Chapter 880 - Barbaric Bear Tribe

The Heavenly Martial Fist Manual is very difficult, so I will need to spend a lot of time on it. Cultivation is very hard right now. I had Blood Transmutation and the Martial God Tombstone in the past, but now I can’t use them. I can only play it nice and push forward slowly.

Long Chen was still one of the fastest cultivators in the world, but it would still be difficult for him to reach the next stage.

Also, while other people could take hundreds of years to cultivate, Long Chen had no time to do so because Ling Xi was waiting for him.

I cannot be too rash now. I’m still faster than the others, so I can take it easy a bit.

Long Chen adjusted himself and continued walking. He had a feeling that he would reach some kind of settlement soon.

He could then ask them about everything in this world.

It took him two hours before he spotted people using Sight. They were approaching him, so Long Chen stopped and waited for them.

“They are here.”

He was surrounded immediately. That was when Long Chen noticed something different about them. The youths were staring at him with excited eyes, as if they were wolves.

“Hm?” While they were looking at Long Chen, Long Chen was also studying them.

They were tall and muscular with tan skin. They looked young, but their bodies were abnormally buff, like those of beasts. It was clear that they were very powerful too. Based on their gazes, Long Chen determined that they had probably killed their fair share of people.

These were the people from the Three Royal Territory.

One of the better-looking men was the leader of the group. The others from his group asked him, “Xiong Jun, should we kill him?”

The others looked happy as they stared at Long Chen with greedy eyes.

They had just met, so Long Chen was certain if they were bandits. Still, they were planning on killing him! It was clear that the Royal Territories was a violent place.

The Three Royal Territories was home to a lot of experts that fought each other violently. It was only when others died that the remainder could live better.

Xiong Jun approached and said to Long Chen, “You’re only at the Heavenly Martial Realm and yet you dare to walk alone here. You can die now. Everyone, cut him up and take his treasures and Emperor Crystals.”

The youths pounced as soon as he said that. Strange, gray runes appeared on their skin and muscles, a clear indication of a type of Body Tempering technique.

They are only youngsters, but they are all at the Heavenly Martial Realm already. Their leader is at the Fourth Heavenly Martial Stage!

Long Chen was shocked!

He never thought the Royal Territories would be this crazy. To think that the regular youths were already at the Heavenly Martial Realm here! They could destroy everyone in the Ten Thousand Nations Territory!

This was scary.

“Thanks to the dense overlord spiritual energy, their bodies are pretty much completed the moment they are born. They form the eighteen Martial Veins and nine Martial Meridians as babies. Most people reach the Heavenly Martial Realm at this age. Since the people in the Three Royal Territory live for two hundred years on average, the youths in front of us are most likely in their forties. Still, in terms of their culture, they are barely adults,” Little Cat explained casually.

“Forty years old and still underage? Ridiculous.”

They had Long Chen surrounded, and they charged towards him.

Long Chen looked the same as them, but he was only half their age. He wasn’t calling them old, but it was true that the youths were still underage in the eyes of those in the Three Royal Territories.

There was a reason why they called those from the Ten Thousand Nations Territory lower beings.

“Stop!” a woman suddenly shouted.

The youths stopped and turned to see who it was. In the end, they stopped the attack but still surrounded Long Chen.

The girl walked out of the forest. She appeared to be with them and looked roughly the same age as Long Chen. She was almost as tall as him too, and her wheat-colored skin was surprisingly supple.

She was a beauty, but for some reason, she also exuded the same wildness as the other youths. She was like a jaguar that could pounce at any time.

“Jun’er, why are you killing people for no reason?” Her movements were swift, but her voice was light.

“Big Sister, stop meddling with us. He’s the stupid one. He’s only at the Heavenly Martial Stage and yet he’s walking around alone. Isn’t he asking to die? Rather than dying in the hands of others, I would rather have him die in mine. At least his stuff won’t go to waste.”

“Don’t say such nonsense, and don’t kill the innocent! Bullying the meek while fearing the strong is not what a man should do. You will never become the hero of the Barbaric Bear Tribe like this.”

She told the others to step back before she apologized to Long Chen.

“Sorry about my brother. He’s too rash and he might’ve startled you, brother. I’m Xiong Wan’er.”

Long Chen was sweating. She was visibly older than him, yet she referred to him as if he was older.

“Don’t worry.” Long Chen had a lot of questions, and he thought that Xiong Wan’er was someone he could talk to. “I’m Long Chen.”

“Nobody wants to know your name. Are you trying to court my sister? I will smash you into minced meat.” Xiong Jun raised his meaty fist and glared at Long Chen.

“Silence,” Xiong Wan’er said. “My brother has been rash ever since he was young, so I’m sorry. Brother Long Chen, you are indeed a brave one. You are only at the First Heavenly Martial Stage and yet you dare to walk around here alone. Are you from Scarlet Water City? Judging from your clothes, it looks like you came from there. It’s dangerous to be alone. Why don’t you follow us so we can take you back?”

Even though Long Chen didn’t know where it was, he was certain that there would be more information in a city, including the way to the Swordsoul Palace. Long Chen was about to agree when Xiong Jun frowned.

“Sister, you are too careless. How could you ask a stranger to join us? Even if he doesn’t want to harm us, he will get in the way if we encounter an enemy! I won’t do it!”

“I won’t do it either!”

“Me neither!”

Xiong Wan’er was at a loss at what to do.

“It’s alright, I can go back on my own. Goodbye.” Long Chen didn’t want to cause trouble for Xiong Wan’er, so he chose a random direction and walked off.

“What a strange guy,” mumbled Xiong Wan’er.

“Hmph! He’s just looking to die. Sister, ignore him for now. We need to go to Scarlet Water City as soon as possible. If the Underworld Soldier leaves before I get there, I will lose my only chance,” Xiong Jun said.

“Alright.”

They tidied themselves up and then headed towards Scarlet Water City. When they were gone, Long Chen appeared from the darkness. He chuckled as he tailed them. “I can reach Scarlet Water City by following them.”

With Sight, he could follow their trail without any worries of being discovered.

The weakest in the group was at the Second Heavenly Martial Stage. As long as Long Chen maintained his distance, he would be able to follow them without much issue.

“To think that those youths are all at the Heavenly Martial Realm. The Three Royal Territories is truly a fearsome place ...”

He was very surprised by the youths.

But he also knew that the laws of the Three Royal Territories were much harsher compared to the Ancient Graveyard.

After following them for a while, he had a feeling that he was slowly leaving the jungle.

Several hours later, Long Chen stopped and smiled helplessly. There was a group of people blocking the Barbaric Bear Tribe.

The two groups fought madly.

The other group appeared to be slightly stronger than the Barbaric Bear Tribe. If things went on like this, everyone would die and Long Chen won’t be able to reach Scarlet Water City.

Also, Xiong Wan’er was a good person, so Long Chen didn’t want her to die. Therefore, he ran towards the fight. It was a brutal scene. The fight had barely started, but two youths were already dead with their organs crushed internally.

Blood sprayed everywhere.

“Sister, run!”

Xiong Jun roared indignantly at his sister.

“I will come and rescue you!” Xiong Wan’er shouted.

“What a nice young lady. Serve us well and we will let your brother go. How does that sound?”

“Be obedient. The more obedient you are, the fewer people we will kill.”

Sinister laughter reached Long Chen’s ears.