NOVPUBChapter 350 -346: What Fortuitous Encounter Do the People of Lindong Have? (Chapter 2 in 1)_2
A slight mishap could have resulted in being buried in a foreign land.
Even if it were Gu Le himself, even with the strength of an Awakener at the Ninth Layer, if he were in a different position, he wouldn’t have managed this step!
“Also, that combat saber, it’s too sharp, cutting through the scales of the Black Swamp Crocodile as if slicing vegetables. Could it be an advanced rune battle blade brought from some secret realm?”
Many thoughts bubbled into Gu Le’s mind.
The situation was urgent; he no longer dwelled on it, and seeing that the current Awakener didn’t require his support, Gu Le immediately shifted his attention to another area.
Three Awakeners were gathered together, yet they were surrounded by seven or eight Black Swamp Crocodiles.
“Damn, grouping together can easily lead to interference.” Gu Le had previously seen two Awakeners, in the midst of chaos, simultaneously leap towards a landing spot the size of a book.
As a result, both of them had sunk to the bottom of the Black Swamp, with not even their bones remaining.
“Now with three people and seven or eight Black Swamp Crocodiles nearby, I can only instantly kill one; my support might be too late…”
With this thought, Gu Le still drew his bowstring. However, in the next moment, the fully drawn bowstring retracted.
In his line of sight,
the situation of mutual interference didn’t happen at all.
These three Awakeners coordinated with each other and managed to kill three to four Black Swamp Crocodiles in just a few seconds.
“Stepping on the crocodiles again.”
“Do they have eyes on their backs?”
“What kind of weapon is it that it’s so sharp?”
When the Black Swamp Crocodiles moved, most of their bodies were submerged beneath the swamp, with only a small part exposed.
Using the Black Swamp Crocodiles as stepping stones was not an unheard idea, but it was too difficult, and only a few could accomplish it…
No, that’s not right.
Gu Le was startled.
On the Black Swamp, the majority of the Awakeners were quickly making their way to the opposite shore, their steps a bit disordered, and their responses to the crocodiles’ attacks even more disorganized.
However, there were a few who, stepping on the slick and skewed footholds, moved as if on flat ground.
It was as if they’d encountered this scenario thousands of times before, and while fighting, they even had the leisure to chat, drawing the attention of the other Awakeners.
A few minutes later.
As the last Awakener stepped onto the land on the opposite shore, many people drew a breath of relief, especially those who escaped death in the Black Swamp.
“This time, six Awakeners died, and another three sustained minor injuries…”
The Eyebrow-Raising Commander said.
Normally, it wouldn’t have been out of the ordinary for dozens of Awakeners to die in an accident at the Black Swamp.
The others also understood that the casualties were much lower than expected, thanks to those who performed above expectations… or should be said possessed strength far beyond their expectations.
Those individuals were from different factions, but it seemed they all came from the same large Sanctuary.
Lindong.
As well as several cities surrounding Lindong, like Heng City, Shuo Lake, and others, the performance of their Awakeners was also beyond imagination.
Awakeners from all over Tiannan, including those from Jing City who initially felt very superior, now held the few Sanctuaries around Lindong in higher regard. However, cities like Kun City, where Awakeners performed very poorly, just had members who died.
The face of Kun City’s leader darkened even more.
…
After the Exploration Team traversed the Black Swamp, they passed through the Gravel Forest, skirted Mirror Lake, and crossed Elephant Trunk Mountain…
They encountered many dangers along the way but overcame each one. A couple of Awakeners died on the journey, yet compared to the heavy losses of the previous Jing City exploration team, this was undoubtedly a much better outcome.
They were getting closer and closer to their destination.
…
The Exploration Team walked through a dense forest unlike ordinary ones, with trees bearing pale blue leaves that glowed faintly.
“Do you guys hear anything?”
A man from Kun City with tattoos on his arm looked around suspiciously and suddenly saw several semi-transparent shadows behind an ancient tree wrapped with roots.
“What is that?”
“Merely a few spiritual bodies, didn’t expect Kun City’s people to be so timid.”
A Jing City Awakener shook his head and scoffed.
The tattooed man glared back, then turned to look at the few drifting shades:
“Timid? Humph, I alone can take on ten of these spiritual bodies!”
The tattooed man was just surprised by the eerie, almost imperceptible sound, but now the spiritual bodies had appeared. In his perception, their mere Sixth Layer aura was not something he regarded with concern.
Wielding a large machete, the tattooed man leaped forward in a few bounds, his body igniting in flames, making him resemble a fireman from afar.
The large machete, wrapped in flames, swung down at the spiritual body monsters.
Whoosh~
With the slash, the spiritual bodies’ illusory figures twisted, visibly thinning significantly, but the powerful strike failed to kill the spiritual bodies outright.
Unconvinced, the tattooed man chopped furiously, swinging six slashes in one second, each carrying his own flame ability…
The surroundings were filled with the spiritual bodies’ shadows twisting and fading, but without stopping, they continued their advance.
After more than a dozen swings, the tattooed man was close to eliminating the few spiritual bodies, yet the other members of the Exploration Team noticed that the large machete he was swinging had become erratic, and the flames attached to it flickered on and off.
“Be careful!”
The Kun City team leader was the first to rush up.
But the tattooed man suddenly shouted, “Don’t kill… uh… ah—”
His movements abruptly froze, and the next moment, he fell face-forward to the ground.
The Kun City team leader eliminated several weakened spiritual bodies and crouched down to turn the tattooed man over, “He’s dead.”
The tattooed man’s face was pale, devoid of breath.
“How did he die so suddenly?”
The Jing City Awakeners didn’t scoff but were instead puzzled.
Even someone from the Kun City Sanctuary, as weak as they may be, shouldn’t be counter-killed by a few Sixth Layer spiritual bodies, right?
The Eyebrow-Raising Commander glanced at the body, then lifted his head and looked around, “We’re surrounded. These spiritual bodies have a decent resistance to the elements and seem to possess abilities like mental attacks. Everyone, be careful.”
Spiritual bodies poked their heads out from behind the ancient trees, numbering in the thousands, densely packed and causing one’s scalp to tingle.
It was like entering a ghost’s den.
The Eyebrow-Raising Commander took his place in the center, composedly directing, “Those with special abilities that can harm spiritual bodies, take the outer ring; everyone else, take the inner circle. If anyone shows signs of strange behaviour, remove them from the battlefield immediately.”
The battle erupted in an instant.
…
Zhou Jianhong exchanged glances with a few other familiar Awakeners, “Do we go in?”
“Let’s go!”
Chen Feng chuckled, “Although my ability isn’t suited for dealing with spiritual bodies either, we have more tactics than just special abilities.”
Zhou Jianhong sprinted forward in a few steps, facing a spiritual body; his Qi Blood Power flowed like billowing flames in a forge.
He swung his blade, dense Blood Radiance wrapping around the blade, carrying a heavy Blood Evil Qi as the Combat Saber descended.
Combat Skills·Blood Slash.
The strike, infused with Qi Blood Power, was not only capable of harming spiritual entities like spiritual bodies, but the Blood Evil Qi it carried was lethal to them!
Boom!
The spiritual body exploded, vanishing into nothingness.
Gu Le was shocked not far away.
Facing spiritual bodies, he had no recourse; even arrows imbued with Source Qi only caused minimal damage.
But now, an Awakener who wasn’t even an ability user, relying on Qi Blood Power, which was a notch below Source Qi, had obliterated a Sixth Layer spiritual body monster in a single hit?
Where did that dense Blood Evil Qi come from?
Could it be the result of some extraordinary fortune?
…
Blood Slash!
Boom!
Blood Slash!
Boom!
Blood Slash!
…
Gu Le’s mouth twitched. Wasn’t this a fortune? How could each of them release attacks imbued with dense Blood Evil Qi?
He noticed,
Most of these Awakeners wrapped in Blood Radiance were the same ones who had displayed unexpected strength back in the Black Swamp.
It seemed…
They all came from the Lindong area?
What exactly was there that such fortunes could be had wholesale?
Gu Le couldn’t help thinking, but soon, he lost his optimism.
Although the Awakeners from Lindong were unexpectedly powerful, their blood-infused attacks clearly took a toll… More importantly, many in the Exploration Team struggled to harm spiritual bodies, and there were simply too many in the forest.
As the spiritual bodies drew closer,
Several Awakeners at the front fell with a thud.
Even the composed face of the Eyebrow-Raising Commander, sitting at the center, showed a hint of urgency as he considered ways to break through the situation.
At that time,
At the very front of the Exploration Team, the War Alliance Commander Lin Qingtian had already abandoned his shield and wielded a Warhammer, flashing with lightning. Each swing could kill a spiritual body monster.
The War Alliance Commander took a couple breaths and suddenly swayed. Quickly stabilizing himself, he saw several people drop around him, and even Zhou Jianhong and others were turning pale.
He took a deep breath:
“Cover me, I’m going to use my big move.”
Having said that, the War Alliance Commander grasped the Warhammer in both hands and lifted it high.
Zhou Jianhong, Chen Feng, and other Awakeners, thinking of something, rushed to Lin Qingtian’s side, unleashing their Combat Skills without reservation.
After a few seconds,
A blazing white pillar of light rose up from the silver-white Warhammer in Lin Qingtian’s hands.
In the Mirage Mountain Range, under the faint blue luminescence of the forest, everything was enveloped in a blanket of white in an instant.
