Chapter 20. Miasma in The Forest

 The rolling white mist began to spread from the center of the monster forest to the outside.

 In the mist, many pairs of eyes of different colors and strange bodies could not be described. They moved in the mist, and it was unclear what kind of creatures they were.

 The originally lively demonic beast forest was now completely silent.

 The birds in the sky and the animals in the forest seemed to have disappeared into thin air. No one knew where they went.

 Only the roars of demonic beasts could be heard.

 It was dangerous!

 Charles stared at the haze that was spreading not far away. The feeling of danger made him subconsciously decide to escape immediately!

 The haze was coming from the center of the forest. There was no lack of four or five lineage exotic beasts and quite a few blue quality beast crystals.

 It wasn't impossible for exotic beasts with purple quality beast crystals to appear.

 The current Charles wasn't a match for those exotic beasts.

 His figure retreated rapidly as he brought the ice Frost Dragon Whelp with him and ran towards the outskirts of the forest with all his might.

 However, after a few steps, Charles suddenly slowed down.

 Looking at the dense amount of beast crystals in the haze and the three hours of mission time left on the system panel ...

 He suddenly realized that this might be an opportunity.

 What came with the haze was a dense beast tide.

 And now, he just happened to have a high-intensity combat mission. The reward was given according to the number of kills. By absorbing blood essence, he could fight and replenish his supplies simultaneously.

 This was an excellent opportunity to level up!

 The Frost Dragon Whelp was already at tier eight of the same lineage. It was much stronger than before. At a glance, most of the beast crystals in the beast tide were either green or white. The others from the beast Tamer school might not be able to deal with it, but Charles still could fight it.

 What's more, the beast crystals of these demon beasts were still bright in the haze. It could be said that the enemy was in the light while he was in the dark.

 He could altogether avoid the powerful ones. The blue crystal Beast was moving outside of the other party's perception.

 Thinking of this, Charles no longer retreated to the outskirts of the monster forest. He turned his head and whispered to the frost Dragon Whelp below him,

 "Get ready; there's a tough battle to fight!"

 "Gugu!"

 In the blink of an eye, the figure of a man and a Dragon were surrounded by white miasma. One couldn't even see their fingers in a world filled with mist. The beast crystals were shining in great numbers, like the stars in the sky.

 Charles was probably the first to enter the haze and see this scene.

 "Shua shua shua-

 With a shrill howl, two beast crystals glowing with white light suddenly approached Charles.

 "Kill!"

 Under Charles's command, the frost Dragon Whelp charged in the direction he pointed. In a breath's time, two red flowers bloomed in the White mist, and the two exotic beasts were buried under the Dragon's claws.

 Then, a blue beast crystal fluttered and passed by Charles.

 "Avoid it,"

 Charles said to himself.

 He grabbed the green obsidian in his arms and injected energy into it. The human and Dragon's figures were hidden in the White mist, bypassing the powerful exotic Beast and continuing the battle from another route.

 Following this guerilla strategy, Charles circled the demon beast forest and killed more than 50 exotic beasts in two hours.

 Over a hundred drops of blood essence returned to his body, and Charles felt his body heat up slightly. Pure energy swam through his body and gradually settled into every cell. His strength also rose to the middle of the second level of the body refining tier.

 Just as the battle helicopter was enjoying itself, a purple light suddenly appeared in the sky.

 Charles was slightly stunned.

 Purple beast crystal.

 There were such terrifying, strange beasts in the demonic beast forest.

 Wherever the purple beast crystal went, the white, green, and blue beast crystals around it extinguished one after another. Some of the aftershocks of the attack even brushed against Charles, bringing with it a faint smell of blood.

 Charles watched from a distance, unable to imagine what kind of slaughter had occurred there. It was better to avoid this exotic Beast for the time being.

 Moreover, the haze in the forest had some effect on Charles. The haze contained toxins, and ordinary people might rot and be unable to breathe in less than ten minutes.

 Charles relied on his extraordinary physical qualities and cultivation at the second layer of the body refining tier to endure for more than two hours. He was already showing slight symptoms of poisoning. He was feeling slightly dizzy, and his feet were a little unstable.

 The time for the mission was almost up. It would only be more dangerous if he was out of the mission state and couldn't directly absorb the blood essence. It was time to retreat to the outer edge of the forest.

 Thinking of this, Charles was about to leave when he felt something pulling his feet. He sank into the mud and couldn't move. At the same time, the energy of the Jade silk garment was rapidly consumed.

 What kind of attack?

 Charles was shocked and looked down. From the fog, he could vaguely see a black shadow-like guy clinging to his calf like a leech.

 "To hell with it."

 Charles took off his bag and threw it at the monster. However, the monster seemed to have no physical body. The bag went straight through without any resistance. Charles slashed it a few times, but it had no effect.

 "Bloodline explosion!"

 Charles didn't hesitate and chose to activate his bloodline. A white light flashed, and the black monster was knocked out of Charles's body by the energy of the fusion. It let out a strange hiss.

 Charles looked at the monster in front of him. It was pitch-black with a white hole in the middle. He felt that it looked familiar.

 It was the black crawler!

 However, after looking at the exotic beasts around him, they all were floating green or white ice crystals. He didn't see any blue beast crystals.

 This could be a skill of the black crawler!

 Was it a long-range control skill?

 This was the first time he had seen such an ability.

 However, he couldn't overthink it now. Charles's fusion time was limited, only about two minutes. Furthermore, the bloodline eruption consumed much of his energy, and he lost a lot of stamina. His priority now was to leave the monster forest.

 He relied on his high speed to leave the black monster behind him. On the way, he killed a few second bloodline demonic beasts and rushed to the forest's edge.

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 At the edge of the demonic beast forest.

 Half of the students and several teachers of the Grinwood Academy were looking at the outskirts of the monster forest from a distance.

 There, miasma shrouded the place. Students formed groups of three to five and ran out of the haze under the guidance of the teachers. After the disaster, they sat on the ground and panted heavily.

 Some unlucky newbie students fainted when the miasma appeared due to their poor physical fitness.

 This situation was hazardous. If one fainted in the forest at this time, they would unconsciously inhale a large amount of miasma, further deepening the poisoning situation and even possibly dying.