The gloomy forest.
The small pool lay stagnant as dead water. A black-haired young man slowly walked to its edge.
"This is the place. That giant contaminated creature that looks like an 'octopus'... is hiding in this pool."
Chen Lun looked at the surface and thought.
Boom!
A pair of black wings appeared behind him. They flapped, lifting him off the ground and slowly carrying him over the pool.
Chen Lun's eyes trembled and instantly became Snake Pupils, a chaotic mist passing over their surfaces.
In his vision, the pool turned black. Countless flickering orange-red points of light lay densely packed beneath it, with one far larger than the rest.
Splash!
An enormous gray-green tentacle shot out of the water, throwing up countless droplets.
Suckers covered the tentacle, and at the center of each sucker was a hooked fang. It looked horrifying.
Expressionless, Chen Lun lashed out with a kick.
Boom!!
As though struck by a battering ram, the tentacle bounced away with a tremendous crash, then splashed back into the water, raising an enormous wave.
"It's called 'Gunyi,' a supernatural creature contaminated by the mystical power of the [Deep Sea Faction]... Its strength is roughly at [Sequence 8], but it's much stronger than an ordinary [Sequence 8] Beyonder."
Through Fate-Peering Eye, Chen Lun learned some information about the octopus monster.
After Chen Lun brutally thwarted its probing attack, the octopus monster seemed enraged. The next moment, the pool shook, and four or five tentacles shot out together, lashing toward Chen Lun in midair.
Click! Click, click, click... clank!
The Silver Cane in Chen Lun's hand disassembled itself, transforming into a long silver whip amid flying sparks. Then his leather glove spouted flames, coating the silver whip in blazing fire.
Whoosh-crack! Crack, crack!!
Several streaks of silver light, accompanied by