Chapter 371: Strange Corpse, Called the Blood Dragon Lizard

The pond was thick with a strong acidic stench, exuding intense corrosiveness.

Once the Skeleton Berserker stepped in, it immediately suffered continuous damage.

Through the Skeleton Berserker's senses, Jiang Chen barely caught a glimpse of the monster beneath the water.

It resembled an octopus, with eight long Tentacles, their ends forked like animal claws, covered in sharp nails and suckers.

The powerful suction of the suckers firmly locked onto the Skeleton Berserker.

Due to the limited information transmission, Jiang Chen could only roughly make out the monster's appearance, unable to observe finer details.

The Skeleton Berserker swiftly counterattacked, its axe gleaming with a brilliant Red Light as it fiercely chopped at the monster's Tentacles.

With a booming sound, a water column erupted, shooting dozens of meters into the air before scattering as Rain.

Jiang Chen and Si Tu Yu had long moved far from the water column, as the smell emanating from it was unbearable.

The Skeleton Berserker's Skills sliced through the monster's Tentacles like cutting tofu, then launched a continuous assault on the creature.

The Skeleton Great Mage quickly moved to the water's edge, locking onto the monster's position through the Berserker's field of vision.

Brilliant light flared from its hands as it hurled one Skill after another into the water.

Elemental Explosion—a constant roar as nearly all the foul water in the pond was blasted into the sky.

In an instant, the small pond was left empty, and the monster within had been blown to pieces.

Acidic water fell like Rain.

The Skeleton Berserker dragged the monster's head back onto solid ground, and Jiang Chen cast Detection Technique from a distance.

"Stench Octopus"

"Level: 60"

Still only the monster's name and level.

They had indeed entered a Level 60 Monster Area.

From the damage it dealt to the Skeleton Berserker, it wasn't much different from the Level 60 monsters Jiang Chen had seen before.

The only difference was that its attacks carried a potent 'Corpse Poison.'

That term came from Si Tu Yu.

Each attack caused the Corpse Poison to accumulate.

With enough attacks, the accumulated Corpse Poison would become quite alarming.

Corpse Poison dealt continuous damage over a very long duration.

Jiang Chen had once tested it, letting a Skeleton Berserker get bitten by a low-level Level 30 Corpse.

The result was that the Corpse Poison still persisted ten days later.

Such a strong persistence shocked Jiang Chen.

Si Tu Yu had told him then that Corpse Poison would persist forever unless Purged.

It accumulates and lasts forever—these two traits made Corpse Poison extremely terrifying.

Fortunately, the Lich General's Skills could Purge Corpse Poison; otherwise, with each accumulation, Jiang Chen would have no choice but to abandon the poisoned Skeleton and summon a new one.

Looking ahead at the thousands of ponds, nearly every one containing a Stench Octopus, passing through would inevitably invite their attacks.

Jiang Chen never liked being passive.

With a thought, hundreds of Skeleton Great Mages appeared.

The Skeleton Great Mages got straight to work, using Elemental Explosion to blast open the ponds, drying up the foul water and blasting the Stench Octopuses out.

The Skeleton Berserkers were also ready; as soon as a Stench Octopus surfaced, they charged in swinging their axes, quickly hacking it into pulp.

Though these Stench Octopuses wouldn't truly die, they wouldn't recover anytime soon either.

The Skeletons moved quickly, swiftly clearing a path.

Jiang Chen and Si Tu Yu advanced along the cleared path together, taking half a day to leave this pond area.

The sky brightened, and Lightning streaked across the horizon.

A Storm appeared ahead again, and Si Tu Yu said with a smile, "You get to be struck by lightning again."

Jiang Chen looked at the Storm. In a Level 60 area, the Storm was clearly stronger than before.

Beneath the Storm cluster, a large number of Monsters had gathered.

Nearly a hundred Monsters clustered together, and then a bolt of Lightning fell from the sky.

The Lightning was enormous, striking one of the Monsters.

That Monster exploded on the spot, the terrifying Lightning scattering, only to be Absorbed by the other Monsters.

The Monster that had exploded then healed and recovered, emitting an aura far more powerful than before.

Only after the Lightning passed did the rumbling sound arrive, deafening, as if the very earth trembled.

Si Tu Yu's heart quivered. "This Lightning... seems a lot fiercer than before."

Jiang Chen nodded slightly. It was indeed much fiercer.

He had already figured out that so many Monsters gathered together to share the Lightning.

While the creative Lightning could cause them to evolve, it also harmed them.

If they couldn't withstand it, they would also explode and need a long time to fully recover.

Jiang Chen had seen similar situations along the way.

Jiang Chen mused, "I didn't expect these guys to learn how to share damage..."

"Is it a faint spark of intelligence, or just instinct..."

Among this group of Corpse Monsters, there were members of the Human Race, Demons, and the Dragon Race.

The Three Races, who fought to the death outside, coexisted peacefully here.

In the "Fusishi Jie," there was no opposition among the Three Races—only Corpse-type Monsters, which had become one race.

The Creation Lightning was shared and absorbed by them all, each gaining benefits, their auras growing considerably.

Then they all turned their heads to look at Jiang Chen and Si Tu Yu.

The aura of the living was as dazzling as the sun before the rotting corpses.

Over a hundred rotting corpses charged at the two of them at once.

Along the way, the rotting corpses had been fairly scattered.

Only occasionally would they encounter three or four gathered together.

Over a hundred rotting corpse monsters charging together—this was the first time they had encountered it, and each one exceeded Level 60.

Just like the Three Races, once they exceeded Level 60, their attributes increased dramatically.

The rotting corpses were no exception.

If this had been before the Second Transcendence, facing this horde of rotting corpses, Jiang Chen would have turned and fled without a second word.

But now...

In less than a breath, these rotting corpses had already crossed a thousand meters.

Jiang Chen was well prepared; at the very front stood five hundred Skeleton Berserkers, and behind them were five hundred Skeleton Great Mages.

At the rear stood two Lich Generals.

The Skeleton Berserkers swung their axes, blocking all the charging rotting corpse monsters, not a single one getting through.

At this moment, the Skeleton Berserkers played the role of Knights.

Though they lacked a Knight's Shield, the Skeleton Berserkers used their bodies as shields.

The Skeleton Great Mages stood their ground and fired from behind, explosions ringing out without cease.

These rotting corpse monsters were clearly much stronger than the Stench Octopuses; the Skeleton Great Mages could not kill them instantly.

"Superior Rotting Corpse"

"Level: 61"

"Superior Stench Demon"

"Level: 62"

"Superior Stench Dragon-Blood Lizard"

"Level: 61"

Three consecutive Detection Techniques landed on three different types of rotting corpse monsters.

They were all remnants of the ancient war, belonging to different races.

The rotting corpse belonged to the Human Race, the Stench Demon belonged to the Abyss Demon.

But the monster that looked like it belonged to the Dragon Race...

"How can this be?" Jiang Chen showed a hint of surprise.

Clearly a rotting corpse monster of the Dragon Race, yet it had turned into a Dragon-Blood Lizard.

Although the Dragon Race's appearance did indeed have some lizard-like features.

Si Tu Yu asked in surprise, "What's wrong?"

"Use Detection Technique on the Dragon Race rotting corpse monster."

Si Tu Yu cast a Detection Technique, then also showed surprise, "How is it a Dragon-Blood Lizard?"

Jiang Chen shook his head.

They had encountered Dragon Race rotting corpse monsters before, but at that time the opponent's level was too low, and under the Skeleton Great Mages' attacks, they were blasted to bits.

So Jiang Chen had never used Detection Technique on them either.

Detection Technique never lies; it is a Skill brought out from the Yuan Shi Mi Jing by the sages of the Human Race.

Moreover, anyone of the Human Race can use it, with no restrictions on class or level.

Over the years, Detection Technique has given the Human Race tremendous help.

If Detection Technique says it is a Dragon-Blood Lizard, it certainly cannot be wrong.

Jiang Chen felt as if he had discovered some earth-shattering secret.

Under the full assault of the Skeleton Berserkers and Skeleton Great Mages, this hundred-plus rotting corpse monsters were quickly cleaned up.

In the end, only fragments were scattered around, awaiting Rebirth.

The Lich Generals dispelled the rotting corpse poison from the Skeleton Berserkers, and Jiang Chen then strode boldly into the Storm.

Si Tu Yu said with concern, "Be careful."

She had also seen the astonishing attack power of the Lightning; it took a hundred rotting corpse monsters sharing the burden to withstand it.

Yet Jiang Chen was only one.

Jiang Chen paid it no mind; warm currents surged through his body, and the Creation Scepter appeared in his hand.

The Creation Scepter did not need to be stored in a storage space; it was somewhat similar to the Domain Godstone.

Normally kept in the Spirit world, it could be summoned directly when needed.

The intensity of the Storm cluster in the Level 60 zone was greatly enhanced, and the power of the Creation Lightning was many times stronger as well.

But Jiang Chen was not worried at all.

If it wanted to strike him dead, it would first have to get past his Undead Legion.

Yet a glimmer of expectation rose in his eyes—perhaps the enhanced Creation Lightning could bring him a surprise.