130: Entering the Broken Soul Mountains

It was already evening when he returned to the villa.

Ziyu was still extremely excited at the moment, having just evolved.

Its courage had also grown.

It even tentatively challenged Black Night and Saturn to one-on-one duels.

The result was naturally obvious; it was purely treated as a toy.

Black Night’s single strike cleared its gaze.

Saturn stood still, and Ziyu’ powerful lightning, despite its might, couldn't even break its defense.

It was instantly beaten back to rock bottom, becoming much more well-behaved.

It understood the disparity between them.

Lin Shu didn't stop it when he saw this scene.

After this, Ziyu’ desire for strength would only grow.

After simply preparing food for them, his phone suddenly chimed with a message.

He looked, and it was from Li Wen.

“I took on a material collection mission.”

“It requires going to the Soul Severing Mountain Range. Are you interested in coming along?”

After reading the message, Lin Shu combined it with the information he had previously gathered from the forums and began to ponder.

Although the Soul Severing Mountain Range was a treasure trove, the dangers within it were considerable.

Not to mention the high-level beast tamers lurking there.

The insidious and cunning Otherworlders also needed to be guarded against.

And Lin Shu also needed to grind proficiency.

With his current strength, he couldn't act recklessly within it.

The best and most stable method would be to team up and go.

After realizing this, he replied:

“Okay, what time tomorrow?”

“How many people are there now?”

The other side immediately replied.

“Currently, I’ve only invited you.”

“I plan to invite Chu Yu later.”

“The three of us should be enough.”

“Noon is fine. The meeting point is at the city gate.”

This configuration was quite good.

After all, as long as they didn't go too deep, the danger wasn't too great.

“No problem.”

“I’ll be there on time at noon.”

“Okay, see you tomorrow then!”

Soon, the two ended their conversation, finalizing the matter.

As for the mission Li Wen mentioned, Lin Shu had some understanding of it.

It was divided into two parts.

The first was internal school missions.

These included exploring dangerous Otherworld regions, newly born primary Otherworlds, clearing beast tides, and so on.

These missions generally had a higher difficulty and required significant strength.

Therefore, they were usually taken on by third and fourth-year students.

The rewards were naturally quite generous; as soon as a mission was released, the slots would quickly be snatched up.

The second type was missions initiated by the students themselves.

Most of these involved collecting materials not available within the school, beast tamers, and corpses or organs from them.

The difficulty was not high, and even newly enrolled students could complete them.

However, the rewards were somewhat unsatisfactory.

Credits were a rare commodity; apart from being issued by the school and traded between students, there were basically no other ways to obtain them.

As for exchanging daxia currency for credits, there was no such thing.

Li Wen's mission was clearly the second type.

This was also one of the ways ordinary students obtained credits.

Lin Shu opened the app and searched in the mission hall.

He wanted to see if there were any convenient missions he could take on.

Getting some credits wouldn't be bad either.

Unfortunately, he didn't realize until he looked, and then he was shocked.

What kind of requirements were these?

To give an example, it was like wanting to buy a small car at the price of an electric scooter.

It was truly outrageous.

No wonder it had been listed for so long with no one taking it.

Good missions were probably snapped up the moment they appeared, right?

Since there were none, he decided to give up.

Anyway, Lin Shu's primary goal was still to grind proficiency; these were just extras.

He then returned to his second-floor bedroom, preparing to rest… The night passed uneventfully.

At this moment, at the city gates.

Lin Shu arrived five minutes early.

Before him, Chu Yu and Li Wen were already waiting nearby.

Seeing Lin Shu approaching, both smiled and greeted him.

“You’re here.”

“You guys are quite early.”

“We came a bit early.”

Both replied casually, their expressions relaxed.

“Now that everyone’s here, let’s set off,” Li Wen said decisively, without much idle chatter.

Lin Shu and Chu Yu shared the same thought.

The three mounted their beast tamers and followed their steps, heading towards their destination.

The Soul Severing Mountain Range was not too far from the city.

A level 50 flying beast tamer could typically reach it in about an hour.

Ziyu, having just evolved, had greatly increased its speed.

It didn't fall too far behind, steadily following at the rear.

After some time, they arrived.

The continuous mountain peaks, like giant pythons, wound and pierced the clouds.

The peaks were steep and perilous, with jagged rocks.

However, the overall color scheme was completely different from ordinary mountains and forests.

The entire scene was a dull, dark color.

Even the trees and branches were dyed in this hue.

Black rocks gleamed with a cold light under the sun.

Stepping onto this land, one felt an eerie chill.

It was full of dangerous aura.

The three landed on a flat black patch of ground.

Looking at everything before them, Lin Shu showed no change; this place was somewhat similar to the Realm of Utmost Darkness, but in terms of eeriness and terror, it was still far inferior.

“This is the entrance to the Soul Severing Mountain Range.”

“We’ll search the outer perimeter and won’t go deep inside.”

“Of course.” * 2

Clearly, Li Wen also had some apprehension about this place.

There was no objection to this; that had been the plan before coming.

“The mission objective this time is the corpses of Black Scale Beetles, a total of five are needed.”

“That’s a total of 75 credits, which we’ll split evenly among the three of us.”

Lin Shu had actually seen information about the Black Scale Beetles.

These were Dark-type beast tamers; their flesh, blood, and scales were all significantly beneficial for Dark-type abilities, with effects even surpassing many spiritual objects of the same rank.

Because of their superb concealment methods, they were extremely difficult to find, so their price was slightly higher.

After confirming, the three stepped inside.

The Soul Severing Mountain Range covered a vast area; looking out, it seemed to have no boundaries.

The air was rich with energy, no wonder many spiritual objects of good quality frequently appeared within it.

Stepping into the valley, the sound of wind echoed, but no matter how one listened, it sounded somewhat eerie.

The three were cautious.

There were too many things to guard against here.

Take the Otherworlders, for example.

They were particularly common in this area, and even Li Wen had encountered many.

It often led to fierce battles, fighting to the death.

Lin Shu rode on Ziyu’ body, while Saturn walked steadily and attentively in front.

Black Night looked around with a serious expression, clearly understanding the dangers of this place.

Li Wen and Chu Yu’s beast tamers were likewise, standing ready, prepared to act at any moment.

At this moment, a black figure suddenly emerged from the black bushes.

Its thick body resembled a large black water pipe.

Its cold, emotionless eyes scanned continuously, and seeing the large number of people, it curled into a circle and turned to flee.

But how could Black Night let this captured prey escape?

This black python was one of the common beast tamers of the Soul Severing Mountain Range, the Venomous Black Python, with a perfect quality.

Despite being a python, it used venom as its most prominent means, which was quite unique.

This Venomous Black Python was level 49.

Its snake venom was cold and deadly; even beast tamers of the same level would find it difficult to resist.

Lin Shu naturally wouldn't be careless; Black Night's level still differed quite a bit from its own…