Chapter 99: The Blue-Eyed Golden Eagle
A ghostly figure blazed across the path choked with withered grass, kicking up a cloud of dust. The figure moved with incredible speed, as if floating through the air, not touching the ground at all. Its toes gently tapped the withered grass, leaving a clear afterimage that lingered behind. The next instant, the figure had already vanished a hundred meters away.
That was Ke Bei. The task of destroying a lower-level stronghold weighed on his heart like a mountain. Although the mission carried a one-month deadline, Ke Bei still felt an overwhelming sense of urgency.
To destroy a base teeming with hundreds of thousands of zombies and tens of thousands of spirit beasts single-handedly was far too difficult. Thus, he dared not slacken in the slightest. He activated the Lingbo Microsteps and shot rapidly eastward.
His speed was ferocious, yet even without exerting full power, it hovered near the speed of sound. Along the way, he encountered waves of zombies and demonic beasts, but Ke Bei simply dodged them without engaging, skillfully leaping over every obstacle. Roughly two hours passed, and he had covered nearly a thousand kilometers.
“Rooo~·”
“Ao wu!”
A series of heart-palpitating roars exploded like thunder right beside Ke Bei’s ears!
Ke Bei faltered, his figure gradually slowing. The roars echoed in his ears, and his expression turned solemn. He gazed at the river stretching before him, eyebrows slightly raised.
“Crossing this river, it will be hard to meet other humans again,” he murmured, staring at the surging waters. He knew that after traversing this five-to-six-kilometer-wide river, he would have left the range of human influence entirely.
A lone battle!
One slight misstep meant death!
Ke Bei drew a sharp breath, his hands brushing the leather pouch at his waist. Two flying knives appeared in his palms.
“Battle!”
Ke Bei let out a low roar. His foot slammed down hard, the Nine Yang Divine Skill internal energy from his dantian surging into his legs. The Lingbo Microsteps unfolded, his body turning into afterimages. His toes lightly tapped the raging river water twice. The next moment, Ke Bei’s figure had appeared on the far side of the river.
“Rooo~~ roo!”
The instant his foot touched the ground, a bloodthirsty roar erupted. A pack of high-level demonic beasts—the Blood Pattern Horned Tigers—charged toward him with a thunderous bellow!
“Hmph.”
Ke Bei swept a cold glance over the beast horde, the corner of his mouth curling slightly. He let out a disdainful cold hum, then stomped his foot with force. The thick Nine Yang Divine Skill internal energy in his dantian erupted wildly.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Invisibly, the internal energy swept outward like a raging hurricane, slamming heavily into the massive bodies of the Blood Pattern Horned Tigers that were charging and roaring. The moment the thick force touched them, it plunged deep into their bodies. Instantly, the scorching-hot internal energy detonated within them.
Boom boom boom!
Explosion after explosion rang out. Although the dozens of high-level Blood Pattern Horned Tigers looked completely unharmed on the surface, their bones and internal organs had been shattered by the Nine Yang Divine Skill internal energy!
Thirty-two high-level demonic beasts in total, without even issuing a single mournful cry, swayed and collapsed in front of Ke Bei.
Gazing at the Blood Pattern Horned Tigers that had fallen dead in an instant, Ke Bei’s expression remained calm. With his current strength, slaying intermediate-level demonic beasts was effortless, let alone these high-level ones.
Whoosh!
Lightly tapping the ground, Ke Bei’s body drifted upward, continuing to shoot eastward at full speed.
Before departure, Ke Bei had already memorized every lower-level stronghold of the spirit clans. He knew that after crossing the river and pushing eastward, a lower-level base would appear every three hundred kilometers or so.
Although the distance was only three hundred kilometers, reaching it would still take considerable time. Since entering this region, Ke Bei finally realized how insignificant the so-called wilderness outside Lingfeng City truly was!
This was the real wilderness—the paradise of demonic beasts and zombies!
Ten minutes passed. At his speed, he had only advanced about ten kilometers!
In those ten short minutes, he had clashed with various beast groups twenty-one times and zombie groups thirteen times!
Avoid them? Impossible! This place was practically crawling with beasts and zombies everywhere. Ke Bei had tried to pick the sparsest routes, yet he still endured thirty-four ambushes!
“Fuck, these beasts are everywhere!”
Ke Bei casually waved his hand. Nine Yang Divine Skill internal energy gushed out, blasting a purple-haired zombie backward.
At first, he had killed every beast or zombie he met. After dozens of such encounters, he grew cautious, refusing to waste his internal energy. Although the Nine Yang Divine Skill within him had become extremely thick, facing almost endless hordes of zombies and beasts, he decided caution was the wiser choice.
Therefore, whenever he encountered beasts or zombies, he avoided them if possible. If avoidance failed, he shook them away. Only when truly unavoidable did he kill them.
“Damn it, how long until we reach!”
Ke Bei had just been stunned for a moment when nearly a hundred zombies surged forward, fangs bared, snarling and surrounding him.
“Fuck!”
Ke Bei really didn’t want to waste time on these zombies. The Nine Yang Divine Skill in his body erupted madly. Accompanied by a muffled thunderous boom, the zombies within ten meters of him—red-haired, green-haired, or purple-haired—were all blasted flying!
Boom boom boom!
The zombies hurtling backward collided with the roaring horde behind them. Instantly, nearly a hundred zombies collapsed, more than half falling.
“Fuck, no time to play with you!”
Ke Bei swept a cold glance over the half-fallen zombies, then slammed his foot down hard. His body shot upward like an arrow into the sky.
With his current Nine Yang Divine Skill internal energy, hovering in mid-air for a short time was no problem. Ke Bei was truly annoyed with killing, and he was willing to expend internal energy to shake off those zombies and beasts!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Ke Bei stepped on the void, his body flashing through the air, left and right swaying. It looked chaotic, yet it was swift as lightning.
“Oh no!”
Suddenly, a shrill cry rang out directly above Ke Bei’s head. His face changed drastically in mid-air, and his body plummeted!
A flying beast with wings spread wide, nearly ten meters across—the Blue-eyed Golden Eagle—suddenly dove down, its sharp talons flashing with cold light in the sunlight.
“Fuck, how did I forget about these flying beasts!”
Ke Bei suddenly slapped his own head. His body rapidly descended. Feeling the fierce wind whipped up by the Blue-eyed Golden Eagle’s dive, his pupils contracted sharply.
Blue-eyed Golden Eagle! Mid-level high-tier demonic beast!
On the ground, at this level, Ke Bei could have slain it with a casual wave. But in mid-air, his movements were restricted, and dealing with such aerial raptors was troublesome.
Whoosh!
Although Ke Bei’s body was rapidly descending, he was still a fraction too slow. When his body was only about ten meters from the ground, the Blue-eyed Golden Eagle’s sharp talons fiercely lashed toward his head.