Reborn as a Hatrack in the Mystical Land-Chapter 970 - 88: War God Returns

As the girl smiled, her figure transformed into a parasol and disappeared before the children’s eyes, along with the groaning Demon Crocodile Man.

The children felt bewildered until they were rescued from the delta grass by the hurried arrival of Qian Luo and others.

"You were too reckless; I’ve repeatedly told you not to approach this area," Qian Luo said, having found the slain Demon Crocodile Man. After questioning the children and discovering that a mysterious girl had done it, Qian Luo fell into deep thought.

She ordered her people to retrieve the sea clam sunk into the Boundary River while she personally inspected the scene.

By the time Shalman and others arrived, Qian Luo had already left the delta grass with the children and several Demon Crocodile Man corpses.

"Who did this?" The arriving pair were Shalman and Compass. A century had passed, and Shalman had shed her youthful looks; she was now a mother of three, dressed in a smart housewife style.

Having inherited the Sky Witch legacy from Beast Witch Yu, Shalman hadn’t obtained a Heavenly Witch Pill, but after her friend Yue Jinghua’s "fall," she committed herself to her cultivation, later traveling to the Snow Domain. With the help of Wuyun and others, she trained hard for ten years at the Baofeng Goddess Temple, finally breaking through to the Dan Realm.

In the seventy years since, she returned to Four Symbols City, married Compass, built the Sky Witch Village, traveled far and wide, and at ninety, reached the peak of the Dan Realm, becoming a renowned Dan Realm Breeder on the continent.

Now, the Dark Beasts bred by Shalman are all Holy-grade Dark Beasts.

Even the Sub-Asian Dragons of the Dragon War Empire have mostly broken through to the Holy-grade with Shalman’s help.

Standing beside her, Compass would be unrecognizable to Yue Jinghua if they were to meet again.

Compass was no longer the chubby guy from the past. Though still short, he was now fit without an ounce of extra fat, his small eyes much more spirited, and his gaze intense.

Yue Jinghua’s "fall" was a major test for Compass, who, with the help of the Divine Rune on his body, became the first in the July Mercenary Corps to break through to the Body Seizing Realm, leaving Feng Buhui and Qin Dongting quite vexed.

After breaking through, the first thing Compass did was seize a body and reshape it, transforming his short, stout physique into a robust male mercenary’s body, albeit prematurely aged.

For this, Shalman was upset with him for quite some time.

The couple heard that some children encountered danger near the delta shrubs and immediately dropped their tasks to rush there.

Arriving, Qian Luo was lost in contemplation, awaiting their arrival.

Qian Luo recounted the children’s words verbatim to Shalman and Compass.

The two examined the Demon Crocodile Man’s wounds, and even Compass, who’d led the July Mercenary Corps on countless battlefield missions, couldn’t help but gasp.

A ruthless technique, swift and decisive, without a hint of hesitation.

"Could it have been someone from the Assassin Alliance? I’ve heard that in recent years, under Jade Finger Killing God Xie Yu’s leadership, the Assassin Alliance is thriving, producing many skilled assassins. That mysterious girl’s actions seemed strange and her concealment method was unusual, resembling those of the Assassin Alliance," Compass speculated.

"It wouldn’t be someone from the Assassin Alliance. Xie Yu has a deep connection with Jinghua and stated he would never kill anyone near Four Symbols City in his lifetime," Shalman shook her head.

While Shalman and the others couldn’t draw conclusions, several mercenaries had already retrieved a giant sea clam from the Boundary River.

The sea clam was split in two, its smooth interior starkly contrasting the moss-covered exterior.

"Huh, no clam meat. Look, there’s some sticky liquid here; it looks like incubation liquid," Shalman, well-versed in Dark Beasts and Demons, touched it and found an incubation liquid layer inside the clam shell.

This type of incubation liquid wasn’t unfamiliar to Shalman.

As a Breeder, Shalman knew many high-level Dark Beasts and Demons secreted such a liquid when hatching.

Such incubation liquid had been discovered earlier in the Dragon War Empire when she assisted in hatching large numbers of Holy-grade Sub-Asian Dragons.

Could it be that the girl residing in the shell was also a Holy-grade Demon hatched from it?

It was possible since Holy-grade Dark Beasts and Demons likely had the ability to transform into human form at birth.

Continuing her exploration, Shalman’s hand suddenly trembled. She found a Dark Pill Fragment under the incubation liquid — an oddly-colored black and white fragment.

"Compass, Compass, look, this... do you think it could be her!" Shalman suddenly became excited, holding the fragment, her body trembling and her voice tinged with tears.

Such a Dark Pill Fragment, a black and white Dark Pill, typically belonged to only one person.

The few in the July Mercenary Corps knew Yue Jinghua’s secrets, including that she was a Summoner, and her Dark Pill was distinct after she broke through to the Dan Realm, containing Yin Yang attributes, forming a Liangyi Pill.

"It’s her, it must be her, Jinghua, Jinghua has returned. I said she wasn’t dead; she couldn’t have died," Shalman and Qian Luo were both thrilled, and even Compass looked startled, a softened expression involuntarily appearing on his stern face.

Yet, Compass quickly questioned: "If that person is Jinghua, why didn’t she come to find us?"

Why, knowing the July Mercenary Corps was there, did she not come to them?

On the Dimension Battlefield, a slender figure was slowly moving.

Wearing an ill-fitting Demon Clan Battle Armor, she could easily be mistaken for a Demon Clan member from afar.

Yue Jinghua walked cautiously, scrutinizing every inch of soil around her. In the distance was the bustling Four Symbols City, but she felt no desire to enter, despite knowing her friends and companions were there. "Color Worm, are you sure the Emperor Nan Pearl is nearby?"

She stopped in front of a nondescript knoll, and a familiar zebra-striped Fat Worm peeked its head from her embrace, the flower on its body lighting up, "Yes, right beneath this mound. Ugly, why don’t you return to Sky Witch Village? They’re all waiting for you."

"No, I need to find something first and then head to Shang Kingdom. I want to retrieve the Summoning Treasure Book left by Qing Pu," Yue Jinghua said as she crouched on the mound, where a soft glow flickered beneath the soil.