Is it a clone formed by energy? Seeing Yu Zhibo's clone dissipate into smoke, Pete indifferently dispersed the void cage, closed his eyes to sense, and then rapidly flew towards Yu Zhibo's location.
The other five quickly followed.
A minute later, the six stood beside the tree from which the writing had been erased. Pete said with a dark expression, "He escaped. Six people escaped in six directions, all with the same aura. It should be the main body of the person from before and five other clones. He seems to have discovered us."
"What a strange ability," Alter exclaimed, and asked, "Should we pursue?"
Pete shook his head, "No need. He's just a C-class anyway. However, he should have companions. We need to be careful from now on."
"Don't secret realms always have only one entrance? Damn it, why are people from other countries appearing here?" Douglas said with some annoyance.
"What if we encounter their main force?" Jesse asked, "My condition isn't very good right now."
"Of course, it's the usual rule. If they are stronger than us, we seek cooperation. If they are of equal strength, it's also cooperation, but during the cooperation, we can find opportunities to send them to see God. If they are weaker than us..." Pete's lips curled into a sinister smile.
"In short, let's hunt a few B-class magical beasts first, have Douglas convert them into energy, restore your injuries, and then search for mineral veins," Pete continued.
Afterward, the six no longer concealed their auras, emitting astonishing power as they moved east.
Soon, they entered the territory of a magical beast, provoking a sky-shattering roar, causing birds to flee from the forest.
They immediately changed direction and flew towards the direction of the roar.
Meanwhile
After escaping, Yu Zhibo separated a clone and had it sit and wait on the trunk of a tree near where the magic bat had ambushed him, just in case Wang Sen and the others looked for him and couldn't find him.
Then, he activated Ink Jade and sped into the dense forest.
After merging with Ink Jade, his appearance became cat-like. In addition to cute cat ears, he also had snow-white hair cascading to his waist, and his agility attribute received a significant boost.
And he looked especially handsome.
Whoosh~
As he was running, suddenly, a ball of spider silk shot towards him at high speed. Deep within the dense forest, a pair of eyes emitting red light appeared, followed by a magic spider with a distorted human face on its back, exuding a mid-C-class aura.
"Let me show you what true red eyes are."
Yu Zhibo used the Body Flicker Technique, his figure flashing and disappearing from his original position. While dodging the spider silk, the Sharingan flashed red, and the tomoe rotated. Staring at the magic spider's scarlet eyes, he used the Fox Heart Technique on it.
The magic spider immediately froze in place.
Whoosh
While the magic spider was frozen, a spirit energy metal ring on Yu Zhibo's wrist transformed into a sharp flying sword, carrying lightning. With a sonic boom that broke the sound barrier, it instantly pierced the magic spider.
Screech! The magic spider let out a shrill cry, but it was quickly dismembered by the flying sword. The sound abruptly stopped.
The lightning on the flying sword dissipated, transforming into a soft liquid that enveloped the dark energy spirit crystal falling in mid-air and brought it back, then turned into a silver ring on his wrist.
[Congratulations to the host for killing a C-class Man-faced Magic Spider and obtaining 1200 energy points.] The system prompt echoed in his mind.
"This spirit crystal, consider it a snack for you."
Yu Zhibo's lips curved slightly. Lightning bloomed on his hand, and he opened his palm, completely purifying the egg-sized dark energy spirit crystal.
When the lightning dissipated, a furry, snow-white cat head grew from the tiger's mouth position. It happily bit and shattered the purified dark energy spirit crystal, causing several fragments to fall into Yu Zhibo's palm. Then, it ate them piece by piece.
Yu Zhibo kept his palm open, feeding Ink Jade, while his other hand stroked Ink Jade's cat head, all the while remaining vigilant of any potential dangers around him.
Meow~
After Ink Jade finished eating, its head re-entered his body, and then emerged from the top of his head, stacking on his head. Yu Zhibo chuckled and continued to move forward.
"Yesterday, when I was with the captain and the others, we passed by a plain, and there seemed to be quite a few magic rats there, mostly C-class. It's a good place for me to gain experience now. I just don't know if I can defeat a rat tide, but I have space with me, so I can enter it anytime if I can't win."
Yu Zhibo made plans in his mind and hurried towards a nearby small plain following the remembered route.
Soon, he arrived at a plain.
It was a plain about several thousand mu wide, covered with dense rat holes. In front of each rat hole, small piles of excavated earth had accumulated, making the originally lush grass look like it had alopecia, appearing riddled with holes.
Besides the rat holes, the grassland was littered with piles of white bones, clearly left behind by magical beasts that had strayed into the area and been devoured.
"Thump, thump!" The sound of hooves stepping on the ground approached.
Yu Zhibo saw a B-class magic bull accidentally stray into the plain. Soon, hundreds of rat heads, the size of basketballs, emerged from the rat holes and pounced on the magic bull.
The magic bull roared, and a layer of dense black energy vibrated outwards from its body. Instantly, dozens of magic rats were sent flying. However, the defensive surface of the magic rats seemed to possess special toughness. Upon encountering the black energy wave, their bodies flashed black, dispersing the energy. Soon, with red eyes, they pounced again.
These magic rats, each the size of an adult husky, with large incisors nearly 20 centimeters long, gleamed coldly. They bit into the magic bull's hide, easily tearing through its defenses, and then directly gnawed at the exposed flesh.
In an instant, the elephant-sized magic bull was covered in magic rats. Soon, the magic bull's flesh diminished, followed by its internal organs.
Finally, a few peak C-class magic rats burrowed into the magic bull's anus and began to tear and snatch at its rectum. Feces flew everywhere, and a swarm of magic rats scrambled to devour them. They had an unusual craving for these filth.
Soon, the magic bull's body was completely gnawed clean, leaving only a skeleton with traces of blood, its marrow also sucked dry.
Hundreds of rats retreated like a tide, leaving only a dozen D-class young rats on the magic bull's skeleton, scraping at the meat scraps with their teeth and using the white bones to hone their teeth.
Yu Zhibo's scalp tingled. He finally understood why explorers were forbidden to relieve themselves anywhere in the secret realm.
The B-class energy shockwave of the magic bull could not cause much damage to the magic rats. He wondered if his spirit energy metal knife, after being imbued with Chidori Sharpness, could penetrate their defenses. Yu Zhibo muttered, and a bracelet detached from his wrist. He imbued it with Lightning Release: Chidori Sharpness, giving it supreme sharpness, and then drilled into a rat hole.
Immediately, a shrill rat scream rang out, and then a C-class rat with shiny black skin emerged from the earth. It was quickly pierced through the abdomen by the pursuing flying sword, black blood splattering out, followed by its head being severed by the sword.
Clearly, the defenses of these magic rats had extraordinary resistance to various energy impacts or blunt force attacks, but they were still no match for the spirit energy metal knife imbued with Lightning Release sharpness.
Seeing that the attack was effective, a smile appeared on Yu Zhibo's lips. He began to control the spirit energy metal knife to kill more magic rats, but after killing three or four, his expression gradually became solemn.
This was because he discovered that the black blood of the magic rats seemed to contain a highly foul and peculiar energy. After being killed by the flying sword, it simultaneously contaminated the spirit energy metal knife, making its flight slower and more sluggish. It was quickly caught by the swarming magic rats, which began to gnaw frantically at the flying sword, causing the lightning covering the flying sword to gradually dim.
Yu Zhibo's expression changed slightly. He recalled the flying sword and wrapped his palm with lightning, holding it in his hand.
The enraged magic rats, having lost their target, turned their attention to him and then, like black lightning, shot towards him.
With a thought, Yu Zhibo's figure faded from the spot and entered the Pure Land space.
(Regarding the mission to kill a thousand C-class dark creatures mentioned earlier, I've reconsidered and decided it's too much. I've changed it to two hundred in the previous text. I'm mentioning this here.)