Chapter 838 Yu Prefecture (2/2)

A look of surprise flitted across Zhou Yuan’s face. Although Shang Xiaoling’s technique had no offensive capabilities, it could scout out the enemy and give one the initiative. This would greatly boost one’s ability to survive.

Looks like Shang Xiaoling is indeed very capable.

Zhou Yuan’s attention soon turned towards the mirror and found that the eye was rapidly approaching the abyss. The eye stealthily looked down from above, finding a complicated maze-like interior.

Everyone held their breaths as they watched.

The eye continued to scout and slowly approached the depths of the abyss. A split second later, the pupils of Zhou Yuan and the others violently shrank. They had seen a giant black beast silently resting in what appeared to be a cave.

The beast’s body was covered in black scales, and there was a bluish-green curved horn on its head. The beast’s shape was similar to a tiger or lion, and they could just barely make out a sinister wound on its enormous body that cut all the way to the bone.

A powerful pressure spread from the creature. Even through the mirror, it made Zhou Yuan and the rest feel a substantial amount of pressure.

However, joy flowed out in their eyes. The giant black beast was exactly as described on the mission brief. It was the heavily injured Sky Obscurer Beast.

“That’s it!” Zhou Yuan grinned as if a heavy burden had been lifted from his shoulders.

Shang Xiaoling nodded. With a thought, the eye disappeared into thin air, and the mirror before them turned dark.

Deep in the abyss, the giant black beast suddenly opened its red eyes and lifted its head in a puzzled manner. But it ultimately did not find anything and soon lay down again to rest and recover its injuries.

...

Outside the abyss, the atmosphere relaxed somewhat due to finding the target.

However, Shang Xiaoling softly said, “Pavilion master, although the Sky Obscurer Beast is still in a gravely injured state, its injuries are lighter than described in the mission brief. I believe it managed to recover somewhat over this period.”

The smiles on everyone’s faces immediately receded, replaced by grave looks.

They did not dare to forget that the Sky Obscurer Beast was a grade-six Genesis Beast that was comparable to a Heavenly Sun stage expert. If it was not injured, even all of them combined together would not be able to shake it.

Since Shang Xiaoling had said that it had recovered somewhat from its injuries, the difficulty of the mission was higher.

Ye Bingling’s red lips parted slightly as she said, “When we attack the Sky Obscurer Beast, Zhou Yuan will be the main force while the rest of us only need to support him.”

Although Zhou Yuan was only at the intermediate Divine Dwelling stage, his battle prowess was the strongest in the team. With him as the main attacker, the others would be under much less pressure.

Zhou Yuan reminded the group, “Don’t worry everyone, if we find that we’re not its match, we can withdraw. There’s no need to fight to the death.

“I will set up some Genesis Rune boundaries first to avoid drawing over other powerful Genesis Beasts when the battle starts.” As he spoke, Zhou Yuan cast a glance towards a certain spot behind him as a strange smile emerged from the corners of his lips.

The others acknowledged his words with solemn expressions. They were also somewhat nervous, because they knew that the subsequent battle would surely be exceptionally intense.

...

While Zhou Yuan and his team were making their preparations, several figures appeared in the rainforest some distance away.

They wore long gray robes on which faint glowing runes emerged. The robes both covered their entire bodies and concealed their Genesis Qi undulations.

The leader of the group raised his head slightly, revealing his face. It was Fang Ao of the Fire Pavilion.

“It seems they have found the Sky Obscurer Beast.”

An interested smile rose from the corners of his mouth as he leisurely said, “Let’s watch them fight first and sweep in towards the end. Hehe, I wonder what kind of expression Zhou Yuan will make then?”

The others softly chuckled as toying looks filled their eyes.