Nine Astra Skies

Hum hum hum. Those two swords kept shaking, trying to break free of Little Wingsy’s grip but unable to do so.

“Let go!” Tuoba Yan yelled. He urged his Celestial Chi but it had no effect.

Tuoba Yan’s face paled in fright. He sensed that he had lost contact with the two swords. Just who was this little boy to be able to grab his swords with his hands?

Little Wingsy grabbed a Tier Three spirit artifact sword in each hand but could not make any moves to catch the third one. The third sword swung at Little Wingsy’s head.

A “ding” sounded. Contrary to Tuoba Yan’s imagination, the sword did not cut Little Wingsy in half. Instead, the artifact spirit in the Tier Three spirit artifact sword trembled in fear. It finally shattered into pieces and fell to the ground.

There was an additional but faint trace left on Little Wingsy but was not noticeable if one did not look carefully.

After the incident with Tantai Ling, this was the first time Little Wingsy’s body had suffered injuries!

Although the sword that cut Little Wingsy was the same as the Emerald Cloud Sword before, a Tier Three spirit artifact, it became several times more powerful after the formation of the sword array. Furthermore, the sword was imbued with the Celestial Chi of a Mystique Venerable One, which was why it had managed to injure Little Wingsy.

However, this little scratch only made Little Wingsy feel an itch. It was not painful at all.

“Hey, big guy. What other tricks do you have? Just use them all.” Little Wingsy huffed. Although Tuoba Yan was a skinny old man, to Little Wingsy, everyone was a “big guy”.

Tuoba Yan’s mouth opened so wide you could stuff an egg in there. He stared at little Wingsy and the sword fragments on the ground in a daze.

Tuoba Yan was very clear on the Triple Sword Array’s power. Although his strength was greatly reduced and the Triple Sword Array’s power was not even half of what it would be at his peak, it could still seriously injure a mid-Mystique Venerable One. However, this little boy in front of his eyes took the attack head-on with his own body!

“You’re not human! You’re not human!” Tuoba Yan cried in horror. He knew that some mystical beasts could transform and immediately thought of that. If a Tier Three spirit artifact could not harm him, that meant he was a mystical beast at least peak Mystique Adept Rank or even higher! His heart was completely demoralized and filled with panic.

“My turn.” Little Wingsy threw the two swords on the ground and huffed childishly. With a “swoosh”, he leaped at Tuoba Yan and picked him up before beating him up with his little fists.

Bang bang bang!

Tuoba Yan suffered hit after hit that even his Chi Construct Barrier could no longer be sustained.

“Grandpa, Grandpa, I was wrong. Please spare me, Grandpa!” Tuoba Yan cried out bitterly, begging for mercy.

“I’m not your grandpa. I’m only five,” Little Wingsy said with a straight face and punched him again.

“Little Hero, I was wrong.”

“I’m not Little Hero either. I’m Little Wingsy…”

Tuoba Yan was beaten by Little Wingsy into a pig’s head. Snot and tears streamed down his face but he was too afraid to resist. Why was he so unlucky today? How did he end up with this disaster? Little Wingsy had beaten Tuoba Yan violently. Then, he took the Heaven-Earth Pouch on his waist and threw it aside, and tossed Tuoba Yan away. He did not want to kill Tuoba Yan.

After being tossed away, Tuoba Yan continued to kneel for mercy.

Little Wingsy waved his little fists proudly. ‘How dare you hurt my Big Brother Ye Chen? I’ll beat you up!’

Little Wingsy picked up the two Tier Three spirit artifact swords he had put away and was just about to leave when suddenly, a sharp whistling sound came from deep underground.

It was as if something was approaching Little Wingsy’s way at a frightening speed.

“Little Wingsy, come back!” Ye Chen felt some sort of danger and quickly sent a message to Little Wingsy.

Ye Chen’s Astral Body had detected that something was approaching quickly. It let out ear-piercing screeches.

The thing looked like a bat but it was the size of a buffalo. It looked ferocious with several sharp claws on its wings and its long tail was tipped with sharp barbs. No trace of vitality could be detected from it. It was the same as the two Human Puppets that stood outside the Exclusion Zone. It should at least have the strength of a Mystique Adept!

What was most terrifying was its movement speed.

Upon receiving Ye Chen’s message, Little Wingsy turned and ran toward Ye Chen.

Tuoba Yan was still kowtowing and begging for grandpa to spare him. There was very little Celestial Chi left in him. Without Celestial Chi to protect himself, Little Wingsy’s fists naturally hit his flesh and he was beaten miserably. At this time, even if his mother came over, she might not be able to recognize him.

“Big Brother Ye Chen, what’s wrong?” Little Wingsy asked curiously.

Ye Chen quickly pulled Little Wingsy and hid behind a boulder. His Astral Body was locked on the Giant Bat.

The Giant Bat approached quickly and immediately dived down after spotting Tuoba Yan. A shrill scream rang as the Giant Bat picked up the struggling Tuoba Yan with a pair of thin but sharp claws. It circled in the air for a moment and fluttered back into the depths of the cave without anyone noticing.

Tuoba Yan struggled desperately and attacked the Giant Bat with his fists but he could not do anything to injure it.

In just a moment, the Giant Bat had taken Tuoba Yan far away.

Although Ye Chen was a good-natured person and was willing to risk his life to save a few ordinary people, he was not someone like a Buddha who was willing to sacrifice himself to save a bad person. Good people had to be saved. If they could not be saved, that would be because of heaven’s will. However, those who were extremely vicious and should be killed, would be killed.

Ye Chen frowned as he watched the Giant Bat fly away. The underground of this Exclusion Zone was even more dangerous than he had imagined.

Should Ye Chen continue onward?

After pondering for a long time, Ye Chen decided that if the underground was too dangerous, he would not go. However, Ye Chen was full of curiosity toward the underground. If he were alone, he might have gone down to take a look but he had Little Wingsy and Little Tanuki with him. He had to be responsible for their safety. Previously when he had explored the Nether Palace, something almost went wrong. In this world, many things were simply beyond their reach.

“Big Brother Ye Chen, what was that?” Little Wingsy asked. He was not afraid of that thing at all but instead, was eager to fight with it. Up till now, except for Tantai Ling, Little Wingsy had not been afraid of anyone or anything including the stone statues they had encountered in the Nether Palace.

“I’m not sure either.” Ye Chen shook his head.

The Giant Bat flew further. At this distance, even if the Giant Bat turned around, they still had enough time to run away.

“Big Brother Ye Chen, this is that old man’s Heaven-Earth Pouch. There are some things inside. Are they valuable? There are also two swords here.” Little Wingsy handed Ye Chen the Heaven-Earth Pouch with sparkling eyes. The current Little Wingsy was like a robber. He never let go of things that had caught his eye. Fortunately, Ye Chen taught him that even if he wanted to rob, he could only rob from bad people.

“These two swords are both Tier Three spirit artifacts. Not bad.” Ye Chen opened up Tuoba Yan’s Heaven-Earth Pouch. There were several pills such as Chi-amassing Pills, Earthly Quintessence Pills, and so on. There were several spirit artifacts that could be considered good. In addition to these things, Ye Chen found an ancient book as well as a notebook. The skin of the ancient book was made from the hide of a mystical beast. It should have a few dozen pages originally, but it had been badly damaged, and only three pages were relatively intact. Various figures were painted on it with some directions. They might be arrays.

The first page near the front of the book, most likely the third page, looked like the refining method of the Triple Sword Array. After looking at it, Ye Chen saw that it was quite useful. Unfortunately, Ye Chen did not know how to utilize the array. The Triple Sword Array required some unique refining techniques.

The middle page was of a formation. It looked profound and the diagram was even more complicated, making people dizzy just by looking at it. As for the last page, it was of a giant sword array. The sword array needed tens of thousands of Tier Five and above spirit artifacts and the process was also very complex.

As for the notebook, it was the research notes of someone from the Oracle Sect. It seemed like Tuoba Yan took these items from an Oracle Sect member.

Ye Chen’s Astral Body extended along the direction the Giant Bat flew toward and slowly explored underground. What he saw shocked him.

It was an extremely empty space with a radius of several kilometers and a ceiling several hundred meters high. On the open ground, bones greeted the eyes of onlookers. These bones were not scattered around but laid side by side. There were more than tens and thousands of them. Using his Astral Body to check, Ye Chen found several mass graves under the earth where countless bodies were buried.

The dark wind blew. With so many bones piled up together, one could only imagine the dark energy that was being formed.

Several Mystique Venerable Rank puppets were busying around with their heads bowed. Ye Chen did not know what they were doing. The Giant Bat flew across and threw Tuoba Yan’s body among the corpses.

Further away, Ye Chen’s Astral Body saw five high cylindrical pillars dozens of meters high. In the middle of the pillars was a dark spirit similar to the evil spirits that Ye Chen had encountered in the Sunken Jade Tower. From time to time, the illusory face let out shrill screams.

“Let me out! I want to kill! I want to kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!” the dark spirit howled angrily. A fierce aura rose to the sky. It struggled unceasingly but it was firmly locked to the pillars by black chains.

Clang clang clang. The chains being pulled gave off bursts of clanking sounds. The chains were painted with complex patterns, glowing radiantly with bursts of gold. There were most likely special seals placed on it.

Every time the dark spirit struggled, the iron chain would burst with gold light and shine on the dark spirit, making it howl with a painful shrill.