122: You think you're so arrogant? You'll vanish in the blink of an eye. [Thanks to 'Little Sleepyhead' for the gift]
After leaving Kaleidoscope Swamp, the view ahead suddenly opened up.
It was no longer that dark, damp environment filled with the scent of Decay.
In its place was a vast, boundless red Gobi desert.
The sky was an eerie dark purple, with three suns of varying sizes hanging high above, baking the earth like a giant steamer.
The air was thick with the smell of sulfur and metal.
"Boss, once we cross this 'Flame Gobi' and then go over the 'Howling Mountains' ahead, we'll reach Myriad Beast City."
Capybara introduced dutifully while wiping its fur with a high-tech cooling wet wipe.
"However, a type of wild beast called 'Lava Lizards' lives in this Flame Gobi. They have very bad tempers, so it's best if we detour around them."
Su Jue ignored it.
He was taking short steps with his little legs, curiously observing the surroundings.
[Intermediate Chaos Dragon Body] allowed him to completely ignore the high temperatures here.
To him, this was no different from being in an air-conditioned room.
Niu Tuo and Mao Xiaomeng were in a miserable state.
Both were in the Domain Transformation Realm and theoretically shouldn't fear ordinary fire.
But the flames here contained a trace of the origin power of the [Flame Law]. Even the dissipated high temperatures made them drench in sweat, consuming a massive amount of true essence.
If not for the [Seed of Decay] Su Jue left in them, which could passively absorb surrounding energy, they probably wouldn't have made it ten miles before being baked dry.
Even so, the two were suffering unspeakably.
Just then.
"Rumble—!"
An earth-shaking sound echoed from the distance.
Following that, a giant sand off-road vehicle with an extremely arrogant design and painted with a blood-red skull came charging toward them, kicking up clouds of dust.
Over a dozen fierce-looking burly men stood on the vehicle, bare-chested and tattooed with various wild beast patterns.
Leading them was an orc over three meters tall with a lion's head.
His aura had unexpectedly reached the third level of the Divine Ability Realm!
"You trash in front! Get the hell out of the way!"
The Lion-headed Orc spotted Su Jue's group. Instead of slowing down, he let out a roar while laughing maniacally.
"Are you blind? Can't you see this is the road of our 'Blood Skull' Adventure Team? Do you want to die!"
The team members behind him also burst into fits of laughter.
In the Flame Gobi, they were the law!
Never mind blocking the road; even if they just found someone's face annoying, they would run them over directly, and no one would dare say a word.
Niu Tuo and Mao Xiaomeng's faces changed drastically. They instinctively wanted to pull Su Jue away to hide.
That was a Shentong Realm Expert!
Crushing them would truly be as easy as crushing an ant!
Capybara was so scared that it crawled directly under Niu Tuo's trouser leg, only showing a pair of beady little eyes.
However.
Su Jue stood where he was, motionless.
He didn't even bother to look up, merely staring curiously at a type of red plant on the ground.
"Seeking death!"
Seeing that the Infant dared to ignore him, the Lion-headed Orc instantly flew into a rage.
He slammed on the gas, and the off-road vehicle let out a roar, its speed increasing as it charged straight toward Su Jue!
He could already imagine the scene in the next second where this ignorant little thing would be crushed into meat paste.
However, the expected collision and screams did not happen.
Everything was eerily quiet.
That giant off-road vehicle stopped less than a meter in front of Su Jue, motionless.
On the vehicle, everyone, including the third-level Divine Ability Realm Lion-headed Orc, maintained their forward-charging posture, their expressions frozen at that moment of arrogance.
They had turned into lifelike sculptures.
"This... this is..."
Niu Tuo stuttered, unable to say a single word.
It was that power again!
The exact same power used against that Saint Realm giant beast in the Swamp!
It was the little golden girl sleeping in the boss's hat!
But this time, they clearly didn't see the little girl make a move?
No.
That's not right.
Niu Tuo and Mao Xiaomeng stared fixedly at Su Jue.
They saw Su Jue slowly raise his head and glance at the group of sculptures.
He reached out his chubby little hand and gave a light wave toward the off-road vehicle.
As if shooing away an annoying fly.
In the next second.
That giant off-road vehicle, along with the dozen or so experts who were at least in the Domain Transformation Realm, simply... vanished into thin air.
No, it wasn't vanishing!
Niu Tuo's pupils suddenly shrank to the size of pinheads!
He saw it!
At the moment the vehicle vanished, a grey airflow flew out from Su Jue's fingertip.
The moment that airflow touched the vehicle, the hard alloy body began to decompose and annihilate from the most basic particle level!
Not even a speck of dust was left behind!
"So noisy."
Su Jue patted his hands, as if he had just swatted a fly.
He lowered his head again, looking at the little red flower on the ground with great interest.
Then, he reached out a finger and lightly tapped a petal.
A trace of [Chaos Unity] power was quietly injected.
That originally ordinary little red flower immediately underwent a bizarre transformation.
Its petals became as crystal clear as rubies, and mysterious law patterns appeared on them.
A pure aura of Life radiated from the flower.
An ordinary blade of grass had instantly turned into a spirit medicine of at least the seventh grade in Su Jue's hands!
This was one of the wonderful uses of [Chaos Unity].
Turning stone into gold, transforming Decay into a miracle!
"Hmm, much better looking."
Su Jue nodded with satisfaction, then took a step with his short legs and continued walking forward.
Behind him were only the completely petrified Niu Tuo and Mao Xiaomeng, and Capybara, who poked half a head out from Niu Tuo's trouser leg, trembling.
Capybara's quantum core was about to burn out again.
[Warning! Warning! Logic model collapsed again!]
[Evaluation of target ‘Su Jue’s’ danger level, failed... failed...]
...Three days later.
The group finally crossed the Howling Mountains, which towered into the clouds and were shrouded in grey storms year-round.
An incomparably grand and massive city appeared at the end of the horizon.
That city was built upon a hollowed-out mountain range.
The city walls towered into the clouds, cast from an unknown black metal, covered in marks from blades and axes, as well as large, dried-up bloodstains of various colors.
Atop the city walls, a giant flag fluttered, with a golden beast roaring at the sky embroidered on it.
Countless strange-looking flying machines, flying boats, and even knights riding giant dragons moved in and out of the city's airspace, forming an incomparably prosperous yet chaotic scene.
"Boss! We're here! This is Myriad Beast City!"
Capybara jumped down from Niu Tuo's back and pointed excitedly at the giant city in the distance.
Su Jue looked up.
With his eyesight, he could clearly see rows of powerful guards standing on the city walls.
Those guards were of various races: humans, orcs, elves, dwarves, and even elemental Life forms.
But without exception, they all wore uniform golden armor, and even the weakest had the strength of the Domain Transformation Realm!
Directly above the city gate stood two Stone Giants over ten meters tall, like door gods.
Those two giants were unexpectedly experts at the peak of the Divine Ability Realm!