The Evolution Of A Goblin To The Peak

Chapter 1311: Great Shen Empire: Erkigal’s encounter I

Teng Guan eyed her from the corner of his vision. He saw that his lightning and flames were simply passing through her body.

He gritted his teeth and bent his knees.

In the next second, he arrived in front of Isabella in a flash, immense flames and lightning gathering around his fist.

Crack!

The fabric of space cracked, spreading out like a spider web.

The daggers detached from the layer of flesh around Isabella’s hands. The pair floated beside her as she stretched out her fingers, grabbing the fabric of space.

“You haven’t noticed it, but you’re already defeated.”

Cold words escaped her lips before she pulled down the fabric of space.

Ohm!

The cracks in space caused by Teng Guan became jumbled, and his vision twisted.

Teng Guan widened his eyes.

The space rippled before twisting together erratically. In mere moments, it moved like a whirlwind, turning and tearing everything around it apart.

Trees, debris, soil, and everything else were ripped apart by the twisting space.

The entire Yunze Port was unrecognizable.

Teng Guan gritted his teeth as he felt the space around him trying to twist his body. His mana circulated through him, burning faster than ever as he resisted the twisting force.

“Argh!!”

The pain was excruciating.

It was unreal.

Teng Guan could only endure it.

Suddenly, the sound of shattering glass echoed.

BANG!!

The space shattered.

Isabella spat out a mouthful of blood as she lifted her head. She saw an enormous whip, stretching for over a kilometer, descending toward her location.

She immediately grabbed the space around her and teleported away.

BOOM!!

The whip landed, creating a deep gash in the ground, three hundred meters deep and a kilometer long.

“Old Teng, I saved your life, so why don’t you thank me?” a mocking voice sounded.

Teng Guan was on the ground, covered in blood. He raised his head and glared at the newly arrived person.

“Poisonous Vine! I will kill you…!” he gritted his teeth.

“Hee~ I saved you, yet you didn’t appreciate it. She’s going to kill you if I don’t interfere,” Poisonous Vine laughed as she looked at Teng Guan’s pitiful appearance.

She glanced at Isabella, who had appeared several hundred meters away. Her eyes turned serious as she said, “A Space Expert is really a tricky opponent. Her mastery has surpassed that of the late Spatial Whisperer. Moreover, you didn’t realize it, but she has already poisoned you.”

“Me? Poison?” Teng Guan raised his eyebrows.

“Yeah. The potion she threw earlier contained poison. She manipulated the space, causing you to be exposed to it for a longer period of time. Her daggers are also coated in poison,” Poisonous Vine explained, not caring about Teng Guan’s reaction.

She’s an expert in poison, so she knew that there was poison in the air. It wouldn’t affect her, but it would work against others who weren’t familiar with it.

That’s why, in her point of view, if she hadn’t stepped in, Teng Guan would have been killed by Isabella.

…

Isabella was observing Poisonous Vine and Teng Guan. Her injuries had recovered, but she was a little tired. She didn’t know if she could still maintain the same pace.

“There are two of them now…”

She secretly glanced at Ice Death and Green King, who were observing the battle from afar. She could feel that those two were much more dangerous than the two in front of her.

Isabella couldn’t escape. If she tried, she felt that one of them would make a move against her.

She shook her head and focused her attention on Poisonous Vine and Teng Guan. No matter what happened, she had to do her best to survive this battle.

She wondered if Eilan and the others had managed to escape. She had tried to contain the scale of her attacks so that they wouldn’t affect the entire city.

Yunze City was huge, but it was comparatively small for a battlefield involving multiple Hero-rank experts.

Isabella straightened her posture, raising her daggers in front of her. Her eyes narrowed as her fighting spirit burned fiercely.

It had been a while since she had to fight someone above her level.

Moreover, there were two of them now.

Poisonous Vine and Teng Guan stood on one side, while Isabella stood on the opposite side.

The wind blew strongly, whistling across the destroyed land.

Ice Death and Green King, who were watching the battle, suddenly raised their heads.

A smile formed on Ice Death’s face.

Whooosh!

A streak of flame shot down from the sky.

BOOM!!

The ground shook for a moment, and dust shot into the air. A figure with striking red hair emerged from the smoke.

“Sister!!” Isabella exclaimed when she saw the woman’s appearance.

“I’m here.” Erkigal smiled at Isabella before turning her attention to Poisonous Vine, Teng Guan, Ice Death, and Green King.

She knew that these people were extraordinary, and defeating them was nigh impossible. Isabella wasn’t injured thanks to her parasite, but she was tired. As for herself, she had just woken up and hadn’t fully recovered.

Even at her full strength, she couldn’t defeat these people.

Poisonous Vine and Teng Guan frowned.

On the other side, Ice Death smiled joyfully upon seeing this scene.

“I knew it. When I saw them carrying you, I realized that the bond you formed with them wasn’t ordinary. You will not abandon her.”

His voice traveled across the land, letting everyone hear him.

Erkigal frowned and glanced in Ice Death’s direction.

“We’re in big trouble,” she said in a grave tone.

Isabella nodded with the same expression. She knew that escaping from their hands would be difficult, and even her instincts were signaling that death was approaching.

“What really happened?” Isabella asked.

Before Erkigal could answer, Ice Death interrupted her.

“How about you tell us what you learned in that place? We won’t bother you as long as you give us its location and information about it,” he asked in an amused tone.

He hadn’t bothered himself with her before since Erkigal was unconscious, but it was a different matter now.

“As if you didn’t know about it,” Erkigal replied contemptuously.

“We know, but we don’t know everything. Moreover, we don’t know its exact location. That’s why I’m asking you.” Ice Death opened his arms helplessly. “We wouldn’t even bother attacking this empire if not for that thing.”

They hadn’t even bothered investigating the Great Shen Empire before making a move.

That’s how important that thing was to them.

“That thing is nothing but trouble,” Erkigal said.

…

Two weeks ago.

Erkigal was in a faraway land, several thousand kilometers away from the Great Shen Empire.

The Immortal Land was considered the largest territory in the entire God’s Continent. Some regions had highly concentrated mana, while others had much thinner mana. Of course, the regions with the highest concentration of mana were occupied by the Holy Land of the Immortal Land, the Heavenly Court. The rest were occupied by the various first-grade sects.

Those first-grade sects were considered regional overlords, and their power was second only to the Holy Land. Aside from these sects, there were also countless smaller sects, kingdoms, and empires scattered across the Immortal Land.

Erkigal was currently in one of those kingdoms.

It was called the Qingye Kingdom.

The Qingye Kingdom wasn’t particularly large compared to the Great Shen Empire. However, it was still a bustling kingdom with a population of over twenty million people. Countless people came and went through the kingdom, experiencing its culture and enjoying everything it had to offer.

Although the Qingye Kingdom was thriving, the people of the Great Shen Empire considered this place a barren land.

The concentration of mana was lower here, so people who wanted to improve faster and weren’t afraid of taking risks would leave. They would travel to places where the mana concentration was higher, such as the Great Shen Empire or even the territories controlled by powerful sects.

Red Blossom Forest.

A huge stretch of land that covered one-tenth of the Qingye Kingdom’s territory. It had rivers, mountains, and all sorts of natural landscapes.

It was beautiful, but it was also dangerous.

After all, it was one of the forbidden areas of the Qingye Kingdom. Numerous monsters lived here, and many of them were highly territorial. Once they caught the scent of humans or demis, they would attack relentlessly.

Erkigal walked quietly through the forest, observing the nature around her.

Sunlight filtered through the dense canopy above, casting a radiant glow over the moss-covered ground. Towering trees stood proudly, their branches stretching overhead like an umbrella and almost covering the entire sky. The red leaves of the trees rustled as the wind blew strongly.

Erkigal strode calmly without disturbing anything around her. Even though she was walking, she left no footsteps or tracks behind her.

There were non-evolved monsters in the surroundings, such as Red Beak Swallows chirping somewhere in the distance and Yellow Striped Snakes slithering across the soil.

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