Chapter 495: No Way Out

Didn't they come after me? It must be an abnormal beast like a plant; seeing its body connected to the ground, I must have been attacked after intruding into its territory. Yan Buji gritted his teeth, limping as he covered his wound and kept running.

In this damned place, flying up would probably get him killed faster; he didn't want to be chased by a pack of abnormal beasts.

The spreading mutant variation rosy qi stimulated Yan Buji's left-eye mutant variation pupil; fortunately he had prepared many mana-recovery pills to forcibly consume, so he wasn't affected by the mutant force.

But speaking of it, his hands and feet had just been pierced by the abnormal beast, yet no obvious mutation occurred; instead it was quickly worn off—perhaps because he bore abnormal material, and after mastering the technique his resistance increased.

It's been a long time since I've encountered such a dangerous situation.

Yan Buji fled a thousand li in one breath; after noticing there were few abnormal beasts nearby, he finally sat down panting under a large rock.

He took out a pill from the storage accumulation device, swallowed it, and it digested quickly; now he couldn't afford to waste its potency.

The surrounding mutant variation rosy qi rose up, even with black rosy qi drifting apart, proving this abnormal zone must have an eighth-transformation abnormal beast present!

Eighth-transformation abnormal beast!

Even if a Unity Dao Stage cultivator arrived, they probably couldn't take it down quickly; this martial cultivator who had just stepped onto the Immortal Dao, no matter how strong, is ultimately limited.

If the first wave hadn't used the Selfless Body's Thunder Seed to sneak-attack those three, temporarily depriving them of combat power, I probably couldn't have dealt with them. Then I encountered that strange eyeball abnormal beast—I'll tentatively call it the Sixfold Transformation Lotus Eye; it not only has a technique to pierce my flesh, but also a divine ability to erode my spirit. If it couldn't actively leave that place, I would have died.

Still too weak!

Yan Buji gritted his teeth; although becoming a Martial Immortal gave him great confidence, there are many capable people in this world, and even more who could kill him!

What's more, this is an abnormal zone; the endless stream of strange abnormal beasts is hard to gauge, but all kinds of bizarre techniques and divine abilities make defense impossible.

Hoo....

So tired....

Tired?

Yan Buji drowsily almost fell asleep, then suddenly sensed something was off!

A abnormal wolf-shaped beast with three hands and one leg bit Yan Buji's thigh; its three hands even embraced him, and on the wolf's belly was a stunning woman's face, emitting a sweet lullaby.

When did—!

Smack!

Yan Buji slapped it away hard, gritted his teeth, pushed himself up from the stone, and then discovered that flesh had grown on the stone behind him; the sprouts in the flesh firmly trapped him and gradually devoured him.

Waaah!!

The wolf-shaped abnormal beast let out a strange cry, its three hands pushed off the ground and kicked Yan Buji in the chest!

Holy shit!

Yan Buji cursed angrily, then circulated his remaining immortal essence to shatter the stone abnormal beast behind him, and with a punch smashed the charging wolf-shaped abnormal beast!

Turning his head, Yan Buji angrily crushed the stone abnormal beast that had sneak-attacked him from behind, then took a deep breath.

Going on like this won't work; there's no safe place in the entire abnormal zone, so I can only recover while moving.

Yan Buji finally figured out the difference between the abnormal zone and places corroded by mutant variation rosy qi.

Places corroded by mutant variation rosy qi don't necessarily have abnormal beasts; but inside the abnormal zone, abnormal beasts are literally everywhere.

"The key is, someone still plans to kill and loot here? Have they never been to the abnormal zone? Are they all first-timers?" Yan Buji gritted his teeth, guessing it really was as he thought.

If it were an ordinary secret realm, one could at least prepare for danger when encountered; even some perilous secret realms always have a safe spot to be found.

But the abnormal zone truly has no safe ground!

"Three-Handed Wolf, Flesh Sprout Stone—good thing these two abnormal beasts are only at the fourth transformation; they can't bite through my flesh or restrict my immortal essence...." Yan Buji looked around; abnormal beasts kept increasing, and who knows when one would pop up from heaven or earth.

The key is that some of these abnormal beasts can approach silently; if he ever lets his guard down, he could be killed by an abnormal beast!

In such an environment, how can he recover with peace of mind?

Those bastards who plan to kill and loot will surely suffer backlash!

Yan Buji gritted his teeth, after thinking it over, it'd be best to quickly find a team now, have someone help take turns restoring strength; even if he could only explore here for half a year, it's better than dying pointlessly in this place!

Just as he thought, a phantom suddenly appeared in the drifting air!

A bodiless abnormal beast?!

Yan Buji's face darkened.

"This is the mutant variation source stone!" Wu Qian exhaled in relief, carefully dissecting the mutant variation source stone before him.

Then he divided these few source stones among the two behind him: "Thank you, fellow daoists; without your help, I would have already died at the claws of that abnormal beast."

"No no, it's fine. Even though we're not on the same team, there's no need to fight each other to the death, right?"

"Yeah."

Wu Qian sighed: "You two really see things clearly. By the way, I'm Wu Qian; how should I address you two?"

"I'm Xiao Ran, and this is my companion Ling Yan."

"Nice to meet you, fellow daoist." Ling Yan said, clasping his hands.

Xiao Ran looked: "This mutant variation source stone isn't hard to find, but the abnormal beasts nearby are increasing; I'm afraid there's no safe spot. Fellow Daoist Wu, you might as well travel with us; it'd be best to find a team to explore together."

Wu Qian hesitated: "That's true, but I still want to find Xu Long, my sworn brother who came with me."

"Xu Long Brother?" Xiao Ran blinked, then realized: "Oh right, that Martial Immortal Xu Long from the arena?!"

Ling Yan also reacted, saying he'd seemed to see a familiar face earlier—turns out it was him!

Wu Qian chuckled: "Don't hide it from you two; I came here with Elder Brother Xu, originally intending to watch each other's backs, but I didn't expect that after entering we'd be split into groups of three or two via teleportation, and I don't know his current situation."

Wu Qian's words were full of worry; Xiao Ran and Ling Yan exchanged a glance and nodded: "No problem, let's look while we walk. First see if there's a suitable temporary spot nearby; staying outside means constantly facing abnormal beasts."

"Yes, thank you both!"

Ling Yan looked at Xiao Ran and sent a mental message: "Really no problem? Although Wu Qian doesn't seem like a bad person,...."

"You've seen how dangerous this abnormal zone is; the number and density of abnormal beasts are far higher than before. If we don't unite, who can keep fighting? There's no retreat at all."

Xiao Ran said calmly: "If we don't unite, not to mention searching for treasures, just surviving is hard."

Ling Yan nodded: "Alright, if Xu Long is lucky, he should be able to hold out until we find him."