deltrittennovels Chapter 124 The Smiling Corpse Mountain, The Three-Headed Dragon at Dusk
Chapter 124 The Smiling Corpse Mountain, The Three-Headed Dragon at Dusk
Chapter 124 Smiling Mountain of Corpses, Three-Headed Dragon at Dusk (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
"Eek!"
The little spider stood on Lu Yu's shoulder, looking down at the desperate Netherworld Priest on the ground, and gently hooked its slender white fingers.
Hiss!
The earth beneath the Netherworld Priest split open, and a large amount of spider silk shot out to bind and quickly entangle him.
First the limbs, then the body, quickly forming a large cocoon. Just as it was wrapping around the head, the Underworld Priest regained his senses and roared at Lu Yu:
"You'll regret this..."
Before he could finish speaking, he was completely entangled into a ball, floating in the air, and then instantly contracted, splattering blood mist all over the sky.
A funeral pyre!
The brutality of the methods terrified the villagers, but also brought them a sense of relief.
"Finally...it's over!"
"Is this what a genius-level beast tamer is like? Just a few days ago, he could only contend with a low-level commander. How come he can now crush even a high-level priest..."
"Thank goodness the Alliance sent a Beastmaster, otherwise we would all be dead at the hands of these evil bastards!"
"They dared to threaten us even before they died; these guys need to be dealt with more brutally!"
"..."
The villagers cheered with joy, the couple snuggled together, feeling for the first time how happy they were to have survived, while the bone-scraping dogs continued digging the hole without a care in the world.
While they were relieved, they were shocked to find that Lu Yu's current strength was already enough to crush a high-level commander. If he continued to grow at this rate, wouldn't he be able to steadily step into the Morning Star rank, and the probability of becoming a Radiant Moon rank Beast Tamer was also very high, at which point he would be a big shot on the border.
At this moment, in this dog-eat-dog world, even Chi Yue Meng's beauty paled in comparison to Lu Yu's potential.
The strong possess everything; this is the truth.
The village chief stared blankly at the blood-red spider silk ball before him. Coming to his senses, he said gratefully to Lu Yu:
"It's fortunate that you were here this time, otherwise Bianmu Village would have completely become the prey of the evil god's henchmen. It seems that the anomaly at the cemetery this time was caused by the Church of the Underworld. Now that they are dead, everything has returned to normal."
"It should be... I'll go to the cemetery again later. If there are no problems, this mission will be considered complete. The Alliance will call you back to confirm."
Lu Yu nodded, while Chi Yue Meng, standing to the side, looked around, a ripple appearing in her calm eyes.
Having eliminated this major threat, the village chief straightened his back and laughed heartily, saying:
"No problem, we'll confirm with the alliance in a bit, and the money will be transferred to your account. But before you leave, please make sure our village treats you well."
Our village's stir-fried eggs with "corpse bone flowers" and stewed bamboo shoots are absolutely amazing; most people can't get their hands on them. Let me tell you, stewed bamboo shoots with cured pork, sprinkled with pickled vegetables before serving—the taste… just thinking about it makes my mouth water!
As the village chief spoke, he led Lu Yu inside. The other villagers were pleasantly surprised to see this and followed him.
However, just as he was about to step into the village, Lu Yu stopped, startling the village chief and making the other villagers a little nervous.
After all, Lu Yu's ferocity was still fresh in everyone's mind, and they were afraid that this brutal guy might have some kind of dissatisfaction.
However, Lu Yu turned his head, revealing a shy smile, and asked:
"I thought about it and it seems wrong. As a beast tamer, since I've taken the reward, I shouldn't take even a needle or thread from the masses."
Oh, so you were just embarrassed!
Young people these days are so thin-skinned.
The village chief breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest, and said heartily:
"It's nothing. Although we from Bianmu Village don't like to associate with outsiders, it doesn't mean we won't treat our benefactors well. Besides, it's nothing valuable, just a meal. Let me show you my cooking skills!"
"Yes, the village chief is an excellent cook."
"My wife loves to eat at the village chief's place. She always eats her fill, but she never brings me any back, saying she'll make me drool!"
"Ha, my wife never brings any for me either, she's so stingy."
"Village chief, why are you only talking about the food? They definitely won't be happy about that. You should bring out that bottle of cherry wine that's been stored for twenty years to entertain our distinguished guests. Last time, I smelled it from afar, and I couldn't sleep for days and nights!"
"Go away, do you even need to tell me that? I can tell you it's obvious you want a drink. You've been stealing my wine since you were a kid. Several times you've been running so fast that your crotch got caught on my cherry tree. I can see it as soon as I look up. Aren't you ashamed?"
The village chief retorted irritably, which made the villagers burst into laughter, while the man's face turned as red as a monkey's bottom.
Seeing the joyful atmosphere, Lu Yu nodded and walked forward, while a group of villagers stared intently at him.
Just as he was about to step in, he paused again and withdrew his foot, causing everyone's hearts to skip a beat.
Lu Yu scratched his head and said embarrassedly:
"Why don't you go cook first, village chief? I'll go to the cemetery to make sure everything is alright before I come back."
This was the first time the village chief had ever disliked a good kid so much. His emotions were turbulent, his chest heaving, but he still managed a smile and said:
"That thing isn't far, we know it very well in our village, just let Old Liu make the trip. Alright, big man, stop dawdling, you're the most honored guest in our village today!"
As they were talking, a middle-aged man named Lao Liu slipped away and headed towards the cemetery.
"Alright."
Lu Yu nodded and walked into the cemetery, with Chi Yue Meng following behind him without saying a word.
Upon seeing Lu Yu enter the village, both the village chief and the villagers wore eerie smiles and muttered:
"It's a success!"
Lu Yu turned his head in confusion and asked curiously, "Village Chief, aren't you coming in?"
The village chief remained silent, but the villagers, unable to wait any longer, began to shout:
"Eat him quickly!"
However, after he finished speaking, the scene remained dead silent, and nothing happened.
"How is that possible? Why didn't they come out?"
The villagers looked puzzled, and several women roared almost frantically:
"Come out and eat them! Don't you all want to be resurrected?"
"Erwa, hurry up, Mommy found you something delicious to eat!"
"What are you doing!"
"..."
The village chief frowned. Could it be that it was frightened? But that was impossible. Its strength was not afraid of any life below the peak of the ruler.
"Forget it, it's too late. I'll have to rely on myself!"
Seeing that Lu Yu had finally come to his senses, the village chief, not wanting to wait any longer, pulled out a small clay figurine with a hollow white mask from his robes and roared:
"I order you to eat now..."
Before he could finish speaking, the clay figurine in his hand suddenly turned into a stone, and Lu Yu, who should have entered the village, suddenly appeared beside him, playing with the clay figurine and saying with a playful look:
"Village chief, who did you eat? The feast hasn't even started yet!"
"How is that possible?"
The village chief was shocked, completely unaware of when Lu Yu had appeared beside him, but seeing the clay figurine being snatched, his eyes instantly turned red, and he roared:
"Give it back to me!"
He was about to reach out when he suddenly found himself unable to move. His body was wrapped in spider silk, his limbs were bound, and he was hanging in mid-air. Looking around, he suddenly noticed that the world in front of him was covered with cracks.
The next moment, it shattered like a mirror.
Click click click!
The world had changed, and they reappeared at the place where they had killed the Netherworld Priest before. Everyone was bound by spider silk and suspended in mid-air.
It felt like entering a spiderweb cave.
All of this was actually...
"Hallucination!"
The village chief said with an embarrassed expression, but Lu Yu neither paid attention nor denied it.
Everything that just happened was merely a means to deceive the village chief and obtain this item.
The little spider's predecessor was the Dream Spider. Although after eating the Evolutionary Secret Food, its main attributes are dreams and the void, but since ancient times...
Dreams and illusions are inseparable, and can even amplify each other.
In addition, the recent grind for proficiency has raised the little spider's [Illusion] skill to 90% mastery level, just one step away from perfect level. It can easily deceive pets below the leader level, let alone a group of humans.
The Mirror Flower Water Moon is now online!
The village chief realized he was in trouble. He stared intently at Lu Yu and preemptively questioned him:
"What do you want? We treated you with kindness, and this is how you repay us? Aren't you afraid of being sanctioned by the Alliance?"
At this point, all he could do was hope to intimidate Lu Yu by invoking the alliance's name.
Lu Yu suddenly realized and said, "Oh, you reminded me. Then we can just wipe you all out and make the Underworld Cult take the blame, right?"
The village chief became enraged and shouted, "How dare you? Have you forgotten you have a companion? Do you think she would stand by and watch you do such a cruel and inhumane thing...?"
He wanted to incite Chi Yuemeng to make a move and cause them to fight amongst themselves, but when he turned around, he found that the latter had already picked up a shovel and was seriously asking Lu Yu:
"Is it alright to bury him here?"
What a pair of dogs... ugh, a male and female duo!
Lu Yu couldn't help but secretly give a thumbs up; the president was too obedient and cooperated so well. However, on the surface, he still smiled lightly and said:
"No need, I have a way to dispose of it harmlessly."
As soon as the words were spoken, several shimmering spiders appeared, their compound eyes darting about, their menacing mouths opening to emit a piercing hiss.
These spiders are all female and carnivorous.
Calling her a carnivorous girl isn't an exaggeration, is it?
They jumped onto the villagers one by one, getting close to their heads, which completely panicked the villagers!
"I don't want to die..."
"Village chief, please persuade him! I'd rather face the Alliance's judgment than die."
"I haven't seen my child come back to life yet, I don't want to leave like this!"
"..."
Upon hearing this, Lu Yu thought to himself, "As expected." In fact, he had already sensed something was wrong when he first arrived at Bianmu Village.
Although many villagers had gathered, men and women, and even quite a few elderly people, one person was conspicuously absent…
Child!
Lu Yu had previously thought that the adults were hiding them out of fear of danger. However, when the Underworld Cult attacked and the village chief asked him to help them escape, Lu Yu asked if this was all of them.
However, the other party answered "yes".
Interestingly, none of the other villagers objected.
It's a joke that a village that has thrived for generations has not a single child.
Lu Yu had never heard of any infants not being born in Bianmu Village, otherwise there would definitely have been news about the impact of the cemetery on the birth rate. The fact that the Alliance did not interfere with the investigation indicated that everything in the village was normal before.
Considering the white cloths hanging on the streets, the sacrificial items left in the village, and the public facilities where children used to play, it can be roughly inferred that there used to be children in the village.
However, due to some events, all of these children died unexpectedly.
The villagers found it hard to accept this reality, so they resorted to some means, such as rumors about the cemetery, in an attempt to resurrect the children.
This method could be quite sinister, and even the so-called witnessing of the adventure team's disappearance might not mean they disappeared in the cemetery, but rather that they were taken from their hands.
Even just now, he was thinking of tricking himself into it.
These guys have completely gone mad.
But what role did the Underworld Order play in all of this?
They seem very angry, as if their feelings have been played by a scumbag.
However, the truth is not hard to find.
Lu Yu also asked this question, but the village chief, knowing his fate, just sneered, betting that Lu Yu wouldn't dare to read his memories.
If similar traces are found, one could instead falsely accuse the other party of tampering with memories and slaughtering humans.
Even if it doesn't work, it's still good to annoy the other person.
The other villagers also realized what was happening and kept quiet, hoping to mitigate their punishment in this way.
Lu Yu didn't care about that, but these people were already considered wanted criminals, the kind that would be wanted by the Alliance.
The death of one person is equivalent to a loss of money.
For the philanthropist Lu, earning less is equivalent to losing money!
"Since you won't tell me, then I'll have to ask the victims."
Lu Yu snapped his fingers, and everyone realized that what they had just seen was still an illusion. Before them appeared a Netherworld Priest bound into a ball, with only his head showing. His mouth was stuffed with spider silk, and he could only make "woo-woo" sounds.
The image of his immediate death was also a hallucination.
Since it was a bounty on his head, Lu Yu naturally wouldn't kill him; he planned to earn some extra money.
"Eek!"
The little spider waved its hand, scattering the spider silk from the mouth of the Netherworld Priest. Although the latter was shocked by Lu Yu's observational abilities, he was also aware of the current situation.
Silence means certain death, but speaking out will at least drag our enemies down with us.
Then he burst into a tirade:
"Zhang Mu, you son of a bitch, you came to our Underworld Cult on your own initiative, saying that you have the ability to manipulate all the skeletons in the cemetery and make tens of thousands of skeletons enter the ritual to be refined into a special treasure for the evolution of the undead. You told me that you only want one-third of it, hoping to resurrect a few children as skeletons, and that the rest is for me to use to help the Skeleton King transform its spirituality and increase its chances of stepping into the Morning Star stage."
I gave you a chance because I felt sorry for you. As a result, our Netherworld Order worked hard for a month, braving wind and rain every day, to help you suppress some powerful undead creatures in the cemetery. We even brought a lot of Netherworld soil to help you hold the ceremony. As soon as we succeeded, we were just about to issue a mission, which attracted a large number of beast tamers as sacrifices.
And then you betrayed my men and trapped us in the cemetery. If I hadn't had a backup plan, we would have died in there. Damn it, where did you come from, you bastard? Can't you be a human being...?
This passage, delivered without the slightest pause, spewed out like a machine gun, its content extremely high, revealing the true hatred in the heart of the Underworld Priest.
It makes sense, really. He thought he was strong enough to suppress everything, worked hard for a month, and was about to reap the rewards of victory, even preparing to double-cross someone, when he was betrayed by the guy he had always underestimated, and imprisoned in the graveyard, almost suffering a crushing defeat. He finally escaped to seek revenge, only to encounter Lu Yu, who instantly crushed him, killing three of his pets. Now, he still awaits the Alliance's judgment.
How can it be a tragic word!
A perfectly respectable cult of evil gods fell victim to a telecom scam by unscrupulous locals and almost lost everything.
If word gets out, it'll probably become a laughing stock in the underworld.
No wonder they rushed to slaughter the village; they wanted to nip the source of their dark history in the bud.
Faced with the priest's desperate roar, the villagers panicked, but the village chief remained calm and sneered:
"Yes, so what if I betrayed you? You're just stupid. If I give you the remains, how am I supposed to resurrect these children?"
"Resurrection? Heh..." The Netherworld Priest scoffed, mocking, "Unless it's our Lord or a great being who intervenes, one must delve into the Netherworld and obtain the fruit of the legendary Seven Great Imperial Trees, the Ghostly Imperial Tree, to have a chance to reverse life and death. It's laughable that a mere mortal would dare to touch the realm of life and death."
Lu Yu shook his head. Although he knew this guy was bragging about his own godhood, he didn't refute him.
Because resurrection does exist in this world, but each one comes at a huge cost, and most of what mortals can access are rituals performed by evil gods.
But those who offer sacrifices to unknown beings whose thoughts are completely different from those of humans either become monsters or retain the memories of evil gods.
It's just that most people are unwilling to believe it.
Upon hearing this, a woman loudly retorted, "You're lying! The village chief said it was a real resurrection ceremony, and my child was indeed resurrected. He even called me 'Mom'!"
The other women also showed expressions of joy, and the men's expressions were firm, without the slightest doubt. One of the men, with a buzz cut, even said fiercely to Lu Yu:
"How could you guys possibly understand the pain of losing a child? We only looked away for a moment, and all the children were attacked by monsters and turned into bloody, mangled corpses. My second child was such a good boy, always so obedient, but no matter how much we called him, he wouldn't move."
"It was the village chief. He gave us hope. He did everything he could to find the ancient ritual, even if it meant bearing the blame, to help us resurrect our child, and we succeeded. If it weren't for you, the ritual would have been successful, and my child would already be home."
Lu Yu remained indifferent to this, and even felt a little amused. For the sake of your children, you are willing to sacrifice the other adventurers. Aren't they also other people's children?
The other villagers were also incited and shouted:
"Village chief, we will stand with you and bear the consequences."
"Village chief, it's all our fault. You're innocent. We'll acknowledge it with the alliance later."
"..."
"Everyone..."
Hearing the villagers' cries, the village chief couldn't help but burst into tears, and pleaded with Lu Yu:
"Please, please, leave these poor people who have lost their children alone. It's all my fault..."
"It's definitely your fault!"
Lu Yu nodded and said seriously:
"Have you been acting for too long? You're not the real village chief Zhang Mu, so what are you empathizing with?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire place fell silent. The villagers, who had been shouting with their faces flushed red, suddenly stopped talking as if they had been choked.
Even the underworld priests who were just watching the show were stunned.
Not the real village chief? What does that mean?
The village chief was also taken aback, a look of confusion on his face. He asked in bewilderment:
"I'm not myself? What does that mean?"
The man with the buzz cut couldn't help but retort, "Who else could he be but the village chief?"
Lu Yu shook his head, looked at the village chief who didn't seem to be lying, and said calmly:
"As an old man, and someone who has spent a long time on the black soil near a cemetery, a place with an undead ecosystem, your hands don't even have a single callus. What, has your life level evolved too high? But if you want to prove it to me, just show me your Beast Taming Space."
Lu Yu had previously noticed that although the village chief's hands were somewhat dark, upon closer inspection, they were fair and the lines were clearly visible, making him look nothing like a farmer.
Of course, it's understandable that the village chief lives a life of luxury, but the fact that he didn't use the Beast Taming Space when summoning the three Tombstone Dogs puzzled Lu Yu. So he activated the Eye of Truth, and the information he obtained was...
【? ? ? 】
The Eye of Truth has only encountered this situation three times: once with the Soul-Stealing Demon Cloud, which seemed to be a being beyond the Overlord; the second time with the White Fox; and the third time with the shielding ability on the Guild Master.
There is only one connection between them, which is that they have exceeded Lu Yu's limit of spying. However, this time, he was able to barely reach the limit of spying on information.
Even so, this is not an ability that a village chief of a border tomb village could possess. Otherwise, why would he need to play tricks and backstabbing with the Underworld Cult? Wouldn't it be better to just turn against them and kill them directly?
The fact that the villagers believed the children were about to be resurrected indicates that the ritual itself was of a very high level, not the common kind. Moreover, according to the priest of the underworld, he also controlled the corpses in the entire cemetery.
If they had that ability, Bianmu Village would still be just a small village that would be destroyed at any time if it encountered a branch of the Underworld Cult.
Wouldn't it be better to directly transform it into a town or city, making it bigger and stronger?
All these factors combined leave only one possibility.
This village chief is fake, or rather...
Unbeknownst to him, he had been replaced by an unknown life form with the ability to shield himself.
It should have some kind of high-level shielding, but its strength shouldn't be so great that it's insurmountable, otherwise it would have already swept everything aside.
The villagers felt that Lu Yu's actions were merely a slanderous tactic, but they did not refute it, and a seed of doubt was planted in their hearts.
Among the villagers were many intelligent people, who subconsciously wondered when the village chief had become so capable...
First, he brought out an ancient ritual, then he schemed against the Underworld Cult. Such strategic planning is quite different from the honest and simple village chief of the past.
The more I think about it, the more inexplicable fear arises.
Lu Yu said calmly, "If you want to prove that you are still Zhang Mu, then summon your Beast Taming Space."
As soon as he finished speaking, the crew-cut youth's eyes turned bloodshot as he stared intently at the village chief, saying urgently, "Yes, village chief, summon him to see! Even if we die, we cannot be smeared!"
At this moment, he was afraid...
If the village chief isn't the village chief, are the things they've been doing during this time really bringing the children back to life?
"What's so difficult about that? I am who I am. Can I become someone else?"
Zhang Mu nodded, confidently preparing to summon, but then he froze, muttering to himself:
"Where did my beast-taming space go?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire room erupted in uproar, and everyone's expression changed instantly.
Even the priests of the underworld changed their expressions.
Even more shocked was Zhang Mu, who muttered in a frenzied manner:
"How could this be? I'm a beast tamer, I really am Zhang Mu, I'm not a monster... If I'm not me... then who am I...?"
"what!"
Screams erupted as a woman stared at the village chief with a look of terror on her face, while the others looked on in disbelief.
At this moment, Zhang Mu, who was bound by spider silk, began to sweat profusely due to tension, and flesh-colored beads of sweat began to drip from his face.
"I'm not me? Then who am I...? Who am I...?"
As he began to murmur, the sweating intensified, and the village chief's entire face began to melt, like a melting wax statue. His features blurred and piled up, soon leaving only empty eyes and a mouth, an eerie sight.
Finally, he suddenly realized something and burst into laughter:
"So I was... "
"The ninth finger!"
His voice suddenly turned into a woman's voice, and the moment it rang out, the spider silk suddenly broke apart, turning into a shower of white fluff that fell from the sky.
Among them appeared a tall woman wearing a white porcelain mask with a "Ж" pattern, holding a wax mask with the same face as the village chief, except that it was covered with dense cracks.
The moment the underworld priest saw her, a look of horror appeared on his face, and he murmured:
"The Faceless Brotherhood... I've actually been dealing with this bunch of lunatics all this time..."
The villagers were dumbfounded; the village chief had suddenly turned into a woman.
"Family members, who understands this? The drama isn't even over yet, and I've already been recognized! It's just... Thai pants hot!"
The masked woman extended her slender, long-haired finger and gently poked Lu Yu in front of her, puncturing him like a bubble bursting and dissipating.
It's still an illusion.
She turned to look at Lu Yu, who was hiding in the distance, waved, and said with a grin:
"You're very funny, I like you a lot!"
As he spoke, he glanced at Akatsuki Dream, a hint of shock and apprehension flashing in his eyes.
"Thank you, but I don't want your approval; it's disgusting." Lu Yu frowned in response, then calmly asked, "You were the one orchestrating all of this, weren't you?"
"Hehe, you got it right."
The woman in the white porcelain mask stood with her hands behind her back, leaned slightly forward, and said with a smile:
"Even the best script needs a suitable venue to perform. I happened to see these dead children. The resentment of the deceased and the grief of the living were intertwined. What a beautiful scene it was. As a family member, I should take responsibility and lead them out of their grief to a perfect ending where the family is reunited."
Akatsuki Yume calmly said, "Lying!"
Lu Yu was well aware of this, and scoffed:
"Can you bring them back to life completely?"
"Of course not, that's already the realm of gods."
The woman in the white porcelain mask readily admitted to the affair, igniting the villagers' anger, who demanded:
"Where is the village chief? Have you been lying to us all along?"
"I know you're in a hurry, but don't rush. Your village chief has been right here all along. I've stripped him of everything, but unfortunately my skills have gotten a bit rusty, and I left a flaw in my hand. Now that it's broken, it's actually a good thing."
With a gentle pinch of her fingers, the white wax mask in her hand shattered with a "bang," turning into dust that drifted away with the wind, leaving all the villagers feeling a deep sense of despair.
"As for lying to you..."
The masked woman spoke again, her tone playful: "No, I said from the beginning that I wanted your whole family to be together forever. Oh, I forgot to mention, I have a backup of that clay figurine."
As she spoke, she took out the pale doll in her hand and waved it triumphantly.
Rumble!
As soon as the words were spoken, accompanied by a violent tremor, the ground in Bianmu Village cracked, and the pale, corpse-like houses began to collapse.
Amidst the swirling dust, a colossal figure slowly rose from the ground, its deep, hoarse, and painful cries echoing through the air.
"Mother……"
"dad……"
"We...will be together forever..."
As the smoke and dust cleared, its true form was revealed: a structure forcibly haphazardly assembled from countless corpses and bones...
A mountain of corpses!
No wonder the bone-scraping dog was digging so enthusiastically.
This creature was a full twenty meters tall, covered with huge, pale faces that were hollow yet smiling and emitting childlike, innocent laughter, constantly calling out words like "mother" and "father".
It has legs made of corpses, resembling giant pillars, but they appear exceptionally slender compared to its enormous and bloated body.
Boom!Boom!Boom!
As it drew closer, casting shadows that dimmed the light, a suffocating aura emanated from it, surpassing even the high-level commander and reaching the pinnacle of the commander realm.
Normally, with such a massive accumulation of the spirits of the corpses, it should have fallen into chaos. However, within this enormous body, a large amount of precious Netherworld soil from the Netherworld Cult was used to connect it, forcibly bringing these resentful spirits into a strange tranquility.
Quantitative change leads to qualitative change!
These spiritualities began to converge on the face continuously, compressing and condensing, and a trend of spiritual transformation began to emerge.
Even Lu Yu felt terrifying pressure at this moment.
This guy is absolutely terrifying!
In terms of physical strength alone, it is likely no less than a typical spiritual transformation.
The villagers, who had been hoping to resurrect their children, were filled with fear upon seeing the approaching mountain of corpses and learning the truth. They began shouting, "Help! There's a monster!"
Only a few women watched this scene with expressions of surprise and joy, repeatedly calling out, "Little girl, come quick, Mommy's here..."
Upon hearing the call, the many pale faces on the smiling mountain of corpses laughed and quickened their pace to approach. Each step was like an earthquake, filling the villagers with immense fear.
The woman in the white porcelain mask looked at Lu Yu and chuckled:
"This is the 'Smiling Corpse Mountain' that I cultivated using the remains of the cemetery. I originally intended to transform it into an anomaly, but unfortunately, due to your arrival, it was only half successful and can be considered a failure. If it can be completed, it can be born with the ability to infinitely devour corpses and grow like a snowball until it gives rise to a mountain range of corpses."
Now that you've exposed my identity, from this moment on, I'm the audience, and you're the new lead actor in this drama. Defeat it, or be devoured by it. Hopefully, you'll bring me some surprises...
"I think there's a third option."
Lu Yu interrupted the woman in the white porcelain mask, and said to her in surprise:
"Keep being an actor and please me!"
The woman in the white porcelain mask was taken aback for a moment, then burst into laughter: "Haha, you're so funny! Even at a time like this, you still manage to tell jokes. I'm almost tempted to recruit you into the fraternity and make you family..."
However, the smile vanished the next moment.
Rumble!
The distant cemetery collapsed, and endless resentment soared into the sky, only to vanish in an instant, transforming into an ancient holy city that appeared above Lu Yu's head.
The holy city was shrouded in mist, and a distorted dragon shadow was quickly born, more realistic than before. The ferocious dragon head pierced through the mist, descended into reality, and appeared before everyone's eyes.
They were enveloped in the light of twilight, bodyless, consisting only of three enormous dragon heads chaotically and disorderly fused together, terrifying beyond compare, radiating a suffocating pressure, and roaring:
"roar!"
The dragon's might spread, transforming into a storm that halted the advance of the mountain of corpses, shattered the clouds within a ten-mile radius, and spread like a terrifying tsunami.
The true Twilight Three-Headed Dragon!
Lu Yu's verbal sparring was merely a way to buy time. Upon discovering the anomaly, he immediately sent his rat clone with the living weapon Egg to the unclaimed cemetery.
Offering up the resentment accumulated over countless years from tens of thousands of corpses as sacrifices, the holy city is summoned to descend.
With such a massive accumulation, its power has surpassed spiritual transformation, and for a short time it is comparable to the Morning Star level.
I'm waiting for my ultimate move, are you waiting to die?
In addition, there's the White Fox's Star Leaf as a trump card; if they can't win, they can always run away.
Can advance or retreat at will.
Offense and defense have shifted!
Lu Yu looked at the masked woman and grinned:
"Stop laughing, why did you stop?"
A long chapter of 8,800 words! You can read the previous chapter now. The president is adorable. A new storyline begins tomorrow. Keep asking for monthly votes! This isn't a pure anomaly; it's just a failed experiment. A real anomaly would be even stronger.
(End of this chapter)