Chapter 223: On the Stone Pillar
Looking at the menacing appearance of those sturdy men, the crowd around looked at each other, after all, no one dared to stand up and compete with them for a place, and although the young man who was beaten was angry, he was helpless not to be the opponent of the other party, so he could only swallow his anger and retreat back.
"Tsk, I see, this carp guy is going to be deflated. Lu Xingyue looked at the scar man and the others in front of her, and then quietly approached Jiang Yao's ear and whispered. "Those guys, I'm afraid they don't plan to trade their kidneys at all. ”
"Hey, is this true?" Jiang Yao was slightly stunned and asked.
"Heh, of course. No matter what I Lu Xingyue said, I grew up in the underground rivers and lakes, and as soon as I saw the eyes of those guys, I knew what bad ideas were in their stomachs. Lu Xingyue pursed her lips and said. "In my opinion, they should have planned to cheat the carp guy's Neidan scales, and after being taken out of here, they would turn their faces and deny it. After all, at that time, the Neidan scales were also obtained, and the people escaped, and the initiative was in their hands. ”
"But...... If you can see such an obvious thing, shouldn't the thousand-year-old carp spirit fail to see it?, but I don't think he has any objections......
Jiang Yao turned his head to look at the fat old man in front of him, and found that the other party had already begun to conjure four golden scales according to the agreement, and used a spell to implant the scales into the four sturdy men one by one.
"I always felt ...... Something is not quite right. Jiang Yao narrowed his eyes slightly and said.
"Hey, let's go black and eat black, it's not a good thing on either side anyway. What we need to think about now is how to get out of here as quickly as possible. ”
Lu Xingyue muttered, tilting her head and looking at the rusty red sky along the towering red stone pillar, only to see that the top of the stone pillar was submerged in thick clouds, and there was no top to see. Inside the clouds, bursts of red lightning and thunder were constantly tumbling, and they became more and more intense as time passed, and I wonder if it was because the collapse of space was imminent.
"Alright. Now that the old man has implanted all the inner dan scales into your bodies, you should rest assured, right?"
Just as he was thinking, the fat old man's voice sounded from the front again. Lu Xingyue retracted her gaze, looked at the people in front of her again, and found that the fat old man's spell had been completed.
"Huh...... Hahaha! Sure enough...... Sure enough, the power of the Thousand Year Inner Dan is different!"
The scar man looked at his hands excitedly, feeling that a force was bursting out of his body, which made his whole person in an extremely excited state, and the other three sturdy men looked the same.
"Now that you're ready, let's go!"
The man with the scar shouted, and then sat on the fat old man's "flying yarn" with the other three. After circling around, the tulle carrying four people and one demon soared into the sky with a "boom", and quickly flew towards the top of the red stone pillar in front of everyone's eyes.
"Huhu ......"
The cold wind howled in the ears of the four scar men, and under the drive of the tulle, the distance between the group and the ground became farther and thinner, and the air became thinner. It's just that instead of being uneasy in the slightest, the four of them exuded a strange excitement, as if they had been stimulated.
"Hahahaha! Look, as long as you don't touch this stone pillar, the stone spear won't jump out! We'll be the first ones soon...... No, it should be the only group of people who have gone out of this damn place!"
The man with the scar looked at the red stone pillar that was motionless on the side, and there was uncontrollable madness on his face.
"As for the guys down there...... Hmph, it's best to die!This time in the "ghost market", there will be an auction of "soul stones", if there are no other bidders on the scene, this thing is mine!hahahaha......"
"......" The fat old man glanced at the smug look of the scar man, and didn't say anything, just brushed his gaze over the tulle underneath, intentionally or unintentionally, and the corners of his mouth hooked slightly.
"Rumble ......"
The ethereal clouds swirled around, and the undercurrent thunderclouds continued to roll in the sky, and as the position of the group continued to climb, the scenery below also became blurred. Under the thunder, the tulle that carried everyone seemed to be slightly affected, and the flight speed began to become slower and slower while producing bumps.
"Hey, carp guy, what's the matter with you tulle, why is it getting slower and slower!?"
As if sensing something was wrong, the scar man turned to the fat old man in dissatisfaction and shouted at the top of his voice.
"Heh, no fuss. This 'flying yarn' is driven by the old man's demonic power, and it is normal for the demon power to consume too much and slow down. The fat old man twisted his beard, but he was not surprised by the situation.
"But I don't know how far we are from the top now, if you haven't flown up by then, what if your carp guy's demonic power is exhausted first!?" Another sturdy man on the side looked up at the top of the stone pillar worriedly, but saw that the top of the red stone pillar was still far away, and there was no end in sight.
"That's right, you said you were going to take us out! Now the four of us have put our lives in your hands, so don't go back on your word!" The other two also suddenly felt that the situation was different, and hurriedly asked.
"No matter how anxious you are, the old man can't have any other way. If you don't believe in the old man, you can go down by yourself. The fat old man looked at the four people whose faces had changed drastically, and said indifferently.
"What are you kidding! they're all flying here, how do you want us to go down!?" the man with the scar stepped forward and grabbed the fat old man by the collar and yelled. "You old man tricked me, didn't you? Believe it or not, Lao Tzu threw you down!?"
"Hehe, if you throw the old man down, you will have to be buried with the old man, this 'flying yarn' is indispensable to the old man's demonic manipulation. The fat old man sneered.
"You ——!" The scar man was indignant, but he could only stare in vain, unable to hold back a word for a long time.
"However, since the old man dares to sit on this 'flying yarn', he is not unprepared for the current situation. The fat old man said in a wandering manner, and suddenly the conversation changed.
"Y-Do you have a solution!?" Scar Man quickly asked.
"Of course. Since the reason why this 'flying yarn' slows down is that the old man's demonic power is insufficient, as long as the old man can replenish his demonic power, he will naturally be able to maintain the operation of the 'flying yarn'. The fat old man slapped away the scarred man's hand and looked up at the four sturdy men in front of him.
"Supplement...... Replenish demonic power, let's just a few now, where are you going to ......?"
Before he finished speaking, the scarred man's face suddenly stiffened! He trembled and lowered his head, and found that a fist-sized golden point of light was flashing in his abdomen, and with the rhythm of this point of light, he felt that the energy in his body was disappearing sharply, as if it had been continuously extracted by the point of light.
"Do you think I really took out the Neidan scales for the sake of your kidneys?"
The fat old man sneered and stretched out his hand, pointing his finger at the four people who were as stiff as vegetables.
"There is one thing that the old man seems to have forgotten to say, the old man's inner pill is cultivated by absorbing external energy, and even if it is not in the old man's body, it can still continue to operate according to the old man's will. ”
"You, you treat us like ......" The scarred man's bloodshot eyes widened, his throat as if it had been choked, and he could only watch as the bodies of the four of them shrank rapidly at a rate visible to the naked eye. And as several of their bodies withered, the "flying veil" that had been gradually becoming transparent suddenly seemed to be infused with energy, and began to accelerate towards the top of the red stone pillar.
"Hehehe...... That's right, you people are just used by the old man as 'food' to replenish demonic power. The fat old man looked up at the rust-red sky where the thunderclouds rolled and grinned with twisted corners of his mouth. "The old man doesn't want your kidneys, but ...... Your lives!"
"Poof!"
The four withered corpses fell weakly at the feet of the fat old man, and the fat old man coldly glanced at the corpses of the scar man and others at his feet, and stretched out his hand and waved it gently. I saw four golden scales float out of the corpses of the four people and reunite into the old man's hands.
"Hmph, if you want to calculate the old man, you are still a few thousand years away. The fat old man snorted softly, raised his foot and kicked the four dried corpses off the "flying veil", and the pathetic four fell into the clouds in an instant, never to be seen again.
"The life energy of four adult human beings seems to be enough. ”
The fat old man looked at the "flying yarn" under his feet with satisfaction, and a trace of excitement and greed appeared on his face. He looked up at the red pillar that was reaching into the sky again, and realized that perhaps because of the breaking through of the clouds, the surrounding dark clouds had gradually thinned and dissipated. Soon, he saw that a pile of dark shadows seemed to appear in the sky above the unchanging stone pillar. After flying for so long, the finish line is finally approaching.
"Is it an exit...... hehehe...... The old man, the old man can finally go out!"
The fat old man grinned, he couldn't wait to increase his mana, driving the "flying yarn" under his feet to rush towards the black shadow above!
He saw a group of figures hanging upside down in the sky, staring at him with their heads tilted up.
"What's going on!?"
The fat old man's eyes widened suddenly, and his facial muscles trembled violently with fear. Because he found that the pile of black shadows hanging upside down in the sky was none other than Lu Xingyue and the others who were supposed to stay at the bottom of the stone pillar.
"Well, look at that carp guy, why did he suddenly rush down?"
"Four dried corpses just fell, and this time it's the old man's turn?"
"But why is this fat old man a little strange? Why is he hanging upside down on that scarf??"
……
Everyone at the bottom of the red stone pillar stared at the rapidly falling "flying yarn" in the sky, completely unable to understand what was happening. And Jiang Yao looked at the panicked behavior of the fat old man on the "flying yarn", and suddenly had a strong sense of foreboding.
"Why!!Why are you back where you are!?This can't be!!"
The fat old man roared in horror, scrambling to stop the "flying yarn" under his feet, but found that the "flying yarn" began to emit a little glimmer of energy around his body, and the rapidly lost mana was withdrawn into the air, gradually engulfed by the rusty red sky.
"No, don't ——! stop, stop!!! The old man doesn't want to die yet——!!
"Oh no! he's going to fall!"
Jiang Yao's face changed, and he quickly blurted out and shouted, but it was too late.
"Bang ——!!"
The scattered dust flew up all over the sky under the violent impact, and everyone could only watch as the fat old man's body smashed into the ground like a cannonball, and the torn body twitched strangely, and soon fell silent in the stunned gaze of everyone, and there was no more sound.