CHAPTER 187: CHAPTER 153: DEPLOYING "DIVINE SKILLS" AGAIN_2

The group walked below, completely feeling as if the sky was blotted out.

Suddenly, a rustling friction sound rose.

The group immediately looked toward the sound, and five huge wild wolves were passing by in the distance. They seemed to sense something, turned their gaze toward Zhang Ji and his party, and their eyes held a trace of bloodthirst and greed.

At that moment, Zhang Ji and his companions were instantly enveloped by a strong sense of impending death.

However, at this time, the Mutated Parrot released an aura, and after the five wild wolves sensed it, they instantly fled with their tails tucked.

"Sorry, they haven’t seen you before, so they considered you as targets," the Mutated Parrot explained.

"It’s all right, we understand," Zhang Ji said with a smile, but in his heart, he didn’t agree, thinking this was a deliberate show of power from the other party. Such tactics seemed somewhat childish.

But as they moved forward, he quickly overturned his earlier thoughts.

Because there were simply too many Mutated Beings in Sunset Valley.

On the ground were tigers, lions, brown bears, monkeys, elephants, hippos, rhinos, honey bears, pandas, giraffes, chimpanzees, kangaroos, koalas, sloths, and more.

And there were even more flying above: woodpeckers, Red Crossbills, Sardinian Warblers, Silverbills, Great Tits, Coal Tits, Marsh Tits, swans, mandarin ducks, Red-Crowned Cranes, Wild Geese, Bean Geese, Greylag Geese, Mallards, Teals, Black-naped Orioles, wrens, Grey-headed Gulls, and more.

With so many Mutated Beings, the group could hardly move a few dozen meters without seeing one or two; under these circumstances, it was hard for them not to encounter Mutated Beings.

Encounters with herbivorous Mutated Beings were all right as they mostly ignored them, but carnivorous ones sized them up time and again.

If it weren’t for the Mutated Parrot following close by, they probably wouldn’t survive five minutes.

As they continued forward, the group almost became numb to the appearance of Mutated Beings; whenever they made eye contact, they could see a heavy wariness in each other’s eyes.

The number of Mutated Animals here exceeded their expectations, and their strength was greater as well.

Although they were not Superhumans and couldn’t make precise judgments from the aura, judging by size alone, they knew that most of the Mutated Animals here were definitely not just mutated a few days ago.

At this time, a thought was circling in their minds: if these Mutated Animals were to attack Yang City, would they be able to withstand them?

And after some contemplation, they sadly realized that they weren’t sure if they could hold out, but even if they did, the casualties would be heavy.

This made the mood of the group even heavier, and they walked in silence.

Before long, they came to an open space.

"Ahead is the place where Dragon Lord is in seclusion. Please wait here," the Mutated Parrot said, and then let out a resonant bird call.

The group waited for about three minutes, and then they saw a gigantic King Cobra with an obvious protrusion on its forehead, slowly slithering over from afar.

"Dragon King, have you made another breakthrough?" Zhang Ji sized up the King Cobra before him, noticing that its body had grown even larger and its length had increased, probably reaching 60 meters.

"Hiss!" the Mutated King Cobra hissed, flicking its tongue.

The Mutated Parrot translated immediately, "Dragon Lord says he has made some gains in his cultivation these past few days and has indeed recovered a part of his strength."

Zhang Ji was somewhat silent upon hearing this. It had only been a few days! Another breakthrough, and he couldn’t help but fear what realm Dragon King would reach in a month.

"Congratulations then," Zhang Ji congratulated, albeit insincerely.

The Mutated King Cobra nodded its massive head then produced another hiss from its mouth.

"Dragon Lord wants you to step back; he’s about to use his Divine Skills to condense Spirit Fruit," the Mutated Parrot translated again.

Zhang Ji and the others exchanged glances, each seeing a flicker of shock in the other’s eyes.

Could it be that the Spirit Fruit was truly created by him?

At this moment, their minds were churning with thoughts, but they still followed the Mutated Parrot, slowly moving out of the open space.

As they stepped out, the ground began to shake violently.

"What’s happening? Is it an earthquake?"

Everyone was startled, as an earthquake at this time would be disastrous for Yang City.

But soon, all widened their eyes in astonishment: a massive platform was slowly rising from the ground in the open space in front of them.

This platform was shrouded in mist, and sunlight filtered through the treetops, casting a halo over the mist, creating a dreamlike and fantastical atmosphere.

"Let’s go, up to the Altar Sky Terrace!" the Mutated Parrot said, leading the way onto the platform.

Zhang Ji and the others hurriedly followed; the supposed Altar Sky Terrace had no stairs, but fortunately, it was not high, just about a meter or so, and they all leaped up.

During this process, both Zhang Ji and Jian Yi surreptitiously touched the Altar Sky Terrace.

They discovered the platform seemed to be made of wood, but when they knocked on it, it was extremely hard, as if striking iron.

The two withdrew their hands as if nothing had happened, then continued to lead the group forward.

The platform was vast, with both length and width around 100 meters, and they followed the Mutated Parrot to the center of the platform, where there was a smaller platform.