Chapter 729: The Arrival of Taotie
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Three days later, on the banks of a clear river, between the Heavens and the Earth, a thunderous rumbling rang suddenly.
Hearing the sound before seeing it physically, and going just based on its earth-shaking and imposing manner alone, it was more than enough to tell that its strength would go far beyond anybody’s expectations.
“The scavenger has finally arrived. All of you are on your own now.” The River G.o.d of the Sky River suddenly opened his eyes. Then, with a s.h.i.+ft of his form, he disappeared without a trace.
“Uh… Sir River G.o.d, where did you go?” exclaimed Qiao Zijiang and the others in shock.
An actual G.o.d actually fled in the face of danger, how embarra.s.sing!
However, the other two remained unmoved and were not the least bit shocked at what had happened.
“Hehe, that River G.o.d must have survived through the calamities of the Upper Realm by not contending at all…” said Bodhisattva with a smile as he shook his head.
“My Buddha is compa.s.sionate. Water doesn’t contend for fame when it benefits all creatures; therefore, if he doesn’t contend, the world should not contend with him as well. This River G.o.d is nearing the realm of Taoism…” Faw.a.n.g joined his hands together at the palms and proclaimed in Buddha’s name in a strange tone that could either be interpreted as irony or admiration.
“Hmph, he obviously fled in the face of danger, yet they’ve beautified his actions so!” said the System angrily. “He’s so despicable. When we were distributing the cake just now, he didn’t ask for a smaller portion either… Just they wait and see how I’ll take care of that b*stard!”
“Relax, relax. I understand your fury completely,” Fang Ning quickly woke up from his cultivation and calmed it down. “The biggest problem you’re dealing with right now is not having money to make this a pay-to-win situation, so you’ll need to do some additional work by sending a smurf that can act as a meat s.h.i.+eld…”
“Huh, you’re still the person that knows me best. The heavens and the earth brought me up, but my host alone understands me 1 .” The System felt touched at Fang Ning’s tactfulness and immediately continued, “Then what do you think we should do?”
“This can all be blamed on your penchant to pretend to be more than you are, going on about how you’ll undertake everything yourself. If you hadn’t done so, that River G.o.d wouldn’t have escaped so confidently…” grumbled Fang Ning.
“Ugh, I was wrong. I thought that at most an Inland-Sea Level monster would appear. However, from what I’m sensing, things might be quite tricky. I might even be defeated if things go south…” admitted the System honestly, which meant that the problem really was quite serious.
“Are you for real? Could it really be that strong? My intuition is telling me that things aren’t so dangerous.” Fang Ning just could not understand.
“It’s the truth. When have I ever lied to you?” The System continued in earnest, “Our opponent this time is unprecedentedly powerful. It has concentrated all the power within an area, and although this arcane realm isn’t very big, it has been acc.u.mulating power for many years. Because it is so well-prepared, its power is definitely much higher than mine.”
“But I’m sure its combat skills can’t compare to yours…” uttered Fang Ning as his last glimmer of hope.
“At this level of power, skills don’t matter much anymore. It’ll be like a nuclear war; it doesn’t matter if it was an accurate hit or if they missed a little, there won’t be much of a difference since they’ll perish together,” sighed the System.
“I see, then we’ll have to prepare to escape as well. Escaping isn’t shameful.Emperor Gaozu of Han 2 was an expert in escaping, and it allowed him to become emperor,” immediately suggested Fang Ning genuinely.
“Let’s run away then. But I don’t feel too willing about it, since I feel like things might turn around for the better,” hesitated the System.
“If that’s the case, let’s wait and see what happens. We can’t scare ourselves to death before being killed…” suggested Fang Ning.
“There’s no other way. I miss the days where I could pay a bit of money to gain enough power that would allow me to kill as I pleased…” muttered the System dejectedly.
“There’s no helping it. You’ve increased in level, so your enemies are stronger too, which naturally means that the amount of money you’ll need to make things pay-to-win would also increase. Take things slowly, don’t worry yourself,” comforted Fang Ning.
Time ticked away and the atmosphere around them grew heavier as it did; not a breeze could be felt, yet the thunderous rumbling steadily neared them.
An air of desolation gradually spread.
After an unknown amount of time had pa.s.sed, everyone had entered a state of high alert. All their treasures and formations that could be used as defensive measures were all set up in preparation.
The “Bodhi Flower Formation” was also temporarily set up.
Although there was not a lot of them, the quality was high enough to sustain their current most powerful defensive measure.
Vigilante A stood within the formation, his head raised to look into a specific direction in the sky.
He was looking at the direction of the source of the rumbling.
As the rumbling became louder and louder, it was obvious that the scavenger was getting closer and closer.
Not long after, dust filled the air and the entire place was almost completely swallowed by darkness. The rumbling sound was so close it was almost deafening, and pillars of smoke rose high in the distance.
Within the darkness, two bright pillars of light shone down brightly from the sky like a pair of searchlights, illuminating their surroundings.
In between the two pillars of light seemed to be a spherical giant. Its silhouette was hidden within the darkness that had surrounded them, and it was truly a daunting sight.
At the same time, an eccentric and strange song could be heard from in between the two pillars of light.
“I want to crawl from the south to the north, and then crawl back to the north from the south.
“I want everyone to see me, I want everyone to give me delicious food…
“Woo, woo, woo, woo, woo.
“I’m oh so hungry, oh so hungry, oh so hungry…”
Everyone was shocked upon hearing the song and they shared looks of fear among each other.
A monster like the Taotie 3 had obviously arrived!
However, Bodhisattva Spirit King had a weird expression on his face that betrayed the slight hesitation he was feeling.
Vigilante A was entirely expressionless. He merely looked up into the sky, as if he had something on his mind.
Faw.a.n.g furrowed his eyebrows and kindly reminded, “Everyone, be careful. It seems that this is a beast that devours everything under the sky, yet it still wants people to make delicious food to feed it. This is common behavior seen in evil monsters of the Upper Realm…”
Within the System s.p.a.ce.
“Huh, this song sounds so familiar,” wondered the System aloud.
“Nonsense, isn’t this that song ‘Eat Eat Eat’ that Daqing is always humming? It sounds like the lyrics are different though, could it be that this thing has fallen?” asked Fang Ning in surprise.
“I don’t know. It seems quite powerful now… I doubt I’ll be able to subdue it,” admitted the System.
“Hiss… What?” Fang Ning was at a loss for words before he regained himself to say in shock, “How could that be? It used to be all bark and no bite, so who would expect it to be so powerful now? How did it achieve this? It was lazier than me, and it never cultivated, and it only knew to eat and sing…”
“Ugh, I think it probably ate all the monsters in the River of Blood. After all, all the power of this arcane realm is concentrated within the River of Blood…” guessed the System.
“So that’s how it is. I have a way…” said Fang Ning before telling the System his idea.
“Hmm, I think that’s the only way,” said the System sadly. “Falling behind will only get me beaten, I’ll definitely remember the shame I’ve endured today!”
“Alright, alright. Your skin is as thick as castle walls, so what shame are you talking about?” said Fang Ning in disdain. “I just need you to bleed a little. You might even gain another arcane realm out of this, so what do you stand to lose?”
“How am I not losing anything? I was originally hoping that I would be able to defeat a monster worth 100 billion in experience points…” a.s.serted the System.
“Stop spouting nonsense and deal with Daqing quickly. That song it’s singing is making me a little scared…”
Right after that, everyone watched as Vigilante A jumped out of the formation to turn into the Azure Dragon, before he flew high up into the skies.
Within the darkness, everyone could barely make out the Azure Dragon confronting the spherical giant.
A little while later, a new song could be heard coming from the giant.
“Crawl, crawl, crawl.
“I want to eat a chicken…
“I also want to eat a duck…”
Then, a thin line that seemed to be flying towards the giant emerged in mid-air.
Everyone was surprised when they realized the thin line was exuding an indescribable and strange fragrance that filled the air. This was definitely a special thing that would have only appeared in myths.
However, what kind of tactic was this?
Could it be the Azure Dragon wants to fill the stomach of this Taotie-like monster before killing it?