We made you practice martial arts, and you've mastered the Great Golden Body?

Chapter 173 Rainy Night, Gate of Rebirth.

On the evening of December 9, 345th year of the New Era.

Within the Congyun Mountain range.

Xie Xun rode on the back of a ferocious beast that resembled a water buffalo. It was enormous, with a body length of almost five or six meters and a shoulder height of two or three meters.

The most striking feature is the fleshy growth on the cow's spine. When the Danzhu cow runs, the blood vessels on the fleshy growth bulge, and you can even see the surging red blood in the blood vessels.

And what's most peculiar is that the massive body of the Danzhu ox is not only incredibly fast, but also lands with a silent and remarkably steady hooves, as if it were walking on the wind.

This is the Danzhu Ox, a spiritual beast in the late stage of the second tier.

Under normal circumstances, the Danzhu ox can travel thousands of miles a day without any problem.

At an altitude of tens of thousands of meters, dozens of satellite surveillance systems were firmly locking onto Xie Xun, who was riding on the back of the Danzhu ox.

Time passed by little by little, and soon more than an hour had gone by.

If you look closely, Xie Xun's Danzhu ox seems to be going around in circles. In an hour, it should have been able to travel over a hundred kilometers.

But at this moment, they have made almost no progress, as if they are lost.

……

Congyun City, the temporary control room of the Sharp Sword Law Enforcement Team.

Nearly a hundred temporary staff members were busy at work, the sounds of keyboards clicking and data transmission blending together like a symphony in full swing.

At the very front, there were hundreds of light screens, and in the center of those hundreds of light screens was an exceptionally large light screen, which displayed the scene of Xie Xun riding the Danzhu Ox.

Dozens of staff members are constantly switching between surveillance footage from thousands of miles around Xie Xun, and the screen also displays a series of climate change factors such as humidity and wind direction.

Meanwhile, Yue Feng, the captain of the Sharp Sword Enforcement Team, sat in a chair with his arms crossed and his legs propped up on the table. He closed his eyes slightly, seemingly lost in thought, yet also appearing to be dozing.

Whether this plan can be successfully completed depends on this final attempt.

Lone Wolf and Hummingbird, two members of the Sharp Sword Enforcement Team, sat cross-legged on a futon to the side, each holding a Star Crystal, immersed in cultivation.

However, unlike the hummingbird, which is completely immersed in cultivation.

Lone Wolf always had a hint of anxiety on his face, and his brows would twitch slightly every now and then. After cultivating for a short while, he withdrew from his immersive state of cultivation, and his gaze involuntarily drifted towards the door.

His eyes held anxiety and unease, along with a hint of anticipation, as if he were waiting for someone.

As time passed, it seemed to slow down remarkably at this moment.

"I am back!"

Suddenly, a deep voice rang out in the control room. These words, like a stone thrown into a calm lake, instantly broke the dull atmosphere in the monitoring room.

"Iron Ape, your injuries have healed?" Upon hearing this, Lone Wolf's face immediately lit up with visible joy. He quickly looked up at a burly man who was slowly walking in from the doorway.

The burly man, with a rugged face and sharp eyes, pushed open the door to the main control room and walked to the center.

He was a full three meters tall, his massive body casting a huge shadow in the room, like a moving mountain. His thighs, arms, and even his cheeks were covered with thick, glossy black hair, making him look even more wild and powerful. His thick arms were particularly astonishing, with bulging muscles that exuded explosive power.

Iron Ape, a mid-stage Sea Opening Realm bloodline martial artist, whose bloodline originates from the Long-Armed Ape.

In the legends of the Great Xia Dynasty, the Long-Armed Ape is the leader of the Seven Monsters of Meishan. It awakens its intelligence with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and has the powerful ability to grasp the sun and moon with one hand and shrink a thousand mountains.

However, the bloodline of the Iron Ape warrior comes from the Long-Armed Ape, which obviously cannot be the leader of the Seven Monsters of Meishan in the legend of the Great Xia Dynasty. Even so, his strength has reached the terrifying fifth-order (lord) level.

The counterpart to this level of ferocious beast is a human martial artist at the Divine Palace Realm.

Compared to ordinary martial artists, bloodline martial artists will encounter higher hurdles when they break through their limits and advance to higher levels.

However, the benefits it brings are also quite considerable.

As the development of one's bloodline increases, the physical strength of a bloodline warrior will gradually increase, and they will also possess a powerful beast transformation ability.

After entering beast form, most bloodline warriors will experience enhancements in all aspects except mental strength, such as strength, endurance, and stamina, making them far more powerful than ordinary warriors of the same level, especially in terms of stamina.

In MOBA games, this type of warrior can be simply defined as a tank.

Therefore, every law enforcement team in the Great Xia Dynasty has at least one bloodline warrior at the Sea Opening Realm, who is often responsible for covering the rear when the team retreats.

Iron Ape was seriously injured during the last emergency operation.

Once a martial artist at the Opening Sea Realm is injured, even a high-level medical pod can only play a very limited role, and at times, it can only piece together a complete corpse.

Therefore, since his last injury, coupled with the hidden injuries left by previous battles, Iron Ape took more than two months to recuperate before he fully recovered thanks to the effects of a large amount of longevity elixir and rare and precious herbs.

"How is it?" Yue Feng slightly opened his eyes, a fleeting trace of fatigue flashing in them, but it quickly disappeared.

For so many days, he knew that "Swallowing Gold" was leading them in circles under Ram's instructions, but he was helpless about it.

However, in the eyes of a small group of superiors, their Sharp Sword Enforcement Team had been doing useless work for more than half a year, which was like picking up sesame seeds while holding a watermelon, wasting a lot of manpower and resources.

In order to complete this mission, Yue Feng had already made a pledge in advance.

"Captain Yue, I'm almost fully recovered and request to rejoin the team!" Upon hearing Yue Feng's voice, Tie Yuan immediately turned in Yue Feng's direction and saluted.

"Alright, alright." Upon hearing this, Yue Feng's face instantly revealed a faint smile. He stood up, walked to Tie Yuan's side, patted Tie Yuan's arm, which seemed to be cast in steel, and said with a smile, "You are permitted to return to the team!"

After Iron Ape returned to the team, the five-member team of the Sharp Sword Enforcement Squad was complete, except for Golden Eagle, who was still out on a reconnaissance mission.

Although Yue Feng had already invited Shen Bailian and Yuwen Changkong, two experts at the peak of the Sea Opening Realm, as a backup plan for this operation.

However, Yue Feng was most at ease with his teammates, because after years of sharing life and death, they could completely entrust their backs to each other.

"How is the situation now? Can you provide some information?" After receiving Yue Feng's permission, Tie Yuan turned around and immediately got into work mode, asking about the current situation.

Although, before coming here, as a member of the Sharp Sword Enforcement Team, he had already used his identity and authority to find out some information about this "gold-devouring" plan.

However, due to confidentiality regulations, no matter how good the relationship between Iron Ape and Lone Wolf is, they cannot casually reveal the latest news. Therefore, Iron Ape does not know much about the recent situation of the "Gold Swallowing" plan.

"Okay." Lone Wolf called out to a staff member, and within seconds, a light screen was projected over, with information scrolling at an extremely fast speed.

In just over ten seconds, more than a hundred pages of detailed information were imprinted in Iron Ape's mind.

"Hoo~breath~"

Iron Ape closed his eyes slightly, took a deep breath, and when he opened them again, he had basically sorted out all the details and outlines of the plan.

"So, that guy has been leading us in circles these past few days?" Iron Ape looked at the large screen in the center of the control room.

“Yes.” Hummingbird nodded upon hearing this, a helpless smile appearing on its face. “This guy has been circling around that little green hill for two or three days now.”

"However, the results should be available tonight. Ram will not let Xie Xun die outside. After all, it is the 'Blood Night' of two top martial arts prodigies. Ram will definitely be tempted."

Another half hour passed, and the night had grown deeper.

At this moment, everyone is at their most exhausted, and all the staff are at their most bored. Three days and three nights of watching the same scene has made their thinking somewhat rigid.

And just then.

suddenly.

"Team Leader Yue, there's movement." In the temporary control room, a staff member responsible for monitoring the light screen suddenly broke into a surprised smile.

"There's movement on my end too!"

"me too……"

"..."

On the large weather screen on the far left, the wind direction was originally from west to east, but for some reason, it suddenly changed. A dark cloud stretching for dozens of miles also made a sharp 90-degree turn.

The same was true in other directions, with thick, dark clouds continuously converging in one direction. Under normal circumstances, this would be perfectly normal, as the weather in the wilderness is inherently unpredictable. However, such uniform and purposeful cloud movement was clearly not an ordinary natural phenomenon.

Furthermore, after careful verification and big data analysis by the staff, they discovered that the unusual dark clouds were all heading towards the same destination: Xiaoqingshan, where Xie Xun was located.

"Finally, there's movement!" Lone Wolf exclaimed in surprise as he saw the selected light screens, and quickly turned to inform Yue Feng and the others.

"Captain Yue, Hummingbird, Iron Ape, hurry, hurry, stop cultivating, it's time to prepare for action..."

……

"Hoo~ho~ho~"

As Xie Xun rode on the back of the Danzhu Ox, all the glint in his eyes vanished, replaced by a deep weariness that settled in the depths of his gaze. His face was pale from his weakened state, and his lips were chapped.

It was as if he hadn't drunk water for days.

Indeed, this was the case. Ever since escaping from Congyun City, Xie Xun had been staying on the back of Danzhu Niu, following the instructions of the divine being Ramu, and circling around the Congshan Mountains.

Only today have we reached the true rendezvous point, Xiaoqingshan.

At the same time, this was Xie Xun's first time here. Because of the many hardships he had endured over the past few days, all the positive emotions he had felt, such as joy and excitement, had long been worn away.

His only thought now is to see Ram safely and join the ranks of those who ascend.

"I was so stupid, really, I shouldn't have reported this!"

A thought flashed through Xie Xun's mind, but afterwards, the regret in his heart surged up wave after wave, like bitter water.

Because of the inexplicable dissipation of divine power within him, he did not dare to linger in Congyun City. After completing his mission, he hurriedly fled from Congyun City.

However, in order to gain merit, Xie Xun reported this news as well when reporting the news, but little did he know that this would become the beginning of his suffering.

For three days and three nights, he did not eat a complete meal, and he could only drink water from the dew at dawn.

Because of those obstructive "eyes in the sky," Xie Xun's mind was constantly on high alert, and also...

Under the influence of various negative factors, Xie Xun, a loser at the bottom of the Great Xia Dynasty, was already exhausted and had considered giving up many times.

This is absolutely agonizing!
If it weren't for the two precious vials of blood from top-tier martial arts prodigies in his hands, coupled with the promise given by Ram, which were supporting Xie Xun, he would have given up long ago, given his indomitable spirit.

After all, there's a considerable chance that a traitor who surrenders in advance will be identified as an undercover agent by the Great Xia authorities. Even if the outcome is still not good, at least they won't be sentenced to death.

Don't expect the traitors of the Great Xia to have high professional ethics, or rather, these people don't have any professional ethics at all; there are plenty of people who try to have their cake and eat it too.

Ram's information was leaked by some traitors.

suddenly.

The air around us seemed to grow heavy, the moonlight was gradually fading, and darkness was slowly enveloping the earth.

A sense of oppression gradually enveloped Xie Xun's heart. He took a deep breath, barely managing to muster a bit of strength, and looked up.

All around Xiaoqingshan, thick, dark clouds, as if soaked in black ink, rolled in like towering waves on the sea.

A light drizzle descended impatiently from behind the dark clouds.

boom!
Suddenly, thunder roared across the sky, and blinding lightning flashed across the rain, illuminating the dark sky and briefly brightening the entire mountain forest.

In an instant, bolts of lightning, composed of thunderbolts, surged up from within the dark clouds, dazzling, radiant, and awe-inspiring.

As lightning flashed, a colossal creature with a wingspan of over ten meters soared and tumbled through the thick black clouds, occasionally revealing its dazzling golden feathers.

Furthermore, as that enormous creature soared through the air, sharp, piercing bird cries pierced through the thick clouds and reached Xie Xun's ears.

However, Xie Xun did not take the enormous creature seriously at all, because ferocious beasts were all too common in the wilderness.

If they were enemies, all the birds and beasts within hundreds of miles would swarm them upon sensing the human's scent.

Soon, the clouds grew thicker and thicker, turning the entire sky inky black.

The rain intensified instantly, accompanied by thunder and lightning. The downpour was so fierce that it stung the faces of ordinary people.

Not to mention Xie Xun, who was already nearly exhausted.
The speed of the Danzhu Ox gradually decreased, and it finally stopped under a towering tree that was a hundred meters tall. Xie Xun collapsed onto the back of the Danzhu Ox, his face pale and his breathing becoming very weak.

"Finally... we're almost there."

Although Xie Xun was exhausted, his previously lifeless eyes were rekindled with a longing for the future after seeing the unusually thick black clouds in the sky.

And at the same time.

Congyun City, the temporary control room of the Sharp Sword Law Enforcement Team.

"Sizzle—" "Sizzle—"

One after another, the light screen in front of the main monitoring room was suddenly interfered with for some unknown reason, and the monitoring screen near Xiaoqingshan turned into a snowy screen, one after another.

Upon seeing this, the staff immediately began to frantically investigate the cause of the malfunction, because this was the Sky Eye monitoring system, and ordinary thunderstorms could hardly affect it.

Unless this is not a typical thunderstorm.

In stark contrast to the staff were the regular members of Yue Feng's Sharp Sword Enforcement Team. They looked at each other, their sleepiness vanishing instantly, and they suddenly became wide awake.

It's confirmed, it's really confirmed. According to the records in the Great Xia database, there's a 90% probability that this is a sign of the gate to rebirth opening.

Ram's hidden lair inside the Great Xia has been found!
……

"Da~da~da~"

Just as Xie Xun was resting on the back of the Danzhu ox, he suddenly felt a hazy golden light before his eyes, and his whole body became warm. His previously depleted strength was replenished once again.

Furthermore, he seemed to hear the sound of horseshoes hitting the ground.

Xie Xun stood up excitedly. In his vision, a tall, hazy figure shrouded in golden light was slowly approaching.

He knew that it must be Lord Ram who sent someone to pick him up.

Suddenly.

The hazy, ethereal figure shrouded in golden light appeared to Xie Xun as if he had simply raised his hand.

In an instant, two blood vessels, only a few micrometers in diameter and containing the veins of Shen Bailian and Yuwen Changkong, hidden in his arm, began to float towards the illusory figure.

"No...no! You can't do this!"

Xie Xun immediately became anxious. This was something he had gone through countless hardships to obtain, and it was an important bargaining chip for him to become a favorite of the gods. Yet the phantom in front of him actually wanted to steal the credit.

Upon seeing this, he immediately called out to Lord Ram in the depths of his heart. However, Lord Ram, who had responded to him repeatedly in the previous days, showed no intention of responding at this moment.

"Could it be that Ram is planning to discard her after she's served her purpose?!"

A bad feeling suddenly flashed through Xie Xun's mind.

Suddenly, a golden light streaked through the air.

The rainwater near the golden light evaporated instantly, and the golden light continued to magnify in Xie Xun's eyes.

Xie Xun stared wide-eyed at the two vials of blood from top-tier martial arts prodigies that were gradually drifting away. They seemed within reach, but his fingertips trembled slightly, and he couldn't lift them no matter what.

"Chi~"

With a soft sound, blood gushed out. For some reason, Xie Xun felt as if he could see his own back, which was already soaked with sweat and rain.

pat.

As the rain poured down, Xie Xun's head fell onto the muddy ground amidst the golden light. The resentment in his eyes slowly faded, and finally, he fell into a deathly silence.

(End of this chapter)