Unreliable Sword Immortal.

Chapter 186 Black-skinned Orcs

Boom boom boom boom boom...

The mechanical missiles mercilessly streaked across the sky, engulfing the dark-skinned orc.

The rising smoke and fireworks created a visually disturbing and damaging scene.

The dark-skinned orc vanished instantly, as if it had evaporated.

However, Lu Chaoding frowned, as he had not received any kill notification.

"It's a trap!"

Lu Chao quickly surveyed his surroundings and, sure enough, discovered a new dark-skinned orc suddenly appearing not far behind the Heavenly Eight Trigrams Furnace in the mountaintop plaza.

The dark-skinned orc, wielding a spiked club, roared and waved it wildly. Unable to spot the enemy, he looked up at the sky and saw the Great Xuan Sword six hundred meters away. He froze, scratching his head.

"So the dark-skinned orc from earlier was fake? Was it used as bait? Too bad, range is king. I'm 600 meters away, still suspended in mid-air, so I should be safe, right?"

Lu Chaoding seemed to understand something. He then pointed at the black-skinned orc, and a large number of mechanical missiles immediately flew away.

With a whoosh, the dark-skinned orc leaped into the air, adjusted his body mid-air, and, headfirst, dove like a diver, landed headfirst on the ground. Strangely, the ground seemed to be made of water, and the dark-skinned orc disappeared into it.

Boom boom boom boom...

Lu Chao's mechanical missiles bombarded the open ground, but all of them missed their target.

"Huh? It dodged the attack. Did it burrow underground? Or use some kind of teleportation technique?"

Lu Chao found the black-skinned orc quite interesting. Although he couldn't find the orc, he didn't stop attacking. Using the Yin-Yang Sword Immortal's properties, he continuously bombarded the mountaintop, as if he wanted to flatten the hill.

However, the "Mechanical Missile" is just a weapon costume. It makes a huge noise when it explodes, with fireworks and smoke, and looks powerful. But in reality, it is all show and no substance. It does not have the terrain-destroying power of a real artillery shell. It is impossible to flatten a small hill.

What Lu Chaoding wanted was to suppress the dark-skinned orcs with firepower, so that he wouldn't dare to show his face, and then he could collect the Heavenly Eight Trigrams Furnace.

A minute later, Lu Chaoding said to Super Commoner, "Super Commoner, I'll suppress the flames. Go and bring over the Heavenly Eight Trigrams Furnace, okay?"

"Turn it around on your back?" Super Scoundrel immediately shook his head. "This subordinate can't do it!"

"Why? Can't you carry it?"

"This... I've never carried the Heavenly Eight Trigrams Furnace before, I don't know how!"

"What's so difficult about this?" Lu Chao shook his head, took the purple-gold gourd from his waist with one hand, patted the bottom of the gourd, and released the Mighty Bull Demon Ape.

"Good disciple, I'll cover for you. Go to the mountaintop and bring back the Heavenly Eight Trigrams Furnace!" Lu Chao said to the Mighty Bull Demon Ape while continuing to bombard the mountaintop plaza.

Super Commoner nodded in agreement, saying, "Master is wise. The Mighty Bull Demon Ape is strong enough for this job!"

"From now on, you can call me Sect Leader. Don't call me Master anymore, it gives me goosebumps." Lu Chao looked at the Mighty Bull Demon Ape and added, "Disciple, can you do this?"

The Mighty Bull Demon Ape had an honest and simple face. He pounded his chest, looking like he was ready to show his skills. Then he jumped off the Great Xuan Sword, used his lightness skill to quickly enter the mountaintop square, rushed into the smoke and flames, and soon, braving the "rain of bullets" from Lu Chao, slowly carried the Heavenly Eight Trigrams Furnace on his back.

The Eight Trigrams Furnace seemed extremely heavy that day, and the Mighty Bull Demon Ape struggled to carry it, but in the end, he managed to carry it safely out of the mountaintop plaza step by step.

A moment later, the Mighty Bull Demon Ape arrived at the foot of the Great Profound Sword carrying the Heavenly Eight Trigrams Furnace. He was a sword saint, and although he was skilled in lightness techniques, it was impossible for him to carry the Heavenly Eight Trigrams Furnace onto the Great Profound Sword in mid-air.

Lu Chao controlled the Great Xuan Sword to descend, and as it got closer to the Heavenly Eight Trigrams Furnace, he was able to see its attribute information.

[The Heavenly Eight Trigrams Furnace: This is an ancient and mysterious treasure, containing some alchemical formulas and weapon-forging schemes, but you need to install it in a special location such as a cave to glimpse its mysteries!]

At the same time, Lu Chaoding also received a system notification: "Ding, an opportunity event has been triggered. You now possess a cave dwelling. Choose to collect the Heavenly Eight Trigrams Furnace. You can install it in your cave dwelling without affecting its original settings."

"Does having a cave mean there's an opportunity? If so, then of course we should take it!"

Lu Chao stopped bombarding the mountaintop area. He went to the Great Bull Demon Ape, reached out and touched the Heavenly Eight Trigrams Furnace. With a hum, the Heavenly Eight Trigrams Furnace disappeared.

It has been added to Lu Chaoding's private cave dwelling. An "Install" window pops up in front of Lu Chaoding, which contains a map of his private cave dwelling. Lu Chaoding needs to specify the installation location.

Lu Chaoding installed it in the courtyard of the cave.

"Ding! Congratulations on successfully acquiring and installing the Heavenly Eight Trigrams Furnace!"

"Ding! The Heavenly Eight Trigrams Furnace you collected has been restored to its function. This Heavenly Eight Trigrams Furnace is level 7 and records 36 pill recipes and 48 weapon refining schemes. Please explore it yourself for details."

Lu Chaoding felt relieved after receiving the system notification.

"A Level 7 Heavenly Eight Trigrams Furnace, wow, really impressive. It seems the original one in my cave was only Level 1, and the one I got from the Universe Secret Realm was only Level 3! Now that I've obtained the most precious item on the third level of this ancient sword cultivator's cave, my main objective has been achieved. From now on, I can explore as I please..."

Lu Chao felt pleased; everything was going smoothly.

Soon, he returned to the Great Xuan Sword. Super Pessimus was all smiles. He immediately cupped his hands to Lu Chao and said, "Congratulations, Sect Leader, on successfully acquiring the Heavenly Eight Trigrams Furnace. This furnace is the foundation of a first-rate power. From now on, the sect's pills, equipment, and other materials will be refined using this furnace."

Lu Chao nodded, then suddenly realized a problem and asked, "Super Scoundrel, how do we leave this cave?"

"leave?"

Super Commoner said, "To find a one-way teleportation array, you can travel from higher to lower levels. There are many one-way teleportation arrays on each level of this cave. I remember their locations. Sect Leader, are you planning to leave now? Do you need me to point you to the nearest one-way teleportation array?"

"No rush, we can look around some more..." Lu Chaoding had just finished speaking when he suddenly sensed something and turned around to look behind him.

Not far from him, the earth churned, and the black-skinned orc suddenly sprang out from the ground, leaping two zhang high. He gripped his spiked club with both hands and smashed it down on Lu Chao's head with the force of splitting a mountain.

Lu Chaoding felt a bit surprised and wanted to dodge, but his body couldn't keep up, so he stood still like a puppet.

"Master, be careful!"

At the critical moment, Super Ruffian stepped forward and blocked the attack of the black-skinned orc for Lu Chao.

Super Ruffian has low health, but the basic [Super Invincibility] can grant him many strange abilities, such as blocking attacks.

Logically speaking, a successful block should prevent injury and avoid being pulled into the combat space. However, due to the weakness of Super Ruffian, even though the blocking posture was standard, he still suffered damage and lost 82 points of health.

However, he was not pulled into the combat space.

At this moment, the Mighty Bull Demon Ape roared, drew its long sword from its back, and attacked the black-skinned orc.

The dark-skinned orc missed his first attack and immediately retreated. He easily dodged the attack of the Mighty Bull Demon Ape and then lunged forward, disappearing into the ground as if into water.

However, his voice continued: "Damn it, they actually took away that Eight Trigrams Furnace right under my nose! Outsider, state your name!"

Lu Chao looked around and, not seeing any black-skinned orcs, quickly led Super Pifu and the others onto the Great Xuan Sword, then made the Great Xuan Sword fly high to avoid being ambushed by the black-skinned orcs again.

"What, you're afraid to reveal your name?"

The black-skinned orc's voice continued to ring out; it was a surround sound, making it impossible to determine its location from the sound alone.

Lu Chaoding knew the dark-skinned orc was a melee fighter, and standing on the Great Xuan Sword, he wasn't afraid. He said, "I am Lu Chaoding, the reliable sect leader of the Sword Sect! Have you heard of me?"

"A reliable sword sect leader?" The dark-skinned orc's tone was tinged with doubt. "What kind of sect is this? Third-rate, right? I've never even heard of Lu Chaoding. He must be some nobody. Do you dare to challenge me to a duel?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Chaoding's heart stirred.

He thought of the effect of a mysterious aura.

"This dark-skinned orc is probably influenced by the mysterious aura. It seems he's underestimating me?" Lu Chao thought to himself, then said, "In a one-on-one fight, I'm afraid you wouldn't dare!"

"Haha, you really have no self-awareness. I'm a level 70 Transcendent, and what level are you?" The dark-skinned orc seemed a little annoyed, and continued, "My strength is very strong. In this cave, I'm almost the strongest. You, a mere sword cultivator, are like an ant in front of me. Even if I stand still and let you hit me, you can't even hurt a hair on my head, believe it or not?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Chaoding was basically certain that the dark-skinned orc was greatly underestimating him. He smiled and said loudly, "I don't believe you! Unless you show yourself and stand still so I can hit you!"

"You insignificant ant, how dare you question my strength?"

"I not only question your strength, but also your intelligence. Step forward and let me hit you to prove your strength and intelligence. Otherwise, you're just a coward who only knows how to burrow into the ground."

"Hmph, you're infuriating me! Fine, come and hit me then!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the dark-skinned orc leaped out of the ground not far away with a thud. He glared at Lu Chaoding with an unfriendly expression and said, "I'm giving you a chance. Come and hit me! If you don't kill me, I'll kill you!"

Upon seeing this, Lu Chaoding burst into laughter.

Sure enough, I now have the "brain-degrading halo".

He didn't hold back any longer, smiling as he looked at the dark-skinned orc and said, "Stand up straight and prepare to die!"

After saying that, he used a normal attack again. This time he didn't use the tank, so the mechanical missile costume was not visible. Surrounding the top of the furnace were densely packed flying insect sword shadows.

At that moment, following Lu Chao's will, the flying insect sword shadows swarmed forward and immediately surrounded the black-skinned orc.

The dark-skinned orc, who had been calm and seemingly eager to show off his skills, suddenly let out a painful roar.

The roar abruptly stopped.

As the flying insect sword shadows dissipated, the black-skinned orc was nowhere to be seen, only a treasure chest he had dropped upon his death remained.

"So what if you're level 70? You were still cut down by this sect leader in one swift stroke!" Lu Chao shook his head with a laugh. He looked at the treasure chest dropped by the dark-skinned orc and added, "This proves that underestimating someone will cost you your life! Your death was rather unjust!"

Under normal circumstances, with his skill of "burrowing underground," it would be no easy task for Lu Chao to kill the black-skinned orc.

Unfortunately, Lu Chaoding's possession of 21 mysterious auras directly caused him to lose his intelligence.

Lu Chao happily stepped forward to open the treasure chest. As soon as the lid was lifted, a burst of precious light shone out.

Lu Chaoding saw three items.

The first item is a small bottle containing a jet-black liquid, which is [Pure Dark Blood].

Perhaps because it is not a regular item in the Hongchen Sword Realm, the attribute information of this [Pure Dark Blood] is full of question marks.

"Blood materials?" Lu Chao asked Super Commoner. "When we get back, if we have too many blood materials, I'll give them to you so you can drink blood and grow stronger."

"Thank you, Sect Leader!" Super Commoner bowed happily.

Lu Chaoding then counted the spoils of war. The second item was a five-star outfit called the [Black Leather Battle Suit]. This battle suit was a pure black leather outfit with a decent design. It could increase defense, resilience, and physical evasion, so the attributes were not bad.

The third item is the black-skinned orc's spiked club weapon, named "Black-Skinned Spiked Club," which is a five-star item.

Its attribute information was all question marks. Lu Chao tried it and found that he could not equip it at all.

In his opinion, this thing is just a collectible.

The last item was a small mirror, about the size of a palm, named the "Doppelganger Mirror".

[Clone Mirror: Special 5-star accessory, Refinement +0. When equipped, it allows you to create optical clones of yourself or others at any time. These optical clones are virtual illusions, without health points or consciousness; they can only act according to pre-set actions. They can be destroyed and can exist indefinitely until destroyed or dispelled. Note: The Clone Mirror can be refined using Image Gems. After refinement, it allows the creation of multiple illusions simultaneously. When the user removes the Clone Mirror from the accessory slot, all clone illusions disappear.]

"Huh, it can not only create illusions of itself, but also illusions of others. This thing is kind of fun! If I get multiple clone mirrors through the quest hall and equip them all to my accessory slot, can't I create a whole bunch of illusions?"

Lu Chao was very fond of the [Clone Mirror] with its special function and immediately started playing with it.

A moment later, he equipped the [Clone Mirror] to his accessory slot. With a thought, a flash of light appeared on it, and an illusion identical to himself appeared in front of him.

He pointed at the Mighty Bull Demon Ape and said, "Create an illusion of him!"

Another flash of light appeared on the [Clone Mirror], and the phantom of the Mighty Bull Demon Ape reappeared in front of Lu Chaoding. However, since the [Clone Mirror] is currently at refinement +0, it can only allow one illusion to exist at a time. Therefore, after the illusion of the Mighty Bull Demon Ape appeared, Lu Chaoding's illusion disappeared.

(End of this chapter)