Chapter 175: Chapter 162: Refinement of Seven Mountains and Seven Rivers

Ji Liangren had now collected the items dropped by Xiang Tianchen: a [Universal Skill Book] and an [Eco Sword Immortal’s Reclassification Certificate].

Wang Yi checked the Attribute Information of the two items. The former was something he could use himself to exchange for 10,000 Lord Experience points.

The latter required him to unlock it with Chaos Energy. Afterward, Adventurer Players or Indigenous People with a Spirit Root could use it to reclassify as an Eco Sword Immortal.

’Eco Sword Immortal must be a pretty good combat class. Limited to Indigenous People with a Spirit Root?’

Wang Yi quickly put the two items away. He then handed the Mysterious Pendant and the Hydra Helm to Ji Liangren, saying, "Dog Head, take the airship. Bring these two items back and regroup with the main force. Defend the A22 ruins first, and wait for my return!"

Ji Liangren took the two items and scratched his head. "Boss, what’s going on? I’m still a little confused!"

Wang Yi glanced at the Sky Pointer on his wrist and said, "The Eco-Dominator, Source Body Jiya, has issued a kill order for me. See those ecological armies gathering in the distance? They’re all coming to hunt me down! That Assassin just now was one of them, and I expect more will be coming!"

Ji Liangren looked down the mountain and, sure enough, saw the ecological armies. There were grasslands, orchards, vine fields, forests, deserts, lakes, and so on and so forth, moving like a great migration, a truly massive spectacle!

It seemed even more ecological armies were converging from farther away.

"Whoa, what a scene! I get it, Boss. You’re afraid that if you regroup with the main force, you’ll lead the ecological armies right to them, right? But it’s not good for you to be wandering around out here. And this Galaxy Airship... if you’re having me fly it back, what about you?"

Wang Yi laughed heartily. "I am an army of one, free and unrestrained! You head back first and prepare for the ecological armies. I’ll refine some mountains and rivers here, then I’ll rejoin you. When that time comes, I’ll lead you all to conquer the Nine Heavens!"

"Even though I don’t really understand what you’re saying, it sounds super impressive. You’re awesome, Boss!"

"Go on!"

Wang Yi waved his hand and turned his gaze back to the overgrown, desolate mountain that resembled a giant turtle.

The nine Monkey King avatars immediately spread out around him, standing guard in all directions.

Soon, the Galaxy Airship rose into the air and sped off in the direction of the A22 ruins.

At the same time, Wang Yi activated [Commanding Mountains and Rivers], spending 1,260,000 Chaos Energy to refine the turtle-shaped giant mountain.

He wasn’t picky about the mountains and rivers he refined now. In any case, [Commanding Mountains and Rivers] had unlocked a free-form mode, allowing him to adjust his refined mountains and rivers later. For now, he just casually refined a few for temporary use.

A few breaths later, the turtle-shaped mountain, which covered an area 19 *li* in circumference, dissolved into motes of light and flew into the space between Wang Yi’s eyebrows, leaving a massive crater in the earth.

"Ding! Congratulations on refining a mountain peak. Your Life Force has been greatly enhanced. You have obtained one measure of Mountain and River True Qi!"

"Ding! Refining Mountains as Armor. Congratulations on obtaining a suit of Battle Armor named [Desolate Mountain Armor · Great Turtle Mountain God]. For a cost of 100 Chaos Energy, you can summon this armor to wear yourself or equip on others. While worn, the armor will consume one point of Chaos Energy per second..."

’Great Turtle Mountain God... I’ve got to hand it to the system for its naming sense.’

After this brief lament, Wang Yi glanced around. Without giving a second thought to the ecological impact of carving out "Big Turtle Mountain," he had a Great Sage Avatar carry him on its back and flew toward a river.

The ecological armies changed their direction of advance accordingly.

In truth, the ecological armies pursuing Wang Yi were already closing in from all directions to encircle and intercept him.

If Wang Yi had been on the ground, he would have already been surrounded.

Fortunately, he could have a Great Sage Avatar carry him. Flying through the sky was much safer.

Over the next few hours, Wang Yi successively refined the [Cang River Sword - Great Flood Spirit Blade], [Fog Mountain Armor · Big Dog Bear Mountain God], [Chang River Sword - Great Flood Spirit Blade], [Bai River Sword - Great Flood Spirit Blade], [Grass Mud Armor · Little Scale Mountain God], [Qinghe Sword - Great Flood Spirit Blade], [Wu River Sword - Little Water Spirit Blade], [Green Peak Armor · Great Pumpkin Mountain God], [Green Peak Armor · Big Donkey Mountain God], and [Green Peak Armor · Big Tea Pot Mountain God]!

He spent a total of 6,720,000 Chaos Energy!

Refining mountains into armor yielded nothing but Mountain Gods!

Refining water into weapons resulted in all Spiritual Blades!

With seven mountains and seven rivers now within his body, Wang Yi possessed a total of 14 measures of Mountain and River True Qi.

’Great Toad, Great Turtle, Great Dog Bear, Little Scale, Great Pumpkin, Great Donkey, Great Tea Pot Mountain God... and then Suspended River Sword, Dark River Sword, Cang River Sword, White River Sword, Chang River Sword, Qinghe Sword, Wu River Sword... I think I finally get it. The system’s naming convention does have some logic. The Mountain Gods are named after their appearance, and the Spiritual Blades are named after their rivers. The main theme is being down-to-earth. At this rate, I’ll probably never get a cool name for my mountain-and-river armaments in this lifetime!’

Wang Yi shook his head and checked his personal information panel again. He still had 24,820,000 Chaos Energy left!

Among the mountain-and-river armaments he had refined, the ones that consumed the most Chaos Energy—and were therefore likely the strongest—were the [Desolate Mountain Armor · Great Turtle Mountain God] and the [Qinghe Sword - Great Flood Spirit Blade].

The weakest, which consumed the least Chaos Energy, were the [Grass Mud Armor · Little Scale Mountain God] and the [Wu River Sword - Little Water Spirit Blade]. The Refinement for each of these had cost less than ten thousand Chaos Energy, and he had refined them intentionally.

At this moment, Wang Yi arrived before a patch of forested mountains.

The mountain forest was undoubtedly an Earth Deity. As soon as Wang Yi got close, the trees within it began to shake their trunks, stirring restlessly as if they were about to uproot themselves and leap out to attack him.

"Can’t find any wild monsters, so I’ll just test my skills on you!"

As he spoke, Wang Yi pointed a finger toward the sky and shouted, "Grass Mud Armor, Little Scale Mountain God! Wu River Sword, Little Water Spirit Blade! Appear before me!"

As his Chaos Energy was consumed, two motes of light flew from between Wang Yi’s eyebrows. One transformed into a giant, scale-weight-shaped boulder that crashed into the forest with a BOOM, then quickly sprouted arms and legs and stood up.

The other mote of light transformed into a Small Sword, which also stabbed into the forest. It was as if it had pierced an underground spring, for water immediately began to gush out with a SPLASH, creating a small flood.

"Mountain and River True Qi, return to your original forms! Mountain-Breaking, River-Sundering..."

Wang Yi let out another soft shout, preparing to test out abilities like Mountain-Breaking and River-Sundering so he would have a better idea of how to fight Source Body Jiya later.

But at that moment, he abruptly stopped and fixed his gaze on the distance.

A lizard-like monster was crawling toward him from out of the mountain forest.

It was about 30 meters long by his estimation, comparable in size to Li Bolili’s Giant Dragon from before. But this one had no wings. It had horns on its head and scales on its body, and it crawled on the ground. Its back was covered in vines, making it look like a monster fused from animal and plant, and it snapped large trees in its path as it advanced.

’Wei Shenming, Divine Incarnation, Earth Vine Dragon!’

Wang Yi saw the "monster’s" identity information, and his heart tightened.

He knew that another Assassin had arrived.

Wei Shenming!

’A Player?’

’Or a Sufferer like Xiang Tianchen?’

But what concerned Wang Yi even more was the Steam Airship in the sky, slowly following the Earth Vine Dragon.

’What’s with that airship? Are there Players on it?’

Wang Yi stood his ground. The other nine Great Saints automatically took two steps forward, holding their Golden Cudgels at the ready.

Meanwhile, aboard the Steam Airship in the sky, Bai Xianyi frowned slightly as she stared at Wang Yi from afar.

’Who is this person? Is he Wei Shenming’s mission target? What on earth did he do to make the Eco-Dominator issue a kill order for him?’

Bai Xianyi felt a strong sense of curiosity toward Wang Yi.

And when she saw the nine Monkey Kings standing before Wang Yi, her curiosity grew even stronger.

After a moment of thought, Bai Xianyi immediately piloted the Steam Airship lower and shouted from a distance, "Hey! We’re all Players here! How about we talk before we fight?"

Wei Shenming stopped in his tracks.

Wang Yi’s eyes narrowed as he, too, saw Bai Xianyi’s identity information.

[Bai Xianyi: Adventurer Player, resident of Changqing Island, overseas territory of the Celestial Net Country, Eastern Continent, Typhon World. Has reclassified into the rare class Free Scholar. Possesses a special Fortunate Physique that can slightly increase the luck of Players in her place of residence.]