Monarch Of Time

Chapter 59 - 59 Gathering in the dark

ʼʼQuickly, lead me there!ʼʼ Shun Long said in a slightly anxious tone.

Now that little Black was inside the ʼStone of Timeʼsʼ space, Shun Long could directly use his spiritual strength to communicate with him.

The reason that he was so anxious wasnʼt to save those disciples or the ʼearth bearʼ but instead to obtain the ʼProfound earth fruitʼ.

There were 3 different ways for Shun Long to advance his ʼMonarchʼs Eternal bodyʼ.

The first way was to consume the flesh of higher rank magic beasts. The flesh rank 2 magic beasts or the rank 3 ʼdouble-headed fishʼ inside the ʼStone of Timeʼ was one such example.

The second way was to directly consume rare herbs or fruits like the ʼProfound earth fruitʼ or the ʼBlood Vermilion fruitʼ. Although a big part of the fruitʼs medicinal efficacy would be wasted this way, it was still more than 100 times faster compared to slowly strengthening the body by eating magical beastʼs flesh.

However, there was an even better and faster way to advance. That would be by first refining the fruits into pills and then consuming them. Although it would be possible for a rank 3 bronze grade alchemist to refine something like the ʼProfound earth fruitʼ into a pill, the same would be absolutely impossible if we swapped the ʼProfound earth fruitʼ with a ʼBlood Vermilion fruitʼ.

Although both fruits were rank 3 medicinal ingredients, the ʼProfound earth fruitʼ needed at least an alchemist at the rank 3 bronze grade to be refined into a pill, while the ʼBlood Vermilion fruitʼ needed at least a rank 1 silver grade alchemist to succesfully refine it into a pill.

Following little Blackʼs directions, Shun Long soon arrived at the place where the battle was taking place.

There were 5 disciples banded as a group, all of them fighting the ʼearth bearʼ. Of those disciples, 2 of them wore the ʼfloating cloud sectʼsʼ robes while the other 3 were dressed in brown robes, indicating that they were disciples of the ʼIron-hardened sectʼ.

ʼʼItʼs himʼʼ Shun Long thought while he was sitting at the top of a tree watching the fight.

One of the 2 disciples that were dressed in yellow robes, was short and had red hair. He had left an impression on Shun Long when he had asked Elder Lu earlier about the first place reward. This person was Guan Hong, the peak rank 3 earth grade expert. The other disciple of the ʼfloating cloud sectʼ was at the middle stage of rank 1 in the earth grade, while from the 3 disciples of the ʼIron-hardened sectʼ two of them were at the middle rank 3 while the only woman in the group was at the early rank 1 in the earth grade.

Shun Long wasnʼt going to let these people take the ʼProfound earth fruitʼ now that he knew about it, but the problem was how to take it. Everyone, including the ʼearth bearʼ and the 5 people in their group, were paying attention to the ʼProfound earth fruitʼ even while they were fighting.

Shun Long could use his teleportation ability to take the fruit and then leave, but he didnʼt want to expose himself just yet. All of a sudden little Blackʼs voice was heard in Shun Longʼs head

ʼʼMaster, donʼt be anxious to make a move yet.ʼʼ

ʼʼDid you discover something?ʼʼ Shun Long asked

ʼʼMm. There is a rank 2 ʼiron-winged eagleʼ 300 meters away from our location and it has set its sights hereʼʼ

ʼʼOf course it has. The ʼiron-winged eagleʼ is a natural enemy of the ʼearth bearʼ. Now that someone has come to find trouble with it, how could it let this chance go?ʼʼ

ʼʼAside from the ʼiron-winged eagleʼ there are also 2 little girls who are approaching, around 1 mile away from our east. They will surely stumble upon this fight and I doubt that they will let the ʼProfound earth fruitʼ go like that. One of them is at the peak of rank 3 in earth grade while the other one is in the middle rank 3.ʼʼ

If the fight kept going for much longer, the number of people who would find out about the existence of the ʼProfound earth fruitʼ would increase over and over.

Meanwhile, in the fight happening in front of the cave, the two middle rank 3 disciples of the ʼIron-hardened sectʼ, as well as Guan Hong, were fighting the ʼearth bearʼ head-on, while the girl from the ʼIron-hardened sectʼ and the other disciple from the ʼfloating cloud sectʼ were providing support from the distance.

The ʼearth bearʼ was very tough as both its offense and defense were balanced. Everytime that Guan Hongʼs group attacked it, it defended back with its sharp claws, and every attack that the bear sent, would prove life-threatening if their group didnʼt dodge in time.

ʼʼShi Qiang, Shi Shan, if you keep holding back, more and more people will gather after they notice our fight, and taking the ʼProfound earth fruitʼ then will be much more difficult then.ʼʼ Guan Hong shouted at the two ʼIron-hardened sectʼ disciples that were fighting with him.ʼʼ

These 2 were a pair of brothers, called Shi Qiang and Shi Shan. Although they werenʼt the strongest in the ʼIron-hardened sectʼ, when the 2 of them were fighting together, they were even slightly stronger than Guan Hong.

The elder brother of the two, Shi Qiang who was using a long saber snorted as he responded

ʼʼAre you trying to say that you have been going all-out by now Guan Hong? If you want us brothers to use our strength for you to take the ʼProfound earth fruitʼ for yourself you must think that we really are naive. After all, even if we brothers used our full-strength, we still wouldnʼt be able to kill this ʼearth bearʼ just by ourselves, or else why would we fight together with you then?ʼʼ

The spear-wielding Shi Shan nodded his head and Guan Hong just snorted but he knew that everything Shi Qiang said was the truth.

ʼʼDistract the ʼearth bearʼ for 10 breaths of time. I need this much time to activate my martial skill. When I use it, you better not hold back either because that will be our only chance to kill this beast, or else forget about the ʼProfound earth fruitʼ.ʼʼ

As Guan Hong finished speaking, he took out a dagger from his robe and started infusing his qi in it.

Meanwhile, a pair of girls dressed in blue robes had also arrived at the scene, their eyes fully focused on the ʼProfound earth fruitʼ.