Livestreaming Forbidden Zone: Starting with a Qilin Tattoo Terrifies the Entire Internet

"Holy crap! Is that a person or a ghost?"

"Those eyes... are they some kind of supernatural, all-seeing eyes?"

"A mask with protruding eyes! This is the ancient Shu king, Cancong!"

"It just spoke? It said it had waited three thousand years?"

"It calls Jiang Shen a key? What key?"

"Little sister, look, 'A man three years older than his wife is like holding a gold brick,' so Jiang Shen, three thousand years older, wouldn't he be on the celestial ladder?! A huge win!! Stop it! I'm being sarcastic!"

"Hey upstairs, you're not far from getting yourself killed in your sleep!"

"Don't laugh! I'm helping my sister start a business! [To combat the stench of Valentine's Day! Tomorrow you send my sister 5200, she'll give you 1314 back, a win-win!] Remember, just give me the money directly!!"

The live stream chat exploded with comments. The monster's appearance was simply too striking.

Those protruding eyeballs, those bronze-like limbs, and that royal robe, though tattered, still revealed its magnificent patterns.

Everything points to its identity: the first king of the ancient Shu Kingdom—Cancong.

Legend has it that he had vertical eyes that could see through yin and yang, and he taught the people of Shu how to raise silkworms.

But now, he has become a monster guarding the tree.

Jiang Han didn't speak; he simply stared quietly at the Corpse King before him.

The system's data stream was flashing wildly in his eyes.

[Target locked: The Corpse King with Protruding Eyes (First Experimental Subject).]

[Rank: S]

[Status: Semi-mechanical, semi-biological (90% metallization mutation).]

[Energy Source: Fragment of a Wood-type Metal figure (heart).]

Threat Level: Extremely High.

[Note: The "ascension to immortality" pursued by the ancient Shu people was actually a metallic transformation caused by radiation from a meteorite (the divine tree). They regarded this transformation as a miracle and sealed living people in bronze cocoons in an attempt to achieve immortality through this method.]

"I see." Jiang Han's lips curled into a mocking sneer.

"So-called ascension to immortality just means turning yourself into a pile of scrap metal?"

"I'd rather not have immortality."

The Corpse King seemed to understand Jiang Han's sarcasm.

Its two protruding eyeballs suddenly twitched, making a "click-click" mechanical sound.

"Blasphemer..." its voice turned angry.

"I... am the son of God..."

"Hand over...the key..."

It extended its enormous bronze claw and pointed it at Jiang Han.

Or rather, it refers to the Qilin tattoo on Jiang Han's chest.

That's the key to unlocking something! It's also the crucial factor in its complete "ascension"!

"Want it?" Jiang Han slung the black gold ancient sword over his shoulder.

"Come and get it yourself."

"However, I've set my sights on your heart."

He pointed to the jade heart in the tree hollow behind the Corpse King.

Give it to me, and I'll give you a quick death.

This is Jiang Han's logic, the logic of a robber.

What I set my sights on is mine, and of course, what's mine will always remain mine.

You won't give it to me? Then I'll just take it.

"Roar—" The Corpse King roared in fury.

It roared to the sky! The sound was like thunder, making the entire underground space buzz.

With its roar, the enormous bronze tree came to life.

Countless bronze branches twisted and turned like snakes.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—I'm coming!"

Hundreds and thousands of branches transformed into a rain of arrows, piercing towards Jiang Han.

Is this the power of an S-class monster? It unleashes a full-screen attack with a single move.

"A mere trick." Jiang Han advanced instead of retreating.

He pushed off with his feet, propelling himself forward like a cannonball. The Qilin Step!

He weaved through the dense branches. The branches moved quickly, but he moved even faster.

Each time he dodged, he just grazed the edge of the branch, without even touching the hem of his clothes.

This is the dynamic vision brought about by the second-tier golden eye. In his eyes, the movement of these branches was as slow as a slideshow.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!" The black gold ancient sword was swung.

Any branches blocking the way were cut in two with a single stroke, the cuts as smooth as a mirror.

Jiang Han stepped on a thick, thorny branch and used it to leap.

He leaped into the air, heading straight for the Corpse King's face.

"Your eyes are in the way!"

The knife in Jiang Han's hand transformed into a black streak of light, slashing towards the two protruding eyeballs.

To catch a thief, first catch his king. To strike a snake, strike its vital spot.

These eyes are both the Corpse King's sensory organs and its weakness.

The Corpse King clearly hadn't expected this human to be so ferocious. It tried to dodge, but its massive body slowed it down. It could only raise its arms and cross them in front of its face to protect itself.

"Bang—!!!" A loud bang, sparks flying everywhere.

The Black Gold Ancient Blade struck the Corpse King's bronze arm as if it had struck the hardest alloy steel plate. The immense recoil caused Jiang Han's hand to go numb.

He was thrown into the air, flipped over, and landed steadily. Looking at the Corpse King's arm, there was only a deep white mark; it hadn't been severed.

"What a hard turtle shell." Jiang Han shook his hand.

This monster's defense is stronger than any of the previous ones, after all, it's an old zombie that has been refined for thousands of years.

The Corpse King lowered its arms, and its two protruding eyeballs shone brightly with green light.

It seemed to be mocking Jiang Han's overestimation of his abilities.

"mortal......"

"God...must not be insulted..."

It suddenly opened the bronze armor on its chest. There was no flesh and blood there, but an empty cavity.

Embedded within the void was a green crystal. It was a fragment of the Wood-type Metal Statue, and also its source of power.

"Buzz—"

The crystal suddenly lit up, and a terrifying energy surge gathered at its chest.

Jiang Han's pupils contracted; a sense of crisis! An unprecedented sense of crisis!

Without thinking, he lunged to the side.

The next second, a beam of emerald green light shot out from the Corpse King's chest, sweeping across the spot where Jiang Han had just stood.

There was no explosion, no flame. Only... a vacuum.

The rock that was struck by the light instantly turned bronze.

Then, with a "crack," it shattered into a pile of metal powder.

Metallized beam! That's its killer feature!

If you are hit, even just a tiny bit, the cells in your body will be instantly assimilated into metal.

This is what is known as "turning lead into gold," and it is also the most vicious curse.

Although Jiang Han dodged quickly, the aftershocks of the light still struck his left hand.

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle—" A sharp pain came.

Jiang Han looked down and saw that his left little finger had turned bluish-gray.

Stiff, cold, and numb.

This is the texture of metal! No way! This metallic feel is spreading upwards along my fingers.

That's incredibly fast! At this rate, his entire arm will be ruined in less than ten minutes, and the damage could even spread to his whole body.

"Interesting." Jiang Han looked at his fingers, not afraid at all, but laughing instead. His laughter revealed a kind of madness.

"Since you want to play."

"Then I'll play along with you to the very end."

He suddenly raised his head, his golden pupils burning like two blazing suns, and the Qilin blood within his body boiling over.

A crimson flame ignited from his right arm.

That's Qilin Fire; look at it, it's his only trump card against this kind of sinister curse.

"bring it on!"

"Let's see if your metal is harder, or if my fire is hotter!"