Human Clan Defender-Chapter 452 -s 200-201 Turbulence of Heavenly Mechanism (Seeking Monthly Votes)_2

Chapter 452: Chapters 200-201 Turbulence of Heavenly Mechanism (Seeking Monthly Votes)_2

Seeing this, he finally let out the breath he’d been holding.

It seems Ascension Step isn’t a Divine Skill; the consumption of Divine Ability Value isn’t much. For now, I should prioritize Divine Skills. I’ll save the Divine Ability Value and enhance Ascension Step when there’s some to spare!

Shaking his head, Shen Changqing did not continue the enhancement.

The third level of Ascension Step also deepened his understanding of this martial art.

He glanced at the corpses around him. Then, taking a step into the air, Shen Changqing departed the Qingyuan Mountain Range.

「An unnamed place.」

There, Fierce Beasts with ghastly and terrifying forms were battling each other.

Suddenly, a giant hand shot out and grabbed one of the Fierce Beasts.

In the giant hand’s grasp, the Fierce Beast was powerless to struggle.

With a mere squeeze from the giant hand, the Fierce Beast’s body exploded.

A blood-stained inner core appeared where it had been.

When the giant hand retracted, a colossal figure could be seen. He swallowed the blood-stained inner core, then smacked his lips with a look of disgust.

"The quality of Fierce Beasts from the Boundary River is truly pathetic. Their inner cores barely contain any energy—such a waste!"

"It’s a pity—"

"For now, this Venerable One can only hunt Fierce Beasts here to sate my hunger!"

The giant shook his head and sighed. Despite his disgust, he reached out again. Repeating his previous actions, he captured another Fierce Beast, crushed it, and consumed its inner core.

Seeing this, the remaining Fierce Beasts scattered and fled.

The giant was about to grab another Fierce Beast when his hand suddenly paused, as if he had sensed something.

He turned his head in a certain direction, a puzzled look in his eyes.

Strange... It seems someone has triggered a restriction left by this Venerable One? 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

At this thought, the giant couldn’t resist trying to divine the situation.

Ultimately, he abandoned the attempt.

Never mind. With the current Turbulence of Heavenly Mechanism, I can’t divine anything useful. I’ll look into it after some time has passed.

He had left behind many restrictive contingencies; it wasn’t unusual for one to be triggered.

After capturing and consuming the inner cores of several more Fierce Beasts, the giant departed.

「Beiyang Mountain Range.」

After leaving the Qingyuan Mountain Range, Shen Changqing headed straight here.

The Beiyang Mountain Range was not far from the Qingyuan Mountain Range, so it didn’t take him long to arrive.

The reason he came so quickly was simple.

The group of Mountain Spirits led by Beiyang Ancestor had just perished in the Qingyuan Mountain Range.

And he had wiped out all the Mountain Spirits present there.

Shen Changqing was certain that the news hadn’t spread.

In that case, he could take advantage of the fact that the news hadn’t spread. Before other Mountain Spirits became wary, he could reach the Beiyang Mountain Range first and eliminate all the remaining ones.

As for killing Mountain Spirits, Shen Changqing felt no guilt.

From his few encounters with them, the Mountain Spirits viewed the Human Clan as mere livestock for sustenance, essentially no different from Demon Evil.

Given this, the Mountain Spirits were undoubtedly great enemies of the Human Clan.

As the Defender Envoy of South Nether Prefecture, it was only natural for him to preemptively eliminate threats to the Human Clan.

Being soft-hearted was not an option.

Moreover, the death of Qingyuan Ancestor made Shen Changqing realize that the existence of the Mountain Spirits was not so simple.

Behind this race, there might be the machinations of some powerful entity.

But one thing was certain: that powerful entity was definitely not within this Heaven and Earth.

Therefore, he might as well be decisive and wipe out the entire Mountain Spirit Clan.

After all, an entity that left such contingencies could not possibly be an ally.

The mere fact that the Mountain Spirit Clan preyed on the Human Clan for sustenance was enough to reveal the true nature of the mysterious entity behind them.

Striking first and eliminating the opponent’s prepared contingencies was the best course of action.

By harvesting Divine Ability Value and boosting his own foundation, any future threats would cease to be threats.

With this resolve, Shen Changqing, as usual, disguised himself as an ordinary hunter, striding with his saber through the Beiyang Mountain Range.

He scanned his surroundings, feigning being lost, while actually silently searching for any potential Mountain Spirits.

Beiyang Ancestor went to celebrate a long life; it’s impossible that he took all the Mountain Spirits with him. While I can’t say for sure that many were left behind, their numbers certainly wouldn’t be too few, he thought, patiently moving forward.

Less than two hours later, a faint wave of Spiritual Power reached him, and a familiar scene unfolded before his eyes once more.

Drawing on his previous experience, he feigned being entranced with even greater skill this time.

「Half a month later.」

A confidential letter was sent directly from South Nether Prefecture to Dongfang Zhao.

"The Mountain Spirit Clan!"

Reading the contents, he handed the confidential letter directly to Zhou Yuanzheng beside him.

"You take a look too. Having been in Luo’an Prefecture for so long, you must be somewhat out of touch with current events. This is a good opportunity to catch up."

"Hmm."

Zhou Yuanzheng did not refuse.

The other man was right. Having been in Luo’an Prefecture for over half a year, he had paid little attention to some of the internal intelligence within Great Qin.

He had no choice.

Great Zhou’s offensive was too powerful, and Luo’an Prefecture’s forces struggled to resist.

As the Defender Envoy of the Capital City, Zhou Yuanzheng naturally possessed extraordinary strength, and thus, he also bore the greatest pressure.

Had it not been for the timely arrival of reinforcements from Dayue and Great Liang, which had somewhat eased the situation in Luo’an Prefecture,