Chapter 21: Bandits Gather in Large Numbers

  "Hmm"

  Watching the four people leave, Jiang Heng spat out a mouthful of blood. The bearded man's battle technique was not weak just now, and during the intense fight, he was invaded by a thread of strong wind, fortunately, his physical strength was not weak, so he only suffered a slight injury.

  It seems that my combat experience is still quite poor, relying on Wind Step and Dagger, I completely don't need to hard fight with the opponent, but my timing of making a move is still a bit off.

  Jiang Hao wiped the blood off his dagger, calming himself down as he gazed at the two corpses on the ground. A chill ran down his spine - he hadn't expected that after just a short period of training, he would already have experienced the taking of lives, two with one strike.

  Cough cough

  The figure of Usurping Heaven appeared in front of Jiang Hao, letting out a loud cough that startled Jiang Hao out of his reverie.

  "Ah, Master, I've killed someone." Jiang Huan's face twisted in distress, a stark contrast to his ruthless expression from earlier when he took action.

  "Heh heh, I've said it before, the strong are all grown from slaughter. In this world, the strong are respected, whoever has the bigger fist gets to eat, if you don't take action you'll only give your enemy an opportunity. So slaughter is unavoidable." Ji Tian smiled lightly and looked into the distance, saying in a somewhat embarrassed tone.

  "Master, I also know, it's just that the first time killing someone always feels extremely awkward, so I didn't kill those four people earlier." Jiang Hao scratched his head.

  "Hao'er, do you know the origin of this continent?" Yi Tian thought for a moment and asked casually.

  "Yes, it is recorded in the book that the universe is vast and filled with all things, countless galaxies are wandering within! The ancient Milky Way galaxy is one of them. I don't know how many billions of years ago, the Milky Way was still a chaotic mess, the power from another galaxy affected here, splitting the chaos, matter decomposed and recombined, stars moved and changed! And after who knows how many years of evolution, life emerged and humans multiplied! In the human world, a story has been passed down for a long time, the ruler of the Milky Way is the Sun War God - Arius. The Sun War God uses his infinite divine power to protect the Milky Way and bring light and strength to people!!"

  Jiang Hao paused for a moment, and Tianyi used his eyes to gesture to Jiang Hao to continue speaking.

  "The Sun God, in order to maintain the stability of the galaxy, waged war and eliminated external forces one after another. Only those who were strong enough could come, and finally, the Sun God used all his divine power to condense the essence of the entire galaxy into a single entity, forming this divine continent floating in the infinite universe. Due to the exhaustion of his divine power, Aria..."

  "Zeus formed part of the continent with his own body, and the divine power dissipated is what we now call war qi." Jiang Hao finished speaking in one breath, looking at Tianyi with a hint of pride.

  "Ugh, what you're saying is just a legend. In fact, this continent has long existed. In ancient times, tens of thousands of cosmic superpowers fought for the endless treasures here, and in the end, they all perished." said Yi Tian calmly.

  "And this continent was divided into four parts due to that shocking war, and the Divine Continent is one of them." Zi Tian continued, looking at Jiang Heng's dazed eyes.

  "What? Besides the Divine Continent, there are other continents?" Jiang Hao exclaimed in surprise.

  "En, the other three continents are Mo Continent, Dark Continent and Light Continent."

  "Huh? Why isn't it recorded in the book?" Jiang Hao felt incredulous.

  "Heh heh, of course it won't be mentioned, because it's a taboo. You'll understand later, but for now you're too weak and don't have the qualifications to participate in this matter. Maybe when you become a true strongman, you'll understand why the continent was divided in the first place." Yu Tian said quietly, as if being very cautious about ancient matters.

  "I saw your performance just now, I didn't expect you to apply the Wind Chasing Step to actual combat so quickly. And the way you used your soul power to control the dagger and change its direction was quite interesting. It seems that your soul power has increased again!"

  "Hmm, I just had a sudden idea and tried it out, didn't expect it to actually work." Jiang Huan scratched his head.

  "Alright, think back to the battle just now, rest for a while, we need to continue on our journey. The deeper we go in, the more interesting it seems!" Zi Tian waved his hand, with a hint of playfulness on his face, and lazily said.

  "En." Jiang Heng sat down on the spot, starting to recover the battle qi he had just consumed. He had used the Wind Chasing Step several times in a row, and the consumption of battle qi was really huge. If his own battle qi wasn't much more abundant than that of others at the same level, he would probably have collapsed from exhaustion after using it twice.

  An hour later, Jiang Huan continued to gallop across the grassland, constantly avoiding some wetlands and swampy areas. By the time it was almost dusk, Jiang Huan had run nearly over a thousand miles.

  A gentle breeze blew by, at dusk, a faint figure slowly emerged from the grass thicket. Jiang Huan panted heavily and cursed: "Damn it, is this place a bandit's lair or what? In just one afternoon, I've encountered over a dozen waves of bandits, I'm exhausted to death."

  Jiang Hao pulled out a pile of storage bags with some undried bloodstains on them and dumped everything inside out.

  "Good grief, these bandits really rob everything." Looking at the things on the ground, there were clothes, wine bottles, weapons, herbs, and some unknown items. There were also some gold coins and ordinary beast cores, it was like a general store's inventory.

  Jiang Hao walked all the way, encountering more than a dozen waves of bandits. Although there were many people, fortunately, they fought separately and their strength was not very high, which gave Jiang Hao an opportunity to practice his skills. Of course, Jiang Hao was not ruthless or cruel, as long as those bandits did not take his life, he would not bother to kill them, only extorting them for a while before letting them go. However, when encountering some who were not open-minded, Jiang Hao would also show no mercy.

  These things were all obtained from those bandits, although they are not very valuable, but better than nothing. Jiang Huan collected the useful ones and threw away some broken ones.

  One afternoon, after a series of battles, Jiang Huan had fought over ten rounds. He was becoming more and more skilled in using his battle energy, and the occasional use of his soul power always produced unexpected results, turning the tide of battle in his favor.

  The grasslands at night are not suitable for human combat, because once night falls, the war atmosphere on the grasslands becomes thin, and many groups of demonic beasts come out to be active, so Jiang Heng always rushes on the road during the day and rests at night.

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  In a place thousands of miles north of the Sun Palace, there is an extremely vast country with towering city walls that seem to stretch on forever. The golden light emanating from the city walls is made of the very precious dark gold stone material, which shows just how wealthy this empire is. In the heart of this empire, there stands a magnificent palace that is as luxurious as can be, with pavilions and towers, carved gold and silver, and every possible extravagance - this is where the Imperial Palace of the Dàluó Empire is located.

  The moonlight shone into the depths of the palace, outside a high-rise pavilion window, a slender figure appeared and disappeared in the moonlight. Upon closer inspection, it was surprisingly Zi Yu, whom Jiang Huan had met in the Magic Beast Mountain Range. At this moment, she wore a purple cloak with golden trimmings, gazing out at the eastern direction alone, allowing the moonlight to shine on her body.

  "Hehe, Xiao Yu is still not asleep! Be careful or your father will spank you." A purple shadow appeared beside Zi Yu, it was Zi Feng.

  "Ah, uncle, I couldn't sleep, look at how beautiful the moon is today." Zi Yu shook her head.

  "Heh heh, are you thinking of that little guy? To be honest, that kid does have some talent. But in the Great Luo Empire, we've never lacked geniuses." Zifeng said with a slight smile, speaking in a serious tone.

  "Uncle, what are you talking about? I didn't!" Zi Yu's face turned red as she hurriedly explained.

  "You're still young, and the road ahead is long. If that kid really has talent, I believe you'll meet him again in the future. The thing geniuses fear most is being cut off in their prime. I hope he can go far, after all, he did save your life." Zifeng continued to say, with a glint of sharpness flashing in his eyes from time to time.

  "Alright, get some rest early, your body has mostly recovered. It's time to start training now. Remember that the children of the Daluo Empire must speak with their strength." Zifeng said seriously, no longer teasing Ziyu.

  "Alright, uncle, I understand. I'll cultivate diligently." Zi Yu looked at Dong Fang again and nodded.

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  On the grassland, Jiang Hao's figure completely merged into the night, as if he had blended into the wind, his breathing gradually becoming inaudible.

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