As members of the Club as well, Virtuoso's Primordium had actually done a thorough investigation on Lin Huang since a long time ago.
Not only did they know that he was a sword cultivator and a psychic, but they even knew that he was an Imperial Censor in the God Territory that no one knew about.
Even so, they had seen Lin Huang perform unimaginable techniques time and time again.
Whether it was the detection ability he had revealed in the Disaster Abyss Land or the defensive technique he had just displayed in the foggy swamp, the Club had no record of either.
Virtuoso had initially invited Lin Huang to join their team only because they had taken a fancy to his combat output. Having both a sword cultivator and a psychic meant that not only did he have shocking attack strength, but he also had powerful long-range attacks.
However, Lin Huang's performance was far more comprehensive than they had expected.
With Lin Huang as their shield, the team advanced much faster than they had expected in the foggy swamp. They were practically pushing their way through.
Mirror's defensive and reflective abilities were too terrifying. Virtuoso and Saber9 even suspected that even a ninth-rank Heavenly God might not be able to break through Lin Huang's defensive technique.
"There's a group of Fiendish Swamp Monsters up ahead. Should we go around them?" Lan Ling suddenly asked as the team advanced.
She had asked this because the Fiendish Swamp Monsters were a rather special type of monster.
The Fiendish Swamp Monsters could transform themselves into a part of the swamp, perfectly concealing themselves in any swamp. When they were in a hidden state, most detection methods were ineffective against them, including Divine Telekinesis detection.
Of course, Divine Telekinesis was not completely useless. If their combat strength surpassed the Fiendish Swamp Monsters by a major rank, they would have nowhere to hide from Divine Telekinesis.
Apart from their concealment techniques, the Fiendish Swamp Monsters were also extremely adept at assassinations. With perfect concealment, their attacks were almost impossible to guard against.
With the Fiendish Swamp's terrain, their assassinations were even more dangerous. As long as their prey fell into the swamp, it was almost impossible for them to escape.
Almost everyone would choose to take a detour if they encountered such undetectable monsters in the foggy area.
That was why Lan Ling had still asked this question even though they had been sweeping through everything along the way.
Virtuoso did not answer when they heard the question. Instead, they and Saber9 looked at Lin Huang.
"There's no need to go around. Let's go straight." Lin Huang's expression did not change in the slightest.
When they heard this, they immediately calmed down. Since Lin Huang had said so, it meant that he was confident about passing through the area where the Fiendish Swamp Monsters gathered.
After traveling for a short while, Lan Ling suddenly reminded, "There are Fiendish Swamp Monsters lurking about a thousand meters ahead."
Lin Huang used his Divine Will to probe but found nothing.
He could not help but sigh inwardly. Lan Ling's Incantation Detection Technique was indeed useful.
As the team advanced another few hundred meters, Lin Huang once again used his Spiritual Force. He thought that if he got closer, he might be able to discover something. However, he still didn't sense anything unusual. It was as if that place was a calm swamp, and there was nothing but mud.
Apart from Lin Huang, Virtuoso and the rest also extended their Divine Telekinesis to investigate, but they found nothing.
If not for Lan Ling's Incantation Detection Technique, which could detect the Fiendish Swamp Monsters, the entire team might have fallen into the Fiendish Swamp Monsters' trap.
Lin Huang and the rest continued moving forward, but the Fiendish Swamp Monster remained calm and did not attack.
The Fiendish Swamp Monster only attacked when Lin Huang and the rest flew above its head.
Hundreds of grayish-black tentacles shot out of the swamp like a volcano erupting all of a sudden. They enveloped Lin Huang's team of five like a giant net, as if they wanted to capture the five-member team in one fell swoop.
If not for Lan Ling's reminder, the sudden sneak attack might have succeeded. Although it would be very difficult to kill Lin Huang and the rest, the attack would be enough to put them in a difficult position.
However, since Lan Ling had already warned them, Lin Huang and the rest were already on their guard.
The moment the Fiendish Swamp Monster attacked, Lin Huang held up Mirror directly under them.
The tentacles that were about to envelop them were immediately blocked. To be exact, not only were they blocked, but the hundreds of tentacles bounced back after colliding with Mirror.
The Fiendish Swamp Monster that had launched the sneak attack clearly did not expect this to happen. Before it could react, its hundreds of tentacles had pierced through it and turned it into a sieve. It was dead in an instant.
Its green carcass floated up from the swamp, and only then did everyone finally see the monster's true appearance.
It was a soft-bodied monster that was green all over. Its skin was like a toad's, and there were many tumors of different sizes. Its entire body emitted a rancid, pungent smell that was even more pungent than the swamp itself.
As for the tentacles that had extended earlier, they were not actually tentacles; they were simulated by its body.
Sensing the Rule Bending Power and sequence power that surged into the Fiendish Swamp Monster's body after its death, Lin Huang raised his brows in slight surprise.
Although this Fiendish Swamp Monster's combat strength was only fourth-rank heavenly god-level, the Rule Bending Power that it had plundered far exceeded most monsters of the same level. It was only slightly less than Gluttons and Greeds of the same combat strength.
To Lin Huang, this was undoubtedly a pleasant surprise.
"Is this one special, or do all Fiendish Swamp Monsters possess massive amounts of Rule Bending Power …" Lin Huang was slightly puzzled, but he also knew that the answer to this question would be revealed very soon.
Very soon, the team encountered a second Fiendish Swamp Monster.
Lin Huang rushed to kill it and once again plundered massive amounts of Rule Bending Power.
After that, the same thing happened to the third and fourth Fiendish Swamp Monsters. Each of them provided Lin Huang with massive amounts of Rule Bending Power.
This allowed Lin Huang to completely confirm that the Fiendish Swamp Monsters could provide massive amounts of Rule Bending Power, and that this was not an exception.
However, he could not quite figure out why such a monster would possess more Rule Bending Power and sequence power than normal.
That was until Virtuoso accidentally mentioned that the Fiendish Swamp Monsters were actually scavenging monsters. They would clean up all the remains in the swamp. As for how they cleaned up, they would devour everything.
This led Lin Huang to speculate that the Fiendish Swamp Monsters might have abilities similar to Gluttons, which allowed them to obtain Rule Bending Power and sequence power from powerhouses' corpses.
However, just like Gluttons, they had mastered many Rule Bending Power and sequence power, but they could not use much of it. Their overall abilities were not much stronger than other monsters of the same level.
Furthermore, the fact that they had mastered more Rule Bending Power and sequence power just so happened to benefit Lin Huang.
Initially, Lin Huang had no interest in the Fiendish Swamp Monsters. However, after confirming that this monster could provide him with massive amounts of Rule Bending Power, his interest in the Fiendish Swamp Monsters skyrocketed.
He even entered a somewhat excited hunting mode, initiating a new round of aggressive kill-stealing after the Greeds and Gluttons …
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