Chapter 123 Detection Results
Chapter 171: Detection Results
"The flames are gone!"
Several Contractor closest to the crack in the abnormal flame shouted loudly.
Their strength was the weakest among everyone present, so they wanted to stir up trouble to fish in troubled waters.
But soon, they would regret standing so close.
After the muddy fire dissipated, countless red-eyed fire snakes crawled out of the crack.
They seemed to have no intelligence, merely obeying the commands of certain things to indiscriminately attack all living creatures around the crack.
"Quickly counterattack!"
The forces positioned at the front hastily retreated, while swiftly striking down the unknown fire snakes.
"What kind of magical beast is this? I've never seen it before!"
Jia Xingtian, flying in mid-air with Dou Qi transforming into wings, looked at the endless stream of fire snakes crawling out of the crack and asked Fa Ma, who was knowledgeable, beside him.
"Never seen before, nor recorded in ancient texts. Perhaps it's a symbiotic creature of the abnormal flame?"
Fa Ma observed for a long time, finally offering only a guess.
These fire snakes were not strong; so far, no Tier 4 fire snakes had appeared.
However, they contained extremely potent fire poison and could release long-range Dou Techniques to corrode everyone's Dou Qi defenses. Coupled with their immense numbers and the fact that everyone wasn't united, everyone was temporarily stalled outside the abnormal flame crack, unable to advance.
Experts above the Dou Wang (Battle King) level could bypass the fire snakes and enter the crack directly, but most experts who cultivated to that level cherished their lives, especially those who were old.
If they died, their families might suffer disaster after losing their pillar of support, so they dared not gamble.
A typical example was the former Xiao family.
"Qing Lin, try to see if you can control them."
"Okay."
Hearing Mu Yang's command, Qing Lin, following her previous sensation, clumsily activated her Jade Serpent Three-Flower Pupils.
The small dots bloomed into petals, and a strong, eerie glow suddenly burst from her eyes, shining on a small patch of fire snakes in front of her. After being illuminated by this strange glow, the fire snakes' slender bodies suddenly stiffened, their gaze fixed on the little girl in mid-air, a hint of fear appearing in their red vertical pupils.
The eerie glow swirled around the fire snakes' bodies, finally stopping at the center of the snakes' foreheads. It then began to shrink continuously, stopping only when it was about the size of a palm.
As the eerie glow dissipated, a tiny, eerie green flower was imprinted on the fire snake's head, looking almost identical to the small flower in Qing Lin's eyes.
"As expected of the Jade Serpent Three-Flower Pupils. With only the strength of a Dou Zhe (Battle Practitioner), she can actually enslave snake-type magical beasts at the human Da Dou Shi (Great Battle Master) level."
Lü Man exclaimed, while Bai Ya, who was watching from the side, felt more fear.
It felt that Da Dou Shi (Great Battle Master) was not Qing Lin's limit; perhaps in another half a year, Qing Lin would be able to forcibly enslave it.
Qing Lin controlling the fire snakes to kill other fire snakes immediately attracted the attention of many people due to the ensuing chaos.
"Qing Lin? As expected, I met her near the abnormal flame."
"The Jade Serpent Three-Flower Pupils can control snake-type magical beasts; should we snatch it?"
These were the thoughts in the Contractor' minds. After all, Qing Linhad a deep connection with the Green Lotus Core Flame in the book, and could even be said to be essential.
Because only the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake knew the exact location of the abnormal flame, Qing Lin, who could control the Fire Spirit Snake, naturally became the target of many Contractor.
But when they went to the Mo Tie Mercenary Group, they learned that she had already been taken away by others.
Now that they met her again, many people had malicious intentions.
What if they needed the fire snake to lead the way to find the exact location of the abnormal flame when they delved deeper into the crack later?
However, Mu Yang, Xi, Lü Man, and Bai Ya, who stood beside Qing Lin, made them abandon their idea of snatching her.
It was a joke; just two Dou Huang (Battle Emperor) were difficult enough to deal with, let alone the other two Contractor of unknown strength.
But Contractor still occasionally tried to detect Mu Yang and Xi, attempting to ascertain their specific strengths.
Xi had given Mu Yang a small black mask beforehand, which had the effect of blocking Tier 1 detection, and she had made it herself.
Combined with the difference in attributes, the situation encountered by the Contractor detecting Mu Yang was roughly as follows:
"[Judging intelligence attributes of both parties. Judgment failed. Our intelligence is 0.75 times that of the enemy, and affected by 'Night Veil', only 10% of enemy data obtained.]"
"Name: ??"
"Type: Human Life: 100%"
"Mana: 4??"
"Power of the Sun: ???"
"Strength: ??"
"Agility: ??"
"Stamina: ??"
"Intelligence: 36"
"Charm: 36"
"Luck: 3"
"Skill 1: Blood Sun Scorching Sun Lv. ??"
"Skill 2: Fire Element Control??"
"Skill 3: ??"
"???"
"Why did it detect a bunch of question marks? And whose mage has such high charm!"
The perception-type Contractor sent the detected information to the team channel, while continuously complaining.
This was the first time he had seen such a situation with a Contractor; even when facing a boss in a derivative world before, the detected data was at least 20% to 30%.
And then, he felt a chilling sensation in his back, as if a fierce beast was breathing behind him.
He instinctively turned to look, just in time to see Mu Yang retracting his gaze.
This gaze, however, represented a lot, indicating that his detection had been noticed and precisely located by Mu Yang, proving that the other party was no weaker than him, a professional perception-type, in terms of perception!
It also meant that for the upcoming actions, he would have to be careful of the other party's retaliation.
"Damn it! Should we just run away!"
The perception Contractor was scared; for the first time, he felt the oppressive sensation of facing a boss from another Contractor.
In the past, when he detected a target, which one could pinpoint his exact location immediately? Besides a boss, no one could do it!
And just one glance made his perception frantically issue warnings; this was simply inhuman!
"What's there to be afraid of? Just a high-attack, low-defense mage. Let's see if he still dares to be so arrogant once I get close to him."
The main damage dealer of the temporary adventure group sneered. In the last Paradise stay, he had raised his Great Hammer Mastery to Level 30 and used it to rank among the top 2000 in the Arena.
He didn't believe that a physically weak mage could survive once he got close!
As time passed, everyone initially thought they would quickly clear out the fire snakes and then delve into the crack to find the abnormal flame, but in reality, their battle with the fire snakes gradually became deadlocked.
If everyone had still been holding back and scheming before, then the current swarm of fire snakes forced them to concentrate their efforts in response.
Because now, the fire snakes crawling out of the crack were at least Tier 3, which was the Da Dou Shi (Great Battle Master) level, and the strongest had even reached the Dou Wang (Battle King) level, and there was more than one!
The Dou Wang (Battle King) level fire snakes had two heads, possessing some characteristics of the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake. Their scales were layered and very thick, able to resist most Dou Technique attacks.
The two snake heads breathed out cyan-red flames, and the terrifying high temperature distorted the air. Many people died under its flames.
The Dou Wang (Battle King) therefore intervened in the battlefield, otherwise all the people they brought would have died.
"Cyan flames."
"Teacher, have you figured out what abnormal flame is at the bottom of the crack?"
Xiao Yan, hidden in the crowd, fishing in troubled waters, couldn't be entirely considered fishing; at least he was genuinely killing fire snakes and honing his combat skills.