Chapter 325 (1/2)

Chapter 325: Intoxicated

Translator: Radiant Translations Editor: Radiant Translations

The two patrolling mountain beasts were standing in mid-air within the Mirage, staring at a vigilant Xue Ying as he held his spear close.

He wondered if he could hold his own against two patrolling mountain beasts. His combat power had risen considerably, and he was fighting within the Mirage. It was a good opportunity for him to train his spear techniques.

Hu. Hu.

The two beasts transformed into two gusts of wind, once more revealing their terrifying speed as they charged straight toward Xue Ying.

Even inside the Mirage and under the heavy suppression of the Gravity Domain, the two patrolling mountain beasts could still reach a speed of 650 to 700 kilometers per second. The beasts remained faster than Xue Ying, but it was not as bad as with the previous speed of 1000 kilometers per second which was very taxing on his reaction times.

Weng, weng, weng~

Xue Ying did not face them head-on, opting to dodge the initial charge instead. Flexibility was among the few weaknesses of the patrolling mountain beasts. Chen Jiu had been able to barely take on the previous attacks precisely by accurately targeting their weaknesses.

The spear revolved time after time, piercing out with the destructive aura wrought by the Star Meteor Annihilation. Each spear struck either against the abdomen or the claws of those beasts.

Both sides kept on trying to defeat each other.

The patrolling mountain beasts had relatively good teamwork as they flew together. Their tails would also lash out unpredictably. Xue Ying was doing his utmost to hold on by relying on the fine capabilities of his spear techniques, which were becoming more and more ferocious by the moment. The Star Meteor Annihilation secret skill was gradually improving during this fight, getting closer and closer to perfection.

The fight continued for the time it took to brew a cup of tea.

One of the two patrolling mountain beasts in the air was suddenly reduced to dust. The other continued fighting Xue Ying for a dozen bouts before similarly dissipating into nothingness.

“Truly exciting.” Xue Ying left the Mirage.

“You won?” Chen Jiu asked.

“The fight was still rather taxing on my abilities.” Xue Ying laughed. “It’s quite fortunate that the patrolling mountain beasts aren’t true life-forms, so they naturally dissipated after being inflicted a certain amount of damage.”

The patrolling mountain beasts, beings condensed into form by the arrays, were trials set by the master of Crimson Rock Mountain.

It was quite similar to how the arrays inside the Black Wind Deity Palace would form black-armored protectors!

The patrolling mountain beasts would form similarly, albeit much stronger!

“How is it? Do you still plan on fighting four of them?” Chen Jiu asked.

“Within the Mirage, it was quite hard for me to defeat even two beasts. I should barely be able to deal with three, but four is impossible,” Xue Ying said. “In the real world—that is, without the suppression of the Mirage—the patrolling mountain beasts are stronger. I’d find it quite hard to fight even two of such beasts.”

“With the aid of your Gravity Domain, I could easily face two beasts, even three,” Chen Jiu said. “With the two of us teaming up, we should be able to deal with four of them, but ten would simply be impossible.”

“Mn.” Xue Ying nodded.

“That means we can’t linger for more than a month inside the Great Canyon,” Chen Jiu said. “We’ve already been here for more than a day. Let’s go take a look at some other places. There are other scars left behind by the many seniors from the Deity world.”

Since they knew that they would not be able to stick around for more than a month, Xue Ying and Chen Jiu were both keeping strict track of time.

…

Meanwhile, Lord You Lan was in a similar position; with the True Meaning of Time Deceleration, he could easily defeat a patrolling mountain beast. With the help of Deity-grade scrolls, he would likely be able to deal with two beasts! But five would certainly be impossible for him, so he had to get through the Great Canyon before a month passed.

He was also cultivating and working on his comprehension in different places, slowly making his way forward.

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On the eighth day in the Great Canyon.

“Meishan Clan Master, where are your comrades?” Xue Ying and Chen Jiu had stumbled upon the Meishan Clan Master again.

Sitting cross-legged on a big rock, the Meishan Clan Master shook his head and replied, “Shan Xuan and Yan Qing have both broken their talismans and left this place. I initially thought I’d be able to defend them from the three patrolling mountain beasts. The beasts proved to be simply too fast, however, and their tails were truly too unpredictable. Once I could no longer protect them, they had to break their talismans to escape.”