Apocalypse: My Tattoos are Ten Yama Kings-Chapter 274 - 268: Iron Back Mountain, Iron-Back Daoist
Besides trusting Lin Yuan, Liuyu Heaven has no other choice.
Suddenly, a thought popped into Liuyu Heaven’s mind.
Why should he wait until Lin Yuan successfully hunts ten Tier Four evil spirits, and then have Lin Yuan let him go?
If he remembers correctly, Lin Yuan should have only recently broken through to Tier Four.
No matter how talented he is, his strength should be limited.
There is a qualitative leap between Tier Four and Tier Three.
Tier Three represents the top power in this world, able to establish schools and be called the Daoist Ancestor.
Therefore, in this Mysterious World, there is no shortage of Tier Four experts who have broken through tens or even hundreds of years ago.
Some old monsters have been stuck at Tier Four for hundreds or even thousands of years.
Liuyu Heaven doesn’t believe Lin Yuan can compete with these old monsters.
He just needs to pick a strong one among the Tier Four and bring Lin Yuan to challenge him.
If Lin Yuan dies, he can immediately claim the title of World Honored, and naturally regain his freedom.
Seeing Liuyu Heaven fall silent, Lin Yuan asked, "What are you thinking?"
With a plan formed in his mind, Liuyu Heaven quickly replied, "I’m thinking about which Tier Four experts are nearby."
The number of Tier Four experts in the Mysterious World isn’t very high, but they certainly exist.
After some careful consideration, Liuyu Heaven had already selected a suitable candidate.
"Three thousand six hundred miles east, there is a mountain called Iron Back Mountain."
"On this mountain, there is a Daoist temple, with a master named the Iron-Back Daoist. His strength is not very strong among Tier Four; I think you can handle him!" Liuyu Heaven told Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan: "????"
Not very strong?
Can handle him?
Lin Yuan looked at Liuyu Heaven skeptically, not believing he was being so considerate.
Not only did he guide Lin Yuan to find Tier Four evil spirits, he even recommended one that’s supposedly easy to handle?
Logically, Liuyu Heaven should be eager for Lin Yuan to die as soon as possible.
Liuyu Heaven was now desperate to kill Lin Yuan, and fearing Lin Yuan’s suspicion, he quickly swore while pointing to the sky: "I, Liuyu Heaven, swear by the name of World Honored that this Iron-Back Daoist has only been at Tier Four for ten years, and is definitely not strong among Tier Four."
"If I speak a single false word, may I be struck by lightning and die under the Five Thunders."
Swearing by World Honored?
Hearing Liuyu Heaven swear by World Honored, Lin Yuan thought, "Could what Liuyu Heaven said be true?"
After all, World Honored is Liuyu Heaven’s belief. If he was lying, he wouldn’t swear by World Honored.
If this Iron-Back Daoist has only broken through for ten years, he’s indeed not strong.
It’s important to know this is a Mysterious World, inhabited by demon fiends, ghosts, and entities.
These demon fiends, ghosts, and entities typically have lifespans lasting hundreds to thousands of years. Ten years is nothing to them.
Indeed, Liuyu Heaven’s words were true.
Liuyu Heaven carefully schemed to trap Lin Yuan.
He spoke truthfully, but only half of it.
The Iron-Back Daoist has indeed only been Tier Four for ten years, and his combat power isn’t strong among Tier Four.
However, his methods are extremely bizarre.
Because he uses poison.
This Iron-Back Daoist is an evolved iron-back centipede, expert in using poison.
A Tier Four poison demon’s toxins aren’t ordinary.
If one isn’t careful, even Tier Four Peak experts can be caught.
As a faithful follower of World Honored, Liuyu Heaven knows the dreadfulness of this poison demon.
It’s said, a poison demon with a scorpion body once breached World Honored’s defenses, stinging a large bump on World Honored’s hand.
Liuyu Heaven figured that since both Lin Yuan and the Iron-Back Daoist had recently broken through to Tier Four, the Iron-Back Daoist should be able to poison Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan wasn’t familiar with the Mysterious World, and now, has no choice but to trust Liuyu Heaven.
However, out of caution, Lin Yuan warned Liuyu Heaven, "If you dare to trap me, I will kill you before I die."
Liuyu Heaven was indifferent to Lin Yuan’s threats.
After all, in combat at the same level, it’s hard to be distracted; distraction could lead to injury or defeat.
When Lin Yuan fights the Iron-Back Daoist, he won’t have the luxury of worrying about Liuyu Heaven.
"The Iron-Back Daoist is already among the weakest of Tier Four. If you can’t deal with him at all, I suggest you return to your world early!"
"With your strength, ruling and domineering in your world wouldn’t be better than coming to this world to find death!" In his words, Liuyu Heaven used a form of provocation against Lin Yuan.
Such a simple provocation was easy for Lin Yuan to spot.
Actually, as long as Liuyu Heaven guides Lin Yuan to a Tier Four evil spirit, Lin Yuan is not afraid.
His strength, if encountering particularly strong Tier Four evil spirits, even if he can’t defeat them, he should be able to escape.
What he’s truly afraid of is Liuyu Heaven’s tricks, fearing he’ll be led to a Tier Three evil spirit.
Facing a Tier Three evil spirit, Lin Yuan might not even manage to escape.
In that scenario, it would be truly a heaven with no way, and earth with no door.
However, on second thought, Lin Yuan figured this possibility wasn’t high.
Liuyu Heaven’s peak strength is Tier Five.
There’s a gulf between Tier Four and Tier Five.
And even more so for Tier Three.
Tier Three, in the Mysterious World, is a leader of its forces.
In terms of status, though not quite equal to World Honored, they are only slightly below.
Liuyu Heaven is merely a dog of World Honored; he has no contact with Tier Three experts.
Knowing the whereabouts of Tier Four experts is already considerable.
To put it simply, Liuyu Heaven meets Tier Four experts with flattery, flattering them a little.
The Tier Three experts, he simply can’t meet, only occasionally hears about them.
Lin Yuan ceased further thoughts and proceeded in the general direction provided by Liuyu Heaven, using Yellow Springs Road, heading towards Iron Back Mountain.
His decision to hunt evil spirits in the Mysterious World was already a highly risky endeavor.
Since he’s already here, there’s no need to be hesitant, fearing wolves in the front and tigers in the back.
Utilizing the Yellow Springs Road Tattoo ability, the ’No Distance’ rule manifested, Lin Yuan crossed the 3600-mile distance, arriving near Iron Back Mountain.
Around him was an endlessly sprawling forest.
Lin Yuan jumped up and stood on the tallest peak, scanning his surroundings.
Iron Back Mountain should be nearby.
Standing high gives a far view, and Lin Yuan quickly set sights on a mountain that wasn’t too tall.
This mountain, though not high, was extremely peculiar.
The surrounding peaks were lush and green, covered with various trees. Occasionally, some weaker bird-like demon fiends would take flight.
Except for that mountain, which was barren, nothing but rocks.
Faintly, it seemed there were wisps of smoke rising from the peak.
The birds and demon fiends in the mountains distanced themselves from this mountain during flight.
Without a doubt, this is a poison mountain!
Lin Yuan looked at the distant Iron Back Mountain, asking Liuyu Heaven, "That Iron-Back Daoist is an evolved poison insect, right?"
"A centipede?"
"Correct!"
"It’s an iron-back centipede!"
"What, are you scared? If afraid, you should return to your world!" Liuyu Heaven replied.
Lin Yuan glanced at Liuyu Heaven and said, "Don’t use such clumsy provocations repetitively!"
With those words, Lin Yuan strode towards Iron Back Mountain.
