King of Creation
Chapter 495 - 489: Huge Harvest

Chapter 495: Chapter 489: Huge Harvest

"Quite unexpected, isn’t it?"

"Sometimes, I, this demoness, am more trustworthy than that gentleman scholar, and also, we are now cooperating with each other!"

While speaking, Deviless Luo Yingzi walked toward the Demon Cloud Vine Tree in the Spirit Garden.

"However, saving you with the Demon Cloud Fruit comes at a cost! Just now, I wasted one Demon Cloud Fruit for you, so this one now belongs to me. You have no objections, right?" Without waiting for Ye Zhen to say anything, the Yin Jade blade swept through the air, and a mature, blood-veined Demon Cloud Fruit fell into Luo Yingzi’s pouch.

"Don’t be disheartened. With me leading you, and more than a day left, it’s easy to find another Demon Cloud Fruit, even a third or a fourth is possible."

As she said this, Luo Yingzi winked at Ye Zhen again. "If it weren’t for your special abilities, I really wouldn’t waste a Demon Cloud Fruit on you!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Zhen was utterly helpless. Did she have to be this blunt? So blunt that Ye Zhen’s remaining illusions were completely shattered.

That said, Deviless Luo Yingzi really was exceptionally straightforward.

For some reason, looking at the exceptionally straightforward Deviless Luo Yingzi, Ye Zhen suddenly thought of Liao Feibai, thought of Luluo, thought of Caiyi.

Wondering if Caiyi had returned....

Wondering if his disappearance had worried Liao Feibai, Luluo, the Sect, his parents, and his relatives....

"These four are just ordinary disciples of the Profound Moon Sect, there isn’t much good stuff inside their storage rings, but the assets of a Profound Moon Sect disciple are certainly not poor. Two each, I’m being very fair, you pick first!" Luo Yingzi, holding the storage rings she had picked from four Profound Moon Sect disciples, spoke earnestly!

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It must be said, Deviless Luo Yingzi’s conjecture was very accurate; she dragged Ye Zhen around the Secret Realm of Demon Souls in a manner akin to having a cheat device, freely entering and exiting, choosing secluded places to explore.

Within less than a day, they had collected seven more Demon Cloud Fruits, and hundreds of other Spirit Plants. The Demon Cloud Fruits were split evenly between the two, four each, a number that made Deviless Luo Yingzi ecstatic, proclaiming Ye Zhen as the best partner!

Deviless Luo Yingzi said this not only because Ye Zhen could move freely through the Guardian Light Screen in the Secret Realm of Demon Souls, but also because of Ye Zhen’s strength.

Although later Ye Zhen and Luo Yingzi didn’t encounter opponents like Lul Xiao or Guz Bufan, they occasionally met some martial artists who were after the fruits. Ye Zhen’s burst of astonishing combat power frequently caught Luo Yingzi’s attention.

That wasn’t the most important part. Most crucially, Ye Zhen was simply the nemesis of Demon Spirit Phantoms.

Martial artists in the Secret Realm of Demon Souls had to overcome three major difficulties: competition from other martial artists, the Guardian Light Screen, and Demon Spirit Phantoms.

The Guardian Light Screen goes without saying—if Luo Yingzi were alone, breaking through a Guardian Light Screen would take two hours without any interruptions. Now, it just took a dash from Ye Zhen.

Then there were the Demon Spirit Phantoms, which frequently drove the exploratory martial artists into frantic retreats. This was why the disciples of the two great sects, Green Sun Palace and Profound Moon Sect, explored together.

Their purpose was twofold: one was to confront other martial artists, but the main reason was to deal with the phantoms of the Demon Spirits and break through the Guardian Light Screens that appeared in groups inside the Secret Realm from time to time.

When the Demon Spirit Phantoms appeared, there could be as few as two to three or as many as a dozen or even twenty.

For example, Deviless Luo Yingzi, when exploring alone, could handle two or three common Demon Spirit Phantoms, but four or five would be strenuous and very consuming.

If there were more than six, or if she encountered a Soul General among the Demon Spirit Phantoms, she could only flee. If she came across a King among them—a Soul Marshal—she would run as far as possible, no matter the distance.

But those Demon Spirit Phantoms that could make Luo Yingzi flee were easily handled by Ye Zhen, even if he encountered a Soul General, it only took him a few moments.

It was for this reason that Luo Yingzi and Ye Zhen could move unhindered in the Secret Realm of Demon Souls, directly reaching places that other warriors found but were powerless to enter, thus harvesting Demon Cloud Fruits.

Although the method Ye Zhen used to deal with the Demon Spirit Phantoms was weird, Luo Yingzi didn’t care at all, nor did she want to explore it. The harvest of four Demon Cloud Fruits was already more than worth it, greatly worth it.

"There’s still more than half a day left, about eight hours, I guess. The Secret Realm of Demon Souls should be closing then. At that time, the whole Secret Realm will fill again with thick, abnormal blood-colored Spiritual Energy, and we will all be ejected from the Secret Realm of Demon Souls," Luo Yingzi suddenly spoke up.

Ye Zhen did not respond, simply watching Luo Yingzi silently. Ye Zhen knew that Luo Yingzi must have more to say.

"Do you still remember the harsh words that Lul Xiao and Guz Bufan threw down when they fled?"

"I remember!" Ye Zhen’s brows furrowed, Lul Xiao’s harsh words suddenly surfaced in his mind, ’Demoness, surname Ye, you wait, the moment you leave the Secret Realm, will be the time of your death!’

Ye Zhen could even clearly remember the fierce expression on Lul Xiao’s face when he fled. Regrettably, with those two’s combined strength being extremely strong and very wise, otherwise, Ye Zhen, even at the risk of getting hurt, would have wiped out the two of them.

"Those two, they were definitely not joking!"

Luo Yingzi’s remark, Ye Zhen definitely agreed with; not to mention anything else, just taking the fact that he and Luo Yingzi had killed their four brothers, and that was a deep, mortal enmity.

"Moreover, they can do it. When the Secret Realm of Demon Souls opened, there were Sect elders accompanying them. I remember, the Profound Moon Sect brought two Vein Forging Realm elders."

"Two Vein Forging Realm elders?"

This surprised Ye Zhen a bit. In the Black Dragon Domain, those in the Vein Forging Realm were mostly a deterring presence, extremely revered. Yet in the True Spirit Domain, the duties of Vein Forging Realm elders were similar to what the Soul Sea Realm Martial Artists did in the Black Dragon Domain.

However, Ye Zhen didn’t say anything and merely waited for Deviless Luo Yingzi’s next part.

"When the time comes, it will be easy for me to escape, but you might face a lot of trouble. So, I think we should leave one to two hours early, while the others won’t be willing to leave the Secret Realm of Demon Souls until the very last moment. By then, we’ll avoid them and once they come out, it will be too late to find us," Luo Yingzi said.

"That can indeed create a time difference. However, do you know the way to leave early?" This was Ye Zhen’s biggest concern.

Upon hearing this, Luo Yingzi gave Ye Zhen a sideways glance, allure rippling through her eyes, "If I didn’t know, would I be talking to you about this? Lucky for us, I am one of the few who knows how to leave the Secret Realm of Demon Souls early."

After a moment of silence, Ye Zhen suddenly cupped his hands and said, "Thank you!"

"Why thank me so early? You wouldn’t be thanking me if you heard me out!"

"Hmm, from now on, if we find the next Demon Cloud Fruit, it goes to me first!"

Ye Zhen agreed to this condition without hesitation.

The deviless Luo Yingzi was definitely a cunning and opportunistic little woman, yet her cunningness and opportunism were all transparent, clearly spoken, which surprisingly didn’t provoke any disliking, even making her seem very straightforward.

This straightforwardness even made Ye Zhen feel a bit embarrassed.

In one day’s time, due to the explorations of both Ye Zhen and Luo Yingzi, they encountered over a thousand Demon Spirit Phantoms. In the largest group of Demon Spirit Phantoms, there were even four Soul Generals and over fifty ordinary Demon Spirit Phantoms.

Of course, in the end, they were all captured by Ye Zhen.

There were at least a thousand Demon Spirit Phantoms in the Demon Soul Hall now under Ye Zhen’s control, an absolutely terrifying gain.

If his earlier idea proved successful, then the value of these thousand Demon Spirit Phantoms captured by Ye Zhen should be no less significant than the value of three Demon Cloud Fruits.

That idea kept itching at Ye Zhen, but there was no chance to try it within the Secret Realm of Demon Souls. He could only wait to try it after they left.

Having secured such a great under-the-table fortune and seeing how straightforward Luo Yingzi was, Ye Zhen naturally felt a bit embarrassed.

With such a decision made, Luo Yingzi led Ye Zhen around the labyrinth-like Secret Realm of Demon Souls. It was at this time that Ye Zhen realized another astonishing talent of Luo Yingzi—recognizing paths!

Unless necessary, she never retraced steps already taken. The forks in the path they took were mostly those whose Guardian Light Screens were unbroken.

Warriors who had accomplished Divine Soul Cultivation were generally very good at recognizing paths, as brainpower was greatly enhanced as their Divine Souls grew, but in a dark domain like the Secret Realm of Demon Souls, where all paths looked similar, this skill was less effective.

Ye Zhen certainly couldn’t manage it, but Luo Yingzi, leading Ye Zhen along, even made him feel they were getting closer to the exit of the Secret Realm of Demon Souls.

This was easy to discern—the closer to the exit of the Secret Realm of Demon Souls, the higher the exploration rate, almost no gains at all.

After six hours, the gains Ye Zhen and Luo Yingzi had were not even a third of what they gained the day before, each only harvesting one Demon Cloud Fruit.

"Oh, Demon Spirit Phantoms, and a large group of them at that! Look, behind the Guardian Light Screen ahead, aren’t there hundreds?" Luo Yingzi pointed excitedly at a large group of blood-colored specks shimmering in the distance. "Look at that large blood-colored speck the size of a fist; it must be a king among the Demon Spirit Phantoms, a Soul Marshal level existence. Quick, there must be Demon Cloud Fruits within that Guardian Light Screen!"

Knowing Ye Zhen’s special technique to deal with Demon Spirit Phantoms, Luo Yingzi spoke without reservation.

Ye Zhen didn’t care; Luo Yingzi already knew he had secrets, but seeing as they couldn’t discern where Ye Zhen’s secrets lay, he stepped through the Guardian Light Screen and rushed into the cluster of flying blood-colored specks.

With the Demon Soul Hall at his disposal, dealing with these Demon Spirit Phantoms, even a king among them, was a piece of cake for Ye Zhen!

In the blink of an eye, Ye Zhen moved through them like a butterfly flitting through blossoms, with clusters of Demon Spirit Phantoms beginning to disappear en masse. Some Demon Spirit Phantoms didn’t even manifest their true bodies before vanishing entirely.

As for the king among the Demon Spirit Phantoms, as it just manifested its enormous true body, it disappeared into thin air, an action witnessed by Luo Yingzi whose beautiful eyes sparkled continuously!

"We agreed, this one goes to me first! If we find another, then it’s yours," Deviless Luo Yingzi, holding the Demon Cloud Fruit she had just obtained, coyly said with a mischievous smile in her eyes.

"The next one, we might not be so lucky!" Saying this, Ye Zhen unhesitatingly swept up the surrounding Spirit Plants near the Demon Cloud Vine Tree. According to Luo Yingzi, all these were treasures, and how treasurable they were, Ye Zhen, an outsider to the Secret Realm of Demon Souls, would find out once they left.

Half an hour later, a huge blood-colored whirlpool appeared in front of Ye Zhen and Luo Yingzi,

"We have to be very fast, extremely fast, to withstand the suction of the whirlpool and get out." Speaking, Luo Yingzi dashed towards the blood-colored whirlpool like a bolt of electricity.