Chapter 191: Chapter 165: New Evolutionary Form
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In his daze, the unconscious Han Ning felt something repeatedly patting his back. He groggily opened his eyes.
A faint green light illuminated a small, dark space.
They were currently inside a crevice between enormous rocks.
Above them, a dense web of thick vines and large boulders held up a ceiling of loose scree. Yin Yi was gently waving a vine in its hand, slowly brushing it across his back.
With each light brush, a sliver of emerald light seeped into his body, making him feel instantly refreshed.
The discomfort spreading from the front of his body gradually faded. Other than a slight grogginess and some difficulty breathing, it was replaced by an intense hunger that gnawed at him from within.
The All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm had entered a state of hibernation due to excessive consumption of its vital energy.
"Ling!" "Jiji~"
Seeing Han Ning awaken, the fiery light in Yin Yi’s eyes trembled violently.
A look of pleasant surprise spread across Egg Pancake’s face.
"Hooo..."
Han Ning let out a long sigh of relief, stepped forward, and pulled Yin Yi into his arms. He then planted a firm kiss on both its and Egg Pancake’s heads.
"I owe it all to you two."
If these two little guys hadn’t been there to take the brunt of it, he was afraid he would have lost his life.
"Ling~" "Ji~"
Having survived the ordeal, the man and his two Soul Beasts hugged each other tightly.
’I wonder if the battle between the Burning Fire Race and the Five Ancestor Families is over yet.’
A moment later, Han Ning let go of Yin Yi and tilted his head, pressing his ear against a rock to listen carefully for a while.
KAKA~
Here, at an unknown depth underground, there was only the sporadic sound of falling rocks.
The intense fluctuations of Spiritual Energy and the roars of Soul Beasts from above had vanished. There wasn’t even the sound of creatures moving.
Han Ning was a bit frustrated. Before setting out, he had studied the Soul Beast distribution map of the Earth Flame Forbidden Land, left behind by the Yinsaike Race, several times.
Encountering Insect Masters from the Burning Fire Race was a complete surprise.
The Burning Fire Race was by no means an unknown entity; they were quite famous among the Insect Master Families of the Insect Continent.
The crucial point was that they didn’t live near the Earth Flame Forbidden Land. Their home was a place to the north of the continent called Red Flame Canyon. God knows why they suddenly showed up here.
’Is it because the lava here is more abundant, or is there some kind of secret hidden here?’
However, he didn’t regret killing the three Burning Fire People. Since they had already discovered his tracks, a big fight was inevitable.
As these thoughts swirled in his mind, Han Ning looked up and surveyed the gaps between the rocks, beginning to plan his escape.
By the green light emanating from Yin Yi, he could vaguely see that the piled-up rocks didn’t form a perfect seal. Plus, he had two Extraordinary Level Soul Beasts by his side.
Thanks to the intense battle during the previous hunt, Egg Pancake had naturally broken through to the Extraordinary Level.
It currently had D Talent, and its maximum growth potential was the War General Level. It just needed to reach Awakening Level IV, and then it could evolve at any time.
"Egg Pancake, can you sense where the rock pile is thinnest and easiest to escape through?" Considering Egg Pancake was an Earth Type Soul Beast and was sensitive to the Earth Element, Han Ning made sure to ask for its opinion.
"Jiji!"
Egg Pancake responded, pressing its huge head to the ground and twitching its nose slightly.
It circled the small space once, then pointed to a large rock in the northwest direction and chittered, "Jiji, jiji!"
"Okay. Egg Pancake, you’ll be in charge of moving the big rocks. Yin Yi, help by supporting the passage with your vines to prevent other rocks from falling."
"Ling~" "Jiji!"
Egg Pancake ran to the front. An earthen-yellow light flowed between its claws as it extended them and moved a boulder. A few smaller rocks on either side were immediately affected and began to tremble precariously. Egg Pancake quickly spat out globs of mud to fill the gaps between the rocks, helping to stabilize them. Yin Yi didn’t even need to intervene.
"Nice work!" Seeing Egg Pancake’s skillful display, Han Ning couldn’t help but praise it.
’As expected of an Earth Type Soul Beast. It has a high talent for earth-moving work.’
"Ji!" Hearing its master’s praise, Egg Pancake happily wiggled its butt, and the movements of its claws became even faster.
Three hours later...
A thick claw suddenly thrust out from between a few piled-up boulders and pushed forcefully.
Three figures leaped out from a chaotic pile of rocks.
Bathed in the night, a dim, fiery glow spilled onto the rock pile, barely illuminating the path ahead.
The surroundings were no longer a tree-lined mountain path, but a barren wasteland composed of stones and boulders of various sizes.
Looking out, the towering Trembling Peak was gone, replaced by an uneven, rocky landscape. Sporadic streams of lava churned in the crevices, and their faint red glow lit up the surroundings.
The giant trees, long since turned to charcoal, lay fallen among the rocks.
The smell of burnt wood and scorched flesh lingered in the air.
The corpses of many Soul Beasts of all shapes and sizes were scattered across the ground, clearly caught in the crossfire of the battle.
RUSTLE~
Suddenly, his Spiritual Power stirred in his mind. Something seemed to be approaching from the northeast.
"Egg Pancake, Mimicry!"
Han Ning’s expression tensed, and he instinctively hid behind Egg Pancake.
A few seconds later, a Dark Demon Rat appeared from the northeast. It was covered in jet-black fur and was about the size of a small dog.
The Dark Demon Rat was carrying a piece of constantly bleeding flesh in its mouth and ran past them without noticing a thing.
"Jiii..."
Egg Pancake stared wistfully at the piece of flesh in the Dark Demon Rat’s mouth, its nose twitching nonstop, its eyes filled with extreme longing.
