Full-Time Magister: What kind of demonic tree is this? It's clearly a sacred tree!

Chapter 139 Tyrant Mountain Range

Asha's expression froze for a moment, but she was quickly jolted awake by the alarm and instantly transformed into a shadow, fleeing into the distance at lightning speed.

After Zhang Chen saw her run far away, he teleported to the side of Mu Nujiao and Mu Ningxue, who were also running away, and teleported them to a secluded alley outside the auction house.

Mu Nujiao and her companion were still somewhat shaken.

After a long silence, Mu Nujiao finally said, "That woman really is a bad woman! She stole something and then tried to frame us! Let's report her!"

They didn't know that Asha's Ruya hadn't actually obtained the Sin Stone; it was now in Zhang Chen's hands.

He certainly couldn't let them report him, saying, "Let's just forget it! Since she dared to take it, she must have somewhere to hide it. Besides, she's from the Parthenon, so she seems to have a high status. Let's not let them suspect us first—"

Mu Nujiao asked, "Then what should we do?"

"Let's pretend nothing happened! Let's go back and cultivate properly! The resources we bought this time are enough for us to cultivate at high speed for a while. The World University Competition starts in less than two months—remember to extort some money from her if we run into her again!"

A few days later, in a Chinese restaurant, Asha Ruya said, "Oh my! You're such a busy person, it's so hard to get an appointment with you!" Her tone was full of resentment. "What do you want? My time is very precious!" Zhang Chen said impatiently. "Stop pretending, you must have taken that thing!" For some reason, Asha Ruya couldn't help but get angry as soon as she saw Zhang Chen, and slammed her hand on the table.

"What is this? It's all so confusing! A waste of time! I'm leaving!" With that, Zhang Chen stood up, intending to leave. "Hey, brother, let's talk this out. What do you want?" Asha Ruya said somewhat flusteredly. "Then give me a Star Sea Celestial Vein first to show your sincerity!" Zhang Chen said with a half-smile. "Then you should just leave. Do you think I have one? So it really is you who took it!" The last half of the sentence was almost squeezed out from between Asha Ruya's teeth. Seeing that she had no intention of stopping him, Zhang Chen knew that this Sin Stone was not as valuable as he had imagined.

"Tell me your price. If it's reasonable, I'll give it to you!" Zhang Chen sat down again and said, "What about my true origins? Haven't you been curious about this for a long time?" She said, "I'm suddenly not curious anymore. I'm now extremely greedy for super-tier resources, or you could bring me the white magic cultivation secrets from the Parthenon Temple!" Zhang Chen said, "You really dare to dream! Parthenon white magic cultivation secrets? You're dreaming!" Asha Ruya retorted, "I only have one Holy Sound Stone as a super-tier resource! I can trade it to you, but you have to agree to one more request!" Asha Ruya thought for a long time and offered a resource that she felt Zhang Chen wouldn't need.

A super-tier resource in the sound system!? She even has something this rare? ————”

Zhang Chen agreed almost without hesitation. "I need you to come with me to the Tyrant Mountains to complete a mission!" Asha'ruya said with a sigh of relief, "Okay! When do we leave? The sooner the better, I still need to cultivate!"

Zhang Chen's time is very precious. He now feels that he has vaguely touched the threshold of the advanced level three in terms of space and chaos.

"You're driving me crazy! We're leaving tomorrow!"

"I'll give you that Sin Stone once you've given me the Holy Sound Stone!"

"Hmph! What a stingy old rooster!"

The next day

After finally managing to appease Mu Nujiao, Zhang Chen went to meet up with Asha Ruya.

Yesterday, he specifically asked Lingling to check out the Tyrant Mountain Range. Lingling said that the lightning phenomena there were unusual, and it might be nurturing a very high-quality lightning-type soul seed.

Zhang Chen thought, "How can this person be so kind! Giving me a Holy Sound Stone isn't enough, they even want to give me a Thunder-type Soul Seed for free. I really feel so bad."

Zhang Chen had assumed that Asha Ruya would come with several attendants, but to his surprise, Asha Ruya came alone.

This surprised Zhang Chen greatly. She actually came out on an adventure with him alone. Wasn't she afraid that he would kill and rob her? Or did she think that she could rest easy just because she had the Dark Sword Master?

Asha'ruya is quite a woman of many faces. This time, on her way to Tyrant Mountain, she wore very close-fitting and easy-to-move clothes, mainly in black and brown, and her hair was tied up.

Wearing this suit, Asha's demeanor was completely different from the elegant and fashionable air she exuded in the exhibition gallery. The hunter's experience was revealed in her cautious and calm demeanor.

Zhang Chen was already calculating how to maximize his profits. Just as they were leaving the city, a pair of somewhat resentful golden eyes silently watched Zhang Chen and his companions until they disappeared from sight. Only then did the person in the eye make a phone call to someone on his cell phone.

Nan Rongni, who was secretly following behind him, only vaguely heard: "I want him dead! He's already left Venice, and it looks like he's headed for the Tyrant Mountains. I've had Yun Jiying familiarize himself with his scent, so you can just follow it—a country bumpkin dares to humiliate me!"

Nan Rongni, who had been struggling with her inner conflict, suddenly made up her mind and quietly left the place.

The Tyrant Mountains are home to a wide variety of demon races, and their density is high, making them unpopular with experienced hunters.

A greater variety of monsters means a variety of dangers: lairs, poisonous fog, traps, mazes, territories, elemental polar regions—all of which put hunters to the test in terms of their ability to cope and adapt to different environments. The deeper one goes into the mountains, the more challenging it becomes to find different treacherous places coexisting.

"We've reached the main peak of the Tyrant Mountains, where some really big creatures live," Asha'ruya said, turning to Zhang Chen.

"Hey! Isn't this a footprint?" Zhang Chen pointed to a strange, huge footprint nearby. Asha'er thought it was a small pond and jumped right over. Zhang Chen, standing a bit behind, could see it clearly—

Asha'ruya then turned around and realized that the "small pool" was indeed a footprint. She slightly bent her index finger and placed it against her full lower lip, pretending to think. After a few seconds, she muttered to herself, "So the sound just now wasn't thunder?"

"Boom!!"

As soon as Asha's voice fell, a huge steel foot slammed down from mid-air, pressing down squarely on Asha's body.

Zhang Chen's eyes widened in shock as he saw the giant foot land, creating an even deeper pit. It seemed that Asha's Ya, who had been there just moments before, had been trampled directly into the pit!

The owner of the foot was in the tree canopy. Mo Fan's view was blocked by the dense canopy, and he couldn't see its full shape at all. This giant creature seemed completely unaware that it had stepped over a woman and began to stride forward into Tyrant Mountain.

"Holy crap! The employer died so quickly? He went back!" Zhang Chen sensed Asha's presence hidden in the shadow of a tree and pretended to be stupid.