Chapter 133 Chapter 133 (Catching Bugs)

The Eclipse Ape laughed out loud, startling everyone present.

Xia Muqing's mind raced: "...Oh no, it's stalling for time!"

No wonder the Mountain Gorilla looks so stupid and reckless. How could a truly wild and wild Dark Beast King be a simple-minded fool with muscles all over his body?

The Eclipse Ape pounded his chest triumphantly: "Throat!"

"Of course, I can't keep you here. If you run away, I'll have to chase you one by one. How troublesome is that?"

Beside them, Guan Yun and Xue Yao also came to their senses.

Xue Yao pounded his head in frustration: "I still suffer from my lack of experience."

Although they possessed impressive combat power and rich combat experience, when it came to fighting and surviving in an extremely dangerous alien space, and engaging in a life-and-death struggle with the Dark Beast King, the three present were still just three rookies.

Guan Yun also cursed angrily: "Damn gorilla, I was fooled by its disguise... Xia classmate, let's run, run separately!"

Mountain Erosion Ape: "Throat!"

[It’s too late, leave them all to me! ]

It let out a high-pitched roar, leaped several meters high, and then plummeted to the ground like a cannon, creating a deep crater.

Skill, Mountain-Shaking Wave!

“Boom!!”

Dust filled the air, air surged, and the ochre-colored aura transformed into shock waves visible to the naked eye, instantly covering half of the hilly area!

Even with Lord Feng Luo blocking her way, Xia Muqing felt a black screen before her eyes, a buzzing in her ears, and her legs went weak, almost falling to her knees on the ground.

Her head felt like it was electrocuted, with crackling sparks flashing before her eyes. She felt dizzy and wanted to vomit, and a strong fishy smell rose in her throat - this was the result of her using her mental power to urgently protect her body at the moment she was hit by the shock wave.

Guan Yun and Xue Yao were in an even worse situation.

Lacking the flexible use of mental power, they were almost hit head-on by the shock wave.

Xue Yao's Chengtian Turtle blocked the beastmaster in time and was in better condition, but most of Guan Yun's mysterious beasts were not defensive and were relatively small in size. At this moment, she was swept by the aftermath and a mouthful of blood spurted out immediately, and she swayed unconsciously for a few times.

The gorilla grabbed a huge rock and said, "Throat!"

A stone half a person's height fell on Guan Yun's head, and she was on the verge of fainting and had no way to dodge it.

Fortunately, the Light World Frog was in good condition. It quickly jumped from Guan Yun's shoulder and spit out light waves at the flying boulder.

The blinding ball of light collided head-on with the boulder, shattering it into countless flying pieces with a loud bang. At the same time, a snow-white figure swept past like a breeze, instantly scooping Guan Yun up on its back and leaving the spot at lightning speed.

After landing, Guan Yun’s third mysterious beast, Yuehua Zitong, emerged from the mysterious beast space and quickly gave his beastmaster a healing skill. Only then did Guan Yun wake up from his coma, but his face was still as pale as paper.

Seeing that Lord Fengluo saved Guan Yun, Xia Muqing felt a little relieved.

But then she realized that the three of them were stopped by a sudden attack from the Mountain Gorilla and it was too late to escape separately.

The lingering fluctuations in the depths of the rift finally revealed its true form—

"Crash, crash."

The heavy iron was dragged across the ground, making a harsh friction sound, which sounded particularly thrilling to everyone's ears.

A strange beast with chains all over its body, two slits on its chest and two clusters of cold ghost fire burning on it appeared in front of everyone.

Those narrow, rough chains hung from its shoulders, and the ends dragging on the ground were wrapped with long knives, huge hammers and other various tools. There were also mottled bloodstains on them, a scarlet color that could not be washed away even if thrown into ice water.

Guan Yun and Xue Yao had never heard of this kind of mysterious beast. Their eyes flickered with disbelief: "Is this a mysterious beast?"

This design is too scary, it must be a ghost!

Only Xia Muqing took a deep breath, her eyes showing an unprecedented seriousness.

"A ghost-type profound beast, the Prison Suppression Chain," she whispered. "A rare profound beast that feeds on despair and fear. Upon birth, it will inevitably claim the life of any profound beast present. However, in exchange for this, it inherits a power. From birth, it possesses the form and power of a second-order evolution..."

"So you're the companion the Eclipse Ape was waiting for. No wonder it was so confident in keeping us all here."

Xue Yao was shocked. "Wait, Prison Lock? Oh boy, I think I've heard of that name!"

His dark eyes trembled slightly, and a hint of fear was revealed in his eyes. "I heard that it is a strange and mysterious beast that lives in the restricted area. It has the powerful ability to block and imprison. The most terrifying thing is that it is very cruel. Human beast masters caught by it will suffer terrible torture before their death..."

Guan Yun wiped the corner of his mouth fiercely, wiping away the blood on his lips: "Alright, stop talking! How can you boost others' morale and destroy your own prestige?"

Xia Muqing's eyes flickered. "We should be vigilant. The opponent is very strong. And the worst-case scenario is that besides blocking and confining, this prison lock might have other abilities."

"For example... using a synergistic move with the Mountain Gorilla?"

Otherwise, she couldn't figure out why the Mountain-Eroding Ape and the Prison-Suppressing Lock, two equally ferocious beasts, would become companions and act together.

Xue Yao: “……!”

He couldn't help but gasp: "Shh, this is too difficult!"

…

Compared to the nervous Xia Muqing and the other two, the Eclipse Ape and the Prison Lock seemed much more relaxed.

The Eclipse Ape even started chatting: "Throat?"

"Brother, what took you so long? If I hadn't been playing dumb, these three human beastmasters would have already run away."

The chains on the Prison Lock made a "clattering" sound, and a dark face with a grin appeared from the gaps between the rusty chains.

"We must first confirm whether this is a human conspiracy, and then act cautiously. If everyone acted recklessly like you, how would we have gotten to this point?"

The Eclipse Ape curled his lips and said, "Throat."

"You're just overthinking. Why are you thinking about those useless things? The passage is right at your doorstep, and across from you is humanity's rear area. What's there to hesitate about?"

【Learn from me, just do it! 】

As he spoke, the Eclipse Ape pounded his chest with both fists and let out a deafening roar: "Throat!"

The yellow air wave was like clouds and sea, smashing down on the three beastmasters!

Xia Muqing and the others were fleeing far away - although they were exchanging information just now, facing the severe crisis, the three of them still tried to keep a distance, so that they would not be directly hit by the air wave of the Erosion Mountain Ape.

But these tens of meters seemed nonexistent to the Prison Lock. It casually raised its head, and several chains flew out from behind, covering the blue sky with a clattering sound.

"call out!!"

A piercing roar rang out in everyone's ears, and the swiftly running Feng Luo Lord suddenly stopped. The next second, the chain came from behind, the rusty tip of the blade grazed its head—and slammed heavily into the stone mountain ahead!

At the same time, the other two chains flew in different directions, accurately blocking Xue Yao and Guan Yun.

Xue Yao: "Canglang Jiao!"

Beside him, Canglang Jiao blocked the swift chain, turned around in a hurry, and suddenly exhaled a large amount of mist.

Skill, fog cage!

This skill was somewhat similar to Fengluo Lord's "Mist Transformation," generally used to restrict the enemy's range of movement and help Canglang Jiao conceal its form. However, at this moment, Xue Yao used it to block the Prison Suppression Lock's field of view, allowing the three of them to disperse and evade.

But faced with the thick fog, the Prison Suppressor Lock instead let out a low laugh, its heavy body rubbing against the ground: "Hua La..."

[Mist? Unfortunately, it has no effect on me.]

【Skill, Soul Lock! 】

“Wow—”

A dark shadow seemed to descend from the sky, and the chains turned into a pitch-black palm. The strong wind it carried penetrated the rocks and fog, and swept heavily across Xue Yao's shoulders.

Xue Yao's mind was shaken, and when he came back to his senses, he felt extremely heavy all over, as if a huge rock was pressing on his back.

He turned his head in astonishment and found a dark palm print on his shoulder. It seemed to be a corrosive palm print, which was eroding his clothes bit by bit, trying to imprint the dark profound energy into his skin.

Xue Yao was so shocked that he almost jumped up, and subconsciously raised his hand to pat it: "What the hell is this!"

But it was no use, he couldn't slap it at all. Instead, when Xue Yao touched the mysterious power, his fingers quickly burned through a layer of skin, and he frowned in pain.

Xia Muqing shouted from a distance, "Don't touch it! That's the Soul Locking skill, it can lock onto the target from a distance!"

She was also filled with anxiety - under the effect of this skill, the Prison Lock could easily lock the positions of the three of them, and the Canglang Jiao's fog cage suddenly became a decoration.

No, it was not just a decoration, but was used by the other party - taking advantage of the fog that blocked no one's view of the movements, the Mountain Erosion Ape circled around to not far from Xue Yao, viciously crushed a section of the mountaintop, and threw it towards Xue Yao and Canglang Jiao!

The huge rock broke through the smoke and came roaring with the acceleration of a throw. The strong wind was so close that Xue Yao was almost scared silly when he turned around.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly, and his mind connected with the mysterious beast: "Chengtian Turtle!"

The huge Chengtian Turtle instantly appeared in front of Xue Yao. It usually moved slowly, but now it moved quickly and stood in front of its own beastmaster without hesitation.

“Boom!”

The rocks slammed heavily onto the turtle shell, making a deafening sound.

This was not the end yet. The Eclipse Mountain Ape knew that although these beastmasters in front of him were young, they were quite powerful. He did not give Xue Yao any chance to breathe. The gravel gathered into a dense rain of stones and bombarded Chengtian Turtle and Xue Yao all at once.

The gorilla roared as it smashed the ground: "Throat!"

[Instead of fighting all three, why not take them down one by one? Bro, this brat has the thickest shell of the three. He's so annoying. Let's take him down first!]

Xue Yao: “???”

Are you polite!

The Prison-Suppressing Lock readily agreed, his entire body's profound energy fluctuated, and his skill "Soul Lock" completely locked onto Xue Yao.

Under its lock, the black marks on Xue Yao's body spread rapidly, and the parts of his body stained with black energy became as heavy as if they were filled with cement. Facing the rain of stones, he had nowhere to hide and could only endure it!

“Boom boom boom!!”

Rocks flew through the air, the earth shook, Xia Muqing's eardrums buzzed, and she clenched her teeth hard.

It's terrible. She feels pain just by hearing the sound. Can Chengtian Turtle hold on?

Xiao Zi and Xiao Jin are both away, so she has no wet nurse!

Xia Muqing was about to have Lord Fengluo use his divine skills to divert the attention of the Erosion Mountain Ape and the Prison Suppression Lock when suddenly, she saw Guan Yun's Yuehua Zitong, not far away, radiating a bright light and slowly rising into the air.

A strong yet gentle wave emanated from it, transforming into a thin beam of light, falling far away in the direction of the Chengtian Turtle.

"Skill, sacrifice!"

…

Hulala——

Light rain fell from the sky like falling petals, and energy gathered into a spiritual stream that rushed towards the Chengtian Turtle.

A tiny sapling appeared behind it, and under the cover of light and rain, it grew into a tall paulownia tree in the blink of an eye.

The pale golden leaves swayed slightly in the wind, and the dense branches climbed up the back of the Chengtian Turtle, transferring huge energy into the turtle shell.

The Chengtian Turtle was no mythical beast, and its shell had already been scarred by the repeated attacks of the Eclipse Mountain Ape. But at that moment, a faint golden light seemed to flow from the delicate veins of the sycamore leaves, blending into the fine cracks. The Chengtian Turtle's shell instantly thickened several times, perfectly withstanding the Eclipse Mountain Ape's attacks and firmly blocking Xue Yao behind.

Seeing this, the three people present finally got a brief chance to breathe.

Xia Muqing looked at Guan Yun, looking at Yuehua Zitong, who was very weak from using her skills, and asked with concern, "Is it okay?"

Guan Yun panted heavily: "It's okay, it's just exhausted and needs to rest for a few days."

"Sacrifice" is a highly difficult skill. When a mysterious beast uses it, it is easy to injure its own meridians, so it is usually only used in critical moments and when there is no choice but to fight.

Fortunately, Yuehua Zitong is a wet nurse herself, and her profound power has a warming effect. She can comb out the dry meridians in her body by herself, and she will recover her health after a few days of rest, so she will not suffer any chronic illness due to the sacrifice.

This was good news, and with Xue Yao rescued, the situation on the field eased slightly.

But Guan Yun and Xia Muqing's expressions were still very serious - from another perspective, this also meant that Yuehua Zitong had lost her combat power and would not be able to recover within a few days.

Wet Nurse-1

The situation is getting worse and worse.

Xia Muqing's head was filled with worries.

Dust flew up, air waves dispersed, and Xue Yao got up from the ground in a panic.

Having barely managed to survive the barrage of rocks, Xue Yao's heart nearly leaped out of his chest. His legs went limp, and he clutched his collar, gasping for breath. "...Thanks, crazy bitch."

"Stop talking," Guan Yun said bluntly, "You were the slowest to dodge, which is why the Dark Beast King targeted you and used you as a breakthrough point."

Xue Yao: “…”

Xue Yao was so shocked by her that his eyes went dark. He couldn't help but say, "How can you blame me for this? They just arrest people randomly, okay?"

"And luckily it was me! You two don't have defensive mystical beasts yet. If you had taken those blows just now, you wouldn't have been able to withstand them!"

Xia Muqing said in a clear voice: "Don't say anything for now, now is not the time to complain - be careful, it's coming again!"

Suddenly, the black palm print on Xue Yao's shoulder flashed a few times and jumped onto Guan Yun.

The "Soul Locking" skill of the Prison Lock is activated again!

A dark shadow of chains materialized in mid-air, tightly wrapping around Guan Yun's wrist and pinning her to the spot. The Eclipse Gorilla roared with laughter as it ran towards them, its heavy footsteps pounding the trembling ground, sending clouds of dust flying.

This time it did not throw the gravel, but chose to rush forward, and its fists like iron balls directly hit Guan Yun's head!

Xia Muqing's pupils suddenly shrank: "Xiaofeng!"

“Ouch—!”

A cold light flashed in Lord Feng Luo's eyes. He raised his head and let out a long and sharp roar. The dark green horns on his forehead began to emit circles of mysterious energy.

Behind it emerged a vast expanse of snow-capped mountains, and the vast expanse of frozen snow collapsed, turning into rolling white waves like an inverted waterfall.

The ice layer spread rapidly, extending from in front of Lord Feng Luo to the feet of the Erosion Mountain Ape. The snow layer crackled and splashed, and the earth turned into a torn white cloth. The roaring ice crystal storm rose rapidly, and the Erosion Mountain Ape's running feet had just landed on the ground when its entire calf was completely sealed by ice crystals!

Its movements were hindered, and the direction of its fists was also deviated.

The Wuying Beast hurriedly took Guan Yun and moved away for a distance. The Light Frog quickly rushed forward and opened its mouth to fire a blazing "light-heat cannon".

The scorching light combined with the skill "Thousand Mountains at Dusk Snow" had an even more powerful effect than before. The fur all over the mountain ape's body was on fire, and the fallen parts revealed a large area of ​​blood-red muscle. Suddenly injured, it struggled violently, emitting painful and resentful roars.

"throat!"

[How dare you... I will tear you to pieces, all of you!]

The gorilla clenched his fists hard, and his muscles suddenly bulged out. His back bulged high, and his powerful forearms and leg muscles were as hard as rocks.

Yellow profound energy burst forth, and it moved its legs with all its might, attempting to kick away the ice crystals that restricted its movement beneath its feet.

[You think you can stop me with just this little thing? ]

“…Crack!”

The Mountain Gorilla kicked with all his might.

The sound was so loud that it shook the earth.

But... the ice crystals didn't break?

Not only did it not break, the ice and snow actually spread upwards along the calves, quickly covering the base of the legs and looking like it was about to climb up to the ape's waist.

Eclipse Mountain Ape: “???”

Not far away, Lord Feng Luo raised his head slightly.

Scattered ice crystals hovered around it, emitting a shimmering glow. A fierce wind whipped its snow-white fur, and its pale blue eyes were deep and piercing. The ripples emanating from its body carried not only the chill of ice and snow but also a hint of a strange and mysterious aura within the turbulent space.

It was similar to the "Soul Locking" skill of the Prison Lock, as if it was acting directly on the soul of the Mountain Ape, locking the opponent's position with the power of space!

“Ouch!”

Why can’t it be sealed?

Lord Feng Luo was firing at full power, and in addition to the vigilance in the face of a powerful enemy, there was also a hint of excitement in his eyes.

After coming into contact with a large number of spatial rifts and witnessing the Prison Lock perform its soul-locking skills, the taut string in its head suddenly broke, and the bottleneck exploded. It finally made progress in the "Space-Time Lock" skill that it had been unable to comprehend for a long time!

Although it is still not possible to completely seal off this space, it is enough to be integrated into the ice and snow of the skill to restrict the movements of the Mountain Ape!