Chapter 540: Seventh Rank Ground Shell Beast
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Mo Wen did not have to worry that there was nowhere to leave the Flaming Dragon Colt now he was working with Yin Banshuang. He left it on the territory of the Five Beasts Sect and had the disciples of the sect look after it. There were not many people in the Green Ancient Mystery Dimension who would dare to object.
Nobody knew how many experts from the Five Beasts Sect had come this time. They only knew that the big bosses had all entered the Tan Zi Beast Lair. As for what they were doing, not many people knew. The other ordinary disciples left were all working hard to collect the resources in the lair. To human warriors, this was a rare opportunity.
Mo Wen and Yin Banshuang entered the Tan Zi Beast Lair together.
The inside of the Tan Zi Beast Lair was like a dark world. It was very large and nobody knew exactly how big it was. There was no light in it, only darkness. You would not be able to see your fingers if you stretched out your hand inside. An ordinary person would not be able to see anything. But to warriors with deep cultivation, it was not an issue.
There were numerous monstrous beasts living inside the Tan Zi Beast Lair, and there were many different types of beasts. They were stronger in the dark than in daylight.
As such, human cultivators faced more danger inside the lair than in the forests.
Two figures wove through the darkness like two shadows. Their figures wavered and then disappeared, reappearing some distance away.
“How much longer until we can find the entrance to the second level?”
A dark figure looked at another dark figure in the darkness. The person who had asked the question was Mo Wen. They had already been in the Tan Zi Beast Lair for more half a day but were still walking about on the first level. From the outside, the lair might look like just a cave, but inside it was vast. Mo Wen suspected that the entire area beneath the ground of the Flame Barren Savage Lands belonged to the Tan Zi Beast Lair.
There were nine levels inside the Tan Zi Beast Lair, and it was said that the space grew smaller as the levels descended. The first level was the most spacious. If one wanted to go to the second level from the first, then they had to find the passage leading to it. There was no other way.
After human warriors entered the first level, there would often be those who had the ability to reach the second level but could not find the way to it. They would only be able to walk back and forth on the first level.
The first level was the safest, relatively speaking. Even a warrior in the Embryonic Breathing realm, should he be lucky, would be able to survive in it for a long period of time. Of course, this level of danger was relative. Actually, there was no definite safe spot in the beast lair. It was highly likely that a mid-seventh rank beast would appear there.
A mid-seventh rank beast, under normal circumstances, was comparable to a warrior in the intermediate Golden Elixir realm, and might well be even stronger.
“In the beast lair, almost every entrance and exit to the next level has powerful beasts lying in ambush. If you want to reach the second level, don’t just think that this is the first level, it is highly likely that one might encounter mid-seventh rank beasts, or something even stronger. As such, we have to be vigilant and find the safest path.”
Yin Banshuang held a map in her hands. It was a map made over several hundred years by human warriors exploring the Tan Zi Beast Lair. There were some entrances to the next level marked on it, but many of these paths were fraught with great dangers.
There was more than one path to the second level: there were actually several. Many of the paths though were fraught with hidden and unknown dangers. There was almost no single path that had no dangers. As such, they had to find the path that was the easiest to pass.
Even with their extraordinary cultivation, Mo Wen and Yin Banshuang would still be afraid if they encountered a mid-seventh rank monstrous beast. In the beast lair fraught with unknown, anything could happen. They might lose their lives if they were not careful.
“Something’s coming.” Mo Wen lifted his chin slightly and looked toward the northwest. A faint cold breeze came from there. All was silent around them. If their spiritual senses had not been strong enough, they would not have discovered it.
Yin Banshuang froze slightly for a moment. She followed Mo Wen’s gaze, confusion filling her eyes. Just as she was about to ask Mo Wen what he had heard, his expression changed dramatically and he whispered,” That’s a Blood Mosquito Bat. It’s a group of Blood Mosquito Bats.”
Blood Mosquito Bats were the landmark beasts of the first level of the Tan Zi Beast Lair. It was almost impossible for human warriors to come to the first level and not encounter any Blood Mosquito Bats. That was because there were simply too many of them and they populated every corner of the first level.
A single Blood Mosquito Bat might not be any threat and a Qi Nucleation realm warrior would be able to get rid of it without difficulty. However, Blood Mosquito Bats were herd beasts. They would often appear in a group which ranged from a few hundred to at most, a few thousand. What was most terrifying was if one encountered a large group that could number tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands. Even a Martial Arts Grandmaster would not dare to be surrounded by hundreds of thousands of Blood Mosquito Bats. As such, a warrior would usually choose to escape it he encountered a large group of them.
“There are only about a thousand of them. Don’t worry,” Mo Wen said lightly.
He had only sensed something approaching at first. As the Blood Mosquito Bats neared, he could sense how many there were in total. With his and Yin Banshuang’s abilities, they need not worry, as long as they didn’t encounter hundreds of thousands of Blood Mosquito Bats.
“What a strong perception ability,” Yin Banshuang said, looking at Mo Wen. The youth’s perception ability was really surprising. He could clearly sense how many Blood Mosquito Bats there were even from such a distance. It had been the same earlier. She had not yet sensed anything but he already knew there were Blood Mosquito Bats approaching. It was a least a minute before she had sensed it.
Disregarding everything else, this sort of perception ability would multiply their chances of surviving in the Tan Zi Beast Lair.
“From the map, this path is the safest and we should not take another path. It’s just a thousand Blood Mosquito Bats. We can just kill them.” Yin Banshuang frowned and then charged toward the group of Blood Mosquito Beasts. A thousand Blood Mosquito Bats were not much trouble. If they took an alternate path, they might encounter an even greater danger.
Mo Wen did not have any objections. He followed Yin Banshuang with leisurely strides. He did not have to use much effort when he was with a sassy and violent woman like Yin Banshuang.
There was a white light that seemed to be like light from the sun in front of them. Where the light flashed, the Blood Mosquito Bats fell from the air like raindrops. The White Tiger Divine Power had a terrifying killing aura. It charged and made a large path in the dense group of bats.
The two figures shimmered and they passed through the group of bats, flying far ahead.
“Found it.” About an hour later, the two appeared before a pile of rubble. There were many craters on the ground and grass grew from the messy pile of rocks. A wide passage leading downwards stretched from the ground. It was so deep one could not see the bottom. The two of them looked at it but could not see the deepest part of it.
“According to the map, this passage is safer than the others.”
Yin Banshuang’s gaze swept around and then she nodded. The first level was not a big deal. The issue was that the second level would be very dangerous. From the first to the second level, the danger would appear at the passage of the second level. It was likely that they would encounter the powerful beast of the second level there.
It often happened that some warriors would emerge from the passage of the first level and would get killed by a terrifying beast when he just got to the second level. If they were unlucky, they might even encounter a seven-rank monstrous beast.
“Let’s go down.” Yin Banshuang saw that there were not too many dangers around them and prepared to fly toward the passage.
“Hang on.” Mo Wen reached out and stopped her. Mo Wen had already waved his hand before Yin Banshuang could question him. A black light flew out and the spiritual weapon, the flying dagger, immediately shot out and into the tunnel at the blink of an eye.
Almost at the same time, a painful shriek could be heard in the passage. Following that, a blinding yellow light flew out from the passage.
Roar! It was a monstrous beast that looked as if it was wearing a mountain shell. However, it was larger than an elephant and was more than five meters tall. It more than 10 meters long and looked like a small moving mountain. Its roars were like sonic waves, causing the rubble on the ground to fly up.
“Seventh rank ground shell beast.” Yin Banshuang’s expression changed slightly and she subconsciously made a startled sound. The beast was a ground shell beast, and it was a seventh rank ground shell beast. It was good at drilling underground or hiding under the earth. It was very hard to discover them, so they were also called underground killers.
She had not expected that the seemingly safe path would have a seventh rank ground shell beast hidden there. If they had not been careful and had not considered the possibility of such an occurrence, she would have been in trouble even in a situation she was confident in.
Mo Wen’s expression remained the same. After all, he had discovered that it was hidden in the passage long ago.
“You beast, how dare you try to plot against your aunt. I’ll kill you.” Yin Banshuang was enraged. If not for Mo Wen, she feared that she would have been attacked by the beast. With her fiery temper, she really could not bear it. She leaped up on her long slender legs and flew towards the ground shell beast as if she were the true vicious beast and the enormous ground shell beast was a pitiful thing waiting to be beaten up.
Roar! The seventh rank ground shell beast looked up and roared. Its clear yellow eyes turned pink. That was how it behaved when it was angry. There were long cuts on the dark yellow scales of the ground shell beast. Blood flowed from the wounds and slowly dripped onto the ground.
They were the results of Mo Wen’s flying dagger. The ground shell beast had originally intended to ambush them but had been ambushed instead.
The ground shell beast was highly intelligent compared to other beasts. Otherwise, it would not have gotten the name “underground killer”. It was unlike other beasts that only knew how to fight and kill upfront. They were better at ambushes and assassination and often used their advantage to hide under the ground and attack when least expected.
It was impossible to know how many beasts and human warriors had been lost to the ground shell beast’s ambush.
The intelligence of a seventh rank ground shell beast was far superior to the ordinary ground shell beast. It knew that Mo Wen was the enemy who had injured him the moment it saw him.
However, Yin Banshuang had already leaped at it and did not give it any chance to look for Mo Wen.
Rumble Crash! Human and beast collided against each other, just like a meteorite colliding with the earth. A stunning storm rose and a large crater appeared in the ground.
With the use of the White Tiger Divine Power, Yin Banshuang’s height grew to more than three meters tall. She looked like a war goddess. Luckily, her clothes were made of special material and was extremely stretchy. Otherwise, when she used this power…
Mo Wen hugged his arms and did not participate in the battle. He knew that a beginner seventh rank ground shell beast would not be difficult to handle with Yin Banshuang’s combat ability. Since he could be lazy now he naturally had to be.