CHAPTER 249: CHAPTER 59: ANGRY BIRDS

Walking through a stone passage, Su Xiao was constantly on guard, observing his surroundings.

After entering the ’Bilumake Alchemy Testing Ground,’ he felt uneasy, as if great danger lurked there.

The strong flashlight flickered, and the Little Emperor followed closely behind Su Xiao; now, Su Xiao had become his lifeline.

Su Xiao also temporarily needed the Little Emperor, so he let him follow.

"Have you been here before?"

"Never."

"Then how do you know which direction to go?"

"A strange intuition, only this way is safe. Entering any other entrance would mean death."

Su Xiao no longer paid attention to the Little Emperor; his focus was razor-sharp.

After walking for ten minutes, a faint light appeared ahead in the stone passage, with a slightly sweet scent in the air.

[You have entered the outskirts of the ’Bilumake Alchemy Testing Ground,’ the density of alchemical toxins has increased, the air filtration device is about to fail, please activate a higher-strength air filtration device, costing 150 Paradise coins per hour.]

Su Xiao hesitated for a moment; Reincarnation Paradise was taking advantage of him.

"Activate."

The transparent barrier around his body strengthened, and the sweet scent in the air disappeared.

[You are being eroded by Kanison Poison Gas, losing 10 points of Life Value per second, effect lasting for 5 seconds.]

In just a few seconds, Su Xiao had been poisoned, and his Life Value began to drop rapidly.

He had just reached the outskirts of the ’Bilumake Alchemy Testing Ground,’ and without even seeing the enemy, he’d already lost a significant chunk of his Life Value; this couldn’t continue.

After hesitating for a moment, Su Xiao took out the core of Bubute Ni, preparing to summon Bubute Ni.

Bubute Ni is a Biological Emperor Instrument, related to Alchemy, unsure if it can be immune to this poison gas.

Bubute Ni appeared, and the moment it did, it frolicked around Su Xiao.

Su Xiao checked Bubute Ni’s status, and at the very bottom of Bubute Ni’s information, a small line of text appeared.

[Eroded by Kanison Poison Gas, taking 1 point of True Damage per second.]

Bubute Ni cannot be immune to the alchemy poison gas, but fortunately, the Life Value lost is minimal, and with the recovery effect of the Ice and Snow Goddess’ Aura, Bubute Ni was not in danger.

Bubute Ni snorted, seemingly repulsed by the sweet scent in the air.

The feeling of vitality emerged, under the effect of the Ice and Snow Goddess’ Aura, Su Xiao’s Life Value began to gradually recover, and the stuffy feeling caused by the alchemical poison gas erosion began to fade.

"Is this your Imperial Tool? I have never seen this kind of Imperial Tool in the records."

The Little Emperor reached out, wanting to gently stroke Bubute Ni’s head.

"Hohoho~."

Bubute Ni emitted a low threatening growl from its throat, baring its sharp fangs, looking nothing like its usual goofy self in front of Su Xiao.

If the Little Emperor dared to reach further, his entire arm wouldn’t be saved.

"What a fierce Imperial Tool."

The Little Emperor sensibly retreated, the wolf-like fierceness already visible in Bubute Ni’s eyes.

"Bu Bu, stay alert to our surroundings at all times."

Hearing Su Xiao’s command, Bubute Ni wagged its tail and ran to Su Xiao’s side, nuzzling against his leg.

Su Xiao proceeded forward with Dragon Slash in hand, Bubute Ni following behind.

The closer they got to the end of the passage, the more obvious the light became. He turned off the flashlight and put it away.

At the end of the passage, a gentle breeze brushed across Su Xiao’s cheek, and he stood there, stunned.

The scene before him was truly shocking; they were at an unknown depth underground, yet vitality seemed to abound in front of him.

A vast open space lay ahead, its upper part a blinding white, making it hard to discern the specific structure, but the light emanated from this place.

The breeze swept across the grassy ground like a patch of green ocean. A few trees could be vaguely seen in the distance, and leaves rustled in the wind.

Stepping on the soft grass, Su Xiao felt like he was not deep underground but had somehow arrived at a picturesque grassland.

"It’s incredible that such a place exists beneath the Royal Palace."

The Little Emperor stood there in a daze.

"How is the ecological balance here maintained?"

Su Xiao looked up at a few small birds flying across the sky; these birds were similar in size to sparrows with vividly blue feathers.

Seeing these blue birds gave Su Xiao an eerie feeling suddenly.

Dozens of blue birds circled above Su Xiao, flying at increasing speeds, suddenly gliding like swifts.

Strangely, these blue birds only focused on Su Xiao, not even glancing at the Little Emperor.

They’re coming!

Su Xiao positioned Dragon Slash horizontally in front of him, and with a whoosh, a blue afterimage attacked.

Dragon Slash carved a semicircle in the air, its blade precisely cutting into the bird.

A slight resistance hit, and Su Xiao’s expression changed. It was the first time in the World of Crimson he’d felt this; these blue birds had strong bodies.

With one slash, the blue bird was bisected, its corpse skidding to Su Xiao’s sides.

Bang.

Two muffled thuds resonated simultaneously, and Su Xiao glanced at the grassy ground beside him, where arm-thick holes appeared, deep and bottomless.

The diving force was so strong that if a blue bird had collided with Su Xiao, it would have made a fist-sized bloody cavity.

And over a dozen more of these blue birds were circling above.

The death of a single blue bird seemed to enrage the others, and these beautiful creatures collectively dove down, bodies straight as arrow shafts, beaks sharp as awls.

Su Xiao stepped back several paces as the blue birds zipped past him.

Bang, bang, bang...

Soil splattered, and grass clippings filled the air as these birds plunged into the ground.

Su Xiao stood there observing; if it was just a dozen, he could handle them. But if there were hundreds, it would be certain death; evading a dive of that density was impossible.

After a few minutes, there was no movement from the holes, and Su Xiao approached, discovering bloodstains at the edges of these bottomless holes, pale blue bloodstains.

These birds were launching suicidal attacks, dying from the powerful impact as they entered the ground.

Su Xiao let out a sigh of relief; just upon entering the outskirts of the ’Bilumake Alchemy Testing Ground,’ he had received a fierce warning.

"Woof woof."

Bubute Ni barked at the distance, and Su Xiao turned his head to look at Bubute Ni, then swiftly glanced in the direction Bubute Ni was barking.

"How could there be so many?"

Su Xiao grabbed the Little Emperor and leapt onto Bubute Ni’s back, instructing Bubute Ni to immediately activate the skill ’Full Speed Charge.’

Full Speed Charge (Active): Upon activating this skill, Bubute Ni’s moving speed increases by 100%, consuming 10 points of Mana Value per minute, capable of carrying heavy loads.

"Bu Bu, run."

Bubute Ni sprinted without hesitation, the wind slapping their faces.

Su Xiao rode on Bubute Ni’s back, looking back.

Several hundred meters behind Su Xiao, thousands of those blue birds were airborne in the sky.

A hundred were enough to claim Su Xiao’s life, and thousands were a disaster-level threat.

Fortunately, Bubute Ni was fast, extending its tongue as it glanced at the bird swarm behind.

"Don’t look around, focus on running."

Su Xiao was startled by Bubute Ni’s actions; this idiot had tripped carrying him once.

"Tree."

Su Xiao shouted.

Bubute Ni was charging toward a massive tree with a diameter of over ten meters. Hearing Su Xiao’s shout, Bubute Ni quickly turned its head forward, narrowly avoiding the tree.

Bubute Ni narrowly sped past the tree, no more than twenty centimeters from it.

Bang.

Su Xiao felt the Little Emperor’s body in his arms tremble; the Little Emperor’s head slammed into the tree, causing him to roll his eyes and pass out.