Chapter 226: Balefulness of the Dragon Horde

The water flowed down gradually, forming a water domain area recognized by the Dragon Son Pu Lao.

Everyone present, from Da Bao and Guo Ming to a group of temporary summons, all gained a 100% full attribute boost at the same time.

Seeing this scene, Wu Zhen's expression revealed a trace of satisfaction.

He had put in so much effort; if it only strengthened them a little, it would make him think Chu Danqing was just someone who spoke big words.

After blocking the water entrance, Wu Zhen then said: "Is there anything else to prepare?"

"If not, I am going to have my soul leave my body."

Things had reached this point; naturally, it was time to start fighting.

Chu Danqing nodded, left Guo Ming and Yue Lan Wu Ying, and turned to take Da Bao to escape to a safe area.

At the same time, he began to take out blood-drawing equipment to draw blood and lower his HP, in order to increase the attack power percentage boost of the Blood Sacrifice Demon Blade.

As for the Son of Heaven and the Ghost Grudge Mother, those two were left for self-protection.

He didn't intend to summon Xiong Zhigang to help; facing this kind of individual powerhouse and the complex environment in the underground palace, it was not suitable for cavalry.

If they really came, not only would they not be able to help, but they would also drag him down.

Seeing this, Wu Zhen's soul forcibly broke free from the corpse.

The miserable green radiance in the dried corpse's eyes gradually became dim, replaced by baleful light.

Guo Ming acted immediately, and Chu Danqing simultaneously activated the Dragon Pulse Power that had already cooled down in the Nine Cauldrons Diagram.

The crackling sounds of battle erupted; Chu Danqing hid securely and couldn't see the battle situation at all, but he witnessed the process throughout via the battle log.

"Why don't you go out and help?" Wu Zhen's soul floated over and asked curiously.

Chu Danqing glanced at the opponent; the soul was semi-transparent as a whole, looking like it would dissipate if the wind blew.

The facts were indeed so; Wu Zhen was already at the end of his rope by now.

If Chu Danqing hadn't come, perhaps in a few more years, the soul would have completely dissipated.

But with his methods, before he died, he could have taken his corpse and the dragon balefulness under the Dragon-Gouging Platform with him.

How could such an old monster place all his hope on an outsider?

Even less likely to trust a stranger upon first meeting; the opponent was indeed weak now, but definitely hid some trump cards.

"Can't help at all; I'm not good at fighting," Chu Danqing honestly countered: "What about you? Why don't you go help?"

"I'm not good at fighting either," Wu Zhen replied: "The shaman's duty is to communicate with heaven, earth, and ghosts and gods."

Chu Danqing didn't believe it at all; how to explain the dragon skeletons on this Dragon-Gouging Platform?

"Fine, then let's hide better, so as not to be affected." Chu Danqing had just finished saying this when Yue Lan Wu Ying flew over his head.

With a "splat," it smashed into a dragon skeleton and then collided into a foam phantom.

Clearly, it had been killed, and its HP dropped directly to zero.

"One died; why not let the one on your chest go?" Wu Zhen raised an eyebrow and said.

Clearly, Wu Zhen didn't come to chat with Chu Danqing, but saw that Yue Lan Wu Ying was no match, and instead, the Son of Heaven was more suitable to deal with the baleful corpse.

Chu Danqing naturally knew, but the reason he didn't let the Son of Heaven go was very simple.

That was to guard against Wu Zhen.

The Son of Heaven had a restraining effect on baleful objects, and this also applied to Wu Zhen, this soul.

Secondly, even if the Son of Heaven went, it would only be auxiliary; the main force was still Guo Ming, and it wouldn't be of much help.

Rather than sending it out, it was better to keep it for self-protection.

"It's fine, it's a sports student; it can be resurrected," Chu Danqing said, and once again summoned Yue Lan Wu Ying.

Yue Lan Wu Ying dragged the totem pole and killed its way over again.

Wu Zhen's expression remained unchanged, followed by changing the topic, and began to chat with Chu Danqing, while probing the situation outside.

"I say, you old man are almost dead; why ask about things outside?" Chu Danqing said bluntly: "Don't tell me you're planning to use it in your next life."

"Idle is idle; chatting with me doesn't matter," Wu Zhen said.

"Rather than chatting about the outside, let's chat about the spectral soldiers," Chu Danqing immediately said: "Before I came, I encountered the spectral army passing through; what is your opinion on this, old man?"

Wu Zhen's face changed directly, immediately refuting: "Impossible!"

"Oh? It seems Senior really knows something," Chu Danqing didn't expect there to be an unexpected surprise.

He hadn't expected much of a harvest; he was just seeing if he could ask for some intelligence.

"I'll tell you straight," Wu Zhen's face sank: "The purpose of the underground palace is not to carry the Dragon-Gouging Platform, but it was left empty for too long, so it was used as a Dragon-Gouging Platform."

"Beneath this underground palace is suppressed an Underworld Mouth."

"Living people can enter the underworld from here, and spectral soldiers can also enter the human world from here."

"If spectral soldiers really passed through here, it means there is a problem with the Underworld Mouth here."

Speaking of this, Wu Zhen said meaningfully: "Then you have to be careful."

"Me? Careful?" Chu Danqing couldn't quite understand.

"With my current situation, do you think I have any spare energy to cleanse the jade seal for you?" Wu Zhen continued: "Of course, it's by borrowing the power of this underground palace."

"But the underground palace has stood until now and is already in jeopardy."

"Combined with the fact that I am no longer here to maintain it, the day of completion is the day the underground palace collapses."

"If there is no problem with the Underworld Mouth, then naturally everyone is happy," Wu Zhen didn't say what would happen if there was a problem.

But Chu Danqing had experienced the terror of the spectral army passing through.

"Then how should it be solved?" Chu Danqing asked again: "If I just walk away, will there be any problems?"

Wu Zhen was stumped by Chu Danqing's question; he had thought Chu Danqing would ask how to escape.

"Very simple, first lead the Huang Long River water to backflow, then..." Wu Zhen didn't hide it this time and provided the solution.

"That is to say, before the cleansing is finished, the passage must be expanded," Chu Danqing looked at the blocked passage; at this time, there was still river water dripping, but the flow was not large.

The overall process was to directly use water to flood it, plus the collapsing underground palace, to induce burial.

Forcibly closing it through physical means.

As for why the era Wu Zhen was in didn't choose this method but used the underground palace to suppress it, that was unknown.

Perhaps it wasn't that they didn't want to, but they couldn't.

Maybe they couldn't do it now either, but this was the only way.

Wu Zhen now only had a weak soul left, and Chu Danqing and his group wouldn't be enough even if they all filled it in.

They could only use this method that wasn't really a method.

He also provided Chu Danqing with a way to escape; anyway, just run as soon as it's widened; as long as you run fast enough, there is still a glimmer of life.

"Good, I know," Chu Danqing wasn't worried.

The worst case was that after he widened the waterway, he couldn't escape and was forced to waste the remaining trial time to return.

This was the benefit after the trial quest was completed; there was always a way out.

Otherwise, how would Chu Danqing dare to ask?

"Know what?" Guo Ming's voice came over; his expression didn't change much, but this also meant the battle was over.

【Quest completed, you have obtained: Paradise Points × 20000, Attribute Points +5】

"This underground palace..." Chu Danqing was just about to explain, but Wu Zhen spoke first.

"The dragon balefulness hasn't been killed yet," Wu Zhen said, and a large number of cracks appeared in the center of the Dragon-Gouging Platform.

Sharp and piercing wind sounds roared from the cracks, the whistling of the wind resembling a dragon's roar.

Chu Danqing poked his head out to look and saw the cracks in the crude Dragon-Gouging Platform spreading rapidly and visibly bulging.

It seemed that something was constantly impacting the Dragon-Gouging Platform, wanting to come out.

However, the crude Dragon-Gouging Platform appeared very tough and didn't shatter immediately.

No matter what, it was the site where Wu Zhen dismembered dragons here, and the dragon balefulness had been weakened, so it couldn't break free immediately for a while.

"How much longer until it comes out?" Chu Danqing asked: "Can we sneak attack while it hasn't come out yet?"

You have to know that the 20% full attribute boost of the Dragon Pulse Power only lasts for 20 minutes.

"Of course you can, but..." Wu Zhen hadn't even finished speaking when dense black Qi appeared in the cracks in the center of the Dragon-Gouging Platform.

These black Qi continuously gathered and merged into a large ball, tangled like tree roots.

In the ball, dense dragon heads, dragon claws, and dragon tails appeared.

It looked extremely uncoordinated, as if it had been forcibly merged, and some were even very chaotic.

"You might not have time to sneak attack; they have already come out," Wu Zhen finished speaking.

【Hidden Quest: Kill the Dragon Horde Balefulness before returning】

【Trial Difficulty: S-Rank (Nightmare)】

【Trial Reward: Paradise Points × 20000, Attribute Points +5】

【Trial Failure: Paradise Points -40000, Random Attribute -2】

The quest refreshed, Chu Danqing took it, and Guo Ming killed his way over immediately.

Chu Danqing changed positions to continue hiding and then asked: "Speaking of which, does the Corpse Jiao and the Dragon Walk have anything to do with this dragon balefulness?"

"Of course it does; the Corpse Jiao is a corpse, not a Jiao."

"Ordinary Dragon Walk goes to the sea, but the Corpse Jiao wants to turn into a Corpse Dragon..." Wu Zhen hadn't finished speaking when a violent black Qi instantly eroded the dragon skeleton Chu Danqing was hiding behind.

Chu Danqing grabbed Wu Zhen and ran out.

This time, the target was definitely not him, but Wu Zhen, who only had a soul.

Every part that made up the dragon balefulness was a dragon species that Wu Zhen had gouged to death; this hatred naturally continued.

Fortunately, this attack was just an accident; Guo Ming's sword array performed a blockade immediately, avoiding Chu Danqing and Wu Zhen being affected further.

"What about below?" Chu Danqing found another safe place and continued to ask.

"Anyway, it was attracted by the balefulness under this Dragon-Gouging Platform," Wu Zhen was almost scared, so he was in no mood to continue chatting with Chu Danqing.

His gaze was always on the battle, ready to act if Guo Ming failed.

Once the dragon balefulness died, and the transaction with Chu Danqing was completed, he could rest in peace.

This was not as leisurely as when Guo Ming dealt with his baleful corpse earlier.

Chu Danqing looked at his tone and expression and knew that asking further wouldn't yield anything useful.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 227 =====