"Since we're already here, let's go further in. Other than this blue vine on this island, we've collected everything else."
A man with a full beard said. He was the oldest of the three and had a lot of authority.
"Brother Luo, why do I feel like there's something staring at us from behind?" Yang Mingbo said in horror.
"Don't talk nonsense. Where did this thing come from?" Luo Kai turned around and looked. He had not seen a single hair along the way. Where did this thing come from?
"I hope it's just my imagination!" Yang Mingbo said nervously.
The three of them walked for about twenty minutes before they finally arrived at the side of the canyon.
"It's here!" Luo Kai looked over. The cliff was covered with blue vines. He took out his dagger and jumped like an ape, cutting off a three-meter-long blue vine.
"Pick more. I don't want to come to this damn place again." Zheng Danxia lowered her head and looked at the bottomless abyss. Her heart trembled.
From the bottom of the canyon came the sound of a rapid river. It was like the roar of an evil spirit, extremely terrifying.
"What's there? !"
Yang Mingbo was in a small pit on the cliff wall. A lantern flower that emitted a dark green light grew outside. This lantern flower had spiritual energy fluctuations and seemed extraordinary.
"It seems to be a spirit treasure. If we pluck it and sell it to the Cultivators Alliance, we can exchange it for at least 100 medium-grade spirit stones. We're rich!" Luo Kai's eyes lit up.
"This trip was not in vain. Almost all the treasures on the islands occupied by us humans have been snatched away. Only such unexplored treasure islands can find spirit treasures." Zheng Danxia looked happy.
"Come, give me a hand. I'll go pick it!" Luo Kai's fingers nimbly spun the dagger, connecting the blue vines into a rope. One end was tied to his waist, and the other end was held by Yang Mingbo and the other to prevent him from falling accidentally.
The lantern flower was the size of a basketball and emitted a faint light. Upon closer inspection, the complicated patterns on it resembled the face of a demon. It had a green face and fangs, as if it had come from hell.
Luo Kai's hands and feet were agile. He grabbed the stem of the lantern flower and a cold touch quickly spread from his palm to his entire body. Luo Kai shivered. Without thinking, he uprooted the lantern flower and climbed up the vines.
"How is it, Brother Luo? Is it a spirit treasure?" Zheng Danxia asked hurriedly.
"Yes… No…" Luo Kai's teeth were chattering. He couldn't even speak, and his face was frighteningly purple.
"Let me see!" Yang Mingbo was so focused on the lantern flower that he ignored Luo Kai's abnormal behavior. His hand touched the center of the lantern flower, and his body suddenly trembled as he stood rooted to the ground.
"Brother Luo, Little Yang, what's wrong?!" Zheng Danxia was shocked. She saw that Yang Mingbo and Luo Kai's faces were no longer normal.
Fangs that curled up like a wild boar grew out. His eyes turned grayish-white, and his nails became sharp.
"Quick, leave quickly. Don't worry about us…" Luo Kai was the strongest among the three of them. He still had a trace of consciousness as he spoke with difficulty.
"I'll call for help!" Zheng Danxia's legs went weak as she scrambled out of the island.
Zhang Beili, who had boarded the island, looked in the direction of the canyon and frowned.
Two evil auras that he had never felt before were rapidly rising as if they were on par with him.
"It doesn't look like a deep-sea beast or a mutated creature." Zhang Beili was uncertain.
At this moment, he realized that a woman had escaped from the canyon. Zhang Beili immediately stood in front of her.
Zheng Danxia felt dizzy and collapsed to the ground. She had just escaped from that terrifying place. Why was there a monster outside?!
"What happened?" Zhang Beili grabbed the woman with the Deep Sea Pressure and asked in a low voice.
"You can speak?!" This was the first time Zheng Danxia had seen a mutated creature that could speak. It had a golden horn and its entire body was covered in black scales. Its appearance was not much better than the demon inside.
"Answer me!" Zhang Beili said.
"My two companions are inside. They've turned into monsters!" Zheng Danxia panted as she told him what had happened.
"This is the first time I've heard of it." Zhang Beili hesitated for a moment, wondering if he should go in and investigate.
This island floating in the deep sea was too strange. From the outside, it was completely enveloped in thick fog. The faint roars and roars coming from the canyon made Zhang Beili cautious for the first time.
"Forget it, I'll come back when I'm at the third stage." Zhang Beili memorized the direction of the island and placed Zheng Danxia beside the flying ship. She returned to the sea in her original form.
Zheng Danxia thought that she was going to be eaten by this monster in one bite, but she did not expect it to put her down and kindly send her to the flying ship.
"Thank you…" Zheng Danxia thanked him. She felt that this monster was a little familiar. When she went back and checked online, she would know. Such a powerful mutated creature should have records.
She drove the flying ship away quickly. She wanted to go back and tell them what had happened.
Zhang Beili continued to hunt mutated creatures and deep-sea beasts in the deep sea. After a few days, his Physique finally reached 100,000 points.
"System, I want to evolve to the third stage!"
[Ding! Evolution conditions met!]
[100,000 Physique Points, 100,000 Energy Points consumed!]
A violent force surged in Zhang Beili's body like a dam bursting. Fury attacked every part of his body.
With him as the center, huge waves surged in all directions. The nearby mutated creatures fled in fear, afraid that their lives would be affected.
This might directly spread to River City. Even Bright City, which was far away, detected this terrifying energy fluctuation.
"Sigh, another terrifying creature has been born in the deep sea."
"This level of energy fluctuation is probably above Class S."
"I hope you won't attack us humans."
After many mutated creatures evolved, they would feel hungry and have to eat a large amount of food to fill their stomachs.
The first choice of these creatures was humans. After all, there were many humans and they liked to gather together. The spiritual energy in their bodies was also beneficial to mutated creatures and could quickly replenish their bodily functions.
Under the deep sea, Zhang Beili quietly enjoyed the pleasure of absolute strength.
[Third-Stage: Heaven Swallowing Terror Fish]
[Physique: 300,000]
[Energy: 0 (Empty)]
[New unlocked ability: Swallowing Sun and Moon]
[Energy required for fourth-stage evolution: 1,000,000, Physique: 1,000,000]
Zhang Beili was undoubtedly the most special existence among the mutated creatures.
First of all, mutated creatures and deep-sea beasts could not use powerful artifacts like spirit treasures like humans.
This was because they would awaken different abilities when they evolved. It was already equivalent to the world giving them a spirit treasure for free.
This was what was special about Zhang Beili. After entering the form of the Spirit Armor Combat Body, not only did he have a powerful physique, but he could also use the various abilities brought about by evolution. The most abnormal thing was that he could refine spirit treasures like humans!