Chapter 650
Chapter 650: The 21st Checkpoint
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
After 6 p . m . , Lin Huang had finally broken through the 20th checkpoint and arrived at the 21st checkpoint . He had primarily managed to break through each checkpoint within ten minutes for first to the ninth checkpoints . However, he and the Mighty Ape took more than 15 minutes to get through each checkpoint since the 10th one; some even took more than 20 minutes to break through, especially the 20th checkpoint that they had just passed . For that particular one, they needed half an hour to break through it .
From the 21st checkpoint onwards, there were finally branches on the Stairway Tree . Lin Huang looked up at the branches that extended up to the sky . All of them surpassed his field of vision . They were like pillars that disappeared into the sky . It felt like they were scaling a massive wall when they were climbing on the trunk earlier . In no way did they think that they were climbing a tree . When he saw the branches, he finally realized that they were not climbing a tree, but an ancient, gigantic tree . He finally had a sense of the proportion of the Stairway Tree .
"Yao Lan said that places above the 21st checkpoint with leaves are safe . There's an isolation bubble on the last leaf of each branch . Those are the refuge spots for humans . The Life Power in the isolation space can accelerate our recovery, and we won't be attacked by monsters when we're there . It even isolates humans from attacking us . Even an imperial-level human can't break through it . "
Although Lin Huang did not see leaves anywhere, he knew that the place must be the gathering point for humans . Below the 30th checkpoint, only the 21st checkpoint had branches . It was the first formal gathering point for humans on the Stairway Tree, and it was also the most crowded point . As soon as he arrived at the checkpoint, Lin Huang did not plan to climb further up . It was late, and the parasitic monsters on the tree would be out hunting for food when the sky turned dark . He would be digging his own grave if he were to climb the tree at night . Moreover, he wanted to see how the human gathering point looked like .
Lin Huang then instructed the Mighty Ape to head to the branch that was nearest to him . Riding on the Mighty Ape, they soon arrived at that branch, and the ape leaped onto the branch . The Mighty Ape's appearance caught many people's attention . Many of them were afraid as they thought it was a local monster from the Stairway Tree while some of them noticed a person sitting on its shoulder and realized that it was a summoning monster .
Lin Huang jumped onto the branch and just when he was ready to recall Mighty Ape, a young man in white shirt walked towards him . The man was an immortal-level rank-1 .
"Name me a price for the giant ape . " The man in the white shirt was apparently from a wealthy family as he sounded obnoxious .
"You want to buy it?" Lin Huang thought that was a ridiculous idea . Then he looked at the Mighty Ape . "It depends if he wants to go with you . "
The Mighty Ape shook its head immediately and glared furiously at the man . It did not want to leave Lin Huang as he had made it into a triple mutated monster as well as obtaining the Mighty Ape's bloodline which gave it the possibility to level up to a quadruple mutation . It was natural that it did not want to leave its master . Even without all those advantages, a Monster Card would usually have 100% loyalty towards its master (except for special conditions) .
"Did you see that? It doesn't want to go with you . " Lin Huang turned around and smiled at the man .
"10 million Life Crystals . " The man did not give up and named his price .
10 million Life Crystals was a high offer . Although an immortal-level triple mutated monster was rare, the market value of an immortal-level rank-3 monster would usually cost around 5 million . Even a monster with ancient monster blood would require, at most, 8 million . It would not exceed 9 million if it were sold at an auction . Since the man offered 10 million, it was clear that he knew the market value .
All of the people watching discussed among each other when they heard the offer . Many of them knew the man in the white shirt and his background, so they knew he could afford the ridiculous price that he offered .
"Take a good rest, Herculean King," Lin Huang ignored the man and said to the Mighty Ape, "We shall continue tomorrow . "
He then recalled the Mighty Ape into its card form .
"12 million!" The man in the white shirt insisted .
"Not selling . " Lin Huang glared at him and left without bothering to talk to him .
The onlookers buzzed with conversation .
"The guy is stupid to not sell it for 12 million . He'll be lucky enough if that triple mutated ape can be sold for 9 million at auctions . "
"The guy is an Imperial Censor . Perhaps he has feelings for his pet . "
"What can feelings do? Can that compare to money? That's 12 million Life Crystals! He could get a pretty impressive ancient relic with that money . "
"15 million!" The man in the white shirt teleported and blocked Lin Huang's way, glaring deadly at him .
"You must know that 15 million is enough to purchase an immortal-level rank-9 triple mutated ancient blood monster . Your ape is just an immortal-level rank-2 . If you miss this opportunity now, I won't offer such a price anymore . "
"I've told you that I'm not selling!" Lin Huang stared into the man's eyes . He lost his patience with the man's stubbornness .
"Is it so hard to understand?"
"How dare you talk to me like that? You're only a blue flame-level . Do you want to die?" The man became mad . On the one hand, he was repeatedly rejected by Lin Huang while on the other hand, he did not like Lin Huang's tone .
"You can try and see who'll die first . " Lin Huang grinned as he did not mind sending the man to the beginning point of the Stairway Tree as he would obtain half of the man's accumulated points .
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