1266 Opportunity 2 (1/2)

”Go bring that soul back here,” The voice spoke.

All of a sudden, a black thread shot forth inside the cave. This black thread quickly wove itself into a round ring in mid-air, and then the center of the ring slowly split apart, forming a mirror inside.

The surface of the mirror was as bright as new, and it slowly began to reflect a line of white Dragon Whelps. There were four of them, hiding inside a cave and chatting idly.

The green flames in the Knight's eyes flickered for a moment, and then they instantly locked onto one of the Dragon Whelps.

This white dragon was well-proportioned, with strong muscles and scales that seemed brighter and cleaner than the other white dragons.

It bowed toward the depths of the cave and then turned around and walked out of the cave, clattering as it went. There was an extremely complex golden screen turning slowly at the mouth of the cave, blocking off all the threats that might walk out of the cave.

But the Knight seemed to be completely oblivious to it, walking straight toward the golden screen at the mouth of the cave.

As soon as the Knight walked into it, the translucent screen lit up with a whoosh, and a large cloud of black smoke was absorbed out of its armor.

The Black Knight walked out determinedly and managed to get past this golden screen eventually. Its foot stomped hard into the deep layer of snow outside.

Once it walked out, however, half of the many tadpole-like glyphs on its armor vanished, leaving only a small portion, and even those gave off an impression of aged fragility, as though it could fall apart at any time.

The Knight paid that no heed at all and just stood at the cave entrance, figuring out the direction. Then, it strode boldly in one direction. After a few steps, it actually began to fly.

Roar!!

A Giant Frost Iguana Elder rushed straight at it, racing at the Knight from underneath the snow. It was probably because the Knight had intruded into its territory. But when it saw the glyphs all over the Knight's body, the Elder Giant Iguana's pupils dilated abruptly.

”An Undead! Agony Knight!! Forgive me!!” It screeched in terror, an armor of ice instantly enveloping its entire body. This was Level Six Ice Armor, but at the same time it actually turned around and ran outward, showing no intention to resist whatsoever.

But before it got very far, a bolt of black light shot down from the sky. It was a spinning black Greatsword, the terrifying weapon three whole meters long, emanating large clouds of black smoke from all over its body as it spun rapidly downward.

Psst.

As easily as slicing through tofu, the black smoke Greatsword cut through the Elder Giant Iguana's neck. And then it spun once above the snowy ground, before returning to the Knight's hand in mid-air.

The Giant Iguana Elder's large head rolled onto the floor, the thick Level Six armor had put up no resistance whatsoever. Without any chance of fighting back, a Level Six Giant Iguana Elder was killed by the Black Knight, just like that.

”A boring, insignificant soul…” The Knight gripped the Greatsword, and the black smoke from the blade seemed to pull something out from the Elder Giant Iguana's body. The black smoke was a lot thicker than when it first came out and was currently flowing ceaselessly into the cracks in the Knight's armor.

After killing the Giant Iguana, the Knight did not even look at the corpse beneath it. It just flew in the direction it had decided on.

It did not move very quickly, but wherever it went, all the Giant Iguanas avoided it in terror. No living creature dared to stand in its way.

In fact, some Giant Iguanas actually got onto their knees and began to kowtow at it.

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On the third day, Garen finally finished absorbing that Level Five Crystal Core before leaving.

As he expected, the Crystal Core he had risked his life to obtain gave him one Attribute Point.

And after a night's rest, his injuries had healed slightly and his average fitness returned to half its original value. Add that to his killing move, Ice Pressure Blade, and his combat power was about equivalent to Saszt's now.

After departing on the third day, the four Dragon Whelps moved at a significantly faster speed. They were pretty lucky this time, since they met two Level Four Giant Iguanas consecutively, both of which had gone astray from the pack. They were easily finished off with a few Dragonfire Spells.

Boris also tried to attack some Level Four Giant Iguanas head-on, but unfortunately, once it was weakened by the Level Four Ice Armor, the power of the Dragonfire Spell was not strong enough to harm the Giant Iguana's tough hide. Under these snowy conditions, the Level Four Ice Armor demonstrated its full power, whereas the Dragonfire Spell was drastically weakened. The increase on one side and decrease on the other meant that head-on Dragonfire Spells were practically useless.

The Giant Iguana soon released its Ice Armor again.

They could release their Ice Armor five times a day. It was a spell they were born with, so it did not consume too much of their power.

The group of Dragon Whelps kept moving from one location to another. Going through a long and narrow tunnel in the icy valley, they finally encountered another team of Dragon Whelps for the first time.

”Leona? Boris!” Outside the tunnel, the four Dragon Whelps stood together, discussing something. When they saw another group of Dragon Whelps walk out of the tunnel, the sturdiest-looking Dragon Whelp instantly started yelling.

”Toni!? How lucky, to think we'd meet you first!” Boris was instantly overjoyed, and he ran up to meet them.

”Toni, what are you guys doing here?” Leona asked as well. Clearly, she knew this Dragon Whelp.

”The way ahead is blocked,” said Toni, depressed. ”I'm waiting for other teams to catch up, maybe we can gather together and eat these few Giant Iguanas.”

She looked left and right, and then approached Leona, whispering into her ear.

”There are two more Dragon Whelp teams around, but they're all hiding now.”