God of Pets-Chapter 652: Clefting the Old Rock Turtle King

The people from the Southern Heavenly Kingdom hurried to dig up the collapsed small hill and worked all day to finally excavate the barely breathing Huang Tianming.

With all his might, Huang Tianming struck, yet he couldn't withstand it himself, now left with just half a life.

Among the escorts of the Southern Heavenly Kingdom, there were cultivators skilled in healing secret skills, but with such severe injuries, they could only temporarily keep him breathing, preventing his death.

Huang Tianming's skin was scorched black by lightning, his chest caved in, with severe internal organ damage, ready to gasp his last breath at any moment.

Ji Nanhong exchanged a few words with Chen Guan and then summoned the military doctors from the Red Blood Corps to treat Huang Tianming.

Once settled with Huang Tianming and the people from the Southern Heavenly Kingdom, Ji Nanhong convened a meeting with the Red Blood Corps to discuss how to handle this matter.

Although the crowd discussed how to deal with Huang Tianming, their eyes occasionally turned to Chen Guan, standing behind Ji Nanhong.

"With Huang Tianming heavily injured, we can take this opportunity to offer kindness; maybe we can make him serve us, or even incorporate the Southern Heavenly Kingdom into our corps," said Zhang Yujian.

"People like Huang Tianming who are uninterested in loyalty are unlikely to be grateful. In my opinion, it is better to seize this chance and directly conquer the Southern Heavenly Kingdom," An Yiqi expressed his view.

"I think it's feasible. Without Huang Tianming, now is when the Southern Heavenly Kingdom is most vulnerable, making it the perfect time to take it," Ximen Ding agreed.

"Inviting Huang Tianming over but taking the Southern Heavenly Kingdom at this moment might make future cooperation with other kingdoms challenging," Bai Yueguang opined differently.

The leadership was divided into two factions, one aiming to ally with Huang Tianming, the other wanting to seize the Southern Heavenly Kingdom.

Ji Nanhong had her thoughts, but she still turned to Chen Guan and asked, "You defeated Huang Tianming, what do you think?"

"Capturing the Southern Heavenly Kingdom can certainly expand our Red Blood Corps territories, but it might cause a misunderstanding with other kingdoms within the Celestial Pillar Grotto Heaven. They are unaware that Huang Tianming provoked first; instead, they might assume we schemed to lure the Huang Heavenly Kingdom and seize his estate. Outsiders might think our Red Blood Corps lack trust and exclude dissidents," Chen Guan said.

Everyone understood clearly that Chen Guan's words were ostensibly about those kingdoms in Celestial Pillar Grotto Heaven while actually being concerning Ji Nanhong's reputation within the Celestial Court Army.

Should Ji Nanhong acquire a reputation as distrustful and excluding dissidents within the Celestial Court Army, people would worry that if Ji Nanhong rose to power, those holding differing opinions might face elimination.

"There's sense in this; the Southern Heavenly Kingdom isn't greatly beneficial to our Red Blood Corps, and without Nanhong, the Southern Heavenly Kingdom poses little threat," Jiang Tianqing commented. "Better to take this opportunity to recruit Nanhong and make him serve us."

"Though this Huang Tianming is arrogant and selfish, it's not easy to subdue him, fearing he might repay kindness with enmity," Zhu Hongzhi pondered.

"True, it's somewhat difficult; however, if we kill Nanhong, what then with the Rock Old Turtle King?" This statement turned everyone's attention to Chen Guan beside Ji Nanhong.

He could render Huang Tianming defeated without bloodshed; it's uncertain if he could handle the Rock Old Turtle King.

Being adept at body protection divine skills doesn't necessarily mean having strong offensive capabilities.

Some people have diverse specializations, thus unclear if this person possesses penetration power.

Ji Nanhong also turned to look at Chen Guan; she was unsure about his current capabilities.

"Leave the Rock Old Turtle King to me," Chen Guan had some confidence, as he had the Mountain-Opening Axe, making it relatively easy to kill such defense-strong secret spirits.

In the end, the group decided not to kill Huang Tianming immediately but allowed him to recuperate there, hoping to recruit him eventually; if not, they'd let him return and later capture the Southern Heavenly Kingdom.

Thus, letting others know releasing Huang Tianming showed virtue, conquering the Southern Heavenly Kingdom demonstrated power.

Ji Nanhong organized the troops and, with Chen Guan, headed towards Thousand Turtle Valley; only then could the Red Blood Corps expand toward the broader Muhe Plains.

The Muhe Plains housed numerous secret spirit clusters, serving as a vast reservoir but hindered by Thousand Turtle Valley, forcing the Red Blood Corps to detour significantly, hampering development.

Chen Guan followed Ji Nanhong, curiously observing Thousand Turtle Valley.

The valley earned its name not from having a thousand turtles but due to diverse turtle-type secret spirits.

This Thousand Turtle Valley nestled between mountain ranges, stretching thousands of miles, housing numerous turtle-type secret spirits; their high defense slows killing, making typical cultivators avoid hunting such spirits.

Only cultivators refining secret skills seek out turtle-type secret spirit hunts here.

Thousand Turtle Valley primarily produced defensive secret skills like the Turtle Breathing Technique, Turtle Shell Skill, and Turtle Shell Skill.

Additionally, Thousand Turtle Valley occasionally revealed a very famous unparalleled secret technique named the Black Tortoise True Skill, a rare body refining secret technique among the unparalleled ones.

The stronger the primordial energy, the stronger the flesh, yet it's rarely produced, only dropped by a rare world-defying secret spirit, the Black Tortoise Divine Turtle.

Regrettably, they didn't encounter the Black Tortoise Divine Turtle along the way.

However, the Turtle Breathing Technique and Turtle Shell Skill were acquired quite a bit by the team.

Chen Guan was somewhat surprised upon seeing the Rock Old Turtle King.

The old turtle king's form towered hundreds of meters high, its shell resembling mountain peaks standing prominently, akin to nine peaks linked together.

Its body resembled granite, idly lying there yet appearing exceedingly formidable.

"Previously, using the Thunder Hammer only cracked some rocks on the Rock Old Turtle King, but soon after, the rocks recovered entirely," Ji Nanhong remarked from afar, handing the Thunder Hammer to Chen Guan.

Chen Guan took it and found it's a level 60 secret divine treasure, albeit with usage level restrictions.

Without the sixth sense, its true power couldn't be harnessed.

"Killing an old turtle doesn't require this. You wait here; I'll be quick." Chen Guan returned the Thunder Hammer to Ji Nanhong and proceeded mounted on the Red Blood Horse toward the Rock Old Turtle.

Chen Guan contemplated his approach to slaying the Rock Old Turtle King.

Though unseen, using the Mountain-Opening Axe might lead people to associate with Zi Donglai, known for splitting mountains with an axe.

Yet, without using the Mountain-Opening Axe, the colossal form of the Rock Old Turtle King might thwart his spiritual power, making it uncertain to cause deadly harm.

"Necessary but discreet," Chen Guan rode to the Rock Old Turtle King, leaping off and seemingly striking with a hand chop toward its back.

Yet, as his hand neared the Rock Old Turtle King's back, the Mountain-Opening Axe already slipped into his hand, cleaving it from the center in one sweep.

From then on, rumors spread in the Red Blood Corps of someone splitting the Rock Old Turtle King with a palm strike.