Chapter 432 - 304: Huang the Ninth: Eight vs. Three, the Advantage is Mine

Chapter 432: Chapter 304: Huang the Ninth: Eight vs. Three, the Advantage is Mine

"Should we lure them over?"

Seeing the Tracking Mouse appear, Feng San Niang subconsciously took out a small piece of cloth.

Last time, Tang Wen had used her small piece of cloth to lure the two black-robed men to the Thunder Rock Crocodile Turtle.

"Alright." Tang Wen didn’t look at her, sending a series of spiritual soothings their way.

The two Extraordinary Level Exotic Beasts were instantly dazed.

At that moment, a certain scent happened to drift out.

The two Tracking Mice inevitably grew excited and scurried forward in a hurry.

The black-robed person following behind them paused, but his simple mind didn’t comprehend that this was an unexpected situation.

His understanding of Huang the Ninth’s orders was to quietly follow the Tracking Mice.

The moment he saw Tang Wen, he was to roar and attract his nearby companions.

The pitter-patter of the Tracking Mice’s feet could still be heard.

The black-robed person judged that there was no danger ahead, so he tapped his toes lightly and rounded the corner soundlessly.

"Now!"

Tang Wen ordered via voice transmission.

The black-robed person who had just appeared saw only a blur as two lively little white cats leaped out of thin air.

Before his bewildered eyes, their bodies instantly swelled.

From little white cats, they turned into great White Tigers!

Terror filled his eyes. He opened his mouth, about to roar!

"Don’t let him make a sound!"

Tang Wen had no time to say anything else, blasting him with a Spiritual Whip.

The vertical pupils of the two White Tigers simultaneously turned golden-yellow.

Pupil Technique.

The black-robed person was like a gopher stunned by a club, his mouth half-open, staring at the sky with unfocused eyes.

CRACKLE—

The Thunder Rock Crocodile Turtle returned to its original size, launching into the air with a push of its four limbs.

It caught several bolts of purple lightning sent down by the thunderclouds on its shell, then fiercely refracted them toward the still-dazed black-robed person.

HISS!

The purple lightning brought with it a magma-like heat.

White smoke instantly rose from the black-robed person’s flesh, and his formidable body began to twitch uncontrollably.

The lightning that appeared above the Thunder Jade Mine followed a pattern.

The thunderclouds that emitted the lightning seemed able to distinguish the strong from the weak. Facing an expert like Hu Yun, a Peak of Thunder Department Fifth Grade, they would often start with purple lightning.

This was much stronger than the silver-white lightning.

The difference was akin to that between a rifle and a sniper rifle.

Not even ash was left of his black robes.

His eyes flashed red and purple, his pupils unable to focus.

And on his body, a bloody glow began to flash.

"I’ve checked. No one’s behind us." Hu Niannian used Instant Step to appear in the air.

Then immediately flew back down.

Purple lightning followed right on her heels.

The Thunder Rock Crocodile Turtle floating in mid-air instantly tilted its body, its shell once again deflecting the Thunder.

Hu Niannian cast Wind Binding, holding the black-robed person firmly in place.

The other White Tiger shrank and took to the air.

Tang Wen looked at the Extraordinary Tracking Mouse that had luckily survived and was trembling off to the side. An idea struck him, and he activated Extraordinary Affinity while also tossing a few more spiritual soothings its way.

The Skill took effect. The trembling Extraordinary Tracking Mouse scurried behind Tang Wen and stopped shaking.

Its small eyes looked at Tang Wen, filled with goodwill.

Tang Wen couldn’t afford to pay attention to it and quickly focused on the black-robed person before him.

The frequency of the bloody glow’s flickering was decreasing.

This was a sign that he was about to collapse.

Tang Wen was counting on him to farm Experience Points, so naturally, he couldn’t just watch him get electrocuted to death.

He immediately gave Hu Niannian a look.

She shrank, turning back into a little white cat.

Besides the Fifth Grade Thunder Rock Crocodile Turtle, both White Tigers by Tang Wen’s side had retracted their auras and were no longer attracting the attention of the thunderclouds.

The power of the lightning bolts from the thunderclouds changed accordingly, turning into ordinary silver lightning.

A few breaths’ time passed.

THUD. The black-robed person collapsed.

The smell of cooked meat wafted through the air.

The Thunder Rock Crocodile Turtle clumsily shrank its body, barely managing to lower its aura to a Sixth Grade level.

The thunderclouds in the sky instantly lost their target.

Tang Wen wasted no time. Holding his breath, he struck out with Night Divine Fist.

After a flurry of movement, his Experience Points broke through six thousand.

It only increased by less than one thousand.

It was less than before, not for any other reason, but because the black-robed person lying on the ground still had a breath left in him, though his limbs were crippled.

It wasn’t that Tang Wen didn’t want to smash the man’s head and collect the last of the experience.

It was just that as he was about to throw the punch, his intuition suddenly warned him.

It seemed that if he killed the man this way, something bad would happen.

He told Hu Niannian his assessment, and she took out a sheet of Dream-Entering Letter Paper and began to write.

This information needed to be synced with Hu Yun.

"Dig a pit and bury him."

The Thunder Rock Crocodile Turtle took the initiative, shooting Thunder from its mouth to blast out a deep pit. It then tossed in the black-robed person, who was now just a head and the upper half of a torso.

"Bury him deep. Oh, and gag him."

The Thunder Rock Crocodile Turtle turned its head, seemingly not understanding. Feng San Niang stepped forward, found a round stone of a suitable size, shattered the man’s teeth, and forcibly shoved the stone into his mouth.

Afterward, large and small broken stones were piled on top, forming a mound that looked just like a grave.

"Come here."

Tang Wen took out a Blood Marrow Elixir to entice the Tracking Mouse, which was cowering by the rocks.

The Extraordinary Tracking Mouse was highly intelligent and could basically understand everything humans said.

It also understood that the human before it, who seemed so pleasant to the eye, was luring it.

But it still walked over, one step at a time.

First, it couldn’t resist the temptation of the Sixth Grade Blood Marrow Elixir.

Second, it was afraid of dying.

Disobedience would certainly mean death.

"Want a bite?"

"Squeak squeak!" The big mouse nodded.

"Help me find more of your kind, or more black-robed people. I’ll reward you with one of these for each one you find." After speaking, Tang Wen pinched off a small piece of the Elixir and gave it a gentle toss.

Almost instinctively, the Tracking Mouse leaped up and caught the piece of the Elixir in its mouth.

"Good. Lead the way!" Tang Wen said, smiling at it.

The Tracking Mouse’s eyes darted back and forth.

’Do I really have to betray my master, betray my mother, betray my brothers and sisters?’

"What? Took my food and now you want to back out?"

Tang Wen leaned down, the two little white cats on his shoulders—one on the left, one on the right—sizing up the Tracking Mouse before them.

The mouse shivered, as if it felt a kind of suppression originating from the depths of its soul.

It began to tremble uncontrollably.

"You’re an Extraordinary right now. Eat a few more Elixirs, and you might even advance to the Sixth Grade. But if you don’t cooperate...?"

Tang Wen threatened it while simultaneously tossing out spiritual soothings.

How could the Tracking Mouse dare to refuse?

He looked at the Thunder Rock Crocodile Turtle. "The lightning reacted quickly this time, which allowed us to kill with borrowed thunder. Remember, you must not let the black-robed people cry out. It would be best to kill the mice too, right off the bat, to prevent them from tipping anyone off."

The Thunder Rock Crocodile Turtle replied in its booming voice, "No problem. I can store three bolts of purple lightning in my shell."

Tang Wen nodded in satisfaction.

The little mouse led the way cautiously.

It was very clever. Even when it could no longer see Tang Wen’s party, it didn’t try to escape.

"Squeak squeak!"

"Squeak squeak squeak?"

Following the scent, they walked for less than twenty minutes before encountering another of its kind.

The two Tracking Mice met face-to-face, staring at each other with their little eyes.

Then, Tang Wen saw a black-robed person appear across from them.

"What’s going on?" The black-robed person’s face was full of confusion.

’Did this Tracking Mouse get lost?’

’This isn’t the area it’s responsible for searching, is it?’

"Squeak!"

The guide mouse suddenly turned and ran back the way it came.

The black-robed person and the large mouse beside him were stunned for a moment. The next instant, their vision was filled with purple lightning!

BOOM!

Thunder surged.

The White Tigers and the Crocodile Turtle appeared together.

Struck by purple lightning and facing a three-on-one assault, the outcome was never in doubt.

Tang Wen judged the timing perfectly, withdrew the White Tigers, and stepped forward to reap the experience.

After that, it was a repeat of the previous steps.

Dig a deep pit, gag the Fifth Grade black-robed person—who was now just a head and an upper torso—and bury him.

The Tracking Mouse received an Elixir and felt the wild surge of aura within its body.

Its motivation soared. Brothers and sisters? The Huang Family master?

In the face of an Elixir, they were nothing.

The guide mouse didn’t even shout, "That’s my brother, you’ll have to add another Elixir!"

It just puffed out its chest and continued to lead the way.

The Thunder Jade Mine was very large.

Next, even with the Tracking Mouse leading the way, the group wandered for half a day.

But they didn’t encounter another black-robed person.

BOOM!

The ground trembled slightly. Tang Wen swayed and asked in surprise, "What’s that commotion up ahead?"

Hu Niannian quickly advanced and said, "A few of the other Trial Takers who came down with us are besieging a Stone Dragon."

A Stone Dragon?

’Isn’t that a Fifth Grade Exotic Beast?’

’What kind of Trial Takers would dare to besiege one of those?’