Chapter 35: Chapter 35: The Journey Across the Skull Mountain and the Sea of Blood
In the countless resurrection processes, the two skeletons were eventually exhausted to death by the relentless attacks of the Lightning Rat and Skul. Andre had no intention of stopping. He resolutely took the Lightning Rat and Skul to continue searching for other prey on this huge and gloomy Skull Mountain, even though their power seemed so small in this mysterious and dangerous chaotic dead world, as if they were a small boat in the dark ocean, which could be swallowed by the surging waves at any time.
Whenever his physical strength was about to be exhausted, Andre relied on his magical resurrection ability to instantly restore himself to his best condition, as if he had been reborn. And when his spirit felt exhausted, as if shrouded by a layer of haze, he would decisively choose to commit suicide to clear his physical and mental fatigue and regain his high morale, just like a phoenix reborn from the ashes, constantly cycling between death and rebirth, just to survive and grow in this cruel world.
One person led a rat and a skeleton, fighting bravely along the Skull Mountain, and their footprints were all over every corner of this land of death. However, when encountering those mysterious creatures that were so powerful that they could not match them, Andre had to use the magical reincarnation technique to go to other unknown places, and then set out on the journey again, starting a new journey of conquest, as if he was a fearless adventurer, constantly exploring in the unknown world and never giving up.
Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, three days have passed quietly.
Andre can no longer remember how many times he has experienced the miracle of resurrection, nor can he know exactly how many mysterious and dangerous places he has randomly traveled through. In his memory, there is the skull mountain with piles of bones, where the breath of death permeates every inch of the air, as if it is a huge monument to death; there is also the black forest that absorbs life energy, which hides countless unknown dangers, as if it is a dark abyss that devours life; there is also the sea of blood full of blood bubbles, the sea of blood is churning, and it exudes a disgusting stench, as if it is the blood of demons flowing out after the gate of hell is opened.
He had seen all kinds of undead creatures in this chaotic dead world. They had different shapes. Some had hideous and twisted faces, like demons crawling out of the depths of hell, exuding a chilling evil aura; some were extremely beautiful and charming, but exuded a strange coldness, as if they were the embodiment of beauty and death. Their strengths were also uneven. Some were as weak as ordinary skeletons, with a combat power of no more than 5 points, so fragile that they seemed to be blown away by a breeze; while others were so powerful that they were beyond imagination, and their size was as huge as a towering mountain. It was impossible to see their full appearance, and one could only feel the strong sense of oppression that came over them, as if they were gods descending to the world, which made people feel awed.
In such a dangerous environment, Andre, Lei Guangshu, and Skull were also growing at an astonishing speed, like a sword forged in a raging fire, gradually revealing their sharpness.
"Bang!"
The two ghosts with ferocious faces were not close yet, and their pale and transparent bodies were suddenly covered by a large group of dazzling lightning. In an instant, the lightning was like a hot blade, tearing the ghost's body apart instantly, annihilating it on the spot and dissipating it into the air, as if it had never existed.
A purple figure jumped out like lightning, and lightning ran through its hair, flashing dazzling light, as if it was the incarnation of the god of thunder. It landed lightly, and then walked slowly through the place where the ghost was annihilated with an elegant and agile cat step, and continued to explore forward. The posture was like a mysterious dancer shuttling in the dark, exuding a unique charm.
Behind it, Andre and Skull followed closely.
Compared with three days ago, although the appearance of the Lightning Mouse has not changed much, the color of its hair has become deeper and richer, as mysterious as the deep night sky. The hair also contains more powerful and rich lightning energy, as if it is a treasure house of energy that is about to explode. After all, it is only at the second level. When it continuously uses many high-level thunder skills, it has a great burden on its own energy, just like a traveler carrying a heavy bag, struggling to move forward on the road of growth.
Therefore, when it comprehended the powerful skill of "Thunder Break", it had already begun to slowly explore and learn more advanced energy storage methods. It compresses the energy in its body to the extreme, just like compressing the surging tide into a small container, so that it can fill every corner of the body. In this way, in terms of the total storage of lightning energy in its body, it is not inferior to those fifth- and sixth-level thunder pets, as if it is a bright pearl hidden under an ordinary appearance, emitting amazing light.
"Undead Fruit!" Andre's eyes suddenly lit up, and his sharp eyes caught a few brightly colored blood-colored fruits hanging on a gray and mysterious strange tree in front of him. The outline of a human face appeared faintly on the surface of these fruits, as if the souls imprisoned in them were struggling in pain. They are precious pet foods favored by a few demon-type pets, and they contain powerful undead power. In this mysterious chaotic undead world, they are extremely rare. In the Federation, there are very few places where such fruits can be bought. After all, the birth of each fruit represents the disappearance of a fresh life. They are the crystallization of death and life, full of mysterious and evil breath.
"Attack!" Andre retracted his gaze without hesitation. His eyes revealed firmness and decisiveness. Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately ordered the Lightning Mouse to launch a fierce attack on this mysterious fruit tree.
After receiving Andre's order, the Lightning Mouse immediately surged with electric light all over its body, shining brightly, as if it was a lightning engine that was ignited. It quickly gathered a powerful ball of lightning, which flashed a dazzling light in front of it, like a cannonball about to be fired. Then, it exerted its strength suddenly, and shot the lightning ball like an arrow from a bow towards the root of the fruit tree, at a speed so fast that it seemed to be able to tear the air.
"Bang!" At the moment when the lightning ball was about to approach the fruit tree, the roots under the fruit tree seemed to sense the danger coming, and suddenly broke out of the ground, like a sharp spear, and shot towards the lightning ball. In an instant, the roots and the lightning ball collided violently, making a deafening sound, and the lightning ball was instantly shattered, turning into countless tiny arcs that dissipated in the air. And those roots also became charred under the impact of the strong current, and fell to the ground powerlessly, as if they were defeated soldiers who had lost the ability to fight.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The Thunder Rat was not discouraged by the failure of an attack. It quickly adjusted its state and continued to launch more violent lightning bombardments. Dazzling lightning fell on the fruit tree like raindrops, causing the roots of the fruit tree to become less and less under the continuous attack of lightning, and gradually lost the ability to resist. Finally, after a round of bombardment, the fruit tree could no longer resist the attack of the lightning rat, and was hit by a powerful lightning. A charred mark suddenly appeared on the trunk, as if it was scratched by the claws of the devil. Faintly, a piercing scream could be heard from under the tree, as if the soul of the fruit tree was screaming in pain. The sound was creepy, as if it came from the depths of hell.
Andre had no mercy in his heart. He knew the evil nature of this undead tree. This tree specializes in preying on other lives. In this chaotic undead world, it is the messenger of death. Even some skeletons and ghosts can hardly escape its clutches, and will eventually become fertilizer for its growth and be devoured by it mercilessly. The lightning power of the thunder pet is its nemesis, just like the opposition between light and darkness, which determines the outcome of this battle.
Soon, under the continuous attack of the Thunder Rat, the fruit tree was completely broken, fell to the ground with a bang, and raised a cloud of dust. Andre walked forward quickly, carefully picked up the precious undead fruits, and then put them into his storage space, like an explorer who harvested treasures, with a satisfied smile on his face.
"The space is almost full." Andre looked at the storage space that was about to be filled, frowned slightly, and a trace of worry rose in his heart. During the three days of battle, his storage space was already filled with various pet foods, which were all precious items he collected. However, he knew that there were still two days of cultivation time, and in this mysterious chaotic undead world, he could always collect some more precious pet foods. But judging from the current storage space capacity, it may be difficult to accommodate the subsequent harvest, which makes him feel quite troubled, just like a businessman who is about to return with a full load, but finds that his bag is too small to hold all the goods.
"System, can the storage space be upgraded?" Andre asked the system silently in his heart, with a hint of expectation in his eyes.
"Yes." The cold voice of the system sounded in his mind, as if it was a mysterious response from the distant sky.
"How much energy is required?" Andre asked impatiently.
"Each cubic meter of expansion requires 100 points of energy." The system's answer was concise and clear.
"Okay." Andre did not bargain at all. He knew that any argument would be futile in front of this mysterious system. He decisively used the remaining energy to upgrade the storage space, and his eyes revealed firmness and determination. This time, he came to the top cultivation plane with a ticket price of 9,000 energy to purchase. He didn't want to miss some precious pet food because of insufficient storage space. That would be a great loss for him, just like an adventurer who missed the treasure and would regret it for life.
"Unfortunately, the pet food collected here is almost all unpopular pet food in the demon system. It is not sold in general places, and few people are interested. If you want to ship these pet foods, I'm afraid it will take more time and energy." Andre thought to himself, and his eyes revealed a hint of helplessness. In this chaotic dead world, although many precious and rare pet foods can be collected, due to their special nature, it is not easy to convert them into actual value, as if a businessman who holds treasure but has difficulty finding a buyer is in trouble.
After picking the fruits, Andre continued to lead his companions to explore forward. Their figures gradually moved away in this chaotic dead world, as if they were a group of warriors pursuing light in the dark, never giving up.
After several painful lessons of being accidentally ambushed and dying, Andre finally explored the area almost completely. He chose to resurrect randomly again, disappeared instantly, and then appeared somewhere else, continuing his adventure, as if he was a traveler through time and space, jumping between different worlds.
Day 5.
"It's almost over..." Andre stood in front of a steep cliff, his eyes looked over the cliff and looked at the turbid and mysterious sea of corpses in the distance. In the sea of corpses, countless skeletons and corpses were soaked, and they rose and fell with the ripples of the sea, as if they were performing a dance of death. The scene unfolded in front of him like a scroll of hell, exuding a suffocating breath of death.
However, Andre was already accustomed to this purgatory-like scene, and there was no fear or disgust in his heart. At his feet, two small figures stood quietly, they were Lei Guangshu and Skull.
Compared with five days ago, although their appearance had not changed drastically, Skull's change was more obvious. The bones of its body gradually changed from the original grayish white to a deep dark black, as if it was corroded by the power of darkness. And inside the bones, there were faint blood threads flowing slowly, like blood vessels, giving it a mysterious and strange aura.
And Skull's height was still at Andre's knees, and he didn't grow much taller, as if his growth was more reflected in the improvement of his inner strength rather than the change in his external body shape.
In his hand, he tightly grasped a sharp bone knife. To be precise, this bone knife was more like an exquisite dagger. The origin of this bone knife was not simple. It came from a powerful skeleton monster with a body of nearly ten meters long. It was carefully crafted from the fangs of the skeleton monster, as if it was a divine weapon from hell, exuding a strong breath of death.
After just five days of training, Skull seemed to be a native skeleton of the chaotic dead world. The energy released from his body was no longer a faint gray energy, but a deep dark turbid air. The dark turbid air was like a black flame, surrounding its body and the bone knife, making it look more mysterious and powerful, as if it was a warrior from the dark world, ready to fight at any time.
"There is no way, let's go." Andre blew the fishy sea breeze on the cliff for a while. The sea breeze was like a sharp blade, scraping across his face, but he didn't care at all. After a moment, he retracted his gaze indifferently and slowly turned out a sharp tooth from his sleeve. This sharp tooth was sharper, and there was still a faint dark turbid air on it, as if it had just been pulled out from a powerful creature.
"Puff." Andre's expression was calm and natural, and he stabbed the sharp blade into his chest without hesitation. However, when he felt the pain, he grinned slightly and said to himself: "Miscalculated, stabbed too lightly." There was no fear or pain in his voice, as if it was just an ordinary experiment.
Then, his body fell to the ground with a thud. He looked up at the crimson sky, feeling the blood flowing rapidly from the wound, but sighing in his heart. In his opinion, this suicide process was simply a waste of time. He longed to get into the next adventure faster and explore more unknowns, as if he was a traveler who was in a hurry to get on the road and was troubled by the small obstacles in front of him.
Lei Guangshu and Skull looked at him blankly, with a trace of anxiety and helplessness in their eyes, as if they saw their closest people in trouble, but didn't know how to help. Although such scenes have happened many times, every time they felt the master's life breath gradually weaken, the mysterious power from the contract would make their hearts full of anxiety and uneasiness, making them eager to do something to save the master's life, as if they were loyal guards, anxious when the master was in danger.
Not long after, in another mysterious place in the Chaos Dead World, the figures of Andre, Lei Guangshu and Skull appeared out of thin air. After a brief look, they launched a fierce attack on the surrounding undead creatures without hesitation, as if they were a group of hungry wolves pouncing on their prey. The battle horn sounded again, and their adventure in this chaotic undead world continued to write their own legendary story.
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In the distant Vienna New City, there is a place called Taohuaxi Street, where there is a shop called Little Naughty Pet Shop. At this moment, the shutter door of the shop was closed, and the shop was dark and silent, as if forgotten by time.
Suddenly, a mysterious vortex appeared out of thin air in the shop, and then three figures slowly emerged from the vortex, which were Andre, Lei Guangshu and Skull. When the vortex gradually disappeared, Andre slowly opened his black eyes, and his eyes revealed a trace of joy and relief. Seeing the long-missed and familiar shops and smelling the unprecedented fresh air, Andre felt as if he had been resurrected from his numb state of fighting and regained his vitality and energy, as if he was a wanderer who finally returned to his hometown after going through hardships, his heart filled with joy and peace.