EBE Chapter 111, 9th Lifetime: The Mysterious Group's Secret Chamber Destroyed, the Mad Doctor and
Chapter 111, 9th Lifetime: The Mysterious Group's Secret Chamber Destroyed, the Mad Doctor and
Chapter 111 The Mysterious Group's Secret Chamber Destroyed, the Mad Doctor and Poison Doctor Laugh Last
The golden-masked man was being chased by arrows so relentlessly that he was practically a "mudslide" in the world of human escape. One moment he was hunched over, his back arched, like a shrimp with its spine ripped out, rolling and crawling on the ground, covered in dust – a veritable "earth-walking monkey" (a reference to a character from a popular Chinese folktale). The next moment, he seemed to have been tickled, his body shaking like a leaf, twisting and turning, flailing his arms and legs, playing a game of "hide-and-seek" with the arrows. His wounds gushed blood like a bursting faucet, splattering everywhere. If you didn't know he was fleeing for his life, you'd think he was a "blood demon" pulled from a pool of blood.
"Grandma, spare my life! I know I was wrong! I have an eighty-year-old mother who longs for me to come home every day to massage her back; and a newborn baby who is waiting for me to come back to breastfeed! Please, have mercy and spare my life!" He cried out in a hoarse voice, his high-pitched voice so loud it seemed to break through the atmosphere and echoed through the cave. An uninformed person might have thought it was the lament of a wronged spirit.
Luo Qingci stood at the cave entrance, laughing so hard tears streamed down her face. Her stomach was cramping, and she couldn't straighten up, leaning against the cave wall, her shoulders shaking uncontrollably like a leaf in the wind. "Haha, it's a shame your acting skills aren't good enough for an Oscar! Weren't you just as stubborn as a rock, swearing you'd never give in? What, are you planning to apply for a Guinness World Record for 'begging for mercy'? If you had listened to me earlier, you wouldn't be being chased all over the world by these traps. Look at you now, what's the difference between you and a chased stray dog!" She laughed, wiping away tears of laughter with the back of her hand, but her eyes were like those of a state-of-the-art precision detector, scrutinizing every corner of the secret chamber. Her brain was working at lightning speed, like a top-tier hacker, quickly analyzing the loopholes in the traps. "Hmph, this lousy mechanism thinks it can trap me? It's like an ant trying to shake a tree, utterly overestimating itself! In my eyes, these mechanisms are just building blocks for kindergarten kids, I can take them apart in a minute." She thought to herself, her eyes full of confidence and disdain, her arrogance making it seem as if the whole world was under her thumb.
Suddenly, Luo Qingci's eyes lit up, as excited as an explorer who had discovered a new continent. She jumped up on the spot, waving her hands wildly in the air, and shouted at the top of her lungs, "Found it! So this is the key to the mechanism! I knew it! No matter how complicated the mechanism is, it can't hide from my sharp eyes!" A mischievous smile appeared on her lips, just like a little fox who had successfully stolen a bite. She took out a packet of "corrosion powder" from her medicine pouch, shook it in her hand, and said triumphantly, "My darlings, it's your turn to show off your skills! Let these mechanisms see what a real dimensional reduction attack looks like!" She threw it with all her might, and the powder drew a beautiful arc in the air, like a shooting star streaking across the night sky, landing precisely on the trigger device. Instantly, a hissing sound rang out, and wisps of blue smoke rose. The device seemed to be frozen in place, and the originally swift arrows slowed down visibly. The rain of arrows became sparse and harmless, like a child playing with a water gun, and it had lost all its previous imposing presence.
"Done! Just like that. This mechanism is so weak, utterly pathetic! I thought it was some powerful weapon, but it's nothing!" Luo Qingci snapped her fingers triumphantly, the sound clear and resonant, echoing through the cave. She tossed her hair with a flourish and strode into the secret chamber with an air of utter arrogance, each step exuding the domineering presence of a victor, as if the dark, damp cave beneath her feet were her personal catwalk. The golden-masked man's eyes blazed with hope upon seeing her, a light brighter than a luminous pearl. Like someone grasping at a last straw, he scrambled behind her, clutching her clothes tightly, like a drowning man clinging to a piece of driftwood, refusing to let go. "Grandma, you've finally arrived! I thought I was really going to die this time, not even leaving a complete corpse. My handsome face would be ruined! How am I supposed to go out and pick up girls then?!"
"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up and find the treasure! Don't be a coward, always hiding behind me! The way you're acting, I think I'm carrying a burden!" Luo Qingci shoved him aside, her eyes gleaming with excitement, like a little bear discovering a honeycomb, rummaging through the secret chamber. The chamber was filled with mountains of rare treasures, the glittering gold and silver so dazzling it was blinding, as if she had stepped into a dream world made of gold. Luo Qingci's eyes shone with excitement, her hands moving rapidly among the treasures like a busy little bee, muttering to herself, "This gold ingot is mine; this luminous pearl is mine too; and this pile of jewels, they're all mine! From now on, I'll be the richest female demon in the martial world! Anyone who dares to mess with me, I'll smash them with gold until they question their existence, and blind them with jewels!"
Just as she was immersed in the joy of her treasure hunt, a deep roar came from the depths of the secret chamber. The sound seemed to come from the abyss of the eighteenth level of hell, shaking the ground and vibrating the surrounding air. Immediately afterward, a gigantic guardian beast slowly emerged. Its body was covered in sharp spikes, like a moving castle of thorns. Its eyes flashed with a blood-red light, like two burning will-o'-the-wisps, radiating a chilling aura. It looked extremely ferocious. With each step it took, the ground made a dull "thump-thump" sound, like the beating of war drums, or the heartbeat of a giant.
"What kind of ugly thing is this? It looks like a mutated giant hedgehog, and it's covered in flames. Is it trying to cosplay the Flaming Mountain?" Luo Qingci frowned, but there was no fear on her face. Instead, she showed a hint of excitement, like a hot-blooded warrior about to go to battle, rubbing her hands together, eager to try. "Perfect, I'll use you to practice! It's been a long time since I've met an opponent that can excite me. I'm so frustrated! Today I'm going to have a good time with you and see how capable you really are. Let's see what you're made of! I want to see how capable this 'hedgehog spirit' really is!" She quickly took out various poisons from her medicine pouch, and like a skilled magician, she skillfully manipulated them in her hands. The poisons seemed to come alive in her hands, emitting a dangerous yet alluring aura.
Upon seeing the guardian beast, the masked man's legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground like a lump of mud. His face was deathly pale, devoid of any color, and his lips trembled violently as he stammered, "Grandma, what... what should we do? We're definitely no match for it. Let's run! I don't want to be trampled into mincemeat, leaving not even a bone fragment! I'm still young, I don't want to die!" His voice trembled with intense fear, his teeth chattering, the sound ringing out clearly in the silent cave like the tolling of a death countdown.
"What are you afraid of? I'm here! If you keep being such a coward, I'll throw you out to feed it! It'll taste your 'cowardly flavor' and see if it'll find you too timid, maybe even disgust it and run away!" Luo Qingci glared at him, her eyes full of disdain, as if he were a useless burden. With that, she threw a packet of "hallucinogenic poison" at the guardian beast, her movements clean and swift, like a professional javelin thrower, the poison tracing a graceful arc through the air. After inhaling the poison, the guardian beast's eyes became glazed, its steps unsteady, like a drunken giant, swaying from side to side, unable to stand, occasionally uttering incoherent roars.
"Haha, it works! Looks like you're nothing special after all! I thought you were so powerful, but you're just a weakling in the face! I thought you were some kind of monster with three heads and six arms!" Seeing this, Luo Qingci became even more excited and threw out several more packets of poison, shouting, "Try this one, and this one too! Let me show you that my poison is no joke! My poison can send you flying and sinking to the depths, giving you a unique 'sour and refreshing' experience!" Under the influence of the poison, the guardian beast gradually lost its ability to resist and finally collapsed to the ground with a thud, raising a huge cloud of dust, as if a small mountain had collapsed. The ground trembled a few times, and the entire secret chamber seemed to shake.
"Done! You think you can stop me? You're overestimating yourself. You're just a paper tiger, all show and no substance! With this little strength, you dare to be a guardian beast? You're a disgrace to the guardian beast world! Don't ever call yourself a guardian beast again, you'll lose face! I think you should go home and cultivate for a few hundred more years!" Luo Qingci clapped her hands, looking at the fallen guardian beast with satisfaction, a victorious smile brighter than the sun and more beautiful than spring flowers. She turned and continued her treasure hunt, soon finding a chest filled with precious medicinal herbs. "These medicinal herbs are all treasures! With them, my medical and poison skills will definitely reach new heights! Then, I will be the number one female war goddess in the world, skilled in both medicine and poison! Anyone who dares to mess with me will taste my poison package and know what it means to be unable to live or die, struggling back and forth in the abyss of pain!" She excitedly opened the treasure chest and stuffed all the medicinal herbs into her medicine bag, her face beaming with a satisfied smile, as if she possessed the whole world. She looked like a child who had received all the candy, her eyes sparkling with happiness.
At this moment, the remaining forces of the mysterious group in the secret chamber heard the commotion and rushed over. They were stunned to see Luo Qingci and the fallen guardian beast. Their eyes widened like saucers, their mouths gaped open wide enough to fit a watermelon, their faces filled with shock and fear, as if they were witnessing the end of the world. "You...who are you? How could you possibly defeat the guardian beast? We spent countless efforts finding this guardian beast! You...are you a demon from hell? Or are you a war god descended from heaven?" a man in black asked in a trembling voice, his voice filled with shock and fear. His body involuntarily staggered backward, almost falling; his legs were weak, like noodles, and he couldn't even stand steadily.
Luo Qingci let out a cold laugh, a laugh so chilling it could freeze a person into an ice sculpture. "Who am I? I am your nightmare! The terminator of your mysterious group!" With that, she flicked the medicine pouch in her hand, the poison inside rustling as if announcing the group's doom. The sound was like the footsteps of death, drawing ever closer. "Today is the day your mysterious group is destroyed! All of you, obediently accept your fate! No one can escape! I will make you pay a terrible price for your actions, make you regret ever being born, and vanish in pain and remorse!" Her eyes gleamed with a ruthless, decisive aura, like a grim reaper from hell, as she walked step by step towards the members of the mysterious group. Each step carried an immense pressure, the surrounding air seemed to freeze, the temperature plummeted, sending chills down everyone's spines, as if they were in an ice cellar.