72 Dark Jumble Fruit 2 (1/2)
Oulan Mercy sneered at Dessa's reaction and released a powerful pressure from his body that bore down on her. Dessa's heart sunk down to the abyss when she felt the insane spiritual pressure that dragged her to her knees. Oulan giggled mischievously as he spoke with a definite threat in his voice, ”You smell uncomfortably similar to that dead wretch Wyven. Hmm, yes you must be the niece he spoke of. Haha, so then what is a little kitten like you doing in this dark, scary cave all alone? How did you suddenly appear out of thin air? I only noticed your presence mere seconds ago.”
Oulan Mercy did a hand seal, and then a hand made of evil looking insects shot out of his robe and dragged Dessa up to eye level by her face. Oulan slowly licked her face before licking his lips in ecstasy. This action was sickening, making Dessa cringe, as he continued, ”If only you did not have the stench of so many men on you, I might have eaten you already. There is simply no more primordial yin within you at all. Tell me, little slut bitch, where is that noble brat your uncle mentioned? He was hiding with you, right? Take me there, and I promise to be real gentle later.”
”Who… who… AH! No~~ please don't….” Dessa Chimes' eyes were wide in shock and terror as she struggled in the insect hand's embrace. Oulan's more than foul breath stuck to her like glue due to the saliva on her cheek. Dessa almost felt like dying right here and now. Fear had forcefully paralyzed her. 'Dead… wretch? Wyven? What has this animal done to my uncle?! He was perfectly fine just a few weeks prior, how could…'
”Ah? Oh, I get it, the old man right? Tsk tsk, my little pretties always tell me to watch what I say to mortals… hm?” Oulan Mercy furrowed his brows, and then looked at Dessa with a strange black light in his eyes. ”Oh no... no, no, you are no mere mortal. Fledgling Saint realm? How curious. The reports say you were raised in captivity, long since addicted to sex and drugs. Has it even been a month since your master was murdered? How could you suddenly be a saint? It's ridiculous. Unless!”
Oulan Mercy grabbed Dessa's hands aggressively and scrutinized them. Upon finding nothing, he tossed her away. Dessa's body slammed heavily into the cave wall, and her arm was pierced through by a large magic serenity crystal.
”AHHN!” Dessa moaned loudly in pain, as she bled all over her leather skirt. The serenity crystal reacted to the pure force in her body and emitted a pink glow that was freezing her arm slowly.
”Hey bitch, calm down. No need to flirt with me, I'll definitely be eating you, hehe,” said Oulan Mercy mischievously. ”Now tell me, little slut, where is the damn noble boy?”
Dessa Chimes glared at this villain coldly and prepared to spit blood in his face! She would rather be tortured to death than betray her savior. However, before she managed to take action, her consciousness was forcefully seized by Autumn Saver! Such a move could surely injure her soul, but Autumn Saver couldn't allow her to do such a deadly thing. Luckily, her soul force was too weak to put up a fight against the treasured sword.
”He… he is… down. Down below…” Autumn Saver controlled Dessa Chimes' body with difficulty to speak and point towards the lower levels in spite of Dessa's fierce resistance. Due to this, the harmony between the girl and her armament was severed thoroughly. Dessa then collapsed, unconscious.
”Bah, no fun, no fun. You actually snitched. No matter then, you can bring the girl along, my tools.” Oulan Mercy frowned and begin to walk in the direction he had been pointed in. The male Maniac Goons couldn't resist licking Dessa all over with their slimy tongues, as they tied her in ropes of darkness and dragged her along. The fiend poison in their saliva dissolved Dessa's clothes and seeped into her open wounds. This left her in tatters, as her skin started losing its vibrancy. Oulan Mercy licked his cracked and ugly lips, ”Don't think you can sleep through this little slut, I'll be back for you after I clean up the brat who stole what's ours. Do not play with her too roughly, tools, I want her in one piece when I return...”
Oulan Mercy slowly walked away to the sound of goofy giggling and slurping noises, a sick grin on his face. He traveled down to the third level, recruiting more level one and two fiends on the way by placing mind control insects in their heads. However, before he could get too far, he felt the ground rumbling greatly as if an earthquake was coming. ”What in the…”
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— Earlier on the fourth sub-level…
50 meters in front of Jodye Trill and his two guardians was a sea of green eyes, tongues, sharp and menacing teeth, grey wraiths, blue ghosts, and green ghosts, oh my! There were thousands of fiends, and more than a few of them were at the fourth level. Jodye had yet to even fight a fourth level fiend, and now there were hundreds of them. Worst of all, there was a pair of red eyes in the center of the darkness. Initially, all of these eyes were centered on that pair of red eyes. Until Jodye and Xavier stepped within range of their detection, they all turned to face them as if it was planned.
”Red eyes… a Ghoul.” Jodye Trill felt his stomach turn, and he finally tensed. He activated his astral points and starting circulating the titanic rage law.
Voodoo Creatures such as Fiends had different tiers of strength. Lower tier fiends were the most commonly seen voodoo creature, any dark space full of resentment or dark powers could produce fiends. The next tier up were Ghouls. Ghouls were creatures born of death laws, wicked deeds and thoughts, and other negative emotions. They were superior to fiends as they could wield the power of death easily. Unlike fiends, they had a form that wasn't mostly darkness. They typically had rotting flesh and virulent forms. Powerful Voodoo priests who died in resentment may return as a ghoul through malicious curse arts.
First level Ghouls had the strength of a Great Scholar rank Sage or a Killer Essence rank Saint. Two existences who could absolutely barbecue Jodye. Even the weakest ghoul would have 200 BP as its base strength! This wasn't something the current Jodye could compete against without suffering a bit. Even worse, this ghoul seemed to be at least at the second level!
”Is that? Hoe. Lee. Shit,” Sylvester's eyes suddenly sparkled like a greedy wolf, his tongue hanging out. It was quite comical, but Jodye wasn't in a laughing mood as he turned to look at this guy. Sylvester sneered and said via telepathy, ”Kid, with eyes like ours should it be so utterly dark over there? Also, why aren't they attacking?”
”This…” Jodye Trill thought about it seriously. His mind flashed to a book he had read in his early days. His eyes suddenly brightened as he exclaimed, ”Could it be a treasure? But what treasure would… wait… no way, it can't be! The Dark Jumble Fruit?!”
In places where origin energy and laws were in abundance, unique plants known as origin flora could potentially be born. The Dark Jumble was an origin flora that only grew in areas full of voodoo and yin forces. It resembled a huge piece of tumbleweed made of stone, and the fruits it produced were full of pure origin and dark forces. The Dark Jumble regularly consumed the surrounding light and origin energy to condense fruit. That's why they were characterized by the complete absence of light. The origin forces in a dark jumble fruit were enough to allow an Earth Science realm origin practitioner to advance an entire rank in a couple of days.
”How much dark jumble fruit do you think there are? For there to be this many fiends and we still can't see them, great Gaea, there must be at least four or five of them,” said Jodye Trill softly.
”Jodye, it's a ghoul! A whole damn ghoul, what level are you? Let's get while the getting's still good,” said Xavier Tricko as he walked in the other direction. However, he swiftly stopped. ”Uh-oh.”
”Uh-oh? What uh…oh.” Jodye Trill turned around and saw a huge green ghost. This ghost was a head taller than Sylvester and had bright, well-defined eyes and sharp, vicious teeth. A long tongue with a green glow was hanging out its mouth.
Level 4 Fiend, Maniac Hungry Ghost!
”How?” Jodye was terrified! For this fiend to sneak up on them, it would mean that its soul force was at stronger than his own! Jodye was currently wearing Pharaoh's Law, so his current soul force was no joke. His serenity source beam could potentially take out a Killer Essence rank saint and even some Great Scholar rank sages.
”Lefting such… soon.” Jodye grimaced as he heard the barely intelligible voice of this fourth level maniac fiend enter his mind. This fiend had such a powerful soul! Merely, it was a bit stupid. Was it because it was a maniac? Did the spirit class maniac fiends all have such terrifying soul force?