With a hundred Poisoned Fanged Centipedes showing, Mo Xie couldn't help but started to think a plan. He needs to escape this place, if he can't, he'll be the food of these insects, but then, him? Food? What can he even amount to in their stomach?
For some reason, all of these Poison Fanged Centipedes gathering in a single spot caused Mo Xie to furiously glares at the two sharp peaks from afar, covered with purple miasma, he couldn't help but have a bad feeling.
"I can use it for only three seconds... will it be enough..." Mo Xie uttered through gritted teeth, he never suffered a blow against the Poison Fanged Centipedes, but when he gets injured, it's ultimately the start of his end.
For three seconds, he could use the beast core's third form, that's the maximum.
"Three seconds..." Mo Xie hovered in the sky, a plan suddenly appeared in his mind, he could use it, but the next question is, how?
Mo Xie smirked: "Follow me, trash of a forest!"
He spoke loudly, but before he could even move, the sky was blotted out by the massive number and body of the Poison Fanged Centipedes, but he has his Shadow Steps, avoiding them will be easy, especially with their massive bodies.
But at this moment, with their numbers increasing.
Zzzzssk~
Szzsht~~!
SSsssshhhhzzz~~
They all had their mouth opened, purple poisonous fogs started to come out of their mouth, then, green toxics from their fangs are leaking down on their body, they started to shake their heads, the poison started to go here and there, covering even their bodies even.
Mo Xie's path grew narrower by the second, some even blocked, he couldn't really cross the poison, using the ground, the centipede's body, and even showing up to fly and dodge had been done consecutively.
But with the sheer numbers of the centipedes scattering the poison fog and saliva, it took no less than a minute to cover the whole area and their body.
Mo Xie stopped, he soared into the air above the poison fog and glared at the centipedes: "You guys... you're doing more than necessary!"
If it's for food, they could find someone easier to kill, easier to eat, much easier to stuff their bellies with but to think that they'd do a lot of things just to get Mo Xie, he's even trying to leave.
A tiger in its territory wouldn't chase a dragon when the dragon decides to leave its territory, after all, it can hurt be hurt by the dragon too, and it's not worth it to injure each other.
Mo Xie's reaching the end of his patience: "Carving a path of blood will be my only option huh?"
"You guys had crossed my bottom line this time!"
As Mo Xie spoke of this, he thought; 'An hour wouldn't hurt, wouldn't it?'
As he thought to this, he summoned the triplet formation disk: "Samsara Shadow Statues, I summon you, fight for me!"
Twenty four shadows appeared beside Mo Xie, all of them completely ghastly black, their eyes crimson red as all of them held blue colored smoke type daggers.
It's like they are wearing hoods, but their body made out of complete smoke, it's too different compared to the first time he summoned it, when he did before, it's merely statues, but now, its actual form is nowhere to be seen.
All of them showed fierce expression too.
"We are here."
Mo Xie couldn't believe it, the raspy voices sounded, each with different kinds of tones. He couldn't help but be excited: "Carve a path of retreat!"
"At your command!"
"Consider it done!"
Two statues remained, twelve vanished, and ten came at the front line.
Mo Xie couldn't help but see it with shock, it's completely different, he thought he needed to give some sort of order or control them, but now, they are moving on their own.
(Before anyone goes rowdy about it automatically being great, just to tell you guys, it isn't all that great, well, not for now, since, Mo Xie only has 5% of it completely owned. Can't tell you guys anything more since it might become quite a massive spoiler, so that ends here.)
The twelve that vanished appeared behind the centipedes facing the ten, the daggers held on their hands...
Swish~ Zzzsst zst cshuk!
Continuously slashing at the gap between the shells.
The ten facing the front delayed the centipede's attack, holding the dagger in their hand as they parried or blocked the incoming powerful leg strikes.
Mo Xie smiled, he immediately dashed forth, a smile beaming on his face as his osmium jade dragon wings unfolded and rushed out of the encirclement.
The forest moved again, but Mo Xie, unhindered by the Poison Fanged Centipedes is quite faster, with the twenty-two statues hindering the centipedes and the other two protecting Mo Xie, nothing could stop his momentum.
Even though the forest is moving quite fast, Mo Xie's gaining more and more distant from his previous location, a smile formed on his lips as he saw the end of the forest.
But for no reason at all, the two statues protecting him blocked his path they pulled Mo Xie back and then they placed their dagger up their face while the other hand supporting it, to block something.
"Danger." One of the statues spoke.
"What are they blocki-" Mo Xie couldn't even finish his words as one of the massive trees struck in their direction, causing Mo Xie to open his eyes quite widely in shock.
Bang! the two statues were sent flying, before vanishing completely and appearing beside Mo Xie again.
He didn't even dare to linger there and made a detour, but then, all of the statues appeared beside him and started to block.
"Danger, please retreat."
Mo Xie didn't get it, why would it be dangerous?
But then, he saw all of the trees were aiming at him.
Mo Xie's eyes grew crimson black, his whole body completely covered with black and silver furs, there's a sort of clothe floating around him, the three rings increased by another three rings, his claws red and his face covered in hair as his face slightly protruded, like a lion's face.
Mo Xie didn't even think as he shouted: "Rain down on mine enemy!"
As he spoke, the rings behind his back started to be connected, it formed a star as simultaneously, hundreds of thousands of shadow blades appeared within the sky, each packing with sharp powerful piercing abilities, Mo Xie is almost at the end of the forest but sheer number of shadow blades covered almost half of the entire forest.
The Poison Fanged Centipedes immediately took cover and burrowed underground. but some were a little slower and sustained heavy injuries, even death for a few of them.
The trees stopped attacking and instead, covered the ground where the Centipedes burrowed in.
Mo Xie frowns: "I think... I've guessed it correctly..."
As he spoke of this, Mo Xie's body returned to normal, the Spectral Fiend Liger's 3rd form took a toll on his body, luckily, he has his physique to maintain his condition, only the wings remained, his soul sea and infused beast core are both completely empty. He's exhausted, too much.
Mo Xie sighed, he looked at the twin-blade mountain. As the ground started to shake. the twin blade mountain started to move, the trees swayed, but not an ordinary one, it all started to move into one direction.
"This..." Mo Xie felt speechless, for the first time in his life, he had seen something he didn't really want to see.
The twin blade mountain, like a tsunami, fell downwards, but instead of falling completely, its base started to go up, two round crimson eyes can be seen staring at Mo Xie's direction.
"Human, do you... understand me?"
Mo Xie couldn't help but look at this being: "I guess you're the mother... And I think I've just injured your children."
Noticing the trees gone, no, they aren't even tall trees, but legs, that are standing on the ground now, which, the hundred Poison Fanged Centipedes are hanging on to now.
When the queen centipede showed itself, the branches of the trees seemed like it was an illusion, since, all of them transformed into centipedes as well, which are tightly hugging unto their mother's legs.