Twisted Dreams-Chapter 108 - 80: The Secret of the End of Dharma Era
Third layer of the tomb.
The monsters here are stronger than the previous layer, even including water-spitting snakes and wolves wielding wind blades!
However, none could wield lightning.
This made everyone even more in awe of Zhang Xiaoyi.
Thunder Dao seemed to be the exclusive domain of Zhang Xiaoyi.
In fact, the reason is simply that the Tree of Human Essence cannot produce fruits that enable one to wield lightning.
Because the Tree of Human Essence had ingested a defective [Hell Sorcerer’s Desire Potion], part of the power related to lightning resided within Zhang Xiaoyi.
Of course, no one knew about this except for Li Yang and the Tree of Human Essence.
On the second level, the administrators could still use military boxing and military martial arts, coordinating to grapple with the monsters.
But by the third level, the magic beasts were too much for them.
These beasts had supernatural powers, and without firearms, they were unmatched adversaries.
They could only sit back like dead fish, watching Zhang Xiaoyi, Mo Yulin, and Heartless Little Monkey fight.
After a long battle, they retreated into a burial chamber, where the three experts sat cross-legged for meditation.
In the center of the chamber were dozens of extraordinary flowers and herbs.
Wei Ming stared blankly at the flowers and herbs.
According to Master Zhang, these plants had peculiar abilities and could help a person become extraordinary.
If these were given to the Security Bureau, they could quickly arm a group of extraordinary warriors.
He also wanted some; who wouldn’t want to leap across rooftops?
After the three experts rested, the distribution of the extraordinary flowers and herbs began.
Heartless Little Monkey waved his hand:
"These things are just tasty. They do nothing to enhance me.
I’ll take a bit as a snack, the rest is for you."
Wei Ming breathed a sigh of relief; this little monkey was the most diligent of them all.
If it didn’t want much, the Security Bureau might get a share.
The administrators did almost nothing, slacking the whole time, so he was too embarrassed to ask for anything.
Though Zhang Xiaoyi was the Security Bureau’s extraordinary consultant, holding the position of senior administrator, he was still the Sect Leader of Shu Mountain and might not necessarily fight for the Bureau.
Mo Yulin caressed the flowers and herbs with a chuckle:
"These Spirit Plants may enhance spiritual power, but the increase is limited.
Their greatest use is to help mortals establish a foundation, embarking on the path of the extraordinary.
I, the old Daoist, have quite a few disciples, so I must take some."
Zhang Xiaoyi pondered for a moment:
"Then apart from Fellow Daoist Heartless’s share, the rest will be split equally between you and me."
Wei Ming showed a trace of disappointment.
Zhang Xiaoyi quickly added:
"My portion will be divided, half going to the authorities and half to Shu Mountain."
Wei Ming was overjoyed.
Mo Yulin waved his hand:
"Sigh~it’s not necessary.
Since it involves the authorities, I, the old Daoist, wish to build good relations.
Let’s divide it into three parts: you, me, and the authorities, each getting a share."
Wei Ming stood in solemn respect, and the administrators all rose to salute.
As expected of a cultivator from Xia Country, truly magnanimous!
Heartless Little Monkey scratched his head and stood up, speaking in a childish voice:
"Alright, let’s go, let’s go, head to the next floor.
The opportunities on the next floor, I won’t give to anyone!"
...
South Sea, Half-Mountain Villa.
The Tree of Human Essence was in the center of the hall, with a water screen in front of it.
The water screen displayed a projection of the ancient tomb.
This was a use of [Talent: Water Technique].
Li Yang, with a cigarette in his mouth, sat cross-legged on the sofa, staring at the water screen like watching TV.
Suzu held an ashtray, eagerly catching the ash for Li Yang.
Her membership had expired again.
Suzu glanced at the water screen, muttering:
"Among these guys, only that little monkey is a bit formidable.
I don’t know why you went to such lengths to toy with them?"
Li Yang glanced at Suzu.
How could a cat understand his plans?
Li Yang was bringing extraordinary civilization to this mundane world.
When the whole world revered the extraordinary, with extraordinary people everywhere and extraordinary influences forming, it would mean the whole world working for Li Yang.
He would rapidly ascend to divinity.
There is more than one path to ascension.
Suzu is always clamoring for world domination?
By then, the Seven Commandments Association would be the holy land in novels, and the Demon Club would be the super holy land within that.
Isn’t that more interesting than world domination?
Suzu asked again:
"What have you left on the fourth layer? Even I’m curious."
Li Yang flicked the ash from his cigarette, and Suzu quickly caught it.
He began:
"A story that doesn’t exist in this world.
They’ll discover it once they reach the fourth layer.
But that’s not all, I’ve left something tangible.
Once they defeat the Eight-foot Bride, they have a chance to subdue her.
I’m curious to see how they’ll handle the Eight-foot Bride."
Zhang Xiaoyi, Li Xinyuan, Mo Yulin, they are all simple and upright.
Yet the Eight-foot Bride’s power is to devour souls.
Where do the souls come from? The simplest and most direct way is through slaughter.
Will the three upright individuals covet her power, or will they seal her?
This is a test of humanity, and Li Yang loves this human drama.
Suzu asked:
"Can they beat the Eight-foot Bride?
That thing is an anomaly, and after you went to such lengths to enhance her, isn’t her combat power comparable to a Tier Two Demon?"
Li Yang extinguished his cigarette, saying:
"Most extraordinaires are stopped at the third layer.
Only a few people can enter the fourth layer.
I’ve estimated that the strongest extraordinaries in the tomb, in combination, can completely defeat the Eight-foot Bride."
...
Fourth layer of the ancient tomb.
As Li Yang said, only a few people entered the fourth layer.
Heartless Little Monkey, Mo Yulin and his disciple Han Hai, Zhang Xiaoyi and Wei Ming.
Actually, Han Hai and Wei Ming couldn’t have entered but were forcibly brought in by Mo Yulin and Zhang Xiaoyi breaking through the magic beast encirclement.
Family takes care of family.
There wasn’t just one path to the fourth layer.
In another passageway leading to the main tomb chamber of the fourth layer, a woman stumbled and fell.
She had black skin, wore tight-fitting leather clothes, hugged a metal guitar, and looked ahead, terrified.
The Xia Country extraordinaries looked at Lilith in disbelief, a foreign extraordinary?
Are there extraordinaries abroad too?
Wei Ming was the first to figure it out:
"You escaped from the Green Grass Sanatorium?"
"Ha—ha—"
Lilith brazenly sat on the ground, gasping for air.
The smoky makeup was smudged, making her look like a ghost.
After catching her breath, she asked:
"What kind of damned place is this?!
All my teammates are dead!
If I hadn’t met a Xia Country guy guiding me, I’d be dead outside too!"
Xia Country guy?
Were there any other Xia Country extraordinaries who discovered the fourth layer but didn’t come in?
Just then, another figure tumbled from the entrance into the fourth-layer chamber.
He was of medium height, around 1.7 meters, wearing a Tang suit and glasses.
He knelt on the ground, vomiting profusely.
This was the very youth from the Great Compassion Temple.
Fierce exercise was too much for a mortal’s body to handle.
Suddenly, the coffin in the chamber moved.
Everyone cautiously retreated.
Heartless Little Monkey, bold enough, dismounted and approached, lifting the coffin lid.
Immediately, red energy erupted from the coffin, spiraling like a red giant serpent in the air of the chamber.
Gradually, the energy, resembling a red giant serpent, coalesced in the center of the chamber, forming a humanoid figure.
It turned out to be a three-meter-tall woman, clad in a red wedding dress with a red veil on her head!
Red Dress Ghost Bride!
Anyone who’s read supernatural novels would surely recognize this term.
But... this Red Dress Ghost Bride was too enormous, wasn’t she?
"I’m... awakened at last?
After a millennium of slumber, who won that great war?
Did hell... lose?"
An ethereal voice echoed through the chamber.
