CHAPTER 333: INTELLIGENT TYPE DARK BEAST

Seeing the Lyra Team leave, the Nova Team packed up and headed to their destination.

Still a couple of thousand kilometres away, they rode Tsuka to continue their journey.

Soon, a few hours later, they arrived at the edge of the dark beast nest.

Looking at the dense number of enemies before them, they felt a bit nervous.

The light-type resource point they found was a high-grade lode. Although the dark beast nest around it wasn’t stronger than a mid-grade lode, they still felt uneasy.

So far, they had only conquered a Low Grade Lode Tier 5 resource point. Moving up to another level, a sense of unease couldn’t help but spread in their hearts.

Fortunately, they were no longer weak.

With three Tier 5 war weapons, the Warhammer cannons, and the Spiral Behemoth, they should be fine.

Meanwhile, sensing something was wrong, Nash asked Natasha and the others to double-check for any danger.

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Soon, as all the scouts returned, Nash asked for the results.

"Nothing was found. The danger level is only comparable to a mid-grade lode," Natasha reported after returning.

"Are you sure? Did you check every dark beast?"

Although Nash wanted to investigate himself, the team couldn’t be without him.

Even if he wanted to, the members would persuade him against it.

They couldn’t let anything happen to Nash.

Although they knew his strength, they still had to be cautious of even the smallest possibilities.

"There’s nothing else. We scanned every dark beast with the [Analysis Module]. No dark beast has a strength greater than 10 trillion combat power," Skylar confirmed.

A lord-level Tier 5 dark beast’s combat power could at most reach 10 trillion, and that was already a special case.

Most lord-level Tier 5 dark beasts didn’t even reach a trillion combat power most of the time.

"If that’s the case, then proceed with the plan." Nash frowned.

Not knowing where the uneasy feeling came from, Nash could only stay alert.

Soon, deploying all their War Weapons, they began to systematically wipe out the dark beast nest.

Nash didn’t stop either, sweeping through all the Tier 4 dark beasts he could find.

He only needed about two million dark beasts to upgrade the Severance Knife to the next level.

Calculating the density of the dark beasts, it seemed there were more than enough.

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Soon, as hours passed, just when everything was going smoothly, a sudden premonition throbbed in his heart.

Extending his calculation power to all the members of the cosmic elites, Nash soon identified the problem.

"There you are!"

Warning the person about to be attacked, Nash called Skylar and Camilla, who were closest to the anomaly, for backup.

"There’s an intelligent lord-type dark beast! Back up the area!"

Nash was on the other side of the battlefield, thousands of kilometers away.

Even at full speed, it would take him a few minutes to reach the location.

Not wanting any casualties, he asked Skylar and Camilla to help and also ordered the Spiral Behemoth to assist.

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Meanwhile, on the other side of the battlefield, upon receiving Nash’s order, Skylar instantly appeared before the enemy.

"So this is an intelligent lord-type dark beast! What a treat!" Skylar thought, intrigued.

Although a regular lord-level dark beast had the same power, an intelligent-type dark beast could control it.

While a regular dark beast could only mindlessly wield the power of elements, an intelligent-type dark beast could weave it with finesse.

With both power and skill, even a talented Void Marshal would struggle against it.

However, facing the monster that everyone feared, Skylar was only filled with interest.

"It’s time to test how my training’s been going!"

Having lost miserably to Nash, Skylar had been training his combat abilities rigorously.

Facing an enemy that could give him some challenge, Skylar quickly launched his attack.

This time, instead of mindlessly using his genetic ability, Skylar held back, using it as a burst with each attack.

Swish~ Swish~ Swish ~

With thousands of flash-like strikes, the humanoid demon before him was sliced to pieces.

Unfortunately, with its tough defense, Skylar barely caused it skin-deep cuts.

"A tough one."

Continuing his attacks, Skylar charged at it for another round.

However, what he didn’t notice was that this time, after entering its range, he had fallen into a trap.

Feeling blood-like strikes surround his body, Skylar froze in motion.

"No!"

Feeling his body about to collapse from the inside out, Skylar activated his genetic ability to the greatest extent.

Suddenly, with time seemingly standing still, Skylar began to scan his body, quickly realizing it was already infused with the power of the blood element.

With another thought from the dark beast, Skylar could explode into a blood firework.

Filled with fear, he began regulating his void energy, peeling away the blood power in his body.

Soon, peeling away the foreign power, Skylar quickly distanced himself from the Blood Demon’s influence.

"Huh~ So close." Skylar heaved a sigh of relief, as if he had just walked away from the cliff of death, drenched in sweat.

"I didn’t expect this dark beast could use an elemental domain!"

An elemental domain, an ability only a peak Tier 5 Void Marshal could use.

Inside someone’s domain, no matter how fast or skilled you were, it was useless.

Wrapping the entire area with the power of an element, there was no way to evade or dodge any attack.

Calming down, Skylar quickly drank several energy replenishment potions.

Regaining a bit of energy, Skylar turned his attention back to the Blood Demon dark beast before him.

However, this time, instead of attacking, Skylar only planned to hold it back.

Fighting such a monster who mastered an elemental domain, unless he mastered an element himself, Skylar had no chance of winning.

Thus, instead of charging recklessly, it was better to stall for time while he rescued all the members around to prevent any casualties.

Deciding on his course of action, Skylar quickly took action.

"It seems, besides training my skills, I also need to advance quickly..."