The Strongest Mythical Emperor
Chapter 157: Thunder Explosion

Chapter 157: Chapter 157: Thunder Explosion

"Where are we headed next?"

After a bit of frolicking, Qin Yun asked Qin Jun, feeling inexplicably as if he had found his backbone since meeting him.

"Obviously, we go where there’s a crowd and along the way, see if there are any other magical creatures."

Qin Jun shrugged, curious about one thing, after killing the black Sea Dragon there had been no system prompt, which was very strange.

Was it possible that he had killed a fake dragon?

Little did he know he had actually guessed correctly, all the magical creatures in the Artifact World were spirit bodies with demon souls at their core, the reason the black Sea Dragon had a dragon pearl was to promote the outbreak of battle.

If there weren’t enticing items to provoke battle, many contestants would avoid fighting, hoping for good luck.

Thus, presenting irresistible treasures would speed up the elimination process.

And these treasures were naturally not all provided by Fei Yushu, they were distributed by the Power Sword Hall, otherwise Fei Yushu would feel heartache to the point of suffocation.

"Why head towards where there are people?"

Qin Yun asked quizzically, with Zhu Yanqing also looking surprised.

Qin Jun rolled his eyes, said impatiently, "Do you still want to join the arena competition, or what? Of course, it’s to eliminate them!"

This domineering statement left Qin Yun at a loss for words, while Zhu Yanqing also showed an unusual expression in her eyes.

Fei Yushu, who was outside the Artifact World, twitched at the corner of his mouth, the boy’s arrogance far exceeded his imagination, indeed monsters should not be viewed by common standards.

"Elder Fei, there’s been a message just now."

At that moment, Xu Guiku suddenly communicated to Fei Yushu, who looked at him puzzledly.

"Last night, an eyewitness reported seeing two people with scythes slaughtering the sub-hall." Xu Guiku said with a grave face.

Scythes?

Fei Yushu frowned, then communicated back, "Does anyone under Qin Jun use scythes?"

"No," Xu Guiku answered truthfully, Li Bai wielded a sword, Li Yuanba used a hammer, surely not them.

"So this means Qin Jun can be ruled out as a suspect?" Fei Yushu continued to ask, wanting to take Qin Jun and Li Yuanba as disciples, he could hardly restrain himself, so he hoped Qin Jun was not the killer.

"Yes, the one capable of causing the entire Power Sword Hall sub-hall’s members to die tragically must have strength at least at the fifth layer of the Earth Immortal Realm. Such a strong figure wouldn’t serve him. Initially, we just felt he was suspicious, but now, based on the witness’s statement, the perpetrators are two powerful individuals adept with scythes. Such people are not common even across the entire Southern Domain." Xu Guiku thought aloud as he communicated.

Fei Yushu nodded in agreement.

They hadn’t noticed that at the edge of the plaza, atop a tower, stood two eerie figures in the shadows, one black, one white, like phantoms by the window, looking sinister, unmistakably Black and White Impermanence.

"Thank Eighth Master for his soul-snatching technique, or else Your Highness would have been in trouble," White Impermanence said with a light laugh, though his smile appeared fierce no matter how one looked at it.

Black Impermanence shook his head, smiling, "The Power Sword Hall is like an insurmountable peak for Your Highness, next we need to release some information to dispel their suspicions."

The eyewitnesses Xu Guiku talked about were actually arranged by them. How could Black and White Impermanence leave any survivors when they struck?

...

"Ding! Side quest ’Deception’ completed! You’ve won one random prize draw!"

Walking through the woods, Qin Jun was startled by the system prompt in his mind, wondering, was that it?

His recent show of force should have made the Power Sword Hall elders more suspicious, shouldn’t it?

Qin Jun felt odd, as if the system had just handed the mission to him on a silver platter.

"Might as well draw the prize now, since it’s a free reward."

As Qin Jun walked, he pondered that if Fei Yushu and Xu Guiku knew they had inadvertently given Qin Jun a powerful opportunity, he wondered what they would think.

"Ding! Prize draw starting now..."

Rustle, rustle——

The forest ahead suddenly began to shake violently, startling Qin Yun and Zhu Yanqing so much they hastily came to a halt. Roaring Sky Dog squinted its eyes while Li Yuanba continued to play with the Golden Peng Divine Hammer, which was as large as a water jar.

"Could it be a demonic beast?" asked Qin Yun, anxiety lacing his voice.

No sooner had he spoken than a man, covered in blood and with tattered clothes, dashed out from the thicket, his wretched appearance clearly the result of a fierce battle.

"Run for it! Zhang Lun has gone mad!"

The man screamed in terror, brushing past Qin Jun and the others as he fled.

Zhang Lun?

Qin Jun frowned at the name when suddenly, a system notification rang inside his mind: "Congratulations Host, you’ve drawn ten Sky-Exploding Thunderbolts, originating from an unknown cultivation world!"

What the hell are Sky-Exploding Thunderbolts?

"Sky-Exploding Thunderbolts are a kind of highly compressed micro-explosive formed from spiritual energy and gunpowder. They will explode upon impact with the ground or any object, with an explosive range of up to a hundred meters. Within that range, even Ascending Mortal Realm cultivators will be blasted into pieces!"

That awesome?

An excited expression spread across Qin Jun’s face. If it could even kill Ascending Mortal Realm experts, this was definitely a sneaky and valuable item!

"Give me one of those Sky-Exploding Thunderbolts to look at," he said.

As soon as he finished speaking, a black iron pellet the size of a chicken egg appeared out of thin air in Qin Jun’s hand, its surface pitch-black and unremarkable.

This thing really has such formidable destructive power?

"It seems Zhang Lun is a genius with Barbarian Ape bloodline." Qin Yun hesitated, seemingly having heard of this person before.

Barbarian Ape bloodline!

Qin Jun couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows. Cultivators with the bloodline of the Demon Clan often possessed extraordinary abilities, and he had also heard of the Barbarian Ape—an extremely ferocious ancient beast, almost extinct.

"It looks like Zhang Lun’s consciousness has been overtaken by the beastly nature of the Barbarian Ape bloodline," Zhu Yanqing speculated. They could all feel the ground trembling as a huge creature appeared to be approaching from up ahead.

"Run for it!"

"Why has he suddenly gone berserk like this?"

"This is all because you guys went too far, always mocking him."

"Oh my god, run! He’s catching up!"

Suddenly, a series of discursive voices came from ahead, followed by numerous cultivators sprinting out of the bushes, some even flying out of the forest on magical artifacts. The scene was somewhat chaotic.

Some cultivators also recognized Qin Jun and Li Yuanba, but they kept running all the same.

A maddened Zhang Lun was clearly more terrifying than Qin Jun and his companion.

"A bunch of cowards!"

Qin Jun murmured with a sneer, toying with the Sky-Exploding Thunderbolt in his hand as if it were a walnut.

"Roar——"

A blood-curdling roar suddenly rang out from up ahead, deafening and startling Qin Jun, Qin Yun, and Zhu Yanqing into covering their ears instinctively.

"Damn! What’s all this noise about!"

Annoyed, Qin Jun threw the Sky-Exploding Thunderbolt outward with all his might, sending it sailing over the top of the bushes. Luckily the trees were sparsely distributed here; if the Thunderbolt had hit a tree, it would have been the end of Qin Jun and his companions.

The moment he threw it, Qin Jun shuddered in fright, while Roaring Sky Dog, Zhu Yanqing, and Qin Yun all thought he’d casually tossed a stone.

With a thunderous blast, the entire forest shook.

An unstoppable shockwave toppled trees and bushes as it swept toward them.