Chapter 162: Ch 162- Secret Realm (8)

Hearing the ape’s questioning tone, Mo Yuan did not give the Golden Mouse any chance to answer.

"You must be one of the strongest beasts in this Secret Realm, second only to that bull, right?"

The Flame Overlord looked at Mo Yuan for a moment before slowly nodding its enormous head.

"Yes, I am."

Its deep voice shook the surrounding forest and then it looked at Mo Yuan with some curiosity.

"And you, human, must have come here for my Earth Heart Nectar, right?"

A strange smile appeared on its face.

"I have heard about humans from the records. You humans are a greedy and cunning race."

Hearing this, Mo Yuan smiled.

"Which race isn’t greedy?"

He looked calmly at the Flame Overlord.

"As long as there is a desire to become stronger, any race will do whatever it can to obtain resources. Humans aren’t special in that regard."

"Oh?"

The Flame Overlord seemed amused.

"Then you think that with your little strength, you can defeat me?"

Its huge golden eyes looked down at Mo Yuan.

From its perspective, the human standing before it was incredibly small.

Mo Yuan was only about two meters tall and the aura he revealed was merely that of an Origin Soul Realm cultivator.

There was no reason for it to take him seriously.

Mo Yuan smiled and he did not answer.

Instead, his hand moved toward his side and his saber appeared in his hand.

At the same time, his Blood Saber Intent erupted and a terrifying killing aura spread through the forest.

Mo Yuan’s hair and eyes instantly turned crimson red, while a layer of blood-red energy wrapped around his saber.

His entire aura changed in an instant.

The Golden Mouse, which had been standing nearby, immediately froze.

It stared at Mo Yuan in shock.

’Senior became serious!’

Without wasting another second, the Golden Mouse turned around and ran.

It knew very well that staying between these two monsters was no different from courting death.

’With my strength, even one attack from them would be enough to send me to the heavens!’

The Golden Mouse ran as far away as possible.

The Flame Overlord, however, remained where it was.

It was not frightened by Mo Yuan’s sudden change.

Instead, it smiled.

"Interesting."

It looked down at Mo Yuan.

"Let’s see what you can do, little human."

It still did not move and simply stood there and waited for Mo Yuan’s attack.

However, Mo Yuan could clearly see a change in the ape’s body.

Its enormous muscles suddenly became tense.

A strange layer of energy appeared over its entire body, covering its dark red fur like an invisible armor.

Mo Yuan’s eyes narrowed.

’So this is the Indestructible Frame Talent.’

He could feel that the Flame Overlord had strengthened its entire body.

It was clearly preparing to take his attack head-on.

Mo Yuan took a deep breath.

He stopped holding back.

All of his Strength Talent’s power erupted at once.

His muscles swelled and a terrifying force surged through his body.

His current basic strength was around 3.2 million jin.

With his Ultimate Grade Strength Talent, Boundless Saber Art, Blood Saber Intent and Primordial Qi amplification, his maximum strength could reach approximately 2.5344 billion jin.

It was an enormous amount of power and Mo Yuan did not believe that the Flame Overlord could block it.

He activated his Speed Talent.

His body leaned slightly forward.

The Flame Overlord continued looking at him with an amused expression.

It was still taking him lightly.

Mo Yuan’s eyes became cold.

"Boundless Saber Art."

Boom!

A terrifying sonic boom exploded through the forest.

Mo Yuan disappeared from his original position.

His base speed was already around 18 Mach.

With his Ultimate Grade Speed Talent’s twenty-times amplification, his speed could reach nearly 360 Mach.

It was an absurd speed.

Even Peak Realm beasts would have difficulty reacting to such movement.

The Flame Overlord’s eyes were still fixed on the place where Mo Yuan had been standing.

At first, it did not feel anything.

Then...

Boom!

The sonic boom finally reached its ears.

The Flame Overlord’s expression changed.

Before it could even understand what had happened, a red figure suddenly appeared above its head.

Mo Yuan’s saber was already descending.

The blood-red blade flashed.

The Flame Overlord barely had enough time to react.

"Too fast!"

Puff!

A terrifying red streak passed through its shoulder and the enormous shoulder was sliced open.

Blood sprayed into the air as a huge piece of flesh fell from its body.

The Flame Overlord’s eyes widened in disbelief.

It had never expected that the tiny human it had completely ignored could injure it so easily.

Boom!

Mo Yuan’s saber continued downward and struck the ground.

The earth exploded.

A massive shockwave spread in every direction, destroying trees and sending dirt and rocks flying into the air.

The entire forest shook violently.

It was as if a huge earthquake had suddenly appeared.

The Golden Mouse, which had been running for its life, suddenly stopped.

It turned around and stared at the scene behind it.

Its tiny mouth slowly opened.

Its reaction was even more exaggerated than the Flame Overlord’s.

It had seen Mo Yuan disappear.

Then, in the next instant, Mo Yuan had appeared above the ape and the ape’s enormous shoulder had been sliced apart.

The ground beneath them had exploded from the force of the attack and the entire forest was shaking.

The Golden Mouse’s tiny body trembled.

’What kind of monster did I bring here?!’

It had originally thought that Mo Yuan was going to be killed by the Flame Overlord but now, the situation was completely different.

The human it had thought was only an Origin Soul Realm cultivator had just cut through the body of a Peak Realm beast in a single attack.

Mo Yuan landed on the ground and slowly straightened his body.

Behind him, Flame Overlord was no longer the same.

One of its shoulders had been completely cut off. Its massive arm lay on the ground and fresh blood continued to flow from the wound. Yet strangely, the 200-meter-tall ape did not roar in anger or attack Mo Yuan again.

Instead, it looked at the missing arm with horror in its eyes.

Then it looked back at Mo Yuan.

There was no anger in its eyes anymore.

Only fear.

Flame Overlord looked at Mo Yuan with a respectful expression and said, while completely ignoring the bleeding wound, "You let me live. There must be a reason for it."

The Golden Mouse also returned at this moment and quickly hid beside Mo Yuan.

It looked at Flame Overlord’s missing arm, then at Mo Yuan and its tiny body trembled.

’What a monster!’

’Which one of us is actually the beast?’

Mo Yuan heard Flame Overlord’s words and smiled.

He nodded.

"Yes. I do have something I want to ask you about."

Mo Yuan looked at the enormous ape.

"I want to know about that bull. What exactly is its origin?"

Flame Overlord’s expression became serious but before it could answer, Mo Yuan continued.

"And I also want all the Earth Heart Nectar you have."

Flame Overlord’s expression froze.

’All of it?’

It had spent countless years collecting that Earth Heart Nectar and this human wanted everything in one sentence.

However, after looking at its missing arm, Flame Overlord wisely chose not to complain.

Mo Yuan had originally considered killing Flame Overlord and taking everything by force. It would have been simple but he was curious about the Shadow Bull.

The bull was clearly extremely strange. It had enough strength to kill many Peak Realm beasts, yet it rarely left its territory. Even Flame Overlord had traded with it before.

That meant Flame Overlord must know something about its origin.

As for whether the ape lived or died, Mo Yuan did not really care.

He was going to take the Earth Heart Nectar anyway.

Although it was not very useful to him, Earth Heart Nectar could improve a person’s talent. He could give it to Mo Ran and help improve her cultivation talent.

Mo Yuan had not truly considered Mo Ran his sister when he first arrived in this world.

After all, he had his own memories from Earth, while this body had belonged to someone else but after living with her for so long, things had slowly changed.

He had adapted to this body.

And he genuinely cared about her now.

In this life, Mo Ran was the only family he had left.

Naturally, he could not simply ignore her.

If there were treasures that could improve her talent, he would find them.

Hearing that Mo Yuan wanted to know about the bull, Flame Overlord became even more serious.

"There isn’t much information about that bull."

It paused for a moment before continuing.

"All I know is..."