Chapter 24

Then he shook his head.

The sky had already darkened.

Chen Ang was a bit disappointed.

No one had arrived.

Did Xie Xie Kangning not intend to really take revenge?

Or did he not find him?

Never mind.

Chen Ang couldn't be bothered to think too much.

After starting a campfire on the spot, he took out fierce beast meat from his space ring to roast and eat.

After dinner, he continued to cultivate.

In the blink of an eye, a night passed.

The next morning, 6:00.

After Chen Ang opened his eyes, he let out a long breath and checked his spiritual attributes.

It had increased again.

It increased from '64' to '70'.

But Chen Ang frowned.

"The growth rate has slowed down."

"Is it because the further you go, the harder it is to improve?"

It should be like that.

But as long as there is some growth, it's fine.

A new day arrived, and Chen Ang took out the last heavenly treasure.

It was a Strength Fruit specifically for improving strength.

Taking out the fruit, he took a bite.

The juice was full, and the pulp tasted good.

It must be said that these heavenly treasures taste really good.

It's a pity there aren't many, otherwise Chen Ang really wouldn't mind taking them as snacks.

Well, although it's a bit wasteful.

As the heavenly treasure was swallowed into his abdomen.

That familiar feeling appeared in his body.

Strength began to improve.

After a long time.

The improvement ended.

Chen Ang subconsciously threw a punch, and the sound of breaking air rang out.

Without rushing to check his attributes, Chen Ang first got up and cultivated alone, throwing punches and kicking legs to master his increased strength.

After practicing for about ten minutes, Chen Ang stopped, his heart stirred, and he checked his attributes.

【Strength: 84 (Limit: 100).】

It increased by a full twenty points of strength.

Terrifying.

With this strength, combined with the explosive effect brought by Dragon Muscle and Ripping Claw.

Chen Ang felt that among first-tier Gifted ones, setting aside some geniuses and monsters, he was probably invincible, right?

After all.

Perhaps some people's attributes are higher than his.

After all, there is no shortage of wealthy children who continuously swallow heavenly treasures after awakening to make their attributes reach the limit.

But Chen Ang didn't think others' talents were as powerful as his, and he didn't think anyone had already activated all the characteristics of their talent.

And he didn't think anyone had already improved a skill to the proficient level.

"Phew."

With an excited long breath, he suppressed the excitement in his heart.

Chen Ang began to prepare breakfast.

After eating, he got up and headed straight for the ruins.

Since Xie Xie Kangning's revenge hadn't come, Chen Ang didn't take it to heart.

Running wildly all the way, Chen Ang, who wasn't far away, soon arrived at his destination.

"It should be in this big mountain."

Muttering like this, Chen Ang activated his golden finger.

Prompts appeared.

【Not in this direction.】

【Change one.】

【That's right, it's in this direction. After moving straight forward for five hundred meters, there are several huge stones. After smashing them, you will find the entrance to the ruins.】

"Five hundred meters, not far."

Secretly saying to himself, Chen Ang quickened his pace.

Moving forward at high speed.

Soon, Chen Ang arrived at the place.

Sure enough, he saw quite a few huge stones.

However, these huge stones were piled together, partially buried in the soil, and one might think this was part of the mountain.

No wonder no one had discovered it.

【In fact, you don't need to smash the huge stones, walk to the side, lift that stone, and you will find an entrance.】

The prompt appeared again.

Chen Ang's eyes lit up, and according to the prompt, he walked to the side and lifted the stone slab buried in the soil under his feet.

Sure enough, a dark entrance appeared before his eyes.

"This should be the entrance opened by previous hunters."

Chen Ang instantly guessed the answer in his mind.

That's fine, it saves him from continuing to spend effort.

"Phew."

After letting out a long breath, Chen Ang stepped into the entrance and put the stone slab back to cover the passage, so as not to be discovered by others.

After doing all this, Chen Ang began to look around.

A long passage continuously going deep underground, pitch black.

After taking out his phone and turning on the lighting settings, Chen Ang went deep inside.

【You can boldly walk forward, there are no traps, because you haven't truly stepped into the ruins yet.】

The prompt in front of him made Chen Ang no longer worry, and he quickened his speed.

About two minutes later, Chen Ang passed through the passage and finally stepped into the area of the ruins.

In front of him was an underground space that wasn't too big.

A tall building occupied the entire space, and Chen Ang didn't know what the situation was inside the building.

He could only see that the building's gate was tightly closed.

And next to the gate, there was a puppet standing there quietly.

Outside the gate, quite a few torches burning with eerie green fire were inserted, allowing Chen Ang to no longer need to hold his phone, so he turned it off.

Scanning the puppet, Chen Ang's heart stirred.

【A well-made puppet of the Blood Sect, the material is hard. If you fight with all your strength, you can still solve this puppet, but it is suggested that you attack its left rib, which is where its core is located.】

"Eh, it has a weakness?"

Chen Ang's eyes lit up.

This was good news.

After all, there might be danger in that underground palace building.

He didn't want to waste too much physical strength on this puppet.

"But what is the Blood Sect? Is it the force represented by this underground palace?"

It must be said that this name sounds very imposing.

However, after discovering that there was no relevant information in his mind, he couldn't be bothered to continue thinking about it.

Twisting his neck, making a sound like bones colliding, Chen Ang clenched his fists, walked out of the passage, and prepared to start working.

Hum.

The puppet that had been standing quietly at the gate of the underground palace instantly discovered Chen Ang, and red light lit up in its eyes.

There was no doubt that the appearance of an enemy had activated this puppet.

24: Killing the puppet, Blood Essence.

The puppet was humanoid, like a small giant.

After starting up, a sound of breaking air rang out.

Immediately after, an orange beam of light shot out from the puppet's eyes.

Chen Ang was a bit surprised that this puppet could also attack from a distance, but his reaction wasn't slow, he quickly twisted his body to dodge, and then rushed toward the puppet.

Whoosh.

The sound of breaking air rang out again.

The puppet raised its right hand, sharp iron claws extended from its five fingers, and ejected to strike Chen Ang directly.

"This puppet has so many attack methods."

Chen Ang cursed secretly and dodged again.

At the same time, he had already approached the puppet, and without any hesitation, he revealed his Dragon Claw and struck violently.

"Ripping Claw."

With a squelch.

A full-strength strike, Chen Ang didn't hold back at all.

But this attack landed on the puppet's core location, and it didn't shatter it completely, but damaged half of it.

The hardness shocked Chen Ang.

"My full-strength strike just now only shattered half? It's fortunate I knew the weakness, otherwise if it were a head-on collision, even if I could win, I'm afraid I would be injured."

Taking a deep breath.

The puppet's claws had retracted and it launched an attack on Chen Ang again.

Light shot out from its pupils.

And at the same time, its claws swept over.

Chen Ang's eyes twitched, and he dodged to the side without hesitation, avoiding the light beam.

But at the same time, the puppet's sharp claws, containing immense power, also struck.

"Get lost."

With a low shout, Chen Ang swung his Dragon Claw, a head-on collision forming an air wave that swept around.

The powerful force carried by this strike from the puppet was almost no weaker than Chen Ang's.

It shows how terrifying this puppet is.

But thinking about it carefully, it's normal.

Strictly speaking, the main opponents of this puppet are probably second-tier Gifted ones.

No matter what, Chen Ang is first-tier, so it's quite difficult to deal with.

But in the end, Chen Ang's strength was still more certain.

His pupils condensed, and Chen Ang's strength erupted.

With a bang, he directly flicked the puppet's claws away.

Seizing this gap in the puppet's defense, aiming at the puppet's core, Chen Ang launched an attack again.

"Shatter for me!"

The Dragon Claw contained terrifying destructive power.

A ferocious strike landed directly on the puppet's core.

The power erupted, and the puppet's core shattered instantly.

Crack~

Crack~

The puppet's movements could be seen slowing down, and the red light in its eyes slowly dissipated.

Immediately after, it was as if it had turned into a pile of scrap iron, and with a bang, it fell to the ground, losing all movement.

"Phew."

Chen Ang let out a long breath, looking at the puppet, and muttered to himself, "This puppet, if you don't know its weakness, it's quite troublesome to solve. I don't know how the Blood Sect made this thing."

Shaking his head, Chen Ang looked at the underground palace gate and walked over.

The gate was a stone gate, tightly closed at this time.

Opening it didn't require a key, just a strong push.

Chen Ang raised his hands and placed them on the stone gate, then erupted with strength, gritted his teeth, and forcibly pushed the gate open, revealing a gap for Chen Ang to enter.

But looking at the gap in front of him, a look of confusion appeared in Chen Ang's eyes.

【The open gate allows you to enter the depths of the underground palace. The only good thing is in the deepest part, but be careful of the members of the Blood Sect, they are planning something in the deepest part. However, please don't worry too much, because as long as you are careful, your strength is enough to solve it.】

"There are Blood Sect members inside?"

Chen Ang's eyes flickered.

There was no doubt.

This should be a force.

It's just that how could this force be in the secret realm?

And still using a ruin as a base in the secret realm?

"Forget it, don't think so much. Since there are good things inside, and I can solve it, I can't miss it."

Thinking of this, Chen Ang didn't talk nonsense and stepped into the underground palace.

It's called an underground palace.

But it was empty inside.

He couldn't see the shadow of any person or object.

There were quite a few rooms.

Chen Ang scanned them one by one, and prompts kept appearing in front of him.

【There is nothing in this door.】

【There is no doubt, it's the same here.】

【Stop looking, next one.】

【That's right, it's this door, it leads to the deeper part.】

Finding the correct path, Chen Ang opened the door.

Another passage appeared in front of him, seemingly also leading deeper underground.

【Walk with peace of mind, there is no danger in the passage.】

"Phew."

The golden finger prompt that there was no danger made Chen Ang feel much more at ease.

Quickening his speed, he continued to move forward.

Going deep all the way, after about two minutes, a trace of blood-colored light appeared in front of Chen Ang.

Chen Ang subconsciously slowed down his pace and continued to go deep carefully.

Gradually, sounds entered his ears.

"Boss, this blood pool should be almost accumulated, right?"

"Hmm, almost, it should be in these few days."

"Hehe, then can we leave this ghost place by then? We've been here for a year."

"Don't worry, once the Blood Essence matures, just hand over the Blood Essence, and we will definitely get quite a few rewards. Our God is at a critical moment, and Blood Essence is especially important. We just need to complete the task, and it will be a great merit. By then, whatever materials we want will be easy."

"Tsk, I know, it's just these last few days, I hope no accidents happen."