amaotonovel Chapter 288 Get out of here!
Chapter 288 Get out of here!
[A-rank monster!!! Let me calm down first. This is way too much! How can you fight an A-rank monster without spiritual energy?!]
The Wanjue Academy is really unlucky. Bai Zhizhou's Long Aotian got caught in a monster's lair while fighting and can't get out. Now, an A-rank monster has appeared on the other side. With Jiang He and his group, which I estimate to be about thirty people, how are they supposed to fight?
Hitting the stone statue actually brings out the real boss! How ironic, the villagers are worshipping a monster!
I don't understand. I'm wondering how Jiang He is going to deal with this monster. They can't just fight it head-on now, can they?
I have a strange feeling about this kind of dungeon. The difference in combat power is too big. If a monster attacks, the whole army will be wiped out.
Indeed, this dungeon is somewhat unsolvable.
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Most of the cultivators from Wanjue Academy entered the hidden instance with Jiang He. Now, almost an hour has passed, and the number of eliminated cultivators on the world channel is constantly increasing.
Many cultivators from small academies were eliminated in this monster tide, and some academies were completely wiped out.
Wanjue Academy has jumped to the top of the points leaderboard. It can be said that since the start of the Academy Competition, Mingyue Academy has been badly beaten by Wanjue.
The points at Wanjue Academy jump extremely fast, usually gaining a large number of points every ten minutes. Xiling Academy and Jingxu Academy have long given up on competing for first place. With Ling Qing ahead of them, it's one thing, but now there's Wanjue Academy, a mountain of points, standing in their way.
After crossing one mountain, there's another big mountain to climb; striving for third place is perfectly fine.
However, after a while, they noticed something was wrong with the leaderboard. Logically, Wanjue Academy's points should have increased rapidly, and two hours had passed, so there should have been significant changes. But Wanjue Academy's points on the leaderboard were only increasing slowly.
This doesn't align with their current impression of the Myriad Absolutes Academy.
"Is Wanjue Academy planning something big to mess with us?"
The cultivators from Mingyue Academy crouched beneath a cave on a mountaintop, while hordes of demons passed by below them.
The temperature was terribly low, and most of the cultivators had already put on protective robes to keep warm.
"Damn it, we still have to clean up the mess Zhao Wuchi left behind."
"Um, without Zhao Wuchi, ask yourself honestly, wouldn't Wan Jue be the first person you'd want to wipe out?"
"That's another matter. Anyway, they're all definitely no good, especially that Jiang He."
"Alright, alright, I know you hate Jiang He. Now we need to think about how to get through the monster tide. The supply points should be refreshing soon."
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"Long Aotian, Bai Zhizhou, come quick! Look what I've found!"
After Zhong Liyu and Long Aotian and other cultivators killed a bunch of villagers, Zhong Liyu chased after the last villager who had escaped.
Along the way, the scenery before Zhong Liyu's eyes kept changing.
The villagers fled to a dark underground garage. Zhong Liyu did not rush to chase after them. Instead, he quickly called out to Long Aotian and Bai Zhizhou, who were above them.
Once the other cultivators entered the underground vault, the dim lights suddenly blazed on, and the vault door slammed shut, instantly trapping everyone inside.
Long Aotian tried to cut down the door that trapped them in the basement, but the door was very hard and the material was unrecognizable.
After hacking for a long time, not a single mark was left.
Zhong Liyu felt somewhat guilty about what she had done:
"You've caused everyone to be locked up here."
"It's alright, we should have reached the BOSS's lair."
Bai Zhizhou gazed at the ancient murals on the wall, and could vaguely make out a story within them.
Following Bai Zhizhou's gaze, everyone saw the scroll unfold before them.
The figures above are clearly visible.
Zhong Liyu quickly guessed the origin and past of Pig God Village.
"Pig God Village wasn't always called Pig God Village. One day, a monster came and started killing people indiscriminately. Every time it ate and drank its fill, the monster would stop killing. Some bold villagers, for the sake of their lives, proposed that the monster was a god and that they had to offer people to the monster."
This action was met with approval from some villagers and opposition from others. The villagers who opposed it were tied up by the majority of those who supported it and used as sacrificial offerings.
As the monsters reach their growth stage, the offerings become increasingly scarce. In order to provide food for the monsters, the villagers constantly lure travelers in from the outside. Every traveler who arrives at Pig God Village is bound by the villagers and sacrificed to the monsters.
The monster was quite content with this life where it could get food without having to go out to hunt. Perhaps to get the villagers to do things for it more effectively, the monster started spitting out gold for the villagers.
Much of this gold was created through illusion. In order to obtain more gold, the villagers renamed their village Pig God Village and promoted it on the Star Network to attract more travelers.
As the greedy villagers continued to offer sacrifices, the monster gradually grew stronger, rising from rank C to rank A.
Zhong Liyu recounted the events depicted in the mural in one breath.
Some people stared at the murals, lost in thought:
"This is outrageous! Didn't anyone notice that the gold coins were fake? Did they really think that monsters could spit out gold coins?"
"This story is too illogical. If it were in our empire, with so many people disappearing from a village, the imperial army would have already overwhelmed it."
"Not necessarily. If it involves their interests, no one would be willing to do it."
"How dare you speak so boldly, especially while it's being broadcast live?"
"Relax, it's freedom of speech. I'm not some big shot, so my words won't attract their attention."
"So realistic."
At the end of the story in the mural, some of the villagers who voted in favor continued to work for the monsters, while others had a change of heart and wrote the story in the monsters' lair, waiting for others to save the village.
"A monster's lair, good heavens, they've come all this way for us. Where's the monster? Is it inside?"
"Probably not."
As everyone was discussing animatedly, a man suddenly appeared from some corner of the filthy and chaotic lair. His eyes lit up instantly when he saw Long Aotian and the others.
“Great! Fellow Taoists, you have finally arrived! Our village has been poisoned by this pig. Many of my fellow humans have been sacrificed to the pig god. Can you save us?”
"Were you one of those who had a change of heart later on?"
The man nodded: "I painted all these murals. The Pig God has gone mad. He has almost killed our entire village, leaving only a few survivors. I managed to hide in the place where the Pig God was resting and survived for a while."
The man's face was filled with fear.
Zhong Liyu frowned, about to retort.
Bai Zhizhou held down Zhong Liyu's hand:
"You must have discovered a way to kill monsters after staying in the lair for so long. Tell us, and we'll help you save the others."
The man was overjoyed:
"Alright, alright, follow me. There's an altar over here. If you jump down, you can get a knife. The village chief tried to rebel against the Pig God by getting a knife from a Taoist priest outside. The Pig God was almost killed by that knife. Later, the village chief failed to rebel, so the Pig God took the knife and hid it under this altar."
"Alright, I understand. We'll find the knife, but all of this depends on..." Bai Zhizhou adjusted his glasses:
"You have to scout ahead for us."
"What do you mean?" The man looked at Bai Zhizhou, and suddenly felt his collar being lifted up. Then he looked at the altar that terrified him and watched as he was thrown down.
Zhong Liyu pouted:
"Get out of here."