books44 Chapter 296 You are dead
Chapter 296 You are dead
In the bustling city, Lin Yang suddenly struggled with all his strength, and the nine-ring steel whip in his hand tore off the two simulated mechanical snake heads of Jiuying. The strong recoil force threw him several meters away. He used his internal energy to protect his body, slowing down the impact of landing, and slowly landed on the concrete floor.
Jiuying let out a final roar, the sound waves shaking the tall building, and then with a "boom", the nine snake bodies of the mechanical device collapsed one by one, smashing a huge dent in the ground. Everything returned to silence.
The brass Bagua mirror in Li's antique shop emitted a brilliant light, covering Lin Yang. He felt himself slowly rising and floating off the ground. Suddenly, he felt dizzy and passed out. When he woke up again, he found himself in a deep underground tunnel. He walked along the tunnel.
After walking for a long time, a glimmer of light finally appeared in front of him. Lin Yang walked towards the light and walked out of the tunnel. Suddenly, the view in front of him was clear. The air was filled with a damp smell, which reminded people of the forest after the rain. However, when he looked up, there was no sunlight, and the surroundings were shrouded in a depressing atmosphere.
Lin Yang took a few steps forward and heard a strange noise in the distance. A creature that was a mixture of a pig and a dog came over. "Are you the challenger?" the red-eyed monster asked. "Yes." Lin Yang responded simply. "I am the red-eyed pig demon. This is the fifth level, the supernatural forbidden area. You have to pass me first." The red-eyed pig demon said. Only then did Lin Yang notice its huge body, covered with black hair, sharp thorns, and blood-red eyes.
Before Lin Yang could react, the red-eyed pig demon had already pounced on him. Lin Yang dodged sideways and avoided its sharp claws. After grabbing him, the pig demon's claws suddenly extended and became extremely sharp, cutting the ground and leaving deep marks. Lin Yang was glad that he avoided this attack.
The pig demon missed and sprayed green acid at Lin Yang. Lin Yang dodged swiftly, and the green liquid fell to the ground, corroding a hole. Lin Yang summoned his custom alloy sword, pulled away and rushed towards the red-eyed pig demon. The pig demon's skills were beyond his expectations, and it was extremely agile.
Lin Yang's sword only scratched its flesh a little, and did not cause much damage to the pig demon. The pig demon continued to spray acid at Lin Yang, and Lin Yang was busy dodging, fearing that he would be contaminated by the acid. Seeing that Lin Yang could always avoid his attacks, the pig demon roared to the sky.
At this time, the sound of running came from all directions, getting closer and closer. A group of red-eyed pig demons appeared in front of Lin Yang. It turned out that they were just calling for help. They ran around Lin Yang, gradually forming an encirclement, and sprayed green acid at the same time.
Lin Yang decided to break through in one direction. When all the pig demons approached, he rushed towards the red-eyed pig demon in front of him, and the two ran towards each other. When they were about to collide, Lin Yang cut the pig demon's neck with his sword, jumped over the fallen pig demon, and rushed out of the encirclement.
He turned to face the group of demons, and the pig demons changed direction again, attacking Lin Yang with their powerful strength and thorns. Lin Yang quickly swung his sword and rushed into the group of pig demons, his figure flashing through the group of pig demons. When he stood behind the group of pig demons, the pig demons fell one after another.
Lin Yang originally thought that the gatekeeper of the fifth level was the red-eyed pig demon, but after defeating them, there was no change around him, and he realized that this was not the real gatekeeper. Lin Yang did not stop, put away his sword, and continued to move forward, looking for the real opponent.
After walking for a while, Lin Yang found a cave in front of him, with a red light coming out of the cave. He guessed that there must be a treasure in the cave, so he walked into the narrow cave. The cave was unusually spacious, and it was impossible to see such a huge space from the outside.
Lin Yang walked in the cave. There seemed to be a light source inside the cave. Although it was inside the cave, it was brighter than outside, without a trace of darkness. He found signs of life in the cave, with pig hair and green liquid scattered on the ground. Lin Yang judged that this might be the lair of the red-eyed pig demon.
Going deeper into the cave, he saw a red light coming from deep in the clearing. Lin Yang guessed that the light came from a box. When he got closer, he found that there was nothing unusual about the box except the red light. He opened the box and found some precious metals, gems, rare medicinal materials and an ordinary stone. Lin Yang left the ordinary stone and put the other things in his pocket.
He stared at the ordinary stone, wondering why it was the only ordinary stone in the box. Lin Yang summoned his sword and carefully broke the stone. When the outer stone peeled off, a piece of jade was revealed. Lin Yang picked up the jade and his mood suddenly became peaceful.
He judged that this was a piece of warm jade, which was very beneficial to cultivation and was also a precious material for refining medicine. Lin Yang was delighted to get this piece of warm jade. Then, he took out those rare medicinal materials and absorbed them slowly. He felt that his strength had improved again.
Zhang Liang sat quietly in a luxurious apartment in the city center for a long time, experiencing the changes in his body. After these precious natural resources entered his body, spiritual energy continued to flow out from his brows, gradually penetrating into every cell in his body.
Before long, Zhang Liang could feel the abundant spiritual energy in his body. If he could fully absorb these rare substances, his inner strength and energy level would be able to rise by at least two levels.
Zhang Liang was very satisfied with this. He decided to practice in seclusion here for three months and make full use of these resources to improve himself.
In just three months, he could transform these treasures into power. In order to advance and obtain the inheritance of the City King, he didn't mind staying here for a while longer.
With this thought in mind, he walked to the door of the apartment, set up an energy barrier, and then began to practice with peace of mind.
Time flies, and it has long exceeded the originally planned three-month deadline, but Zhang Liang was unaware of it and continued to concentrate on his practice.
When he finished his retreat, three years had passed. If it weren't for the interference from the outside world, he might have continued to practice.
That day, Zhang Liang felt some unusual movements outside, and then a torrent of floods poured into the apartment.
Thanks to his alertness, Zhang Liang stopped practicing and opened his eyes the moment he sensed that the barrier was disturbed.
The flood rushed in like a giant dragon. Zhang Liang quickly mobilized his spiritual energy to form a protective shield. At the same time, he took out the mysterious treasure he obtained in the challenge - the Jiuli Pot, and aimed the mouth of the pot at the source of the flood.
In an instant, the flood seemed to be attracted by suction and all poured into the Jiuli Pot.
"It is indeed a magical artifact." Zhang Liang was quite satisfied with the performance of the Jiuli Pot.
The flood was quickly absorbed, and a strange roar was heard outside again.
This flood came extremely strangely and without any warning, but before the flood hit, Zhang Liang vaguely heard similar sounds.
Without giving it any thought, Zhang Liang quickly came to the classified rare resources, put the higher quality ones into the virtual tripod, and left the ordinary minerals in the apartment.
The strange screams became more and more shrill. After Zhang Liang finished doing all this, he drew out the sword from the virtual tripod and activated the psychic protection at the same time.
The long sword drew a cross on the ceiling of the apartment, and then the apartment began to collapse, and countless boulders rolled down. Zhang Liang dodged them swiftly. Then, he kicked the ground hard and rushed to the top of the apartment.
With a loud roar, the apartment collapsed completely. Zhang Liang landed steadily and stood outside.
Bathed in the long-lost sunshine, Zhang Liang felt a little blinded, but his heart was filled with joy. The air here was completely different from the damp and cold air in the apartment, and the sunshine was mixed with the fresh scent of soil.
Zhang Liang closed his eyes and felt it for a while, then opened his eyes to look for who could have caused the flood to break through his barrier.
Zhang Liang looked up at the door of the apartment and saw a strange-looking snake-like creature standing there.
It is called a snake because its tail is like a snake, with the long tail coiled at the door, but its head is somewhat human-shaped. From the head down, its body is a bit like a jackal. The strange thing is that it has two pairs of eagle-like wings on its back.
"Transformed into a snake." Seeing this image, the name immediately popped up in Zhang Liang's mind, and he still remembered its abilities.
The snake rarely spoke, but once it did, it would inevitably bring about a flood. However, he had no grudge against the snake, so why would it attack him? Moreover, this was a creature from ancient mythology, so how could it appear in the city?
"Are you a transformed snake?" Zhang Liang asked calmly.
The snake stared at Zhang Liang and said, "You are the one who has been practicing in the apartment for several years." It did not respond to Zhang Liang's question.
"How many years? How many years did you say I was in there?" Zhang Liang asked again. This was far beyond his expectations.
"Haha, it's you! I've only been traveling for three years, and you took the opportunity to steal the rare resources that I worked so hard to collect!" Huashe said angrily, his ferocious face becoming even more distorted.
"Three years? I have actually stayed in this desolate place for three years." Zhang Liang said self-deprecatingly, completely ignoring Huashe's anger.
"Watch how I teach you a lesson, and then I'll refine you into a elixir! It won't be a waste of my rare resources!" Faced with Zhang Liang's indifference, Huashe became even more indignant.
As soon as he finished speaking, the snake swung its tail and attacked Zhang Liang. Zhang Liang was not afraid at all and did not take this level of attack seriously at all.
Zhang Liang stabbed the sword towards the snake's skin, and after contact, he found that the snake skin was extremely hard and an ordinary sword could not penetrate it at all.
"Hmph, just wait for me to refine you!" The snake laughed and increased its strength.
“Haha, ordinary swords are useless, but I wonder what about a sword filled with spiritual energy?!” Zhang Liang said, his body enveloped by a layer of faint light, even the blade of the sword was covered by the light.
There was a "swish" sound, blood splattered, and the snake's long tail was instantly cut in half.
Pain rushed from the tail straight to the brain, and the snake's body immediately lost support, fell to the ground, and rolled on the ground in pain.
"It was wrong of me to take away the rare resources you worked so hard to collect, but I cannot return what you have eaten." Zhang Liang looked down at the snake, "There are still some low-level resources in the cave, you can use them to restore your body."
After saying this, Zhang Liang turned around and was about to leave. After walking a few steps, he remembered something and turned around and continued to speak to Huashe:
"Also, you don't have the ability to absorb those resources. They were just sitting there anyway. I just helped them find a more suitable owner. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for your lack of ability."
Zhang Liang finished speaking arrogantly, not considering himself a predator or a thief at all.
In his opinion, rare resources belong to nature and have no ownership. Only the strong can obtain them. This is common sense.
Beads of sweat rolled down the snake's forehead due to the pain. After a long time, the pain became numb and it finally crawled back to the cave with difficulty.
"Did he really absorb all the treasures in just three years?" Huashe looked at the remaining rare resources and thought unwillingly. It took him ten years to absorb just a little bit.
"Hmph, even if I can't beat you, there will be someone over there to take care of you!" Huashe thought with hatred.
Despite the pain, he still clearly saw the direction Zhang Liang left. There, lurked the most ferocious ancient beast in the city. Zhang Liang, you are dead! ...