Chapter 302: Chapter 247: First Entry into the Forbidden Zone
Completing Ji Ping’s last wish, Su Yuan and Situ Qingyin then directly headed back home.
Situ Qingyin still had many things to handle, while Su Yuan needed to head to the Ancient Forbidden Zone.
“This trip to Zhangzhou made me suddenly feel much more clear-headed,” commented Situ Qingyin with a smile.
Su Yuan, upon hearing this, also felt somewhat similar.
Situ Qingyin looked at Su Yuan with her bright eyes and suddenly smiled, “Being with you makes everything seem easier.”
Su Yuan shook his head, “Ultimately, your words of encouragement meant more. I could feel it had quite an impact on him. I, on the other hand, only brought out a Blue Card, which didn’t help much.”
“Hee-hee, thank you for spending money!” Situ Qingyin smiled with some embarrassment, “In the future, whenever you need to maintain or craft Star Devices, it’s free!”
Su Yuan laughed, “In that case, it’s a great deal for me.”
Checking the time, Su Yuan said, “You should head back first. I need to catch my connecting flight.”
Situ Qingyin nodded, “Though I don’t know where you’re going, be careful on your way!”
“Thanks, and good luck to you too.”
After their farewell, Su Yuan headed to the waiting lounge.
Situ Qingyin watched Su Yuan walk farther and farther away, silently placing her hands over her heart.
“Hope you stay safe on your journey…”
…
On the northeast section of the Transversal Mountain Range, two awe-inspiring Frost Giant Dragons flew high above the mountains.
Below, two terrifying Hellfires and ten ferocious Giant Bone Wolves were spread out in the forest, endlessly hunting Star Beasts.
Su Yuan was seated on the back of one of the Frost Giant Dragons, commanding the dragon to bombard the Star Beasts below.
It had been two days since Su Yuan returned to the Hengduan Mountain Range.
Previously, due to his large-scale hunting, the distribution of many Star Beasts had thinned out, but they had fully recovered by now.
Thus, Su Yuan summoned numerous summoning creatures once again, sweeping through the area.
The big advantage of summoning beasts is that they are free labor.
Now that Su Yuan had entered the Gold Level, the summoning beasts he called forth were all Gold Level as well.
Among them, the Frost Giant Dragon and Hellfire had both reached the Gold Middle Stage, while the Netherfire Steel Bone Wolves were at the Gold Early Stage.
Such a force could almost dominate the Transversal Mountain Range unless they encountered a Star Beast that had just broken through to the Shining Star Level.
However, this also indicated that the upper limit of the Nether Wolf Summon Green Card had nearly been reached.
Even if the level could keep up, once Su Yuan entered the Shining Star Level, the combat power of the Netherfire Steel Bone Wolves, as elite-grade summoning creatures, would be completely insufficient.
Though a Green Card, it had already played a significant role in Su Yuan’s previous adventures and current Stardust hunting.
Even if it didn’t act as a critical game-changer, it had indeed done plenty of arduous work for him.
“In about half a day, I should be able to cross the Transversal Mountain Range and fully enter the Ancient Forbidden Zone,” Su Yuan thought, gazing into the distance.
Suddenly, he felt a fluctuation from his Guardian Beast Space within his Sea of Consciousness.
“Oh, waking up?” Su Yuan felt a slight movement in his heart.
“Squeak!” Soon, a voice came from the Guardian Beast Space, indicating Ruan Ruan wanted to come out.
Su Yuan activated the summoning technique, and with a faint fluctuation of Star Power, a blue spherical creature dropped out.
“Eeek?!!”
The sudden strong wind frightened Ruan Ruan. The small body almost got blown away, but Su Yuan caught and pressed it against his chest just in time.
“Cover it too,” Su Yuan ordered.
The Frost Giant Dragon beneath him growled lowly, instantly enveloping Ruan Ruan with an outer layer of Star Power to shield it from the wind.
“Squeak squeak…”
Although the strong wind was blocked, being at high altitude made Ruan Ruan look around fearfully, huddling into Su Yuan’s embrace with a sigh of relief.
Seeing this, Su Yuan couldn’t help but chuckle softly.
What an interesting little thing.
Rubbing Ruan Ruan’s head, Su Yuan asked, “Swallowing successful, and your realm upgraded to Silver Stage?”
“Squeak (Yes!)” Ruan Ruan immediately straightened its chubby body when talking about cultivation.
“Not bad.”
Su Yuan nodded, it was as expected.
If ten intact Source Pearls could let a resurrected Demon Emperor reach the Gold Limit or Shining Star Level, then the energy in one Pearl should allow Ruan Ruan to reach the Silver Stage from the Bronze Level.
As for specific changes, checking the panel would reveal them.
Su Yuan focused and opened Ruan Ruan’s panel:
[Guardian Beast: Ruan Ruan (Emperor-level Reincarnator)]
[Law: Devour (Concealing Breath, Energy Devouring, Plunder)]
[Level: Silver Middle Stage]
[Quality: Master]
[Species: Slime]
[Element: Water]
[Six Dimensions: Strength D, Agility D, Defense D, Constitution D, Spirit D, Star Power C]
[Skills: Giantification (Blue | Skilled: 0/400), Regeneration (Blue | Entry-level: 0/200), Shape-shift (Blue | Entry-level: 0/200)]
[Extra Skills: Three Heads and Six Arms (Purple | Master), Water Element Ice Prison (Blue | Great Success), Raging Current Spear (Green | Master)]
Su Yuan’s eyes slightly focused on the extra skills at the end.
“Epic skill, Three Heads and Six Arms… Indeed, the energy in these ten beads is secondary. The main thing is the unique marks on the beads!”
These markings seemed to have been selected and sealed by a secret technique by the Demon Emperor for resurrection.
Since the bead he obtained contained an epic skill, the other nine beads should also hold epic skills!
A total of ten epic skills!
The epic skills carefully chosen by the Demon Emperor wouldn’t be ordinary.
For instance, the Three Heads and Six Arms skill was undoubtedly remarkable. If Su Yuan remembered correctly, the Tongbei Ape, one of the Four Great Demon Monkeys, wielded this move, making them extremely formidable in direct combat.
“However, now reincarnated as a Slime, without heads or arms, how will it use Three Heads and Six Arms…?”
Su Yuan pondered while holding Ruan Ruan in his arms.
Could it be through the “Shape-shift” skill?
Shaking his head, Su Yuan temporarily set the matter aside. He had no immediate plans to make it fight.
Even at the Silver Middle Stage, Ruan Ruan was still too weak.
For now, it would be a mascot and assist in tasks. To become capable on its own…that would take more growth.
A few hours later, Su Yuan rode the Frost Giant Dragon across the Transversal Mountain Range, arriving before a narrow sky-high canyon.
The canyon was incredibly steep, with gold and silver lights swirling below, making it impossible to see the bottom clearly.
From these golden and silver hues, two supreme auras could be felt, making resistance seem futile.
One aura was sharp and grand, the other was domineering and unparalleled!
“Finally, the ‘Forbidden Line’!” Su Yuan gazed at the narrow canyon, his eyes reflecting awe.
This narrow canyon, known as the ‘Forbidden Line,’ was originally created by a King-level practitioner of Sword Dao from the Great Flame.
It’s said that after negotiating the Ancient Forbidden Zone’s borders, this King-level expert carved this dividing line. With the land as paper and the sword as a pen, they commanded a flying sword to cleave the line from a thousand miles away!
Any Star Beast above Shining Star couldn’t cross out!
Those who dared would face the annihilation by the sword intent within the Forbidden Line!
Later, a ruler of the Ancient Forbidden Zone added an Imperial Decree on it to prevent the sword intent from mistakenly killing the Star Beasts within.
When approaching the Forbidden Line, all Star Beasts above Shining Star would receive a forewarning from the Imperial Decree.
Ignoring the decree and attempting to cross without permission would result in being attacked by both the sword intent and the decree within the Forbidden Line.
Combined assault from two King-level beings, anyone below the Burning Sun couldn’t withstand. Even King-level beings couldn’t endure for long!
Though many years passed, the sword intent and decree within the Forbidden Line hardly weakened.
The reason was simple: even Su Yuan’s Master Level Concealing Breath, aside from the Star Spring, had the ‘Permanent’ effect enhancing Star Power significantly.
A King-level could achieve true Star Power Permanence, even “Star Power Eternal”! Their released Star Power wouldn’t weaken over time and would maintain its power across millennia!
After a few glances, Su Yuan intended to command the Frost Giant Dragon to fly over.
“Roar, roar roar!…”
The Frost Giant Dragon underneath him let out deep growls, struggling a few meters before stopping in fear!
“Instinctual fear?” Su Yuan quickly sensed the Frost Giant Dragon’s fear through the summoning contract.
According to the rules, the Frost Giant Dragon, being Gold Level and entering from the outside, shouldn’t be in the Forbidden Line’s kill range.
Yet the Frost Giant Dragon still harbored immense fear towards the Forbidden Line.
Contrastingly, Ruan Ruan in Su Yuan’s embrace remained calm, showing no reaction.
Over the years, the Forbidden Line had indeed slain countless Star Beasts, including Demon Kings!
Su Yuan stood up, and Ruan Ruan jumped onto his shoulder.
Not forcing the Frost Giant Dragon, he ordered it to land, then opened the Hell Summoning Portal: “Return.”
“Roar roar…”
The Frost Giant Dragon growled low before flying back into the Gate of Hell.
Su Yuan looked down at the rift brimming with silver sword intent and golden decree, silver light flashing in his eyes, but he couldn’t use Instant Teleportation.
Clearly, even displacement skills were forbidden here.
“Looks like I’ll have to fly through the old-fashioned way.”
Shaking his head, Su Yuan activated the Elemental Magnetism Pressure to fly forward. Soon, he felt a hidden force below lock onto him.
Fortunately, he was prepared and proceeded cautiously, thus crossing the Forbidden Line without incident.
A wild aura distinct from regular danger zones greeted him, but before Su Yuan could feel it, hostile forces began emanating from ahead!