Chapter 1881: Chapter 1877: The Giant Scorpion

With his current cultivation, he can easily defeat a One-star Martial General, has the power to fight against a Two-star Martial General, and can definitely escape unscathed even from a Four-star Martial General.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak."

Just as Tang Ming was indulging in his own thoughts, Little Red flew back, burrowed into Tang Ming’s hair, and chirped incessantly.

"No need to fear! I’m a powerful Martial General now, nothing dangerous can make me scared."

Tang Ming waved his hand confidently, turned his head towards the direction Little Red came from, and then...

Countless green orbs resembling light bulbs appeared in the darkness, gradually inching closer to him.

"What kind of creatures are these?"

Tang Ming furrowed his brow slightly, took out a flashlight and shone it ahead, then saw a few rats appear in front of him.

"What the heck!"

Tang Ming widened his eyes, incredulously exclaimed, and then turned around and ran.

Having just bragged about how nothing could scare him, he was now terrified out of his wits by a few rats!

Because these weren’t ordinary rats, they were rats larger than a horse, with their fur rotted away, exposing layers of bulging muscles.

The fact that these rats could survive in such a poisonous environment meant they had undergone perpetual mutation and upgrading, beyond the limits of scientific understanding.

Consider that an ordinary person could transform into a martial master within minutes after being poisoned, these rats surviving in such an environment for years implies they are tremendously powerful, so Tang Ming’s first reaction was to flee.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak."

Little Red poked its head out of Tang Ming’s hair, chirping continuously.

"Goodness, I said not fearing any person, not such monsters."

Tang Ming explained while running, "It’s too disgusting, plus these things are pack animals. Who knows how many there are, getting tangled up with them would be a nightmare."

Tang Ming ran in front, while those rats chased from behind.

When Tang Ming recently broke through, it caused quite an energy fluctuation, especially after he absorbed a huge amount of poison, which was the food for these rats, attracting the attention of the mutated rats quickly.

If it weren’t for Little Red making circles around, Tang Ming wouldn’t have broken through so easily.

Tang Ming employed his movement technique to the utmost, and before long, he managed to shake off the large rats, while those rats, after pursuing a distance, stopped the chase, as if they have their own territories and limits that they won’t cross.

"Man, breaking through to Martial General is awesome, I’m fast at running away now."

Tang Ming found a quiet place to hide, wiping cold sweat constantly, fortunate that he broke through to Martial General; otherwise, facing those mutated rats, he might not have been able to escape.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak."

Little Red flew out, perched on Tang Ming’s shoulder, chirping.

"What to do? Should I find a place to continue absorbing poison to enhance cultivation, or search for that crystal?"

Tang Ming frowned, pondering whether to continue cultivating in this environment, an opportunity that comes but once in a century.

Given the poison reserves here, as long as he keeps cultivating, his cultivation could keep advancing, potentially even reaching the peak of Martial General.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak..."

Little Red chirped without stopping for a while.

"Hmm hmm hmm, you’re right, this place can’t be artificially made; there must be some treasure that creates this poisonous environment! Plus, the Netherworld Road and the poison Nangong Tianyue research are taken from here, there must be a big secret here."

After hearing Little Red’s analysis, Tang Ming also felt it made sense, "Then let’s first find that crystal, and see what happens afterward. If we can find the root cause of this environment, we’ll make a fortune, and never worry about poison again."

"Squeak, squeak, squeak."

Little Red nodded repeatedly.

Then Tang Ming released the Dust Gu to act as his detector, and began to move.

Not long after, Tang Ming was utterly shocked. Through the Dust Gu’s exploration, he discovered that this space not only had mutated rats but also a lot of mutated animals and plants. Most eerie were the small animals, like snakes, insects, rats, and ants, which turned into massive terrifying monsters after mutation, while no large animals were to be seen.

But Tang Ming understood, generally speaking, the survival ability of small animals is far stronger than large animals. Enduring such a condition requires surviving poison’s devastation and mutation, which large animals find hard to withstand.

Through the Dust Gu’s exploration, Tang Ming carefully searched, and after the earlier encounter and chase with the rats, he didn’t come into conflict with any creatures here.

"Interesting! No wonder Huang Hexian said that as long as we are a bit cautious, we can definitely complete the task."

Tang Ming chuckled: "Though dangerous, the biggest threat here is the poisonous environment; bear the poison and move carefully, not alarming the creatures here, to avoid attacks."

"Squeak, squeak, squeak."

Little Red nodded repeatedly.

"Problem is, I’ve seen no crystal all this time, where is it actually?"

Tang Ming knitted his brows in frustration: "Supposedly there are a dozen or so crystals, why haven’t I seen a single one? Little Red, go fly up and check; they supposedly emit light."

"Squeak, squeak, squeak."

Little Red screamed, then burrowed into Tang Ming’s collar, refusing to come out.

"You... even as something so extraordinary, must you worry so much?"

Tang Ming chided humorously, yet Little Red insisted not to go, refusing to be a scout.

"Dang."

No matter what Tang Ming said, Little Red wouldn’t come out; helplessly, he continued using Dust Gu to explore, and having found no crystal, aimed to locate Hua Yingjie or Tang Xinhai.

After the fall, the group was separated, he had been cultivating so long, and didn’t know how Hua Yingjie and Tang Xinhai fared.

Tang Ming wasn’t concerned about Tang Xinhai, who was secretly powerful, surely a top expert!

But Hua Yingjie would struggle; though inexplicably breaking through to Six-star Martial Master status, his actual combat ability was low, even a monster rat could turn him to dust.

"Brother, hope you’re not dead here."

Tang Ming sighed worrying.

"Tang Ming?"

Just when Tang Ming was worried, a shout suddenly rang out.

"Hmm?"

Tang Ming turned his head in surprise towards the direction of the voice. This was Hua Yingjie’s voice, but he wasn’t within Tang Ming’s Dust Gu detection range, so how did he find him?

Quickly, Tang Ming felt the ground vibrate, hurriedly retracted the Dust Gu, taking a combat stance.

Moments later, a giant black scorpion appeared in sight.