Chapter 120: The Venomous Mist Feathered Dragon

Chu Yun’s relic successfully drew the attention of the Earthdevourer beast.

By the time Selena had regained her strength and cast another powerful illumination spell, the Earthdevourer’s vision was gradually returning, though the aura of the relic still relentlessly pursued Chu Yun and Selena.

“Hold on a little longer; we’re almost at the designated spot!” Chu Yun said to Selena after receiving a signal from Nelson.

Thanks to Chu Yun’s relentless efforts, only one-fifth of the Earthdevourer’s scales remained on its body.

For the Earthdevourer, devouring minerals allowed it to regrow its scales, and having even a fifth of them left was enough to activate its skills.

However, with only a fifth of its scales protecting its vital areas and head, it no longer attacked recklessly and irreversibly—this was instinct, a natural response to the threat it sensed.

The group was about to reach the Poison Mist Swamp, where the vanguard had already set various traps, waiting for the Earthdevourer to enter the trap zone.

The Blackstone City Mage Guild excelled in earth-element spells. This time, luring the beast was only a small part of the plan; the real key to the hunt lay in the trap arrangements.

The Poison Mist Swamp was a treacherous area riddled with marshes and quickmud; one misstep could plunge a person into the depths.

The plan was unconventional. After the vanguard reached the swamp, they first used earth perception and other spells to quickly chart a path to the swamp’s center.

Then, the mages began to employ their earth-element infrastructure mastery, transforming the broad path into stable land, while the knights’ primary task was to protect the mages during this process and hunt down swamp monsters.

After confirming the lure plan was sound, Nelson hurried over to reinforce the path, ensuring the Earthdevourer could pass through smoothly.

Not only was the swamp’s terrain toxic, but it was also shrouded in poisonous mist. The mages painstakingly dispersed the mist along the path to avoid arousing the Earthdevourer’s suspicion—a meticulous effort.

“It’s coming! It’s coming!”

At last, under the tense and expectant gazes of the group, the Earthdevourer arrived at the edge of the Poison Mist Swamp.

The broad path leading to the Poison Mist Wyvern was strewn with various ores and freshly hunted monster carcasses. Chu Yun, flying low and deliberately amplifying the relic’s aura, led the beast in without hesitation.

“Boom!”

The Earthdevourer’s massive bulk sank the not-so-firm ground several meters deep. Thanks to Nelson’s final fourth-tier spell reinforcement, the path held firm without collapsing.

The Earthdevourer was startled but quickly resumed its pace, snacking as it chased the deliberately slowing Chu Yun.

The group finally relaxed, though the path had been hastily prepared and still left a considerable distance to the swamp’s center.

To ensure the plan’s success, once the Earthdevourer entered the swamp, another team initiated the next phase.

“Boom!”

A tremendous explosion erupted as the fire crystal stones in the swamp’s center detonated, sending up a small mushroom cloud.

For this operation, the Lord of Blackstone City had painstakingly purchased all the fire crystals from the major shops. Concentrated and detonated at once, they wrought devastating power and spectacle.

The Poison Mist Wyvern, long dormant beneath the swamp floor, was instantly awakened. Angrily, it swam to the surface, unleashing a thunderous roar that echoed across the sky.

The Poison Mist Wyvern was a peculiar dragon species, its body slimmer and more elongated than traditional dragons, with special feathers replacing typical scales.

These wings enabled it to swiftly traverse the swamp, where it reigned supreme. To defeat it here required matching or surpassing its rank.

Though the Earthdevourer’s strength was currently reduced to the fifth tier, matching the Poison Mist Wyvern’s level, its legendary fifth-tier power was by no means inferior.

Upon emerging, the wyvern pursued the knights who ignited the fire crystals. Only one member had actually set off the explosives, but others stayed ready along the route to continue the distraction—if the first fell, others would draw the wyvern’s attention.

These core knights were the cream of the crop: fearless warriors ready to lay down their lives to protect Blackstone City and uphold the honor of the order.

Sensing the wyvern’s aura, the Earthdevourer hesitated briefly. Chu Yun immediately withdrew the relic’s aura. Proud as a legendary creature, the beast chose to fight.

To it, devouring this upstart would restore much of its strength, sparing it from nibbling on the smaller prey like grains of rice.

“Hurry! Destroy the path!” Commander Haige urgently ordered.

The mages began softening the ground from the swamp’s center outward, preparing to retreat, leaving only Nelson and Darren to soften the earth behind the Earthdevourer’s trail.

When the Earthdevourer met the Poison Mist Wyvern, it had no escape, trapped within the poisonous swamp.

Though an earth-element creature itself, capable of hardening the ground, the Earthdevourer was less skilled at this than the wyvern, and with Nelson and Darren flanking it, escape was impossible.

The battle began.

The Poison Mist Wyvern’s body was slender and only about a dozen meters tall, but stretched nearly two hundred meters in length and was extremely agile.

Upon recognizing its opponent as the fearsome Earthdevourer, the wyvern showed some trepidation, but having been provoked, surrender was off the table.

Nearby swamp monsters gathered at the sound of the dragon’s roar, most venomous beasts themselves, adept at using potent toxins to fell seemingly stronger foes.

Under the wyvern’s command, they released their toxic mists. It seemed the wyvern knew sending them headlong to their deaths was pointless.

The poison’s concentration rapidly thickened, enveloping the Earthdevourer, whose vision, just recovering, was once again impaired.

The exposed, scaleless patches on its body began to corrode slowly under the mist, though penetrating to its core was impossible.

However, this was no ordinary corrosive fog—it was a complex poison cloud containing thousands of toxins. The wyvern’s goal was not merely to poison the Earthdevourer to death.

As the mist seeped into the Earthdevourer’s respiratory tract, various toxins reacted with its body.

The wyvern’s feathers bristled, sensing the effects of the poisons through them.

Soon, the feathers shifted color, revealing that the wyvern had tested and selected the most lethal toxin composition against the Earthdevourer.

The wyvern possessed a formidable innate talent: it could alter the toxins within its body at will.

Now, it had adjusted its poison to become the deadliest possible toxin for its foe.