<h4>Chapter 660: Reward</h4>
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Xue Ying was in no rush to visit the ck Rain Eden. Instead, he descended onto a in and sat down cross-legged. Nevertheless, his figure remained illusory and real at the same time as Xue Ying used the Mirage world to maintain a vignt watch over his surroundings. He was, after all, still within the Lower Three Edens of the Six Heavenly Wheel, which meant he could not be careless.
''Let''s see if these two protectors were carrying any good stuff.'' Xue Ying had yet to thoroughly look through the treasures left behind by the protectors he killed.
With a flip of his hand, a dark gray stone rod appeared before him.
''So heavy.'' Xue Ying felt apprehensive. Considering his strength, he could easily annihtes within the starry sky with a flick of his finger. However, even someone like him thought the stone rod to be very heavy.
''The manufacturing of this stone rod is too crude, so crude, in fact, that it can''t evenpare to a World Deity weapon.'' Xue Ying was dumbstruck. This was ultimately a weapon used by a protector of the Ancestor Mother Religion, but it had no more than a single ordinary function that could be considered either strong or weak. In any case, the reason why it was iparably heavy was purely because of the material it was crafted from. This was precisely Protector Cheng Yun''s weapon of choice.
''Protector Cheng Yun was still at the stage four World Deity realm regarding his usage of thews of profound mysteries, so why would his weapon be so crude?'' Xue Ying thought.
What he did not know was that, before the Ancestor Mother Religion entering their cultivation cosmos, they had no mention of thews of profound mysteries in their cultivation techniques! Theirws and profound mysteries were much cruder, and it was only aftering here that they gained some knowledge from the cultivation system of the cultivators. It was at that point that they started improving rapidly since their fundamentals were ultimately very high—most protectors could easily be stage four World Deities.
However, reaching a realm any higher than that would prove much more difficult.
''What material did they even use to make it so heavy? Furthermore, it is so tough that it might as well be unbreakable,'' Xue Ying inwardly murmured. ''I''ll just ask teacher once I get back. The value of this material alone should ce it at a considerably high price.''
He brought out treasure after treasure.
Even though some of them were rather queer—he could not even recognize what they did—the majority were useless.
''Poor… truly poor. He basically brought no valuable treasure along with him. His belongings are most likely on Protector Huo Zhu''s person,'' Xue Ying thought. Back when Protector Huo Zhu brought out the dried yellow leaf, Xue Ying could sense the aura inherent within the item despite him being more than fifty billion kilometers away. It was far beyond even the Ancient Demon''s aura.
Protector Cheng Yun was far too poor byparison. He was likely at mostparable to ordinary Cultivators, and judging by his treasures alone, he was in no qualified to possess the identity of a protector.
''Let''s check the other protector.'' Xue Ying next brought out the treasures left behind by Protector Zhong She.
"Hua."
An entirely ck de appeared in his hand, its body thin and covered in sculpted patterns.
''This weapon''s refinement is much more exquisite than that of the stone rod. What, a True God weapon?! And it even has a Dao that reached eternity?'' Xue Ying revealed a cheerful expression. This True God weapon was bound to be worth a fortune. Since the actual bodies of the dead protectors were located back in their home cosmos, any True God weapon would no longer be able to sense the existence living in another cosmos upon their death. As a result, they would instantly be ownerless, a fact he could easily confirm.
''The Dao inherent to this weapon is quite unique.'' Xue Ying sensed a void world within, as well as an unseen de light emitting a sharp, bloody aura.
''The Dao of de, is it?'' Xue Ying guessed.
Such terminology was granted by cultivators.
This True God de''s Dao had a crazed and frenzied aura embedded with ughter. The de sought to kill everything standing before it—kill, kill, kill—nothing could stand in its way. The killing intent was truly heavy, reaching the boundary of a mad devil''s. It was faintly simr to the Dao of the demons within the Dark Abyss.
''I''ll call it Devil de, then.'' Xue Ying casually named the weapon. This might be a True God weapon containing an eternity-level Dao of ughter, cing its value extremely close to the Blood Serpent Spear, but he had to be very careful whenprehending it, since even a slight investigation of this weapon allowed him to realize that the crazed aura being transmitted from within was trying to influence him.
…
Having briefly investigated the items, Xue Ying was left with a sensation of both joy and shock. The treasures left behind by Protector Zhong She were much more valuable than Protector Cheng Yun''s. From the types of treasures they were, he could deduce that they were likely obtained by killing paragons, or through miraculous encounters within the Six Heavenly Wheel. As such, most of these treasures actually belonged to the cultivation cosmos, with the most precious being the Devil de with its eternity-level Dao.
"Sou." Xue Ying stored everything back. Soon afterward, he shot up into the sky, flying towards the vast maelstrom formed by clouds.
The space within the maelstrom was distorted.
"Hu."
After entering, he proceeded without any wasted time to the new Eden.
As he moved further inwards, everything in front of Xue Ying turned illusory. As he appeared in mid-air, he noticed that everything in front of him was marked by endless rain. The rainwater here was ck in color, and it seemed to fall without pause nor end.
''The ck Rain Eden…'' Xue Ying flipped his hand, bringing out his Three Devil Command Token. At the same time he grabbed it, he employed its ability to get a sense of the location it was pointing towards.
''Over there.''
Xue Ying immediately understood that the Eroding Bone Pce was to his left.
But…
He was in no rush to get there! Having arrived at the ck Rain Eden, he would naturally first visit Monarch Hex Cricket who was stationed here permanently.
"Sou, sou, sou!"
Teleporting through the Mirage world allowed him to cover long distances in a short time. Even though he wasn''t deliberately rushing, he still managed to include a few hundred billion kilometers within a breath''s worth of time. He arrived by a ckke, where he found a dark-green middle-aged man wearing luxurious robes seated on top of a stone which jutted out of theke. This man had two soft antennae on his head, and his eyes glowed green.
A pir of dim green light covered a region of more than a trillion kilometers with him as the center. The pir shot up into the sky, piercing through the blue dome of the heavens.
This person was precisely Monarch Hex Cricket, and he was tasked to remain stationed here, guarding the ce all by himself. He was the sort of existence that left the Ancestor Mother Religion feeling helpless! After all, while he was indeedcking in terms of frontalbat power whenpared with someone like the Ancient Demon, thews of profound mysteries used by Monarch Hex Cricket were at an extremely high level. His specialized in two Daos, both geared towards survivability, and he had already cultivated both to an extremely high degree; hecked a single, final step before he could reach the ruler realm.
Most Paragons would be considered capable even if they specialized in a single survival Dao.
But Monarch Hex Cricket specialized in two different types! Since he was able to utilize them in concert, even rulers found themselves unable to deal with him. In fact, his survival capabilities were much stronger even than those of most Rulers! Even the Ancestor Mother Religion, with their n protection treasures, could not deal with him; the two Daos Monarch Hex Cricket cultivated were heaven-shattering. One of them was called ''Undying'', and the other one ''Life''. As a result of his cultivation, he was virtually unkible under normal circumstances. Furthermore, ording to the intelligence reports, the Ancestor Mother Religion had once paid a colossal price to kill him, and had seemingly seeded—his soul had dispersed without leaving a single strand of his existence behind.
However, before they realized it, Monarch Hex Cricket had revived and was already back within the ck Rain Eden.
While someone like Water Devil King could at least be trapped by the Primal Master…
Monarch Hex Cricket… was someone whom even the Primal Master might not be able to imprison. Besides, with how kind and benevolent he was and how good of a temper he had, none of the rulers had ever even thought of moving against him. Even the Temporal Ind Lord, who was known for his cunningness and selfishness, had never acted against him.
He was ranked behind Monarch Green and the Heavenly Emperor of Great Destruction, but that was only because his offensive power was weaker than theirs.
"Hua." Monarch Hex Cricket opened his eyes, putting on a cheerful expression as he looked at Xue Ying. "Monarch Dong Bo."
His smile was filled with endless life. Despite being seated here, within this despondent ck Rain Eden, he was so full of life energy that he could even influence the surrounding region of a trillion kilometers.
"Monarch Hex Cricket." Xue Ying descended to stand atop of the ck Rain Lake.
"I heard you''ve killed another protector from the Ancestor Mother Religion. That makes two dead, one after the other," Monarch Hex Cricket eximed in admiration.
"It was just luck. I''ve only broken through recently, so nobody knew in the entire cosmos was aware of my truebat power. They also underestimated me, giving me the chance to seed with a single move." Xue Yingughed. "It would be much more difficult to kill another protector from now on."
The Ancestor Mother Religion now had a deeper understanding of Xue Ying, and would naturally raise their vignce in his presence. They would not give him another chance.
"It''s precisely because you opened a Dao within a million years—and the Dao of Mirage no less—that made them lose their heads and allowed you to seed," Monarch Hex Cricket replied. "Not everybody can hope to aplish such feats within a million years.
"By now, it''s not just the rulers, but most of the apex paragons already know about your achievement." Monarch Hex Cricket chuckled. "The Ancestor Mother Religion is no secret amongst apex Paragons. Your killing two protectors actually managed to attract the astonishment of many old friends of mine. Even Great Destruction, with that cold temper of his, took the initiative to ask me about you as if he couldn''t quite believe it. As of now, most of those old friends of mine are talking about you."