Alone and Infinite

"Partner, when do we set off?"

Aowu asked furtively, "What's the procedure?"

"What process! My partner and I are the process!"

As the old lynx chieftain watched the two reach a consensus in an incredibly fast manner, he was momentarily reminded of decades ago of that strange woman who always wore a smile, who had also made a decision in a very short time.

Will you come back?

Li Xia remained silent for a moment, then looked at the line of text again:

"With full agreement"

What does the agreement between the characters in the story and the Lynx Clan have to do with the Apostles?

It's all fake, just a copy that the hall casually created.

"meeting!"

Li Xia said earnestly:

"The promise we made back then will be kept."

"Meow!"

The thin Detler nimbly crouched on the ground, warily looking around, and whispered a call to Black Charcoal.

This is Dettel's best hunting cat.

Just like decades ago, the finest Dettel hunting cats set off with Tissna.

Black Charcoal nodded and quickly gestured a few times.

The area ahead is extremely dangerous; please be very careful.

Li Xia glanced at the time; almost half a day had passed since they set off.

The road ahead was winding and generally downward; I really don't know how this Detler remembered all those paths.

By this time, they had no idea how many meters underground they had gone, but the surrounding scenery was completely different.

It even formed an ecological environment completely different from the Valley of Miasma.

Pale blue puddles were scattered everywhere they went.

Fungi and ferns are the main species found here.

Their light illuminates the surroundings, creating a dreamlike and special feeling.

Suddenly, Detler crouched down on the ground, making a gesture to be quiet, and silently moved forward with its soft paw pads pressed against the ground.

Li Xia also lowered his body and floated forward silently using the Flying Dance Technique.

In the canyon not far ahead, a dozen paralyzed thieves, drooling, stood in a line like walking corpses.

They dragged large numbers of corpses and moved in one direction.

After the group of paralyzed thieves disappeared into the distance, Dettel breathed a sigh of relief and whispered to Black Charcoal Meow.

Based on the soul contract and the relationship of fate, Li Xia could roughly 'guess' what Hei Tan meant, but he couldn't understand what Detel was 'meowing' at all.

It must be relayed through charcoal

According to Heitan, those paralyzed thieves were being controlled, and their final destination for transporting the corpses was the place they were going to later.

We don't know if the king of that miasma valley is still around. If he is, we can only wait for him to leave.

king?

Is it Vaal Hazak?

According to what I know, there is an ancient dragon called Vaal Hazak in the Rotten Vale, which is also the ruler of the Rotten Vale.

It is completely unlike the characteristics of an ancient dragon, as it is composed entirely of corpses and rotting flesh, and does not need to eat; it only needs to absorb miasma.

If it really is Vaal Hazak.

After asking around, Li Xia confirmed that, based on the characteristics described by Dettel, it really was a Vaal Hazak!

At least its entire body resembles rotting flesh, and its wings are tattered; only the Vaal Hazak fits this description!

Following Dettel, we passed through a hidden cave and pushed aside the vines.

Before them lay an extremely spacious cave.

Li Xia's pupils contracted, and the observer covered his mouth to prevent himself from shouting.

All sorts of corpses were piled up together, forming a high mountain of corpses.

The mountain of corpses, which is over a hundred meters high, almost touches the top of the cave.

The paralyzed thief mechanically placed the dragged corpses one by one onto the mountain of corpses.

Gray miasma permeated the area around the mountain of corpses, contracting rhythmically as if it were alive.

"Meow"

Dettel's kitten looked uneasy.

Those regular fluctuations in the miasma are actually the spitting out of the Vaal Hazak. In the worst-case scenario, the king of the Rotten Vale has not left!

"Is there anything else unusual here besides the corpse?"

According to Old Man Cat, Tissna seemed to know a lot about things back then, so she deduced other things just by looking at the murals.

They hastily took the strongest hunting cat of the Lynx tribe and left.

The old lynx was just a kitten back then. He couldn't bear to see his father leave, so he secretly followed him. He witnessed Tissna and his father disappear from this place.

But how they disappeared remains unknown.

Dettel shook his head. This is forbidden territory. What cat would dare to come here?

It's already good enough if they don't go around it; only the old lynx will quietly come here to take a look year after year, day after day.

He longed to see his father's voice and that woman reappear, but he never did, even as he grew too old to walk.

Then there's no other way but to go through with it.

Li Xia straightened up; it wasn't a hunt, he was simply holding off the ghoul dragon.

"Awoo, Black Charcoal, I'll go lure the Vaal Hazak away. You guys look for clues and keep an eye on Abbot."

To Dettel's horrified gaze, the strange two-legged creature suddenly stopped hiding its tracks.

Suddenly, an extremely exquisite spear appeared in his hand, larger than his own.

It looked down at the simple wooden stick with stones bound to it in its hand.

It looks much, much better.

Immediately afterwards, a light suddenly shone from the bipedal beast's hand, a light that Dettel had never seen before.

It was much, much brighter than the light emitted by the mushrooms underground.

Intense light shot out from his fingers, piercing straight through the entire mountain of corpses.

Hole wave!

"Ouch————"

A shrill, hoarse roar echoed from inside the mountain of corpses, and the nearly 100-meter-high mountain of corpses began to shake.

The corpse tumbled down from the sky like a rolling stone.

The terrifying monster rose from the pile of corpses, shaking off bits of flesh.

Looking at the monster in front of him, Li Xia found it difficult to describe the appearance of the Vaal Hazak in words.

It's like a dragon that's been dead for a long time and is half-rotten, but has suddenly risen again.

The miasma, as if it had come to life, roared in from all directions and entered the body of the Vaal Hazak.

[Warning: You have encountered the Lord of the Rotten Vale, the Corpse Hazak]

Dettel stared in disbelief at Li Xia, who was floating in mid-air several meters above the ground, holding a long spear.

It glanced at the massive Vaal Hazak on the other side and meowed anxiously.

Awoo asked in confusion, "Black Charcoal, what is it saying?"

Black Charcoal gestured: This is an invincible monster, let's run!

Li Xia, who was not far away, suddenly disappeared and appeared in front of the Vaal Hazak.

Suddenly, a blazing white light rose from the stillness of the night.

"Oh!"

A dense cloud of miasma erupted from the Vaal Hazak's body at an extremely fast speed, like a blast of air, pushing away the surrounding corpses and paralyzed dragons.

The enormous monster even staggered twice under the force of the impact before crashing to the ground.

"Meow??!"

Awoo tilted his head back and scratched his chin:

"What did you say this time?"

"Meow! (He said he's okay!)"

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Chapter 174 Hidden Area!

Vaal Hazak is quite large, looking about the same size as Nergigante.

The commotion when it fell to the ground was quite loud; the fresh corpse that rolled down was crushed like a watermelon.

Foul-smelling liquid mixed with indescribable 'meat paste' gushed out from every orifice.

"laugh!"

A sharp whooshing sound rang out, and Li Xia had already appeared at the head; Ye Ji had pierced directly through the brain.

A look of surprise flashed across his eyes.

It felt strange, indescribably odd, as if a lump of rotten flesh had been stabbed into it.

The Vaal Hazak suddenly let out a hoarse roar, and the dissipated miasma gathered again, coiling around its body as if it were alive.

A notification from the hall suddenly popped up.

[Executioner, you have been corrupted by the activated miasma.]

[The Eight-Nine Arcane Arts - Primordial Unity has been triggered]

[Based on relevant resistances and physical attributes, you are currently taking 0.5% of your health as damage per second.]

When the miasma causes damage exceeding 30% of your health, it will inflict injury.

Li Xia's gaze sharpened, and he immediately dodged backward, retreating to a distance of about 20 meters.

The health points, which had been slowly decreasing, finally stopped dropping.

This miasma is really potent. Since the Vaal Hazak is weak in melee combat, it must have some strengths.

Therefore, this extremely violent miasma must be a special ability of the Vaal Hazak.

The activated miasma deals 0.5% of a person's health damage per second, which is more than 10 times stronger than the previous 0.6% damage per minute.

This damage was already mitigated by the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts; without the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts' unified primordial energy...

Miasma damage must not exceed 1% per second?

In addition, if more than 30% of the target's health is damaged, injuries will begin to form.

Night Silence spun nimbly in my hand.

Li Xia was somewhat speechless. He had been fighting the ancient dragon in close combat, but now he had finally met his match.

An ancient dragon that is extremely unfriendly to melee combat!

"I'll lure him away in a bit. You guys hurry up and look for clues. There must be something like an entrance."