Chapter 138: Chapter 102: Not a Single Drop Left
When facing a powerful individual, even if Hong Ji can’t kill the target, all she has to do is entangle and delay them.
This creates a large enough window for the Ten Thousand Corrosive Poison Mother to attack, stalling until its poison takes effect and finishes the enemy off.
"Young Master, I gave the Lamp Furnace Flower another bottle of Flame Potion."
"From the looks of the Lamp Furnace Flower, even with Flame Potions, I doubt it can last for more than two days in the Ice Cave Secret Realm’s environment."
Hearing this, Zhong Yi gave Zhong Ling a reassuring look.
"Xiaolingdang, I prepared a total of eighteen Lamp Furnace Flowers. We can switch out three of them every two days."
"Over ten days is just enough time for the flowers that have run out of Energy to recover."
"As long as we have enough Flame Potions, we have nothing to fear, even if we stay in the Ice Cave Secret Realm indefinitely."
"At our current pace, we should be able to leave the Ice Cave Secret Realm in about three days."
"Everyone’s been fighting in the Ice Cave Secret Realm all day. You’re all tired."
As he spoke, Zhong Yi took out three sleeping bags.
"With Ice Glaze and Hong Ji on watch, we can rest easy."
"We’ll enter the next Ice Cave after we’ve rested."
Zhong Yi’s words allowed Zhong Ling and Shen Xuan, who had been on edge all day, to finally relax. A wave of exhaustion immediately washed over them.
But before the three could even open their sleeping bags, waves of roars from Snowstorm Apes and Ice Storm Apes echoed from the far end of the Ice Cave.
Mixed in with the roars were several sharper, stranger cries that could only be described as bizarre.
The sounds were accompanied by a tremor in the Ice Cave floor.
As the sounds drew closer and grew louder, the ground began to shake more and more violently.
The nerves of Zhong Ling and Shen Xuan, which had just begun to relax, snapped taut once more!
Based on the frequency of the distant roars and the intensity of the vibrations, they both knew the approaching Snowstorm Ape Community was far larger than any they had encountered before.
When Zhong Yi heard those sharp, bizarre cries, his brow furrowed.
But then his brow smoothed, and a look of delight suddenly appeared on his face.
’Judging by the frequency of the tremors, the Snowstorm Ape Community charging this way has at least 3,000 members.’
’It might even be more!’
In the Ice Cave Secret Realm, each Snowstorm Ape Community is controlled by an elite unit: the Ice Storm Ape.
When multiple Snowstorm Ape Communities meet, war often breaks out.
After all, Snowstorm Apes are known to resort to cannibalism when food is scarce.
Something that could gather multiple Snowstorm Ape Communities without them falling into conflict... only a few Demons in the Ice Cave Secret Realm were capable of such a feat.
And in a First Level Ice Cave Secret Realm, only one type of Demon could do it: the Ice Soul Monkey Demon.
The Ice Soul Monkey Demon was a type of Creature that was exceptionally rare to be born among Snowstorm Ape Communities.
For a Snowstorm Ape Community to produce a single Ice Soul Monkey Demon was even rarer than a Farmer Earthworm mutating into a Gardener Worm.
You might not encounter a single Ice Soul Monkey Demon even after exploring the Ice Cave Secret Realm a thousand times.
But for Adventurers exploring the Ice Cave Secret Realm, encountering an Ice Soul Monkey Demon was like hearing a death knell.
Ice Soul Monkey Demons loved to devour the brains of Guardian Beast Masters, slurping up the Soul Base that formed within their souls.
Once an Ice Soul Monkey Demon encountered human Adventurers, it would command the Snowstorm Ape Communities it had enthralled to hunt them down relentlessly.
Unless the Adventurers could make it back to the Secret Realm’s entrance and escape, the Ice Soul Monkey Demon would command the Snowstorm Ape Communities to hunt them until they were captured.
When faced with an Ice Soul Monkey Demon, even a joint force of several thousand Adventurers would see at least half of their number perish.
For an ordinary Guardian Beast Master, the Ice Soul Monkey Demon was a death knell, a nightmare.
But for Zhong Yi, the Ice Soul Monkey Demon was a stroke of fortune.
Just as the Ice Soul Monkey Demon loved to eat human brains, its own brain was an extremely precious Soul Element material.
When used as an evolution material to strengthen a Guardian Beast, it allowed the Guardian Beast that consumed the brain during its Evolution to change its attributes.
It would be converted into a Soul Element Guardian Beast—with a one hundred percent success rate!
A material with such a unique effect could prove invaluable at any time.
’Since I’ve run into it, there’s no reason not to claim it for myself.’
"Xiaolingdang, Ah Xuan, it looks like we’re in for a nasty fight."
"If we can just get through this, our Secret Realm Exploration Level should jump straight past sixty percent. That would be enough to stabilize this Ice Cave Secret Realm."
Zhong Yi’s words made Zhong Ling and Shen Xuan’s expressions turn grim.
They had killed over 1,500 Snowstorm Apes just to get their Secret Realm Exploration Level to twenty-three percent.
Now, Zhong Yi was saying that surviving this one battle would push it over sixty percent.
’Doesn’t that mean we’re about to face more than 3,000 Snowstorm Apes?’
Though their hearts pounded with anxiety and tension, neither Zhong Ling nor Shen Xuan showed any sign of backing down.
"Young Master, you make the plan. We’ll both listen to you."
Since entering the Ice Cave Secret Realm, Zhong Ling and Shen Xuan had always followed Zhong Yi’s commands.
In their eyes, Zhong Yi was their unquestionable leader.
Zhong Yi spoke quickly, his words concise and clear.
"In a moment, the Snowstorm Ape Community will attack us right here in this Ice Cave."
"This Ice Cave is nearly forty meters wide. Hong Ji will take the front. She’ll extend her tentacles to intercept and strangle the first wave of Snowstorm Apes, then use their corpses to build a defensive line."
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