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Chapter 442: Iron Shard's Abnormal Movement [Part 2]
Chapter 442: Iron Shard's Abnormal Movement [Part 2]
Yan Beihan, with Little Bear and Little Tiger, had circled around seven or eight times, pulling on the little ones' ears and glaring at them, "I'm being chased again! It's all your fault for holding me back!"
The two little ones stared at the four round and innocent eyes, speechless.
What does that mean?
"Fortunately, we restored our original cultivation before leaving, otherwise, what should I do...?" At this moment, only Little Tiger and Little Bear were present, and even Fang Che wasn't there.
So, Yan Beihan freely expressed her frustration and declared her breakdown.
Finally, at this moment, Fang Che, who had gone to scout ahead, returned with good news. Yan Beihan instantly regained her composure, seemingly unaffected by the pursuit, and her cold demeanor returned.
"There are no birds on the lake surface."
This news greatly lifted Yan Beihan's spirits!
Finally, they could leave.
That night.
Fang Che chose to act in the early hours of the night.
"Act in the early hours? Isn't that too early?"
Yan Beihan had her doubts.
"It's not too early. This time, we need to move slowly, cross the vast lake, and head towards the diagonally opposite side from where we came. By the time we reach the other shore, it will be the late hours of the night, almost dawn, the safest time."
Fang Che explained.
"Impressive," Yan Beihan admitted that she hadn't thought of this.
As Fang Che continued to impress her, Yan Beihan's admiration grew.
When she first recognized him as a Night Demon, she still had a sense of superiority. But with their increased interaction, Fang Che's adaptability in various environments, like a fish in water, left Yan Beihan in awe.
Her admiration deepened.
This person indeed had unique abilities!
Such rich and extensive martial world experience seemed to provide a perfect countermeasure in any adverse situation.
This was something she couldn't compare to.
It seemed that he was well-prepared and experienced for any life-threatening situation.
How much had this Night Demon suffered?
"Are there any other common sense tips?" Yan Beihan asked sincerely.
"I'll teach you one more. Many birds and flying creatures have night blindness at night. We don't know if these monster beasts have it, but it's safer to move in the late hours. At least, we can have some hope. It's a form of self-comfort, but it's a reason."
Fang Che chuckled.
"I'm in awe!" Yan Beihan was genuinely surprised.
She never expected to learn this, too. Although it was highly unlikely for such powerful monster beasts to have night blindness, Yan Beihan was well aware of the potential effectiveness of this self-comfort during their actions.
For instance, some people with terminal illnesses might not know they have it and live happily, living longer—a perhaps inappropriate analogy, but the principle is the same.
After they were all coated, Fang Che began to act.
This time, he sought stability over speed.
So, Fang Che led the three, slowly rising to the surface like bubbles.
Not a drop of water was disturbed.
Yan Beihan, underwater, mirrored the expressions of the two little ones, staring with wide-eyed curiosity at the outside world. Her mind was spinning, and she felt dizzy.
Her small mouth was slightly open.
The sense of novelty was the same for all three.
The feeling of deja vu from these three adorable treasures was identical.
Yan Beihan never expected to see such a girlish expression from her, but Fang Che absolutely would not point it out, pretending not to notice.
Fang Che held back his laughter and slowed down further.
He prolonged the underwater journey for these three curious little ones.
Finally, they silently floated to the other side of the vast lake.
It was just before dawn.
Half an hour before dawn, the darkest moment of the day.
Yan Beihan was in awe of Fang Che's precise timing.
She couldn't understand how Fang Che managed such precise calculations underwater.
This was an unsolved mystery to her.
But she didn't ask further.
Instead, she decided to figure it out herself and then seek Fang Che's confirmation.
It didn't make sense that he could think of something she couldn't.
Fang Che silently brought the three bubbles to the shore, and Yan Beihan immediately took charge of the two little ones, hugging them close to her chest.
Then, Fang Che silently emerged from the water.
The water current gently returned to its original state.
The two quickly increased their speed, stealthily moving through the bushes.
As expected, they remained undetected.
They sprinted through the night.
Before the first rays of dawn.
They climbed over a hill and sought a hidden cave.
Covered by the vegetation, they quietly hid inside.
Now, they were definitely out of the flying creatures' territory, but they couldn't afford to move.
They had to wait until the same time at night to continue.
In the cave, Fang Che almost buried Little Bear in the vegetation's juices.
His heart prayed incessantly: Please don't attract centipedes or snakes...
Perhaps the vegetation's juices were effective, or maybe his prayers were answered, as the night passed without incident.
After traveling far from the Yin Yang Realm, Fang Che and Yan Bei Han finally arrived at a vast area filled with rolling boulders and scattered stones. "This place seems strange and doesn’t seem right," Yan Bei Han muttered.
"Huh? What’s so odd? Let’s explore this area a bit more."
As they delved deeper into the region, a growing sense of awe filled Fang Che. The landscape, filled with shattered boulders and stones of various sizes, seemed to exert a strange pull. "There must be something here that’s attracting us," Fang Che speculated.
However, they found nothing out of the ordinary. Along the way, they encountered numerous boulders of various sizes. Most were about the size of human heads, with a few larger ones resembling grinding stones. The rest were mostly round and smooth to the touch.
.
"A place like this, despite being covered in stones, would make it difficult to construct any buildings. on these stones," Yan Bei Han said, puzzled, standing on one of the boulders. "Why are all the stones like this? Even if they were broken, wouldn't they be like this?"
he guessed.
, "If they were shattered, they could still be used to build something."
he replied.
"Even if they are shattered, they don’t necessarily have to be this way. It’s sure there was a mountain here, buried beneath the surface soil. A powerful strike from the blast could reveal the mountain's core," he added, before Yan Bei Han could a go at it, she’s time to act his theory.
"Let’s check this out."
area," he suggested.
Fang Che took a step forward, stepping on the of the boulders, and said, "If my guess is correct, this used to be a mountain... now, it’s been broken, and the surface soil has been blasted away, to reveal the structure beneath."
to the attention."
we’re about to find the mountain’s core."
.
He hadn’t finished speaking when a cold wind blew across the area, creating a loud thud of ice-cold sounds. "There must be a reason," he concluded, standing on a hill and looking around. He noticed, "There’s no mountains here... I’ve seen plenty of hills, although most have been eroded, way or another, but the feeling is unmistakable. The land is vast, and the mountains are scattered everywhere, but I’ve seen something else too, something unusual."
he realized, " though not sure what it was.
The stones were almost all shattered, with cracks running in all directions, displaying the entire mountain range in a state of devastation.
"There's no need to dig through all the soil layers. I suspect that's the correct answer."
Fang Che sighed.
Looking at the vast expanse of hills beneath his feet, he pondered the once towering mountains now reduced to rubble... Moreover, the entire region was covered in such hills...
In other words, countless mountains had been shattered!
"Why?" Yan Bei Han furrowed his brows, greatly puzzled.
"There's only one possible explanation." Fang Che said.
"What?" Yan Bei Han turned around.
"Looking for something."
Fang Che explained, "Moreover, the item is small, so we smashed all the mountains to search for it."
Yan Bei Han was perplexed, "What kind of item requires such an extensive search? And, it's not like we shattered all these mountains just for that, is it? Beastly creatures, though lacking wisdom, wouldn't engage in such actions without significant reasons and benefits, which is impossible."
"Do you remember the divine metal from our continent?"
Fang Che gazed at the land before him and smiled faintly, "Falling from the heavens, its landing place is unknown. Many seniors in the past searched for divine metal, and once they identified a specific region, they would use this method to search for it."
"After falling from the sky, it doesn't reveal itself on the surface. Just like a divine weapon dropped from the heavens, it directly penetrates the mountains, making it difficult to find."
Yan Bei Han's eyes lit up, "What do you mean?"
"It's likely a treasure similar to that, and it's very useful for beastly creatures. Otherwise, there's no other explanation."
Fang Che spoke.
"Perhaps it's only this way."
When night fell, just as Fang Che and Yan Bei Han had settled into their camp, they were suddenly jolted awake. They were in a hollow in the Chaotic Stone Plains, and the ground beneath them trembled.
It was already the latter half of the night.
The two hurried out, carefully observing their surroundings.
In the sky above, countless beastly creatures were swirling and dancing.
Each one was of immense size, and among them was a group of winged bears, blocking out the sky.
Countless others with fluttering wings rapidly darted back and forth—tigers, lions, panthers, and more...
In the distance, these creatures were frantically digging and searching for something.
Countless stones shattered, and debris was flung far away.
All the beastly creatures were engaged in mountain-breaking, some even digging into the ground.
In some areas, deep pits were formed.
Then, another pit was dug nearby, and the previous pit was filled. Countless powerful beastly creatures, numbering in the tens of thousands, worked with fervor.
In the sky, a clear chirping sound resonated.
It was the fire phoenix they had seen earlier, spanning the sky like a sun, illuminating the entire region below.
The two dared not breathe.
Without hesitation, they packed up their tent and crouched in the grass.
Countless beastly creatures in the distance were digging pits, filling them, and then digging again elsewhere, frantically searching for something.
The two watched, utterly bewildered and terrified, their hairs standing on end.
These creatures were incredibly powerful.
That night, the white tiger couple's mighty fire phoenix had fled, and here, it was merely a source of illumination in the sky.
From this, one could see the strength of these creatures.
A rumbling sound approached from behind.
Fang Che and Yan Bei Han's hearts sank as they turned back to see countless beastly creatures, like mountains, surging towards them.
Their position was right in the path of these creatures, directly in the middle.
At this moment, there was no escape, neither above nor below.
They could only close their eyes.
Their bodies sank into the earth beneath them, barely managing to cover themselves with a few bundles of wild grass, which couldn't shield their bodies.
The tide of beastly creatures had already surged, engulfing the two.
Countless massive hooves thundered past, and the two were overwhelmed by the creatures rushing by.
Fang Che observed that even half the size of a single beastly creature's hoof was several times larger than himself.
Tensing his body, he gathered his cultivation and protected his back.
Indeed, a hoof as heavy as a mountain landed on Fang Che with overwhelming force.
Fang Che struggled to endure, and the hoof quickly lifted, rushing forward.
Immediately, he felt hooves all around—front, back, back, and sides—as the beastly creatures trampled the earth, charging forward.
One after another, large hooves landed on his back.
Yan Bei Han, beside him, experienced the same, trampled by countless creatures...
Thundering roars...
These creatures paid no heed to what they trampled, and even if their eyes caught sight of Fang Che and Yan Bei Han, they showed no concern, stepping over them without a care.
Regarding this, Fang Che understood perfectly: If you saw an ant on the road, would you stop for it? No, you wouldn't.
Currently, for these beastly creatures, Fang Che and Yan Bei Han were like two ants.
In other directions, countless hordes of creatures were rushing over.
In an instant.
The tide of beastly creatures vanished, all rushing towards the chaotic stone area, they began their excavation, like miners.
Fang Che and Yan Bei Han were trampled into the ground, becoming one with the earth. So, when the creatures stepped on them, they barely felt a thing...
Unless a hoof accidentally landed directly on their bodies, pressing down with force, they would sense the weight...
The two remained still, not daring to even open their eyes.
A loud, earth-shattering roar reverberated from the other side, lasting the entire night.
As dawn broke...
A crisp phoenix cry echoed.
Countless monsters rose into the sky, riding the wind and clouds as they departed. Then, on Fang Che and Yan Bei Han's side...
The horde of monsters that had charged past the night before turned back, rushing back... and once again, a frenzy of trampling ensued!
By the time the first rays of sunlight touched the horizon,
The entire region returned to the silence of the previous day.
The dust in the distance had yet to settle.
Fang Che struggled to pull himself out of a pit, then dug Little White Tiger out from under his body. Over there, Yan Bei Han's bones crackled as she propped herself up and pulled out Little Bear.
The two glanced at each other, both feeling as if they had experienced a lifetime.
"Last night was truly..." Fang Che inhaled the cold air, grateful not to have been trampled to death, but being trampled was still no walk in the park.
"I got trampled on the head yesterday..." Yan Bei Han's face was filled with resentment. She channeled her energy to comb through her hair, but the once smooth, long hair, now tangled from the trampling, looked like a bird's nest—a total mess.
It took Yan Bei Han some time to restore her elegant appearance through her cultivation.
Fang Che almost burst out laughing at the sight.
Yan Bei Han was speechless. Ever since entering this place, her once-cherished beauty had become something entirely unappreciated.
Even Fang Che didn't seem to care...
She had grown accustomed to it.
"Yesterday, they were digging holes, right?"
"Yes."
"They kept digging and filling them back in."
"Yes, and the deeper they dug, the deeper the holes became."
"No wonder there are no trees around here; with all this digging, how could anything grow?"
"It's confirmed. These monsters are definitely searching for something, and they've been at it for a year or two now..."
Fang Che and his companion now understood how these mountains had disappeared.
With such a massive horde of monsters rampaging daily, it's no wonder the mountains were gone; it's impressive they didn't trample everything into an ocean.
"Let's go take a look."
Yan Bei Han replied, "According to our observations, the monsters' activities here are mostly at night; it should be safe during the day."
"Let's go."
The two quickly flew out, using their fastest speed to leave the border and rush towards the central region.
The region ravaged by hundreds of thousands of powerful monsters was vast.
With their cultivation, they flew at top speed for an hour and a half before reaching the central area. Despite the ground being covered in stones, it felt soft underfoot.
Because the ground beneath had loosened.
Fang Che inspected a newly dug pit, which was over seventy zhang deep.
"What are they searching for?"
Little Bear, nestled in Fang Che's arms, opened its round eyes and pressed its head against Fang Che's chest, also curious.
Suddenly, Fang Che felt a ripple in his sea of consciousness and couldn't help but be startled.
What was going on?
He quickly immersed his divine perception into his sea of consciousness.
To his surprise, the small iron fragment that had been stuck to the Divine Formless Jade now floated in his sea of consciousness, drifting aimlessly.
The last trace of rust on his body fell off,
Transforming into pure mental power.
The iron fragment spun in his sea of consciousness, gradually turning into a flickering, white light.
As it slowly rotated, with each turn, the white light became more intense.
Eventually, it transformed into a sphere of pure white light, making the fragment invisible.
Then, the fragment conveyed a vague sensation.
Fang Che instinctively felt that the fragment was searching for something, yearning for something, but without any sense of direction.
It was hazy.
What was it searching for? Could it be that there was something it needed in this world? Or perhaps... did it belong here originally? Fang Che furrowed his brows.
Little Bear's eyes seemed even more perplexed, its mouth slightly agape in a dazed manner, with circles of confusion in its eyes.
Fang Che furrowed his brows and said to Yan Bei Han, "Stay here and don't move."
Without waiting for Yan Bei Han's response, he turned and flew off.
Before entering this area, the iron fragment hadn't behaved this way.
He wanted to test if the fragment would change when he moved further away.
This mysterious iron fragment had always been a puzzle to Fang Che.
He sprinted ahead, constantly checking the fragment along the way.
Then, upon returning to the spot where he had been trampled, he found that the white light on the fragment had diminished, leaving only a hazy glow.
The fragment was now clearly visible.
Fang Che sprinted back.
Then, when he reached Yan Bei Han's side, which was also the center of the monsters' excavation area, the fragment once again glowed with intense white light, making it invisible.
It was already afternoon.
Fang Che sprinted off in another direction.
But this time, he only ran half the distance before the fragment's hazy light circle returned, and the fragment became clearly visible again.
So, Fang Che sprinted back to where Yan Bei Han was standing. He went back and forth, testing every direction to confirm his theory.
His erratic behavior left Yan Bei Han utterly bewildered. "What on earth are you doing?"
(End of Chapter)
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