This was the first time he had ever been so disheveled in his own small town.
Sure enough, returning as a newcomer, his stats have shrunk drastically!
"And I'm here too."
Suddenly, the ground began to shake violently.
Drops of black, murky liquid seeped from the crack.
Ye Bugui, who was just worried about Lu Shi, suddenly fell silent.
He stared at the black water droplets floating in mid-air, and he couldn't help but clutch his chest.
It was as if the water droplets were about to take away all the moisture from his body, and Ye Bugui felt a sense of fear.
Even Dr. Wang, who was waving his fist, stopped what he was doing at that moment.
"What is that...?"
He has now surrendered his consciousness and soul to Hei Tai Sui, so it's normal that he's not quick to react.
What puzzled him was that he had never seen these black water droplets before.
Even evil gods fear the unknown.
Ye Bugui didn't know what to say. Lu Shi felt even more like a dungeon boss than the strangely dressed Doctor Wang.
A cold, gloomy face, empty eyes, and ever-increasing black droplets that were about to engulf Lu Shi.
Compared to the skeletal will-o'-the-wisps, this time the water droplets are even more terrifying.
Now no one should doubt that Lu Shi is the Demon Lord; this move looks too much like something a villain would use.
However, as a boss, Dr. Wang certainly couldn't just run away like that.
Although he had never seen such a move before, he still believed in the principle that brute force can overcome any skill.
So he chose to confront them head-on.
At this moment, Dr. Wang opened his mouth, and all the dead wood intertwined together, eventually transforming into a robust arm as tall as a one-story building.
Looking at that arm, even before it made any further movement, the oppressive feeling was already making the viewers in the live stream breathless.
Everyone was amazed that this was an A-level dungeon; it was indeed much more difficult than the bosses they had encountered before.
Golden Hall
Lu Shi's live stream is currently ranked number one, attracting tens of thousands of viewers. Among them, six are in the top 100 of the leaderboard.
These six people naturally knew each other, but instead of attacking and being sarcastic as usual, they focused their attention on the slender figure in the live stream.
“I’ve encountered an apostle of the evil god once,” said a player with a scar on his face, currently ranked 89th on the leaderboard. “It took five of us to kill him that time.”
“I’ve heard about it before.” Red Spider came again, even though she was very unhappy that Lu Shi had rejected her. But after seeing Lu Shi’s performance, Red Spider immediately decided not to pursue the matter any further. “Dungeons involving evil gods are all a bit more difficult than the original rating.”
"So what? Will this stump our Demon Lord?" At this moment, a female player stepped out from the crowd.
To be precise, she gracefully entered the live stream sitting on the lap of a muscular man.
She was holding two iron chains in her hands, the other end of which was tied to a muscular man who was only wearing pants.
After she stopped, the three muscular men assembled themselves into a human chair for the female player to sit on.
Wei Jin, who was hiding behind the crowd, immediately closed his eyes and automatically blocked out any information related to the female player in his mind.
"What brings you here?" Red Spider asked in a rather impolite tone.
"The handsome and mysterious Demon Lord, and his equally handsome and brave knight. Of course, I wouldn't be absent from any occasion with such outstanding men."
The woman had a face that looked like it had been meticulously sculpted by a Barbie doll, so unrealistic.
Even her voice had an electric quality. But that didn't diminish her status among the men at all.
“I wouldn’t mind joining them,” the woman said with a smirk. “I’d be willing to humble myself and do whatever it takes.”
Red Spider spat, "Shameless! You're a disgrace to women!"
"Heh, I'm just making good use of my beauty." The woman suddenly leaned on Red Spider's shoulder, sniffing her hair as she uttered a dazed sound: "If you didn't dislike women, I would have already submitted to you..."
Regardless, Lu Shi's live stream was incredibly lively. He's now, in the player forums, evolved from a promising newcomer to this year's strongest rookie king.
Lu Shi was unaware of all of this.
He appeared remarkably calm when he saw the gigantic arm that could crush him like an ant.
There was a giant axe on that arm, and the moment it swung down, everyone except Lu Shi forgot to breathe and then nervously covered their mouths.
Lu Shi didn't even have the thought of dodging; all the black droplets flew towards his arm and the giant axe.
When the black droplet touched the giant axe, it appeared to be quite vulnerable and was absorbed into the axe.
At this moment, the corpses on the base of Doctor Wang, who was dominating the giant axe, let out a wail-like laugh, seemingly mocking Lu Shi's trickery and foreshadowing his impending death.
More and more water droplets touched the arm and the giant axe, and then, as if nothing had happened, they were absorbed by them.
When the black water droplets ran out, Lu Shi, caught completely off guard, was exposed to the giant axe.
Many people have already guessed Lu Shi's fate: his beautiful head will be chopped off by a giant axe, and he will disappear amidst the malicious laughter of the viewers in the live stream.
After a day, no one will remember this player who claimed to be the Demon Lord.
"No!" Ye Bugui struggled to his feet, even though his wounds were festering and his strength was draining away at a rate of one point per second... but he still forced himself to stand up, wanting to block the attack for Lu Shi.
He only knew that he was out of options, so he might as well sacrifice himself to save Lu Shi's life. Perhaps the Demon Lord possessed other magical arts!
But Ye Bugui discovered that his arms and limbs had turned into rotten wood, rooted in the ground, making him unable to move.
When his blood runs dry, he will turn into a peach tree, standing forever in the town he built himself.
However, before the giant axe could fall, the huge, muscular arm withered.
It's like a huge balloon that deflates instantly when poked with a tiny needle.
Both his arm and the giant axe were rotting rapidly, and Dr. Wang was about to lose his greatest asset.
"impossible!"
Dr. Wang finally realized something was wrong, but when he tried to pull his arm and the giant axe back into his stomach, he didn't expect it to be so easy, without any resistance.
Something unusual must be going on.
By the time Dr. Wang realized that Lu had deliberately made him retract his arm and the giant axe, it was already too late.
The black droplets immediately left the dead wood and entered Dr. Wang's abdomen without hindrance.
There, a tree trunk that looked like a sapling was parasitizing.
And this inconspicuous tree trunk is the arm of the Black Tai Sui.
This is also where Dr. Wang's lifeline lies.
All the black water droplets adhered to it, which drove Dr. Wang crazy.
"You underestimate me! It's just... just water!"
He withdrew all the malevolent energy from his body in order to force away the black water droplets attached to it.
Lu Shi collapsed to the ground, revealing his weakness.
Yes, after using [Insight] and [Yellow Spring Dead Water] in succession, Lu Shi's physical strength had dropped to 6 points, and his mental strength had been completely depleted.
Right now, he's the type who'd be killed if any ordinary person just punched him.
Dr. Wang became even more anxious. He was eager to drive away the black droplet and then kill Lu Shi, the player who terrified him.
However, Dr. Wang was like a fly struggling desperately, unaware that he had already been caught in a spider web.
The more he resisted, the faster his strength disappeared.
The more he struggled, the fainter the mark of the Black Tai Sui became.
Until his body withered, until he lost the power of the Black Tai Sui and became a dried corpse.
The moment Ye Bugui heard the system congratulate him on clearing the level, he finally went over and hugged the unconscious Lu Shi.
This time, for the first time ever, he didn't get lost in his own town. Instead, a strong will to survive compelled him to take Lu Shi away from here.
...
Han Baobao only remembers having a nightmare.
In her dream, she found her roommate and told him that she was actually his deceased sister.
However, Han Baobao did not experience the touching scene of siblings recognizing each other like Lu Shi and the others.
She was kicked out by her roommate and taken away by Dr. Wang.
She thought she was going to die, but when Han Baobao woke up again, she heard a notification that she had passed the level.
"Baby! Baby!"
Cao Ran woke up in bed and immediately pounced on Han Baobao.
When she realized that Han Baobao was still alive, she finally burst into tears.
"But we didn't get a single treasure chest this time! We only got the basic reward of 1000 points." Han Baobao was still struggling with this.
"As long as I can get through the game."
Several female players left the dungeon one after another, bewildered, and could only guess that the victory must be related to those two people.
All they wanted to do now was go online and see what Lu Shi and Ye Bugui had done.
A note from the author:
Thank you so much for your support! I will continue to work hard!
Chapter 51
☪ Secrets
"My lord, what brings you here?"
The stench of blood lingered in the air of the dark cave.
The ground was littered with corpses!