Chapter 403 - 375: Flower Demon Village in the Ruined Jungle
The smuggling began!
Da Fei drifted to the outer edge of the river, daring not to make any swimming motions. Closer, ever closer! He could now feel the immense pressure from the Hydra’s massive form! Just then, Da Fei started losing Life Value!
—System Prompt: You have entered the Corrosive Poison Domain of the Eight-headed Snake Hydra, and your Life Value is starting to decrease at a fixed percentage rate!
Damn! What the hell is a domain? Watching his Life Value drop rapidly, Da Fei was astonished, feeling defeated!
I only have 200 points of life left, Sea Monster Hunter +20%, Disease Resistance +15%, eating at the elder’s home adds 10%, barely making it to 300. If I lose 2, 3, or 4 points of Life Value per second, I might manage to endure for a minute or two and get across. But now losing Life Value by percentage, not even a god could withstand this!
In just a few seconds, Da Fei hadn’t even drifted before the Eight-headed Snake when his Life Value was already half gone! Da Fei realized the power of this Eight-headed Snake. This wasn’t something that could be overcome by sheer numbers; no matter how many came, they’d all die! A percentage-based Life Value loss, even if 7th or 8th-level soldiers, BOSS troops, elite troops came, it’d be the same!
What to do, no need to be discovered yet, just drifting in front of it has already reduced half the Life Value, will I survive by drifting across later? Should I increase speed to swim past? The problem is, using Stealth in water might not be as effective as on land, and any splash could expose me!
Damn it! Why panic? I was already prepared to die early and reincarnate! If I die, I die, as long as I’m not exposed and drift past under its nose, maybe I’ll temporarily promote the sentinel.
With that thought, Da Fei immediately calmed down and continued drifting like a dead fish. In any case, I absolutely won’t use a Divine Artifact.
A few moments later, Da Fei noticed his Life Value decline speed had slowed noticeably, huh? What’s this?
Understood, since the so-called percentage Life Value loss is based on the current percentage, so it’s alarming when full at first, but as Life Value dwindles, the loss slows too.
Wait a minute, Da Fei’s brow furrowed! If this domain’s effect was just percentage-based Life Value reduction instead of direct damage, it likely couldn’t kill anyone! This domain’s mechanism might be to bring enemies’ Life Value down to zero by percentage, then with a slight touch, they die! Yes! It must be this, otherwise, this domain would be too godlike! Even for a Demi-God, it’s excessive, isn’t it?
Thinking this, Da Fei drifted even more calmly like a dead fish.
Now, Da Fei’s Life Value had dropped to less than a third, and finally drifted into the narrow waterway between the massive form and the riverbank! A red light flashed before his eyes!
—System Prompt: Reconnaissance Skill alert! You have entered the Eight-headed Snake Hydra’s alert range and are about to enter battle!
Da Fei’s heart tightened, the critical moment had arrived! However, the vigilance range of this Eight-headed Snake was so low that it only triggered when he drifted in front of it, greatly exceeding Da Fei’s expectations! The vigilance range of a giant crocodile at quasi-demi-god level was so vast, but what’s with this huge discrepancy? Is it because it’s asleep or is it this ice head’s stupidity? Perhaps both?
In short, success or failure depends on this move!
Drift! Drift! Lose Life Value! Lose Life Value! Drift! Drift! Lose Life Value! Lose Life Value...
Time seemed to freeze in the river, Da Fei’s Life Value had hit rock bottom. Whatever happened, if Da Fei had one word, it was "die!"
Yet time still flowed, Life Value depleted but not dead, Da Fei continued to drift, past the narrow waterway, slowly, drifting past the massive form of the Eight-headed Snake!
—System Prompt: You successfully evaded the Eight-headed Snake Hydra’s surveillance, you have acquired "Stealth Master" skill information!
—System Prompt: You have acquired "Basic Reconnaissance Sentinel" profession information!
Evaded? Did I just evade it like this? Not a single twist or thrill for me? Da Fei couldn’t believe his eyes!
Is it that my God-level Reconnaissance Technique was stealthy enough, or is this ice head on duty truly stupid? The issue is, with such an impressive feat, I just get a profession information instead of a rank-up? Damn it! You are a semigod! How can you be on the same level with those little rascals? Even the Elder Habbit brought out his bottom-box Divine Artifact, he thinks highly of you, yet you don’t give me an upgrade?
At this moment, Da Fei’s mood was both joyous and frustrating, an indescribable tangle.
In summary, there were gains, confirming that this ice head was truly a fool, far from reaching the level a semigod should have, and killing it in the future, this head would be the biggest breakthrough! It seems the system indeed wouldn’t designate a fully healthy semigod as a quest creature!
Now, ahead appeared a large Vortex Space Gate; the exit was in sight. Alright, also saved a life, I must cherish this usable form to see what kind of space this is.
With a change of scene, Da Fei appeared in a large greenish-black river, with both banks covered densely with trees of yellowing and blackened leaves. Aside from having a river and leaves, how did this differ from the Black Forest? Overall, it must be another invaded space.
Just as Da Fei was observing, a large cluster of dense red dots appeared on the radar, moving towards him from ahead in the river!
Damn, what is this? I have God-level Stealth! These must have sniffed me out, right? My Life Value is drained, a single touch and I’m dead, how can I let them catch me! Da Fei, alarmed, hurriedly swam towards the shore!
Closer! Ever closer! That cluster of red dots turned out to be countless tiny sharp-toothed fish, those must be Amazon Piranhas! The terrifying creatures that could strip a live human to the bones in minutes if they fell into the water! Damn, run!
Fortunately, Da Fei’s early alarm allowed him to scramble ashore as these palm-sized little fish crowded the water’s edge, baring their fangs! The shocking number left Da Fei gasping for air.
Escaped danger in the water, equally unsafe on land. Da Fei looked around, seeing countless red dots amidst the dense woods, bugs! Familiar-looking beetles! They seem to be the ones encountered on the Pool of Radiance task, those that suck the sap of the World Tree?
Damn, looks like I can only stay by the shore and hope there aren’t any crocodiles around. However, with such a terrifying presence of piranhas in the water, it’s unlikely for any large Water Monsters to be around. Now, the first thing to do is eat by the shore to recover Life Value, then send Little Fei out for reconnaissance.
Da Fei took out his camping gear, lit a fire to cook, and then took out the Spiritual Eagle Flute. At this time, Little Fei had full Stamina; after killing the giant crocodile on that side and leveling up, Little Fei had been idle, so Da Fei summoned it back. Its World Tree Fruit effect, which restored 3% Life and Mana per second, still had half a day left. This time shouldn’t be wasted, Da Fei intended to clear the field with the Petrification Aura on and eradicate pests! With the recovery effects of the World Tree Fruit, Little Fei could maintain the Petrification Aura without exhausting mana.
The Blood Eagle soared again, sweeping like a whirlwind over the jungle near Da Fei, countless beetles buzzed up, flying towards the sky, only to be turned into stone statues by the gray Petrification Aura surrounding Little Fei and then fell like hailstones, reverberating through the forest with a plunking sound!
Da Fei widened his eyes in surprise! Although I knew this aura was effective against small insects and birds, I hadn’t expected it to be this powerful! Amidst the swarm of beetles flying in the sky, none were able to breach the Petrification Aura to attack Little Fei?
Haha! Wahaha! Awesome! How wise I was to decide to learn this skill over there, mere little bugs and small birds aren’t worthy of Little Fei’s personal attention anymore, this is definitely a No-fly Aura! Without having cleared the crows earlier, I felt quite dissatisfied, but now there can be no regrets; I must within this half day clear all the beetles I can clear!
Move out, Little Fei!
Now, Little Fei began carpet-luring in the jungle from above, wherever it went, a rain of stones would pour. It felt like a pesticide-spraying airplane where pests vanished in its path. Why was it so enjoyable? Playing a game could feel this good because I rock, and only awesomeness could bring such enjoyment, wahahaha!
Just then, several yellow dots suddenly appeared on the edge of Little Fei’s vision!
Yellow dots? Neutral creatures? Da Fei hurriedly switched to Little Fei’s view for clarity and saw they were Flower Demons! No, not ordinary Flower Demons, they wore vine armor with green light and flowers blooming, perhaps forest goddess-level creatures? Clearly not! They should be above the forest goddess level, have you ever seen a forest goddess with such flashy vine flower armor?
Instantly, Da Fei was thrilled! What did this mean? It meant there was likely a Flower Demon Village nearby, and I could capture another village! They appeared neutral, which is way more convenient than the Hobbits that appear as hostile! Importantly, this Flower Demon Village ! Beauty Village! My enthusiasm for capturing it is vastly greater than for a Habbit Village!
Wahahaha, Little Fei, go find their village!
Consequently, Little Fei immediately headed in the direction these Flower Demons had appeared, causing them to retreat warily!
Wahaha! Little babies, don’t run, you’re mine, all mine!
Soon, a dozen more yellow dots appeared. Again, more Flower Demons! This indicated their village must be nearby. Though they displayed a cautious, defensive formation, as long as their attitude remained neutral, there was no fear of an attack.
Little Fei continued bravely forward!
Finally, Da Fei saw it! In the jungle, there appeared a clear, dazzling little lake, with a lush, sturdy tree growing in its midst. Tiny, elegant tree houses hung from branches of the big tree!
Da Fei laughed heartily, finally finding the beauty village. Wait for me, I will personally come to claim you all, but for now, it’s time to keep performing—Little Fei, eliminate! Continue to eliminate, wipe out all the beetles in front of the Flower Demon sisters! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to visit Qidian.com to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)