Chapter 245: Too Strange

At the same time, he slightly arched his body, emitting a threatening low growl from his throat, his gaze firmly locked on the Mist Creature, sending a clear warning.Just like in the natural world, when powerful beasts encounter intruders of their own kind in their territory, they warn the other to leave through growls and postures rather than immediately engaging in a life-or-death struggle.

Kill it and absorb its Life Essence?

This thought flashed through Su Zhan's mind but was completely rejected.

Forget whether the battle could be quickly resolved - who knows what terrifying things the sound of fighting might attract here.

He had to keep his head down and maintain a low profile for survival as the primary principle.

The Medium-risk third-stage Mist Creature clearly received Su Zhan's warning signal.

It stopped its approach, uneasily pawing at the ground with its claws, tilting its ugly head as if weighing its options.

Facing a creature of the same kind with stronger aura and aggressive posture, its instinct took over.

Finally.

It emitted a deep guttural sound toward Su Zhan's direction.

Then it slowly retreated step by step into the thick mist, disappearing from sight.

Only when he completely lost sense of the other's presence.

Did Su Zhan finally let out a heavy sigh of relief, his back already soaked with cold sweat.

This hurdle had been overcome, dangerous but ultimately safe.

In the cultural classes at Vermilion Bird Academy, he had learned basic knowledge about Mist Creatures.

In this vast, boundless Mist World, numerous varieties of Mist Creatures with diverse forms were nurtured.

Their relationships, under normal circumstances, were like those in the most primitive animal kingdom of the real world.

Different races would fight and prey upon each other.

There were also a few cruel types that would even cannibalize their own kind, all for survival and evolution.

But once these Mist Creatures launched attacks on the real world.

It was as if they suddenly received some supreme command - all racial barriers disappeared, they became incredibly coordinated, united as one, with absolutely no infighting occurring.

Moreover, during attacks, they would also mercilessly assault Aberrants.

Of course, except for the Aberrants of the Transcendence Society who possessed special methods.

This targeted behavioral pattern was completely different from the low sociality they typically displayed in the Mist World.

So strange.

"It's as if someone... is commanding them uniformly."

Su Zhan recalled the textbook's deduction, silently thinking to himself.

Human leadership generally speculated that only those at the very top of the Mist Creature hierarchy could accomplish this.

Those whose strength probably reached, or even surpassed, the Calamity-level supreme existences.

Only existences of that level could possibly use absolute will to forcibly unite all the chaotic Mist Creatures, forming an army.

After all, according to research, the intelligence of Mist Creatures typically increased with their strength.

By the time they reached Calamity-level, even if their intelligence wasn't completely equivalent to humans, they absolutely possessed considerable wisdom, far from being mere instinct-driven beasts that only knew killing.

"So... it's best not to encounter high-level Mist Creatures."

Su Zhan felt a chill.

Dealing with creatures like the Sniffing Mist Beast that primarily relied on instincts, he could still bluff his way through using the Aberrant's homologous aura and strength intimidation.

But if he encountered a high-level Mist Creature with some intelligence... he had no confidence he could perfectly disguise himself before it.

Once his true nature as not being one of their kind was seen through, the outcome would absolutely be extremely miserable.

Thinking of this.

Su Zhan became even more careful, restraining his own aura to the extreme, praying not to attract the attention of any powerful existences.

Suddenly.

A slight low-frequency vibration came from the ground beneath his feet.

Su Zhan cautiously crouched down.

A massive shadow of unimaginable size slowly moved through the thick mist ahead.

Su Zhan couldn't see what it was at all, only able to make out its bottom structures that rose like mountain ranges.

And the ends of gigantic limbs as thick as skyscraper foundation pillars.

Occasionally emerging from the mist, then slowly retracting.

The shadow enveloped him for nearly a full minute before completely passing, the aftershocks of the vibration lingering for a long time.

That was definitely not the volume of any known creature - just the wind pressure from its movement alone was almost enough to blow him away!

Su Zhan felt so insignificant before such a colossal being.

If the other noticed him, scaring him to death would be as easy as stepping on an ant.

Su Zhan's back was covered in cold sweat.

...

He didn't know how much time had passed.

Su Zhan had long lost track of time, only able to judge by his physical fatigue and mental consumption that he seemed to have been traveling in this endless mist for a long time.

Along the way, he witnessed more and more bizarre and fantastical terrains.

Su Zhan once tread upon a vast plain composed of enormous purple mushroom caps.

Each of these mushroom caps was the size of a round table, tightly packed together, stepping on them gave a soft and elastic feeling, as if stepping on some giant creature's organs.

Large clouds of yellow spore mist occasionally sprayed from beneath the mushroom caps, carrying strong hallucinogenic smells that forced him to expend energy to hold his breath and quickly pass through.

He also passed through a maze composed of countless dark red stone pillars with surfaces full of holes.

These stone pillars would occasionally ooze sticky dark red liquid from the holes, the liquid making sizzling corrosive sounds when dripping on the ground.

The entire stone forest echoed with a wind sound similar to sobbing.

Along the way.

Su Zhan saw too many of these strange terrains.

He didn't know if it was because of his Future Vision alertness, but he didn't encounter many Mist Creatures along the way.

When he did encounter them, they were only low-level ones.

Just releasing his aura was enough to scare them away.

It could also be that he was relatively lucky.

Or that the Mist World was so vast that the creature density was relatively low.

If this were in Daxia.

Where would there be places with such low population density?

Su Zhan continued like this, stopping and going along the way.

Since the distance was too far, he couldn't calculate how far he had walked at all.

He hoped his luck would continue like this.

Su Zhan continued walking carefully like this.

Future Vision sent an alert.

High-risk fluctuations!

The mist ahead was suddenly pushed aside by a powerful force.

A more ferocious-looking Mist Creature appeared before him!

It was about the size of a rhinoceros, its main body resembling a giant dog that had been skinned.

Muscle tissue was exposed and constantly squirming.

But its back was covered with a layer of black bone armor.

Several fleshy tentacles with eye-like organs at their tips grew from the seams of the bone armor.

Constantly writhing.

Those eyes were firmly locked onto Su Zhan.

Su Zhan suppressed all Awakened individual aura, hoping to bluff his way through like last time.

He recognized this Mist Creature.

Multi-Eyed Hound Beast.

The Multi-Eyed Hound Beast did pause for a moment.

Several eye tentacles showed confusion.

But the next moment.

"Roar—!"

It let out an ear-splitting roar, its massive body charging at Su Zhan like an out-of-control heavy truck.

Disguise failed.

It could also be that the other's strength surpassed his, completely unafraid of him.

Su Zhan's pupils suddenly contracted.

At this life-or-death moment, he desperately rolled to the side,

"Shred!"

Although he reacted quickly.

The Multi-Eyed Hound Beast's sharp claws still grazed his flank.

Easily tearing through the mist armor he had temporarily condensed.

The scales were also completely useless, instantly shattering.

Leaving several deep wounds that reached the bone, blood instantly gushing out.

Excruciating pain surged through him.

Su Zhan groaned, completely daring not to resist head-on.

Desperately evading, rolling, fleeing.

"Boom!"

The Multi-Eyed Hound Beast slammed its claw where he had just been standing, the ground immediately exploding into a deep crater, debris flying everywhere.