The Ultimate Evolution - Chapter 635

Chapter 635

Without a doubt, to reach this very spot, Sheyan had relied on personal hard work, painstaking powers of deduction, and some stroke of luck . He had eventually managed to salvage the bits of contents that Little Lord Fokke had ripped out of the journal log .

Unable to contain his joy, he gazed up and chuckled . With this very herb medicine, Sheyan was a hundred percent sure, that whatever Little Lord Fokke had accomplished that year, he would surely be able to as well and even improve it further .

Proceeding from here, there was naturally only a single word left – Strip!

His following actions thoroughly baffled Mbenga . This burly black chap watched on as Sheyan stripped naked, and even proceeded to pull down his straw skirt . In his panic, Mbenga clutched his nether regions and yelled bitterly .

After finally resolving this misunderstanding, the two humans started smearing the Tigfog herb balm onto their backs .

Upon glancing at the time after properly settling everything, Sheyan couldn’t help but turn restless with anxiety as he hastily rushed out . Yet after sauntering out from this cavern, he was instantly dazzled . It was no wonder the Ndipaya barbarians of the inner reaches couldn’t place much significance on this secret passageway . With their current standards of science and technology, it was truly impossible to do so .

As it turns out, this underground river did, in fact, see the light of day here and was connected to the inner reaches . However, away from the main water source ahead, both banks up to the inner reaches, were knife-shaved precipitous cliffs . Moreover, describing their altitude as 30-40 storeys would be an understatement .

To hop down from atop the cliffs, don’t even mention mutated creatures, even Plaga Type host bosses or Plaga Type host monarchs would be reduced to meat paste without a pair of wings!

Sheyan perceived that Bernard Fokke had definitely left behind a cheat for his descendants to deal with this . Instead, much of his brain cells had already been fried, and he wasn’t geared to figure out another method .

To Sheyan, this heavenly moat of a rocky cliff could be scaled with the most barbaric of means – to directly employ his ‘+7 West’ to cleave out rock climbing grooves, allowing him to forcibly climb up this cliff . What more, there seemed to be numerous amounts of hanging vines where he could leverage for his ascension? To contestants, this heavenly moat was merely a trifling thoroughfare avenue .

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A horrendously thick misty fog encompassed the inner reaches, making it difficult to differentiate day from night .

A bizarre creature strutted out from the darkness of a thicket .

Five metres away to its rear, Sheyan hid behind a large rock while maintaining his gaze onto that freakish looking creature .

This freakish creature walked on four limbs, but its body would occasionally experience unusually queer twists . Its maroon shaded tongue was longer than an ordinary human and doubled the thickness of one . Its tongue extended out of the lips alongside a pair of deathly-white canine tooths where its tip was bifurcated . Having just came from a dark environment, its eyes were squinted into slits while its crimson blood pupils shrunk minutely .

The most striking aspect of this creature was its unique head .

Both its right and left brains were fully exposed to the air, where its skull had seemingly been carved off . A layer of membrane covered the periphery of its brains . Its thumb was widely separated from its other 4 fingers, where its ossified fingernails grew to lengths of 10 cm . The mutation of its other characteristics wasn’t obvious, except a tailbone that protruded out of its flesh, which could jet out bone spurs or venomous pus .

Earlier on, Sheyan had already probed out its name .

[ Licker Prototype Host ]

Sadly, all other information on it was unclear .

Evidently, it was a creature of unparalleled terror . When Sheyan caught glimpse of it, he immediately felt his scalp tingling . Even his willpower and determination was reduced to matchless panic, filled with a misconception of fleeing at once!

For Sheyan who had experienced a hundred battles, this was definitely not ordinary . Evidently, it surely possessed a sphere of effect ability similar to Prince Stalo; a permanent halo that once any foe steps into its sphere, that foe will be inflicted with persistent disturbance .

Therefore, this indicated that the might of creatures in the inner core reaches of the Kijuju Marshland, may possibly exceed even that of official Growth-hunters!!

According to certain intelligence that Sheyan understood, most individuals that possess a halo ability were those who transcended the realm of Growth-hunter; a distinct symbol of an Awakener! One who possess a halo ability may not be an Awakener, but an Awakener definitely possesses a halo ability!

Attempting to sneak around this place, was truly akin to playing with fire .

Under such circumstances, Sheyan couldn’t help but ponder . "If I myself am experiencing psychological turmoil just from being shaken by these creatures, how the hell did Little Lord Fokke and his gang get a grip on themselves when facing these terrifying creatures?"

All of a sudden, the Licker’s nose flaps sniffled .

Clearly, it was seeking out the scent of foes, or perhaps tracking down prey . It then abruptly shot out its tongue! Gradually rummaging ahead, its tongue was like a slender maroon fork . Identical to a serpent’s tongue, it even possessed the capabilities to detect heat .

At this moment, Sheyan was secretly rejoicing that his body was smeared with that invincible herb medicine, masking away his human odour . Otherwise, it would be impossible to escape the pursuit of this Licker, with its exceptionally keen sense of smell!

Suddenly, this Licker pounced ferociously towards a nearby pile of rocks . Within a flash, it was as though that pile of rocks had been bombarded by a cannon, as it exploded with incomparable intensity .

From within, a black shadow scurried out and released a chain of ‘chi chi chi chi’ sounds!

Yet it was in vain, as that black shadow was pressed down by the Licker within an instant . The skinny Licker bared its pair of eerily white and long canine fangs, before sinking it harshly into that enormous mutated rat . Furthermore, it strived to prevent the struggling gigantic mutated rat’s bone spurs from hurting itself .

The Licker could feel the warm and plume-grey blood of the gigantic rat sliding down its throat . Having been famished for too long, its shrivelled and dried stomach was finally stimulated as blood poured in . The Licker spasmed as its stomach secreted out digestive acids, in preparation to welcome the incoming solid flesh . The Licker’s callous eyes turned increasingly avaricious and hungry .

At this instant, Sheyan finally noticed 17-18 deep black hairs scattered about where the Licker was standing previously . Those hairs revealed a metallic luster, and was actually the frantic retaliation unleashed by that gigantic rat while struggling before death’s door .

The threat of a single rat was already this ridiculous!!

A chilling sensation welled up in his heart; because in his dull stupefaction, he realized that if he were to go up against that gigantic rat under normal circumstances, he would be the one fleeing in panic . It hadn’t even been a long while since he entered this ghost land, but Sheyan was already feeling a pathetic sensation of being rock bottom on the food chain .

Sheyan did his utmost to hold his breath . Besides, the herb medicine smeared over his body could only perfectly mask him from a distance of more than 3 metres . Sheyan believed that even if he bluntly released a blade towards the Licker, it definitely wouldn’t remain idle .

The primary function of the herb medicine resided in disguise and not invisibility . The herb medicine merely disguises one’s existence to be like the rocks, trees or others in the eyes of creatures of the Kijuju marshland inner core reaches . It absolutely wouldn’t cause one to just vanish into thin air .

Although time was tight, Sheyan could only wait patiently for the Licker to conclude its meal, before scrambling away with Mbenga .

At present, he had sunken into a rather awkward aspect – the inner core reaches of the Kijuju Marshland were expansively vast, and finding the ‘Stairway of the Sun’ was like finding a needle in the vast sea .

Even though he brought along guide Mbenga, firstly, his memory fragments were still dormant . Secondly, in view of this horrifying place, Sheyan didn’t reckon Mbenga and his group of ‘warriors’ had rashly explored this region as well .

Under the surveillance of these terrifying creatures, Sheyan could only cautiously proceed and probe along a rather deserted and tiny pathway . The weeds and grass here grew as tall as his calves, and this tiny pathway stretched far into the foggy distance . As Sheyan led Mbenga forward, he constantly felt an unexplainable furtive sensation from the surrounding atmosphere .

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The silhouettes of buildings appeared ahead . Sheyan immediately lowered himself as he slowly encroached in .

Following the increasing clarity of his vision, the amazement and shock written on his face became increasingly thick .

The buildings before him modelled the exact style of the Ndipaya tribe huts, but this cluster was particularly dilapidated and ruined; as though beaten by the rain and winds for years without mending .

Sheyan brought Mbenga into this village . After a brief search, they discovered that the previous Ndipaya inhabitants had fled in panic when they departed from this place .

In many of the huts, Sheyan found commodities like beast hides, pikes and rotting food . Only those consecrated and massive white potteries had been shifted away . Furthermore, two pottery jars had been shattered during the migration process . According to Mbenga, these jars to the Ndipaya barbarians were equivalent to an ancestor’s memorial tablet!

One could tell how abruptly urgent they were .

"If that’s the case . . . . . " Sheyan contemplated pensively . His eyes reflexively flickered with a glint as he took a deep breath .

Finally, he earnestly inquired .

"Mbenga, you should remember when you infiltrated this place with the old tribe chief right?"

Mbenga stood blankly for a brief while, prompting Sheyan to think he had once again triggered the tardy illness of this guide . Yet suddenly, Mbenga tossed aside his wooden pike, before seriously counting with his fingers . When his fingers weren’t enough, he began using his toes . . . . . incapable of counting mentally, he could only exhibit the ‘organ memory technique’ of the legends . Eventually, he stammered inarticulately .

"Seven fingers of the dry season, six toes of the wet season . . . "

Fortunately, Sheyan was more learned than him . Immediately, he calculated those ‘6 seasons of winter and 7 seasons of summer’ to be roughly 6 and a half years . It was extremely close to Sheyan’s earlier conjecture .