Monarch of Evernight - Chapter 1074

Chapter 1074

Chapter 1074: The Pond of Life (Part 3)

Qianye slashed the six-armed giant a couple more times, leaving negligibly small wounds each time . He felt rather helpless, but it dawned upon him that he had no other way to deal with this fellow .

He wasn’t entirely without options . For instance, he might be able to finish off the giant if he fired into the eye with Heartgrave . However, this would also subject him to a beast wave, even drawing out the marine creatures .

Qianye glanced at the boundless Pond of Life but couldn’t sense any other marine beasts hiding in the water . It was just that the water was rippling all this time—clearly, something out of the ordinary was happening . It would seem the waters of the pond could block perception .

At this moment, the six-armed giant had already gained the advantage and was beating the marine beast until it was roaring in agony . Three of its six stony claws had been broken, and its tail was getting weaker and weaker with each swing .

Seeing that things weren’t looking good, Qianye charged toward the pond decisively . The six-armed giant became anxious after noticing this . It roared furiously before chasing after him with a loud roar .

At this point, Qianye had already figured out that there was something strange here . The aquatic creature was able to damage and threaten the six-armed giant, meaning that its strength was far above Qianye’s own . Yet, the giant would rather give up on killing this enemy and chase after him instead . Perhaps there was a certain existence commanding him to do so, but then again, what kind of entity could control this six-armed giant?

Qianye made a beeline for the Pond of Life, leaving the beast horde behind in the blink of an eye . Thousands of meters stood between the pond and the gathered creatures . This strip of land was fairly quiet, empty, and devoid of all life . Even the beasts straying into this area would immediately leave .

Qianye had no time to pay attention to the peculiarity of this area . Even if there was danger here, it was a double-edged blade . To the fierce beasts in this area, the six-armed giant was a much more important target compared to Qianye—the aquatic creature just now had proven this . It never so much as glanced at Qianye during the entire fight .

In the blink of an eye, Qianye had shot through the wide-area and arrived within a thousand meters of the pond . As though he had crossed over an invisible border, a sudden explosion thundered in his head . His entire body was uncontrollably aboil, almost like he was on fire .

The impact was so intense that it was comparable to drinking white-fruit wine . Despite Qianye’s firm willpower, his vampire body wasn’t good at resisting primal urges . The sudden shock sent Qianye into an absent-minded daze . He woke up in mere moments but found that he had actually turned about and was running toward one of the female beasts in the horde .

He immediately turned about and rushed toward the water, but he was once again entranced after crossing the formless border and started running back toward the beasts again .

After several such attempts, Qianye had gotten a rough idea of the distribution of this boundary and was able to make preparations for his subsequent charge . Although he had been restrained momentarily each time, he could already sense that there was a strange vertical eye in the depths of the pond, and that the shock would happen immediately after its opening .

It would seem there were indeed secrets under the Pond of Life . After getting a feel of the boundary, Qianye started running around it . This made it so that the eye would appear but the impact wouldn’t . His attention went back to the six-armed giant behind him .

The giant suddenly staggered and almost fell to the ground . Its eyes lit up with a ferocious glint as it roared at the pond, waving its weapon all the while . Only two of its arms had weapons in them, though, which subtracted from the intended menace .

The pond began to surge, boil, and froth as an enormous body moved beneath the waters . Just from the waves on the surface, one could tell that the being underneath was several hundred meters in length . Such a creature was almost comparable to a void colossus, the only limitation of such a size being that it wouldn’t be able to come ashore .

The two giants—one in the water and one on land—seemed to have conversed via spiritual fluctuations . The six-armed giant roared a couple of times before continuing to chase after Qianye, but this time, it was clearly more restrained and didn’t attack the obstructing creatures .

Qianye had already run out of the flat land area and dived into the dense forest . The woods beside the Pond of Life was different—the giant trees here were over a hundred meters tall, covered in vines, thorns, and shrubs, with countless creatures moving about between their leaves .

A swarm of mosquitos rushed out of the shrubbery the moment Qianye stepped into the forest . These mosquitoes were like bees, with sharp mouths and stingers on their tails, but each the size of a fist . One could see at a glance that these terrifying beings weren’t going to be easy to deal with .

Following these insects were slithering sounds as ant-like creatures crawled out from the bushes . Their giant maws were glistening with a metallic sheen and accompanied by the bitter smell of poison .

In the blink of an eye, Qianye was surrounded by countless insects . To outsiders, this dense forest was simply a land of death . Ordinary beasts were no match for these bug swarms, but to Qianye, they were merely nuisances in his way .

Sanguine flames flickered on his body as the blaze swept through all the swarms within ten meters of him . In the blink of an eye, all the ants and mosquitoes scattered after catching the scent of dark golden blood energy . Only some of the ants on the ground were burned, but the bugs in the air weren’t so lucky . The flames didn’t quite char their entire bodies, but their delicate wings were burnt away, causing them to fall into the ant army below .

The two insects immediately started fighting . The flightless mosquitoes retaliated fiercely with their stingers, but the ants were far greater in number and their jaws could easily snap their opponents into half . In the blink of an eye, nothing remained of the fallen mosquitoes .

Qianye was in no mood to find out who among them was the victor . He simply hastened his steps into the depths of the forest .

The six-armed giant arrived before the forest and, for the first time, seemed rather hesitant about stepping in .

The moment his first foot landed in the thicket, a mass of dark insects emerged from every direction and started stinging his leg . The giant’s thick green skin actually started to darken!

Just the sight of that thick cloud of mosquitoes was enough to make one’s scalp go numb . Soon, several large palms descended amidst loud whistles and slapped the legs, each strike leaving a large patch of insect mush on the skin . There was no telling how many tens of thousands of mosquitoes had died there .

A series of slapping sounds rang out as four of the giant’s large hands swung down hundreds of times, killing most of the insects on his legs . He then rubbed his legs, scraping off the layers of insect mush which fell down like raindrops .

When the faint green skin was revealed once more, there were countless small holes on the surface . These mosquitoes were so powerful that they could actually punch holes through the giant’s skin . It was just that the giant’s hide was so thick and hard that they were far from drilling through after a good deal of effort .

Only a few sparse clouds remained of that seemingly-omnipresent insect swarm . One of them flew about the six-armed giant like a cloud of black mist and actually shot toward its face . Even a being as strong as the six-armed giant would be weak in the eyes, nose, and mouth . However, the giant inhaled deeply and sucked the entire cloud of insects into his mouth, and then swallowed them .

This intimidated the last surviving group of insects, which eventually dispersed . As for the countless venomous creatures inside the forest, they were intelligent enough to avoid a direct confrontation .

The giant continued his hunt for Qianye after freeing himself of these restraints, crashing into a giant tree in his way .

This big tree was over a hundred meters tall and several meters in girth, with foliage that could blot out the skies . It was indeed a majestic tree . The collision actually snapped the ancient tree in half, which went to prove just how powerful the giant was . However, the giant was also dazed from the impact and almost stumbled to the ground, swaying a couple of times before stabilizing itself .

The six-armed giant still remembered its greatest target . It gazed at Qianye from afar and continued chasing after him in large strides .

Yet another loud rumble was heard as a different ancient tree collapsed, then another, and another . The entire forest was in a state of chaos and commotion .

The six-armed giant’s body was now covered in injuries, and the wounds from the insect bites were dripping black blood . The ancient trees in this forest had stood here for countless years, each of them as hard as steel . The thousands of branches were akin to sharp blades in the air, and even the six-armed giant’s thick skin had been lacerated in many places . Bulldozing through these trees also came with a steep price—one of its arms could be seen hanging limply to the side .

The six-armed giant could sense Qianye moving away at a constant, swift pace . The monster roared furiously and lifted a giant tree by its roots, and then swung it around at full force . This demolished a large patch of the forest, yet that wasn’t enough to vent its anger .

The Pond of Life rippled at this point as a giant spout appeared on the surface, blowing a tall pillar of water into the air . Following a loud scream, extremely powerful spiritual waves descended upon the six-armed giant .

The giant roared in response, finally throwing down the tree in his hand and giving up on destroying the forest . It glanced one last time in Qianye’s direction but ultimately turned away and gave up on hunting him down .

In the depths of the forest, Qianye watched the massive receding figure from the top of an ancient tree . He heaved a sigh of relief, but his expression became solemn again after looking at his surroundings .

This forest was extremely vast, but one could still see its borders . These woods covered an area several hundred kilometers in radius—on one side of it was the Pond of Life, while on the other was a boundless grassland . Qianye would be in a dire situation if the six-armed giant were to hunt him down on those plains .

As expected, the six-armed monstrosity didn’t leave very far . It took its stand on the grassland as though it was waiting for something .