Demon Emperor
144

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Han Shu and Yueyin met the steps leading to the lower region after circling the vast central region. As he was going down the stairs, someone pulled him from behind.

"Hey, where are you going! Down there's a dangerous place for new people like you." Seen a tall man with a stocky body without wearing clothes so that his muscles can be seen clearly.

"I want to go to the lower region to mine high-tier spiritual stones. What danger is there down there?" Han Shu responded at once asking for information.

"There were many troublesome monsters, especially the blood rats. You won't be able to fight them because there are so many."

"Partially, you can't even use your powers here yet. It took you a long time to adapt." he continued.

"Oh, it turns out that the monster was still here long ago. They are quite troublesome. Then I can't bring her down." Inner Han Shu as she glanced towards Han Shu.

"Is there a barrier in the lower region that makes the monsters there unable to climb up here?" Han Shu asked again.

"Can you see it from here? There is a barrier there."

Han Shu nodded slowly, "I can see it from here. My eyes are so sharp. I'll mine near the barrier."

"No, you can't go there. Love your life that there is only one. You'd better practice adapting to the qi of this world so you can protect yourself." the man still forbade it.

Han Shu then controlled the qi on his palm to show that he could already use his power.

This made the man again surprised, "You! How you do it. It took me a year to understand it. You've only been here one day."

"So, are you allowing me now?" Han Shu ignored his question.

"Hmmm, okay. But I won't be held responsible if your life is threatened. By the way, you better hide the fact that you can already use your powers. Otherwise you'll be killed by their group." The man gave advice.

Han Shu thought of leaving Yueyin to him for a while while as long as she was below. However, before that he wanted to know his strength first.

"Have you ever fought the group's boss?"

"I've fought him twice."

"How did it go?"

"We both got hurt and stopped the fight."

"Then, please take care of Yueyin for a moment. I'll be back in the afternoon." Without waiting for his approval, Han Shu directly descended down.

"Hey, I don't approve!... He just left..." The man did not pursue, but was forced to agree.

"You see, your friend just left you. Aren't you mad at him."

"No, I'm not angry. He knows what's best for me." Yueyin replied flatly.

"All right." Yueyin followed the man behind her.

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Meanwhile...

After a few minutes down the stairs that were quite far away, Han Shu finally arrived in front of the barrier separating the two mine areas.

He looked deep inside but did not find a single monster. As soon as Han Shu stepped through the barrier, she met a herd of Earth Tigers totaling 4.

When he saw Han Shu, the herd of Earth Tigers instantly became alert and immediately surrounded him. They did not rush to attack.

"Hey hey, I just got here and you guys have me surrounded. Looks like you're starving." Han Shu prepared to attack.

"I know you won't attack before I attack. But I also want to explore this region soon, so I'll finish it soon."

Han Shu directly attacked that herd of Earth Tigers. They put up a fight by attacking from all directions however, their numbers were too few to defeat Han Shu. One by one Han Shu beat them to death. Until he finally defeated them.

Then, Han Shu directly went from that place to explore. Moments after Han Shu left, Thousands of Blood Rats crossed the place. The corpse of the Earth Tiger instantly disappeared after the swarm of Blood Rats flashed by.

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Han Shu explored the place but also used her tracking technique to avoid encountering the monsters there.

"Ah, by the way that makes the Blood Rat monsters dangerous other than because of their numbers, their movements are also hard to trace with my current strength. I need to be careful."

"In the past I also had trouble tracking them. I wasn't very long at researching their powers so, I don't know what makes them so hard to track. Maybe this time I'll find her, but not for now."

After some time exploring, he finally found a suitable place to cultivate and increase his spiritual power.

Before starting, he first put a protective aray around just in case. After which, he sat in asceticism and started cultivating absorbing the qi energy and spiritual energy in that place.

With the abundant spiritual energy from high-tier spiritual stones, Han Shu's spiritual power increased by leaps and bounds. While his cultivation had not undergone too much change since his cultivation last night.

Until the afternoon time came so quickly, Han Shu immediately stopped his cultivation. Before returning, he had first mined some spiritual stones there.

For Han Shu, mining a high-tier spiritual stone was quite easy as he had once done so. However, he only mined a few grams to give to the boss of the group who ruled the middle region.

"It's not yet time to finish them off. I will obey their will for now. I will also utilize them to find out the secrets of the Blood Rat monsters.

"Well, it's time for me to come back."

Han Shu then exited the lower region through the same path as he entered and ascended into the middle region to meet Yueyin while simultaneously giving her the results of his mines.

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