Chapter 137: All-Out Attack! Corrosive Skill! [Please Subscribe]

"Humming."

The surrounding space warped slightly. Although Yi Shen was hovering in mid-air, he could clearly feel the entire mountain shaking.

It was deep in the night. Under the baptism of Yi Shen’s Flame Gates, the surrounding area was already barren, and the tremors caused even more earth and stone to collapse.

Soon, amidst the tremors, Yi Shen caught sight of a massive tail swaying in the moonlight. In front of the tail was a huge, dark, hard slab; it looked somewhat like rock, but upon closer inspection, he realized it was a colossal turtle shell.

Looking at it with the naked eye, the shell was at least a hundred meters long. If the smaller Xuan Turtles were less than a meter in size, this thing was at least a hundred times larger. The sheer contrast left Yi Shen stunned.

"What on earth is this?"

Yi Shen could sense that the massive shell carried traces of an aura similar to that of the Blood Clan, yet it was not entirely the same.

The ground continued to tremble, and finally, after about two minutes, the creature revealed its full appearance.

It was a very peculiar beast, resembling a turtle but possessing a long tail. Its entire body remained pitch-black under the moonlight, yet certain parts glowed with a faint red light.

[Xuan Turtle]
[Level: 54]
[HP: ???]

The information Yi Shen could glean was limited to a name and a level; even the health bar was not displayed on his interface.

Because it was Yi Shen who had awakened it, he could feel the creature's hostility. The next moment, he sensed an abnormal fluctuation in the space around him. He flashed away repeatedly, and the spot where he had been standing was instantly blasted by a massive spray of water.

"What the hell is this thing?" Yi Shen looked down, feeling puzzled. He had not expected to find a creature of this caliber in such a small place. Judging by the fact that it had been buried in the mountain, it had clearly been here for quite some time.

It was only then that Yi Shen opened his communicator and saw twenty or thirty messages from the Bureau of Investigation, along with various illustrated guides.

If any other explorer discovered beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, they were required to register them. Yi Shen thought for a moment, then took a photo and uploaded it according to the required format. This creature possessed special spatial powers; it was likely even more complex than the other beasts discovered by the Bureau.

"The Mountain of Niuyang. Strange waters emerge from it and flow eastward into the Water of Xianyi. Within them are many mysterious fish; their shape is like a turtle with a bird’s head and a snake’s tail. They are called Xuan Turtles. Their sound is like splitting wood. Wearing them protects one from deafness and can be used as a remedy."

Reading the description of the Classic of Mountains and Seas sent by the Bureau, Yi Shen was secretly shocked. He had not expected that even the Classic of Mountains and Seas would be involved—and these things had only started appearing frequently in the last month!

Connecting this to the relationship between the Lord of Moonlight and the Blood Clan, Yi Shen couldn't help but wonder if the Classic of Mountains and Seas was also linked to these entities.

The Xuan Turtle continued its attacks. Yi Shen kept dodging to maintain distance. He controlled his Flame Gates to scorch the creature, but to his surprise, the flames could not even get close to the giant turtle’s body!

Yi Shen tried to approach the area but was immediately repelled by something akin to an air wall. Furthermore, the Xuan Turtle unleashed a special water-wave attack, which was even an area-of-effect strike. Once, when Yi Shen’s flash was a split second too slow, he was hit and lost over 50,000 HP!

Although such damage was negligible to Yi Shen, the creature was like a fortress; he had nowhere to strike. His Flame Gates covered the area from every angle, yet they could not break through this spatial membrane.

Because he could not land a direct attack, his true damage was ineffective. Yi Shen had no choice but to pull back and try other methods.

He quickly circled the small ridge and discovered that the Xuan Turtle’s entire body was hidden, making it impossible for his skills to lock onto a target. The only weak point was its tail. However, the tail only appeared when it was attacking him, and it moved with incredible speed.

Yi Shen simply covered the entire hilly area with a massive Blizzard skill, while the Flame Gates continued to burn on the other side. Finally, when the Xuan Turtle attacked him again, Yi Shen managed to catch its tail, inflicting over 10,000 points of damage.

Those 10,000 points of damage were not even one percent of the turtle’s total HP. This meant that although the Xuan Turtle was only at level 50-something, its attributes were definitely at the Lord level—perhaps two or three million or even higher!

Yi Shen continued to unleash omnidirectional damage, beginning to whittle down the creature's health. But after half an hour, its HP had barely dropped. When the creature realized it couldn't land hits on Yi Shen, it simply retreated and stayed tucked away.

"I have to find a way to deal with this spatial barrier."

While attacking, Yi Shen pondered. The existence of this space was too unique; it rendered the Xuan Turtle almost invincible.

However, Yi Shen did not believe this space was truly invincible. At the very least, the tail was a flaw. He needed to find a way to continuously attack the creature to make his output more efficient.

Time ticked by. Yi Shen tested most of his skills and even activated his Saintly Descent state, letting the power of the moonlight wash over the barrier, but he gained nothing. His only progress was finding an opportunity to lock onto the tail and landing a few combustion bombs.

When the combustion bombs exploded inside the barrier, the surrounding space fluctuated, allowing Yi Shen to sense a leakage of its aura.

Yi Shen began to recall the attack patterns of the small Xuan Turtles and the large one, finally calculating a rough rhythm. He focused his energy, and whenever the tail emerged, he unleashed a flurry of continuous damage skills and corrosive abilities.

[Shadow Vulnerability]
[Corrosion]
[Flame Bomb]
[Life Drain]
[Water-Wave Poison]

Some of the corrosion-type skills hadn't been upgraded to C-rank before, so Yi Shen specifically used refinement points to level them up, granting them attribute bonuses.

Thus, although the base damage of these skills wasn't high, with Yi Shen’s attribute and true damage bonuses, his output efficiency finally began to rise!

"Clatter!"

Yi Shen seized the breakthrough point of the tail and kept up the assault, finally driving the Xuan Turtle’s HP below 50%.

To his surprise, the thing possessed a healing skill, restoring its health back above 70%. It was just like a massive, impenetrable shell.

Yi Shen’s temper flared. He was determined to grind this thing down, no matter what. He had plenty of time, and he was going to wear it to death!