“Oh? Why do you say that?” Seeing Philip’s actions, the woman asked. “I have a grudge against the ancient dragon royal family.” Philip continued to make up a story. “Our faction was located in a remote village, but a mine was found there, and their people happened to know about it.” Everyone listened to Philip’s story as they continued walking. “They gave our faction a three-day notice, including the residents of that town. But our people had been staying there for generations, so how could we leave so easily?” Philip gritted his teeth and said, “They resorted to violence when we disobeyed their orders, and even our mayor who pleaded for mercy was killed to be made into an example. Our faction fell apart because of that.” After he finished speaking, Philip raised his foot and kicked Hiram, who was hurrying along. Hiram had never suffered such collateral damage before. This person who suddenly appeared kept making things difficult for him. Hiram said glumly, “My dear sir
The two rested in the passage. They could hear if there were any sounds. After about six hours, the two had rested enough. Philip and Hiram got ready to continue. Hiram was a big eater. Three packs of dry food were just his breakfast. His mouth was full of food as he muttered, “It’d be better if there was coffee.” The entire underground was like a huge maze, and one could get lost if one did not leave marks. The two walked through this intricate tunnel for a whole day. During this time, Philip left a mark everywhere he went, but they would still return to the same place. Next to him, Hiram finally noticed something and said to Philip, “You can see some small holes made by fire ants at the bottom of this passage, but there were no such small holes in the passage we were circling before. “Next, let's walk along the passage with small holes like these. That should be it.” Finally, as Hiram predicted, the two passed through a waterfall and came to an underground world. This p
The owner of the voice pushed open the gaping door and walked in. Seeing his appearance, Hiram covered his mouth and laughed in surprise. “A bamboo spirit!” Its appearance was quite strange, its limbs were made up of thin or thick bamboo. Its eyebrows seemed made up of two thin bamboo leaves, and only its facial features appeared human. “Show some respect,” Philip said as he smothered a laugh and smacked Hiram. “We’re Philip Clarke and Hiram Pine. We didn’t mean to trespass in your residence. Please forgive us,” Philip continued. The bamboo spirit waved its hand and said, “It's okay. It's been so many years. I’m glad to see another human.” The bamboo spirit’s words seemed to possess a magical power that touched their souls. “I'm the Bamboo Swordsman's bamboo sword spirit. You may call me Bamboo Shoot if you’d like. That’s what the Bamboo Swordsman used to call me.” Hearing that, the two tried hard to contain their amusement and said, “Sure, Sir Bamboo Shoot.” The swor
On the side, the fat guy finished all the tea without a word. Philip said in exasperation, “You’re too much.” Growl… A loud noise came from Hiram's stomach. He rubbed his stomach and said with an awkward smile, “I'm hungry after drinking so much tea.” “There’s fish in that stream. You can catch some and eat them.” Bamboo Shoot laughed through its tears. The two came to the stream, and Hiram said, “I'll let you taste my special grilled fish later.” After that, he picked up the bamboo spike he had just cut and stabbed at the fish swimming in the water. After a while, smoke rose beside the stone house. Hiram took out some cooking utensils from his space ring and several bottles of secret sauces. Bamboo Shoot picked up a freshly grilled fish and said with a grin, “In the past, I’ve always taken care of myself. I didn’t expect to have someone to share my meals with one day.” Philip took a freshly sauced grilled fish from Hiram. This aroma spread for several miles, and
The two continued to walk into the depths of the passage. “I forgot to ask Bamboo Shoot if it has a map of this place,” Hiram said in annoyance. Philip just thought of it too. If they had a map, it would be much easier to explore. It would be much better than walking around like a headless chicken. “Listen.” After walking for a while, Philip suddenly stopped and said to Hiram. “Listen to what?” Hiram listened for a while before he asked blankly. Philip had forgotten that Hiram was not a wind element practitioner. Philip followed the wind and heard some noisy human voices from one direction. Philip led Hiram to the source of the sound. After passing through several forked intersections, the two finally found the source of the sound. A group of people wearing black hooded trench coats with crescent moon symbols of different colors were standing by a pool and queuing up for something. Philip signaled to Hiram not to alert them and shrouded both of them with his mental
“Let’s line up first.” Philip recalled that these two had not taken their share of the stone fluid yet. Except for the few red crescents talking, the others were quiet. It was finally their turn. Philip wore the blue crescent while Hiram took the white, so Philip took one ladle as he should. Although a naked man was sitting in the middle of the pool, Philip had no complaints about this treasure and drank it in one go. This stone fluid was extremely smooth in the mouth with a sweet fruity taste. However, before the two of them could react, the stone fluid in their stomachs became scorching hot like flames. The skin on Philip's body began to slowly fall off and new skin grew. This process was extremely brutal, and Philip was soon covered in blood. Next to him, Hiram seemed to be in better condition because he only had one small teacup of it. Seeing this, the red crescent man from earlier sneered and said, “You two ignorant fools dare to swallow such a large amount of st
Seeing that the other party's speed could still increase, the two were about to collide again when Philip tossed Hiram from his shoulder. A fight was inevitable. Philip turned around, covered his fists in flames, and punched the man behind him. Philip was blasted backward, while his attack only slowed the other party down a couple of steps. Feeling the pain in his wrist and the numbness in his arm, Philip lamented the guy’s tough hide. He could not conceal his strength any longer. Philip took out the Caelum Sword and the black turtle shell, ready to fight. Seeing the two treasures Philip took out, the other party's eyes lit up. He said, “Those things are not bad. I’ll accept them.” After that, the man raised his hand and rushed toward Philip. Philip raised his shield and withstood the attack from the man, his arm going numb from the impact. After each parrying attack, Philip tried to raise his sword and slash the other party but to no avail because the other party was too
“Greenpeak Sword Formation!” Philip smashed the sword formation down violently and even tossed the Caelum Sword into it. Leroy stood in the middle of the sword formation and resisted the sharp attacks, but these hundred swords left him no room to dodge at all. The green swords formed by the Greenpeak Sword Formation could only cut through his skin while the Caelum Sword concealed within kept attacking Leroy's vital points and weak points, so the Caelum Sword managed to cause some considerable damage. Seeing the increasing wounds on the holy son’s body, the people of the Moon Worship Creed yelled as they rushed toward Philip. “Everyone back down!” With blood trickling from his mouth, Leroy ordered them back, “This fight is between the two of us.” They stopped not far from Philip. Leroy gradually slowed down, and Philip was almost exhausted from supporting the Greenpeak Sword Formation. The strength suppression seal produced by the flying snake suddenly dispersed. Five