I Can See Health Bars in Real Life-Chapter 474 - 3: Welcoming Ceremony of the New Instance (Part 4)

Large and small ships searched back and forth over this sea, but they could no longer find any trace of the island. Joseph and Victor, who were behind all this, were not discouraged. They knew it was never going to be easy, and naturally, they wouldn't give up, only intensifying their efforts.

Penglai Island had already moved to another part of the ocean on the opposite side of Earth, hidden deep within the vast sea, making it impossible to discover easily.

"So that's how it is..."

Standing before the teleportation gate Hiri had opened, which resembled a vortex formed by gathering light, Gu Mo mused with his chin in hand. He still had some doubts in his heart, but as he approached, familiar static noise, mixed with inexplicable fragmented scenes, surged through his mind.

This could be seen as a hint from the faulty system, indicating that the time and space on the other side...

is also a replica. The teleportation gate Hiri opened in the real world is also recognized by the system as a replica entrance.

"What's so 'that's how it is?'" The Demon Hunter Girl frowned. It was also her first time actively opening such a teleportation gate, needing to maintain the form and link with the other time and space for a long time.

In the past, her teleportation was a fleeting event, vanishing in an instant, not even visible as a gate. As a complete inheritor of the Ancient Blood, her teleportation skill was more powerful than any warlock or Elf Sage's teleportation gate, able to be activated anytime, anywhere, according to her will, without needing specific devices or energy sources.

It was precisely because of this that the Wild Hunt, deprived of this gift, relentlessly pursued her in a red-eyed frenzy.

"Nothing…" Gu Mo shook his head, having no intention to explain. In a sense, from now on, he could see the existence of replica entrances to some extent, no longer needing to grope in the dark like a blind man stumbling upon an elephant, relying on blind luck.

He turned to look at the silent witch standing behind him, extending an inviting hand with a smile: "Care to join us? Or will you, Kikyo, stay on Penglai Island while we go and take a look, quickly returning?"

"No, let's go together." The witch gathered her thoughts, lightly shaking her head, and stepped forward first, directly intending to pass through that teleportation gate.

"Wait, I'll scout ahead."

"Hurry, I can't maintain this for long…" Hiri urged helplessly.

"Safe travels, everyone, please don't take unnecessary risks…"

It was Miss Naoki who stood beside them, her expression somewhat unnatural, yet she still forced a smile, seemingly feeling involuntarily isolated and excluded. The situation was like everyone going for a team outing, leaving her behind.

......

The feeling of passing through a teleportation gate was just like crossing an unseen boundary into the unknown.

With absolutely no sensation, a blur before the eyes, and they had arrived in another unfamiliar world.

The sky was incredibly blue, and the energy concentration in the air was beyond imagination, even to some extent surpassing Penglai Island's air quality, exceeding the optimal level of Spiritual Qi concentration, reaching a level potentially harmful to humans.

"How bloody..."

Amidst this extraordinarily dense spiritual power atmosphere was an equally extraordinary stench of blood, burning, and rotten flesh. Gu Mo, having just sensed the bountiful spiritual qi resources, initially intended to take a deep breath instinctively, but upon seeing the wreckage before him, he held his breath.

The ground beneath his feet was a brown wasteland, surrounded by what appeared to be the ruins of a village...

The houses were reduced to collapsed ruins, the fields' armors seemed blackened and withered, and the ground was full of the tragic color of congealed blood, with many places containing uncleaned remnants of severed limbs, indicating that a brutal massacre had recently occurred here.

And… the culprits had not yet left.

They were creatures as large as wild bulls, draped in either golden or bright red fur, resembling terrifying demon beasts akin to lions.

Initially lying quietly on the battlefield to rest or feed on the fragmented limbs or meat of their prey, apparently in a respite after battle, Gu Mo's sudden appearance on the battlefield was immediately noticed by them.

They immediately rose, surrounding the unexpected intruder, issuing chilling low growls from their throats, their eyes emitting a bloodthirsty scarlet light.

The next moment, all the demon beasts charged at the enemy in their sights simultaneously!

Razor-sharp teeth tore flesh and blood, claws disemboweled, blood, death, pain... The beasts, in their frenzy, became even more bloodthirsty and insane!

"This is…"

Kikyo, who followed through the teleportation gate right after, also froze in shock at first sight. She stared at the utterly slaughtered village in distress, then shifted her gaze to those demon beasts roaring, killing each other, tearing and devouring each other's flesh.

"Such a terrible welcome ceremony… What is this place?"

Gu Mo also had a bit of a headache, tapping his forehead lightly, then looking around as he narrowed his eyes slightly.

In the extreme distance at the horizon, his spiritual will projected to its limits, almost reaching the end, faintly revealed a very iconic structure: a seemingly endless wall, extending endlessly in a horizontal direction with solid walls.

Outside the wall, countless beast hordes writhed, winged bipedal snakes, creatures seemingly a blend between lions and dragons with triangular heads, and bizarre demon beasts with horns and scorpion-like poisonous stings on their tails, crazily charging at the defensive line like a tidal wave. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

With a light breath, Gu Mo frowned slightly but dared not rush to any conclusions.

He watched the red-eyed, mutually slaughtering demon beasts, as if recalling something, and took out a gourd. Uncorking the stopper, he inhaled lightly towards them, and several enormous demon beasts struggled as their bodies were tugged violently by the suction, powerless to resist as they flew toward the gourd's opening.