Senior Sisters, I Don’t Want To Work Hard Anymore

Chapter 22: Tokyo is Not Too Hot

The attackers are a group of mutated giant bats.

Their wingspan is the size of a carriage, their purple-red bat wings are harder than refined iron, covered in ugly spots, their sharp teeth gleam with cold light, their eyes are blood-red, and they possess strength equivalent to the high-level of the Qi Refining Realm.

Each bat tribe consists of hundreds or even thousands of bats. When they hunt in groups, even monsters or independent cultivators with the strength of the Profound Comprehension Realm or Core Condensation Realm dare not provoke them easily.

Qi Yalan didn't make any moves. Countless sharp sword qi silently fell like threads of rain. Even from a distance of over twenty zhang, these guys were cut into pieces. Amidst the continuous screams, the fragments of flesh mixed with blood fell into the rolling mist below.

Soon, a chilling chewing sound came from the mist.

Immediately after, a large group of mutated bats continued to rush out from the dense fog. Their numbers were so vast that they covered the sky. Without exception, they were all killed by the sword qi domain before they could approach within twenty zhang of Qi Yalan.

When the difference in cultivation level is not too significant, numerical advantage can indeed determine life or death. However, with Qi Yalan's current cultivation, no matter how many mutated bats there were, they were nothing more than ants. With a wave of her hand, she could easily wipe out a large area.

Countless mutated bats continued to emerge one after another. After a few hundred breaths, with the sharp and fierce roar, the rolling dense fog suddenly parted, revealing a blood-red hilly terrain below. On the low and gentle slope, there were countless pitch-black cave entrances. All the mutated bats rushed out from inside.

From one of the large caves, a bat king with a wingspan of over ten zhang and a faint golden glow all over its body, possessing the peak strength of the Core Condensation Realm, rushed out at high speed. It stirred up a violent hurricane.

Qin Muling immediately felt a bit dizzy and dazzled. It was the bat king's illusion attack through divine sense. However, it was quickly suppressed by Qi Yalan. A bright sword rainbow turned into a light shield, protecting her and her junior brother securely inside, isolating all attacks from the bat king.

Qi Yalan raised her jade hand, and countless slender and bright sword lights appeared out of thin air. Numerous spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the bat king's elephant-like body, and after a breath, they burst open. A downpour of flesh and blood rained down from the sky.

With the death of the bat king, the rolling fog finally calmed down, and no more foolish creatures dared to rush out and seek death.

With a slight movement of Qi Yalan's mind, a streak of sword rainbow wrapped around two thumb-sized translucent white inner cores and flew into her hand.

"Take it. I don't need this thing anymore, but it's still quite a good resource for you." Qi Yalan stuffed the inner cores into Qin Muling's hand.

These bat kings have lived for a long time, and Beast Cores have already formed inside their bodies. They are rich in abundant essence and blood, making them excellent materials for alchemy or the production of Law Weapons.

Qin Muling didn't refuse and immediately accepted them. Even if she sold them to those unscrupulous businesses, she could still exchange them for several hundred Middle Grade Spirit Stones. If she handed them over to the sect, she could also exchange them for a considerable contribution to the sect.

"Let me try next time!" Qin Muling said.

"Of course you can."

Qi Yalan smiled and agreed, "We can go deeper. There will be more benefits."

As she spoke, the sword light enveloped the two of them, accelerating them far away. In an instant, they were already thousands of li away.

From a high altitude, not all areas were covered by dense fog. Places like the ruins of a large city, mountains, rivers, and lakes with a wide area could still be clearly distinguished. Occasionally, one could see some ugly and ferocious beasts lurking in the water.

After a while, in the area where three major rivers converged, a magnificent and unimaginably large abandoned city appeared at the end of their sight. Around it, there were remnants of many medium and small cities. Even an average-sized city could accommodate tens of millions of people, so one could imagine how prosperous it was here in the past.

"Is this the place?"

Qi Yalan slowed down her speed. "This place was one of the two most prosperous central city clusters in the past. The other one is over ten thousand li away and was called the Eastern and Western Twin Capitals by the people at that time. This is the site of the former Tokyo."

Qin Muling was slightly surprised and subconsciously asked, "Wasn't it very hot back then?"

Qi Yalan looked at him in surprise, "It's not hot, why are you asking such a question? Are you afraid of the heat, junior martial brother?"

"Oh, it's nothing, it's not hot, it's not hot..." Qin Muling evaded vaguely, thinking to himself that he couldn't possibly explain to his senior martial sister that it was a very popular art series film from a past life. If she understood the truth, she might be both embarrassed and angry, and might even give him a beating.

Qi Yalan gave him a playful glance and didn't continue to inquire. Junior martial brother always muttered strange things in his free time. Things like "living off someone else's success is not embarrassing," "struggle less for three thousand years," "one hundred techniques for eating a free meal," and so on. She didn't know where he learned them from.

The two of them controlled their flying swords and circled around this vast city ruins at high speed, finally landing in an area not far from the east city gate.

The mist here was lighter, not as dense as in the wilderness. After countless years, the ground, paved with thick stone slabs, still appeared flat, but weeds grew in the gaps, and piles of branches and fallen leaves were scattered everywhere. Most of the buildings on both sides of the street had collapsed, and a decaying and desolate atmosphere filled the air.

The flying swords they were standing on didn't touch the ground completely, but floated about three feet above it, drifting slowly. There were many ferocious monsters lurking in the city, in the sewers, in the grass, and behind the ruins, all with malicious and cold gazes.

Qin Muling sensed a bit and asked, "These abnormal creatures seem to have ordinary strength and don't seem to have gained intelligence. Where do the higher-level monsters in the underground world usually appear?"

"They can appear anywhere, for example, in the depths of this city. Of course, junior martial brother, your cultivation level is still low, so you won't be able to sense their presence if they are too far away."

"Then... can you deal with them, senior martial sister?"

"They are just like chickens and dogs, easy to catch!"

Qin Muling breathed a sigh of relief. If senior martial sister didn't have confidence, she wouldn't dare to go out alone with him. He remembered that Senior Master Hengyi mentioned last time that he would arrange several elders to be his protectors. He didn't know when this arrangement would be fulfilled.

The two continued to fly, not at a very fast speed. Qin Muling summoned his flying sword for the first time, a Supreme Grade Spiritual Weapon that was about a foot long, exuding a cold aura, slender and graceful. It was the personal weapon used by Senior Martial Sister Three when she became a core disciple, and now she had given it to him.

After dozens of breaths, as they continued to penetrate deeper into the city, various hidden monsters appeared more and more. Rats the size of washbasins, spiders the size of giant dogs, scorpions the size of human heads, with colorful bodies, clearly carrying deadly poison.

A cold killing intent suddenly struck. In the corner of the street, several dark blue shadows flashed by, causing Qin Muling's hair to stand on end. The needle-like danger enveloped his whole body.

"Chirp!"

The flying sword circling beside him swiftly slashed out. Wherever the sword light passed, a series of screams rang out. Four wolf-like creatures the size of water buffaloes fell to the ground. With indigo fur and fierce glints in their eyes, their heads had long been separated from their bodies, and large splashes of blood stained the ground.

"These underground wolf creatures also live in groups. The mother wolf gives birth to more than ten cubs at a time, but in the end, only one or two of the strongest survive, and the rest of the siblings are eaten as food! Most adult individuals have the strength of the Profound Comprehension Realm and are quite intelligent, as well as being extremely ferocious and cunning..." Qi Yalan explained. With Qin Muling's current cultivation level, it was appropriate for him to practice with these wolf creatures. It wouldn't matter even if a large group was attracted. If a more powerful wolf king was lured out, she would handle it herself.

The two continued to move forward, stopping and going for half a day. Various low and mid-level monsters kept appearing, such as two-headed pythons, ghost-faced spiders, golden-threaded fire toads, and even solitary underground demon trees, all of which were killed one by one by Qin Muling.

Qi Yalan patiently explained the characteristics, talents, attack methods, and recyclable resources of various common monsters, allowing him to quickly familiarize himself with the environment here.

Later on, Qin Muling began to try his hand at challenging some Core Condensation Realm fierce beasts and monsters, accumulating experience and honing his cultivation.

As they delved deeper into the inner city area, more and more monsters of the Profound Comprehension Realm and Core Condensation Realm appeared, and occasionally they would encounter monsters of the Infant Formation Realm and Divine Spirit Realm.

Under normal circumstances, individual core disciples or groups of independent cultivators rarely came to such places. The risks were already beyond their limits.

Of course, Qin Muling didn't care. No matter how powerful the opponent was, they wouldn't last more than ten rounds in front of him. Moreover, Qi Yalan was responsible for backing him up. If things really went south, she would take care of it.

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