A farm that breeds gods and demons
Chapter 364 - 288 The Fifth Stage of Growth (First Update)

Chapter 364: Chapter 288 The Fifth Stage of Growth (First Update)

Qin Jiagui flung toward Yuan Niping, planning to save the non-swimming Yuan Niping, when suddenly, a thunderous sound came from the depths of the water. A massive gold-shimmering creature broke through the water, opened its huge mouth, and gulped down Yuan Niping in one gulp.

"Niping——" Qin Jiagui was horrified and cried out in shock. At that instant, his whole body turned icy cold.

"Niping!" Qin Jiagui then lost it completely, charging at the beast that had just swallowed Yuan Niping in one gulp, like a madman.

Niping was his only reason to persist in this world, Niping, she must not die!

Su Yu, who had just thrown Su Yun onto Ada’s back, was greatly shocked. Su Yun, Lei Rui and others also let out cries of amazement. They had been with Yuan Niping for quite some time, and their emotional bonds were deep. Seeing Yuan Niping suddenly swallowed by a monster that burst out of nowhere, they were so startled their faces turned pallid, their hearts nearly stopped beating.

Su Yu let out a stern roar: "Qin Jiagui, don’t——" In that instant, he’d already guessed what kind of creature this monster was, and it was definitely beyond Qin Jiagui’s abilities to handle.

"Su Yu, don’t——" At the same moment, Ada also cried out in alarm, knowing Su Yu was about to make a move.

Su Yu let out a long howl, disregarding any rules or apprehensions, with his right hand stretched out the "Ring of Thunder", radiating dazzling golden light. Then, a giant electricity, like a golden dragon, shot out from his right finger ring, forming a semi-arc in the sky before heavily striking the golden monster that had just swallowed Yuan Niping.

"Roar——" The beast couldn’t resist opening its mouth and letting out a mournful howl. Su Yu pushed off with both feet and soared into the sky. The Golden Claw emerged. It followed the lightning by just half a second, diving like an eagle hunting a rabbit, and struck the massive golden beast with the intensity of a thunder strike.

This was a Shark Beast monster several times larger than the ordinary ones, and more terrifyingly, its upper body had turned golden. Su Yu understood at one glance that this was undoubtedly a mutated Golden Shark Beast with a golden lineage.

Among creatures of the same level, golden beasts were even stronger than boss-level creatures. A fourth-level Golden Shark Beast, even if it wasn’t a full form, would definitely be stronger than ordinary level five beast soldiers, and even stronger than level five elite beast soldiers. Whether it was Qin Jiagui or Yuan Niping, neither of them could resist such a golden level four monster. Even Ming Hong and Murong Dingyuan, who were above level five, couldn’t defeat such a half-goldenized Golden Shark Beast in a short time.

In such critical circumstances, how could Su Yu heed any rules? In an instant, he struck like a thunderbolt. The Golden Shark Beast was hit with a golden lightning strike, causing it to let out a harsh whimper. At the same moment, Qin Jiagui rushed over, and his "Iron Fist Double Explosion" heavily hit its body. Unexpectedly, it was impossible to damage its skin.

Su Yu pounced from the sky, unleashing the Golden Claw. At the same moment, a severe headache struck. Overhead, dark clouds suddenly rolled in, and Ada cried out in shock——

"Ah——" Su Yu roared using all his courage and determination, actually withstanding the intense pain in his brain. The Golden Claw fell from the sky and, with a "hissing" sound, instantly plunged into the head of the Golden Shark Beast.

Following that, Su Yu felt as if a time bomb had exploded in his head, experiencing an unimaginable shock. He immediately started to bleed from all orifices and, with a grunt, flipped over and fell off the back of the Golden Shark Beast. But the incredible power of his Golden Claw had already exploded, instantly smashing most of the Golden Shark Beast’s head.

As Su Yu plunged into the water and bled from his many wounds, he passed out instantly, knowing nothing.

After an unknown length of time, Su Yu slowly regained consciousness. Once he woke up, he grunted in pain, feeling his head spinning.

"Su Yu, don’t move." Ma Ziye’s cry came from beside him. Su Yu strained to touch his face, only to realize it was covered in blood. Just a slight movement caused fresh blood to pour from his orifices.

"How... is everyone..." Su Yu’s head was splitting in pain, and he forced his eyes open, finding himself surrounded by towering trees, with Ma Ziye, Su Yun, and Zhang Zhongmou all anxiously gathered around him.

"We’re all fine, everyone’s okay. Niping’s also been saved," Ma Ziye hastily replied. From another direction came Yuan Niping’s voice, somewhat choked with emotion: "Su Yu, thank you. You... you ended up like this to save me..."

Qin Jiagui gripped Su Yu’s hand tightly, saying, "Su Yu, thank you. Truly... truly thank you..."

If Su Yu had only saved himself, he wouldn’t have felt as grateful. But Su Yu had saved Yuan Niping, and that brought him near tears.

It turns out that at the last moment, Su Yu’s Golden Claw strike had already killed the Golden Shark Beast. Luckily, Su Yu made his move just in time, and Yuan Niping had only been swallowed by the Golden Shark but had not yet lost her life. Everyone dived into the water, dissected the body of the Shark Beast, and rescued Yuan Niping. The remaining ordinary Shark Beasts, frightened by the death of the Golden Shark Beast, quietly slinked away.

After extracting the treasure from inside the golden shark, everyone rode on Ada, carrying an unconscious Su Yu, and finally crossed the "Oblivion River". Su Yu was unconscious for half a day before finally awakening.

Just by killing a single Shark Beast, Su Yu suffered such a terrible punishment with blood constantly seeping from his seven orifices that even his special power couldn’t recover.

"The injuries sustained from the rules’ punishment can’t be healed by special power... this time was really fortunate... thankfully, it happened in the ’River of Oblivion’, on the edge of the Newbie Forest’s Power of Rules, which isn’t very strong. If it had happened in the forest itself, and you reacted this way, the punishment you might’ve received could have been even more dreadful."

Ada sighed, looking at Su Yu who lay on the ground with a heavy heart.

After witnessing Su Yu’s ordeal, Ruan Minghong and Murong Dingyuan were even more terrified. A Sixth-order Powerhouse, who could even kill Wang Di, only killed a single monster here and ended up suffering a horrific consequence. This made them somewhat uneasy. If it were them in such a situation, they probably wouldn’t have survived.

Su Yu lay on the ground, taking in great gulps of air as he slowly concentrated his special power within his body. Su Yun complained, "Ada, since you could have carried us across the river from the beginning, you should have told us earlier to spare us the trouble of rafting and avoid those monster fish attacks."

Ada rolled its eyes without looking at Su Yun and replied slowly, "You don’t understand... I’m at a crucial point right now. If it wasn’t absolutely necessary, I wouldn’t have transformed to carry you across the river."

Upon hearing this, Su Yu perked up and slowly sat up from the ground, asking, "Ada, what kind of critical moment have you reached?"

"My Bond Life Summoners have suddenly increased to over a hundred...receiving a large energy supply... I think... I may once again enter the process of mutation and evolution. I’m feeling... strange. I can’t explain it, but I might soon fall into a deep sleep. Don’t worry about me, Su Yu. It’s just that I might not be much help for the next part of our journey."

Hearing this, Su Yu brightened up, asking, "Ada, are you possibly entering the fifth stage of growth?"

Ada slowly nodded its head, then laid down quietly, not saying anything else. Its whole body looked somewhat dazed and weak.

Su Yu saw its unusual condition, struggled to sit up against a tree trunk and looked up to see the "Oblivion River" and the undulating mountains on the opposite bank not far away. They had finally entered the "Heavenly Pit Forest" where newbies struggled for survival. And "Freedom Village" was already on the opposite bank of the "Oblivion River".

Everyone gathered some wood and lit a fire, warming their soaked clothes by the fire. After all the turmoil, plus Su Yu fainting for half a day, they could see the sky was gradually darkening.

"We shouldn’t push on today. Let’s rest here for the night. Besides, we probably rushed here too fast this time and didn’t discuss a lot of things in advance." Qin Jiagui calculated the time, it was probably around five o’clock in the afternoon, and it wasn’t too far from dusk. Su Yu would bleed slowly from his seven orifices whenever he moved slightly. This was somewhat frightening, so he suggested they rest here for the night.

The others had no objections. After all, so many days had passed and it wasn’t urgent to get back to the school.

Lei Rui spoke softly, "That’s right, we have been underestimating this place all along. Don’t forget that Su Yu and the others can’t easily do anything right now. Although we have become fourth-order fighters, it does not imply that we are danger-free in this forest. The Golden Monster Fish we just encountered was stronger than us... we may also encounter other teams, and then there’s the route to the school - none of these things we have thought about yet."

Qin Jiagui pondered, "I already have a plan for the route to the school. Ada, do you remember where the cave we encountered you at is located? Can you find it?" He remembered that Bond Life Summoners from the fifth category had a very strong sense of direction, and Ada had met them in its flame form that day in the cave, where it had probably been in hibernation for countless years, so it should have a deep impression.

Ada seemed a bit lazy, but it stretched out a small paw, pointed in a direction and said, "Keep going this way... and you will reach there."

Qin Jiagui hurriedly jotted down the direction and then said, "We just need to find the mountains where we met Ada that day, and then we can find the marks we left along the way. Following these marks, we will be able to find the way back to school. Don’t worry about it."

Hearing Qin Jiagui say this, the others nodded. Zhang Zhongmou had a sudden thought and asked, "Ada, can you teleport us into a Sixth Space right now and then teleport us out from there, directly back to the cave you once stayed in? Wouldn’t that save us a lot of time?"

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