Chapter 480 Flying Fish <TOC> Chapter 482 The Ink Touch King
Translator: SumTLMan
However, upon further thought, this was not very realistic. Any apprentice who had cultivated to this point, even if their strength wasn’t that great, would have intelligence far beyond that of ordinary people. Faced with low-intelligence fish, even if they couldn’t kill them, it wouldn’t be too difficult to survive.
Unless, they flew into the sky to die.
“Huh?” Angel suddenly had a thought—flying into the sky? To die?
Hiding on the ground could indeed provide safety, but the Purification Garden wasn’t there to provide safety for so many apprentices. It wanted a large number of deaths, and flying into the sky to die would be the easiest way.
But anyone with a little bit of intelligence wouldn’t think of going into the sky. For example, Angel initially thought this way.
But what if the Purification Garden forced everyone to go into the sky?
For example… the exit was actually in the sky?!
Thinking of this, Angel furrowed his brows and thought to himself: Could it be that the path was not beneath his feet, but in the sky?
Angel looked up at the endless blue sky. Apart from the occasional drifting clouds and leisurely flying fish of various colors, there was nothing else to see and no sign of an exit.
However, Angel had an intuition that maybe his guess was not wrong, and the exit was indeed in mid-air.
But there were too many fish flying in the sky, and none of them looked easy to deal with. Some were even as large as whales and appeared terrifying. Angel decided to suppress his impulse for now. He planned to go to the distant shadow of the mountains to see the situation first. If there were still no discoveries, he would follow his intuition and try flying upward.
Angel continued to move forward. Although he was sneaking, it didn’t affect his speed. In about two hours, he ran nearly a hundred miles and reached the edge of the prairie.
However, it wasn’t the dense forest mountain range Angel had initially imagined, but a wasteland with no vegetation, no water source, nothing but dry land and unknown flying fish.
Half an hour after entering the wasteland, Angel arrived in the depths of the wasteland. The further he went, the hotter it became, the air was noticeably thinner, and black scorched earth appeared on the ground. Going deeper, there was no ordinary yellow soil to be seen, only burnt, reddish scorched earth, and even a hint of orange magma flowing slowly beneath the scorched earth.
This was a paradise of lava, as well as a forbidden area for humans.
In the distance, volcanoes spewed out white smoke, creating a hazy world. Fire-breathing flying fish darted through the smoke, while red flying fish of unknown species occasionally leapt out of the magma below.
Angel hadn’t expected that even in such extreme environments, flying fish would exist. With his current physique, he absolutely couldn’t withstand the erosion of magma. Even just stepping on the scorched earth would cause searing pain.
He stopped and didn’t dare move forward. Instead, he walked along the edge of the scorched earth and magma, trying to circle around this scorched area to see what was on the other side.
As a result, he walked for almost half a day. Day and night changed, the sun set, and the stars and moon rose.
Angel estimated that he had walked hundreds of miles, but volcanoes and scorched earth still surrounded him, accompanied by various types of flying fish. It was like a lava ocean. Just as he was about to give up exploring and look for another direction, he suddenly heard the sound of fighting.
He paused and decided to head to the source of the sound to investigate.
Although curiosity is often said to kill the cat in plays, Angel believed he had the immense ability to remain hidden in silence, so he felt confident in indulging his curiosity.
The sound didn’t come from within the scorched area but rather from behind a desolate hill near the edge of the volcano. However, the thick smoke from the crater obscured Angel’s view, and even from the top of the hill, he could only vaguely see shadows moving within the smoke.
Accompanied by a strong energy reaction, it was apparent that someone was performing some action within the smoke, although it was hard to discern the specifics.
A few minutes later, a red shadow, like a shuttle, quickly emerged from the smoke and then plunged into the distant volcanic crater, leaving only a trace of green smoke.
Despite its speed, Angel noticed that it was a flying fish that resembled a snake, but with a red body covered in pieces of magma.
When the flying fish entered the crater, there was no more movement within the smoke.
Angel thought for a moment and stepped into the smoke. The strong scent of sulfur mixed with a hint of blood filled his nostrils. After walking only a short distance, he saw a charred corpse lying in a pit nearby. The man was well-built but had an unfamiliar face. Next to him was a broken wand wrapped in some residual magic power.
Angel sighed and decided not to search the body, continuing deeper into the smoke. Although he couldn’t see clearly from the outside earlier, the intense fighting he had witnessed was enough to indicate that it wasn’t just one person battling.
As expected, when he ventured deeper into the smoke, he found a person on the brink of death.
In contrast to the man outside, Angel had a vague impression of this bearded man, who was one of the first apprentices to arrive in the valley and was considered an elite apprentice on the right bank of the river.
His hands were burned away, and his lower body was almost gone, as he lay gasping on the ground.
Desperation filled his eyes as his magic power was depleted, and his supply of healing potions was exhausted. Stopping the flow of blood seemed nearly impossible.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up: “You’ve come? Great, please save me…”
Angel furrowed his brow. Had he been discovered? But looking carefully at the man’s gaze, he realized that he wasn’t looking at Angel’s position but was instead calling out to the sky.
“Save me… Daniel.”
Angel looked up and saw a man in a white robe floating in the air. He should have made a dashing entrance, but the stains of smoke and blood on his robe made him appear quite disheveled.
However, compared to the man on the ground who had lost his limbs, he was in much better shape. At least from what Angel could see, he didn’t seem to have any severe injuries.
As it turned out, this man was also an elite apprentice, and Angel had heard his name mentioned by others after arriving in the valley.
—”Ice and Snow Sky Dance” Daniel!
“Even if I survive without all my limbs, I would be useless.” Daniel glanced at his companion lying in a pool of blood and spoke coldly.
“I can transplant organs, I have enough magic crystals saved up for transplantation, please save me!” The burly man pleaded with his eyes, but Daniel ignored him and turned away:
“Surviving in the Purification Garden isn’t that easy, and I don’t want to be burdened with someone.” With that, Daniel’s figure flickered and he flew away into the mist.
As Daniel disappeared from sight, the burly man became desperate and roared: “Daniel, if it weren’t for me blocking that flying fish’s attack for you, you would be the one lying here!”
“I never begged you to save me. I was touched when you blocked that attack for me. Indeed, I owe you, but… I’m repaying you now.” Daniel’s voice came from beyond the mist.
“I’m not killing you; that’s how I’m repaying your kindness.”
Daniel’s shadow disappeared completely, leaving the burly man’s angry roar and tears of blood in his eyes.
“Returning kindness with ingratitude, twisting words to justify oneself, fine, fine, fine! If I survive, I’ll kill you first!” The burly man lay on the ground, muttering repeatedly: “If I survive…”
But now, without limbs, it was nearly impossible for him to survive. Even if he miraculously didn’t die, could he survive in the Purification Garden without limbs?
What does it feel like when life is slipping away? Perhaps it feels like being hollowed out.
What does it feel like to witness your life slipping away? The burly man knew now; it felt “cold.” Even if his entire body was burned, even if he was surrounded by volcanic wasteland, even if the ground was like burning fire, he still only felt cold. From his marrow to his brain, from his mental space to the depths of his soul, he felt a chill.
“Am I going to die?”
He didn’t want to close his eyes, and in these final moments, he still gazed at this world with longing.
At that moment, a warm current came from his wounds.
He suddenly opened his eyes.
This feeling, this is, healing magic! Yes, there’s no doubt, it is healing magic!
He felt it, the massive bleeding from his wounds was healing… He, who had fallen into the cold abyss, was pulled back out, feeling the physiological burning sensation once again. This was the feeling of scorched earth touching his skin.
“Am I not dead?” He looked around, seeing no one: “Daniel? Did you come back?”
No one answered.
“That’s right, you couldn’t have come back.” He murmured: “Is it Isio? Or maybe… Freud?”
“Who are you?” He asked again.
This time, there was a reply: “A passerby.”
A clear, cold voice, not anyone he knew.
“Thank you…” Since the other party didn’t want to reveal their identity, he lowered his eyes and stopped asking. However, he remembered that voice very well.
“Just a small favor. Whether you can survive depends on your luck.” With that, the voice disappeared, seemingly wanting to leave this place.
“Daniel! The man just now was called Daniel, who, along with Isio and Freud, attacked an apprentice from Sky Mechanical City. If you want to find a way out, you can follow him,” said the burly man, conveying the information he knew, regardless of whether the other party heard it or not.
The person who saved him was naturally Angel.
As he said, saving him was just a simple act, merely a healing spell. As for the reason for saving him, it was probably because the conversation between the burly man and Daniel slightly improved Angel’s impression of him.
In any case, it was just a healing spell, and Angel capriciously used it. Although he knew that the burly man would most likely die in the end, it was clearly impossible for someone who had lost all four limbs to survive in the Purification Garden.
However, what Angel did not expect was that the burly man provided him with useful information. A healing spell in exchange for a piece of information seemed like a fair deal.
Angel glanced at the burly man on the ground, whose eyes had reignited with hope, and with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he left the mist and hurried in the direction Daniel had taken.
Chapter 480 Flying Fish <TOC> Chapter 482 The Ink Touch King