Chapter 972 - 627: Li Disaster_2

Chapter 972: Chapter 627: Li Disaster_2

[Huh?]

They hadn’t gone far when they noticed the white fog becoming thinner.

They had... crossed through this fog.

[No, that’s not right]

Thinking back, he felt he hadn’t crossed the central area due to choosing the wrong direction; instead, he had traversed the edge.

After consideration, he led the scarecrow and the ugly wolf back again.

This time, he specifically chose the denser direction of the white fog.

Then, Li Pu astonishingly discovered that the dense fog wasn’t in a straight line.

It looked more like there was a winding area of dense fog within the range.

Sure enough, while proceeding along this strip, they soon made a new discovery.

[Caocao caocao, Caocao!]

Scarecrow: Summoner, there’s something ahead!

The scarecrow with 10 wood perception was the first to notice.

It pointed in a direction, prompting Li Pu to explore that way.

[What is this...]

Following its direction, he discovered a very strange plant.

The plant looked quite similar to the tumbleweed.

Information about tumbleweeds he had seen on TV before.

They are plants that scatter seeds by rolling with the wind, once causing considerable trouble in the Bear territory and invading the Eagle territory.

The plant in front of him differed from tumbleweeds in that it wasn’t grassy.

It was composed of extremely fine hollow plant stems, which were the source of the white fog, constantly spewing out.

[An otherworldly tumbleweed?]

Li Pu gave it a name.

This otherworldly tumbleweed seemed far more formidable than the Blue Star tumbleweed, capable of creating strong disasters.

Ordinary life forms could hardly withstand its corrosion.

[Caocao!]

Scarecrow: Summoner, it’s moving!

While observing, the scarecrow suddenly noticed this thing rolling toward them.

It seemed as if it was attracted by the scarecrow.

...

An hour later, in another area within the instance, a snow-capped mountain region.

The calm atmosphere made it hard to imagine a massive avalanche recently occurred here.

The snow here wasn’t ordinary snow; upon close inspection, it appeared sharp, like needles or blades.

Suddenly, a flat snowfield began to rise.

[Roar!!!]

A summoning beast with long blue fur, resembling a giant baboon, struggled to get up from the thick snow.

In fact, its fur was black, but due to being cut by the sharp snow, the blue glowing liquid from its tiny wounds dyed it this color.

Additionally, these sharp snows carried cold poison.

The cold poison not only stiffened the body but continually caused damage, putting the large baboon in a bad state.

[Bloop bloop bloop~]

When the large baboon stood up, it revealed a red, semi-transparent spherical object it had been protecting with its body.

At this moment, the red on the surface gathered into a red jelly slime.

With the large baboon’s protection, the slime was in much better condition.

It had no wounds, but inside its semi-transparent body, one could see a pale blue substance flowing, also affected by the cold poison.

Likewise, the slime also served a protective role.

What it protected was a [barrier].

Within the [barrier], a circle of tall summoning beasts formed a protective circle.

Under this layer upon layer of protection lay four players from two allied teams.

"Phew, we finally survived."

One of the women looked up, letting out a breath.

As soon as they entered the instance, they were thrown into this snowfield. The two teams were about to start fighting when an avalanche occurred.

In desperation, the teams had to unite to resist this sudden natural disaster.

"Fate brought us together, friends."

"They say true friendship is tested in adversity. Should we partner up in this round?"

One team suggested.

However, everyone knew these were mere formalities.

The real reason was, after experiencing one avalanche, they realized a single team couldn’t withstand it alone.

Only by teaming up could they barely manage.

If they fought to the death here, the remaining victors would also be eliminated by another avalanche.

Teaming up was their only choice.

"No problem, we think the same way."

"Then let’s work together."

The two teams shook hands.

[Roar roar roar!]

At this moment, the large baboon suddenly roared, drawing everyone’s attention.

Following its direction, they saw a white expanse approaching from the distance.

"Another avalanche?"

One person’s face immediately changed.

The rolling fog of snowflakes from the avalanche looked just like this; they had just seen it once.

"But wait, why is there no sound this time?"

Someone else noticed the anomaly.

"Never mind, quickly take defensive measures!"

They were pulled down again.

The previous experience showed they couldn’t outrun the avalanche.

It was better to be prepared for defense early.

So, as before, they let the slime cover the barrier, and the large baboon used its size advantage to lie on the slime, forming multiple layers of protection.

Soon, the silent white fog approached.

"Do you... hear something?"

The squatting woman suddenly asked the others in confusion.

"What what?"

"Didn’t hear anything."

But the others only expressed confusion.

It was strange how this avalanche differed from before—it was eerily silent.

But they couldn’t see outside as the large baboon blocked their sight.

"I seem to... hear someone cursing."

The woman, with superior hearing, said.

"Could it be another team?"

Her companion speculated.

But clearly, it wasn’t the time to worry about that now.

In a moment, the white fog from the avalanche engulfed their area.

[Ow ow ow!]

As soon as the fog reached them, the large baboon let out a loud wail of pain.

This situation made the four faces slightly change.

The first wave of the avalanche with the sharp snow hadn’t made it cry out in pain, so why was it wailing now?

The answer soon revealed itself, as alongside the baboon’s cries, they saw its body being consumed, exposing its skeleton.

"This isn’t an avalanche!"

"It’s another kind of natural disaster!"

Finally, someone realized.

"Damn! It really seems like it is!"

"What should we do?!"

Suddenly, everyone panicked.

Especially when such a massive creature as the baboon didn’t last a few seconds before dissolving into blue light, making their hearts pound with fear.

Strangely enough, while the large baboon couldn’t withstand the peculiar white fog, it seemed an elemental creature like the slime was unaffected, without showing a hint of discomfort.

"Why is the baboon suffering, but the slime is fine?"

"It seems we truly can’t comprehend this otherworldly disaster."

"The good news is we aren’t currently in danger."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

If even the large baboon couldn’t withstand the bizarre disaster, if these smaller-bodied individuals encountered it, they might be eliminated in a second.

"No, listen more attentively!"

But before they could rest easy, the perceptive woman furrowed her brow again.

This time, even the others heard it.

She referred to the sound of cursing.

[Cao!]

In the thick white fog, a vaguely straw-yellow silhouette stood before them.

Then, a massive shadow also appeared, hazily straw-yellow.

The shadow’s bulk was even larger than the baboon’s, seemingly only having an upper body.

The hazy giant shadow opened its mouth, unleashing torrents of blue flames.

[Bloop bloop bloop bloop!]

This time, their slime’s membrane could no longer remain unscathed.

Blue flames ignited it, causing it to emit a series of cries under the burning.

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