfortable and luxurious life, and had been flattered by countless Loose Devils. He had naturally also gained the demeanour of someone with a high position of power. Blood Devil Du Zhong Jun’s fierce glare emitted a flash of red light, and looked towards the tanned and burly man who had the audacity to make such a declaration outside the Blood Devil Hall.

“You are…… Man Gan? Man Gan, it actually is you,” Du Zhong Jun was very astonished.

“Oh, I wondered who the Devil Realm will send out. It’s you. It is also no wonder, since the Devil Realm only has that few First Tier Devil King elites. You can already be considered not bad.” There was a faint smile on Man Gan’s face.

Du Zhong Jun squinted his eyes, “Ah, I had never thought that, the Bestial Divine Beast Clan of the Demon Realm are actually willing to send you forth. Aren’t they worried if you will die at Ni Yang’s Realm, huh? Ah, if you are dead, then it will be a very great setback to the Bestial Clan.”

“If I do not have the capabilities, even if I were to die, I also cannot blame anyone else,” replied Man Gan blandly.

“Indeed, the so-called Super Divine Beast with the greatest strength, Purple-Eyed Bull Demon King. Amongst the Super Divine Beasts of the Bestial Clan, it seems like only the Purple-Eyed Bull Demon Kings are naturally endowed with the strength to command right? To be willing to let you descend…… it really is a large stake,” Blood Devil Du Zhong Jun also could not help but sighed.

Blood Devil Du Zhong Jun, as an elite who was highly valued by the Blood Devil Emperor, also knew about several of the elites who belonged to the Demon Realm.

In the Demon Realm, every single Super Divine Beast was heavily valued even amongst those who were heavily valued. To send even one Super Divine Beast down to the Mortal Realm, that was also a frightening decision in itself. Moreover, amongst all the various Super Divine Beasts, to send the so-called Purple-Eyed Bull Demon King who possessed the strongest battle strength!

“Lian Yue, hurry and prepare a banquet, I want to have a good drink with Brother Man Gan,” Du Zhong Jun said to the Lady Lian Yue who was at one side.

“Yes, Senior Blood Devil.”

Lady Lian Yue seemed to have understood. That Man Gan had ought to be the Demon Realm’s Emissary, and it seemed like…… his battle strength was extraordinarily strong. It was such that even Blood Devil Du Zhong Jun had unintentionally became the weaker side.

“I do not know if Brother Man Gan is willing to honor this request of mine?” asked Du Zhong Jun as he smiled.

“Of course,” replied Man Gan with a faint smile.

If there was no need for him to take any action, then Man Gan would also be lazy to take any action. As a Super Divine Beast who was to descend to the Mortal Realm, that Demon Emperor had naturally given Man Gan extraordinary treasures. After all, even if it was a Demon Emperor, he would also not dare to casually let a Super Divine Beast Purple-Eyed Bull Demon King get killed.

Moreover, Man Gan was very confident that, no matter if it was personal capabilities or various equipment and armor, he had absolutely surpassed all the other Emissaries.

Obviously, Man Gan also knew that every Emissary had some ultimate techniques. If they were to really fight to the death, even if he managed to kill the opponent, he would also be injured. That was why…… if he did not need to take any action to settle the matter, then there was naturally no requirement for him to make a move.

During the banquet.

“Come, Brother Man Gan, empty this cup.” Blood Devil Du Zhong Jun chuckled as he raised a cup.

“Drink up.”

Man Gan also did not refuse any request, and after drinking three rounds with Blood Devil Du Zhong Jun, placed down his drinking cup. “Du Zhong Jun, for me to come to your place this time, I expect that you should also have already thought of the reason. Let me ask you, how many people can that Sundering The Heavens Diagrams bring into Ni Yang’s Realm? Do not lie, since I can also get the same news from someone else.”

[Rylain: There is a saying, ‘酒过三巡，菜过五味’ which literally means ‘After everyone has drunk three cups, and after five dishes had been served’. It carries a meaning: After everyone has drunk three cups, and after five dishes had been served, a banquet had either progressed to a stage where serious questions and conversations can begin to be asked and held, or is at an end.]

Lie?

Super Divine Beast Purple-Eyed Bull Demon King, a kind of Super Divine Beast that would worry both the Immortal Realm and Devil Realm the most. That temper was also extremely fierce. If he was friendly and nice to you, then that could be considered your blessings. If you dared to lie, then that furious and berserk Purple-Eyed Bull Demon King would let you know what was called ‘Mad Bull’.

[Rylain: There is typically no gender discrimination in Chinese characters for animals. The author might have intended on a word play by using ‘Mad Cow’ in ‘Mad Cow Disease’, but since Man Gan was male, I used ‘Bull’ instead.]

“With the exception of the owner, the Sundering The Heavens Diagrams can enable five other people to enter.” Du Zhong Jun did not have the slightest intention to hide the truth.

“That also means that your piece of Sundering The Heavens Diagrams has a total of six places to enter Ni Yang’s Realm. Hmm…… three of those places belong to me. How is it?” Man Gan also did not spew forth nonsensical words, and spoke directly.

Du Zhong Jun was startled.

What a large appetite, to have wanted three places in one breath.

“Hmm? Unless Du Zhong Jun, you think that there is something wrong with my suggestion?” asked Man Gan on the contrary.

Du Zhong Jun was alarmed. For a Super Divine Beast to descend to the Mortal Realm, he definitely had Finest Grade Demon Equipment. Maybe…… Given the special status for being a Super Divine Beast, the Bestial Clan might be afraid that Man Gan would die, and very likely would bestow upon him a precious Low Grade Divine Equipment. That was also very hard to say.

Du Zhong Jun was very clear.

Even if Man Gan did not have a Low Grade Divine Equipment, and simply possessed only Finest Grade Demon Equipment, Man Gan was absolutely not someone that he, Du Zhong Jun, could make an enemy with.

Super Divine Beast with the strongest battle strength, even amongst Super Divine Beasts he was labelled as possessing the strongest battle strength. How could the capabilities of that First Tier Demon King domain level’s Purple-Eyed Bull Demon King be what Du Zhong Jun could match up against?

“No opinions, of course I do not have any opinions,” replied Blood Devil Du Zhong Jun as he smiled lightly. “Entering Ni Yang’s Realm is not really dependent on the number of people, but more importantly on the experts. For my side of the Loose Devils, only Wu Kong Xue can still provide some assistance. Having the others go will only be sending them to their deaths. To provide three places to Brother Man Gan, ah, I am glad to be able to sell this favor.”

Man Gan smiled as he raised his cup, “Then I shall thank Brother Du, come, let’s drink up.”

In under two or three sentences, the initially insufferably arrogant Du Zhong Jun had given three places of the Sundering The Heavens Diagrams over to Man Gan.

*****

Since the beginning, Qin De, Qin Feng and the others had rushed back from Stellar Tower, and later reunited with Qin Yu.

Initially, when the side of the Loose Immortals and the side of the Loose Devils had fought over the Sundering The Heavens Diagrams on the Qianlong Continent, the number of deaths in the Qin Royal Dynasty had exceeded ten million. However, fortunately there were no losses on the military, which was why the Qin Royal Dynasty had only shifted the capital and made arrangements for the victims. There were no great significant losses.

Those days, Qin Yu stayed over at the Misty Cloud Hill Mansion which he had once stayed when he was small.

As he looked at the mountain road of Donglan Mountain, Qin Yu could still remember the earlier days when he underwent limit training. He recalled the scene of him continuously running along the mountain road, and also remembered soaking in the hot springs everyday. At the training ground, when Qin Yu saw the sandbags, copper men, and the pieces of cyan rocks, he remembered the days of when he was still small, and was quite amazed by what he felt.

“Royal Father, Eldest Brother, Second Elder Brother, you can all rest assured. Although this Nine of Nine Heavenly Tribulations might be dangerous, I also have quite a number of treasures. It is not impossible for me to survive this Nine of Nine Heavenly Tribulations. Moreover…… even if I were to fail, cultivating as a Loose Practitioner also do not matter much.”

At the Misty Cloud Hill Mansion, Qin Yu bid his relatives farewell.

“Yu Er, remember, during the course of the Heavenly Tribulations, if you really cannot withstand it, then cultivate as a Loose Practitioner. Do not force yourself, understand?” said Qin De as he once again entrusted in Qin Yu.

Although he possessed exceptional psychological qualities, when he knew that his son was about to undergo the most dangerous Nine of Nine Heavenly Tribulations, even Qin De unintentionally became worried.

“Royal Father please be at ease, your son will not force himself,” replied Qin Yu as he smiled.

“All right, Royal Father, Eldest Brother, Second Elder Brother, Uncle Feng, Uncle Xu…… I will now leave. There is no need for everyone to send me off.” Qin Yu turned his head and looked at the Ink Qilin, “Dong Mo, you are a Third Tribulation Loose Demon. You have to practise peacefully from now on, and protect my Qin Clan. If my Royal Father sends a message to you, I hope that you will be able to help.”

The Ink Qilin nodded, “Be at ease, simply from the cultivation techniques that master and the others have taught me, that is enough for me to serve everyone. Isn’t it only eight or nine thousand years? As long as I am around, there will not be anyone who will dare harm your relatives.”

Qin Yu nodded.

Promptly, Qin Yu looked at his relatives.

“Everyone, stop giving me that kind of gaze. It is not as if I am going to rush to my death, nor will I be leaving and not coming back. All right, I have said enough. Fei Fei, Xiao Hei, let’s go,” Qin Yu absolutely could not endure the atmosphere of separation. Immediately and decisively, the figure of his body pierced through the clouds in one single, fluid movement.

Hou Fei, Hei Yu, and the three great Mystical Ice Lions also followed and flew away from Misty Cloud Hill Mansion.

Qin De, Qin Feng, Qin Zheng, Feng Yu Zi and the others looked as Qin Yu and the others turned into little dots along the skyline, and silently gave their blessings within their hearts.