Another World Trip: Journey with My Cat and an Otaku Loli Goddess Chapter 155.1 - Heaven's Drop (Pt 1)

The energy drilled into Lu Pei’s body through the ‘King’ character and before long, cracks appeared all over his body.

The twilight gave rise to a scream of pain that reverberated across the distant plains.

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“Stop!”

Shu!

A group of young cultivators were chasing a figure in the dead of night. However, they were unable to catch him. It wasn’t his speed that allowed him to outrun them, but his use of the terrain.

If it wasn’t enough that the dense brushes of the forest they were in made it hard to spot the fleeing figure, there was also the fact that he leapt from tree to tree.

“Hisss!”

“Damn it!” One of the cultivators cursed when he saw what they ran into.

It was a snake-like magical beast covered in dark purple scales that glinted even in the moonlight. Its long tongue that hissed every now and again leaked venom that caused steam to rise from the ground it dripped on.

It hissed furiously at the cultivators that entered its territory.

“T-That’s a rank 2 Violet-Armoured Serpent King!”

“There he is!” one of the cultivators pointed to the person they were chasing now a faint shadow due to the distance that opened up.

“Let’s get him!”

One cultivator got too close to the beast, causing its head to rear back before striking with blinding speed.

“Aaaah!”

“Careful! This is a magical beast known for being extremely territorial and vicious. I don’t know how he got past it, but we need to deal with it before we can give chase!”

So said, so done, for as soon as this revelation was verbalised, the Violet-Armoured serpent king attacked the entire group with unmatched fury.

Boom!

Bam!

Before long, sounds of battle erupted, but the person fleeing didn’t care. He got what he wanted by now, and that was all that mattered.

After running for a little less than an hour, the escapee came to a cave that was out of the way. The entrance was set up in such a way that one would easily pass by it and be none the wiser.

The figure looked around with an elevated wariness and after making sure that no one was watching

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