High-Level Martial Era - Chapter 751

Chapter 751: Chapter 399: Princess Jiang Xuan
 

“Is it the Divine Realm? Or not?” Liu Bing became increasingly confused.

“Actually, I don’t fully understand either since there’s little information recorded in the ancient texts, and I used to just regard it as a story,” Qiu Bingzun said. “In any case, Little Ice, this is definitely a rare opportunity, and you must seize it.”

“But also be careful. If it really is the Starry Sky Ancient City, by logic, the number of True Gods in the Starry Sky Ancient City is astonishing, and there will be even more powerful Heavenly Divines presiding over it… we should all proceed slowly,” Qiu Bingzun said.

“Mhm,” Liu Bing nodded.

Although she possessed inherited memories, the information in her inheritance was mainly deep, with the core being those powerful secret techniques and mighty Star Techniques.

In terms of breadth, all sorts of miscellaneous knowledge and experiences, she naturally couldn’t compare to Qiu Bingzun.

“Do you feel those cold winds in this layer of ice?” Qiu Bingzun transmitted a message.

“Yes, it’s the combined use of the Law of Water and the Wind Law,” Liu Bing’s eyes gleamed with light. “Especially the application of the Wind Law, it’s extremely ingenious.”

“Places with such strange phenomena could just be your opportunity,” Qiu Bingzun said. “Move forward slowly, explore… The fact that you were sent here means it’s definitely not a dead end…”

“Don’t worry about Li Yuan either.”

“He has awakened the innate Eight Star Veins; logically speaking, the opportunities and missions he encounters should be stronger than yours,” Qiu Bingzun said. “Only by completing the mission can there be hope to see him again.”

Qiu Bingzun knew the place Li Yuan held in Liu Bing’s heart.

“Alright!”

…

At the time when Li Yuan and Liu Bing were forced to undertake separate missions,

in the Feixing, Seven Star Civilization, within the Starfire Martial Hall Headquarters.

Within a mysterious hall.

Here, even Second Class Star Masters had no right to enter, only the Seven Stars Alliance Hierarch and Vice Alliance Hierarch were qualified to do so.

Within the hall, there were some crystal stones exuding red light, and several ancient lamps emanating strange fiery glows.

Life Crystals! Soul Lamps!

This hall was a place where the life and death status of all high-ranking powerhouses of the Seven Star Civilization could be confirmed.

“Has Li Yuan’s Soul Lamp really been extinguished?” Lant Semi-Divine stared shockedly at one of the lamps floating above a showcase.

“Fang Hai, what’s going on?”

Lant Semi-Divine couldn’t help but ask, “Wasn’t Li Yuan just two days into entering the Nine Leaves World?”

“The Soul Lamp is extinguished upon entering the Nine Leaves World?”

Lant Semi-Divine had just received the news and had hurried over in haste.

“It’s been two days,” Fang Hai said solemnly. “Two days ago, as soon as Li Yuan entered the Nine Leaves Star Realm, the Soul Lamp extinguished straight away, and by common sense, he shouldn’t have had the chance to enter the Nine Leaves World yet… I immediately arranged for Duanmu Hong to go check in the Nine Leaves Star Realm, but no clues were found.”

“What?” Lant Semi-Divine became increasingly shocked.

“This situation has never occurred before; even when my teacher and I entered the Nine Leaves World and even the Nine Mountains World in the past, the Soul Lamp never extinguished… The last time the teacher’s lamp extinguished was because he did it intentionally.”

“What about Li Yuan?” Lant Semi-Divine was quite worried.

“There are two possibilities,” Fang Hai’s eyes were equally filled with concern. “First, Li Yuan is extremely strong and talented. Just upon entering the Nine Leaves World, he was moved by the intangible rules of the Burial Immortal Ancient Domain… leaving our Mortal Domain directly.”

“The second possibility is that Li Yuan encountered an unknown disaster upon entering the Star Realm Passage and perished,” Fang Hai shook his head.

“Li Yuan will definitely not perish like this,” Lant Semi-Divine said with a heavy tone.

He hadn’t met Li Yuan often, but he trusted him immensely.

“I also don’t believe Li Yuan would fall easily,” Fang Hai sighed lightly. “But with the extinguished Soul Lamp, if he’s left the Mortal Domain… Can he still return?”

Lant Semi-Divine fell silent.

No one could guarantee that.

After all, even with many preparations, nobody knew if someone like Dongfang Ji, who left the Mortal Domain, could return.

“Let’s hope Li Yuan has indeed just left the Mortal Domain,” Fang Hai shook his head. “As long as he’s alive, that’s all that matters.”

…

In the Jue Xing Continent, within the Abyssal Demon Blood Den where Li Yuan was located.

The entire Blood Den was vast, merely divided into maze-like passages by towering canyons, with a multitude of Flying Heaven Level creatures from the Abyss Country struggling for survival in the gorges.

Battling with ferocious beasts! Even battling amongst themselves!

In the deepest part of the Blood Den, the trees became even taller, and the air was faintly suffused with a hint of blood-colored currents.

Suddenly.

“Boom!” The air shook violently, followed by the sound of a Void Warship, dozens of meters long, whistling across the sky, escaping outward like lightning. The speed of the warship was incredibly fast.

If one were a strong enough being, they could clearly see the warship was covered in a large amount of blood, seemingly having just undergone a bloody battle.

Yet the warship itself had not suffered much damage, with only a few scars, appearing extremely sturdy.

“Rumble!” The ground trembled, and boulders from the sides of the canyon collapsed with a crash. Following that, a host of ferocious beasts appeared, each with blood-red eyes, extremely violent.

“Roar!” “Roar! Kill!” Communicating with their simple intelligence, these ferocious creatures chased after the warship like a tide.

On the deck of the warship.

“Your Highness, don’t worry; we’re safe now,” a tall and burly brute about two meters high said in a deep voice, wearing light armor with incredibly thick arms and several knife scars on his face, which made him appear quite fearsome.

Yet his eyes were firm, as he steered the warship forward.

On the deck, there were also several armored warriors, but their life breath was not as strong as the burly brute’s, and fear could be seen on their faces.

“Uncle Guo, and Uncle Fang and Dong Li?” A girl wearing luxurious silver armor on the warship couldn’t help but speak out with a face full of worry.

“Don’t worry.”

“Your Highness, Fang Lei and Dong Li have both broken through to become Semi-Divine, and they are veterans specially selected from this time’s guard army,” the burly brute known as ‘Uncle Guo’ said in a deep voice.

He said so, but even he wasn’t confident in his heart.

Fang Lei and Dong Li had become Semi-Divine.

But since one must be at the Flying Heaven Realm to enter the Abyssal Demon Blood Den—even if they were guards of the Highness—they had to abide by the King’s rules.

Therefore, they had just advanced after entering the Blood Den.

Facing the siege of a large number of ferocious beasts, the situation was extremely perilous.

This battle, had it not been for their desperate effort to cover the rear by themselves, blocking those two Semi-Divine Level ferocious beasts, the whole army would have likely already been annihilated.

“It’s my fault,” the Silver Armor maiden whispered, “We shouldn’t have gone to the edge of the forbidden land.”

“What is Your Highness talking about? Our mission is to protect Your Highness, even at the cost of our lives,” the burly man said in a low voice. “Besides, going to the forbidden land was a suggestion from the three of us… To complete the Royal Family’s trial mission, we have to take risks.”

The maiden’s eyes dimmed.

Boom!

Although the burly man had not yet broken through to become Semi-Divine, his True Intent Comprehension was at Sixth Stage Perfection. Operating a Fourth Rank top-level warship, the speed of the craft was astonishing, and they gradually widened the distance from the following pack of ferocious beasts.

Soon after.

“Boom!” As the warship turned another great bend, the burly man, the maiden, and several other Armored Warriors saw a Black Armor warrior lying on a giant boulder in the valley, seemingly asleep.

The ground trembled with a thunderous rumble as the horde of ferocious beasts closed in.

“Sleeping?”

“Daring to sleep in the Abyss Demon Blood Den? That’s seeking death!”

“Sensing his aura, his life breath doesn’t seem to be that strong.”

“How has he managed to survive until now?” The Armored Warriors on the deck of the warship were speechless. They hadn’t encountered such a fool in a long time.

This area was already the inner domain of the Abyss Demon Blood Den, a place of grave danger.

Whoosh~ The warship sliced through the airwaves, rapidly approaching the area of the giant stones where the Black Armor youth lay.

With the valley terrain, not daring to flee toward the sides of the mountain ranges, there was only one path.

Unless they reached some ‘Mountain Range Junction Point’, where several valleys intersected, they would have the option to escape into other valleys.

At that moment, the Black Armor youth seemed to be startled awake, ‘leisurely’ sitting up and looking towards the warship, also noticing the ferocious beast horde tens of kilometers away that was furiously charging towards him.

He just sat there watching.

As if he was ‘frozen’ with fright.

“Auntie Guo, let’s save him,” the Silver Armor maiden urged, “The pack of beasts was provoked by us; he’s innocent.”

“Your Highness, this kind of fellow isn’t worthy of…” the burly man couldn’t help but start to say.

“Save him,” the maiden insisted.

“Alright then,” the burly man internally resigned.

He felt that everything about Her Highness was excellent, her talent exceedingly high, having already reached the Flying Heaven Peak in just over a decade of cultivation. In the future, she even had the potential to awaken the Third Rank Seven Star Veins… But she was just too kind, treating various servants and underlings extremely gently while in the County City.

He hadn’t expected that even here, in the Abyss Demon Blood Den, she would still be so kind.

Right! Theoretically, the ferocious beasts charging from behind were provoked by them; this Black Armor youth seemed somewhat innocent.

But in the Abyss Demon Blood Den, where did innocent people exist?

“Boy, if you don’t want to die, get on the ship!” The burly man suddenly shouted angrily, and through Origin Power sound transmission, his voice instantly traveled to the Black Armor youth.

Whoosh!

The warship slightly adjusted its course close to the ground; suddenly, a silver chain had zipped out, full of Spiritual Nature, shooting straight towards the Black Armor youth.

The silver chain was cast by the Silver Armor maiden, who also transmitted a message: “Grab it quickly.”

On the giant stone.

The Black Armor youth, hearing the sound, was momentarily stunned, then saw the silver chain and the anxious expression on the maiden’s face on the warship, as well as glanced at the tide-like beast horde behind.

Huff!

Li Yuan reached out, grabbed the silver chain, and immediately his Origin Power burst forth, displaying a Fourth Rank level of strength, and propelled himself upwards with a leap.

Instantly, he landed on the deck of the warship.

“A Semi-Divine Level warship?” Li Yuan scanned the ship and thought to himself, “No signs of technology, this warship should be closer to a ‘Semi Divine Artifact’.”

The forging of Divine Artifacts and Semi Divine Artifacts share commonalities with technological creations but also have many differences.

The most fundamental difference lay in the Law Fluctuation.

Boom! The warship continued its advance.

“Thank you, senior.” Li Yuan bowed respectfully towards the burly man steering the warship.

Without the need for Divine Palace Exploration, Li Yuan’s strength allowed him to instantly discern that the burly man was probably at the Semi-Divine Level of Fortieth Rank but with a somewhat unstable aura, likely having just made a breakthrough.

Semi-Divine?

This was the first time Li Yuan had encountered a human Semi-Divine in his days wandering the Abyss Demon Blood Den.

According to the rules Li Yuan knew, one must be at the Flying Heaven Level to enter the Abyss Demon Blood Den.

Did this burly man break through to the Semi-Divine Level inside the Abyss Demon Blood Den?

“There’s no need to thank me, if you’re going to thank someone, thank my family’s Her Highness,” the burly man glanced at Li Yuan, then no longer paid him any attention.

“Her Highness?” Li Yuan couldn’t help but look towards the Silver Armor maiden, whose features were delicate, her eyes clear and pure.

“This is Her Highness Jiang Xuan,” an Armored Warrior beside chided, “Seeing Her Highness, shouldn’t you bow in homage?”

“If it wasn’t for Her Highness’s kindness, commanding the Commander to save you, you would have died to the beasts,” another Armored Warrior added.

Li Yuan immediately understood the reason they saved him.

“Thanks to Her Highness Jiang Xuan,” Li Yuan bowed slightly in gratitude, his heart also stirred.

Jiang?

The Royal Family of Abyss Country was indeed surnamed Jiang.

But after thousands of years of proliferation, the Royal Family’s bloodline had become immensely large, with the vast majority being just ordinary people. To still be referred to as Her Highness, capable of wandering the Abyss Demon Blood Den with a Semi-Divine serving as her personal guard… Undoubtedly, the status of this maiden within the Abyss Country’s Royal Family must be not low.

“There’s no need for thanks,”

The Silver Armor maiden shook her head and insisted, “That pack of beasts was attracted by us, saving you is only right.”

A flash of unusual color crossed Li Yuan’s eyes.

During these days wading through the Abyss Demon Blood Den, although he had rarely engaged in combat, Li Yuan had witnessed many human warriors brutally slaughtering each other, a scene of extreme bloodshed; to suddenly encounter such a naive… no, such a kind-hearted Royal Princess.

It left Li Yuan with a surreal feeling.