Translator: mianbao Editor: Aelryinth
Edited by RED
While Zhang Che was running for his life, he suddenly heard a wave of sha-sha sounds from the forest to his right. His entire body shuddered when he turned his head to look.
He saw a strange-looking worm with countless blade-like legs. Its entire body was over ten meters long, with sharp, stiff hair growing out of its back, the tips radiating a faint blue luster, anyone who saw it would have their hairs stand on end.
What was even more horrifying was that this long worm was staring at Zhang Che with its colorless eyes, void of any feelings. Its mouth was filled with tiny sharp teeth, faint yellow saliva dripping out. Wisps of green smoke instantly came from any grass that came into contact with its saliva, quickly turning to ash.
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[Demonic Poison Millipede]
Level: Four Star (Level 38)
Quality: Silver
Characteristics: Stiff Hair on Its Body is Highly Toxic, Its Saliva Contains Strong Corrosive Properties
Innate Attribute: Demonic Poison Reinforcement, Able to Kill Any Powerful Beasts Without Poison Resistance at Five-Star Gold-Quality or Lower Directly
Weakness: Lightning and Fire Attribute Elemental Attacks
Potential: D Rank
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Zhang Che was so scared that his soul was threatening to leave his body after seeing the attributes of this Demonic Poison Millipede. He didn’t care if he would alert any other exotic beasts and summoned the Wind Shadow Wolf, mounting it and escaping in the direction he came from.
Fortunately, speed wasn’t one of the Demonic Poison Millipede strong suits. Despite chasing after Zhang Che with all its strength, the distance between them gradually widened.
It was only when the Demonic Poison Millipede’s figure finally disappeared that Zhang Che let out a long breath, sighing fearfully, “This place is truly too dangerous. I better leave immediately!”
It was a four-star silver-quality beast, yet its poison was potent enough to kill any five-star gold-quality beasts without poison resistance. The Demonic Poison Millipede’s poison could be said to be horrifying beyond comprehension. Even that huge spider from before was probably inferior to it.
-Could it be that this mountain range is filled with all these poisonous insects, which explains why I encountered so few exotic beasts?-, Zhang Che thought, feeling that this was probably the case the more he thought about it.
This mountain range was so deep into the beast world. If it wasn’t the case, there was no reason he had come across so few exotic beasts after crossing several mountains.
Realizing this, Zhang Che immediately blacklisted this mountain range in his heart, deciding that he would never come back a second time before he was strong enough.
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Returning to the hilly area at the foot of the mountain range, Zhang Che finally felt a little more relaxed. His back was covered in a layer of cold sweat.
“Zhang Che, Zhang Che, you’re getting too arrogant. You can’t continue being like this...”
Sitting on a flat rock, Zhang Che started thinking about his recent experiences. He felt that his journeys into the beast world had been a little too smooth-sailing, and he had become complacent, underestimating the beast world.
Although having an adventurous spirit was a good quality all beastmasters should have, it had to be built upon a sufficiently strong foundation.
He didn’t have a powerful subdued beast at his command, and only the Mutated Puffersword could be considered a decent weapon. However, its level was a little low; the Sonic Wave skill was unable to threaten mid-tier beasts at all.
Under such circumstances, Zhang Che could only destroy ordinary low-tier beasts, albeit they could number up to a hundred. However, if he encountered any solo powerful beasts, he wouldn’t be able to bring out its potential to the fullest and would be caught unprepared.
“So, I better be more careful in the future, and go hunt those three-star silver-quality and below honestly. I will only have the capital to venture deep into the beast world when I advanced to a mid-tier beastmaster and am able to utilize the Scarlet Flame Drake.”
The sky was getting dark. Zhang Che glanced at the mountain range a short distance away, penetrating far into the clouds, before mounting Hanxue and returning in the direction he came from.
His current location was too close to the mountain range, after all, and it was still too dangerous at night. Zhang Che didn’t dare to spend the night here.
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On their way back, Hanxue didn’t run at his fastest speed. Zhang Che wanted to hunt a few exotic beasts as they travelled.
Only the heavens knew how many more three-star beasts he had to kill to advance to Tier Four. He had to make every beast he encountered count.
Zhang Che travelled dozens of kilometers by the time evening was near, but he only harvested a handful of beasts, of which only three were three-star exotic beasts.
The only consolation was that these dozen or so exotic beasts contributed four beast cards to Zhang Che. Three of them were two-star, and the remaining one was a three-star. All of them were of bronze quality. Selling them would fetch slightly over two hundred thousand Alliance dollars.
The sky was getting increasing dark. When Hanxue came to a valley, he suddenly stopped, feeling uneasy and let out a long neigh. Zhang Che’s heart jumped, feeling goosebumps all over. -Could there be some powerful exotic beast ahead?-
At this moment, a rain of arrows suddenly shot out from the mountain forest on the left slope, enveloping the area around Zhang Che.
-Oh shit, the Tian Yin Squad!- Zhang Che realized the identity of his ambushers almost instantly. There was no other possibility aside from them.
He didn’t expect these fellows to hold a grudge to such an extent. They were actually still hiding along the way back after such a long time.
These thoughts flashed through Zhang Che’s mind, but his body didn’t pause in the slightest, leaning forward on Hanxue’s back, his hands holding onto his steed’s neck tightly.
In the next moment, Hanxue’s skill, the Lightning Charge, was activated. His stationary figure suddenly shot out like lightning, appearing two hundred meters away in an instant, avoiding the rain of arrows.
“Go quickly, don’t stop!”
The opposing party was armed with bows, and their leader was even a Tier Four beastmaster. Although Zhang Che really wanted to murder these bastards who had ambushed him, he was powerless against them, and could only choose to run away.
“Shit! This guy’s subdued beast is actually that powerful!”
Back on the slope, the sharp-chinned leader of the Tian Yin Squad cursed angrily, nearly throwing his black bow to the ground.
Watching Zhang Che quickly disappearing from his sight atop Hanxue, the sharp-chinned man turned his head to a beastmaster at the side and snarled, “Hurry, get your Cloud Sparrow to continue chasing! He dared to foil our Tian Yin Squad’s matters; I don’t care who he is, he’d better prepare himself for our wrath!”
However, the beastmaster wore a bitter smile on his face as he replied, “Chief, the sky is almost fully dark; my Cloud Sparrow’s eyesight isn’t good at night. I’m afraid it’s impossible to chase after him.”
“Damn it!” the sharp-chinned man cursed again. Following which, his expression turned cold and said, “Get someone to investigate thoroughly when we get back. This guy’s mount looks very unique; I don’t believe we won’t find out his identity!”
Hanxue ran over five kilometers out in one go. Zhang Che finally let out a long sigh of relief. Still feeling fearful, he couldn’t help but think, -How did these guys figure out I would come out here? Perhaps one of them has a flying beast as well, able to scout for information from a high altitude?-
After thinking things over, he decided that this was the biggest possibility.