Deep in the Living

Chapter 768 The Chasing Crow

Along his journey, Roddy encountered the most filthy maggots, elite prison guards undergoing gender reassignment, and the false god's eyeball perfectly integrated with darkness.

I have experienced different types and intensities of biological deconstruction from them.

however,
He is currently undergoing deconstruction, which can be described as "nesting within the body," and its intensity and danger are at the highest level.

It was only the time it took to draw and slash, less than two seconds.

His body was on the verge of collapse.

But it was all worth it.
The strike was perfect, severing the crow's flesh and damaging its very soul. At the same time, Roddy gained something from it; the feeling of slaying the old filled him with excitement and exhilaration.

but,

It's not enough to kill the crow; it's far from enough.

The instant he slashed through the opponent's body, Roddy also gained some information about the opponent.

This crow's level is perhaps similar to the lame man who once invaded the corner. This isn't a false god like the eyeball, but a true deity, which explains why it's being treated as a temporary prisoner.

Ga~
Roddy collapsed to his knees due to his extreme weakness, and almost every second, two to three crows flew out of his body.

But he didn't care; he was focused on doing something very important.

While doing his work, Roddy also used the vision provided by Black Eyes to look at the crows and observe any potential dangers. Soon, he witnessed a terrifying and bizarre scene.

The raven's severed body had barely touched the ground when it was dragged away...

Several hands, feathered and covered in festering sores and grime, emerged from between the sacks, dragging half of the body into the burlap sacks.

These hands continued to drag.
Even the standing lower body was dragged in, along with the dead crows around it.

It seems that this burlap sack will indiscriminately take away anything deemed a "corpse".

The crows are completely gone.

Only this cloth bag remains.
Immediately afterwards, the burlap sack began to wriggle, and soon a strong arm crawled out, along with a head shaped like a crow's nest.

Roddy didn't dare to slack off at all, and he had just finished what he was doing.

As soon as he squatted down, his left hand was already pressed against the wall, and the passage was created.

Having slain the crow, he had no regrets and left via the teleportation portal.

He originally intended to teleport directly to the outside of the dungeon, but little did he know that the original dungeon had strong spatial restrictions, especially between the layers, which were completely separated as if they were two different worlds.

Even his special channel couldn't penetrate it; at most, it could only transmit within the same layer.

The passage leads directly to the elevator entrance of the transition floor.

Roddy dragged his mutilated body into the elevator.

Black-Eyed Morton wasn't idle either; he was using the darkness to help clean up the crow's nest inside the body, and had just finished cleaning up the most important part—the brain.

There are still five crow nests inside the body that need to be cleared, and crows continue to form in the process.

With each newborn, Roddy's weight decreases accordingly.

Fortunately, he inherited Master Jiang's mantle, which greatly improved his physical body and increased his weight several times over; otherwise, he would have been drained dry.

Despite his injuries, Roddy killed all the crows that had been born from his body and burned them to ashes with the intense heat of hell.

Watching the elevator slowly rise,
Feeling the darkness permeating within my body,
Touching the pendant that was about to hatch,

Roddy was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.

He knew very well that he had walked for over an hour from the elevator to the heart of the dungeon. It would take at least a few minutes to catch up, and by the time the crows caught up, he would already be up there.

Ooh-ah~ Ooh-ah~ (Lamenting sound)

The elevator passed through the second floor again.
Roddy immediately heard the familiar mournful cry, his fingernails rapidly falling off, and he began to ponder the meaning of his own existence.

Suddenly... Clang!
A loud crash from the elevator brought him back to his senses.

Even the invisible prisoner, who had been constantly emitting mournful cries, stopped screaming and moved as far away from the elevator entrance as possible.

Elevators are important devices used to connect the upper and lower levels of dungeons. They are specially treated and manufactured, making them extremely difficult to damage.

however,
Swish!
The metal partition was forcibly pecked open, and several sharp, slender, jet-black beaks pierced through it, one of which even went through Roddy's foot.

When enough holes had been pierced, boom! A large hole was pierced through the metal floor, and an arm actually reached in.

Instead of immediately capturing Roddy, numerous holes appeared on the surface of his arm, from which swarms of crows emerged, instantly occupying the elevator and pinpointing Roddy's exact location.

however,
Roddy, however, had already suppressed his surprise and was back in focus.

He aimed at the grabbing arm and slashed down! This strike wasn't much different from the previous ones, but...

Ding!
When the blade sliced ​​through the palm, it looked like it was about to cut the arm in two.

A crisp metallic clanging sound rang out.
The blade was blocked! It was firmly embedded in the wrist.

Upon closer inspection, the crow's arms, which appear to be identical to human arms, have a completely different internal structure. Dense, jet-black beaks are piled up inside, each beak harder than one could imagine.

The crow seemed to be getting used to Roddy's slashes.
Immediately after his body was severed, his entire body was taken to a sack for reconstruction, creating a completely new structure capable of withstanding the slashes.

Not only is it very hard, but its layered beak structure also provides maximum cushioning against slashes.

follow closely,

The elevator floor was completely torn off.

A cawing crow's head suddenly burst in, dragging the sack in its hand, ready to kill Roddy right there.

however,
The elevator was empty.

Behind the spot where Roddy had just stood, there was another hole structure.

The elevator has now passed the second floor and entered the area of ​​the first floor of the dungeon, where Roddy is just able to teleport away.

Seeing that the target was lost again,
The crow did something completely unexpected.

He actually smashed the burlap sack directly at himself, the force of which smashed his head and body to pieces, turning them into a sticky, rotten mess of flesh covered in crow feathers, which was then collected by the sack.

Deep inside the bag,

A primitive crow makes a strange cry.

The sound disturbed the space, as if the picture was being skipped.

The severely damaged elevator suddenly fell silent; nothing was there, not even the huge sack containing the corpses.

At the same moment,

Dungeon door,

It was Roddy who first arrived at the primitive dungeon, standing between the medieval-style city walls, and unexpectedly discovered the location of this wanderer.

Inside the gate, beneath the pillars, in the darkness.

Noisy!
A strong spatial fluctuation and a tearing of the screen.

The burlap sack filled with corpses fell down and hit the ground.

Three seconds later

Clang! A hole was smashed open in the metal door of the dungeon, and the crow dragged the cloth bag out quickly, chasing after the prey to the tower at the edge of the city wall, and to the location of the prey's scent.

Just walked in the door.

Snapped!
His right foot stepped into the animal trap.

Of course, this level of trap was nothing to the crow; he didn't even bother with it and simply stepped forward with the trap in tow.

Several more traps were triggered along the way, but even when they were all triggered, the crow kept walking.

We continued until we reached the elevator in front of the tower.

Raising the head of the crow's nest, all the crows looked upwards, at the "human" who was waving goodbye and leaving completely.

Gah!
Frame skipping

Disappeared again.

Soon after, the raven wanderers reappeared in the transition layer, showing no emotional fluctuations, as if nothing had happened.

He continued to wander here, wandering endlessly.

The damaged elevators and dungeon doors along the way were restored to their original state after a period of darkness.

(End of this chapter)