Devour

The Dark Flame Lake is five hundred miles wide, and there are many underground caves hidden around it. There is a wide underground river inside, leading to the even more magnificent Qiongqi Ancient Road deep inside.

Cheng Bai led the team into the cave along the lakeside. The cave was full of twists and turns, like a maze, and it was deep and unfathomable. After exploring for a long time, they only found a few ordinary dark hydras.

This kind of monster is very tenacious and will only die if all its heads are chopped off quickly, otherwise it will quickly grow new heads. Facing ordinary hunters, it is an immortal enemy. The nine heads devouring it all at once also carry a highly poisonous attack, which is difficult to resist.

Cheng Bai encountered prey and harvested it along the way.

"Dabai, be careful behind you."

Seeing the nine monsters besieging her, Lu Miaoting couldn't help but feel nervous.

"Don't worry, it won't be difficult for me."

Cheng Bai's move was very skillful. He flipped the sharp knife up and down and chopped off heads in the blink of an eye. It was not difficult to kill him.

"Haha, another one is knocked down."

Lu Miaoting became more and more familiar with the team. She helped to clean up the prey, take out the crystal cores, and feed the snake gall to Xiaobai.

Wandering in the deep caves, the dark Hydra-level monsters are no problem at all. After searching back and forth all the way, I didn't find any trace of the king, but the harvest was not small.

Continuing to explore deeper, we found that the underground caves twist and turn in numerous ways, sometimes bordering on open-air valleys. Experienced hunters could easily find the exit by feeling the air flow.

The team moved quickly and arrived at the valley. Looking up, they saw clouds covering the sky at the high peaks, and looking down, they saw gurgling water under their feet. There were strange rocks lying across the ground, and jagged stones protruding from the ground. The valleys and caves were intertwined with many entrances and exits, and the light refracted in various colors, forming a colorful and bizarre beauty.

The two men and the wolf became cautious. Such a magnificent and beautiful scenery could only be found on the Qiongqi Ancient Trail. Before they knew it, they had reached the outskirts of the secret realm.

"What is this?" Lu Miaoting raised her foot and kicked out a big round head from the corner.

Cheng Bai's face changed slightly. It turned out to be the head of a black diamond man. Looking around, he saw the remains of limbs scattered around, as if they had been disassembled into pieces like a toy.

How powerful are the Black Diamond people? Who can do it?

The ground shook slightly and Xiaobai growled in fear. Cheng Bai quickly calmed it down and hid in the cave with Lu Miaoting.

In the distance, a huge monster was approaching slowly. It was over a hundred meters long, shaped like a tiger, majestic like a mountain, with wings on its back, and its body was covered with steel-like sharp spikes, and its sickle-like claws were like giant mountain-splitting blades.

It lowered its head to peer into a cave, and quickly stretched out its claws to pull out a dark hydra, fiddling with it like a toy. When the prey was on the verge of death, it gnawed off the nine heads as if they were delicious food, not caring about the hydra's venom at all, and then abandoned the remains and left.

After the monster left, Lu Miaoting whispered, "That's Qiongqi, a smaller beast. It's vicious, cunning, and vicious. It's picky and will throw away anything it doesn't eat. It's the most dangerous and powerful beast on the Qiongqi Continent."

Cheng Bai stared at the remains of the dark nine-headed snake and whispered, "The snake monster that Qiongqi caught is different in size and color."

He asked Lu Miaoting and Xiaobai to stay in the cave, and he went forward with a knife to take a closer look.

This Dark Hydra was much larger than the ordinary Hydra, with a glossy color and was still trembling slightly, but it had not yet died. Its nine slender necks were struggling and squirming, trying to grow new heads. Its vitality was surprisingly tenacious, and was obviously inferior to the Dark Hydra that had been killed before.

Cheng Bai was overjoyed: "This is the Dark Hydra King. It was easy to get him."

He swung his sword to cut open the body of the Dark Hydra King and took out the huge black crystal core. The quality was indeed better than those of similar monsters. The unfortunate dying snake king finally died.

Lu Miaoting suddenly screamed, and Xiaobai also howled wildly, like a frightened bird.

Cold sweat dripped from Cheng Bai's head. The one in danger was not Lu Miaoting and Xiaobai, but himself.

The ferocious monster in front of him, as huge as a mountain, looked down. The Qiongqi that had just left actually turned back, with a playful smile on its face.

Cheng Bai suddenly realized that the other party's intelligence and cunning were no less than that of humans. They had already noticed the traces of two people and one wolf just now, and they were just playing with prey.

Without any hesitation, he slashed continuously with his sword, sending out five layers of muffled black spirits to kill. The multiple cross-shaped sword auras formed brilliant starlight that bloomed in the valley.

This move was enlightened by the opportunity of the seeds of the Five Extreme Treasure Tree, and became even more profound and varied, with its power far exceeding that of before.

Qiongqi's golden eyes flashed, and he swung his claws as fast as lightning, chopping vertically, slashing horizontally, and piercing, forming a similar cross-shaped blade to kill head-on. He actually mastered the essence of the unique skills in an instant, demonstrating extremely high combat talent and rich killing experience.

The cross-shaped sharp blade quickly wiped out the cross-shaped sword energy, and even the fifth-level black spirit could not resist it. It was pressed on the ground and left a huge cross mark. This was the secret technique of the Robbery Blade Wave that Qiongqi was good at, which could be seen as an enhanced version of the Beast Claw Wave.

Before the sword energy dissipated, Cheng Bai had already realized that he was no match for his opponent, so he instantly left the battlefield and teleported to Lu Miaoting and Xiaobai. He then teleported away from the Qiongqi Ancient Road with the man and the wolf again, returning to the shore of the Dark Flame Lake hundreds of miles away.

Qiongqi was greatly surprised when he suddenly lost his target, staring with his huge golden eyes in disbelief.

Cheng Bai stood by the lake, thinking of the thrilling experience just now. Compared with the sneak attack on the lava stone man when he was weak, he did not feel the disadvantage of being crushed by the black jade flag master for the first time. He couldn't help but sighed: "What a powerful monster, it doesn't matter, as long as I have time to practice, I will definitely surpass it."

Before he could finish his words, the space around him was torn apart, and a cross-shaped blade wave crossed the long distance and swept across Cheng Bai fiercely, knocking him away and breaking the thick tree behind him.

Lu Miaoting and Xiaobai were stunned and at a loss what to do when the unexpected incident happened.

Qiongqi not only has the secret art of the Robbery Blade Wave, but also has an unparalleled tracking ability. He can even cross space to attack opponents, making them impossible to defend against.

Fortunately, Cheng Bai blocked the attack with his spiritual shield in time and was not fatally injured. He quickly turned over and jumped up, rushed forward to pull up Lu Miaoting and Xiaobai, and instantly teleported back to Tianxuan City to escape.

Just as they evacuated, the space beside the Dark Flame Lake was torn apart again, and another larger cross-shaped blade wave hit the place where Cheng Bai had just fallen, leaving a horrifying cross scratch on the ground.

Cheng Bai teleported to the gate of Tianxuan City. He was a little worried, so he changed the destination and teleported a few more times to disrupt the movement trajectory. He returned to the Jiuzhu River in the Colorful Forest, then he stopped, making sure that Qiongqi could not track him so far.

Lu Miaoting was still in shock and exclaimed, "You are injured."

There were spots of blood on Cheng Bai's body. He endured attacks beyond his defense limit, and his spiritual shield was unable to block it completely. None of the so-called masters in the past could do this.

He took out the wine god gourd and drank a mouthful of earth spirit wine. His injuries were completely healed. He said with a smile: "I haven't been injured for a long time. It's just a superficial wound. Qiongqi is known as the king of monsters on the continent. It really lives up to its reputation."

Qiongqi also has different levels. For example, the Qiongqi corpse that is as tall as a mountain near the hunter gun king shop was much stronger than the one just seen. Even if it is the lowest level Qiongqi, if it is replaced by other hunters, it is impossible to escape.

Cheng Bai pondered and said, "My strength is not enough. I can dominate one side of the continent, but it is too early to dominate the world. I must improve my combat power as soon as possible and use those crystal cores."

He immediately ordered Lu Miaoting and Xiaobai to guard him. Except for the crystal cores of the Sand King and the Dark Hydra King, he devoured all the crystal cores of the Sand Demon, Ironback Bear and Iron Bull that had been preserved to this day. He extracted their essence and his skills improved by leaps and bounds.

The Taotie vision in the domain seemed to be sublimated, and the blade-shaped true energy on its body became more exquisite and delicate, increasing dramatically to 136,000 pieces. The image of a ferocious monster was lifelike, with fangs and a huge mouth split to the ears. Not only could they attach themselves all over the body, but they could also fly all over the sky and move freely.

Lu Miaoting looked at the changes in Cheng Bai with curiosity, and vaguely felt that it was very different from before. The power of the beast head domain when it was unfolded was no less than that of Qiongqi.

After absorbing the crystal core, Cheng Bai opened his eyes and felt the actual improvement. The quality and quantity of what he swallowed far exceeded those of the batch from the Chilong King, but he still could not break through to a higher level and was always one step away from the final step.

Not all realms can be easily broken through simply by devouring.

It is better to hurry up than late. After being teleported to Tianxuan City, Cheng Bai came to Tianxuan Temple and asked to see Yunjuan, and successfully exchanged him for the life-threatening money.

This set of treasures is really like a string of large and heavy ancient coins, black and shiny, with sharp edges, heavy in the hand, and the hole in the middle is inlaid with the Lightning Demon Eagle Crystal Core. Legend has it that it has defeated countless masters.

Yun Juan looked at the Sand King Crystal Core, Dark Hydra King Crystal Core, and two kilograms of Flying Shadow Stone with a smile, and said happily: "I also went to Dark Flame Lake a few days ago. The Dark Hydra is difficult to kill, and the Snake King is even harder to find. Those monsters may seem clumsy, but they are actually cunning. You are lucky to get them so quickly."

Cheng Bai stole a glance at Ningxiang beside Yunjuan. The beauty who had gone to Wushan with him that day didn't seem to notice him. Was she pretending to be calm or had she forgotten their past friendship?

He stammered and wanted to start a conversation, but didn't know what to say, and was pulled away by Lu Miaoting in a daze.

Lu Miaoting stole a glance at him, and she was worried, "Did Dabai fall for the Light Blade King? She has an okay figure, but she hides her face. I guess she's not as pretty as me."

Cheng Bai also had his own ideas in mind. He would first return to the Yaoguang Temple to acquire new secret skills, and also find an opportunity to get close to Ningxiang. He didn't feel very free with Lu Miaoting around.

At night, Cheng Bai returned to the inn to rest. After practicing martial arts, he felt refreshed. He turned around and saw Lu Miaoting's furtive gaze, so he said, "Let's go to the south tomorrow."

"Okay." Lu Miaoting nodded in agreement with a hazy look in her eyes.

The next day, he went to Yaozong to retrieve two elixirs. Although they were expensive, they were very effective.

The Iron Blood Heart Protecting Pill is more effective in enhancing defense and combat power than the Heaven-Repairing Divine Power Pill. The Soul-Nourishing Pill is secondary in improving spiritual consciousness, and its role in protecting the mind from external evil is more important.

Cheng Bai thought to himself: "It's good to always have a panacea. It would be even better if I have the opportunity to learn how to make it in the future."

Unfortunately, this is the secret of the Medicine Sect that is not passed down. The spiritual pharmacists in the Medicine Sect’s branch temples have gone through a lot of hardships to become masters, and not all of them know how to make every recipe.

Cheng Bai led the team to the Faceless Rift Valley and came to the Earth Spirit Water Spring. The trickle of water filled the puddle with only a few liters of Earth Spirit Wine, and filled the Dionysus Gourd with Earth Spirit Wine. Now he couldn't live without wine, and he had to drink three or four sips every day. In addition to making the Forget Worry Sauce, the consumption of wine was quite high.

Lu Miaoting didn't know what the spring was, so she looked around curiously and said, "It seems like we are in a deep valley."

Cheng Bai filled her water bottle with the remaining earth spirit water, and happily took her to visit the nearby Qinyuan nests, emptying them one by one to replenish the stock of nest crystals.

Lu Miaoting took the Wo crystal and tasted it. Her eyes lit up and she said happily, "This is Wo crystal. It can only be found in the Faceless Rift Valley. It's very valuable."

Cheng Bai smiled and said, "You've been eating it for several days. It's usually in the Forget-Your-Sorrow Sauce."

"Really? That means a lot of money was wasted."

While chatting and laughing, Cheng Bai took Lu Miaoting and Xiaobai to the territory of the Faceless Man and walked into the Hunter Gun King Shop.

Occasionally, a few faceless warriors passed by the door. They were not surprised at all that there were foreign guests visiting this store, and they just went about their business without paying any attention to them.

When Zhuo Zhibang saw Cheng Bai, he put down the cotton cloth he was using to wipe his weapon and said bluntly, "It seems like you have learned a new secret technique. The Void Rope is not ready yet."

Cheng Bai secretly admired the other party's sharpness. He looked up at the Overlord Spear inlaid on the ceiling like a decoration and asked, "How much is this gun?"

Zhuo Zhibang said solemnly: "The Overlord Spear weighs 195 jin and costs taels, the cost price."

Lu Miaoting was surprised and said, "This can also be called the Overlord Spear? More than 70,000 taels of silver, so expensive?"

Zhuo Zhibang corrected him: "It's gold, not silver. We don't accept silver here."

Cheng Bai looked at it carefully. Having handled similar materials and crystal cores before, he would not make a mistake: "It is made of incinerated star gold and inlaid with two Chilong King crystal cores. It is worth the money."

Zhuo Zhibang was quite surprised: "You recognized him? You have good eyesight."

Lu Miaoting was dumbfounded, and after a moment of silence, she said, "Incineration iron and star gold are rare and hard to obtain, and it is not easy to smelt them into incineration star gold. To collect the crystal cores of two monster kings, especially the Chilong King, it would take at least several decades. Throughout the ages, in addition to the Overlord Spear of the Tianshu Palace Master, there was once another weapon called the Overlord Spear, but it is a pity that it is gone."

Zhuo Zhibang lazily moved the stepladder, slowly climbed up to the roof, took down the Overlord gun from the ceiling, and the solid wood nailed steps creaked under his feet.

He laughed at himself and said, "It took a lot of time and effort to bring the Overlord Spear to the world, shocking the continent and being considered a top-notch weapon. However, in the past few decades, Guan Wanlan's new spear weighs 225 kilograms, with better materials and crystal cores, and is listed as a top-grade magic weapon. It is truly worthy of the name Overlord Spear, and the list of weapons in the world has been rearranged. The old Overlord Spear only defeated a few strong men before retreating to the mountains and fields. It can no longer claim to be the overlord, and it is more appropriate to call it the Hermit."

Have you really only defeated a few strong men?

Cheng Bai thought of the remains of the White Diamond Man he had seen on the southern peak of the Great Rift Valley, and his mentality remained calm.

Lu Miaoting carefully took the spear, looked at its smooth lines, and stroked the exquisite patterns. She couldn't let it go, and whispered to Cheng Bai: "I want it, but I don't have enough money. Can I borrow it..."

Cheng Bai interrupted her and said, "Let me do it."

They came to Zhuo Zhibang and said sincerely, "Boss, we really want it. How about a discount?"

Zhuo Zhibang coughed twice and said with a sullen face, "It's barely the cost price. There's no profit, so there's no discount. If you're really sincere, the buyer of this item can get a full copy of Overlord's Spear Technique as a gift."

Lu Miaoting was dazed. She lowered her voice behind Cheng Bai and said, "Lend me twenty thousand taels, and that will be enough."

Cheng Bai pulled Zhuo Zhibang over and whispered, "My sister is a bit stupid, 75,000 yuan will give you the Overlord Gun Technique plus two months of gun technique training."

He is taking advantage of me.

Zhuo Zhibang was reluctant and said in a deep voice, "I am already old, how can I stand two months of hard work? 15 days at most. I only taught Guan Wanlan for half a month. I won't be able to teach him any more. I don't have the patience."

It seems that this master is a hands-off boss, otherwise he wouldn't hide here.

The price was agreed upon and the payment and goods were completed.

Zhuo Zhibang accepted the gold and suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly said, "You can study here for 15 days, and you can rent a room upstairs to your sister. The rent, water fee, maintenance and management fee... are 6 taels of gold. The expenses here are high."

The rent is as much as that of the presidential suite.

"Okay." Cheng Bai took money out of Lu Miaoting's wallet, who was short of money.

Finally got rid of the sticky candy.

It is a good thing to let Lu Miaoting practice here and improve herself, otherwise she will be of no help in the face of increasingly powerful monsters.

Cheng Bai left some of the Wo crystals, Dark Hydra meat and other food and 27 soul-nourishing pills to Lu Miaoting, arranged everything, and left the Hunter Gun King with Xiaobai.

Lu Miaoting reluctantly said behind him, "Please come back to pick me up in 15 days."

"Yeah." Cheng Bai said casually.

Zhuo Zhibang watched him teleport away and was quite surprised: "This secret technique is powerful, much better than the divine movement."

He turned around to look at the new disciple, shook his head and sighed: "You don't look like siblings. I'm afraid you are another pair of enemies."

Lu Miaoting was busy playing with her spear and said happily, "From now on, your name will be Reed Flower Spear."

Upon hearing this, Zhuo Zhibang's mouth twitched and his eyes became dull.