Chapter 902: The Immediate Surroundings of a Spawn Area (1/2)

”Where am I?” a man in his forties muttered as he massaged his forehead, easing the pain. He looked around his surroundings, eventually finding himself to be within a forest. There weren't any trees in his immediate vicinity, surrounding him by a radius of five meters.

On the other hand, beyond that point, a thick forest covered him on all sides. Moreover, the trees seemed to steadily grow in height the further one went deeper into the forest. For a couple of seconds, the man remained standing in place, unwilling to take any rash decisions that would cost him his life.

He then unleashed his Divine Sense, making a sweep of the area to double-check if the trees were just regular trees. There wasn't anything suspicious in the area, except for some animal bones that he noticed at some places.

He called them animal bones since they were just too small to be labeled demon beast bones. Upon failing to find anything that could threaten his life in the forest, he then entered the stretch of trees, moving through their gaps. The tree barks were rough as they made grating sounds whenever they scraped past his armor.

He had been completely prepared for this trip, donning a set of armor and carrying a variety of weapons in his storage ring. He then took out a sphere and placed it in his mouth. It seemed to be a special item he had prepared as it was filled with Godly Energy, a rather dense concentration at that even.

He seemed to have prepared it extensively, precisely for his use in the Sub-Realm. Through his Divine Sense, he noticed how there were no traces of Godly Energy in the surroundings, frowning as he moved forth cautiously.

Without any Godly Energy in his surroundings, he had to be cautious in his approach to anything. After all, once expended, he couldn't recover his Godly Energy reserves naturally. Moreover, he had to use up the precious God Stones he had saved up.

'Thankfully, this item can last me for a year,' he thought as he swallowed the sphere in his mouth. Once the sphere entered his stomach, it began to emit a gentle stream of Godly Energy that flowed through his body, constantly replenishing his reserves.

He could not help but frown as he moved forward, having noticed something amiss through his Divine Sense. He could feel something flashing past in and out of his range of Divine Sense. On top of that, it was fast, too fast for him to even make sense of it.

”Hah!” Followed by a long exhale, the man increased his focus, strengthening his Divine Sense using an innate technique of his race, now able to perceive everything clearly. He saw the entity flashing in and out of his Divine Sense.

It was tiny, only the size of his fist. Nevertheless, it had a needle on its mouth that was twice the length of his body. Moreover, it exuded a pungent thirst for blood, making it seem as if it lived just to feast on the blood of others.

Currently, it had been flashing in and out of his Divine Sense because every time it entered the range, it used its legs to grab a tiny wisp of the Godly Energy that made up the Divine Sense. It then seemed to be using the Godly Energy for something, after which it returned to take away some more.

The Godly Energy it had taken away was in minuscule amounts that he hadn't even noticed the first few times. Only through his heightened senses did he sense it. He could now sense the creature's cultivation base, which was only at the First Stage of the Godly Fusion Realm.

With a thought, he unleashed a flaming tongue that lashed out on the creature, causing it to pop into a pool of blood. He immediately frowned as it popped way too easily. His attack should have swatted it away before continuing to burn it into a crisp.

Unfortunately, the reaction seemed different. He immediately became vigilant as he could smell a whiff of a bloody tang in the air. In an instant, something seemed to have changed in the surroundings as faint buzzing sounds resounded, followed by the swaying of the trees and the falling of the leaves.

His face turned pale as the man immediately unleashed a torrent of flames and wrapped them around himself, increasing its size and range as much as he could. A dark cloud flew through the gap in the trees as it headed straight towards the man, slamming into the tornado of flames he had surrounded himself with.

Upon the slightest touch, they splashed into a pool of blood, slamming into the tornado of flames and began to douse it. From the top, from the sides, and even from the bottom, the cloud swerved into the fire and continuously doused it.

The man had no choice but to absorb a greater stream of Godly Energy from the item in his stomach and increase the intensity of the flames he unleashed. Some of the creatures managed to penetrate the flames and land on his body, piercing their needle through his armor before penetrating his skin.

”Aaargh!”

The intermittent screams of a man resounded throughout the forest as it was enveloped in a sea of flames.

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