Landing 500 Years Early, I Became a God by Digging for Treasures 83

Chapter 83: Epic Loot?!

Lu Yuan vanished.

Only the raging flames remained.

The terrifying skeleton shuddered, attempting to utilize its abilities. But every ability has its limits; it was suppressed by the flames, rendered useless in the bright environment. Its icy gaze fixed on the direction of Lu Yuan’s disappearance.

Perhaps this monster truly possessed a level of intelligence comparable to humans, yet it could hardly imagine that this human before it wielded so many Divine Techniques. And that he hid them so well. Perhaps it had won countless times in past eons, calculating the unknown across millennia and miles, across years and months, yet it failed to calculate its own disastrous defeat in the early stages of the Ninth Eon.

…

Lu Yuan, hidden in an Astral Space, frantically extinguished the flames engulfing him. His entire body was scorched; the intense pain caused his skin to secrete copious amounts of viscous fluid, burning fiercely. Medically speaking, it was at least a second-degree burn, possibly even a first-degree burn! His once stylish hair was now reduced to a bald head, with only a few twisted, charred strands clinging to his scalp. His fire lizard leather coat held up reasonably well, though it was scorching hot; his leather shield, however, was a sorry sight, its surface singed and blackened.

Hidden within the Astral Space, he felt no exhilaration, only a cold observation. Had he won? Not yet… Against such a fearsome and terrifying opponent, there was no reason for relaxation until complete victory.

The two faced each other, separated by an Astral Space; unspoken words of lethal intent lingered in their hearts. This was the Ninth Eon, a confrontation between the earliest warriors and the civilization hunters.

Lu Yuan could see his opponent. His opponent couldn’t see him.

Under the intense heat, the donkey-headed monster lasted less than three seconds before its bones began to glow red and shatter. Its upper body launched a frantic assault on the metal door.

“Boom! Boom!!”

Each blow was incredibly heavy, like a rampaging elephant using all its might to batter a city wall. Unfortunately, the metal door weighed over ten tons; even high-explosive bombs couldn’t breach it, and the monster’s brute strength fell short. In the raging inferno, as large amounts of metal melted, even the cracks were welded shut. The door couldn’t be broken.

Lu Yuan’s heart pounded.

“Da da da…” The mysterious allied forces made sounds, sometimes slow, sometimes fast, their meaning unclear.

The fire in the room remained fierce; the oxygen in the air would last a few minutes at most, enough to burn the enemy to death, but Lu Yuan remained vigilant.

[The terrifying idealistic life form called “Shadow of the Zhao”, a Demon, is now driven to a desperate situation.]

[Attributes: ???]

[Abilities: ???]

[Supra Grade: Level 2.]

More information was gleaned by the Explorer’s Eye. The name “Shadow of the Zhao” truly befitted its abilities. This terrifying enemy was only… Level 2?!

“In other words, it’s in a state of extreme weakness,” Lu Yuan was both shocked and fearful, his gaze fixed on the powerful enemy struggling in the flames.

…

The Demon called “Shadow of the Zhao” completely disintegrated in the raging inferno. Using its last strength, it detached its hard bone – the donkey head skull. In a corner of the wall, it created a triangular support structure and placed its skull on it. The skull was actually a mask-like object, a… piece of equipment?

Epic loot?!

This piece of equipment was indeed amazing, withstanding the high temperatures; it was placed in a dark corner, created by the donkey-headed monster using the remains of its body.

Then, from the glowing red bones in all directions, a mass of strange black liquid seeped out. This liquid, like mercury, was viscous, cold, and yet full of life, steadily gathering towards the darkness.

“Da da da! Da da da!!!” The mysterious ally’s sounds became urgent.

Lu Yuan’s heart sank. He knew that the black liquid was the donkey-headed monster’s true “body”; if the body managed to use its spatial abilities to escape the shadows, the consequences would be unbearable!

But he was currently hidden in the Astral Space; to interfere with the outside world, he needed to cancel the Astral Space. The Astral Space was indeed a powerful ability; even a ten-billion-ton nuclear explosion wouldn’t harm it in the slightest. Unless someone could move a black hole there, it might possibly affect the Astral Space.

However, this ability had its limitations; objects could not be thrown from inside the Astral Space to the outside. Otherwise, the Astral Space would shatter completely, and Lu Yuan would suffer mental damage, unable to reactivate it for a while, which would lead to him being burned alive.

Of course, only one thing could freely enter and exit the Astral Space – his own body!!

Lu Yuan was out of options. Watching the strange black liquid flowing from the skull increase and rapidly gather in the shadows, he knew time was running out.

He gritted his teeth, removed his fire lizard leather coat, and boldly extended his left arm out of the Astral Space!

“Light barrier, activate!”

A thin light barrier enveloped his left arm. This was a defensive method of the Transcendent Fire Seed, using psychic energy to greatly increase resistance to blows. But in the face of this terrifying inferno, this defense was practically nonexistent.

In an instant, Lu Yuan’s left arm was ripped open, emitting a foul smell.

Burning heat, pain!

Large beads of sweat poured from his pores. His hand felt like it was plunged into boiling oil.

This was normal. Even the donkey-headed monster couldn’t withstand the terrifying heat, and naturally, neither could Lu Yuan. He wasn’t Sun Wukong (The Monkey King) able to withstand the Taishang Laojun’s alchemy furnace.

“Die, damn it!”

He gritted his teeth, and with a swift slap, sent the donkey-headed monster’s skull cap flying. With the skull cap gone, the shadowy corner was once again engulfed in flames. The black liquid continued to bubble.

Without the shadows, the “Shadow of the Zhao” couldn’t teleport…

Lu Yuan immediately retracted his scorched arm, his eyes intently watching the enemy’s movements. The donkey-headed monster’s terrifying nature was far beyond what he could directly overcome. If it grew stronger, even the combined might of all of human civilization would struggle to defeat it. Eliminating it in its infancy was the most correct choice.

“Transcendent Fire Seed… Pain Suppression Technique!”

A bright light appeared in his arm bone marrow, temporarily cutting off the searing pain of being roasted alive. His arm felt numb and stiff, but the pain was gone.

Lu Yuan licked his dry lips. Such a serious injury wouldn’t heal quickly; he could only use the Transcendent Fire Seed to forcibly suppress the excruciating pain. Otherwise, the pain alone could shut down his brain.

But his crisis was far from over. The next second, the donkey-headed monster’s skull cap flew back!

Lu Yuan looked closely; a black thread was sticking to the skull cap! The returning skull cap once again formed a tripod, creating a shadow in the fire. The black liquid began to gather again.

“I have an eternal body, capable of limb regeneration.”

“Even if I lose this arm, I’ll suppress you!!” Lu Yuan hardened his resolve, extending his already burnt left arm out of the Astral Space and once again slapping the skull cap away.

“Slap!”

Then, he was surprised to find that he couldn’t retract his arm! Several black threads had wrapped around his arm, forcibly digging into his flesh. The black droplets continuously extended towards his arm.

Lu Yuan’s pupils constricted slightly; he knew he’d been tricked: “This thing is too smart. It predicted I would knock away the skull cap and countered within a second.”

“Damn it, exposing Divine Techniques results in this…”

“And I don’t have any more Divine Techniques.”

This high level of intelligence and adaptability filled him with apprehension.

Lu Yuan instinctively wanted to use the Exceptional Dagger to cut his arm off! If he hesitated any longer, his whole body would be pulled out of the Astral Space, and he would be burned alive by the external heat.

But the next second, Lu Yuan’s expression turned fierce.

He realized he’d been thinking wrong!

He had to hold on to the limit before cutting off his arm. Because the indescribable high temperature in the vault was indeed damaging the black liquid.

[The terrifying idealistic life form called “Shadow of the Zhao” is now driven to a desperate situation. It has lost its physical body, revealing its true form.]

[However, it is worth noting: The Demon can be killed, but it will live forever in another form. Each rebirth is equivalent to a memory reset; it will always reappear in the world.]

[Attributes: ???]

[Abilities: Field Domain・Attribute Absorption, Dark Teleportation, Shadow Hand, Possessing Rebirth, Mental Tremor.]

[Supra Grade: Level 1.]

Yes, the black liquid was degraded by the fire, revealing more information. The longer Lu Yuan held on, the greater the probability that the black liquid would be killed by the high temperature. If Lu Yuan cut off his arm now, the opponent would pull the skull cap back again, and he would lose the ability to interfere if it tried to use Dark Teleportation.

He couldn’t extend his right arm as well…

Of course, he could extend his leg and kick it. But his leg would be instantly entangled; should he then cut off a leg?

Therefore, the most rational course of action was to fight this terrifying opponent to his last breath.

“Losing an arm is the best-case scenario.”

In a flash of inspiration, Lu Yuan sorted through these complexities. This might be a talent, or perhaps the result of long-term independent survival, producing a strong heart. Or it could simply be that fools defeat experts; a true fool would choose to save their arm, which is the suboptimal solution; a half-baked expert cuts off their arm, loses their ability to intervene, then stares blankly, and might lose even more.

(End of Chapter)

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