135: Re-entering the Nine Netherworld
The valley was surrounded by cliffs as sharp as if they had been sliced.
Flowing patterns were carved onto the cliffs, forming an Air-restriction formation.
It was impossible to leave using flying Yao Beasts.
The only options were to head south or north.
What made Chen Fei's heart race was that the north of this valley was the entrance to the Nine Nether Fierce Land!
Was he destined to clash with this place?
Before Chen Fei could figure it out, he heard a huge commotion from the south.
"Thump, thump, thump..."
Everyone looked over and saw a terrifying scene.
Swarms of Evil Beasts appeared, blotting out the sky and earth as they blocked the path to the south.
Four-winged Celestial Moth Beasts, Bamboo Ghosts, Four-Chain Vortex Beasts, Thousand-Faced Mirror Princesses, Fierce-Eyed Evil Spiders, Earth-Splitting Demon Worms, Abyss Worms, along with patches of zombie monsters and ghosts... their numbers were simply despair-inducing.
Even more despairing was that within this swarm of Evil Beasts, two spots were cleared.
Two Evil Beasts possessing powerful pressure stood there quietly.
Yet, they pressured everyone so much that they couldn't catch their breath!
Chen Fei's breath also hitched as he spoke with difficulty, "Level Five Six-winged Celestial Moth King, Level Five Mist Hidden Ghost King."
Two Level Five beasts against a group of students who had just been promoted to Grandmaster-level Beast Tamers?
And a terrifying group of Fourth-Level Beasts!
Are even Evil Beasts this cautious nowadays?
They're simply not giving anyone a way out!
Ximen Lingyun immediately shouted, "Run, run to the north!"
Chen Fei didn't want to say it, but he had to interrupt him: "The north is the entrance to the Nine Nether Fierce Land!"
As soon as he said this!
Everyone stopped in their tracks and looked at Chen Fei with difficulty.
If it was truly as Chen Fei said, with a Yao King blocking the way in front and the Nine Nether Fierce Land behind, it was a dead end no matter how they looked at it.
The last sliver of hope was extinguished!
Endless despair filled everyone's hearts and then spread frantically.
"Roar~"
Before everyone could decide, the Evil Beasts drew closer, preparing to launch an attack.
Chen Fei called Shen Lin, Tang Jian, and Jiang Yiyi, then roared, "If you trust me, follow me! I've been into the Nine Nether Fierce Land before!
Entering the Fierce Land still offers a chance of survival; staying here means certain death."
After speaking, Chen Fei crushed a Four-Winged Whale Kun shield, enveloping the three of them.
Ximen Lingyun and Ji Chenfeng exchanged a glance, quickly crushed their Yao King shields, and followed Chen Fei's pace.
Seeing this, the others had no choice but to brace themselves and follow.
Everyone sprinted all the way, and it was only after entering the Fierce Land that the Yao King shields vanished.
"Roar, roar, roar~" The two Level Five Yao Kings stopped at the entrance of the Fierce Land, hesitating.
The Four Great Fierce Lands were not just off-limits to the living; even Evil Beasts didn't dare approach.
Furthermore, the stronger one's power, the faster they died.
"If the two of us enter, it's certain death."
"Then we wait at the entrance?"
"Fine. Who knows, they might all die inside, saving us the trouble."
"But we still need to send some little ones in to check the situation."
"Let's do that!"
The two great Yao Kings prepared to wait for their prey, as there was only one exit from the Fierce Land anyway, and then sent other Level Three and Fourth-Level Beasts in to hunt them down.
Inside the Fierce Land!
Ashes drifted incessantly in the sky, preventing sunlight from shining through.
Everyone saw white bones scattered everywhere, piled up like mountains.
Chen Fei quickly shared what he knew: "The bones here are left by Yao Beasts that died after wandering in by mistake.
Another part consists of old beasts whose lifespans were nearing their end; they come here to quietly await death.
This is only the outermost layer of the Fierce Land, and also the safest place.
Just watch out for the Skeleton Monsters that will appear in a moment."
No sooner had he spoken!
The skeletons on the ground began to tremble incessantly, then pieced themselves together into Skeleton Monsters.
There were Level Two, Level Three, and Level Four ones.
"Little Gu, it's hunting time!"
Right now was the best time to farm slaughter value.
As waves of [Crystal Arrow Rain] appeared, these skeletons fell batch after batch.
Seeing this, the others breathed a sigh of relief while also being astonished by Chen Fei's strength.
An Advanced 8th-rank Beast Tamer!
To have improved so much in such a short time.
Only Shen Lin and Tang Jian had expressions that said "as expected."
It wasn't that Chen Fei didn't want to hide his strength, but he knew he couldn't.
The Fierce Land wasn't as simple as it looked on the surface; without giving his all, he wouldn't survive long.
Seeing this, the others also joined the battle.
[Killed Level Three 8th-rank Skeleton Demonic Ape, slaughter value +100...]
No, Chen Fei clearly felt that the slaughter value wasn't as much as before.
Visibly, at least several thousand skeletons had fallen, yet the slaughter value had only increased by two thousand.
What was going on?
Chen Fei suddenly remembered that when he first contracted the slaughter sacred codex, there were 23,000 points of slaughter value accumulated from his previous life.
But in his previous life, to escape the Fierce Land, he had killed at least ten thousand Skeleton Monsters.
It was impossible to have only 23,000 slaughter value points.
He hadn't paid much attention to it at the time.
Thinking about it now, it was quite strange!
Not only was the slaughter value lower, it was significantly lower.
Chen Fei calmed himself and observed closely, finding that those skeletons that were hit—even the ones smashed to pieces—would automatically piece themselves back together after a while.
While some died completely, remaining motionless.
It seemed that if their vital points weren't hit, they couldn't be killed completely.
Then where were their vital points?
After watching for a long time, Chen Fei still couldn't figure out why.
Having no choice, he could only ask the Three Beasts for help: "What about you? What have you seen?"
The Three Beasts nodded simultaneously; they really had seen something.
Chen Fei's eyes brightened instantly. "Quick, tell me!"
Wu Yun spoke first: "Meow~ Not every Skeleton Monster has Qi."
Chen Fei slapped his palm: "That's it!"
"Goo~ I feel the aura of my own kind, but not much.
They are hidden inside the brains of these skeletons."
Gu worms that can control skeletons?
It wasn't unheard of, just relatively rare.
Chen Fei flipped through the slaughter value list and found a few inconspicuous entries:
[Killed Level Three 7th-rank Bone Death Worm, slaughter value +120.]
Indeed, Gu worms existed.
"What about Chi Yu?"
"Awoo~ Some bones retain a sliver of the Soul from when they were alive, controlling the withered bones to perform the simplest attacks."
That's it! That's it!
Just destroying the skeletons was useless.
The important thing was to destroy their fragmented Souls or kill the Gu worms controlling them.
But as for those that had neither Gu worms nor fragmented Souls, how did they appear?
"Forget it, don't worry about those for now!"
Little Gu, kill every Gu worm you can detect.
Chi Yu, use a small-scale [Tiger Subduing Soul Suppressing Domain]; it doesn't need to be too large, try to save Spiritual Qi.
Then devour all the fragmented Souls you can find.
As for Wu Yun, coordinate with the Third Generation Gu Worms to find the Skeleton Monsters you can detect that possess 'Qi' and kill them one by one."
Just like that, the Three Beasts began a new round of clearing these skeletons.
[Killed Level Four 1st-rank Azure Mist Python Skeleton, slaughter value +200.
Killed Level Four 3rd-rank Fierce Spirit Dragon Skeleton, slaughter value +220...]
The slaughter value finally began to accumulate rapidly.
"Not good, they've come in too."
Chen Fei looked over; the group of Evil Beasts had followed them into the Fierce Land.
The group was once again in a state of being attacked from both front and back...