119: Chapter 119 Insect Valley, Snow Mountain, Bottle Mountain... Great Buddha Temple

The sword light flashed out in an instant,

In just a single exchange,

The merman opposite was split in two, blood mixed with organs spilling all over the ground,

A foul stench rushed directly at them at that moment.

Fatty stared blankly at the scene before him, then turned back to look at Wang Xianzhi, who had just drawn her sword.

"Heroine, what excellent skills!"

"Hmph!"

Wang Xianzhi ignored him completely, turning her head to look at Song Yiqing instead.

"How was that? Was it impressive?"

"Average."

Song Yiqing shook his head slightly, a hint of regret written on his face.

This caused Wang Xianzhi to puff out her cheeks in annoyance.

"Hmph!!"

She gave a cold snort and began walking forward on her own.

Fatty, meanwhile, leaned in close to Song Yiqing.

"Lord Song, now that the blind man is gone, it seems you're the only one who can keep her in check."

"I think your mouth needs to be sewn shut."

Song Yiqing pushed him away. At the same time, within his perception, two figures had appeared behind them.

What was strange, however, was that they showed no intention of approaching.

Instead, they simply stayed far back.

'Oh? Planning to wait for an opportunity to strike?'

Song Yiqing muttered to himself, then took a few more gulps of wine. While he had the time, he naturally wanted to stack as much Wine Qi as possible.

At the same time, he didn't forget to activate the Qiankun Technique to continuously breathe in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, converting it for his own use.

But before they had gone many steps,

A figure slowly drifted around the corner of the street.

It was a middle-aged man wearing the typical vest of an Archaeological Team, complete with gold-rimmed glasses. He held a notebook in his hands, constantly recording something while repeating a phrase under his breath.

"Insect Valley, Snow Mountain, Bottle Mountain... Great Buddha Temple..."

However, no one paid attention to his words.

His mere appearance was enough to make everyone's bodies tremble.

They all assumed a combat stance.

Fatty gripped his large cleaver tightly, his eyes exceptionally sharp. He said to Wang Xianzhi beside him,

"Heroine, let Lord Pang handle this one. My Invincible Heaven and Earth Spiral Slash wasn't properly showcased just now.

Facing this Pseudo-human this time, it's time to show off!"

"..."

Wang Xianzhi looked at him with a face full of speechlessness, finally spitting out two words through her lips.

"Childish."

"Eh??"

Fatty was stunned. This was the first time anyone had called him childish. In the past, at most, girls would call him greasy or a turn-off, so where did 'childish' come from?

But just as he was about to make a move, Song Yiqing's voice stopped him.

"He is not a Pseudo-human."

"He's not?"

Fatty first looked back at Song Yiqing in surprise, then turned his gaze back to the man who looked like an Archaeological Team scholar slowly approaching.

He then exclaimed in astonishment,

"This is clearly a Pseudo-human! Lord Song, don't be fooled by his honest and simple appearance. Didn't Wu Ren look like this too? In the end, he was a monster!"

"No,"

Song Yiqing shook his head with absolute certainty.

"He is a mass of Qi, not a monster, and not a human either."

At this point, Song Yiqing walked to the side and reached out to touch the stone slabs on the ground.

"The structure of the stone slabs here is quite special. I can't figure out exactly what's going on, but it should be a time-stop situation caused by some kind of secret technique.

This scholar is likely an afterimage left behind by an Archaeological Team that ventured deep into this place in the past."

"An afterimage?"

Fatty tilted his head in confusion. Just as he turned, he bumped into the middle-aged man.

Pop!

The moment they made contact, the middle-aged man turned into a mist and instantly dissipated.

Fatty was so startled he almost lost his grip on his large cleaver.

"Oh my god!! This... this really wasn't a person!"

Before he could regain his composure,

That mass of mist returned to the corner of the street and continued to repeat that phrase under its breath.

"Insect Valley, Snow Mountain, Bottle Mountain... Great Buddha Temple..."

The eerie scene, even in this well-lit environment, still made everyone feel a bit creeped out.

Song Yiqing, however, fell into deep thought after hearing those words.

Aren't these names the major tombs from a certain novel?

At the same time, one must know that four of these tomb locations in this world have already turned into forbidden zones.

Or perhaps... the number of forbidden zones will increase!

Song Yiqing frowned deeply. Just thinking about it for a moment, he could sense that behind this series of events lay a great mystery.

While he was deep in thought,

Suddenly, mermen began to poke their heads out from the houses on both sides. Like some kind of guards, they gradually approached with weapons in hand.

"Fatty, quick, use your Invincible Heaven and Earth Spiral Slash!"

“????”

Fatty's mouth twitched as he looked at Song Yiqing.

"Wait, what? Lord Song!! Two fists can't fight four hands!"

...

In the bullet chat area,

[So many mermen! I really don't understand how there can be so many mermen in this place, it's so weird!]

[Sigh, it's normal for anything to appear in a forbidden zone. Besides, their hands and feet are purely human, it's just their bodies that are fish!]

[That's even weirder! Just looking at it makes me feel physically uncomfortable.]

[Stop talking about these silly mermen. I think the real question in everyone's heart is: where exactly is that Archaeological Team member who left an afterimage here from??]

[Did our Archaeological Team actually venture this deep in the past?]

[Right! And the terms he's saying are also very strange. Insect Valley, Snow Mountain, Buddha Temple... why do these give me a sense of familiarity?]

[Aren't these the forbidden zones that have already appeared?? The famous Insect Valley forbidden zone in Southern Dian!!]

[The Snow Mountain is over in Kunlun, right?]

[The Buddha Temple is the Black Sand Great Buddha Temple!!]

[I'm understanding this less and less. My brain is about to split open from all the thinking.]

...

In Blood City, Fei Erfeng, who was conducting further scientific research, was immediately drawn to the scene on the live broadcast screen.

"Archaeological Team? These clothes... this person looks so familiar..."

As he spoke, he called Kang Mo over.

"Professor Kang, look at this person. Doesn't he look like him?"

"Hmm?"

Kang Mo first paused for a few seconds, feigning confusion, then exclaimed in surprise,

"Ye Zhenbang? This appearance... it must be him!! It's him!

He was from that Archaeological Team that entered the forbidden zone with Yu Lin and the others back then!"

"Yes!! That's right,"

Fei Erfeng looked at Ye Zhenbang, who appeared repeatedly on the screen, and said in disbelief,

"The one he entered back then was the Black Sand Great Buddha Temple forbidden zone! Even if he suffered from some mysterious power's erosion that caused his image to be left behind,

Then it should be inside the Black Sand Great Buddha Temple forbidden zone,

So how... how could he be here?"

"The mysteries of this world are far beyond our expectations,"

Kang Mo raised his hand and gently patted the other's shoulder.

"Don't think too much. As we continue deeper, perhaps we will have more new discoveries."