117: Chapter 117 Space Displacement

On the other side, Lin Fan's group of three headed north all the way.

Little Rabbit suddenly pricked up its ears again and let out an urgent cry.

Lin Fan stopped and placed Little Rabbit on the ground.

The little thing hopped into the fern thicket, ran about fifty meters, and then ran back, tugging at Lin Fan's pant leg with its mouth.

"There's something."

Lin Fan followed.

Little Rabbit led them through a patch of low shrubs.

The view suddenly opened up—in a wide rocky area, a giant golden lion lay in the center.

The giant lion was the size of an adult water buffalo, with a silvery-white mane that hung over its shoulders like a waterfall.

Its eyes were amber with vertical pupils, and as its gaze swept over Lin Fan's group, it carried a condescending scrutiny.

Most eye-catching was what lay beneath it... a red crystal.

Lin Fan's left eye felt a slight warmth.

[Race]: Golden Sword Lion King

[Rank]: Level 50

[Aptitude]: Low-tier Heaven Spirit

[Attribute]: Metal/Light

[Status]: Patrolling territory, high alertness

Lin Fan's lips twitched.

"Level 50, Low-tier Heaven Spirit. This thing is much harder to deal with than that lizard from before."

He glanced at the red crystal, then looked behind him, his lips slowly curling up.

"But... it's not like there's no chance at all."

Ye Qing followed his gaze and looked back.

"What are you planning?"

Lin Fan leaned into her ear and whispered a few words.

Ye Qing's eyes lit up, and she wore a mischievous expression.

"You're so bad, I love it."

Ye Wushuang seemed long since desensitized to their interaction, merely pursing his lips.

Ye Qing said no more and turned to walk back the way they came.

She stopped behind a large boulder, squatted down, and gently pressed her right hand against the ground.

The spores of the Shadow Moss were what she had quietly scattered along the way, adhering to the surfaces of fern leaves, shrubs, and soil, nearly invisible to the naked eye.

But there was a faint connection between her spirit power and those spores, allowing her to sense where they were attached—three of them had landed right on Liu Ming's group.

She closed her eyes, sensing those three faint ripples of spirit power.

The closest one was less than three hundred meters away. Ye Qing stood up and slowly walked toward the Lion King.

Watching Ye Qing slowly approach, the Lion King's slightly crouched body suddenly tensed, its silvery-white mane standing on end as it unleashed a pressure radiating intense golden light toward her.

Just as those bloody jaws were about to snap onto Ye Qing's head, the Rift Jellyfish tentacles on her right leg swayed gently, a deep blue light flowing around her ankle.

Spatial Displacement—Activate!

At this moment, Liu Ming was carefully following Lin Fan's group with two teammates.

He had just stepped over a clump of ferns, and before his foot could touch the ground, the world before his eyes suddenly began to spin.

By the time he could see clearly again, he found himself standing in a wide rocky area, facing a pair of bloody jaws.

The Golden Sword Lion King's amber vertical pupils stared at him, its eyes seemingly filled with confusion.

Liu Ming's face instantly turned deathly pale.

"This... this is..."

The Golden Sword Lion King opened its mouth and let out a low roar.

On the other side, Liu Ming's two teammates stood frozen in place, staring in utter bewilderment at the suddenly appearing Ye Qing.

Ye Qing patted the non-existent dust off her skirt and smiled at them.

"Hello there~"

The two teammates screamed simultaneously.

"You... where did you send Liu Ming?!"

Ye Qing didn't answer. The tentacles on her right leg swayed, and she turned into a deep blue afterimage, lunging toward the two.

Liu Ming's two teammates were one tall and one short; the tall one was named Sun Qiang, and the short one was Li Wei.

They both reacted at the same time, light glowing on their bodies.

Sun Qiang's right hand underwent Armorization, covered in a layer of dark gray scales, his five fingers turning into sharp claws. Shadow Lizard, Low-tier Mystic Spirit.

His left leg underwent Armorization, covered in dark green light armor with dense poisonous spikes at the ankle. Jade Venom Centipede, Mid-tier Mystic Spirit.

His torso underwent Armorization, his chest and abdomen covered in a layer of grayish-brown carapace. Ironclad Beetle, High-tier Mystic Spirit.

Li Wei's hands both underwent Armorization simultaneously; his left hand was covered in ice-blue crystal armor. Ice Crystal Scorpion, Low-tier Mystic Spirit.

His right hand was covered in crimson scales. Crimson Fire Snake, Low-tier Mystic Spirit.

His head underwent Armorization, a translucent red crystal crown condensing on his forehead. Scarlet Flame Bird, Low-tier Earth Spirit, Perception-type.

The two stood in a triangular formation, blocking Ye Qing's path.

"Where did you send Liu Ming?!" Sun Qiang roared.

Ye Qing gave a light scoff.

The tentacles on her right leg swayed, and with a Spatial Jump—she vanished from the spot.

Sun Qiang's pupils constricted, and he instinctively turned around. Ye Qing had already appeared behind him, her left hand activating Shadow Moss's Shadow Entanglement.

Countless dark green threads surged from her palm, wrapping around Sun Qiang's right arm and left leg like living things.

Sun Qiang struggled, the Shadow Lizard's claws tearing at the threads, but they only wrapped tighter. The venomous spikes of the Poison Centipede pierced the threads, but the threads didn't budge.

Ye Qing clenched her left hand, activating Spirit Power Drain, and Sun Qiang's spirit power surged into her body through the threads.

His face instantly turned pale, the scales on his right arm began to dim, and the armor on his left leg started to fall off.

Li Wei lunged from the side, ice spikes from the Ice Crystal Scorpion firing from his left hand and fireballs from the Crimson Fire Snake blasting from his right, ice and fire intertwining.

Ye Qing didn't even look back. The tentacles on her right leg swayed, and with a Spatial Jump—she vanished.

The ice spikes and fireballs hit where she had just been standing, exploding into a cloud of mingled ice and fire.

Ye Qing appeared behind Li Wei, her left hand activating Shadow Moss's Ghost Poison Spores.

Countless tiny dark green spores drifted down from her palm, adhering to Li Wei's armor.

The moment the spores entered his body, Li Wei felt his whole body go numb, and his spirit power began to fall into chaos.

The ice spikes from his left hand flew off target, and the fireball in his right hand exploded in his palm, sending him stumbling back.

"You two are too weak."

Ye Qing clapped her hands, and the tentacles on her right leg swayed once more.

She appeared in front of Sun Qiang, her left hand activating Shadow Moss's Shadow Entanglement again. The threads wrapped around Sun Qiang, snaking through the gaps in his armor.

Sun Qiang felt his breathing become increasingly difficult, and his armor began to crack.

Ye Qing clenched her left hand, activating Spirit Power Drain at full force. Sun Qiang's spirit power was frantically drained, and his legs gave way, causing him to kneel on the ground.

Li Wei wanted to run, but the toxins from the Ghost Poison Spores had already spread through his body. His legs began to weaken, every step feeling like walking on cotton.

He hadn't run ten meters before he collapsed to the ground, his body twitching.

Ye Qing walked over, her left hand activating Shadow Moss's Shadow Entanglement once more. The threads wrapped around his hands and head, binding him into a bundle.

Li Wei struggled a few times but couldn't move.

Ye Qing dragged the two together and tied them up securely with the threads.

She clapped her hands and turned to look toward the rocky area.

"Done."