Chapter 1000 - 330: Easy to Climb, Hard to Descend

After a while, Qin Tian was the first to lead the way and follow.

...

The forest is dense, and now the light on Mount Kosciuszko is seriously insufficient, compounded by the constantly flickering black light above, and the space rift about to crack open. This gives the entire Mount Kosciuszko a certain mysterious and eerie atmosphere.

Just upon entering Mount Kosciuszko, Cyclops immediately sensed a dangerous aura—the entire mountain range was transformed by Creation Energy, a place extremely rare in danger in this era.

However, unfortunately, the aura of the Soul Puppets can only be detected by soul-type powerful experts. None of Cyclops’s three soul pets nor the dozen people traveling with them had this ability.

"Be careful, danger is right beside us, and the enemy could attack at any moment."

Sensing danger, Cyclops became increasingly cautious but couldn’t pinpoint the source, thus slowing his pace and giving some rather redundant warnings.

The team became increasingly cautious.

Nevertheless, Mount Kosciuszko, a Danger Ground for military elites, seemed inconsequential to Cyclops’s three soul pets—besides their strength, they could use the Soul Realm space trick to pull themselves away in unforeseeable circumstances. At this moment, though cautious, Cyclops’s three pets were not truly afraid of encountering a life-and-death crisis.

Star even felt leisurely enough to chat with Cyclops.

"Dog Bro, where’s Victor? It’s been a long time since we’ve seen him."

Luo Luo had been with Wen Yu for quite some time now, so naturally, wasn’t as nervous as before with his own brothers. As for Victor, he was definitely the closest to Luo Luo, so hearing Star mention Victor, Luo Luo chimed in as well.

"Yes, yes, it’s been so long since we’ve seen Brother Victor."

Upon hearing the name of his old rival, Cyclops couldn’t help but curl his lip, "Victor was sent to the main battlefield by the boss. There’s always a massive death of Earth life there, so while he’s acting as the mobile force, he’s also collecting some Netherworld Warriors."

The cannon fodder-like Netherworld Warriors had long been forgotten by Wen Yu. If Victor hadn’t volunteered, Wen Yu wouldn’t have considered the main battlefield such a great fit for Victor.

Speaking of Victor, naturally, it also involves the newest and strongest soul pet, Faceless.

"Where’s Faceless? I don’t know either."

Faceless, being the strongest combat unit in the military’s hands now, has movements unknown to anyone except Wen Yu, not even Cyclops.

The three soul pets chatted and joked while advancing into the depths of the mountain range, with the elite warriors around them maintaining the necessary vigilance until Cyclops, sniffing around, found the spot where Walter’s team was originally attacked.

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Bock, known as "Bomber Man", representing a Sequence-class powerhouse, led the squad in a stealth mission. Bock had estimated the danger degree of the mission beforehand, yet arriving at Mount Kosciuszko, reality proved more challenging than anticipated.

The Demon Army was strong—not that Bock worried about it, but there were just too many powerful Demons, and not every so-called Sequence-class powerhouse possessed Limit Breaking Abilities. No matter the reputation of these Peak Level 6 powerhouses, it couldn’t change the limitations of their physical qualities.

Just as Bock’s squad was being bewildered by a Limit Breakthrough Level Demon Fiend, Sequence Number 2’s Soul Pet No. 3—a black Giant Dragon—descended from the sky, swatting to death a troublesome Demon Tribe member. Subsequently, things turned weird.

The dignified elite squad of the military was led by a dog...

Well, at least it was Sequence Number 2’s dog...

Also, a dog that had already surpassed limits.

Bock had to find some comfort for himself, while the dog’s words were what attracted Bock’s attention more—Walter’s squad disappeared at the mountaintop, and our mission is to rescue Walter’s squad while the original mission to infiltrate the Dimensional Maze remains unchanged.

He had to admit, Dog Nose was really useful. Bock watched as Cyclops followed Walter’s scent all the way up the mountainside until Cyclops remarked, "They were attacked here," causing Bock to widen his eyes, searching for traces of Walter’s squad’s battle.

But...

There was nothing.

This area truly had nothing—the towering trees along the way, the flowers and plants seen everywhere, and not even a slightly larger stone.

"Wow~~ Even a dog can’t gnaw so cleanly."

A team member of Bock exclaimed, but his eyes occasionally glanced wildly at Cyclops—being powerful experts, being human, this group of white men had a mysterious confidence, even until now, they hadn’t wrapped their heads around being led by a dog.

Beside him, Cyclops’s eyes turned cold, the fierce gaze sending a chill through Bock’s team. Then Bock saw a sinister smile on that ugly dog face.

"Cau...tion..."

The intentionally prolonged sound stretched out from Cyclops’s mouth, but what good was a warning stretched over nearly three seconds for two words?

Bock just reacted, only to see his teammate’s body tremble, and then with a "boom", the ground suddenly collapsed, and his teammate’s body vanished into a pit that appeared out of thin air.

"Fuck!"

Bock hurriedly tried to rescue, but a sudden force grabbed his neck. Qin Tian by his side grabbed Bock’s collar and swiftly retreated, and another pit appeared out of nowhere at the spot where Bock had just stood.

"Soul Abiogenetic Creation Skill, we’re in trouble this time, everyone follow me up the mountain!"

Though Cyclops was a dog, his intelligence was undoubtedly high. Based on the intelligence his boss provided beforehand, in a short time, he already understood what they were up against.

Sounding a reminder, Cyclops took the lead running up the mountain.

"My teammates, my teammates..."

Bock was shouting his teammates’ names loudly, only to be suddenly enveloped in a thick killing aura.

"Idiot! Shut up, your teammates already went to hell."

Cyclops’s words, full of malice, instantly sobered Bock.

This was a small retaliation—yet the outcome was a bit unsightly.

Keeping his pride cost a human his life...

So do vengeful dogs take revenge for even the smallest grudge.

...

The soil and trees below suddenly stirred, reminiscent of when his boss was building the base.

The perception of the dangerous aura throughout the mountain rose sharply, causing Cyclops to feel a shiver—none understood better than Wen Yu’s soul pets how vexing the Soul Abiogenetic Creation Skill was!

"Wow!~ Truly a grand scale, they’ve used Creation Energy to transform the entire mountain..."

After Star shared the intelligence about Mount Kosciuszko with Wen Yu through the Soul Connection, he couldn’t help but shout—though the Demons could block communications, the mental connection between a Soul Master and soul pet, sorry, even a treasure land can’t block this.

Transforming the whole mountain was merely a matter of the amount of Creation Energy, in other words, Wen Yu could do it too, but Wen Yu wouldn’t expend vast Creation Energy to activate the whole mountain range. The current Mount Kosciuszko truly signified a grand scale.

"What did the boss say?"

"Told us to be cautious ourselves, notify him if there’s danger, and he’ll pull us back. Other missions remain unchanged."

"Alright."

In the exchange between Star and Cyclops, the entire team had already sprinted out dozens of kilometers, sensing the commotion below and observing the peace above, Cyclops couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows.

"The Demon Tribe’s commanders are chasing us up."

Quickly reaching the same judgment as Walter, Cyclops thought fast and decisively made up his mind.

"This layout isn’t meant to stop us. It’s meant to block regular armies and hot weapon attacks. The Demon Tribe’s idea aligns with ours; they want to get the powerful experts into the Dimensional Maze."

"So, what do we do?"

"What do you mean, what do we do? Just go in and fight! But first, we need to find Walter, but if my guess is correct, Walter has probably already rushed into the Dimensional Maze."

After speaking, Cyclops sped up his pace. Sure enough, aside from the top, Soul Puppets moved in from all other three directions, with only the top being silent.

"Dog Bro, you’re really smart..."

Star flapped his wings and patted Cyclops’s head, unable to contain his praise, to which Cyclops laughingly retorted, "Get out."

However, deep within, Cyclops couldn’t help but worry about this mission—the Demon Tribe’s thoughts aligned with the military, they too realized that the time had come for an open and head-on confrontation, and it was a matter of card scale now.

It seemed they were quite confident...

Yet the two biggest cards on our side were trapped by the Demons. Thinking of this, Cyclops couldn’t help but think of that invincible individual.

"If only that person were here, things would be much easier..."