129: Chapter 129 The Beast Creator

"140..." Su Xiaoxiao tightened her grip on her magic staff and muttered to herself, "What kind of monster is that level... Level 140... It's simply unimaginable."

"However..." Ye Fei suddenly thought of a blind spot and asked with a frown, "Since that brood mother Fierce Beast is so powerful that it can easily bully three Level 120 powerhouses, why doesn't it just lead a team to attack human towns?"

"With those heaven-defying attributes, as long as it walks out, what difference does this Wall of Sighs make compared to something made of paper in front of it? It should be able to flatten the entire human world directly, right?"

"That's a good question." Li Murou nodded, her expression turning somewhat strange, "This is also the part that is most incomprehensible."

"According to those who returned, they discovered a detail during the battle."

"That terrifying brood mother Fierce Beast actually had a huge, rune-covered shackle on its foot."

"Shackles?!" Chen Xi suddenly raised his head, a flash of brilliance crossing his eyes.

"Yes, shackles." Li Murou said affirmatively, "Those shackles are connected to the depths of the brood mother's lair, appearing to be a type of seal. It is precisely because of the existence of those shackles that the Fierce Beast, which possesses world-destroying power, is unable to leave the brood mother's lair even half a step and can only move within a certain range."

"Otherwise, humanity would have been extinct long ago."

"Hiss—" Su Xiaoxiao exclaimed, "What kind of person made those shackles? To be able to trap a Level 140 Fierce Beast? Then how strong must the person who made the shackles be?"

Chen Xi rubbed his chin and said thoughtfully, "Maybe... it's the creator of the Fierce Beasts."

"After all, textbooks don't teach us how Fierce Beasts actually came to be, do they?"

Li Murou nodded in agreement, "Right, history books only say that more than 100 years ago, Fierce Beasts appeared inexplicably and then began attacking humans. To this day, the origin of Fierce Beasts remains an unknown. Some say they are extraterrestrial creatures, others say they are mutations; there are many different opinions."

Hearing this, Chen Xi suddenly turned his head and looked at Ye Fei, who had been following behind, with a deep gaze. He said, half-jokingly and half-seriously, "You know, you have an aura on you that can make Fierce Beasts stop attacking, and even make them submit."

"And that Level 140 monster is locked up by someone with shackles..."

"Could it be... that you have some connection to that mysterious creator of the Fierce Beasts?"

Hearing Chen Xi's sudden wild speculation, Ye Fei was stunned for a moment, then helplessly shook her head and smiled bitterly, "Captain, stop joking with me."

"If I had that kind of background, would I be doing so poorly in school? I don't even know what my great-grandfather's name was, so how could I have any connection to such a big shot?"

Chen Xi smiled and did not continue the topic.

"Alright, idle chatter is over."

During the conversation, the surrounding light suddenly dimmed.

Unknowingly, they had crossed the barren plains and arrived at the edge of a huge forest shrouded in black mist.

This was their destination—the Black Swamp Forest.

The huge ancient trees had intertwined roots, their leaves a strange dark green, and the ground was covered in patches of black swamps bubbling with gas, with the smell of decay and deadly poison permeating the air.

"Be careful." Chen Xi put away his smile, pulled a card from his backpack, and his eyes became sharp, "If we walk any further in, we'll be at our destination."

"Everyone, stay alert! Enter combat mode!"

"Yes!"

The four of them maintained a standard diamond tactical formation and slowly stepped into the Black Swamp Forest.

Chen Xi walked in the front, Su Xiaoxiao and Li Murou were on the left and right, and Ye Fei was protected in the middle.

The forest was eerily quiet, with only the "crunch" sound of feet stepping on dead branches and rotten leaves, as well as the occasional unknown bird call from afar.

"Watch your step, don't step into the swamp." Chen Xi whispered a reminder.

However, just as they had walked less than fifty meters.

"Hiss, hiss..." A very faint sound, as if silk threads were rubbing against the air, came from above their heads.

Chen Xi suddenly looked up.

There, in the dense canopy above them, a giant spider, the size of a millstone, covered in black hair, with a strange human-face pattern on its abdomen, was hanging upside down from a branch.

Its eight compound eyes flashed with cold, eerie light, staring fixedly at the prey below.

Its body radiated that heart-palpitating—yellow halo!

"Careful! Above!" Chen Xi shouted loudly, "It's a [Shadow Poison Spider]! Third-Tier!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the poison spider, which had been poised to strike, moved.

"Pfft!" It opened its hideous mouthparts, and a jet of dark green venom, like a high-pressure water gun, carrying a pungent, fishy stench, sprayed down directly at Chen Xi, who was standing in the front!

This venom was extremely fast, far exceeding the attack frequency of a Second-Tier Fierce Beast.

"Hmph!" Chen Xi reacted extremely quickly, pushing off with his feet and performing a tactical roll backward.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!" The moment the venom missed, it splashed onto the ground where he had just been standing. The hard rock and soil, upon contact with the venom, actually melted like foam, emitting bursts of white smoke and dissolving into a bottomless hole!

"Such strong corrosiveness!" Ye Fei felt her scalp tingle; if this were sprayed on a person, would they instantly turn into blood and water?

"Xiao Xiao! Attack!" Chen Xi ordered.

"Understood!" Su Xiaoxiao pointed her magic staff, and lightning flickered.

"[Sword Prison]!"

Swish, swish, swish! A dozen ice swords instantly took form and shot toward the poison spider in the tree.

However, a scene that shocked everyone occurred.

This huge poison spider actually possessed terrifying agility that was completely inconsistent with its size!

Just as the ice swords were about to hit, one of its spider legs suddenly pulled on the spider silk hanging from the branch, and its entire body used the force to swing up, tracing a strange arc in the air.

"Swish, swish, swish!" All the ice swords missed completely and were deeply embedded in the tree trunk.

"What?!" Su Xiaoxiao was shocked, "It dodged?!"

This is a Third-Tier Fierce Beast!

They are no longer beasts that only know how to charge mindlessly; they know how to use terrain and how to avoid damage!

And just at the moment Su Xiaoxiao's attack missed, the poison spider had already swung to the side and behind the group, in Li Murou's blind spot.

"Pfft!" Another spray of venom!

This time, its target was Li Murou, who was preparing to play her instrument for crowd control!

"Mu Rou! Watch out!" Li Murou heard the wind, instinctively wanting to dodge, but her reaction was a beat too slow.

Seeing that mass of dark green death about to splatter on her face!

"It's over!" Li Murou's pupils contracted sharply.