novelraw Chapter 85: The Corrupted Blood Beastmen Tribe
Chapter 85: The Corrupted Blood Beastmen Tribe
After consuming two Crimson Red Sorrels, the game text finally changed.
[The scarlet trees around you grow increasingly sparse, and the cracked earth beneath your feet gradually becomes fertile and moist.]
[Looking into the distance through gaps between the thinning trees, you see a range of rolling mountains stretching across the horizon.]
[As you run, you escape from the Shadowy Forest and arrive at the foot of the mountains.]
Lin Xun let out a small breath of relief. He had finally escaped the forest.
He wondered whether the giant tree would burst out of the forest and continue its relentless pursuit.
[You look back. The towering Corrupted Ancient Primordial Tree stands at the forest’s edge, its scarlet gaze shining from the hollow eye sockets in its trunk.]
[It unravels its massive tree legs, reverting them into root tendrils that sink back into the ground at the forest’s edge. Its eerie crimson eyes remain locked onto you.]
It looked like the giant tree was unable to leave the forest, so the chase was over for now.
Lin Xun finally felt the weight in his heart lift.Being hunted all the way by the giant tree had left him seething with frustration.
Silently, he swore that once he finished exploring the Ancestor Tomb and returned stronger, he would fight that plant monster to the death.
[You arrive at the Nameless Mountain Range. The main ridge is towering and majestic, covered in dense vegetation and overgrown with weeds, but not a single tree is in sight.]
[Do you want to continue following the map’s directions and climb over the mountain range?]
With the giant tree no longer chasing him, Lin Xun summoned the Three-Headed Lion without hesitation.
[Following the map’s guidance, you ride the lion, skirting around the towering main ridge and heading toward the distant foothills.]
[You ride the lion, beginning your trek over the mountains…]
The text froze here, and Lin Xun waited a while without seeing anything happen.
After quite some time, the text continued.
[You have ridden the lion to the foothills of the Nameless Mountain Range, continuing deeper into the mountains…]
Lin Xun set his phone beside his computer and kept writing while waiting.
From morning until afternoon, he kept at it.
Occasionally, the text popped up with encounters with wild beasts, which Lin Xun casually took care of.
After finishing two large 2000-word chapters, the game text finally updated with something new.
[You ride the lion into a massive mountain valley, where the land is fertile and lush with green grass.]
[On the cliffside of one part of the valley, you spot a hidden cave.]
[Do you want to investigate?]
Hmm? Another reward event?
Lin Xun quickly pressed Yes.
[You push aside the branches and weeds covering the cave entrance and look inside…]
[The cave is shallow, and you can see everything inside at a glance. Floating within is a giant book page, emitting a faint glow.]
[You have discovered a Remnant Page of the Book of Salvation, the Resting Page!]
It wasn’t a treasure, but this Resting Page was even more important than any reward.
Without a resurrection point in the Nameless Mountains, Lin Xun didn’t even want to imagine the despair of dying here and reviving all the way back at the cemetery shed.
Without hesitation, he stepped forward and set the Resting Page as his new revival point.
[You have set the Nameless Valley as your new revival point!]
However, there was one drawback to setting the revival point here.
Lin Xun tried clicking the teleport option on the Resting Page.
[You have not completed the initial chapter and cannot use the teleport function.]
Sure enough, the teleport function of the Resting Page still could not be used. He could not teleport directly back to the cemetery shed’s Resting Page.
This meant that after exploring the Ancestor Tomb, he would most likely have to return the way he came.
It seemed that a battle with the giant tree was destined to happen.
After setting the new revival point, he exited the cave.
[You have left the Nameless Valley’s Cave.]
[You continue forward and spot many beast claw prints on the grass in the valley. Upon close inspection, you determine that they were left by a type of beast that walks upright.]
[Judging by the size and depth of the claw marks, you estimate that this beast’s body size is similar to that of an adult human.]
[You follow the beast claw prints along the path…]
Lin Xun frowned. According to Ezio’s notes, the Beastmen Giants he was looking for should be massive creatures.
The claw prints described in the text didn’t seem to belong to Beastmen Giants.
[Up ahead on your path, clusters of huts appear. Most of the huts are built from wood, but they have long since been abandoned, many of them rotted and collapsed.]
[You notice figures wandering among the huts.]
[You widen your eyes and raise your hand to get a clearer look. They are a group of half-human, half-beast monsters, about the size of an ordinary person. Their bodies are covered in coarse black fur, their limbs end in sharp claws, their jaws are filled with fangs, and their eyes glow crimson.]
[You have discovered the Corrupted Blood Beastmen tribe.]
[Do you want to approach and eliminate them?]
Corrupted Blood Beastmen? What kind of monsters are these?
The creatures in front of him were not Beastmen Giants. Judging by their numbers and size, they were probably just small fry meant to provide experience points.
As for whether his guess was accurate…
[You dismount and issue an attack command to the Corrupted Three-Headed Lion.]
[The Corrupted Three-Headed Lion lets out a thunderous roar and charges forward.]
[In an instant, the Corrupted Three-Headed Lion reaches the monsters, opens its massive jaws, and its huge, ferocious body pounces on the Corrupted Blood Beastmen…]
[Your summoned creature has defeated the Corrupted Blood Beastmen. Experience points slightly increased.]
[You have obtained Broken Bone Club (Junk).]
[The Corrupted Three-Headed Lion tears apart one of the beastmen, and the nearby beastmen roar and slash at it with their claws.]
Seeing this, Lin Xun quickly took action.
Possessing the Yellow-Robed Bishop Shell, he opened the panel and clicked Corrupt Sunlight.
[You raise the Thunder Dragon Staff-Spear and chant the incantation…]
[A flash of red light…]
[You have defeated the Corrupted Blood Beastmen. Experience points slightly increased.]
With the Three-Headed Lion holding the front line, Lin Xun only needed to stay behind it and provide stable output like a turret.
The Three-Headed Lion had high attack power and a long health bar. Even when focused by a horde of beastmen, it fought more and more ferociously, finally living up to its status as a boss.
Before long, the text continued.
[The wandering Corrupted Blood Beastmen have been completely cleared out by you.]
Lin Xun clicked the option to move forward.
[Do you want to search the huts one by one, or remain here?]
Just as he was about to click search, Lin Xun suddenly remembered something and stopped.
He chose to stay put.
[You remain in front of the huts, now littered with corpses.]
[You look down at the dead beastman’s Shell…]
[Corrupted Blood Beastman Shell: A mixed-blood beastman, the offspring of Beastmen Giants and an unknown creature. It holds a low status within the tribe, performing the hard labor of a servant. After being corrupted, it lost its sanity, remembering only how to guard its hut. It was bitten through the throat by a large beast and died of suffocation. Compatibility: 88 (+45%).]
[Do you want to possess this Shell?]