The weapon refiner is not doing her job properly

Chapter 276 Blood Sun (23)

Su Ninglong also sensed something was wrong; the boss was too difficult to kill, seemingly possessing inexhaustible spiritual power, much like the Black Cocoon.

After waiting for a while, the eclipse was almost over. Su Ninglong's patience ran out. By the time the eclipse ended, it was difficult for her to even get close to the eclipse.

The boss's momentum seems to be gradually recovering.

Su Ninglong raised her hand, ready to take on the challenge, when the door behind the boss opened.

A delicate face appeared behind the door, followed by the hunter standing still, leaning against a male player's chest.

The male player leaned back slightly, resisting the hunter's approach, but he couldn't show it too obviously, caught in a dilemma.

However, Su Ninglong was more concerned about that effeminate face.

Venomous snakes are truly persistent!
A venomous snake is hard to deal with, and Su Ninglong didn't want to waste her energy dealing with him in the current situation.

Killing him was easy, but the Silent Eye hanging on her chest recorded everything truthfully, and if investigated, she would have a hard time explaining herself.

Sigh, it's so hard to be an honest person, and it's even harder to be a Star Alliance hunter.

The former hunter lifted her head from the man's arms, her face pale. She patted her heaving chest; she had almost been sucked into the bronze door.

"What is that place?" she asked, wanting to know the background of the door.

The viper didn't answer her. He wanted to say something sarcastic, like calling her all talk and no action... but he decided against it. The original hunter occasionally had a brain, so he couldn't afford to offend him too much.

The players following behind the venomous snake all looked grim, their gazes towards the former hunter filled with hidden resentment.

They had just witnessed the venomous snake risk its life to rescue the original hunter.

Five lives were lost, including the pretty boy who was having a passionate affair with the original hunter.

The hunter didn't seem to care afterward, and even acted as if her being alive was the most precious thing.

The underlings were all disheartened and distanced themselves, wishing they could stay as far away from them as possible.

"If you want to know, go back and ask that poisonous woman."

"Poisonous woman? Wu Xingyi?" The original hunter frowned. Vice Principal Wu had a good personality and was generous. How could she be a poisonous woman?

Without saying much, the venomous snake raised its eyes to observe, and upon closer inspection, it turned out to be the boss.

His imposing and domineering figure completely overwhelmed the sinister aura that the venomous snake had deliberately created.

The bloodworms love flesh and blood and will not turn down anything. When a group of people suddenly appeared, they immediately diverted some of the bloodworms' attention.

A wave of blood surged from the ground and rushed towards them.

None of these people realized what was happening; they were unaware of the ferocity of these insects.

The screams were endless.

A sudden attack resulted in the loss of more than half of their manpower. Viper was furious, his face turning ashen. "Another monster has appeared in front of the boss. Someone must have lured it here."

The venomous snake coldly scanned its surroundings, but found no one.

The original hunter held up the protective holy artifact, creating an invisible barrier. Her underlings quickly crowded around her, and the men and women were all covered in sweat, almost making her vomit.

Seeing the venomous snake remain motionless, the hunter scolded, "Hurry up and leave! You can't afford to pay for my sacred artifact if it gets damaged."

The sacred barrier was being devoured by the swarm of bloodworms, flickering erratically, and the serpent was somewhat unwilling to give up.

The coincidence of a solar eclipse, coupled with the two monsters' mutual slaughter, all seem to be the work of Su Ninglong.

"Are you leaving or not? If you don't leave, I'm leaving." The original hunter's sacred artifact was almost knocked out of his hand. "If anyone pushes again, I'll kick them."

One person happened to be pushed out, and the insects immediately swarmed him, biting him to death within seconds.

"Hurry up and leave." They showed no pity for the dead players, treating them as if they were just objects.

If they didn't leave soon, they would be surrounded by layers upon layers of insects, so the venomous snake had no choice but to use its special ability to break through the encirclement.

As they left, they also took some of the bloodworms with them.

Su Ninglong cursed inwardly that the venomous snake had appeared at the worst possible time.

The swarm of bloodworms has broken through the boss's defenses.

Su Ninglong had no choice but to take action, and the array she had secretly set up rose up as she formed hand seals.

Hundreds of spirit stones instantly turned to dust, and a swamp suddenly appeared on the ground. The boss tried to get out, but sank deeper and deeper.

Countless points of light flew out from the swamp and stuck to the boss's skin, making the boss's movements increasingly stiff.

Just as the binding force of the formation reached its peak, Su Ninglong moved, grasped Taixu with both hands, and thrust it forward, piercing into the monster's forehead.

Two drops of black blood flowed down the sword. With all her strength focused on her hand, she gave a soft shout, flicked the sword tip, and the spirit crystal was pulled out.

Su Ninglong grabbed the spirit crystal and quickly retreated.

Ignoring the risk of being bitten by bloodworms, he rushed out the door.

After losing the spirit crystal, the boss realized he had been tricked. He roared to the sky, and a black circle appeared around him, spreading outwards.

The bloodworms fell directly from the sky.

"Run, run!" Su Ninglong shouted as she raced towards Kong Lingzhong, "It'll be too late if we don't run!"

The venomous snake, which hadn't gone far, also heard the sound, but the swarm of insects blocked its view, making it impossible to discern Su Ninglong's location.

"She did come."

"Su Ninglong?" The original hunter's hearing wasn't as good as the venomous snake's; the rustling sound of insects crawling filled her ears, making her feel irritated.

Kong Lingzhong almost instinctively released the hovercar, pulling his two teammates into the vehicle. Lena, Lao Gu, and Yin Leng jumped into the back seat, while Shen Zhaoming's mind remained focused on the data and did not drift away.

Lena only needed to pull the people away, but the driver was Kong Lingzhong's teammate, who subconsciously assumed that everyone could quickly get into the car in a crisis.

He felt a gust of wind pass by, and when Shen Zhaoming looked around in confusion, the car and the people were gone.

Su Ninglong scooped him up with one hand, "Brother, be careful, the boss is about to unleash a powerful attack."

Shen Zhaoming was carried on Su Ninglong's shoulder like a sack.

Luckily, his glasses had a chain, which he had hung around his neck. "I'll stand here," he said.

Su Ninglong: "Wait a minute, escaping is the priority."

Shen Zhaoming overused his abilities, and the Myriad Manifestations Pivot automatically shut down.

He covered his nose; the scooping and shoving had made his head congested, and he felt a surge of heat.

A black halo extended behind them, and wherever it passed, insects and blood crows all fell down, pressed to the ground, unable to move.

Soon, they turned around and rose into the sky, then fell down again, repeating this process over and over until they were finally crushed into meat patties.

Su Ninglong turned around and witnessed the scene, and fled even faster.

The Nascent Soul stage cultivator possesses extraordinary strength; even with the eclipse weakening him, it doesn't diminish his awe-inspiring power. For a mere Golden Core cultivator who hasn't even reached the Nascent Soul stage, avoiding his attacks is the best strategy.

Despite her quick escape, Su Ninglong was still caught in the black circle.

In that instant of weightlessness and hypergravity, her spiritual energy was like a rollercoaster, rapidly flowing away and then increasing dramatically.

The consequence of losing control of her spiritual power was that the flying sword went out of control and plummeted vertically, causing her to fall hard onto the ground.

She clutched her bottom, saying, "My poor little bottom is suffering."

Shen Zhaoming was tall and strong. He jumped up the moment he fell, moving away from Su Ninglong, and continued to cover his nose.

They may have escaped far enough that the power of the Black Ring only affected this location, and with insufficient strength remaining, they retreated.

The hovercar executed a beautiful drift, and seeing the two disheveled individuals, Lena poked her head out. "I'm sorry, I didn't have time to bring Xiao Shen along. Are you both alright?"

Su Ninglong got up. She had fallen from a height of more than ten meters and landed on a large person. Her buttocks were definitely bruised.

Seeing that Ninglong's walking posture was a little stiff, Lena quickly jumped out of the car to help her. She used her chubby hands to pat the dust off Ninglong's clothes, and then she paused. "Ninglong, you've started your period?"

Su Ninglong: “???”

"Aunt Flo is menstruation," Lena explained patiently. "Have you prepared any menstrual products?"

Su Ninglong was even more stunned. She knew that "Auntie" meant menstruation. No, how did Lena determine that she had her period?
Su Ninglong tugged at her clothes and looked back to see a patch of bright red stain on them.

What the hell? Cultivators can control their bodies; whether or not they get their period is entirely up to them.

Did you just fall and hurt your butt?
That's impossible. She's very strong. Falling from a height of over 100 meters, she would at most suffer a fracture. Besides, it was only a little over 10 meters, and she had her buttocks cushioning the fall. The bleeding shouldn't have occurred in that spot.

"No, it's me." Shen Zhaoming spread his hand away from his nose. Not only was his nose bleeding, but his eyes and ears were also bleeding.

How embarrassing! Someone mistook my nosebleed for menstrual blood. I might never be able to shake off the memory of being carried around by a woman for the rest of my life.

Next time, I won't let anyone take the blame for me anymore.

Shen Zhaoming's face was too pale at the moment, and everyone immediately forgot about Su Ninglong's fake menstruation and quickly helped him into the car to sit down.

"What happened? Why are you bleeding from all seven orifices?" Lena placed her hand on Shen Zhaoming's wrist, checked his condition, and then treated him.

"It's just the overuse of my superpowers." Shen Zhaoming was upset, but he didn't show it on his face. He was always good at hiding his feelings and didn't want to expose his vulnerability to outsiders.

He told Su Ninglong what he had just found out, "What should we do next? Deal with Blood Sun here, or continue to follow you to cut off his supply lines?"

“Cut off the fuel supply at the root can only solve the current situation, it’s not a cure.” Su Ninglong considered a deeper issue, “If the Blood Sun is the root of the contaminated area, then it must be the Book Spirit. The Book Spirit has always been good at making up stories.”

"Furthermore, the Book Spirit has a physical body. Just like the Shadow Crawler I dealt with at the beginning, even if its story was destroyed, it will create a second story after a period of recuperation. We must find out the physical body to prevent future troubles."

The Secret Order is ineffective against Book Spirits; they will create a backdoor within the Secret Order to escape.

Previously, when hunters discovered book spirits, they mostly forcibly sealed them in a book and placed it in the hands of the guardian.

Now we can let Shen Zhaoming try. The only one who can destroy a story is someone who has the ability to rewrite it.

Shen Zhaoming smiled; Su Ninglong's guess was the same as his.

“We’ll use a two-pronged approach. When I remove the spiritual vein, you’ll track its location…” Su Ninglong gave a rough plan. As for how to execute it, Shen Zhaoming should have his own ideas.

"You mean I should destroy the Mystic Spirit?" Shen Zhaoming wasn't entirely confident. He wasn't a hunter. "I have the ability to restrain the Blood Sun, but I'm not sure about making it collapse and dissipate."

“That’s enough. Our priority is to move people out first. Once the spiritual vein is removed, the Book Spirit won’t be able to take care of so many people. Open a back door and let them evacuate first.”

They didn't care about winning or losing; the premise of saving people was not to get themselves involved. Getting all the burdens out of the way first would make it easier for them to carry out their mission later.

Without further ado, Su Ninglong needed to find a place to refine magical artifacts.

Kong Lingzhong had already contacted his secretary and learned that they were with Tong Zi. Although there were casualties, it was all within expectations, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

He turned around and apologized to Shen Zhaoming, explaining that the situation was critical and that he hadn't intentionally abandoned him.

Shen Zhaoming accepted Kong Lingzhong's explanation. He had just seen Kong Lingzhong lean most of his body out of the car window, probably intending to jump out to save someone, but stopped because he saw Su Ninglong lift him up.

Kong Lingzhong immediately smiled. The Star Alliance hunters' behavior and thoughts were indeed very much to his liking.

Perhaps you could take your family's advice and spend more time with them.

Kong Lingzhong suggested: "Now that the situation has been stabilized, if you have nowhere else to go, why don't you go to my headquarters? It's well-equipped and has a high level of security."

She doesn't have many requirements; she's fine with going anywhere.

She felt a little uneasy; her spiritual energy was overflowing again, and her dantian was bulging, suggesting she might be about to advance in another level.

He's only been in the Core Formation stage for a short time, and he's already approaching the Nascent Soul stage.

Lena said expressionlessly, "Even if I don't go back with you, you'll still kidnap me and take me back."

Kong Lingzhong nodded frankly, "You and Yin Leng both have to come back with me."

Everyone: "..." Domineering yet taking it for granted, that's just Kong Lingzhong's temperament.

He might be more reserved if they're out in public.

Here, he has absolute power.

As soon as the eclipse passed, Tong Zi came to meet up with Su Ninglong. Seeing the two extra teammates beside her, she said, "You really can make friends anywhere. Yin is a loner in the Star Alliance, how did you manage to make him your friend?"

Yin Leng felt awkward in the face of the teasing and sincerely hoped that Su Ninglong would not reveal the reason why he was with the team.

If Tong Zi finds out that he couldn't resist the temptation of a rich woman, he'll definitely be laughed at when he gets back.

Su Ninglong: "After Viper logged into our game section and found out that Yin Leng was also a player, I got the idea to bring him along..."

Yin Leng was very nervous, her face flushed, and her legs involuntarily wanted to back away.

Su Ninglong noticed his embarrassment but didn't tease him. "Then I invited him to team up and level up."

"That's it?" Tong Zi asked suspiciously.

Yin Leng nodded quickly: "That's right, that's exactly it. She is Su Ninglong, and as a support class, of course I have to latch onto her."

Actually, clinging to someone's powerful backer is not much better than marrying a rich woman.

However, Tong Zi herself is a wealthy woman and a four-star hunter, so she accepted him well and did not look down on him.

Tong Zi didn't press the matter, and Yin Leng breathed a sigh of relief. She would definitely make more friends of different types when she got back.

Su Ninglong is tasked with refining the weapon, and the task of dealing with the poisonous snakes is assigned to Tong Zi. Shen Zhaoming also has his own task: to secretly implant interference programs into the game, write backdoor equations, and shield Su Ninglong's activity trajectory so that she can collect the spiritual veins as soon as the sacred weapon is successfully refined.

There were quite a few tasks, so Su Ninglong didn't say much. She entered the weapon-refining room, where a "Do Not Disturb" sign hung on the door, and began refining.

Even without Su Ninglong dragging him around to level up, Yin Leng didn't slack off. He changed his previous homebody ways and took advantage of his free time to drag Lei Qingya and Lao Gu along to kill monsters.

One is a Star Alliance hunter, the other had spent some time in the Star Alliance, they have similar fighting styles, no issues with their character, and are teammates you can trust.

They searched everywhere for purifying crystals, like diligent little bees.