Quick Travel to the Clouds

Chapter 791 Challenge Dungeon 46

Tian Yi and Tang Yinqiu were completely unaware of the impending danger. They were taking the time to rest and treat their wounds, feeling grateful to the Divine Travel Guild for taking them in, and also harboring a burning anger at being abandoned by Jin Yihang.

Time passed second by second.

The chaos in Area A seemed to have reached a peak, with shouts and explosions echoing everywhere.

Suddenly, the Fire Iron Flying Ants issued a sharp warning—an extremely large, cold, and oppressive energy reaction was rapidly approaching from the southeast! Wherever it passed, the other "hunters" retreated!

"They're here!" Yun Chu's eyes narrowed, and she instantly entered battle mode.

Xie Yipei shouted in a low voice at the same time: "Everyone, take your positions according to plan! Prepare for battle!"

The team members quickly took their positions and held their breath.

Above the ruins in the southeast, a dark purple figure tore through the mist and flew over at an astonishing speed!

It is not very large, about three meters tall, and resembles an enlarged, skeletonized hybrid of a mantis and a bat.

Its entire body is covered with a dark purple, crystal-like carapace, with sharp bone spurs extending from its joints. Two pairs of translucent membrane wings on its back vibrate at high speed, emitting a low hum.

What is most chilling are its compound eyes, which gleam with a cold, greedy, and cruelly intelligent light.

S-Rank Hunter - [Phantom Predator]!

It seemed to lock onto Tian Yi and Tang Yinqiu, who had "intense auras," instantly. Its compound eyes darted around, ignoring the concealment array of the Divine Travel Guild camp. It let out a sharp screech, flapped its wings, and transformed into a purple shadow, directly swooping down on the low building where the two were!

"Activate!" Yun Chu shouted, changing the array hand seals.

Just as the Phantom Predator was about to charge into the low building, countless crisscrossing silver rays suddenly lit up on the ground and in the air! The Dragon-Trapping and Killing Formation was activated instantly!

The silver light coiled upwards like a living thing, attempting to bind the purple shadow.

At the same time, gravity increased sharply within the array's range, the air became viscous, and various illusions arose, interfering with the hunters' perception and actions.

"Hiss—!" The Phantom Predator let out an angry hiss, its body twisting strangely in the air, its speed only slightly reduced. The amethyst armor on its body flashed, and the silver rays that were wrapped around it all broke apart!

Its resistance to formations far exceeds expectations!

However, it was ultimately delayed by the formation for a moment and was successfully lured into the core area of ​​the formation.

It's now!

Yun Chu moved with lightning speed, shooting out from her hiding place! She had already affixed the [Swiftness Talisman], [Great Strength Talisman], and [Golden Body Talisman], and her spiritual power surged around her.

She didn't use any ranged attacks, but instead charged straight at the S-rank hunter trapped in the formation!

"She's gone mad?!" Lu Ting and the others who were providing support from a distance almost exclaimed in shock.

Direct close-quarters combat with an S-class hunter?

Xie Yipei clenched his fists, his eyes fixed on Yun Chu's figure, forcing himself to believe her.

Seeing that a "little bug" dared to charge at it, the Phantom Predator's compound eyes flashed with a provoked rage. Its sharp, scythe-like forelimbs unleashed a chilling purple light as it slashed fiercely at Yun Chu! The speed was so fast that it left afterimages in the air!

Yun Chu's eyes remained calm and still. As the scythe approached, she silently murmured, "Stone statue!"

S-rank skill activated! A grayish-white light instantly enveloped his entire body!

"clang--!!!"

A deafening roar, like the clash of metal, reverberated all around!

The purple light struck the petrified Yun Chu, creating a trail of dazzling sparks, but failed to leave a single mark! Invincible state!

The Phantom Predator seemed to pause for a moment.

In those three seconds of invincibility, Yun Chu had already rushed to the hunter's very close range!

The stone-like right hand is held together like a sword, with a purple talisman crackling with destructive lightning hidden between its fingertips—the [Heavenly Pivot Thunder Demon Talisman]!

The statue is immune to damage in its stone form, but it cannot attack proactively. She is waiting for an opportunity.

The moment the three-second invincibility ended, the gray-white light faded, and Yun Chu returned to her flesh and blood body.

Meanwhile, the Phantom Predator is in a slight state of stagnation due to its attack being blocked, as its old power has just been depleted and its new power has not yet been generated!

"Now!"

Yun Chu's eyes were sharp as knives. She poured all her spiritual power into the talisman at her fingertips and slammed her palm hard into a tiny crack in the carapace of the Phantom Predator (a weakness that the Fire Iron Flying Ants had already detected)!

"burst!"

The [Celestial Pivot Thunder Talisman] adhered tightly to the carapace and exploded with a roar!

A blinding purple bolt of lightning shot into the sky, its violent power exploding with an aura of annihilation! Thunder rumbled, as if divine punishment had descended!

"Agh—!!!"

The Phantom Predator let out an unprecedented scream of agony, its amethyst carapace cracking and shattering in the lightning! Its massive body was blasted backward, scattering purplish-black blood and energy fragments everywhere!

It was badly damaged!

However, the S-class hunter was extremely resilient. It did not die, but was instead thoroughly enraged and went berserk!

Beneath its shattered carapace, flesh and blood writhed. It roared, ignoring its injuries, and flapped its wings wildly, unleashing countless sharp, unparalleled purple wind blades that rained down indiscriminately in all directions!

At the same time, its compound eyes shone brightly with purple light, and a powerful mental shockwave swept out!

"Beware of mental attacks!" Xie Yipei warned sharply, while simultaneously slashing his sword to shatter the wind blades that were hurtling towards the camp.

The moment Yun Chu detonated the talisman, she had already used the force to retreat, while simultaneously activating another [Universe Shift Talisman]. Her figure flickered eerily amidst the wind and rain of blades, avoiding most of the attacks.

Faced with the mental shock, the divine power in her sea of ​​consciousness automatically protected her, and with the [Tranquility Talisman] still in effect, she only let out a muffled groan, her face paling slightly.

"Trapping formation, strangulation!" She suppressed her discomfort and activated the formation again.

The remaining energy of the [Dragon Trapping and Killing Formation] erupted, transforming into countless sharp golden chains. Taking advantage of the hunter's severe injury and berserk state, which greatly reduced its defense, the chains fiercely wrapped around its limbs, membrane wings, and neck, tightening and cutting them frantically!

At the same time, dozens of pre-buried [Exploding Flame Talismans] and [Gengjin Sword Qi Talismans] detonated simultaneously!

Boom boom boom boom—!!

The series of explosions completely engulfed the Phantom Predator! Firelight, sword energy, and the golden light of the array intertwined to form a vortex of destruction!

As the smoke and dust dissipated, the Phantom Predator's massive body was revealed to be riddled with holes, its wings shattered, and most of its carapace peeled off. It lay sprawled on the ground, its purplish-black blood flowing freely, and only weak twitches remained.

The light in his compound eyes quickly dimmed.

Without pausing, Yun Chu conjured a specially crafted longsword engraved with armor-piercing and spirit-annihilating runes, and transformed into a streak of light, thrusting straight at the hunter's exposed, slightly pulsating energy core!

"Pfft!"

The longsword pierced through precisely, unleashing a burst of sword energy!

The Phantom Predator twitched one last time and then remained completely still.

[Successfully defeated the S-rank 'Hunter'—Phantom Predator! Gained a huge amount of points... Obtained the S-rank materials 'Phantom Amethyst Core' and 'Predator Wings'... Obtained the special item—'Spatial Teleportation'!]

A cold system notification rang in Yun Chu's mind.

At the same time, a glittering silver light appeared beside the hunter's corpse, quickly coalescing into a palm-sized, antique-style necklace.

[Spatial Teleportation]

Grade: S (Special)

[Effect: Allows for instantaneous teleportation within a 500-meter radius; cooldown time is 2 hours.]

[Hint: The power of space has endless uses.]

Yun Chu's eyes lit up, and she quickly picked up the necklace; this thing could be considered a life-saving item.

It's a long story, but in reality, from the moment the hunter appeared to the moment he was killed, it only took two minutes.

Inside the camp, Tian Yi and Tang Yinqiu were already pale with fright from the earth-shattering battle they had just witnessed. At this moment, their eyes were filled with unparalleled shock and awe as they looked at Yun Chu.

She single-handedly slew an S-rank hunter?! Just what kind of monster is this captain's wife?!