496: Chapter 154: Thousand Stars_1 496: Chapter 154: Thousand Stars_1 After he spoke these words, Qinghuo Qiming suddenly accelerated and began to run.
The behemoth of a man with a flowing beard, as the highest chief of the Endless Earth Den, sensed sothing was amiss and hastily shouted, “Stop him!”
The warriors along the path then attempted to block him.
But with just a few maneuvers, Qinghuo Qiming had already pierced through the crowd, heading straight for the Dark Heaven!
He simply could not be stopped.
In this mont, the strength that Qinghuo Qiming displayed was far superior to that of the warriors.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh, whoosh whoosh whoosh!
The howling winds from the Dark Heaven grew fiercer, as if drumming and cheering him on.
Qinghuo Qiming, like a whirlwind, swept past Jiang Wang.
Jiang Wang tid it perfectly, reaching out to grab him!
But he caught nothing.
He was confident in his assessnt of Qinghuo Qiming’s strength.
However, Qinghuo Qiming’s speed, at that instant, had actually exceeded his expectations!
There was no second chance to act.
Qinghuo Qiming had already surpassed Jiang Wang’s position, unhesitantly, and one might even say recklessly, jumped into the Dark Heaven!
This bizarre scene took everyone by surprise.
“Don’t fall down, if you fall, there is no coming back,”
Qinghuo Qiming had once said to Jiang Wang.
Jumping into the Dark Heaven undoubtedly equated to suicide.
Yet why would Qinghuo Qiming suddenly think of “suicide”?
And from the way he jumped into the Dark Heaven, he did not at all seem to be in a suicidal state.
His last words…
He said he was no longer afraid because of what?
And what voice was calling to him?
Apart from the wind, Jiang Wang confird he heard no other sound within the Dark Heaven.
Was it a voice that only he could hear?
Or did that so-called call not exist at all?
When Qinghuo Qiming leaped into the Dark Heaven, the place remained undisturbed, as if it were completely unaffected.
Even the approaching specks of stars remained unchanged.
Qinghuo Qiming, the man, seed to have completely dissolved.
He left no trace at all.
No one spoke, and no one knew what to say.
Not until the behemoth with a flowing beard roared into action, and the Star Beasts leaped out, did the new round of slaughter begin again.
It was as if nothing had happened, but the young Wu Zhu of the Celebrating Fire Division had beco a thing of the past.
Without a sufficient supply of Path Origin for profligate use, they could not frequently employ the Fla Sparrows.
Relying only on the sword techniques, the efficiency of their strikes against the Star Beasts was greatly reduced.
But the warriors from the Endless Earth Den were experienced in dealing with Star Beasts.
With the addition of Jiang Wang, a powerful and seemingly tireless new force, their burden was greatly lessened.
As the Star Beasts continuously leaped out and were being eliminated, the Dark Heaven seen from the holes started to beco sparse with stars.
This wave of attacks by the Star Beasts was nearing its end.
But just then, those with sharp eyes could notice that within the visible range of the Dark Heaven, suddenly a dense cluster of star points appeared.
These star points were so closely packed that… they could only belong to a single Star Beast.
These were not tens or hundreds of star points.
They were in the thousands, too nurous to count at once!
The whole sight of the heavens seen through the hole seed to brighten up for a mont.
The strength of the Star Beasts was directly proportional to the number of star points they possessed.
So just how strong was this Star Beast?
Even the strongest Star Beast ever recorded in the history of the Endless Earth Den had only a bit over a hundred star points.
“Issue the order!” the behemoth with a flowing beard said in a weighty voice, “Everyone, prepare for a fight to the death!”
Jiang Wang heard the warrior leader give himself a pep talk.
“We absolutely cannot let it break out of the den, to bask in the light of the Heavenly Pivot!”
Jiang Wang tightened his grip on Longsword, without speaking.
The stronger the Star Beast, the more “Star Power” accumulated in the totem behind it after it was killed.
He certainly wasn’t lacking the courage for a battle.
But if he really couldn’t overco the enemy, he wouldn’t just throw his life away here for nothing.
Under the nervous gaze of everyone, those thousands of densely packed stars beca closer and closer, and then, for so unknown reason, suddenly disappeared.
The howling wind ca to an abrupt halt.
Nothing could be seen in the Dark Heaven except the light of the stars, but Jiang Wang had a vague feeling that the terrifying Star Beast with thousands or even tens of thousands of stars had turned over and left this place.
Ordinary Star Beasts, even when killed, wouldn’t even emit a scream, as if they were completely insensate.
So, at the level of a thousand-star or ten-thousand-star Star Beast, could it develop consciousness?
What, exactly, is Dark Heaven?
And how are Star Beasts ford?
“It’s gone…”
“Did we scare it away?”
“When have you ever heard of a Star Beast being scared?
They’re hell-bent on breaking through to the surface!”
“Why is that?”
The warriors of the Celebrating Fire Division were abuzz with discussion.
They were both relieved and equally puzzled.
Jiang Wang sheathed his sword and flexed his wrist.
He too had been sowhat nervous.
“Is it related to Qinghuo Qiming?” Amidst the noisy voices, the one-ard Qinghuo Yuanceng suddenly asked.
The man with a full beard just stared blankly at the Dark Heaven, without speaking.
If there were only one den in the world, then people might think that the abyss of Dark Heaven was only as big as that hole.
But the number of dens on Floating Land was astonishing; countless tribes had to fight against Star Beasts all day long.
This is why people knew that the abyss beneath Floating Land was as boundless as the Celestial Sky.
Countless generations have explored the secrets of Dark Heaven, but to this day, no one has been able to figure it all out.
Clang, clang, clang!
Clang, clang, clang!
The tallic door made a set of noises, three long and four short, with very regular rhythm.
Soone was coming down and requesting entry to the den.
Then ca the sound of the tal door sliding open.
“The Clan Leader!
The Clan Leader is here!”
It was apparent that Qinghuo Gaozhi held trendous prestige in the Celebrating Fire Division.
The warriors inside the Endless Earth Den were all very respectful toward him, even though many of these warriors often did not receive tily replenishnt of Totem Power.
Even though they were always in the most dangerous place.
Because Qinghuo Gaozhi was a warrior who fought in the great dens from the earliest tis.
In terms of the number of Star Beasts killed, no one in the whole Celebrating Fire Division had killed more than him.
The strongest Star Beast in the known history of the Celebrating Fire Division, with a hundred and twenty-four stars, was personally slain by Qinghuo Gaozhi.
He was not only the leader of the Celebrating Fire Division but also its strongest and bravest warrior.
Qinghuo Gaozhi walked through the path cleared by the warriors, directly to the edge of the hole, and gazed silently into the Dark Heaven for a long ti.
By now he had already learned what had happened here, but his expression was serious, and it was hard to tell what he was thinking.
He stood beside the bearded man, his large fra like a mountain range.
After a while, he looked away and first addressed Jiang Wangdao, “Visitor from the Celestial Sky, you have worked hard.”
At this ti, he maintained enough respect and politeness, probably because of Jiang Wang’s contributions during the previous Star Beast tide.
“Here are the brave n of my Qing Huo Division.
You pick sixteen suitable ones, then return to the tribe for training, to prepare for the life-and-death ga.”
Without waiting for Jiang Wang to respond, he turned his head and directly commanded, “Qinghuo Heng, you take the position of Clan Leader for now.
Afterward, go out with the visitor from the Celestial Sky and preside over the tribe’s affairs.”
Also without waiting for the bearded man to object, he firmly declared, “From today onward, I will personally guard the Endless Earth Den!”
This indicated his will was unshakable, his decision, irrevocable.
No negotiation, no discussion.
This was the final decision.
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