Chapter 13: Unknown Shadow
Chapter 13: Unknown Shadow
A canyon in the wild forest.
The cliffs on both sides are steep, with jagged rocks and dark green vines entangled with each other. Above the sky, a giant eagle with a wingspan of dozens of meters patrols the earth. The feathers of this overlord of the sky are shining bright silver, and it is definitely not an ordinary life form.
Faced with the gaze of a powerful enemy, the huge monster with a human body and an elephant head in the canyon roared to the sky. White air waves shook the surface, creating ripples, cracking boulders, and destroying trees with a terrifying momentum.
Hundreds of white jade elephants surrendered tremblingly. They stuck their tusks into the ground, knelt down and kowtowed, and then stood still.
The elephant-headed giant was dozens of feet tall. He grabbed a white jade elephant and stuffed it into his mouth. His sharp fangs opened and closed, and blood and flesh splattered everywhere. Even though it was facing death, the unfortunate white jade elephant did not dare to make a sound.
More than a dozen miles away, a man and a dog were sitting silently in the bushes. General White, or the Elephant Master, was the iconic monster used by the old people on Anping Island to scare children. Legend has it that it carried a mountain on its back and walked in the wilderness day after day, eating elephant meat when hungry and drinking blood plasma when thirsty, and was never full.
Jiang He gave the old dog a look. There was nothing to say. The elephant master could not be included in his hunting list.
The man and the dog retreated quietly.
Suddenly, the elephant owner spat out two tusks, which were the hardest and sharpest part of the white jade elephant's body. Even the elephant owner was unwilling to swallow them. Over the years, the tusks piled up into a small hill.
"I'm very moved." Jiang He said in a low voice, quite frankly.
The fangs containing the resentment of the elephants and the half-dragon bones seem to be a perfect match. After being melted in the item bag, their quality may be greatly improved.
Lao Hei remained silent. No matter right or wrong, he respected all the other party's choices.
Jiang He lowered his eyelids slightly, and had the idea of provoking other overlords and then profiting from it, but he quickly rejected it. The mountain ghost before had already shown some wisdom, and the elephant lord was probably even better than that. Among the top hunters, even serious injuries were extreme cases unless it was for the necessary survival resources. This method could easily lead to playing with fire and getting burned.
On the other hand, he did not know how important the ivory was to its owner. It might be worthless or it might be treasured.
The most important thing is that the opponent's extraordinary abilities are never fully revealed.
In his mind, reason and desire were intertwined crazily, and the idea of luck kept growing. With the power of the elephant owner, he might regard the thieves as ants, or he might be eager for someone to come and help clean the ivory. If the overlord attaches great importance to the territory, then the fight between the two tigers is not completely hopeless...
After a while, Jiang He exhaled, his eyes clear.
“Life is a struggle with yourself.”
"Let's go and leave a mark."
"It should be no problem to kill a white jade elephant, but you have to stay away from the canyon."
Lao Hei nodded and raised his dog leg towards the big tree next to him.
Jiang He left a cinnabar pill and adjusted the angle to face the canyon.
The man and the dog evacuated and followed the trail to chase the white jade elephant. This kind of giant often lives alone and eats meat. They only gather in large numbers on the day of tribute.
A few hours later, Lao Hei's hair had recovered. Along the way, Jiang He saw the "Military Advisor" leading a pack of wolves, a human-headed snake with scales all over its body like iron armor, and a large tiger with wings on its back.
One of the centipedes is a three-colored centipede, which can kill snakes with ease. It is extremely poisonous and no grass will grow wherever it passes. However, it will stand still in front of the one-eyed chicken, which is the food of the human-headed snake. The three of them restrain each other.
Passing through a circle of giant azure trees, the white jade elephant arrived at a pool in the forest. It stuck its trunk into the dark red water and spit out the water from its mouth, drinking continuously. However, the water level in the pool did not drop at all. Soon after, the double-winged tiger and a pack of wolves also appeared on the shore. The former mortal enemies all tacitly maintained restraint.
On the giant blue tree, Jiang He secretly activated an active skill, consuming one hundred energy points and giving the target a frenzy of rhythm.
From this moment on, each of his attacks will add an additional layer of the mark, up to a maximum of twenty layers, causing 100% additional damage.
Half a minute later, the adult male white jade elephant left the pool, and when it approached the giant blue tree, the vigilance in its eyes returned. It was a consensus among the alien species not to pollute the water source, just like reproduction, it was engraved in their instinct.
The moment the white jade elephant stepped out of the boundary, the ground in front suddenly loosened, Lao Hei stood up from the mud, swung his tail with all his strength, and dense black steel needles came towards him, several of which hit the prey's eyes. The thunder-like elephant cry sounded.
Jiang He jumped down from the giant blue tree, clenched the steel fork with both hands, and immediately activated Garuda Mode 1, with the pure blue energy and the basic power of spearmanship blooming together.
The steel fork pierced into the prey's skull, and a layer of fanatical mark erupted. The tip of the steel fork was like a large hydraulic press, concentrating all the power and then releasing it in an instant, violently destroying it.
The white jade elephant died instantly.
By the pond, the double-winged tiger and the military advisor both looked over, showing a hint of dissatisfaction. Both of them were very intelligent.
Jiang He cut off the tusks, disassembled the bones bit by bit, and finally peeled off the nutrient-rich internal organs. Before all the cleanup work was completed, the ground suddenly shook all around, gravel fell with a crash, and smoke and dust filled the sky.
Lao Hei was so shocked that he was speechless. What he saw before him was a giant turtle standing up. Its limbs were like mountains and its body occupied an area of several miles. The giant blue trees were like barbs on the edge of its shell and the water in the pool was a constant trickle of blood.
A truly dominant creature.
The giant turtle began to move, which was a disaster for ordinary beasts, but its abdomen was bleeding like a waterfall, and in the smoke and dust, broken teeth could be vaguely seen where they were.
Jiang He hurriedly picked up Lao Hei and retreated at maximum speed. Some weird thing had once bitten through this overlord turtle, and he now had no idea about the size of that thing.
And at this moment, the sky suddenly darkened.
The shadows came in overwhelming force, and the giant eagle patrolling the earth in the sky was knocked straight away. The elephant master, who was bowing to all the animals in the canyon, hid underground, and the island turtle rolled over on its own accord, exposing its belly to show its submission.
A boundless shadow swept across the earth, and it rushed towards the present scene, accompanied by a vast strong wind from the sky.
Then, all the animals fell silent.
Jiang He suddenly stopped, stuffed Lao Hei into the tree hole, turned around and ran wildly, even activating the Garuda mode to strengthen his legs.
In Yuwang Valley, facing the attack of shadows, a stone tablet stood up, towering to the sky.
Every few minutes, a storm would sweep in all directions, but the monument remained motionless.
The shadow raised its head and cried, its loud voice piercing gold and splitting stone, mixed with rage and unwillingness, and it launched an attack relentlessly.
Jiang He came to the previous canyon, but the elephant master, who was his master, was nowhere to be seen. In Cinnabar Realm's last perspective, the other party disappeared into the cave.
At this moment, he began to snatch ivory non-stop, filling the bag with ivory. Whenever the ivory was melted by the bag, he continued to fill it with new material.
After half an hour, the intervals between the shadow attacks became longer.
Jiang He turned around and left without hesitation. Although he was successful this time, in fact, the harvest was less than one-tenth of the total amount. The hill of ivory was just missing a hilltop.
At a certain moment, the shadows retreated, the Yuwang Stele disappeared, and after a brief period of silence, the intensity of the fighting in the primeval forest increased sharply.
Jiang He returned to the place and took Lao Hei away.
"I'm scared to death." Lao Hei was trembling with fear. "What the hell is that guy?"
Jiang He shook his head and said helplessly, "How should I know? Someone can come in and make it think it can go out, or maybe a certain day has come. In short, just don't mess with it for now. This is not a problem we can figure out at this stage, and the border is probably not something that will be enabled during the game's beta test."
(End of this chapter)