Chapter 234 Divine Beasts

"How strong is this demon lion?"

Qin Jun stared at the distant roaring and twisting two-headed red lion in the sky and asked. He found that he couldn't see through the cultivation of the two-headed red lion, which meant that the two-headed red lion was stronger than him!

"At the peak of the Ninth Layer of the Mortal Transformation Realm, just one step away from the Illusionary Realm," Daji replied.

Qin Jun's mouth twitched. No wonder its momentum was so strong.

Despite reaching the Fourth Layer of the Mortal Transformation Realm, he might be able to challenge cultivators of the same realm, but monsters were different. Generally, monsters were stronger than cultivators within the same realm, especially in terms of physical defense.

But what he was more curious about was the figure in the straw cloak, who was standing on top of the two-headed red lion, unaffected by its attempts to shake him off.

"How strong is that person?" Qin Jun continued to ask.

At this point, Daji couldn't answer, and Sha Wujing spoke up, "Fifth Layer of the Illusionary Realm."

Fifth Layer of the Illusionary Realm!

Qin Jun couldn't help but furrow his brow. Although he wasn't afraid of Illusionary Realm cultivators, the top power in the Black Dragon Kingdom was only at the Illusionary Realm, and there were very few of them. Why would there be Illusionary Realm cultivators in this area?

Then he became excited. The appearance of such a powerful individual in the Flowing Fire Mountain Range undoubtedly indicated the possible presence of divine beasts in this area!

The figure in the straw cloak seemed somewhat annoyed by the restlessness of the two-headed red lion. Suddenly, he stomped his foot, and a powerful force landed on one of the lion's heads, silencing its roar. The massive body of the two-headed red lion plummeted downward, causing trees to be crushed and dust to billow, engulfing its colossal form like a small mountain.

The figure in the straw cloak raised his right hand, and a black iron rod appeared in his hand. With a swing, the forest below collapsed, and huge chunks of earth and rocks were overturned, creating a spectacular scene as the strong winds stirred the trees within a radius of several hundred meters.

Qin Jun squinted. That black rod seemed extraordinary!

Suddenly, the figure in the straw cloak plunged into the dust, and the roar of the two-headed red lion resounded. Blood spurted out, and in less than a second, the figure emerged from the dust, holding a monstrous demon core the size of a football, with blood still dripping from it.

"He's quite powerful," Qin Jun exclaimed, while the Red Boy snorted disdainfully. To a super powerhouse at the Eighth Layer of the True Immortal Realm, the figure in the straw cloak was nothing but trash.

At that moment, the figure in the straw cloak suddenly looked towards Qin Jun and the others. With just one glance, he turned and left.

Perhaps in his eyes, Qin Jun and the others were not even worth mentioning.

"Follow him. Perhaps we'll make some good discoveries," Qin Jun said with a smile, and then leaped into the air, with Daji and the others following closely behind, flying in the direction the figure in the straw cloak had gone.

With Sha Wujing and the Red Boy present, the group's aura could easily be suppressed, making it impossible for the figure in the straw cloak to detect them.

As they traveled, they encountered many cultivators and monsters, but few noticed them flying overhead.

As expected, the figure in the straw cloak did not detect the group's presence. He flew and stopped intermittently, seemingly searching for something.

"Yesterday, I sensed its presence, but today it's as if it has evaporated from the earth," the figure in the straw cloak muttered, raising his head. The sunlight illuminated his face, a terrifying visage with scars covering the left half of his face, giving his cold, fierce eyes an occasional glint.

Then he found a direction and flew off again, still unaware of being followed.

Half an hour passed, and Qin Jun and the others had almost circled the entire Flowing Fire Mountain Range following the figure in the straw cloak.

"Your Highness, this guy is obviously a headless fly. Do we still need to continue following him?" the Red Boy impatiently asked. He could just set the Flowing Fire Mountain Range ablaze, and the divine beast would naturally be forced out.

Qin Jun was also getting impatient. Just as he was about to speak, the figure in the straw cloak suddenly flew towards a large waterfall in the distance.

"Let's go, follow him. It seems like he's made a discovery," Qin Jun's eyes lit up, and he controlled the mist to follow.

It was a terrifying vertical waterfall, reaching a height of five hundred meters, resembling a Milky Way pouring down, with a formidable momentum that made people feel awe-struck. Even a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Realm would be crushed if they were swept down by this waterfall.

The figure in the straw cloak flew down along the waterfall, with water droplets splashing onto his straw cloak, enveloping him in a layer of mist.

With a splash, the figure in the straw cloak plunged directly into the lake at the bottom of the waterfall. The lake was extremely vast, with a diameter of at least a thousand meters, and on the edge of the lake were trees and hills. At this moment, there were many cultivators standing on the shore, some passing by, and some resting here.

Qin Jun and the others silently landed in the forest at the edge of the lake, and then emerged. Their speed was extremely fast, and combined with the fact that the attention of the cultivators was focused on the lake, no one noticed them.

"There is indeed a monster below, at the peak of the Illusionary Realm," Sha Wujing frowned. He paused for a moment before continuing, "But it's not much different from an ordinary monster. Is it really a divine beast?"

Peak of the Illusionary Realm!

Qin Jun was amazed. He hadn't expected such danger to be hidden beneath the calm lake. It seemed that the figure in the straw cloak was in for a tough time.

But was a monster at the peak of the Illusionary Realm really a divine beast?

Thinking back to the Vermilion Bird of the Southern Zhuo Empire, which was at the level of a Heavenly Immortal, it was incredibly powerful.

With a loud bang!

The surface of the lake suddenly exploded, and then a figure flew out, it was the same person in the straw raincoat from before. He was extremely fast, skimming across the lake and crashing onto a hillside, causing it to collapse.

"Roar—"

A roar like that of a dragon or an elephant came from the bottom of the lake, with a penetrating force that shook the minds of the cultivators by the lake.

"Huh? There's an egg at the bottom of the lake, emitting an aura that even I can't see through. Although faint, it does exist!"

Suddenly, Sha Wujing expressed doubt, and Qin Jun couldn't help but frown. An egg?

Could it be that the egg is the divine beast, and the monster at the bottom of the lake is its nanny?

Thinking this way, Qin Jun felt more and more possible. Otherwise, with the power of a divine beast, how could it let the lackeys of the Black Dragon Kingdom track it down?

"When will the egg hatch?" Qin Jun asked eagerly, as if he saw the divine beast beckoning to him.

"It's estimated to take some time," Sha Wujing said in a deep voice.

Qin Jun began to ponder, should he take action now?

If he disrupts the final incubation of the divine beast and causes premature birth, will it affect its future development?

At this moment, the disheveled man in the straw raincoat flew into the air and shouted loudly, "The divine beast is in the lake, it will hatch in a few days!"

His voice was very loud, spreading for miles around, causing a commotion among all the cultivators.