Gate of Revelation - Chapter 670

Chapter 670

GOR Chapter 670 Seeking Life Amid Death

A short while later, the puppet bodies arrived from the sky . One by one, they landed before Lei Hu .

After they landed, they all did the same thing . Reaching out with their right hands, each of them thrust their hand into their heart to pull out the core of the parasitic plant within them . After doing so, they abruptly fell down and returned to their original state of lifeless corpses .

The eleventh body fell . Before Lei Hu was a small mountain of corpses .

Regarding the amount of bodies before him, Lei Hu revealed a somewhat dissatisfied expression . However, he could no longer wait for more Irregularities to come .

Slowly shaking his head, Lei Hu then extended his right hand, inserting it into the topmost body .

Countless vine tendrils grew from his arm to wrap around the corpses . Next, a soft-looking plant sprouted upward . In the blink of an eye, the plant had grown into a gigantic tree-like woody vein .

After a few more seconds, a red-coloured flower bud appeared at the tip of the woody vein before slowly blooming .

The moment the flower bud bloomed, countless fine seeds the size of dust particles spread out in every direction .

…

Three figures walked hastily across a desert . The helicopter that was out of fuel had been kept back into the Storage Ring .

The desert they were in was unlike that in the outside world . There was no sun blazing above their heads . Even so, the sight of the endless yellow sands still made them feel anxious .

“Damn it, why didn’t we gather some of the snow waters in the snowfield instance dungeon earlier?” Qiao Qiao complained with a pouting expression .

Even now, they had yet to see Lei Hu . Thus, the most troubling matter for her now was the feeling of thirst .

“We do not have any containers to store the waters anyways . Just hang on for a bit . ” Chen Xiaolian squeezed Qiao Qiao’s palm . “Maybe there will be water in the next instance dungeon . ”

“All right…” Qiao Qiao forced herself to swallow her saliva and continued moving forward .

Bluesea had been the only one to continue walking with an impassive face . He took the lead and there had been no change in his pace since the beginning .

After taking around ten more steps, Bluesea suddenly jerked his head backward .

Chen Xiaolian’s heart gave a pound and he quickly followed suit to look backward . However, he could see nothing but an expanse of rolling yellow sands behind him .

The same was true for his life signature detector, no other life forms could be seen within its detection radius .

“What is it, Mr Bluesea?”

His hand holding the Sword in the Stone, Chen Xiaolian asked grimly .

“Something is not right . ” Bluesea furrowed his brows as he looked into the distance . A moment later, he quickly shouted, “Run!”

Chen Xiaolian showed no hesitation . He immediately pulled Qiao Qiao by the hand and ran forward . As he ran, he looked back .

The detection function of the Bug Armour far exceeded that of his electronic life signature detector . Since Bluesea had noticed something amiss, it meant that there was a problem .

After running for a good two minutes, Chen Xiaolian finally saw it . Behind them, a green-coloured wave was gradually spreading forward .

They were clearly within an arid desert where not even water vapour existed . Yet, numerous woody vines were rapidly growing across the desert .  

Judging by the way the woody vines were spreading out, they had originated from the Mount Olympus instance dungeon . They had begun from that point, where one woody vine after another grew up from the ground, rapidly reaching maturity . Then, a red-coloured flower bud appeared at the tip of each vine .

The flower petals bloomed and fell just as quickly . However, as they were falling, tiny seeds flew out from the flower as well . The seeds fell upon the surrounding sands before quickly transforming into another new woody vine . Again and again, the cycle repeated itself .

In the wake of the woody vines were green leaves and swaying flowers .

The rate at which the woody vines were spreading forward outpaced the rate at which the three of them were running . Thus, it did not take long before the vines were right behind them .

When the vines came close, Chen Xiaolian was able to get a clear view of the woody vines .

Although it was clearly a plant, the vine squirmed constantly . The surface of each woody vine was covered with spikes and a translucent layer of slime, which was also slowly moving .

After blooming and releasing its seeds, the flower petals quickly fell off . As for the woody vines, they quickly wriggled about .

“Does this guy have unlimited power? Just where did he get it coming from?”

Chen Xiaolian swore out hoarsely .

Undoubtedly, this was a skill from Lei Hu .

Even so… this was simply too outrageous .

Judging by the green expanse of woody vines behind them, it was clear that Lei Hu did not know where they had gone to . Thus, he had unleashed this indiscriminate form of attack, which spread out in a circle with him in the centre .

However… … although the Blackhawk helicopter had had to land due to insufficient fuel, it had still flown a distance of over half an hour before that . That was a distance of nearly 200 kilometres .

In other words…

This skill of Lei Hu had already covered a radius of 200 kilometres . It had continued on up until now without respite .

Just what was the limit of his power?

The woody vines quickly caught up to the three of them . The seeds fell upon the sands before them and quickly grew up into numerous vines covered in spikes and slime . The spiky vines wriggled, stopping them from advancing any further .

Every one of the woody vines were as tall as an ordinary human . After halting Chen Xiaolian’s group from advancing, the many vines closest to them seemingly sensed their presence and quickly whipped toward them .

Chen Xiaolian swung the Sword in the Stone . The vine was not that durable . Thus, the Sword in the Stone was able to easily hack apart several of the vines .

The instant that the Sword in the Stone cut the vines, a thick yellow-coloured slime spurted out from the cut portion of the vine . The yellow-coloured slime was scattered all over the ground, causing the sand beneath the desert to release sizzling sounds as thick smoke rose up .

A few drops of the slime also made contact with Chen Xiaolian’s left arm . A charred scent quickly wafted through the air .

Without hesitating, Chen Xiaolian quickly turned the Sword in the Stone back to cut off that part of his flesh .

“It is a strong acid! Do not cut them!”

Chen Xiaolian gritted his teeth as he used the flat surface of his sword to knock back the incoming vines whipping at them . Although he was able to defend the incoming attacks, they were no longer capable of advancing .

“Leave it to me, you two keep running!”

Qiao Qiao shouted as she transformed into a clump of black fog, which surrounded both Chen Xiaolian and Bluesea .

The instant the whipping woody vines made contact with Qiao Qiao’s black fog-form, they swiftly turned stiff . The green colour on them faded and they withered before turning into powder .

Even the powerful acid could only be devoured by the Child of Darkness’ skill .

Chen Xiaolian felt somewhat relieved and they continued to run forward .

…

The square before the Pantheon Temple was completely covered by the woody vines .

Even the ground areas that were covered by tough marble tiles were not exempted . The woody vines had popped up the tiles and grew upward .

The core woody vine in the centre of the square had already grown to a height of tens of metres high . Thanks to the wriggling vines that rose up high, the corpses that had been laying on the ground could no longer be seen .

Lei Hu stood beside that main woody vine with his right hand extended, pressing upon the surface of the main woody vine . It seemed as though he had become one with the woody vine .

His enclosed eyes snapped open to reveal a joyous look .

“Spreading out through such a large area… … in the end… … I still found you!”

Lei Hu mumbled to himself as he retracted his right hand .

Without making any other movements, his body slowly floated up into the air before flying toward the position that he had sensed .

…

The black fog dissipated as Qiao Qiao re-assumed her human form, landing beside Chen Xiaolian as she did .

Behind Chen Xiaolian’s group, a narrow passage could be seen amid the endless number of woody vines .

On either side of the passageway were the wriggling woody vines . However, the vines within the passageway had all withered away .

Originally, the three of them had fallen deep within the dense foliage of vines . Qiao Qiao’s black fog protected them from any harm that the woody vines might bring to them . However, the rate at which the woody vines were spreading far exceeded the rate at which they were running .

Yet, for some unknown reason, after their group ran a distance of several kilometres forward, the woody vines stopped spreading .

“Is this the limit to his power?” Qiao Qiao revealed a look of happiness .

Coincidentally, the three of them had reached the end of the desert .

Before them stood a city-type instance dungeon . The faint outlines of high-rises could be seen there . Additionally, it would appear that the instance dungeon covered quite a large area .

If it was a large city… … maybe they can find fuel for helicopters .

Even if they can’t, they can at least find a transport .

Bluesea turned to look back at the sea of woody vines and shook his head . His face grew grim .

“It is not that he has reached his limit . Rather… … he has found us!”

“Yes . ” Chen Xiaolian smiled bitterly as both his hands gripped the Sword in the Stone . “He spread these disgusting things just so he could figure out our location . Now that he has found us, there is no longer any need for him to waste more of his power on it . Lei Hu himself… … will likely arrive soon . ”

“Are we not running anymore?” Qiao Qiao looked at Chen Xiaolian .

“Yeah . ” Chen Xiaolian shook his head firmly . “At this point in time, we can no longer run . ”

“Fine . ” Qiao Qiao nodded and smiled . “Truth be told, I have never actually fought against an [S] class . ”

“If we all die here… … will you feel fearful?” Chen Xiaolian turned to face Qiao Qiao . “Honestly, though, using the word die feels so awkward . We are already in World’s End, already dead people . ”

“What about it?” Qiao Qiao turned to stare intently at Chen Xiaolian with a serious expression . “Since we have already died once before, what else is there to fear? Besides… … I am now with you . ”

“I had died twice, though,” Bluesea added with an emotionless face .

“Then… … let us try it . Let’s see if we can find life amid death!”

Chen Xiaolian looked at both Bluesea and Qiao Qiao as he kept the Sword in the Stone .