Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 547 - 548 Leaving the Underground Cave_1

Chapter 547: Chapter 548 Leaving the Underground Cave_1

"What happened?!"

Guo Huai and the others were startled by the tremor, realizing that they were underground, and if the rock ceiling collapsed, it would be troublesome. Feng Yuan chuckled and said,

"It’s nothing, it merely blocked the passage we just came through. The entire liquid energy lake should gradually disappear over time, a process that might last two or three hundred years. It probably intends to use this time to force those creatures to evolve again."

"So resolute?"

Unlike the others, Guo Huai understood that such drastic environmental changes weren’t good for the creatures and that many might perish in this transformation.

"What else? It’s not something that can be postponed indefinitely."

"True..."

"Can’t the Blazing Sunburn Grass reproduce?"

Hua Yiyou asked with some confusion while Guo Huai swam towards the shore, explaining,

"No, Blazing Sunburn Grass is a miraculous plant that the Radiant Sun Worms create by condensing all their energy before dying. It’s not capable of reproduction. In fact, aside from condensing fire energy, it has no other use."

"Radiant Sun Worm?"

"The evolved form of the Sun-Scorch Insect, a legendary-level spirit beast."

Perhaps it was because of the late hour, the group wasn’t in much of a mood for conversation. Returning to the bank, Feng Yuan and the others took another look at the cave and felt some emotion.

"Are you all right?!"

"Aren’t you asleep?"

Back at the camp, seeing Mo Ling and the others looking worriedly at them, Feng Yuan and his group were a bit surprised. Yao Yin set down her teacup and slowly stood up, saying,

"It’s hard to sleep with such conditions."

Relieved to see Feng Yuan and his group unharmed, Mo Ling said,

"There was a sudden earthquake just now; I was afraid something had happened to you..."

"That was the Sun-Scorch Insect causing commotion, it has nothing to do with me."

Feng Yuan briefly explained what had happened at the bottom of the lake, prompting Mo Li to exclaim,

"Who would have thought such a thing could happen... Even a hidden paradise isn’t eternal, huh..."

"Where is this hidden paradise you speak of? Nothing in this world lasts forever. Aren’t you going to rest? We need to get up early tomorrow to continue our journey."

Yawning and staggering slightly, Feng Yuan made his way to his room, while Guo Huai glanced at him and sighed,

"He was so lively just now, and suddenly he’s like this... I really don’t know if he’s pretending..."

Hua Yiyou laughed and patted Guo Huai on the shoulder, saying,

"Even if he’s pretending, what of it? We’d better go rest soon, or we might really struggle to get up tomorrow."

"What time is it now? Is it daytime?"

Mo Ling asked tiredly, and after a glance at the system clock, Guo Huai said,

"Seven seventeen in the morning, so it should be daytime."

As he spoke, Guo Huai peered outside the window. The cave remained in a ’night’ state, and as the group finished eating and prepared to depart, the Sun-Scorch Insect suddenly flew in front of them. Feng Yuan, somewhat puzzled, said,

"What’s up? Is there something else?"

Then, a red beetle-like spirit beast smaller than the Sun-Scorch Insect slowly emerged from behind it, looking at the Sun-Scorch Insect reluctantly before flying towards Feng Yuan and his company.

Feng Yuan immediately guessed what the Sun-Scorch Insect intended and, after a momentary thought and a glance at Mo Li, didn’t say much. As expected, moments later, the Agunas phantom translator said,

"It says it hopes you will agree to allow the Lantern Bug to follow and protect you, as a token of its gratitude."

Looking at the Lantern Bug, Feng Yuan was a little puzzled and said,

"Is it in agreement? If it doesn’t agree, it would be better not to insist."

After a while, the Agunas phantom translator said,

"It has agreed. After all, the Yingying Insect population functions more like a family structure now, and the Sun-Scorch Insect is akin to the family leader."

"Alright then, please take good care of us, Lantern Bug," Feng Yuan said and pointed at Mo Li, telling the Lantern Bug,

"Just protect him, that will be enough."

Hearing Feng Yuan’s words, the Lantern Bug quickly flew to Mo Li’s side. Seeing the Lantern Bug continuously flying around, Mo Li pointed to his shoulder and said,

"Why don’t you perch here? It must be tiring to fly all the time, right?"

Zi Mo gave the Lantern Bug, which proudly held its head high, a disdainful snort through his nose, and after a moment of hesitation, the Lantern Bug slowly settled on Mo Li’s shoulder without moving.

"You’re having it protect my brother," Mo Ling glanced at the Lantern Bug, slightly larger than a fist, and said to Feng Yuan,

"What about me?"

"What are you afraid of when you have Yao Yin to protect you?"

As Feng Yuan spoke, he looked at Yao Yin, who, glancing back at Feng Yuan, said helplessly,

"You really know how to take advantage of others, but you’re right on this one. With me by her side, ordinary dangers really won’t be able to harm her."

"How so?"

Just as everyone was preparing to move forward, the Sun-Scorch Insect suddenly stopped them. After communicating with it, the phantom of Agunas said,

"It says the old passageway has been occupied, and we can’t go through it for now. It’s best we leave through the passageway at the bottom of the lake."

"Occupied?"

"Interesting~ I wonder what kind of thing has taken over the old passageway."

Feng Yuan said with great interest, and after a moment of struggle, Mo Li said,

"Shall we take a detour?"

"No need, I really don’t believe that there’s anything that can stop the White Wolf Deity."

With an annoyed glance at Feng Yuan, Yao Yin said,

"And what if the tunnel collapses while we’re fighting?"

"Reverse time, or have the White Wolf Deity blast open a new path. There are plenty of ways to deal with it."

Feng Yuan said carelessly, and Guo Huai, speechless, cast a glance at Feng Yuan and said,

"Can’t you do this without causing destruction?"

"What can be done if a fight breaks out? However, whatever it is that can occupy a passageway... Although the Sun-Scorch Insect is an insect-type Spirit Beast, it’s not weak at all. To make it so powerless... it must at least be a Legendary Level Spirit Beast. But why would such a creature cling to this place?"

"Couldn’t it be one with super strong defensive abilities?"

Full of doubt, Guo Huai asked Feng Yuan, as he had often seen Spirit Beasts that pushed their defensive abilities to the limit get tormented by other Spirit Beasts in battles, unable to win against them, and the other side not having enough damage to pose a threat.

"Impossible, those with high defense are most vulnerable to control and interference moves, apart from that are creatures like the Sun-Scorch Insect, which possess the ability to destroy defenses."

"The Sun-Scorch Insect can destroy defenses?"

"It’s the Legendary Level Fire Energy signature move, Meltdown Flame, that technique is specifically designed to deal with those turtles."

After glancing at the information about Meltdown Flame that popped up, Guo Huai exclaimed in surprise,

"There’s really such a move?"

"Otherwise, without armor-breaking or defense-destroying abilities, wouldn’t it be annoying to death by turtle shells."

"Most of these moves are at Legendary Level or above, so the turtle shell tactic is pretty useless beyond Legendary Level. Everyone can break or melt armor, so no matter how strong your defenses are, it’s useless."

Hua Yiyou and others just silently listened to the conversation between the two, occasionally jotting down what they considered useful. Legendary Level and such were still a bit too far from them. As the Glowing Mushroom Trees around them thinned out, everyone guessed they were nearing the edge of the cave, and sure enough, before long, Feng Yuan said,

"We’re approaching the entrance to the passageway, but something’s odd... I don’t detect any strange presence inside."

As he spoke, Feng Yuan tapped the ground with his staff, and huge vines rose from under everyone’s feet, lifting them up. Pointing to a cliff not far away, Feng Yuan said,

"That’s the entrance."

Just then, as the Sun-Scorch Insect released its light again, Mo Li and the others adjusted their eyes and curiously surveyed the direction of the cave entrance. Mo Ling said with some confusion,

"It’s so high up, how do ordinary people climb up there?"

"Probably from there."

Feng Yuan pointed to a part of the cliff that had partially collapsed, indicating that a stairway had once led from the cliff base straight to the platform above, but a section of the cliff had collapsed, hiding part of the stairs.

Upon reaching the platform, Feng Yuan looked at the entrance from where cold drafts were emerging and said,

"What’s the situation... Is it a snowy mountain outside?"

"It seems a bit cold."

Mo Ling wrapped herself in her clothes, and taking off her cloak, draped it over Mo Ling. Feng Yuan then turned to Mo Li and said,

"You’d better pay attention to keeping warm yourself; it would be troublesome if you got sick."

"Besides, this wind isn’t normal..."