Ch160 - A free plane ride and a trouble making system (1/2)
12.3 – A free plane ride and a trouble making system
translator: xiin
editors: Macabre & alamerysl
Mottled sunlight fell through the thick forest canopy, leaving no trace of warmth in its wake. The leaves whispered in the wind, following the small team trudging carefully through the forest. They were lacking in strength and were afraid of encountering something they could not afford to fight; they didn’t want to end up dead in this mysterious forest.
They already lost a comrade last night. That idiot refused to listen to their advice, and had chosen to stay up and keep watch in the middle of the night. As a result, they disappeared into the Demonic Beast Forest during the night.
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Night in the Demonic Beast Forest did not belong to human beings, nor did it belong to the demonic beasts, so very few demonic beasts would move about during the night as they would only end up as fertilizer for the demonic plants. If it hadn’t been for the fact that those demonic plants would only transform at night, the Demonic Beast Forest would have become the world of demonic plants by now.
This continent had once been a flourishing one with countless races; dwarves, elves, orcs, all the races that existed in legends had once appeared on this continent, but now they only existed in history.
That time had long passed; so long that when the oldest elder still living had been born, this continent had already been left with nothing but the Demonic Beast Forest and the area where humans resided. Everywhere else had long since disappeared.
Legend had it that a clan of elves once lived at the center of the Demonic Beast Forest. The Elf King had extremely high magical power, as well as the strongest spiritual power on this continent. If he wished, he could have overturned the entire continent. During that time, the Demonic Beast Forest had no demonic beasts at all, and only demonic plants existed. After the Kings and Gods fell, the Devil World and the Mortal World became isolated, and children no longer heard legends about the devils. Even the legendary Beast God was held in contempt by many people.
This world had entered an era similar to the Desolate Eras in cultivation worlds. Gods were slowly disappearing for reasons unknown. It was obvious that they had cared for this continent, but they hadn’t left even the tiniest bit of themselves behind, not even the legends from long ago.
Xue Ling didn’t understand these things, nor did he want to pay attention to them. He was crouched over the group of human beings at the moment, trying to choose the most suitable angle to pass through the road in front of them without catching their attention.
He calculated back and forth without finding any way to achieve it, and finally rolled his eyes in disgust, feeling that this group of people was really too eye-catching.
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What was this group of spineless people doing in the Demonic Beast Forest? Couldn’t they just find some random grove of trees to play in and be done with it? They were still in the outer layer of the Demonic Beast Forest. If they entered the middle layer, they would be done for sooner or later.
Xue Ling hadn’t finished criticizing them internally when he heard a faint rustling sound from behind.
He tensed up all over, and the fur on the back of his neck stood on end. He unhesitatingly dove down and landed on the head of one one of them men in the group, launched himself off with a foot, and ran like he was flying.
That group of people’s eyes brightened, and someone shouted, “Immature Flame Ink Wolf!”
Smiles burst out onto their faces immediately, but they were not happy for too long as the sound of a bird calling could be heard from behind.
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The bird’s cry was harsh, and the huge bird’s flapping wings made a very loud noise, bringing forth fierce winds that swept through the crowd. They had no way to maintain their ranks, and the demonic beasts around them started to flee as various noises and calls rose and fell one after another.
This was the signal for an impending crisis. Although the demonic beasts here did not have the ability to speak, they were still very clever. When their natural enemies or stronger powerhouses came by, their auras were enough to frighten them out of their wits, quickly causing chaos in this area.
The members of the team immediately scattered, running around in every which direction. Several of them died on the spot, their deaths wretched; most of them had carelessly rushed in front of the already-frightened demonic beasts and were cut in half as a result.
Crying, howling, and all kinds of other noises did not affect the actions of the huge bird in the sky at all.
Its wingspan was very long; one extended wing was twice the length of a man’s height. When they flapped, they lifted up a comparatively small body, and made the bird appear light and graceful.
A hunter who had been hiding in the vicinity waiting for an opportunity to ambush some demonic beasts had a face full of surprise, “… How could it be? That’s a four-star Meteorite Bird! Why is it in the outer layer!!!”
This was also the question Xue Ling wanted to ask. Damn it, if he hadn’t been so on guard, he would probably have been carried away by the huge bird which had approached so silently just now!
As its name implied, the Meteorite Bird dropped very quickly, just like a meteorite. It usually went unnoticed by its target, and by the time they came to their senses, they were already caught by the Meteorite Bird. Xue Ling was lucky to have been able to detect it, but to escape once did not mean he could escape a second time – especially when he was the bird’s target.
Xue Ling tried his best to move to various places that the system marked for him where various other demonic beasts resided. He tried to disturb the forest and have the Meteorite Bird change targets, but unfortunately, prey that had been locked onto by the bird had no way to escape. Xue Ling’s wolf cub body had short legs, and it was compounded by the hierarchical suppression. After disrupting everything over a significant stretch of the forest, he still ended up caught in the Meteorite Bird’s claws as it flew straight up into the sky.
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Xue Ling had given up struggling. When the meteorite bird caught him, it was very careful and did not hurt him. Although Xue Ling was not afraid, the immature cub acted very pitiful, trembling and crying as it was carried up into the sky.
Xue Ling: “…” This was really too much. He had only turned smaller because he’d been hurt. His previous shape had still been very powerful – when he took on human form, he was a sleek and cool, icily handsome man. Why was this body so weak and useless now?
Fine, he still had some doubts about the body of the little ger from the previous world, but at least that body had been able to make use of his own strength. Now, because he was blocked by the will of this world, he could only make use of this body’s original strength…
And this body was currently in the form of an immature cub…
Having thought in a circle and returned back to the original point, Xue Ling’s expression while he was up in the sky was that of someone with nothing to live for.
The system consoled him, “Don’t be so sad. Isn’t this great? He caught you in order to bring you back to his old nest, which should be in the deepest part of the middle layer. Based on the Meteorite Bird’s strength, no matter how you look at it, the territory that he occupies should be excellent. You no longer need to climb mountains and cross rivers just to get to the middle layer, but you’re still so unhappy.”