Shushan: Extinction

Chapter 45: The worldly affairs cannot hold you back!
There is no doubt that Kang was in a bad mood, but it had no choice at this time.

Even if the host is temporarily replaced now, it is not easy to find a new host. Otherwise, it would not have stayed in Songprachai's body for more than ten years.

And is it guaranteed that the new host will do better than the current one?
If calculated in this way, the cost of trial and error is too high.

Therefore, in this game between the two sides, Gong Tianwu finally won.

But Gong Tianwu didn't expect that the next time he came here, he would have to wait for twelve days!
I guess it was because I left some smell when I came here, which made the centipede suspicious, so it stayed in its nest for a long time. When it relaxed, the weather turned bad again, and it rained for several days in a row.

Of course, Gong Tianwu was definitely not idle during these twelve days. He began to collect all relevant information about the Purple-Armored Sky Centipede. The more he read, the more frightened he became. He began to prepare all the follow-up measures in full swing.

Gong Tianwu certainly hoped that these arrangements would not be used, but he knew one thing more clearly, that is, these arrangements could save his life at a critical moment! !

As for preparations to increase your survival rate, of course you need to make an effort to increase even 0.1 percentage points - this is the same principle as wearing a seat belt in a car.

Of course, Gong Tianwu’s main task was also updated at this time. The content was undoubtedly to get the designated items in this temple hall.

Finally, the purple-armored centipede left again, and Gong Tianwu seized the opportunity to sneak in. There was no risk during the period, and he successfully came to the vicinity of the temple hall. He took out the "Ci Shuo" with ease and attracted the stone pen to confront/communicate with it.

Then Gong Tianwu took a deep breath, swallowed the anti-poison medicine prepared in advance, closed his eyes and stepped into the temple hall in front!

After closing their eyes, everyone saw darkness in front of them, but Gong Tianwu was an exception. A spot of light that kept flashing appeared in front of his eyes, as if indicating something.

Gong Tianwu had tried it before. The closer the distance between himself and the light spot, the brighter the light spot would be and the faster the frequency of its flashing would be.

At the same time, once you focus your mind on the light spot, you will clearly know that this is something extremely important to you.

Next, Gong Tianwu gritted his teeth and strode quickly towards the light spot. The strangest thing was that he was able to go all the way without bumping into anything or encountering any risks. Then, following Kang's instructions, he stretched out his right hand and grabbed the light spot.

Suddenly, Gong Tianwu felt as if he was holding something extremely elastic, and his five fingers almost bounced off. He had to exert extremely strong force to barely hold it.

At this point he no longer closed his eyes, but as soon as he opened his eyes he was startled and almost let go!
It turned out that the one facing him was the purple-armored centipede! Gong Tianwu was so close to it that its dancing tentacles almost touched his face. What was even more terrifying was that Gong Tianwu's right hand actually reached at least half a meter into the centipede's mouthparts before he tightly grasped the light spot.

Fortunately, although Gong Tianwu's heart was pounding with fear, he managed to grit his teeth and did not let go of his hand, slowly bringing out the caught light spot.

While bringing out the light spots, Gong Tianwu had already reacted and realized that the purple-armored centipede in front of him should be an illusion, and an extremely realistic one at that. It could move, roar, and even emit a similar breath, which was so real that it could be mistaken for the real thing.

At the same time, there are many illusions on the way here, which are dazzling. If you don’t close your eyes, you will definitely be disturbed.

However, Gong Tianwu was also protected by a faint silver-white light around himself. This should be the protection given by Kang, and it was also the reason why he could rush to the end with his eyes closed.

Of course, the most crucial thing is the ball of light that Gong Tianwu is holding in his hand at this moment.

Gong Tianwu looked at it carefully and found that the core of this thing was actually a piece of metal fragment the size of a fingernail, which was bronze in color, and there was vaguely half of an extremely ancient and simple strange symbol on it.

Suddenly, Gong Tianwu felt that this thing seemed familiar. He then remembered that the real body of Kang hidden in his sea of ​​consciousness was exactly the same as this thing.

Not only that, there was a unique lavender light faintly emanating around the fragment. This light seemed to have substance, preventing Gong Tianwu from directly touching the metal fragment. It was constantly erupting with tremendous power, trying hard to break free from the grip of Gong Tianwu's right hand.

However, the silver-white light on Gong Tianwu's body also quickly rushed towards the light purple light, and then neutralized and consumed it.

Obviously, this lavender light is the restriction set up by the Purple-Armored Sky Centipede on this piece of metal debris, which is being quickly broken by Kang, but it obviously takes time.

Suddenly, an extremely sharp hissing sound came from afar. The sound was extremely hoarse and unpleasant, but its penetrating power was extremely strong. Even though its power was mostly weakened after penetrating into the belly of the mountain, Gong Tianwu's face suddenly turned pale and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

At the same time, a strange chanting sound appeared in Gong Tianwu's ears:
"Put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha right now!!"

"Put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha right now!!"

"Put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha right now!!"

"Put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha right now!!"

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This voice kept coming from the outside world like a brainwash, causing great torture to the mind, making people dizzy and almost unable to maintain normal thinking.

A terrifying thought suddenly emerged in Gong Tianwu's mind:

"Oh my god! That purple-shelled centipede discovered it? Doesn't that mean it's rushing back as fast as it can now?"

In order to maintain his image as a weak scholar, Gong Tianwu almost gave up his catchphrase "I lost it", but now he still can't help but swear.

But then Gong Tianwu's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately thought of the "Ci Shuo" that he had left at the door, and an idea came to his mind:
"Could it be that the peerless stone pen mentioned in the poem was the backup plan set up by this guy Kang?"

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After just a dozen or so breaths, the purple-shelled centipede had already rushed over at full speed.

Kang's calculation was very accurate: the Wenhua Stone Pen and the Cishuo Soul, which were in confrontation and communication, immediately united and attacked it with a common hatred of the enemy.

The reason why Wenhua Stone Pen couldn't hide in front of the Purple-armored Sky Centipede before was entirely because it couldn't defeat it. Now, a magical weapon of the same bloodline as Wenmai has arrived, which just makes up for its own shortcomings. Of course, it has to fight with it. A century of shame will be washed away today!
You can see the soul of the "Ci Shuo" weapon, an illusion that looks like Li Jixian holding a Wenhua stone pen, and directly writing the word "lock" in the air. Immediately, you can see an illusion of six chains coming out of the void, and then tightly locking them on the body of the purple-shelled centipede.

This is the magical power condensed from the good fortune left over from the former Hua Dynasty. Even though the dynasty is gone, the accumulated heritage should not be underestimated.

The Purple Shell Sky Centipede originally wanted to go directly into the nest to rescue, not wanting to fight here, but after being hit by this magical power, its movement speed was reduced to only one-fifth of its peak.

Then, Cishuo Qihun rushed forward and broke its two legs with one stroke! !

The purple-shelled centipede was furious and immediately turned around and started fighting with it.

As the two sides fought fiercely, Gong Tianwu found that the illusion array in the temple began to fade away and began to restore its original appearance. It can be seen that there are huge plant roots like blood vessels spreading upwards and finally gathering here. There are also many unique runes shining slightly next to it, flickering in the darkness.

In the core area, you can see a seated Buddha statue, and all the plant roots finally gather behind the seated Buddha statue.

There is a bead-like object slowly rotating in front of the Buddha's eyebrows, shining with purple light. The strangest thing is that many special symbols and marks have been carved on the surface of the seated Buddha statue.

Every once in a while, an illusion of a celestial centipede would appear near the Buddha statue.

At the same time, the entire temple hall was filled with a very thin layer of light purple aura, which was more terrifying than the most powerful miasma. It was formed naturally after the toxins in the body of the Purple-armored Centipede overflowed from the place where it lived and regulated its breathing all year round.

If Gong Tianwu hadn't been protected by Kang's power, he would have fallen to the ground and died within seconds of entering here. How could he have gotten here?

Gong Tianwu's knowledge was much better than before. After discovering the entire structure of the Temple Mausoleum Hall, he quickly understood what had happened here:
This purple-armored centipede must have found this place by accident. It must be extremely powerful in formation, so it made a deep transformation to this place. It first refined the relics left by monk Guangxiao, then tampered with the Buddha statues here, and finally found ways to build the Pudu Temple on top.

The reason why Pudu Temple is so effective is, of course, because of this purple-armored centipede behind the scenes. With its powerful magical power, it is not easy to fool ordinary people.

When the incense at the Pudu Temple is at its peak, the wishes offered by the pilgrims and believers will continuously flow in through the formation it has set up, and then be filtered and selected through the Guangxiao relics and Buddha statues, and finally be used by this big demon!
Therefore, what this purple-armored centipede did was: using its demon body to cultivate its spirit!
Although this unconventional behavior is extremely risky, the benefits are also extremely high. It can directly allow the Purple-Armored Sky Centipede to avoid the thunder tribulation that monsters fear the most, and it can also practice both magic and divine arts, making its combat power much stronger than its peers.

Of course, the gods themselves also have their own disasters, but they are much gentler than the thunder disasters faced by monsters.

Not only that, the mysterious fragment that Gong Tianwu stole this time has a powerful effect, which can allow this purple-armored centipede to quickly eliminate its inner demons, because although the power of will is majestic and powerful, it is extremely impure.

After all, the wishes conveyed by believers contain all kinds of strange ideas. If you want to use these wishes, you must bear them. If these ideas are not resolved in time, they will form mental demons and even completely lose yourself.

That's why the Purple-Armored Sky Centipede looked so crazy at this moment. Once anything happened to this mysterious fragment, its carefully planned path of cultivation would be cut off.

Suddenly, the purple-armored centipede let out a sharp scream and spewed out its inner elixir!
Its inner elixir was as big as a bowl, with unique patterns on it and the color of charcoal. Its power was extremely amazing, and it directly hit the Cishuo spirit in front of it holding a Wenhua stone pen!

Strictly speaking, the strength of Wenhua Stone Pen and Cishuo Weapon Soul is far inferior to that of Purple-Armored Sky Centipede, but the Purple-Armored Sky Centipede's most powerful weapon: poison is ineffective against them, so they have been able to hold on until now.

Once the monster's inner elixir comes out, it almost means that it is determined to fight you to death or I will die!
At this time, the Purple-Armored Sky Centipede sprayed out its inner elixir and directly used this life-and-death fighting style, immediately gaining an absolute upper hand. The Wenhua Stone Pen wrote seven words "trapped" in the air continuously, but could only barely block the speed of the inner elixir.

Finally, the Wenhua Stone Pen suffered damage to its body, and a deep crack appeared on it, forming the word "下", which managed to block the attack.

The aftermath of such a fight was extremely shocking. There was an extremely violent shock around the underground palace, just like a magnitude 10 earthquake. The entire temple and mausoleum began to crack and collapse, and rocks rolled down from it, as if it was the end of the world.

When Gong Tianwu was feeling anxious, he felt the resistance on his fingers loosen, and the purple light surrounding the mysterious fragments slowly disappeared. He was ecstatic and rushed out without saying a word.

But at this time, the faint silver-white light on his body also disappeared, and the protective power bestowed by Kang was finally exhausted at this time.

Without Kang's protection, the Purple-Armored Sky Centipede locked onto Gong Tianwu's presence in the first instant, immediately abandoned the opponent in front of him, retracted his inner elixir, let out a strange cry, and chased after him.

Gong Tianwu had only escaped about a hundred meters when he felt the purple-armored centipede approaching rapidly.

Of course he was unwilling to sit there and wait for death. He had a thing in his mouth that looked like a whistle but was not a whistle. It was a leaf flute, a new musical instrument he had learned on the ship. When he was learning it, he valued its simplicity and ease of use. Today it came in handy.

Immediately afterwards, Gong Tianwu used the True Feather Heart Technique and the willow leaf flute in his mouth and played the previous song again: Fireworks in the World.

After all, he had heard it once with his own ears before, and he had some musical foundation, as well as the talent of Boya Juexian, so it was not difficult to replicate it.

That cool and sad voice once again echoed in the dark and terrifying underground palace.
A man later passed through Jiangnan, and the mist and rain locked him in melancholy.
I heard the black boat gently rowing and I didn't know what to think.

The sound of flutes and drums on the painted boats sang a few heartbreaking songs.

But the next second, Gong Tianwu’s eyes widened.

After hearing the powerful weapon he had carefully prepared, the purple-armored centipede was only slightly stunned, and then continued to chase him relentlessly, and at an even faster speed! !

"Oh my god! What happened?"

Gong Tianwu was really panicked at this time.

In his mind, this song is invincible. When used with the Zhenyu Heart Method, even the talisman carrying the Ziying sword energy was defeated without a fight. How come it is useless against this guy?
As a result, the next second, a weak and disappointed voice came from Gong Tianwu's sea of ​​consciousness:
"You are such an idiot. Although the True Feather Heart Technique is powerful, the prerequisite is that the music must not only be wonderful, but also be able to arouse the other party's voice and resonance, so that they can feel it from the bottom of their hearts. Only then can the True Feather Heart Technique be effective."

"Human fireworks are about Jiangnan, melancholy, regret, love, and family affection. You use these things to impress a purple-armored centipede?"

After this delay, Gong Tianwu found that the Purple-Armored Sky Centipede was right behind him. A pungent fishy smell hit him in the face. He could only roll on the ground and quickly change direction to escape to the side. However, he heard that the Purple-Armored Sky Centipede could not stop and crashed into the stone wall next to it with a "bang".

At this time, Gong Tianwu seemed to have escaped the pursuit of the Purple-Armored Sky Centipede, but in fact, it was just a temporary solution, because his rapid change of direction had caused him to crash into a fork in the road next to him.

What's even worse is that this fork in the road leads downwards, which is equivalent to being chased back into the centipede's nest, which is obviously not a way to survive.

Not only that, the purple-armored centipede behind also chased after him, making strange, hoarse and shrill cries, leaving Gong Tianwu no chance to turn back.

After running another one or two hundred meters, Gong Tianwu noticed the sound of gurgling water coming from the front. It turned out that an underground river had appeared!
However, the width of this underground river is at most three meters, the water flow is not fast, and the depth is less than knee-high, so there is nothing that can help Gong Tianwu.

A collapsed wall can be seen opposite the underground river. It should be the burial chamber behind the temple mausoleum. Several pieces of bluish-white porcelain can be seen rolling out from it. Some are still intact, while others have several cracks on the surface.

These porcelains should have been used as sacrificial vessels, and the shapes include bowls, bottles, and tea sets.

After witnessing this scene, Gong Tianwu's heart suddenly moved. The blue porcelain and the gurgling water immediately evoked some fragmentary memories in his mind.

"Very good. Since you are not involved in the mundane world and cannot be trapped by the mundane world, how about this song?"

(End of this chapter)