Path Of The Lilies 221 Island Filled With Beasts

"There's no need for you to worry so much about me. I have my own teammate."

Qi Huan jumped down from the tree as he watched the man flattened by the beast. His face was unrecognizable as there was nothing left from him except from a lump of flesh and blood along with his ragged clothes. Standing before the beast, Qi Huan examined it calmly.

Roar!

"I don't know what type you are since I have never seen any like you before, but if you wish to stand on my path, I won't let you off."

Despite his unhurried tone, Qi Huan released his killing intent and filled the entire area with it. For a moment, the beast stilled in his position as he felt as if he was swamped by a dark and large wave, threatening to drag him down to the bottom of the abyss.

Slas.h.!.+

In that moment, someone charged into the beast and attacked from the side. The blade reached straight into the beast's stomach as its intestines poured out, scattering on the ground.

"Senior Brother Qi!" Ye Jiao yelled.

Qi Huan already moved from his position as he swung his sword and cut the beast's neck. In that one move, the head was cut off from the main body as it flung to the ground.

Bam!

The main body fell to the ground as there was no strength left. Standing not far from the beast, Qi Huan wiped his sword and kept it back. He looked to Ye Jiao with a faint smile on his lips.

"You're early, Ai Jiao."

"I didn't think that you could detect me," Ye Jiao replied. She kept her dagger inside as she peered at the beast curiously. This was the first time she saw a beast like this, which looked like a combination of bulls and tiger with its size a bit bigger than the two of them.

Qi Huan shook his head. "I didn't detect you."

"Then, how do you…?"

"Master sent voice transmission."

"Voice what?" Ye Jiao blinked her eyes in confusion. Could it be that there was something she missed?

Zhan Jing walked to their side leisurely. "Voice transmission is coating your voice with Eon Energy and transmitting it directly to someone's ear. This is a technique that you can only start learning when you're at rank 3 and only able to master when you reach rank 4."

"So that means, Master already informed Senior Brother Qi that we come?"

"Yes."

Qi Huan took out a dagger and moved to the beast. He used it to cut open the chest part, revealing a small ball inside with blue and black color. His eyes flashed as he picked it up, showing it to the other three.

"It has two color," Ye Jiao remarked in confusion. She had learned that the beast's core was normally one color with each rank have different color. Starting from rank 1, their color would be black, dark blue, and blue with their size small.

"It's a variation," Qin Zheng walked forward in an unhurried pace. His eyes looked at the core for a moment. "This beast must have mutated when it advanced, causing it to have more than one color. Some beasts like this become far stronger when their mutation compliments their skill, but some others might instead become weaker."

Qi Huan kept the core. "As usual, I'll keep the core. You can take the meat, Ai Jiao."

"Hey, that'll be unfair!"

"Don't worry, I'll share some of the cores at the end but most of it will belong to me because you already take the meat."

Ye Jiao frowned. She waved her hand to keep the meat. "It's better be safe to eat or I'll demand half a core from you."

"Hahaha, a core will lose its worth if you cut it open."

"Still!"

Zhan Jing didn't particularly listen to their banter as he inspected the two of them carefully. He was thinking about how these two were able to surprise the beast. Even though it has mutated and might have some limitation, the way these two defeated it together was a bit too fast.

"Jiao'er, when do you think you'll advance to rank 3?"

Ye Jiao stopped bantering and looked up at her master confusedly. "It should be a few more weeks to months. I can still feel that my core needs a lot of energy."

Zhan Jing nodded. "I see."

"Is there anything wrong, Master?"

Seeing that Zhan Jing didn't want to answer, Qin Zheng replied in his stead. "The amount of Eon Energy in your core is already at the level of normal Eon Energy Master rank 3. Since you say that you still need a lot of Eon Energy, it just means that when you reach rank 3, you'll be far stronger than a normal Eon Energy Master."

"Is that true?" Ye Jiao was astonished.

Qin Zheng nodded. "Yep. That's the case with me, so you should be the same."

"Why are you comparing yourself with me?"

"That's because I'm the one who has the most similar talent with you."

"Let's go, we need to reach the center quickly because in the last month of spring, this island will start to submerge into water again and I'll be dangerous."

"Yes, Master."

"I understand."

The four of them continued to travel at high speed as they dashed towards the direction of the Rocky Mountains. They only stopped when a beast suddenly appeared and Qi Huan directly cooperated with Ye Jiao to defeat it.

Qin Zheng didn't even bother trying to help as he waited from the back. "It didn't look like you're raising disciples but monsters."

"I don't want to hear that from you."

"What? I'm just telling the truth," Qin Zheng said without emotion. "Still, they're at the level below me."

"…"

The confidence this genius beside him had was truly at the level that Zhan Jing didn't know what to say. Saying he was arrogant, it was true but at the same time, he truly had a skill to back it up. Compared to those arrogant and mindless idiots, this young man was on a completely different level.

He was confident of his talent and proud of it.

"Sometimes, I can't believe that you're still 11 years old."

"Whether you believe it or not, that's the truth," Qin Zheng crossed his arm as he flicked his gaze to the other side. He could sense another beast coming to their direction. "The reason why my name is at the top of your list is obviously because of my talent."

"Yeah," Zhang Jing looked over to the two who had just finished their battle. "Kids, there's another one coming."

"EH? We have to fight again?"

"Come on, Jiao'er."

"Alright!"