Chapter 331: Friend or Foe? (2/2)
'Where is Yang Monarch?'
The black snake tilted his head, 'You forgot him in that underground dungeon!'
'I did?'
'Yes, you do, you dumb fuck! Luckily, that guy can phase through material obstacles, so he should be able to come back here shortly. Just don't let the others know about our existence, okay?'
'I know.'
Ling Tianlong patted the black snake and continued the wear a fake smile, chatting with his colleagues and the love-struck maiden in front of him. He also ignored a group of inner disciples, who had been glaring at him in anger ever since Ling Chen started talking to him.
Ling Tianlong's story continued to progress, and he was about to deal with the last group of rivals in his sect. Soon, he would start an adventure and travel to more advanced places with stronger foes like how protagonists in wuxia novels did.
…
Six hours later, the Yang Monarch returned to Ling Tianlong's side. He reported what he had found to his contracted master when the protagonist was alone in his private chamber.
”So, they're coming here?”
”Aye. They're digging a tunnel to here as we speak. I saw those giant monsters that attacked us, and I think I know about the dungeon's mechanism now.”
”Do speak. I'm listening.”
”Alright. First, it's about the maze and the rooms we had been through. It seems that…”
The snake continued to inform the protagonist about the dungeon's characteristics.
…
Meanwhile, Liu Guang and Fogan had exited through the passage that the golems had used. As they had expected, they found themselves inside the ruined city, Xuan City.
This place used to be the hometown of Ma Moxi and Qiang Han. However, the city lord had died, and the Ma Clan had moved to Siren City. Without commoners, local powerhouse clans, or local cultivators, this place became an ideal location to hide armies behind the tall city walls.
As Liu Guang and Fogan got out, they found over 20,000 giant golems with rifles and 10,000 unknown vehicles and cannons. Each of them had a black knight armor on and a tower shield was hung behind their back.
That was not all. As they got out of the passage, they saw several holes in the city, and more golems had been marching out of the exits.
They were astonished by such a large army. They began to question who their master and what their connection with the dungeon master was.
As Fogan and Liu Guang stared at the golem army in a daze, a dark-skin cultivator approached them.
They recognized the person. He was CJ, the guy that Miaomiao had spoken to in the dungeon.
”Hey, girl. Whachu doing here? Oh, excuse my accent.”
Fogan coughed and took over the role of negotiator, ”Please excuse us for intruding on your city and your army. We were just passing through.”
”Yeah, I know. Don't worry about it. Oh, my master told me to put a good word to your bosses at Siren City. Tell them that we would like to help you in this upcoming war, but we hope that they can share a portion of the west coast as compensation. My boss wants to create a blood salt mine or something. I don't know what's he thinking, but he's damn smart.”
”… This monk shall relay the words.”
”Thank you. Oh, hey. Tell the guy that purchased my guns that the shipment will arrive in a few days since we've moved here.”
”Understood.”
Fogan and Liu Guang bid CJ farewell and left in a hurry as they didn't want to mess with the people behind this large army.
As they left, the corner of their eyes spotted a short black hair man in strange clothes on top of a wall, waving his hand at them. His cultivation base was non-existence, but he emitted a strange aura, which couldn't be measured.
Liu Guang and Fogan had goosebumps as this person had a similar air as Lu Fengxian. They rushed back home to inform the seniors about this place and their findings.
…
Inside the vault, Miaomiao still counted the number of heaven-grade items that he had managed to find.
After six hours, he secured three heaven-grade weapons, two heaven-grade robes, one set of heaven-grade battle armor, and three heaven-grade artifacts. Meanwhile, he had only gone through 10% of the vault's content.
Miaomiao had a high hope. He could have collected everything and teleported out of here right away, but he needed to make sure that the items he would tribute to Macho Joshua were the weakest or useless ones.
As greedy as he was, Miaomiao didn't want to throw useful stuff away, such as a dragon scale bracer, which had been made from an elder dragon's skin with an elder dragon's soul. Such an item shouldn't be thrown away since it was too valuable, and Miaomiao could gain a lot of information about the dragon race by forming a contract with it.
Unfortunately, the gate guardian didn't give him that much time to scan through everything.
[Guardian of the Liu Clan's descendant. You have 18 hours remaining in this place. After that, you shall be ejected with whatever item in your hand.]
[A reminder, you can only take one item! If you take more than one item with you, you cannot leave this place!]
”I know… Dammit!”
Miaomiao grumbled. With the time limit, he needed to move faster.
For once in a while, Miaomiao racked his brain and thought of a way to scan through this place as quickly as possible.
After getting inspiration, he put it to work.
By gathering his life essence into his dantian, he activated a system skill and took the reference from the technique that Wei Yuan had taught him.
Shadow Clones!
20 Mao Miaomiao emerged from his shadow. They copied his outfit, look, physique, and obnoxious expression. However, they could only exert 50% of his real strength.
This was the max number of clones that Miaomiao could project as his life essence wasn't compatible with shadow techniques.
”Go, my clones. Scan through this place and fetch me heaven-grade items! Place them here, so I can inspect them!”
”SIR, YES SIR!!”
They saluted and went to work right away. One of them even dove into the mountain of essence cores and disappeared. A second later, Miaomiao received feedback that the clone just now found a heaven-grade orb among the piles of essence cores.
Miaomiao grinned and clenched his fist. At this rate, he might finish going through every item before the deadline.