All Heavenly destiny reduced to ashes
Chapter 222 - 82: Blood Fiend Blessed Land (2/3)

Chapter 222: Chapter 82: Blood Fiend Blessed Land (2/3)

The Fire Crow in death appears to be a rather robust Ash Crow.

Both are from the same clan, but some Ash Crows are innately stronger and well-developed. They foster Essence Qi, enabling them to activate the special abilities within their bloodlines, and thus transform into Fire Crows.

Among the Fire Crows, the strongest individuals can possess certain intelligence, cast Arts of Magic, and become Demon Spirits.

The number of these demon beasts living in the Sinking Sun Sea seems to be exploding recently, forcing the Pioneering Bureau of Xuanye City to offer a high reward of fifty Good Deeds for one Fire Crow.

However, there are usually dozens of Ash Crows guarding around a Fire Crow, so to kill one Fire Crow is tantamount to dealing with dozens or even hundreds of Ash Crows, which is like doing two jobs for one bounty.

"The feathers of a Fire Crow can be used as materials for Fire System Talismans, and also as the base for fire-related Formations,"

Huo Qing explained while gazing at the bodies of the Fire Crows, "I want to buy these Fire Crows’..."

"Alright, what’s our relationship?" An Jing waved his hand to interrupt, indifferently saying, "You also exerted effort in this fight, and we are going to be partners in buying a house. You can take all of my share."

"As for Miss You’s part..."

Upon hearing An Jing’s words, You Ruhui also shook her head, "To repay the favor for staying a night, I’ll regard these items as compensation."

"...Alright then."

Huo Qing scratched his head, feeling a bit embarrassed, but he didn’t refuse and smiled happily, "Formations are such that without practice, there’s no progress. With more materials to practice a few times, my grasp on the details of Formations will deepen!"

"When the brothers need to set up Formations, they can come to me, and I’ll definitely offer them at a cheap cost price!"

After Huo Qing happily collected the bodies of the Fire Crows, the group continued on their way.

It seems that for Chonggang Town, demon beast attacks are really as common as a meal. On their way, An Jing and others saw quite a few demon beast corpses, which even covered a small plain.

Of course, the most valuable parts such as the hides and bones of these corpses had been collected, leaving behind nothing but chaotic remains scattered on the ground.

But one could still see the intensity of killing here, comparable to a bloodbath of demon beasts.

Streaks of Blood Fiend seep into the soil; over the years, with demon beasts constantly coming forward, this place is quickly turning into a Blood Fiend Blessed Land.

The deep red soil, once refined, is the Blood Fiend Spiritual Object "Hundred Battles Soil."

Walking on this land, An Jing felt comfortable all over, but was somewhat puzzled, "Are these demon beasts continually attacking because of the Earth Vein or the mineral deposits?"

To answer An Jing’s question, Huo Qing explained, "Yes, after all, there are Spirit Vein mineral deposits here. Apart from Sinking Crystals, the area also produces quite a few other associated minerals."

"For example, the ’Ash Soil’ that these Fire Crows come to plunder is a lower-tier Spiritual Object with fire-earth properties."

"Then there’s the ’Ever-Melting Iron’ deeper down, which is also a first-grade Spiritual Object that metal and fire-attributed demon animals need to advance."

"These Spiritual Objects are to demon beasts what salt is to us humans. It’s not that they need to consume a lot, a small amount is sufficient; too much can even cause problems, but it’s necessary to have."

"If their lair doesn’t have an adequate share, then the demon beasts that fail to procure Spiritual Objects will go out to attack caravans carrying similar objects or even human settlements."

The classifications of Spiritual Objects and demon beasts are the same, ungraded corresponds to Spirit Awakening, first-grade to Qi Refinement, and second-grade to Foundation Establishment.

Those with Foundation Establishment strength can be called big demons, and in the Wilderness, they can ravage an entire area.

But to attack a safe zone, without a third-grade Demon King equivalent to the Purple Mansion realm, it’s absolutely impossible to achieve any battle results.

The flock of crows that came to attack Chonggang Town this time seemed ferocious, but in reality, there was only a solitary big demon, so it’s no wonder Huo Qing was undisturbed, watching the commotion as if it were entertainment.

And the closer they got to Chonggang Town, the more satisfied An Jing became.

This place could truly be considered a land of countless battles, and with the Golden Flame Vein, both of his Life Stars could be refined further.

Moreover, An Jing knew that he actually only mastered "Mars," while "Taibai" was brought to him by the Subdue Evil Sword Spirit.

One star corresponds to one Divine Skill, and now he only had the Coalescing Qi into Soldiers from Mars. The Divine Skill of Taibai had yet to awaken, which was the evidence.

"This place happens to be the terrain suited for weapon forging, perhaps it can help me awaken the Divine Skill of Taibai."

With this thought in mind, the group passed over the crow corpses that were still emitting black smoke and arrived at the entrance of Chonggang Town.

Identity verification was quick. Huo Qing scanned their chips through the air, which caused the originally armed Chonggang Town to turn their cannons around. As the gears of the great gate slowly turned, this wilderness town, built among the mountains and hills, opened its gates to An Jing and the others.

The first thing that caught their eyes was a wide street, big enough to allow the largest model of trucks to easily drive four abreast.

But the street was now empty, with long-accumulated dust being swept up by the wind and whirling passed on one side. The whole town didn’t exhibit the slightest hint of human activity, only the clearly discernible smell of gunpowder and ionized air.

At the end of the street stood a towering and majestic high tower in the center of the town—its summit was a giant column of alloy steel, piercing straight into the vault of heaven, as if a Giant God were angling from the earth to catch the thunder in the sky.

[Great Yuan Rainbow Tower]

The core of Chonggang Town’s Protective Great Formation was thus presented before everyone.

"It really is majestic."

After getting out of the vehicle, An Jing remarked sharply, "It’s just that there’s really no one around, looks like some ancient city ruin."

To say that there wasn’t even a moving thing on the streets would be a lie because there were quite a few Puppetry cleaning the streets and transporting materials back and forth.

And behind these Puppetry, there were also some armor-clad technicians supervising and giving orders.

"What are we going to do next?"

An Jing turned his head to inquire from Huo Qing, whose eyes flickered with Liuguang. After coming back to her senses, Huo Qing said, "I’m trying to contact the person in charge at Mount Xiao Zhe, but he hasn’t answered the communication yet."

"It looks like we’ll have to wait a bit," An Jing was in no hurry.

However, just as he was planning to let Huo Qing drive around Chonggang Town for a full circle and then have You Ruhui take a detailed look at the Earth Veins of the place, a voice came from the city wall.

"Pretty strong, aren’t you, a few kids. What are you doing here?"

Looking up, An Jing saw a small squad of Elite City Guards clad in Spirit Armor just changing guard under the city wall’s Battle Formation.

These people saw the fire crow bodies in the back of An Jing’s pickup and laughed, "Didn’t expect you guys to pick up some easy loot—hey kids, do you know that you’re illegally taking spoils of war?"

"We deserve a share of these fire crows too!"

Hearing this, it wasn’t just Huo Qing who stiffened; You Ruhui also tensed up, alert and ready, entering a defensive state.

—Could these people be here looking for trouble?

But to An Jing, this felt inconsequential, as a familiar feeling from his past life told him that this was nothing unusual.

Just a bunch of old soldiers looking for fun with their mouths, something he remembered doing to the newcomers himself once.

"If you brothers could introduce me to the company, I’d be willing to buy you all a good drink,"

Therefore, An Jing looked up and said loudly, "Do you have any connections?"

"Hahaha, dream on!" The squad of City Guards waved their hands, signaling An Jing and the others to move on, "We don’t even have a formation, and you want to go straight into the company?"

"Get moving, get moving, there might still be demon beasts attacking soon. This place is a military stronghold, no civilians allowed to pass!"