Ocean held the charcoal in his hand, observed the surrounding terrain, and drew lines on a new piece of cloth.
Once the new piece of cloth is drawn, Ocean will ask Doris to sew the new map tile onto the big cloth.
"You can already feel the magic here is very strong." Ocean said solemnly.
Jimiya sighed: "In other words, the distance to the spiritual vein is not far away..." He was carrying two demon sheep on his back.
Any animal may be transformed into a magical beast through magic immersion. However, due to the survival time and range of activities, the probability of herbivores transforming into magical beasts is much lower than that of predators. However, it is not impossible, it is just relatively rare.
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The Demon Sheep is a magical beast transformed from a goat.
"There are few animals in this forest, and most of them are monsters. It seems that there really is a spiritual node." Lu Silan looked at the map, "And there are unexpectedly many herbivores..."
"Is it possible that the monsters entrenched there are monsters transformed from herbivores?" Lu Silan looked at Ocean.
"...I don't rule out this possibility, but I still tend to be predators." Ocean held a wooden stick in his hand, "I hope my guess is wrong..."
A drop of cold sweat hung on his face.
If it is really a predator, it is definitely a very smart predator.
Ocean felt that the ecological imbalance in this area was strange.
We haven't seen any wolves, bears, chimeras, or Hydras. Going south in this area, there is basically a monster or bear every few kilometers, and occasionally you can see a group of wolves, but in this area,
In the northern part of the island covered by spiritual veins... there is not a single carnivore animal, not even a wolf. Instead, there are an alarming number of herbivorous animals, and many sheep and pigs have even been transformed into magical beasts.
This gives rise to two possibilities.
A powerful herbivorous monster resides there, driving away predators and protecting these herbivores.
Another possibility is that a smart predator drives all competitors out of its territory and traps a large number of herbivores in its territory.
Without the threat of other predators, these herbivores are willing to stay here and be preyed upon by just one predator.
Exactly... which guess is correct?
...
On the desolate highlands, huge beasts waved their wings and flew high into the sky.
It seems to have noticed some other creatures appearing in its territory.
Some..."predator".
Its wings vibrated, maintaining its shape in the air, and its keen eyesight looked around.
Its face has similar facial features, but it is extremely ugly. If you don't look carefully, you won't be able to tell that it is a human face.
After a moment, as if it had discovered something, it flapped its giant wings and flew away into the distance.
Ocean, who was drawing the map, felt like his hair was on fire.
Attack? Sense of danger?
What's going to happen?
etc--
This is - magic!
An oppressive magic power comes from high in the sky!
"Lu Silan! Jimiya! Get out of there!" Grabbing the map, Ocean let out a loud roar and rolled to the side.
When Lu Silan and Jimia heard Ou Shen's reminder, they subconsciously pounced on both sides without asking why.
boom------!!!
The huge beast in the sky bombarded the ground.
The trees were swept up by the strong air currents, their hard trunks were broken, and the entire forest became topsy-turvy.
"Uh - cough! What happened!" Lu Silan jumped up from the ground, pulled out his dagger from his waist, and looked around cautiously.
"Uh-uh!" Jimia was pinned under a big tree and was struggling hard.
Pushing the heavy giant tree aside, Jimia gritted his teeth and stood up.
"Uh-uh...!" He covered his head, his eyes tending to turn red.
"Pfft-cough!" Ou Shen took off the sea bow from his back, put his hand on the bow string, and looked warily into the smoke.
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Roar--!!!!!!
A deafening roar came from the point where the loud noise came from, and the three people covered their ears in discomfort.
"What the hell is this?" Lu Silan gritted his teeth, and a blue vein appeared on his forehead.
"Uh-uh-uh-!" Jimia covered her head and knelt on the ground, saliva dripping from her mouth.
"Stop screaming!" Ou Shen couldn't bear it anymore. He took his hands away from his ears, opened the sea bow, and looked at the place where the smoke and dust had not yet cleared.
"Shut up!"
The water flow appeared out of thin air, shining with blue light on the sea bow.
Buzz.
call out!
The thigh-thick stream of water carries divine power and shoots towards the location of the monster.
Wow!
The arrow hit the beast, and the deafening roar stopped.
The beast that fell from the sky finally revealed its true appearance.
It has a yellow-brown body color and is bigger than the Hydra in the northeast. It has two wings on its back, covering the sky and the sun. The most important thing is——
His head has facial features that resemble a ferocious human face.
"...Sphinx." A drop of cold sweat flowed down Ocean's face.
He naturally knew this image. One of the many monsters born by Echidna - the Sphinx, also called - the Sphinx!
"I remember that this thing's habitat is not the sea. Shouldn't this thing live on Atlantis and other vast continents? How could it appear here?!" Ocean thought quickly.
The Sphinx had already discovered Ocean, who had just shot an arrow at it. It looked at Ocean with its ugly face, and a strange expression appeared on its human-like face.
It seems like...laughing?
Ou Shen couldn't help but feel a chill.
While Ocean and the Sphinx were confronting each other, something happened to Gumia.
"Jimiya!" Luslan was still relatively close to Jimiya, and something was wrong with Jimiya that was visible to the naked eye.
"Uh-ah, uh-uh! No! Don't-don't come out!" Jimia's eyes flashed red.
In Jimiya's mind, two equally strong men stood there, looking at each other.
One has an anxious expression and the other has a calm expression.
"I'm helping you, damaged incarnation, Jimia." The calm one said calmly, without any movement of his body.
"Help me? Continue to destroy?" the eager one said irritably, "What happened before...haven't we learned a lesson?"
"That's also helping you." The calm Jimiya smiled slightly, "It doesn't matter, anyway... the pain is irritating me now."
"You can't stop me."
"Ah ah ah ah ah----!!!"
Jimia's eyes were completely covered in blood red.
Chaos descends at this moment.
boom--
"Jimiya!" Lu Silan looked anxiously at the figure that jumped up.
"Ahhhhh!"
"Roar!"
Bang!
A dull voice sounded, and Jimia punched the Sphinx on the head.