The traitorous wanderers should all possess a portion of the Qiling Orb's power.
With Zheng Daqian no longer watching, Wen Wen had no intention of letting go of this almost free source of Calamity-level power.
In the face of the Disaster Gloves, their strength was severely hampered. Unless they encountered wanderers who were originally in the Disaster Order, they could only become Wen Wen's experience points.
Once he absorbed them all, Wen Wen should be able to unlock new functions for the facility!
Wen Wen clapped his palms together and said with renewed vigor, "I'm setting off. I wonder which lucky one I'll find first!"
...
Huang Hun, who was sitting in a cave digesting power, suddenly let out a muffled groan, the veins on his forehead bulging as if about to burst.
"What's going on? Did someone get taken down?"
"Judging by the location, it should be Bai Cang... What a useless fool!"
Previously, with twelve people sharing the pressure, each one had a relaxed and easy time. Now, with one person gone, the pressure on everyone else increased by a notch.
"With one less person, the power you receive will be even greater, and the possibility of you breaking through to Calamity-level will increase. You should be happy," the robed man said respectfully.
Huang Hun gave the robed man a deep look. To this day, he still didn't know what this person's motive was.
For now, he still had the confidence to suppress the robed man. But if more people continued to die, he might have to focus all his attention on absorbing power, which would put him under immense pressure and leave him no time to deal with this person.
To be safe, perhaps he should kill him now. That way, there would be no future trouble!
But as soon as Huang Hun's killing intent arose, the robed man suddenly disappeared in a puff of black smoke, leaving only a sentence behind: "You are being somewhat irrational now. I'll wait until you succeed before I return to congratulate you." Sudan Fiction Network
He left decisively, giving Huang Hun no opportunity at all.
Huang Hun's face turned pale with alarm. This was the first time he had discovered this capability of the robed man!
To escape from him while his strength had greatly increased meant this person was definitely not simple. And such a person would never have been chased by ordinary monsters!
Therefore, his guiding him to steal the Qiling Orb must have been with ulterior motives!
"I have no turning back now. As long as I become a Calamity-level existence, everything will be resolved. If I cannot break through... then everything will end!"
...
In Yaoling Village, Elder Long's long eyebrows suddenly straightened, and he gasped.
"The Qiling Orb's power has decreased. Although it's only a minuscule amount, it has indeed decreased."
"This is impossible. Before encountering its true master, the Qiling Orb's power cannot be released," the tiger-headed elder said in shock, while the other two also looked incredulous.
The four of them, beings of the Disaster Order, had guarded the Qiling Orb for hundreds of years. To say they had never harbored any thoughts about it would be a lie.
Therefore, no one understood better than them that it was practically impossible for individuals below the Calamity-level to absorb Calamity-level power; at most, they could only borrow its strength.
Disaster Order beings possessed some Calamity-level characteristics, making their strength superior to ordinary disaster creatures.
The gap between them and Calamity-level beings was only a small distance, but within that small distance lay an immeasurable chasm—the distance between gods and men!
"Could it be that the person who stole the Qiling Orb has a Calamity-level being behind them? No, we must quickly inform Xun Xian!" the bird-headed woman exclaimed in surprise.
Elder Long sighed and said, "What's the use of telling him? Even if he's powerful, it's futile if he can't find the target. We can only hope that the thief who stole the Qiling Orb is discovered soon."
...
The Yingying monster flew at a low altitude, skimming the ground, emitting strange "ying ying ying" cries. These sounds could travel a great distance, but no monsters responded for a long time.
Of the Yingying monster clan on Qiling Mountain, either they were killed by demon hunters who broke through the barrier, or they were killed by the sword formations set up by Xun Ying when flying in the sky. In any case, it was the only Yingying monster left on the entire Qiling Mountain.
This made it feel an unspeakable loneliness and solitude, but it quickly shook off its low spirits.
As a prisoner of the facility, it had no right to be sentimental. The most important thing now was to find what Wen Wen needed.
So, it changed the tone of its voice and waited. After a moment, nearly a hundred strange birds flew to its side.
This flock of strange birds was dominated by the Yingying monster. All the strange birds on Qiling Mountain were at its command. The once vast flock of strange birds, like dark clouds covering the sky, had now dwindled to less than a hundred...
Those strange birds that could not learn to fly at low altitudes had all long since become victims of the sword.
Afterward, the Yingying monster issued the task given by Wen Wen, and these strange birds flew out in all directions.
The Yingying monster found a tree and waited for leisure. It wasn't trying to be lazy, but the sword formations in the sky were the greatest threat to flying monsters like itself.
Constantly flying close to the ground greatly suppressed the Yingying monster's strength, and if it flew beyond a certain range, it could be sliced like a chicken. Therefore, waiting for news here was the best option.
Now, in its mind, it was already fantasizing about the rewards after completing the task. Although Wen Wen was ruthless with monsters like them, he was not stingy with rewards once they achieved something.
On the other side, Bai Xiaomi, without the fancy maneuvers of the Yingying monster, was merely using the excuse of helping Wen Wen complete a task to find her old nemesis.
Monsters that could become Bai Xiaomi's enemies were usually not very strong, and most not-so-strong monsters had unique hiding places. Therefore, this method of Bai Xiaomi's was much more efficient than aimless searching.
The further she went, the more disheartened Bai Xiaomi felt. The Qiling Mountain Range was far more terrifying now than when she had left.
The corpses of monsters were scattered everywhere on the road, and these were the remains of relatively powerful monsters. The weaker monsters were in constant fear, and the Qiling Mountain Range was shrouded in terror.
The long swords hanging in the sky were like executioners' blades poised over the monsters' necks. The once vibrant and dense jungle was now so silent that even the chirping of insects could not be heard.
Except for those monsters glowing with a blue light, awaiting their fated slaughter, ordinary monsters were all hiding in their dens, not daring to come out for a stroll.
Along the way, Bai Xiaomi also encountered some wanderers chasing monsters. She neither ran nor made a fuss. She just lowered her head, clutched her small skirt, and stood obediently to the side with her ears drooping.
This appearance garnered her some sympathy from the wanderers, and since she didn't have a blue glow on her, no wanderer wanted to kill this pitiful rabbit.
Stopping and starting along the way, Bai Xiaomi soon found a squirrel monster. That fellow lived in a tree hollow and was a wicked squirrel that used to throw pinecones at her head whenever she passed by...
Its tree hollow was one of the most hidden places Bai Xiaomi knew of. Could the person Wen Wen was looking for be hiding here?