Stronger with More Jobs-Chapter 239 - 167: Hell? No, to Me, This Is Heaven (20K Character Update 5/5)
"Survive."
Before the words were even finished, a bright white light suddenly flared around her, and she vanished into the darkness of the narrow crevice from which they had come, without a trace.
In the vast cave, only Fang Qingyu, Jiang Wei, and Wei Banmeng remained, accompanied by a deathly silence.
"Let’s begin."
Fang Qingyu’s voice broke the stillness.
He and Wei Banmeng swiftly opened their packs, taking out a metal base more complex and refined than the one used by the previous team, and several energy pillars glowing with a ghostly blue light.
Without a word, the two cooperated seamlessly.
Fang Qingyu handled the base’s positioning and calibration, while Wei Banmeng quickly connected the energy circuits. Jiang Wei, like a vigilant little beast, hugged her knees and sat on a large rock, her clear eyes scanning the entrances of several deep crevices around them without blinking. An orange-red force field flowed faintly around her, like a flickering candle in the dark.
Setting up the communication node itself was not difficult; the real test was the defense that followed.
Buzz!
As the last energy pillar was precisely inserted into the base’s interface by Wei Banmeng, the entire "Seashell" main node emitted a low, steady hum. The ghostly blue light shone steadily, forming a faint but resilient energy field that enveloped the node.
It’s done.
Fang Qingyu straightened up and patted the dust off his hands.
He walked over to the pack and opened the silver suitcase.
The ghostly blue Life Pearl and the scarlet Qi Blood Crystal shimmered in the dim light, giving off enticing energy fluctuations.
Without any hesitation, Fang Qingyu grabbed a handful of Micro Level Qi Blood Crystals and tossed them to Wei Banmeng: "Take these."
Wei Banmeng instinctively caught them and glanced slightly at the quantity.
She hadn’t expected Fang Qingyu to give so many.
Fang Qingyu ignored her reaction and sat cross-legged on the cold stone ground, piling the remaining Qi Blood Crystals by his side.
He looked at Jiang Wei: "Xiaojiang, stay on guard."
"Okay!"
Jiang Wei nodded vigorously, her small body sitting even straighter.
Fang Qingyu closed his eyes, and the heart method of the "Red Bright Nine Revolutions Tribulation Jade Scripture·Second Turn" instantly surged through his body!
Deep within the dantian.
The red tribulation jade burst forth with dazzling light, like an ice block dropped into boiling oil!
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!
The Micro Level Qi Blood Crystals in his palm visibly dimmed as their pure, boundless energy, like molten lava, was madly absorbed, rushing in waves through his palm, transforming into countless roaring red dragons that fiercely surged into every part of Fang Qingyu’s body!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Inside Fang Qingyu’s body, it was as if a dull furnace was roaring!
The dark red lava-like patterns under his skin instantly lit up, like red-hot brands, radiating scorching heat waves!
His muscles and bones resonated, emitting a fine and dense thunderous sound!
The body greedily devoured, wildly refining this immense Qi Blood!
[Your core skills "Red Bright Nine Revolutions Tribulation Jade Scripture·Second Turn" experience +5]
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Experience soared, like a runaway horse!
Wei Banmeng looked at the Qi Blood Crystals in her hand.
Then at Fang Qingyu, his entire body swirling with red light, his aura rising like a volcano about to erupt, a complicated expression flashed in her cold eyes.
In such a desperate situation, facing the impending wave of Corpse Ghosts, he was so "relaxed," prioritizing cultivation over immediate defense?!
Is this ultimate confidence?
Or madness?
Wei Banmeng took a deep breath, quelled her inner turmoil, and without further hesitation, sat cross-legged and held a Qi Blood Crystal in her palm.
Dark purple Qi aura began to exhale and inhale around her, and her aura became more solid.
However, the tranquility of this cultivation did not last long.
"Sss... sss..."
"Ugh... haha..."
Grating and dense dragging sounds, bones grinding, and the terrifying howls of hunger and pain mixed together, like a viscous tide rising from the depths of Hell, started seeping from the giant crevices surrounding the cave, becoming clearer and closer!
The thick miasma churned, and under the pale phosphorescence, countless twisted, wriggling, gray-white decaying figures flickered in and out of view in the darkness of the crevices. Their cloudy, greedy eyes pierced through the miasma, firmly locking onto the cave’s center, where the node emitting the aura of living beings and ghostly blue light stood!
The swarm of Life Ghosts!
Sensing the aura of living beings, the tidal wave was completely activated!
From all directions, it surged in!
Jiang Wei leapt off the small stone abruptly, orange-red flames blooming like a lotus blossom in her small palm!
The searing heat instantly dispelled the surrounding chill and miasma.
Wei Banmeng instantly opened her eyes, twin dark purple blades unsheathing silently, an icy murderous aura spreading out.
At that moment, Fang Qingyu also opened his eyes.
There was no fear, no heaviness in his eyes, only a deep, tranquil darkness like a cold pool, and within that darkness, a flicker of... heat!
Fang Qingyu slowly rose, his bones emitting a crisp series of explosive sounds.
The surging red Qi Blood around him did not retract; instead, it swelled even more violently, like a waking Furious Dragon, forming a layer of scorching haze over his body.
With a backward grip, he seized the cold, heavy sword handle of the Dragon Sparrow Calamity Slash behind him.
Clang——!
The sound of the blade coming out of its sheath was as clear as a dragon’s cry, instantly overpowering the howls of the Corpse Ghosts surging from all directions, resounding throughout the vast cave!
Fang Qingyu’s gaze swept left and right, his voice low yet carrying a decisiveness that severed all distractions and ignited battle fervor:
"Jiang Wei, Wei Banmeng."
"Clear the field."
As the words fell, he transformed into a streak of red-black thunder that tore through the darkness!
