Chapter 205 - 169.6 : The Swamp 2 (1/2)

As he gazed at the medium-sized group of people, Arthur started inspecting every potential body he can possess. He can't just possess anyone then randomly use fire-related skills, it would be suspicious if he were to use a skill that the 'host' never used before and it'll obviously attract suspicions.

The closer the candidate to be possessed is to Elo Huo, the better as he would be able to influence the boy and get on with his plans without any hindrance.

Arthur wasn't going to possess his target for the time being but this didn't stop him from picking the right target immediately. For three straight hours, Arthur soundlessly followed the group, which proceeded deeper into the forest without stopping. No matter how vicious and strong the beasts were, they were burned and stabbed by Elo Huo's halberd. Although he was arrogant, he certainly had the sufficient strength to back it up, however, he was lacking a lot compared to Amidel's son or Cold Sword. Arthur didn't think much of his strength as he already reached the power of Gods and paying any heed to Juniors is nothing but a waste of time for him. This kid, for Arthur, was but means to an end. To achieve his goals, he doesn't mind sacrificing those who deserve to be sacrificed.

Those group finally halted as the compass the red-haired youth reacted to a dark cave just ahead of them. Arthur guessed that the compass could detect special types of treasures, but every treasure would certainly be guarded. He and the kid shared the same thought, the group stopped in front of the cave and started preparing for a few minutes before they headed inside the cave.

'I guess this will take them some time, there are a few strong beasts inside... oh well, I should find the other group too.'

His main target was the Spatial Master, who was protecting Kai Min from behind the shadows, so that means he is currently with that self-righteous prick.

Just like he appeared, Arthur's figure disappeared and headed deeper into the forest whilst spreading his Divine and Sixth sense in all direction. His eyes were also surveying his map for any possible enemies that may be lurking around.

The group belonging to the Water Cloud Sect is bigger than Elo Huo's, so it would be easy to find them thanks to the map.

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Despite meeting a few Poisonous Divine Beasts, Arthur disposed of them and possessed them while he was at then he dumped them in his storage as he continued his search. His efforts finally bore fruit as he managed to find the Water Cloud Sect after two hours of thorough search.

The forest was unarguably huge as he only met four small groups in these two hours and two of these groups were retreating due to the strength of the monsters. He even found dead corpses of rogue cultivators, which he possessed, of course.

The Water Cloud Sect seemed a bit moody as an awkward atmosphere covered the group. From the displeased expression of Kai Min, Arthur could guess that they didn't manage to find any good treasures. Usually, the powerful sects as this one would head deeper in search of treasures until they reached the center of the tomb, where the real stuff was, but at that time, the elders would join and it wouldn't be their place to earn things, especially for those normal disciples.

Before he left the group following Elo Huo, Arthur didn't forget to leave a personally created GPS made from Lost Magic. Its only functions are to direct him towards where the group is, he easily managed to attach it to a weak disciple without the latter realizing it.

”This won't do! We got nothing since we entered the tomb. We're heading for the Eft Swamp!”

Although this place called 'Eft Swamp' was extremely dangerous, none of the disciples dared or wanted to refuse. First, is because it was Kai Min who was ordering them and he was more powerful and had higher status than them in the status so it won't be wise to oppose him, second is because they, too, wanted to obtain treasures and the only possible way right now is the Eft Swamp as the other dangerous places were most likely scavenged by the other powerful factions.

Without excited expressions and burning eyes, the group of juniors hastily head towards the West, where the swamp was supposed to be. Just behind the group, approximatively a few meters underground, a strange plant was moving in their direction without making any noise. As he possessed a carnivorous plant he killed earlier, Arthur followed them easily without fearing being detected.

The hiding ability of this plant is amazing, almost second to none. Not only does it not emit any noise, it had extremely long vines which had sharp edges able to penetrate weakling easily, it also could emanate poisonous fog that makes the targets hallucinate. Unfortunately for the already dead plant, such poison was completely ineffective against Arthur as his stats were more than ten times than it, moreover, his Poison Resistance had long since reached max Lv.

Poison Resistance[Passive Max Lv]: Negates 80% of any poison received(+5% if the Wisdom stats of the user is higher than the enemy.)