Chapter 456: The Earth Ape Clan

Zhao Yun modestly smiled and said, "I apologize for any inconvenience caused to Your Majesty."

As he spoke, he nodded towards Qi Xie, indicating that anyone who could follow behind the Qin Emperor deserved his attention.

Having just experienced a battle, his aura had not completely subsided, which made Qi Xie secretly amazed. This guy was a genius who appeared out of nowhere, and his sharpness was too much, even surpassing the current unparalleled.

"Deal with them."

The Qin Emperor glanced at the two terrified cultivators and said, "They didn't take this opportunity to escape. It seems their thieving hearts are still alive."

Zhao Yun nodded, then took his spear and flew towards them.

At that moment, the ground suddenly shook violently, startling the Qin Emperor and the others. They saw a black line appearing on the horizon, as if a flood was rushing towards them.

"Quick, give that thing back to me!"

One of the cultivators hurriedly shouted at Zhao Yun, his tone filled with urgency and anger.

The Qin Emperor focused his gaze and saw numerous black barbaric beasts appearing on the horizon. They had a humanoid shape, with no fur on their bodies, and their skin was as black as coal. They held various weapons made of sharp stones.

Most of them had reached the fifth level of cultivation. At a glance, there were at least two hundred thousand of them, equivalent to two hundred thousand Nascent Soul stage cultivators.

The leader of the barbaric beasts was as tall as ten zhang, resembling a small mountain running, and had reached the peak of the sixth level of cultivation, akin to the peak of the Earth Immortal stage.

Zhao Yun frowned and said, "Are you talking about this thing?"

As he spoke, he took out a red flower with red fruits on it, exuding droplets of water, making it look very tempting.

"Yes! That is the treasure of the Earth Ape Clan, called the Earth Heart Flower. If it is stolen, the Earth Ape Clan will go mad. The Earth Apes are a group of barbaric beasts, even the strong in the Immortal stage would have to retreat when encountering them! Quickly hand it over to me!" the cultivator urged, while the other person also looked at Zhao Yun with gritted teeth.

The Qin Emperor's eyes flickered, and he sneered, "Give it to you? What do you want to do?"

"Of course, return it!" the cultivator replied firmly.

Zhao Yun finally understood why these two guys were so persistent in pursuing him. It turned out that it was because of this natural treasure.

He instinctively looked at the Qin Emperor, hoping that the Qin Emperor would make the decision, as he had originally intended to give the flower to the Qin Emperor.

"Kill them!" the Qin Emperor said in a deep voice.

Through the probing of the Array Dao secret, he learned that these two guys wanted to obtain the Earth Heart Flower and escape using a spatial scroll. He decided to leave them to be buried in the mouths of the Earth Ape Clan.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Zhao Yun threw the Earth Heart Flower to the Qin Emperor, then rushed towards the two cultivators with his spear.

With a thrust, white spiritual power instantly enveloped his body, like an arrow leaving the bowstring, too fast for the two to react.

After catching the Earth Heart Flower, the Qin Emperor also looked at Zhao Yun in surprise. At that moment, Zhao Yun seemed to merge with the silver spear in his hand, tearing through the air. The next moment, the two men felt a slight tingling in their throats, and Zhao Yun disappeared from their sight.

In the blink of an eye, Zhao Yun appeared behind the two men out of thin air, and the two men were still in a state of shock.

With two muffled sounds, blood spurted from their throats. This scene made the Qin Emperor and Qi Xie's pupils contract.

They couldn't see how Zhao Yun had managed to stab the two men without making physical contact with them, but he had pierced their throats with a single thrust.

Turning around, Zhao Yun made two more thrusts in the air, directly extinguishing the souls of the two cultivators who were about to escape from their bodies!

As long as the vitality of an Earth Immortal stage cultivator was not completely severed, there was a chance to transfer the soul out of the body and find an opportunity to be reborn.

But Zhao Yun didn't give them that chance!

Two clusters of spiritual energy quickly entered his body, and the bodies of the two cultivators also fell rapidly to the ground.

Boom!

The Earth Ape Clan was approaching, getting closer and closer to the Qin Emperor and his two companions. The Qin Emperor noticed that these Earth Apes were not running close to the ground, but were leaping forward, each jump covering at least a hundred meters.

"Your Majesty, should we retreat now?" Zhao Yun asked the Qin Emperor.

"Ding! Triggering mandatory mission—Collecting Earth Crystals! Mission details: Earth Crystals are a kind of strange stone that has turned into Earth Apes after a long time in the Observing Heaven Realm. Killing Earth Apes will cause the Earth Crystals inside their bodies to overflow. If the host collects one hundred thousand Earth Crystals, they will receive a chance to summon a divine beast and a random draw! If the mission fails, the host's level will decrease by five levels. The mission time is one day!"

The system prompt suddenly sounded in the Qin Emperor's mind, leaving him speechless.

Damn it!

Isn't this too much!

Are Earth Crystals, like Awakening Stones, helpful to the system?

The Qin Emperor cursed inwardly. When he triggered the side mission to participate in the Observing Heaven Conference, it was mentioned that there would be further missions to collect items, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.

"Zilong, are you willing to fight the Earth Ape Clan?" the Qin Emperor asked with a smile, holding up the Silver Dragon Soul-Slaying Spear, leaving Qi Xie dumbfounded.

There are so many Earth Apes that you can't even count them. Are you looking for death?

Qi Xie angrily scolded the Qin Emperor, wondering if he had lost his mind. However, he didn't run away, but hesitated in place.

At the same time, several cultivators passed by several miles away, feeling the momentum of the Earth Ape Clan, and they all gasped in shock.

"What is that?"

"It's the Earth Ape Clan! They are the infamous savage beasts in the Celestial Realm, lacking reason and extremely ferocious!"

"What's going on? Two cultivators over there are recklessly charging towards the Earth Ape Clan!"

"We must not get close. The Earth Ape Clan is incredibly powerful, with speed comparable to Earth Immortal cultivators!"

Qin Jun didn't notice that there were people watching from a distance. His body quickly turned into gold, and he drew the Seven Star Sword from his waist with his right hand.

With the Silver Dragon Soul-Extinguishing Spear in his left hand and the Seven Star Sword in his right hand!

After two days of cultivation, he had already become accustomed to this fighting style, especially after obtaining the secrets of formation techniques. Multitasking was effortless for him.

The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer!

Qin Jun roared in anger, thrusting his spear. Dragon energy instantly overflowed from his body, entwining around him. He charged towards the Earth Ape King at the forefront.

Suddenly—

The tip of the Silver Dragon Soul-Extinguishing Spear pierced the Earth Ape King's palm, emitting a metallic clash, followed by splattering blood. The Earth Ape King, in pain, retracted his hand and then slapped down from above towards Qin Jun, intending to crush him to pieces.

Using his foresight, Qin Jun agilely dodged, and the dragon energy coiled around his body directly collided with the Earth Ape King's head, forcefully pushing the colossal figure of the Earth Ape King back.

At the same time, Zhao Yun single-handedly charged into the midst of the Earth Ape army, like a silver spear sweeping through the black torrent.

End of the fourth update! No mishaps. Guess who Qin Jun will summon next!

(End of this chapter)