Chapter 135: Undercurrents (Part Two, Seeking Monthly Votes)

A trace of madness lingered on Kobei’s cheeks as his hands moved in a blur, unleashing the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms. Golden giant dragons accompanied by resounding roars continuously pounded into the horde of ferocious beasts.

Kobei did not care how many beasts inhabited the Nine-Ring Mountains. After all, having mastered the Nine Suns Divine Art to the pinnacle realm, he could afford the energy consumption even if he cast the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms unceasingly without a single moment of rest!

As long as he kept going, sooner or later, he would completely obliterate this entire horde of beasts!

The geniuses of the Jiujiang Genius Training Camp who ranked in the top one hundred of the Azure Dragon Leaderboard were extremely fortunate if they had accepted the mission to destroy beast strongholds! They had no idea that hundreds of Godly King realm powerhouses from the Protoss had already infiltrated the zombie strongholds, lying in wait to strike down any human genius who dared to appear!

Kobei was fortunate; the mission he accepted was to destroy the stronghold in the Nine-Ring Mountains, and since the Nine-Ring Mountains was a beast stronghold, he would not encounter any Godly King realm powerhouses on this mission. However, the vast majority of geniuses from the Jiujiang Genius Training Camp who had accepted missions to destroy zombie strongholds were not nearly so lucky.

Luo Han was one of those unfortunate souls!

He had accepted a B-grade mission: to exterminate the zombies within the ruins of Xijiang City!

Kobei did not know that Luo Han was about to face a Godly King realm powerhouse, nor did he know that four geniuses from the Jiujiang Genius Training Camp had already been silently and ruthlessly eliminated. At this moment, he was solely focused on the frantic slaughter of ferocious beasts.

Inside the God of War Palace at the Jiujiang Genius Training Camp—the very palace Kobei had visited before—an elderly man clad in gray robes, his face covered in wrinkles and looking exceptionally aged, slowly opened his turbid eyes.

"Has the Protoss finally decided they cannot hold back any longer?"

The old man’s cloudy gaze pierced through the mist-shrouded Fog Gold Mountain, looking far into the horizon. His gray robes fluttered without any wind. With a hunchbacked posture and his hands clasped behind his back, the old man slowly walked out of the God of War Palace.

The very moment the gray-robed elder stepped out of the God of War Palace, the doors of the eighteen largest palaces within the God of War Palace swung open simultaneously. Eighteen peak Godly Monarch realm powerhouses clad in battle armor strode out of their respective palaces. Like eighteen shooting stars streaking across the firmament, their figures shot off at high speeds in all directions.

At the Gutang Base, a middle-aged man in pristine white robes seated in a cross-legged position slowly rose to his feet.

"Hmph, the Protoss? Since you wish to play a grand game, I, Gutang, shall naturally accompany you to the bitter end!"

The white-robed middle-aged man narrowed his eyes slightly, gazing into the endless void before his body vanished instantly from where he stood.

……

Kobei was unaware that Godly King realm powerhouses had already infiltrated, nor did he know that the higher-ups of humanity had already made their move. Right now, he was entirely absorbed in slaughtering the beasts!

There were simply too many ferocious beasts. At this moment, the endless army of beasts was less than a hundred meters away from Kobei!

"Damn it, how long is this going to take to clear out?"

Kobei looked at the beasts drawing closer and closer to him, then glanced back at Luo Ling, his brows knitting together slightly.

"Continuing like this is not a solution!"

Kobei furrowed his brow deeply. If he kept bombarding them like this, it would probably take a full day just to wipe out all the beasts in the Nine-Ring Mountains!

Just as Kobei was frowning and considering whether to unleash the purple fire, the expression of Luo Ling, who stood nearby, suddenly turned deathly pale.

"Big Brother!"

Staring at the sudden appearance of a crack on the purple jade bracelet worn around her left wrist, Luo Ling’s heart gave a violent shudder, and an ominous premonition suddenly flashed through her mind.

The purple jade bracelet on Luo Ling’s wrist and the purple jade pendant worn around Luo Han’s neck had both been gifts from their father. A mysterious and profound connection linked the bracelet and the pendant. The instant a crack fractured across the purple jade bracelet on her wrist, Luo Ling instinctively felt that her elder brother had just encountered a life-or-death crisis!

"Kobei, my big brother might be in danger."

Clad in her Profound Ice Battle Armor, Luo Ling stepped up to Kobei. Her pretty face had turned pale, her eye rims were slightly red, and her delicate brows were knitted with intense worry.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

After launching a dozen consecutive strikes of the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms to obliterate the roaring, wildly charging beasts, Kobei turned around to look at Luo Ling’s pale face.

"What happened to big brother Luo Han?"

Kobei asked with a slight frown, a look of perplexity in his eyes.

"I don't know, but I can feel that he is in danger..."

Luo Ling shook her head, her pearly white teeth biting down firmly on her rosy lower lip. As she spoke, crystal-clear tears welled up in her eyes, threatening to spill over at any moment. The inexplicable panic in her heart was growing increasingly intense. She wanted to rush off to find Luo Han immediately, but right now, she and Kobei were trapped deep within an encirclement. Although Kobei possessed formidable strength and the beasts could do nothing to them, they could not easily carve a path out in a short period of time, which only made Luo Ling even more anxious.

"Don't worry, I am here!"

Casually unleashing a few more golden giant dragons, Kobei gently pulled Luo Ling into his embrace and tenderly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes. Feeling the lingering warmth of Luo Ling's tears, Kobei felt a sharp pang in his heart!

"Give me ten minutes!"

Kobei narrowed his eyes slightly, cast a glance at the endless sea of beasts surrounding them, and spoke in a deep, resolute voice. Luo Ling's tears pierced his heart; he would never allow his woman to shed tears!

Gently pushing Luo Ling out of his embrace, Kobei took a sharp step forward and drew a deep breath. The Nine Suns Divine Art internal energy within his Dantian surged violently, instantly rushing toward the small golden pagoda between his eyebrows!

"Purple Fire, come out for your master!"

Kobei let out a fierce low roar! With that roar, a blinding torrent of purple flames burst forth.

"Die!"

A brilliant flash of purple light swept through the depths of Kobei’s eyes. With a casual wave of his hand, the Netherworld Purple Fire shot out toward the ferocious beasts in all directions.

Sizzling~~

The moment the purple fire made contact with the beasts, it instantly incinerated them into absolute nothingness! The Netherworld Purple Fire was a terrifying entity known as the God-Slaying Flame; even King-grade beasts did not dare to touch it directly, let alone these ordinary beasts who had no way of resisting it!

Sizzling!!

The Netherworld Purple Fire transformed into a massive barrier of purple light, crazily enveloping the endless horde of beasts closing in from all sides. Wherever the purple fire passed, every single beast was instantly reduced to nothingness!

"Roar!"

Shrieking in agony, the beasts desperately charged toward the barrier of purple light blocking Kobei's path, only to be vaporized into nothingness the moment they touched it.

In the span of just a few breaths, at least several hundred thousand beasts had been reduced to nothingness by the purple fire. Standing behind the roaring flames, Kobei watched the beasts instantly vanish and shook his head slightly.

"Still a bit too slow!"

"Advance! Push forward!"

Kobei let out a low roar as his hands shoved forcefully forward. Several golden giant dragons slammed directly into the purple fire, causing the purple light barrier to instantly swallow the golden dragons before surging forward with redoubled momentum!

Sizzling~~

The purple flame barrier surged ahead relentlessly. Any beast that came into contact with the purple fire was instantly obliterated into nothingness. In less than five minutes, the vast, boundless horde of beasts had been more than half incinerated by the purple fire.

"Keep going!"

Purple flames flickered wildly in Kobei’s eyes as all the Netherworld Purple Fire stored within the small golden pagoda poured out completely.

Because Luo Ling was consumed with worry for Luo Han’s safety, she had not paid attention to the purple flames at first. By the time she snapped back to her senses, more than half of the beasts had already vanished, leaving not even a single corpse behind!

"Kobei, is this your true strength? This purple fire... this purple fire is simply too terrifying!"

If she hadn't witnessed it with her own eyes, Luo Ling would never have believed what was happening right before her. Kobei’s strength was astronomical—far surpassing that of ordinary invincible Mortal-Shedding realm practitioners!

Luo Ling even felt that even a powerhouse who had just stepped into the God of War realm could not slaughter beasts at such a horrifying speed!

Just as Luo Ling was marveling at Kobei’s strength, another five minutes passed. The beast tide that had surged like a towering ocean wave just moments ago had now practically vanished entirely!

The entire Nine-Ring Mountains fell completely silent; not a single beastly roar could be heard. This eerie quietness made Luo Ling feel quite unaccustomed to it!

"Return!"

With a casual beckoning gesture from Kobei, the purple flames swiftly surged back into his body, returning once again into the depths of the small golden pagoda.

"Ten minutes, right on time!"

Kobei walked back to Luo Ling’s side and smiled slightly as he looked at her stunned, pretty little face.

"Let’s go. Big Brother Luo Han should be in the Xijiang ruins city! The B-grade mission he accepted was to destroy the zombie stronghold in the Xijiang ruins city!"

"Mn."

With her heart weighed down by anxiety over Luo Han's safety, Luo Ling did not press Kobei about the mysterious purple fire, nodding obediently instead.

"Let me carry you."

Kobei slowly bent down and, without waiting for a reply, scooped Luo Ling up into his arms. Knowing how anxious Luo Ling must be, he wanted to reach the Xijiang ruins city where Luo Han was located as quickly as possible!

Boom!

Holding Luo Ling in his arms, Kobei slammed his foot fiercely against the ground, unleashing a terrifying surge of physical strength. Simultaneously, the internal energy of the Nine Suns Divine Art poured wildly into his legs. Activating the Lingbo Microsteps, his body instantly transformed into a blurred afterimage accompanied by a piercing sonic boom, rocketing toward the Xijiang ruins city at lightning speed!

The Xijiang ruins city was a little over six hundred kilometers away from the Nine-Ring Mountains. At the full explosive speed of Kobei, he would be able to reach it in just a few minutes.

Meanwhile, back in the Xijiang ruins city, Luo Han never expected that a Godly King realm powerhouse was hiding right here!

"Hehe, little human brat, was it fun slaughtering my Protoss subjects just now?"

A lower Godly King realm powerhouse clad in purple armor looked at Luo Han—whose body was wreathed in blue flames and whose expression was taut with tension—and asked with a mocking, playful smile.

"Beg for mercy. As long as you please me, I promise I will grant you a swift and painless death."

An evil smile played across the face of the lower Godly King as he walked step by step toward Luo Han.

"Go fuck your mother!"

The muscles around Luo Han’s eyes twitched fiercely. A ball of cyan flames shot out from his palm, fiercely hurtling toward the lower Godly King realm powerhouse.

Boom!

Radiating a terrifyingly high temperature accompanied by a howling wind, the cyan flame hurtled toward the lower Godly King.

"Hmph."

The purple-armored lower Godly King let out a disdainful cold snort and casually waved a hand, instantly slapping away the ball of cyan flames that had flown right in front of its face.

"Disobedient little thing!"

With a fierce stomp of its foot, the lower Godly King instantly materialized right in front of Luo Han. Extending a hand with a sickly, pale complexion, it delivered a seemingly casual punch that sent Luo Han flying backward through the air.

(To be continued)