Chapter 71: Opportunities, Never Come Easy

Many of the strange creatures shattered in the air.

The ones that were able to survive the attacks, also didn’t remain alive for long.

They were quickly destroyed the moment they got near the cultivators.

This looked like the end of it all.

Like they were done with this batch of strange creatures.

But that couldn’t have been more wrong.

The strange creatures that were destroyed in the air.

There bodies didn’t fall or scatter to the ground.

They remained hanging up there in mid air.

There was something even more puzzling.

There was no riloma to be seen.

Neo saw all this, and knew something very troublesome was about to happen.

He couldn’t have been more right.

The fragments from the destroyed strange creatures, whether on the ground or in the air.

All of them rose towards the roof of the tunnel, gathered by an inexplicable force.

Up there, they swirled in a stony vortex that gradually gave birth to horrors that would scar many for the rest of their lives.

The strange creatures they had been fighting since they entered into this domain, were all stone-like creatures.

But not the ones that came out of this swirling vortex.

They had transformed.

And it wasn’t a transformation that followed any logical sense.

Large bat-like creatures swarmed out of the vortex.

Their bodies were made of ugly, pulsating flesh, shining with a red, bloody sheen.

When the cultivators saw them, they almost threw up.

Overwhelmed by a strong, unnatural nausea.

These were the most revolting creatures they had ever seen.

Neo, even with all he had seen in the past two years, had never encountered creatures like this before.

Maybe even the Ancient Supreme found them so revolting, that she chose not to include them in his training.

He wasn’t overcome by the same feeling of nausea overwhelmed the others.

He was more concerned with discerning what other surprises could be hidden here.

Beyond what was before them now.

Someone couldn’t bear the sight of the strange creatures any longer, and chose to attack.

A sword light shot towards the strange creatures.

The attack had come from one of the limit breakers.

It caught more than three strange creatures in its range.

The limit breaker had barely attacked, when Neo had a premonition that something bad was going to happen.

And as usual , his combat sense was right.

What happened next was indeed very bad.

Then it went beyond bad, and became a disaster.

The strange creatures caught in the attack, burst into a bloody rain.

One that showered the cultivators below it in a bloody, foul smelling liquid.

Before they could grumble any complaints, or feel disgusted at the liquid that now soaked them.

All of them felt a severe itch, all across their body.

It didn’t feel like anything serious, when they first felt it.

But in the next second, it spiked from a mere itch into one that took over all their senses.

Those around them watched as grown men and women hit their bodies on the floor.

Scratching their bodies all over, as they tried to quell the itch.

Not even the limit breaker who was the cause of all this was immune to it.

It was a very uncomfortable and scary sight.

Their bodies had begun to have rashes and pustules appearing on it.

As they scratched, those areas began to leak with pus.

The space around them had cleared, as people moved away.

Not wanting to be affected.

No one dared to kill the strange creatures after this.

All their moves were focused on batting them away, and defending themselves with essence shields.

Some people tried to use healing techniques on the affected cultivators, but it barely worked.

Neo looked at the whole group, and how everyone was reacting to the sudden situation.

Something that had been very clear since the beginning, became even more glaring now.

The whole group was too scattered and disunited.

They had no way of dealing with this baffling situation, that they never expected.

Nothing in the book, Humba gave them, mentioned anything like this.

Neo decided to give everyone a break, and let them sort themselves out.

It was time to make this ragtag group into a proper exploration team.

The true exploration began now.

They knew nothing about what was ahead.

They would have to figure it out themselves.

What an exciting adventure this was turning out to be.

He waved his hand once.

It was like the reality around them changed.

All the strange creatures seemed to disappear.

There was a calm that spread around everyone.

Everyone felt a sudden relief.

Even the people who had been soaked by the bloody liquid from the strange creatures had calmed down.

The rashes and pustules disappeared from their bodies.

Like it was never there in the first place.

What Neo had given everyone was a literal breath of fresh air.

No one felt surprised at the sudden change.

Or it should be said that they would be even more surprised if he couldn’t save the day.

Not after all the surprises he had shown since they entered this domain.

The people who had been affected by the strange bloody liquid felt even more thankful for his timely aid.

Everyone took advantage of the rare moment of peace to afford themselves a proper rest from the scary situation they had just gone through.

The strange creatures hadn’t just disappeared.

Neo didn’t kill them.

He had many ways to easily deal with them, but he kept them alive for a reason.

The shield Neo created, covered all around the cultivators.

They could see outside of the shield into the rest of the tunnel.

The strange creatures hadn’t gone anywhere.

They attacked the shield with unwavering intensity.

But it was all futile in the end.

They couldn’t even shake it.

Not even the slightest ripple could be felt from their actions.

Every one of the limit breakers first gathered their people together, before all of them gathered for a meeting.

They weren’t fools.

What was clear to Neo, was also clear to them.

They were too scattered and disunited.

It was time to correct that flaw.

It was time to restrategize.