Chapter 850
Chapter 850 - 836 Temporary Allies
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Massacre never ends, and the joys and sorrows of intelligent creatures are impossible to empathize with, thus jokes about hell will only increase.
When are warriors most likely to lose contact? Not after a charge, but right before their superiors order them to make a do-or-die charge.
"....Do not participate, do not participate, definitely do not participate. Remember, you are fourth-tier, and those guys are all above seventh-tier."
As Lu Ping’an wondered if he should "do something," Big Cat urgently cooled things down again.
"I think maybe it could work, I have a lot of cards in my hand, plus this thing...."
Lu Ping’an touched the Beheading Sword; it exuded a longing to perfect itself with the flesh and soul of a lord.
"I don’t want to reemphasize the huge gap between Rule-level and Decree-level. Are you sure that this judgment is yours? Or is it this thing in your hand..."
".....Of course..."
Lu Ping’an hesitated for a moment, subconsciously wanting to respond with "Of course it’s my own thought," but was it really?
He reviewed his actions along the way....
"...Uh, seems like I might have been a bit too rash?" With this thought, Lu Ping’an realized he had indeed been a tad reckless.
In the past, unless cornered, he tended to be more of a salted fish, but now he was even contemplating "slaying gods."
"The Abyss is a world, and the Abyss Force is one of the sources of disaster in the multi-universe. Even if this is just a miniature version, it’s impossible for a mortal to completely resist its influence with their power alone."
Big Cat spoke with an implication, and Lu Ping’an nodded, taking the hint.
He returned to his own standpoint for a moment of thought. The Changping people’s immediate goal was to eradicate the threat of this part of the Abyss at all costs for five or even ten years of peace... But he was not one of the Changping people. Naturally, fighting the battle downstream was no problem, and he’d be willing to fight for a reward, but to risk a battle of nearly certain death in a Rule-level battlefield? That was not the usual style of someone accustomed to mediocrity.
"My primary goal now is...."
After some thought, Lu Ping’an definitively nodded his head and sheathed the increasingly restless Beheading Sword.
A Demon Sword will always be a Demon Sword; even if it had always pretended to be quite obedient, its influence had been subtly taking effect.
"...After ensuring sufficient safety, reap as much benefit as possible. Xia Qin has already reaped her share, and there’s no need to take unnecessary risks now."
"Right, your senses have returned, and I can continue talking to you. Actually, there are many treasures in this Plane. We don’t need to clash head-on with that giant snake, although defeating it would indeed mean instant wealth... Of course, that doesn’t mean we can’t touch it, just not now."
Only after Lu Ping’an calmed down did Big Cat continue with his own scheme and plan.
A fallen Abyss Lord is a great treasure, especially when she was the Lord of the Abyss of this realm.
It’s just that now this thing is too tough and not suitable for those with fragile teeth.
"Then, when?"
"We wait until she falls from her pedestal... Abilities like Reincarnation aren’t as great as they seem. Not only are there many limitations, they often come with the common problem of becoming weaker with each death and, once it starts, the dying doesn’t stop. And, reincarnation can be broken, at least you have something in your hand that can... hehe, you know."
This time, it was almost made explicit.
"...Wait until she falls from Rule-level?"
"Yes, going any lower wouldn’t make much sense. As long as she can’t use Rule-level powers, she won’t be able to kill you instantly... But even then, her combat power will far exceed a normal Decree-level, and she might still use Powerful True Words, so you need to be well-prepared on all fronts."
Lu Ping’an nodded his head, supressing his "treasured sword," and began to adjust his plans and state of mind.
"Keep one Snake Shedding, destroy the rest, and the one I keep should be within my control...."
So, what he needed to do now became very simple.
".....First, completely Harvest everything along the way, and then wait for my own battlefield."
The "phone call" to Lu Ping’an received no response, but Kun Ba couldn’t possibly stop.
".....Found it, the first one!"
Finally, they dug up the first Snake Shedding in a pile of ruins.
The Snake Shedding was thrown into the air, and under the crisscrossing Sword Qi, it was reduced to fragments.
The Feng Shui Master hesitated, as this was indeed a top-grade material, and he was somewhat covetous... but now did not seem like the time to consider such gains and losses, so he could only follow reluctantly, trying to search for the next one.
The monstrous battle in the distance was still raging and had entered an even more bloody and direct mode of flesh-to-flesh combat.
But it was no longer the same as before, when the toad had been overpowering the snake.
Even though the great snake had just died once, even though it was grievously wounded, the slightly recovered creature was still the King of the Abyss!
"Erase, vanish, flesh obliteration..."
Suddenly, she stopped everything and opened her arms; even as she was repeatedly battered, she simply watched her mortal enemy in silence.
𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂
In the next moment, as if something had opened its eyes in the unseen world, It looked over at this place and then sighed.
"...Return to dust, you foolish beast."
Under the gaze of those pale green serpentine eyes, the giant toad’s body began to disintegrate, and a great deal of flesh turned to ash.
The crystallized, flake-like scattered flesh drifted in midair, catching the eye in an unsettling yet magnificent display.
This scene caused every spectator to tremble in fear.
In their intelligence files, the great snake didn’t have such an ability, above the rule level.
"...Record this."
In some sense, this was good news as it forced the Snake King to unveil its hidden ability; she was indeed cornered... but the bad news was that their own party might next have to face this move.
Suddenly, the gigantic toad croaked, its body, already as hard as a mountain, was layered with a rock stratum of an eye color, as if it turned into an obsidian giant beast.
The disintegration of the body was abruptly halted, the giant frog ignored the ’flesh obliteration’ of the great beast, and continued to beat up the venomous snake.
But even if it stopped the loss in time, its body was grievously hurt, and it was visibly slowed down...
For the first time, Didirona opened her mouth without grace; her body transformed, with an astounding arc like a snake swallowing an elephant, she bit down fiercely.
Those giant fangs, as big as a small building, directly embedded themselves into the back and forehead of the toad, and a lethal venom gushed out.
The "toad" exploded instantly, the huge shockwave carried countless black rocks soaring, each with the deadly power of a drill bit, like arrows.
"Ahhhh! Damn stupid toad!"
The furious Didirona took a direct hit, so close she couldn’t avoid it, her body was pierced with countless large holes.
Inside the wounds, the black crystals tinged with blood shimmered with a sinister light.
It seemed to be absorbing the flesh of the giant beast and nourishing its own body.
The two behemoths collided like a scene from a monster movie; the combat style of the Abyss Lords was simple yet dangerous, and such seemingly mundane "Abnormal Abilities" from creatures of this size amounted to devastating natural disasters for weaker life forms.
"...Let’s go, let us help."
Kun Ba was the first to act, but there were differing opinions in the team.
"It’s not necessary. I think the big toad has a chance of winning, and even if it loses in the end, Didirona will at least be severely injured. We can just finish her off."
But Kun Ba shook his head; they couldn’t just consider this one instance.
"...If she can’t regenerate, a mutual defeat is our best scenario. Right now, as the two harm each other, the longer the toad lives, the better its condition, the worse it is for the snake."
Twenty minutes later, under the coordinated attack of all, Didirona lost another life.
This time she passed away quite "peacefully," with even a sense of relief as if freed at last... It seemed that she headed to her next revival point to prepare in advance.
But when Kun Ba faced their newfound allies, trying to express friendliness and inviting them to join the subsequent hunt,
What they got in return was the hideous visage of the giant beast, a face filled with rage and a roar full of hatred.
"Mortals, outsiders, return my treasures to me, thieves! Die! All of you, die!"
And then, a sky filled with black stone arrows...
— End of Chapter 850 —