Chapter 122

This village should be a sealed dangerous forbidden land.

Inside is a group of monsters that cannot be killed; if killed, they merge and become stronger.

They are trapped inside the village, yet cannot touch the "village" itself, nor can they leave, starving to the point of not even sparing weeds.

Due to the sudden vibration, everyone found this village, originally thinking they could find some clues.

Unexpectedly, they fell into a predicament.

Above is what everyone has deduced, the current situation.

"Since this village was originally isolated and sealed, why aren't these monsters running now?" Zhao Gelun suddenly became clever.

Their ability to enter proves the seal has been broken—at least there is now a passage for entry and exit.

"They lack sufficient wisdom, haven't found it yet temporarily, or it's residual instinct." Qin Menglan said.

"Residual instinct?" Zhao Gelun froze for a moment, then realized—these monsters are likely the villagers of this village!

As villagers, it is normal for them to be attached to their homes and unwilling to leave.

Now, they exist as food, attracting all the monsters' attention; asking them to find a passage to leave is somewhat "forcing the strong."

Heaven knows how long these monsters have been trapped; their minds likely contain only thoughts of "hunger" and "feeding."

"Break through." Li Qing said again, "How much strength do you still have?"

"Breaking through should be no problem." King Kong and the others said.

Just now, when the monsters reappeared, they decided to break through.

However, the revived monsters had increased strength and speed, catching everyone off guard, and they came to the small house to temporarily avoid the sharp edge.

With everyone's current strength, breaking through is still possible.

The difficulty of breaking through is naturally far lower than killing these monsters again.

Speaking of which, it is also a tragic matter—everyone's strength is sufficient, yet not quite enough, placing them in a rather awkward stage.

Precisely because of their decent overall strength, when the first wave of monsters appeared, everyone chose to eliminate them.

During the second wave, everyone could no longer eliminate all the monsters.

Fortunately, Zhao Gelun discovered the small house, giving everyone a bit of breathing time; otherwise, the consequences would be far worse than now.

Hmm, this serious consequence is based on the absence of Tang Luo's kai guang.

Others obviously also did not consider Tang Luo's kai guang as part of their "trump card range."

"Then let's act sooner. Don't you feel it's getting colder?" Even as everyone spoke, the monsters did not stop moving.

One by one, they weaved through the rooms, and in the instant they passed through people's bodies, a gust of "cold wind" would come, a cold that penetrated deep into the marrow.

Over time, even gods and demons walking could not endure it.

Qin Menglan's face had already begun to faintly turn pale.

Among these people, judging solely by physical constitution, she is indeed the worst.

Ye Kai and Nie Feng are both martial arts masters, possessing true qi, inner strength, and so on.

Although Zhao Gelun has not undergone enhancement, his physical constitution is better than that of enhanced gods and demons walking; additionally, his courage skill has just disappeared, so for him, it has only just begun.

As for King Kong, no need to say more—he is a burly man.

"Since we've all come in, search around—maybe we'll find something." The one saying this should actually be Qin Menglan, who is most eager to break through.

She indeed felt her hands and feet beginning to turn icy cold, but she truly was not worried.

Because she clearly knows how powerful Tang Luo's kai guang healing is; but once the injury accumulates to a certain extent, she can roll over and jump up again, lively and vigorous.

"Are you sure?" Li Qing looked at Qin Menglan, surprised you're so tough?

"Mm." Qin Menglan indicated with action, ignoring the monsters sweeping past, and began searching inside the small house.

Others also began searching.

This small house happens to be a two-story building nearby; whether outside or inside decoration, it is somewhat "luxurious" compared to other small houses.

All furniture is placed intact.

It gives the feeling that the residents suddenly vanished, leaving behind such traces.

"The village also shows no signs of external destruction; there is no earthquake, landslide, or such heavenly disaster that would overturn heaven—what thing instantly 'killed' all the villagers, turning them into the monsters we see now?"

This question is like a great mountain, pressing on everyone's hearts.

Suppress the snake spirit, rescue grandfather.

Could it be that the one who did this is the snake spirit?

But why would the snake spirit attack this village? Could it be for sacrifice? Blood sacrifice for alchemy?

The gourd baby is a children's story. But this mission is not; thinking darker, it is not impossible for the snake spirit to blood-sacrifice the entire village for alchemy or similar purposes.

Yet the village remains well-preserved, in a sealed state, not resembling the use of villagers as "materials."

On the second floor, Qin Menglan and Li Qing pushed open a room's door; the interior decoration revealed a feeling of a young lady's boudoir, plus a dressing table with a bronze mirror on it.

For the village, this should be considered quite a luxury item.

"..."

Without any nonsense, Qin Menglan and Li Qing began searching.

That group of monsters has already entered the range of the small house; although they have become a special "untouchable" state, they cannot touch the small house, nor can they touch Qin Menglan and others inside, nor anything else inside.

However, monsters can still touch each other.

They collide with each other, squeeze, chase after the untouchable "food," beginning to pile up into a "human mountain," already reaching the second floor, lunging at Qin Menglan and others, then falling.

Then came the second, the third, one after another, rushing forward.

"I fuck!"

"Go to hell, your grandpa!"

"Damn it!"

The cursing of the three could be heard from downstairs, and Yun Xiao Huan was no exception.

Originally, the monsters were just flashing by, bringing a chill, but now they were basically pressing against them, as if ice blocks were being stuffed directly into their bodies.

The teeth of the three began to chatter involuntarily.

The time left for these few gods and demons to walk was truly not much.

"Letter!" Qing Qing's sharp eyes spotted a letter in the fleeting illusions of the monsters.

Such written messages often provide important clues.

But before she could walk over and pick up the letter, a tremor suddenly came from underfoot.

No, not from underfoot!

The small table in front of them, and the bowl on it, began to tremble, and the whole wooden hut was shaking!

The ground began to bulge, as if some colossal thing was about to burst out of the earth!

"Jump!"

Qing Qing shouted loudly, and she and Qin Meng Lan disregarded everything, smashing through the wooden hut and leaping outside.

At the moment they smashed through the hut and jumped out, a tremendous pressure came from behind, accompanied by a blast of air, with flying dirt, rubble, and debris from the hut everywhere.

Qing Qing truly deserves her title as Wind Junior Sister.

In such a situation, she still managed to grab the flying letter, while turning her body in midair to see what exactly was drilling out of the ground.

A black colossal thing, but not a living creature, rather a huge stone pillar!

Such a thing drilling out from underground?

What kind of divine weapon or powerful equipment is this?

Could it be that the initial earthquake was also caused by this stone pillar moving, and now it has burst out in one go?

If one were to speak of famous staff weapons, as a Huaxia person, one would certainly think of Sun Wukong's Ruyi Jingu Bang.

Qing Qing noticed that the stone pillar was covered in cracks.

About to collapse, or rather, about to reveal its true form!

Equipment? Incredibly powerful equipment?

Landing, Qing Qing looked at the others; Qin Meng Lan was somewhat disheveled but uninjured.

Yun Xiao Huan, with Ye Kai's fate and excellent lightness skill, was also uninjured.

Jin Gang and Zhao Gai Lun were unlucky; the two lay on the ground, faces pained, not knowing whether they had been bumped by the stone pillar or hit by something else, both seriously injured.

As for those monsters, not a single one was intact; all were scattered around, writhing and struggling.

The stone pillar fell to the ground with a dull thud.

It split directly into five pieces, but not as Qing Qing had expected, revealing powerful equipment inside; instead, it looked like just an ordinary stone pillar?

Qing Qing stood beside the pit, looking down, seeing only a patch of blackness, like an abyss.

"Be careful!"

Suddenly, Qing Qing shouted loudly, seeing a white shadow darting from the depths of the black abyss, flying upward at high speed!

Just as she blurted it out, the white shadow flashed past before her eyes, so fast that one could not see clearly what it was, only barely feeling it was humanoid.

"..."

Tang Luo, who had jumped out, landed back on the ground, looking at Qin Meng Lan and the others, "How did you end up here?"

"How did you end up here!" Qing Qing immediately lost her composure, shouting back!

The thing that flew out from underground is actually you?

"I went underground, down there it's all interconnected passages, like a maze, later I got lost, had no choice, so I used the stone pillar to open a way." Tang Luo said, "You encountered danger? They're badly hurt."

While speaking, he walked toward Jin Gang and Zhao Gai Lun.

The two unfortunate brothers were close together, one prone, one supine, barely moving, indicating they could still be rescued.

"... Yeah." Qin Meng Lan said, her voice faint.

"Uh, did you just happen to be standing where the stone pillar came out?" Tang Luo, who hit his teammate, asked in surprise, surely not that coincidental?

"You tell me." Qin Meng Lan held the Xiao Tian Quan, pressing it to her face, only by hugging the cat could she stay calm.

"Ha..." Tang Luo chuckled, "Don't worry about such details, life inevitably has setbacks."

We're all adults now, be more rational.

He reached out, the power of the Merit Jade Lotus transmitted through his palm, turning into light, falling on Jin Gang and Zhao Gai Lun.

After a while, the two rose with lingering fear, their steps involuntarily retreating backward.

Jin Gang wanted to laugh but couldn't, his expression utterly awkward.

Zhao Gai Lun stared at Tang Luo in terror, his face filled with the four large characters "incredible".

Such a huge stone pillar, just thrown up by this guy—no, not thrown up, but using the stone pillar to forcibly bore a passage from underground to the surface?

Was I fighting monsters like this yesterday?

Why am I still alive... oh, because yesterday Xuanzang actually never really made a move.

He initially made a move just to snatch the gourd.

After that, he just stood in place, didn't move again—making a move was only to block my own monkey punch.

"Wind... Qing Qing." Yun Xiao Huan spoke in a deep voice, almost exposing Qing Qing's fate, fortunately no one noticed him at this moment.

"Huh?" Qing Qing looked at Yun Xiao Huan.

"I suddenly realized, hidden weapons and martial arts have limits." Yun Xiao Huan gazed at the sky.

"... As for martial arts, it's actually fine too." Qing Qing's voice was dry.

Her fate is Nie Feng; she may yet achieve this in the future. After all, *Feng Yun* is a Hong Kong manhua, and the ceiling of Hong Kong manhua has never been low.