Han Sen and Gu Qingcheng frowned. The shadow Xie Qing King had drawn was as strong as a Viscount, and yet it had been killed so quickly. Whatever was in the valley must have been scary.
"Don't worry. Watch me," Xie Qing King said. He opened the book again, and his fingers started to move across the pages.
Not long after, another leopard came out of the book. This one did not go straight into the valley, though. It just squatted next to Xie Qing King.
Xie Qing King's fingers kept drawing, and he drew another four leopards. Then, he stopped and said, "Okay, this is my limit."
After that, he ordered the five leopards to line up and run into the valley.
Every leopard's silhouette was separated by a certain distance. The five leopards rushed in at the same time, causing the red mist in the valley to fluctuate.
Very quickly, the valley began to roar again. Then, the red mist began to roll, and Xie Qing King's drawings began to disappear.
In just a moment, the five leopard diagrams were all destroyed, and the five leopard shadows in the valley were probably done for.
Xie Qing King's face was pale. It wasn't that the deaths of the leopards had affected him. It was just that drawing the five leopards had cost him too much power.
"How is it going? Do you know what is in the valley?" Han Sen asked Xie Qing King.
Xie Qing King said, "I don't know what it is. I can't see it. But when it killed the five leopard shadows, it took one second to do so. It must have been done by the same creature. That means it was four or five times faster than we were. It must have been an Earl or something even stronger. It must have been hiding its true power."
"If he is just an Earl, then that would be easy. I have the rabbit shoes, and I am as fast as an Earl. I also have Marquise xenogeneic armor. I can't use it, but I should be able to block an Earl's attack."
Han Sen raised his head and looked at the sky. It was dark, and he couldn't see the other moons of Narrow Moon. He couldn't use the power of moonlight.
"Wait a moment."
Gu Qingcheng stopped Han Sen, who was preparing to enter the valley. She pulled out Pure, and a green sword air gathered around the blade. The sword looked like it had a mind of its own, and it flew into the valley.
Dang!
Not long after Chun Jun entered the red mist, there was a crunching sound. Chun Jun bounced back and returned to Gu Qingcheng's hand.
"My sword was only hit once," Gu Qingcheng told Han Sen after she put away Pure.
"Alright, let me go in and take a look."
Han Sen was wearing his Marquise armor and his rabbit shoes. He held Ghost Teeth Knife in one hand and Knife Blank in the other. He carefully approached the valley.
Now, Han Sen was missing his uncle, Wang Yuhang. If he had been there, he could have just stood outside the valley and shouted. Perhaps he could have lured the thing out of the valley. He wouldn't have had to risk entering the valley.
Han Sen carefully walked into the red mist. The mist was like a colored mist, and he didn't feel anything special about it.
After a few steps, Han Sen's heart jumped. He wanted to move, but something hit him on the back. The power was strong, and he couldn't help but fall forward.
Before Han Sen could regain his footing, another strike landed on his arm.
The creature in the red mist came and went without a sound. He couldn't see where it was, and even though Han Sen was fast, he couldn't tell when it was going to attack. When the attack landed on him, it was too late to dodge.
Fortunately, he had the Marquise armor to protect him. The thing couldn't really hurt Han Sen.
Han Sen used the armor to rush out of the valley, but the thing didn't follow him. Outside the valley, Han Sen's armor was covered in claw marks. Fortunately, they weren't deep, and they were just scratches.
"What's going on?" Xie Qing King, Gu Qingcheng, and Little Silver ran over. Gu Qingcheng asked.
"Old Qing was right. There should be an Earl in there. It's fast and strong, and it uses the red mist as a cover. It can come and go without a trace. When it attacks you, it'll be too late. I was hit a few times, but I couldn't see what it looked like. The red mist must be able to block your senses. I can't even hear it moving," Han Sen said.
"That's going to be difficult. He won't come out, and if we go in, we won't be able to beat him. If we rely on your armor to stay alive, it won't do us any good." Gu Qingcheng frowned.
"It would be great if we could draw it out," Xie Qing King said.
"If it was willing to come out, it would have chased after my sword or Han Sen." Gu Qingcheng shook her head.
"It won't be hard to draw it out, but we'll need to bring someone with us," Han Sen said.
"Wang Yuhang?" Xie Qing King and Gu Qingcheng thought of the same thing.
"This valley is weird, and there are xenogeneics guarding it. I'm afraid some treasure is about to be born. We can't delay this any longer," Gu Qingcheng said.
"I gave Wang Yuhang some xenogeneic genes. After he ate them, he broke through the barrier. He was able to absorb Life Geno Essences, max out his geno points, and join the Alliance. Bringing him here will be easy.
But everyone knows how many creatures there are on Planet Eclipse. Every single one of them has to be recorded. It'll be hard to explain if another one shows up out of nowhere. I'll have to go out and recruit him, "Han Sen said.
"Then go quickly. Bring more people with you. Planet Eclipse has plenty of xenogeneics, so the more people there are, the better. With just the few of us, I don't think we'll be able to collect enough to pay the tax in three years," Gu Qingcheng said.
"That's the only thing we can do. You guys hunt around, but don't go too deep. Keep an eye on this valley, and I'll be back as soon as possible." Han Sen returned to the base.
When he returned to the Geno Islands, he contacted Knife Queen. Knife Queen knew he was in need of people, so she agreed. She sent him an airship, and Icebird Duke came to pick him up. Then, they left Narrow Moon to recruit more people.
"Where are you going to recruit people this time?" Icebird Duke was much more polite to Han Sen now.
He had won first place at Moon God's Festival, and he was the first person to be blessed by the Moon God. He had used a lot of luck to achieve that.
But to be able to practice Teeth Knife to such a high level in such a short amount of time and gather Teeth power, that wasn't just luck. Icebird Duke had to look at Han Sen in a new light.