Chapter 518 The Deadly Incidents

Shortly after noon, Rocky and Sabina trudged through an ominous swamp, until they stumbled onto a peculiar landform.

This area had a strange aura. It was dead silent. The ground was covered in dirt as grey as soot, as though raging fire had ravaged the land. Nothing was there, save for some boulders sprinkled throughout. Perched on top of the boulders were grotesque, bird-like spirit-manipulated beasts.

The bird-like spirit-manipulated beast was called the Black Vulture. At first glance, it looked like any normal vulture. However, upon closer inspection, one would notice their slightly bigger build. Rocky and Sabina gauged that its strength couldn't be higher than the three-star level, which was considered as a low level in the Myriad Beasts Ground.

Of course, even so, it was still quite the ferocious beast, especially when in groups. A coordinated attack from a group of these vultures could tear apart a wild spirit-manipulated beast at the fourth grade of the four-star level in the blink of an eye.

However, when it came to feeding, these vultures' diet was limited to meat on dead bodies, especially rotting ones. The more disgustingly rotten bodies, the more satisfied they seemed to be. The vultures didn't usually attack other wild spirit-manipulated beasts. They would only fish in troubled water. Thus, they usually preferred to perch at a safe distance, quietly watching the other beasts mangle each other. The vultures would patiently wait for a beast to fall dead. Immediately, they would swoop down and surround the corpse, guarding their prey. However, they'd wait a few days, enough to let the carcass rot to their satisfaction. Only then would they feast on it.

Thus, the vultures had the most morbid sense of taste compared to all the other beasts in the Myriad Beasts Ground.

Rocky and Sabina pondered on this as they cautiously took some steps forward, vigilantly eyeing the vultures.

The vultures haughtily returned their gaze. Some grew nervous, screaming suddenly; some nervously flapped their wings, as if they want

.

This made her uncomfortable. All of a sudden, Sabina felt a shiver down her spine. Her face turned bright red with anger. She turned to glare at Rocky and shouted, "Shut up!"

Rocky was confused by her reaction, but before he could reply, he sensed something behind him. When he turned to look, his face grew pale. He abruptly whipped his head forward and wrapped his arms around Sabina's waist tightly.

"You...!" Sabina was stunned. She hadn't expected Rocky to suddenly hug her tight, and she felt her body become warm suddenly. She felt outraged. The spiritual power with Ice nature emanated from her body, enveloping her in a cold chill.

'He just wants to take advantage of me!' Enraged thoughts raced through Sabina's mind. She hadn't been touched by a man since she was a child, so she was not used to the idea of being touched so suddenly. 'Is he molesting me?'

But when she opened her mouth to give Rocky an earful, the world suddenly got dark. A shadow enveloped the sky, covering the sun. As she turned around and checked what had caused such a thing, her mouth dropped open in shock.

Hundreds upon hundreds of Black Vultures gathered in the sky, their beady eyes staring right at them. They had an ominous, starved expression, and instantly, Sabina knew they were their prey. As instantly as she realized this, the horde of vultures charged after them.