Chapter 26

Unexpectedly, the embarrassing death did not come. Chu Zhongyuan slowly lowered and raised the arm that was protecting Qin Zhen. A green, dazzling light bloomed in front of him. That was the supernatural power of Gu Qingming who rushed over at the first moment.

"Gu Qingming——"

The intense fear almost enveloped him. Chu Zhongyuan blurted out and stretched out his hand, but noticed that the other party was not directly hit by the sticky tentacles.

"Is that... Ge?"

In Gu Qingming's hand, a long-handled bronze weapon of a simple and strange style was standing there, allowing the Cretaceous Storm to better wrap around it and exert its lethality.

The long-handled weapon was carved with intricate snake and auspicious cloud patterns. The uneven surface made it easier to use friction and leverage. There was a short blade extending horizontally at the front end, with the tip facing inward, which could keep the terrifying tentacles firmly out of the green wind.

No matter how much he hated history class, Chu Zhongyuan, whose brain was particularly clear due to the surge of adrenaline from the battle, could recognize that it was the iconic picture that always appeared in the first lesson of history textbooks - the ancient weapon, the halberd.

However, compared with the blurry picture in the textbook, the bronze spear in Gu Qingming's hand was more delicate and beautiful in shape, better preserved, and sharper. The blade was as sharp and beautiful as if it had just been forged, and it was in a right-angled shape.

The bronze spear seemed to be a great help in Gu Qingming's hand. The wind from the white cret storm protected the three of them like a solid wall. The cheongsam girl opposite also lost her ease and showed a look of astonishment.

Chu Zhongyuan clearly saw that the other party couldn't even control his mimicry for a moment, and several tentacles almost grew out of his eye sockets, but were forcefully pressed back by him.

"Ha, ha, this passerby is really special."

The girl laughed dryly twice, and forced herself to smile again.

The familiar aura of the weapon instantly reminded her of what someone had told her before, about the Cretaceous God who guarded the underworld hundreds of years ago.

At that time, the notorious God of Killing used this bronze spear to strangle countless mysterious ghosts and monsters, blocking them at the gate of Jiuyuan and leaving nothing behind.

In the storm that swirled like fire and made the heaven and earth seem to tremble, no spirits, monsters, or mysterious beings could escape such a solemn and murderous aura.

"Although you have this prestigious weapon..."

Hearing the girl's words with gritted teeth, Gu Qingming looked at the perfect bronze spear in his hand and was a little surprised.

Could it be that the bronze piece hidden in my mother's notes has a very important origin?

"But how long can you last when you have just awakened your superpowers?"

The cheongsam girl changed the subject and seemed to remember that the two psychics in front of her were just novices who had just awakened their powers and hadn't even had their powers for a month, so she calmed down.

So what if he has the same weapon as the Cretaceous Immortal Lord, and even his power is wind-related? Isn't he still a novice psychic who can be killed with one hand?

He hasn't even developed much of his supernatural powers, and can't even use his true name... No matter what, the person in front of him is probably just a disciple or successor of the god at that time.

If you pass through her territory, you must abide by her rules.

otherwise……

The cheongsam girl's mind had already emerged with a scene of herself being laughed at by thousands of mysterious people.

She snorted coldly, retracted the tentacle that was cut off by the bronze spear, and a creepy smile appeared on her pretty face.

Visitors coming and going must trade.

This was her territory and no one could leave without her permission.

"stop--"

Seeing that the cheongsam girl wanted to attack again, Chu Zhongyuan blurted out. He bravely took two steps forward, and stood in front of Gu Qingming like Qin Zhen, asking Gu Qingming to protect him.

"My pretty lady, since you want us to trade so much, could you please explain in detail what kind of things you think can be used as capital for our trade?"

Chu Zhongyuan saw that Gu Qingming was under tremendous pressure to use the bronze sword to maintain an offensive so powerful that even the cheongsam girl would retreat in fear. The young man's forehead was already wet with cold sweat. He gritted his teeth and was not at ease.

They can't just rely on Gu Qingming.

For the mysterious cheongsam girl who owns a territory, it seems that it has become her obsession that people who enter the territory must make a "transaction". It is similar to the rules in some rule-based ghost stories. If the rule is not followed, the cheongsam girl will inevitably fall into a violent emotion and start a killing spree.

Although the deal sounds extremely evil and is definitely not a good thing, given the current situation, we can only take things one step at a time.

Hearing Chu Zhongyuan speak, Gu Qingming seemed to have a hard time holding on any longer. After the snake-shaped bronze piece stretched out into a huge bronze spear, the Cretaceous Storm's mysteriousness skyrocketed to a terrifying level as if it was free of charge, almost exhausting one third of his supernatural power threshold in one go.

Terrible pain and powerlessness spread up from the limbs. It was the body's inability to accept such a powerful feedback from the output of the supernatural power threshold for a while.

Gu Qingming used his mental strength to hold on, but he couldn't hold on for long.

Fortunately, Chu Zhongyuan spoke up and gave the mysterious creature another choice.

"Of course it has to be a high-quality mysterious item."

The cheongsam girl also looked surprised, but after seeing Gu Qingming's spear, she didn't want to continue to pester him, so she quickly opened her black folding fan and covered her face.

It's this arrogant attitude that makes people want to beat him up.

Both sides were trying hard to maintain their own self-esteem, while secretly complaining in their hearts.

"High quality mystery items. You have good taste."

Chu Zhongyuan smiled bitterly and shook his head, as if he had no solution.

"Why, no? If not, then pay the toll and give me your soul."

The cheongsam girl obviously became more and more irritable because the rules of the domain had not been fulfilled for a long time. She directly revealed her true colors. Her wealth and fame were just excuses for her to eat the souls of the greedy.

The mysteries that possess domains are generally powerful mysteries that rule a certain area. While the domain enhances their strength, it also brings mutual influence - if the rules of the domain are not completed, the emotions of the domain owner will become increasingly unstable.

"No, no, no, that's wrong. Who said we didn't have it?"

Chu Zhongyuan shrugged, as if the helpless smile just now was all a disguise, disappearing from his face like flowing water.

Cheongsam Girl: ...Have humans now evolved to the point where they can change their faces anytime and anywhere?

Gu Qingming seemed to have thought of something, and the green light dimmed a little.

He turned around and took out something from Gu Qingming's schoolbag that no one expected except Gu Qingming.

A head.

"……ah?"

Qin Zhen was already frightened by what he saw. Chu Zhongyuan patted him on the shoulder to bring him back to his senses. He looked carefully and found that it was not the human head he had imagined.

Instead, it is a wooden sculpture of a four-legged animal head that is exquisite, realistic and complete, painted with various colors of paint, outlining the abstract and exaggerated eyes of the mythical beasts in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

That was the four-legged beast that Gu Qingming and Chu Zhongyuan killed when they rescued him.

"You guys...you guys are nb."

Qin Zhen felt like he was going to faint when he thought about the four-legged beast. These two ruthless guys even took the four-legged beast's head from the ground before leaving. Gu Qingming even carried the four-legged beast on his back all the way.

Gu Qingming and Chu Zhongyuan looked at each other guiltily. Originally, they just wanted to take something away to prove their experience that night, and go back to ask Cao Sheng what kind of technology could make the puppet run like a living thing. They didn't expect that it would be used here.

"The core of the magic of idols..."

As soon as the cheongsam girl saw the head of the four-legged beast, she came closer with great interest. The sound of its sticky tentacles sliding on the ground made her teeth ache. She pressed back her eyes, which had burst out tentacles due to excitement, and looked extremely regretful.

"If I had known you had this, I wouldn't have needed it - you know, I came to this poor town just for this thing -"

The cheongsam girl stayed in the hot spring town for a long time, just to help the main body get the product of the magic idol - the core of the four-legged beasts in the head. But this ancient town has its own owner, and she didn't dare to be too arrogant in someone else's territory. She was still worrying about how to get what she wanted, but she didn't expect to be brought here by two young CPAs who had strayed into the weirdness.

"Okay, okay, you are paying the toll, right?"

The cheongsam girl said with a smile.

"Don't talk nonsense, trade, we want a trade."

Chu Zhongyuan resisted the urge to roll his eyes, and thought to himself, why is this mysterious man still trying to take advantage of others by defaulting on his debts?

We had just agreed on two options: one was a trade, and the other was to provide souls as a toll.

"Okay, deal, it's just a deal."

The cheongsam girl gritted her teeth when she heard this. She now couldn't remember to use violence to rob, and began to search through the tentacles for anything that could be returned.

"Your convenience store...?"

Chu Zhongyuan didn't intend to exchange anything from the other party. The fundamental purpose of taking out the four-legged beast's head was to escape.

But when he saw the girl's strange behavior of rummaging through the tentacles, he still asked in surprise.

"Oh, it's just a decoration to attract you humans. There's nothing inside."

The cheongsam girl responded nonchalantly while searching among the tangled tentacles.

The other three: ...

Isn't this mysterious style wrong? After the showdown, he will not pretend to be anything?

How come rather than being mysterious... he looks more like an innocent child?

"Found it! Quick, give me the core!"

The cheongsam girl rummaged through the tentacles for a long time, casually threw a thin old diary to a few people, and then her eyes flashed.

"This diary was entrusted to me by... a fool, who asked me to give it to anyone who needs it. Don't worry, my transactions are always fair and I won't let you lose money. This thing will definitely be of great use to you."

Chu Zhongyuan held the dusty notebook and looked at the cheongsam girl hesitantly.

"What are you looking at? Why don't you complete the transaction quickly?"

Do you think I want to communicate with you guys who are related to the Cretaceous God? If it weren't for the sake of maintaining my mysterious dignity!

The cheongsam girl said bitterly in her heart.

Gu Qingming and Chu Zhongyuan looked at each other and handed the four-legged beast head that needed to be held in both hands to the cheongsam girl.

Although they didn't know the purpose of this mysterious person wanting the four-legged beast's head, they still had an ordinary person like Qin Zhen here, so in order to ensure safety, they finally chose to complete the transaction.

After getting the four-legged beast's head, the cheongsam girl showed a terrible expression of ecstasy. She gently sniffed the four-legged beast's head, and after confirming that it was the real thing, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally, I can use the puppetry core to repair my body.

The cheongsam girl wanted to say something else, but when she turned to face Gu Qingming and the others, she showed a horrified expression as if she had seen an extremely terrifying monster.

Before she could even scream, she was buried by the tentacles. Then, along with the convenience store behind her, she completely disappeared in front of the three people.

Like a small animal running away in a panic.

The whole process took only a few seconds, leaving Gu Qingming and the others looking at each other in bewilderment.

They looked back and saw that there was no one on the street. The street lights that had just been lit had dimmed, and only the faint roars of four-legged beasts could be heard in the distance.

The EN factor didn't even feel any mysterious presence.

We will speed up the update starting tomorrow!