Chapter 119: Visitors from Another Land, Siege in the Wilderness
Mountain-Opening Cannon, Head-On Cannon, Half-Step Bombardment, Undersea Shock, Eight-Armed Divine Fist!
Tang Wen unleashed them one after another. The air trembled, and the sound of it being torn apart echoed.
[Body: 8.95→8.99]
An increase of 0.04!
The scorching heat in his body hadn’t dissipated. On the contrary, it was growing more intense.
His skin took on a light red hue, and his body temperature was rising.
"AWOO!"
The Sand Wolf King urged Tang Wen to train.
Tang Wen didn’t dare to slack off.
He knew in his heart that the spinal marrow of the Extraordinary Exotic Beast was taking effect.
It could be considered a type of Treasure of Heaven and Earth.
After consuming it, the harder he trained and the better he guided it with his Contemplation Method, the more his Constitution would be enhanced.
If he didn’t train or move, the medicinal power would rampage through his body, actually causing him harm!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
[Body: 8.99→9.04]
Another increase of 0.05.
The scorching sensation inside Tang Wen grew even stronger.
He was no longer satisfied with just punching the air.
But the nearby ground had been ravaged by several great battles.
There wasn’t even a decent-sized rock left.
Where could he find something to use as a target?
He had no choice but to be patient, repeatedly using Visualization to strike the air!
Half an hour passed, and the inside of his body felt like it was on fire.
The heat flushed his face red, and white steam rose from the top of his head!
The medicinal power of the Extraordinary Crocodile Turtle’s spinal marrow was too strong!
He was like an ordinary person who had consumed a thousand-year-old ginseng; if he couldn’t quickly absorb or release the medicinal power, it would burn his internal organs.
"Hah!"
Tang Wen ran to a distant spot, lifted a ten-thousand-jin boulder, channeled his strength with the Contemplation Method, and viciously hurled it.
He didn’t care whether the throw was successful or not.
He madly chased after it, lifted it again, and threw it once more!
[Body: 9.04→9.11]
[Body: 9.11→9.17]
[Body: 9.17→9.30]
[...]
His relatively lagging Physical Attribute was skyrocketing as if strapped to a rocket.
Tang Wen began to sprint wildly across the wilderness!
In the blink of an eye, he became a black dot in the distance.
FLAP! FLAP! FLAP!
The Blood Crow, now at the Middle-Level Beast grade, shot into the sky and chased after Tang Wen.
In yesterday’s great battle, it had overcome its instinctual fear and clawed out one of the Extraordinary Crocodile Turtle’s eyes.
That, combined with the High-Level Secret Medicine Tang Wen had given it,
had allowed it to break through its own limits and become a Blood Crow King Level existence.
However, the Blood Crow species had a very low ceiling; a Middle-level Exotic Beast was already the king of their kind.
"AWOO!"
Tang Wen’s mount, the wolf, also gave chase, leading two High-Level Sand Wolves.
Qian Dong relaxed a little, but a trace of envy crept in. ’That monster... he’s acting just like I did after using a High-Level Secret Medicine for the first time!’
’The benefits he’s gaining are probably immense.’
’That freak’s Constitution might even reach a whole new level.’
His expression was complicated.
Tang Wen sprinted across the wilderness like a wild beast.
Every rock and obstacle in his path was kicked to pieces or smashed apart.
After running for an unknown distance, he came across a stone array.
Massive boulders of varying heights stood there, and he had no idea where they came from or how they had been erected one by one.
He couldn’t afford to think about it. He charged in and unleashed a bombardment of Cannon Fists!
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Like a perpetual motion machine, he unleashed hundreds of blows in an instant.
[Body: 9.37→9.45]
The growth began to slow down.
In the blink of an eye, hundreds of massive boulders had been pulverized to dust by Tang Wen!
He was drenched in sweat. The scorching heat in his body finally began to subside, but his skin was now a deep red.
[Body: 9.45→9.50]
His Physical Strength Value broke through the 9.5 mark, greatly narrowing the gap with his Spiritual Power.
"GRUMBLE GRUMBLE GRUMBLE"
This whole ordeal had consumed too much energy, and a pang of hunger shot through his stomach.
Tang Wen sighed. "The things that make you stronger really don’t make you comfortable."
Even though he was hungry, he didn’t want to move. He lay on the ground, spread-eagled like the character "太."
His chest heaved as he gasped for breath.
After an unknown amount of time, tiny grains of sand on the ground began to tremble.
This was the kind of disturbance caused by cavalry, or a large-scale migration of horse-like animals.
’Have Qian Dong and the others arrived?’
Tang Wen frowned and sat up. ’No, the direction is wrong.’
The vibrations were coming from his front-left.
That was—the direction of the Black Mountain Battalion!
"CAW!"
Tang Wen waved at the sky, and the Blood Crow flew off to investigate.
He pulled a sweat-soaked pouch from his clothes and, not caring whether the meat slices inside were clean, grabbed handful after handful and stuffed them into his mouth.
"CAW! CAW! CAW! CAW!"
Before he could finish eating, the Blood Crow flew back and landed on the ground.
"Is it the Black Mountain Battalion’s cavalry?" he asked, his mouth full.
The Blood Crow nodded.
Its round trip was so fast, which meant the enemy cavalry was very close.
Tang Wen looked back and saw three black dots appear from the direction he had come. They soon resolved into the silhouettes of three wolves.
He swallowed the dried meat in his mouth.
Tang Wen heard the sounds of battle. He wanted to get closer to observe, but the area in front of the Giant Stone Array was open, with nowhere to hide. He also hadn’t brought a Thousand-Mile Telescope, so he couldn’t watch from a distance.
Turning his head to look at the Giant Stone Array, he suddenly had an idea. He walked over, wrapped his arms around a thousand-jin boulder, and strode forward like a shooting star.
After carrying it for half a li, he gently set the boulder down, using it to hide his body, and peeked out to look.
Black-clad cavalrymen on horseback had formed a circle.
The Blood Crow cawed a few times, and Tang Wen knew there were three people inside the circle.
He picked up the boulder and continued forward.
After another hundred meters or so, he set the stone down and crouched to observe.
A forest of horses’ legs stood there, hooves stamping restlessly.
Tang Wen could now see clearly. These dozens of cavalrymen were indeed from Black Mountain Camp.
And when he saw the legs of the people in the encirclement, he determined that there were three people surrounded—or, to be precise, three women.
Everything made sense now.
Black Mountain Camp was full of lecherous pigs.
For them, mobilizing a large force just to hunt down three women was a common occurrence.
What was unusual was that these three women clearly possessed considerable combat strength.
Despite being surrounded by several times their number, they weren’t at a disadvantage.
Tang Wen stared at the men from the Black Mountain Battalion and noticed that there were three Martial Artists among the leaders.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Although the ones under siege weren’t from Flame Camp,
Tang Wen was still prepared to lend a hand!
"WHOOSH!"
A gust of wind blew past, and the three Sand Wolves arrived behind Tang Wen.
"You three arrived just in time."
Tang Wen mounted the alpha wolf, rubbing its furry ear as he casually gave orders, "A wolf must understand the art of war. In a moment, you two, circle around to that side and then start howling like crazy!"
It was unclear if the two wolves understood, but they went anyway.
Tang Wen gave a few more instructions to the Blood Crow, and it spread its wings and flew back the way they came.
Soon, wolf howls echoed from the other side.
"On guard!"
A Black Mountain Battalion sentinel shouted.
"It’s Sand Wolves!"
"High-Level Sand Wolves."
"Fuck! A bunch of animals dare to interrupt my fun!" the furious roar of a Martial Artist echoed across the plains.
"Laoqi, relying on the brothers, we won’t be able to take down these three little fillies anytime soon!"
"Yeah, Brother Qi, this isn’t too far from Flame Camp. We’d best make this quick... huh?" As he spoke, the tall Martial Artist glanced in Tang Wen’s direction, which was also the direction of Flame Camp.
His brow suddenly twitched. "Brother Qi, Third Brother, was there always a huge boulder over there?"
"What boulder? Laoqi, Lao Jiu, stop wasting time! Let’s attack together!"
Lao Jiu, the one who saw the boulder, felt a sense of unease but still followed his two "brothers" and charged into the fray.
Inside the encirclement, the pressure on the three women suddenly skyrocketed.
They had come from afar and had fought many life-and-death battles along the way.
Every one of them was already injured and exhausted.
How could they be a match for these three fresh reinforcements from Black Mountain Camp?
The moment the two sides clashed, they were quickly reduced to only being able to parry.
Tang Wen hid behind the massive boulder, taking in the entire scene.
He wasn’t in a hurry to make a move, quietly observing the Martial Arts styles of both sides.
Among the Black Mountain Camp’s Martial Artists, besides one who used a Claw Technique, the other two were using Night Divine Fist.
Meanwhile, the three Female Martial Artists had a varied set of moves—their fists, feet, and palms were all different. Their techniques were exquisite and their footwork nimble, which was the only reason their injured bodies could barely hold out against the three men.
’From the looks of it, could they be Female Witches from some major power?’
The Sand Wolf beneath him grew restless, wanting to charge out.
Tang Wen patted its head. "Don’t be hasty. If they really are from a major power, they’re bound to have a trick up their sleeve!"