Night of Despair-Chapter 195 - : Hope 3

Chapter 195: Hope 3

Yu Hong scrutinized the four-meter-long Earth Pond Dragon Lizard, and with a thought,

the dragon lizard lunged forward and in the blink of an eye leapt from the stone castle window, disappearing into the mist.

Its speed was actually faintly catching up to Yu Hong’s.

The change in movement was astonishingly explosive.

Yu Hong stood still without moving, closing his eyes to see through the eyes of the dragon lizard via the mark.

In the forest shrouded by Black Fog, the Earth Pond Dragon Lizard raced forward like a black line.

Soon, a half-person-tall greenish-black rock appeared in front of it.

Bang!

The lizard smashed into the rock, shattering it into dust and rolling chunks to the side.

Suddenly, a man with short hair dressed in a black suit appeared at the side of a tree trunk in front of the dragon lizard.

The man’s appearance was clean and tidy, his complexion pale and expressionless; he was obviously a Shadow.

The Earth Pond Dragon Lizard lifted its head and opened its mouth. At a position seven or eight meters from the Shadow, it paused and spat out a black line of fire.

The fire line moved incredibly fast, crossing the seven or eight meters in an instant, hitting the Shadow man accurately.

Whoosh!

The Shadow was ignited in a blink, turning into black smoke and vanishing.

“Not bad in terms of power,” Yu Hong thought to himself, satisfied as he watched.

He also noticed that, in the dense darkness outside, the Earth Pond Dragon Lizard could still see scenery up to a dozen meters away, though it was in black and white, which was already commendable.

“Let’s test the upper limit of its strength, and its resistance to hits,” he pondered in his mind, quickly finding a target.

A Big Skin slowly moving in the forest.

In the darkness, the Big Skin appeared unhurried and rather leisurely in the eyes of the Earth Pond Dragon Lizard.

This strangely familiar feeling gave Yu Hong the illusion that it was just a strangely shaped wild animal.

Splat…

Light Rain began to fall abruptly.

Raindrops hit the ground, quickly re-wetting the black soil that had just dried up.

Big Skin swung its legs in annoyance, shaking off the black mud, twitched its small triangular head, and was about to change direction.

Hiss.

Suddenly, a dark figure burst from the shadows and pounced.

Boom!!

The figure hit Big Skin’s head apparatus, emitting a dull thud.

Big Skin stumbled backward two steps, and several sharp teeth on its mouth apparatus were broken.

Shaking its head furiously and roaring in anger, it intertwined and fought with the dark figure.

The shadow was the enhanced Earth Pond Dragon Lizard.

After several enhancements, it now possessed considerable physical strength.

Facing Big Skin head-on, it was surprisingly not at a disadvantage.

In the dark night, the dragon lizard’s body was actually much smaller than Big Skin, the overall comparison resembling an egg to a walnut.

But when the two collided head-on, creating thuds with each impact, the dragon lizard was only slightly weaker in strength but was much faster than Big Skin.

Advance and withdraw, they fought evenly, neither gaining the upper hand.

The two creatures, one ramming and the other responding, were like two rocks to see which would give up first.

Observing this, Yu Hong nodded slightly.

“The physical strength is roughly comparable to Big Skin; this enhancement was quite successful. The Black Lizard is finally playing a role.”

He moved his thoughts, controlling the dragon lizard to swiftly retreat.

Then, as Big Skin prepared to follow and bite, the dragon lizard viciously spit out a black line of fire.

Whoosh!!

A torrent of black flames burst forth, sticking to Big Skin like a viscous liquid, burning fiercely.

Hiss!

Big Skin screamed tragically, halting mid-charge and attempting to dodge to no avail – its large body was already coated with black fire, burning intensely.

As severe screams filled the air, black smoke began to billow from Big Skin, which started to shrink slowly.

Under the flames, its size was gradually diminishing.

The dragon lizard surged forward again, ramming violently.

Bang!

Big Skin was knocked to the ground, rolling in an attempt to quench the flames, but to no avail. It was engulfed once more by the black fire from the dragon lizard, igniting its abdomen completely.

The black fire burned for a whole minute before completely reducing Big Skin to black smoke, disappearing without a trace.

After the skirmish, the dragon lizard was left only slightly weary and tired, with a few minor injuries on its body, which seemed recoverable after some rest.

“Not bad, not bad at all!” Yu Hong nodded repeatedly, quite amazed.

The Earth Pond Dragon Lizard’s battle abilities were stronger than those of Big Skin. It could win against one Big Skin, but probably not against two.

“The power of the black fire is not very strong. Before Big Skin was burned to death, two could have battered one dragon lizard to death… Overall, the Earth Pond Dragon Lizard is slightly stronger than Big Skin, but weaker than an elephant worm, ranking between danger levels two and three.”

“Moreover, spitting black fire can definitely serve as a ranged attack, targeting high-risk Black Disasters. This can be considered for future testing when suitable shields are available to block.”

Having confirmed the Earth Pond Dragon Lizard’s combat capabilities, Yu Hong stepped out of the stone castle and into the inner courtyard.

He took a stroll around the area and ultimately chose a new excavation next to his own cave as the location for the Earth Pond Dragon Lizard’s nest.

Walking into the new cave,

“How should I construct the Earth Pond Dragon Lizard Nest?”

Yu Hong frowned slightly, pondering.

“The instructions mention that it requires the fusion of nine dragon lizards; I still don’t have enough of them, so I need to gather more.”

Outside, there were only two dragon lizards catalyzed by Inner Qi.

An egg took three days to hatch, and a week to mature into an adult.

The dragon lizards he had now were all newly bred with Inner Qi after the previous ones had perished.

Inner Qi infused into the marks would cause a dragon lizard egg to appear at the location where the last black lizard had died, which would then hatch.

“Two dragon lizards, one lays an egg, in three days that’s four, those four lay more eggs, and in six days that’s eight, in nine days the Earth Pond Dragon Lizard Nest can be established, with four extra dragon lizards as backup patrol.”

Yu Hong did some quick calculations and suddenly felt confident.

The dragon lizards now fully possessed the dual-strike capability against shadows and Blood Tide, and they also had significant killing power against human weapons.

With that thought, Yu Hong quickly went back to the stone castle and brought out a regular handgun.

In the inner courtyard, he raised the gun and fired a shot at the back of a dragon lizard that had lain down in preparation.

Bang.

The bullet created some black fragments, as if hitting old black tree bark.

At the spot where the dragon lizard was hit in the back, there was a dent.

Yu Hong walked over, reached out, and touched the dent.

It was about the size of a fingernail, around one centimeter deep, and slightly warm to the touch.

“Not bad,” he said, satisfied, and let the dragon lizard scurry outside the fence into the dark mist, disappearing from sight.

“Next is to strengthen the weapons, bring out the power of Inner Qi, it’s just a structural change, so the cost of Black Mark shouldn’t take too long.”

After Yu Hong used Inner Qi to make the two dragon lizards lay eggs, he turned and walked out of the inner courtyard wall, into the outer yard.

On the ground in the outer yard, next to the wooden shed, there were two jeep frames parked.

Yu Hong walked over and stood waiting for a while.

Soon a dragon lizard emerged from the darkness, with a large Wolf Fang Club in its mouth, dragged it to the side of the vehicle, and then turned back into the dark.

Then, Yu Hong reached out and placed his hand on the surface of the vehicle frame.

“Enhance the weapons, direction…”

The image of a weapon that perfectly met his needs appeared in his mind.

Sturdy enough for close combat and ranged combat, easy to repair, and with strong killing power.

Suddenly, an idea flashed through his mind. He stopped the enhancement, dashed back into the stone castle, and quickly came back out.

In his hand, he placed a few freshly drawn Traction Talisman Plates and Vortex Talisman Plates into the vehicle frame.

Then he enhanced it further.

“Enhance weapons. Direction…”

An image of a large spiked iron ball connected with thick chains appeared in Yu Hong’s mind.

Yes, that was exactly the weapon he wanted.

An iron ball connected to a thick chain, with the other end attached to a sturdy belt around his waist.

The long chain would allow the iron ball to fly out and strike opponents over ten meters away. Holding the ball with both hands could also turn it into a melee weapon with terrifying destructive power.

Additionally, because the iron ball had a diameter of over a meter, wide enough, it could also temporarily serve as a shield to block powerful attacks.

Lastly, Yu Hong let the Black Mark fuse the Traction Rune and Vortex Rune into it. Using the Vortex Rune as an energy source to strengthen the traction effect of the Traction Rune, giving the big iron ball the ability to attract and adhere to the enemy when close.

This was the ideal weapon for Yu Hong.

All things considered, its functions were quite perfect…

The Black Mark quickly gave feedback, affirming the direction he had chosen for enhancement.

And it gave a countdown: 10 hours 15 minutes.

“If the enhancement didn’t include any runes and didn’t improve material durability, it probably would’ve taken a lot less time, but this way it’s worth it!” Yu Hong was quite looking forward to it.

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With the right weapon, combined with the explosive speed of the Thunderbolt Leg Technique, his practical combat ability would be greatly enhanced.

After confirming that the Black Mark had begun enhancing, he returned to the safety of the cave dwelling in high spirits, planning to continue his training and cultivation when he casually turned on the communicator.

But suddenly, a thunderous boom resounded in the night sky.

Roaring thunder.

A streak of lightning illuminated the surrounding mountains and forests for an instant.

From the doorway, through the peephole, Yu Hong caught a glimpse of the fleeting gray and white panorama outside.

The mist-shrouded woods, whether it was Baiqiu Village, the surrounding slopes, or the forest below.

Everywhere was covered with numerous shadowy figures, wandering slowly and aimlessly. At a glance, it was impossible to tell just how many there were.

Ten thousand? A hundred thousand? Or more?

All those killed by the shadow turned into new shadows, and so far, how many people from nearby cities had died? At least tens of millions!

The thought of this number made Yu Hong’s scalp tingle instantly.

He felt that it was time to carefully consider his future plan of action.

He couldn’t just enhance things as needed without a target, spreading his progress too thinly.

Whoosh.

He closed the peephole with a swoop.

He sat down next to the communicator.

The soft white light, the warm circulating water pipes, a bookmarked book halfway through with a plastic bookmark, and a messy unsorted gray sleeping bag.

The cave’s atmosphere of life slowly calmed his somewhat tense nerves.

To break into this place, they would first have to get past the dragon lizards, then the Array, and also the incredibly sturdy cave door.

“This place is safe enough… peaceful enough… but this is based on the premise that the Array is strong enough. What if we encounter a Black Disaster capable of destroying the Array from a distance? In such a case, we would need to take the initiative to go out to destroy and drive them away, necessitating the need for mobile combat abilities, like those of the black lizard.”

“So, establishing the Earth Pond Demon Nest would be very helpful for the later stage.”

Yu Hong took a pen and wrote down on the wooden board: Array, dragon lizard, two key terms.