The weapon refiner is not doing her job properly

Chapter 270 Blood Sun (17)

Su Ninglong knew that some people had a unique aura. After all, she had Charlie and Lian Xinyi by her side, so she did not blame Lao Gu.

Even if Lao Gu doesn't close the door rudely, she will still conduct experiments and try to observe.

At that time, she might be the only one trapped.

With so many people trapped, she is not alone.

Su Ninglong didn't blame him, but Lao Gu was still uneasy and tried hard to think about how to make amends.

Yin Leng patted him on the shoulder, "An unexpected incident."

"I just closed the door on a whim, maybe I'm being controlled." Old Gu felt his soul floating, his steps became unsteady, and he scared himself, wondering if he was still under the control of the venomous snake.

Yin Leng gave him a thorough cleansing.

The lyrics, with their cool and purifying quality, calmed the old town down.

Yin Leng: "I'll help cool down your feverish head. Even if you smoke too much, you won't become stupid."

Old Gu: "..."

The door behind him disappeared, leaving only the striking "Bronze Door" in the dark space.

The four of them involuntarily looked up, trying to bring the enormous creature into their view.

Humans have an ingrained fear of colossal objects.

The longer they looked, the more the enormous presence distorted the surrounding space, making the close distance seem to stretch out, and a deep hum seemed to ring in their ears, giving them a feeling of becoming smaller and smaller.

The three men in the group were stunned and stood there dumbfounded.

Su Ninglong remained calm. As a cultivator, she knew that the cultivation world was full of powerful creatures, and many cultivators frequently clashed with them. It was not uncommon for them to have a casual fight.

The darkness amplified the silence; though there was no light, the bronze door was clearly visible.

The door seemed alive, standing in the void, looking down at them from high above; it seemed to "reach out its hand".

Come on over, everyone!
Lao Gu, Yin Leng, and Shen Zhaoming all lifted their feet at the same time, numbly being led by the door.

The little bamboo shoot jumped out and cried out twice.

Three umbrella-shaped leaves flew out and blocked their view.

But the steps forward had become involuntary, and no matter how much the little bamboo shoot called out, it was as if it had hit an invisible barrier.

The little bamboo shoot angrily put its hands on its hips, and with a wave of its chubby little hand, the umbrella-shaped leaves slapped their cheeks hard with its movement.

The intense pain instantly snapped the three out of their abnormal mental state. When they came to their senses, they realized that they were only five or six meters away from the "Bronze Gate".

Cold sweat immediately broke out on his forehead. Old Gu pulled Shen Zhaoming and Yin Leng, staggering backward.

What kind of door is this? Is it an exit? It doesn't look like it.

The hunter's sixth sense told him that the "Bronze Gate" was more dangerous than the entire contaminated zone combined.

Shen Zhaoming's fingertips trembled as he put on his glasses. He didn't know what the bronze door was, but he understood that it was beyond his current ability to access.

Upon first encountering it, all I saw was gibberish; my brain nearly died from the sheer volume of garbled text.

Su Ninglong calmly took out the bracelet she had just retrieved, took two photos of the bronze door, and upon reviewing them, discovered that the final images were all distorted.

This is so strange! What kind of being is this?
It looked like a man-made object, and she felt like she'd seen it somewhere before, giving her a sense of familiarity.

In another place, she might not bother with it, but here, it gives her...

Su Ninglong could only stare at it and memorize it by rote.

She needed to figure out what this was. She felt it was important, extremely important, so important that it might be related to the truth behind her time travel.

The world around her gradually faded away, and her entire consciousness was drawn into the deep geometric center of the runes, as if she were peering into the underlying laws governing the operation of all things.

The three teammates who had recovered dared not look at her anymore, turning their faces away and staring at Su Ninglong instead.

Seeing Su Ninglong staring intently at the bronze door, Lao Gu grew anxious. "Brother Shen... is Ninglong alright?"

Shen Zhaoming shook his head, "I don't know! Her ability development is different from ours, so she should be fine. Her spirit didn't stop her."

Little Sun sat on Su Ninglong's shoulders, swinging her legs, her chubby little legs wobbling.

Seeing that they were all looking over, Xiaosun gave a haughty snort.

I helped them, and they didn't even thank me. What a bunch of idiots! Without this little bamboo shoot, they'd all be dead!

Shen Zhaoming understood immediately. "Ahem, thank you for saving my life, Master Xiaosun."

"Yes, yes, thank you, Xiaosun." Old Gu bowed in thanks, then tilted his head and whispered to Shen Zhaoming to confirm, "Is it the 'sun' of bamboo shoot?"

"Ah."

"Master Sun is amazing. He stopped our foolish and reckless behavior in time. Ninglong said you like silk rags. When we get back, I'll send you five rags in different colors."

Shen Zhaoming, contrary to his usual behavior, showered him with enthusiastic compliments, his flattery sounding as if it came from another personality.

Xiao Sun's personality is somewhat similar to Su Ninglong's when they were young; he likes to be praised by others.

Hearing Shen Zhaoming's unreserved praise, it grinned smugly and declared that it wanted seven colors, not just five.

Shen Zhaoming nodded, "No problem."

Unable to perceive space and time, Su Ninglong became so engrossed in memorizing every detail of the "Bronze Gate" that she withdrew her consciousness.

After her consciousness fully returned, she was startled.

Just now, she almost lost her senses, but fortunately, Xiaosun provided protection and the fish-lipped robot provided location tracking, which allowed her senses to return.

However, this adventure also helped her understand the function of many sacred artifact runes.

This door, in terms of power, is comparable to a Dominator, except that it has no offensive capabilities.

A sacred artifact created by the hand of a powerful being, used for sealing.

What is sealed is unclear.

Unfortunately, it appears to have been damaged, likely due to human intervention.

She couldn't see what was wrong; she could only sense that it was gradually losing its effectiveness, and repairing it would be pointless.

If my intuition is correct, and the bronze door is related to my time travel, could the Taotie plaque be part of the door?

The Taotie sign seems to be related to both the Mysterious Decree and the Key of Prophecy... I dare not think too much about it, my head is about to explode.

"Are you alright?" Shen Zhaoming asked with concern. "I mean, you haven't been contaminated or possessed by anything dirty."

Su Ninglong: "..." As expected, Cheap Bro was adopted; he's already learned to make fun of himself.

She turned back and took one last deep look at the bronze door, then said to her three teammates, "Let's go!"

"Go? Where to?" Yin Leng looked around and found that a door had reappeared behind her. This door was simple and unadorned, and ordinary. Yin Leng suddenly felt tears welling up in her eyes. Why did she feel like she had survived a disaster?

He was eager to open the door, but considering the possibility of the misunderstanding caused by Lao Gu earlier, he gestured for Shen Zhaoming or Su Ninglong to come. Shen Zhaoming didn't refuse and first analyzed the data: "This door is not the same as the previous one."

Lao Gu and Yin Leng: ? ? ?

For a moment, they couldn't process it.

So, are you still opening the door?

"Since we're already here, of course we have to visit."

Su Ninglong smiled confidently and turned the doorknob.

The scene behind the door gave Su Ninglong the urge to open and close it again; she must have opened it wrong.

The creaking sound of the door hinges turning startled the beings within the crimson space.

Two eyes, like miniature furnaces, suddenly lit up.

Time seemed to freeze for a second.

Behind the door was not another world, but a huge monster with a level displayed as two question marks, looking down at them from its lair.

"A level 60 boss." Old Gu revealed the cruel truth.

There is indeed a door behind the boss, but that door should be the one players enter through the normal process.

The door they are currently in is the "fantasy" that most players hold in high hopes for. There is no exit, only a terrifying bronze door.

Without even guessing, it's clear that the world behind the bronze door isn't the real world.

Su Ninglong gently gave the order: "Run, teammates, I'm not confident I can handle a level 60 boss yet."

After facing the boss head-on, Su Ninglong gave up immediately. With her Nascent Soul strength, no matter how powerful she was, she couldn't possibly fight a monster two levels higher when she was in poor condition; that would be the death of her.

In the game world, even monsters with five-star strength seem to have become worthless.

As soon as the words were spoken, the boss flew into a rage, the earth shook violently, and the four of them covered their heads and fled, pulling open the door opposite and rolling out of the boss's lair.

After getting away from the boss's position, they looked around blankly. Where were they? It wasn't a place they recognized.

In this completely unfamiliar place, they stood on a high slope, watching the tall grass below being blown by the wind into undulating waves.

"That's good, the door behind the boss isn't the exit at all, we don't need to fight the boss anymore." Nothing is more disheartening than having your long-planned scheme fall through, and Old Gu was in a depressed mood.

“Who said we don’t fight the boss?” Su Ninglong looked up at the blood-red sun and said with a pained expression, “The material I need is on the boss’s forehead. That fist-sized colored stone.”

Yin Leng: "No, in such a dangerous situation, you still had time to observe what kind of stone was growing on the boss's forehead?"

“Of course.” Su Ninglong: “As a weapon refiner, although I often neglect my duties, it’s my occupational habit to keep an eye on everything and not miss any good materials. The spirit crystal of the spiritual vein is embedded in the boss’s forehead. How can we dig it out without killing the boss?”

The thought of going back to fight the boss made Lao Gu's bones ache. With the level 60 boss's massive claws, one strike would leave no one alive.

"Then... how long do you need to level up? You won't come back at level 60, will you?" Killing all the monsters in the entire area probably won't get you to level 60. That's a watershed moment. That terrifying aura is probably only possessed by five-star hunters.

Given the vast human population, the sheer number of five-star hunters speaks volumes about their strength.

Old Gu's guess was absolutely correct; level 60 is indeed not something that can be reached by fighting monsters.

"Let's talk about it after you've collected all the fragments. This door to the level 60 boss can only be reopened after all the fragments are collected. By the way, do you want me to purify you?" Yin Leng felt that Old Gu's sanity value must be quite high; he was already thinking of backing down before even starting the fight.

Shen Zhaoming stopped Yin Leng from singing and using purification, saying, "There's something in the bushes, a lot of it."

If Shen Zhaoming could say so much, then the number of monsters must be more than a few hundred. Old Gu suddenly gripped his weapon tightly in a nervous manner.

"Kill or flee?"

"There's no escaping it." Su Ninglong's skin crawled as she scanned the area with her divine sense.

There aren't many things that can make her scalp tingle, but the monster in the bushes successfully triggered her nerves.

Numerous tiny red maggots crawled on the ground, their numbers vast, appearing completely harmless.

Each maggot had several cores the size of mung beans on its body, and they slowly approached her group; they ranged in level from 10 to 30.

If even maggots can reach such a high level, one can only imagine how many people are buried here.

Su Ninglong didn't want to fight the maggots, so she had Xiaosun take them into the air and fly out of the grassland.

As soon as they took off, the maggots, realizing their prey was about to escape, quickly swarmed together, piling up higher and higher, chasing after them.

"You'd better not look down." Shen Zhaoming stood on the umbrella leaf, grabbed Su Ninglong's arm to steady himself. The thin leaves under his feet and the lack of support made it even more terrifying than stepping on a hoverboard.

So I kindly reminded Lao Gu and Yin Leng.

But curiosity is an emotion that cannot be suppressed with a single word. Hearing the rustling sounds, the two of them supported each other and looked down.

"Holy crap, holy crap..."

"Oh my god, oh my god, this is so delicious with rice..."

They spouted their catchphrases wildly, and anyone who saw the blood-red swarm of insects, like a tidal wave, would gasp in surprise.

It was disgusting. They were like a huge, writhing, breathing, bright red carpet of flesh, covering every inch of the land. Their surface was constantly undulating and twisting, shimmering with a greasy sheen.

The scale of the insect swarm exceeded their expectations. Su Ninglong also found it unbelievable. After a moment's thought, she took a grenade from her backpack and threw it into the insect swarm.

The grenades were quickly overwhelmed, and two seconds later, the swarm of insects exploded inside, and the insect waves immediately dispersed.

Having run out of energy, the insects stopped chasing.

Su Ninglong looked at her experience bar. This explosion had only killed a few dozen insects. What a tenacious monster! It's best not to provoke it if possible!
Along the way, they encountered monsters that Lao Gu had never seen before.

They only stopped and hid in a corner of the ruins when a flock of large black and red birds flew by, darkening the sky.

After the terrifying flock of birds completely disappeared, Yin Leng felt somewhat exhausted. He had been fighting for a long time without rest and had been traveling at high altitudes, leaving him with almost no energy.

After being a shut-in for months, his stamina couldn't keep up with Su Ninglong and the others, so Yin Leng asked, "Can we find a place to rest?"

"Okay." Su Ninglong's divine sense did not detect any intact houses nearby.

Only Shen Zhaoming can find it. The reliable Shen Zhaoming found a city with a flick of his finger. "There is a city ten kilometers away from here."

Upon learning that they still had ten kilometers to go, Yin Leng wanted to complain, but then felt it was pretentious, and finally fell silent, weakly stepping on the umbrella leaves.

This time, Su Ninglong increased her spiritual power output and arrived at her destination in less than five minutes.

Because they were flying so fast and without any protection, Yin Leng and Lao Gu felt their skin getting brittle from the wind, and their faces would wrinkle up if they made even the slightest expression.

Humans do things, but the elites of the Star Alliance are not human.

Su Ninglong and Shen Zhaoming were still full of energy, looking like they could cause trouble again. They had superhuman physical abilities!
Upon arriving in the abandoned city, they switched to walking on the ground. Just as they stepped out of the alley, they saw more than a dozen players running away, being chased by a level 30 Blood Slave Master.

Seeing that Su Ninglong and her three companions were still standing there in a daze, these people quickly shouted, "Run! Run!"

Behind the Blood Slave Master were Blood Slaves and Blood Beasts, like a grand parade, one after another.

Su Ninglong stood quietly, a few strands of her dark hair hanging down on her blood-stained clothes.

Her appearance wasn't much better than theirs, but she just wouldn't run away.