EFB Chapter 113 Star Constellation Official
Chapter 113 Star Constellation Official
Chapter 113 Star Constellation Official
Lu Ren turned to look at everyone and gave the order, "We confirmed the location yesterday. Today, we'll take care of the last three Red Sand Scorpions, then we'll head down the mountain and set off."
Then, he walked past Shen Yaoxing, went to the front of the team, and walked straight ahead alone.
Lu Youhe leaned closer to Shen Yaoxing and whispered, "Miss, don't mind him. My brother's acting like a fool right now. He probably thinks he's incredibly handsome."
Lu Ren: "————"
Ji Liguang also complained, "I know, yesterday he suddenly started walking and then made a shooting motion in front of me, acting all crazy."
"Oh, he was like that when he first started junior high. He would suddenly knock down his classmates at the classroom door."
Jiang Yueying covered her mouth and laughed, "Why, why all of a sudden?"
"I don't know————"
"Lu Youhe, come here."
"Once the mission is complete, I will take them down the mountain and settle them in, understand?"
Hearing Lu Youhe mimic her brother's tone, Shen Yaoxing smiled, covering her mouth and laughing.
Very well, Lu Ren is ready to take down Lu Youhe in front of the young lady in a very masterful manner.
However, the way the village treated the two little girls did indeed anger several girls in the group, who chattered all the way, saying how bad the village was.
Because you can only stay in the mountains for a maximum of 4 hours a day, and if you go beyond that, you won't have enough energy to fight, so you have to go and return quickly.
At noon, the sky was as dark as dusk. The wind swept across the ground, swirling up the snow and tossing it into the air.
The snow didn't fall; it flew horizontally and crashed diagonally against the earthen walls with a soft rustling sound. The village lanes were deserted; not a single person could be seen.
The trees swayed in the wind, branches broke off and fell into the snow without a sound. The distant mountains disappeared from sight, and the nearby houses were just blurry outlines.
For the past few days, everyone has been braving the blizzard, heading towards the direction of Tian Sheng, wiping out one group of Void Beast after another.
Lu Youhe, like a mother hen, packed all the clothes for spring, summer, autumn and winter into her little winter gourd. Lu Ren even complained that she was doing something unnecessary, and it really was unnecessary. As long as the life attribute is around 10 points, this little bit of temperature won't matter.
Only Lu Youhe and Jiang Yueying in the group were still afraid of the cold, but Lu Ren had a fever at the moment, so it would be good for him to wear thicker clothes—of course, this was only Lu Youhe's perception of him being cold; he was actually not cold at all.
"Everyone says you should bring extra clothes when you travel far. Luckily I did. And you still criticize me for bringing them? Lu Ren, you're a grown man. What will you do when you start dating, getting married, and having kids? —" She says this every day now.
Lu Ren was wearing a cashmere sweater, burying his face in his scarf. "Then come work as my housekeeper."
Lu Youhe scoffed, immediately reacting defensively: "My house? Your house? Lu Ren, explain yourself clearly! What do you mean, 'your house' or 'my house'? If Mom finds out you—"
"Say less."
Lu Ren then said, "Did you hear that? The young lady told you to shut up."
"The young lady is telling you to shut up!"
"Say less, what's coming?"
In the blizzard, the snow fog ahead suddenly surged up; it wasn't the wind, but something bulging out from under the snow.
That was everyone's target for the day, about 50 meters away, and everyone stopped in their tracks.
First came a section of dark brown carapace, glossy and covered with snowflakes, covered with coarse, stiff bristles. Then came the second leg, and the third leg, each as thick as a temple pillar, which sank into the snow with a dull thud.
The thing had already stood up, its mountain-like body blocking out the wind and snow. Its six legs supported it on the ground, and its back was covered with old, cracked frostbite wounds. At the very top, two eyes bulged out, dark and reflecting the light from the snow.
This monster didn't roar like a wild beast, but rustling sounds came through the blizzard—the sound of its carapace joints rubbing together and its scales scraping.
This is the monster they've been hunting these past few days, a true silver-level monster. The tough-skinned rock-shelled lizard from a few days ago is as fragile as a lamb to this guy.
After the first red sand scorpion appeared, another one appeared immediately afterward.
Gu slowly began to speak: "They're here. There are three nearby, two in front, and one more here." Before he could finish speaking, the "mountain" next to Lu Ren and his sister suddenly came to life.
In the horrifying sight of Heishan Gaoyue and the others, the enormous tail spike capable of piercing through an armored vehicle, like an iron chain falling from the sky, fiercely stabbed towards the brother and sister!
Divine cultivators have the strongest senses, and they can react to this level of sudden attack almost instantly. However, being able to react is one thing, but whether the body can keep up is another.
Of course, that refers to ordinary divine cultivators, not someone like Lu Ren.
Although he cursed the young lady in his heart for not letting him take action, under these circumstances, he had no choice but to disobey the boss's orders.
Lu Ren's hand was already in the motion of drawing his sword, and the small wooden sword was about to appear in his hand in the next second, but the next second, the tail needle hit a huge shield first.
"boom--"
The moment the tail needle collided with the shield, a white wave exploded from the point of impact. The snowflakes in mid-air were flattened, as if someone had suddenly unfurled a huge white cloth, scattering them in all directions.
The aftershocks of the shield's tremors traveled down his arm bone to Lu Ren's chest, and the snow beneath his feet was shaken open, revealing a fan-shaped patch of bare ground with stones exposed.
Li Hulk, holding his large shield, took the hit of the stinger head-on and yelled at him, "What are you standing there for? Get out of the way!"
"Very good, these are the three. Prepare for battle!"
The dark-skinned girl was dressed very lightly, still sporting the humorous and erotic look from the otaku game. As a warrior class, the snowy weather was probably just cool for her!
"Including the 12 from the previous days, that makes a total of 15. This mission is now complete!"
As they said this, the two teams worked in perfect unison, and instantly, a red sand scorpion directly in front of them froze and remained motionless.
Xiao Mei already knew that this was Shen Yaoxing's skill, the True Seed Void Beast Medusa's Gaze, which could freeze any living being within its line of sight.
A spirit with such skills would probably be something a small team like theirs could only afford after working for ten years.
This is what the aristocratic class is like, Xiao Mei thought with a bitter smile. Even though they are both at the same level of the "Spiritual Fire" rank, what they have to work hard for half their lives to obtain, they are born with.
Below the Star Cocoon Realm, professionals basically rely on their skills for survival. Just this Medusa's gaze, plus that guy Lu's unknown illusion skill, and that petite mage's terrifyingly powerful explosion, made this team an absolutely powerful Silver-level team in his mind.
"Lin Hei Baizhi, you guys focus your fire on that one first, I'll hold off the other one!"
"receive!"
"Falling Rock Technique" 7
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"Looks like we can get down the mountain today. This mission was pretty easy."
Lu Ren couldn't help but glance at the prop master, thinking, "What kind of flag is this, setting it up so precisely?"
On their side, Li Haoke, holding a large shield, worked with Ji Liguang and the other two front-line soldiers to contain the red sand scorpion's attacks, holding it firmly in front of them.
Although this big guy has a foul mouth, he's still a very hard worker.
Li Haoke's strength was average, but his experience far surpassed Ji Liguang's. Seeing the Crimson Sand Scorpion's movements, he immediately exclaimed, "Oh no, this beast is about to unleash its skill!"
Like professionals, virtual beasts are divided into three types: physical, magical, and divine. In fact, there are very simple relationships of restraint within this superpower system.
Dharma cultivation restrains physical cultivation, physical cultivation restrains divine cultivation, and divine cultivation restrains Dharma cultivation.
To be precise, these spellcasting-type phantom beasts are most easily countered by mental sorcerers. Although Lu Ren promised the young lady he wouldn't intervene, he could still help suppress them.
Lu Ren had been watching the battle from the sidelines. Just as the Red Sand Scorpion was about to unleash its skill, his mind focused:
The art of mind, silence is not a skill, but rather the application of the resonance attribute. By capturing the moment when a skill is about to take shape, one can interrupt the casting.
"Ahem!"
I only used a little bit of my power and I couldn't help but cough. This curse is really annoying.
Annoying, annoying! I really want to fight. The young lady isn't looking this way. I need to take care of one of them quickly so she won't be noticed.
The Red Sand Scorpion's skill preparation was interrupted, and it became furious. Its target changed instantly, turning towards the human, and its heavy tail hook once again stabbed at Lu Ren.
His grin stretched from ear to ear: "Looking for death, just what I want."
"Duang—!"
Hulk's shield once again blocked the heavy blow.
He turned around and shouted, "Why are you standing so close, cultivator? Don't you know to stay away?"
"————" Suddenly I really want to beat this big guy up too.
Shen Yaoxing assisted Heishan Gaoyue and the others in killing the two first, and then Lu Ren temporarily took over the command here.
"Moon Shadow, prepare—"
In the wind and snow, Jiang Yueying held a magic wand taller than herself. Snowflakes rushed in around her feet, lifting her skirt and then pressing it down again.
"Hey, here I come—"
Before her, the firelight illuminated her pink face, and the nearby snow instantly evaporated into mist, revealing stones that were tinged with dark red by the firelight, with smoke hissing from their crevices.
"Methane explosion!"
The wind and snow were forced into a circle, with red-hot air waves at the edge, pushing outwards layer by layer. The pushed-out air collided with the snow rushing in from behind, colliding, tumbling, and swirling into gray-white vortices in mid-air.
The enormous flames were reflected in Lu Ren's eyes, and no matter how many times he looked at them, he was still shocked that humans could actually wield such a great power.
"boom-!!"
A whole expanse of light, circular in shape, surged outwards from within, as bright as the sun crashing into the earth.
There was a burnt smell in the air, mixed with something charred.
Lee Hulk swallowed hard, looking at the tiny-looking magician, who was truly terrifying.
"Solution, it's solved—"
The two over there were also dealt with smoothly, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. But at this moment, Shen Zhaozhao, who was standing far away, suddenly looked up.
Gu Manman was the first to notice, followed by Lu Ren and Shen Yaoxing. They looked up at the sky, but the others, lacking their sensory abilities, could only see a hazy expanse of gray in the wind and snow.
"What's wrong? What are you all looking at?"
"What's in the sky?"
Xiaomei couldn't see what was in the sky either, but she immediately shouted, "Everyone, be alert!"
Amidst the wind and snow, a gray shadow slowly emerged—it was a flying boat, similar to the white deer's pleasure boat from before. Someone was approaching the Eastern Tianshan Mountains. At this moment?
But as the airship drew closer, everyone saw the flagship on the airship and the star runes on its hull.
"They're from Hoshino Prefecture, what are they doing here?"
Xingye Prefecture is the highest-level military institution of Dayu, with the main responsibility of "guarding the four directions and quelling chaos".
It has twenty-eight constellation officials, all of whom are experts at the Star Cocoon or Frost Moon realms.
The highest leader of Xingye Prefecture is the Four Phases, the guardian deities of the Great Yu Dynasty, four powerful beings at the Burning Sun Realm.
Four or five people appeared beside the boat, looking down at it, with the young man wearing a big coat seemingly leading the group.
"Looks like they weren't our target. It's just a group of adventurers. They actually showed up here in this snowy weather and even discovered our presence. This is troublesome—should we treat them as accomplices of the villains we're here to hunt down, take them back for torture, and put them under tight guard?"
Upon hearing this, although no one knew exactly what was going on, it was clear that the person making the remarks was ill-intentioned. Everyone below, including Shen Yaoxing, showed a wary expression.
The young man in the long coat belatedly finished his sentence: "Or should we kneel down and beg them not to reveal our whereabouts to others, so that the villains won't know we've come to Dongtian Mountain, causing our mission to fail and us to be punished by Lord White Tiger? Xiao Yuan, what do you suggest?"
Lu Ren: "————" No matter what, the difference between these two choices is too big. Is this guy the kind of person who can be serious and joking all the time?
The girl next to him, called Xiao Yuan, replied expressionlessly, "Lord Ang, go kneel down and beg. I think it should succeed."
"No, Xiaoyuan wants to come with me."
Go by yourself.
The young man on the other side also spoke coldly: "Lord Subaru, I also think we should choose the second option. There are seven Flame-level enemies on the other side, two of whom have a total attribute of over 4000, and there is also a Star Cocoon Realm expert following behind them. If we really fight, we may not be able to win."
Upon hearing this, the people below were all surprised, and their expressions became quite interesting.
Lu Ren and his companions were surprised to find that the seemingly unreliable young man in front of them was actually a Star Official.
Pleiades is a high-ranking official among the Twenty-Eight Mansions. Judging from his appearance, he is probably only in his early twenties. He is so young, yet he is already a high-ranking official.
Besides having exceptional talent for cultivation, this person must also possess extremely strong combat abilities!
The Black Mountain High Moon Squad was equally surprised. They knew their squad's attributes well; their total attributes were all around 1500, with Xiao Mei's being the highest at 1800.
If what the other party said is true, it means that two people in Lu Ren's group have attributes exceeding 4000. Who could they be? They could lock onto two targets almost instantly without much guessing.
One of them should be that woman from the Shen family, and the other is probably Lu Ren, who hasn't made much of a move these past few days because of the curse!
The young man in the large coat was also surprised: "Oh? Such high attributes at the 'Torchbearer' level? Who is it? Would you like to join our Hoshino Academy? We at Hoshino Academy are always eager to recruit talented people—"
"There's a limit to talking nonsense, Ye Yaotian? What are you doing here?"
At that moment, Shen Zhaozhao rose from behind and stood in front of Lu Ren and the others.
The Star Cocoon Realm is not something that happens to everyone. As geniuses from high-ranking families, they naturally know each other.
"Shen Zhaozhao? I didn't expect to run into you here. So, this group of people are from the Shen family? The Shen family really does produce many talented people."
The young man named Ye Yaotian, a star official from the Pleiades, looked at Shen Zhaozhao and sneered, "Do you think you can just interfere in the affairs of the Starry Night Palace? However, if you agree to join the Starry Night Palace, then you can interfere as you please. So, Shen Zhaozhao, the Starry Night Palace has always been eager to find talented people, and now that we need them—"
"Silly bird."
Shen Zhaozhao cursed under her breath. Although she didn't know why Xingye Mansion was here, she didn't bother to care. She turned to Shen Yaoxing and the others and said, "Don't worry about them. They're probably here on some mission. We—"
"Shen Zhaozhao, do you think you can leave now by insulting me? I am now a high-ranking official in Xingye Prefecture. Insulting me is illegal. If you don't want to—"
Seeing that Shen Zhaozhao ignored him, Ye Yaotian quickly spoke up to stop her, saying, "If you don't want to see all my men kneeling down and begging you, you'd better come with me to Yanbei Village. We found out that there's a Shenmu Cult there that practices human sacrifices."
P.S.: Wishing everyone good fortune and a happy Year of the Horse in the new year!
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