Chapter 862: What is He Thinking? (1/2)
”Careful... Steady!” The leader of the Spirit Aberrations shouted as he pulled the reins of the Zenith Plugger, making it take flight at every interval to fly over the paths that had caved in.
The Zenith Plugger wasn't making use of its body as efficiently, making a lot of mistakes that exhausted it faster than usual. Its wings were already trembling after quite some time, giving off the feeling that they wouldn't last any longer. Nevertheless, the leader of the Spirit Aberrations controlled it, forcing it to run without stopping.
The Zenith Plugger limped at times due to its foot being injured. Unfortunately, the Spirit Aberrations in human form on its back were unable to defend against all the falling boulders, even though all of them were huddled in the same place. That showed just how weak they were in their human forms.
”Once I devour her, our situation will definitely improve drastically,” The Spirit Aberration leader snorted as it said, making the Zenith Plugger run nonstop. At times, the Zenith Plugger would wail in pain, but despite everything, it had no choice but to run, even if it meant crippling itself.
Though they were weak, they weren't helpless. They had accumulated a lot of abilities to help out in their situation. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to live for so long in the dangerous God Realm where old races would die, and new races would emerge constantly.
”Those items are from Trivar's caravan. Pick up some of them.” The leader motioned at some items scattered across the path. In response, one of the Spirit Aberrations landed on the path before running forward at speeds greater than the Zenith Plugger. It then grabbed the items before returning to its back, handing them over to a Spirit Aberration that was tracking Trivar's caravan.
”This would help us locate them faster.” He smiled as he said before continuing his chase.
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The Pitlook Merchant Caravan headed into a large flat pit on the ground—one situated 10 meters underground—and proceeded to travel without breaks, officially entering the Immortal Severance Zone.
At the very moment they entered, everyone in the caravan, including Krune, let out a grunt, feeling the limitation imposed on them become stronger. Right now, unless they left the place, their cultivation would be limited to the First Stage of the Godly Fusion Realm.
Not only that, but Krune noticed that the range of his Divine Sense, Godly Energy reserves, and physical body strength had changed as well. All had regressed to the First Stage of the Godly Fusion Realm. The most shocking fact was regarding the Godly Energy flowing in his Godly Meridians.
He thought that even if his cultivation was suppressed, the Godly Energy in his body would remain the same. But as it turned out, even its quantity was suppressed to the First Stage of the Godly Fusion Realm. This was pretty alarming.
On top of that, another frightful matter was how his Mental Energy Scan had become slower in the area. It wasn't adversely suppressed like Godly Energy. Its range and functionality remained the same as before. But compared to before entering the area, it felt like a tortoise.
'Maybe it's because the concentration of the Suppression Law here is so dense that it can even affect my Mental Energy. I see... it just suppresses everything, regardless of whatever it is. Mental Energy is no different. It's probably because it's unique and something the laws of the God Realm hadn't probably encountered before. That's why the suppression effect on it is minimal.' Krune thought to himself, offering a hypothesis to the situation that he felt made sense.
He then noticed how the speed of the caravan had slowed down considerably as the Zenith Pluggers were feeling some difficulty in pulling them. Thankfully, two of them were attached to each carriage, reducing the burden on each Zenith Plugger. That was why they could continue pulling their respective carriages.
The ground was plain, barely layered with thin topsoil. It was mostly flat, hardened ground, allowing an easier travel. The depth of the pit from the ground level steadily increased as the surroundings grew darker.
The caravan passed by some rock pillars along the way, unhindered as they numbered few and far between. Among them was a series of rock pillars, placed parallel to one another, separated by a distance of 100 meters.
The caravan soon entered this section, continuing to move past as the mercenaries were on high alert, including Xula, who was dissatisfied with the entire situation. Once the caravan had disappeared from view, a large crowd emerged from a rock pillar at the front.
They huddled at the top of the rock pillar, eerily gazing at the back of the caravan. Their cultivation, just like the ones on the caravan, was also at the First Stage of the Godly Fusion Realm, but their auras reeked with a bloodthirsty scent. Their figures were of all sizes, mostly emitting the auras of various demon beasts in human form.
Among them, a stout man appeared atop the rock pillar, holding a great sword using his mouth as he gazed at the caravan that had moved a fair distance away. ”Are they loaded?”
”When they entered the Immortal Severance Zone, the suppression effect caused the formation on their carriages to fluctuate. I inspected them using that chance…” answered a demon beast in human form, looking no different from a human baby in appearance, currently seated on the man's shoulder. ”Boss, they're loaded. The carriages are filled with useless goods, but the ones in their storage rings are probably the real deal. They're superior quality.”