Chapter 101: Demon Town
The wind gradually rose in the forest, the leaves rubbed, making a rustling sound, and not far away, insects chased and shook their wings, which reached Jiang Ting's ears.
"There was movement, but there was no life." Jiang Ting released his divine sense, and his brows furrowed slightly.
In his senses, the forest was lifeless, even if there was the sound of wind, leaves, and insects, it was as if it were mechanically controlled.
"Such a forest has no soul." Jiang Ting was half complaining and half serious.
As time passed, the sky gradually darkened, and Jiang Ting raised his head and saw the black sun through the gap in the leaves
Nearly ten hours had passed since he entered the secret realm, and Jiang Ting had advanced at a normal speed, and after killing a few strange beasts, he finally walked out of this forest.
"Whew." Jiang Ting took a breath and looked into the distance, he was now on a high slope, and a formation appeared in the distance.
A great river passed through it, so the town was built along the river in the form of a strip, with thousands of houses, and the doors were closed, each several feet high, made of a kind of dark stone, which looked very solid.
Jiang Ting cautiously approached the town, only to find that it had long been deserted, dead silent, only those tall houses remained, and everyone seemed to have evaporated from the world.
Stone rollers, stone mills, stables, pig troughs...... Everything remained as it was, as if the owner had just left.
It was getting late, and there were no stars in the sky of the secret realm, but there was still a layer of hazy light that appeared around, allowing Jiang Ting to see the surrounding scene clearly.
There was nothing to be found on the street, Jiang Ting took a deep breath, raised his vigilance, and gently pushed open a door.
With a click, the door opened, and an old breath came to his face, Jiang Ting's right hand rested on the black gold war knife, and walked into the room.
The facilities in the house are very simple, stone tables and chairs, no different from the outside world, the only special place is that there is a painting hanging on the wall.
It was a hellish scene.
It's a barren world, with a gray sun in the sky, as if it's about to burn out life. Around it was a dark sky, filled with a heavy and oppressive aura.
A pitch-black void appeared above the canopy, and living beings continued to descend, densely packed and in different shapes.
Some of them had two horns, knotted muscles, and were extremely tall, with a black demonic aura all over them.
Some of them had wings on their backs, and pitch-black flames rose on their bodies, and when a pair of fleshy wings flapped, black flames fell, burning the land.
There were also giants, as tall as mountains, with thunder and storms around them, and the giants moved forward, and natural disasters followed.
Above the canopy, at the end of the horizon, in the rift of space...... In every corner that could be seen in the field of vision, there were different alien races, surging like a tide.
In the very center of the painting is an angel with a holy and solemn face, holding a holy sword, with twelve wings spread out behind his back, and endless glow is released from him.
When the light fell to the ground, it scorched the earth, and as He shook his wings, hail the size of a house fell, as if the end of the world.
The alien race looks up to the sky and roars, worshiping the archangel above the heavenly dome, and the holy angel and the filthy alien race appear together in the picture scroll, forming a strange coexistence.
I don't know how long it took, Jiang Ting's body shook, and he woke up from that painting, and his back was already wet.
The spiritual coercion brought by this picture scroll was too strong, and his divine consciousness was hooked, and he unconsciously entered the picture scroll.
"What a terrible coercion...... Jiang Ting's face turned pale, wiping the cold sweat on his forehead, "On this picture scroll, is it the scene of the destruction of the gods?" ”
He is from an archaeological background, so he naturally has studied the religions of the Blue Star countries, and many religious classics have mentioned the gods coming to disasters, especially in Western countries, where records of God's destruction abound.
This kind of thing, if it was placed in the past, Jiang Ting simply used it as a pretext for missionaries to intimidate believers, but after experiencing the revival of aura, Jiang Ting faintly felt that the truth behind this would not be so simple.
Jiang Ting thought for a moment, put away the scroll, and walked towards the next house.
Sure enough, there is also a painting there, and the painting is also a scene of the destruction of the gods, the holy angel and the filthy alien race are in caustenance, which is the same as the one in Jiang Ting's hand.
……
"The paintings in these houses are exactly the same."
Jiang Ting walked out of a house, he had already inspected hundreds of houses, without exception, every house hung such paintings, as if some kind of faith.
Just as Jiang Ting was about to go to the next house, he suddenly heard a click, Jiang Ting was stunned, and turned to look at the street.
Dozens of meters in front of Jiang Ting, a door opened, and a tall skeleton walked out.
This skeleton was nearly two meters tall, a little taller than Jiang Ting, its bones were dark and shimmering with metallic luster, and it looked very solid.
On its head, there are two demonic horns.
Jiang Ting's eyes froze, thinking of the painting and the tall house that did not seem to be inhabited by ordinary people, and a bold guess formed in his mind.
"This is not a human settlement, this is a demon town!"
Not far away, the black skeleton turned around suddenly, as if sensing Jiang Ting's breath, and its five fingers were like hooks, and it swooped towards Jiang Ting.
"When"
Jiang Ting did not dodge or dodge, colliding with the black skeleton, pinching the fist mark in his hand, and directly facing the black skeleton's claws.
With a snort, the black skeleton's claws left five shallow white marks on Jiang Ting's fist, and Jiang Ting shook it back with a punch.
The skeleton looked at his palm, and then at Jiang Ting, as if he didn't understand why the Terran kid in front of him was unharmed.
"Again."
Jiang Ting moved his wrist and took the initiative to rush towards the black skeleton, the soul attraction trick flowed, his hands glowed, like gold and jade, and punched the black skeleton.
The black skeleton raised its bone arm to block, and with a click, the bone arm snapped, and the black skeleton was shocked and flew upside down.
"Bang"
Jiang Ting followed closely behind and punched the black skeleton in the chest, punching it a big hole in the chest, and its spine was shattered, and the black skeleton lost its support and fell to the ground in one fell swoop.
The black skeleton opened its mouth, as if it was roaring silently, its vitality was so tenacious that its upper body was almost shattered into bone slag several times, and it was also struggling to tear Jiang Ting apart.
Jiang Ting shook his head, and a sword qi slashed out, shattering the black skeleton's head, and the black skeleton immediately stopped moving.
"Is this an undead creature?"
Jiang Ting guessed in his heart that this skeleton was a little more spiritual than he had imagined, but it still had no spiritual intelligence, but its bones were sturdy, almost comparable to that of a mid-stage Soul Induction Realm cultivator.
Just as Jiang Ting was distracted, a series of clicks sounded, and in front of him, one door after another was opened, and hundreds of skeletons with sheep's horns rushed out.
"So much?!" Jiang Ting was startled, he turned to look behind him, and in the house he searched, there were also hundreds of skeletons coming out, all of them of different heights, all rushing towards Jiang Ting at this moment.
At this moment, the black skeleton at Jiang Ting's feet suddenly flashed a black light, turned into a cloud of black smoke, and burrowed back into a house.
"These skeletons aren't entities, so the problem should be with these houses." Jiang Ting suddenly made a decision in his heart.
"Now I'm going to perform the physics transcendence for you."
Jiang Ting opened his mouth expressionlessly, took a deep breath, and with the black gold war knife in his hand, he rushed towards the road he came from step by step.
"Boom!"
Jiang Ting slammed into a skeleton like a brute elephant, breaking its sternum and flying out, knocking down two skeletons by the way.
"Boom!"
Drawing his knife and slashing out, he split a skeleton in half and turned it into black smoke, while at the same time, a skeleton stretched out its claws and grabbed at Jiang Ting fiercely.
With a snort, the sharp claws tore Jiang Ting's clothes, and Jiang Ting used his feet to jump backwards, smashing the sneaking skeleton to the ground.
With a click, Jiang Ting raised his elbow and smashed it on the skeleton, and the mana flowed, smashing its skull.
More skeletons rushed forward fearlessly, surrounding Jiang Ting, the black gold war knife in Jiang Ting's hand shook, and the mana was injected into it, cutting down and shaking all the skeletons open.
"Boom!"
Jiang Ting jumped up and stepped on a fallen skull, stomping it alive.
A sharp pain came, but it was the other skeleton that fell to the ground and bit his calf with its mouth open.
There was blood flowing out of Jiang Ting's calf, and the next moment, he swung his sword and chopped the skeleton to pieces.
It was only then that he noticed a detail, the skeletons' fangs were harder and sharper than their five claws.
With a bang, Jiang Ting collided with a tall skeleton, knocking it back, and a knife flew up, and the skeleton's head was cut off by him and thrown aside.
There were more and more skeletons surrounding him, Jiang Ting held a black and gold war knife in his hand, the sword was flourishing here, the sword qi was vertical and horizontal, and a large area of black smoke rose and escaped.
"Bang!"
A glow exploded in the group of skeletons, and Jiang Ting held a stone bow in his hand, shattering four or five skeletons, turning them into black eyes and dissipating.
At this moment, all the skeletons suddenly stopped their movements and looked straight behind Jiang Ting. Jiang Ting was stunned, and a spiritual sense arose, and he turned his head to look behind him.
A skeleton, three meters tall and with extremely thick horns, stood a hundred meters behind Jiang Ting.
Unlike other skeletons, this skeleton has a pale cyan color and is as smooth as enamel.
There was a dark blue flame beating in the skeleton's heart, and two flames burning in its eye sockets.
This skeleton was the only colored creature he had ever seen in the secret world.
And in it, Jiang Ting also felt a real "vitality".
A long knife hung from its waist, and even the grip was rotten, but Jiang Ting could still feel an extremely dangerous aura from it.
Excluding this long knife, with the strength of this skeleton alone, it had already reached the peak of the Soul Attraction Realm.
Jiang Ting took a deep breath and looked gloomy:
"Good guy, did I draw SSR?"
The cyan skeleton naturally wouldn't answer, and a powerful qi was released from it and locked onto Jiang Ting's body.
Jiang Ting held the black and gold war knife in his hand and rushed towards the cyan skeleton.
The soul attraction trick flowed, Jiang Ting's back glowed, the mana was agitated, and the whole body exerted force, but after a few breaths, he came to the cyan skeleton.
"Huh-"
The cyan skeleton drew its sword, and a dragon phantom flew out of the scabbard and rushed towards Jiang Ting.
"Bang-"
Jiang Ting raised the black gold war knife and blocked it in front of his chest, blocking Jiaolong's attack, but a huge force came, knocking him upside down and flying out.
Jiang Ting suppressed the qi and blood in his body, stabilized his body, and looked at the cyan skeleton. Judging from the aura on its body, the cultivation of the cyan skeleton should be comparable to that of a monk at the peak of the Soul Attraction Realm.
But that blow just now was definitely not something that a peak cultivator of the Soul Induction Realm could deliver, and the power of this blow even surpassed that of the Soul Induction Realm!
The strength of this skeleton is also above the Soul Attraction Realm!
"By the way, your mayor has changed? Not only is it bigger than others, but it can also carry a weapon. Jiang Ting coughed twice.
"Die!"
A muffled voice came from the cyan skeleton's body, a language Jiang Ting had never heard before, but with strange mental fluctuations, he understood the meaning of the cyan skeleton.
However, even if it was a cyan skeleton, it only had a simple spiritual intelligence, and it could not communicate with Jiang Ting.
The cyan skeleton drew its sword again, and a loud dragon roar sounded, and the dragon came out of its sheath and rushed towards Jiang Ting.
Jiang Ting took a deep breath, the soul attraction trick flowed, and a layer of mana film appeared on him, and the next moment, Jiang Ting's hands were sealed, and he suddenly pushed out.
The aura of heaven and earth gathered, and a golden law seal condensed in front of Jiang Ting, which was extremely huge.
This magic seal was layered on top of each other, and it seemed to be made of dozens of magic seals, and it was beaten out by Jiang Ting at this moment, and it was used to resist that dragon sword qi.
The dragon roared and rushed into the huge magic seal, the huge magic seal lit up, and inside it, layers of magic seals lit up, trying to bind the dragon.
The dragon struggled, breaking through the layers of restraints, and every time it passed through a layer of magic seals and broke a layer of restraints, its body would be weakened by a point, and its strength would be weakened by a point.
With a dragon groan, Jiaolong broke the law seal and rushed towards Jiang Ting, Jiang Ting sneered, reached out and grabbed Jiaolong, tearing it into two parts.
The strange spell cast by Jiang Ting just now, called "Transformation Spirit Seal", was taught to him by Ming Xueling, and this is also the only "spell" in the true sense that he currently masters.
This spell can weaken the opponent's attack layer by layer by condensing a magic seal, and finally achieve the effect of making the attack large and small.
However, there is a great disadvantage of this spiritual seal, that is, this technique consumes a lot of mana, and it is completely a competition with the opponent with strong mana.
And for most monks, if their own mana is stronger than the other party, then why do they still use this kind of combat skill? It's just a matter of hitting it directly, so this spell is a bit of a chicken.
But if it is replaced by the kind of genius monks in the same realm who have strong mana and fast recovery speed, it will be different, mastering this seal, those genius monks can even cross the realm to consume the opponent to death!
"Buzz"
At the moment when Jiaolong was torn apart, a stone bow appeared in Jiang Ting's hand.
Jiang Ting pulled the bowstring, and an arrow of light appeared in his hand, the bow was like a full moon, and a divine light flew out and shot towards the cyan skeleton.
"Boom-"
The light arrow exploded, and at the same time, another light arrow was shot by Jiang Ting, and several arrows exploded one after another, and the cyan skeleton was shocked and fell backwards again and again.
Jiang Ting exerted his strength with both feet and rushed towards the cyan skeleton again. A huge law seal condensed in the air and smashed down, sealing the dragon in the knife, while Jiang Ting himself stepped forward and launched a hand-to-hand fight against the cyan skeleton!
With a thud, Jiang Ting punched the cyan skeleton's chest, making a dull sound. The two stepped back at the same time, Jiang Ting's fist shook, and an undetectable crack appeared on the cyan skeleton's body.
A dragon that had blurred to the point of almost transparency flew in and was scattered by Jiang Ting with a wave of his hand, and this level of attack had no effect on him.
The soul attraction trick circulated, Jiang Ting absorbed the aura of heaven and earth in the Taihang Secret Realm, and the mana was endless, as if it was endless, and he sealed his hands, and another spirit seal was beaten out and smashed on the cyan skeleton.
"When—"
The cyan skeleton stretched out its claws and grabbed at Jiang Ting, but it was blocked by Jiang Ting's fist, and the two collided together, making a sound of swords and soldiers.
Jiang Ting pulled out the black gold war knife and stabbed at the cyan skeleton suddenly, but it was blocked by the enamel on the surface of the cyan skeleton's body, and it was difficult to advance any further.
The cyan skeleton tried to pull out the long knife, but was smashed on the wrist by Jiang Ting with a punch and fell back into the scabbard.
Jiang Ting and the cyan skeleton were evenly matched, and the two were entangled, and after hundreds of rounds, Jiang Ting found an opportunity and slapped it in the chest.
"Stacking waves!"
Jiang Ting's mana was agitated, and the power of the stacking waves exploded, continuously, all falling on the chest of the cyan skeleton. The cyan skeleton's heart was suffocated by fire, and it was almost extinguished.
The dark blue flames on the cyan skeleton's chest faltered, and its body was affected and became sluggish, Jiang Ting found an opportunity to snatch it with his hands.
The long knife was tossed aside by Jiang Ting's backhand, and with a bang, Jiang Ting crashed into the cyan skeleton, knocking it backwards. The nameless magic trick flowed, and Jiang Ting's hands glowed, attacking the cyan skeleton like a raging storm.
The cyan skeleton that had lost its long knife could only be equivalent to a monk at the peak of the Soul Attraction Realm, and Jiang Ting had no scruples anymore and directly shook it.
"Dangdangdang"
Jiang Ting's hands clenched into fists, as white as jade, collided with the claws of the cyan skeleton, splashing sparks.
His fist shook, and fine cracks appeared on the claws of the cyan skull, and they continued to expand.
"Roar—"
The cyan skeleton roared, and strange mental fluctuations came. The fire in its heart leaped, and flames shot out from its mouth and spread to its bones, bathing the entire body of the cyan skeleton in blue flames.
The cyan skeleton waved its claws like the wind, and attacked Jiang Ting with dark blue flames, Jiang Ting's heart was alert, and the black and gold war knife returned to defense, blocking the claws of the cyan skeleton.
"When—"
A huge force came from the claws, and Jiang Ting was about to retreat, but the battle knife in his hand was grabbed by the cyan skeleton, and a dark blue flame burst out, attacking Jiang Ting along the black and gold war knife.
At this moment, the bronze coffin pendant vibrate, a soft and pure clear light emitted, and an invisible suction force came, and in the blink of an eye, the dark blue flame was swallowed by the bronze coffin pendant.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the cyan skeleton withdrew and retreated, and the bronze coffin pendant was suspended, which was actually attached to the cyan skeleton's body.
Dark blue flames poured out from its heart, surging towards the bronze coffin pendant.
"Roar—"
The cyan skeleton roared, struggling frantically, reaching for its chest. It could feel its origin slowly being pulled away by the bronze coffin pendant, and its power was constantly weakening.
With a bang, a tall house was smashed down by a cyan skeleton, and hundreds of thousands of catties of walls were smashed to pieces. The cyan skeleton went berserk, claws swinging, tearing everything around it apart.
"Boom, boom"
The cyan skeleton ran wildly towards the river, and it stepped on the earth like a mad elephant, leaving a hundred-meter-long crack.
Jiang Ting put away the long knife of the cyan skeleton and hurriedly chased after it, the origin of the bronze coffin pendant was mysterious, and it was almost his biggest reliance at present.
If this skeleton was abducted in the Taihang Secret Realm, he was afraid that he would vomit blood in depression.
"Bang-"
A grinding disc exploded, weighing a thousand pounds, and was shattered by the wind brought up by the cyan skeleton. After half a pillar of incense, the cyan skeleton ran to the river, the flames around it weakened, and even the two glooms in its eyes dimmed.
The river was dozens of meters wide, mighty, and made a thunderous sound, and the cyan skeleton went berserk and rushed forward, about to jump into the river.
"Stop!"
Jiang Ting shouted, his feet exerted force, and he jumped up, and the black gold war knife appeared in his hand, slashing towards the cyan skeleton.
With a click, Jiang Ting struck with all his strength, the cyan skeleton's chest was broken, and the bronze coffin pendant was taken back by Jiang Ting.
At this moment, the cyan skeleton roared, its eyes were full of fire, it raised a bone arm, hugged Jiang Ting, locked it in front of its chest, and threw itself into the water.
Jiang Ting struggled, but his body was firmly locked by the cyan skeleton, and with a plop, he and the cyan skeleton fell into the water together.
The river water was cold, Jiang Ting was gurgling and bubbling, the cyan skeleton was extremely heavy, and a skeleton was tens of thousands of catties, dragging his body to the bottom of the water at this moment.
"Bang-"
A dull sound rang out in the water, and Jiang Ting swung the hilt of the black gold war knife and smashed it into the cyan skeleton's chest, breaking a large hole in its heart.
It seems that as the blue flames decrease, the strength of the cyan skeleton's bones is also decreasing.
A dark blue flame burned in the cyan skeleton's chest, a flame that was so strange that it was unaffected even in the water.
Jiang Ting held the bronze coffin pendant in his hand and pressed it hard against the cyan skeleton's heart.
Countless flames poured towards the bronze coffin pendant, and the cyan skeleton let out a wail, and the pendant glowed, engulfing the dark blue flames.
In just a few breaths, the cyan skeleton turned into a cloud of ashes.
Jiang Ting held his breath and observed the changes in the bronze coffin pendant underwater, as the cyan skeleton was refined and devoured, some fine lines on the surface of the pendant lit up.
And as these lines were lit up, a layer of clear light was released, enveloping Jiang Ting's body.
"This is ......" Jiang Ting raised his eyebrows slightly, and a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.
He was now extremely clear on the spiritual platform, as if he had entered some kind of state of "enlightenment", and with the flow of the soul attraction technique, Jiang Ting stood underwater, perceiving the world around him.
The great river was swept by a huge stream of water, but his body was like a reed, swaying with the current, but it would never break, and the huge current did not seem to cause him any harm.
The water was turbulent, but Jiang Ting was moving slowly, he entered some kind of wonderful realm, and every skin on his body was gently rhythmic, as if it had some kind of resonance with the big river.