Chapter 1168, Departure

Translator: Silavin

  

The reason Qin Yichen had deliberately revealed the Myriad Dao Divine Armour chest plate was simply to mislead and confuse others.

 

After all, amidst the encirclement of so many powerful experts, he had practically disregarded their attacks, slaughtering his way through with reckless abandonment. This would very easily lead people to realise he possessed a defensive treasure of some kind.

 

Were it to become known that his chest plate was a part of the Myriad Dao Divine Armour, an existence without equal across the entire continent, the kind of commotion that would be stirred up was something he could not possibly weather.

 

At that point, it would very likely not merely be Saints, but even Supreme Experts, who would find their hearts moved by it!

 

And so, at this moment, Qin Yichen had deliberately chosen this timing to reveal the chest plate. Moreover, under his subtle control, the chest plate had been made to appear somewhat battered and beaten. Combined with that archaic colouring, it would very easily lead people to believe this chest plate had been brought to the very edge of ruin.

 

Even if it could be repaired, it would only be capable of resisting attacks below the Saint Realm.

 

Under those circumstances, even if someone coveted it, it was unlikely that any expert of truly fearsome calibre would tear aside all pretence of civility to snatch a defensive treasure capable only of blocking attacks below the Saint Realm.

 

Most critically, Qin Yichen had detected that, in the darkness, there seemed to be someone observing his every move.

 

This sensation was exceedingly obscure, such that Qin Yichen could not locate the hidden observer at all. Yet his sharp instincts told him clearly that the feeling of being watched was indeed all too real.

 

…

 

“How interesting, to think even Jin Mi was defeated by him.” Up in the mid-air, Chen Xun curled his lips into a slight smile and said, “Looking at it this way, the likelihood that that brat is from the Human Race would be quite low.”

 

Beside him, Mo Sheng’s brow furrowed deeply, though he gave a nod of agreement.

 

Although the Human Race was the most spiritually gifted of all beings, all Top Tier Race Continent possessed their own unique traits and gifts. In terms of combat power between equals of the same level, one could say they were firmly superior to the Human Race.

 

And yet Qin Yichen was merely a Late Stage Martial Ancestor. He was a full Minor Realm lower than Jin Mi, and had still managed to defeat him.

 

Even accounting for the defensive treasure that rendered him virtually invincible against all below the Saint Realm, that final blow had nonetheless proven his terrifying true strength.

 

Jin Mi, even among the young prodigies of the continent, could be considered no small existence. To defeat him while being inferior by an entire Minor Realm, Qin Yichen’s background was very likely not merely equal to Jin Mi’s, but perhaps even…

 

“Hehe, Mo Sheng, this opportunity is genuinely quite rare…”

 

At that thought, both Mo Sheng and Chen Xun had a peculiar glint flash through their eyes.

 

…

 

“He…”

 

“No wonder he dared enter this place with such brazen confidence!”

 

“Even Jin Mi’s full-force strike could be resisted, so if we want to kill him, we’d likely need to wait until he’s been utterly exhausted.”

 

After a good long while, countless powerful experts finally came back to their senses from the shock of Jin Mi’s defeat. When those wave after wave of gazes fell upon Qin Yichen once again, they were filled with thick wariness and fear.

 

In that brief quarter-hour just before, more than a hundred powerful experts had fallen. If they were to grind down this guy, who apparently possessed Heavens Defying Pills in limitless supply, to the point of total exhaustion, just how many experts would need to perish in the process?

 

At that thought, everyone’s heart went cold.

 

At this moment, those powerful experts who had been eyeing Qin Yichen’s Pill Formulas all sheepishly lowered their heads, terrified of Qin Yichen noticing them.

 

“Haha, Brother Qin is truly formidable!” Qing Luan laughed and walked to Qin Yichen’s side at this moment.

 

“Leave this place quickly.” Yet what surprised Qing Luan was that Qin Yichen’s face carried not a trace of joy. Instead, he spoke in an extremely grave, hushed tone.

 

Hearing this, Qing Luan’s pupils contracted slightly. Only when standing this close did he finally detect that the aura around Qin Yichen’s body was in disarray.

 

Clearly, being able to defeat Jin Mi was far from as effortless as it had appeared to be from the outside.

 

In the end, sending the Reincarnating Flame Ghost Staff flying clean out of Jin Mi’s grip had cost Qin Yichen no small amount of effort, and moreover, Jin Mi’s earlier strike, while Qin Yichen had resisted it without apparent injury, had certainly not been as light a matter as he had made it look from the surface.

 

“Go!”

 

Abruptly, Qing Luan’s brow furrowed, and his gaze swept into the distance. In those directions, there seemed to be several familiar auras rapidly approaching. He let out a low cry, gave Qin Yichen a nod, then pulled Qin Yichen along with his Yuan Energy and went flying off into the distance.

 

Seeing this, the several powerful experts who had been following Qing Luan also hastily followed suit.

 

At this point, they no longer regarded Qin Yichen with importance merely on account of Qing Luan. Rather, it was because of the strength the latter had displayed, that genuine, heartfelt admiration had taken hold.

 

Faced with the departure of their group, the remaining thousand or so exchanged glances with one another. Faced with Qing Luan, and with Qin Yichen, who had left behind what felt like an insurmountable shadow in the hearts of countless present, not a single one dared step forward to obstruct them. In the end, they could only watch helplessly under that wall of gazes as they departed.

 

“Just which Race does he hail from!?”

 

“An existence this powerful, why has there been no word of him before?”

 

“Could he be someone from one of the Top Tier Races with a closer relationship to the Heaven Devouring Green Marten Race?”

 

After Qin Yichen’s group had departed, a wave of hushed whispering finally arose throughout the Thunderous Blessings Mountain Range.

 

Countless powerful experts were burning with curiosity regarding Qin Yichen’s identity, yet the latter seemed as though he had truly become Human, with not a single trace of his own Race’s aura emanating from his body.

 

Naturally, the identity of ‘Human’ was something almost no one’s mind would wander toward.

 

After all, for any Human who had not been kept in a domesticated capacity to dare appear openly in the continent, they would inevitably draw countless experts scrambling to act against them.

 

In a place where such a gathering of heroes had assembled, how could any Human possibly have the audacity to so boldly appear here?

 

And so, regarding Qin Yichen’s identity, the speculation in the hearts of countless experts leaned far more toward him being someone from one of the Top Tier Races.

 

Races capable of taking Human Form while concealing every trace of their own Race’s aura were not numerous, and every single one of them possessed a depth and heritage that inspired dread.

 

Approximately ten or so minutes after Qin Yichen’s group had departed, four silhouettes appeared like spectres within that devastated stretch of earth.

 

A brief moment later, some of the powerful experts who had not yet left finally noticed these several abruptly-appearing figures.

 

When they made out the appearance of these silhouettes, those experts’ expressions hardened, and they hastily averted their gazes. Then, without a single moment’s pause, they swiftly flew outward.

 

“The aura of the Reincarnating Flame Ghost Staff…”

 

“So it really was Jin Mi who made a move here.”

 

“Strange. The other aura is so unfamiliar. It is not Qing Luan’s.”

 

“No, this is not merely the fluctuation of Yuan Energy…”

 

Across that landscape of utter devastation, these several silhouettes swiftly swept through the entire area in a search, then the four gathered together, and a string of low, murmured words drifted out.