Chapter 386: Monster


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    “This ce is really strange…”


    The Deste Demon Lord muttered as he headed towards the center of the settlement.


    Looking at the surrounding stone houses, the Deste Demon Lord could not help but touch them. He even broke off a piece to examine closely—but naturally, he could not figure out anything.


    However, he was certain that normal wood would not undergo petrification—it would only decay or turn into fossil fuels under high-pressure conditions.


    However, after some thought, the Deste Demon Lord no longer delved into these mysteries that he could not understand.


    He simply assumed that the rules of this ce were different from the outside world.


    Casually strolling, the Deste Demon Lord arrived at the center of the settlement.


    At this ce stood thergest stone house in the settlement.


    Violently smashing open the door of the stone house, amidst the flying dust, the Deste Demon Lord entered the house.


    The what first caught the Deste Demon Lord’s eyes scared the heck out of him.


    “What is this thing!?”


    His voice even reached the Boshi Tower in his hand, waking Lu Ming up, who was cultivating.


    “What’s going on?”


    The Deste Demon Lord did not respond to Lu Ming’s question immediately, but just stared ahead with a burning gaze.


    In front of him, he saw a colossal creature sitting in the center of the room.


    It was four meters tall, had a long and barbed tail, a strong and muscr body, and three heads on its thick and short neck.


    The facial features of the three heads were somewhat dignified, fitting the mainstream aesthetics of the ck Mist Zone—they looked somewhat human.


    But strangely, there was a smooth, mirror-like shine.


    At this moment, the six eyes of the three-headed monster were tightly closed, and even the Deste Demon Lord’s exmation did not wake it.


    The Deste Demon Lord promptly fell silent, but upon closer inspection, he found that the monster’s body remained motionless, like a sculpture.


    Frowning slightly, the Deste Demon Lord took a step forward.


    He reached out to touch the three-headed monster’s body and felt a familiar, cool touch.


    “It’s a rock.”


    After muttering this, the Deste Demon Lord could not help but say, “Who carved such a lifelike thing for no reason? Gave me a scare…”


    As soon as he finished speaking, a strange light suddenly shed.


    The Deste Demon Lord was stunned.


    His plump body involuntarily took two steps back, and as he looked up slightly, the Deste Demon Lord saw the six eyes flickering with red light.


    The stone-like skin instantly shed with light.


    This creature, initially considered a sculpture, quickly transformed from stone to flesh and blood.


    The red light in its six eyes became thicker and thicker until the light shot out in an instant, and struck Deste’s chest!


    There was a “Buzz!”


    The demonic qi automatically bloomed to block the red light, but there was also a wisp of gray, spreading along the protective demonic qi of the Deste Demon Lord, towards the interior.


    Dust flew everywhere the gray passed.


    It turned out that the invisible and formless protective demonic qi on the Deste Demon Lord’s body had been petrified by the red light, turning into dust.


    Using more demonic qi to disperse the red light, the Deste Demon Lord looked with joy rather than surprise, at the three-headed monster that had begun to breathe.


    “Good fellow, I’ve finally caught one alive!”


    The battle in the central stone house was short and not intense.


    The Deste Demon Lord was a legitimate guardian deity, even though his prestige had now declined, it was not something that any Tom, Dick, or Harry could contend with.


    The demonic qi spread and turned into ropes, binding the three-headed monster. During its struggle, the Deste Demon Lord saw through this monster’s abilities.


    “Its physical strength is not bad, equivalent to about one blood pattern.”


    “It can shoot petrification rays from its eyes, powerful, not rmended to resist it with flesh and blood.”


    “It has the ability to petrify itself, showing strong resistance to source power and spiritual qi after petrification. Ordinary divine beings can’t instantly kill the petrified three-headed monster.”


    “However, in the petrified state, this thing can’t move and can only shoot petrification rays. Once it transforms into a body of flesh and blood, it’s no different from a normal creature in the source power system and can be crushed violently with source power and spiritual qi.”


    The most noteworthy thing was that this thing did not have source power on its body. It was just a pure flesh and blood monster—it did not belong to an extraordinary being with source power, just an extremely powerful physical monster.


    “And it has no intelligence, and can’tmunicate.”


    From the blood-red eyes of the three-headed monster, the Deste Demon Lord did not see any signs of intelligence—so he could be sure that it was not a matter ofnguage barrier. It was simply a monster without intelligence, just a killing machine.


    “Collect samples.”


    Lu Ming’s voice came from the Boshi Tower and the Deste Demon Lord obedientlyplied.


    Soon, the three-headed monster was sent to the biological researchboratory of Boshi Tower.


    The three-headed monster’s vitality was very strong. Even though it was tortured by the Deste Demon Lord, it was still struggling when it arrived at theboratory and was full of energy.


    The experimental sample was handed over to Jiu Han—being the head of the Three Elements Academy, Jiu Han had a wide range of knowledge, excelling not only in strength and array formations but also in biology.


    His assistants were naturally the teachers and students of the Biology Department of the Three Elements Academy.


    After handing over the items, the Deste Demon Lord no longer paid attention.


    Holding the Boshi Tower, he continued to stroll around until he reunited with Bai Zhe about half an hourter.


    The two of them summarized the information, and apart from the


    three-headed monster encountered by the Deste Demon Lord, there were no other discoveries. They decided to leave the settlement and continue heading deeper towards the unexplored areas.


    “But the good news is, from this settlement, it can be seen that there are intelligent life forms in the No Man’s Land.”


    The name given to this ce by Lu Ming was also epted and used by the Deste Demon Lord.


    As the Deste Demon Lord was muttering to himself, Bai Zhe continued, “It’s also possible that there was once, but it’s gone now.”


    “And there might be unknown dangers in this ce.”


    The Deste Demon Lord raised his eyebrows, “If the dangers you’re talking about refer to creatures like the three-headed monster just now, then 1 don’t know how to talk to you.”


    The Deste Demon Lord did not care about the three-headed monster at all.


    There was no other reason, it was too weak.


    Compared to the Deste Demon Lord, the strength of the three-headed monster was like dust. This was a huge gap that could not be filled even with an immense quantity.


    Bai Zhe, however, cautioned, “Be careful, better safe than sorry.”


    As they spoke, the two of them walked further and further away.


    But in the vige behind them, in the room where the three-headed monster had just been caught.


    The ground suddenly squirmed, and then, two blurry shadows crawled out of the ground and quickly stood at the spot where the three-headed monster had just been captured.


    After examining the traces in the room, one of the ck shadows spoke, “They’re outsiders, two of them. Their strength levels are at the transitional stage.”


    The other ck shadow replied, “Yes.”


    “How did they get in? Swim across the Dead Sea? Pass through the nest?”


    “It seems to be the only way, but the difficulty is quite high…”


    With that said, the two ck shadows fell silent.


    A momentter, one of the ck shadows said, “Don’t bother about how they got in. We only need to know that any outsiders entering this ce must die; that’s enough.”


    “Report this matter, and mobilize the hunters to deal with these outsiders.”


    The other ck shadow said in a low voice, “Understood.”


    Faint and obscure waves emanated from the ck shadow’s body and it was unclear where it was transmitted.


    After doing all of this, the ck shadow said, “I have to tell the higher-ups in detail about this… Eternity did not do his job well. Not only did he let others prematurely detonate the Dead Sea, but he also let some small insectse to the Source Essence level.”


    “If Eternityes back to report on his work the next time, the higher-ups will strip him of his responsibilities. If they appoint someone like us, we can take a break and enjoy some time up there.”


    The tone of the ck shadow was filled with longing, but the other ck shadow sneered.


    “Stop dreaming. That guy Eternity has long rebelled. It’s still unknown if he wille back to report on his work.”


    “Don’t worry about him. Deal with the matters at hand. The True Core Layer is almost unable to hold on. If we can take down the True Core Layer…”


    The voice gradually lowered. The two ck shadows became illusory, and soon they disappeared without a trace..