Super Combat Soldier

Chapter 1971 - 1969: The Stele Forged from Golden Rock

Medicine King Valley!On the southern side of the Barbaric Forbidden Land’s East Continent!

Ye Tianchen and the others didn’t know what kind of place it was; they only heard that waiter say this was the easiest place to find Spiritual Medicine Divine Grass, and also an extremely deadly land. Even experts of the Saint Realm entering Medicine King Valley would never come out!

The Flying Little Leopard and the youth of the Black Sky Cat Clan had originally thought that waiter was definitely just trying to scare them, but Ye Tianchen told them that the waiter probably wasn’t lying; the danger of Medicine King Valley was likely beyond their imagination.

A single stele, which from afar looked like a pillar holding up the sky, rooted beneath the earth and soaring above the heavens, yet no one knew how tall it was or how deep it sank into the ground. All they knew was that there were three large blood-red characters on it, as if written with fresh blood.

"Medicine King Valley... we’ve finally found it. Let’s go..." Ye Tianchen frowned slightly as he spoke.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh...

Several figures flew toward that stele towering into the heavens. Ye Tianchen was filled with anticipation, but also extreme caution. A place like Medicine King Valley definitely wouldn’t be simple; the dangers hidden within were unimaginable. With the slightest carelessness, the outcome would be complete obliteration, body and soul.

At the stele, several figures were standing; it was Ye Tianchen and the others. They were all standing before this stele at the entrance to Medicine King Valley, looking up together from the base. When they saw those three blood-red characters, Ye Tianchen couldn’t help but frown. He felt something strange, as if he had sensed some kind of presence.

"Heavens, who knows how massive this stele is, how tall—it seems to pierce into the sky. Who put it here?" the Flying Little Leopard exclaimed.

"This stele seems to be forged from some kind of Divine Material; it’s definitely not ordinary stone!" the youth of the Black Sky Cat Clan also said with a frown.

"No, I feel that the three characters on this stele are a bit strange..." the burly man of the Divine Power Pangolin Clan stared fixedly at those three characters "Medicine King Valley" as he spoke.

"Yeah, they look like three characters written with fresh blood..." the young girl of the Immortal Deer Descendants nodded as she spoke.

Ye Tianchen’s heart jolted, as if he had thought of something, then he said, "They’re not just like three characters written in blood—they really were written with fresh blood!"

"What? Actually written with fresh blood? That... can’t be, right? Just judging by this stele’s length, width, and size, this... at least ten people’s worth of blood combined would be needed to write these three characters, no?" the youth of the Black Sky Cat Clan asked in shock.

It was indeed so, and this was what shocked Ye Tianchen the most. From this stele being ten meters wide and who-knows-how-long, to form these three characters "Medicine King Valley" would definitely not be simple. Calculating with the amount of blood in one person’s entire body, there was absolutely no way to write such three characters; at least ten people—ten people’s blood—to write "Medicine King Valley"? What was going on? And who had written these three characters?

"Not necessarily. Maybe it was written with the blood of some enormous Demon Beast. Even if these three characters were written in blood, after so many ages, there’s no way to know whether it was the blood of the Human Clan or the Demon Clan!" the burly man of the Divine Power Pangolin Clan said.

"What I can be sure of is that these three characters were definitely written with fresh blood. But whether it was the blood of the Human Clan, the Demon Clan, or some Ancient Alien Race being, that we can’t know. Moreover, when someone wrote with this blood, they let it seep into the material of the stele itself, which is why this scene exists. But who exactly was the person who wrote these three characters?" Ye Tianchen said, frowning.

"So powerful? Then I’ll go touch it..." With a flash, the Flying Little Leopard shot upward.

"Don’t touch it..." Ye Tianchen was startled and hurried to stop the Flying Little Leopard, but he was too late!

Bang!

The Flying Little Leopard was blasted away, turning into a falling meteor, flung heavily into the distance, smashing a great mountain to pieces. At the same time, Ye Tianchen and the others felt the surroundings begin to tremble, and a series of Runes manifested on the stele. Those three characters "Medicine King Valley" seemed to have come back to life, continuously flickering with blood-red light, while a dense killing intent spread out.

"You all go hide for now and check how the Flying Little Leopard is. I’ll calm this stele’s fury!" Ye Tianchen immediately said to the three Demon Beasts, including the youth of the Black Sky Cat Clan.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

The youth of the Black Sky Cat Clan, the burly man of the Divine Power Pangolin Clan, and the girl of the Immortal Deer Descendant Clan were all startled. They knew something had gone wrong. This stele looked as if it had come back to life, dense waves of killing intent seeping out, making the whole stretch of land tremble.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

Standing in front of the stele, Ye Tianchen watched as a string of runes manifested on its surface, even making him feel shocked. He had already seen that this stele was covered in runes, extremely unusual. This kind of thing could not be touched lightly. Who knew that this good‑for‑nothing Flying Little Leopard didn’t understand a thing, had no idea how dangerous it was, and wanted to fly up to take a look at those three blood‑red characters "Medicine King Valley." The idiot put one hand on it and was blasted away at terrifying speed. The strange change had come just as fast, catching Ye Tianchen and the others off guard.

Watching the bizarre runes continuously manifesting on the stele, Ye Tianchen couldn’t help but frown, thinking to himself: If only those two troublemakers, the God Beating Bowl and Little Zhu Yan, were here. They would definitely be able to unravel these runes and calm down the "anger" of this stele.

"Forget it. Even though my rune attainments aren’t deep, after following those two bastards Little Zhu Yan and the God Beating Bowl, I’ve improved quite a bit. I’ll try it first. If it really doesn’t work, then I can only smash it head‑on!" Ye Tianchen muttered to himself.

Whoosh! Whoosh... Following his own understanding of runes, Ye Tianchen judged from the rune power manifesting on the stele that this definitely was a rune that could not be touched lightly. As long as someone touched this stele, the runes on it would immediately manifest, as if they had been triggered and activated. In that situation, the one who touched it would be in danger on the spot, and the danger would not easily stop.

Ye Tianchen activated two runes and injected them into the stele. However, the stele still kept trembling, as if it simply couldn’t stop. A powerful killing intent surged out from within the stele and, in an instant, seemed about to hack Ye Tianchen to pieces.

"Doesn’t work? Then there’s no helping it. I’ll just smash this stele to pieces!" Ye Tianchen clenched his fists tightly, a surge of fist force flickering over his knuckles.

Rumble!

But just as Ye Tianchen was about to take the stele head‑on and shatter it in one go, the massive stele shuddered a few times and actually slowly calmed down. Ye Tianchen couldn’t help but let out a breath of relief. It wasn’t that he feared how strong the stele’s killing power was; he just felt that causing such a huge commotion right at the entrance of Medicine King Valley might draw unnecessary trouble. The urgent matter now was to find Spiritual Medicine Divine Grass and save Tian Boguang’s life. Ye Tianchen didn’t want anything else wasting his time. Saving his brother’s life had to come first!

"Didn’t expect those two bastards’ rune attainments to be that profound. I merely followed what they’d said before and used two runes to stabilize the rune power originally on the stele, and it actually worked. Looks like I’ll have to give those two brats a good beating later and properly learn Rune Arrays from them!" Ye Tianchen thought to himself.

At this time, the youth of the Black Sky Cat Clan, the burly man of the Divine Power Pangolin Clan, and the girl of the Immortal Deer Descendant Clan had all flown back, of course bringing the Flying Little Leopard with them. The Flying Little Leopard was covered in blood, but fortunately it wasn’t anything serious—just bodily injuries. Wailing incessantly, it said:

"Damn it, this stele is way too freaky. I just touched it and almost got shocked to death!"

"Can’t you behave for a bit? The Barbaric Forbidden Land is dangerous everywhere. Don’t act rashly!" Ye Tianchen said irritably.

"Boss, how was I supposed to know it was this dangerous? If I’d known, I wouldn’t have touched it even if you beat me to death. Isn’t it just a stele?" the Flying Little Leopard asked, feeling rather disgruntled.

"This is not some simple stele. The material of this stele seems to be Golden Rock, a kind of powerful inheritance stone specially used to build houses. And there are many Rune Arrays on this stele. Fortunately, you only touched it and got blasted away. If you’d been hit by that rune power, you’d probably be dead already!" the burly man of the Divine Power Pangolin Clan said, shaking his head.

"Golden Rock? What’s that?" Ye Tianchen asked.

"Boss, so there’s actually something you don’t know? Heh heh, Golden Rock is an extremely Jian Gu kind of stone material. In the Martial Arts World, nothing can withstand the erosion of time, yet there’s one kind of stone that can—and that’s Golden Rock. It’s incredibly Jian Gu and durable and won’t weather for a very long time. Its greatest use is that carving Array Formation Runes on it is extremely easy, and it can also bring out the maximum power of those Array Formation Runes. It’s a stone that every inherited cultivation territory will definitely use in its construction!" the Flying Little Leopard said with a sly chuckle.

"Since you knew that, how did you still get blasted away? That’s all the discernment you’ve got?" Ye Tianchen asked sourly.

"Ah, I—I just got careless for a moment. Actually, I’d already seen through it long ago!" the Flying Little Leopard answered with an embarrassed grin.

Ye Tianchen shook his head, then said, "You all wait out here. Be careful. I’ll go into Medicine King Valley and take a look..." (To be continued. If you like this work, you’re welcome to go to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)