14: Your woman!

On the third night, the village was no longer enveloped in the white mist of the previous two days, but in a blood-like red mist.

It appeared, spread, and climbed over everything around it, as if to devour the entire village.

The villagers, startled by this sudden anomaly, fearfully retreated into their houses, tightly closed their windows, held talismans, and murmured prayers.

The Mountain Child in the mist chuckled, enjoying the villagers' fear.

“Thump, thump, thump…”

On the other side of the village, the familiar thumping sound echoed again. The Mountain Child stared at the source of the sound, its eyes burning with anger and malice.

“Thump, thump, thump…”

It's that damned kid again!

It remembered very clearly that it had suffered a great loss from Cheng Zhen the first time.

Even its father had never hit it with such a big slap!

The next day, because of that kid, all the ducks that were almost in its mouth flew away! All those heads were gone!

With new and old grudges combined, its hatred for Cheng Zhen was unprecedentedly high.

If it weren't for the fact that it couldn't win, it would have killed him long ago.

But now the situation was different again.

I've gotten stronger, and I'm not bald!

Today, I'm going to let that kid see a complete Dungeon BOSS!

After the dungeon upgrade, the Mountain Child, now imbued with great power, was brimming with confidence, thinking only of how to get its revenge. The red blood mist churned and spread towards Cheng Zhen's small house.

“Thump, thump, thump…”

Inside Cheng Zhen’s small house, the knocking sound continued incessantly.

Jacket Uncle and the others sat to the side, their gazes slightly dazed as they watched the words 'Merit +1' constantly float up from Cheng Zhen's body.

Several veterans considered themselves to have seen many strange skills, but upon seeing this today, they still felt their knowledge was limited.

It turns out that knocking on a wooden fish can really add merit; the cyber netizens did not deceive me.

Cheng Zhen furiously clicked away, and the golden light of merit was added and deducted, deducted and added. The Arhat Buddha bodyguards beside him also underwent a huge transformation—

Merit -100, upgrade complete!

Nameless Arhat → Plantain Leaf Arhat.

Merit -200, upgrade complete!

Plantain Leaf Arhat → Cloth Bag Arhat.

…

After a series of clicks, the previous Nameless Arhat Buddha had completed an epic upgrade.

After a flash of golden light, a muscular Arhat with thick eyebrows and large eyes, bare arms, holding a magic weapon, and leading a pet lizard (?) appeared brightly before everyone.

Upgrade complete!

You have obtained the Dragon Subduing Arhat!

Although the art style was a bit different, as soon as this title appeared, two words popped into Cheng Zhen's mind: "It's stable!"

The Dragon Subduing Arhat, also known as Venerable Kasyapa, was famous for subduing the Dragon King and retrieving scriptures, renowned for vanquishing demons and evil.

Cheng Zhen had previously guessed that the difficulty after the upgrade would likely focus on the final BOSS's difficulty, and the Mountain Child's combat power would definitely be enhanced.

Since that was the case, Cheng Zhen simply and crudely decided to also get a wave of enhancements.

No matter how strong you, the Mountain Child, become, can you be stronger than the Dragon King?

With my Dragon Subduing Arhat in hand, what can you fight me with?

And I have several more as awesome as this one!

After upgrading one, Cheng Zhen continued to upgrade the next without stopping.

Until all the bodyguards were upgraded, their muscular figures filled the room. Although it was crowded, it brought an immense sense of security.

The others even felt a sense of peace and tranquility as if they were in the Western Heaven.

However, to their surprise, Cheng Zhen actually put all the Arhats away after completing the enhancements.

Yes, the summoned Arhat Buddha belonged to Cheng Zhen's exclusive items and were easily stored in his inventory.

Because the items were identical, they could even be stacked in one slot, not taking up other space, which was incredibly convenient.

Facing their puzzled gazes, Cheng Zhen calmly said, “Uncle, the conditions for obtaining special achievements are unknown, right?”

Jacket Uncle nodded, “Yes, there are many possibilities.”

“Exactly, so we must be careful.”

Cheng Zhen smiled meaningfully: “We absolutely cannot let the ducks fly away!”

…

The Mountain Child drifted with the red mist to the vicinity of the small house.

However, even though it was brimming with confidence now, its painful experience of being beaten badly before still made it cautiously use the mist to probe.

The mist, full of stealth, snaked its way in, and after carefully sensing, it was surprised to find that the kid who had beaten it was not there, nor were the massive golden figures that had once made it fearful.

Inside the house were only the same few people from yesterday, emitting an enticing aroma of flesh and blood.

As a novice monster that had only leveled up its mechanics and not its intelligence, it didn't wonder where Cheng Zhen had gone. Its mind was entirely filled with thoughts of flesh and blood sacrifices, and it surged into the house with the mist.

The bald man and the others, who were already prepared, didn't hesitate and immediately launched a [I Throw My Lung at You].

Although it hit, it didn't seem to cause much damage.

At this moment, the Mountain Child's body was not only stronger than yesterday, but its sharp claws also gleamed with cold light, as if it had been practicing the Nine Yin White Bone Claw all night.

Clang—

Jacket Uncle was struck and repeatedly retreated, a visible scratch appearing on the shield in his hand.

His expression grew more solemn: “Be careful! Both its strength and speed are even greater than yesterday!”

The others naturally dared not be careless, and as the bald man was about to support Jacket Uncle, the Short-Haired Girl saw the irregular shape of the mist behind him, quickly pulled him, and dodged the attack of a second Mountain Child.

But that wasn't the end of it; the surrounding mist condensed again, and a third Mountain Child also appeared.

The bald man chewed another [Earth Power Frame], increasing his strength and damage output.

Jacket Uncle next to him held up his shield to block for him, and the Short-Haired Girl also provided support.

Although they couldn't fight alone, after experiencing several dungeons together, they had developed considerable combat experience and teamwork, and managed to hold their ground as a team.

It wasn't until the fourth Mountain Child materialized that the bald man finally couldn't hold back.

“He actually predicted it… So how many of these things are there?!”

The appearance of four Mountain Children suddenly increased the battle pressure significantly. Repeated use of skills left the bald man panting, and Jacket Uncle had several new bloody scratches, making him spit on himself repeatedly.

The three of them barely held on for a while. Although no fifth Mountain Child appeared, the loss of physical and mental energy meant they couldn't last much longer.

Feeling like he was about to collapse, the bald man used a powerful blow to temporarily force back the BOSS. Just as the Mountain Child thought he was about to unleash some strange skill again, it heard him let out a long howl to the sky—

“Big bro! Close the door and beat the dog!!!”

The bald man's roar was so loud it momentarily stunned the Mountain Child.

It still didn't understand what was happening, but suddenly felt a scorching heat around it, as if lava was being poured all around.

“Don’t worry, it can’t escape now.”

Accompanied by Cheng Zhen’s voice, the door opened, golden light flashed from all directions, and several Dragon Subduing Arhats appeared out of thin air, their Buddha light shining so brightly it was resplendent.

In the golden light, Cheng Zhen once again waved benignly at the four Mountain Children:

“You guys are good!”