novelraw Chapter 164-1: Disappearing Veiled Aberrations (1)
Chapter 164-1: Disappearing Veiled Aberrations (1)
[In the endless mists, the Refined Copper Carriage sped along at a tremendous pace, fierce winds constantly pouring into the open carriage door. Beside you sat the opened box of eyeballs…]
[…]
Lin Xun focused all his attention, waiting for a behemoth to appear.
Though the full box of eyeballs wasn’t high in quality, it should be more than enough to lure ordinary behemoths, even if it couldn’t strongly attract the Veiled Aberration Overlord.
Time passed swiftly as the carriage raced along…
More than ten minutes later, he arrived at the Transplant Clinic without incident.
Yet throughout the entire trip, no text appeared about encountering a behemoth.
His original plan upon obtaining the eyeball box had been to open it while riding the carriage all over the map, using the scent of the eyeballs to draw the behemoths out.
He hadn’t expected reality to so quickly upend his plans. The behemoths in the mists had vanished without a trace.
If they had all been devoured by the Veiled Aberration Overlord, the timing still made no sense.“Damn it, where did all the behemoths go?”
Lin Xun thought carefully as he ordered the Refined Copper Carriage to head for the Multivision School Dis Academy.
After waiting a long while, as the carriage moved on, he still encountered no behemoths.
“Forget it. I’ll just go back to the Multivision Association and team up with Rona to beat up the Multivision President…”
Just as Lin Xun was about to change his destination, the game text suddenly appeared.
[You faintly hear heavy footsteps in the mists outside the carriage…]
[The footsteps are drawing closer, growing louder and louder…]
[With each booming step, the entire carriage trembles and lifts slightly off the ground!]
“Finally!”
Lin Xun had circled around in the carriage visiting several places, and at last he’d run into a Veiled Aberration.
[Do you want to stop the carriage and get out, or keep going?]
[The Refined Copper Carriage slowed and came to a stop. You quickly leapt out…]
[The endless mists hid the stars overhead, but could not block the dazzling starlight pouring down. You listened to the deafening footsteps approaching as you looked into the mists behind the carriage…]
[In the fog, the enormous silhouette of a creature gradually revealed a glimpse of scales and claws. Judging by its size, you determined this was a Knowledge-Seeking Veiled Aberration, not the Veiled Aberration Overlord.]
At this moment, Lin Xun was still possessing the shell of the Direct Vision President, a fragile, frail mage.
He quickly activated the skill Knowledge Barrier.
[You raised your staff. A pure white Knowledge Barrier surged up from the ground, shielding you within!]
[The Knowledge Barrier seemed sturdier now than when you had last cast it.]
[As the footsteps grew louder, the behemoth charged rapidly toward you through the fog…]
He summoned the Valkyrie and issued commands.
[You took out the Refined Copper Sand Maraca and gently shook it…]
[Amid the soft, rhythmic rustling, you summoned the watcher Battle Angel – Valkyrie.]
[The beautiful long-haired girl stepped forth from the void, dressed in a pale purple short kimono, with a pair of massive refined copper wings spreading behind her…]
[The Battle Angel – Valkyrie drew her longbow. With a single beat of her copper wings, she turned into a stream of dark golden light and shot toward the behemoth.]
[The dark golden stream danced around the behemoth, loosing powerful arrows one after another…]
[An enraged roar came from the behemoth as the towering monster halted its advance toward you and turned to attack the Battle Angel – Valkyrie.]
[Thick tentacles lashed toward the dark golden streak, but every time they nearly touched the Valkyrie, she slipped away in a narrow escape…]
With the Valkyrie engaging the behemoth and drawing its aggression, Lin Xun seized the chance to rapidly unleash his skill.
[You raised both staffs and began to chant an incantation…]
[The Battle Angel – Valkyrie suddenly pulled back from the behemoth. She drew an arrow wreathed in swirling currents from her quiver, nocked it, and drew the bowstring taut as a full moon. She then closed her eyes, tilting her head to listen to the gentle whispers of the wind…]
[A howling gale gathered in a spiral at the arrow’s tip. With a twang, the arrow trailed a great snowy cyclone as it flew like a falling star toward the behemoth…]
[With a tremendous boom, the arrow pierced the behemoth in an instant. Amid its echoing wails, a fountain of blood erupted into the fog!]
[Your incantation reached its climax…]
[Endless resplendent starlight converged before you. Flickering golden lightning coiled and danced around the starlight…]
[The annihilating power compressed rapidly. In the blink of an eye, it erupted in blinding brilliance, like a supernova, releasing the boundless force of a falling star!]
[The Knowledge-Seeking Veiled Aberration was reduced to ash within the infinite starlight!]
[You have defeated the Knowledge-Seeking Veiled Aberration. Your experience increased dramatically!]
[You obtained Fading Chunk Spirit Essence of Insight *1]
[You obtained Crystalline Core of the Veiled Aberration (Rare+ item)]
Veiled Aberrations relied entirely on instinct. With the Valkyrie drawing its hatred in front, Lin Xun could safely hide in the rear and pour out his attacks.
The power of the Valkyrie’s strongest arrow, combined with Lin Xun’s legendary-tier skill, successfully took down the behemoth.
In his inventory, one epic-grade divine item had already been synthesized, and now another rare+ grade item had been added.
This filled Lin Xun with motivation, he wished he could immediately clear out all the behemoths on the map.
Compared to the value of divine items, the thirty thousand Spirit Essence dropped by the behemoth seemed much less impressive.
He and the Valkyrie boarded the carriage again to continue their map-wide behemoth-hunting expedition.
The carriage was incredibly fast, cutting travel time by more than half, but the frequency of encounters had dropped significantly compared to before.
After nearly an hour and a half of searching, Lin Xun had only run into two behemoths.
With the Valkyrie and the President’s shell, neither battle posed any difficulty.