The Infernal Plane: Book 5 of the Coiling Dragon Saga

by Wo Chi Xi Hong Shi

  “If every day was like today, life would be utterly miserable,” Bebe muttered.

  “Bebe. Even you’re afraid.” Linley pursed his lips, grinning.

  “Anybody would feel a headache when faced with these unkillable freaks,” Bebe said helplessly.

  Just as everyone was chatting casually…

  “Hey, everyone, look. What’s going on over there?” Bebe pointed into the distance.

  Linley’s group stared into the distance, and saw that in the distance, the boundless white fog was actually moving towards one direction at high speed. The white fog disappeared, increasing Linley’s line of sight and visibility distance. In the blink of an eye, all of the white fog within several meters of here completely disappeared.

  Linley, Bebe, and the rest of the six stared, slack-jawed.

  The six of them, halfway up that mountain peak, could clearly see to a distance of three or four kilometers. There were actually countless clusters of amethyst beasts now filling their gaze. The ones they could see numbered over a thousand, while others were deeper into the white fog.

  “This… this…” Linley’s group was scared silly.

  Two amethyst beasts were already so hard to deal with. A thousand amethyst beasts?

  “There’s people! Oh, they’ve been surrounded.” Jarrod and Garlan’s faces changed. Linley looked carefully as well. Indeed…

  Within an encirclement of amethyst beasts, there were hundreds of people.

  Within the group of amethyst beasts, there was a larger one that was seven meters tall and 20 meters long; an amethyst behemoth. But what was most eye-catching wasn’t the enormous amethyst beast, it was that there was another amethyst beast that was standing on the amethyst behemoth’s head.

  This juvenile amethyst beast was just one meter long. Compared to the amethyst beasts, it was nothing more than a speck.

  When Godeater Rats battled, they might increase in size a bit, at which point they would be about on par with this juvenile amethyst beast. Logically speaking, this sort of juvenile amethyst beast should be hidden away and protected in a lair.

  However, upon seeing the juvenile amethyst beast, Linley’s group shuddered, and not from the cold.

  Because at this moment in time, the juvenile amethyst beast’s mouth was wide open. Boundless amounts of white fog were being swallowed into the mouth of this juvenile amethyst beast. Moments later, within a circumference of ten kilometers, there was no white fog left at all. The strange thing was… the white fog in the other area didn’t come fill the gap.

  The juvenile amethyst beast rubbed its little stomach, and then its clear voice shook the world, “Haha, humans, the surrounding white fog is under my control. If you want to enter the white fog and flee, that will no longer be possible. All of you, prepare to become food.” The voice was as clear as that of a child’s, but the words were so fluid.

  Linley’s group was shocked.

  This was because the amethyst beasts they had encountered, when speaking, only stuttered. Their intelligence was low as well. But this juvenile amethyst beast was different.

  “Haha, kiddos, kill them for me!” the juvenile amethyst beast shouted delightedly.

  Immediately, the countless amethyst beasts all began to roar while charging towards those hundreds of surrounded people. Those hundreds of people all wildly executed their most powerful attacks. Linley could immediately tell that these hundreds of people were, amazingly, all experts. Those attacks they launched and the profound mysteries contained within caused even Linley to be astonished.

  For a moment, the entire world was filled with thunderclaps, angry roars, and constant sounds of battle!

  “Monster, die!” One man, a short silver-haired person who wielded a longspear, transformed into a ray of white light, glowing like the sun itself as he pierced through the air, striking straight towards the adorable juvenile amethyst beast.

  The juvenile amethyst beast grinned wickedly. Casually waving a hand, a ray of violet light shot out, striking into the silver-haired man’s body. The silver-haired man fell down from mid-air, immediately dying!

  “Oh, you were looking for death?” the juvenile amethyst beast said disdainfully.

  Linley’s group was shocked.

  “A soul attack!” Bebe said, stunned. “And it contains strange profound mysteries within.”

  “This amethyst beast is capable of using the Laws in its attacks?” Linley’s face changed.

  The juvenile amethyst beast was definitely no ordinary creature. It was completely different from those other ordinary amethyst beasts.

  “Those humans should all be Highgods. Like me, they’ve been here a very long time,” Garlan said, stunned. “The one who was killed just now by that small monster was a very powerful Highgod. And he was killed in one stance. That small monster’s power…” Garlan found himself at a loss for words.

  What sort of power was this?

  The power of an Asura?

  “Let’s hurry up and leave,” Linley said hurriedly.

  “Too monstrous. Let’s go,” Bebe agreed.

  Immediately, Linley’s group turned and left.

  In the distant battlefield, that little juvenile amethyst beast who stood atop the head of the amethyst behemoth waved his hand, and a ray of violet light shot through the body of another powerful Highgod, killing him right away. And then, he suddenly turned his head to look towards Linley’s direction, muttering, “Oh? I was preparing to deal with you later. I didn’t expect that after watching for just a short period of time, you’d be so scared that you’d run.”

  And then, the juvenile amethyst beast called out loudly, “Kiddos, pursue!” The clear voice shook the heavens.

  Instantly, countless amethyst beasts immediately began to roar, and countless amethyst beasts began to gallop at high speed in the direction in which the little juvenile amethyst beast was pointing its claw at. On the ground, the only thing left was a few corpses. Those hundreds of Highgods were all dead!

  70

  Fleeing For Their Lives

  Countless amethyst beasts galloped forth, and even the mountains they galloped past began to tremble and shake. Countless bellows rang out, echoing like thunder. The loudest voice, however, was a clear call that filled the heavens. “Kiddos, quick, catch them, quick!!!”

  Linley’s group couldn’t help but turn their heads. They all knew that was the voice of the juvenile amethyst beast.

  Linley ran as fast as lightning, running forward like a meteor as he scurried through the empty landscape of the Amethyst Mountains, occasionally leaping down from mountain cliffs, occasionally using his draconic claws and feet to quickly propel up mountains. Due to the powerful gravity of the Amethyst Mountains, there was no way one could fly at all.

  “Quick, quick!!!” while sprinting forward, Linley frantically shouted through divine sense.

  Of the six of them, the back of the pack was led by Olivier and Garlan. Olivier was, after all, just a God, and his body wasn’t as strong as Linley’s to begin with. Garlan, meanwhile, trained in the Elemental Laws of Fire, and thus didn’t have any advantage in speed.

  “Haha, you won’t be able to flee!” the juvenile amethyst beast said delightedly.

  Linley’s group ignored all else, frantically charging towards the white fog. As long as the opponents weren’t able to see them, they would be safe.

  “Swish!” As it opened its mouth, the juvenile amethyst beast swallowed a large amount of white fog into its belly, and the area Linley’s group was in had no white fog at all now. The juvenile amethyst beast said delightedly, “Haha, I want to see how you will keep running. Hey, kiddos, move faster!”

  The group of amethyst beasts had been many kilometers away from Linley’s group. After chasing for so long, though, they were less than a kilometer away.

  After all, the amethyst beasts were astonishingly fast.

  “Whoosh!”

  Moving like the wind, flashing like lightning, Linley’s group continued to
sprint at high speed. However, behind them, those rays of violet shadows flashed towards them in pursuit, giving Linley’s group a sense of pressure.

  “These amethyst beasts really run fast,” Bebe said frantically.

  “There’s people up ahead.” Linley’s eyes suddenly lit up. Up ahead, roughly a hundred meters away, ten plus figures were fleeing in panic at high speed while looking backwards occasionally. It seemed as though they were terrified. In terms of speed, Linley’s group was much faster than them.

  Linley immediately understood. “These people have probably heard the roars of the amethyst beasts and want to flee. Only, their speed is too slow.” At the same time, Linley suddenly had a plan.

  “Turn!” Linley suddenly sent a mental message.

  After speaking, Linley leapt off from the ground, shooting out like an arrow from a bow towards the distance. Delia, Bebe, and the others naturally followed Linley, turning slightly as they continued to spring. The direction in which Linley was sprinting was different from those ten plus distant figures.

  As for the amethyst beasts, they were continuing to chase and press the attack.

  Part of the amethyst beast wave charged towards those ten, who had also just arrived in the Amethyst Mountains today. Most of them were Gods, with the rest being Demigods. In the face of the amethyst beasts, that bit of power was nothing, rendering them unable to resist.

  “Roaaaaaar!”

  “Roaaaaar!”

  The wild amethyst beasts roared while sprinting forward on their four sturdy limbs. The speed of those ten was simply too slow, and they were trampled flat by those many amethyst beasts. The amethyst beasts intentionally trampled them, stepping directly on their heads.

  “Crunch!” Their heads were trampled and shattered, and their divine sparks rolled out.

  This made those amethyst beasts all the more excited, and they roared while continuing to gallop. Only on the day of the Fog Wave were they given a chance like this. Once this day came to an end, they wouldn’t have this chance again. Naturally, they would have to go a little crazy today.

  “Haha, you can keep running, but let’s see who runs faster!” The juvenile amethyst beast stood atop the head of the amethyst behemoth, delightedly laughing.

  Currently, Linley was less than a hundred meters away from the amethyst beast wave behind them.

  Moments later, the distance was reduced to 50 meters.

  30 meters…

  20 meters…

  “What should we do?” Jarrod said frantically through divine sense. He could sense the heat of those scorching breaths reaching his body, and could smell that thick, odorous body odor. The odor of the amethyst beasts. Jarrod hated this sort of smell.

  “Shut your mouth!” Bebe shouted back through divine sense. “Keep running for your life! Flee if you can!”

  Linley silently continued to sprint at high speed. The Amethyst Mountains were extremely broad, and there were many mountain peaks. Naturally, this sort of road was not easily traversed. Occasionally, there would be a mountain range, while occasionally there would be a gorge. Linley’s group climbed the mountains upon reaching them and charged down cliffs upon reaching them. When they reached the end of the gorge, they would then clamber back up.

  In short, they couldn’t hesitate!

  If they hesitated, they would be caught.

  “Haha, you are about to die!” The juvenile amethyst beast was very excited.

  The amethyst behemoth he was mounted on waved its sharp claws, swiping towards the fleeing Garlan, at the back of the pack. This seven-meter-tall amethyst beast was the most powerful of those countless amethyst beasts, capable of easily breaking apart Garlan’s Highgod artifact.

  “Garlan.” Jarrod frantically grabbed Garlan.

  But the speed of those sharp claws was simply too fast. At the moment of death, Garlan’s body suddenly released another ‘Garlan’. Clearly, this was Garlan’s divine clone. With a ‘slash’ sound, one of the Garlan’s was ripped apart by the claws, and a divine spark flew out wildly.

  Jarrod couldn’t help but feel astonished and furious.

  “I lost a God-level divine clone.” Garlan didn’t have time to feel sad. Right now, it would be wonderful if she could even survive.

  Sprinting at the front, Linley knew how dangerous the situation had become. He could all but sense the shadow of that amethyst behemoth drawing near. Suddenly, Linley saw what was coming up ahead, and he couldn’t help but feel surprised. “There’s a gorge up ahead!”

  He didn’t hesitate at all!

  Moving like the wind, Linley, Delia, Bebe, Olivier, Garlan, and Jarrod, the six of them, threw themselves forward into the fog-shrouded gorge. Even though they didn’t know what the situation was inside the gorge, none of them hesitated at all.

  “Chase, chase!!!” The juvenile amethyst beast was very excited. Mounted on the amethyst behemoth, he leapt down as well.

  The many amethyst beasts wildly leapt into the gorge, which was extremely wide. From one side of the gorge to the other was a distance of dozens of kilometers. In the white fog, it was completely impossible to see the other cliff.

  “Whoosh!” “Whoosh!” The wind howled as they all descended.

  Linley’s group of six not only didn’t resist the astonishing gravity, they actually intentionally used their divine power to accelerate their descent. The six of them descended lightning-fast. This gorge was dozens of kilometers deep, but given the astonishing speed of Linley’s group, they arrived at the bottom in almost an instant.

  The ground of the gorge was made from tough rocks.

  Not only had they resisted the impact of gravity, they had even accelerated. Smashing into such hard rocks at such speed… even the body of a Highgod would be injured.

  “Swoosh!” When they were only ten meters away from the ground, Linley suddenly, frantically slowed down, landing on the ground like a gust of gentle wind. As for Delia, she gracefully disappeared, her body transforming into a gust of wind, then reforming into a solid body.

  Olivier, Jarrod, and Garlan had their own tricks as well to slow down. This was very ordinary.

  But Bebe? Bebe ignored everything, viciously smashing straight into the ground.

  “Bang!” The ground trembled, and Bebe sank 20 or 30 centimeters into the ground. Given the toughness of the rocks of the Amethyst Mountains, one could imagine how strong the smashing force was for him to sink so deep into the ground.

  But Bebe was completely unharmed.

  Nobody praised Bebe, because there was no time!

  “Flee!” Linley’s group of six wildly sprinted forward.

  The amethyst beasts didn’t have any divine power, nor did they know any profound mysteries of the Laws. Thus, they dropped down at a very normal pace and did not accelerate. By the time they landed, of course they smashed hard into the ground.

  “Bang!” “Bang!” “Bang!”

  Like meteors slamming down, each amethyst beast smashed hard into the ground, then immediately began to chase forward, as though the impact of the collision hadn’t had any effect on them. The juvenile amethyst beast was constantly shouting in anger, “Quick! The distance between us and them just increased!”

  When descending, Linley’s group of six had been faster, and thus the distance between the two groups had increased to 50 meters again.

  Linley’s group of six, hearing the smashing sounds, could imagine in their minds the terrifying scene of those countless amethysts beasts pursuing them. Their hearts couldn’t help but tremble, and all of them continued to sprint for their lives. If they truly were caught, just the trampling of those countless amethyst beasts would be enough to finish them off.

  “There’s a lake up ahead!” Linley immediately saw that within the white fog, there was a lake.

  Linley’s group of six didn’t hesitate at all, immediately entering into the waters of the lake. When being pursued, even if there was a mountain of knives or a sea of flames in front of them, they would still cha
rge through. After all, if they hesitated and tried to find an alternative route, they would slow down and thus be caught by the amethyst beasts behind them.

  In that instant…

  Many amethyst beasts appeared at the sides of the lake. Standing atop the head of the amethyst behemoth, the juvenile amethyst beast frowned and said unhappily, “They went into the water? Could it be that they know that I hate water? Hmph, none of these will be able to escape.”

  Immediately, the juvenile amethyst beast said loudly, “Kiddos, all of you go down and seize those people!”

  “Roaaaar!” “Roaaaar!” “Roaaaar!”

  Immediately, countless amethyst beasts began to roar in anger, and the ones in front threw themselves into the lake. With repeated ‘plop’ ‘plop’ sounds, they went in, while at the same time, many other amethyst beasts, including the juvenile one, surrounded the shores of the lake.

  “Surround this entire lake.” The juvenile amethyst beast ground its teeth. “Hmph, I want to see how they can possibly escape. Not a single plaything I set my eye on has ever been able to escape!” As it spoke, it wrinkled its little nose.

  Linley’s group of six, upon entering the lake, had actually discovered a narrow underwater path. They continuously advanced through it. This little narrow pathway was actually headed upwards. The first part of it was underwater, but the second part was above water. Linley’s group quickly reached the end of the pathway.

  This little pathway was a canal that led to a mountain cave.

  “I didn’t expect someone would be capable of carving out such a large, meticulous cave.” Jarrod was overjoyed.

  Only now did Linley’s group let out sighs of relief. Carefully inspecting the cave, they saw that this had clearly been excavated out by others. Linley couldn’t help but feel overjoyed. “The stones of the Amethyst Mountains are incomparably tough. What sort of power would be necessary for someone to carve out such an enormous cave, and how much time must it have taken?”

  Bebe, using his godspark dagger, had only just been able to break apart that rock.

  “Linley, will the amethyst beasts be able to discover us here?” Delia was still somewhat worried.