Deities: Rulers of Nature

As a warlock, crimson spiritual perception is far more useful than sight.

The eyes can be disturbed by various real-world environmental factors, but mental perception cannot.

Therefore, although the ten iridescent octopus-men adjusted their skin color to blend into the underground river environment, in Crimson's spiritual perception, they appeared as if there were ten luminous bodies in the river.

Even though the light it emits isn't bright, it's still quite noticeable.

Not to mention that Qinglv has also opened the Eye of Truth. In the real vision, the ten black iron-colored figures in the underground river are so prominent that they are hard to ignore.

This is a gap in understanding.

Objectively speaking, the ability of the Rainbow Octopus People to change color and mimic is actually very strong. Throughout the process, their aura and presence are extremely weak, and it is precisely because of this that they have a great advantage in the Qinghai Divine Realm.

If the team that just arrived had been without the Golden Ringed Snake People, these octopus-men's ambush might have succeeded.

Unfortunately, they were unlucky and encountered cyan and crimson.

Dipping his finger into the river, Crimson's spiritual energy spread out, reabsorbing the remaining amethyst venom. Indeed, the amethyst venom could be reused, a fact Crimson later discovered.

After the two dragged the mangled octopus-man corpse up, Crimson casually fiddled with the tentacles extending from their chins, rubbing his chin as he commented, "These octopus-men aren't very strong defensively."

Although Crimson did not participate in the first War of Glory, there were murals of that battle in the Temple of Nature, and with the boasting of some surviving snake people, Crimson had some understanding of it, including information about the giant squid.

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Gang Chi Hong made that assessment because he compared the giant squid to the octopus man.

"Octopuses and squids are not the same kind of creature. Besides, with your amethyst venom, which Black Iron rank can withstand it?" Green, who was also studying the remains of the octopus-man, replied without looking up after hearing Crimson's words.

To be honest, the scene of two snake-men studying a pile of indescribable octopus-man remains in a dimly lit cave was somewhat eerie.

"The armor they're wearing, made of unknown scales and shells, isn't very sturdy either, not as good as the leather armor made of black-scaled python skin." After examining several relatively intact suits of armor, Crimson lost interest.

"But their weapons are quite sharp, sharper than our stone knives and spears." Qinglu also gave up studying the octopus-man corpse, which had been melted too much and had no research value, and instead picked up the octopus-man's weapon.

"It looks like the bones of some kind of creature..."

In the end, the two didn't take anything with them, feeling they wouldn't need it, and they didn't deal with the remains either, so they continued down the underground river.

Even the creatures in the dark caves need water; as long as you follow the underground river, you will always encounter living beings.

Indeed, as soon as you walk down the river to the next level, a different smell is mixed in with the humid air.

"There's a smell of blood." Qinglu sniffed, instantly activating her True Sight. "There are two bronze-level ones ahead."

The two concealed their presence, quietly rounded a corner, and their view opened up again, completely exposing the source of the bloody smell to them.

In the center of the cave stood two enormous figures. One was a thick-maned bear-man nearly three meters tall, holding a thick bone club that was still dripping blood. Beside him was a thick-maned bear over four meters long, tearing apart a carcass; the sound of bones being chewed was clearly audible to both of them.

Around the man and the bear, more than a dozen bat-men corpses lay scattered about, their deaths extremely gruesome. Some looked as if they had been crushed by something, while others were torn in half...

Seemingly sensing the unfamiliar presence, the thick-maned bear suddenly turned its head, its gray-brown eyes fixed on the direction of the green and crimson.

"roar!"

As the Thick-Maned Bear roared, the Thick-Maned Bearman charged toward the two men, wielding his bone club.

The thick-maned bear also shook off the remains, and with a sudden burst of strength from its limbs, it arrived in front of the green and red bears even faster than the bear-men, bringing with it a stench.

"I'll hold this bear back. Crimson, you find a chance to take care of that bear-man." Green let out a low shout, and a rich aura of blood and qi surged from his arms. Instead of retreating, he advanced, blocking the thick-maned bear with both hands while speaking to Crimson.

As a guardian class, Azure has stronger defense, making him a more reliable choice to deal with Thick-Maned Bear.

Crimson, of course, trusted Green's abilities, so he didn't hesitate and flashed past the Thick-Maned Bear to get close to the Bearman.

As the crimson figure rapidly approached, the thick-maned bear-man roared, his arm suddenly thickening as he swung his bone club, covered in bits of flesh, down towards the crimson's head with a whooshing sound.

However, in Crimson's mental perception, the bear-man's attack speed was too slow; with a twist of his snake tail, he easily dodged the attack.

"boom!"

The bone club slammed down on the spot where Crimson had just been, cracking the ground and sending shards of stone flying.

"So he's a Bronze-rank warrior. That suits his muscular physique quite well." Crimson made his judgment, and a smile curved his lips.

Before the opponent could raise the bone club again, the crimson right hand gently lifted it, and with a surge of spiritual power, a purple crystal spear materialized.

"go!"

With a gentle flick of his crimson right hand, the amethyst spear shot towards the chest of the thick-maned bear-man like a bolt of lightning—it was the Poison Spear Technique.

Although the warrior class grants the Thick-Maned Bearman relatively strong offensive capabilities, this does not mean that his defense is weak. On the contrary, the Thick-Maned Bearman's physical defense is equally outstanding, comparable to that of his beastmen.

Seeing the poisoned spear coming at him, the thick-maned bear-man exerted force with his strong arms again, attempting to swing his bone club to block it.

However, the poison spear was a step too fast, grazing the bone club and piercing the bear-man's chest.

"Sizzle!"

A sound of flesh and blood dissolving rang out, and in the blink of an eye, a hideous hole was left in the chest of the thick-maned bearman.

But the crimson eyes grew even more serious, because the wound, though terrifying to look at, hadn't even broken through the muscle and fat layers, let alone damaged the internal organs.

"roar!"

The Thick-Maned Bearman let out a roar, the intense pain igniting its ferocity, and its already small eyes instantly turned blood red.

"boom!"

With a roar, the energy within him exploded, and the crimson energy flowed down his thick arm and into the bone club.

The next moment, the thick-maned bear-man's arms bulged with veins, and his arms, which suddenly became thicker, swung the bone club with great force, leaving several afterimages and blocking all the positions in front of the crimson figure.

Entangling Technique!

Crimson is not only skilled in poison techniques; she is extremely proficient in the divine arts bestowed upon her by Ji Xuan.

Without warning, the rocks beneath the thick-maned bearman's feet trembled, and several vines shot out from them. In the blink of an eye, the thick vines tightly bound the bearman's limbs.

Then a patch of amethyst-colored poison enveloped the head of the thick-maned bear-man; this time it was a poison mist spell.