121: Demonized Lizard, Old Man with Steel Fork

Inside the Ghost Moon Cave, a nauseating scent of decay permeated the air.

This place seemed like an outcast of time, permanently sealed in dampness and darkness.

The ground was covered by a thick blanket of decaying plants and intertwined soil; every step taken felt as if one could sink into this abyss of rot at any moment.

These decaying materials emitted a suffocating stench, mixed with various foul, indescribable creature excretions, some already dried, others still bearing fresh moisture.

Water droplets from the cave ceiling fell unhurriedly, striking the decaying accumulation with “plop,” “plop” sounds.

They intertwined with the echoing shrieks of bats from the distant rock cave, weaving a chilling underground symphony.

Chu Jiang scanned his surroundings; only Fu Yunxuan and Wang Chao were with him. Liu Guangwu, who had entered the Ghost Moon Cave with him, had disappeared.

Fortunately, he had foresight.

The Nanming Li Fire Shield, even when attached to someone else, was enough to resist a Peerless Grade Great Grandmaster, so there should be no danger.

“This smell!”

“Did we enter an underground latrine?”

Fu Yunxuan fanned the air near her nose and spoke.

As time passed.

The group had traveled for an hour in the Ghost Moon Cave without encountering a single living person; as far as the eye could see, there was only silence and the smell of decay.

“Priest, something isn’t right here. The material said the Ghost Moon Cave is a treasure land, so why is it so desolate?!”

Wang Chao’s eyes showed confusion. This Ghost Moon Cave didn’t look like a treasure land; instead, it resembled a ghost land.

Let alone people.

Not even an ant was seen.

It was truly hard to imagine that the treasure land described in the material would look like this.

Chu Jiang frowned slightly.

His deep blue fire palm blasted towards the ground ahead, sending countless dirty substances flying upwards, along with dozens of human remains and a large number of unknown creature corpses.

Mixed with the foul stench, they splattered everywhere.

“Hiss!”

Suddenly.

That thick layer of rotting material surged like a tide.

Subsequently.

Large numbers of black, elongated creatures crawled out from the decaying ground: twenty, thirty, one hundred, three hundred… as far as the eye could see, they were densely packed.

“These are, Red Flame Lizards?”

Fu Yunxuan looked at these black, elongated creatures, speaking with some uncertainty.

Red Flame Lizards live underground and are blood-red all over, but these lizards in front of them resembled Red Flame Lizards by eighty percent in appearance, and their color was also very different.

The strength of these lizards was not strong.

Most were of Innate or Acquired level.

But such a vast number still caused shock.

“Kill!”

“Priest, wait a moment, we’ll take care of these bugs!”

Fu Yunxuan and Wang Chao rushed forward with their blades. Of the two, one had already Broken through to Grandmaster, and the other was close to Grandmaster.

A single strike could take out a dozen black lizards. Although there were many black lizards here, there was no high-level combat power, and a large number of lizards fell.

Chu Jiang’s arm was surrounded by lightning, and a ball of lightning rapidly condensed at his fingertips. The lightning ball streaked across the sky, forming a forbidden zone of life wherever it passed.

Boom!

Large numbers of lizards were struck by the violent power within the lightning ball, directly evaporating, leaving no bones behind. This single strike eliminated two hundred black lizards.

“This is?”

Chu Jiang’s expression changed slightly as he looked at the panel.

“Magic Lizard, contaminated by strange Devilish Qi, has mutated, is in a semi-demonic state, has extremely strong reproductive ability, but a very short Lifespan.”

“Magic Lizard × 150, Virtual Grade Pseudo-Demon, gained fifteen years of Lifespan.”

“Magic Lizard × 50, Ghost Grade Pseudo-Demon, gained ten years of Lifespan.”

Pseudo-Demon?

It is rumored that Ghost Moon Immortal Master's demon transplantation technique had reached a superb level. Could these demonized lizards be his masterpiece?

Although the Magic Lizards had low intelligence, they also sensed that continuing would likely lead to their complete annihilation, so they retreated like a tide once more.

“Go!”

Chu Jiang shouted loudly.

Fu Yunxuan and Wang Chao quickly followed, sighing inwardly.

Their Priest’s strength was becoming increasingly terrifying.

A casual strike had the feeling of confronting the majestic power of Heaven.

Chu Jiang pursued them all the way.

Although these lizards were not true demons, killing them still yielded Lifespan. Not following them to their lair and wiping them out in one fell swoop.

Wouldn’t that be a waste?

A family, they must be neat and tidy.

Another half an hour passed.

Chu Jiang and his companions arrived in front of a thatched hut, and the group of Magic Lizards completely disappeared here, as if they had evaporated.

Fu Yunxuan gripped the Demon Suppression Blade tightly in her hand, vigilantly surveying her surroundings.

There was no way living people could reside in this eerie place; how could a thatched hut suddenly appear? This place was too bizarre.

However.

The next second.

An old man with white hair walked out of the thatched hut. He was hunched over, with a simple face, holding a steel fork in his hand. Though old, his strength was still youthful.

The old man’s eyes were surprisingly calm when he saw Chu Jiang’s group.

“You must be outsiders. Two groups of people have already entered today, probably also for the treasure in Ghost Moon’s hand!”

Clearly.

He was already accustomed to this situation, even to the point of being used to it.

“A living person?”

“Old man, are you human or ghost?!”

Wang Chao’s grip on his blade remained firm. If this were truly the treasure land described in the material, with abundant Spiritual Qi, like a paradise.

He would believe that living people resided here.

After all.

In some ancient Secret Realms, there existed a large number of indigenous people who had lived in the Secret Realm for generations. As for why they existed.

No one knew the answer.

But since entering the Ghost Moon Cave, this place was simply a Wasteland World without any vitality; decay and desolation were its main themes. Not to mention the strange Red Flame Lizards here, any one of which would be fatal to a non-Martial Artist.

Therefore.

It was too unbelievable for living people to survive here.

“No need to be nervous. Our village has survived in this Wasteland World for hundreds of years, witnessing its transformation from glory to a Wasteland World.”

“We have our own set of survival Laws!”

The white-haired elder said calmly.

“You said village?”

Chu Jiang’s eyes flashed with surprise. Even powerful Martial Artists couldn’t stay long in this place, and Spiritual Qi was scarce. The presence of even one person was astonishing.

And there was actually a village.

He had already scanned it with his demon detection technique, and there was no reaction, indicating that the other party was neither a demonized pseudo-demon nor a pure demon.

“I have an amulet made by Priest on me; those dirty things dare not approach!”

“Not only me, every person in our Gu Yue Village has an amulet given by Priest, which is why we can survive in this Wasteland World.”

The white-haired old man said, pointing to a wooden carving at his waist. The carving on the wood was lifelike, depicting a strange beast they had never seen before.

“How magical, just a wooden carving can deter those monsters.”

Fu Yunxuan exclaimed in surprise.

“Haha, Priest is the guardian god of our Gu Yue Village; without him, we would have died long ago!”

The white-haired old man said, holding his steel fork, and walked outside.

Wang Chao: “Old man, you just mentioned Ghost Moon. Do you know him?”

Ghost Moon Immortal Master was a figure from several hundred years ago.

Could this old man have lived for hundreds of years?

“Ghost Moon was a person from our Gu Yue Village. He was a devoted man who was born of love and died for love. His story is a tragic song of Gu Yue Village.”

The old man sighed and continued: “Speaking of which, this place became like this because of him. But the person is gone, so there’s no point in saying more.”

“Old man, can you take us to the village?”

Fu Yunxuan’s eyes showed a hint of anxiety. She no longer doubted the old man’s words much.

In this eerie place, the only sign of life was probably that Gu Yue Village.

Ghost Moon Immortal Master was also from Gu Yue Village, so the exquisite human-demon bone was most likely there. He just said that two groups of people had already arrived ahead of them.

They must prevent the people of Earth Fiend Hall from getting their hands on it.

It was urgent.

“Yes!”

“But wait until I finish hunting, then I’ll take you. Girl, no need to rush, there’s still one day and one night. Even if you go now, you’ll just have to wait.”

The old man saw Fu Yunxuan’s urgency and spoke.

“Is that so…”

Fu Yunxuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“Let’s go, old man, I’ll take you hunting. It’s been a long time since there were living people in this Wasteland World!”

The white-haired old man laughed loudly, holding his steel fork, and stepped into the abyss.

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