Chapter 117: Great-Grandmother

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Wu Pifu knew that this Demon Castle 0.6 baseline reality Dream World had many mysteries. For example, the existence of Hao Cheng's Gaia maintenance worker team was one of the mysteries.

Chu Minghao himself clearly stated that he could not establish a shelter in a 0.6 baseline reality world, and at that time, Chu Minghao's strength was even stronger than Wu Pifu's current strength.

Since Wu Pifu stepped into the Demon Castle and established a level 1 event-type shelter, he guessed that what Chu Minghao meant at the time was not that he couldn't establish "level 1, 2, or 3" shelters, but that he couldn't establish the highest-level shelter of that world's standard.

Sure enough, Hao Cheng's team established an architectural shelter in this world and made a fortune because of it.

Wu Pifu felt it was a stroke of genius every time he thought about it.

Although there are Return Rooms in the Demon Castle, the locations are uncertain, and each time requires human exploration, and it is very likely to encounter elite-level monsters, or even commander-level monsters. This itself is a gamble with one's life.

But after Hao Cheng and the others established an architectural shelter, they used the Main Brain's judgment to artificially create a pollution-free safe zone in this Demon Castle. This is simply a gospel for all people exploring the Demon Castle!

Without this safe zone, even with the existence of Return Rooms, explorers could not survive in the Demon Castle for a long time. The accumulation of Chaos pollution would sooner or later turn them into monsters, and the uncertainty of the Return Rooms would constantly reduce the number of extraordinaries in the Demon Castle.

But once there is a pollution-free safe zone, the entire Demon Castle immediately becomes a leveling and monster-brushing point for improving strength and searching for treasures. As long as one is cautious and dares to fight, there are plenty of extraordinaries willing to enter.

At the same time, Hao Cheng and the others can go to other Dream Worlds through Gaia, obtain various materials from other Dream Worlds, such as food, fresh water, daily necessities, etc. They can also build various living facilities, entertainment facilities, medical facilities in the shelter, and even rent them to those large extraordinary factions for their guilds, temples, or offices.

This is simply the most top-tier land speculation behavior!

And Hao Cheng and the others went a step further, even issuing currency for the safe zone. The previous five yuan, and the thousand yuan Hao Cheng promised to lend, could hire three Saint-level extraordinaries. One can imagine the value of this safe zone currency.

Land speculation plus banking—there is no more profitable business than this. And as the safe zone grows, the value represented by its buildings and territory increases, which can also improve the level of the architectural shelter. At the same time, if there are event-type shelter personnel in the team, their reputation will also be passed on to all time points of this world.

The most critical thing is that they don't even have to fight. They just need to play with architecture and cultivation to improve the shelter level!

When Wu Pifu heard this before, he was simply amazed and admired Hao Cheng and his captain even more.

Look at others, then look at himself. Every time he fights for his life, even his teammates have died, all his predecessors have died, and it's simply unwatchable!

At that time, Wu Pifu identified the other party as a capable person, and a super capable person who could start from scratch in a peaceful world and become the CEO of a Fortune 500 company.

But even such a capable person disappeared all of a sudden. According to Hao Cheng, he was dragged into a 0.5 baseline reality Demon World. Although the shelter still exists, it is estimated that they are already in a state of living worse than death.

This... is probably the reason for Chu Minghao's so-called "inability" to establish a shelter in a 0.6 baseline reality.

Besides this, the news of the Hall of Light and the first Pope brought back by Xia Luote also made the mysteries of the Demon Castle Dream World even more confusing.

Could this first Pope be a Gaia maintenance worker?

Is he already dead?

Since knowing all this, Wu Pifu has been even more wary of this Demon Castle Dream World.

But he has reasons to move forward, and no matter what the mysteries are—whether it's Hao Cheng's side or the Hall of Light deep in the Graveyard District—none of them can stop him from moving forward.

Jiu Jiu... is still waiting for him!

"Move aside, I beg you, move aside... okay?"

Right in front, an eight-meter-tall Minotaur, a floating skull about two meters in diameter, and three Chaos-side extraordinaries who had already deformed but hadn't completely turned into monsters, blocked the entrance from the Reception Hall to the Sewer.

Two commanders, three of the best among the Chaos extraordinaries—they had caught up with Wu Pifu's group.

The Minotaur held a bronze giant axe, just panting, while the giant skull spoke: "We don't have to use force. The Demon King invites you, outsider."

Wu Pifu put down the meatball on his back. He thought for a moment, pressed down with one palm, and the entire meatball immediately turned into meat paste, then turned into powder. The commander-level monsters, the Puppeteer and the Hippogriff, were thus completely killed, escaping that painful torment.

Immediately, visions appeared on Xia Luote and Mary, and their momentum was rising steadily. With just this, the two sublimated into third-rank and second-rank extraordinaries respectively, but it seemed there was still more to come, not fully sublimated, or perhaps needing some items or rituals to achieve.

And the death of these two commander monsters also brought a small amount of enhancement to Wu Pifu. His blood and blood qi were expanding rapidly. After a second or two, they returned to calm. He sensed it, and with just this, it was almost equivalent to the improvement of about 2,500 jin of wild boar demon meat. This magnitude was not small, and his Human Immortal Martial Arts skin-refining and flesh-refining progress was almost completely achieved.

Wu Pifu twisted his body. He was still making his last effort: "I agree, I can go see the Demon King, no problem, but wait until I go to the Graveyard District to save my partner first, how about that?"

The Minotaur stepped forward, and light appeared in the skull's eyes. "Mortal, are you bargaining with the Demon King of the Demon Castle, the savior who stands at the pinnacle of power and strength in this world?"

Wu Pifu sighed. He didn't hesitate anymore. Blood qi surged, blood qi erupted, and the red light all over his body shrank into his dantian. Then, looking at the giant Minotaur getting closer and closer to him, he cupped his fists with calm eyes and said: "Wu Pifu, nice to meet you."

The next moment, he appeared at the side of the Minotaur's foot, rotated his body, and kicked toward the Minotaur's lower leg.

With a muffled sound, Wu Pifu kicked the bronze giant axe the Minotaur used to block. A huge counter-shock force erupted, and he was actually shaken back more than ten meters. And this Minotaur didn't have it easy either. With just this kick, it actually slipped and fell to the ground. Its eight-meter-tall body landed with a crash, and the entire room's floor was shaking.

While Wu Pifu was still retreating, his eyes couldn't stop showing surprise.

That bronze giant axe actually blocked his strike? Only cracks appeared on the axe surface?

Not only did it not pierce through, it didn't even shatter. The defense of this thing was simply exaggeratedly strong!

What kind of concept is this? As long as it is subject to the "Pifu" title effect, refined steel armor is no different from tofu in front of it. And the alloy fragments brought from Gaia, at least five centimeters thick, Wu Pifu could even pierce through with one finger. This was a test he specifically did after obtaining the "Pifu" title!

That kick just now was the "Returning Tail" from the Tiger Demon Technique. This was a move. After condensing Dan energy, it erupted with at least 150 tons of explosive power. As a result, that bronze axe actually withstood this strike!?

Yet, the giant skull was trembling slightly to an invisible degree.

!

(I f*ck! What kind of monster is this! This bronze axe is a fantasy weapon! The famous Executioner's Axe! Just such an ordinary kick, and it actually cracked!?)

The skull was also a commander. It was actually the commander of the Library District and had all the memories and knowledge before becoming a Chaos monster. So it was the one who liked fighting the least among all commanders. Although its appearance was terrifying, it actually got along best with humans because it was very, very afraid of death.

Not to mention the problem of being afraid of death, it had lived for nearly a thousand years and was extremely knowledgeable. For example, it knew that this Minotaur and the bronze axe it held were not ordinary.

The Minotaur is the commander of the Arena District, a man-made Chaos monster, a masterpiece of the Dark Archmage, using Chaos pollution and extraordinary knowledge, and also has a very perfect summoning ritual to achieve a fantasy creature. It carries half of the name of Minotaur, and then matches it with the blood clan's holy weapon, the Executioner's Axe, making the Minotaur's combat power the strongest under the three giants. It's just that under the orders of the Dark Archmage, the Minotaur usually wanders in the arena and doesn't patrol around.

At this time, Wu Pifu had landed, and the Minotaur roared like a madman, reached out and lifted the entire ground rock, throwing it at Wu Pifu.

And Wu Pifu ignored it, just stared at the skull with a turn of his eyes, and flashed to the bottom of the skull in a flash.

Because the speed was too fast, the skull only had time to see an afterimage. The next second, Wu Pifu had jumped into mid-air and stood in front of it. A white light flashed in his hand, and a jade-like broadsword appeared in his hand. He saw a white light like a silk ribbon slashing horizontally. And the dozen or so magic defense spells laid out by the skull in advance were like paper, without even a little bit of blocking effect.

From Wu Pifu flashing, jumping, to the broadsword slashing horizontally, it didn't even take a second. And then, the skull's consciousness suddenly flashed through its past as a human extraordinary. At that time... its great-grandmother liked to cook borscht for it the most...

"I know the layout rules of the surface of the Graveyard District!!"

Without a thousandth of a second's hesitation, some instinct made the skull roar loudly, and then the white blade light solidified a few millimeters away from its eye socket. That pitch-black eye hole seemed to be trembling violently.

Wu Pifu landed from mid-air without a word, looking at the skull with a very calm gaze.

The skull's great-grandmother, who liked...

"I dare not! I absolutely won't run! Absolutely!!" the skull roared loudly.

Wu Pifu nodded silently, then looked back at the Minotaur.

In the blink of an eye, the Minotaur had expanded another circle, with a height of about ten meters, and the bronze giant axe also grew with it. At the same time, the cracks on the axe head began to heal.

"Roar!"

The Minotaur's eyes were blood-red, and it roared and rushed toward Wu Pifu again with the bronze axe!

At the same time, Wu Pifu's "Heart Lake" state sensed two other ripples, and these two ripples were extremely fast and heavy.

Two more commander-level monsters came!!