Chapter 312 - Pit stop (1/2)

”So I gotta ask, how serious are you about her?” Jin Wang asked from under the hood.

Hao Xuan pretended not to hear him and kept looking forward. He patted the lizard, making it increase its speed yet again.

It had been about 16 hours since they had left the city of Fortuna on the 'Walking Lizards'.

These were mounts bred by the beast hall for the exclusive use of cultivators. They were relatively expensive and could only be bought with Spirit Stones.

Hao Xuan had to fork out about 80 Mid-Grade spirit stones for both the mounts for him and Jin Wang. They didn't have to make soul contracts with them and instead, they were stored in Beast Tokens.

These tokens were similar to Storage rings with the only difference being that they could store Spiritual, living creatures.

The Walking Lizards looked like super-sized versions of Geckos. They were extremely cute with big eyes and were passive by nature. They would never fight and always chose to run away instead of choosing confrontation.

They were about two times bigger than the horses back on earth and their normal speed could reach up to several hundred kilometers per hour.

Since their chosen response in any dangerous situation was flight over fighting, through evolution their bodies adapted to this and they developed several abilities related to basically running away.

Right now they were passing through a burnt-out forest. There were massive tree trunks on the ground and every few feet a body of a beast would be seen burnt to a crisp.

There were dark red embers everywhere which were still giving off massive amounts of heat. Every now and then a bubbling purple puddle could be found next to the beast corpses. It was giving off a mist of the same color which was slowly diffusing into the surroundings.

This is why Hao Xuan and Jin Wang had been wearing hoods and covered their faces as much as possible. The smoke from some of these beasts and plants was poisonous and very toxic.

Thankfully the Lizard's didn't need anything to help them breathe. They had very thin skin and could actually breathe through it, naturally cleaning the air before taking it in.

The Lizard's feet were covered with a slimy liquid that was almost the same consistency as wet clay. It covered the bottom and acted as natural shoes for them. They kept them silent, helped them run faster and protected them from any harmful materials on the ground.

”Oi~, I'm talking to your b*tch a*s here!” Jin Wang shouted even louder upon being ignored. Hao Xuan turned his head halfway around and barked back.

”Dude shut the hell up for god sakes! We don't know where we are or what's around us, just keep quiet and talk through the spiritual band!”

The short-range communication capabilities of the Spirit band were put to full use as Jin Wang immediately called Hao Xuan.

*Crackle*

”So? How serious is it?”

”Why the hell do you care?”

”Because we're friends, why wouldn't I?” Jin Wang replied a matter-of-factly.

*Sigh*

Hao Xuan shook his head helplessly and replied in a low voice.

”It's as serious as it gets.”