Chapter 146: Electric Lightning Eel, The Single-horned Orca’s Call for Help

Chapter 146: Electric Lightning Eel, The Single-horned Orca’s Call for Help

After exchanging for a high-level art and completing the transitioning of the first three stages, Chen Chu didn’t return home. Instead, he took an express train right back to Baishan Town.

By this time, the sky had gradually darkened, and many students had returned to the town's streets with weapons on their backs, still emitting a bloody scent even after cleaning.

On the road, a student carrying a sword warmly greeted Chen Chu. "Chen Chu, why weren't you here today? They’d posted the second round of missions."

This purge was scheduled to last for half a month. The second round of missions involved re-examining the surrounding areas, with professionals using detectors to penetrate deeper into the mountain ranges.Because of the limited time to gather and compile it, the amount and accuracy of information for this round of missions would be slightly lower. Many mission notes indicated only suspected mutated creatures in the area.

Therefore, even though Chen Chu hadn’t been present in the morning, there hadn’t been much loss, just missing out on two missions.

However, with the other party being so enthusiastic, Chen Chu naturally wouldn't be arrogant. He smiled faintly and said, "I went back to school for a bit today. I had some things to attend to."

"You missed out big time. There was a mutated creature group mission this morning. Zhang Zilong and the others teamed up to take it and earned several dozen points."

Envy was evident on the student’s face. He was from the next class, Class Four, and Chen Chu vaguely remembered him. The Zhang Zilong he had mentioned was also a student who had returned from the trial and was in the Third Heavenly Realm.

He had joined forces with five or six other trial returnees, including a Second Heavenly Realm student with battle armor, and had completed quite a few difficult tasks during this purge.

Of course, the contribution points they had earned together were still less than what Chen Chu had earned alone.

Another student behind them shouted, "Brother Chen, please take me with you to kill a level 3 mutated beast!"

Chen Chu nodded with a smile. "Sure. And when we kill the beast, you can help carry the carcass out of the mountain. It'll make things easier for me too."

"Haha... Nevermind, forget what I just said." The student in the late stage of First Heavenly Realm nervously laughed. With his basic arm strength of three hundred kilograms, lifting the several-ton carcass of a level 3 mutated beast would be suicidal for him.

On the way back to the dormitory, many students warmly greeted Chen Chu, including second-rate and third-rate students from next door.

Over the past few days, on the way back from hunting and killing mutated beasts, Chen Chu had often encountered other students in their own battles. Whenever those classmates had found themselves at a disadvantage, he had lended a helping hand; with his strength, he could casually grab a hundred-kilogram rock and hurl it, easily crushing an ordinary mutated beast.

Although he had only intervened a few times, word had spread among these classmates about how Chen Chu possessed considerable strength. Yet, he remained modest, gentle, and very loyal. This had made his popularity among his classmates relatively high lately. Gét latest novel chapters on nov(e)lbj/n(.)c/om

In the cafeteria, Luo Fei observed Chen Chu across from her, noting the increasingly imposing aura he exuded, with a hint of surprise in her expression. "So, you went back this morning to exchange for high-level arts, and now you've already completed the transition?"

Chen Chu nodded in affirmation. "Yeah, I spent half a day training in a cultivation room, and my true power’s nature transformed."

"Ah, I see. You truly are a genius, to have cultivated the Dragon Elephant Art to the point of True Martial Spirit," Luo Fei remarked with a faint smile. "Next, you should be preparing to break through to the Fourth Heavenly Realm. Do you have enough contribution points?"

Glancing at her, Chen Chu raised an eyebrow. "Are you planning to lend me some money?"

Luo Fei casually nodded. "Sure, I still have 60 contribution points unused. You can take them if you need, and just return them to me after the mutated beast trials."

Given the necessity of maintaining true power devoid of any attributes, her resource options were significantly limited, with even ammunition being provided by her aunt. Consequently, she didn't rely on contribution points as much as Chen Chu did, except to exchange for resources that accelerated the circulation, absorption, and activation of true power to maintain her normal cultivation.

Even then, that so-called reliance was merely a means to progress faster. Chen Chu could have also chosen to cultivate steadily and gradually. However, in doing so, the pace of his advancement wouldn't have been nearly as remarkable as it was now; at least several times slower, if not by tenfold.

Chen Chu smiled at the gesture. "I'll see how things go in a couple of days. If I find myself short of contribution points, I may just have to borrow some from you." He didn't immediately agree, though he didn't outright refuse either.

If the missions assigned over the next few days were all level 1 and wouldn’t yield a lot of contribution points, he likely would need to borrow from her to exchange for the dragon essence. Thankfully, the situation didn't seem that dire right now.

On the second day, Chen Chu managed to secure three level 2 missions. However, these missions were scattered and quite distant, several dozen kilometers deep into the mountains. Soon, a day had passed.

In the ensuing days, while completing missions, Chen Chu diligently scoured the Changbai Mountains for signs of the Electric Lightning Eel, the Two-headed Mutated Ice Python, and the Earth Black Bear.

Each of these mutated beasts possessed distinct abilities associated with lightning, ice, and gravity, respectively.

The Two-headed Mutated Ice Python and the Earth Black Bear were kept in mind as potential backups in case he couldn’t find the Electric Lightning Eel’s location before the Sword Armored Fiery Beast was ready for its fourth evolution. With the combination of ice or gravity plus flame abilities, the Fiery Beast would still be formidable.

While a more powerful ability like space or time manipulation, akin to the slowing ability of the Two-headed Sea Snake would have been very useful, these were yet to be discovered in low-level mutated beasts, and only really manifested in higher level mutations.

Deep within a mountain stream, 150 kilometers into the Changbai Mountains, the river suddenly boiled, and within moments, countless dead fish floated to the surface.

Amid the tumultuous waters, a six-meter-long electric eel prowled, adorned with black scales and arcs of blue electricity. Only after the river was strewn with dead fish did the eel gradually cease its movements, leisurely feasting on its catch.

This was the Electric Lightning Eel's hunting strategy, leveraging its electric prowess to reign supreme in the river. Even a mutated crocodile that was a level higher didn’t dare to provoke it in the water. Such creatures, however, were not native to East Xia, but had been released into the wild by humans.

The mutated eel, resembling a snake, swam leisurely in the river as it fed.

On the slope of the shore, Chen Chu, clad in black and red armor and carrying the carcass of a seven-meter-long mutated beast, looked down below in surprise.

Compared to the Single-horned Orca, which could express its thoughts precisely, this little orca only emitted whimpers, so its meaning could only be guessed.

The young orca whale circled the Fiery Beast twice, then swam forward for a while before turning back to look again, continuing to emit a series of whistles.

Roar! Are you asking me to follow?

Squeak! Squeak! The young orca whale nodded slightly in the water, then continued swimming forward.

Did that orca discover something good again?

The Fiery Beast's eyes lit up slightly, and with a flick of its tail, it followed along, swimming more than twenty kilometers along the way.

Bang!

The surface of the sea exploded with splashes as a ferocious black head with magnificent feathered horns burst out on either side. In the distance, a massive Single-horned Orca could be seen rising and falling with the seawater.

It had been almost half a month since they had last met, and during this time, the Orca had grown to a length of thirty-one meters. The imposing aura emanating from its body now surpassed its previous strength by several times, clearly indicating a breakthrough to level 7.

However, it didn’t look to be in good condition. Its massive body was covered in shattered scales, with many wounds deep enough to reveal bone scattered across its surface, and its breath was weak.

Fortunately, the wounds had ceased bleeding, slowly healing under the circulation of a black and white energy.

Meanwhile, the twenty-eight-meter-long female orca was on guard nearby. Upon seeing the young orca emerge from the water, with the Fiery Beast following behind, a gleam of joy flickered in her eyes.

The Orca's spirits lifted even more as it emitted a call.

Squeak! Squeak! Brother, we finally found you.

Roar! Roar! What happened to you?

The Fiery Beast cast its gaze over the claw-mark-like wounds on the Orca's body as it swam closer, its expression turning slightly solemn.

The \Orca was quite formidable in terms of combat power. Even the Fiery Beast would take some effort to contend with its strength after its breakthrough.

However, it had still been wounded by an unknown mutated beast to this state, and it seemed to be a creature with sharp claws.

The Orca exclaimed furiously. Squeak! Squeak! Brother, you have to avenge me! There are a lot of them, I can't defeat them alone. They're bullying me.

Roar! Roar! How many? What do they look like?

Squeak! Squeak! Quite a lot, I can’t even count.

Roar! Roar! I don’t want to head out these days. I will avenge you after some time.

Upon hearing that there were many mutated creatures that had injured the Orca, the Fiery Beast immediately lost interest.

The fact that the Orca had been injured to this extent was a testament to the opponent’s strength. Coupled with their large numbers, it possibly wouldn’t end well for the Fiery Beast even if it did want to go.

With its fourth evolution rapidly approaching, stability was its primary concern in all things.

Upon hearing that the Fiery Beast wasn't interested in taking action, the Orca became a little anxious and quickly called out. Squeak! Squeak! Among those guys, only two are really formidable, the rest aren't that fierce.

Roar! Roar! How did you provoke them? The Fiery Beast became a little curious.

Squeak! Squeak! I sensed something good, but they're guarding it. I was just getting close when I got attacked.

Upon hearing about the presence of something valuable, the Fiery Beast’s tone changed completely. Roar! Roar! What? You were just going to take a look and got attacked by them? They crossed the line.

Roar! Roar! Let's go, let's deal with them. How dare they injure you, Brother.

The Orca became excited immediately.

Squeak! Squeak! Mhmm, okay, let’s go once I've recovered a bit.

With its simple intellect, it hadn’t noticed the change in the Fiery Beast’s tone. It only knew that with its fierce brother joining in, those guys were doomed.

However, the wait turned out to be almost a day long. It wasn't until the following morning that the Orca had regained most of its vigor. During this time, the female and the three young orcas had taken turns hunting to feed it.

It seemed the Orca’s efforts to support such a large family hadn't been in vain after all.

With the Orca mostly recovered, the two huge beasts swam out to sea, one in front and one behind, preparing to take revenge.