Chapter 726: 726

Chapter 726: Vol V Chapter 86

Just like how schools separated students into normal and special classes, the participants in this expedition were also split into normal and elite groups .

The elite group consisted of the four roommates: Sid, Hopes, Ruby and Dudu .

All four of them possessed a certain level of skill . Even the weakest, Hopes, would not lose to the experienced explorers if he was being serious . His fighting skills were decent, and he knew natural magic; thus, he was of a decent standard overall . Unless it was an experienced veteran, a typical explorer would not be able to defeat him . Of course, for him to demonstrate that kind of skill required a life or death sort of situation . One usually showed their highest level of skill when they were forced to . For example, in the past, when Sui Xiong had been an illustrator, he had heard of an interesting story: In the industry, there had been a senior artist who only drew one piece of art per week . Once, when he was severely in need of money, he forced himself to end all social interaction and entertainment and drew for sixteen, seventeen hours a day . In the end, he managed to complete what he would usually take two months to complete in two weeks .

Although such an elite team had been arranged, the Republic and mining center did not want to put them in any actual danger . They simply put in necessary precautions in the event of a difficult situation . To be honest, their preparations were rather sufficient . Not only were the exploration workers sent for special training, but the elite team was also dispatched as the frontline team for reconnaissance and eliminate any possible dangers .

What was more important was that Sui Xiong was also participating .

He sent out a separate body and floated in the air, checking the area meticulously . In his eyes, the lush forests and thick rocks meant nothing . Only the big and small light spots caught his attention as they shone . Each light spot represented life—the stronger creatures, at least those equivalent to the wild wolf, were those who may pose as threats to the workers . These light spots were the manifestations of the life energy of the creatures’ souls . Thus, the stronger the life energy of the creature, the stronger its light spot would be . Sui Xiong overlooked most of the weaker light spots and concentrated on a few special ones that were especially bright .

“Strange… It’s not like this place is extremely isolated . Why is there such a strong creature here?” he muttered to himself as he flew towards the brightest light spot .

This light spot was hidden underground . For a typical person to find a cave, they would have to take several turns and twists before reaching its entrance . However, Sui Xiong simply morphed into an incorporeal form and was able to move to the entrance of the cave without being blocked by the rocks and sand .

It was a giant fish which lived in a river below a mountain . It had dull yet heavy, armor-like scales, no pectoral fins and no pelvic fins . In place of fins, it had four short but strong legs . Upon closer inspection, one would realize that these legs had several active tentacles . This fish had an extremely big brain, and it took up almost half of his body . The rest of his body was mostly made up of his tail . The entire body was about seven or eight houses’ wide, but his torso was actually extremely small .

If it wanted to swallow a human whole, it would be no problem at all .

Sui Xiong stared at the fish suspiciously . With its huge stature, it clearly could not pass through any narrow roads or crevices . How did it manage to sustain itself then?

He turned invisible and stood in front of the giant fish to observe it . Sui Xiong realized that the giant fish, which by right shouldn’t usually appear in freshwater, was making extremely slow movements and was quite possibly hibernating .

Maybe… it survived by perpetually being in a state of hibernation?

Sui Xiong shook his head and mentally crossed out this possibility . Even if it were hibernating, it would occasionally still need to wake up to consume food . In such a place, the presence of a plentiful food source was unlikely .

Sui Xiong observed for a while more but was still unable to figure out the giant fish . He then tried to read this odd fish’s inner thoughts . The sad thing was that the giant fish had a rather empty brain . It could be likened to one’s mindless reading of forum posts on the internet, where it did not really retain any information at all . He was only able to sense a special ability .

It was able to summon foreign creatures . Apparently, the giant fish had grown to this size thanks to this ability . Using its summoning skills, it lured aliens to itself as food . By killing and eating them, the giant fish also managed to absorb all the aliens’ skills and powers . Its giant size meant that it had eaten a sizeable number of aliens thus far .

The giant fish had a slow reaction time and took about half a day to become fully awake . When it woke up, it first exercised its body and swam a few laps in the narrow river . It then stretched its limbs and waved its tentacles one by one in the air while emitting a piercing sound . This sound meant that the speed of the tentacles’ movement had surpassed the typical speed of sound . The scales on the giant fish also started to emit differently colored rays of light . These all demonstrated its magical powers and hinted that it had a high level of skill . Watching this, Sui Xiong made a mental note that this giant fish must be rather dangerous . Although the giant fish did not affect him personally, the giant fish’s strength was enough to create a crisis on land . If it decided to run to any port, the average port would not be able to defend against its attack .

After a period of activity, the giant fish sank to the bottom of the river and stopped any movement as if it were resting . After half a day, when it was close to night-time, it rose to the surface again, and both sides of his head flipped around as it emitted strange sounds . This was the giant fish carrying out prayers . While the chant was not long, it was messy, ominous and made anyone who heard it go crazy . This was an ancient and archaic chant . If a typical person heard the chants without any spiritual protection, they would be harmed, go mad or even die . With the ominous chants, the giant fish used its tentacles to create special drawings in the air . Sui Xiong was unable to understand the full essence of the images but could guess that they represented hell, but which hell? And what did they mean? He was unsure . However, Sui Xiong was certain that the giant fish was summoning an old and ancient demon .

How strange! What does it want to do? Is it summoning a demon to do its bidding and find food for it? That’s rather ridiculous…

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