Chapter 120 – There can only be one leader (1/2)

Translated by Sunyancai

The energy contained in the Fire Crystal in Shao Xuan’s hand could only be absorbed by Shao Xuan himself, and it was supposed that the others couldn’t absorb any of it. Before at the holdout, Shao Xuan had tried many times.

It was the same with everyone, whether it was junior warriors or intermediate warriors.

So, Shao Xuan had always believed that aside from himself, no other people or object could ever absorb the energy from the Fire Crystal, including the five hunting group leaders and Caesar. Besides, none of them made any reaction indicating that they might have absorbed the energy.

However now, in Shao Xuan’s special vision, he saw that some of the red traces of energy, that released from the “burning” Fire Crystal, were floating behind him, instead of being absorbed by his hand.

Who was behind him?

Uncle Mai? Perhaps there was another group leader from another hunting group?

There was more than one warrior. There were actually quite a few of them guarding behind Shao Xuan, so that he could concentrate on searching. However, …

Shao Xuan turned around, and looked at the direction that the red traces of energy drifted towards.

He saw an object in the shape of a diamond floating in the air. It was about three meters high, and Shao Xuan could not see its skeleton. All he could see was a big shining diamond.

Mai and the others had been keeping an eye on the surroundings, and they had never sensed anything abnormal. They even wondered whether the leader of the bat army was around in the cave or not. Or if it was in some vulnerable phase that it could not come out? It was really lucky that Shao Xuan found the missing three men, and they that they were still alive.

However, Mai and the others suddenly got goosebumps when they saw the look on Shao Xuan’s face as he turned around.

Mai reacted quickly and made a sudden turn. Before he could see anything, he tossed out his long spears in full strength, and it went directly towards the direction that Shao Xuan looked at.

The long spear didn’t touch anything. It kept flying in the air, and after a while, it hit the stone wall and fell on the ground.

There was nothing. That was the result that Mai and the others got after they turned around.

Shao Xuan looked down on his hand with the Fire Crystal again.

The red lines of energy altered their direction. Almost at the same time that Mai did something, it changed accordingly.

Now, the red lines from the Fire Crystal drifted up.

Mai and the others looked at Shao Xuan. Seeing that he looked up, they looked up as well. This time, none of them rushed into action. They intended to take a look first.

Mai and the others still didn’t see anything. At least, there was no object in the area that they could see.

When he looked up, Shao Xuan’s pupils shrank when he saw it.

Before, when they walked into the mist, Shao Xuan had paid attention to the ceiling, however, he didn’t see anything, he couldn’t even see the top. But now, since they were walking on big piles of dead bats, they got closer to the top. Nown Shao Xuan could finally see it.

There were a lot of shining diamonds hanging above their head.

And the one he saw earlier was the closest.

They seemed to be floating in the air in Shao Xuan’s vision.

That was the reason that those bats were acting abnormally?

If so, there were too many of them!

Not only one. There was not only one of that peculiar thing!

There were at least a hundred of them!!

There was still a little distance from the ceiling. Although it was less than fifty meters, it was still beyond Mai and the others vision in the mist.

While the spear that was tossed out by Mai did not even touch the edge of that thing!

Moreover, these fice group leaders couldn’t even feel the existence of that thing!

The gap between the two parties was so obvious. If those things decided to attack them, Shao Xuan could only use one word to describe their situation if he had to summarize it – death.

The energy flow of the Fire Crystal was drifting up.

Looking at the red lines floating up, Shao Xuan wanted to stop the Fire Crystal from burning and put it away. However, if he ever did that, no one would ever be able to locate the things above. Even Mai and the other hunting group leaders did not sense its presence, let alone the others.

“Uncle Mai!” Shao Xuan felt it difficult to even speak.

“What on earth did you see, Ah-Xuan?” Mai was not feeling well.

As Shao Xuan was about to answer, there was a slight sound of “crack” above their heads.

Mai and the others were able to hear that as well. Their looks changed immediately. Without caring about anything more, he shouted, “Careful!”

Cheng and some other warriors were checking on the status of their three missing men, but now they rushed to stand alert. However, aside from the sounds that they heard from above, they could not see or hear anything else.

Crack, crack, crack…

It was like some thin shells broke, and the sound continued on.

Shao Xuan saw that the shining diamond broke in the middle.

The breaking shell dropped down and revealed the creature inside.

Shao Xuan could only see its skeleton, which was very much similar with a bat’s skeleton. It was not big, but the sense of pressure that it brought was hundreds of times stronger than other big bats.

When the warriors of the hunting groups walked inside the mist, they could see big bats flying inside, and heading out after they dropped their game down. However, don’t know since when, but the bats had stopped coming in.

The creature above was still shattering its shell, and it spread its wings in silence. It just floated there without a flutter of the wings!

After it hatched from the egg, it looked down and glimpsed at Shao Xuan.

Shao Xuan felt a chill on his back, as if every hair he had was trembling. He could only see the skeleton and the sharp teeth in its mouth. He could feel that a pair of bloody eyes were staring at him, even though he could not see the actual eyes.