Chapter 471 Sokou (2/2)
”It's dead,” said Dumby, the flames in its sockets flickering slightly. It held out its right hand. It could feel a powerful aura of death surging towards the heavens.
At that moment, Dumby could see a pillar of gray smoke rising into the air behind them. In the midst of the smoke, the Cherry Sky Tree's form began to distort and fade into the air.
Dead?! Gao Peng recalled that the Cherry Sky Tree was a Level 54 Epic-grade monster. Equipped with an above-average regeneration speed, it was also a defense specialist. Who or what could possibly have been powerful enough to kill it so quickly?
After thinking about it for a while, Gao Peng ordered the Skeleton Dragon to fly to the rooftop of Taira no Masakado's building. The old man looked straight at Gao Peng without any sign of fear on his face.
Behind him stood a peculiar creature that had the upper torso of a chicken and the lower torso of a snake. Its tail was split into four sections, and its skin was orange. This strange creature was lying on the floor, its body emanating a faint green light.
[Monster Name]: Sokou
[Monster Level]: Level 47
[Monster Grade]: Epic
[Monster Ability]: Corrosive Fluid Level 3, Withering Poisonous Mist Level 3, Venom Mastery Level 3, Agility Level 2
[Monster Attribute]: Poison
[Monster Traits]: Infectious Venom (Its toxicity was increased via mutation, allowing it to cause even more Poison-type damage.
Passive Effect 1: The levels of its Poison-type abilities are all increased by one.
Active Effect 1: It can release a toxic mist into the air, inflicting a one-time destructive blow on its enemies. The damage taken by its victims is proportional to the concentration of its poison in their bodies.)
[Description]: A chimera formed through the fusion of a chicken spirit and a snake spirit, it prefers living inside volcanoes. Its poisonous mist can spread for miles, causing all life around it to wither and die. It's an extremely poisonous creature and should be handled with care at all times. During hibernation, it can unconsciously release the poison in its body into the air and cause the volcano it is living in to erupt as a result.
”Mr. Taira no Masakado, I think we might have a bit of trouble on our hands,” said Gao Peng, whose words were transmitted to Taira no Masakado via Dumby's Soul Waves.
Stunned for a moment, Taira no Masakado quickly composed himself and said, ”My familiar was badly injured moments after it entered battle. I would certainly think that we have a bit of trouble on our hands.” He smiled coldly at Gao Peng, who let out a cough.
”Well now, did you not see me stop my familiar from striking your familiar down? If I hadn't shown it restraint, do you think it would have come away with a mere injury?”
Taira no Masakado's eye twitched. He could hear the threat in Gao Peng's words.
”What do you want? Gao Peng.” Taira no Masakado's mouth pronounced Gao Peng's name with a slight accent.
Huh, he knows who I am. Well, doesn't really matter. I already saw this coming.
”You speak the Huaxia tongue fluently,” said Gao Peng, trying to change the subject.
”I studied in Huaxia a long time ago,” replied Taira no Masakado.
”Truth be told, the reason I'm here in the Nihon region because an attempt was made on my life not too long ago. After interrogating my would-be assassins, I discovered that they were sent from the Nihon region. This is a video recording of their interrogation. I hope to receive a satisfactory answer from you,” said Gao Peng, handing a disc to the old man.
Taking the disc from Gao Peng, Taira no Masakado nodded. ”I will give you a satisfactory answer.”
Incidentally, Taira no Masakado had a higher position here in the Nihon region than he had in the Huaxia region.