Devour

Chapter 263: Intestinal Worms Attack

Cheng Bai was unhappy: "I have to pay a lot of money and work hard to mine. This is just a business that is delivered to my doorstep."

Seeing Cheng Bai remained silent, the Demon Lord said with disdain, "I hate nonsense. If you can pay, pay. If you can't, get out of here. I'm in a good mood today and won't eat you. I won't be so nice next time."

Staying in the room, he was constantly under the pressure of the Demon Lord's fiery breath. It was okay for the Smoker as he was a fire-type monster, but the Black Dragonfly's attributes were incompatible with it, and he was almost suffocated.

"Goodbye!" Cheng Bai was unwilling to take advantage of the situation, so he decisively left the room with Smoking Ghost and Black Dragon, thinking in his heart: "We have to go mining by ourselves. With my dragon-finding method, the power of my spiritual eyes, the art of deduction, and the power of the phoenix, how can I be afraid of not finding the gold and stone veins?"

Hei Long whispered, "Lian Mo Bao Cha's cultivation is not inferior to Shan Liu. He seems to be an unreasonable person. He acts according to his mood. It is impossible to trade with him reasonably."

No wonder Ju Gong ran away quickly.

Cheng Bai led the team out of the city, saying along the way: "The gold, iron and spiritual stone veins near the Iron City are all occupied by ghosts and demons. The quality is uneven, the prices are outrageous, and there are scams everywhere. If you don't have enough power, you will most likely be exploited by these monsters if you come to the city. If you want to obtain resources, it's better to mine them yourself."

The Smoker said, "It's still early in the night, and there are no candidates coming to the city to take the examination. I guess they are all looking for opportunities outside the Iron City."

Cheng Bai happily said: "Let's go too."

For most of the geniuses who participated in the imperial examination, treasure hunting was secondary in the journey to the Nine-Layered Abyss; survival was the most important thing.

So they gradually became organized, with each person showing their strengths and working as a team, which would take them further than if they were scattered and working independently.

"Brother Apu, there must be a silver mining area ahead."

"Junior Brother Zhen has a unique vision. The disciples of Nanyue Sword Sect are highly talented and knowledgeable, and even the art of finding dragons and exploring veins is involved!"

A large group of monks praised each other and checked the surrounding mineral deposits.

Xu Buwei knocked on the rock wall, held up a moonstone bead to illuminate it, observed the color of the gold and stone, and praised: "Junior Brother Zhen is worthy of being a Dan Ling body. He is quite sensitive to spiritual objects in the world. The silver content of the stone here is very high, and it may have reached the level of a rich mine."

Zhen Yizhe said hurriedly, "Among all the talented people, Senior Brother Xu's Pure Yang Sword Body is the most outstanding, and I don't know how many people envy him. My Danling Body is just average, and it is inevitable that it will be embarrassing to be in a big sword cultivation sect, so let's not talk about it."

A Pu laughed and said, "The Dan Spirit Body is just average. My Demon Fire Spirit Body, Junior Brother Duanmu's Wind Spirit Body, Junior Sister Yao Shuang's Luoshui Spirit Body, aren't they all not up to par?"

Yao Shuang smiled bitterly and said, "Brother A Pu, please don't make fun of me! After entering Shanhui City and comparing myself with all the seniors and sages, I realized that my talent is mediocre. Among us, apart from Brother Xu's Pure Yang Sword Body, Sister Qu Xiaoxi's Thunder Spirit Body is the best. Unfortunately, looking at the many geniuses in Shanhui City, I am only in the middle."

Qu Xiaoxi was a king from the outer realm of the Dingling Clan. Hearing this, he hurriedly said, "Thank you, fellow brothers and sisters, for your kindness. How dare Xiaoxi be compared with the seventy-two sages?"

I saw that her upper body was that of a beautiful woman, but her lower body had a pair of strong horse legs, and her feet were shaped like horse hooves. She was usually taciturn, but at this moment, her slightly shy expression made people feel pity for her.

Duanmu Qi said: "Don't underestimate yourselves. Some of the sages are not born with excellent talents, but they can make up for their shortcomings through hard work. For example, the sword monster elder of Tianmen practiced tirelessly to become the Heavenly Sword Body; the head of the World Honored Sect, the Great Wisdom Master, practiced hard to become the Immovable Glazed Body. They are all legendary stories admired by all."

Yao Shuang said with some envy, "Senior Brother Wang Xiongwu from Jingtao Sect is not coming this time. I heard that he has made a name for himself and was chosen by the Elders Council to become a Holy Son. His qualifications are far inferior to those of Senior Brother Xu, but he has worked hard and finally made it. We have a great chance!"

"Yes."

"Junior Sister Yao is absolutely right!"

All the monks agreed.

Only one person sighed and said, "That's wrong. The gap in talent is like a chasm. No matter how much effort I put in, I may not be able to catch up. If I were... if I had the body of all monsters, with the power of all monsters in one body, maybe I wouldn't still be here... Alas!"

Everyone turned to look and saw that he had a strong physique but a dog-like face, quite different from ordinary people. It turned out that he was a foreign king from the Quanfeng tribe, a half-human, half-demon race similar to Qu Xiaoxi.

Qu Xiaoxi said: "Brother Gou Yifan is a rare and precious person with a thick earth spirit body. It would be great if he could make it to the top 64 in the examination."

Gou Yifan sighed: "What's the use of that?"

Xu Buwei didn't want to delay the conversation, so he said, "Everyone, time is limited. Treasure mines are scattered all over the wilderness, but good materials are hard to find. We will mine around, and it depends on your ability. Whoever gets it will own it."

Many monks dispersed as instructed, some took out tools, some used their energy to cast spells, and busied themselves with digging and mining.

Gou Yifan observed the surrounding monks for a moment, approached Qu Xiaoxi, and whispered: "Senior Sister Qu is polite. It will be difficult to maintain a large team if we go down further. The first cooperation on the first level of the Nine-Layered Abyss is always a great opportunity to choose the right teammates to go deeper into the secret realm. We are both foreign races, so it is best for us to go together. Senior Sister Qu, can you team up with me?"

Qu Xiaoxi glanced at Gou Yifan and knew that he was right.

When they first came in, everyone was not familiar with each other, so they walked together temporarily to help and look after each other.

As the exploration of the secret realm progresses, the strength of the cultivators varies, their status varies, and their ambitions conflict with each other. Those who are incompatible cannot come together, and those who have huge gaps cannot accept each other. They will soon each look for like-minded people to form gangs.

Some disciples of big sects who are familiar with each other usually have close contacts and know each other well. Outsiders cannot get into such a hardcore circle unless they can make them admire them to the point of prostrating themselves.

Unfortunately, even the Tianjiao King who is above millions of people of his own race often finds himself mediocre once he enters Shanhui City. Because there are many people with better qualifications, how can he attract attention? Therefore, it is wise to choose people with similar conditions to gather together to form a secret realm team.

Qu Xiaoxi didn't know Gou Yifan well enough. After hesitating for a moment, he was about to refuse when he heard someone shouting, "Intestinal worms are attacking!"

In addition to the ghosts and demons in the Nine Abyss, there are also countless insect tribes, among which the intestinal worms are particularly famous.

This type of insect has other nicknames, such as hell poisonous insects, burrowing demon insects, intestines of the earth, etc. It is the most deadly killer in the uninhabited areas of the upper layers of the secret realm.

They are huge in size, ranging from tens to hundreds of meters long, and look like sausages. They are gray-red in color and covered with dark spots. It is difficult to distinguish the head and tail at first glance. Horns and tentacles sometimes protrude from both ends. When they open their bloody mouths full of sharp teeth, they can spray flaming poison and fire arrows.

The monk who was mining for ore discovered the terrifying creature emerging from the ground. He immediately shouted a warning and at the same time used his flying sword to slash at the intestinal worm.

The intestinal worm was disturbed and quickly shrank back into the ground as if it were passing through butter, easily avoiding the flying sword.

"It burrowed into the ground at a very fast speed. I didn't hit it." The monk was still frightened. He retracted the flying sword, turned around and retreated, changing his digging position.

Apu walked forward steadily, raised the moonstone for lighting and took a look. In the dim light, he saw loose holes in the ground, and gravel flowed down to fill the gaps. He didn't see anything unusual, so he turned around and asked, "Are there a lot of them?"

The monk said, "I only saw one."

"One is nothing. We are more in number and we can kill it with our swords." Apu said without taking it seriously.

Xu Buwei shouted, "Everyone, hurry up. Intestinal worms are more common in the first two layers of the Ninth Layer Abyss. We can deal with just a few of them. If we encounter a large number of them, we must retreat quickly."

He thought about it and felt a little uneasy. He suggested, "Junior Brother Zhen, you have the most sensitive senses among the people here. How about you be in charge of observing whether there are ghosts, monsters, insects or beasts around? I will give you a share of the luxury silver ore I dug up."

This statement is tantamount to acknowledging that the other party is in the same group.

"Brother Xu has given orders, and I dare not disobey." Zhen Yizhe did not dare to neglect it and stood guard. He raised the moonlight lantern in his hand, stared at the sky and the ground with wide eyes, and after a while he shouted, "A black dragon is flying in the sky, and there are people on it."

Cheng Bai's eyes were as sharp as lightning. He discovered the distribution of mineral veins in the area from a distance and drove the black fly to slowly descend.

Zhen Yizhe saw that the armored young man on the black dragon looked familiar, and shouted, "Who is this?"