Chapter 214 - 198: Trip to the Divine-level Wolf King Mountain

Chapter 214: Chapter 198: Trip to the Divine-level Wolf King Mountain

So, after a brief adjustment, Li Heng channeled his Ghost Butterfly Illusion Sword and charged forward.

The battle went smoothly. Li Heng wasn’t injured, but it took some time.

This was because the Blood Wolf Divine Guards didn’t truly die after their first "death." Instead, blood would flow from their bodies to form armor, changing their state into that of a Blood Armor Guard.

Based on these three Blood Wolf Divine Guards, plus the first one he had encountered, Li Heng concluded that they must have "two lives." After their first death, they would change state and become a Blood Armor Guard.

Although it took more time, the overall process was still quite smooth.

The results, however, were not so pleasing. These three Blood Wolf Divine Guards only provided Li Heng with 600 Soul Energy points and not a single point of Divinity.

Furthermore, he didn’t get any pet or wolf-type material drops at all.

Since he already had the Ice Luan, Li Heng didn’t have any particular need for other pets. Besides, explaining the origin of a new pet would be difficult.

But he had gotten three points of Divinity from killing one before, and now he’d killed three without getting a single point. Li Heng couldn’t help but feel it was unfair. He figured his luck must be terrible.

After grumbling about his luck, Li Heng once again continued up Wolf King Mountain, sword in hand.

’The mountainside seems to be a dividing point. Ever since I got here, I’ve only encountered Blood Wolf Divine Guards. And these injuries of mine...’

After dealing with those three Blood Wolf Divine Guards, Li Heng spent nearly two more hours climbing the mountain, during which he encountered several more groups of them.

They were mostly in groups of three, but halfway up, Li Heng ran into a group of six. It was this encounter that left a large burn across his back and bloody gashes on his right calf.

If he had sustained these injuries in a normal Secret Realm or in the real world, Li Heng would have considered them severe and sought treatment immediately.

But his purpose this time was exploration. Given how close he was to the summit of the Divine-level Wolf King Mountain, Li Heng took a couple of pills to regulate his meridians and decided to press onward to see what lay ahead.

Besides, Li Heng figured he still had two Talismans he could use. He intended to take this chance to see for himself what the situation was like at the summit of the Divine-level Wolf King Mountain.

Most importantly, he had the Shangxue Flying Technique. As long as the situation didn’t become completely uncontrollable, Li Heng was confident he could toss a throwing knife and escape.

And so, along the way, Li Heng killed nearly twenty Blood Wolf Divine Guards.

Although the drop rate for Blood Wolf-type materials and pets was zero, the roughly 4,000 Soul Energy points and 6 points of Divinity he ultimately gained made Li Heng feel it wasn’t a complete loss.

It was only after killing all those Blood Wolf Divine Guards that Li Heng looked up the path ahead and realized he was finally approaching the summit.

This meant his journey up the Divine-level Wolf King Mountain was about to reach its final "scene." A flicker of anticipation stirred in his heart.

Li Heng remembered that the summit of the normal Wolf King Mountain was like a Gladiatorial Arena, with a Blood Wolf King and a dense horde of Blood Wolves on it.

’Inside the Divine-level Dungeon... surely it can’t be one Blood Wolf God plus a massive, dense horde of Blood Wolf Divine Guards! If that’s really the case, it’ll probably take forever to clear this Divine-level Dungeon.’

Recalling the situation on the normal Wolf King Mountain, Li Heng couldn’t help but guess at a possible scenario. But if it really was what he imagined, he likely wouldn’t know how to proceed for a very long time.

But that was all just speculation. He adjusted his mindset, suppressed his emotions, and strode toward the summit with Yun Han in hand.

The moment he set foot on the summit, he was met by a sinister wind carrying the stench of blood. It scraped against his face, making his skin sting.

Besides the sinister wind, the next thing to greet his eyes was a field of pitch-black darkness.

The summit of the Divine-level Wolf King Mountain was not like the normal one’s arena. Instead, it was a wide-open area, but beyond it lay only pitch-black darkness. Even the color of the sky was black.

As for the scenario he had initially imagined, with a Blood Wolf God and a dense horde of Blood Wolf Divine Guards, there was no sign of it.

He couldn’t sense the slightest smell of blood, nor could he see any Soul Beasts, or indeed, any Secret Realm Creatures at all.

Gazing at the pitch-black surroundings, Li Heng hesitated for a moment before gripping his Cloud Cold Treasure Sword and slowly advancing straight ahead.

’Although I can’t smell anything, I can’t shake this feeling that something is wrong.’

The ground at the summit of the Divine-level Wolf King Mountain was a simple dirt surface, devoid of gravel or vegetation.

Besides the sky being pitch-black, visibility was limited to about twenty meters. He couldn’t see anything beyond that distance.

Li Heng gripped Yun Han and carefully took a few steps forward, but he felt something was wrong after just that short distance.

This was the summit of the Divine-level Wolf King Mountain; logically, a final boss should be here. Yet, since his arrival, he hadn’t seen or heard the slightest sign of movement.

The atmosphere was too eerie, so Li Heng took each step with extreme caution, constantly on guard.

As he advanced, the twenty-meter visibility remained constant. It was as if no matter how far he walked, his vision would always be limited to that same twenty-meter radius.

Li Heng kept a constant eye on his status bar. ’As long as the [Exit Dungeon] option is available, things can’t be that bad.’

CRUNCH~

Li Heng wasn’t sure how far he had walked. He kept a throwing knife in his left hand, ready to flash away at a moment’s notice. Then, at some point, he suddenly felt his foot step on something.

The sound was similar to a dry twig snapping underfoot. Li Heng instinctively glanced down and discovered a square metal box.

"Hm? A box?"

’I was so careful observing my surroundings,’ Li Heng thought. ’And I’ve been walking in a straight line. It’s impossible that I would have missed an "obstacle" like this right in my path.’

Li Heng was puzzled. He didn’t see any information related to Soul Energy on the metal box, so he figured it wasn’t one of the Soul Energy Items.

The surroundings and the sky were still pitch-black; the only visible object was the metal box at his feet. After a moment’s hesitation, Li Heng bent down to examine it more closely.

The metal box was engraved with intricate patterns, and the upward-facing side had a "wolf’s head" drawn on it.

Li Heng stared down at the patterned metal box with the wolf head emblem, but after a long while, he couldn’t make any sense of it. He touched the box with the tip of his sword, Yun Han, and tried to pry it up.

Yun Han pried it up easily; it felt surprisingly light. After a moment’s thought, Li Heng reached out and touched the metal box.

It felt somewhat like iron. Just as Li Heng was about to turn the box over for a closer look, he suddenly felt a wave of heat radiate from it.

[Ding! You have touched the Box of the Blood Wolf God Shadow. You have drawn the attention of the Blood Wolf God. Spirit temporarily -3, Wolf Affinity temporarily +5.]

[Ding! Wolf Soul Mark detected on your person. Wolf Affinity permanently +3.]

Just as the wave of heat spread from the box, Li Heng heard a series of system notifications.

"The Box of the Blood Wolf God Shadow? And... what on earth is this Wolf Affinity?"

Li Heng felt his Wolf Affinity was already quite high, but he still had no idea what it was for. It wasn’t as if wolves saw him and trotted over wagging their tails like a friendly husky.

Just as his thoughts began to wander, Li Heng suddenly felt his visibility drop even further.

At the same time, a faint black mist began to rise from the previously pitch-black sky. Within the mist, a massive, illusory wolf’s head slowly began to take solid form.

Blood Wolf God Shadow: Corrosion

Level: 63

Rank: Tier Six Low-Grade Soul Beast

Strength: 83

Agility: 83

Spirit: 83

Soul Energy: 100,000