Chapter 2266: Chapter 2301: Can Only Look Up
Ding Fan hugged Sirius and walked into a nearby tent, followed by Crimson Flame, who was worried. The tent was very simple, with no extra decorations, only a bed laid on the ground and a few cushions.
Ding Fan asked Crimson Flame and Zhong Zhiyong to sit down. The two used their Divine Sense to scan their surroundings. Surprisingly, in this place, the Divine Sense was quite limited, able to explore only a few hundred meters around.
Hundreds of security personnel busied themselves, starting to provide accommodations for the guests on the super airship, setting up nearly a thousand tents around them while some people went to investigate the surroundings.
"Bang~"
Suddenly, a slight earthquake occurred on the ground. Ding Fan and the others immediately rushed out of the camp to check the source of the noise. There was a purple light in the sky, clouds filled the sky like a purple firework rising to the heavens, obscured by dense fog, making it unclear.
"Is there a Purple Crystal Spirit and Soul Crystal eruption over there?"
Ding Fan muttered, his eyes becoming heavy. Visibility here was very low, but the purple light could be faintly seen on that side, indicating the distance wasn’t very far indeed.
"Whoosh~"
A phantom-like figure drifted from afar, stopping outside Ling Wanru’s tent. It was Jeang Tianlin, the commander of the super airship. Watching the distance, he said in a low voice, "Wanru, it’s not safe around here. We must evacuate everyone from this place immediately."
"Boom~"
Ling Wanru hadn’t yet come out, when the surrounding ground suddenly shook violently, then a big pit appeared near the hill, and a sky full of purple light flew out from the pit, rising into the sky. Nearby, a few people were caught by the purple light, thrown into the sky, then turned into blood rain and fragments.
"Leave here immediately!"
Jeang Tianlin saw many people around the big pit, some of whom seemed frightened. Some even wanted to grab the crystals within the purple light column and couldn’t help but roar at them loudly.
"Retreat, retreat, this big hole will soon generate attraction, and Divine Mountain Rats will come out, people nearby will all die!"
Another Sixth Level Expert from the Divine Realm roared, and only then did people nearby react, hastily retreating to safety.
However, many were still late in running. The big pit suddenly generated strong suction, and dozens of people were sucked into the pit simultaneously. Nearby sand and stones scattered messily, while the Purple Glowing Stone and white Soul Crystals shot into the sky were sucked back.
"Woo woo~"
Sirius suddenly flew out of Ding Fan’s embrace, rushing toward a white Soul Crystal fallen to the ground in the distance. At this time, the ground around him rose and fell again.
Ding Fan was startled, shouting angrily, "Little Sirius, it’s dangerous there, come back quickly."
The ongoing rise and fall in the ground represented the emergence of another erupting hole for Purple Glowing Stone and Soul Crystals; people had been pierced instantly, weakening Sirius’s defense causing Ding Fan great worry.
Crimson Flame grabbed Ding Fan, preventing him from rushing toward Sirius. After Sirius bit onto a white Soul Crystal, it charged forward, its body flashing with white light and accelerating without being affected by gravity.
"Whoosh~~"
A ghostly cave appeared, purple light descended from the sky. Sirius swallowed a white Soul Crystal, consuming a few more in other directions before flying back.
"Squeak~"
At that moment, a dozen pitch-black rats suddenly flew out from the Ghost Cave, each the size of a human head, its fur flashing pale black light, deep blue eyes, gaping mouth exposing four fangs, emitting an arcane dark light, evidently poisonous.
The most impressive feature of these big rats was their claws, which didn’t resemble rat paws but seemed more like eagle talons, shining like metal.
After the dozen rats flew out, they immediately turned into ten black lightning bolts, rushing toward all directions, even one towards Sirius, and two toward Ding Fan.
"Divine Mountain Rats!"
Jeang Tianlin’s face changed, immediately shouting, "Ling Gang, Ling Qiang, quickly eliminate them, don’t let the Divine Mountain Rats harm anyone."
Looking at Ding Fan, he said, "Young friend and two brothers, help me look after Wanru; this old man must go out to defeat the Divine Book Rats, or something big will happen."
Ding Fan nodded, a purple fiery sun appeared on Jeang Tianlin’s neck as he flew forward, his neck’s incandescent sun roaring, transforming into a giant incandescent sun. This sun, surprisingly one meter in diameter, spewed flames that suppressed a Divine Mountain Rat.
"Whoosh~"
The other two elders rushed forward. One released a Divine Soldier Pellet, the other released Inherited Divine Technique, his inherited technique was Sixth Level. The Divine Soldier Pellet of that person enlarged, resembling a Wolf Fang Club.
"Zhong Zhiyong, hurry and bring Sirius back."
Ding Fan had no time to watch the commotion, shouting towards Zhong Zhiyong. Since Jeang Tianlin needed to eliminate the Divine Mountain Rats, he had no time to tend to his own granddaughter. From this, one could see how terrifying the Divine Mountain Rats were; Ding Fan couldn’t risk leaving Sirius outside alone.
Zhong Zhiyong nodded at Crimson Flame, then suddenly bolted forward, his forehead emitting blue flames, readying to release flames to kill the Divine Mountain Rats.
"Woo~~"
Sirius, who had initially heard Ding Fan, was running back, yet suddenly felt something chasing him from behind. It angrily stopped, turned around, and stared at the Divine Mountain Rat with anger. Its mane stood up, an invisible pressure emanating from its body, causing the rat behind to suddenly halt.
"Sirius, come back!"
Ding Fan saw this and immediately shouted again. Could Sirius suppress the Divine Mountain Rat? If Jeang Tianlin and others noticed this, they might come to seize it.
Sirius heard the anger in Ding Fan’s words and quickly turned into a dark light, flying back, while Zhong Zhiyong unleashed a Fire Dragon to intercept that Divine Mountain Rat.
"Squeak~~"
Unexpectedly, the Divine Mountain Rat flew out of the Fire Dragon, its fur shimmering, and even Zhong Zhiyong’s Sixth-level Martial Warrior Legacy could not harm it.
"Boom..."
Jeang Tianlin and two Sixth Level Experts from the Divine Realm, along with the surviving Fifth Level Experts on the airship, all strived to suppress the Divine Mountain Rats, but no one paid attention to Sirius.
Ding Fan wondered aloud to Ling Wanru: "Miss Ling, what level are these animals as spiritual beasts? Even a Sixth-level Martial Warrior Legacy’s Divine Skill can’t harm them?"
Ling Wanru intentionally glanced at Sirius without asking more questions, and explained to Ding Fan: "Divine Mountain Rats were originally Level Five spiritual beasts, but they have evolved to Level Six due to their constant consumption of Purple Glowing Stone and Soul Crystal. Their defenses are exceptionally abnormal; a normal Fifth Level Elder from the Divine Realm can hardly harm them, and their speed remains unaffected in Luoshen Mountain. Moreover, their venom is terrifying; if someone is bitten, they quickly turn into a human-like rat, frenetically attacking companions. The venom can spread through a bite, which is why my grandfather pays so much attention to them..."
"That’s really abnormal!"
Ding Fan felt secretly shocked, but he didn’t mind because Sirius could inhibit the Divine Mountain Rats. At least the rats didn’t dare to attack them.
On the other side, Zhong Zhiyong felt humiliated and released Divine Soldier Pellets, using the Fiery Truth to enhance its power, burning the ghost rats until they fled back into the large hole on the ground.
Ding Fan looked up at Jeang Tianlin, and after a few glances, he was exceedingly amazed; the battle power of this Jet Airship Commander was incredibly fierce. A round of burning sunlight descended to suppress, directly hitting a Divine Mountain Rat, smashing it into a bloody mess, its body charred black. Jeang Tianlin took just one move to kill a single Divine Mountain Rat.
"What warrior heritage is this?" Ding Fan curiously asked.
Ling Wanru explained: "This is a Level Seven Warrior Heritage, Solar Eclipse."
"Oh!"
Ding Fan suddenly remembered something. He looked at Ling Wanru’s forehead and said, "Miss Ling, you must come from a noble family, right? Why... don’t you have a warrior heritage?"
Ling Wanru’s forehead lacked a mark, and in Ding Fan’s understanding, only those extremely elite individuals could hide the Inheritance Seal. Curiously, Ling Wanru was only at a Fifth Level Peak in the Divine Realm; she shouldn’t be able to conceal the mark.
"Who said I don’t have a warrior heritage?"
Ling Wanru displayed a mocking expression and whispered, "It’s because my heritage is so excellent; otherwise, my family wouldn’t treasure me, and then... the subsequent events wouldn’t have happened."
"Is the heritage too excellent?"
Ding Fan and Crimson Flame exchanged slightly surprised glances as Ding Fan furrowed his brow and asked, "Do you have any secret technique to hide the Inheritance Seal? As far as I know, unless we reach the Sixth Level Realm of the Divine Realm, we cannot hide it, right?"
"Haha, the Spirit Dragon Hall has many such secret techniques."
Ling Wanru laughed again. Suddenly, a dark light flashed across her neck, revealing a Phoenix Butterfly mark before it disappeared. It was clear that Ling Wanru used a secret technique to hide it.
Though it was fleeting, Ding Fan and Crimson Flame saw it clearly. They exchanged glances, their eyes narrowing slightly.
The Phoenix Butterfly mark was beautiful and alluring, but that wasn’t what mattered—the crucial part was that the Phoenix Butterfly was black!
This meant her warrior heritage was of Level Eight.
Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple, black, and gold.
A black mark signifies an Eight Level Warrior Heritage. The Northern Wastelands have never had an Eight Level Warrior Heritage, yet this not-so-proper young lady from a noble family possesses an Eight Level Warrior Heritage.
Ding Fan knew which of the Central Plains Eleven Royal Clans had Level Eight Warrior Heritages, and if he hadn’t been distracted by the Beast Bone Pendant from Xia Mengqing, he might have awakened his own Level Eight Sirius Warrior Heritage.
In his view, someone who awakened an Eight Level Heritage even among the Eleven Royal Clans would hold a position of great power and honor, surrounded by a cadre of experts, their status and honor exceptionally high. How could they be as degraded as Ling Wanru?
Ding Fan looked at Ling Wanru for a few seconds and eventually couldn’t resist asking in a low voice, "Miss Ling, forgive my insolence, what position does your esteemed father hold in the Spirit Dragon Hall?"
"What position does he hold?"
Ling Wanru’s mocking expression intensified, and she replied in a voice devoid of any emotional fluctuation: "My father’s name is Ling Xiaotian!"
"You mean Ling Xiaotian?" Ding Fan and Crimson Flame were somewhat baffled. Who was this Ling Xiaotian, and was he famous?
He looked at Ling Wanru incredulously, but Ling Wanru rolled her eyes and said, "Ding Fan, you’re not from the Central Plains, are you? Do you not know who Ling Xiaotian is? He is the current Hall Master of the Spirit Dragon Hall!"
"..."
Ding Fan and Crimson Flame were utterly speechless. This seemingly degraded woman was actually the Spirit Dragon Hall Master’s daughter!
The Spirit Dragon Hall Master’s daughter, Miss Ling Wanru, eldest daughter of one of the Central Plains Eleven Royal Clans, the Spirit Family!
This left Ding Fan and Crimson Flame in disbelief. Clearly, she was the noblest lady of the Central Plains, yet she stood right in front of them and needed Crimson Flame for protection?
Shouldn’t such a radiant girl have a cohort of experts accompanying her? Shouldn’t she ride a powerful spiritual beast, surrounded by a large group of guards, soaring through the sky? Even some minor powerful family’s households could only look up to her with awe?
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