Episode 5: Days of Captivity
After walking for about half an hour, the golden stone gate entrance had already disappeared from everyone's sight, but no danger appeared. Thomson's men began to relax their vigilance. Along the way, a tall, muscular black man, over two meters tall, first continuously used a dagger to remove the black gemstones from the wall and put them in his pocket.
Suddenly, a crisp sound was heard from the black man's hand, followed by a cry of pain from him.
Ah...
He fell to the ground, dead from exhaustion, and at the same time, the body of this black man's subordinate made a rasping chewing sound. Everyone's face immediately turned pale, and without a sound, another person died. This couldn't help but make people feel frightened. Another subordinate bent down and was about to go to see what was going on. Suddenly, a black object the size of an egg shot out from under that subordinate's hand and into the door of the room. Fortunately, he moved quickly and a backflip sent a flying dart directly into the black object, splitting it in half. A pungent liquid flowed out from it, and instantly the flying knife was corroded down to just the plastic handle.
Duan Tianyi was startled in his heart, his face changing immediately. "Quickly, move! This is the Black Gold Corpse Eater Curse. It feeds on living creatures. It's as fast as lightning and usually appears in groups."
Thomson and the others felt their hearts tighten. They immediately ordered to move quickly. Just at that moment, dozens of black Black Gold Corpse Eater Curses flew out from the body of that black man's subordinate and flew towards everyone. The others dared not be negligent and ran desperately. Thomson directly pulled Duan Tianyi and Yang Mufeng and ran to the front of the group.
The subordinate at the back of the group, Luo Meng, quickly took out a grenade from his backpack and threw it at the group of Black Gold Corpse Eater Curses with lightning speed.
After a loud explosion, the Black Gold Corpse Eater Curses not only didn't decrease in number, but the number actually increased geometrically. A dark mass appeared behind them and flew towards everyone.
Duan Tianyi's eyebrows furrowed, "I say, pretty lady, this time you've caused a disaster. If I'm not mistaken, the black gemstones on the wall are Black Gold Corpse Eater Curses. The reason there has been no movement is probably because the temperature inside the cave is too low, and they have entered a kind of hibernation state. The black man brother just said he placed them in his pocket, so they woke up. If we keep moving, after a while, these Black Gold Corpse Eater Curses will hibernate again due to the low temperature. Now you have a grenade, and the temperature of the entire passage has risen a lot. If the Black Gold Corpse Eater Curses in front of us also wake up, then we can only die here."
When hearing Duan Tianyi's joking words, Yang Mufeng immediately laughed loudly, looking like someone enjoying the misfortune of others. Thomson's face became even more displeased. He sneered and with both hands exerted force, a strange cold qi directly entered the two people's bodies. The two cried out in pain.
Duan Tianyi's expression changed, and he was amazed. "Could it be the Mystic Ice Qi? How could he know this? This is an ancient internal martial art of China. Not only foreigners, but even some martial arts schools in the country are hard to find. It is said that it has been lost for thousands of years. Could this guy have dug up the treasure of some great master and received his inheritance?"
Thomson saw Duan Tianyi's incredulous expression and smiled slightly. He threw both hands and threw the two of them to the front of the group, indicating the two subordinates to watch. He jumped up and landed behind Luo Meng, using both palms to push forward, a strange cold qi emanating from Thomson's body. The temperature within a four-meter radius around Thomson's body dropped sharply, as if the air was frozen. A strange cold wall crashed into the group of Black Gold Corpse Eater Curses. Immediately, one after another, the Black Gold Corpse Eater Curses fell down, like a black hail.
Thomson's one move froze all the Black Gold Corpse Eater Curses. His might directly intimidated everyone present. Duan Tianyi knew that this Thomson was definitely skilled, but he never expected that he would be so powerful. According to the ancient Chinese classification of martial artists' ranks, he could at least reach the level of an innate master. While he and Yang Mufeng were at most just second-class postnatal masters. After all, both of them had not yet opened their Ren-Du meridians, which are the most crucial meridians for martial artists. Only by opening these two meridians can one reach the level of an innate master, or even reach the ranks of senior masters or grand masters. If it were in the Water Moon Cave, their current level would be roughly that of a master, but this was in reality.
Thomson saw that he had immediately extinguished the black gold rotting corpse spell and intimidated the two of them. The effect had been achieved. He guessed that these two would no longer have any second thoughts and would have less obstacles in obtaining the treasure later.
"Everyone, keep moving forward. Don't touch anything you encounter along the way. If you don't listen, you should know my methods."
The group continued to move forward. After more than an hour, they still hadn't reached the end of the passage. The temperature in the passage was getting lower and lower. The golden-colored passage gradually turned into a light purple color. The black gold rotting corpse spells on the walls and the ground disappeared. The ground began to appear a shallow green water. Strangely, these green waters did not freeze in the environment of minus several tens of degrees.
Throughout the journey, everyone walked quietly, fearing that any sudden movement would bring out some monster. Suddenly, Yang Mufeng shouted loudly, "Everyone be careful."
The group was startled by Yang Mufeng's sudden loud shout. Thomson glared at him and directly sent two strands of divine ice qi into the bodies of the two of them. The uncomfortable two felt even worse. Their teeth were fighting each other, and their internal organs seemed to be frozen.
Yang Mufeng angrily let out a complaint from his throat, "Good intentions turned into bad luck."
Duan Tianyi also suffered a blow of divine ice qi. He was extremely unhappy in his heart. "This place does seem a bit strange. If I haven't guessed wrong, these green waters should be the immortal blue spring. It is the coldest water in the world. Only at the summit of Kunlun Mountain in China can it be found. This water breeds a kind of giant worm, which is recorded in ancient books as the immortal blue worm. This worm can grow up to one person's size. Its entire body is full of cold toxins. Especially the venom secreted from its mouth is extremely poisonous. Moreover, the body of the worm is extremely tough. It is said that martial artists of the postnatal level below the first rank cannot break through its defense. Mr. Thomson, Mufeng was also being kind. You can't treat my brothers like this. After all, we have both contributed and endured hardships. We have hardships too, don't we?"
Thomson now had a serious expression and no longer acted as respectfully as he did at the beginning. Now he was a blatant threat. Thomson snorted coldly and pulled the two forward rapidly. The big man in front, Roosevelt, at this time had already pulled out a one-meter-and-five-long sword. He looked sternly awaiting.
In fact, Duan Tianyi had not mentioned one of the most important points just now. If there really were Shenzhibilingxing, there would surely be some celestial treasures or similar items, just like those two black lotus fruits back then. Wherever there are dangerous beasts, there must be rare treasures. This is basically an iron rule, but only some Chinese tomb raiding experts or experts, and Yin-Yang practitioners would know this. People like Thomson should not know this. Otherwise, when he killed the black dragon at the beginning, he would not have known about the existence of the Inner Dan.
Now, Duan Tianyi and Yang Mufeng could only lie low and wait for an opportunity to escape from these evil people. After traveling for another half an hour, the green Shenzhibilingqing Spring had reached the knee level. Thomson led Duan Tianyi and Yang Mufeng onto an inflatable boat, while the others continued to move forward in the green water. Suddenly, a faint green light appeared vaguely ahead of everyone.
It is estimated that only Duan Tianyi knows that this is the light emitted by celestial treasures, and it also indicates that a Shenzhibilingxing will appear a little ahead. Duan Tianyi definitely will not tell Thomson this information. He would have been glad if a few Shenzhibilingxing suddenly appeared and poisoned all these scumbags. Duan Tianyi and Yang Mufeng have taken the Black Lotus Fruit and Green Lotus Gall before, so they emit a faint smell of Green Lotus Eel on their bodies. The Green Lotus Eel is naturally the enemy of Shenzhibilingxing, so if there really is a Shenzhibilingxing, the two of them would be absolutely safe.
Thomson waved his hand, and everyone stopped. The precocious strongmen are precocious strongmen. Even if Duan Tianyi did not say it, he could still sense the dangerous atmosphere in the air.
"Roosevelt, there is a one-meter-long object swimming towards us thirty meters ahead of you."
The big man's subordinate Roosevelt understood and jumped, actually climbing to the top of the passage like the object was moving rapidly in front. He did not make a single sound. Duan Tianyi was surprised. At least he was a top-level postnatal expert. This was clearly a Chinese unique skill "Gecko Climbing Wall Technique", which had long been lost. He never expected that Thomson brought all these experts.
Seeing that Roosevelt climbed to the exact top of the unknown object, he acted like a lion fighting a rabbit, grasping the big sword tightly and slashing downward. The unknown object in the water seemed to sense the danger and adopted a strange posture, with its tail snapping, the entire body flying out of the water, not only avoiding Roosevelt's blade but also directly colliding with Roosevelt, and spitting out a green water sword.
Sure enough, it was a Shenzhibilingxing. What Duan Tianyi did not expect was that the intelligence of this Shenzhibilingxing was so high, seemingly not inferior to humans.
Roosevelt was also outstanding. Only at this moment did he truly show the advantage of an experienced expert. His body suddenly spun in the air, and the downward blade directly returned, slicing straight upwards at the abdomen of the Shenzhibilingxing. With one strike, the Shenzhibilingxing was opened and disemboweled, and with one kick, the Shenzhibilingxing's body was kicked out more than ten meters away and fell into the green water. Roosevelt's feet touched the water surface and gently touched it, taking advantage of the water's buoyancy, and jumped back to the top of the passage.
Although Roosevelt's move was beautiful and impeccable, the last kick would definitely draw the Shenzhibilingxing from the depths of the passage over.
Thomson seemed to also sense the huge danger approaching step by step. Immediately, he instructed the sexy female subordinate Romon at the back of the team and another lean subordinate to use the "Gecko Climbing Wall Technique" and directly climb to Roosevelt's vicinity along the wall, forming an angle with Roosevelt, ready to respond to the attack of the Shenzhibilingqing. Judging from this situation, it was clear that they were highly coordinated and definitely not something that could be trained in a year or two. This is truly a world-class spy organization's killer.
This Shenzhibilingxing seemed to have come in a swarm, with a total of six of them. And each one was about one and a half meters in size, clearly adult Shenzhibilingxing. A human-beast battle was about to break out. The first three of the immortal creatures, Bilingxing, leapt out of the water and crashed into the three people. Just at that moment, the other three also jumped up, their mouths shooting out green water swords, aiming them at the three people on the wall.
Roosevelt and the other two were all shocked. They never expected that these six immortal creatures, Bilingxing, could cooperate so perfectly. Without hesitation, the three of them jumped up simultaneously, each moving along different trajectories in the air, with extremely fast speed. They not only avoided the attacks of the first three immortal creatures, but also used their weapons to strike at the other three immortal creatures.
All successful. In just one round, three of the immortal creatures were injured. This made both Duan Tianyi and Yang Mufeng, who were observing from the back, marvel in their hearts. They both believed that they couldn't possibly achieve this.
The six immortal creatures obviously became angry and let out low growls. One after another, the immortal creatures from the water jumped towards the three people, their speed being simply unimaginable. Even the experts like Duan Tianyi and Yang Mufeng could only see dark green shadows flying around, constantly colliding with Roosevelt and the other three and falling back into the water, then colliding again and falling back into the water.
In just ten breaths, the three immortal creatures and the six beasts had fought for over a hundred rounds. Most of Roosevelt's clothes were corroded, and his skin was also severely corroded in many places, leaving blood holes the size of fingers. Clearly, they were not lightly injured. If it weren't for the three's profound strength, their bodies would have been corroded and perforated. The six immortal creatures were also covered in scars, with most of their shells being destroyed, revealing large chunks of terrifying green flesh.
Another round of attack began. Roosevelt and the others gradually lost their strength, with dangers surrounding them everywhere. At this moment, Thomson kicked his foot and flew out. His feet stepped on the green water, and with each step, the water surface formed a thin layer of green ice. In just one breath, it reached the battle circle of the human-beast war.
Thomson's fist hit one of the immortal creatures that had just flown up. The immortal creature immediately stiffened and fell into the water, being frozen solid. In just one breath, Thomson delivered five punches, each hitting one of the immortal creatures. Without a doubt, the five immortal creatures that had jumped up also fell into the water directly and were frozen.
The power of the primordial strong beings was truly terrifying. Duan Tianyi and Yang Mufeng could only stare at Thomson blankly, showing their astonishment at his attack. But seeing that Thomson seemed to have overexerted himself, his face turned pale.
This was a truly disastrous victory. In fact, if Roosevelt and the others hadn't weakened the six immortal creatures first, Thomson wouldn't have had the ability to win with one move. Now, Roosevelt and the others were seriously injured, and Thomson seemed to lack strength. Both of them were secretly happy, knowing that the day of escaping from the demon cave was coming.
The group continued walking until they reached a place where a green light was emitted. That green light was actually coming from four lychee-sized fruits on a strange tree. The fruits were all emerald green and emitted a continuous green light. The green light contained a strange cold energy, causing everyone to shiver. It was a kind of mental tremor.
Duan Tianyi immediately walked forward and picked two of the largest ones, handing one to Yang Mufeng. "You haven't eaten for a whole day. You're starving. Mufeng, don't refuse to eat. Only by eating can you have the strength to dig for treasures."
Yang Mufeng was initially hesitant in his mind. These strange fruits were guarded by those extremely poisonous Xian Bo Ling Si. Even if they weren't poisonous, they were definitely not good creatures. However, the two of them worked closely together, and after Duan Tianyi said this, they knew that these fruits were definitely good things. Seeing Duan Tianyi swallow them in one go, he also swallowed them in one go.
In fact, the Thomson group also had some doubts about these fruits. Although they saw that Duan and Yang had no reaction after eating them, they still had some shadows in their minds.
The two of them swallowed one fruit each. Duan Tianyi then picked up the other two and handed them to Thomson. "Mr. Thomson, these fruits are quite delicious. Why don't you try one?"
Thomson still had some doubts about the two of them and suspected that they wanted to trick him into eating this "poisonous fruit" to die together. So he completely ignored Duan Tianyi. Duan Tianyi was good at being cautious and placed a strange pattern with the green crystal in front of the jade. Then he constantly changed his hands and chanted incantations. A powerful energy in the universe continuously converged into that strange pattern. Suddenly, the green light in the pattern became very intense. A green light beam the size of a bowl directly projected onto the jade. The energy fluctuations on the jade became increasingly intense. Suddenly, the green light became very intense, but in an instant, it disappeared, and everyone also vanished in the same place.