Chapter 367: Critical Moment (1/2)
Chapter 367: Critical Moment
Translator: 3herylEditor: Hitesh_
Boom!
The whole boat had been smashed into pieces, and a lot of Clasping Yuan Realm warriors were bleeding. They were obviously heavily wounded by the fall.
”What is this place?”
Everyone lifted up their heads and looked around, only to find that they were in the middle of ruins which were completely dark. They could not see beyond fifty meters. Fortunately, their soul power was not limited, and they could still scan for about ten miles.
”Perhaps we are at the bottom of the lake now?” Liu Mei looked towards Ye Chen and Grand elder Chen in surprise.
The latter answered in a deep voice, ”The star region lake is too deep to estimate. Perhaps, we are a hundred thousand miles away from the surface or just dozens of miles. Grand elder Ye, what do you think?”
”I have no idea right now. However, it is always good to be careful.” Ye Chen suddenly felt very oppressed. It was like something bad was about to happen, and his breath was also getting heavier and heavier.
Ye Chen's tone had caught the attention of Liu Mei and Grand elder Chen as well, since he was the most powerful one amongst them which gave him the most power to make decisions.
”What should we do now?”
Liu Mei asked.
Ye Chen said, ”Let's figure this place out first.”
Grand elder Chen nodded and yelled, ”Everyone, follow us.”
”Let's follow up quickly.”
”Under the leadership of three Grand elders, we will be much safer.”
The boat was huge, and there were thirty Astral Reaching Realm warriors in total, along with hundreds of Clasping Yuan Realm warriors. All of who heard Grand elder Chen's voice could not help but feel better. With the protection of the three, as long as there weren't any rank 9 beasts, they should be very safe.
Hundreds of them had been separated into three different classifications. The first one was made up of Ye Chen and the other two grand elders, the second one being the thirty Astral Reaching Realm warriors, while the third group were made up of the rest of the hundreds of Clasping Yuan Realm warriors. Under Ye Chen's orders, the Clasping Yuan Realm warriors were separated into ten different groups, with about twenty people in each group. They all moved forward peacefully.
There was nothing around in the ruins, white steam rising out of the ground as if there were a huge volcano under the ground.
”There is a stone forest ahead, where each rock looks like a mountain… a very steep one.” Grand elder Chen was shocked after seeing those four-hundred-meters wide and thousands of meters high rocks eight miles ahead of them through his soul power. They all had a light grey halo, as if it rose from their bodies, making it look even more spectacular.
Ye Chen's soul power could cover an area a few times larger than grand elder Chen's, so he had noticed it a while ago. However, he sensed that it was very dangerous, extremely dangerous actually, which was why he did not say anything.
”Should we take a look inside?” Liu Mei and grand elder Chen looked over at Ye Chen. After giving it some thought, Ye Chen replied, ”It looks quite complicated. I think it is best for us to not go inside for now. Let's inspect other areas first.”
”Alright, let's walk around it then.”
The group walked towards the left altogether.
The stone forest was just way too huge, and no one could tell how many miles it expanded out for. After a couple of hours, Ye Chen realized that it seemed to be almost endless, and it was almost impossible to go around it for some reason.
Wuaaaaaaa!!!
Right then, a wave of baby cries echoed out of the forest. With the grey-looking surroundings as a backdrop, it seemed extra creepy. People could feel the hair standing up on the arms.
”It gave me a scare… It is just the Foggy Beast!” Grand elder Chen was shocked first, but then revealed a smile. Although the beast was quite powerful, it was only powerful for warriors that were below Extreme Astral Reaching Realm. With the three of them there, they could take care of more than two of them each at the same time. It was especially true for Ye Chen, who had the greatest attacking power, and could take on three to four beasts at the same time without a problem. So, why should they be afraid?
However, the next second, he froze on seeing what was in front of him.
Countless more baby cries were heard without any pattern, and it did not seem that they would stop any time soon. Judging roughly, there were dozens, and perhaps even hundreds of them roaring at the same time.
”So many foggy beasts! Not good, let's run.” Ye Chen reacted first. The sound was wrapped by the zhen yuan and poured into everyone's ears.
”Run!”
Without thinking, everyone flew away desperately.
If there were ten or twelve foggy beasts, Ye Chen and the other three would be able to handle them. All they would need to do was to leave them hanging. If there were twenty of them, then they would have to most likely run. But now, there seemed to be more than a hundred of them, and even the most casual wave of attack could have all of them killed in a flash.
Shoo! Shoo! Shoo!
Ye Chen and the other two were moving the fastest. Within a blink of an eye, they were both miles away already, leaving everyone else behind, wishing they had an extra leg.
On the edge of the stone forest, countless huge half-cow beasts jumped up into the sky. Between the two stone mountains, a seemingly vast tide of beasts appeared. With one look, it did not seem to have a visible end. There were more than five hundred of them, amongst which were even five foggy beasts with steam surging around them; they were obviously more powerful than the normal ones.
”Who!” ”Who!” ”Who!” ”Who!”
With that sharp exploding sound, five hundred foggy beasts with their blood red eyes chased after Ye Chen and the group with extreme speed.
After couple of seconds, the beast were less than three miles away.
The beasts leading the pack slightly slowed down a bit as their mouths swelled up. In the next second, countless bright light columns shot out and sliced through the sky.
”Ah!”
A huge wave of attacks struck out!
Hundreds of Clasping Yuan Ream warriors were all killed on the spot, while thirty Astral Reaching Realm warriors also took a big hit. Only a couple of them, who had the fastest reflexes and had been running in the front, made it out.
However, it was only a single round of attacks.
”That's too frightening! Is this how we are going to die?”
The Astral Reaching Realm warrior running in the front looked very pale as his lips shook.
Ye Chen had been paying attention to the situation in the back. Seeing the actual quantity of the beasts which had exceeded his expectation, he could not help but force a laugh. Five hundred beasts!? Not to mention him, even the most powerful Astral Reaching Realm warriors would be turned into ashes by this force.
Although grand elder Chen and Liu Mei's sensing range was not as far as Ye Chen's. They thought that there would be one hundred of them or so, but that was frightening enough already. At some level, there was not much difference between five hundred beasts and one hundred beasts, because with one round of attacks, they would all be dead nevertheless.
”Luckily, the beasts are not as fast as us.”
Liu Mei said with a sigh.