King Time

hunting a rank 3 magical beast

A chill ran through Shun Long's spine when he heard Little Black's words.

what kind of existence must there be, to be able to absorb every kind of energy, and from miles away?

''Something is wrong. No matter what kind of magical beast it was, as long as it had not reached an extremely high rank, it should not be able to absorb every other type of energy like yin qi from the 'red-fanged fire bat' when it is so far away.''

Shun Long guessed after watching him closely.

''Teacher's right. Even if I wanted to absorb the yin qi here, I would not be able to do this from a distance of more than 1 mile and I am a black Dragon. I refuse to believe that there is a peak rank 5 magical beast within the Demon Mountain Region that will do this.''

Shun Long nodded his head at Little Black's words as he said

''We will know everything when we enter the central region so, no need to worry first. Time to head south.''

The black dragon spread out its majestic pitch-black wings after hearing Shun Long's words, and flew towards where he had seen the 3 amazing sights before.

Its flying speed was extremely fast, bringing horror to the magical beasts that saw black dragons flying in the sky as they hurriedly curled up in their nests and caves.

Little Black and Shun Long quickly arrived in front of a small forest.

Little Black's speed did not decrease at all while heading to one of the tallest trees during the distance.

The tree is branchy and green higher than 8m (26 feet) but the branches have a bright color at the ends that resembles flower petals.

Shun Long's eyes flashed while the little Black opened his mouth and spouted a black fireball towards the tree.

The tree immediately turned into black ash as the core of a small green beast could be found within it.

Little Black disdainfully after making the tree to ashes and said

''Only 'man-eating trees' rank 3 early and think that it will escape my senses?''

Shun Long reached the beast core of the 'man-eating tree' and after storing it inside the 'Time Stone' he asked the little Black guy if he could see any other rank 3 magical beasts around them.

The pair of young men riding his dragon flew nonstop as they unceasingly chased after every rank 3 magical beast they found around them.

After almost a day of hunting, Shun Long's spatial space was now filled with all sorts of rank 3 beasts. Most of these magical beasts could easily kill the experts of heaven killing chickens, but Shun Long's spatial space had nearly a dozen.

Little Black leaked his smiling master now collecting the body of a rank 3 magical beast they had just killed, and he also smiled as he looked to the distance in front of them, headed for the territory before he sent a message to Shun Long.

''Teacher, we are now very close to the central region. If there is a chance, we should also hunt for 4 magical beasts early!''

As the little Black finished speaking, he saw Shun Long's eyes turn serious as he said resolutely—

''No''

Little Black leaked Shun Long in confusion as he said

'' Master, the body of a 4th magical beast will be of great help? Although it might be a bit difficult to kill one, I am still more than 80 percent confident of being able to kill an early rank 4 beast with my current strength. We didn't have to worry about and even if the magical beasts were at the rumored 4 peaks of the central mountain coming, we could still fly back then. Even if it was some kind of flying beast in the air, it would definitely not be able to match me in terms of speed.''

Little Black's words were spoken with great confidence.

But Shun Lama worked as he replied

'' Although a body ranked 4th would be of great help to me, there is something more important in this Demon Mountain Region for us. Moreover, if you fight with a 4th magical beast, even if you kill it quickly, you will definitely attract the attention of a stronger magical beast. The central region is above the inner region and I assume that there are some 4 extraordinary wonders in it.

Before we know about the treasure of the central mountain, we cannot attract the attention of the powerful magical beasts in the middle region.''

''Don't worry, after we find out what the secret of the middle mountain is, we still have time to hunt magical beasts maybe 4.''

After Shun Long finished speaking, he realized that it was now almost night.

After hunting magical beasts for an entire day, Shun Long had arrived just a few tens of miles away from the central region. After finding the cave at the top of the mountain at the beginning, he had Little Black make sure that there were no magical beasts around them before he started cultivating.

deep breaths within the cave of Shun Lama felt the qi around him by looking towards him.

''The quality of qi here is really much better compared to the outer region. Maybe I can even break through to the middle stage of rank 8 tonight.''

Sitting cross-legged in the middle of the cave, Shun Long circulated the 'Sand King's Hour' as he absorbed the pure qi in this place. Little Black was also cultivating, but he had yet to enter a state where he was unable to look at his surroundings like Shun Long and was instead watching their surroundings at all times.

3 Hours soon passed and a small explosive sound rang out from Shun Long's body as he then opened his eyes and excited news.

'' I managed to reach the middle stage of rank 8 in condensing qi in such a short period of time. Just 3 hours of cultivating here was more efficient than 5 days of full cultivation in the outer region!''

profiting from the opportunity to cultivate in this place, Shun Long quickly opened his eyes as he once again activated 'Sand King's Clock, absorbing the qi around him.

The morning soon came and as the sun rose, Shun Long finally stopped cultivating.

After stretching his hands and stepping forward, he walked out of the cave and head while saying Little Black

'' Little Black, when we enter the middle region, it is better for you to remain in the 'Time Stone'.''

The dragon's eyes widened when he heard this and he anxiously asked

'' That teacher is too dangerous for you. What if you-?''

Shun Long laughed as he said

''I-i know. But it is also dangerous if you are exposed. We can do as we please in the territory but if the magical beasts in the middle region focus their attention towards us, then the best we can do is ourselves then.''

Shun Long looked at the sad dragon as he said

''Don't worry, if I'm really in a dangerous situation, you can always come out and help me.''

Little Black nodded her head as she walked into the 'Time Stone' before she used her powerful soul to sense Shun Long's surroundings.

Shun Long had 3 major advantages that gave him enough confidence to walk himself towards the central region that was now only a few tens of miles away from him.

The first was the sensing of the little Black soul which could be most of the danger before.

The second was the 'Eternal Body King' who had improved his physical strength and his ability to try space and try himself several tens of meters away.

Shun Long was also convinced that after refining the 'Depth Earth Fruit' into a pill, belonging to the 'Eternal Body King' would become much stronger.

''If I concoct and consume pills before the 'sect examination' ends, by the time I absorb the effects of the pill medicine, I might run out of time to gather enough life points for the first place.''

However, the third and most important advantage he had, was the ability of 'Monarch's Hourglass' to conceal his aura. As long as he was careful enough, he might be able to avoid most of the dangers while exploring the middle region.

After more than 2 hours, Shun Long had arrived exactly 300 miles away from the highest mountain in the Demon Mountain Region, the middle mountain.

The central mountain is almost 10,000 meters (32,800 feet) while the surrounding 300 miles is what everyone categorizes as 'region'

Shun Long took a deep breath to see his heart rate rising as he headed for the middle mountain, and a step forward, he finally entered the middle region.