Chapter 319 (2/2)

“Manor Master, be careful,” Uncle Fu sent before gritting his teeth and finally breaking the talisman.

Invisible power instantly descended and enveloped Uncle Fu.

Hu.

He vanished into thin air, having been sent outside of Crimson Rock Mountain.

Once he was sent out, he would no longer be able to help Xue Ying or Chen Jiu. While he was allowed to attempt crossing the Crimson Rock Mountain again, the rules stated that any Transcendent would have to wait for a hundred years before being allowed to try again. On top of that, since he had already passed the Meteor Bridge and received a reward and a talisman, he would not get those two benefits for the next attempt.

“Aaaah!!!” Chen Jiu tried his hardest to escape.

“Chen Jiu, there are only four hundred kilometers left,” Xue Ying encouraged Chen Jiu as he flew beside him. The eight-tentacled beasts were Mirage Creatures, so it made no difference whether he entered the Mirage or not.

Chen Jiu stopped. “It’s no use trying to flee. Let’s fight them.”

Xue Ying also stopped. Under the effect of the golden threads, they had no way of shaking the Mirage Creatures off. The only way left to survive was to fight.

“Come,” Xue Ying taunted.

Hong!

He spread out his Gravity Domain, making sure to leave Chen Jiu out of the effective area; it did not affect him in the slightest.

“These Transcendents would actually dare fight us.”

“Human, do not struggle. Just accept your death.”

The voices of these eight-tentacled beasts traveled into the real world at the same time as dark-blue tentacles struck from every direction. Dozens of tentacles attacked and retracted, appearing like shadows due to their swiftness. Chen Jiu used his eight arms to defend himself against the attacks coming from everywhere around him. Xue Ying also brandished his spear. There only three to five meters of distance between them.

Due to their big bodies, only ten to twenty of the eight-tentacled creatures could attack simultaneously. With Chen Jiu and Xue Ying joining forces, each could handle seven or eight such creatures.

“Xue Ying, be careful. I can’t protect you as well.” Chen Jiu laboriously swung his eight arms to deflect the surrounding attacks. His arms turned bigger, and his palms all turned shield-like to better defend himself. However, when they left the Mirage, the tentacles would not always lash out and would at times try to strangle him.

“Scram!” Xue Ying fared better than Chen Jiu due to his ability to see inside the Mirage. He could see how the creatures moved inside the Mirage and react faster to their attacks. Although the eight-tentacled creatures had large bodies, his Gravity Domain was simply not powerful enough. His repulsion power failed to repel them and could at most slow them slightly.

Every last one of those creatures had eight tentacles. With tens of tentacles attacking them from every direction, and even their sudden emergences from the Mirage…even Chen Jiu was hard pressed to protect himself.

Hong. Peng. Xue Ying continuously attacked with his spear. He no longer dared to use his Star Meteor Annihilation. He had used it once, and very soon, he found himself surrounded on all sides by those creatures. That had happened because his Star Meteor Annihilation was not systematic enough. He had to to fend off strikes coming from all sides, so he needed attacks that could be continuously used, such as the lightning-fast Extreme Penetration.

Just half second later—Peng! A tentacle broke through his defenses and whipped Xue Ying’s back. A surge of violent power comparable to the might of a Deity struck his back. This single attack threw Xue Ying off-balance, sending him forward. Numerous tentacles quickly enveloped him.

When he saw the scene, the eight-armed Chen Jiu, who was barely even able to defend himself, shouted in distress, “Dong Bo!”