After a short break, everyone left the Astral Plane and headed toward their destination.
This time, the Priestess Naga Siren was still in a dilemma because her 'Detect Undead Creatures' didn't work as it should.
However, Jenny didn't think much of it and told her that if she couldn't detect undead creatures, she might as well try to detect life.
Anyway, these mutated creatures were either alive or dead, so there couldn't be a third option.
Even though the Priestess Naga Siren thought that Jenny's idea was ridiculous, she still followed her suggestion and released 'Detect Life'. Then, she became even more conflicted …
Because it really worked …
As for the impact on the Priestess Naga Siren and the extent of her psychological trauma, it wasn't within Jenny's consideration. No matter whether the mutated creatures were dead or alive, at least they had a way to predict the enemy's moves. They wouldn't have to run into the enemy's ambush blindly like before.
And at that moment, Olfen finally revealed her role as the 'local bully'. With the 'Detect Life' warning, she could immediately choose another path and lead everyone forward.
Besides, during this process, everyone realized that even though these mutated creatures looked terrifying, they weren't strong. As long as they didn't have the chance to surround them, they basically wouldn't be in any danger.
Of course, in order to avoid alerting the enemy, they chose to advance in areas with relatively fewer mutated creatures.
But even so, it wasn't a smooth path ahead.
It was quiet in the depths of the dark forest. Dozens of crows were quietly perched on the branches, staring into the darkness in the distance. They looked like statues.
Not far below them, a large spotted spider was quietly hiding in the withered leaves. The entire forest was lifeless. From afar, no one would think that there were any living creatures here.
Ssss!
At this moment, a dazzling flash of lightning suddenly appeared, illuminating the dark and gloomy forest.
At the next moment, the lightning bolt split apart, metamorphosing into an electric net that struck the crows on the tree. The crows didn't even have the chance to shriek before they were turned into charcoal.
At the same time, the spider seemed to have sensed something as it leaped up from the pile of dead leaves. Its huge body immediately climbed up along the transparent threads into the air.
At that moment, along with the whistling wind, the barbarian warrior swung his greatsword and leaped down from the sky. The sword in his hand emanated an incomparably sharp blade aura, instantly shredding the suspended spider web into pieces. Then, the razor-sharp blade pierced the spider's abdomen.
A stream of yellowish-green blood splashed at the barbarian warrior.
But before it hit its target, an azure water barrier suddenly appeared in front of the barbarian warrior, blocking the poisonous pus.
"— — —!"
The severely injured mutant spider let out a strange screech. It turned around abruptly, widened its bloody mouth, and bit at the barbarian warrior.
If this were Earth, ordinary people wouldn't be able to deal with an elephant-sized spider.
But in the Klein Continent, dealing with such mutant creatures wasn't a problem for experienced adventurers.
Even though Nabelius's mutant creatures looked much more disgusting, in terms of combat strength, they weren't much stronger than the magical beasts on the Klein Continent.
One had to know that on the Klein Continent, three frost wolves that could spit cold air could annihilate a well-equipped team of adventurers.
Apart from having strange bodies and poisonous blood, these mutant creatures weren't much of a threat in other aspects.
They couldn't spit fire or discharge electricity. At the very most, they could only spit out venom.
For the adventurers on the Klein Continent, they were much easier to deal with.
"Heyah!"
The moment the giant spider turned its head, the Barbarian had already rolled on the ground to avoid its attack. Then, he swung his sword horizontally without hesitation. The next moment, the giant spider's hind legs were neatly cut off.
The giant spider, which couldn't maintain its balance in mid-turn, fell to the ground with a loud thud. Then, its remaining claws flailed wildly in an attempt to flip over.
But before it made its next move, the barbarian warrior had darted to the front of the giant spider, thrusting his sword forward.
The gigantic sword pierced through the giant spider's skull effortlessly. The giant spider struggled for a few moments, before it stopped swaying and went silent.
"Phew …"
After the giant spider stopped moving entirely, the barbarian warrior pulled out his sword and heaved a sigh of relief.
At that moment, a mysterious figure sprang up from the ground all of a sudden. It was a gigantic python. Its head split into four like a flower petal, before diving down and pouncing on its prey.
At the same time, a series of silver radiance flashed and nailed it to the ground.
The pitiful mutant boa turned into a corpse again before it could show its power.
But this wasn't the end, because the moment these mutated creatures died and fell to the ground, several small flames suddenly appeared on their bodies. Then, the surface of these monsters suddenly began to melt, and then quickly solidified, wrapping the mutated creatures again.
"Dodge!"
At the same time, another bolt of lightning flashed past the barbarian warrior and struck the solidified corpses. Along with a series of dull explosions, the corpses that had turned into 'sculptures' exploded completely. This time, they would never have a chance to resurrect.
"Everything went well."
At that moment, Jenny and the others walked out from the back.
The Naga Siren priest looked around and released another life detection spell. Then, she nodded and said.
"There are no other mutant creatures around. Let's move on."
In fact, they had figured out several characteristics of these mutant creatures since they entered the forest. First of all, even though these mutant creatures had indeed improved greatly, such as faster, stronger, and stealthier, they didn't have any special magical abilities.
But apart from spitting venom and mist, they didn't evolve any special magical abilities.
Compared to the land dragons, fire lizards, and even the thunderbirds, these mutant creatures weren't any more threatening.
Secondly, these mutant creatures would quickly solidify into a 'chrysalis-like existence after suffering a fatal blow.
As long as the 'chrysalis' were destroyed before they resurrected, these monsters would die completely and never wake up again.
The fact that they could be killed once again made the Naga Priestess feel a little better. Although she still couldn't understand why there was such a strange plague and strange behavior, at least her common sense wasn't completely subverted. Otherwise, perhaps this poor Priestess would be crying and going back to the sea to find her mother.
"How much further?"
Jenny looked up at the sky, then looked at Olfen again.
These mutant creatures would become more active at night, which was the conclusion they had obtained from their previous observations. So far, this investigation wasn't in vain. At least they had obtained some results.
"We're almost there after climbing over this mountain."
Olfen's complexion was much better than a few days ago. Although she still didn't feel good when she saw those monsters, it was always a pleasant thing to be able to keep winning.
After hearing Olfen's answer, the others' expressions were also a lot more relaxed. After all, even if they found the weakness of those monsters, it was still a torture to adventure in such a place.
If they couldn't have a good rest in the Astral Plane, perhaps it would be even more difficult.
Now that they heard Olfen say that they were about to reach their destination, everyone's expression suddenly became a lot better.
They didn't speak, but quickly packed up their weapons and followed Olfen up the hillside.
In order to avoid those mutant monsters, Olfen certainly wouldn't choose the easy path.
The hillside in front of them was slightly steep, but it wasn't a problem at all for them who had been through many trials and tribulations.
Besides, it was only a small hill that was no more than ten meters high. But …
"Wait!!"
Just when Olfen and the others were about to reach the top of the hill, the Naga Priestess suddenly stopped them from moving further. She raised her scepter and cast another spell. Then, her expression suddenly changed.
"There are signs of life in front!
A lot of them! "
Upon hearing her words, everyone's expression changed slightly. Along the way, they had gotten used to using Detect Life to identify friends and foes. Anyway, be it animals or plants, all of them were dead, so apart from themselves, most of them were enemies. One had to admit that this crude method of identification was still very useful.
At least so far, they hadn't made any mistakes.
"Can we go around them?"
The dwarf mage knitted his brows and asked.
Facing his question, the Naga Priestess shook her head with a solemn expression.
"There are too many of them. We can't go around them!"
"Alright then, let's see how it goes."
Jenny said, taking the lead and heading to the top of the hill. The others exchanged looks with each other and followed closely behind.
They didn't rush up recklessly. Instead, under Jenny's lead, the group of four carefully climbed up along the cracks in the rocks. When they reached the top, they lifted their heads and gazed at the other side of the hill.
Immediately after, everyone widened their eyes in surprise.
"This is …!?"