Peerless Tang Sect: Hurricane Infinite Wind

Chapter 440 Dragon Centipede Territory

Continuing forward, after crossing one or two small mountain ranges, a wide plain comes into view, with vast stretches of farmland and villages stretching as far as the eye can see, seemingly without end.

At the edge of the farmland, Wu Xuan could vaguely see the outline of a city. The obsidian-like city walls stood tall, adding to the city's majestic and imposing aura.

Finally seeing a normal human settlement, Wu Xuan's mood improved considerably. Dragon Centipede Territory was a thousand miles south of Dragon Shadow City, so Wu Xuan and his companion, located on the northwest side, still had some distance to go. If they didn't take a detour, they would even have to pass through Dragon Shadow City along the way.

To avoid trouble, the two considered it for a moment and decided to keep a low profile and not enter Dragon Shadow City. Although with their strength, apart from the number one Yin-Yang Chaos Bird, there was practically no Soul Master or Soul Beast on this Meteor Dragon Continent that could threaten them.

They continued their journey, and after flying for less than half an hour, the Dragon Centipede Territory was right in front of them.

"This is it, let's go down." Wu Xuan's figure descended towards the mountain range not far ahead, while reminding Wang Qiu'er at the same time.

Along the way, Wu Xuan discovered something very interesting: the Dragon Centipede Territory was located within the Dragon Shadow City's exile area, showing such disregard for a group of soul beasts. The Dragon Shadow City's behavior was truly domineering.

This area is perhaps partially surrounded by humans, so the vegetation is relatively sparse, with large areas consisting of barren, sloping land.

As they officially entered Dragon Centipede Territory, the two hadn't taken more than a few steps when Wu Xuan's gaze suddenly sharpened. He had just heard a peculiar sound.

The sound was a buzzing, rough noise, like a chainsaw in motion.

As if responding to Wu Xuan's gaze, the earthen slope to the left suddenly split open, and a large, dark golden centipede with a head as thin as a shuttle and a body more than half a meter wide emerged from it.

The giant centipede's carapace was covered with several rhomboid scales, and the two rows of sharp, silver-edged serrations beside the carapace, resembling dragon claws, highlighted its identity.

The Dragon Centipede is a unique soul beast possessing the bloodline of a golden dragon.

"Hiss-"

The centipede that suddenly emerged opened its ferocious mouth and hissed. Suddenly, it turned and began to wriggle towards Wang Qiu'er.

On either side of its body were sharp, silver-edged serrations. As it crawled, these serrations spun rapidly, like a chainsaw.

A cold glint flashed in Wang Qiu'er's pink-blue eyes. The golden dragon spear in her hand shot out like a golden lightning bolt, carrying an incomparably sharp aura. It instantly pierced through the dragon centipede's body, which was as hard as iron, and pinned it to the ground.

The Golden Dragon Spear activated its Life Devouring ability. The centipede struggled for a moment, and its body visibly withered away. Then, a purple millennium soul ring condensed above its corpse.

With a single, decisive blow, Wu Xuan didn't even lift an eyelid, stepping over the corpse of the thousand-year-old dragon centipede and continuing forward.

After retrieving the Golden Dragon Spear, Wang Qiu'er glanced disdainfully at the dead Thousand-Year Dragon Centipede. Centipede-type soul beasts were already unsightly, and the golden dragon bloodline within this Thousand-Year Dragon Centipede was so thin as to be negligible. All of this naturally made Wang Qiu'er disgusted.

The two continued deeper into the Dragon Centipede Territory, but what followed was like stirring up a hornet's nest; one after another, dragon centipedes emerged from the ground to attack Wang Qiu'er, completely ignoring Wu Xuan standing to the side.

Wang Qiu'er was naturally provoked and unleashed a flurry of attacks on the group of dragon centipedes with her Golden Dragon Spear. Wu Xuan, of course, wouldn't stand idly by; he grabbed his Soul-Shattering Spear and charged out after them.

Their strength was undeniable; they fought their way through the enemy lines. "Hmph! A bunch of disgusting things," Wang Qiu'er cursed as she stabbed the last dragon centipede to death with her spear.

Wu Xuan looked at Wang Qiu'er thoughtfully. He had already understood why these dragon centipedes were acting so mad, and the root cause was the golden dragon bloodline in Wang Qiu'er's body.

The formidable power of bloodlines could naturally intimidate many soul beast clans, but a very few clans were not threatened; instead, their competitive spirit was aroused. The dragon centipede, an insect-type soul beast, was among the most perceptive. This is why their advance towards the dragon centipede territory was so difficult.

The outer side was already difficult to navigate, and the inside would only be more challenging. Thinking this, Wu Xuan and Wang Qiu'er exchanged a glance and slowly withdrew from Dragon Centipede Territory.

Wu Xuan also activated his aura perception to its maximum. He wanted to pinpoint the location of the Nine Heavens Dragon Centipede and find the most suitable route forward.

Hunting down Soul Beasts, the dominant forces formed by their clans, is indeed troublesome. With Infinite Wind by his side, Wu Xuan naturally has the power to annihilate them all, but he won't do that. He and Wang Qiu'er came here only for the 100,000-year-old Nine Heavens Dragon Centipede.

As for the other dragon centipedes, they were not within the scope of the two hunters' hunt. This unique group of soul beasts, the dragon centipedes, should not have disappeared in their hands.

Stepping out of Dragon Centipede Territory, Wu Xuan's aura perception instantly detected a series of mixed auras. His mental energy locked onto the nearest group of soldiers clad in iron armor.

These soldiers were burly and at least two meters tall, with muscles bulging from their bodies, clearly possessing the strongest strength among ordinary people.

Why didn't Wu Xuan consider the possibility of Beast Soul Knights? Because Wu Xuan had seen Beast Soul Knights with Grade A aptitude, and their body proportions were no different from those of ordinary people.

Wu Xuan headed towards the small group of soldiers. In his previous wide-ranging aura perception, he sensed thousands of different auras outside the Dragon Centipede Territory, occupying the main roads from different directions.

Such a large number of powerful individuals could not have been gathered by Dragon Shadow City alone, clearly indicating that the humans in Dragon Centipede Territory were planning something big.

"Brothers! Be careful. Our mission is just to drive away the nearby refugees. Don't disturb those underground dragon centipedes," the leader reminded them again, turning his head slightly.

Without a trace of dragon blood, willingly becoming a slave is naturally shameful and would be humiliating to anyone. However, if one is willing to go into exile, one will naturally earn people's respect. Even the high and mighty Soul Masters would not want their exiled kin to suffer large-scale casualties.

Those were all pioneers.

"Leader! There seems to be someone ahead." A man was the first to spot Wu Xuan and his companion.

The squad leader was stunned after just one glance at Wu Xuan and Wang Qiu'er. Who else could possess such bearing and aura but a high and mighty Soul Master?

Without Wu Xuan saying a word, all ten-odd people suddenly knelt down on one knee.

"Third-class Beast Soul Knights pay their respects to the Soul Master!" the soldiers shouted in unison.

They were merely Beast Soul Knights of the third-class bloodline, their status only slightly higher than that of ordinary commoners. Serving as guards and protectors was the most common choice for people of their level.

Therefore, showing respect to important figures above the class level is deeply ingrained in their bones.

(End of this chapter)