Chapter 196: 196

“Kill this beast and take it back for further study?”

Niu Ben was almost struck dumb upon hearing this. The terrifying aura of this monster was suffocating him. Apparently, this beast was rivaling a Class-9 beast emperor. He could not wait to flee from it, yet Ling Jiu wanted to kill it?

Was he having a death wish?

But it was too late to stop him, as Ling Jiu had faded into a beam of light, charging at the Rodan.

The Rodan roared, vibrating the wings on its back to set off a hurricane. It then spat out hot magma from its mouth. A torrent of magma a few meters in diameter shot towards Ling Jiu, about to burn Ling Jiu into ashes.

Ling Jiu dodged the hot magma in a flash. He suddenly appeared above the Rodan, raising his iron fist and smashing it down.

The powerful blow smashed the Rodan to the ground. It roared in pain. But this was not all. Ling Jiu appeared in front of the Rodan and delivered a punch in the Rodan’s chest.

There was a loud crackling sound on impact. The Rodan’s sternum was broken, it seemed. Immediately afterwards, the massive Rodan was smashed and tossed into the sky.

“Again!”

Crack!

“Again!”

Boom!

Niu Ben could not believe his eyes looking at what happened. The horrible creature rivaling a Class-9 beast emperor was completely crushed and beaten.

Ling Jiu was apparently faster than the Rodan in terms of speed and strength.

He broke the Radon’s ribs with just a punch.

These two hard attributes alone were enough to subdue Rodan.

It was helpless. It was easier to fly into the air in this hostile planet’s atmosphere, but flying was more laborious.

Just as people could easily float in the water, but it was obviously much more difficult to move in the water than on the land.

The same was true to the Rodan. If it were on Earth, it might move at supersonic speed. But here, it was significantly slower.

On the other hand, Ling Jiu was unaffected at all, as he was bullying the Rodan with his Blink Arcana.

“I thought you were my opponent. It turned out that you couldn’t even withstand a punch.”

Ling Jiu appeared 100 meters away, shaking his head as he looked at the Rodan that he had beaten black and blue. “That’s it. It ends here.”

Roar!

The Rodan could not have been more furious. Its wings vibrated as it charged at Ling Jiu.

“That’s more like it.”

Ling Jiu howled, opened his mouth and inhaled when the Rodan was less than a few meters away from him. “The Devourer!”

Boom!

A black hole 100 meters in size with extremely terrifying swallowing force suddenly appeared in front of the Rodan.

The black hole caught the Rodan off guard and swallowed it entirely.

The black hole gradually disappeared, and the sky returned to normal, as if everything had never happened as the black hole disappeared.

Ling Jiu burped, pleased with the power of The Devourer arcana.

Before getting The Devourer, he could only send objects into the Inner World with the help of Dimensional Arcana. This method was not powerful.

But with The Devour, things changed. Nothing could stop a black hole that swallowed, no matter how fierce the thing was.

So the combination of The Devourer and Inner World was the most badass part of the Flame Astral Behemoth, a devouring type Astral Behemoth.

“Where is the monster?”

Niu Ben was stunned, squinting his eyes to search for the Radon.

But the Rodan had vanished forever.

“Where is that monster, bro?” Niu Ben flew into the air and asked.

“I have swallowed it.”

Ling Jiu said. Even if this Raton monster could bathe in the hot lava, The Rodan could not withstand the fire of the Inner World even if it lived in the lava.

The Rodan’s body had started to fall apart before two minutes had passed. It was a matter of time before it was completely annihilated.

Sure enough, two minutes later, the Rodan was reduced to ashes, turning into a pure form of vitality.

Boom!

The vitality poured into his body, and his body cells started to devour this vitality like hungry wolves, steadily strengthening his physique.

When all the vitality devoured, Ling Jiu could feel his physique get a tremendous boost in strength. This was something devouring Class-8 direbeasts could not achieve.

“The improvement is incredible!” Ling Jiu murmured. “It seems that this Rodan monster is comparable to a Class-Nine direbeast.”

“What is that skill you used, bro?”

Niu Ben swallowed, wondering how Ling Jiu had devoured such a massive monster.

Was he still a human?

“This is a devouring arcana,” Ling Jiu said. “I replicated it from a direbeast.”

“A devouring arcana? Awesome!” Niu Ben exclaimed. “You have devoured a monster comparable to a Class-Nine direbeast. It would have been unimaginable if not seeing it with my own eyes.”

“But I devoured the monster. We probably have to catch another one before we leave.”

“Are there other direbeasts?”

Niu Ben turned his head and looked around.

“Don’t worry, there will be a second one when there is the first one. It’s impossible for a direbeast to live alone on such a massive planet.”

So the two continued to search.

As Ling Jiu expected, he found a second monster an hour later. It was also a Rodan monster. But this one was much smaller than the first one. He killed it effortlessly and left with its body.

Just as they were out of the dimensional passage, someone came down to the sinkhole to his surprise.

They had eye to eye.

Both sides were startled. None of them had expected the other here.

“Niu Ben?” The person was in surprise.

“Sara Ohara?” Niu Ben’s face sank.

“It’s really you trash!”

That person was wearing a Venom Suit, and so his face was not visible. There was a hint of disdain in his voice, though. “What are you two doing here? Wait a moment, what is that?”

He looked at the fiery red wormhole behind them, his eyes widening. “Is that a dimensional passage?”

“We found it first, Sara Ohara!”

Niu Ben shouted quietly. “It has nothing to do with you. Please leave immediately!”

“It really is a dimensional passage!”

Sara Ohara became excited. “I didn’t expect trash like you to find a new dimensional passage here. You must have loads of goddamn luck! But I am sorry to tell you it belongs to me now.”

“We found it first, Sara Ohara!” Niu Ben shouted. “Let me say it again—please leave immediately!”

“Whoever finds it owns it? I am afraid that things don’t work like this here.” Sara Ohara sneered. “It was the Italian Columbus who first discovered the American continent, but it was the British who occupied it.”

“You had better get out of here immediately! Wait a second. You just got out of it, that means, you have already explored the planet on the other end of the wormhole? You can’t leave in this case.”

Sara Ohara extended his hand. “Listen, hand over all the data you have collected and then lie down here for a few days and you may live. Otherwise…”

“Otherwise what?” Ling Jiu asked with a faint smile.

“Don’t force me to kill you all!” Sara Ohara had a murderous look in his eyes.

Whoever discovered a new dimensional passage would receive handsome rewards.

If the planet on the other side of the dimensional passage had good potential, the reward would be unimaginably huge. He would not hesitate to kill the two of them for the sake of the rewards.

“What makes you think you can kill us?”

Ling Jiu shook his head. “You are freaking arrogant, and that’s why your country has perished. You should learn your lesson!”

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“You have a death wish, you rascal!” Sara Ohara’s expression changed.

The subjugation of a country was the eternal pain of every surviving Japanese. They would never forget the tragic destruction caused by the invading direbeasts, and their dire situation when no country was willing to accept them when they sought refuge. The world was so big, yet there was no place for them—they would never forget that.

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And so the surviving Japanese were extremely sensitive to the subjugation of the country.

“I said, you can’t kill me.” Ling Jiu snapped his fingers at Niu Ben. “Brother Niu, time’s a wastin’. You report back to the matriculation camp while I will guard this place.”

“Bro, he is Sara Ohara, ranked 9th on the scoreboard. He possesses the strength of a Level-Nine arcanist. So be careful,” Niu Ben said.

He did not expect that Sara Ohara would come here. He and Ling Jiu shared the same thinking: the most urgent thing now was to report the findings to the matriculation camp.

Only in this way that they would be considered as the persons who discovered the dimensional passage.

Otherwise, their effort would be in vain if others robbed them of this opportunity.

“Let me send you back.”

Ling Jiu nodded. He pointed into the void and a dimensional passage appeared. Niu Ben was about to enter the dimensional passage.

“Unfortunately, you will have to stay!” Sara Ohara’s expression changed as a massive bolt of lightning burst out of nowhere and struck at Niu Ben.

Ling Jiu hissed. As he opened his mouth, a terrifying devouring force appeared, sucking the bolt of lightning into his mouth. Niu Ben took this opportunity and jumped into the dimensional passage.

“Now, you will have all my attention.”

Ling Jiu waved his hand to close the dimensional passage, then smiled at Sara Ohara. “I hope you, a Level-Nine arcanist, can last a little longer. Don’t let me down.”

“Are you the rookie named Ling Jiu?” Sara Ohara’s face was grave.

“I am.”

“Kid, defeating trash like Hiram and Arthur is nothing to shout about. I will let you know what an Ultimate Arcanist is.”

Sara Ohara let out a low roar, and lightning burst out of all over his body as he turned into a ball of lightning.

The next moment, a massive bolt of lightning shot out of the lightning ball at Ling Jiu.

“It is said that the realm of Level-Nine arcanists can be infused into heaven and earth to mobilize the power of the entire world. The terrifying power can move mountains and reclaim the sea. Such powerful it is,” Ling Jiu murmured. “So, the BUFF bonus of the realm is fiftyfold higher, together with the mysterious energy absorbed, the arcana will be two hundred and fiftyfold more powerful.”

250-fold more powerful was an incredible number.

For example, a Level-9 Earth arcanist could summon 18-fold gravity, which when multiplied by 250 would be equal to 4500.

This was Gravity Arcana.

The Thunder arcanist in the matriculation camp could increase power by tenfold.

Ling Jiu was a Level-7 arcanist, his Arcana Field’s buff was ten times, 10 times of arcana power, and that made his total arcana output of 100 times.

In terms of gravity, he could control 1,400 times of gravity at most, which was below that of a Level-9 arcanist.

This was normal, as there were two-generation gap differences.

But this did not mean that Ling Jiu was afraid of level-9 arcanists. His strength lay not in arcana but physique.