Chapter 80 - Horned Snake
Grey looked around and found himself on a hillside halfway up the mountain. The ground was carpeted in green, and a purple bamboo tree patch dotted the hillside. A faint mist wreathed around the purple bamboo forest, giving it the ethereal feeling of a unique realm. Grey's senses penetrated into the somewhat loose dirt beneath his feet as he breathed in the incomparably fresh air. The first thing he noticed was the high density and concentration of elemental essence that exceeded that of the Qilin empire in the place.
"A single day of cultivation here is almost equal to fifteen days outside, it's amazing"
Klaus said. Given the high density of the place, it wasn't hard for everyone to realize this fact.
"We should head forward, staying here won't be any good given the enmity between us and the Starlight Academy, added with the Azure empire, we could be attacked at anytime"
Alice said while the boys were still in a state of reverie due to the feeling of the high elemental essence in the air.
Her words quickly snapped them off their somewhat almost intoxicated state.
"You're right"
Grey and the others nodded.This creation is firmly rooted in the depths of Nøv€lß¡n★
They actually failed to realize that there wasn't anyone here when they arrived, it seems like the other groups all headed inside in fear of being attacked by their enemies.
The group walked forward with extreme caution. Looking at the sky, one could see it was covered with grayish lights, it was somewhat dark and gloomy, but they could clearly see their surroundings. The flora here was different from the outside, they were long and tall, ancient trees at the height of several hundred meters but everything felt like it was covered in dust.
Looking afar, one could see mountains, rivers, and jungles.
One hour later...
Boom!
"What the hell! That's the sixth one already"
Klaus said in frustration. They had only headed around one kilometer, yet they had been attacked by six different beasts. The only upside was the fact that the beasts were alone and not moving in groups.
"They did say it was going to be dangerous. And besides, they are only in the Mid-stages of the Arcane Plane"
Reynolds said with a laugh.
"That's why I'm complaining, we haven't even gone deep into this place and the beasts we are encountering are already in the Mid-stages, this last was one step away from breaking through into the Late stages. What would happen when we head further?"
"Stop complaining, it's not like you couldn't defeat them even if you were alone"
Grey reproached Klaus.
Slash!
Shriek!
The snake shrieked in pain as a deep gash opened up at the side of its body. It looked at Grey with hatred before swinging its tail quickly towards him, wanting to smash him to minced meat . He already knew the snake would counter-attack, so he immediately retreated after leaving behind a wound.
Slash!
Grey who had been on the sidelines waiting for an opportunity immediately struck again. This time, leaving a bigger wound. The snake shrieked again and wanted to attack Grey, who had already wisely escaped from its attack range. They had already left the area the previous snake was during the battle. The group continued with the same tactic, and they slowly started tearing down the scales of the snake. Grey was literally just descaling the snake so it could be dealt strong attacks from the rest of the group.
Alice was very effective since she was now able to inflict damage on the snake. The wounds increased and the snake was barely able to counterattack. It suddenly let out a strange sound. And they once again heard the sound of something rubbing against the ground.
"It's calling for backup"
Grey yelled as he once again delivered another slash close to the head of the snake. The snake had managed to protect its head almost all through the battle, but Klaus had been able to get a good strike which almost hit its eye if not for it closing it quickly. The attack struck the eyelids of the snake, but the strong scale ensured it didn't leave any wounds.
The first snake crawled out of the building where it swallowed the boy. On seeing the wretched state of its partner, it charged towards the group.
"The same tactic?"
Alice asked in excitement.
"Yes"
The others all nodded and once again started slowly wearing out both snakes. The new one was much easier since it wasn't as strong as the one they were fighting previously.
The snake seemed to have realized it made the wrong decision in rushing into the group and wanted to escape, but the realization was a little too late.
Ten minutes later...
The two huge corpses of the snakes laid on the floor with the group breathing heavily, especially Grey since he had to get close and attack, before retreating as quickly as he came.
"Did anyone notice the beasts here are much stronger compared to their stages?"
Grey couldn't help but ask.
Given the stages of the snakes, it shouldn't have taken them this long to deal with both of them. Grey even felt the chances of him defeating the first one they battled personally were very low.
"Yeah"
The others all nodded.
"This truly is a mysterious place"