"He's … a king-class expert?"
In the distance, a group of people was rushing towards Gray. They were sent by the Stokian family to deal with Gray. There were quite a few experts among them, including a third-stage desolate-class expert.
From Gray's point of view, he was already holding himself back.
He only punished those who provoked him lightly and didn't kill them. Before entering the area, he had even informed the Stokian family that he wasn't here for the evolution herbs.
However, the Stokian family didn't see it that way.
Not only did he injure the Stokian family's people, he had also entered an area that the Stokian family forbade outsiders from entering. No matter which one it was, the Stokian family saw it as a provocation.
As a family with a king-class expert, they were full of confidence and had never feared anyone. That was why they had come aggressively and were prepared to teach the other party a lesson.
Along the way, they were shocked to find that the other party seemed to be going for the Demonic Note king Beast. Now, their shock had turned into utter shock. The other party had actually attacked the Demonic Note king Beast and seemed to have the upper hand.
"King-class expert? He's a king-class expert?!"
In the group, the young man who had spoken sarcastically looked at Gray in shock and fear. He had attacked the Demonic Note king Beast and even had the upper hand.
Fear flashed across his face. He had thought that the other party was just a Desolate Blood warrior. He didn't expect that the other party was actually a king-class expert.
He had actually offended a king-class expert. At the thought of that, he couldn't help but want to slap himself a few times. Wasn't he courting death?
The dignity of a king-class expert wasn't to be challenged. If he angered the other party, the king-class expert might kill him out of anger. The Stokian family wouldn't be able to do anything to the other party. After all, he was the one who had provoked the other party first.
"He's not an ordinary king-class expert!"
The person in the Stokian family who had a third-stage desolate-class expert was an old woman. Her expression was solemn and cold sweat could be seen on her forehead.
Although she was far away, with her eyesight, she could clearly see the Demonic Sound King Beast's current situation. On its back, a long wound was clearly visible. One could imagine that the Demonic Sound King Beast's injuries were definitely not light.
Not long ago, he had witnessed the battle between the Demonic Sound King Beast and the King Beast. Naturally, he understood how powerful the Demonic Sound King Beast's defense was.
Being able to injure the Demonic Sound King Beast with a single strike was something that not even their Lord could do. However, the other party had done it, which meant that the other party's strength was above their Lord's. It was very likely that the other party was a King-level expert who had completed a transformation.
"Retreat, retreat quickly!"
Her tone was slightly panicked.
He wasn't sure if the enemy had already discovered them, but the wisest choice right now was to retreat as soon as possible. Then, he would report back to his King class experts and let them make the decision.
"Quick, retreat!"
The others who had discovered them were also sweating profusely. When they heard this, they hurriedly agreed and retreated as if they were fleeing. Some of them didn't forget to glare fiercely at the young man.
Of all the people to provoke, he had actually provoked a King-level expert. And not just any ordinary King-level expert either. This was simply pushing the family into a fire pit.
It seemed that the family needed to choose a new successor. When he returned this time, he would have a good talk with the family head.
Faced with the glares of the family elders, the young man wanted to cry but had no tears. He knew that his status as the successor of the family would be lost soon.
His heart was filled with grievances. The other party looked so young. How could he have imagined that the other party would be a King-level expert?
If he had known that the other party was a King-level expert, would he have dared to provoke him?
Roar!
After being injured, the Demonic Sound King Beast roared, and a terrifying invisible shockwave surged toward Gray. Ripples appeared in the air as the shockwave passed through. The surrounding rocks and plants were all crushed by the invisible shockwave, forming an exaggerated shape of a horn.
The sword-shaped silver weapon in Gray's hand was shrouded in black fog. Then, a huge black tornado surged out. The invisible shockwave was instantly shattered. The huge black tornado swept towards the Demonic Sound King Beast.
The Demonic Sound King Beast hurriedly dodged. However, the attack was comparable to a first-metamorphosis King-level expert's attack. Its speed was naturally extremely fast. Before the Demonic Sound King Beast could dodge, it was already sucked into the black tornado.
Puff, puff, puff!
Flowers of blood bloomed on the Demonic Sound King Beast's body.
The defense that was so strong that even a first-tier King-level expert couldn't damage it was useless against the black fog tornado. Wounds continued to appear on its body.
When the black fog disappeared, the Demonic Sound King Beast had dozens of wounds on its body. All of them were bleeding profusely.
Roar!
The Demonic Sound King Beast's eyes were red as it roared furiously. A terrifying invisible shockwave shook the surrounding trees and caused them to collapse. Some of the Blood Fiends hiding in the trees were directly turned into bloody paste by the shockwave.
In response, Gray merely waved his sword calmly. The black fog was like a black wave descending from the sky. It destroyed the invisible shockwave and drowned the Demonic Sound King Beast.
When the Demonic Sound King Beast reappeared, its body was badly mutilated. It was bleeding all over. It was extremely miserable.
Wu!
The Demonic Sound King Beast was finally frightened. Its body twisted, and it turned around to flee. Along the way, it crashed into trees and collapsed them. Knowing that it was no match, it chose to escape.
Whoosh!
Naturally, Gray wouldn't let it escape. He chased after it. However, after chasing for more than ten minutes, the distance between them hadn't closed.
Although his current speed had reached King-level, the Demonic Sound King Beast's speed was also at King-level. It wasn't easy to close the distance.
Whoosh!
In front of Gray, a figure flashed. The King Claw Beast was released by Gray.
As a King-level blood fiend with strength and speed, the King Claw Beast's speed was at the top of all King-level blood fiends. It was inevitable that it would be faster than the Demonic Sound King Beast, which wasn't good at speed.
Whoosh!
The King Claw Beast's body was like a ray of white light. In just a few seconds, it had caught up with the Demonic Sound King Beast. Its sharp claws slapped the Demonic Sound King Beast's head, sending it flying.
Roar!
The Demonic Sound King Beast got up and roared angrily. The invisible shockwave hit the King Claw Beast. However, after a few scratches, the King Claw Beast successfully withstood the attack.
The King Claw Beast wasn't good at defense, but it had Gray's metallization technique. After metallization, the King Claw Beast withstood the Demonic Sound King Beast's invisible shockwave with only minor injuries.
Puff!
At this time, Gray finally caught up. The long sword wrapped in black fog sent the Demonic Sound King Beast flying.
Puff, puff, puff!
With the faster King Claw Beast blocking its way, the Demonic Sound King Beast couldn't escape. After several slashes from Gray, the Demonic Sound King Beast finally stopped struggling and died completely.
"As expected of a King-level blood fiend that's good at defense. It's so hard to kill!"
Gray hurriedly went forward to collect the blood. This Demonic Sound King Beast was the hardest to kill among the four King-level blood fiends he had killed so far.
After all, whether it was the Ice Soul King Beast, Barnett Naeem, or the King Claw Beast, none of them were King-level blood fiends that were good at defense. It wasn't difficult to kill them.
Fortunately, his battle prowess was comparable to a first-metamorphosis King-level blood fiend. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to kill it even after a few hours of battle.
After extracting the blood, he used his ability to control corpses to control the Demonic Sound King Beast and used his ability to reverse nurture to heal the King Beast's injuries. Gray took out his map and checked his current location. He found that he was already quite far away from the area he had just been in.
The chase had already taken him far away from the area he had been in. He didn't intend to go back and cause trouble for House Stok. A pair of greenish-black wings sprouted from his back and he began to fly around Sapphire Forest with a destination in mind.
Gray didn't immediately use spatial transference to leave the Jewel Kingdom as he thought of something.
During the previous Three Kingdoms Exchange, Gray had seen the Gemstone Queen's powerful defense after being petrified. He had the idea of obtaining the bloodline of a gemstone beast to see if he could fuse petrification with metalization.
Originally, he had planned to stay in the Jewel Kingdom after the Three Kingdoms Exchange to hunt for blood fiends. Unfortunately, he didn't dare to stay in the Jewel Kingdom after the Flaming Fang assassination. He immediately returned with the Purple Moon Kingdom's King-level blood fiends after the incident.
Since he had arrived at the Gemstone Kingdom, he naturally had to kill a king-level blood beast, which was a gemstone beast king, to obtain its blood.
A few days later, Gray landed in a small town near the forest to rest.
"It's too difficult to search for it without knowing where it is!"
In the past few days, he had searched Sapphire Forest and the surrounding forests, but he couldn't find any trace of the King Beast.
Even though he knew that gemstone ranked blood fiends liked to feed on gemstones and liked to appear in places with gemstone veins, Gray didn't even know where there were gemstone veins.
Gem veins were as valuable as magic ores, so the forces that mined them had to be extremely careful. They would never let outsiders know where their gem veins were. Therefore, the idea of using the gem veins to search for gem sequence blood beasts had been cut off from the very beginning.
"Who … are you people?"
As he walked, Gray noticed that a few people were looking at him. That alerted him and he couldn't help but ask in a cold voice.
Seeing that they were discovered by Gray, a few people looked at each other. A man in battle armor with a resolute face came forward and asked respectfully.
"May I ask if you are Lord Gray?"
"If you're looking for Gray Fergus, that's me."
Gray was puzzled.
These people should be looking for him, but he didn't know why. After all, he didn't know many people in the Jewel Kingdom.
After hearing Gray's name, the few people bowed respectfully to Gray and said.
"Lord Gray, Princess Gelinwei sent us to invite you to the Royal City as a guest!"