Chapter 687: The Land of the Dead (VI)
After a short rest, the group left the astral plane and headed for their destination again. This time, Naga priest was still tormented, because her "detection of the undead" simply did not work as well as it should. However, Jenny was very dismissive and told her that if the undead could not be detected, then it would simply come up and detect life. Anyway, these mutant monsters are either alive or dead, so there can't be a third choice.
Although Jenny's idea was a bit ridiculous, Priest Naga eventually released a Detection Life as she suggested, and she struggled even more.........
Because it really works.........
As for the impact on the Naga priest and the extent of her psychological shadow, it is not within Jenny's consideration, regardless of whether those mutated creatures are dead or alive, they finally have the means to anticipate the enemy's opportunity first, so that they will not run directly into the enemy's ambush circle to die like before.
At this time, Orphen finally showed her role as a "land snake", and after having the "detection of life" warning, she was able to immediately choose another path to continue to move forward. And in the process, everyone also found that although these mutated creatures are terrifying, their strength itself is not strong, as long as they are not allowed a chance to surround themselves, then there is basically no danger at all. Of course, in order to avoid startling the snake again, they still chose those places where there were relatively few mutated creatures. But even so, it is not an easy road.
There was silence in the depths of the gloomy forest, and dozens of crows landed quietly on the branches. Motionless, staring at the darkness in the distance, it looked like a statue. And not far below them. A giant spotted spider quietly hid among the dead leaves, and the whole forest was a lifeless scene. If you look at it from afar, no one thinks that there is actually a living creature here.
"Tear up!!"
At this moment, a dazzling electric light suddenly appeared, illuminating the originally dim and gloomy forest. The next moment, I saw that the lightning split like this, turned into a power grid, and hit the crows on the trees impartially, only to see that these crows did not even cry and completely turned into black charcoal. At the same time, as if sensing something, the spider suddenly flew up from the pile of dead leaves. The huge body suddenly climbed into the air along the transparent silk thread. And at this moment, with the sound of the whistling wind, the barbarian warrior swung a giant sword and leaped down from the air, and the long sword in his hand brought up an extremely powerful sword aura, instantly tearing the hanging spider web to pieces, and then saw the sharp blade pierce into the spider's huge abdomen. A stream of yellow-green blood splattered out and spilled towards the barbarian warriors. However, before it could hit its target, it saw a blue wave barrier suddenly appear in front of the barbarian warrior, blocking the attack of the pus full of toxin.
“――――!!”
The mutant spider that was hit hard by this also let out a weird scream. I saw it turn around suddenly, open its bloody mouth, and bite the barbarian warrior in front of it.
If this were Earth, there would be little more people could do in the face of a spider the size of an elephant. On the Klein continent though. Dealing with such mutant creatures is not a stress for those experienced adventurers. Although the appearance of these mutated creatures has indeed become much more disgusting, when it comes to combat ability, they are actually not much stronger than the demonic beasts on the Crane Continent. You know, on the Klein continent. Three frostwolves that breathe cold air can wipe out a well-equipped adventuring party. And these mutated creatures are a little weird in their own bodies, and their blood is poisonous. Otherwise, the threat is not high. It doesn't breathe fire, and it doesn't discharge. At most, it's a spit of venom. This is much easier to deal with for adventurers on the Klein Continent.
"Drink!"
At the moment when the giant spider turned its head, the barbarian had already rolled on the spot to avoid its attack, and then the big sword in his hand swept across without hesitation, and the next moment he saw that the two hind legs of the giant spider were suddenly cut in unison. The giant spider, which couldn't grasp its balance in the turn, fell directly to the ground, and then the few remaining claws began to scratch and scurry wildly around, trying to turn over again. But before it could make its next move, the barbarian warrior had already rushed in front of the giant spider with an arrow, and the long sword in his hand was sent forward. I saw that the giant sword easily pierced through the giant spider's head, and the giant spider that was stabbed to the point also struggled a few times, and then stopped shaking and said no more.
"Hoo ........."
It wasn't until the giant spider had completely ceased its activity that the barbarian warrior drew his sword and breathed a sigh of relief. And at this time, I saw a strange figure suddenly flying on the ground, a huge python suddenly jumped up, its head split into four petals like petals, and then quickly flew from top to bottom, rushing towards the prey in front of him. At the same moment, a series of silver rays of light flashed in an instant, nailing it to the ground. Poor this mutant python didn't have time to show its strength, and it turned into a corpse again.
But this is not the end, because at the moment when these mutated creatures died and fell to the ground, several small flames suddenly appeared in their bodies again, and then the surface of these monsters suddenly began to melt, and then quickly solidified, enveloping them in it again.
"Get out of the way!!"
At the same time, another flash of lightning flew past the barbarian warriors, striking the solidified corpses, accompanied by a series of dull explosions, and the corpses that had been turned into "sculptures" were completely exploded, and this time, they never had a chance to start over.
"All the best."
It was only at this time that Jenny and the others walked out from behind. The Naga priest at the head glanced around, and then another life detection technique was released, and then he nodded and spoke.
"There are no other mutated monsters around, let's move on."
No one made sense of this, in fact, since they went deep into the forest, everyone had already figured out several characteristics of these monsters -- first of all, the mutant monsters themselves did have a lot of improvements, such as being faster, more powerful, and more stealthy. But apart from spitting venom and mist, they have not evolved any special magical abilities. Compared to monsters like Earthwalking Dragons, Salamanders, and even Thunderbirds, these mutated monsters are no more threatening than them. The second is that these monsters will quickly solidify after being fatally hit, turning into a "chrysalis"-like existence and being reborn again. And as long as the "chrysalis" are destroyed before they are resurrected, then these monsters will die completely and will never wake up again.
The fact that the other party was able to be killed again made the Naga priest feel a little more balanced, although she still couldn't understand why there was such a strange plague and such a strange performance, but at least the common sense in her cognition was not completely subverted, otherwise I am afraid that the poor priest would have to cry and go back to the sea to find her mother.
"How far is it?"
Jenny looked up at the sky for a moment, then at Orphin again. These mutated creatures become more and more active at night, which is what they have learned from their previous observations -- and for now, the investigation is not in vain, and it has finally yielded a lot of results.
"You're almost there over this mountain."
Orphen's complexion was much better than the previous few days, and although it still made her feel bad to see those monsters, it was always nice to be able to win all the time. Hearing Orfen's answer, the expressions of the other people relaxed a lot, after all, even if they found the weakness of those monsters, adventuring in such a place was a kind of torture in itself. If you can't rest in the astral boundary, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult. And now that Orphen said that they were about to reach their destination, everyone's expressions suddenly became much better. They didn't speak, but quickly gathered their weapons and followed Orphen up the hill.
In order to avoid the mutated monsters that are almost pervasive, Orphin certainly can't choose those easy paths. The hill in front of you is a little steep, but it is not a problem at all for the tried and tested crowd. And it's just a small mountain that is only more than ten meters high, but ...............
"Wait!!"
Just as Orphin and the others were about to reach the top of the mountain, Priest Naga suddenly spoke to stop everyone's further action, and then she raised her scepter and cast another spell, and then her face suddenly changed.
"There are signs of life ahead! A lot!! ”
Hearing this, everyone's faces changed slightly, and along the way they had become accustomed to using life detection to confirm friend and foe -- anyway, both animals and plants here were already dead, so there was a good chance that those who were still alive were enemies except themselves, and they had to admit that this kind of rough way of distinguishing between them was still very useful. At least so far, they haven't made a mistake.
"Can you get around?"
The dwarf mage frowned, then asked. In the face of his inquiry, Priest Naga shook his head solemnly.
"There are too many to get around!"
"So, let's see what happens."
Saying this, Jenny was the first to walk towards the top of the mountain, while the others also glanced at each other and followed. They did not rush up at once, but instead the group of four carefully climbed up the crevice in the rock, led by Jenny, and when they reached the top, they raised their heads and looked to the other side of the hill. Immediately afterward, everyone's eyes widened in surprise.
"............ this!?" (To be continued.) )