A Top Scholar in Everything

Chapter 1251: Chapter 1237: Black Mist Monster

The expedition team, originally intending to explore only the periphery, now has no need to delve deeper, and they start rushing toward the stone forest one after another.

Even Captain Lovka can’t stop them.

Baiyu frowned.

Captain Lovka said solemnly, "I rarely give orders to others in the Li Yuan City State; first, I don’t have that authority, and second, I don’t have that habit. So now, if they want to go, I can’t stop them."

Indeed.

This ruin was neither discovered by Captain Lovka nor was it his information; basically, everyone in Li Yuan City State knew about this thing.

Although they arrived via Captain Lovka’s flying airship,

everyone paid for their ticket.

Lovka is essentially that kind of person, very by-the-book, with his own set of rules.

Baiyu said solemnly, "Let’s start too; if this group causes any trouble, it will be difficult for us to remain unaffected."

Now, everyone is within one range.

If something happens, it will definitely happen together; no one will be able to escape alone.

Baiyu took a deep breath.

Captain Lovka nodded and began leading the troops toward the stone forest.

But once they entered the stone forest,

an expedition team quickly discovered a treasure.

"Living iron, there seems to be living iron below, and these stones also contain living iron!" someone shouted excitedly.

Such a major excavation can’t possibly be hidden from everyone.

So it’s better to speak out now and appear a bit more magnanimous.

Living iron is not only a rare item on Canglan Star but also a top-grade metal in the entire universe.

If diamonds and gold are special due to certain attributes giving them special value, then living iron is valuable for its immense practicality.

It can not only block Extraordinary Power but also harm Martial Artists and Extraordinary individuals.

Even with Baiyu’s current realm,

a weapon made of 100% pure living iron could pose a life-threatening danger to him.

This shows

how scarce living iron is in the universe.

That’s why everyone is excited to see living iron; if there’s enough of it, at least the expedition will break even and won’t return empty-handed.

Seeing those expedition teams start to excavate the stone forest,

Baiyu instinctively felt something was amiss.

In the black mist, various senses and Spiritual Perception are suppressed to the lowest; he couldn’t see through what was inside these stone pillars, yet someone seemed to find a problem immediately upon entering.

It feels like

the person who discovered living iron in the stone forest seemed to know in advance.

Based on Baiyu’s years of dealing with strange things, this definitely raises questions. The scene is somewhat chaotic now, making it hard to find the person who spoke, especially in this dense black mist.

However.

Baiyu still suggested to Lovka, "Don’t linger long in this stone forest; we haven’t reached the ruin’s interior yet, right? This should be the outskirts; nothing valuable here. Plus, I have a strange feeling about this place."

Lovka somewhat felt it too.

Though he grew up in the sacred central continent, he has roamed the Spirit Realm for many years and has an instinctive intuition.

So the group did not linger.

They began steadily advancing deeper into the ruins.

This is the outer area, indeed nothing valuable, the real treasures are generally inside the ruins.

The stone forest is vast, crossing through it is not something that can be done quickly; after about half an hour, the group walked out of the stone forest.

After crossing the stone forest,

they noticed traces left by humans: tents, wrappers of compressed food.

These were left by the previous expedition team that visited.

The one who discovered this place to be a ruin but lacked the ability to explore further, so they simply sold the information.

This area presented an overall charred black color.

There were no plants on the ground, only jagged rocks scattered around.

Baiyu frowned.

At the front of this open space, there stood a massive building.

Like a giant tower standing on the horizon ahead, but due to the black mist, Baiyu couldn’t see clearly what kind of building it actually was.

Lovka also noticed what was happening there.

Without needing to speak, the two began moving toward the building.

A group of heavily-armed Star Realm Army followed closely behind, keeping an eye on the surrounding situation.

Suddenly,

an Exotic Beast jumped out of the dense black mist.

This monster looked as if it was made of mist, with spikes formed of fog growing on all four limbs, black mist rolling over its body, with only two scarlet eyes like a demon from Hell.

It opened its mouth.

Baiyu thought it would emit some kind of furious roar, but the sound from its mouth resembled the cries of a grieving ghost.

Similar to the cries in the Wailing Land.

Obviously,

the strange cries heard in the Wailing Land were produced by such a creature.

Facing this bizarre monster, somewhat like a wolf, somewhat like a gigantic hedgehog, a group of Star Realm Army personnel opened fire.

Bang bang bang.

Energy Bullets poured out continuously from their weapons.

Striking the monster’s body, instantly leaving it riddled with wounds, one cloud after another of black mist burst out from its body.

But at this level of injury, it healed in a blink back to its original state.

As if it had never been injured at all.

Baiyu frowned; this monster was undoubtedly a collection of some kind of resentment, making it difficult to kill with ordinary means.

Then.

Captain Lovka suddenly clenched his left fist, "Verdict, Death!"

Instantly,

Baiyu’s spirituality sensed a terrifying force converging around them, then rushing toward the monster.

Crack.

The monster’s body seemed to be bound by countless chains, each exerting force, like an ancient form of execution by splitting apart.

Though the beast looked terrifying,

the force pulling at it made it difficult for the creature to escape, quickly tearing it into several pieces. Its limbs turned into black mist, attempting to regroup but were firmly bound by Lovka’s power, unable to break free.

"There’s more than just this one monster here; my power can’t completely eradicate them, only temporarily confine them. Let’s leave now and head toward the building ahead."

Lovka’s expression looked somewhat grim.

These unkillable monsters are indeed the most troublesome, especially if too many of them swarm, it spells trouble.

The group understood the urgency.

Immediately, they moved at high speed toward the large building ahead.

Within the pitch-black mist.

With Lovka leading the personal guard, they hadn’t advanced far before screams came from behind. Lovka frowned; the sound was clearly coming from the previous stone forest, indeed there were problems in there.