Chapter 548 - 547: Charging into the Kunpeng Race

Chapter 548: Chapter 547: Charging into the Kunpeng Race

On the mountain peak, Little Shi Tou was acting mysterious, wanting to pull off a big job with Ling Fei.

"Pull off a big job? How?" Ling Fei was taken aback.

"We’re going to the Kunpeng Race to rescue your two senior brothers," Little Shi Tou said, tilting his head up.

"Go to the Kunpeng Race?" Ling Fei’s heart leaped, and he stared in disbelief at the little guy before him.

"That’s right," Little Shi Tou said, raising an eyebrow. His gaze lifted, and his face was full of pride.

"Just the two of us?" Ling Fei was a bit bewildered. Although this little guy was a once-in-seventy-thousand-years genius who could even cultivate in his sleep.

He was only six years old, after all!

"No...!" Little Shi Tou shook his head.

"Not just the two of us?" Ling Fei paused, looking around in all directions, wanting to see who else Little Shi Tou planned to bring.

"Hehe, and Yiyi!" Little Shi Tou said with a mysterious smile, his voice child-like.

SQUEAK!

Yiyi blushed and let out a soft squeak.

"Yiyi..." Ling Fei rolled his eyes repeatedly. Although Yiyi was very powerful now, surpassing ordinary Divine Wheel Realm powerhouses.

But the Kunpeng Race had beings at the Heaven-Reaching Realm!

The three of them going to the Kunpeng Race to save people—wasn’t that a suicide mission?

"Don’t worry, Brother Ling Fei. With me here, we can definitely rescue your two senior brothers," Little Shi Tou guaranteed, patting his chest.

Although the little guy’s voice was child-like, his dead-serious expression was filled with confidence.

"This..." Ling Fei’s gaze sharpened, and he couldn’t help but size up Little Shi Tou.

He was starting to feel tempted.

If he could rescue his two senior brothers, he was naturally willing to go.

But Ling Fei was also worried. He wasn’t afraid of getting trapped by the Kunpeng Race himself, but if he implicated Little Shi Tou, he wouldn’t be able to face the Stone Race!

After all, Little Shi Tou was the treasure of the Stone Race!

"Hehe, Brother Ling Fei, don’t look down on me because I’m young and my Cultivation isn’t high. My Stone Patterns have been getting more and more perfect lately. I even communicated with the Holy Stone Spirit. The old fella really likes me! He told me to cultivate hard and that he’d have my back in the future. Hehe, I feel like he’s just tricking me into cultivating harder, so I want to go test it out and see if he’ll really have my back." Little Shi Tou chuckled. His eyes were bright, and his features were as if carved from jade—very cute.

But his words made Ling Fei roll his eyes again.

’Charging into the Kunpeng Race just to test whether the Holy Stone would have his back?’

’This...’

’This is playing with stakes that are way too high!’

"Don’t worry, Brother Ling Fei. Nothing will happen to us." Little Shi Tou smiled, full of confidence.

As he spoke, he pointed to a Stone Token hanging around his neck, saying it was a Supreme Treasure that could communicate with the Holy Stone.

"The Holy Stone?" Ling Fei’s eyes flashed. "Alright, let’s give it a try. But you better think this through. This isn’t a game!"

"If the Kunpeng Race really discovers us, I’m afraid a huge battle will break out," he warned seriously, afraid that Little Shi Tou’s childish nature would put him at a disadvantage in a fight.

"Don’t worry, Brother Ling Fei. I’ll take care of your safety," Little Shi Tou said seriously.

This left Ling Fei speechless for a moment.

’He’d actually fallen to the point of being looked after by a child?’

"When do we leave?" Ling Fei asked.

"Now," Little Shi Tou said.

It was late at night, the perfect time to sneak away. Otherwise, if Old Shi Ren discovered him, he wouldn’t be able to slip out.

He had only been able to leave his cave and find Ling Fei alone this time thanks to Yiyi’s Divine Technique of traversing the Void.

"Alright!" Ling Fei nodded. He, Little Shi Tou, and Yiyi then used a Teleportation Array to leave the Stone Race’s territory.

...

The Sealed Demon Land was located in the sea. It was a chain of islands, neither particularly large nor small.

There were a total of seven great races here, each governing a region that was millions of li wide.

Beyond that was just the endless sea.

The Stone Race was in the southwestern region of the Sealed Demon Land, while the Kunpeng Race was in the southeastern region. The distance between them was relatively short.

Using the Teleportation Array, Ling Fei and Little Shi Tou quickly arrived in the Kunpeng Race’s territory.

The Kunpeng Race was an Ancient Great Race, but due to their heaven-defying bloodline, their population was small—not exceeding one hundred thousand, which was comparable to the Stone Race.

Little Shi Tou and Ling Fei traveled as fast as they could, taking a full six days to reach the core region of the Kunpeng Race.

This was a cluster of islands, lacking the continuous mountain ranges of the Stone Race.

As a result, the guards here were rather sparse.

Whenever they encountered a patrol, Ling Fei and Little Shi Tou would rely on Yiyi’s Divine Technique to traverse the Void.

Now that the Dao Patterns inside Yiyi’s body were nearing perfection, her space-traversing Divine Technique had long since surpassed its previous limits. A single jump could cross a hundred li.

If she recovered to the Divine Mansion Realm, she would be even more formidable.

Arriving in the core region of the Kunpeng Race, Ling Fei saw many powerful Kunpeng Clan Members.

Divine Mansion Realm Powerhouses were everywhere, and even Daoist Palace Realm experts could be seen occasionally.

’The foundation of an Ancient Great Race is truly profound,’ Ling Fei’s gaze hardened. ’I have to find the place where my two senior brothers are imprisoned.’

Immediately, Ling Fei and Yiyi joined forces, teleporting next to a Divine Mansion Realm powerhouse of the Kunpeng Race.

BANG!

As soon as they appeared beside the powerhouse, Little Shi Tou swung a large hammer and smashed it down.

He knocked the Divine Mansion Realm powerhouse unconscious in a single blow.

Ling Fei then pulled him into the Dragon Bone Space and used the Soul Capturing Technique to probe him, finally learning the location where He Tianming and Zhao Fan were imprisoned.

It was a dungeon located in an area at the edge of the Kunpeng Race’s core region.

...

The dungeon was dark and deep, with black Nether Water flowing through it.

This Nether Water could corrode a person’s muscles and bones. An ordinary mortal soaked in it would be crippled in a single day.

He Tianming and Zhao Fan were locked in a dungeon cell where Nether Water flowed.

They had been imprisoned for over a month. By now, their legs had begun to rot, and they had long since been tortured beyond recognition.

If they weren’t being kept alive for a purpose, the Kunpeng Race would have killed them long ago.

At this moment, two men in Ghost Robes were in the cell, holding leather whips and viciously flogging He Tianming and Zhao Fan.

The whips were barbed. With each lash, they tore away flesh and blood, and agonized screams escaped from He Tianming’s and Zhao Fan’s mouths.

Their eyes were dim, and their breathing was as faint as a silk thread. They looked like they could die at any moment.

"Alright, that’s enough for today!" one of the men in black said after a while, stopping. "These guys are so weak. If we keep hitting them, they’ll die. And that Ling Fei... Our clan has threatened him several times to come rescue them, but the guy hasn’t made a single move. It’s so frustrating."

"Tell me about it. These two are so weak, we have to apply medicine after beating them just to keep them from dying. We even put them in the cell with the least amount of Nether Water. I really don’t know what the clan leaders are thinking. Since that Ling Fei isn’t coming, we should just kill these two," the other man complained.

"Hehe, stop complaining. The Third Elder has already given the order. If Ling Fei still hasn’t made a move by tomorrow, we kill one of them. If there’s still no movement after another seven days, we kill the other one too. As for Ling Fei, hmph. The world is about to change. When our clan’s ancient powerhouses emerge, the Kunpeng Race will rule the world. Even the Stone Race will have to bow their heads. We can kill him then. For now, we’re just letting him live a little longer."

"Of course. The Kunpeng Race has a powerful backer. When the world really changes, what will the Stone Race even matter?"

The two men discussed.

At the same time, they took out some medicinal powder and sprinkled it on He Tianming and Zhao Fan to prevent them from dying and losing their value as leverage against Ling Fei.

After doing all this, the two men left the cell.

AARGH!

As the medicinal powder was sprinkled on them, agonizing screams rang out.

The faces of He Tianming and Zhao Fan contorted in pain.

Their clothes were stuck to their flesh and blood. The slightest movement sent excruciating pain through their entire bodies. It was impossible to describe the agony.

"Senior Brother He, do you think Junior Brother Ling will come to save us?" Zhao Fan forced his eyes open and asked He Tianming in a low voice.

"Save us?" He Tianming gave a bitter smile. "We’ve fallen into the hands of the Kunpeng Race. Even if Junior Brother Ling is heaven-defying, how could he possibly rescue us from them? He’d just be coming here to die. Sigh... this is fate. I thought we could go to the Divine Wilderness and see the vast Martial Arts World, but instead we ended up here."

He sighed, his face full of sorrow.

He had chosen to leave the Southern Wilderness this time to broaden his horizons in the Divine Wilderness.

Besides, the situation in the Southern Wilderness was dire; leaving was the only way out.

But who would have thought they would fall directly into the hands of the Kunpeng Race, shattering all their fantasies and hopes.

"This is just fate!" Zhao Fan also sighed. Who would have thought their luck would be so terrible?

BANG!

Just then, a muffled THUD rang out.

In the dungeon corridor, the two men in Ghost Robes were sent flying. Then, a terrifying Power crushed down on them, pulverizing their bodies.

In the corridor, a child with features as if carved from jade stared calmly ahead, swinging a pair of Stone Hammers. He raised an eyebrow slightly, his expression filled with pride.

This child was none other than Little Shi Tou. Beside him were Ling Fei and Yiyi.

Seeing how ferocious Little Shi Tou was, Ling Fei couldn’t help but feel emotional.

’The strength of a natural-born genius is far beyond that of an ordinary person.’

Little Shi Tou didn’t look old and his Cultivation wasn’t high, but his Stone Patterns were naturally formed and he possessed an innate Celestial Might. When he unleashed his Gravity, he could obliterate even Divine Mansion Realm Powerhouses. What’s more, he wielded a pair of Stone Hammers forged from Celestial Stone. With all this, his combat strength was completely comparable to that of Kun Hai.

Little Shi Tou brandished his twin hammers, clearing the path ahead until he reached the cell where He Tianming was held.

"This is the place." After seeing the two men tied up inside the cell, Little Shi Tou raised an eyebrow and glanced at Ling Fei behind him.

"A child?" In the cell, He Tianming and Zhao Fan had also been startled by the loud noise. They were utterly stunned when they saw the child before them.

When their gazes shifted and they discovered Ling Fei behind the child, their faces showed even greater disbelief.

"Junior Brother Ling!" He Tianming and Zhao Fan both exclaimed, their faces filled with astonishment.

"Senior Brother He, Senior Brother Zhao!" Ling Fei couldn’t help but cry out when he saw his two senior brothers, who were covered in mangled flesh and blood.

His two senior brothers were in a wretched state.

Then, Ling Fei glanced at the cell door in front of him.

There was a lock on it, engraved with Dao Patterns. If touched recklessly, it would alert others.

"Yiyi!" Ling Fei’s gaze hardened, and he looked at Yiyi.

SQUEAK!

Yiyi’s eyes flashed, and she teleported Ling Fei and Little Shi Tou through space and into the cell.

This made He Tianming and Zhao Fan’s hearts leap with joy.

Little Shi Tou took out a Stone Blade and cut the chains on the two of them.

"Brother Ling Fei, it’s done!" Little Shi Tou said crisply after finishing the task.

Looking at him, how could anyone think he was just a child!

"This is..." He Tianming and Zhao Fan looked astonished. They found it truly hard to imagine that Ling Fei had come to rescue them with a little tyke.

And this little tyke even seemed quite powerful.

"Haha, this is the Young Master of the Stone Race, and also my sworn brother," Ling Fei said with a smile.

"Your sworn brother?"

"The Young Master of the Stone Race!" The two were stunned.

"My name is Shi Chongtian. ’Chong’ means ’to soar,’ and ’Tian’ means ’the heavens’! Shi Chongtian!" Little Shi Tou announced, tilting his head up and introducing himself very seriously.