I became a god by treasure hunting after arriving 500 years early-Chapter 332 - 252: Victory So Soon?_2

Because this unknown creature was critically injured by the cannon fire and had its throat tightly gripped at close range, the ability of "Spirit Word" couldn’t be utilized. The storm-like strikes, each punch carrying the weight of a thousand jun.

The green flames set both parties alight.

To tell the truth, the flames were extremely fierce, penetrating deep into the marrow in just over ten seconds.

Destruction is always easier than repair; the "Eternal Spark" struggled to resist this kind of damage, and Lu Yuan felt he might be close to death.

Now it was a contest of who could kill the other first.

"Bang!" the monster’s head slammed into a rock, its eyes bulging like eggs, its tongue sticking out halfway.

Old Cat ran into the tomb’s entrance and, picking up a resin smoke bomb with its mouth, tossed it over.

The blue flames on its body, upon contact with the smoke bomb, released a crackling, burning smell.

"Spirit Word" was significantly blocked by the smoke bomb.

"Old Lu, your sword!"

Old Cat, now possessing quite some strength, picked up the long sword and threw it.

Lu Yuan glanced sideways, snatched it with his right hand, raised the broken sword, and savagely chopped at the other’s neck!

The monster’s eyeballs turned green, its mouth squirming.

But it was truly too severely injured to muster any strength, and with its throat being tightly clamped, all the air in its lungs had been expelled, preventing the power of "Spirit Word" from being deployed.

The sword pierced through the thick neck with a heavy slash.

"Snap," it went.

The fatty head fell to the ground and rolled several times.

The monster twitched a few times, its eyes looking at Lu Yuan, wanting to say something, but no words came out.

Then, its pupils slowly dilated, stiffened, and it took its last breath just like that.

"We won just like that?" Lu Yuan felt somewhat incredulous, the blue fire on his body slowly extinguishing.

Although having the advantage of a preemptive strike and having already blasted the opponent half to cripples, it was indeed smoother than expected to hack it to death in just a few strokes.

Lu Yuan had never before fought such an easy major boss, and for a moment, he had a hard time accepting it.

"Could my combat strength have become so terrifying?" Lu Yuan looked at his charred arm skin.

"Before he died, he said a sentence in lip language: ’You will regret this...’ That’s probably what he meant," the Conch said, "I feel something’s not quite right, we shouldn’t be careless."

Old Cat, through the communicator inside its body, began to contact Sky City.

Although there were no base stations or anything of the sort here, long-wave communication was still usable.

Sky City had also set up a corresponding communications terminal, capable of simple communication.

"Uh... It looks like we really won?!" Its whiskers trembled with disbelief, "The monsters in Sky City have all passed out!"

"The battle over there has stopped!"

...

...

"They... won?"

"So quickly?"

The Jin family’s five brothers, stationed at an altitude of ten thousand meters, were profoundly shocked.

Their several Great Grandmasters hadn’t even touched a shadow before they were defeated...

And now a strong individual from Sky City had slain the monster in under thirty seconds?!

They suddenly discovered that other survivors in the city were also sneaking around, gathering close as if to confirm the fruits of victory... Added together, there were nearly a hundred of them.

"There are still so many survivors."

...

...

Lu Yuan did not let his guard down but instead frowned and used "Pioneer’s Eye" to identify the corpse.

This time, since the opponent was already dead, quite a bit of information indeed appeared.

[Mandala Empire, the Emperor, Tuo Zhengcang’s body.]

[A very long time ago, the Emperor of the Mandala Empire, Tuo Zhengcang, in pursuit of eternal life, implanted the soul of an ancient "Devil·Painted Skin" into his own body, attempting to coexist with the terrifying Great Demon.]

[He used the ability of Parallel Thinking to continuously split his consciousness, to combat "Painted Skin," and devoured the bloodlines of his offspring to maintain his physical body.]

[Every hundred years, he needed to switch into the body of an offspring to enjoy youth.]

[But as time passed, his life still gradually collapsed, and he had to devour more souls to keep his sense of self.]

[His body began to decay, and his thoughts slowly changed as well, with the desire for flesh and soul growing day by day.]

[At the final moment, Tuo Zhengcang sealed himself inside the bronze coffin, allowing his descendants to offer him the lowest level of sacrifice, and spent a relatively peaceful period.]

[However, with the arrival of the Mandala Empire on the Pangu Continent, Tuo Zhengcang awakened from his slumber, unable to hold back the greed in his heart any longer, and directly devoured his own civilization.]

[Eventually, he was slain by the Ninth Epoch·Demon Hunter, Lu Yuan, ending his ravaging life.]

[Ability: Parallel Thinking, Spirit Word (Painted Skin)]

[Extraordinary Level: Level 8]

Lu Yuan let out a breath. What a melodramatic history.

But would Level 8 involve a Field? It seemed like a pretty good piece of news.

Moreover, this slaying of his was actually recorded in history.

"The ability of Parallel Thinking..."

Around Tuo Zhengcang’s neck, there was a necklace made of jade beads, emitting a soft glow.

[Nine-Eyed Bead Necklace, Shariputra forged from some Anomaly, strung into a necklace, long-term wearing can maintain tranquility of mind, and slightly increase Soul strength and Divine Attribute limit. (Legendary Level·Natural Oddities)]

"You’re dead, so the equipment now belongs to me."

Lu Yuan was not shy, the necklace was quite pretty, and the middle bead somewhat resembled a sapphire, radiating a clear, bright light.

He took the necklace off without hesitation; he was in no rush himself, after all, he hadn’t yet reached the limit of Divine Attributes, planning to let the Conch wear it for a while.

"Wait a sec?!"

Why is this corpse moving?

And... it’s warm!

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A wave of cold terror surged in his heart, and he quickly widened his eyes, re-identifying.

[Because the Emperor, Tuo Zhengcang, has already died, the soul of Devil·Painted Skin is resurrecting in his corpse, predicted to fully resurrect in thirty seconds.]

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Lu Yuan’s heart started pounding all of a sudden!

"Is this only a minion?!"

He moved at lightning speed, grabbing the broken sword and slashing towards the corpse!

"Hee... hee hee..."

A faint, slight sound came from the direction of the corpse, as a crimson mouth grotesquely grew from his navel, uttering a strange syllable: "Zhē!"

A flash of light streaked past the edge of the neck!

"Ah!!"

In the nick of time, Lu Yuan managed a momentary Instant Teleportation.

He was just a hair’s breadth away from being decapitated!

The corpse started to twitch!

Convulse!!

It was like a pupating silkworm, twitching dozens of times every second.

"Hee... hee hee..."

A mercury-like darkness enveloped the corpse, spreading outward continually.

This was undoubtedly a Field as well, but compared to the initial one, it was indeterminately more powerful.

The "hee hee, hee hee" laughter grew louder and louder.

Lu Yuan felt dizzy and his blood was nearly freezing; the strength level might be similar to the Ghost that was sealed in the chamber before, utterly beyond his ability to resist!

Grabbing Old Cat, he teleported tens of meters away, fleeing outside of the cave.

"It’s clearly a Demon acting like a Ghost... How do you fight this?"

He was breathing heavily, almost completely exhausted.

This place was still thick with nuclear radiation, and breathing here, the toxic gases he was inhaling were relentlessly damaging his body cells.

Moreover, the nameless flames had indeed damaged his internal tissues.

As a result, Lu Yuan’s combat ability was probably not even half of what it was at the start.

Old Cat’s pupils were flickering with a dark light, looking at the terrifying black cave: "Old Lu... This time it’s a super strong enemy, you’ve got to figure out if this thing can be fought."

"If not, we’ll have to retreat first."

"If it can be fought, then let’s give it a go."

Old Cat detached its head, revealing the Depleted Uranium Bomb inside.

Lu Yuan took a deep breath and pulled out the last artillery shell.