Chapter 1174: News of the Vermilion Bird (Second update, requesting everything)

In the following few minutes, Li Zhangsheng began to ask questions, and the Earth Titan Giant did not hide anything at all, answering entirely according to its memory.

After more than three minutes had passed, Li Zhangsheng had no more questions to ask and signaled for the Eight-Eyed Marten to end the Spirit Control Technique.

Boom—

The Earth Titan Giant collapsed to the ground, continuing to snore loudly.

However, due to the aftereffects of the Spirit Control Technique, it would surely feel a splitting headache once it woke up.

At this moment, Li Zhangsheng's eyes were filled with excitement.

Judging from the Earth Titan Giant's answers, two years ago, it was still living in the Surface World when one day it heard an explosion; out of curiosity, it went over to see what was happening, only to be accidentally caught in the aftermath.

At that time, two behemoths were battling in the sky.

They were a fire-red giant bird covered in white flames and a strange-looking monster with a sheep's body, a human face, eyes under its armpits, tiger teeth, and human hands.

Hearing such a description, Li Zhangsheng immediately recognized this as the Taotie, one of the Four Great Fierce Beasts; as for the fire-red giant bird covered in white flames, it went without saying—who else could it be but the Vermilion Bird?

The Taotie and the Vermilion Bird were of comparable rank, so it was no wonder it could battle the Vermilion Bird.

Unfortunately, from the Earth Titan Giant's description, this Vermilion Bird seemed to have fallen for the Taotie's sneak attack and was directly forced onto the back foot.

As for the outcome, the Earth Titan Giant did not know, because it had been caught in the aftermath of the battle; as the earth dragon churned, a large hole appeared, and it eventually fell into the hole along with the Southern Bright Li Fire Magnet, finally tumbling into the Underdark and suffering severe injuries from the fall.

Fortunately, the large hole was very close to the Roaring Stone Forest at the time, and the Thunder Ancestral Titan rushed over after discovering the commotion, saving this Earth Titan Giant; due to their relatively similar Bloodline, it had the good fortune to become a direct subordinate of the Thunder Ancestral Titan.

As for that large hole, it was forcibly blocked by an Ancestral Black Dragon just a few days later.

This Ancestral Black Dragon was most likely Deathwing; only it would be so calculating. It did not need extra passages; as long as it controlled the only passage, it would better serve its interests.

Only monopoly is the most profitable!

"The information is still too scarce!"

Li Zhangsheng shook his head, but judging from the Earth Titan Giant's description, the Vermilion Bird had already been forced onto the back foot, so the most likely outcome was that it ended in the Taotie's victory.

As for the Vermilion Bird's fate, there were only two possibilities: escape or death. Judging from the probability, escape was the most likely, as the Vermilion Bird itself was very fast, so escaping should not have been a problem.

Of course, these were all conjectures; the specifics would only be known after an investigation.

Li Zhangsheng glanced at the Earth Titan Giant still snoring away and finally stored it into his Secret Realm; after all, it was a Demon King-level combat force, it just needed to be properly disciplined.

After the matter was resolved, Li Zhangsheng began to search for the entrance to the Ruins of the Demigod Eric Robertson.

Li Zhangsheng took out a circular jade pendant; this was the product of the two tokens merging.

Perhaps because it was too close to the entrance of the Ruins, the jade pendant, which had been motionless all along, automatically floated up and flew toward the southeast.

The jade pendant was not fast, and Li Zhangsheng easily trailed behind, following the jade pendant forward.

Not long after, the jade pendant finally stopped and suddenly released an extremely blinding radiance.

When the radiance vanished, the jade pendant had disappeared, and an oval Teleportation Array appeared in its place.

Li Zhangsheng hesitated for a moment, then instructed the Demon King-level White Dragon Ruixifeierzi to shrink and enter the Teleportation Array.

Ruixifeierzi was nervous yet excited; nervous because the Demigod Ruins might contain dangers, and excited because as long as it completed this scouting mission, Li Zhangsheng would surely reward it.

As for whether Ruixifeierzi would pocket anything for itself, Li Zhangsheng had confiscated its spatial items before it entered.

Ruixifeierzi had not opened a dimensional space within its body, and with Li Zhangsheng's special abilities, he had absolutely no need to worry about the other party taking advantage.

Soon, Ruixifeierzi returned.

"How is it?"

"It is a demi-plane; the main building is a huge castle, but this little dragon did not go inside to scout."

"Well done, you will be rewarded afterward!"

Li Zhangsheng nodded, and after recalling Ruixifeierzi, he stepped into the Teleportation Array with Ning Bizhen.

Amidst a feeling of the world spinning, the two appeared in a desolate demi-plane.

This plane was clearly attached to the Dawn World and was only a few dozen miles in radius; just as Ruixifeierzi had said, apart from the huge castle, there were no other buildings.

The two walked together to the front of the castle; this castle could be called magnificent and had a very Drow Elf style.

The castle gate was in an open state, and on both sides of the gate stood ten statues only two or three meters tall.

These statues were carved vividly and lifelike, holding weapons in different poses, and their races were also varied—there were Drow, Dwarves, Minotaurs, and even humans.

Initially, Li Zhangsheng thought these were just ordinary statues, but from the feedback of his Mental Power, every single statue was actually emitting fluctuations of a Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure.

This was very strange; could it be that a Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure-grade item was sealed inside each of these statues?

Li Zhangsheng remained calm on the surface, but he became more guarded in his heart and sent a telepathic message to warn Ning Bizhen.

Ning Bizhen nodded, also becoming more vigilant.

When the two stepped through the gate, the ten statues vibrated violently, countless stone chips flew off, and the statues were forcibly transformed into flesh and blood, giving the impression that they had been sealed for countless years.

At this moment, they opened their scarlet eyes, their gazes dull, giving the impression of walking corpses; holding various weapons, they all charged toward the two in unison.

Li Zhangsheng's expression did not change, because judging from the intensity of their offensive, they were only at the level of a Lower Legend Stronger.

Even ten Lower Legend Strongers were no different from mere rabble in his eyes.

However, having to face this level of a test just after entering the castle was inevitably surprising.

Before the weapons could get close, the Ten-Grade Star Palace Lotus Platform and the Hunyuan Heluo Treasure Umbrella appeared simultaneously, and two different light curtains completely enveloped the two.

The attacks of the ten people landed on the two different light curtains, only causing ripples to spread out in layers; they were still a distance away from breaking through.

"They must have been refined into puppets!"

Li Zhangsheng's voice rang out; he did not feel any soul fluctuations. Clearly, while the ten people before him appeared to have flesh and blood, they actually had no souls, no different from puppets operated by others.

"Just right to test the power of the Beiming Aurora Magnetic Mountain!"

A miniature mountain appeared in Li Zhangsheng's hand; as he threw it out, the miniature mountain rapidly grew, transforming into a hundred-meter-tall mountain that pressed down with the momentum of Mount Tai Pressing Down.

(End of Chapter)