Chapter 708

Chapter 708: Chapter 708 – Danger from the Sky

Translator: Irene_ Editor: X, TYZ

Ai Hui sprinted forward .

Behind him, a shrub filled with red fruits pursued relentlessly .

Granary? How naive of him and how embarrassing . Arrogantly thinking that his spirit sword would allow him to kill as he pleased, Ai Hui ended up getting humbled by all sorts of weird plants .

These plants were growing increasingly bizarre and beyond his imagination, just like the shrub that was giving chase .

When Ai Hui first laid eyes on the shrub, he had been attracted by the bright, alluring fruits . They were plump and carried an exotic fragrance .

But…

While sprinting, Ai Hui had a sudden hunch and leaped to the side . A red fruit brushed past his face with unimaginable power, producing an intense airflow that hurt his face .

Boom!

A bright orange flame rose as that fruit explosively hit the ground . The surging shockwave made Ai Hui feel like a small boat amid a rainstorm . He was almost unable to steady himself .

Ai Hui had used his spirit sword to block the fruit when he first saw it, but that resulted in him being blasted 200 meters backward together with his sword . Smoke rose from his body as if he was a coal miner . The vigor within his sword was damaged as well, leaving it looking much dimmer .

Despite his suffering, Ai Hui took to his heels without a word . Soon after, he detected movement behind him, and when he turned back, he received the shock of his life .

The shrub had uprooted from the ground and was giving chase . Its roots wiggled nimbly like spider and centipede legs . Unable to fly, Ai Hui could only consecutively change directions, but even then, he simply couldn’t get rid of the shrub .

“Is that really a plant?” Ai Hui cursed inwardly . “Can’t it just stay in a place and act like one?”

It seemed that the shrub bomb had no intention of giving up .

The wind howled behind him once more .

Eye twitching, he shouted, “Swords!”

The swords circling around Ai Hui swiftly appeared before him . They opened up in sequence like a pontoon bridge . He bent his body slightly and leaped onto the “bridge,” stepping on the bodies of the sword blades like an agile leopard . He borrowed this momentum and started running wildly .

Boom, boom, boom!

His earlier position had been enveloped by orange flames, and he only felt a powerful gush pushing him forward . Instead of resisting, he made use of it to advance forward .

Whoosh! He managed to increase the distance between the shrub and himself .

He could finally let out a small sigh of relief . The red fruits were alarmingly powerful . Fighting against them would only cause him more problems .

Suddenly, the sky dimmed .

Ai Hui tilted his head upward .

Sss! He involuntarily drew a deep breath .

A green cloud was floating toward him . It covered the sky and cast a huge shadow .

An indescribable sense of danger burgeoned within him . At the same time, the swords around him were buzzing and vibrating, displaying a huge warning sign . Without hesitation, Ai Hui squatted and sprung forward like an arrow shooting from its bow .

Overhead, the green cloud layer started to descend, its shadow becoming increasingly dense . Ai Hui could clearly feel a sense of danger so overwhelming that his heart was about to jump out of his chest . The descent of the cloud did not slow down . It only appeared this way due to its massive size .

Boom, boom, boom!

A series of explosions echoed . Ai Hui did not dare to look back . Instead, he lowered his head and focused on dashing outward, which was a wise decision on his part .

If he could see what was behind him, he would agree .

As the green cloud layer floated toward Ai Hui, even the shrub could detect the danger . It shifted its roots instantly and charged back to its nest .

The green cloud layer was less than 60 meters away from the ground at this point .

Like an endless wall, it gradually pressed closer to the ground as if it was about to flatten everything into a pancake .

The shrub stopped escaping . Its roots were trembling uncontrollably . The red fruits started detaching and launching themselves toward the cloud like raindrops .

Boom, boom, boom!

Balls of orange lights flashed . The intensity of the blasts produced shockwaves that worsened the conditions of the narrow space and threw the shrub a few hundred meters away .

Bubbles started bulging above the cloud layer . The boundless green cloud was like a soft, yet durable piece of rubber .

The cloud layer continued descending . Feeling it almost touch his head, Ai Hui had no choice but to bend his head down a little .

His surroundings were completely black by now, and he could only locate a small wisp of light in front .

There was not much time left!

Ai Hui inhaled a huge breath . He raised his index and middle fingers, but kept the rest curled . Upon this activation, the spirit swords around him lit up . They gathered before him like an opened umbrella, their tips facing forward .

This eight-sword umbrella turned brighter before folding up .

In that instant, Ai Hui used both palms to grab ahold of the sword hilt .

A light speck lit up amid the darkness .

Sss! As gentle as a breeze, it flashed by like a meteor and stuck itself onto the ground before drilling toward the narrow light gap .

Faint sword rays could be seen swiftly flying out from beneath the thick cloud layer .

Ai Hui could feel his surroundings brighten . He had managed to escape the cloud!

Chi, chi, chi! The sword rays plowed into the ground, leaving a deep and pencil-straight pit behind Ai Hui that only ended after about 1 . 5 kilometers . Ai Hui felt heavy-headed, but his knees were wobbly .

When he regained his senses and turned back, he saw an enormous sheet of green sea . He couldn’t catch sight of where it ended . If he hadn’t witnessed its descent, Ai Hui would’ve believed it to be a sea of grassland .

He inched closer, only to realize that it wasn’t grass, but a kind of grassy algae . They looked soft and frail, were as fine as hair, and were all tangled . Because they were over 300 meters thick, the scene became a eerie sight .

Above the flat green sea were bulges of different sizes . Ai Hui could see something wiggling and struggling within them and guessed that they were plants that had failed to escape .

Waves of aquatic grasses rose one after another, sweeping toward the bulges .

Even with Ai Hui’s rich knowledge and experience, the scene before him made his blood run cold .

The shrub that had terrorized him had also failed to escape the cloud’s wrath . In fact, as far as Ai Hui could tell, there wasn’t a single living being that had managed to flee .

Gradually, the waves calmed and the sea of algae returned to its carpeted form, leaving no creases .

Throughout the whole process, Ai Hui hadn’t made any excessive movements . He knew very well that the massive thing before him wasn’t something he could handle . At least within this strange world, this thing was at the top of the food chain .

The quiet aquatic grasses started lifting off the surface of the ground and floated up toward the sky .

Once high above, it started closing up . A short while later, it turned into a green mountain peak that drifted in midair . It continued ascending until it eventually became an unnoticeable black dot .

Having seen this whole event, Ai Hui was determined to be extra careful when it came to dangers from the sky .

Later on, this would prove to be a wise decision .

During a blue snowfall that occurred some time later, Ai Hui observed how the aquatic grasses spread open to intercept snow flowers that fell within a few hundred hectares from its location .

Ai Hui no longer dared to be mindless .

Perhaps it was because of his increased vigilance, but he could faintly feel a thread of consciousness from high, high above that was paying attention to him .

How powerful was it really?

He wanted to go up to see for himself . It was a pity that he wasn’t able to fly .

When he first woke up in this place, or rather the edge of this world, it was completely desolate . Now that he was advancing toward the center, he could feel an omnipresent pressure .

He felt as though he was underwater .

This invisible pressure made Ai Hui feel strained . Not only was he unable to fly, everything that he did required more energy . He had to constantly strengthen his spirit swords in order to adapt to the gradually increasing pressure .

Whenever he started to feel strained, he would suitably retreat and seek out weaker plants to fortify his abilities .

He had 16 spirit swords at this point, a major leap in his eyes .

However, the plants he was exposed to became increasingly powerful and dangerous as well .

Addressing his enemies as plants was merely a habit . Despite looking like plants, these strange organisms acted more like dangerous predatory animals .

At this point, practically all the plants Ai Hui met could move of their own free will .

The mental pressure he felt was no weaker than the physical one that he was subjected to .

He could be a predator, but also a prey . He needed to be alert at all times . Fortunately, keeping focus was his forte . Sometimes, he would have the illusion that he was back in the Wilderness and slogging hard .

The unknowns were all dangerous .

He carefully kept the remains on the ground . This thistle had exhausted a significant amount of his energy . On it were dense, gleaming blue spikes, and Ai Hui could occasionally spot fine lightning arcs above them .

Ai Hui was extremely interested in this plant since it was his first time seeing a plant that could generate electricity .

One of his spirit swords moved closer to the spikes .

Zap! A fine electric arc struck the sword . Ai Hui felt a slight numbness, but continued to observe and experience .

Shortly after, he used another spirit sword to experiment while remaining deep in thought .

He then made a bold move by placing his finger straight onto the spikes .

Whoosh !

A dazzling electric arc lit up . Like a slithering snake, it coiled around Ai Hui’s finger and entered his body . The thistle that once possessed an almost undetectable breath became lively and rolled toward Ai Hui . The spikes on it flashed with fatal light rays .

Just then, an even more dazzling electric arc spurted out from between Ai Hui’s fingers to strike the thistle .

The perky thistle became stiff as countless electric arcs started refracting and swimming along the blue spikes, causing them to explode .

Unknowingly, Ai Hui’s eyes were shrouded by a layer of dense electric arcs . He looked effortlessly intimidating .

His sword rays interlaced, and the thistle snapped into sections .

The spirit swords floating around him were now coated with dense lighting arcs .