Chapter 140: Shocked Vampires! [Please Subscribe]

“Are you certain he attacked the Spiral Tortoise head-on? And that he even tore the space apart?”

Qian Ye relayed the news to the Hanzhong Safe Zone by special means. When Xi Xudong received it, he was in the middle of a meeting at his guild, and the result had clearly taken him completely by surprise.

“I’m certain he’s attacking it, but I can’t tell whether the space has actually been torn apart. The area is currently blocked by the Dark Mage’s flaming gates, and I don’t dare get too close.” Qian Ye nodded as he answered.

Since daylight had already arrived and Yi Shen had been attacking for quite some time, other people had begun gathering nearby. Explorers had even come from the Hanzhong Safe Zone. Everyone was watching from a distance, and no one was taking the initiative to approach.

Upon hearing Qian Ye’s report, Xi Xudong’s first reaction was disbelief. After all, the strength of the Shanhai beasts—especially those recorded in the official records—had been tested by time.

If one had to make a comparison, then after reaching maturity, every one of them would be at least a level-one-hundred monster! Though they were currently only in their growth phase, they were still not creatures that could be confronted head-on. Even the Blood Clan could only deal with such aberrant beasts by gradually influencing and changing them.

And yet now?

That Dark Mage was actually attacking a Spiral Tortoise head-on—and had even managed to achieve results?

Xi Xudong knew that the Dark Mage was extremely powerful. Otherwise, he would never have been able to overwhelm the Moonlight Clan and the newly born Blood Clan in the secret realm. But to kill a Shanhai beast so easily, even breaking through the defenses of a tortoise-type aberrant beast from the front, was truly beyond reason.

“How about I continue observing for a while?” Qian Ye said. “The Spiral Tortoise hasn’t made any particularly significant moves so far. Perhaps he’s only putting on a show of strength. There’s a group of people here who want to get closer and take another look. I’ll go with them when they do.”

“Very well.” Xi Xudong nodded. “I’ll notify Pang Wu and have him go there as well.”

According to Xi Xudong’s initial arrangements and the information they had received so far, there had yet to be a single confirmed case anywhere in Huaxia of anyone inflicting substantial harm on a Shanhai beast.

Even the strongest people in Huaxia could only be said to be evenly matched with the aberrant beasts. Once those beasts entered their later stages and grew rapidly, that supposed balance might even turn into a period of advantage for them.

During this time, Xi Xudong’s thoughts had been focused on reviving a Venerable. He had never expected that a Dark Mage would attack the Spiral Tortoise so soon. He knew that the Dark Mage had been fairly active over the past few days after joining the Unified Coordination Bureau, but this news had still come too suddenly.

“His strength shouldn’t surpass that of a Venerable, should it?” Xi Xudong wondered silently before shaking his head.

Based on his current assessment, the Dark Mage’s strength should be roughly comparable to his own. Most likely, the enormous commotion had only been possible because the Spiral Tortoise was still in its growth phase.

The original plan for reviving the Venerable had been to increase the Blood Clan’s strength and then find a way to deal with the Dark Mage in the Jingmen Safe Zone. If his strength exceeded that of a Blood Clan Venerable, then this Dark Mage might one day become the Blood Clan’s greatest enemy!

“Boss, it looks like the battle is over.”

Just as Xi Xudong was preparing to notify Pang Wu, Qian Ye’s voice came through again.

“I’m not seeing anything unusual on my end, but the battle in the mountains has stopped. Our people want to approach, but they’ve been blocked by the wall of fire created by the Dark Mage.”

Xi Xudong: “...”

Xi Xudong had not expected the Dark Mage to be so efficient. At the same time, a bad premonition arose in his heart. He looked toward the north and sensed a trace of aura dissipating into the world.

Near the mountains.

After the spatial veil developed a crack, Yi Shen’s attacks became much easier. Previously, he had needed to wait for the right moment to attack whenever the Spiral Tortoise’s tail emerged. Now that the space had suddenly split open, his efficiency had increased considerably.

As the spatial veil gradually widened, the Spiral Tortoise adopted a new method of attacking Yi Shen. Several smaller Spiral Tortoises also suddenly charged toward him.

Naturally, these attacks were incapable of producing any effect. In fact, everything had begun because of those smaller Spiral Tortoises. If they had not attacked the townspeople during the night, Yi Shen might never have noticed this place at all.

The crack grew larger and larger, while the Spiral Tortoise’s health continued to fall. Yi Shen seemed to hear its roar, but trapped within the spatial veil, the sound failed to carry clearly.

At the very end, the Spiral Tortoise briefly rallied and recovered some health, but it was ultimately swallowed beneath Yi Shen’s skills.

Everything finally subsided.

Yi Shen immediately received the system notification. Near the Spiral Tortoise, a special red loot orb had also appeared.

The sight of the red loot orb caused Yi Shen’s pupils to contract slightly. Even when he had previously obtained Rank A equipment, the loot orb had been orange at most. This was the first time he had ever seen something like this.

Yi Shen also sensed that several explorers nearby were finally approaching. He raised two Flaming Gates as a warning, forbidding any other explorers from coming closer. After all, whether viewed from his own perspective or from that of the Unified Coordination Bureau, it would be best if this information did not spread.

[Ding! You have slain the Spiral Tortoise and gained 52,827 experience points.]

[Ding! You have obtained the Soul of the Spiral Tortoise (S).]

[Ding! You have obtained the Breath of the Spiral Tortoise (S).]

[Ding! You have obtained the Shell of the Spiral Tortoise (A).]

[Ding! You have obtained Spiral Tortoise Meat (A).]

[Ding! You have obtained the Dragon God’s Jadewater Sword (A).]

[Ding! You have obtained the Black Tortoiseshell (A).]

As soon as he touched the red loot, a dense mass of system messages appeared before Yi Shen, accompanied by a long list of materials.

He had gained more than fifty thousand experience points in total. This was certainly not something an ordinary monster in the fifties could provide. Even the lowest-grade material among the rewards was Rank B, while two of them were Rank S.

The materials themselves were not particularly noteworthy, but the Dragon God’s Jadewater Sword and the Black Tortoiseshell were both level-fifty Rank A equipment, which was extremely useful to Yi Shen. The Dragon God’s Jadewater Sword was a level-fifty physical weapon. The tortoiseshell was somewhat ugly, yet also oddly handsome—a dark, ugly-handsome shield when held in his hand. It could be considered another addition to Yi Shen’s collection of shields.

Still, as far as Yi Shen was concerned, these materials and pieces of equipment were merely icing on the cake.

What surprised him even more were the two Rank S items: the Soul of the Spiral Tortoise and the Breath of the Spiral Tortoise.

(End of Chapter)