Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 293 - 136: The Great Revered One’s lair? The sword’s glow that illuminates the Great Demon Forbidden Land! (A large - of 10,000 words seeking subscriptions)_4
However,
these strange insects and their offspring also provided Fan Wu with a full 0.5 Free Attribute Points.
Upon closer thought,
that’s not a small amount!
The main reason was that there were too many offspring; hundreds of strange insect offsprings swarming together—even if each could only burst out with a small amount of Free Attribute Points, the total was still a significant sum.
"In such a vast Great Demon Forbidden Land, there should be more than just this one bizarre creature. In the vicinity... I’ve also sensed some other scents," Fan Wu said softly as he flicked his hand, flinging away some of the insect paste that was on his palm.
The insect paste he flung hit a nearby tree, immediately starting to erode the thick trunk of the tree.
The tree seemed as if it had contracted some serious disease.
The tender green leaves atop its crown began to wither and turn yellow at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the tree bark became extremely twisted and horrific.
It gave off an unsettling sense of dread.
What was even more alarming was that this insect paste pus, which could erode even the trees, couldn’t harm Fan Wu’s skin!
It was imaginable how formidable Fan Wu’s bodily defense had become.
The purity was extravagantly high!
And in fact, just as Fan Wu had thought, even the Imperial Court of the Great Zhou Dynasty deemed this forbidden land extremely perilous. This meant that creatures like the strange insects were not the only oddities present.
Fan Wu had ventured into the core area of the Great Demon Forbidden Land for less than half an incense stick’s time,
when he was attacked once again.
The attacker
was still a forbidden land oddity!
"Strange," Fan Wu muttered as he stamped the body of the oddity into mush, ignoring the system notification that credited him with 0.1 Free Attribute Points. He gazed at the mutilated corpse below him.
Frowning, he mumbled, "Why do all the creatures in this Great Demon Forbidden Land seem like they are infected with a disease?"
The oddity he had just crushed underfoot was also like the strange insect creature before.
Its body was covered in bizarre boils.
Its internal organs were exposed. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖
It seemed on the verge of death, yet it appeared fiercely vigorous.
This left Fan Wu quite perplexed.
After all, he didn’t have an extensive understanding of the common knowledge in the path of cultivation.
No matter.
If he couldn’t figure it out, he wouldn’t think about it.
He couldn’t be bothered with this,
why waste the brainpower.
...
Elsewhere,
the Nanjun County Prince surveyed his surroundings with a grave expression. At this moment, he had deviated from what he considered a relatively safe route, keeping his nerves constantly on edge.
He too smelled that slightly pungent odor in the air, which he found very uncomfortable.
"Cough, cough, cough..." The Nanjun County Prince couldn’t help but cough several times in succession. While scratching his itchy neck, he muttered to himself, "Where could that guy have gone? Didn’t the noise just now come from this direction?"
"He couldn’t possibly have gotten himself killed wandering around in this Great Demon Forbidden Land, could he? Hiss... That shouldn’t be likely. That fellow should be quite strong, he shouldn’t die so quickly... probably?"
Even the Nanjun County Prince was uncertain whether Fan Wu was still alive at this stage.
After all, he had spent so many years inside the Great Demon Forbidden Land
and only dared to walk where he felt was safe.
As for other places, he had never ventured because he instinctively felt they contained great danger.
Yet Fan Wu had unhesitatingly headed in that direction!
The Nanjun County Prince thought he had been bold enough not to heed the Emperor’s grandfather’s warnings back in the day, but Daoist Priest Fan, that guy, was even more audacious. Even if he had the gall of hundreds of dauntless leopards, he shouldn’t have... would he?
Doesn’t that guy fear death at all?
The Nanjun County Prince was perplexed.
It was a conundrum!
However, he also felt that it was imperative to find Fan Wu, because Fan Wu was an existence he had never encountered before. Fan Wu was also key to approaching the truth, and he could not afford to let Fan Wu disappear in the Great Demon Forbidden Land.
He certainly didn’t hope that Fan Wu would encounter any life-threatening danger in the Great Demon Forbidden Land... That was not what the Nanjun County Prince wanted to see.
A living Fan Wu would be of much greater help to him.
If Fan Wu were to die, who knows how many years it would take to find such an individual again?
The Nanjun County Prince couldn’t wait any longer!
"Hm?" The Nanjun County Prince suddenly noticed something and found that he had stepped on something abnormal.
Luckily, with his cultivation, even in such a moonless night,
he could still barely make out the objects around him.
He took a closer look,
and then he was stunned.
"What is this?" He moved his shoe away and crouched down to take a look, only to find a squashed insect beneath his foot, yet it didn’t seem to have been squashed by him.
The Nanjun County Prince’s face showed utter astonishment, "Why are there insects in the Great Demon Forbidden Land? Why haven’t I seen them here before?"
In his first impression, besides flora, there should be no living creatures in the Great Demon Forbidden Land
because he had spent over thirty years in the Great Demon Forbidden Land and had never seen such things.
Furthermore, some of the rumors about the Great Demon Forbidden Land had never mentioned the existence of living creatures other than flora.
"Not right... If these things weren’t here, why did my imperial grandfather warn me not to venture deep into it? Could it be that I’ve been in a misconception all these years?" The Nanjun County Prince furrowed his brow, lifted the unruly beard near his mouth with one hand, and picked up the insect from the ground with the other.
