Alone and Infinite

You can do it, Abbot!

The observer carefully put away the gas mask, tidied up the supplies, and sat in a corner to cheer himself up.

Li Xia shared the map with Aowu and Heitan. This extremely rudimentary map didn't contain much information.

A snake-like pattern was drawn, with a circle near the snake's tail.

Of the text prompts, only the "Valley of Miasma" is relatively clear in its direction.

"Your Highness, could it be that we're going to find a snake, and the thing is hidden on the snake's body?"

Awoo started to let its imagination run wild. Actually, it wasn't under any pressure. What kind of miasma could poison a mud body?

"Meow!"

The charcoal raised its claws.

Li Xia and Aowu looked at it together, and saw that Heitan meowed seriously for a long time.

"Hmm—a serpentine mountain range, with a cave at its tail?"

Li Xia pinched her chin and nodded, agreeing that what Heitan said might be true.

"Let's go and see for ourselves first."

In fact, Li Xia had been to the Valley of Miasma in the game, but he would never use his experience in the game to apply to the derivative world.

In the game, areas like the Ancient Forest, Coral Highlands, and Elder's Recess can be circled by a character in just ten minutes.

But how big was the ancient tree forest that Li Xia actually saw?

It's bigger than the Amazon rainforest!!

The Coral Highlands are comparable to Lake Hongze, and the Elder's Recess is even more exaggerated, as big as Greenland!

How do I get the game's experience set?

It's completely unusable; the only useful aspects are some settings and monsters.

Just as Aowu and Black Charcoal were brainstorming away, the airship pilot's voice came from the copper pipe beside them:

"Master, we've arrived at the Coral Plateau!"

"Okay, let's stop right here."

Li Xia stood up, and Aowu and Heitan followed suit. The observer hurriedly slung his beloved little bag over his shoulder.

Actually, Li Xia didn't want to bring the observer, since the Valley of Miasma was extremely dangerous, but she insisted on coming. Later, she thought that the observer was very good at identifying terrain and searching for traces.

In the end, they reluctantly agreed to the observer's request.

The airship stopped about a kilometer above the Coral Highlands. This was the edge of the area; beyond that lay the territory of the Wind Dragons.

These dragons aren't particularly strong, but they have a very strong sense of territory and are wary of anything that flies in the sky.

Unless it's certain it can't win, it will still try to scratch you a few times.

The super-large hot air balloon of the third group was blown up by Feng Piaolong, and they lost contact for more than ten years before they were only recently reconnected.

The hatch opened, and a strong gust of air, accompanied by a mournful howl, immediately rushed in.

His clothes and hair immediately began to tremble violently.

Li Xia stood at the doorway and glanced back. Hei Tan had already put on his goggles and glider, and was making an "OK" sign with his little cat paw.

The airship operators behind him stood in a row. The captain nodded to Li Xia and punched his chest with his fist.

"May the blue stars in the sky guide you, and may you return victorious once again, Master!"

Li Xia nodded at them: "Awoo, Black Charcoal, Aibo, let's go!"

Four figures leaped from the airship with remarkable freedom, their unfolded gliding suits propelling them rapidly above the coral reef.

The flight speed was undoubtedly extremely fast. About twenty minutes later, a huge hole appeared in front of them, and violent air currents formed visible columns of air that roared upwards.

This is the entrance to the Valley of Miasma. Li Xia paused slightly and made a gesture.

Aowu immediately flew over and grabbed the observer's shoulders with its claws, while Heitan grabbed Li Xia's belt, just like last time.

After they were tied together with the connecting rope, a faint white flame rose from Li Xia's body.

Like a meteor, it rushed into the column of airflow and flowed downstream in an extremely flamboyant manner.

As soon as he entered the airflow, Li Xia felt tremendous resistance. With his Flying Technique unleashed at full power, he struggled to fly down the dark cave entrance.

Finally, he simply took a large, heavy bag of ore out of his spatial storage and held it in his hands.

As the sunlight gradually dimmed, the airflow from the cave entrance grew stronger and stronger. In the final darkness, only the eerie screams of the ejected airflow sent chills down one's spine.

He didn't know how much time had passed, but just as Li Xia was beginning to doubt whether the cave had any bottom at all.

Suddenly, a dim yellow light pierced through the darkness and quietly appeared.

As if it had reached a certain critical point, the surging airflow suddenly disappeared.

Caught off guard, Li Xia almost crashed into the ground. He quickly adjusted his position and used a low-altitude Rattlesnake maneuver to pull his entourage up, allowing them to land safely.

The surroundings were filled with a light similar to that of dusk, not intense, but carrying a deathly aura like that of twilight.

Li Xia's gaze casually swept around before settling on something.

A strong sense of shock quietly appeared in their eyes.

The snake on the map—he knew what it was.

In the distance, a massive skeleton, as large as a mountain, lay silently before them.

It looks like the head of a snake.

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1. Monthly pass 2. Recommendation vote

Chapter 171 The Terrifying Behemoth

"click"

Black Charcoal jumped off Li Xia, and Awoo put the observer down as well.

This appears to be a small platform, with a huge hole overhead. The entire underground is like a pressure cooker, releasing surging and violent air currents through the massive hole.

A dim, yellowish light, of unknown origin, provided some illumination to this dark underground space.

Li Xia silently gazed at the skull in the distance; the massive skull, as large as a mountain peak, brought a powerful sense of awe.

Like megalophobia, it is a human instinct stemming from the perception of danger posed by a body that is far larger than oneself.

Black Charcoal and Awoo were the first to notice Li Xia's 'abnormality'. They curiously moved closer and followed the direction Li Xia was looking.

Almost instantly, the fur on Black Charcoal's body stood on end, and his two ears fell back.

"Friends, where are you—"

The observer's words were stuck in his throat, and he stared blankly at the skull.

Only Aowu scratched his chin, showing no unusual feeling, and gave a succinct comment: "That's pretty intimidating!"

On the narrow platform, a dim yellow light illuminated the area not far away, and the mountain-like snake skull was faintly visible in the dim light.

Compared to it, the four figures were as tiny as grains of sand.

After a long while, the observer's voice finally came through, as if in a dream:

"This...this is a Serpent King Dragon?"

The Serpent King Dragon is an ancient dragon of extremely large size that once appeared in the Thousand Swords Mountain of the Old Continent.

The Hunter's Guild at the time paid a heavy price to successfully drive it away.

That serpent dragon was only about 500 meters long.

According to the Hunter's Guild's research, the Serpent King Dragon can grow to over 2000 meters in length.

The one right in front of me.

Based on visual estimation of the skull's size, Li Xia estimated it to be at least 5000 meters long!

A Lava Dragon that is three or four hundred meters long is already a behemoth; its back is even large enough for Li Xia and Nergigante to have a good fight.

But compared to this snake, the Lavasioth is just a little brother!

What does a 5,000-meter-long giant snake mean?

Even just the activity itself can bring about tremendous changes to the surrounding environment.

The observer's fingers trembled as he awkwardly opened his notebook and, by the dim light, searched through the pages for a while.

Then, after repeatedly comparing the data with the guild records, he let out a long sigh of relief:

"That's right, it's the Serpent King Dragon."

It was mentioned in the ancient legend "The Tale of Otogi".

Legend has it that atop the towering sacred mountain of Thousand Swords, which overlooks the sea of ​​clouds, an uninvited guest will appear along with the sacred Heavenly Light when he arrives. His true form is a colossal ancient dragon with the size to rival the winding mountains.

It's impossible to capture its entirety with just your own eyes.

She pursed her lips and uttered the mythological name for it, with a strong sense of awe.

That is reverence for individual lives that transcend imagination:

"The King who will never change throughout the ages. The Emperor who will never perish!"

Aowu had been listening the whole time, and finally couldn't help but chuckle softly.

The laughter broke the almost religious atmosphere that permeated the room. The observer snapped out of his daze, scratched the back of his head sheepishly, and closed the book.

"Hehe—I've always heard stories before. I've heard the legends of the Serpent King Dragon and the Serpent Emperor Dragon. By the way, Awoo, what are you laughing at?"

Aowu shook his head: "The King who will never change throughout the ages, the Emperor who will never perish?"

Who dares to claim invincibility? Who dares to say they are undefeated?

Looking at the somewhat desolate Aowu, Li Xia naturally knew what it was really thinking.

Even the Transcendent Palace, which once stood atop the Void Sea, controlling countless worlds and possessing incredible power, has fallen into an eternal slumber.

He patted Aowu's head and said meaningfully, "But for us right now, that's how it is."

He waved his hand, no longer looking at the enormous skull, and turned around to give the instructions:

"Put your protective gear on and keep your medications within easy reach. We're about to enter the Valley of Miasma."

The bristles on the black charcoal gradually subsided; the mask didn't fit the black charcoal very well.

But there's no better way right now. We can protect ourselves as much as we can, and rely on medication for the rest.

Not all parts of the Valley of Miasma are covered in miasma; some areas are still safe.

Li Xia's body slowly floated into the air, and the safety rope connected everyone. He was the first to jump off the platform.

The dim yellow light gradually intensified, and Li Xia then realized that this light seemed to be emitted by a type of moss.

A thin layer of 'mist' gradually covered the area, first as a thin layer, and then as it descended to the bottom, it became exceptionally dense.

After thinking for a moment, Li Xia decided to take off her mask and test the harm of the miasma on herself first, so as to know herself and her enemy.

[Executioner, you have entered an area shrouded in poisonous gas. Gas type: miasma]

[The Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, Unified as One, has been triggered]

Based on relevant resistances and physical attributes, you are currently taking 0.6% of your health as damage per minute.

When the miasma causes damage exceeding 50% of your health, it will inflict injury.

It's alright, the toxicity isn't too high, but the accumulated debuffs are quite annoying. Fortunately, there are fruits to dispel them.

When you put on a mask, the toxins immediately disappear. The mask can withstand the effects of these low-level toxins for about 10 hours.

"Black Charcoal, how are you?"

Li Xia looked at the only one who wasn't wearing a mask, but instead was using a miasma-avoiding pill.

"Meow!"

Black Charcoal shared his tip in the team chat.