Chapter 236: Beast soul flame
BOOM!
The black water exploded, raising a massive column of water into the air! Due to the sudden attack, many of them were caught completely off guard.
Several enormous mouths filled with rotting teeth erupted from beneath the surface simultaneously!
[Grave Miasma Crocodile]
[Level: 24]
"Defend!" Kane reacted instantly.
The Golden Armored Lion sent the nearest Grave Miasma Crocodile flying with a single swipe of its paw.
But while everyone’s attention was drawn toward the frontal attack, an even larger shadow had already silently swum behind the group.
It had no heartbeat, no breathing, or even the aura that an ordinary living creature should possess.
It was only when the creature broke through the surface that the healer in Kane’s team suddenly turned around.
[Elite Grave Miasma Crocodile]
[Level: 26]
Its enormous jaws came crashing down!
Buzz!
The figure before the healer suddenly changed.
Zich replaced the skeleton that had originally been guarding the rear.
"Slimy."
"Bo!"
A translucent barrier instantly unfolded.
CRACK!
The moment the enormous jaws bit into the barrier, countless cracks spread across its surface.
But that brief instant was already enough.
"Iron!"
A heavy figure slammed into the crocodile from the side.
Iron’s arms locked firmly around the Grave Miasma Crocodile’s upper jaw while the Blood Leech simultaneously pounced onto the other side.
The two summons forcibly held open the enormous jaws that had been about to snap shut.
Zich stepped directly into its mouth.
Pale flames ignited in his palm.
[Spirit Flame!]
BOOM!
The flames passed directly through the rotting flesh and surged into the depths of the Grave Miasma Crocodile’s skull.
There, the ghastly white flame burned violently, hungrily devouring it from the inside.
The Grave Miasma Crocodile’s enormous body abruptly stiffened before crashing heavily into the black water.
[Ding! You have killed a Level 26 Elite Grave Miasma Crocodile.]
[Ding! You have obtained an Elite Grave Miasma Crocodile.]
And just like that, yet another tombstone slowly took shape inside the graveyard. Along the way, Zich had killed even more beasts, so they were slowly accumulating, and he was getting closer to reaching 70.
Pushing his excitement to the side, Zich swept his gaze around the swamp.
The fight had not been without casualties.
A scream suddenly tore through the swamp.
"AHHH!"
Zich turned sharply.
Several meters away, one of Kane’s team members had been dragged waist deep into the black water. A Grave Miasma Crocodile had clamped onto his leg, while another surged toward him from the side.
"Pull him out!" Kane roared.
The Golden Armored Lion immediately lunged forward, its massive paw smashing the second crocodile aside.
But it was already too late.
CRUNCH!
The crocodile beneath the water twisted violently.
The young man’s scream abruptly stopped.
When Kane grabbed his arm and dragged him from the swamp, only half of his body came out.
"..."
For a moment, everyone froze.
Kane stared at the corpse in his hands, his expression turning frighteningly dark.
They had survived the Level 50 Three Headed Blood Python.
Yet barely an hour later, one of his teammates had died to a Level 24 monster.
Kane stared at the corpse for a moment before letting out a soft sigh.
"Let’s keep moving," he said and slowly stepped away from the corpse.
The others spared it a glance before hesitantly moving with him.
This was the cruel nature of the Mountain of Ascension.
Another two hours passed.
The ghastly green Bone Mist suddenly began to thin.
Deep within the swamp, a towering platform constructed from enormous white bones finally appeared.
However, someone had arrived before them.
A young woman dressed in black and purple robes was walking along the center of a bone pathway. She appeared to be only eighteen or nineteen years old, yet a mass of ghostly blue flame the size of a human head floated above her palm.
Beside her walked a massive snow white tiger.
Most strangely, there was a tightly closed vertical slit in the center of its forehead.
[Nether Eye White Tiger]
[Level: 30]
For the first time, Kane’s expression became truly serious.
"Nadia of the Voss family."
Zich looked toward him.
"You know her?"
"She was originally considered one of the most promising candidates of this generation for the Chosen Tournament. But before registration even began, she had already broken through Level 30 and automatically lost her eligibility."
As Kane spoke, the two of them officially stepped into the area covered by the white bone platform.
Buzz!
A new trial notification appeared simultaneously.
[Second Ancient Beast Altar Trial Activated.]
[Trial: Passage of the Beast Soul Flame]
[Each challenger will receive a wisp of Beast Soul Flame.]
[Carry the Beast Soul Flame across Bone Mist Swamp and deliver it into the Ancient Beast Altar.]
[Beast Soul Flames can devour one another.]
[Only the strongest Beast Soul Flame can awaken the Second Trial Mark.]
A ghostly blue flame appeared before Kane.
Immediately afterward, another flame ignited in front of Zich.
But the instant the flame appeared, inside the Graveyard Space, Tiamant suddenly opened his eyes.
Buzz!
The originally ghostly blue flame in front of Zich violently trembled.
The blue rapidly faded.
In its place appeared a deep black gold!
BOOM!
The entire Bone Mist Swamp erupted into chaos.
Residual soul power that had accumulated throughout the swamp for countless years seemed to suddenly find an outlet. It surged madly toward the black gold flame from every direction.
In only a few breaths, the Beast Soul Flame, which had originally been no larger than a fist, expanded several times over.
Nadia abruptly stopped.
The Nether Eye White Tiger beside her slowly turned its head as well.
At the same time, every Beast Soul Flame still within the trial area began trembling violently.
[WARNING!]
[King Grade Beast Soul Flame has appeared!]
[Devouring the King Grade Beast Soul Flame will directly evolve your own Beast Soul Flame to King Grade!]
[The location of the King Grade Beast Soul Flame has been revealed to all challengers!]
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