Coiling Dragon

by welyjesch

  “Olivier!” Linley immediately saw that nearby figure. “Bebe, Delia, let’s go over.”

  Olivier was currently looking around in concern. He was surrounded by that bewildering white fog. He had rolled all the way down, in the end landing at the base of this mountain peak. However, in the nearby area, he wasn’t able to see any people at all. All he could see was some bloodstained corpses, their bodies shattered from the fall.

  “Best to wait here for Linley and them.” Olivier didn’t run about wildly. After all, the area around him was covered with white fog. If he ran about, he would very possibly be separated from Linley’s group.

  “Olivier.” Linley’s voice rang out.

  Olivier felt a surge of joy in his heart. He immediately turned and saw Linley’s group of three running over. In this damnable place, being together with friends and helping each other made one feel more confident.

  “Why aren’t there any others here?” Bebe looked around as well, saying in a disdainful manner.

  “Don’t be impatient.” Linley laughed.

  “Swoosh!” Suddenly, from above, multiple figures descended at high speed.

  “Bang!” “Bang!” These multiple figures didn’t stop at all, smashing viciously against the ground with a hollow, deep thudding sound. One could imagine how strong the collision force was. Linley’s group of four looked at these five newcomers.

  Bebe covered his mouth, beginning to laugh.

  The five of them had fallen in terrible condition. Even their faces were scratched open. The five woke up after a while, then hurriedly began to use their divine power to repair their wounds while rising to their feet.

  “Did the four of you enter from the outside as well?” The leader of the five, a green-haired man, spoke out.

  “Of course we came from outside.” Bebe laughed as he responded. “Just like you, we fell down from up above. However…we were a bit better off than you. We weren’t so unlucky as to smash into the ground.” As he spoke, Bebe continued to cover his mouth and laugh.

  The five couldn’t help but have awkward looks appear on their face.

  “Bebe.” Linley couldn’t help but bark out. Bebe was simply too talented at causing trouble.

  However, the five weren’t too angry either. In this strange place, it was better for everyone to remain united. They, too, had discovered that Delia, a Highgod Fiend, was present. Their attitude naturally became all the more friendly towards Linley’s group.

  Linley glanced at the surrounding area. “Let’s go. We can’t always stay here. Let’s go to some other areas and take a look.”

  Linley’s group of nine began to walk through the Amethyst Mountains. In but a short while, they encountered over a hundred people. Everyone had entered from within the Fog Sea. Naturally, they formed into a unit. This small unit was actually led by Delia.

  Because…Delia was the only Highgod!

  This grand group of a hundred-plus people carefully made their way through the Amethyst Mountains.

  “The gravity here really is powerful. Even walking is so difficult.” A voice came from behind.

  “It really is weird. Even the ‘Gravitational Space’ of a Highgod would at most be at this level, but this gravity is in effect throughout the entire Amethyst Mountains. That’s weird. Even the most powerful of Highgods can’t set up such an enormous, large-scale ‘Gravitational Space’.

  A conversation was going on in the rear. Walking in the front, Linley agreed. This sort of gravity truly was too astonishing.

  “Huh?” Linley’s face changed. “Everyone, halt!” Linley said loudly. Immediately, the hundred-plus people came to a halt.

  “What’s going on?” A question from behind.

  But Linley just looked up ahead. In front of them, two figures could be seen. Just now, those two figures had flown past them, but when they reached a few dozen meters away from Linley, they suddenly came to a halt.

  “So fast.” Linley was secretly surprised. “Under the gravity of the Amethyst Mountains, they are still able to travel so quickly. These two are very powerful.”

  The two hesitated a moment, then began to draw near. The two both wore long black robes. Only, one of them was a man with long silver hair, while the other was a woman with long brown hair.

  “You came from the outside world?” The brown haired woman said coldly.

  “Highgod?” Linley’s group was astonished. There were virtually no Highgods amongst the amethyst harvesters. However…the two in front of them were actually both Highgods.

  Linley was secretly startled. “Who are these two people?”

  The brown-haired woman and the silver-haired man were both studying Delia, especially upon seeing the Fiend medallion on Delia’s chest. Immediately, the brown-haired woman said, “My name is Garlan [Jia’lan]. I don’t know who this Highgod Fiend is…?”

  “My name is Delia.” Delia said with a smile.

  The silver-haired man laughed as well. “Delia, hello. My name is Jarrod [Jia’luo’de]! The Amethyst Mountains are extremely dangerous. Since you, Delia, are a Highgod Fiend, how about you join with us? With the three of us joining forces, the chances of us staying alive will be higher.”

  “Staying alive?” Delia was stunned.

  Linley couldn’t help but be startled as well. So the situation really was dire!

  “These Amethyst Mountains are filled with many dangers. Even these two Highgod speak of ‘staying alive’…” Linley couldn’t help but feel a sense of pressure. At this moment, the group of Gods behind Linley immediately grew nervous and started chatting amongst themselves. None of them were idiots.

  Hearing the words of the silver-haired man, they understood that the Amethyst Mountains definitely were very dangerous.

  “Might I ask if I can bring a few people into the group?” Delia asked.

  “You cannot.” The brown-haired woman said with utter decisiveness. “It is very dangerous right now. We aren’t even certain of our ability to protect ourselves. How can we take on these additional nuisances? Delia, hurry up and choose. If you are willing to join us alone, with the three of us joined together, we should be able to survive this crisis.”

  “No need.” Delia shook her head and refused politely.

  The two Highgods couldn’t help but be stunned.

  “Travelling with them, the only thing that will happen is that they will slow you down. They will be your doom!” The silver-haired man, Jarrod, said hurriedly.

  “Hey, why all the pointless chitchat?” Bebe barked unhappily. “So what if she doesn’t join you?”

  The silver-haired man couldn’t help but glance at Bebe.

  “There’s no need. Thank you for your good intentions.” Delia said in refusal.

  The silver-haired man and the brown-haired woman glanced at each other, shaking their heads.

  “If you aren’t willing, then forget it. I just want to warn you of one thing.” The brown-haired woman looked at Delia. “Beware the amethyst beasts!” After speaking, the brown-haired woman and the silver-haired man immediately flew away at high speed, instantly disappearing into the mist.

  Book 15, Priceless Treasure – Chapter 35, Amethyst Beasts

  The brown-haired woman, ‘Garlan’, and the silver-haired man, ‘Jarrod’, flew away side by side at high speed.

  “That Delia is truly an idiot.” Jarrod cursed softly. “A venerable Highgod Fiend who spends her time with a group of Gods and is unwilling to leave them. She is absolutely looking for death.”

  “Enough talk. That Delia wants to die. What can we do about it?”

  Garlan shook her head. “What’s more, it’s hard to say if even we ourselves will be able to endure this crisis. Let’s hurry up and go far away from those monsters.”

  Jarrod seemed to have just remembered the monsters as well. He couldn’t help but shudder, then hurriedly said, “Right, let’s hurry up and leave.” The two increased their speed still further.

  Linley’s group of people was currently
in a state of chaos.

  “Just now, those two Highgods said that the Amethyst Mountains are very dangerous. Are we going to actually keep going forward? As I see it, let’s not run about wildly. Let’s halt here.”

  “Just because we don’t run about, does that necessarily mean we’ll be safe here? Didn’t you see those two Highgods run away? If it was safe here, why wouldn’t the two Highgods stay here?”

  Linley was currently frowning as he stared into the white fog. “Amethyst beasts? Those two said ‘beware the amethyst beasts’. Even Highgods are so frightened of them that they flee. Then we…” Linley turned to look at Delia, Bebe, and Olivier.

  “Let’s separate from this group of people.” Olivier said. “If we stay with them, we’ll have a great deal of trouble.”

  Linley turned to look at those people.

  “Mr. Linley, are you, are you going to abandon us?” Immediately, someone spoke out.

  “Lord Delia, we are all under your command. No matter what, don’t abandon us.”

  “Lord Delia…”

  These Gods and Demigods were afraid that Delia would leave. If she did, who then would protect them? With a Highgod Fiend by their side, they would feel safer.

  “Shut your mouths.” Bebe snarled at them. “Quiet down.”

  In the Infernal Realm, when a lethal crisis had descended, who would be so bored as to waste time protecting others?

  “Why are you shouting towards us? You are just a God. On what basis are you causing such a ruckus?” Many people looked at Bebe unhappily.

  Bebe was instantly enraged.

  “Quiet!” A low growl rang out.

  Everyone turned to look at the speaker. It was Linley! Linley was currently frowning as though trying to hear something. These Gods and Demigods slowly began to hear a low, growling sound, but the sound was very weak.

  But moments later, the growling sound grew stronger. Clearly, some monsters were drawing near at high speed!

  “Beast growls?” Many people began to feel astonished.

  Linley immediately sent out with his divine sense, “Delia, Bebe, Olivier, let’s flee!” As Linley spoke, he immediately began to flee, and Delia, Bebe, and Olivier didn’t hesitate, immediately following Linley and flying at high speed.

  “Follow Lord Delia!” Immediately, people began to call out while chasing after them.

  The hundred-plus people nervously began to gallop forward at high speed from behind.

  However, Linley’s group of four were extremely fast. Despite the astonishing gravity, Linley and Bebe’s tough bodies were able to resist the gravitational pull while still running at high speed. Delia was a wind-style Highgod, also very fast. The slowest was Olivier, but he was a light-style God, adept at speed!

  The hundred-plus others were slowly falling behind them.

  However…

  “Roaaaaaaaaar!” “Roaaaaaaar!”

  The angry roars reverberated in the skies, while at the same time drawing near at high speed. The speed was so fast that it was actually far faster than the likes of Linley and the others.

  “Such astonishing speed.” Linley felt greatly shocked. The monster, when running, actually was causing the earth to tremble. Those powerful earth vibrations caused his heart to grow panicky. “Roaaaaar!” “Roaaaaar!” The bestial roars grew closer and closer, as though coming from directly behind them.

  “Aaaah! What sort of a monster is that?!”

  “Kill the monster, kill it!”

  “Aaargh, die!”

  “Aaaaah!”

  “Lord Delia, save us, aaaaah!”

  Bellows and fierce screams rang out from behind them.

  Linley, Delia, Bebe, and Olivier couldn’t help but turn to look. As they did, they were shocked.

  Its body looked like that of a ferocious lion. It was four meters tall and more than ten meters long. This ferocious beast’s entire body was made out of metal and stone, and its entire body glistened with a violet light. The divine weapons of those Gods, when landing on its body, weren’t able to harm it at all!

  The strange thing was…

  On its head, there were three sharp horns that were positioned in the shape of a triangle, while on its back, there were over a hundred sharp spikes that covered its entire back!

  “108 spikes!” Linley could immediately tell. “And its entire body emanates an amethyst aura. Its entire body glistens with a violet light, and in coloration and aura, it seems very similar to amethysts. Can it be…that its entire body is made out of amethysts?”

  While fleeing, Linley was guessing to himself.

  The amethyst beast chased after them; two of them, in fact. These two amethyst beasts opened their vicious maws, as though wanting to ‘crunch’ and bite these Deities in half, then swallow the upper half of their bodies into their bellies.

  “Roaaaaaar!” The amethyst beast’s blood-red eyes swept across the area, and it swept out its fierce claws casually.

  “Bang!” A divine artifact was smashed aside, and then a Deity’s body was smashed as well. The Deity’s head wanted to fly away, but under the powerful gravity, it was extremely hard to fly. The amethyst beast opened its maw to devour the head, directly swallowing the Deity’s head into its stomach.

  In the blink of an eye, nearly twenty people had died.

  “Flee!”

  “The monster isn’t afraid of soul attacks, and it isn’t afraid of material attacks either!”

  The short battle had caused the hundred-plus men to no longer have the courage to fight back. They had delivered full-force blows to the bodies of those amethyst beasts, but hadn’t been able to injure them at all. These amethyst beasts didn’t respond at all to soul attacks either! At the same time, the amethyst beasts were easily slaughtering them.

  Flee!

  They only had this choice left.

  The lucky survivors frantically fled in every direction. No matter how powerful the amethyst beasts were, there were only two of them. With so many people fleeing in every direction, how many of them could the amethyst beasts kill?

  “Bang!” “Bang!”

  The two amethyst beasts suddenly spat out quite a few divine sparks from their mouths. Clearly, these divine sparks belonged to those people they had killed and devoured.

  “It seems the two amethyst beasts are unable to digest divine sparks. Thus, they had to spit them out.” Linley guessed to himself.

  The crimson eyes of the two amethyst beasts stared around the area, and violet steam came out from their nostrils. Their gaze then fixed upon the distant, fleeing Linley and the other three. “Roaaaaaaar! Chase!” A low, indistinct voice rang out, and the two amethyst beasts immediately charged towards Linley’s group.

  They flew like the wind, they moved like the thunder!

  Despite the powerful gravity of the Amethyst Mountains, the two amethyst beasts still moved as fast as lightning, drawing closer and closer to Linley’s group with astonishing speed.

  Linley, who had been paying attention to the amethyst beasts at all times, couldn’t help but feel startled. “Those two beasts. There’s so many people here, so why are they focused on us?” Through his earlier observations of the battles between the amethyst beasts and the Gods and Demigods, Linley had become certain that these beasts were not easy to deal with!

  Material attacks and soul attacks were all ineffective.

  “But it’s hard to say if it’s just that those material attacks and soul attacks weren’t strong enough.” Linley understood this principle. “However, even the combined attacks of those Gods hadn’t been able to wound the two beasts. Even if I were to attack, I probably still wouldn’t be able to deal enough damage.”

  “Boss, those two beasts are drawing near.” Bebe said frantically.

  “Don’t worry about me.” Olivier said frantically through a mental message. He was the slowest of the four, dragging them down.

  “Shut your mouth!” Bebe growled, then suddenly reached out and clutched Olivier. And then, B
ebe’s speed rapidly increased.

  Linley and Delia increased their speed as well.

  Linley still remained nervous. “Those two beasts are still slowly drawing near us.” The two beasts, emanating violet steam from their nostrils, continued to gallop forward at high speed, constantly reducing the distance between them and Linley’s group. Fifty meters. Forty meters. Thirty meters…

  “Less than ten meters now.” Linley seemed to be able to sense the hot steam coming from the nostrils of the beasts.

  “Roaaaaar!”

  Suddenly, one of the two amethyst beasts rapidly increased its movement speed, instantly jumping forward and moving like a bolt of violet light, instantly arriving in front of Linley’s group. Two amethyst beasts, one behind them, one in front of them. Linley’s group was caught.

  Linley’s group was forced to come to a halt, and Bebe placed Olivier down as well.

  “The situation seems grim.” Delia frowned.

  “Boss, let’s split them up. One for each of us.” Bebe actually licked his lips as he spoke.

  “Fine.” Linley nodded.

  But the two amethyst beasts were actually both staring at Delia. One of them let out a growling, stuttering sound. “High…Highgod…eat!” And then, one of the amethyst beasts transformed into a ray of light, pouncing directly towards Delia.

  Delia wielded the Spear of Cortez in her hands. Bowing suddenly, her entire body seemed to arc like that of a longbow, and then with a massive thrust, the longspear shot forwards.

  “Swoosh!”

  The longspear thrust out, moving at maximum speed, causing even space to crack around it.

  Elemental Laws of the Wind – Dimensional Attack.

  “Crunch!” The Spear of Cortez actually stabbed into the amethyst beast’s body, and the amethyst beast fell down from the skies. The Spear of Cortez immediately returned to Delia’s hands, leaving behind a hole in the body of the amethyst beast.

  “Crackle…” The hole quickly healed, as though it had never been wounded.

  “Roaaaaar!” The amethyst beast immediately began to roar angrily, while the other amethyst beast did the same.

  Linley and Bebe exchanged a glance. At virtually the same instant, they leapt off from the ground. Their two powerful bodies exploded forth with astonishing strength, shooting out like arrows towards each of the amethyst beasts. Linley’s right fist, carrying boundless power, smashed towards the amethyst beasts.