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Chapter 1635: Chapter 1636: Skill Backlash Chapter 1635: Chapter 1636: Skill Backlash “`
When mentioning the words “monster hunter,” a hint of fear flickered in Yang Yang’s eyes.

Song Jian smiled slightly, shook his head and said, “No, I’m not from the Monster Hunters Alliance; I’m just a traveler, and I’m also very interested in maritime divine creatures.”

Song Jian had heard of the organization Monster Hunters as well. Every member of this alliance is an elite, reportedly possessing the ability to kill monsters beyond their own level.

What these people pursued was the hunting of powerful monsters, acquiring equipment and skills that surpass their level and strength. Additionally, the character of the members in the Monster Hunters Alliance was quite eccentric; at times, they could be provoked by a single word, resulting in them pursuing vendettas against their aggressors.

Therefore, among players, the reputation of those in the Monster Hunters Alliance wasn’t very good, and they were privately referred to as “monsters.”

Relieved to hear that Song Jian was not a member of the “Monster Hunters” Alliance, Yang Yang took a careful look at Song Jian and his eyes showed a hint of realization.

“Heh heh, no wonder. I see your level is at the skeletal rank; could it be that you have advanced to the Legendary Realm?” Yang Yang said in a low voice, “No wonder you, alone, dare to provoke maritime divine creatures. However, even at the Legendary Realm, dealing with maritime divine creatures is still somewhat difficult for you. You can only handle those with weaker attacks, like the Six-Legged Seahorse or the Thorny Ocean Clam…”

Song Jian just smiled and did not speak. For a moment, Yang Yang couldn’t grasp Song Jian’s intentions and felt that the other party was very mysterious, which extinguished his thoughts of recruiting Song Jian.

“If you really want to hunt maritime divine creatures, I suggest you don’t venture three hundred sea miles out into the deep sea. That’s the Sea Clan’s territory, a bunch of unreasonable fellows. If they catch you, they’ll throw you into the sea trench to feed the sea beasts…”

“The Sea Clan?” Song Jian was taken aback. He only knew that there were an extremely large number of monsters in the ocean, hundreds to thousands of times more than on land, but he had never heard of an actual race living in the sea.

“You’re not talking about merfolk, are you?” Song Jian asked in confusion.

“Merfolk? They count for nothing; at most, they can be considered a large tribe. But the Sea Clan is different; it’s a real race spread across the entire ocean, and there are many of them!” Yang Yang said disdainfully.

“Most of them are humanoid but have various marine organs, almost like monsters spawned from the interbreeding of humans and maritime creatures. If you encounter them, you must be careful. Even if it’s a low-level member of the Sea Clan, you cannot underestimate them. Who knows if behind them, there might be a Legendary Realm, or even a Demi-God Level or Divine level, father, mother, grandfather, grandmother… Provoking one member of the Sea Clan could offend a whole group of them, and it’s very troublesome!” Yang Yang said solemnly.

“Okay, I’ve got it, thanks a lot!” Song Jian cupped his hands together in thanks and smiled.

Watching Song Jian walk out of the city gate alone towards the ocean, Yang Yang couldn’t help but feel a bit dazed. Soon after, a girl around seventeen or eighteen years old approached Yang Yang from behind, saw him in a daze, tiptoed to his back, and patted him, calling out: “Hey, Yang Yang, the captain asked you to recruit team members, but you’re slacking off here. I’m going to tell the captain.”

“Ah, Meizi, don’t talk nonsense. I’ve been standing here the whole time; it’s just that I haven’t found the right person yet!” Yang Yang was indeed startled, but when he saw the girl behind him, his expression turned into a grin again.

“Hmph, you can’t fool me!” Meizi crinkled her nose and said.

“I’m not lying to you. Look at that person. I saw his level was at the skeletal rank; he could be a legend in the Legendary Realm. Unfortunately, his target is divine creatures, so he wouldn’t be interested in a level five dungeon…” Yang Yang said, pointing at Song Jian’s retreating figure.

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“Legendary Level? We’ve encountered powerful figures of the Legendary Level before. If he truly is of that level, it makes sense he wouldn’t care about our team, but I’m afraid you might be hoodwinking us, hmph!” Mei said, somewhat unconvinced. “Let me take a look. If you’re lying, I’ll really tell the captain…”
As she spoke, the girl’s eyes suddenly deepened, and a gray fog began to swirl within her pupils. In just a moment, both of her eyes had transformed into two vortices, with twin black magatamas spinning endlessly within the gray whirlpools.

Mei looked toward Song Jian, and in her vision, the world had turned into chaos. Everyone appeared as twisted gray figures, but Song Jian’s form became increasingly clearer.

Soon, Song Jian’s figure grew clearer still, giving off a sense of reality as if he was about to transcend the chaotic environment within her field of vision.

“So strong, truly strong…” Mei murmured to herself. Her Mental Strength was rapidly depleting, and Song Jian’s figure made her feel a terrifying threat, even wanting to immediately end this scrutiny.

Boom~
A thunderous noise suddenly exploded in Mei’s mind, and in her field of view, Song Jian’s image morphed into a fiercely burning flame, igniting with intensity. At the same moment, Mei felt a stabbing pain in her eyes as though a red-hot iron rod had been mercilessly thrust into her sockets.

Ah~
A piercing scream echoed as the girl clutched her eyes and involuntarily crouched down, her body trembling slightly. Yang Yang, filled with horror, noticed several lines of fresh blood slowly streaming down from the fingers covering Mei’s eyes.

“Mei, Mei, are you, are you alright?” Yang Yang asked with a trembling voice, clearly terrified. Mei was their team’s scout, and she had performed this skill countless times without any issue.

“I, I’ve suffered skill backlash and am temporarily, temporarily blinded…” Mei’s voice carried a hint of tears as the intense pain in her eyes made her head feel as if it was splitting open, rendering her feeling worse than death.

“You, you rest for a bit. I’ll, I’ll report to the captain right away!” Yang Yang hurriedly helped Mei up, found a shaded spot for her, and then opened his communicator to call.

In just a short time, several people hurriedly made their way to the city gates. Among them, a woman, upon seeing Mei, had her face change dramatically. She hadn’t even reached Mei before waving her wand and casting a Healing Skill on her.

“Kite, don’t waste your mana. This is skill backlash, not an injury. Healing Skills are useless on me. I can only wait, wait for the backlash to subside…” Mei said with a bitter smile.

“Mei, what on earth happened? That dolt Yang Yang couldn’t give me a clear explanation over the communicator!” A middle-aged man in armor, frowning, asked. This man was the captain, named Li Xiong, and a Heavy Armored Knight by profession.

“I, I was using clairvoyance to observe a player, but I ended up suffering skill backlash and I’m temporarily blind!” Mei sighed and explained. The pain had begun to subside over time and was no longer as intense as before, but Mei still felt a lingering fear in her heart.

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