Chapter 1023 (2/2)
With a grim expression, Han Shan gritted his teeth, then raised his hand to signal a retreat. While the treasure of the Treasure Beast was indeed valuable, he could only enjoy it if he stayed alive! Looking at the current situation, he felt some guilt towards Mu Chen and the rest. After all, they had endured a long and arduous journey, and even before reaching the place where the Treasure Beast fell, they were driven out, forced to escape with their tails tucked between their legs!
“Hold on.”
However, just as Han Shan had decided to command a retreat, Mu Chen suddenly spoke. Everybody looked at Mu Chen in shock. If they didn’t leave now, they would be in dire straits later.
Could Mu Chen really not let go of the treasure of the Treasure Beast?
Faced with their stunned expressions, Mu Chen only smiled faintly and said, “I think I can try to mask our presence from the beast spirits.”
“What?”
They were all shocked. Even Nine Nether was a bit doubtful.
Looking at the nonplussed expressions of those around him, Mu Chen smiled. “The method those fellows used to hide from the beast spirits has inspired me. If these beast spirits can only sense the difference between living things and death-gas, their senses must be very poor. As such, as long as we mask the living gas of our bodies, they will treat us as non-living beings.”
Han Shan was stunned by this logic. “While the beast spirits have extremely poor senses, they are extremely sensitive to living gas! Even just a bit of it would turn them into hungry wolves!”
He clearly didn’t quite believe that Mu Chen had the ability to mask their living gas. Mu Chen didn’t bother replying, but with a light flick of his fingers, flashed his spiritual seals rapidly. As they took shape around him, they quickly blended into the surroundings, creating ripples in the air.
“Spiritual array?”
Nine Nether’s beautiful eyes flashed as she watched this scene.
Boom boom boom!
Just as the spiritual seals quickly blended into the air, the shaking of the earth became more violent, and the huge beast spirit let loose a massive howl from a distance away, which carried with it waves of death-gas.
The masters of the Demonic Rhino Clan broke out in cold sweats, their faces pale with terror upon hearing the aggressive roar. They kept looking at Han Shan, as the minute he showed any intention to retreat, they would also retreat immediately!
But Han Shan was staring intently at Mu Chen. Finally, he gritted his teeth violently and said, “I’m relying on you, Mu Brother.”
He was also unwilling to leave. That fact, coupled with his bone-deep hatred for the Sirius Clan, made him even more loathe to be driven off, especially if there were any alternatives.
He knew that Mu Chen was not impetuous. Plus, since Mu Chen could remain so calm and self-possessed, he must have some degree of confidence. This made Han Shan willing to take a gamble on him.
Mu Chen closed both eyes, without replying. The spiritual seals forming at his fingertips gradually increased in strength.
“This Han Shan is apparently suicidal!”
From a distant treetop, Golden Break couldn’t help mocking them, especially when he saw that Han Shan and the rest were unwilling to retreat. This made him think that Han Shan was just reluctant to give up on his goal of attaining the Treasure Beast’s treasure.
“If he wants the treasure so much, he can just be buried here with it!” Golden Break said with a wide grin, baring his teeth, which gave him a ferocious look.
Boom boom boom!
The flood of beast spirits roared towards them, and the death-gas assaulted their senses. Nine Nether and the rest watched the rapidly approaching death-gas current with dead eyes.
When the distance between them had dwindled to a hundred fathoms and the smell of death was assaulting their senses, causing the masters of the Demonic Rhino Clan to sink into despair, Mu Chen’s slightly squinted eyes finally opened abruptly. Then, his bright black irises twinkled.
Buzz buzz!
The surrounding air suddenly gave a violent tremor, and Han Shan and the rest saw flashes of spiritual energy light runes quickly spreading across the void in front of them. It then engulfed them all within it!
The silhouette cast by the spiritual energy light runes looked somewhat like a grey coffin. This spiritual array didn’t seem to have a strong attacking power, but once it took shape, Han Shan and the rest could clearly feel the death-gas emanating into the space around them, chilling them to the bone.
Boom boom!
By the time the coffin spiritual array had taken shape, the flood of beast spirits had finally reached them. But, upon reaching the area in which Mu Chen and the rest were immediately within, the flood automatically parted around them!
The massive flood of death-gas brushed past them, making their knees shake in terror, but they couldn’t care less about their shaking knees, as they simply watched the flood of beast spirits parting around them! Their eyes were wide with shock!
The beast spirits, which were emanating waves of death-gas, actually brushed past us, as if we were non-living beings!
“Success!”
At this moment, even someone as placid as Han Shan couldn’t resist leaping for joy. As they all went wild with joy, in the distant treetops, the mocking expressions of Golden Break, Huo Yang, and the rest had gradually darkened.
Their malicious gazes looked past Han Shan and the rest, directly locking onto Mu Chen. Clearly, they sensed that the seemingly unremarkable Grade Six Sovereign was the root cause for failure of their trap.