Chapter 91: The Mysterious Beast of the Royal Realm, Ninth Update

After leaving the room of the Vajra Beast, Beasts went to the chamber next door. Beside his own room was the room of the Misery Beast.

The Misery Beast, a holy-beast data type, a perfect-level digital monster, possessed the special move Confusion. One of the Twelve Demon Kings, it represented the tiger of the zodiac. It was also a subordinate of Azure Dragon Beast, one of the Four Holy Beasts, and among the Twelve Demon Kings it was the most savage of the lot. Yet it was also a strategist skilled at exploiting terrain.

This time, after Beasts entered the room of the Misery Beast, he discovered that the space here was vast and the terrain rather intricate.

The room of the Garuda Beast was a jungle. The room of the Vajra Beast had been an empty arena. But the room of the Misery Beast contained grasslands, jungle, and even, in the distance, a mountain.

Beasts stood upon the grassland, but found no sign of the Misery Beast. It was not impossible that the Misery Beast might be hidden in the jungle or within the mountain.

If this were the real world, Beasts did not expect to find the Misery Beast anytime soon. After all, if the Misery Beast truly intended to hide, then in such a vast place Beasts would indeed have trouble locating him.

But this was, after all, a game world. In this game world, it had already been set that the Misery Beast would come out to seek him. Therefore, the Misery Beast was probably hiding somewhere now, waiting for Beasts to let down his guard and turn his back to him before striking.

The most suspicious places, naturally, were the jungle and the mountain. After all, on the grassland everything was clear at a glance; without even flying high into the sky, one could see that there were no other digital monsters nearby.

Since he had a suspect, Beasts naturally would not let it go. At once, he moved his feet lightly and headed straight for the jungle. After all, this was still only one room. Although the space was large, it was not truly boundless.

However, just as Beasts had walked only a short distance, and when his foot had just stepped forward while still some way from the first great tree at the edge of the jungle, an unfamiliar feeling flashed through his heart.

Something was wrong!

Beasts realized that something was about to happen, but he did not know from where the danger would come. And the foot he had just lifted now came down.

At once, Beasts stepped into empty air, and his entire body plummeted downward. There should have been no such thing as stepping into empty air on a grassland. But someone had somehow dug a deep pit in the ground and then covered it with turf, making it into a trap. For a moment, Beasts, caught unawares, fell straight down.

Fortunately, Beasts was not a helpless human, but a digital monster, and moreover one with the ability to fly. At once, as his body dropped, the Demon King transformed into flight mode and carried Beasts out of the pit.

At that very moment, a triple staff-baton appeared above Beasts' head and slammed straight down at him. If that blow landed cleanly, Beasts would likely be sent crashing back down at once.

But as the attack came down, a sharp sword appeared in Beasts' hand and struck toward the triple staff-baton. Despite his utmost effort, he only managed to force it back a little; he could not knock it away entirely. Indeed, after the two weapons collided, the force transmitted through the staff-baton made Beasts' body sink downward a little as well.

Beasts knew this was the room of the Misery Beast, so there was no other digital monster here digging pits. In other words, this had to be the Misery Beast's trap from the very beginning. And if it was the Misery Beast's trap, then this triple staff-baton blocking him from escaping was certainly also the Misery Beast's.

The Misery Beast was at least one of the Twelve Demon Kings, and moreover a perfect-level digital monster. Both the Garuda Beast and the Vajra Beast had a combined battle power of fifteen hundred points, and this Misery Beast likewise possessed a combined battle power of fifteen hundred points. That meant that if Beasts did not enter Burst Mode, he simply could not beat him.

So, almost as soon as he confirmed that the Misery Beast had made his move, Beasts immediately entered Burst Mode. This time, under the enhancement of Burst Mode, Beasts sent a single sword strike that sent the triple staff-baton flying, and he himself burst out of the pit as well.

"I didn't expect you to have a bit of skill after all," came the voice of the Misery Beast at the same time Beasts emerged from the pit. The Misery Beast stood on the opposite side of the pit, near the jungle.

"Tsk tsk. My skill isn't actually all that strong," Beasts sneered. "It's only because your skill is far too poor."

"Oh? Is that so?" the Misery Beast said indifferently. "If you want to defeat me, then catch up."

Having said that, the Misery Beast ran straight into the jungle.

As for Beasts, now that he had already seen the Misery Beast's figure, how could he possibly let him leave? Almost the moment the Misery Beast finished speaking and charged into the jungle, Beasts spread his wings and pursued him in that direction.

However, the Misery Beast was, after all, a perfect-level digital monster, and his position happened to be right beside the jungle. So by the time Beasts reached where he had been, the Misery Beast's figure had already vanished into the trees.

At last, Beasts drew a deep breath, then flapped his wings and chased after him. But the instant he entered, a sense of danger surged up from within him. The next moment, his eyes widened violently.

For ahead of him, a huge log was hurtling toward him. Fortunately, because there was still some distance between them, he had time to react in time. Just as the log was about to smash into him, he brought his sword down and split it cleanly in two.

But what Beasts had not expected was that behind that log there was another one. Caught off guard, the moment Beasts entered the jungle he was struck head-on and sent flying out of the woods.

In an instant, Beasts looked extremely disheveled. His deep eyes fixed on the jungle, and for the first time his face showed a grave expression.