Shushan: Extinction

Chapter 172 You Dig a Hole and I Will Fill It

For Gong Tianwu, since this demon really exists, he doesn't necessarily have to rely on the power of Mujiang City to kill it. He just needs to make long-term plans.

As the saying goes, those who are righteous will have many supporters, while those who are unrighteous will have few. The demon demon harms both mortals and cultivators, and covers an area of ​​tens of millions of miles! It can be said that the whole world is its enemy.

With my current strength, I already have enough appeal, so it won't be too difficult to gather enough power to kill it.

As for Hua Manlou, if anything happens, he will get what he wants. Gong Tianwu doesn't feel that he has any reason to save him.

However, just when Gong Tianwu was about to leave, another long-bearded monk next to the young city lord said indifferently:
"I have a pill of everlasting life here. Although it is not as good as the craftsmanship of the great city lord, it is also a rare and excellent product. It can be called an immortal pill."

"After taking this pill, no matter how serious the injury is, it will allow a breath of Yuanzhen Qi to circulate endlessly in the chest. This is a rare life-saving item. How about using it to exchange for a Taoist friend to take action?"

The ochre-robed monk immediately said in a hurry:
"what"

However, the bearded monk who spoke immediately glanced at him, and the man immediately shut up.

Gong Tianwu saw all of this, so he said with a half-smile:

"It seems like you really want me to go."

The bearded monk said calmly:

"I have to be loyal to people who have entrusted me with a task. I owed Brother Kong a big favor. Now that he has come to me for help, I will of course do my best."

Gong Tianwu thought about it for a while before equating Brother Kong with the young city lord, and then said:
"I have heard of the Eternal Life Pill, but it is said to be an elixir of immortality that can only be found in the upper realms. It rarely comes to the lower realms."

"Ahahaha, I'm not saying that the old man is deliberately deceiving people, I'm just worried that you will be deceived."

After hearing what Gong Tianwu said, the cultivator didn't waste any words and just raised his hand and threw a pill bottle over:

"You can take it and test it at will."

Gong Tianwu was really rude. He was slightly stunned when he got the bottle of pills and stayed there for two or three seconds.

It was because Kang Jinlong's voice suddenly rang in his mind.
Then Gong Tianwu discovered that the material of this thing was extraordinary. The bottle seemed to have human body temperature. If you squeeze it for a while, it would alternate between hot and cold.

Looking closely, there seem to be stars shining on it. What's even more peculiar is that there is a subtle feeling of familiarity. It is obvious that this bottle is a good magical tool just by looking at it.

As soon as he opened the pill bottle, an indescribable fragrance immediately came out, refreshing the heart and spleen. That would have been fine, but the key point was that there was actually an irritable voice coming from inside:
"Close the lid quickly! The air outside is so foul!"

To be honest, Gong Tianwu was really shocked this time - he had seen a lot of precious elixirs, but this was the first time he had seen an elixir that was so spiritual that it could speak and react.

The bearded monk waved his hand, took back the pill bottle and held it in his hand:
"Have you tested it? Is it true or false?"

Gong Tianwu immediately said:

"Really, really, deal!"

The bearded monk hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and sighed:

"Forget it, forget it. My word is as good as gold. I'll give it to you."

Then he flicked his fingers and threw the pill bottle back to Gong Tianwu.

Gong Tianwu put away the pill bottle very straightforwardly. He seemed to be stunned for a moment, as if he was listening to something. The next second, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and he said:

"Then I'll set off."

After saying this, Gong Tianwu walked quickly towards the cave entrance as if the other party had changed his mind.

Watching his figure disappear into the cave, the monk in ochre robes waved his hand and casually set up a layer of soundproof barrier, then said viciously:
"People die for money and birds die for food. This kid seems to have sensed something but still wants to go in. He is really greedy."

The young city lord sighed regretfully and said:
"What a pity for the immortality pill. It's a genuine elixir!"

The old man in the ochre robe said sarcastically:
"I was a little disappointed at first, until I found the bottle of elixir, and then I realized that Master Xu would end up in disappointment."

"That bottle is the Star Bottle made by Grandmaster Liang himself!"

The little city lord asked doubtfully:

"That Grandmaster Liang?"

The old man in the ochre robe pointed upwards and said disdainfully:
"Who else can it be? Of course it must be Master Liang, the Tiangong who made the famous Sun and Moon Pot in the upper realm."

At this point, the old man in the ochre robe chuckled:
“I really want to see Xu Tianwu’s embarrassed face when he is full of hope and wants to take the pill to save his life, but can’t open the Star Bottle at all!”

"The moment my senior brother took back the bottle, he had already activated the seal of the Star Bottle. He thought he had made a great bargain. Haha, he could only smell the scent of the elixir."

"When he turns to ashes in the future, we will be able to sense the Star Bottle and easily retrieve it."

Of course, these two people thought they had dug a huge trap, but they didn’t know that Gong Tianwu had his own countermeasures.

You know, the Sun and Moon Pot refined by Grandmaster Liang was regarded as the best tonic by Kang. Is there any need to ask what the fate of this practice work, the Star Bottle, would be?
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Gong Tianwu had no idea what was happening outside.

When he stepped into the cave in front of him, he immediately felt an indescribable chill rising from his body, and goose bumps appeared on his skin involuntarily.

This was a warning brought by his extremely high spiritual awareness. Of course, it was obvious that this place must be extremely dangerous, after all, it was the hiding place of the demon Ba.

However, the reason why Gong Tianwu dared to rush in was because he still remembered what Kang said about Hua Manlou's ending at that time - this guy died at the hands of the two elders of Qingcheng because he tried his best to prevent the goddess Ba from being born!

At present, the goddess Ba has not appeared, so as long as I follow her closely, I will definitely be able to escape danger.

After walking more than a hundred meters into the cave, many forks in the road began to appear in front of them. Gong Tianwu found that each of them seemed to have signs of someone entering, so he could only choose one at random.

As he went deeper into the cave, Gong Tianwu felt less threatened, but the smell in his nose became even worse. In addition to the previous sulfur stench, there was also a distinct stench of decay that made people want to vomit, and occasionally there was a huge thunderous sound coming from deep inside.

Suddenly, Gong Tianwu noticed a corpse in front of him, and he immediately went forward to check.

It turned out that this guy was actually a demon cultivator who came to help. Everyone called him Lao Gu. He was usually taciturn and didn't talk much. No one knew what his prototype was. Only then did they realize that he was a badger with gray and white fur.

It looked like this guy had been strangled to death. His tongue was sticking out, and there were multiple signs of gnawing on his body. Some places were covered in blood, and the bones were visible, as if a large piece of flesh had been gouged out.

At the same time, Gong Tianwu keenly felt that the cave had become much smaller. He was about to study it carefully when he suddenly heard screams and fighting sounds coming from the front, and he immediately rushed forward.

It took only two or three minutes for Gong Tianwu to rush to the place where the battle took place. The location here was obviously much more spacious than other places, forming a place similar to a hall.

Then Gong Tianwu saw two monsters being besieged by a large number of monsters. One of them had a leopard head and a human body and looked quite familiar.

It was the leopard monster that Gong Tianwu drank with when he first came to Mujiang City and took out bamboo flower wine.

Of course, Gong Tianwu was already quite familiar with him at this time. He knew that this guy was a descendant of the Shen clan in Mujiang City. His name was Shen Ban, and he had a close relationship with Hua Shilang.

What were besieging them at this moment were strange and bizarre insects.

These tapeworm-like monsters look somewhat like slender lizards, but have eight legs, are incredibly fast, and have a unique chrysanthemum-shaped mouthpart structure.

To put it simply, if you get close to this thing and suck on it, a sausage-shaped mass of flesh will be dug out and bitten off!
Not only that, this strange insect also has a tail, and the end of the tail also has this disgusting mouthpart, making it difficult to defend against its attacks.

The biggest of the strange insects are five or six meters long, and the smallest are about two meters long. They make a hissing sound and jump up and down, which is a feast for the eyes.

It was also thanks to the fact that the ones they were attacking were demon cultivators, they still retained their natural close combat instincts, so they were able to fight with them a few times.

Otherwise, if they were faced with human monks - these guys are used to using flying swords and magical powers to fight from a distance - they would be in big trouble if they encountered this kind of melee monsters in such an environment.

Suddenly, Shen Ban stretched out his left arm and deliberately let himself be bitten by a strange insect. Then he roared angrily and suddenly dug out with his right claw, and an extremely fierce cold light flashed on his claw.

This desperate attack instantly cut the strange insect into two pieces.

However, this seemingly fierce attack brought about a complete collapse of the situation! After being "cut in half", the strange insect not only did not die, but a large amount of yellow-red viscous liquid was ejected from the cut section.

These liquids emitted a pungent smell of sulfur and decay, splashing around, causing indiscriminate area damage.

After this thing fell on Shen Ban's body, it immediately made a sizzling sound and emitted a large amount of mist. It looked like boiling hot oil was poured on his body!

Shen Ban immediately let out a shrill scream and rolled on the ground desperately.

Seeing this scene, Gong Tianwu immediately rushed forward, and then waved his right hand. Immediately, a large gust of cold wind carrying hail blew towards the front.

For the disciples of the Great Snow Mountain, this magical power can be considered as "basic operation", and it is similar to the starting move.

The purpose is not to deal shockingly high damage. The main effect is to block the enemy's vision and possibly freeze and slow down the enemy.

What surprised Gong Tianwu was that these ferocious and fierce insects performed very poorly when faced with low temperatures, and their speed was significantly affected.
Seizing this opportunity, Gong Tianwu muttered something and summoned a magic weapon called Ice Rock Hammer.

To be honest, the quality of this thing is average, and it is not a good thing either. It can barely be included in the sequence of yellow equipment.

The reason why Gong Tianwu used it was because the corrosive body fluids on this strange insect looked really disgusting, and he wouldn't feel bad if it got damaged by using this thing.

To be honest, the power of this Ice Rock Hammer is similar to that of the Meteor Hammer. The difference is that there is a chain behind the Meteor Hammer, while this magic weapon is driven by spiritual consciousness.

As a result, after it blasted out, it actually displayed amazing power like a heavenly weapon, and started killing people in all directions!

First it flew out directly and knocked away four or five insects, then it swayed left and right and knocked away six more.

After the insects that were knocked away fell to the ground, they would twitch and struggle at first, but after a few seconds they would become motionless.

The rest of the bugs obviously also had their own intelligence, and they immediately fled when they saw the bad situation.

Moreover, their way of escaping was also very special. They just jumped, crawled and stuck to the rock walls on both sides and quietly slipped in. No one knew where they found the gap out of thin air.

Gong Tianwu had no time to chase after them at this moment, so saving people was the most important thing at the moment, so he immediately went to check on the two guys.

After some emergency rescue, Shen Ban finally woke up, and after taking the pill, he was able to recover and move again.

But the situation of the other monster is not optimistic. This guy is called Shen Lie, and he is Shen Ban’s cousin.

This guy had several wounds in his abdomen that penetrated deep into his internal organs. Even with timely treatment, he would still be unconscious and had already started to have a fever. He must have been poisoned.

At this time, Gong Tianwu was in a hurry to meet up with Hua Manlou, so he had to set off immediately. Shen Ban gritted his teeth and carried his cousin on his back and walked together. He had basically lost his fighting ability now, but he could still follow and walk.

Before leaving, Gong Tianwu did not forget to check the corpses of those strange insects. He was shocked to find that there were large patches of black and blue scars on their body surfaces, which looked like frostbite.

It was only then that Gong Tianwu realized that these strange insects were probably a special race here. They were naturally extremely adaptable to the environment here, but their resistance to the cold was almost negative.

Therefore, the Ice Rock Hammer was so powerful before, and it was ultimately because of the extra damage caused by the cold air attached to it.

The damage caused by this thing hitting the strange insect is almost equivalent to a person being hit by a red-hot iron ball. It is difficult to say whether the damage caused by the smash is greater or the damage caused by the burn is more severe.

Next, Gong Tianwu and Shen Ban walked towards another fork in the road. While walking, Gong Tianwu asked:
"By the way, you all should have come in together, so how come you were separated from the main group?"

Shen Ban gnashed his teeth and said:

"Soon after entering the cave, we suddenly felt our eyes blurred, as if we had entered a fantasy world."

"When I regained my sense of my surroundings, I realized that most of my companions were gone."

(End of this chapter)