ASER - Chapter 70
Chapter 70: Beat It to Death!
The venom splattered against the wall.
What was the effect? A'Diao looked back and saw the hard stone wall instantly turn fiery red, hissing as it burned and corroded inwards.
The area affected was vast, spreading through a large section of the passage. The conducted heat instantly raised the temperature where A'Diao and Song Ling had flown past to over seventy degrees Celsius. Their skin already felt a burning pain. To avoid disfigurement, the two had no choice but to spread their remaining meager Spirit Power to protect their exposed skin.
It felt as if they were shuttling through a sea of fire, with a fiery python behind them, its bloody maw wide open, ready to devour them.
The roar of the large lizard came from behind, growing closer and closer.
A'Diao looked back again and immediately saw the five-meter-long giant lizard, clad in terrifying, red-hot stone armor, roaring as it pursued them.
Its eyeballs still emitted an eerie red glow.
"Left!" A'Diao shouted. Song Ling maneuvered the aircraft to dodge... Swoosh! After they turned the corner, the second spray of venom shot towards them from a distance.
Behind them, another large area was corroded by terrifying high temperatures.
But by turning like this, they also bought the Magma Giant Lizard time. With a whoosh, it appeared behind them.
At this moment, it was only five meters away from them...
It's over. There's no turn ahead; it's going to spray a third time!
In this critical moment, A'Diao, for the first time, hated herself for eating too much recently. If she were still like she was in the mountains, not having grown taller or gained weight, perhaps they could fly a bit faster!
Damn it, I'm definitely buying an aircraft another day!
And little treasures like No. 7, I want them all, all of them!
While inwardly screaming about buying treasures, A'Diao appeared remarkably calm on the surface. She held No. 7 in one hand and pulled out a talisman with the other...
Song Ling sensed the fluctuation of Spirit Power behind her. A talisman?
A Body-Fixing Talisman?
It probably wouldn't work on it. It's high-level, its spirit core is strong; it could become immune instantly.
So...
"Trip, go!"
The target of this talisman wasn't the Magma Giant Lizard, but the ground in front of its mad dash... With a slap, it stuck to the ground, instantly creating a tripping stone of moderate size.
Then, the Magma Giant Lizard, which was frantically chasing them while also distracted by gathering venom for a third spray, tripped on its left foot.
Bang!
It stumbled and face-planted, and the venom it sprayed went askew.
Uh, this talisman is quite unscrupulous.
Even the Toilet couldn't help but silently complain.
The temperature rose even higher, but they avoided a direct hit. And ahead...
Faster, faster, faster!!!
As they rushed out of the cave entrance, the sunlight was warm, the air was open, and the terrifying high temperature inside the cave was gone. Song Ling had no time for sentiment; she immediately pulled the aircraft higher... The next second, Roar! The Magma Giant Lizard, which had charged out after them, was incredibly furious and continued its pursuit. Because its body surface temperature was at least over eight hundred degrees Celsius, the ground it passed over was scorched, emitting hot steam, and all vegetation died instantly.
Actually, its body temperature was originally almost on par with magma, upwards of 1000 degrees Celsius. But now, having climbed out and chased for a while, its temperature had dropped somewhat, though it was still extremely high, capable of easily taking lives.
Due to its enormous size, it was like a lizard-shaped iron; everywhere it passed turned scorched black.
It was still hunting A'Diao and Song Ling.
At this moment, A'Diao had already obtained the Spiritual Vessel. Even after leaving the magma pool, its temperature hadn't dropped much. However, her gloves were heat-resistant, quite expensive, and effective, so holding it wasn't an issue. She then received a prompt from the Toilet.
Toilet: "C-Grade Spiritual Vessel, Flame Spirit Pupil—During the Spiritual Energy revival, a large amount of fire-elemental Spiritual Energy adhered to a snake eye fossil, causing a mutation that produced a wisp of active fire spirit, thus becoming the Flame Spirit Pupil. It is of excellent quality. Not only can it release Spiritual Energy for cultivation, but after forming a contract, one can also wield petrification and high-temperature corrosive abilities. However, because it contains an active fire spirit, it is best recommended for a Mind-System Forbidden Master, who can indirectly enslave the fire spirit to achieve the talent skill of temperature control. Moreover, Mind-System users can also nurture it, allowing for potential upgrades in the future."
In other words, she could use this thing, but its effectiveness for her might only be 10 out of 100, whereas for Song Ling, it would be 100 out of 100.
Depressing. Was she this unlucky?
She got her hands on a good item, but it wasn't for her to use.
Forget it. The aircraft and No. 7 belonged to Song Ling anyway, and she had contributed more... Without another word, A'Diao told Song Ling, "Hurry up and refine it; we'll use it later! But you have to pay me for it; I'm not giving it to you for free."
Her tone was still a bit stingy.
Only then did Song Ling realize what this item was. She was somewhat taken aback and, on the contrary, felt A'Diao was being too generous. "I already have an Ice Spirit Pupil, which I obtained on the day of the revival. You can have this one."
Whoa! Was it that sphere she accidentally used the day Cui Yun was buried alive?
It looked really pretty.
A'Diao was filled with resentment: What kind of fate is this? Look at the Spiritual Vessel she got on the first day... It's beautiful, has a nice name, and looks elegant and noble when used. Now look at you! I still don't dare to take you out in front of people.
The Toilet's tone was grim: Say that again!
A'Diao shut up, but irritably stuffed it into Song Ling's gloved hand. "Stop wasting words, refine it! If you don't refine it, we might not be able to take down this big crawler today."
It was the first time in Song Ling's life that someone had been so fierce with her.
However, she knew what was good for her and immediately began refining it.
Fortunately, Song Ling had already mastered Spirit Power and had some cultivation. If it were the first day of the Spiritual Energy revival, she wouldn't have dared to refine two C-Grade Spiritual Vessels, especially an active ice spirit and an active fire spirit.
But she needed a little time... and didn't know if it would be enough.
Meanwhile, the Magma Giant Lizard behind them was only about fifty meters away. They were just flying past the side of a hill when the aircraft's speed suddenly slowed... It seemed to be low on energy, and its altitude also began to drop. But there was a valley ahead; if they could just fly over to it, the lizard wouldn't be able to reach them.
The Magma Giant Lizard was not unintelligent. Seeing this, it guessed their intention and immediately chased after them even more frantically...
Just as it was getting closer and closer to them, on the hill, Tian Zhongxiang and the other two were both excited and nervous.
It's coming, it's coming, it's coming!
Having received the message relayed by No. 7 earlier, they had already selected a rock. Using various methods like a wild boar's charge, pushing with shields, and digging and prying with soil, they had prepared it. Seeing the time was ripe, a huge boulder on the hilltop boomed and then suddenly tumbled down, crashing towards the Magma Giant Lizard with astonishing speed... The Magma Giant Lizard wasn't blind; it sensed it and was about to dodge.
No. 7 released a small, thumb-sized light pellet from its abdomen.
With a whoosh, it shot onto its body.
Boom!! The large lizard's body was hit, but its defense was formidable; its outer shell withstood it. However, the explosion itself was intended to immobilize it at that moment.
It withstood the blast, but the tens-of-tons boulder rolling down smashed into it.
Its defense was high, its armor almost invincible to them, but its weight and size were undeniable. It couldn't overcome the simplest physical forces. And so... this rock sent it flying.
With a splash, it crashed into the pool of water gathered by the stream and waterfall below.
The pool was five meters below the cliff.
At this moment, Song Ling spread her hands, and two orbs flew out. The ice spirit and fire spirit controlled the temperature...
Ice spirit, cooling the pool—minus twenty degrees Celsius.
Fire spirit, raising the Magma Giant Lizard's temperature—1300 degrees Celsius!
After the large lizard heavily hit the water... Bang! A large amount of steam splashed up.
Because the splashing water was vaporized by the high temperature as it rose, the Magma Giant Lizard, with its scorching body, let out a painful roar.
Such a drastic change between extreme high and low temperatures—especially for a creature whose defense mostly relied on its stone shell surface—would cause cracking.
The large lizard felt itself being torn apart. Its flesh split open; its once fortress-like armor cracked!
This was an almost fatal blow. Its armor was now effectively zero, its condition extremely negative, and it was continuously losing health.
"It's cracked, it's cracked! Come quick, come quick, beat it to death!"
It was impossible to say that A'Diao, who had devised such a vicious plan in minutes by combining local terrain, environment, and scientific knowledge, was all high and mighty. At this moment, she was incredibly down-to-earth. Earlier, she had been scared to death of it, even regretting eating too much. Now, seeing it trapped and unlucky, she instantly perked up. She immediately used her "eye-gaze silk-pulling" to confirm the significant weakening of the large lizard's armor. Oh ho, the glue could be used!
She immediately used her eye-gaze silk-pulling skill to shoot glue from the large lizard's eyeballs, successively fixing it to the mountain walls of the pool, sticking it firmly down below, while shouting for Tian Zhongxiang and the others to come down and gang up on it.
Attack, attack, attack!
—There was a shameless rogue in the village. One day, he finally fell into a pit. Not only did the four elementary school students in the village not rescue him, but they also gathered around the pit, picked up stones, and threw them at him, shouting, "Beat you to death, beat you to death, beat you to death!" as they threw.
Fierce tiger operation, rookie behavior.
Song Ling struggled for a long time to compose herself and not be led astray by A'Diao, focusing on controlling the temperature to wear down the Magma Giant Lizard. But it was clear the other three had already gotten carried away. They took out their newly acquired Spiritual Vessels to absorb Spiritual Energy, attacking concentratedly while absorbing... and cursing at the same time.
Even if we have to grind it down, we'll grind it to death!
Half an hour later, the once beautiful and tranquil stream pool was a complete mess. The mighty and domineering giant lizard had been lying dead for a while.
A'Diao and the others were also pale-faced and physically drained, as if they were veteran patrons who had spent several consecutive days in a brothel and had their bodies hollowed out.
So tired.
But Lao Wang was arriving soon.
A'Diao roused her spirits and went down to dissect the large lizard.
The spirit core and eyeballs were, of course, to be taken, but its bones were also valuable.
"The bones of many demonic spirits are excellent materials for crafting weapons and staves. This Petrification Lizard itself is a creature with both magical and martial attributes; its bones are usable, and even its petrified shell is useful. But before, we couldn't carry the weight; it was too heavy."
Most pioneers don't choose Petrification Lizards; they are too difficult to deal with, and their corpses are too heavy to move. Even those with storage equipment couldn't afford to dedicate most of their space to these bones, as that space is usually reserved for life-saving supplies and valuable treasures.
A'Diao now had storage space, one cubic meter, but it couldn't even fit the leg bone of this large lizard.
But now that Lao Wang was bringing the hovercar, it was a different story.
However... beside the mangled corpse of the Magma Giant Lizard, A'Diao dropped a personal item from the scarred man, as if it had fallen accidentally.
Then she had Song Ling return to the catacomb and throw the scarred man's body into the magma pool. But after thinking for a moment, she took out a piece of paper, quickly drew something on it, folded it, and threw it into the grass further away.
Tian Zhongxiang and the others didn't understand what she was doing, but following the shopping list A'Diao had given them, they each took out a bottle of spray and sprayed it everywhere they had been.
This spray wasn't cheap, nearly a hundred thousand for a small bottle. It was a miraculous item for cleaning up traces. Not only could it clean up things they might have left behind, like hair rich in DNA, but it could also alter the traces of Spirit Power they had released—complete destruction was impossible, as energy is energy, but disrupting its so-called molecular structure in a chemical sense, making it untraceable, was sufficient.
Because they had struck it rich today, but there were also hidden risks—from the scarred man's backers.
None of them hesitated to use these sprays, quickly finishing an entire bottle each, not being stingy at all.
Only by being meticulous and cautious in every detail could one live long.
With the aircraft, it only took Song Ling about ten minutes to complete these tasks back and forth. She probably spent a few minutes in between helping to clean up everyone's traces inside the catacomb as well.
The equipment she used would only be better.
A'Diao didn't explain when she did things, nor did she give reasons when ordering people around. But even the proud Song Ling seemed quite used to it. Rao Xueya and the other two watched, feeling as if they were also starting to get used to it.
The hovercar arrived, carrying people and goods. The five people in the car were all in a sorry state; even Song Ling looked somewhat disheveled and was listless and weak. Soon, all five succumbed to their physical exhaustion and fell asleep.
And after they fell asleep... within Lingcheng's borders, at the Department of Transportation, an official with his confidant secretly used his authority to access the traffic monitoring system to investigate. They quickly locked onto a person's mobile phone signal.
This person was Lao Wang.
"Sir, has the Cui Clan confirmed that this driver will be picking up and dropping off A'Diao today?"
"Naturally. A thorough investigation was conducted long ago. This driver may seem like an ordinary one among the Chen family's several drivers, but in reality, he has been co-opted by A'Diao for her own use. He has been her exclusive driver since the day of her entrance exam."
"Previously, Official Cui fell into a trap. Later, he patiently investigated and carefully screened, finally confirming his whereabouts. Now, his signal is in Lingcheng, which means A'Diao is also in Lingcheng. He is on the move!"
"Determine his destination..."
The official locked onto Lao Wang, simultaneously relaying the information in real-time to the Cui Clan.
The people under the Cui Clan did not move.
After some contemplation, Cui Yong used his mobile phone to contact the secret forces that had been planted outside the family in the past.
Even if caught, these people would have no connection to the Cui Clan or to him and his son.
As long as they could eliminate the immensely promising A'Diao, this risk was worth it.
Soon, this dispatched group caught up to where Lao Wang's phone signal had stopped. The group infiltrated and launched an attack directly!
But just as this group, fierce and experienced, charged in, before their attack could even erupt, they were blinded by an oncoming halo of white light. Immediately after, heavily armed forces, equipped to the teeth, poured out from upstairs and downstairs.
This was the armed force of the Lingcheng Training Regiment.
At the top of the second-floor staircase, Feng Ting, clad in military attire and holding his saber, stood imposingly, looking down at them with cold eyes.
The attackers: "?!!!"
MD, two traps in one day?!
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