Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

All the warriors from present had witnessed how Zachary slaughtered the beasts like he was a rabid beast himself. They cowered away from him like sheep against a wolf. They couldn't help but be astonished though, as they noticed that instead of being exhausted, Zachary's aura was still growing stronger.

They concluded that he was spiraling out of control, but strangely, his originally disorderly aura was gradually becoming stable, and the primitive power of the Sun-swallowing Pills was also constantly weakening. Instead, it was converted into Zachary's growing aura. Anyway, in the eyes of everyone, what was now happening to Zachary was incredible.

At the same time, Zachary had used the Beast-alluring Treasure Liquid which drew numerous martial beasts to his side. This alleviated the pressure on the other warriors. As Zachary fought like a god of death, his valiant efforts boosted the morale of all the warriors. Soon, the warriors from various forces began to counterattack, seizing the chance to turn the tide.

Two hours later, the waves of beasts that had seemed endless earlier, had finally trickled down to nothing. Most of the martial beasts had been killed, and the remaining stronger ones were also defeated and retreated. The corpses of the martial beasts were piled high and could be seen even from several hundred meters away. There was so much blood that the ground was dyed crimson, and rivers of red splashed beneath their feet.

Meanwhile, Zachary had finally stopped moving. He was panting heavily, and the corpse of the last beast he killed lay at his feet; it was a beast at the medium stage of Imperial Level. The blood that soaked his clothes earlier was drying on his skin, even as more blood covered his clothes. In a swift movement that captured everyone's attention, he straightened up and roared to the sky, like he was one of the beasts himself. In the next moment, an aura at the third grade of Imperial Level burst out from his body, shocking all the people around him.

They marveled at the man that had absorbed three Sun-swallowing Pills. Nothing bad happened to him, but instead, his power increased by leaps and bounds in such a short time. His strength ascended by two grades and reached the third grade of the Imperial Level. In other words, the power of the Sun-swallowing Pills had helped him to improve by almost three grades consecutively. The reason why it was almost three grades was that he had reached the first stage of Imperial Level before swallowing the pills, and now, his strength had almost reached the fourth grade of Imperial Level. So to say that he had increased his strength by three grades would not be overstating it.

Of course, the other warriors of Imperial Level present were envious of Zachary, as they witnessed his

n we go back without getting anything?!"

"You are just exaggerating to scare us so that you can have the pills all to yourselves!"

The forces started to quarrel once more. None of them wanted to listen, and at that moment, their greed was more powerful than their need for safety.

"I've said all I needed to. Now, it's up to you if you want to listen." With these words, Jace turned his back to them.

"Pollard, go and pick up Polly. We are going to leave."

Pollard nodded at once and immediately went to the place they left Polly. "Harley, come with us."

This time, Jace turned to Zachary. "Okay. Anyway, I have achieved my goal of coming here. I still want to fight to get some pills for Pollard and Goliath though..."

"There are plenty of chances to do so. You don't have to lose your life for it." Jace shook his head in disagreement. Although it impressed him that Zachary was thinking of others and not himself, it still wasn't wise to stay.

"It's okay, Harley. There will be another chance. We'd better leave with Master Jace!" Goliath said. He was sure that something terrible was about to happen. Now that Zachary had reached his goal, there was no need for them to stay any longer.

Zachary narrowed his eyes and glanced at Goliath. He thought for a while and eventually, he just nodded in agreement and prepared to leave with them.

At that moment, since all the beasts had been defeated, the situation had settled down. Unbeknownst to them, it was the calm at the eye of the storm. The warriors of the various forces focused their attention on the Sun-swallowing Beast, which had just spat out five Sun-swallowing Pills. In normal cases, it would spit at least two or three more pills, so they still had the chance to grab one.

It was at this moment that Pollard came back with a panicked expression. "Dad, Polly is missing!"