Tomb Raider: Evolution of the Red Dragon, Starting from the Ancient City of Jingjue

At this moment, not far from the two of them, several blood monkeys wearing black armor and with ferocious appearances were patrolling around. Their faces were covered with red stripes, making them look extremely terrifying. Their eyes were blood red, like blood holes, making them look very creepy.

"Blood monkeys, you beasts, how dare you ambush us!"

Jiang Hua was furious when he saw the blood monkeys patrolling around. He emerged from the muddy pool at the bottom of the water and shouted at the blood monkeys.

Upon hearing Jiang Hua's words, the blood monkeys turned around and saw Jiang Hua, Qin Feng, and Chen Le.

The blood monkeys weren't very intelligent; they could only understand Jiang Hua's words, but they didn't understand what he meant. So they ignored Jiang Hua and charged straight at him.

Then, a blood monkey flew over, its claws flashing with a cold light, looking extremely sharp, clearly a master of claw techniques. Another blood monkey pounced on Jiang Hua, while the others flew towards Qin Feng.

Seeing the blood monkeys rushing towards them, Qin Feng quickly grabbed Jiang Hua and flew into the muddy pool at the bottom of the water.

The blood monkeys also rushed in, swimming quickly in the water.

Seeing the blood monkeys chasing after him, Jiang Hua was slightly startled. He hadn't used much power in the muddy pool at the bottom of the water, otherwise, with his strength...

He could have killed all the blood monkeys, but now Jiang Hua had no choice but to dodge, and he also had to protect Qin Feng.

After all, his strength wasn't very high; in front of this blood monkey, he was like a child.

Soon, Jiang Hua led Qin Feng into the watershed of a stream. In the watershed, Jiang Hua's speed slowed down considerably because underwater, his speed was limited by the water pressure, preventing him from moving too fast.

"Roar!"

Seeing Jiang Hua and Qin Feng escape into the water, one of the blood monkeys immediately leaped up, waving its claws and creating a gust of wind as it lunged towards the two.

At this moment, Jiang Hua moved swiftly, throwing Qin Feng into the bushes beside him, and then charged towards the blood monkey.

Seeing Jiang Hua rushing towards them, the blood monkeys revealed excited smiles, and then they swung their claws and attacked Jiang Hua.

"Humph."

Seeing that these blood monkeys were not afraid of him, Jiang Hua snorted coldly. Then, he stretched out his right hand, and a flame shot out from his palm, heading straight for the blood monkey in front of him.

"boom!"

Under the scorching heat of the flames, the blood monkeys were roasted alive, emitting a sizzling, burnt smell.

Seeing their companion burned to death, the remaining blood monkeys immediately screamed and then pounced on Jiang Hua one by one.

Seeing the blood monkeys rushing over, a cold glint flashed in Jiang Hua's eyes. He flipped his hand, and a long sword appeared in his palm.

With a flick of his wrist, a sharp sword light erupted from the blade, slashing directly at the blood monkeys in front of him.

Then, a spray of bright red blood spurted out, and in that instant, Jiang Hua killed the blood monkey. A sword light sliced ​​the blood monkey in two.

"Roar!"

Upon seeing Jiang Hua's actions, the blood monkeys immediately let out a shrill scream. Enraged that Jiang Hua had killed their kind in one move, they pounced on him.

"Get lost!" Jiang Hua roared as he watched the blood monkeys rushing towards him. He thrust his long sword forward, and a flash of sword light erupted from the blade, instantly reaching the blood monkeys.

As a burst of blood bloomed, the blood monkeys collapsed to the ground, letting out painful howls.

"That's pretty impressive?"

Seeing these blood monkeys being killed with a single move, Jiang Hua was shocked.

Just then, Qin Feng suddenly sensed something was wrong and couldn't help but say, "Why has this pool of water suddenly become warm?"

"Ok?"

Upon hearing Qin Feng's words, Jiang Hua also turned his gaze to the pool. Sure enough, the originally crystal-clear water began to ripple under his gaze, and within these ripples, Jiang Hua noticed something amiss.

However, it seems that it's just hot and there are no other adverse effects.

Looking at the pool, Jiang Hua couldn't help but feel puzzled.

However, since the pool had become so peculiar, he wouldn't give up and immediately swam towards it to see what had happened.

Jiang Hua moved very smoothly in the water, and in no time he reached the edge of the pool. Looking around, he noticed the water wasn't deep, the deepest point being only about three meters up to his chest. A thin mist surrounded the pool, enveloping it completely. While not very thick, this mist effectively blocked...

He was out of sight.

However, Jiang Hua doesn't need to worry, as he has the blessing of the water element, giving him a very wide field of vision in the water.

"It's strange that there aren't any blood monkeys here!"

Seeing that there were no blood monkeys in the pool, Jiang Hua muttered something to himself. Then, a thought struck him, and he slapped his hand underwater. A powerful current of water surged out, turning into huge waves that crashed against the blood monkeys.

With a painful scream, the blood monkeys were thrown about by the impact, then struggled violently in the water, seemingly trying to break free from their restraints.

Seeing the blood monkey's appearance, Jiang Hua couldn't help but burst into laughter. He swung his body through the water again, and sharp jets of water shot out, rushing straight forward.

Instantly, the blood monkeys were slammed by the water jets and sent flying backward, crashing to the ground with painful groans.

Upon seeing their companions killed by Jiang Hua, the remaining blood monkeys let out horrified screams and turned to run away, trying to escape.

"Want to leave? It's too late!"

Seeing the fleeing blood monkey, Jiang Hua shouted and instantly disappeared from the water's surface. In the blink of an eye, he appeared beside the blood monkey and thrust out his sword, piercing through the monkey's head and killing it instantly. Blood splattered everywhere, staining the pond red.

In Jiang Hua's hand was a blood-red bead, which was the blood essence from the blood monkey's body.

"Such rich spiritual energy!"

Looking at the blood essence in his hand, Jiang Hua's eyes lit up. He discovered that the blood essence possessed extremely rich spiritual power, having reached the early stage of the Spirit Rank. (End of Chapter)