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Chapter 108: Class 8 Direbeast, Close Call

Chapter 108: Class 8 Direbeast, Close Call

The photo was shot from a distance, showing a green valley sitting in the middle of a world of snow . Inside the valley, leafy trees and fully blown flowers were thriving .

In the middle of all these, there was a spring of water, about several dozen meter-square, covered in a blanket of white fog .

Standing in the middle of the spring was an exotic jade-green plant growing with bean-like bright-red berries .

“This is the Ginseng of Life, huh?”

Ling Jiu’s eyes were affixed to the photo .

“It looks similar to the legendary Ginseng of Life . It has still remained to be verified . But this Spring of Life is definitely legit!”

Shi Gang was in awe . “The guy who took this photo said he had tried the spring water; it is liquified Gene Arcana, but…”

“But what?”

Ling Jiu was puzzled .

“There was a Three-headed Frostfire Scaled Dragon in the valley . That guy would have died and not be able to show these photos here if not for him fleeing quick enough,” Shi Gang said .

“Three-headed Frostfire Scaled Dragon?” Ling Jiu’s heart skipped a beat . “You mean the nasty scaled dragon ranked sixth-fourth on the direbeast list?”

“Yup . ” Shi Gang nodded . “The scaled dragons evolved from the pythons . Their strength is phenomenal among the direbeasts .

“Three-headed Frostfire Scaled Dragons are the most terrific of all scaled dragons . They have marvelous strength, unbeatable self-defensive skill, and three unique abilities . They were not ranked sixty-fourth on the direbeast list for nothing!

“It is guarding the Spring of Life . We can forget about going there . It is up to the trainers and head of camp whether they are interested to explore if the Spring of Life is legit . ”

“The Ginseng of Life!”

Ling Jiu’s eyes flashed . “If there is anything more effective than Nine-Hearted Plumleaf Crab Apple in regrowing amputated limbs, it would be the Ginseng of Life . ”

The next morning, Ling Jiu headed out toward Mount Kosciuszko . He had only one target: The Ginseng of Life .

Despite knowing there was a Three-headed Frostfire Scaled Dragon guarding the place, Ling Jiu was still confident that with his teleportation and Shadowform abilities, he could steal the Ginseng of Life from under its nose .

What about risks?

With that disproportionately high reward, it was a risk worth taking .

Mount Kosciuszko, at 2,228 meters, was Australia’s tallest mountain . Its peak was snow-capped all year round . So it was not hard to find . Two hours later, Ling Jiu had arrived .

He switched on the Direbeast Radar and scanned if there was any trace of Class 8 direbeasts .

Class 8 direbeasts were the kings of all direbeasts . They were rare, and each of them had their respective territory . So Ling Jiu was sure that there were few Class 8 direbeasts on Mount Kosciuszko .

Therefore, he just needed to find the Class 8 direbeasts on Mount Kosciuszko and he would find the valley where the Spring of Life was .

Ling Jiu was right; the radar showed that there was only one Class 8 direbeast on Mount Kosciuszko .

He followed the radar and found the valley . Ice and snow and cold waves were everywhere, and the valley was the only place where green was thriving .

A warm current hit him as soon as he approached the valley as if he had come to the summer directly from the winter .

He carefully climbed to higher ground to have a bird’s-eye view of the valley .

Then, he saw Spring of Life where white fog was rising from, and also the green plant in the middle of the spring .

“The Ginseng of Life!”

Ling Jiu’s eyes brightened up . He moved like a flash and disappeared from the spot .

After a few teleporting maneuvers, he came in front of the Spring of Life and grabbed the Ginseng of Life at once .

“Flee!”

He disappeared in just the blink of an eye .

As soon as he was gone, a draft of cold spell hit through where he stood a second earlier .

The cold spell was so cold that except for the Spring of Life, all vegetation in the surroundings was frozen over, becoming ice sculptures .

An angry roar rose in the valley, and a powerful sound wave rapidly spread in all directions .

At that moment, the mountains on both sides of the valley shook . Rocks were tumbling down . Snow on the mountainside loosened and moved downhill, forming avalanches .

The next moment, a vicious giant scaled dragon flew into the air . This scaled dragon was over a hundred meters long, three-headed, silverish body with flaming stripes extending from head to tail, two claws on its belly, and a spiral horn on the head .

It was a Three-headed Frostfire Scaled Dragon, the notorious scaled dragon ranked 64th on the list of direbeasts .

Its three pairs of eyes were red . When it flew into the sky at maximum speed, it created a sonic boom .

“Holy moly! It can see me?”

Ling Jiu continued to teleport, wanting to leave as quickly as he could . But it seemed the Three-headed Frostfire Scaled Dragon could see him and was chasing him, closing in from behind .

As it was getting closer, Ling Jiu felt a chill run up his spine . He could sense the murderous air emanating from the Three-headed Frostfire Scaled Dragon .

Had it been other direbeasts, Ling Jiu would have not felt intimated . But this Three-headed Frostfire Scaled Dragon seemed to be unstoppable . He had lost his courage to fight .

His fear manifested itself as uncontrollable shivering of his body .

“This is the Three-headed Frostfire Scaled Dragon? Why is the Celestial Magical Cat so different? Isn’t it the same Class 8 direbeast?”

Roar!

Roars like rumbling thunder came from behind him . He felt his head was going to explode, as if someone was hitting his head with a hammer, his ears ringing .

“I can’t outrun it!”

Ling Jiu could clearly feel the fiery breath coming out of the direbeast’s nostrils . It was no more than 20 or 30 meters from behind . With its speed, it would bite him in the next second .

In that split second, he suddenly changed his direction, going down toward the ground .

The direbeast was caught unawares . It would not change its direction in time because of the momentum and flew straight for a further 100 meters .

Meanwhile, Ling Jiu had performed several times of teleportation and landed on the ground . He then performed an Earth Release technique by burrowing into the earth .

He kept going down .

The Three-headed Frostfire Scaled Dragon had arrived and came down like a meteorite as it impacted the ground with a loud bang .

The impact left behind a crater that was dozens of meters deep and several hundred meters wide .

Yet, Ling Jiu was nowhere to be seen .

The Three-headed Frostfire Scaled Dragon did not give up yet . It pounded the ground with his giant claws until more craters formed in the ground .

“This is crazy!”

Ling Jiu stopped . He could completely sense how horrible this Three-headed Frostfire Scaled Dragon was . The shock wave traveled several hundred meters deep into the earth . Had he not fled quick enough, he would have been smashed, becoming dead meat .

“It was a close call, but I made it!”