356: If you can't win, use crooked methods

On the shore, Zhuang Bifan used all his skills to play hide-and-seek with three incredibly ferocious and brutal ninth-tier monsters, attracting a lot of aggro for Shen Bei and creating an opportunity for him to enter the palace.

After Shen Bei jumped into the yellow liquid, he swam quickly towards his destination, disregarding his own safety.

However, after Shen Bei’s entire body was submerged in the yellow liquid, it only took a few breaths.

Suddenly, Shen Bei’s vision blurred, his body sank, and everything he saw seemed to have been wiped clean of dust, becoming clear. The pressure from the sky, formed by divine light above his head, felt like a mountain pressing down on him. The deep, deathly silent Qi in the yellow liquid was like countless sharp thorns, piercing his skin and continuously entering his body.

In an instant, Shen Bei’s Bloodline seemed to freeze, the vitality of his internal organs rapidly withered, silver hairs appeared on his head, wrinkles formed at the corners of his eyes, and even his vision began to blur.

“This yellow liquid…”

Shen Bei’s eyes suddenly sharpened, “Death Qi forming a river?”

Shen Bei could feel that this yellow liquid was not murky mud, but a water source with the characteristics of Death Qi!

Fortunately, Shen Bei’s resistance to Death Qi erosion had reached 100%. If it had been even 1% less, he would have died on the spot, without even a complete corpse.

After a good half an incense stick of time, under the dispersal of Shen Bei’s Fifth Dimension Attribute Death Resistance, his stiff body slowly became able to move again, and the abnormalities in his body gradually recovered.

Before even entering the palace, just this peripheral yellow liquid nearly took his life.

If it were an ordinary Martial Artist, they would have instantly died upon stepping in here.

Shen Bei estimated that Yun Zhiyi and the others might have waited for the yellow liquid to recede before daring to enter.

In that case, they would have had to sacrifice lives to lure the three monsters away.

“This is truly terrifying!” Shen Bei’s expression was solemn, “Let alone Zhuang Bifan, even Bai Wei would be stumped if she came.”

Of course, with Bai Wei’s abilities, she might have been able to use other methods to cross this yellow liquid.

But it would be far less convenient than Shen Bei’s approach.

“It seems it was correct to have Zhuang Bifan attract the monsters.”

Shen Bei swam quickly while looking back at the shore.

Zhuang Bifan was currently “walking the dogs.” He was under pressure, but for now, it seemed manageable.

After all, within a day’s journey, it was Zhuang Bifan’s home turf.

Moreover, monsters are not as rational as Stranger (Yi Ren) or humans; they only pursue and do not play tricks.

But Shen Bei also knew that as time passed, Zhuang Bifan would also become exhausted.

“I need to hurry.”

Thinking this, Shen Bei’s swimming speed increased by several points.

After a short while, Shen Bei climbed onto the cluster of buildings.

Secretly gathering his Qi, Shen Bei dared not delay, striding past the entrance archway and walking inward along the main road.

The building complex was completely silent, without a single sound. All the buildings had their doors closed, and there were no locks on the doors. Shen Bei tried a few times but couldn’t push open any door. He could only single-mindedly rush inward along the main road, only hoping to quickly find the location of the Martial Dao Pinnacle.

Presumably, Yun Zhiyi and the others would not have wasted time here back then.

Even though three years had passed, some traces should have been left, but there was nothing here, indicating that Yun Zhiyi and the others had not stayed here.

After crossing two building clusters consecutively without encountering anything, Shen Bei felt a little more at ease.

However, after turning another corner, Shen Bei’s footsteps suddenly halted, and his expression froze.

“Roar”

A low guttural moan, a pitch-black ape, several zhang tall, with arms reaching the ground and a single eye on its forehead, stood there.

This ape was wreathed in Death Qi, its black fur like steel needles, reflecting metallic glints. Its large, dark single eye stared at Shen Bei without any emotional fluctuations, emitting low, whimpering roars from its throat.

Shen Bei’s hair stood on end, like a small animal encountering a natural predator. His blood felt frozen, and his body instinctively stiffened.

Damn it, one second he was thinking his luck was good, the next second he was slapped in the face.

Shen Bei also had no time to contend with the Vicious Beast.

The key was… he couldn’t beat it, an eighth-tier monster…

Without a word, he immediately used the Breath Concealment Technique.

Shen Bei’s life aura plummeted again, directly reaching freezing point.

The one-eyed, pitch-black ape instantly lost its target, staring blankly at Shen Bei, who now appeared like a stone.

Shen Bei didn’t move, fearing that this one-eyed, pitch-black ape might have a bit of intelligence or playfulness and smash him to pieces, which would be disastrous.

Suddenly, Shen Bei’s expression shifted, and he remembered how this zombie ape came to be. When the previous one-eyed ape tomb-guarding corpse beast appeared, its corpse Qi vibrated, transforming into many such zombie apes.

This meant that this one-eyed zombie ape had no intelligence, only instinct. Yet it possessed immense strength, and its body was probably as hard as refined steel, not easily damaged. Without a method to restrain it, Shen Bei, with his small arms and legs, was absolutely no match for it.

“Roar~~!”

A muffled whimper came, perhaps the monster wanted to test the extra humanoid stone.

The zombie ape bared its fangs, its face ferocious, and a dark divine light flowed in its single eye. Between a blink and an opening, a black light, thick as an arm, instantly crossed the distance between them and shot over.

Shen Bei’s hair stood on end, his mind swayed. He instinctively shifted his body, and saw the black light column graze past his ear, striking the wall in the distance.

Complex Dao patterns floated on the wall, and a faint halo hung on the wall’s surface, holding its ground against the black light for a full breath. After the black light dissipated, the wall returned to normal.

“Are you kidding me? This bulky, unintelligent thing, which clearly looks like cannon fodder for close combat, can actually perform ranged attacks?” Shen Bei’s eyelids twitched wildly, almost peeing himself.

It was like everyone knew Shen Bei was a whirlwind in close combat, but then he pulled out an RPG; it was indescribably bizarre.

At this moment, this zombie ape seemed unwilling to give up, staring at Shen Bei with great curiosity, slowly approaching.

Shen Bei swallowed. If the zombie ape touched him one more time, he could happily call it quits.

Shen Bei’s mind raced, searching for a solution. After much thought, he still had no ideas. This thing had no intelligence whatsoever, only pure instinct. Reasoning with it was completely impossible. Even if Zhuang Bifan came, he would be torn to shreds.

“Only instinct remains?” Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Shen Bei’s mind.

Seeing the zombie ape getting closer and closer, Shen Bei almost instinctively, subconsciously threw something out.

Shen Bei tried throwing a golden pattern fruit.

The ape sniffed, picked it up, and crunched on it in its mouth.

Shen Bei took advantage of its attention being focused on the golden pattern fruit, and without a word, moved his feet and vanished around the corner in a flash.

This golden pattern fruit was originally collected from the giant ape’s side.

And the zombie ape just now and the giant ape were more or less of the same species.

Since this zombie ape only had instinct left, then eating was also an instinct.

“Indeed…”

Shen Bei moved his feet, “A seemingly useless item might come in handy somewhere.”

After shaking off the monster blocking his path, Shen Bei continued to walk inward.

Turning another corner, his expression suddenly changed.

“Damn it… again?!”

But ahead…