Chapter 441: Snow Disaster. A Cold and Gloomy Underground Cave

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Edited by Aelryinth

Snow wasn’t only falling in Bei Du. Heavy snow was falling across almost all of northern Hua Xia today.

Also, once the snowfall started, there were no signs of it stopping.

At the start, it was only regular heavy snowfall. It grew heavier and heavier, and in the end, the snow falling from the sky was as large as a man’s palm!

That was terrifying!

In Mercury’s recorded history, there nad never been snowfall with snowflakes the size of a palm.

What did that signify? It didn’t need any explanation. If the heavy snowfall persisted, soon it would become a terrifying snow disaster.

The government office and the military were immediately mobilized. They started arranging people everywhere to start clearing the snow, preventing it from accumulating too thickly, which would lead to the collapse of buildings and cause casualties.

At the same time, people started investigating why there was such a heavy snowfall, hoping to find the underlying reasons.

Obviously, it wasn’t just the change in climate. There should be some external factors affecting it.

Soon, people thought of the demonic gateways that had appeared recently.

It had been over three decades since the arrival of the new age. Exotic beasts had once run rampant on Mercury, and some of the spiritual qi in the beast worlds leaked into this side of the world through the spatial gateways. However, it had never caused any changes in climate on Mercury.

On the other hand, the demonic gateways appeared on Mercury only recently, and such huge changes to the climate had occurred. Who wouldn’t believe that those mysterious black doors were responsible for it?

At the start, everyone thought there would be a peaceful period after the withdrawal of the demonic army across the lands. In the end, they were too naive.

The change in climate was probably due to demonic energy seeping in through the black doors, making winter arrive early this year, and even prompting such terrifyingly heavy snowfall.

For a period of time, dark clouds shrouded the heads and minds of the top brass.

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Zhang Che had no idea such huge changes were happening on Mercury.

After he woke up in the morning and had breakfast together with the elemental queen and frisky monkey, they went on to continue their hunt for exotic beasts in this area, transforming into cruel slaughterers. Any and all exotic beasts in his sight that could provide him with soul force points were hunted down.

From mid-tier bronze-quality to high-tier dark gold-quality, countless exotic beasts lost their lives to Zhang Che’s army, and he was quickly accumulating beast cards in his spatial storage.

“Ha ha! When I’m done sweeping all the marked beast worlds and exotic beasts in those areas, the beast cards should be enough to last the Premium House for a long period of time.” Zhang Che couldn’t help but grow excited.

Who else could supply the beast cards for a beast card shop that dealt with only premium goods by themselves? It would be very difficult even for a high-tier beastmaster!

Zhang Che’s mood was even better. He let the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon display his terrifying speed, cutting down every mid-tier or higher exotic beast they came across.

After an indeterminate amount of time, the elemental queen who had separated from him to kill exotic beasts in another direction suddenly came flying back to him.

“Master, I found a place over there.”

-Hmm?- Zhang Che was moved. He quickly asked, “What kind of place? Is there an epic-quality exotic beast there?”

There shouldn’t be any other matter except the appearance of epic-quality exotic beast that would make the elemental queen act so serious and come to inform him.

Of course, it was also possible that she had discovered an extremely powerful exotic beast and came to warn him, in case he accidentally wandered into its territory. That would be very troublesome.

“It’s a large underground tunnel. I can sense a cold aura inside. It’s possible an epic-quality exotic beast is in there.”

As a fire elemental spirit, the elemental queen was extra sensitive to the elements in her surroundings, especially the cold elements which were the exact opposite of her own element. She could detect them even from a distance.

-Underground… cold aura?-

Zhang Che knitted his brow slightly, then asked, “Are you sure the exotic beast inside won’t be too powerful?”

After all, it was too cramped underground. It was definitely impossible for the Earthen Rock Demon to display its strength. It would greatly affect the overall strength of Zhang Che’s army.

At the same time, if the exotic beast inside was too strong, he wouldn’t risk himself so casually. If he went in there and encountered a divine-quality beast, who knew if he could even make it back out?

His life was of utmost importance. Zhang Che wouldn’t enter such unknown environments casually, even for an epic-quality exotic beast.

The elemental queen nodded, answering with certainty, “I’m sure. Although the aura makes me uncomfortable, the existence inside shouldn’t be too strong. Even if I can’t win, with Master’s strength, it should be no problem for you.”

The elemental queen naturally knew how powerful Zhang Che’s scarlet and white sword was.

Although she had her tricks to avoid it, that didn’t mean that the exotic beast inside was immune to the scarlet and white sword, too.

Moreover, although the exotic beast had a conflicting attribute, and the elemental queen might not be able to display her full strength, her master had another similarly powerful fire-attributed subdued beast, didn’t he?

One plus one was greater than two in battles. They’d be able to provide great support to their master.

After thinking for a short while, Zhang Che nodded heavily. “Come on, we’ll go take a look over there.”

He was confident in his strength. Since the elemental queen had said the exotic beast inside the underground tunnel wouldn’t be too strong, then they should be able to handle it.

Also, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was in urgent need of devouring cold-attributed exotic beast to break through to the next level, or perhaps even advance in quality.

As long as the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon improved, his flight speed could go beyond the speed of sound. That was very significant to Zhang Che. In such a case, it was totally worth it to take this tiny risk!

Hence, Zhang Che gathered his troops and recalled them, then had the elemental queen jump onto the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon’s back, sitting in front of him to lead the way, and they flew towards that underground tunnel.

During the flight, the elemental queen suddenly asked mischievously, “Master, can you hold me? The wind is really strong!”

Streaks of black lines appeared on Zhang Che’s forehead. -You’re really poisoned from watching too much television… Also, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon can perfectly ward off the air resistance during flight. What do you mean, the wind is strong?-

“Stop fooling around. Focus on leading the way!” Zhang Che chided, slapping the back of her head lightly.

“Kakaka, Master, in the television, aren’t people who ride together always hugging one another to prevent falling off?”

-Indeed, she’s deeply poisoned…- Zhang Che decided to ignore her.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon only flew under the elemental queen’s guidance for about two minutes before they arrived at a huge ravine.

This ravine wasn’t very long, spanning only a few kilometers. However, the cliffs on both sides were unusually tall. As a result, the lighting in the ravine was rather lacking.

The underground tunnel the elemental queen had found was located on one side of the cliff, deep in the ravine.

It was a large cave entrance, about a dozen meters wide, extending in with a slight depression. It was naturally dark inside, and its depth was unknown.

Even from hundreds of meters away, he could feel it was as the elemental queen had described. Zhang Che could sense a threatening cold aura coming faintly from inside.

“This aura seems a little familiar..?”

Zhang Che felt a sense of familiarity, sensing the bone-chilling cold aura. He couldn’t help but show a suspicious face…