The Rock Calamity Tortoise's large eyes stared at a giant tree not far away. It had sensed the scent of its prey on that tree.
As a disaster-level blood fiend, its five senses were extremely sharp. Even though it was not a blood fiend that specialized in smelling, its sense of smell was not any weaker than a blood fiend that specialized in smelling. It had sensed the scent of its prey on that giant tree.
Thump, thump, thump!
Its large body turned and crawled towards the giant tree. Although it was crawling, its speed was definitely not slow.
Kacha!
Its large head slammed into the giant tree, causing it to break apart with a kacha sound. The upper part of the tree that was covered in branches and leaves fell towards the ground.
Whoosh!
Among the branches and leaves, Gray's figure dashed out and escaped into the distance.
Boom!
The Rock Calamity Tortoise's two front limbs kicked up, causing its body to tilt slightly and half stand up. Its mouth was filled with sharp teeth as it bit towards Gray. It seemed that the giant mouth was about to swallow Gray whole.
Whoosh!
At the critical moment, Gray's figure twisted in the air and dodged the giant mouth, appearing on top of a giant tree in the distance.
Maruna appeared with him. At the critical moment, it was thanks to Maruna's speed that he was able to dodge the Rock Calamity Tortoise's bite. Otherwise, even if he used the law of time, he might not have been able to dodge the Rock Calamity Tortoise's bite.
Thump, thump, thump!
The Rock Calamity Tortoise was clearly very dissatisfied that its prey had escaped. It stomped on the ground with its thick legs, causing the ground to tremble violently under the Rock Calamity Tortoise's stomps.
Then, with the Rock Calamity Tortoise as the center, the soil within a radius of several thousand meters began to churn. It was as if the soil had suddenly turned into a river, unable to support the trees that grew on its surface.
A large number of trees collapsed, sank into the soil, and were buried underground by the churning soil. Naturally, the tree that Gray was standing on was also included. This tree was close to fifty meters tall, but in the next moment, it was swallowed up by a wave of soil that was more than a hundred meters tall. Gray and Maruna were both swept up in it.
With such a large area of soil manipulation, its power was not inferior to Maruna's magma ability. This was indeed a disaster-level blood fiend!
Puff!
Maruna, who was wrapped in soil, punched out. Relying on the power of the fifth level of Magic Light, he punched a hole in the soil and rushed out with Gray, quickly rising into the sky.
The best way to deal with a blood fiend that could not fly was to hide in the air.
Roar!
Seeing Gray and Maruna escape again, the Rock Calamity Tortoise roared. Its prey had escaped its pursuit twice in a row, making it, the overlord of this region, extremely furious.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
A large amount of soil floated up and turned into rock balls with a diameter of several meters. They smashed towards Gray and Maruna in the sky with terrifying power. Every rock had a terrifying destructive power that even a mountain couldn't withstand.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
In the air, Maruna quickly dodged left and right, dodging the rock balls. Although it was a close call, he still managed to reach a height of several thousand meters, where the rock balls could no longer reach him.
His speed was already at the fifth level of Magic Light, and after being accelerated by the precept of time, his speed immediately jumped to the level of Annihilation. Furthermore, it was not an ordinary Annihilation level.
It was because of this speed that he was able to dodge the huge and terrifying rock balls.
Whoosh!
With lingering fear, Gray looked down at the ground, which had changed greatly in a very short period of time. He ordered Maruna to quickly retreat. A disaster-level blood fiend was not something he could deal with right now.
After sprinting for more than five kilometers, Gray and Maruna landed on the ground again, blending into the forest.
Although they were sprinting at a height of several thousand meters and could avoid being attacked by land blood fiends, they would still be targeted by flying blood fiends. Just now, he had been attacked by several flying blood fiends. Fortunately, they were not very strong. The strongest was only at the level of Magic Light. They were killed by him to replenish his food supply.
"We have to be careful. The superior training conditions in the Source World are not only for humans, but also for blood fiends!"
Gray wiped the cold sweat off his forehead. He became cautious. Even with his strength, even with Maruna's powerful combat ability, he could be in great danger if he was not careful.
Afterward, he became even more cautious. Every 500 kilometers, he would carve a teleportation mark in a secret place. Once he noticed a huge commotion, he would immediately avoid it instead of hiding and watching.
The stronger the blood fiend, the more sensitive its senses were. Hiding was not necessarily safe.
Although their speed was much slower, it was also much safer. At the same time, he deeply understood the dangers of this forest.
The giant tortoise was not the only disaster-level blood fiend in this forest. After that, he encountered a few more terrifying blood fiends.
There was a giant python whose head was as large as a locomotive and whose body was more than 100 meters long.
Although he was far away, he could still feel the intense killing intent emanating from this giant python. It was definitely a disaster-level blood fiend.
Wherever it passed, the blood fiends would flee in droves. It would fall behind the fleeing beasts and devour them one bite at a time.
There was a giant bird with golden feathers whose wingspan was more than 10 meters. It flew in the sky like a dark cloud. In its claws, it was holding the corpse of a Magic Light level blood fiend that was more than 20 meters long.
There was a giant octopus that had mastered the ability to mix earth and water — the ability to create swamps. From afar, Gray saw it dragging a disaster-level giant beast into the mud.
There was also a terrifying aura that could be felt from afar. Gray did not dare to spy on it. It was very likely that it was a giant beast that had surpassed the disaster-level.
...
Half a year later, Gray still had not walked out of this forest. He also did not see any traces of humans.
Although they had slowed down due to caution, it was enough to see the vastness of this forest. Gray estimated that the vastness of this forest had already surpassed the original plane they were in.
Gray cultivated as he hurried along. The excellent cultivation conditions allowed him to rapidly improve his strength. A few days ago, he had broken through to the third stage of the king level.
Night was about to fall. Gray found a natural cave. He planned to settle down in this cave, but before that, he had to carefully investigate his surroundings to make sure that there were no blood fiends that could threaten him.
With Maruna in tow, Gray began to investigate a few miles around the cave. Every time he settled down, he had to understand the surrounding "neighbors."
This was a habit he had developed over the past six months. It was this habit that had saved him many times. There were a few times when he had almost become neighbors with a dangerous blood fiend. Fortunately, he discovered that the blood fiends had escaped during the night when he was investigating.
"There are many footprints, and they belong to different blood fiends."
At the entrance of a valley, Gray found many footprints of different blood fiends. He was surprised to find that these footprints belonged to different blood fiends. It seemed that many blood fiends had gathered here.
"Why are there so many blood fiends gathered in this valley? Could it be that there is some kind of precious magic herb in this valley?"
Gray could not help but think of the precious magic herb. Only such things could attract different types of blood fiends.
Curious, Gray quietly explored the valley. The vegetation in the valley was very sparse. There were many places where bare rocks could be seen. Some vines climbed up the cliffs, and occasionally, a few fruits could be seen hanging from them.
The fruits were not poisonous. Gray had picked them and eaten them before. With his poison ability, he could check if the fruits were poisonous. Therefore, he was not worried that he would be poisoned.
He continued forward for about a hundred meters.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, a blood fiend jumped out from a cave that was half the height of a human hanging on the cliff. Its eyes were green, and it opened its mouth to bite him. It was a giant python.
Boom!
Maruna, who had been guarding Gray's side, rushed out. Wearing gloves on his hands, he threw a punch at the Giant Serpent and hit its head.
Magic Light level energy, and not just any Magic Light level energy, exploded on the giant python's head. The giant python's head exploded on the spot, and all kinds of tissues splattered everywhere.
"This is …?"
A lump of meat fell not far from Gray. The lump of meat was torn from some tissue, and there were several tentacles on its surface. Seeing this lump of meat, Gray could not help but squint his eyes.
He was very familiar with this thing because it was the core of the corpse controlling ability. It was a "lump of meat" that could control corpses.
"The reason so many blood fiends are gathered here is because there is a blood fiend with the ability to control corpses!"
The answer was very obvious. The reason for so many blood fiends gathering was not because of some precious magic herb, but because there was a blood fiend with the ability to control corpses. The other blood fiends were all corpses that were controlled by this blood fiend with the ability to control corpses.
"I don't know what level this blood fiend is, but it shouldn't be a low level one!"
Gray was slightly excited. When he was on the plane, he had sent people to look for a king-level blood fiend with the ability to control corpses. He had even issued a mercenary mission to Mercenary City, but unfortunately, he had not been able to find one.
He did not expect to encounter a blood fiend with the ability to control corpses in this place. Moreover, its level was very likely not low. He noticed that the footprints of the blood fiends from before were all on the large side. It was obvious that the blood fiends were not small in size and were not weak.
To be able to control the corpses of these large blood fiends, this blood fiend with the ability to control corpses was certainly not weak.
Bang, bang, bang!
Following the violent movements, a large number of blood fiends appeared in front of Gray.
The death of the giant python had probably alerted the blood fiend with the ability to control corpses, so it was controlling the blood fiends to attack.
There were many blood fiends attacking. There were king-level blood fiends, Magic Light level blood fiends, and some blood fiends below the king-level. There were more than twenty of them.
Although the ability to control corpses could only control twenty blood fiends of the same level, if the blood fiend was of a lower level, the number of blood fiends that could be controlled would be multiplied several times.
"There are five blood fiends with the size of Magic Light level. It seems that the blood fiend with the ability to control corpses is at least a Magic Light level blood fiend."
Gray was not shocked when he saw the blood fiends pouncing toward him. Instead, he was elated. He had been searching for a blood fiend with a higher level of the ability to control corpses for many years, but he did not expect to encounter one by chance.
It had to be said that sometimes, things were just that mysterious. No matter how hard one tried, they could not be found, but when one did not deliberately look for them, they would inadvertently appear.