"It's the Star Pattern Mosquito. They feed on spirit power; if they set their sights on you, they'll drain all the spirit power from your body."
Hua Jing's expression changed slightly. Ice Prisms condensed at her fingertips once more, and just as she was about to strike, the green snakes in Medusa's hair suddenly grew restless. More than a dozen green snakes sprayed pale-green venom at the Star Pattern Mosquitoes at the same time.
The venom turned into fine mist droplets in the air. Once the Star Pattern Mosquitoes touched them, their wings instantly lost their luster. They fell one after another into the Star Mist at the bottom of the valley, where the purple fog swiftly corroded them until not a trace remained.
Before one wave had settled, another rose.
The Star Pattern Mosquitoes had barely been driven away when the Star Mist at the valley floor suddenly churned violently. A massive beast slowly emerged from the fog.
The beast resembled a tiger, yet it was more than three times the size of an ordinary tiger. Its entire body was covered in black fur speckled with golden spots, like stars scattered across the night sky.
Its limbs were thick and powerful, its claws gleaming coldly. Every step it took upon the rocks at the valley floor shattered them.
Most bizarre of all was its head—it had no eyes. In their place was a diamond-shaped crystal that glimmered with faint violet light, as though it could see through everything around it.
"It's a Star Spotted Beast. It can control the Star Mist, and its defenses are extremely strong."
Her voice grew more solemn as she slowly drew the longsword at her waist, its blade glowing silver-white.
"The crystal is its weakness. As long as we shatter it, we can defeat