After walking for hours, Austin and his companions paused in the depths of the forest.
They were in awe to find old trees towering above them, nearly reaching the sky. In the distance, the growls of fierce beasts could be heard from time to time. Birds hovered in the sky. Austin couldn't recognize many of them.
He saw a giant snake with one hundred and eight heads, a snail with four feet, a monster with a crab's head and a human's body. If their looks weren't terrifying enough, their skills and strength were.
Some of them could also be found somewhere in the Sea of Chaos.
Once they stopped thinking about the beasts, they noticed that there were also many precious herbs.
"Wait!
Look!
There are many plants over there. They are emitting golden lights and covered by a mist made of spiritual energy. They must be valuable,"
Sally said to Austin, pointing at the foot of the mountain in front of them.
Austin nodded, already having noticed them.
"Let's go and have a look."
With that, he marched towards the mountain, followed by his slaves and the three mermaids.
The stone mountain stood thousands of feet tall and had no plants on it. Dead silence enveloped it. A large field of herbs was located at its foot. The herbs filling the air with their fresh aroma, and mist formed by spiritual energy hovered above them.
"Oh my gosh! Those phoenix blood herbs over there have existed for millions of years!"
"Wow! It's the heavenly scarlet vine. They are at least five million years old!"
"Kirin flower! They are eight million years old!"
Brimming with anticipation, Austin and his companions gawked at the many rare and old magic herbs.
They gave off an intoxicating fragrance that spread throughout the forest.
Even Austin's eyes flashed with excitement as he stared at those precious herbs.
"Master, I'll get them for you!"
After seeing that Austin had his eyes on the rare herbs, several slaves who were genuine medium-grade divine gods charged towards them.
"Be careful,"
he reminded.
Even though the area looked clear, he sensed that there were many dangerous beasts nearby.
Just as soon as he finished his words, a roar echoed throughout the area.
A creature pounced out from behind the stone mountain.
Its skin was grey all the way to its head where a pair of tentacles secreted a layer of mucus.
To Austin's surprise, it was a snail that was several thousand feet tall.
Its shell was brown, just like a rock.
Underneath it, there were four white feet.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Thousands of tentacles suddenly stretched out from the snail's shell and shot at Austin's slaves who had stooped to begin picking herbs.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Each tentacle secreted a large amount of mucus that corroded the space it touched, leaving wisps of white smoke behind.
The pungent smoke spread over the area.
In addition, white runes were released by the tentacles and they locked down the space.
Caught off guard, Austin's slaves froze and couldn't move at all. Their faces turned pale with fear.
Their spiritual senses were far weaker than Austin's, so they hadn't sensed the presence of the snail. As a result, they were attacked by it.
"Watch out!
The mucus is poisonous!" Austin shouted.
Because everything in its path was obliterated, this was the only explanation.
Acting fast, Austin waved his sleeve to wrap his slaves and help them dodge the attack from the snail.
"Beast, how dare you assault us?
Guys, let's go break its shell."
The slaves Austin had rescued were boiling with anger.
They weren't afraid of the snail since they were no weaker than it.
The reason they hadn't been able to detect it was because the snail had hidden behind the mountain without making any sounds or emitting any auras.
Now, they stood a chance.
"Come on. Let's take it!"
Immediately, dozens of them closed in on the snail.
Austin didn't stop them because he knew that his slaves could handle the snail.
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