The Strongest Mythical Emperor
Chapter 234: Divine Beast

Chapter 234: Chapter 234: Divine Beast

"How strong is this demon lion?"

Qin Jun stared at the twin-headed red lion twisting and roaring in the sky, realizing he couldn’t see through its cultivation level, which meant the lion was stronger than him!

"The peak of the Ascending Mortal Realm’s ninth layer, just one step away from the Transforming Void Realm," Daji said.

A twitch appeared at the corner of Qin Jun’s mouth. No wonder its momentum was so formidable.

Although he had reached the fourth layer of the Ascending Mortal Realm and might be capable of challenging cultivators within the same realm, demonic beasts were different. Within the same rank, beasts were generally stronger than human cultivators, especially in terms of physical defense.

However, what intrigued him more was the straw-cloaked figure standing on the head of the twin-headed red lion, who stayed unmoved no matter how hard the lion tried to shake him off.

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

At this moment, Daji couldn’t answer, and Sha Wujing spoke up, "The fifth layer of the Transforming Void Realm."

The fifth layer of the Transforming Void Realm!

Qin Jun frowned. Although he wasn’t afraid of those in the Transforming Void Realm, the top power of the Black Dragon Kingdom was just at the Transforming Void Realm, and they were scarce. Why would there be such a cultivator in this area?

Soon, he became excited. The appearance of such a powerful being at the Liuhuo Mountain Range undoubtedly indicated that a Divine Beast might be nearby!

The straw-cloaked figure seemed to be disgusted with the restlessness of the twin-headed red lion and suddenly stamped his foot down. A powerful force hit one of the heads of the lion, and its roaring abruptly ceased as its massive body plunged downward.

Boom—

Trees toppled over, dust flew up, and the twin-headed red lion’s mountainous body was buried beneath them.

The straw-cloaked person raised his right hand, and a black iron ruler appeared. With a downward swing, the forest below collapsed, and huge chunks of soil and rock were turned over from the ground. The fierce wind blew and affected the trees within hundreds of meters, creating a spectacular scene.

Qin Jun narrowed his eyes; that black ruler seemed quite extraordinary!

Suddenly, the straw-cloaked figure dove into the dust, followed by the resounding roar of the twin-headed red lion and blood spewing out. In less than a second, the figure flew out of the dust again, this time holding a demon core the size of a football covered in fresh blood.

"Quite strong," Qin Jun remarked as Red Boy snorted disdainfully. In the eyes of a True Immortal Realm’s eighth-layer super powerhouse, the straw-cloaked man was nothing but trash.

At that moment, the straw-cloaked figure suddenly glanced over at Qin Jun and the others. After just a look, he turned and left.

Perhaps, in his eyes, Qin Jun and the others weren’t even worth mentioning.

"Follow him; we might discover something interesting."

Qin Jun smiled and leaped up, clouds swiftly gathering beneath his feet. Daji and the others followed closely behind, flying in the direction the straw-cloaked man had gone.

With Sha Wujing and Red Boy present, Qin Jun and his companions easily suppressed their auras to prevent the straw-cloaked man from detecting them.

On their way, they encountered numerous cultivators and demonic beasts, but rarely did anyone notice them passing overhead.

As expected, the straw-cloaked man didn’t notice the presence of Qin Jun and his companions. He flew intermittently, seemingly searching for something.

"I still sensed its existence yesterday; how could it have vanished into thin air today?" the straw-cloaked man muttered, raising his head to let sunlight fall on his face—a chillingly terrifying visage, the left half scarred as if burned by fire, with scars all over, and a cold light occasionally flashing in his fierce eyes.

Then he picked a direction and flew off again, still unaware he was being followed.

Half an hour hurried by as Qin Jun and the others trailed the straw-cloaked man nearly around the entire Liuhuo Mountain Range.

"Your Highness, this guy is clearly clueless. Shall we continue following him?" Red Boy said impatiently. If all else failed, he could just burn down the Liuhuo Mountain Range to force the Divine Beast out.

Qin Jun was also getting impatient. Just as he was about to speak, the straw-cloaked man suddenly plunged toward a large waterfall in the distance.

"Let’s go, follow him. He seems to have found something."

Qin Jun’s eyes lit up as he said this, then he controlled the clouds and mist to follow.

This was a terrifying five-hundred-meter-tall vertical waterfall, pouring down like the Milky Way, with a grand momentum that was intimidating. Even a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment stage would be smashed to pieces if washed away by the waterfall.

The man in the straw raincoat flew down along the waterfall, with droplets splashing and landing on his raincoat, seemingly wrapping him in a layer of white mist.

With a splash, the man in the straw raincoat directly fell into the lake at the bottom of the waterfall. The lake was incredibly vast, easily having a diameter of nearly a thousand meters. Along the edge of the lake, there were forests and hillsides, and at this moment, many cultivators were standing on the shore, some just passing by, others resting there.

Flowing Flame Mountain Range’s rivers were not numerous, and so far, Qin Jun had only seen this lake.

"Eh, did someone just fall into the lake?"

"I saw it too, what’s going on?"

"Could it be that there’s a secret to this lake?"

"Is that possible? Could the Divine Beast be hiding here?"

"It’s possible. This lake is so large, and we’ve almost walked through the entire Flowing Flame Mountain Range without seeing it. This is the only place we haven’t gone down to."

The cultivators on the shore were discussing animatedly.

Qin Jun and his companions quietly landed on the edge of the lake within the forest, and then walked out. Their speed was incredibly fast. Moreover, the attention of the cultivators was focused on the lake, so no one noticed them.

"Indeed, there is a demon beast underneath, at the peak of the Transforming Void Realm," Sha Wujing frowned as he said, pausing for a moment before continuing, "But it doesn’t seem much different from ordinary demon beasts. Is it really a Divine Beast?"

Peak of the Transforming Void Realm!

Qin Jun inwardly clicked his tongue in wonderment, never expecting such a danger beneath the placid lake. It seemed the man in the straw raincoat was in for a hard time.

But was a beast at the peak of the Transforming Void Realm truly a Divine Beast?

He thought of the Vermilion Bird from the Nanzhuo Dynasty, an existence at the Immortal Realm, tremendously powerful.

With a loud boom!

The surface of the lake suddenly exploded, and right after, a figure flew out. It was the man in the straw raincoat. His speed was incredibly fast, sweeping across the lake, and crashing into a hill on the shore, collapsing it completely.

"Yin—"

A roar that resembled both a dragon and an elephant came from the bottom of the lake, resonating with powerful penetration, shaking the souls of the cultivators by the lake.

"Eh? There’s an egg at the bottom of the lake emitting a breath even I can’t see through. It’s faint, but it’s definitely there!"

Sha Wujing suddenly exclaimed in surprise, causing Qin Jun to frown. An egg?

Could it be that the egg was the Divine Beast, and the demon beast in the lake was its nursemaid, hatching it?

Thinking this way, Qin Jun felt it was even more likely. Otherwise, how could mere underlings of the Black Dragon Kingdom track down a Divine Beast?

"When will the egg hatch?" Qin Jun asked, barely containing his excitement, as if he saw the Divine Beast beckoning to him.

"It probably still has some days," Sha Wujing said gravely.

Qin Jun began stroking his chin, pondering whether to act now or not.

If he disrupted the final hatching of the Divine Beast, causing a premature birth, would that affect its development?

Right then, the disheveled man in the straw raincoat flew into the air and shouted, "The Divine Beast is in the lake, it won’t be long before it hatches!"

His voice was loud, carrying for miles around, setting all the cultivators abuzz.