Chapter 96: Ch 96- Black Marsh
Five minutes later, Mo Yuan finally arrived at the Black Marsh.
The first thing he noticed was how different this place was compared to the rest of the Cang Wilderness. There were almost no trees here. The entire area was covered with small patches of grass, strange little plants and muddy pools of black water.
The air also had a faint unpleasant smell.
Mo Yuan looked around carefully.
"Black Marsh really lives up to its name."
He spread his Origin Sense and carefully scanned his surroundings. He couldn’t sense any particularly strong beast nearby. Most of the beasts he could see were small creatures living around the marsh.
There were frogs, grasshoppers and several slimes moving slowly through the grass and mud.
The frogs were surprisingly large, with some reaching one or two meters in size.
"Who knew fucking frogs would grow to one or two meters?"
Mo Yuan couldn’t help but complain.
He immediately activated his Copy and Paste Talent.
Information about the nearby beasts quickly appeared in his mind.
Beast: Dire Frog
Bloodline Talent: Inferior Grade
Beast: Ironwing Grasshopper
Bloodline Talent: Standard Grade
Mo Yuan glanced at them before losing interest.
"Useless."
His attention quickly shifted toward the slimes.
There were several different coloured slimes scattered around the marsh.
Mo Yuan approached one of them and activated his talent.
Beast: Blue Slime
Bloodline Talent: Inferior Grade
Devour Talent: Inferior Grade
Mo Yuan’s eyes lit up slightly.
"They really do have Devour Talent."
But his excitement quickly disappeared.
"Inferior Grade is too low."
He moved toward another slime.
Beast: Green Slime
Bloodline Talent: Inferior Grade
Devour Talent: Inferior Grade
Another one.
Beast: Grey Slime
Bloodline Talent: Inferior Grade
Devour Talent: Secondary Grade
Another.
Beast: Red Slime
Bloodline Talent: Secondary Grade
Devour Talent: Inferior Grade
Mo Yuan’s expression slowly became ugly.
"Come on, there has to be something better than this."
He continued searching.
One hour passed.
Then two.
Three.
Five hours later, Mo Yuan was still searching through the Black Marsh.
However, he had not found even a Standard Grade Devour Talent, let alone a Superior Grade one.
He had already checked dozens of slimes.
Most of them were Low Level Beast Realm, while Intermediate Realm slimes were much rarer. As for Advanced Realm slimes, he hadn’t found a single one.
"It really is hard to find slimes with good talents."
Mo Yuan sighed.
"No wonder everyone considers them useless."
Most cultivators didn’t have his Copy and Paste Talent. For them, raising such a weak beast was simply not worth the resources.
The sky had already become dark.
Mo Yuan looked toward the surroundings and realized that he was also getting hungry.
"I should take a break."
He still had fourteen days before his Copy and Paste Talent could be used again. There was no reason to rush.
"I’ll keep searching tomorrow. Hopefully, I can find something good before the cooldown ends."
Mo Yuan disappeared from the marsh and soon found a relatively safe cave nearby.
After making sure there were no beasts inside, he entered and took out some food from his Storage Space.
After eating his fill, Mo Yuan sat cross-legged and began cultivating.
The dense Primordial Qi slowly entered his body and circulated through his meridians.
Night passed quietly.
The next morning, Mo Yuan opened his eyes.
He stretched his body and stood up.
"Let’s see if I can find a good Devour Talent today."
With that, his figure disappeared from the cave and once again headed toward the depths of the Black Marsh.
As Mo Yuan went deeper and deeper into the Black Marsh, he slowly realized that he was approaching the Inner Area of the Cang Wilderness.
The Black Marsh was much larger than he had expected. It didn’t only cover the Outer Area. A large part of it extended into the Inner Area, making it one of the more dangerous places in this region.
However, Mo Yuan wasn’t too worried.
With his current strength, ordinary beasts in the Inner Area couldn’t threaten him. Unless he encountered something from the Core Area or a particularly dangerous beast with a powerful talent, he was confident that he could escape even if he couldn’t win.
As he continued moving forward, the environment around him started changing.
The small frogs and weak beasts that were common in the Outer Area gradually disappeared. They were replaced by much stronger beasts.
Large black snakes crawled through the muddy water, their bodies covered in dark scales. Some alligator-like beasts hid beneath the surface, while poisonous lizards and swamp wolves moved through the thick grass.
One of the snakes suddenly raised its head and looked toward Mo Yuan.
Blackscale Python.
It was an Advanced Level Beast.
Mo Yuan glanced at it before continuing forward.
"Too weak."
Most of the beasts he encountered were now Advanced Level and occasionally he could sense the aura of High Level beasts nearby.
Unfortunately, the deeper he went, the fewer slimes he found.
The slimes that he did encounter were mostly Intermediate Level. There wasn’t even a single Advanced Level slime.
"Are there really no fucking Advanced Level slimes?"
Mo Yuan couldn’t help but become annoyed.
He had been searching for an entire week.
During the day, he searched through the Black Marsh for slimes. At night, he found a safe place and cultivated.
His cultivation had also improved during this period, his base strength had now reached around 985,000 jin.
He was already very close to limit of the Origin Sea Realm but even after searching for seven days, he still hadn’t found a slime with a Superior Grade Devour Talent.
In fact, he hadn’t even found one with an Advanced Realm slime.
"Ah, fuck."
Mo Yuan rubbed his forehead.
"Should I just copy a Secondary Grade Devour Talent and be done with it?"
He had already searched almost everywhere he could.
At this moment, he was already deep inside the Inner Area.
The Black Marsh had also changed completely.
The grass had grown so tall that some of it was almost the same height as trees. The thick plants blocked most of the sunlight, making the entire marsh look dark even during the day.
Mo Yuan was about to give up.
Then something suddenly caught his attention.
A faint movement came from the muddy water ahead.
Mo Yuan stopped.
His eyes narrowed.
A slime was slowly moving through the marsh.
Before it could react, a strange, colorless tentacle suddenly shot out from beneath the water.
The tentacle wrapped around the Intermediate Realm slime and violently pulled it beneath the surface.
Mo Yuan’s eyes immediately lit up.
"Interesting."
A tentacle that was completely colourless and something strong enough to hide itself beneath the water?
"Could it be an Advanced Realm slime?"
Mo Yuan didn’t rush forward.
Instead, he activated his Shadow Talent and slowly approached the area while hiding his presence.
Soon, he reached the edge of the water.
He carefully entered the black water.
The moment he looked beneath the surface, his eyes widened.
"What the fuck is that?"