Justin Ankar

Chapter 828 - Ferocious

Every one of the responses he thought about attempting were met with a vicious retaliation. This Broken Bronze Lionfish was downright suicidal. He could feel the Law power radiating off it and he felt it was at the peak of the sixth tier. Worse yet, the law it was wielding gave him the feeling of mutual destruction, which was confirmed by his Foresight. He saw himself defeating the monster in a few moves, but also ending up with his body being torn to shreds. Even when he tried to bring the P...

Chapter 827 - Mutant Armorana

It turns out the green Armorana had a poisonous bite, which Sage found out about the hard way. He used the same tactics upon it as the normal Armorana, hemming in its whole posse of escorts and then picking them off one by one. It took only a few strikes for him to disable them enough for him to capture and send into the Inner World. Surprisingly, even the followers here were pretty impressive examples of their species, so Sage did his best not to kill any of them. The last two of the green A...

Chapter 826- Ghost Hunt

The importance of this anomaly was not lost upon Sage and he redoubled his efforts to search out the source. Since this area was not on the sea bed or the surface, he was trying to find something in a completely open and empty area of the sea. After scouring the place with his Spiritual Sense he couldn’t feel anything out of place. It was only when he reached out with his Law power that he felt something unusual. Even so he couldn’t quite place it so it took him a bit more effort to disco...

Chapter 825 - Fishing

At this time, Sage’s power was many times greater than in the past, and the fact that an Armorana’s scales could resist his strike was very impressive. It had to be remembered that Sage had the innately more powerful body of a Demonic Insect. On top of that he was also practicing Body Cultivation and making use of the Jade Mantle, a technique that basically used Qi to mimic the abilities of a Body Cultivator. By layering all three together, Sage’s offensive power was extremely high and ...

Chapter 824 - Armorana

As soon as he entered Armorana Lagoon, Sage caught sight of his first Armorana. In the distance a group of humanoids was fighting against a ten foot long fish that was covered in bright silvery scales. As Sage closed the distance he got a better look at the large hexagonal scales overlapping upon the fish’s flanks as well as the strange upward tilted lower jaw that made them look like they had armored visors over their faces. In a loose formation, four very different humanoids had surrounde...

Chapter 823 - Beach

Using the familiar method of intending to do something in order to see what would happen in the future, Sage probed the sea bed at various places and found surprising results. Not only was that crab under the sand not rare, it was downright common. There was a whole world of creatures living under just a shallow layer of sand. There were large flat fish the size of a city block that appeared to be only a slight dip in the sand. If someone moved into that small depression, which turned out to ...

Chapter 822 - Deep Shore

It turns out the city got its name because it was actually somewhat close to the shoreline of a major land mass. Sage had no idea where it was in relation to the Tianxia Empire, but upon seeing so many different people here, he realized it could be anywhere. In fact, I’m not even sure I’m on the same planet anymore. I might be on another one or even in a Hidden Domain.

There was something of an undersea cliff near this landmass and it dropped down thousands of feet deep to ...

Chapter 821 - The Depths

There was no fighting allowed, and there was a rank seven in charge to enforce this rule. The guide also detailed the uniform and badge of the City Guards which answered directly to the City Lord. Surprisingly, this place even had a court of law. Not the Laws, but an actual judicial system. After having grown so used to the rules of might is right in this world, it was surprising for him to see. If there was a dispute between two parties in the city, they would need to seek the assistance of ...

Chapter 820 - Weird

Normal as it all seemed, even a cursory glance was enough for Sage to know he was in a very different place than he was used to. While everything was used in a familiar way, the things that were being used were all far from what he was used to. The circular tables were not made of wood, instead they were giant Scallop shells, filled with sand and supported by stone legs. The platter was a disc of coral, into which tall spiral shells were placed, with their point down into holes in the coral. ...

Chapter 819 - Descent

Running and jumping down the staircase brought them to the bottom in just a few moments, and they continued on down another long hallway. This one was not made of wood like the one in the Merciful Mollusk. Down here it had already changed to packed earth with reinforcing stone archways placed every few yards. After a few minutes of motion at high speed, they entered a large open chamber that was brightly lit with a set of powerful Formation Arrays. Most notable was a barrier made of violet ri...

Chapter 818 - Unknown

With all his preparations complete, Sage left Lionheart Town and flew over to the hidden Transportation Array that would take him to the Merciful Mollusk. Just as before, they didn’t charge anyone to get teleported to them, but they charged an immense fee to get sent anywhere else. The Merciful Mollusk itself, was a mysterious place located at Golden Cricket Cove, the capital of 10,000 Wave Province. When the Lang Clan took over the Province they thought about moving the capital, but such a...

Chapter 817 - Gold Thunder Mantis

Sage had barely any time to get used to the body he’d named the ‘Gold Thunder Mantis’ and now he was already altering it. Unlike most of the other creatures that Sage had merged with, there was no specific feature that he was trying to get from the Bone Mantis. The Bone Mantis wasn’t famous for any special natural abilities that it had. Instead, it was famous because of what could be made out of its body. As powerful and dangerous as it was, it was actually more treasured than it was ...

Chapter 816 - Sendoff

Midway up a mountain at the back of the Lang Clan, a few dozen people in flowing and perfectly tailored hanfu were standing in front of an immense stone statue. The statue was nearly twenty feet tall and depicted a huge bird of prey with a particularly sharp beak and claws. Three shades of gray marble were used to create contrast among the bird’s many feathers. In addition to the gray marble, there was a lighter mottled stone used for its legs, and lastly the darkest stone was used for the ...

Chapter 815 - Heavenly Materials

The Law of Thermodynamics, as Sage had named it, related to the transfer of heat. He deciphered it in Icefire Valley after watching the tragic couple, Hong Ri and Hei Yue. The Fire and Ice Clans were at odds with each other so of course their most important geniuses would fall in love and play out a tragedy. Living their story in such detail seemed to combine with Sage’s understanding of heat from Earth and took it into a direction that seemed to be very rare on this world. These people tho...

Chapter 814 - Spirit

Sage rubbed his jaw, trying to get used to his new tongue. While waiting for the last auction he’d forged a new Heart’s Tongue for both himself and his Soul Clone. They’d spent the rest of the time digesting their gains from the Cult of the Woodlord. The list of professions that he had mastered to the fifth star had increased by one. Unfortunately, the Cult of the Woodlord was not involved in any official organization so there was no badge for him to earn like at the Holy Flame Sect. Th...

Chapter 813 - Alleyway

Sage was only intending to give the man some serious injuries and carry a message to the others that had chased after him in the past. Compared to the trouble he’d got from others, the fact that they hadn’t bothered to chase after him when he left the Kingdom was actually comparatively light. It had been only a few decades since that event happened in the outside world, but Sage had thousands of years in the Inner World to give him some perspective.

Unfortunately, even as ‘mature�...

Chapter 812 - Deal

He felt that the techniques of the Arborist were much more in line with the usage of his Insect Immortal Index. With the help of the Inner World researchers he aimed to combine the knowledge of Blacksmiths and Arborists with his Insect skills. He had already been able to create simple Magic Tools using implanted ancestral memories to create his own crude version of an Arborist. He was already excited to see how much progress he could make with a full and complete knowledge base.

They co...

Chapter 811 - Supreme

The Supreme started to explain before Sage could make any arguments, “It is true that the Cult of the Woodlord could benefit from the services of a Gardener, but Arborist knowledge is too precious. It is like teaching you to farm in exchange for a few fish. Only a fool would make such a trade. If you wish to deal you’ll need to teach us to fish. Otherwise we can only trade goods for your services.”

Sage was hoping he wouldn’t get this answer. He let out a sigh, “I already told...

Chapter 810 - Cult

High Lord Shi Wen left the meeting feeling strange. He had first taken the man for a gloating rival, wanting to show off that the Holy Flame Sect had gained another Nascent Soul. Then the man had the bold claim of being a Gardener and wanting the secrets of their sacred arts. He had thought then it was not just posturing, but insults. The man was here to make fun of them and pick a fight.

Then his whole world was turned upside down when this Lang Sheng casually pulled two women out of n...

Chapter 809 - Appointment

The High Elder was so surprised by his request that he directly insulted him. Sage didn’t take it to heart. Instead he waved his hand and two women appeared beside him. One of them was a tall woman, large bodied with an even larger chest. Her long black hair was streaked with brown. Beside her was a young girl with bright red hair. She was clutching onto the tall woman’s waist and looking around curiously.

“This is Pang Jiangbei and Hong Xiaxue. They are not only lovely ladies, bu...

Chapter 808 - Back to Daggerguard

After showing off his strength a few times to the many guards and attendants of the City Lord’s manor, Sage finally got a meeting with the man. He gave him a bow, though it wasn’t that low after noticing that the City Lord was not a Nascent Soul. Since the man wasn’t a Nascent Soul, then he’d attained his position through his connections, but Sage had no idea who this man’s backer was.

“Greetings, City Lord. I had heard you were an impressive individual before, and now I can...

Chapter 807 - Offer

The silence of the masked person was almost deafening to Sage, but at the same time he took it as a sign that there was room for negotiation. If this person was attached to a large power then his offer would be silly and they would immediately reject him. There was a chance they were remaining silent in order to keep their affiliation hidden, but there wasn’t much need for that given their anonymity. If they were from a great power, then why go to so much trouble to hide?

Perhaps they...

Chapter 806 - Mystery Seller

An hour later, the old man who worked for the auction house returned and he brought along another person with him. This person had a dark cloak covering their body from head to toe revealing only a flat white featureless mask. It took only a moment for him to realize that the cloak and mask were specialized magic tools used to hide one’s identity. The cloak blocked this person’s level from being detected and the mask would change their voice and block Spirit Sense in order to keep anyone ...

Chapter 805 - Auction

Just as he made this declaration, the auctioneer touched a part of the cage that sent a surge of Qi in and the previously motionless bone shot upwards. The small fracture lines along the bone unfurled into six limbs along with bends for a neck and waist. The bone took on the rough shape of a mantis, which shot forward and struck at the gap between the bars with its bladed forelimbs. It tried to reach between the gaps to strike the auctioneer but a barrier sprang to life in the cage and stoppe...

Chapter 804 - Leaving the Sect

Before leaving the Shihu Kingdom this time, Sage had one more stop on his list. Just as he had done long ago, he headed towards the border with the neighboring Province. The Green Plateau Province was the territory of the Cult of the Woodlord, the Holy Flame Sect’s rival. The two of them had never seen eye to eye, and to the other Provinces of the Kingdom they were both the largest producers of goods for Cultivators. Just like he did in the past, he heads to Red Knife City at the border for...

Chapter 803 - Practice

Many years ago, Sage had trained in the Sunfire Pagoda to push him out of mediocrity and into the third rank. Compared to where he was now, it felt like many lifetimes ago. He had to struggle so hard to accumulate enough points in the Sect to pay for his training time and even then he’d only managed to move from the level of a common soldier to that of an elite soldier. Unlike that time so long ago, he no longer had to struggle to gather enough money to use the Sunfire Pagoda. The secret st...

Chapter 802 - Violent Sun Body

By the time his body in the outside world finished his metamorphosis, Sage had already perfected the Liquid Metal body with the help of the researchers. He took some time to stretch out and exercise the thick eight limbed mantis body that now perfectly matched his body on the Inner World. Then, he brought out the materials required to change its composition to the Liquid Metal body. It took a few days to complete this second transformation, giving his golden carapace a much more silvery sheen...

Chapter 801 - Body Transformation

Sage had a tough time deciding on which body transformation route he wished to follow, but then remembered something he had recently gained. The library he’d stolen from the ruins of the Violent Sun Sect. Their strange sect and its high air pressure were actually because of the Cultivation Technique they practiced. In fact it wasn’t a Qi cultivation technique at all, as the Violent Sun Sect turned out to be a rare sect of Body Cultivators.

In the past, he’d only heard rumors and h...

Chapter 800 - Five Stars

In the Universe Ring, Sage had set up a workroom for each of his professions and was training his body and senses to equal the level of skill that he’d already mastered on the Inner World. Before going into seclusion this time he’d already copied down the profession libraries available to four star professionals and on the Inner World he’d already reached the standard of five stars with every skill. It was only after he’d reached this level did he start using metamorphosis to incorpor...

Chapter 799 - Chrysalis

Sage didn’t stop there. He went back into metamorphosis a few more times experimenting with the body features of the Golden Cicada and how they could be incorporated with the mantis. Then he moved on with his experiments and merged with the egg from Elder Manji. The Cloud Swallowing Thunder Eel was a magnificent creature. It was unique among all the beasts and insects that Sage had encountered so far in that it was the first with an immaterial body.

The Wind Elemental did not have a s...