HPDBC Chapter 123 Nameless Island
Chapter 123 Nameless Island
Song Chen spent a day and a night escaping at sea, encountering several islands along the way, but had no chance to land on them.
He didn't know exactly how far he ran.
When the Wings of Gale are pushed to their limit, they can cover tens of meters in a single step. If they run non-stop for a day and a night, they can cover at least a thousand kilometers.
He didn't look back or stop to check the direction; he just kept heading east.
The teacher said there were islands to the east, and he believed the teacher.
At dusk on the first day, he broke through the first encirclement.
The low-level sea beasts couldn't keep up with his speed. The first and second-level beasts were left far behind, and the third-level beasts gave up after chasing for more than an hour.
But the fourth-tier creature was still chasing him, and the three-headed, ghost-faced fish demon was chasing him side by side. The sonic shrieks came from hundreds of meters across the sea, making his eardrums ache.
Song Chen didn't turn around to fight them. He didn't have the energy to deal with these pursuers. If he wasted time and attracted the fifth-level attackers, he really wouldn't be able to escape.
He kept running, and wouldn't fight unless he absolutely had to avoid it.
The wind wings vibrated behind him, maintaining his speed at a level that a fourth-tier sea beast could not catch up with.
The demon-faced fish chased him for half the night, finally giving up at midnight.
When their sonic shrieks came from behind for the last time, they were filled with obvious anger and resentment.
Song Chen didn't stop; he kept running.
I ran past midnight, past the darkest time before dawn, past the first hint of dawn breaking where the sea and sky meet in the east.
The psionic particles on the sea surface refracted tiny specks of light in the morning light, like scattered gold dust on the sea.
If we weren't running for our lives, this scenery would actually be quite beautiful.
But he wasn't in the mood to watch.
The day and night of running pushed his body to its limits, depleting most of his energy and nearly exhausting his mental strength.
Fortunately, the blue crystal on his chest continued to work its magic.
The mysterious crystal was pressed against the skin of his chest, radiating a warm glow.
The surge of energy felt like a gentle life force, seeping into his chest and spreading throughout his body along his blood vessels and meridians.
The recovery wasn't fast, but it's been ongoing.
Without this crystal, he probably wouldn't have been able to run for so long.
The next day at noon, when the sun was high in the sky, Song Chen finally saw another island. Now that the pursuers were behind, he could go up and take a look.
At first, it was just a black dot where the sea met the sky, but as the distance closed, the black dot turned into the outline of an island.
The island is small, about three or four kilometers in diameter, and covered with lush vegetation. In the center is a raised mountain, which is completely covered with green vines and trees.
Song Chen did not approach immediately.
He circled the sea surrounding the island, carefully scanning the distribution of psionic energy on the island with his Mystic Eyes.
There were no psionic clouds where strange beasts gathered, no lingering aura of high-level sea beasts, and even very few traces of low-level strange beasts.
This island is too small; so small that even strange beasts are too lazy to build their nests here.
He found a crevice in the reef to reach the shore, and stepped onto the island using the smooth rocks that had been washed by the waves.
The moment my feet touched solid ground, I felt a little unaccustomed to it. I hadn't touched solid ground for a day and a night, and my legs had forgotten how to stand.
Song Chen stood holding onto the rocks for a while, waiting for his legs to get used to the feeling of the ground before starting to walk into the interior of the island.
He didn't go too far, searching along the coastline for about twenty minutes, and found a natural cave.
The cave is located at the foot of the mountain on the east side of the island. The entrance is partially hidden by a large clump of bushes, making it difficult to spot without careful observation.
The entrance to the cave is small, just big enough for one person to bend down and enter.
Pushing aside the bushes and crawling inside, you'll find a downward-sloping passage that widens as you go further in. After walking for about ten meters, the cave suddenly opens up into a natural karst cave of about thirty square meters.
Stalactites hang from the top of the cave, the ground is dry rock, and a small puddle of fresh water seeping down from the cave ceiling has accumulated in a corner.
There was a damp, musty smell in the air, but it wasn't unpleasant.
Song Chen looked around, nodded, and said, "This is it."
But he didn't stop to rest. He didn't know how strong the mental power of a fifth-tier beast king was, but the fact that the deep-sea giant octopus could transmit sound through water pressure with its mental power meant that its mental power could cover a range of at least tens of kilometers.
If it catches up with him, or if other Tier 5 Beast Kings are searching for him, hiding in a natural cave like this won't be enough.
The entrance to the cave is too shallow; it can be detected with a simple scan using spiritual power.
Go deeper.
Song Chen drew the Tianjun Blade, walked to the deepest part of the cave, and stabbed it into the rock wall.
The blade of the S-class battle sword cuts through rocks as easily as slicing tofu.
He first cut a square outline into the rock face, then inserted the blade into the cut and used it as a pry bar to pry the entire rock off.
One piece, two pieces, three pieces...
The sound of rocks hitting the ground echoed through the cave, carrying a dull tremor.
Digging a hole is no challenge for a third-tier martial artist.
His health points reached 500, and with the sharpness of his S-grade battle sword, digging rocks was no different from digging foam.
The real time-consuming part is moving the excavated rubble outside the cave, but he doesn't need to move it; the cave is big enough that the rubble can be piled up in a corner.
The tunnel was dug at an angle of about thirty degrees downwards.
The width is just enough for a person to bend over and pass through, and the height is only slightly more than his height.
This size is designed to minimize the penetration of mental energy. Mental energy can penetrate solids much less than it can penetrate air. The narrower and deeper the passage, the lower the chance of it being detected by mental energy.
After more than an hour, Song Chen dug a hundred meters and then stopped.
almost.
Song Chen let out a long breath.
From the time Yunbo Island was destroyed until now, he has been running and killing.
First, they fought a horde of sea monsters, then a fifth-tier deep-sea giant octopus, and then they ran for a day and a night.
Now that he finally had a place to catch his breath, the force that had been supporting him loosened, and he collapsed as if his bones had been removed.
He closed his eyes and let himself rest for a few minutes.
Then he opened his eyes and looked down at his chest.
The blue crystal felt warm and comfortable on the skin.
Through the translucent surface of the crystal, you can see the mysterious symbols inside slowly flowing, as if they were alive.
At this rate, it should be fully recovered in a day at most.
He still doesn't understand what this crystal is, and he's too lazy to think about it anymore. There's no point in thinking about things you can't figure out.
He shifted his focus to the system.
[Kill Value: 1172341 points.]
After a day of killings, plus what was left from before, the kill count has exceeded one million again.
Song Chen leaned against the rock wall and stared at that number for a long time.
What can you buy with 1.17 million kill points?
The system level is four, and the purchase permission for S-level products has been unlocked.
He had seen S-class items, and the cheapest ones started at a million.
S-level combat skills, S-level superpowers, S-level weapons, S-level pills... he coveted them all.
Especially S-rank combat skills. The Thunderous Annihilation Blade he is currently using is A-rank. Although he has already mastered it to the Grandmaster level, A-rank is still A-rank, and there is a huge gap between it and S-rank.
There's also an S-level ability. His Nine Heavens Thunder is an A-level lightning-type ability, which is indeed powerful, but it still falls short compared to S-level abilities.
He had read the information; S-class superpowers could cover a range of a kilometer, which was already a different level of power.