High-Martial World: System Arrives 30 Years Late-Chapter 213 - 186: Fire Flood Dragon, Quasi-B-Class Blood Wolf Hunting Corps Annihilated (Part 2)
The square-face hunter quickly left after obtaining the spirit marrow.
Su Mu rejoiced inwardly, placing the map into his space ring.
"Not bad, I got the map of the outskirts of the third floor. The three jin of spirit marrow was well worth it."
At the elevator, everyone gathered.
"Activating the elevator once requires consuming a hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones. We have about five hundred people here, so everyone puts in two hundred low-grade spirit stones. No objections?"
Naturally, no one present objected. Two hundred low-grade spirit stones could be earned back by hunting a single fierce beast. Hunters naturally weren’t short of spirit stones.
Members of a hunting corps collected spirit stones from everyone and then concentrated them into the elevator hub. As the spirit stones were crushed, dense spiritual qi illuminated the elevator’s inscriptions, and the heavy elevator doors opened.
Everyone filed in. Spiritual qi formed a giant protective layer enveloping the elevator and everyone within it, and then the elevator began to descend.
Between each layer of the beast cave exists something called the world membrane. Breaking through the world membrane requires the flesh to endure pressure from inside to outside. The world membrane is related to the scale of the beast cave.
The larger the beast cave, the greater the pressure when breaking through the world membrane. The world membrane of the first few layers of the giant beast cave is enough to injure a sixth-level martial artist, which is why activating the elevator consumes so many spirit stones.
Correspondingly, with each breakthrough of the world membrane, the gravity of the beast cave changes.
In mere seconds, the elevator descended hundreds of meters. Although protected by the elevator, many hunters still felt a suffocating sensation, momentarily dizzy and disoriented.
"Not even a single sensation... this person is not simple!"
The square-face man who had just traded with Su Mu noticed Su Mu through the corner of his eye, and upon realizing this, was alarmed, understanding that this guy perhaps wasn’t just going to his death but had some strength.
Still, he didn’t take a favorable view of Su Mu. No matter how strong he was, he was alone and not a martial arts grandmaster; hunting the Fire Flood Dragon solo was too difficult, a fool’s errand.
Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but feel schadenfreude. All hunters are potential competitors; a powerful hunter’s death, as long as it’s unrelated to him, is a good thing.
"Exceeding twice the gravity."
Su Mu was very sensitive to the gravitational changes, yet this kind of gravity had no impact on him now.
The environment of the second layer was also primitive forest, not much different from the first layer, except that the plants were larger. Upon exiting the elevator, Su Mu saw a mushroom with red spots standing as tall as a person.
After everyone left, Su Mu took out the map, discerned the direction, and headed toward the area where the Fire Flood Dragon was active.
After everyone had left, the elevator operated again.
"So this is the second layer? Doesn’t look much different?"
"Not different? You almost vomited in the elevator just now, and we agreed, this time we’ll check out the second layer quickly and leave immediately."
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"Our Blood Wolf Corps has been quite lucky lately, taking these two Black Cloud Rhinoceroses; we can eat and drink well for a few months."
"Boss, after taking them down, we should be close in points to advancing to a B-Class Hunting Corps, right?"
"Seems that way. Brothers, get on it."
Members of the Blood Wolf Hunting Corps were thrilled, but they were seasoned hunters, perfectly coordinated. Immediately, two strong men held heavy shields to the front, while a man and a woman behind them pulled out large bows.
Bend the bow and nock the arrows, qi and blood infused into the bow body, lighting the inscriptions instantly, with winds circulating on the arrows.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.
Several arrows shot off the strings, shooting toward the Black Cloud Rhinoceroses. Of the two in front, one was a tier six fierce beast, the other a tier five fierce beast.
Black Cloud Rhinoceroses are rare; the most valuable are the rhino horn and rhino hide, especially the rhino horn that can be used in medicine. A tier five rhinoceros horn in good condition is worth more than twenty jin of spirit marrow; rhino hide is also excellent material for armor.
After several rounds of arrows, seeing several arrows embedded in the flesh, the other three spat into their palms, rubbed them together, and grabbed their war axes, long sabers, and great swords. But they didn’t rush in.
Currently, the two Black Cloud Rhinoceroses were thoroughly enraged by the assaults, letting out low roars before charging at the group like tanks.
"Circle around, delay!"
Among the seven members of the Blood Wolf Corps, one was a sixth-level martial artist, the others fifth-level martial artists. The corps leader spoke, and among the hunters, two people fired armor-piercing arrows with powerful sedatives smeared on the arrowheads.
Only fools would rush up to melee with a frenzied sixth-level fierce beast; veteran hunters are better at using tools to encircle and kill fierce beasts.
Soon, the effects of the medicine on the arrowheads took effect, and the movements of the Black Cloud Rhinoceroses noticeably slowed.
But the seven of the Blood Wolf Corps still didn’t advance until the Black Cloud Rhinoceroses were panting heavily then the leader led the final encirclement.
Just at that moment, an earth-shaking roar echoed, causing the ground to tremble.
"Boss, what do we do?"
"Be quick, cut off the rhino horn and leave; abandon the rest." The leader looked grave; the roar’s power far surpassed that of the Black Cloud Rhinoceros.
But plans couldn’t keep up with changes; not far away, giant trees fell one after another as the creature approached.
"Everyone stop, retreat immediately!"
But someone didn’t stop, and within the Blood Wolf Hunting Corps, a female hunter said sternly, "Give me five more seconds, I can cut off this piece of top-grade rhino hide."
This piece of top-grade rhino hide is worth at least half a jin of spirit marrow, that is, fifty thousand low-grade spirit stones; just a few more seconds is all it takes.
Yet at this moment, she suddenly saw her companions showing expressions of utter terror, staring fixedly behind her, making the female hunter feel darkness looming.
She then heard heavy wild breathing, with the temperature around her rising instantly. Her throat rolled as she slowly turned to look.
A giant creature nearly twenty meters long with a crimson body appeared behind her, mouth agape.
"Fire Flood Dragon, it’s the Fire Flood Dragon!"
"Cui Wei, run, run!"
The voice cut off abruptly, blood sprayed, and the Fire Flood Dragon bit the female hunter in half at the waist. She didn’t die immediately, tearfully reaching out for her companions.
"So painful, so painful, save me... save..."
But everything was too late; the Fire Flood Dragon swallowed the female hunter whole in two bites.
"Damn, I’m going to kill you, kill you."
"No, don’t be impulsive, retreat first, retreat..."
The Fire Flood Dragon’s eyes were icy; its tail swung like a steel whip, its massive body incredibly agile. The person holding the war axe stiffened, looking down, seeing blood bursting at his waist, feeling dizzy before terror struck seeing a lower half body without an upper half before his eyes.
A fifth-level martial artist and his weapon were cleaved in two by the dragon tail instantly.
In mere moments, the quasi-B-Class Blood Wolf Hunting Corps was annihilated, the swamp restored to a dead silence.
The Fire Flood Dragon dragged the two Black Cloud Rhinoceros carcasses into the swamp, disappearing.
