Chapter 2235 - 2227: Maybe He’s a Top Expert
The originally dim Beast Barbaric Thunder Pearl began to show a slight gleam after devouring the Thunder Spiritual Qi from the void depths of Thunder Land. Although it was only a faint gleam, Huang Xiaolong could sense that the big formation within the Thunder Pearl was slowly regaining vitality.
Huang Xiaolong felt a surge of joy and continued to fly deeper into Thunder Land.
The deeper one goes into Thunder Land, the more concentrated and pure the Thunder Spiritual Qi hidden within the void becomes. At that time, the Beast Barbaric Thunder Pearl would recover even faster.
One strand, two strands, three strands, four strands!
Initially, these strands of Thunder Spiritual Qi were as thin as hair, threadlike, but as he traveled deeper into Thunder Land, these strands became thicker, until a day later, they were as thick as thin ropes.
As night fell, Huang Xiaolong did not stop to rest, continuing to ride the Six-eyed Ice Lion deeper into Thunder Land.
Although Huang Xiaolong was unsure of the exact location of the Thunder Dragon Divine Fruit, such divine fruits would generally be found in the most concentrated areas of Thunder Qi deep within Thunder Land.
Just as Huang Xiaolong continued to fly deeper on the Six-eyed Ice Lion, suddenly, cries for help came from ahead.
"Whose voice is that?!" Huang Xiaolong wondered, surprised.
"Zhang Wenyue!"
Huang Xiaolong leapt off the Six-eyed Ice Lion, breaking through layers of Thunder Qi, and flew forward, with the Ice Lion closely following.
Soon, Huang Xiaolong saw several figures frantically fleeing towards him, looking extremely distressed. They were none other than Zhang Wenyue, Zhang Haochen, and their father, Prince Qian, with a large group of experts pursuing them from behind.
Among the group of experts were those from the Jinyuan Kingdom, the Thunder Ascension Kingdom, and the Beast Emperor Sect!
Huang Xiaolong was taken aback.
𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢
He did not expect so many powerful forces to be chasing Zhang Wenyue and the others.
As Zhang Wenyue and the others fled towards Huang Xiaolong, several guards from the Qian Prince Mansion were also killed by the pursuing experts.
Finally, only Zhang Wenyue, Zhang Haochen, and Prince Qian remained.
The three of them looked at the approaching experts with despair on their faces.
"Yue’er, Chen’er, it’s my fault for dragging you into this!" Prince Qian said sorrowfully.
Zhang Wenyue shook her head, remaining silent, her beautiful face gloomy.
Suddenly, Zhang Wenyue’s eyes lit up, looking ahead with disbelief.
Prince Qian and Zhang Haochen followed her gaze.
"Young Master Huang!" Zhang Wenyue exclaimed joyfully, her voice laced with excitement.
Prince Qian and Zhang Haochen, upon recognizing Huang Xiaolong, showed complex expressions.
"Young Master Huang, run quickly!" Suddenly, the delighted Zhang Wenyue shouted urgently, fearing that Huang Xiaolong hadn’t heard her. She called again anxiously, "Young Master Huang, hurry up and leave!"
Huang Xiaolong paused, glancing at the various pursuers behind Zhang Wenyue, and realized what was happening. She must be worried about him being caught up in the chaos, or perhaps she feared that once those strong people caught up, neither he nor the others could escape.
Understanding Zhang Wenyue’s concern, Huang Xiaolong smiled. Although there were hundreds of strong people pursuing them, the strongest among them were merely at the Great Emperor Tenth Rank.
Had he just left the Qian Prince Mansion, he might not have been able to handle the Great Emperor Tenth Rank experts from the Beast Emperor Sect, but now, he was not who he was when he first left the Qian Prince Mansion.
Seeing Huang Xiaolong standing there stupidly instead of fleeing, Zhang Wenyue became both anxious and angry, "Young Master Huang, please run! If you don’t go now, it’ll be too late!"
Huang Xiaolong shook his head.
At this time, the various strongmen from the Jinyuan Kingdom, Thunder Ascension Kingdom, and Beast Emperor Sect arrived, not only surrounding Zhang Wenyue and the others but also enclosing Huang Xiaolong, blocking all retreat paths.
Zhang Wenyue, seeing this situation, was at a loss whether to be angry or upset.
"Why are you—!" Just as Zhang Wenyue was about to "reprimand" Huang Xiaolong for not escaping, she suddenly noticed the disappearance of the scars on Huang Xiaolong’s face. She was stunned because when Huang Xiaolong left the Qian Prince Mansion, his face still had faint scars, but now they were completely gone.
Earlier, due to the distance and her panic, she hadn’t noticed.
But now, up close, without scars, Huang Xiaolong looked exceptionally handsome, brimming with masculine arrogance.
Zhang Haochen and Prince Qian also noticed the change in the scars on Huang Xiaolong’s face and were similarly startled.
"Hehe, so there’s another one here." At this moment, an unharmonious voice sounded, "Zhang Wenyue, is this your lover? Quite handsome, but unfortunately, you’re about to become doomed lovebirds!"
The speaker was a young man dressed in a Purple Dragon Robe, none other than Dong Zenning, the young master from Prince Long Mansion of the Jinyuan Kingdom, famed alongside Zhang Wenyue and the late Qin Shaolong as the three great talents of the Jinyuan Kingdom.
Of course, he was also a sworn enemy of the Qian Prince Mansion.
"Enough talk, hand over the Treasure Manual, and we’ll give you four a quick death!" laughed a cold voice from a Beast Emperor Sect expert.
This Beast Emperor Sect expert was at the Middle Stage of Great Emperor Tenth Rank, the strongest among the gathered, a high-level deacon of the Beast Emperor Sect.
Faces ashen, Zhang Wenyue, Zhang Haochen, and Prince Qian couldn’t help recalling the events after the Beidou Sword Sect selection concluded—they had come to Thunder Land.
Upon entering Thunder Land, by chance, they discovered a cave house and obtained a Supreme Level Treasure Manual cultivation technique. Yet, they didn’t expect a spy planted by Prince Long Mansion among their guards. The news quickly leaked, attracting powerful forces to encircle and snatch it.
A Supreme expert’s Treasure Manual cultivation technique was an enormous temptation even for a sect like the Beast Emperor Sect, let alone forces like the Thunder Ascension Kingdom or the Jinyuan Kingdom.
Zhang Wenyue instinctively moved closer to Huang Xiaolong, subconsciously feeling safer by his side.
Seeing Zhang Wenyue’s shivering posture, Huang Xiaolong couldn’t help but feel protective. He said, "Don’t worry, as long as I’m here, you’ll be fine."
At Huang Xiaolong’s words, the surrounding experts were startled, then Dong Zenning and the Beast Emperor Sect experts burst into laughter.
"Did you hear that? This kid says as long as he’s here, nothing will happen!" Dong Zenning laughed, "Maybe this kid is a great expert, a mighty expert!" His voice filled with mockery and ridicule.
The high-level deacon of Beast Emperor Sect, at the Middle Stage of Great Emperor Tenth Rank, also laughed, "You never know, this kid might actually be an expert. Maybe he’s a Peak of Stage Ten Late Stage Great Emperor, about to beat us thoroughly!"
The crowd erupted in laughter.
Clearly, they did not believe Huang Xiaolong was a Peak of Stage Ten Late Stage Great Emperor expert. Although Zhang Wenyue was one of the three great talents of the Jinyuan Kingdom’s younger generation, her strength was just at the Peak of Late Stage God King Tenth Rank. A mere God King, how could her lover be a Great Emperor Realm expert?
At most, he was just a Heavenly Monarch.