Chapter 122
“What!
Late-stage fifth-class desolate beast?
Lord Sha, are you sure you aren’t joking?
Isn’t the strongest desolate beast in the Black Forest a peak fourth-class desolate beast?
Why is there a late-stage fifth-class desolate beast?
That Xiao Chen … ”
When Zhu Geming heard God Sha talking to himself, he was shocked and exclaimed. His face was horrified and his eyes were filled with disbelief.
“Ah!”
When Liu Ruyue heard that it was a late stage Rank 5 Desolate Beast, she cried out in shock. Her body trembled intensely. If it were not for Xuda, who was beside her, quickly reaching out to support her, she would have fallen off her horse.
“Open!”
The Slaughter God didn’t answer Zhuge Ming’s question immediately. Instead, he jumped down and walked to the huge head of the Sky-Devouring Giant Python. Then, he slowly pulled out the long saber from his back. After a moment, the simple black long saber radiated light in all directions, swallowing and spitting out red light. Then, he shouted and waved the long saber with astonishing power, slashing at the forehead of the Sky-Devouring Giant Python.
“Boom!”
The incomparably stiff giant python’s head broke and exploded, revealing the disgusting colorful flesh and brain inside the head.
God Sha’s cultivation had reached the peak of the Purple Image Realm. He was able to split open the tough giant python’s head with a single saber. He was indeed terrifyingly powerful. Compared to Xiao Chen after he went berserk, he was much stronger.
God Sha didn’t say a word and used the long saber to fiddle with the split giant python’s head. After a while, his thick eyebrows knitted together before relaxing. He stopped “torturing the corpse” and turned to the two hundred black-armored cavalries behind him and shouted, “Young Master Xiao Chen might not be dead. All black-armored cavalries, immediately search for Young Master Xiao Chen’s whereabouts. If he’s alive, I want to see him. If he’s dead, I want to see his corpse!”
“Yes, Great Commander!”
Two black-armored cavalries responded respectfully. They then rode their horses and dispersed in all directions of the Black Forest. They were going to carry out a carpet search just to find Xiao Chen’s whereabouts.
Zhuge Ming and company understood Sha Tu’s strange actions. Hence, Zhuge Ming asked on behalf, “Lord Sha, the desolate beast’s inner core has been taken away?
You suspect that Xiao Chen killed the Sky-Devouring Giant Python and took away the wild beast’s core?
How was this possible?
Is Xiao Chen that good? ”
“Yes, the desolate beast’s inner core was dug out from the Heaven Devouring Python’s eye sockets. I’m guessing that Young Master Xiao Chen risked his life to kill the Heaven Devouring Python after being heavily injured. After that, he was unable to split open the python’s head, so he could only reach out and dig out the inner core from the python’s eye sockets. As for where he is now?
Was he still alive?
I’m not sure either. ”
Sha Tu Shen glanced at the two young masters and a young lady in front of him and coldly stated his guess. He did not believe that Xiao Chen had been swallowed by the Sky-Devouring Giant Python.
If it wasn’t Xiao Chen who killed the Sky-Devouring Giant Python and another formidable martial artist who killed the python, that formidable martial artist would have done the same as him and directly cut open the python’s head to retrieve the desolate beast’s inner core.
When Liu Ruyue heard Sha Tu Shen’s explanation, she was slightly relieved. However, she was still worried. Hence, she pleaded with Sha Tu Shen, “Lord Sha, someone has done something to the Black Forest. Someone wants to harm Young Master Xiao Chen. Xiao Chen might have been swallowed by the Sky-Devouring Giant Python, and the Sky-Devouring Giant Python might have been killed by the mastermind. What’s more, they had created an illusion to make us think that Xiao Chen had killed the Sky-Devouring Giant Python. Lord Sha, can you cut open the python’s abdomen? I want to confirm …”
When Zhu Geming and Xu Da heard Liu Ruyue’s words, they were silently praising Liu Ruyue’s meticulousness. She was able to think of all the possibilities. Hence, they also looked at Sha Tu Shen with pleading eyes. They naturally didn’t wish to see Xiao Chen’s corpse in the Sky-Devouring Giant Python’s abdomen. Hence, they wanted to check and eliminate the possibility that Xiao Chen had died in the python’s abdomen.
When Sha Tu Shen heard Liu Ruyue’s words, he went silent. He believed in Bestial Berserk, and the countless desolate beast corpses in front of him was the best proof. Furthermore, the Black Forest, which had never had a fifth-grade desolate beast, had actually appeared in this Hunting Tournament. All sorts of strange and abnormal things could only mean that someone had done something to the Black Forest, and their goal was to kill Xiao Chen.
As for who wanted Xiao Chen to die, it wasn’t hard to guess. Xiao Chen had offended plenty of people in Sha Thearch City, but to be able to set up such a vicious scheme, it could only be the Ji Clan, the Situ Clan, or … the Sha Clan. The latter had the highest possibility. After all, not everyone could capture a late-stage fifth-grade desolate beast. It had to be a peak-stage Purple Elephant Realm expert or a Purple Elephant Realm expert with a high-grade divine gift.
The Situ Clan and the Ji Clan’s old monsters could do it. The Sha Clan’s Grand Elder, Sha Poolong, and Third Elder, Sha Poollang could do it. Killing the Clan Head, Sha Pooltian could do it with ease.
The Ji Clan and the Situ Clan’s old monsters could be eliminated. They wouldn’t go through so much trouble just to deal with a junior. Unless their clan was on the brink of extinction, they would definitely not make a move.
Killing the Clan Head, Sha Pooltian could be eliminated. If he wanted to kill Xiao Chen, he could just kill him directly.
It was even more impossible for the Sha Clan’s Third Elder, Sha Poollang. Sha Poollang was extremely protective of Xiao Chen. How could he possibly harm Xiao Chen?
Finally, only the Sha Clan’s Grand Elder, Sha Poolong, was left. The possibility of him being the culprit was the highest. He hated Xiao Chen to the core and had long wanted to kill Xiao Chen. Not only that, his strength had already reached the level where he could capture a Heaven Devouring Python. His cultivation base had already reached the second level of the Violet Elephant Realm, and he was also a god-bestowed warrior of the berserk transformation state. After going berserk, his strength would explosively surge to the third level of the Celestial Phenomenon Realm. It was simply too easy for a third level Celestial Phenomenon Realm expert to capture a fifth-grade Heaven Devouring Python.
Sha Poolong usually didn’t like to smile, and was extremely similar to Xiao Chen. However, he was extremely intelligent. There were some things that he could understand after thinking it through. He already had a plan in his heart.
Although he had a plan, he couldn’t casually say it out. Although he was powerful and was the grand commander of the Sha Clan’s black-armored knights, he was still a subordinate of the Sha Clan after all.
Some words should be kept in one’s heart. If they were to be spoken out, they would die. Sha Poolong’s cultivation base had already reached the peak of the third level of the Violet Elephant Realm. However, his god-bestowment wasn’t of a high enough grade. His god-bestowment was the same as the Blood Sun City’s City Lord, Xue Wuchang.
After releasing his god-bestowment, his cultivation base could reach the second level of the Celestial Phenomenon Realm. However, he might not be able to kill Sha Poolong, let alone Sha Potian. Not only that, he was extremely loyal to the Sha Clan and was as close as a brother to Sha Poolong. There was no way he would betray the Sha Clan.
“Pu!”
Sha Poolong fell silent for a moment before he raised the long saber in his hand again. He admired Xiao Chen very much, and naturally didn’t wish for Xiao Chen to die prematurely. Hence, he carefully sliced open the belly of the Heaven Devouring Python.
Maybe because it was dead and there was no energy to protect it, the defense of the Heaven Devouring Python wasn’t as strong as before. Sha Poolong didn’t have to expend much effort to slice open its belly.
“Nothing?
Hu ~ ”
Liu Ruyue and the two others nervously rushed over to take a look. They discovered that other than a few corpses of desolate beasts, there were no corpses of humans. Their hearts instantly relaxed as they heaved a long sigh of relief.
Sha Poolong had a cold expression on his face, but he also heaved a sigh of relief in his heart. He truly didn’t wish to see the corpse of that arrogant and untamed genius. That would be too cruel.
Such a thought was a little ridiculous to someone like him who killed people like scything flax. But this was indeed what he was thinking in his heart now.
“You guys can descend the mountain first. Just leave the matter of searching for Young Master Xiao Chen to us.”
Sha Poolong spoke a final sentence before he mounted his horse and galloped towards the depths of the Black Forest without even turning his head back.
Liu Ruyue and the two others stared at the departing Sha Poolong, but they didn’t choose to return. Instead, they chose to search for Xiao Chen’s whereabouts in the vicinity of the battlefield. Once, they even passed by the place where Xiao Chen fell into the snake cave, but they still couldn’t find that hidden snake cave.
The news of Xiao Chen’s disappearance soon spread to the ears of all the participants and guards, and even to the Sha Di City. Momentarily, the entire Sha Di City was shaken!