Chapter 377: Supreme Weapon?

"This compass?"

Lin Yuan's expression flickered with a trace of surprise.

Within the Two-Dimensional World, any extraordinary power would undergo dimensional reduction, leaving behind only the purest Physical Body.

However, this bronze compass gave Lin Yuan a certain feeling of a mysterious aura.

This subtle implication of transcending the suppression of the Two-Dimensional World made Lin Yuan feel slightly solemn in his heart.

You must know that up until now, no level of life or treasure could resist the dimensional reduction suppression.

Except for——

The Ultimate Existence.

"How to use it?"

Lin Yuan keenly discovered the blood remaining on the bronze compass.

"Is it used with blood?"

Lin Yuan guessed inwardly.

"I will study it slowly after going back."

Lin Yuan put away the bronze compass and checked the bodies of the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits several times over. Confirming there were no omissions, he left with their important organ parts.

To claim the bounty for the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits, one had to prove that they had indeed killed the targets.

And the proof here was generally based on the target's important organ parts as credentials.

Although Lin Yuan had gained a lot from the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits, he had not forgotten the wizard crystals on their bounties.

This was practically given for free, so naturally, it could not be wasted.

Dongyuan City.

Blood Rain Tavern.

The humpbacked old man was dozing off. As a Witch Emperor-level Expert from the capital of the Blood Rain Ancient Kingdom, in order to avoid being roped in by numerous forces, he deliberately served as the master of the Blood Rain Tavern in Dongyuan City.

Although Dongyuan City was a large city, it was far away from the capital and far from the gathering places of various factions.

Without so many troublesome matters here, the humpbacked old man intended to spend his remaining years in this place.

He was already very old, his Qi and blood were in decline, and he was no longer suited to compete with those Witch Emperors in their prime.

"As the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits have fled to the surrounding areas, a large number of Experts from the Ancient Kingdom have faintly gathered here."

The humpbacked old man shook his head slightly, feeling rather helpless in his heart.

The bounty for the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits alone reached sixty million wizard crystals.

Coupled with their original wealth and years of accumulation,

even Peak Witch Emperor-level Experts would find them extremely tempting.

However, Peak Witch Emperors were few and far between after all. Most of those who came to hunt down the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits were squads composed of numerous Experts.

"Hmm?"

"That young man is here again?"

The humpbacked old man shifted his gaze and saw Lin Yuan walking into the tavern once more.

The humpbacked old man had a deep impression of Lin Yuan.

First was that Lin Yuan dared to take on the bounty of the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits alone.

Second was that Lin Yuan was not any Expert the humpbacked old man knew.

Third was that the time since Lin Yuan left was simply too short—less than a day.

Inside a private compartment of the tavern.

Lin Yuan sat opposite the humpbacked old man.

"How is it? Do you intend to give up the bounty mission?" The humpbacked old man did not have any mocking tone in his voice.

The Yunshan Eighteen Bandits were powerful with countless trump cards. Even in his Peak period, he wouldn't have been confident in taking them down, let alone Lin Yuan, who looked extremely young.

The humpbacked old man speculated that Lin Yuan should be a descendant of some big Family out for experience?

On a whim, he wanted to take the bounty of the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits, but after a day of running around, he found that he couldn't even find the traces of the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits.

That was why he returned to the tavern intending to give up the mission.

"No, I am here to claim the bounty."

Lin Yuan said.

"Claim the bounty?"

The humpbacked old man looked at Lin Yuan, failing to react for a moment.

Claim the bounty of the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits?

"These are their skulls."

Lin Yuan opened the bundle he was carrying, and eighteen skulls rolled out from inside.

As for the "credentials" to prove the killing of the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits, ordinary organ parts would not do.

It had to be fatal organ parts like skulls to be recognized by the Blood Rain Tavern.

Before accepting the bounty, Lin Yuan had naturally figured everything out long ago and would not cause any objections at this time.

As for how to determine that these skulls came from the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits, the Blood Rain Tavern naturally had special methods for verification.

"Skulls?"

The humpbacked old man's expression turned solemn.

Although at this moment he was not sure whether these eighteen skulls belonged to the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits.

But with his discernment, he directly concluded that these eighteen skulls came from Experts close to the Witch Emperor level.

Witch Kings, Witch Emperors, and even Witch Emperors had great differences in the degree of Physical Body refinement, which thereby affected the hardness and texture of the bones.

Anyone with a little experience could see this aspect.

"Please wait a moment."

The humpbacked old man's tone changed immediately.

He quickly called his subordinates to take these eighteen skulls out.

A moment later.

The humpbacked old man walked quickly into the compartment and said in a slightly respectful tone, "My Lord, the skulls have been verified as belonging to the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits."

"Mn." Lin Yuan nodded.

This Blood Rain Tavern indeed had a decent reputation.

Lin Yuan chose to take the bounty at the Blood Rain Tavern entirely because of the other party's "lenience."

Anyone could post and accept bounty missions in the Blood Rain Tavern without needing to state their identity.

Although the Blood Rain Tavern came from the Blood Rain Ancient Kingdom, in reality, over the long years, the Blood Rain Tavern had long since become independent, facing all Witch-level or above Experts of the Twelve Ancient Kingdoms.

"This is Blood Rain tea, which only members of the Blood Rain Ancient Kingdom royal Family can enjoy." The humpbacked old man waved his hand, and someone immediately brought over a cup of tea.

The color of the tea water was blood-red. Lin Yuan had originally not intended to drink it, but he glanced at it casually and found that a mysterious aura was faintly flowing within the tea water.

"This tea?"

Lin Yuan's glabella twitched.

The mysterious fluctuation inside the tea water gave him a feeling similar to the bronze compass, but it was far less rich and mysterious than the bronze compass.

If he hadn't just seen the bronze compass, Lin Yuan estimated he would only have thought this tea water was rather special, without thinking in the direction of breaking free from the dimensional reduction suppression of the Two-Dimensional World.

"I will take it back to drink."

Lin Yuan put away the tea water along with the cup and placed it inside the bundle.

Seeing this, the humpbacked old man was slightly stunned, but he didn't dare to say much.

Since Lin Yuan could so easily kill the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits, even if he wasn't a Witch Emperor-level Expert, he probably wasn't far off. Even in the capital where Experts were as dense as a forest, he could shake a region.

"Blood Rain tea comes from the blood rain tea tree, and the blood rain tea tree is the Legacy item of the Blood Rain Ancient Kingdom, existing since the founding of the Blood Rain Ancient Kingdom."

"Blood Rain tea can slowly improve Physique, and drinking it for a long time is also beneficial to Cultivate."

Thinking that Lin Yuan was interested in Blood Rain tea, the humpbacked old man immediately began to introduce it.

"blood rain tea tree?"

Lin Yuan remembered this name. Even its "tea leaves" contained a mysterious aura, so the blood rain tea tree as the source was probably similar to the bronze compass, being a "rare object" that could shake off the dimensional reduction suppression of the Two-Dimensional World.

"This is the sixty million wizard crystal bounty."

The humpbacked old man immediately took out a wizard crystal note from the Twelve Kingdoms Bank, which could be "universally used."

"We are even." Lin Yuan nodded and put away the wizard crystal note.

"My Lord, are you interested in joining our Blood Rain Tavern? With your strength, as long as you join, you will become a Class-A member of the tavern, enjoying not only the priority right to accept bounties but also higher commission bonuses."

The humpbacked old man said immediately.

The Blood Rain Tavern could post any bounty and take a commission from the bounty during the process to maintain the tavern's daily consumption.

For example, the bounty for the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits was as high as sixty million, and in reality, the Blood Rain Tavern had taken away at least twenty million wizard crystals.

That is to say, if he joined the Blood Rain Tavern, Lin Yuan would have obtained an eighty million wizard crystal bounty.

"I will consider it." Lin Yuan had no intention of joining the tavern, but he didn't directly refuse either.

The humpbacked old man stood up to send Lin Yuan off.

Until Lin Yuan's figure disappeared did he return and sit down once more.

Just at this moment.

Beside the humpbacked old man, a man with gray hair and beard appeared.

"Master." The gray-haired man said in an amazed tone, "The bounty for the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits has been claimed?"

"Yes." The humpbacked old man nodded.

"Who on earth killed them?"

The gray-haired man was somewhat curious.

The Yunshan Eighteen Bandits were cautious and cunning. In the past, it wasn't as if Witch Emperor-level Experts hadn't made a move, but often before the Witch Emperor-level Experts arrived, the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits had already fled far away.

In the eyes of the outside world, the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits possessed a nearly terrifying intuition, often able to choose the most correct path of survival and leave before danger descended.

"Unclear." The humpbacked old man shook his head.

"Unclear?" The gray-haired man was even more surprised.

Such an Expert, yet even the knowledgeable humpbacked old man didn't know?

"The world is so big, isn't it normal that I don't know?" The humpbacked old man glanced at the gray-haired man, pondered for a moment, and then continued, "I guess it should be an Expert from outside the Blood Rain Ancient Kingdom."

Within the Blood Rain Ancient Kingdom, the humpbacked old man considered himself quite familiar, but he knew nothing about Lin Yuan. The only possibility was that he came from outside the Blood Rain Ancient Kingdom.

The bounties of the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits can be accepted not only by the Experts of the Blood Rain Ancient Kingdom, but also by the Experts of other Ancient Countries, making the target scope extremely wide.

"Alright."

"This matter ends here."

"Do not mention that expert anymore."

The hunchbacked old man stood up and said, "In addition, cancel the bounty on the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits."

Since the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits were already dead, there was no need for the bounty to exist anymore.

"Yes."

The gray-haired man was startled in his heart and immediately said respectfully.

Several days later.

Deep within the primitive dense forest.

The valley where the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits once stayed.

More than a dozen figures were appearing here.

"According to the intelligence, the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits should have stayed here briefly," one of the sharp-eyed men said in a low voice.

They were all bounty hunters wandering among the Twelve Ancient Kingdoms, specializing in hunting targets with generous bounties.

Recently, they had set their sights on the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits. After all, the sixty-million bounty, coupled with the fact that these eighteen bandits plundered a treasury of Prince Zhenbei.

Such a huge fortune was already enough to attract their pursuit.

"A battle took place here."

At this moment, a chubby man nearby observed carefully for a moment and suddenly spoke.

"A battle?"

The rest of the crowd was slightly stunned.

Could someone have beaten them to it?

"Not a battle."

The chubby man changed his words, "It was a massacre."

As soon as these words were spoken.

Everyone looked at each other, their expressions showing a hint of doubt.

A battle versus a massacre.

Although there was only a one-word difference.

The meanings represented were completely different.

Furthermore.

Exactly who massacred whom?

"The Yunshan Eighteen Bandits should be mostly dead."

The chubby man continued to observe the subtle traces left at the scene, and finally concluded, "One of the eighteen bandits escaped in this direction. As for the other seventeen, they are all dead."

"There should have only been one person who made a move."

The chubby man's tone was calm.

But the cruelty and terror exuded from it almost overflowed.

Scenes of terror emerged in everyone's minds—an expert suddenly appeared outside this valley, and then the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits died one by one. No matter how much they resisted halfway, they could not escape death.

Finally, one of the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits took advantage of the expert massacring the other seventeen bandits and fled in this direction.

The chubby man glanced in that direction and immediately followed.

Not long after.

In front of an ancient tree, the chubby man stopped.

"The one who escaped is also dead," the chubby man said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, the others around suddenly felt a chill rise in their hearts.

Even for them, intending to target the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits as hunting targets, they had never thought of wiping out all eighteen of them in one sweep.

This was unrealistic.

The Yunshan Eighteen Bandits were not fools. When they realized they were no match, they would definitely scatter and flee.

Eighteen people fleeing in all directions—with what could they be wiped out in one sweep?

Moreover, according to the intelligence they obtained, the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits had an astonishing intuition. Experts capable of crushing them would often have their targets escape before even arriving.

"Really dead?"

At this moment, the leading man spoke.

This man's skin was black, standing there like a huge mountain, his gaze cold and calm.

"According to the traces left behind, the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits should all be dead," said the chubby man.

"What is the background of the person who made a move? Can you tell?" the leading man asked next.

"Can't tell."

"The Yunshan Eighteen Bandits died very quickly, without even managing to struggle."

Said the chubby man.

If there was a struggle and a fight, it might be possible to recognize the background of the attacker through the traces of the fight.

But without any struggle, the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits were massacred by that expert, one slap per person—how could one tell the other's background?

At this moment.

A petite figure galloped over.

"The Blood Rain Tavern has withdrawn the bounty on the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits," the petite figure immediately said.

The Blood Rain Tavern had withdrawn the bounty several days ago, but the spread of news had a delay, and the group on the scene only received the news until now.

"It seems the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits are really dead."

The leading man nodded.

The Blood Rain Tavern would only withdraw the bounty after being 100% sure that all the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits were dead.

"What a pity."

"We crossed six or seven Ancient Kingdoms, only to return empty-handed?"

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing whether to feel regret or relief in their hearts.

Although the target was intercepted by other Experts, logically speaking, it was a very annoying matter.

But seeing the traces of that expert massacring the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits, everyone actually felt fortunate that it was intercepted in advance.

Otherwise, wouldn't they have to face that mysterious expert?

The other party massacred the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits so easily; they had no confidence to resist at all.

Compared to the complicated thoughts of the others.

The leading black-skinned man fell into deep thought.

"An expert capable of killing the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits so easily is at least a Witch Emperor."

"Just a Witch Emperor," doubt arose in the black-skinned man's heart, "In the past decade or two, why have Witch Emperor-class Experts become so numerous?"

The black-skinned man traveled through many Ancient Kingdoms and vaguely discovered that in the past twenty years, Witch Emperors, who could not even be born one in hundreds or thousands of years in the past, had actually become 'frequent'?

Especially in the capitals of the Ancient Countries, one Witch Emperor after another, who had never been heard of before, appeared one by one as if they were worthless.

If not for the foundation left behind by the past Witch Ancestors in the Ancient Countries, the current Twelve Ancient Kingdoms would probably have changed long ago.

Luo Chuan Gathering Place.

The deepest Immortal Cave.

Lin Yuan sat cross-legged.

"This operation should be very perfect."

Lin Yuan began to review. From going to the Blood Rain Tavern to accept the bounty to killing the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits, he left no traces that could expose his identity.

The Yunshan Eighteen Bandits had a generous bounty, attracting the eyes of the vast majority of bounty hunters in the Twelve Ancient Kingdoms. When Lin Yuan made a move at this time, he would only be thought to be an expert from the Twelve Ancient Kingdoms.

This scope was huge.

The only omission was that Lin Yuan had once asked Cha Rangu to investigate the traces of the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits.

It was not to say that Cha Rangu would betray.

When Lin Yuan subdued Cha Rangu, he had long left a wisp of blood Qi in his mind.

With a single thought, it could explode. Cha Rangu's life and death were entirely in Lin Yuan's hands, and he dared not betray.

But Cha Rangu's act of investigating the traces of the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits for Lin Yuan was not completely foolproof.

Lin Yuan thought about it again; actually, this could not be considered a hidden danger.

As the overt controller of the Luo Chuan Gathering Place, Cha Rangu learned that the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits were running rampant in the surrounding area.

Showing a little concern and investigating the traces of the eighteen bandits made complete sense.

After pondering repeatedly.

Lin Yuan flipped his right hand.

A teacup appeared in front of him.

The teacup was polished from expensive jade.

Just such a teacup was worth one wizard crystal.

But Lin Yuan's gaze was not on the teacup, but on the blood-red tea inside the teacup.

"Blood Rain Tea?"

Lin Yuan observed carefully.

When he was at the Blood Rain Tavern, Lin Yuan did not dare to drink this cup of tea there, worrying that there might be some tricks inside.

Although this possibility was not high, the Blood Rain Tavern had a well-known reputation. If they secretly pulled petty tricks just because Lin Yuan claimed the bounty of the Yunshan Eighteen Bandits.

How could it have developed to its current scale?

"There is no toxicity."

After repeated testing, Lin Yuan gently took a sip.

The ice-cold tea flowed down his throat and integrated into his limbs and bones.

During this period, Lin Yuan was extremely vigilant. Once any abnormality occurred, he would control his stomach and intestines to isolate all the tea.

"It indeed has a slight beneficial effect on the Physical Body."

Lin Yuan nodded slightly.

It should be because Lin Yuan's Physical Body was too powerful at the moment. If a Witch King-class expert drank this cup of Blood Rain tea, it probably wouldn't just be a slight benefit, but a substantial enhancement of Physique.

"Blood Rain Tea?"

Lin Yuan's thoughts churned, and finally he took out the bronze compass.

"Under the dimensional suppression of the Two-Dimensional World, there is still an obvious mysterious aura circulating."

Lin Yuan's thoughts fluctuated, and he vaguely had a guess in his heart.

No matter how powerful a Tier 11 life was, it was impossible to display any extraordinary power in this Two-Dimensional World.

But this bronze compass did it.

That is to say.

This bronze compass.

Is very likely an ultimate weapon.