Chapter 246: The Eye Aberration

Within the withered forest, black mist flowed.

The instant the bizarre Eye Aberration appeared, it used a special mind-capturing ability to render the eyes of Li Luo and the two others vacant and hollow.

Sizzle sizzle.

The Eye Aberration let out a piercing sound, then that enormous eyeball drifted over like a balloon, its claw wind howling down directly at the three of them.

Its claws were unusually sharp, wreathed in black Qi, and once struck, that malice pollution would invade the body through the wound, causing fatal damage.

Hiss!

The black claw slammed straight down onto Li Luo's crown, but the instant it connected, the black claw passed straight through the top of Li Luo's head.

This sudden turn of events left the Eye Aberration momentarily stunned, and when it looked again, it saw the figures of Li Luo and the two others gradually becoming illusory.

Illusion!

The Eye Aberration let out a sizzling sound, seemingly a little angry.

"Truly worthy of being the Dark Caverns — every step is a killing trap." A sighing voice rang out from the side, and Li Luo and the two others were seen walking out from behind a large tree; at this moment, phase force flowed over their eyes, protective measures in place.

Fortunately, earlier Li Luo had been cautious and had not used his physical body to scout the way, but instead had Bai Bai Mengmeng activate an illusion to go ahead, while the three of them carefully followed behind the phantasm.

The mind-confusing ability the Eye Aberration had unleashed earlier had only landed on the three illusions.

"Captain, you're really amazing." Bai Bai Mengmeng clapped her hands and praised.

"Clearly it's your illusion that's amazing." Li Luo commended.

Whoosh!

While the two were exchanging mutual compliments, Student Xin Fu's figure had already transformed into a dark shadow and shot out explosively; borrowing the connections between shadows, after several leaps he appeared behind the Eye Aberration, the shadow phase force on the dagger in his hand flickering in and out, like a long nail, stabbing viciously toward the Eye Aberration's enormous eye.

But at this moment, a ghastly white aura suddenly rose from the Eye Aberration's body, and its claw wind struck out like lightning, colliding with Student Xin Fu's attack.

A metallic clang rang out, sparks flying in all directions.

Student Xin Fu's figure shot backward and retreated, vanishing straight into the shadows.

"Be careful, this is a White-Erosion grade aberration, not weak — its strength should be at the second pattern of the Birth-Pattern Stage." At the same time, Student Xin Fu's voice also came from within the shadows.

"Second pattern of the Birth-Pattern Stage, huh..."

Li Luo's eyes narrowed slightly; this strength was a notch above both him and Student Xin Fu, but the good news was that the Eye Aberration's special mind-confusing ability, which could only be activated through eye contact, had already been neutralized.

"Bai Mengmeng, be careful on your own, protect yourself."

Li Luo quickly called out a reminder, then his figure shot forth at high speed; on the twin blades in his hands, water radiance flowed at high velocity, emitting a humming, vibrating sound, as if even the air was being sliced apart.

Within Li Luo's body, the two phase-force seeds also erupted with light at this moment, streams of phase force flowing out, providing him with power.

He charged straight at the Eye Aberration, his blade edges sweeping past like the sound of water, streaks of light and shadow slashing toward the latter.

And the Eye Aberration also let out a piercing shriek; those pitch-black claws, wrapped in white aura, clashed head-on with Li Luo's swinging twin blades in a lightning-like exchange over a dozen times.

Sparks sprayed out.

Li Luo's expression was solemn and focused; although tremendous force pressed down through his twin blades, he did not retreat a single step, instead hard-taking all of the Eye Aberration's attacks — after all, although the other party possessed the power of the second pattern of the Birth-Pattern Stage, he too possessed dual phases; if it really came to a hard clash, the other party did not hold much of an advantage.

But as the fierce battle between the two sides continued, the Eye Aberration's enormous eyeball gradually turned crimson, as if its emotions had become extremely violent and unstable.

The next instant, a gray-white beam of light suddenly shot out from the eyeball, aimed straight at Li Luo's face.

Its speed was extremely fast.

But just at this moment, behind Li Luo, starlight phase force erupted, and a light butterfly formed from starlight phase force came streaking in, colliding with the gray-white beam.

But this starlight butterfly only resisted for a single breath before being directly reduced to nothingness by the gray-white beam.

However, this momentary obstruction allowed Li Luo's figure to withdraw; the gray-white beam pierced through the light butterfly and struck a large tree behind.

Immediately, the large tree began to rot at a startling speed.

This scene also caused Li Luo's expression to shift slightly; this Eye Aberration was indeed tricky — these attacks were bizarre yet possessed tremendous killing power. If Bai Bai Mengmeng had not stepped in to help block it earlier, he too would have been forced into a rather sorry state by the other party.

The Eye Aberration's strike failed to land, and it grew even more furious, turning and pouncing toward Bai Bai Mengmeng behind.

But at this moment, ghostly light flickered within the shadows; Student Xin Fu burst out in a surprise attack, his suddenly erupting offensive like a raging storm — fierce and astonishing. Sharp ghostly-light phase force broke through the Eye Aberration's defense and landed on that enormous eyeball, immediately scraping out streak after streak of marks, with gray-white viscous fluid flowing out.

At this moment, the Eye Aberration seemed to have been provoked, growing ever more frenzied; gray-white beams shot wildly from its eyes, forcing Student Xin Fu to retreat hastily.

It chased after him a few steps, when suddenly the earth beneath its feet turned viscous, like a mud pit, and both its legs sank straight in.

Li Luo's figure appeared in front of the Eye Aberration at this moment, and as he appeared, the latter seemed to have anticipated it — within its enormous eye, gray-white light condensed and suddenly blasted out.

"Captain, be careful!" Bai Bai Mengmeng's startled cry rang out from behind.

But this time, Li Luo did not dodge; he raised the tip of his blade, phase force gathered at the blade tip, and then, to Bai Bai Mengmeng's astonished gaze, formed a light orb with not much killing power.

"Water Light Orb."

Li Luo murmured inwardly, and this Water Light Orb immediately erupted with dazzling light, the intense radiance even piercing through some of the nearby black mist.

And what greatly astonished Bai Bai Mengmeng and Student Xin Fu was that when the Water Light Orb exploded, the Eye Aberration let out a piercing shriek; within its enormous eye, gray Qi kept darting about, viscous fluid flowed from the eye, and finally its eyeball emitted black smoke, rapidly shriveling until it completely dissipated.

Student Xin Fu's figure emerged beside Li Luo, his face beneath the hood somewhat astonished: "How did it just die?"

Bai Bai Mengmeng also trotted over and said, "It seems very afraid of strong light."

Li Luo nodded and said, "Although this Eye Aberration possesses some bizarre abilities, it also has an extremely obvious flaw, and that is... its eyes are too big, and it's a bit afraid of light."

"Actually, in the earlier battle, it clearly dodged light several times; as long as you observe carefully, it's not hard to discover where its weakness lies."

Student Xin Fu suddenly understood and said, "But Captain, the light from your water orb was also too strong — ordinary water orbs don't reach this level, right?"

"Exclusive special formula."

Li Luo smiled, then he looked toward the place where the Eye Aberration had disappeared, and saw a black fragment remaining on the ground, containing a certain degree of malice power.

He bent down and carefully picked up this malice fragment with tweezers, then placed it into a bottle he carried on him.

After returning to the academy later, these would serve as proof for exchanging academy points.

"Victory in the first battle."

Having dealt with this Eye Aberration, Li Luo was clearly very pleased — after all, this was their first time facing an aberration; although the other party's bizarre abilities had caused them some trouble, fortunately they had ultimately joined forces to take it down.

"Next, let's continue clearing in this direction."

Li Luo raised his head, looking toward the black fog ahead. Their victorious first battle had given them some confidence.

Bai Bai Mengmeng and Student Xin Fu both nodded, then made brief preparations before continuing onward.

On the hillside outside the withered forest.

Jiang Jiang Qinge, Senior Qiu Bai, and Tian Tian had phase-power light surging in their eyes, taking in every bit of the battle within the withered forest. When the latter two saw Li Luo's group finish off the ocular aberration, looks of surprise surfaced on their faces.

"Not bad — not only do they know how to use phantoms to scout the way, they can also find the aberration's weakness..." Tian Tian praised. Li Luo's trio had performed far better than she had imagined.

"The most crucial point is that they didn't rush headlong to the Purification Tower to activate it, but chose to first clear out the aberrations inside the withered forest, avoiding the situation of being surrounded later."

"Although they were a bit caught off guard at the start, this efficiency is still quite impressive. The top squad of the new students truly has some substance after all." Senior Qiu Bai also nodded, expressing his approval.

Jiang Jiang Qinge's golden eyes reflected the withered forest churning with black fog, her gaze sweeping past a certain area where the black fog was especially thick.

"This is only the beginning..."

"Everything... wait until they successfully activate this Purification Tower before we say more..."