Chapter 314 – Three Flowers

“The truth I seek might be hidden in that scarlet pillar of light …”

The full extent of the elephant deity power…

The reason behind the slumbering demise of the elephant men in this elephant deity secret realm…

Lu Yuan’s eyes flickered with thoughts.

But he quickly gathered himself, redirecting his attention back to his own situation.

He had no idea how long this massacre had lasted.

Now, observing himself, though he had anticipated it to some degree, he was still shocked by the tremendous improvement.

[Elephant Deity. Ming King Stance (Extraordinary)]: 98%!

Only 2% away from the next stage of evolution.

The blood sphere inside him had grown from the size of two fists to as large as a human head.

God knows how much flesh and essence from Ancient Evil Deity biology he had absorbed.

His Five Viscera were glowing, and the sound of thunder rang through his flesh and bones as if some mysterious lines were about to emerge.

Reflecting on the attribute panel–

[Strength points: 28 (Second limit break 1)]

[Agility points: 28 (Second limit break 1)]

[Constitution points: 29 (Second limit break 1)]

[Intelligence points: 31 (Second limit break 2)]

Strength points increased by 1, agility points by 2, constitution points by 1, and even intelligence points inexplicably rose by 1.

“Is it because of that demon mountain blood sea dream?”

Lu Yuan didn’t know, he only knew he was very close to a second limit break in all four basic attributes.

Closer than he had anticipated.

Because…[Martial Arts Grandmaster (Extraordinary)] had already risen to lv7!

It had ascended three levels in one go.

He had accumulated 5 attribute points and 5 skill points, and even the professional basic skills on the panel–

[Grandmaster’s Domain] and [Grandmaster’s Qi], had all risen to lv4!

The [Grandmaster Dharma Form] skill he had previously spent two skill points to improve ended up being the lowest level skill.

“Haven’t even used my trump card yet and it’s already outdated…”

Though Lu Yuan grumbled, his heart was full of joy.

He had already seen the first professional core skill of the [Martial Arts Grandmaster (Extraordinary)] profession appear, ready to be unlocked at any moment with skill points.

“Two skill points to level up by one?”

Lu Yuan blinked, not too surprised.

Spending two skill points, a new skill immediately appeared in front of him-

[Three Flowers]!

…

“Crack-“

The silver superalloy long blade uttered a strained wail, breaking into two pieces.

Yin Muqing, like a kite with a broken string, spat blood as she stumbled backward in mid-air, struggling to regain balance.

Her face was as white as a sheet of paper, her eyes full of deep shock and terror.

Too horrifying!

The power of that evil deity’s treasure!

Yin Muqing’s eyes were fixed on the terrifying giant axe held aloft by a three-headed, six-armed elephant man in the distance.

On the gray-white bone handle of the axe, a scarlet bead rolled, constantly emanating a terrifying power that shook the soul.

Just one encounter.

Just one confrontation.

Although standing at a distance, not directly facing the power of the axe’s glow… her war blade shattered, the two star acupoints in her body dimmed, and parts of her body showed signs of cracking.

Yin Muqing looked towards the other two people on the field.

The two Sleepless members on the supernova list were also in bad shape.

Among the three, the strongest, Xilin, who ranked sixty-sixth on the supernova ranking, nicknamed “Savage Beast,” had four brilliant light spots swiftly encircling him, indicating he had pushed the power of his star acupoints to the limit.

Just earlier, he had charged ahead, facing the scarlet axe glow head-on.

It seems he unleashed all his strength in that instant, revealing even his trump cards.

“Third-stage mental power, so he has activated four star acupoints…”

But even so, Xilin looked grim, with a massive gash in his lower abdomen nearly cutting him in half, still vomiting blood.

“This is not an opponent the three of us can contend with. At least fourth-stage combat power, or an expert who has grasped the power of the natal star diagram, might stand a chance…”

Yin Muqing’s eyes flickered, showing a hint of retreat on her face.

The evil deity’s treasure is in the secret realm; it won’t grow legs and run away.

Besides, Javier’s men can’t obtain it either. It would be better to retreat and gather stronger combat power.

“Everyone misjudged this. Who would have thought there’d be an evil deity’s treasure hidden within this sub-legendary level elephant deity secret realm?”

Yin Muqing’s mind raced with thoughts. She glanced casually and noticed that another supernova member of Javier’s team, Coyle, had already helped the severely injured Xilin to his feet. It seemed they were also planning to retreat.

Just then, the elephant man king, who had just swung that terrifying axe, let out a roar and began chasing after them with the giant axe in hand.

The fifteen-meter-tall, three-headed, six-armed elephant man king looked like a giant mountain but moved swiftly. Each step it took caused the ground to rumble as if the entire black desert were shaking.

Yin Muqing and the other two’s expressions changed dramatically. Without hesitation, they turned and started fleeing at full speed.

The elephant man king was inherently powerful, at least third-stage high level, and wielded that dreadful evil deity’s treasure.

The three of them couldn’t afford to pause; even a slight delay could mean being split in two by the blood-red axe glow right behind them.

One chasing and three fleeing, they dashed towards the edge of the black desert.

Yin Muqing pushed her speed to the limit, desperately squeezing all the power from her two star acupoints.

It was clear that Xilin and Coyle were doing the same, their bodies glowing almost to the point of bursting.

As Yin Muqing gritted her teeth and ran for her life, she suddenly received a series of urgent communication signals.

She tapped it open, but the voice, distorted by the strong evil energy waves around her, came through intermittently.

“Lord… be careful…”

“Incredibly powerful… six-armed elephant man… approaching… your location…”

Six-armed elephant man… approaching me?

Yin Muqing irritably cut off the signal.

Do they need to remind her?

That elephant man king was right on her tail.

Wait!

Yin Muqing suddenly froze, realizing something.

Flying Bear was probably warning her about another six-armed elephant man, not the one currently chasing her!

There was another three-headed, six-armed elephant man king in the Elephant Deity Secret Realm!

In an instant, a series of images from the rock paintings she had collected at the cairn flashed through Yin Muqing’s mind-

The battle between the old and new elephant man kings… two three-headed, six-armed elephant men fighting… the Elephant Deity’s commendation…

In the next breath.

A vast and terrifying presence appeared in Yin Muqing’s spiritual perception.

Shortly after, a massive figure with three heads and six arms, black as a demon mountain and covered in blood-red lines, came into view, hurtling towards them like an enormous black meteor.

The dreadful force whipped up huge waves of sand and dust, swirling into hurricanes and whirlwinds.

Before Yin Muqing and the other two could react,

They felt the elephant man king that was chasing them suddenly emit a deafening roar, as if provoked.

Then, an aura ten times more terrifying than when the elephant man king was attacking them exploded from behind the three of them.

Shrouded by this killing intent, Yin Muqing and the others felt a chill run from their tailbones up to their heads, as if their marrow was freezing.

The three instinctively halted and saw a scarlet axe glow, dozens of meters long and almost solid, slicing through the air between them.

In the moment they brushed past the axe glow, their consciousness seemed to freeze.

The wind stirred by the axe glow made their hair whip wildly, yet they couldn’t hear a sound. Time felt infinitely stretched at that moment.

Yin Muqing watched helplessly as the terrifying axe glow, which could easily cut her like a hot knife through butter, soared forward and finally crashed into the second three-headed, six-armed elephant man coming at them with a resounding “boom.”

Everything in front of her was consumed by pure scarlet light.

In a daze, Yin Muqing seemed to hear someone murmur in a hoarse voice,

“Three Flowers.”

…

“Uh…”

The Flying Bear Generals who had followed Yin Muqing into the depths of the black plain stood dumbfounded, staring at the surging scarlet light that exploded like a sea of blood before them.

They temporarily forgot to think, their minds overwhelmed by the profound shock of the scene.

Among the crowd, a man with an iceberg-like demeanor was repeatedly looking at his communicator’s map, where a flickering light spot was positioned, and then back at the unparalleled shocking scene in front of him…

A myriad of bewilderment, confusion, and disbelief gradually filled his face.

“…Lu Yuan’s location… Is it really right here?”

…

A ripple of blood spread rapidly.

Then came an invisible shockwave visible to the naked eye.

Next, the ground of the plain began to collapse and cave inwards in concentric circles…

After several waves of aftershocks subsided,

They saw that on the vast black plain, over a range of at least several dozens of kilometers in diameter, the previously hard and flat ground had vanished, replaced by a dense sea of black sand.

To be more precise, It was a gigantic sand pit.

The entire sand pit had sunk deeply, plunging several tens of meters downwards in a funnel shape, deepening from the outer edges to the center.

The terrifying aftershocks continued to ripple outwards along the ground, causing persistent tremors, yet the pervasive black fog that had been shrouding the black plain was thoroughly dispersed.

Yin Muqing and the other two supernovas, the Yellow Bear and Flying Bear Generals, along with Javier’s Sleepless organization,

All of them strained to see what was happening at the very center of the sand pit.

“Hoo-“

“Hoo-“

Long breaths moved the air, whipping up howling winds above the sand pit.

Everyone’s gaze slowly descended, ultimately freezing at a specific point, and then fell into a brief stupor.

At the very bottom of the sand pit stood two figures, motionless.

One of the figures was the elephant man king.

The elephant man king gripped the giant axe with all six of its arms, its muscles bulging and veins popping. Its three scarlet eyes were wide open, a look of ferocious determination on its face as it tried to bring the axe down with all its might.

However, the giant axe remained stuck in place.

Opposing it was another figure of similar stature, also with three heads and six arms, but with a large, mesmerizing tattoo of a flower emblazoned on its chest.

This other elephant man was using all six of its arms to grip the elephant man king’s axe firmly, preventing it from moving an inch.

The giant axe had cut into the neck and left shoulder of this flower-marked elephant man, with dark red blood trickling down and dripping onto the pale surface of the axe.

Yet, the elephant man kneeling on the ground seemed oblivious to the pain and was, in fact, smiling.

Everyone stood there, dumbstruck, still absorbing the shocking scene before them.

Then, the silent plain echoed with someone’s faint words.

“You’ve finished… Now it’s my turn.”

And then…

The elephant man with the flowering chest…

Slowly started to rise, inch by inch, under the weight of the elephant man king’s giant axe.