Journey to West Glow Valley! (Seeking Follow-ups, Seeking Follow-ups)

At night, Lan Yu summoned the Snow Empress.

In an instant, the entire apartment felt as though it had entered a frozen world of ice and snow, becoming incredibly cool.

Although the Snow Empress had transferred all her authority over the Far North to the Ice Empress, her own innate abilities remained; it was just that due to the contract, she could not unleash them to their full potential.

Upon seeing the Snow Empress's breathtaking beauty and perfect physique, Ding Yumian and Mu Nujiao suddenly fell silent.

Is this a human or a contract beast? Why is she so beautiful?

The two women couldn't help but exchange glances, only to discover that they had lost a step in both appearance and temperament.

A crushing defeat!

The Snow Empress watched Ding Yumian and Mu Nujiao, capturing the mental fluctuations radiating from the former—they were strong!

Stronger, even, than her own contractor.

As for the latter? She seemed somewhat "plain."

Of course, this didn't refer to her looks or figure, but rather her strength.

"Little Yu, tell us, how did you find this contract beast?" Ding Yumian regained her composure and couldn't help but ask.

Once the topic was raised, Lan Yu became quite the storyteller. After a long-winded explanation, Ding Yumian and Mu Nujiao were convinced.

Only the Snow Empress grumbled inwardly. You turned forcing me into a contract into a tale of moving me with logic and emotion? You really know how to spin a yarn!

"With the Snow Empress here, it feels like we can save money on air conditioning this summer," Ding Yumian joked.

However, such electricity costs were merely a drop in the bucket for mages like them.

Ding Yumian's remark was simply to liven up the atmosphere.

"That's for sure." Lan Yu smiled. He was even thinking about taking in Little Flame Belle.

If anyone asked about it later, he would just claim it was a natural talent of the Summoning Element.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration crossed Lan Yu's mind.

He remembered there was a top-tier Earth Element Soul Seed in the Dongting Lake plains. He had to find time to go and claim that thing, which he could then flip for thirty million.

West of Dongting Lake, West Glow Valley.

This small valley, filled with depressions, would display strange, flowing colors when the sun set, making it absolutely magnificent.

Some said that a special type of flower that bloomed at dusk was planted here, which attracted many explorers to come and take photos.

However, the truth was far from that.

When the land was heated to a certain temperature by the sunlight, the Lizard Skull Giant Demons inhabiting the area would crawl out of the swamps in droves, covering the entire valley in a dense mass, and their skin would secrete a special oil.

Once the sunset light hit them, the oil secreted on the skin of the Lizard Skull Giant Demons would cause their scales to reflect strange, multicolored rays.

For generations, this beautiful legend had been passed down, with elders often saying that West Glow Valley must hold countless treasures waiting to be uncovered.

After an unknown number of people died, the veil was lifted from this beautiful and mysterious legend, leaving many feeling disgusted.

As the Lizard Skull Giant Demon tribes continuously expanded their territory, people gradually moved away from the area to safer cities, but the grim reputation of West Glow Valley still circulates to this day.

On a muddy path leading straight to West Glow Valley, Lan Yu and Lingling were walking along.

With every step Lan Yu took, the muddy path beneath his feet froze into ice.

It was currently dusk, and West Glow Valley was radiating its usual strange, captivating glow.

Entering the valley and looking toward the west from his current position, Lan Yu saw the reflected light was incredibly brilliant and dazzling, but even he couldn't help but frown at the sight of so many Lizard Skull Giant Demons.

To obtain the Earth Element Soul Seed, Flowing Swamp, Lan Yu had spent this entire time trying every way to please Lingling, just so she would help him look up information.

After all, this brat was a Master Hunter, and her clearance levels were far higher than his as an ordinary Advanced Hunter, so she could naturally access more data.

Unsurprisingly, Lingling insisted on following Lan Yu to find the Soul Seed.

Although Lan Yu knew a Soul Seed was here, he didn't remember the exact location very clearly.

"So many Lizard Skull Giant Demons?!" Lingling's tone was full of astonishment; she didn't find it magnificent at all, but rather felt her scalp tingle.

If they were blocked in this valley, it would truly be game over.

"We have to take a detour and go from the east." After assessing the situation, Lingling decided to bypass the area from the east.

The Lizard Skull Giant Demons were mostly in the west, and there were very few demons in the east, so they could skirt around West Glow Valley from that side.

"Brat, watch your step; don't get poisoned by accident," Lan Yu reminded her.

"Do I need you to tell me that?" Lingling retorted sharply.

Before coming, they had prepared all sorts of antidotes, even ones for mixed toxins, specifically to prevent poisoning in such swampy terrain.

As night fell, the two found a cave.

Using flames to disperse the foul air inside, they entered the cave to use it as a temporary shelter.

"I didn't expect that you, annoying guy, are actually a natural dual-element mage just like Mo Fan."

Seeing Lan Yu display his fire-based methods, Lingling didn't seem very surprised.

"Having multiple elements means having more methods, and sometimes you can even catch the enemy off guard with an information gap," Lan Yu said.

Lingling nodded upon hearing this; that was true enough, and sometimes it was good to hide one's true strength.

"Let's rest here for tonight, and tomorrow I'll go scout the situation."

The night passed without incident.

The next day, Lan Yu left Snow Empress in charge of protecting Lingling, while he took the Elemental Surveyor to investigate which area had the most concentrated earth element aura.

Gazing at the raised flat ground in the center of the valley, Lan Yu carefully sensed his surroundings; it was the aura of demons.

"Tsk, this won't be easy to handle," Lan Yu clicked his tongue.

The special wave signals emitted by the Elemental Surveyor would definitely attract the demons in the vicinity.

Therefore, Lan Yu summoned the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

"Go on, lure that group of Lizard Skull Giant Demon away."

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger nodded, then proceeded to provoke the Lizard Skull Giant Demon hiding in the swamp.

Sure enough, after being provoked by the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, those Lizard Skull Giant Demon swarmed out almost entirely.

As for how it provoked them? It was nothing more than taking a leak on the resting grounds of the Lizard Skull Giant Demon.

This insulting provocation thoroughly enraged the Lizard Skull Giant Demon.

Although their level was not as high as the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, if they swarmed it all at once, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger could not possibly kill so many Lizard Skull Giant Demon before its stamina ran out.

Once the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had lured the Lizard Skull Giant Demon far enough away, Lan Yu stuck the Elemental Surveyor into the ground, calibrated the frequency, and began to survey the element concentration within a one-kilometer radius.

Sure enough, the surveyor did not detect any elemental reaction in this area.

"Moo--"