Chapter 48 Ch 48: Death Swamp

[Consumed 70,000Energy Points. Duplication Successful. Obtained ability Death Swamp!]

[Consumed 70,000 Energy Points. Duplication Successful. Obtained ability Dark Wind Cutter!]

[Consumed 70,000 Energy Points. Duplication Successful. Obtained ability Death Ray!]

In one go, Alex duplicated the three abilities of the Four-direction Swamp Beast and chose to fuse with them. Instantly, streams of comfortable energy rushed inside his body, spreading in every corner. For a moment, Alex even let out a comfortable voice.

"Death Swamp!"

After fusing with the three abilities of the Four-direction Swamp Beast, Alex used the ability Death Swamp without wasting any time. He didn't use his own mouth as the swamp like the Four-direction Swamp Beast, instead, he made his own Death Swamp inside the Death Swamp of the Four-direction Swamp Beast, causing him to gain control over it.

This was also his plan. He had no strength to escape from the trap of Death Swamp. He was continuously sinking down, but thinking carefully about what will happen if he were to duplicate the ability 'Death Swamp' and use it, Alex concluded that he might be able to escape.

It is because, at that time, the Death Swamp he'll be in would be his own. His Death Swamp will be made inside the Death Swamp of the Four-direction Swamp Beast. He was not as powerful as the Four-direction Swamp Beast, so he knew his Death Swamp will be shorter.

However, no matter how small his Death Swamp will be, it'll still be his. He'll be in control of his own Death Swamp. Doesn't it mean he can escape from the Four-direction Swamp Beast's Death Swamp easily?

Just as Alex thought, he was able to come out of the Death Swamp easily. This made Alex's eyes flicker with light and a winning smile appeared on his face.

But at this time, two big red balls of light appeared at end of the Four-direction Swamp Beast's Death Swamp. Every ball of red light was as big as Alex. Alex was confused about what these two balls of red lights are, but his body trembled in the next moment as he heard a low growl.

After observing carefully, Alex understood that those red balls of light were actually the pair of Four-direction Swamp Beast's eyes. And it seems like the Four-direction Swamp Beast was looking at him.

Actually, the moment Alex made his own Death Swamp inside the Death Swamp of the Four-direction Swamp Beast, the Four-direction Swamp Beast woke and as it felt the invasion of foreign energy. Then it saw another small Death Swamp, the same as its own, below Alex's feet. It was small but big enough to easily swallow ten humans of Alex's size.

It didn't interrupt and wanted to see where does this foreign energy come from and who the owner of the other Death Swamp is.

Then it saw Alex coming out from the Death Swamp and cleaning his clothes and breathing comfortably. The Four-direction Swamp Beast immediately understood that Alex was the owner of that small Death Swamp. What it could not understand was how Alex was able to create a swamp exactly the same as its swamp?

It was a Four-direction Swamp Beast, a rare ancient beast. It has already given birth to intelligence and knew that the Death Swamp was an innate ability exclusive to its own race. It was impossible for this ability to appear in the body of any other demonic beast or a human. But now, it saw this ability being used by a human, causing it to be shocked.

On the other hand, Alex knew he could not escape. This Four-direction Swamp Beast was a Seventh Rank Demonic Beast while he was only a Level 9 Enlightenment Stage martial warrior. It is impossible for him to outrun the Four-direction Swamp Beast.

However, it still could not stay here and let the Four-direction Swamp Beast kill him. He has to run and escape from this place no matter what.

Thinking of this, Alex took a deep breath, looked into the Four-direction Swamp Beast's eyes, and immediately used his movement technique and started running in for his life.

"Roar!"

The Four-direction Swamp Beast was stunned when it saw Alex looking into his eyes and the next moment he started running for his life. When it come back to its senses, it roared in anger and closed one out of its four mouths. Then its red eyes turned completely black as spirals of black energy gathered into those two extremely large pupils.

In the next instant, two shockingly pestilent beams of black light shot in the direction Alex escaped to, causing everything of different colors in its path turn gray. Be it a few alive plants or weaker demonic beasts, it seem as if the black light had sucked out their life energy, causing them to die and turn gray.

Alex was frightened when he saw this. He knew if he did not do anything, he'll definitely die.

Using all of his strength, Alex used the Dark Wind Cutter, causing many dark wind blades to appear and forming a net before shooting at the coming beam of deadly light.

Alex knew his strength was not enough to block the Four-direction Swamp Beast's attack. So, the next instant, he again used the Deadly Swamp ability and sank down inside the swamp.

Before he completely sank down, he heard the cracking sound and knew that his Dark Wind Cutter has been shattered by the beam of black light. When he sank down, the two beams of black light passed above the swamp. At least, his Dark Wind Cutter brought him a few seconds of time, and if not for these few seconds, he would have been dead by now.

After the two black beams of light disappeared, the Four-direction Swamp Beast looked ahead carefully, searching for any sign of Alex. Not being able to find Alex, it let out another growl but this growl was filled with pride. It thought it has already killed Alex.

After some time, it once again opened its big mouth, made another swamp, and closed its eyes, waiting for other prey to come and fall into the trap.

It didn't notice a small swamp at a distance. After a few minutes, a head peeked out of the swamp, and took a deep breath, for he was suffocating inside the swamp without any air to breathe.

Taking deep breaths, Alex silently looked in the direction of the Four-direction Swamp Beast. He was about a hundred meters away from the Four-direction Swamp Beast and the surroundings were filled with dense darkness, causing him unable to see anything further than ten meters.

To be safe, Alex once again sank down the swamp and chose to stay there for a while, fearing the Four-direction Swamp Beast might still be looking for him.

From time to time, he'll pop out his head for breathing purposes before going down. When he felt more than half an hour has already passed, Alex finally chose to come out. He was still cautious and did not let his guard down. He carefully looked at his surroundings for any danger and noticing that everything was fine, he finally stepped forward, ready to leave this area and go deeper inside the abyss.

The trip to the abyss was becoming more and more dangerous as time was passing. Alex even noticed a demonic beast much stronger than the Four-direction Swamp Beast. Fortunately, he noticed this mountain-like tall beast from afar because of the fierce roar it let out and avoided it. Otherwise, he would have become the food of this beast.

Maybe, this demonic beast was fighting another demonic beast, sound of explosions continuously rang out in the air along with the beasts' roars.

Alex avoided everything. He was persistent and showed great patience. He calmly made his decision and saved his own life many times.

Finally, he arrived at the deepest part of the abyss. Here, he was longer able to see even his own hand. How dense the darkness here was, one can imagine.

Alex was unable to see anything, unable to hear anything, and unable to feel anything in this place. He even lost the sense of being alive. He felt like a walking dead, continuously walking without any control of his own limbs. He wanted to stop and observe the surrounding here first, but his legs doesn't seem to hear his call, they continued to walk forward without any sign of stopping.

This again frightened Alex greatly. He did not know what kind of dangerous place he has come to. Many times, he even regretted his decision of entering the abyss with others.

Fortunately, the sense of loss doesn't continue for long. He soon gained control over his body and even started to see the distance with one hand. This made him heave a sigh of relief.

Taking a deep breath of relief, just as Alex raised his head and looked in front, he was left dumbfounded. It is because he saw a big sphere of silver light covering a huge area of the abyss.