Chapter 483 Divine Dress Maiden <TOC> Chapter 485 Lava Lake
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Perhaps it was time to explore the unknown. After all, Angel was now in a soul state, his physical body in a state of Boundless Silence, undetectable by the flying fish.
As for the truth about the lava lake below and the secrets within the abyss, Angel decided not to investigate for the time being. If there was no way out above, he could always return later.
With that in mind, Angel made a rough calculation of his soul power consumption and headed towards the void.
What Angel didn’t know was that not long after he left, a young girl with a blood-red bow in her hair and bright red dancing shoes on her feet, guided by a black cat, entered the lava zone.
As the altitude increased, the scorching air gave way to a slight chill.
The sparse flying fish within the lava zone began to multiply exponentially at higher altitudes. Winged fish, sinuous eels, luminescent fish, and massive whales appeared in even greater numbers and density in the darker heights.
In addition to the unique flying fish, countless smaller fish swam around Angel.
Angel discovered that the higher he flew, the more fish he encountered – even more than he had seen on the prairie.
There were so many species of fish, and their number far exceeded six digits.
“Could these all be magical beasts?” If so, that would be both massive and insanely reckless. Magical beasts were valuable resources, especially when it came to crafting.
As Angel pondered, he continued to fly upward.
Unintentionally, he brushed against a flat flying fish that had appeared in front of him.
To Angel’s surprise, the fish showed no reaction to the contact, simply wagging its tail and swimming away.
“This isn’t a magical beast?” Confusion flashed in Angel’s eyes. Trusting his unparalleled speed, he took a sand-like Moonlit Fruit from his bracelet, deciding to conduct a small experiment.
—This was one of the fruits cultivated by the Kulakuka tribe.
Using the Moonlit Fruit as a hidden weapon, Angel secretly targeted a group of over a thousand yellow fish from a distance.
The Moonlit Fruit fell into the swarm, hitting several fish and leaving them swaying and disoriented for a while before they regained their direction.
It seemed there was no extraordinary response?
Could it be that these were just ordinary fish? But ordinary fish shouldn’t be able to fly in mid-air, right?
Angel’s doubts only grew.
He casually threw another Moonlit Fruit at a group of red fish. The reaction this time, however, shocked him. Hundreds of fish exploded like a chain reaction, creating a loud and violent sound, with blood and flesh flying everywhere, attracting countless predators. Among them were enormous hunters with surging energy!
Angel was startled and immediately manipulated the Gravity Lines to escape the area.
From a distance, he saw the chaos and wreckage, overflowing energy, continuous explosions, and even huge magic fluctuations. It was like a dangerous extraordinary battlefield!
Angel unconsciously swallowed his saliva, never expecting that his inadvertent movement would cause such a big backlash.
In other words, there were ordinary fish in the sky, but there were also extraordinary fish. They were mixed together, and it was impossible to distinguish them from the flying fish that were obviously carrying energy fluctuations.
It was like a trap, allowing people to relax their vigilance and then deliver a fatal blow.
Angel took a long breath. There were indeed many dangers in the sky. For safety reasons, it was best not to touch all creatures.
Angel continued to fly, but before long, he suddenly discovered a terrifying fact. His Boundless Silence had somehow failed, and he was even surrounded by several giant sharks.
The strong smell of blood came from the mouths of the sharks, and at the same time, intense energy shocks emanated from the dorsal fins of the sharks.
This was an area attack spell!
Angel’s soul was not harmed, but his body couldn’t bear it, and he immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.
This mouthful of blood, like nectar attracting bees, drew countless prying eyes as soon as it was spat out.
In the blink of an eye, more predators rushed towards Angel in a frenzy.
Boundless Silence only weakened the sense of existence, but as long as someone discovered it, it would be difficult to re-enter the hidden state as long as they kept staring at him. Apparently, these sharks had somehow discovered his whereabouts, resulting in his body being injured and being targeted by other predators because of spitting blood.
Angel was now in a soul state and could not cast illusions. The only power he could use was the Gravity Lines. But even though the Gravity Lines could kill these sharks, the consumption of soul power would be terrifying. With his current soul state, he couldn’t resist even using the Soul Bead, let alone wiping out the countless flying fish.
Moreover, there were more flying fish in the sky than what he was facing now. If he attracted more terrifying existences, it would be a loss.
So, the only choice for Angel now was to flee!
He didn’t hesitate to run away, flying all the way with a rolling school of fish following behind him.
Angel was fast, but the group of flying fish behind him was not slow. If Angel wanted to shake them off, he had to fly at full speed. But to avoid hitting the “self-exploding small fish,” he had to bypass other fish while flying. This meant that he couldn’t use his full speed, resulting in a large number of fish following him.
After flying for an unknown period, Angel felt the air thinning again.
The school of fish behind him grew more and more because of the frantic chase, and it seemed to increase even more.
Angel still couldn’t see any exit, and now he somewhat regretted running. But if he were to run down now, not to mention whether he could break through the encirclement, there was nowhere to hide on the ground, making it easy to be affected by the danger.
As Angel was in a dilemma, he suddenly saw a flash of light in the sky.
That light was strange, neither starlight nor moonlight. Instead, it was like… a reflection?!
This kind of reflection was like that of a mirror, often seen on calm water surfaces and intact glass.
But why would there be such a reflection in the sky?
Could it be, an exit?
With doubt in his eyes, Angel rushed to the source of the reflection in one breath. But when he arrived, he found that the reflection was actually a transparent membrane. Moreover, behind the membrane was not the exit Angel had imagined, but an endless expanse of water!
Looking at it, it seemed like an ocean.
An ocean?
Angel suddenly remembered the scene Totoro saw during the talent test. Could it be that what he saw was this ocean?
With suspicion in his heart, Angel wanted to break through the membrane to see what was inside.
But when he touched the membrane, a mysterious message suddenly entered his mind… It was a strange image, with a dark background and a faintly glowing hourglass placed in the center. The bronze frame was engraved with ancient patterns, including fish, water, sun, moon, and a glowing object on an altar.
Inside the hourglass, there were shiny golden grains of sand, falling one by one, from the top glass sphere to the bottom.
The bottom glass sphere already had a layer of golden sand, and there was still about half left in the top sphere.
After receiving this message, Angel used his “supercomputing” ability to almost instantly deduce the approximate time when the golden sand in the top sphere would run out: 3 hours later.
Why would touching the membrane cause this message prompt? What does the hourglass in the message represent?
As Angel was thinking, the school of fish behind him was quickly approaching. He didn’t have time to think anymore and, after consuming half of his soul power, he launched an attack on the membrane.
The membrane remained intact.
Angel calculated that even if he increased his energy tenfold, it wouldn’t make a difference.
Unable to penetrate the membrane and with a school of fish behind him, Angel could only continue running. Blocked by the membrane, he had to run along its edge, trying to find an opening.
The flying fish following him now numbered in the tens of thousands. Giant fish occupied more than half of them, and they all looked formidable, with ice storms, water jets, hurricanes, roars, and shockwaves… As long as Angel hesitated slightly, various attacks would come his way.
Moreover, he could clearly feel that these attacks were definitely beyond the level of second-level spells, even reaching the level of third-level spells.
Under such an intense attack, Angel relied on the extraordinary speed of the Gravity Lines to barely escape.
Angel ran for about two or three more minutes before finally stopping because a giant jellyfish several hundred meters long appeared in front. This translucent, pinkish jellyfish was surrounded by countless phosphorescent fires, which emitted faint green smoke.
A flying fish entwined by the green smoke immediately turned into a skeleton.
The jellyfish blocked Angel’s route forward, and the bone-eroding phosphorescent fire was everywhere, making it almost impossible to break through.
In this situation, Angel sighed quietly and could only try to break out downward.
With so many flying fish around, Angel didn’t think he could rush out relying on speed alone, as the energy turbulence was enough to make him suffer.
His only chance now was to make the field chaotic.
Angel made a decision to return his soul to his body.
The moment the soul and flesh combined, the injuries caused by the energy turbulence in his body made Angel very uncomfortable. Without the Gravity Lines, he began to fall, and a strong discomfort surged. He steadied his body and forcibly concentrated his mind.
In the mental space, a trick model was quickly established.
A mist reflecting starlight and moonlight slowly formed from his hand, then quickly adhered together, completely enveloping the area.
Mist illusion!
The predators lost sight of their prey, but the prey was still in the mist.
They rushed in like a swarm of bees.
Taking advantage of the chaos, Angel’s soul left his body again and tried to break through downwards!
His plan was good, blocking the vision of the large fish, but when he broke out, some small fish still noticed him and launched an attack.
Relying on speed, Angel dodged some of the attacks, but still got hit in some parts of his body.
When Angel broke out again, several wounds appeared on his body, and blood was flowing.
His soul was fine, though.
He had no time to heal his physical injuries, and after confirming that there were no fatal wounds, he quickly took a potion from his bracelet and poured it into his body’s mouth, then carried his body and rushed downward.