Chapter 45 Mutated Beasts with Awakened Talents

The three of them lay down to sleep.

"Give me your hand."

Liu Shiyun naturally pulled Lin Yu's right hand and placed it under her neck as a pillow.

"Ruke, go to sleep now."

"Oh, Uncle, you mustn't hit Mommy!" the little girl murmured softly, drifting off to sweet sleep.

Half an hour later.

Rustling sounds echoed in the darkness.

Suddenly.

"Mommy, aren't you guys sleeping?"

This abrupt voice felt like a basin of cold water poured down, extinguishing every flame.

"Ruke, are you awake?"

"I haven't been sleeping at all!"

As soon as these words were spoken, both of their bodies stiffened. Liu Shiyun's small hand instantly pulled back.

"Go to sleep, go to sleep!" Lin Yu wore an expression of utter frustration.

...

The next day.

The three of them set off early in the morning.

Lin Yu sat in the passenger seat with his eyes closed, sleeping soundly. Last night had left him hanging in the middle, feeling extremely uncomfortable.

He hadn't slept well the entire night.

"Screech!"

Suddenly, the Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon slammed on the brakes, almost throwing him forward, saved only by his seatbelt.

"What's wrong?" Lin Yu opened his eyes.

"The... the road is broken." Liu Shiyun pointed at the highway ahead.

Lin Yu looked over, his gaze narrowing.

He saw that the original highway had completely ruptured, and the elevated bridge several kilometers ahead was in ruins, damaged beyond recognition.

It looked as though it had been smashed apart by some colossal beast, snapping the entire overpass in half.

"What is that?"

Roars echoed from the distance, shaking the heavens and the earth.

Lin Yu looked toward the dense mountain forest where countless towering trees were violently shaking before crashing down.

Suddenly, the three of them witnessed a breathtakingly shocking sight.

A gigantic snake head emerged from the mountain forest, stretching straight up into the sky.

Then, a pitch-black head popped out as well.

It was the head of a giant ape.

It pounded its chest frantically, and the next moment, it lunged directly at the massive python.

No, the word python was far too small to describe its magnitude.

The two beasts wrestled together, instantly clearing away a vast expanse of forest as their true forms were largely revealed.

Judging by his visual estimate, Lin Yu figured that giant ape must have stood over twenty meters tall—a real-life version of King Kong.

The giant snake was even more exaggerated, towering twice as high as the King Kong when it reared up.

"Are these mutated beasts?"

"Mm, they might be Tier 3!"

Lin Yu was deeply shocked. Tier 3 was undoubtedly the strongest life form at the current stage and existed at the absolute ceiling of the evolutionary path.

"What should we do now? At least dozens of kilometers of this highway ahead are destroyed."

"We can only walk until we reach the intact section of the highway, and then drive toward Tianhai City again."

Lin Yu frowned.

There were two ferocious beasts fighting ahead; rushing blindly into their territory was far too dangerous.

Besides, this place was deep within the mountains, and there might well be other powerful mutated beasts lurking around.

"Brother Yu, that giant snake can breathe fire!" Liu Shiyun said.

Lin Yu looked over.

He saw the colossal serpent completely coil around the giant ape, and from its elevated jaws, it spat out a massive torrent of flames.

"Roar!"

The roar shook the heavens and earth.

Arcs of electricity suddenly flashed across the giant ape's body, lightning crackling around it. Its fists gripped lightning as if holding bolts in its hands.

Countless electrical arcs condensed, and with a single punch, it slammed heavily into the giant snake's head.

"A giant python that spits fire, a giant ape that wields lightning... this..." Liu Shiyun was dumbfounded.

"Neither of these two is an ordinary mutated beast. They belong to mutated beasts that have awakened innate talents, and their strength is countless times stronger than ordinary ones."

"Mutated beasts can awaken innate talents too?"

"Yes. The evolution of heaven and earth is a feast for all living creatures. Humans aren't the only ones with innate abilities."

After a moment of internal conflict, Lin Yu gritted his teeth and said, "Shiyun, wait for me here."

"You're going toward the mutated beasts?" Liu Shiyun was startled.

"Yeah, that giant snake breathes fire, which means it must have awakened a fire-elemental talent. Its crystal core might be useful to me," Lin Yu said.

His awakened talent could be enhanced by absorbing various fire attributes.

If the giant python's talent was also at the S-rank, its crystal core would definitely be useful to him.

"But you also said they might have already reached Tier 3. A Tier 3 mutated beast with an awakened talent is probably not something we can deal with right now."

Liu Shiyun was extremely worried.

"It's fine. I'll go observe from afar first to see if they are Tier 2 or Tier 3."

The distance was too great right now, making it impossible for him to accurately gauge the true strength of the two mutated beasts.

If they were only Tier 2, there might be a chance.

If they were Tier 3, he would turn around and leave immediately.

Earlier, while in his Dragon Flame state, he had easily killed the Tier 2 Level 10 tree monster in the tunnel.

However, that tree monster's talent rank was obviously very low; after using its desperate power, Lin Yu felt its attributes hadn't increased significantly.

"Brother Yu, let's go with you." Liu Shiyun's gaze was resolute.

"Alright. If they are Tier 3, we'll leave immediately. If they're only Tier 2, you guys stay further back."

Lin Yu thought of Liu Shiyun's infinite spatial storage, which was packed with countless barrels of gasoline.

"Mm, maybe they'll both inflict heavy injuries on each other, and we can just swoop in to pick up the spoils."

"Let's go."

Putting away the G-Wagon, the three of them jumped straight down from the elevated bridge—a drop of fully over twenty meters.

In the past, jumping down would have turned someone into a pile of minced meat.

As for now, even little Ruke could easily leap down without a single scratch.

Speaking of which, although Ruke only had an A-rank healing talent, all her stat points had been poured into constitution.

In terms of defense and recovery, she was even stronger than Liu Shiyun.

The three of them began sprinting through the mountain forest.

The distance between them and the location of the two fighting mutated beasts was still quite far; they would have to cross at least a dozen mountains.

"Roar!"

Over an hour later, the three finally arrived near the mountain forest where the two beasts were battling.

The terrifying roars were deafening.