Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 23 Ghost-Faced Scorpion

"Huhuhu~~~"

A strong wind howled as Hu Ge and his group flew forward at an extremely fast speed.

The ground beneath them gradually transitioned from the original gray-white crystalline desert to a hard wasteland covered with gravel.

After flying for nearly five days, the entire land had completely transformed into a special crystalline continent composed of gray and white crystals!

As they continued deeper, even more incredibly dreamlike, colorful rays of light shone from the deepest part of the crystal continent, forming a layer of dazzling light and shadow hundreds of meters thick on the surface of the entire crystal continent, resembling a neon dreamscape.

The neon lights seemed to have a strong psychedelic and shielding effect, even greatly suppressing the mental power of a ninth-level stellar-level mentalist.

As for someone like Hugo, who is only at the second level of the stellar class, staying in there for a long time makes him feel dizzy and almost lose consciousness and fall asleep.

"The illusory world of light and shadow in this Radiant Stone Wasteland is terrifying. If I were to enter it on my own, I might very well get lost inside!"

Hu Ge looked at the layer of colorful and chaotic psychedelic light and shadow beneath him, still with a lingering fear on his face.

He had only tried it briefly, and he almost immediately and completely fell into it.

"This illusory realm of light and shadow can only be found in the mainland region. It seems that we are approaching the core area of ​​the Radiant Stone Wasteland."

Old Wu flipped through the map, trying to confirm the group's exact location.

However, the surrounding area was a flat wilderness, and the ground was shrouded in a layer of colorful and chaotic psychedelic light and shadow, with no terrain features that could be used as a reference.

"We can only continue to go deeper. According to the information, there should be many rocky mountains in the core area of ​​the Radiant Stone Wasteland, and Ghost Face Scorpions can only be found in mountains."

"Alright, let's move on then!"

After the dazzling scene that Hugo and the others had witnessed subsided slightly, he nodded and continued to give orders.

The group continued their journey, maintaining an altitude of approximately one kilometer above the illusory realm of light and shadow.

It wasn't until nearly three hours later, a Mistweaver, a spiritualist flying ahead, finally seemed to have made a discovery!

"Master, there seem to be mountains ahead!"

"Hmm? Mountains?"

"Finally, we've found the mountains?"

Hu Ge and the others quickly sped up, and sure enough, a dark brown mountain range stretching to the horizon soon came into view!

All the mountains in this mountain range are composed of a special black rock that is completely different from the material of the crystalline continents seen before.

The lower hundreds of meters of the entire mountain range were submerged in a hazy, colorful light and shadow, while the exposed upper part undulated like a black dragon riding the clouds above a sea of ​​colorful light.

However, the mountain range was completely barren, with no sign of life except for the jagged, dark brown rocks.

However, the moment they saw the mountains appear, Hugo and his group couldn't help but feel much better.

"According to the information, ghost-faced scorpions usually live in rocky crevices, and there may be their nests in this mountain range!"

Hu Ge fiddled with the map he had bought before entering the World of Erosion, and quickly determined their location based on the outline and direction of the mountains.

"What we see now should be the 'Black Rock Mountains'. Once we enter the Black Rock Mountains, we will have truly entered the core area of ​​the Radiant Stone Wasteland!"

"Black Rock Mountains?"

Upon hearing this, Lao Wu and the others' eyes lit up. "This is one of the dozen or so largest gathering places of Ghost-Faced Scorpions mentioned in the information?"

"Looks like we were lucky; we reached our destination without encountering any significant trouble!"

Among their group, there were seven people at the ninth level of the stellar class.

Apart from their master, Hu Ge, the other members of the team also possessed the strength of the seventh or eighth level of the Stellar Realm.

Therefore, along the way, most ordinary adventurer teams that encountered them would subconsciously avoid them from a distance, and almost no one would actively cause them trouble.

Therefore, their journey can be considered very smooth.

"Come on, let's go there!"

"Be careful, everyone. The Black Rock Mountains are not like the plains. There are many places to hide, and danger may be lurking in any corner!"

Hugo reminded everyone before ordering them to move forward.

The so-called Wangshan race to death.

The gravity in this eroded world is ridiculously strong, so Qi Yuan and the others can't move fast at all.

It took the group nearly an hour to finally enter the interior of the Black Rock Mountains.

"Everyone get off and walk close to the ground!"

Hugo had clearly done his homework, and immediately ordered everyone to lower their stance.

Unlike the wilderness, the mountains are teeming with dangerous beasts or malicious adventurers.

If you fly recklessly, you'll likely become someone else's target.

While moving on the ground is slower, it is safer.

"Let's venture deeper into the mountainside, keeping an eye out for rift valleys and caves, as those are the most likely places to find the Ghost-Faced Scorpions!"

Hugo and his team quickly ventured deeper into the mountainside, while Hugo kept his small detector on at all times.

It took them nearly two days to finally get close to a narrow rift valley that looked as if it had been carved out by a knife and axe.

The rift valley was only a few dozen meters wide, yet it stretched deep into the mountainside. "Hmm? Be careful! A life signal resembling a Ghost-Faced Scorpion has been detected inside the rift valley!"

Hugo, who was surrounded by the crowd, suddenly sent a telepathic warning to everyone!

"Finally, a discovery!"

Instead of being nervous, the group of guards showed expressions of great anticipation upon hearing this.

Even Qi Yuan was somewhat eager to try.

After transmigrating, he has been cultivating alone with his head covered.

Apart from that time on Lanka, he had never experienced any decent battles.

Now that the opportunity has come, he also wants to take the chance to test his skills.

However, after thinking about the purpose of his trip, he forcibly suppressed this impulse.

"Keep a low profile. Even if we have to take action, we can't reveal our true strength. We absolutely cannot attract too much attention."

"Owner?"

Old Wu quickly looked at Hugo, awaiting his next command.

"There are a total of 5 Ghost-Faced Scorpions, and they are moving towards the outside of the rift valley at a slow speed. They will appear in sight in 2 minutes!"

After Hugo assessed the situation using the detector, he waved his hand without hesitation.

"Let's do it! Old Wu, you and Ye Sha fly up a bit first. Once the Ghost-Faced Scorpions come out, immediately cut off their retreat. Don't let them escape back!"

"The rest of you, hide first. Once Old Wu cuts off their retreat, we'll charge straight in and finish them off quickly!"

Just as everyone had concealed themselves as Hugo had ordered, a series of creatures resembling heavy trucks appeared in their field of vision!
Their enormous bodies were covered with a layer of obsidian-like horny scales, and cold barbs grew at the joints of their six pairs of appendages. The pair of claws at the front were as big as millstones, and their jaws gleamed with a chilling light as they opened and closed!
Even more terrifying were the scorpion's ever-growing tail and the bizarre face that resembled a human, sending chills down one's spine at the mere sight of it.

That was one of the targets of this mission—the Ghost-Faced Scorpion!

"coming!"

Hugo, hidden behind the black boulder, brightened up and immediately ordered, "Old Wu, let's move out!"

“Whoosh!” “Whoosh!”

As soon as Hu Ge finished speaking, two figures descended from the sky, instantly cutting off the retreat of the five Ghost-Faced Scorpions.

Old Wu, who had taken to high altitudes ahead of time, and a spiritual master from the Wuchao tribe.

"Hiss~" "Hiss~"

Before even landing, the two had already manipulated their telekinetic weapons to directly slash at the bizarre heads of the ghost-faced scorpions!

"puff!"

One of the smaller Ghost-Faced Scorpions had its head explode and fell to the ground.

However, the other four ghost-faced scorpions reacted extremely quickly, immediately raising their pair of huge scorpion pincers to block in front of them!

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

The psychic weapons controlled by two powerful ninth-level stellar-level psychic masters struck the giant scorpion pincers, producing a sound like metal clashing against metal!

The four enormous ghost-faced scorpions reacted immediately after dodging the initial attack.

"squeak!"

One after another, the ghost-faced scorpions let out a shrill scream, while their huge pincers swung, and their figures quickly turned into afterimages as they rushed towards Lao Wu and his companion!

"Those claws are so hard!"

Old Wu and his companion were slightly surprised, but they didn't panic at all. They immediately used their telekinetic weapons to attack the four charging ghost-faced scorpions again.

At the same time, four Zhalin tribe guards rushed out from behind the boulder where Hugo was hiding and completely surrounded the remaining four Ghost-Faced Scorpions.

Two ninth-tier stellar-level mentalists, along with four ninth-tier stellar-level Zha Lin Clan warriors, faced four ferocious beasts, 'Ghost-faced Scorpions,' which, despite their powerful defenses, were extremely low in intelligence. The outcome was entirely predictable.

In less than half a minute, the heads of the four ghost-faced scorpions were pierced by two powerful psychic weapons!

"Pfft!" "Pfft!" "Pfft!"
Old Wu manipulated his telekinetic weapon to flash past swiftly, quickly severing all the stingers from the tails of the five ghost-faced scorpions.

"Master, it seems we're in luck; we've already gotten five Ghost-Faced Scorpion stingers right off the bat!"

Old Wu handed over all the poisonous stingers to Hugo.

"Haha, you guys did a great job this time. See you when we get back."

Hu Ge was about to say a few words of encouragement when suddenly—

"Boom~~~"

A deafening roar came from the depths of the rift valley, causing rocks to fall from the mountain walls on both sides.

The next second, countless red dots appeared in the detection range of the Hugo detector.

"No, run away!"

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