The Heavenly Road: God Hunters
Chapter 007 The Youngest Sect Elder (revision)
Without wasting any longer, Taki Garaki bailed to continue his search. With the permission of Joashua Ramier, he was able to explore along the border.
Taki Garaki began his search downstream of the river, his eyes constantly fixed on the stream. Finding Asta Raiken was his top priority, although dozens of Ghiracial Beasts came back to confront him. This time, not only were the rank 3 and 4 Divine Beasts, but there was one of them who was a level 5 Fire Rooster, equivalent to a Senior Realm Cultivator, the current Taki Garaki level.
"It seems that this will be even more interesting," muttered Taki Garaki as he pulled out his sword, preparing to slash at them.
Despite facing a group of Gharib Beasts in a row, Taki Garaki was undaunted. His sword slashes were sharp and dangerous, showing his incredible sword arts skills.
The supernatural beasts lunged together, Taki Garaki swung his sword nimble and deftly finished off anyone who tried to block his path.
The fight lasted a long time, igniting the spirit of war. Taki Garaki seemed to be enjoying the moment a lot.
"Today, I don't seem to be practicing. Come on, show me all your strength!" he exuberantly.
This battle took longer than before, but finally Taki Garaki managed to defeat them without sustaining any serious injuries. This was rare for a cultivator when facing dozens of Unseen Beasts of not much different tiers. Taki Garaki is indeed one of the leading geniuses of his generation.
"Yuh!!! It seems like the goddess of luck is on my side!! Hahahahaha," Taki shouted as he continued to finish off every single Gharib Animal that came to his head.
However, just as he managed to subdue a rank 5 Gharib Animal, it suddenly escaped. An annoying thing for him.
"Damn! I never thought he would escape!" his mind screamed in annoyance.
Taki Garaki quickly gathered the winning results into his storage ring. There have been dozens of supernatural animals in it since he entered the forest. After that, he continued down the river.
Until finally, Taki Garaki reached a point where there were dozens of supernatural animals that were swarming something. Seeing that, he was surprised because an army of supernatural animals in front of him stared at him ferociously.
"It is impossible for so many Level 4 and 5 Unseen Beasts to gather by themselves. There must be something inviting them. I don't know what he meant and what his purpose was, but I have a hunch. They may be stopping me from saving Asta Raiken. I hope this is just a premonition," muttered Taki Garaki while holding his sword, preparing to fight.
"Fire Cloud Immortal Spirit Release, Fire Cloud Combat Armor!"
Taki Garaki takes a serious stand in the face of a group of Unseen Beasts who stand in his way. He must find Asta Raiken soon.
A fiery red aura appeared, enveloping his body as the embodiment of one of his Spirit Beast Release abilities. The red aura formed a battle armor that protected his body. Taki Garaki held tightly to his sword, preparing to attack.
"Now I'm in a hurry, so in honor of you, I will use all my strength to end this fight" said Taki Garaki.
With a slight flow of heavenly resources, the sword he was holding emitted embers. Taki Garaki smiled warmly, welcoming the attack from one of the Unseen Beasts.
A big fight ensued between them. One by one, the supernatural animals fell into the hands of Taki Garaki. His sword danced among the supernatural animals, slashing and piercing cunningly.
"It feels so hot and lit. My Spirit Artifacts are incredible. Thank you for your contribution, after this I will penetrate the King's realm thanks to the strength of all of you" said Taki Garaki.
"The Sky Fire Emperor Spirit Essence Release, the Bara Domain of Destruction!" taki Garaki exclaimed, drawing out the full power of his Spirit Essence Release to destroy his opponents.
Taki Garaki released his spirit essence fire coals into the sky, raising the surrounding temperature drastically. The trees started burning, the grasses became arid, and the sky turned red. This extreme temperature extended to 500 meters around him, even Joashua Ramier who was lying leisurely was surprised to see the sky blushing in the distance.
"Ah, dammit! What is he doing there?!" joashua murmured, seeing the unrest that occurred due to the fight of Taki Garaki from a distance.
Joshua then stood up and started walking there to check what Taki Garaki was doing, making such a fuss.
As the sun approached down to the earth, the sky turned reddish, creating a feeling of discomfort for anyone who saw it.
"Gold Earth Heavenly Art, Formation of 100 Killing Swords!"
Taki Garaki created a formation of 100 swords above the sky. In one swing, a rain of swords rained down on the Unseen Beasts. Dozens of rank 3 and 4 Unseen Beasts died instantly, leaving the rank 5 Fire Roosters still standing.
The Fire Rooster shrieked loudly, calling for other reinforcements to help him. The sound is so loud that it temporarily damages hearing.
"ah! At any rate, I should be able to tame him alive!" scream Taki Garaki.
Not long after, came dozens of rank 4 Gharib Beasts consisting of Red Wolf, Fire Horned Bull, Long-Tailed Fox, and Fire Roosters. Among the reinforcements were the Red Wolf, the Fire-Horned Bull, and the Long-Tailed Fox who were also ranked 5.
Taki Garaki slightly gulped his saliva, "It seems I underestimated you earlier, Fire Rooster. I didn't think you'd lower your dignity to call for reinforcements" he told the Fire Rooster, who now looks at him with emotion.
Taki Garaki flicked his wings, releasing a fighting aura around his body. Accompanied by his determination and his fiery cloud armor, he advanced forward with great courage.
"Zhi Sam's! Help me catch these four brats!" shouted Taki Garaki, who was then replied with the sharp screeching sound of a Fire Cloud Eagle that shot rapidly.
The Fire Cloud eagle then swooped sharply to the place where Taki Garaki was. The fight between Taki Garaki and his Spirit Beasts against the dozens of Gharib Beasts exploded. A loud bang rang out to where Joashua Ramier was.
However, he who already knew what was definitely going on, ignored it. "The Little Emperor must be fighting with a group of Unseen Beasts" he told a person who had come to deliver a message about the bang.
While Zhi Sam helped him hold the rank 5 Fire Rooster, Taki Garaki had to face dozens of rank 4 and 3 Unseen Beasts, as well as rank 5 Unseen Beasts.
"White Sky Heavenly Art, Cultivation Technique Controller Yang,"
This technique allowed him to gather the hot aura present around him as an additional heavenly source. Although it looked effective, especially with the Barren Domain of Destruction making its heavenly source as infinite, there were still other consequences if it used this kind of method. The consequence was to overload the body of the technique user, and the worst was the bursting of internal organs.
Although the number of Unseen Beasts he had to deal with was not as much as before, it did not mean that the fight had become easier. This time it was all rank 4 Unseen Beasts, with the addition of rank 5 Divine Beasts on their side. Taki Garaki realizes that he must take risks by using dangerous methods.
He focused his attention on the 5th rank Wolf and Fox, as he felt that both of them had high speed, which was the cause of the greatest difficulty for him in defeating them.
"If I can't defeat you guys, then I don't deserve to be the next Celestial Fire Emperor!" taki Garaki.
Then, Taki Garaki twisted his sword slowly, creating sword slash energies that burned the forest for tens of meters.
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Moments before, right after Ace left Asta Raiken with Flares in the forest, Ace who was sleeping fast was immediately startled by the sound of an explosion that Asta Raiken created in the middle of the forest.
"Actually what the teacher and the student are doing, interrupts the sleep time only" he grumbled a little annoyed.
Quickly, Ace rushed out of the house to the sound of an explosion to ensure his safety. With his speed, Ace shot several times faster and arrived first before Taki Garaki's entourage reached the spot.
"Where did that son of a bitch run?" his eyes combed through the burning forest area, but Ace found him nowhere.
Unable to find it by relying on sight, hearing, and smell, Ace then used the perception of the aura to search for it based on the aura of its existence. Just then, he also felt the aura of the whereabouts of Taki Garaki's entourage that was almost at the location.
"God, it's over that bad boy's fate. Hahahahaha," his inner self while appreciating the calm steps that Taki Garaki took in addressing the problem.
After the group left, only Asila Moegi launched his action after Asta Raiken entered the Heavenly Forest deeper.
This time the result was not the same as this morning, Ace was quite surprised to see Asta can avoid it this time by plunging into the border river. But what makes him laugh out loud is Asta Raiken which even appeared on the surface of the other side of the river.
"Hahahahaha…! It's the same as getting out of the tiger's mouth and into the crocodile's mouth!" Ace muttered while laughing out loud.
The situation continued until Asta was intercepted by Joashua Ramier. Ace laughed more and more at him challenging someone whose spirit was three levels above him.
"Heh?! Trying to challenge someone who is 3 levels above it doesn't mean great, but stupid!" Mumbled Ace.
"Hmm? I think I have some other entertainment. I'm going fishing for some supernatural animal?" Ace can sense the whereabouts of Taki Garaki from several kilometers away. With a single flick of its fur, dozens of Unseen Beasts instantly sprung up.
After he finished summoning the Unseen Beasts, Ace came down from the top of the tree and followed Asta Raiken who was carried away by the river current to immediately bring him home.
"Basically an old man. He must have fallen asleep inside his ring, "Ace said in a slightly lazy tone.
"The old man was really rash to let him practice the Heavenly Book of the Black God Fire Lord Darkness alone. If he does not rush away from here, he may burn the Heavenly Forest with fire in time" he murmured again while looking for Asta Raiken's body.
After a while, Ace finally managed to find him who was drifting in the river. Ace then jumped into the river and pulled it out. After taking him to the riverbank, Ace flicked his wet fur.
"You may leave if you succeed in exhausting him," Ace commanded the five rank 5 Unseen Beasts.
Before leaving, he left a note on the ground that read "YOUR CURRENT IS VERY GOOD, I LIKE IT. I'LL TELL HIM THIS."
After that, Ace then bit Asta Raiken's shirt and started bringing it back to the settlement. It was clearly visible the color of the reddened sky and the faint sound of a fight was heard from a distance.
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After a few hours of the fight, Taki Garaki just sat down to exhale slowly to see the four rank 5 Divine Beasts escape.
"I'm sorry, Patriarch. It seems like I failed this time, if I had been more persistent in raising my Body Body Body Rage maybe I could have gotten through this easily and would not have let the four supernatural beasts escape," muttered Taki Garaki softly. His breathless breath described how exhausting the fight was. By his side, Zhi Sam was lying equally weak.
The clothes worn by Taki Garaki even now look more like a torn cloth that is only attached. Not a few scratches of wounds received by the bodies of both of them.
After his body slightly recovered, Taki Garaki immediately took and put the entire carcass of the supernatural animal into his storage ring.
His eyes sparkled at the note Ace left behind, "So so. It's only fitting that a rank 5 Gharib Animal leaves after I'm exhausted," Taki Garaki smiled faintly at the message. It turned out that all of this was just a test that Ace had deliberately left for him.
When Taki Garaki wanted to enter the last supernatural animal, it seemed that his storage ring was already full. Taki Garaki let out a long sigh, but a smile was still clearly plastered on his face.
"Ohh, it's full. It seems important to upgrade this Ocean Jade Ring. Maybe tomorrow or the day after I have to go to the Association to upgrade it and sell my hunting products" Taki murmured slowly. In his heart, he was a little annoyed at Ace but on the other hand he was also grateful.
Unknowingly, the day began to darken. Taki Garaki only realized that the fight lasted for hours and now the day began to dissolve.
"Maybe it's good for me to spend the night and cultivate bull meat here. For the gem may still fit if inserted into the ring. As for the bones and horns of this bull, maybe I should take him to the Sect," Taki Garaki started a fire and decided to spend the night in the forest that night.
Shortly after he skinned the meat of a bull, there was the sound of the footsteps of someone approaching. As Taki Garaki turned to look towards the voice, Joashua was seen waving her hands while clasping her identity marker jade. Since this Taki Garaki fight was in the territory of the Huo Province of the Holy Land of Fire, Joashua Ramier had to take out his marker jade in order for the barrier formation system to read it, Joashua Ramier had to take out his marker jade so that the barrier formation system could read it, just like when Taki Garaki entered the territory of Senlin Province Mystical Forest.
Taki Garaki nodded slowly, and after that Joashua ran up to the water to approach him.
"I thought you'd probably spend the night here after a fight like that in hours" Joashua said, trying to assess Taki Garaki's condition.
"Hahahahaha, so you saw it huh. But where did you see me fighting? It's impressive, I can't feel where you are anywhere at the time" asked Taki Garaki.
"How can't it? Although I am not within my range radius, the Celestial Fire Emperor is not something that can be ignored when released. Even the other members of the Elf Race had a chance to see it. I was even worried that you would scorch the forest when I saw you exert all your abilities and strength," said Joashua Ramier, admiring the Heaven Fire Emperor Spirit Essence Release that Taki Garaki had previously unleashed into the sky.
"Hahahaha, how could I do that. Maybe the parents will be nagging all day. I can't hear it" replied Taki Garaki with a happy smile. Joashua laughs when Taki Garaki mentions the parents, who he knows who Taki Garaki means.
"Then what about your search..?" joashua asked curiously.
Taki then chuckled while showing the note that Ace left behind, making Joashua laugh out loud after reading it. It turns out that it was all just a test that Ace left for Taki Garaki.
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The next day, Asta Raiken woke up from his sleep, his mind felt strange because something was stuck, thinking back to yesterday.
"What's going on? Didn't that Elf kill me?" He said confusedly, realizing that his condition was fine, but he was sure that the Elf man had pierced his stomach.
He tried to remember the name of the Elf man, but before he could remember it, someone came knocking on his door early in the morning. Asta Raiken went to see who was coming.
"I guess who. What are you doing here so early in the morning.. Ukh?! What are you doing, asshole?!" asta Raiken was shocked when Kenshin Utake quickly raised his fist towards his stomach.
"I should have asked. What were you doing in the woods yesterday?! Are you crazy trying to burn down a forest like that?!" Jerk Kenshin Utake in a furious tone.
Asta Raiken only smiled awkwardly upon finding the question. Indeed it was his fault, so he could not avoid the reality.
"Right now and then, I hope you don't do it again, or the old men sitting in those chairs will come here and get angry. You don't know how scary it is when those old men get angry? If it was me, I would have fainted listening to his scolding all day long" Kenshin Utake said, taking the message seriously.
"Old people?" Asta Raiken repeated it.
"They are the Provincial Councils. The people in charge of regulating the security and tranquility of the province. Didn't I tell you about this before? Why did you forget it, you fool!" the Kenshin Utake.
After delivering the message, Kenshin Utake went home to train. Asta nodded and let him go.
"Guru had never expected before that yesterday's practice would encourage your cultivation quickly. Now you must immediately purify your spirit and penetrate the realm of Experts as soon as possible, my disciple," said Flares who suddenly appeared, surprising him.
"Teacher! Where have you been from yesterday?! Did you know that this student of yours almost died killed by an elf!" asta said annoyed considering that Flares did not help him at all yesterday.
"sorry. But yesterday for the sake of helping you, Master ran out of heavenly resources so needed to sleep. So once again, Master apologized," he said with an awkward smile as if something was hidden.
Asta Raiken was able to smell the lie in his smile, but eventually he decided not to discuss it further. He thought, it was over and disturbing, yes, forget it.
After that, they get ready for breakfast together. Ace who also just woke up from his sleep told me all the things that happened yesterday. Asta Raiken finally remembered what the man's name was and also who brought him home. They all talked about their adventures and experiences throughout the morning meal.
