Chapter 161: I Will Drop By Every YearTranslator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Once Fang Ning heard the System mention that the strength of that huge boss had greatly declined, he wanted to call upon his precious game book to check on the opponent’s strength, but it did not answer to him like it did before…
He thought, “Eh, where’s my book?”
Right after that, he hit his head. It turned out sir System was playing with the Vigilante’s Flying Book…
After using the Killing Curse continuously, Shaz the venomous snake suffered great loss in his essence. It widened its horrifying snake mouth abruptly then lowered its head to engulf a blood porcupine that had just crawled out from the gully. It seemed like it wanted to consume the porcupine as a supplement to regain its powers.
After all, that blood porcupine was considered to be a Grade-A powerhouse. While the snake’s mouth had a frightening ability to swallow, it was unlike the soul of Sadi the snake charmer; it had resistances. It trod four of its legs on the ground and remained unmoved in front of the terrifying snake mouth.
Initially, the scary snake mouth was lowered down, but when it heard the sound of wind, it suddenly looked up.
At that moment, the game book was locked on to the snakehead. When the snake looked up, the book hit the snake square on its scary, gigantic mouth. It crashed into its teeth with the loud clang of metal against metal, before being swallowed by the snake.
As Fang Ning saw his book disappear he was shaken to his core. He immediately called out in the System s.p.a.ce, “It’s over. My precious game book has been swallowed… Didn’t you say that it has an ‘Automatic Recovery’ attribute? Why didn’t it return this time?”
The System replied instead, “Even with the ‘Automatic Recovery’ attribute, it needs a recovery path, now that it’s entered the snake’s stomach.. it won’t be ruined, but Automatic Recovery will have to wait until it opens its mouth again By the looks of it, though, I’m guessing that it won’t opens its mouth no matter what…”
Fang Ning said, “Quickly! Kill it then, I’ll dissect it and retrieve my precious book.”
The System said, “If this snake dies, I’m afraid that my farming spot won’t be built. Why don’t we give up on that old book, I’ll make a new one for you instead…”
Fang Ning was speechless. “You’re really heartless, before this you clearly said that you’re its System Father…”
The System said, “Oh, you still remember that. Well then I’m no longer its System Father now…”
“Pfft!” When Fang Ning heard that, he almost vomited blood. He was a person who cherished old friends.h.i.+ps, he did not want his precious game book to vanish just like that.
He thought for a while. “So what about the farming spot, this snake need not necessarily be alive for it to be built…”
All those days, he already had feelings for his precious game book. It was not only intelligent, but also always stood by his side, so of course he did not want to abandon it.
He started explaining patiently, “Are you dumb? Whether this snake dies or not, thousands of these bloodthirsty and ferocious demons will roam around the Land of Heritage, they won’t be able to run away regardless. At the worst, we can follow the army of Truth Department to kill them one by one after this.
“This precious game book consumed thousands and millions of experience of yours, and was made from many previous materials, it’ll really be a loss if we can’t find it back.
“The key is, this is the only chance to kill this snake. It wasn’t easy for me to create so many cover-ups so that it could waste its effort for nothing and cause a decline in its strength. If we don’t take the opportunity to kill it this time, there won’t be another chance in the future. You said it before, killing it will immediately expose legendary equipment, the situation is getting much more dangerous now, more powerful fellows are starting to appear…”
[The System is evaluating…]
[The System is evaluating…]
[The System has decided to kill Shaz the cobra…]
The System said, “Alright, I’ll listen to you this time. Since its strength is declining, we’ll kill this snake and settle the other demons slowly next time.”
Fang Ning was finally relieved. It was really not easy to convince the two-way System because it was so dedicated to its farming spot. He had used up all his might for it. He had no choice, his body had been seized, it was difficult being an incapable advisor…
Shaz the venomous snake seemed to be very proud after swallowing the game book.
Sure enough, it did not open its mouth as it was afraid that the book would fly back again. It started making sounds with its spiritual sense. “Try hitting me with this book again… Your talisman, solid and accurate as it may be, is now mine. Let’s see what other abilities do you have!”
At that time, Vigilante A had already jumped over the wall of the city and turned into an imposing fire dragon.
Not only that, on the body of the fire dragon, a green light flashed past. Apart from the red dragon head, another green dragon head appeared!
Most of the people were stunned, whereas Fang Ning seemed to be very calm. Previously, when he fought Anderson, Sir System had already created a two-headed dragon…
“Evildoer, how dare you swallow my talisman. Prepare to meet your demise if you don’t return it immediately!”
Following that, both dragon heads attacked at the same time, one with raging flames and the other with a hurricane, aiming for the nearby cobra.
Shaz the venomous snake watched in disdain as the flames and gale charged towards it, “Your army has been incapacitated. You won’t be able to use the combined ult you used previously, why would I be afraid of this insignificant skill…”
As expected, even though the flames had always worked against low-leveled creatures, when it hit the body of the snake, it did not even burn through any of its scales. They were only slightly charred…
On the walls of the city, the people who were already quite demoralised from Qiao Anping’s severe injury, but they became even more hopeless after seeing that. However, they were still trained soldiers, so they could still hold on to their defenses and stop those demons from breaking through the defense formation.
On the other hand, Fang Ning was still quite calm. He had expected that situation from the start. Once the army was incapacitated, the System lacked the ability to land a critical strike.
Nonetheless, they still had the capabilities for the Combined Skill. It would be up to their new green army friend, Sky Eagle. It would be up to if it managed to do what was instructed before; to gather enough allies.
After realizing the scheme of that venomous snake in advance and subsequently informing the Truth Department about it, Fang Ning asked sir System to look for Sky Eagle secretly. He asked an eagle leader like it to rope in reinforcements, and since the pros and cons were crystal clear, the reinforcements would arrive for sure.
He could not let sir System to fight the battle alone. More so, he could not entirely entrust his hope onto the army of Truth Department recovering quickly.
In reality, if something were to be prepared last minute, it would usually not work. On the contrary, the situation would only end up worse. Only by preparing a backup plan could the tables be turned…
As for now, it would depend on how long sir System could hold that cobra back; it must not allow the snake any chance of executing any of its evil plans
…
Indeed, the venomous snake had a profound cultivation base. Its weaknesses were scarce, and its scales were unimaginably tough. After many techniques, the two-headed dragon only caused little effect when it faced the snake, it did not seem like it was crus.h.i.+ng it like before.
However, the strength of Shaz the venomous snake declined greatly, it was unable to exert any of its curses and evil skills, such that it could only withstand the attacks with its flesh.
Regardless of how solid its scale was, and how effortless its defense seemed, it suffered quite some damage on top of not being able to fly…
Nevertheless, it was not like he had absolutely no power to counterattack. after all, it was an orthodox cobra, and spitting poison was one of its talents. Wherever it spat at, if not guarded or protected, all humans and beasts would die regardless…
The damage of snake poison was also on an area of effect. Wild gra.s.ses withered and died, demons and beasts alike moved to avoid it, the two-headed dragon had to shoot .up to the sky from time to time to dodge it too…
The battle ate up a couple of hours. The sky vaguely lit up, and there was finally some change to the situation.
A male eagle flew down from the sky.
“Brother Dragon, I’ve already invited most of the local big demons to lend you a helping to and to eradicate this evildoer, they’ll arrive soon…”
The cobra was very strange, it kept staying to fight even after hearing the news…
“It’s me, rock lizard. Hero of China, I am here…”
A gigantic rock lizard dashed into the war zone in a rampage. Wherever it went, spikes shot out of the ground in its wake, swatting the bloodthirsty demons away.
“This time round, don’t give me fruits anymore, your fruits aren’t tastier than the ones I have anyway. Your latest novels on sale are much better. The readers for each chapter are very good at speaking, they’re much better than the author…” A whitetail monkey leapt out from the forest out of a sudden, behind it were three big monkeys with similar strengths.
One after another, Pond-level demons from the Land of Heritage appeared. Fang Ning did a rough count and realized that there were actually forty to fifty of them. Although the boundary of the land was very limited, the potentials that lied within was frightening indeed.
Even though they were outnumbered by almost a thousand of those bloodthirsty demons, they still had the knowledge and had profound magic, so it was not a problem for them to fight with a ratio of one to ten. They pulled the gap between their Absolute Strength closer at once.
Fang Ning secretly sighed to himself as he watched, “It’s a pity that this power is only present because of the situation, I can’t actually use it for myself, the most reliable source of power I can hope on is still Sir System. I must think of a way to create weapons for it, so as to avoid weak attacks against opponents of the same grade…”
After that, the Sky Eagle yelled out in the sky, “There’s no justice and fairness when you’re facing this evildoer, everyone, let’s attack together!”
The forty to fifty Pond-level demons seemed to have discussed it long ago, upon hearing that, they used their techniques and attacked together.
Wind blades, ice arrows, spikes and golden needles. While it looked colorful, murderous intent was spread all over, except that after they appeared, they did not charge towards the cobra, but instead floated up to the sky together.
At that moment, an exceptionally vast Dragon Form of Vital Energy appeared suddenly.
A fifty-meter long Heavenly Sword took form once again. This time, it was much faster than it was at the arena. It took form almost instantly, simply because there was no need to wait for an audience to catch up…
Once it took its form, it swung towards the wind blades and ice arrows…
Each time it engulfed a skill, the Heavenly Sword became much more powerful…
“Vanquis.h.i.+ng Slash of Heavenly Sword!”
The cobra did not dodge or duck at all, but moved its body up and suddenly jumped out mid-air. It stretched its body, making itself hundreds of meters long, then it widened its huge mouth and swallowed the Heavenly Sword that came down!
“It can actually swallow such a terrifying skill?” Everyone who held the defense desperately on the city wall looked completely shocked.
However, right after, they saw that the cobra did not move an inch at all. After a brief moment, its hundred-meter long body fell down from the sky.
It was only then that it was apparent; countless openings had been slit throughout the body of that huge snake. It seemed that it was already dead…
Nonetheless, n.o.body dared to go look, for all they knew, the snake had tenacious vitality, because even snakeheads cut off from usual snakes would still bite…
After some time, the bloodthirsty demons suddenly dispersed into all directions and stopped attacking the walled city. However, they still dared not believe that the imposing and horrifying cobra was really dead…
It was only when the enormous soul, in the form a snake, suddenly rose out of the corpse and flew to mid-air, that people could finally believe that it had really died…
Among the hurricane and flames, the snake body started cackling and cracking as it burned, having lost its magic protection.
The snake soul suddenly made sounds with its spiritual sense, and a frightening sound echoed through the entire ravine.
“How despicable. It turns out that you appended an evil spell on the book that makes one lose their sanity! I can’t believe I chose not to evade your attack and instead eat it your Combined Skill head on!”
Fang Ning thought, “You finally regained consciousness.”
The snake soul seemed to be absolutely reconciled to its own failure.
It was hissing, “I, the mortal incarnation of the G.o.d of Destruction, Shaz the Snake Deity, casts a Soul Curse; at the end of every year, bloodthirsty beasts will gather here, as long as the city remains undestroyed, the curse will never stop!”
Right after it said that, the snake soul exploded spectacularly. The ravine, so close to brightening up, was plunged into gloominess once again. This time, it seemed like it was shrouded in layers of haze that were faint, yet unerasable…
Everyone on the walls of the city was delighted at first, but upon hearing the news, their moods became heavy.
From the besiegement of the beasts, the process seemed to be a little dull.
However, a Grade-A powerhouse was severely injured, and many people were exhausted and drained from maintaining the Defense Formation.
The ability for the walled city to withstand the attack of numerous Pond-level demons was built on a foundation that it would consume an enormous amount of reserved materials.
If there was a year’s worth of time between each event, how much manpower and material resources would the Truth Department have to fill up that huge pit?
It was different from cutting off those bloodthirsty beasts from before. Back then, it was sufficient to chase them away or lure them somewhere near their base. If nothing worked, they could also give up on some outposts at the very last minute. It did not take up many resources.
As for the walled city in the ravine, it was an important point to cut off the strategies of the Indians. It would be impossible for them to give up, as they face the attacks each time.
Coincidentally, the True Dragon could help defeat the demons this time, but would it be coming every year after? It was not an insider of Truth Department anyway…
Those demons only turned up to help out as they wanted to take the opportunity to slaughter the cobra, which was their huge concern. They would definitely not bother about anything in the future, or else, they would have been able to ask for their help long ago.
Fang Ning could not hear the voices of those people. If he knew, he would certainly say that Sir System would help in the future, and that he would show up on time each year, such that they would not be able to thrust it away no matter what. He would also say that they must present a big experience pack as a gift…