vrcanaries Chapter 2097: Sudden Mutation!
Chapter 2097: Sudden Mutation!
Two enormous black shadows suddenly revealed themselves.
They were two monsters over five zhang tall, with red faces and green eyes, their bodies covered in terrifying Qilin Scales, and behind them was a pair of black wings.
At this moment, one of the monsters spoke:
"From their conversation just now, they should be the ones assigned to guard this place."
"Which means, inside, there are more of the Human Race."
"I just recently broke through and happen to need Human Nascent Souls as nourishment. Unfortunately, these two are only at the Divinity Transformation Realm, too weak."
"If we could devour a batch of Void Refinement Realm Nascent Souls, that would be really satisfying."
At this moment, the one beside him spoke:
"Go in and take a look."
"Best if there are Human cultivators at the Integration Realm inside. If so, once I devour them, I might be able to step into the Dark Shadow King Realm, jie jie..."
The one in front said:
"You really dare to dream!"
"If there truly are Human cultivators at the Integration Realm, the two of us may not be their match."
"Still, I’m quite surprised we’d run into the Human Race here."
"If I remember correctly, the nearest Human city, Fengyuan City, is over a hundred million li from here."
"I’d guess the Humans came here to search for treasure."
"So, should we go in and take a look?"
The older Dark Night Clan member shook his head:
"Forget it. The two of us bear an important mission; we must not lose the greater for the lesser."
"We have to keep moving forward."
"Let’s go!"
The two Dark Night Clan members flapped their massive black wings, shot straight up from the ground, and vanished at the horizon in an instant.
About half an hour after they left—
All of a sudden, the distant sky, originally bright, turned dark in the blink of an eye.
From afar, it looked as if night were falling.
However, when those dark patches swept over at high speed, it became clear this was not night falling at all, but clearly tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of Dark Night Clan members densely sweeping through the air.
This dense mass of Dark Night Clan members quickly passed over this area.
Yet, just as they passed overhead, all of a sudden, a large cluster of black shadows descended from the middle of the flock.
There were over a hundred of these descending shadows.
Most of them were not much different from the two Dark Night Clan members from before.
But the one Dark Shadow Clan member in the very center of this group was extremely peculiar.
He was different from the other Dark Shadow Clan members: his entire body, from head to toe, was purple, and in his pupils flickered a dark golden light.
His body was also far larger than the other Dark Shadow Clan members, reaching a full twenty zhang.
The surrounding Dark Shadow Clan members all appeared extremely respectful when they saw him.
At this moment, one of the Dark Shadow Clan members at his side spoke respectfully to this towering one:
"Lord Meng King, according to the report from the scouts ahead, the place where Humans were just discovered is right here."
"Subordinates have already ordered a search of a thousand li radius around here, and no trace of the Humans was found."
"Only one place has a peculiar terrain; it seems to contain some kind of natural Array, so it cannot be searched for now."
Hearing this, the purple Dark Shadow Clan member sneered:
"No need to search. The Humans are definitely there."
"This king will go take a look personally."
With that, his figure shot up into the air, flying toward the direction of the barren mountain.
...
On the other side.
Zhou Yu and the others were inside an extremely dark lair.
With the blessing of the True Fire Escape Technique, Zhou Yu concealed his presence completely and hid in a corner.
Right now, his expression was extremely ugly.
Because just moments ago, about thirty meters ahead of him, Zhou Yu had only vaguely seen a dark red flash of light. Before he could even react to what it was—
He only saw the head of a man holding the Array Formation Tools for the Golden Light Eight Gates Locking Array suddenly fly from his shoulders.
Even his Nascent Soul was annihilated in an instant.
With this man’s sudden death, the Golden Light Eight Gates Locking Array immediately revealed a flaw.
The dozens of Shadow Insects trapped within the Formation instantly turned into streaks of shadow and shot out.
Seeing this, the remaining few people participating in the array, who were further away, all revealed furious and alarmed expressions.
"Not good, the Shadow Insects have escaped."
"Hurry, inform Protector Zhu!"
"So as not to affect them dealing with the Earth Dragon Spirit Toad!"
At this moment, Zhou Yu did not rush to act. His mind spun rapidly, weighing whether or not he should release the Fire-eyed Flying Ants and capture all those dozens of Shadow Insects.
The Fire-eyed Flying Ant was the nemesis of these Shadow Insects, but Zhou Yu had always hidden this fact.
If he exposed it now, these people might not be grateful to him; instead, they would become even more wary of him, and might even..."
While Zhou Yu was secretly pondering, all of a sudden, the ground beneath his feet began to shake violently without any warning.
Immediately after, a massive fissure appeared and rapidly spread outward. In the blink of an eye, it was as if the entire cave was being torn apart by some unseen force.
Seeing this, Zhou Yu’s pupils contracted sharply. He no longer had any mind to deal with the Shadow Insects.
He immediately circulated his True Yuan with all his might to protect his body, then shot into the air and fled the cave.
At the same time, more than a dozen figures also rose up from other parts of the cave.
A moment later, when Zhou Yu escaped the cave—
He saw that the entire lake beneath his feet was madly draining downward, as if some terrifying monster below had opened its massive mouth and was swallowing all the water in an instant.
Zhou Yu’s soul was still in shock; he had no idea what had just happened.
Even so, he still looked around immediately.
He saw that more than a dozen others had escaped as well.
Among them were Protector Zhu and Protector Qin, as well as Captain Xiao, Han Ying, and the others.
They too were shaken to the core, their faces ugly.
Just then, Zhou Yu suddenly sensed something.
He looked up, and the next instant, his face changed drastically.
He saw that there were actually over a hundred winged black monsters in the sky.
The purple monster in the very center in particular made Zhou Yu feel an extremely intense sense of danger.
At this moment, others around also noticed these monsters.
Voices of panic rose from the crowd.
"The Dark Night Clan!!!"
"How... how could the Dark Night Clan appear here?"
"We—we’re surrounded!!!"
Protector Zhu and the others had also noticed the Dark Night Clan by now. In an instant, everyone’s faces showed panic.
The purple Dark Night Clan member swept his gaze over Zhou Yu and the others, then said:
"These Humans are too weak. This king has no interest."
"I’ll leave them to you."
"Once you’re done, catch up immediately."
With that, the purple Dark Shadow Clan member’s figure blurred and vanished.
The other Dark Shadow Clan members, however, showed excited expressions as they began to close in on Zhou Yu and the others.
Protector Zhu could no longer hold back and stepped forward.
"Esteemed Dark Shadow Clan, my Human Race has never had any enmity with your Dark Shadow Clan."
"Why don’t we each take a step back? We will leave immediately, how about it?"
One of the Dark Shadow Clan members only revealed a ferocious grin when he heard this.
He stretched out his scarlet tongue and licked his lips, then said:
"Do it!"