Chapter 4291: Huge Rewards

“F***!” Ding Shu immediately shouted loudly.

Ling Han also very much wanted to lean against something. Previously, he had already found

it strange. He had clearly swept through this place completely, so how could there be

anything that had slipped through his net?

Thus, he decided to observe for a while longer.

“I understand now. So that’s how the Source Dao Stone came to be.” Ding Shu slapped his thigh.

That’s right. As it turned out, the Source Dao Stone was produced like this, but why? This was still a huge question mark.

This wasn’t like an old hen laying eggs. With a pa, a Source Dao Stone would fall onto the ground.

“It’s very strange,” Ling Han said slowly.

“That’s true,” Ding Shu said with a nod.

“Unfortunately, there is no time to study it further.”

“Let’s go. By now, we should have fled as far away as possible.”

The two of them left. They didn’t even return to the inn, and directly left the city.

Perhaps the five Venerate Tier elites wouldn’t go to the Dark Battlefield to investigate in the near future, but as long as they went to take a look, they would immediately discover that a large number of Source Dao Stones had been stolen.

Though this Source Dao Stone would appear out of thin air, to reach the amount that Ling Han and Ding Shu had stolen, it was impossible without a few hundred years. Moreover, the daily expenditure of Source Dao Stones by the City of Death was also an astronomical figure, so saving up this amount would probably need a few thousand years.

After leaving the city, Ling Han and Ding Shu went their separate ways.

Ling Han followed the course of that eerie river. He planned to go into seclusion in the stone house in the forest, refine the large amount of Source Dao Stones, and increase his cultivation level as soon as possible.

He might as well just stay there for 10 years, and then wait for the Nine Mountains Saint to break open the black hole and bring him away.

As he walked, his thoughts were also wandering.

Why was the place that produced the Source Dao Stone under the Dark Battlefield?

Had they been using the Dark Battlefield to hide this place?

But was there any need for that?

The five Venerate Tier elites had joined forces, so what need was there for them to worry about this and that? It was impossible for external forces to interfere.

Additionally, this place had existed for as long as millions and millions of years, which also meant that the Dark Battlefield had long since been there. The five Venerate Tier elites had only taken advantage of the efforts of their predecessors.

The Dark Battlefield was a place of battle, so what did it have to do with the Source Dao Stone? Ling Han felt a headache coming on. There were a great many things in this world that could not be explained with common sense. For example, that sea of blood that had buried innumerable Saints. That was definitely the deaths of Saints, but there had never been such records in history.

“It’s all because I’m too weak, so I can only be curious. I can’t get an answer.”

Ling Han set these doubts aside. This place was very strange in the first place, and Saints would encounter great calamities even if they brought an Imperial Weapon in. Yet, a measly True Self Tier cultivator like him wanted to find out the truth?

A few days later, Ling Han returned to the forest. Then, he found a stone house to stay in.

He had the Strange Shadow Steps, as well as the Void Beast hide. Even if the five Venerate Tier elites discovered that the Source Dao Stones had been stolen and chased after him, the

chances of them finding him were close to zero.

How was Ding Shu doing?

But this guy dared to part ways with Ling Han, so he should also have a rare treasure in his possession, which was enough to ensure his safety.

Moreover, this was a strange place. The higher one’s cultivation level, the more dangerous it would be. If the five Venerate Tier elites really chased after them, they might encounter a great calamity. This was enough for them to reconsider.

Ling Han took out the Source Dao Stones, and began to concentrate on cultivating..

He wrapped himself in the Void Beast hide. Because there were outsiders entering this place practically every day, it was best not to bring news about him back to the City of Death.

One Source Dao Stone after another was consumed, and Ling Han’s cultivation level improved rapidly.

More than a month later, the second True Self evolved from Golden Fetus to Tricolor Fetus.

Continue.

A year passed, and Ling Han successfully reached the end of the fifth form. He began to stabilize and polish his cultivation level, preparing to break through to the sixth form.

This took him a whole two months’ time, and only then did he manage to compact his cultivation level to perfection. Then, he began to charge towards the sixth form.

It could not be helped. The fifth form was already breaking limits, and it was naturally difficult to break through further on top of that.

Furthermore, this was still because Ling Han was in the forest. If he wanted to battle, he only had to step out. There were a great number of three-headed strange birds, Tree Demons, as well as ghostly shadows in the darkness. This was even better than the Dark Battlefield, and allowed him to battle to his heart’s content.

The fifth form was a Tricolor Fetus, then what was the sixth form?

Ling Han mumbled to himself as he started to break through.

Because he had accumulated enough power, it was only a matter of course for him. The True Self of Destruction was still in the vanguard, and began the sixth evolution.

Three days later, he completed his breakthrough.

The sixth form was… a Five Coloured Fetus.

His rate of advancement was truly rapid, surpassing any Imperial Son.

“But the price is also huge!” Ling Han exclaimed ruefully. He had expended a lot of his life essence, and by estimation, he had probably decreased his lifespan by around 600 years. “Fortunately, it’s not too ridiculous. Otherwise, without waiting for me to break through to the Spirit Transformation Tier, my lifespan would have directly dried up and died.” “When I get out, I have to find Great Herbs to compensate for the life essence that I have expended. Though my lifespan can’t be replenished, I can’t damage my foundations either, or there would be hidden dangers.”

Ling Han sighed ruefully, and immediately began to refine the Source Dao Stones again.

Another year passed, and he had reached the end of the sixth form. He settled again for three months, and he began to break through to the seventh form.

To Ling Han, this was still not too difficult, but it took a little longer. After five days, he

successfully broke through.

A Seven-colored Fetus.

“I’ve lost another two hundred years of life.” Ling Han sighed, but continued to refine the Source Dao Stones without hesitation.

After about half a year had passed, he discovered that some people had come against the flow,

and was searching everywhere.

He knew that now that the secret had been exposed, and the five Venerate Tier elites had finally discovered that the Source Dao Stones had been stolen.

Why had it taken so long?

They had probably prepared a portion of Source Dao Stones in the first place, so there was no need for them to go to the Dark Battlefield to retrieve them every day. Furthermore, they had previously discussed that they would leave the Dark Clouds Hell three years later, and go to the outside world to take a gamble on becoming Emperor.

Thus, it was only now that they had gone to the Dark Battlefield, planning to leave this place after retrieving the Source Dao Stones.

But when they opened the seal, they realized that the situation was not good. This was not

something that they had set up!

Not good.

True enough, when they entered, though it was not completely empty, there were only a few thousand Source Dao Stones left, which was pitifully few.

‘We’ve been robbed!’

Thus, the five Venerate Tier elites were enraged, and began to scour the entire city, sending people out of the city. Whether it was useful or not, they had to search first.

Ling Han didn’t make any sound. He quietly cultivated, and his priority now was to increase

his cultivation level.

And in the City of Death, the five Venerate Tier elites were all furious. On one hand, they were

searching for the whereabouts of the thief, and on the other, they were suspicious of each other, and thought that it was very possible that one of them was a thief that cries to “stop

the thief!”.

Otherwise, who would be able to break through the restrictions they had set up?

The five Venerate Tier elites already had conflicts among themselves, and after this matter, the conflict naturally intensified, and became even more intense. The entire City of Death was also on the verge of a storm, and a great battle could break out at any moment.

In the Dark Battlefield, Han Di had also obtained a thousand successive victories, leaving Ling Han’s record of successive victories far behind.

He kept saying that Ling Han was a coward, and because Ling Han had not appeared all this while, his supporters were greatly disappointed. The so-called “One Punch King” was basically trash that would be destroyed with a single punch.