Chapter 50: The Earth Dragon's Lair

In the swamp.

The Earth Dragon's massive corpse lay motionless in the swamp, its entire body emitting a nauseating, peculiar stench of decay.

Nudi fanned her wings with a look of disgust, stirring up a foul gust of wind that blew the stench permeating the air toward Zhang Yi.

"Ugh—such a disgusting thing, and you can actually bring yourself to eat it?"

"Your taste is just too heavy!"

"Forget about eating it; just looking at it makes me want to vomit."

As Nudi spoke, she even went through the motions of dry-heaving in a show of pretense.

The way she looked, it felt like if she stared for one second longer, she would vomit up the leftovers she ate yesterday.

Not just her, even Long Ge, who had always been "birds of a feather" with Zhang Yi, wore a look of disgust at this moment.

He shook the mud-caked scales on his body and complained, "Brother, I really admire you!"

"This thing has been rolling in the mud for so long; just thinking about it is disgusting, yet you actually want to eat it!"

"Aren't you afraid that after eating him, you'll get a stomachache later?"

Compared to the two of them and their expressions of disgust, Xiao Pu and Ju Niao Mu Qin, who were standing to the side, didn't say anything, but as they watched Zhang Yi greedily sizing up the Earth Dragon's corpse, they subconsciously retreated a few steps in silence.

It went without saying that they were likely just as disgusted in their hearts.

Although Xiao Pu was the youngest among them, he knew just by looking that the Earth Dragon's meat definitely wouldn't taste good.

What's more, heaven knows how long this big guy had been soaking in the swamp.

It might have already been pickled through.

If one were to eat the meat of this thing, they might even end up falling deathly ill.

Looking at Zhang Yi, however, there wasn't the slightest hint of disgust on his face.

At this moment, seeing the disgusted expressions of the several monsters one by one, he was also speechless.

Especially his Empress Sister.

This girl, who usually shouted about wanting to become stronger every time she opened her mouth, now had such a good opportunity placed right in front of her, yet she gave it up just because this thing didn't look appetizing!

He really didn't know what to say to her.

After venting wildly in his heart, Zhang Yi flapped his wings with a look of helplessness.

"Fine, fine, fine, eat it if you want, don't if you don't!"

"I was originally worried there wouldn't be enough to eat, but this is just right—it's my gain!"

Zhang Yi said as he spoke.

The next second, ignoring the disgusted expressions of the monsters behind him, he strode to the side of the Earth Dragon's corpse, stretched out his claws, tore off a thigh, and began his "devouring" mode on his own.

"Crack! Crack!"

The sound of bones shattering was exceptionally clear in the silent swamp.

Accompanied by Zhang Yi's exaggerated chewing sounds, it made the monsters behind him feel even more like they couldn't help but vomit.

Soon, Ju Niao Mu Qin, Nudi, Long Ge, and Xiao Pu probably couldn't bear to watch any longer.

One by one, they turned their heads away, no longer paying attention to Zhang Yi.

At one point, they even began to wonder if this guy Zhang Yi had gone crazy with hunger, to be able to eat such a disgusting thing.

It was just that, when they saw the look of enjoyment on Zhang Yi's face at this moment, it felt to them as if this Earth Dragon meat were some rare delicacy of the human world.

They didn't know that while Zhang Yi appeared to be enjoying a delicacy alone,

in reality, he had quietly activated the system skill 【Taotie Feast】 while the others weren't paying attention.

Under the enhancement of the system skill, regardless of whether the Earth Dragon meat was delicious or not, it turned into streams of incomparably pure Spirit Energy once it reached his mouth.

As he continued to swallow, a warm current surged through his body, and the fatigue from the previous battle was swept away, replaced by an unprecedented sense of fullness.

【Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining a new skill—Earth Escape!】

When he stuffed the last piece of Earth Dragon meat into his mouth, the system's notification sound followed immediately in his mind.

Earth Escape?

This is a good thing!

With this skill, wouldn't traveling underground in the future be like a fish in water?

Hearing the system's prompt, Zhang Yi couldn't help but feel a surge of joy.

Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately and impatiently wanted to try if this new skill was the same as he imagined.

As his thoughts stirred.

The next second, an earthy-yellow light instantly enveloped his entire body.

Afterward, Zhang Yi's body began to slowly sink into the mud beneath his feet.

The entire process was quite smooth, without the slightest obstruction; this feeling seemed no different from walking normally.

"What the hell! What's going on?"

"Where is that guy?"

"How did he suddenly disappear?"

Ju Niao Mu Qin, Nudi, Long Ge, and Xiao Pu, who had originally turned their backs and couldn't bear to watch Zhang Yi's eating scene, felt that he should be just about finished.

Just as they were preparing to turn around and call for him to leave.

The moment they turned around, they were instantly dumbfounded.

They looked with blank expressions at the place where the Earth Dragon's corpse had been, which had now disappeared.

One by one, they looked at each other, completely unaware of what had happened.

Just as they were preparing to search all around.

Suddenly, Zhang Yi had arrived behind the few demons without anyone knowing when.

"Hehe, surprised? Unexpected, right?"

"Holy crap! You brat scared the hell out of me!"

The sudden voice made the caught-off-guard Long Ge tremble in fright, nearly causing him to plop onto the ground.

Nudi and Xiao Pu also looked shaken, while Ju Niao Mu Qin looked at Zhang Yi with a face full of confusion.

"What the hell are you doing, you guy?"

"Disappearing suddenly and then appearing suddenly, are you trying to scare us to death?"

Listening to their accusations, Zhang Yi gave a mysterious smile.

"I just wanted to give you all a surprise!"

"After I devoured that Earth Dragon just now, I accidentally inherited a new skill—Earth Escape!"

"How about it, impressive, right!"

As he spoke, he specifically demonstrated it; he turned into a streak of earthy-yellow light again, burrowed into the ground, and then popped out from another spot.

"Wow! Daddy is so amazing!"

Xiao Pu exclaimed directly with a look of admiration.

Ju Niao Mu Qin and Long Ge also marveled endlessly at Zhang Yi's new skill.

To the side, Nudi said with a look of disdain, "What's so great about that."

Yet in this little girl's eyes, there was clearly a look full of envy, jealousy, and hatred.

It was likely that this girl was definitely regretting her decision deeply at this moment.

Afterwards, in order to test the limits of the Earth Escape skill, Zhang Yi immediately decided to dive deeper underground.

He went all the way down, passing through layers of soil and rock.

As he dived deeper and deeper.

Suddenly, he discovered that deep underground there was actually a hidden cave emitting a strange light.

If he hadn't guessed wrong, this place should be the nest of that Earth Dragon!

However, when he wanted to go in and investigate, he discovered that on the rock blocking the cave entrance, there seemed to be some kind of restriction hindering his progress.

Zhang Yi tried several times but still couldn't break through, so helplessly he could only return to the surface first to discuss it with Nudi, Long Ge, and the others.

To see if they had any way to deal with the strange restriction on this rock...