Chapter 313: Strange Mutated Beasts
“Senior brother Ritz, I wasn’t expecting you to come this time. It’s really exciting.”
A group of immortal cultivators circled in the sky and surrounded Ritz with indescribable excitement on their faces.
Ritz, on the other hand, appeared calm. He used his divine consciousness to scan the area.
They were in a continent that split out from the Dai State. It was near the equator and was about 500,000 square kilometers.
It was quite sizable compared to the other continents that were broken up.
Five cities were built here when their homeland was being rebuilt.
This time, Ritz had come to take care of the mutated beasts on this continent.
The mutated beasts were the mutated animals and plants.
The mutated beasts had changed drastically.
They had become stronger and more dangerous.
The culprit was the [Spirit Tree].
The [Spirit Tree] generated the recovery of spiritual energy.
However, there was only one tree now, which was not enough to fully recover the spirit energy.
But after all these years of continuous production of spiritual energy, the global environment had changed significantly.
After bathing in the spiritual energy, the plants and animals became stronger and more luxurious.
In the past, trees that were a hundred meters tall were extremely rare. Each would be considered a miracle.
But now, they were everywhere.
Because of this, trees that were hundreds of meters tall were the shortest. They were dwarfs in the circle of towering trees.
Besides the size of the plants, some plants gained intelligence and were extremely aggressive.
This way, the wilderness became even more dangerous.
The same overwhelming changes went for the animals.
Some mutated beasts now possessed supernatural powers.
For example, some ducks could breathe fire, rats that could generate electricity, pythons that could control rocks, and so on!
Moreover, these mutated beasts recalled all the crimes humans had committed after their intelligence was enhanced. They were filled with hatred toward humans.
There were many more mutated beasts on this continent than anywhere else.
When people were building the city, they were often attacked by the mutated beasts.
More recently, the mutated beasts moved about more frequently, causing great trouble and panic to the people living here.
Although cultivation had become extremely popular now, there were still a large number of people who had yet to cultivate.
And even if they have cultivated, they would not become powerful immediately.
Moreover, these mutated beasts were not weak.
Nowadays, the average combat ability of mutated beasts was about the level of a Foundation Establishment cultivator. The stronger ones could reach Golden Core or even Nascent Soul.
Since the beasts had become more active recently, the higher-ups had sent Ritz to ensure the safety of the people.
Ritz had just advanced to the Nascent Soul stage, so it was undoubtedly the best choice to consolidate his realm through fighting.
Ritz’s divine consciousness instantly covered the area, and he discovered a large number of mutated beasts gathered beneath his feet.
He observed them with the Aura Examination Technique. Their capabilities were in the Foundation Establishment Realm. They were like ants to a big shot in the Nascent Soul realm like him.
Even though the mutated beasts were weak, there were more than 100,000 of them.
If they were allowed to enter a human city, it would be quite a disaster.
Ritz retracted his divine consciousness and chanted a spell silently. Immediately, electric arcs appeared on the surface of his body.
When the people around him saw this, their eyes were filled with admiration.
Then, suddenly, the clear sky was filled with dark clouds. Lightning flashed, thunder rumbled, and a strong wind blew.
On the ground, the densely packed mutated beasts looked like a stretch of black ants eating their food.
The beast pets sent by the Giants were among them.
They disguised themselves as wolf-type mutated beasts and followed the main group toward the human cities.
The Giants at the border of the galaxy witnessed everything.
The moment these two beast pets landed on this planet, they were greatly shocked.
At the same time, they also understood why Aatrox and company had been completely wiped out.
It was because they encountered cultivators.
Cultivation factions had always been powerful representatives. Ever since the birth of the universe, the history of cultivation had been powerful.
Although the current cultivation forces were going downhill, their foundation was still there. Moreover, when cultivators cultivated to a certain level, the power they possessed was extremely terrifying.
Therefore, one could not underestimate immortal cultivators.
However, according to the information brought back by the beast pets, the Giants did not discover any powerful aura.
An immortal cultivation faction of this scale was more or less just in the beginning stages. It wouldn’t be enough to destroy Aatrox.
There weren’t any powerful cultivators on the surface, but there probably were in secret.
So, the Giants had to be careful not to expose themselves against hidden powerhouses.
At this moment, Ritz had finished chanting.
“Thunder strike!”
With a casual swipe of his finger, lightning flashed in the thunderclouds.
Bolts of lightning and thunder struck the ground like raindrops.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
A huge clap of thunder shook heaven and earth.
Those mutated beasts didn’t even have a chance to resist before they were instantly reduced to dust.
The thunder lasted for more than a minute.
By the time the lightning clouds dispersed, the tens of thousands of mutated beasts that had gathered there had already ceased to exist.
Ritz was a powerhouse in the Soul Transformation realm, so eliminating them was quite a breeze for him.
After witnessing this process, the juniors who had come with Ritz admired him even more.
Senior Brother is so formidable!
Senior Brother is so awesome!
Senior Bro is amazing!
In any case, it was all the same kind of remarks.
“The matter has been resolved. Goodbye, junior brothers!” Ritz said and was about to leave.
However, when he was about to leave, he suddenly discovered the aura of a mutated beast in the area where the lightning and thunder had struck.
This surprised him.
“Given my current cultivation, there shouldn’t be any mutated beasts that can survive the indiscriminate attacks.
“That’s strange!”
Ritz’s brows were tightly knitted, and he spread his divine consciousness to search for the aura of the mutated beast.
Soon, he found two wolf-type mutated beasts lying in a deep pit.
These beasts were transformed from beast pets.
They had wanted to hide in the void world but received orders from the Giants.
Presently, Ritz floated above the two beast pets and carefully observed them.
The beast pets’ perfect disguise did not reveal any flaws.
Ritz didn’t find anything strange about them.
“It’s weird that such ordinary beasts survived my attack!”
Ritz was extremely confident in his attack. He believed he was powerful enough to annihilate all the mutated beasts in one go.
He could not figure out why these two beasts were not dead.
For this reason, he cast another strike on them.
Clang!
With a loud roar, the huge pit became bigger.
Lightning flickered at the bottom of the pit, lasting for a while before dissipating.
“They’re not dead yet?” Ritz seemed surprised and immediately became interested.
“It seems that these two mutated beasts are really strange? Why don’t I get Sect Master take a look?”
After thinking for a moment, Ritz put the two beast pets into the storage ring that was specially meant for storing living creatures.
At this moment, the Giants at the border of the galaxy were ecstatic.
They could tell at a glance that Ritz’s capabilities were not simple.
The Giants felt that they should be able to find the hidden powerful immortal cultivators through Ritz.
Before long, Ritz returned to the sect.