Chapter 1265 - No Ferrying Vessels
Chapter 1265: No Ferrying Vessels
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Therefore, if his consciousness was sucked into the white whirlpool in the depths of the Ancient Dream Saintess’ eyes, he would not be able to escape.
Meng Chao tried his best to remain extremely vigilant, not allowing himself to sink too deep.
He was like a falcon shuttling through the fog, trying to see the ground thousands of meters below through the gaps in the fog.
However, he had to be careful. He absolutely could not be swallowed by the dark clouds. They were disguised as the dense fog and were flashing with lightning as well as thunder.
Soon, Meng Chao felt a strong repulsive force.
It was as if invisible strange hands were stretched out from all directions, trying to push him out.
The bone-piercing pain was like a red-hot steel needle stirring in his brain.
It was the defense and counterattack launched by “Jackal” Kanus against his prying eyes.
The confrontation between the two had already begun on a spiritual level, and Meng Chao would never give up so easily for Dragon City’s future!
Enduring the indescribable pain, his consciousness struggled to squeeze into the depths of the fog.
As the fog gradually dissipated, thousands of cracks appeared before his eyes.
There seemed to be countless fragments of a kaleidoscope inside the cracks, piecing together a hazy picture.
There was a floating mountain range that looked like the back of a Stegosaurus… A dark-red waterfall that resembled blood rushed to the ground… Then it flowed into an oval-shaped blood pool…
Just as Meng Chao was gathering his consciousness and trying to get more details, he heard the Ancient Dream Saintess’ cry.
Then, darkness and a bloody red intersected in front of his eyes. His consciousness had seemingly been hit by a burning meteorite, and it crashed back into his body. Even his body was knocked backward.
His eyes felt like they were filled with scorching heat and pain like magma.
The world around him was dark red.
He wiped his hand and wiped the boiling blood off of it.
It was all due to the severe impact on his brain that blood was leaking out of the corner of his eyes.
Meng Chao did not have time to circulate his spirit energy to repair the damage to his eyeballs and brain vessels.
He went to check on the Ancient Dream Saintess first.
He discovered that the Ancient Dream Saintess had a pained expression. She was foaming at the mouth, and her head was twitching crazily along with her neck.
It was probably because she had overused her spirit energy in the past few days and suffered from ‘Jackal’ Kanus’ counterattack.
Meng Chao hurriedly calmed the Ancient Dream Saintess’ agitated emotions.
It was not easy for him to use his spirit energy to help her stop the bleeding spots on her cerebral cortex and eliminate the symptoms of mild brain edema.
The Ancient Dream Saintess fell into a deep sleep once more. Her brows were still tightly knitted, and she kept moaning and twitching.
It was the most severe overdraft she had ever experienced.
If she did not go through a long period of rest and treatment after this, it would be very difficult for her to easily activate the spiritual link and peek into the Wolf King’s brain.
Fortunately, Meng Chao had already seen “Jackal” Kanus’ vision during that brief glimpse earlier.
“What did you see?” Ice Storm asked impatiently.
“A very strange floating mountain. The peak looks like the bone spur on the back of a giant dragon. It stands tall for no reason. On the left side of the mountain range, a blood-red waterfall hangs down and cascades to the ground. It converges into an oval-shaped lake, which emits a deep red light. It looks like a huge ruby.”
Meng Chao rubbed his temples gently and muttered, “Do you know of such a place?”
“The spine of a giant dragon covered in bone spurs? A blood-red waterfall that converges into a ruby lake?”
Ice Storm pondered for a moment and nodded. “If your description is correct, the Tiger King and the Wolf King have arrived at a place in the memory crystal that the Holy Light Army called Scarlet Mountain Range. I think I know what they are planning to do!”
“Oh?”
Meng Chao asked, “How do you know?”
“Because traveling across Scarlet Mountain Range is the only way to reach the Holy Mountain’s summit. No matter how many detours the exploration team chooses, it will be a waste of time. However, there are fewer remains of evil energy puppets along the way, and it’s a relatively safe route. It’s better to go straight and finish the battle as soon as possible. Even so, the evil energy puppets are still everywhere along the way. It’s highly possible that the Angels of Slaughter will be triggered. The relatively dangerous route will lead to Scarlet Mountain Range in the end. They will have to rest there before they can reach the Holy Mountain’s summit directly.”
Ice Storm explained, “Aside from Scarlet Mountain Range, one has to pass through a forest that is particularly steep on the way to the Holy Mountain’s peak. One could get easily ambushed.
“The sky there is filled with bone-piercing tornadoes all year round, and the tornadoes contain destructive totem power. In the ancient legends, it’s said to be a test left by the ancestral spirits for future generations.
“The tornadoes that surround the summit of the Holy Mountain are enough to tear a totem armor into pieces. Even powerhouses such as the Horn of Destruction and Violent Blade would not be able to fly to the mountain’s highest point due to the tornadoes. They can only obediently complete the ancestral spirits’ test step by step.”
A sharp glint flashed in Meng Chao’s eyes. “Are you saying that the Wolf King and the Tiger King will ambush the Lion King there?
“If it were me, I would definitely choose Scarlet Mountain’s peak as the ambush point.”
Ice Storm said, “Don’t the clues that we’ve collected along the way all point to this?
“The Lion King’s exploration team has taken a relatively time-consuming route, but it’s relatively safe. They can send everyone to the summit of the Holy Mountain as far as possible.
“However, the Wolf King and Tiger King’s hunting team has taken this dangerous shortcut.
“They left three corpses here to save time so that they could overtake the Lion King?
“Now, it seems that they have succeeded halfway and blocked the only way to the top of the Holy Mountain!”
“Fortunately, the Lion King’s exploration team hasn’t arrived there yet. The Wolf King and Tiger King should have just arrived not long ago. They haven’t set up all kinds of traps yet. We still have time.”
Meng Chao thought quickly and continued to ask, “How far is this Scarlet Mountain Range from here?”
“If we’re looking at it in a straight line, it’s not too far. In fact, you can see it from here. Look at the sky in the southwest direction, behind the floating mountain that looks like an elephant lowering its head to drink water!”
Then Ice Storm led the way.
Meng Chao looked around and climbed up the highest mandrake tree in their surroundings.
He placed his hands on the arch of his brows and used his spirit energy to nourish his retina, cone cells, and optic nerves. He pushed his extraordinary vision to the maximum and observed it carefully like a high-powered telescope. As expected, he saw a shape that looked like the back of a Stegosaurus and a red waterfall that was thinner than a strand of hair.
It was not unusual for an ordinary person to walk for three days and three nights over such a distance.
However, Meng Chao had already returned to his peak state as a quasi-Deity Realm expert.
When he advanced at full speed, his speed was no less than that of a whistling bullet.
In a situation where space was relatively stable and there was no howling wind mixed with spirit energy, he could still stir up a vitality magnetic field to resist gravity. He could fly hundreds of meters into the air and glide directly to his destination regardless of the obstacles presented by the terrain.
“In that case, let’s continue to chase after them!”
He immediately said to Ice Storm, “We have to seize every second and stop the Lion King before he steps into the trap!”
“I’m afraid that’s very difficult to do,” Ice Storm said hesitantly after she closed her eyes and calculated for a while.
“What do you mean?”
Meng Chao frowned.
Without waiting for Ice Storm’s explanation, the fog around them thickened again and enveloped the entire valley and forest. It seemed that white walls that reached into the clouds were built in all directions, and above them, an unbreakable white dome was erected.
Ever since they had entered the Turan Holy Mountain, such a scene had occurred repeatedly.
No matter how anxious Meng Chao was, he knew that plunging into the dense fog at this time was no different from plunging into the abyss at the bottom of the ancient ruins.
When the dense fog dispersed again, the valley that was filled with the remains of evil energy puppets had already disappeared.
They were trapped in a dense forest that stretched as far as the eye could see. The terrain hundreds of meters away was completely different from a moment ago.
The scattered floating mountains in the sky were also in an unfamiliar order.
It was like gravel scattered on the beach, which urchins had picked up and tossed in their pockets several times before throwing them back onto the beach without any pattern.
The floating mountain that looked like the back of a Stegosaurus and had a dark red waterfall was also gone without a trace. Even though Meng Chao’s lens was about to tear his retina, he could not find the ever-changing mountains or the red waterfall that was as thin as a strand of hair.
That was the strangeness of the Turan Holy Mountain.
The space was constantly undergoing drastic changes. The floating mountain was not like an isolated island in the ocean, but more like a small boat that was drifting with the waves.
Even if two small boats were close together, no one knew where they would be swept and how far they would be separated after the next big wave hit.
“Scarlet Mountain Range is already very close to the peak of the Holy Mountain. The sky there is always surrounded by violent winds that are filled with totem power. I don’t know if it’s the curse of the ancestral spirits or a test, but even the Thunder Clan’s falcon warrior with golden wings doesn’t dare to fly up directly and send himself to his death. What’s more terrifying is that there is formless, soundless, and undulating turbulence between the violent winds. Once someone is swept into the invisible turbulence, it’ll feel like a whirlpool in the middle of a swamp. Oftentimes, people won’t even be able to scream before they’re torn to pieces the size of fingernails. They would be transported in all directions across the Turan Holy Mountain, turning into nourishment for these lush plants.”
Ice Storm told Meng Chao, “It’s impossible for us to fly or climb directly up to Scarlet Mountain Range. We can only obediently get to a space close to the mountain range during a certain spatial change and then patiently wait for the next spatial change to arrive.
“Basically, there are only two routes like this, one far and one near.
“Now, the far route has been taken by the Lion King’s exploration team.
“Meanwhile, the shorter route has been occupied by the Wolf King and Tiger King’s hunting team.
“No matter which route we choose, we can only trail after the three kings.
“Even if our speed is ten times faster than theirs, we can only continue to wait obediently for the time when the space changes.. It’s just like arriving at a ferry port ahead of time, but the vessel hasn’t arrived yet. No matter how anxious we are, we can only stare at each other!”