by Fat Bread
However, they indeed didn't see any of them, as if these golden slime kings didn't exist from the beginning.
"Moreover, the spider woman didn't appear either. She should play a very important role in the Sky Sword's camp." Combined with the information she had obtain, Yun Que sensed an ominous atmosphere.
It looked like this time, Shaya Longnis', the Sky Sword's coming was different to any record in the past.
"Are you sure this is the right place?" Yun Xi remembered their purpose of coming to the Island of Mist.
Find the Mist Demon to solve the biggest mystery in the Water God's world!
As for encountered with the Slime Armies and figured out that Shaya Longnis, the Sky Sword would descend to this world from here... it was just a coincidence.
"It must be this place, otherwise, it can't explain why there are so many special slimes. It's the most obvious omen of the Sky Sword's coming. Yun Hai, perhaps we don't have too much time." Yun Que looked seriously at Yun Xi.
Although she had admitted that "Yun Hai" was a man who could create "miracles", however, Shaya Longnis was a Sky Sword. She wasn't an enemy who could be defeated by one or two "miracles".
Actually, Yun Que didn't think that they could defeat Shaya Longnis. The only way to stop her was to eliminate all golden slime kings before she came to this world.
However, almost all Shaya Longnis' enemies knew this tactic, but none of them had ever succeeded.
The golden slime kings themselves were already powerful hero ranked creatures. Their bodies were immune to almost all magical attacks and physical attacks. To defeat a golden slime king was even more difficult than to defeat ten hero ranked humans at the same time.
Yun Que had estimated her strongest attack damage, and the conclusion wasn't very optimistic. If she was alone, she could only kill one golden slime king, then she would have been exhausted.
However, "Yun Hai" was different. Unlike her, "Yun Hai" had almost infinite energy from his million brides. Plus he had understood the "Crafting Mode" and the whole world was supporting him, his offensive power was nearly infinity!
He was the only person who could eliminate all golden slime kings. He was the only hope of saving this world!
"Hum? The smell... no, it's not the slimes' smell. It is..." Through the mental bond with his Mist Soul Army, Yun Xi sensed a very strange aura in the air.
"What's that?!" Through her Eagle's Eye, Yun Que also saw the approaching "phenomenon" from a distance.
...
In the deep cave, the Spider Queen observed the slime network, which was showing that a lot of slime nodes were disappearing.
"Tsk tsk, as expected, the game is just beginning. I should move now." The Spider Queen showed a strange smile on her face. She stood up and quickly sneaked into the darkness.
...
If one looked down from the sky, one would see an extraordinarily large Mist Tide gushing out from a core area on the Island of Mist.
The Mist Tide rolled up a thousand heaps of mist waves, rising to the sky. It wasn't exaggerated to say that it had blotted out the sky and covered up the earth.
"Why does it come at this time?!" Yun Que ground her teeth. They were just a step away from success! Once they went deep into the core area and killed the golden slime kings, they would be able to stop the third stage of Shaya Longnis’, the Sky Sword's coming.
Why does the Mist Tide appear at this time with such an unprecedentedly large scale?!
According to the record she had read, such a large Mist Tide would bring unimaginable disaster to the whole world.
Because the Island of Mist was the source of the Mist Tide, no one, including the three High Priestesses, was allowed to enter this forbidden zone.
"Calm down, Yun Que. That's not like you. The Mist Tide is a natural phenomenon that is far beyond our control."
Yun Xi found that the ice castle, including the one hundred thousand Mist Souls around it, had all disappeared in the Mist Tide, which meant that some unknown power in the Mist Tide was nibbling his power. Just after a few seconds, he had lost the connection with the Mist Souls in the Mist Tide.
"Shuffle!" A small silver creature flew past Yun Xi and Yun Que with cold mist spreading to the air from its wings.
The mist on its wings weren't some natural phenomenon due to the fall of temperature but was something much more dangerous.
"The Butterfly of Death!" Yun Que opened her eyes wide.
It was the most dangerous creature in the Mist Tide, because no one could survive after seeing it, including the people who had the Water God's blessing!
Only a few people who had the Water God's Bloodline could hold out a little longer. After recording the Butterfly of Death in their notes, they also died in the Mist Tide.
The beautiful butterfly was the veritable avatar of death in the Water God's world!
Chapter 265: The Flying Butterflies of Death
The Island of Mist was once seized by the slimes, then was occupied by Yun Xi's Mist Soul Army. Now, it returned to its initial state.
Countless twisted mists covered the old island and brought it back to the world of mist and silence.
"Mist Demon..." Yun Xi remembered the information the stars had offered him. He thought that he was going to touch the truth of this world's mist.
One silver butterfly after another flew out of the silent, noiseless world of mist, rose and danced in a happy mood around Yun Xi and Yun Que.
Yun Xi could feel no hostility from these butterflies. Apart from the cold temperature their wings had rolled up, he didn't understand why they were connected with death in people’s eyes.
"I remember in the notes, their wings were red." Yun Que looked at the silver butterflies warily.
In records, they had killed countless people. Once upon a time, even a Caelian Queen was killed by the Butterflies of Death.
Normally, all Caelian Queens were blessed by the Water God, so they shouldn't be killed in the Mist Tide. However, a Caelian Queen still died after seeing the red butterflies, only leaving a note which recorded the existence of these butterflies.
The Caelian Queen wrote, "What did I see? They are red butterflies. So beautiful, so graceful."
"I'm dying... they are the signs of death."
"My consciousness is becoming blurred... this is the answer... of mist...", this was her last entry that she had recorded.
This was one of the few records about the most frightening phenomenon in the Mist Tide. The Water God's High Priestess' death confirmed the existence of the "Butterfly of Death".
And now, the silver butterflies in front of Yun Xi and Yun Que looked even stronger than the red butterflies in the records.
Although they just flew in the air and had no hostility, Yun Que still sensed a suffocating smell of death.
It wasn't like the suffocating smell from Hua Huo. Hua Huo was as strong as an erupting volcano, and these Butterflies of Death were as strong as colorless, tasteless poison, killing people without any omen.
"My blood flow velocity is slowed down..." Through her Water God's Mask, Yun Que observed her own vital sign.
Death was approaching her, even though she had already reached the hero rank! They were indeed the most dangerous fantastic creatures in this world!
"They are... telling me something..." Yun Xi could also feel that the Butterflies of Death were absorbing his life force. It seemed to be the butterflies' special ability: Life Siphon.
However, Yun Xi had his one million brides' blessing. The slowly drain of his life force was negligible to him. If the butterflies wanted to kill him in this method, it would probably take them a thousand years, and the condition was only tenable when Yun Xi didn't resist it. In fact, after Yun Xi noticed the drain of his life force, his body had automatically cut off these butterflies' Life Siphon.
One silver butterfly after another landed on Yun Xi's shoulders. It seemed that they were very interested in this man who was immune to their Life Siphon.
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sp; "It looks like they like you. Can these butterflies also be captivated by your physique?" Yun Que felt that she didn't understand Yun Xi's sexual orientation at all. The Lamias were ok, and the Mermaids were also fine, now the butterflies are also captivated by you... How wide your hunting ground is?!
"Perhaps it's due to my Water God's Mask. I think nothing in this world has no relationship with the Water God. It's very likely that the thing hiding in the Island of Mist is more amazing than our imagination."
Yun Xi touched a Butterfly of Death. The small, cute butterfly raised its head and emitted soft silver light from its body, exposing its real appearance.
Under its silver wings, it was a small fairy like girl.
Her delicate face looked as if she was carved by the most excellent sculptor, because her whole body was flawless. Her bright eyes looked like a pair of crystal black gems and the color of her skin looked like the most beautiful sakura petal.
What made Yun Xi blush was that the little fairy girls didn't wear anything. Apart from a layer of silver lights on their bodies, they were literally wearing nothing...
Waving their big butterfly wings around Yun Xi, they flew in the air lightheartedly and didn't mind that Yun Xi had taken in everything at a glance at all...
"They... have intelligence!" Yun Que surprisedly looked at the Butterflies of Death who dispelled their disguises and showed their true appearances in front of her and Yun Xi.
"Ya!" The Butterflies of Death, the most dangerous avatars of death seemed to be scared by Yun Que's voice. They flew to Yun Xi one by one, staying far away from Yun Que.
Yun Xi observed their faces and found that their eyes had different colors. Some of them had deep black eyes, some of them had holy silver eyes, and some of them had emerald green eyes. When he looked carefully, he could even see that their pupils were changing colors as they moved.
Their pointy ears were neither too long nor too short, which were similar to the commander of the Mist Soul Army's, the Dark Elf's ears.
"Can they be the culprits of the Mist Tide?" Yun Que didn't expect that the scariest death bringers looked so cute.
"No. They are just the beings living inside the Mist Tide. They are the Mist Tide's minions." Yun Xi said definitely, as he stroked the butterflies' wings.
Chapter 266: The Guides
"How do you know this?" Yun Que's pupils contracted. She had read almost all the information about the Mist Tide, but she still didn't know this.
"They told me." Yun Xi's fingertip lightly touched a Butterfly of Death's wing.
The Butterfly of Death flapped its wings and happily flew around Yun Xi. Soon after, its partners joined its dance.
"What is exactly the so-called Mist Demon?" Yun Que held her shoulders in her arms. She could clearly feel the butterflies' differential treatment towards her and Yun Xi, so she gazed at the butterflies with an unpleasant look.
"We will know very soon." Yun Xi could feel that something in the mist was summoning him.
The huge, thick mist was rolled up. A "large thing" was approaching them.
After a while, the overlord at the top of the food chain on the Island of Mist, the bone dragon appeared.
"It's a bone dragon!" After seeing the monster, Yun Que immediately stepped up her vigilance.
It wasn't a half dragon like her past partner, the male fiery dragon, but a real super monster who transformed from a dead dragon's body. It was said that after absorbing the air of death for countless years, some bone dragons could even become stronger than when they were alive.
Generally, most dragons lived in the Dragon God's Domain, but bone dragons were a taboo there. Once a dragon died, its partners would bring its body back to the Grave of Dragons.
Only the dragons that died in another god's domains would transform into bone dragons under some special environments, for example, this bone dragon in front of Yun Xi and Yun Que.
"Ga!" The bone dragon opened its mouth and tried to say something. However, its vocal cords had already eroded in the endless time, so it couldn't speak anything.
"Hiss!" The bone dragon also realized it. It angrily prodded the ground with its claws, then turned around and patted the ground with its sharp tail.
"It’s telling us to follow it... the butterflies said so." Yun Xi first mumbled something with the Butterflies of Death, then told Yun Que the answer in an uncertain tone.
"Is it the Mist Demon?" Yun Que looked at the bone dragon in awe. Even the male fiery dragon, who had only a portion of dragon blood, could automatically enter the hero rank after becoming mature, not to mention a real dragon. She couldn't imagine how strong the bone dragon was, perhaps it had the power to destroy the entire Water God's world. Obviously, the bone dragon had lived countless years on the Island of Mist. The whole island should have become its territory.
It wasn't surprising to know that this bone dragon was the Mist Demon, the chief criminal of the Mist Tide in this world.
"No. It's just one of the Mist Demon's subordinates, just like these children." Yun Xi listened to the butterflies' whispers.
The butterflies' language wasn't any language Yun Xi had ever known. They talked through the spirit network amongst them, and only the person who was allowed to join the network could hear their voices.
Similarly, if they didn't want to be seen, no one could see their true appearances. They were the minions of the mist, the avatars of death.
They didn't absorb living beings' life forces on purpose, but they would bring countless deaths to the places they had passed, because they were the special existences who were born in the air of death.
Where had the thickest air of death? Undoubtedly, it was on the Island of Mist, the nightmare of this world.
"What is exactly the Mist Demon?" Yun Que asked.
"Probably it's unlike anything you have imagined." Yun Xi couldn't describe the Mist Demon's appearance the butterflies had told him.
"Very big... very big..."
"Very light... very light..."
"Very white... very white..."
"Very cute... very cute..."
From the words the butterflies had told him, Yun Xi couldn't imagine what thing was very big, light, white and cute.
It seemed that if they wanted to know the Mist Demon's real appearance, they had to go to see the Mist Demon with their own eyes.
"Anyway, the island had become a battlefield. If the Mist Demon is on our side, we should invite it to join our camp." After finding that Yun Xi could communicate with the legendary Butterflies of Death, Yun Que quickly made her judgement.
The more help they could find, the more possibilities they would be able to defeat Shaya Longnis, the Sky Sword. If the Mist Demon could possibly join the Water God's camp, then it was worth a try.
"Of course. I'm also curious about the Mist Demon's true appearance." To Yun Xi, it was also very important, because it was the core of one of his four side quests.
The bone dragon impatiently rolled Yun Xi and Yun Que up with its tail and put them on its back. Then it started to run quickly in the mist.
The silver butterflies flew besides the bone dragon, going forward at full speed towards the deepest area in the mist.
On the road, Yun Xi and Yun Que witnessed a lot of weird creatures.
The Mist Mantis, who had a pair of transparent forelimbs and could sneak in the mist.
The Mist Tengu, who had a long nose and a pair of big feather wings.
The Red Butterflies of Death, who were recorded in the notes about the Mist Tide.
After the unprecedented Mist Tide appeared, the Island of Mist became these weird but powerful mist creatures’ territory again.
The slimes had once occupied the whole island, but now, they were hunted by the mist creatures and their numbers were rapidly dwindling.
Yun Xi's Mist Soul Army didn't need to launch any attack now, because the slimes on the whole island had been annihilated.
Especially when the red butterflies flew past, even
the strongest slimes would die instantly.
Under the Dark Shadow Spider Queen's control, the slimes occupied the whole island after half a month, but when the Mist Tide came, they were utterly routed.
The whole Island of Mist was becoming a silent world again.
Chapter 267: The Mist Demon's Real Appearance
After the Mist Tide, the Island of Mist returned to its original situation.