Chapter 378: A Dangerous Move (1/2)

Chapter 378: A Dangerous Move

Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Since the apocalypse, the one who was able to adapt could survive, and the stronger ones would be dominating the weaker ones. In this environment with such fierce competition, the creatures had to keep evolving for its survival. Not only should the predators evolve, but the various herbivores including plants would need to keep evolving to be stronger. The latter two would have to evolve even faster, as they face the harsh environment and was in more danger and pressure to survive.

In this forest, there were more mutated plants of a light green level and above, as compared to the various mutated insects. Even the higher level seven of mutated trees could be seen everywhere. As for the herbivores’ survival, they either had a faster reproduction system or were extraordinarily powerful. For example, to have a stronger defense, quicker speed or be larger in size. It was just like how it used to be before the apocalypse, where the king of the jungle was not the tiger, which was naturally at the top of the food chain, but instead, were tame elephants, merely as a result of natural selection.

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Luo Yuan was quite lucky today, as most of the mutated herbivores were good tempered. As long as he did not instigate them, there would not be any danger even if he stood beside them. Of course, there was a risk of being stepped on them as well. It would not be the same if they were the predators. Although the size gap was huge, and they might not have noticed the existence of Luo Yuan, he still needed to suppress his power when they passed through.

In Luo Yuan's sight, the super creature that was somewhere not too far away was like a shining sun, blazing with light. The power generated by its high-speed movement could easily make his injury even more serious.

Luo Yuan took a look at the two notifications in the system.

One was the notification telling him that he had successfully completed in killing the giant mutated frog, while another one was the task notification that appeared ten minutes ago.

The first one was nothing special, but in succession to complete a few grade D+ tasks, his experience had now been accumulated to 101,520/307,200 points.

The experience that was vital for the upgrade had been completed by one-third now. However, it could have been completed by half, if one of the level seven mutated beasts did not escape successfully. From that incident, not only did he fail to gain any experience points, but had to pay the penalty of deducted points as punishment.

When he thought of it in all seriousness, in just a few days, this area that stood far away from the Reconstruction Area was really dangerous. Though he could rapidly accumulate experience, every fight was very risky and brutal, so any carelessness would put his life in jeopardy, exactly like what had happened today.

As for the second notification, Luo Yuan canceled it immediately after reading it. This task would definitely take his life, so he did not want to take any risk by even trying.

”Level C task: Kill the Demonic Horseman. Period: Three days. Accept / Cancel.”

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The Demonic Horseman was standing beside the giant tree, raising its neck while it kept eating the leaves.

The giant tree was very huge. By visual estimation, it was 15 or 16 meters wide in diameter, and the branches that formed a canopy shape could envelop anything beneath it for few kilometers in radius. With the quantity of food intake required by the Demonic Horseman, it could probably eat all the leaves until the branches were bare.

It seemed like it would not be leaving anytime soon. Luo Yuan thought for a while and decided to stay on to continue healing his injury.

With the existence of the super mutated beast, this place became extra safe. By looking at the mutated beast which was still limping on the ground and struggling to get up again, he could determine how powerful and brutal a level eight mutated beast was. This was the place where the Reconstruction Area would need to use a large-scale attack with a nuclear bomb, in order to completely extinguish all the creatures here.

Ten minutes later, all the fine vines had been completely repaired by Luo Yuan. To accelerate the healing process, he stood up and entered the state of the earth in order to get support from its unlimited power.

Of course, this kind of healing was not perfect, but more likely to cause hidden ailments. However, he had too many visceral injuries, which were not able to be healed within a short time with his Will. As for the formation of capillary blockage due to self-healing, it could be slowly repaired when he had sufficient time to do so.

In just a short while, his pale face had blushed and turned lively, as his injured organs had been restored to its original state. The weakness of his body had gradually subsided, while a powerful force was bred in his body. He gripped his fist so tightly and fast, forming shockwaves in the air.

He turned to look at the Demonic Horseman, which was not far away from him. Even if it was just a fluctuation of unconscious energy, its body was surrounded by a turbulent airflow and countless whirlpools appeared in the air, before disappearing instantly. There were also a lot of electro optic-like snakes wandering about in the air.

Luo Yuan was in a rational mind and felt no fear. All these extra feelings were only to evaluate his strengths and weaknesses. Suddenly, a bold idea flashed through his mind.

The 15 points of Intelligence had helped Luo Yuan possess a great memory. He could still clearly remember the scene when he first saw the Demonic Horseman. It was so huge in size and naturally exuded a threatening vibe in the forest that absolutely could not be suppressed. The only thing that impressed him was that it could move at an incredible speed, although it could be due to his lack of attention at the time of the battle.

However, with his 16 points of Agility, it was faster than the speed of sound at the very least, since it had left such a visionary effect on Luo Yuan.

Of course, he would not be so concerned if was only about the speed, as a lot of level seven mutated beasts were faster than he was. After all, the size gap made a lot of difference, not to mention that this was a stronger version of a level eight mutated beast. He was more confused about how the Demonic Horseman was able to not emit any sounds when it ran at such a high speed. Other than the airflow surrounding its body, there was not a single trace of wind when it galloped at top speed.

When its speed had reached a certain limit, air resistance had become the biggest obstacle. Even one meter faster would not only increase the resistance but also cause some buoyancy to the target of the run. It consumed physical strength and had a large impact on its running speed.

If he could weaken or even eliminate the air resistance, his speed would be enhanced again. Also, he would also be able to kill with a much faster speed during a battle.

After the clothing which aided him in air flow balance got scraped off, he had always been looking for a replacement but his efforts were in vain, until today, when he met this Demonic Horseman.

Unfortunately, his abilities proved incapable of fighting against this super mutated beast. It was totally impossible to get such a material by first killing the Demonic Horseman. Although it was just a gap of one level between level seven and level eight, this gap was akin to the distance between the sky and the earth. nature and quality were completely different between both levels.

However, the fortunate thing was that this mutated beast had a mild temper. So, as long as he was careful enough, making dangerous moves will not be pointless. In addition, he still had the ability to predict the future, which he could stop in time if he sensed any imminent danger.

His mind was spinning fast, under this rational state and without any weakness, he immediately made a decision after weighing the risks and rewards. He took his Zhanmadao and cautiously, slowly walked towards the Demonic Horseman.

At this point of time, the Demonic Horseman’s horses were enjoying themselves, while nibbling the leaves. It neighed with glee while eating the leaves, seeming like it was in a pleasant mood and failed to notice that Luo Yuan was actually hatching a plan against them.

Luo Yuan successfully went closer, to all the way to the front of Demonic Horseman. This mutated beast had a shocking size! It had a four or five to a six-meter length of legs exuding a blurred glow. Its body was like a thick layer of the wall that could frighten people. Any human being who stood in front of it was as small as an ant. The closer he went, the more tension he could feel from the Demonic Horseman.

This kind of creature had a very strong Will, even if it was just a drop of its blood. The strong genetic erosion made every other creature stay away from it.

Luo Yuan was now developing his ability in this aspect, however, it was still incomparable to the strength of its level. His Will, which was more unified, could not be compared to that creature’s Will, which was developed by nature; chaotic and full of wildness.

Even so, the breath it exuded was still extremely menacing. If Luo Yuan did not have a strong Will and was not in a state where he was connected to the earth, he would have been frightened and end up collapsing in fear, like the other fragile mutated beasts in the area.

He stopped at a place five meters away from the Demonic Horseman and floated towards its back. The Demonic Horseman sensed something and turned around to look at him before it continued to eat the leaves without a care in the world.

In his prediction, there was no imminent danger. Thus, Luo Yuan did as planned and continued to fly all the way to the horse’s back. There was a strong static electricity seemingly attracted by the Demonic Horseman and surrounded its body. Suddenly, a spark burst onto Luo Yuan’s body too.