Shushan: Extinction

Chapter 118 The Five Great Demons
Facing the temptation of the sixth sister, Gong Tianwu looked at the third brother who was watching him with a covetous look, and his heart was filled with regret:

How could this kid be so ignorant? Shouldn't this kind of dirty deal be discussed in private?

So I could only say with a straight face:

"Go away, you little brat, what do you know? Get out of here."

Unexpectedly, the sixth sister immediately disagreed after hearing this:
"Who are you talking about? Who is the little brat?"

She immediately puffed out her chest after saying that! She was originally wearing a gauze dress. Gong Tianwu immediately witnessed the moment when she trembled like jelly. He felt his nose getting hot and almost embarrassed himself. He hurriedly said to the third sister:

"Where was Old Seven taken?"

The third sister said:
"Mujiang City."

Gong Tianwu was stunned when he heard this. Why did this place sound so familiar? He felt like he had heard it somewhere before.

He tried hard to recall, yes, it was the dog demon Ahua!
This guy actually gave his family a sexy name, Hua Manlou.

Later, when summarizing, he said that this guy's fate was changed by himself, and he returned to Xiongbian Mountain/Mujiang City, and received guidance from Rong Jian, so his cultivation improved greatly.

However, decades later, because he tried to prevent the goddess Ba from being born, he was brutally killed by the Qingcheng elders Xu Chenzi and Xu Jingzi.

Gong Tianwu thought for a moment and said:
"To be honest, I've heard of this place, but I don't know its exact location."

The sixth sister said:
"It is one of the four great demon cities. Its status among our demon race is almost the same as that of Suzhou and Hangzhou among humans."

"Well, the specific location you mentioned should be within the territory of your human country of Chen."

Gong Tianwu raised his eyebrows when he heard this. Isn't the State of Chen just over a thousand miles east of the State of Yong?

However, there is a natural barrier like the Black Desert between the two countries - sandstorms, evil wolves, sandworms, and the underworld mirages that often appear in the Black Desert are all fatal to travelers, so the transportation between the two countries is not smooth.

Of course, for cultivators like Gong Tianwu, such dangerous areas are not restricted areas. They just need to avoid some of the most dangerous sections.

So Gong Tianwu calculated the time and said:
"Okay, since this matter is caused by me, then I will go and bring Seventh Sister back. You give me a more specific location of Mujiang City."

The third sister said:
"Okay, if you want to go, I'll get you a map and a token.

"When you go to Mujiang City, this token will allow you to enter the city smoothly."

"But Mujiang City is located in Xiongbian Mountain, and there are many monsters around there. Even if you are a monster, you will be in danger if you are caught, let alone you are a human. You must be careful."

Gong Tianwu nodded and said:

"Okay, I'll be careful."

***
Next, Gong Tianwu continued his journey.
Of course, the legacy he inherited: the extra-large storage bag also came in handy at this time, allowing Gong Tian to travel 50,000 miles for business as usual.

At this time, he first walked one-third of the way by water, then went directly ashore, crossed the black desert, and then plunged into the vast mountains, running in a straight line towards Xiongbian Mountain.

This way of going is certainly the most time-saving, but ordinary people can never do so.

But Gong Tianwu is now practicing both magic and martial arts. Relying on his own mid-stage Qi Refining cultivation and the strength of a Martial Saint as support, he can run and jump at full speed and glide in the air for a hundred meters before landing.

With such powerful strength, ordinary complex terrain can hardly stop Gong Tianwu's progress.

So it would have taken Gong Tianwu less than ten days to complete the journey, which would have taken a full month.
The reason why Gong Tianwu dares to be so high-profile is because he has a perverted trump card like "Xing Tiannu".

This is like having an extra life.

Of course, there is gain and loss. The price to pay for traveling at such a fast speed is fatigue on the road and the hardship of sleeping in the open air.

Three hundred miles away from Xiongbian Mountain, Gong Tianwu arrived at Fengcheng, which is also the closest human city to Xiongbian Mountain.

It can be seen that the city walls are obviously much higher than the rest of the place and are bronze in color.

Apparently, the bricks used to build the city wall were specially made and covered with a unique metal plate.
Looking closely, there are many new and old scars on it, obviously this place is often attacked.

The inspection at the city gate was unprecedentedly strict. Even though Gong Tianwu stated his identity as a cultivator, he still invited two cultivators to conduct an examination.

In the end, Gong Tianwu even had to pay a gold ingot to enter the city smoothly, and after entering the city, he found that the prices here were high:
The prices at the inn are three times as much as other places, and the food is more than twice as much.

The reason why Gong Tianwu entered the city was actually very simple. He had been traveling and sleeping in the open air for the past few days and had not gotten any rest, so he needed to find a place to rest up.

So he didn't even eat, he just found a bathtub to wash off the dust on his body, and then went straight to bed and fell asleep, snoring loudly.

The next day at noon, Gong Tianwu was woken up by hunger, so he planned to have a big meal and then take a walk on the street.

I bought some local specialties and left immediately. Anyway, there was still at least one third of the capacity in the oversized storage bag.

There are blood maple trees everywhere in Fengcheng. In autumn, the leaves of the trees turn bright red like fire, hence the name.

At the same time, by making a hole in the trunk of the blood maple tree and inserting a bamboo tube, you can collect a large amount of sap.

By boiling the sap over fire, you can get light red syrup, which is one of the local specialties, brown sugar, but it is only a by-product of Maple City.

After strolling around the street for two rounds, Gong Tianwu knew what the specialty of this place was, which was Yaoman!
Most of the dishes sold in the restaurant are related to monsters. The tailor shop has monster leather, the material store has monster inner elixir, the weapon refining workshop has monster teeth and bones, and the slave market has monster warriors!
And what is a demon?
In fact, they are also monsters, but compared to ordinary monsters, they belong to the category of rare prehistoric alien species.

Although humans may have bloody conflicts with monsters, there are also many who make friends with monsters and even have contact with them.

Which scholar has never had a dream about masturbating Hakimi (a vixen)?

Which lonely traveler has not expected to meet Nie Xiaoqian?

However, the monsters are extremely violent and brutal. They not only hunt humans for food, but also other monsters on their menu.

With this in mind, Gong Tianwu found a shop and sat down, then handed a silver coin to the waiter and said:

"Little Second Brother, this is my first time here, and I want to get some information."

The waiter immediately smiled with his teeth showing and said:

"No problem, sir, please take a seat."

Because it was not meal time, the store was very quiet, so the waiter had time to chat with Gong Tianwu.

He first brought a pot of tea:

"Sir, please try our special tea first, it's so delicious!"

Gong Tianwu took a look at the tea and found that it was brown-red in color. It smelled like ordinary herbal medicine, so he picked it up and took a sip.

To be honest, I didn’t feel anything.

But the waiter was very happy to talk about it:

"Don't think this tea tastes ordinary, the effect is first-class."

Then he started winking:
"Back then, an old doctor went into the mountains to pick this herb and accidentally used it to make tea. As a result, he couldn't sleep that night, so he raped the widow next door."

"That's a 40-something old woman who was screaming all night, so she's called that."

After hearing the story behind this, Gong Tianwu suddenly felt that the tea tasted pretty good and immediately took a few more sips.

It doesn’t matter whether it’s effective or not, I just like the taste.

Then Gong Tianwu said:

"What specific categories are there of the monsters here?"

The waiter immediately acted like he knew everything:

"The Xiongbian Mountain is 37,000 miles in radius, and 90% of the monsters and barbarians come from the five tribes."

"The Xiangliu Barbarians have the highest status among the five tribes, but they usually only appear in the Devon Lake area and have the fewest people."

"The largest group is the Youxiong Man, with an estimated number of several hundred thousand people. Their bloodline is derived from the ancient beast Rock Bear."

"Ninety-nine percent of what customers can buy on the market here are Xiongman materials."

Hearing the waiter say this, Gong Tianwu's heart suddenly moved. Although this rock bear sounds unfamiliar, it is actually a well-known monster: the flying bear.

The most famous Jiang Ziya on earth is also known by his courtesy name Feixiong.

The waiter continued:
"In the beginning, this place was called Qiongshan."

"But since the bears moved here, travelers often find with horror that a large rock on the side of the road suddenly stands up and turns into a bear monster."

"Some bear monsters even have a pair of flesh wings, so the name of Bear Transformation Mountain spread like wildfire, and even the name Qiongshan gradually fell into disuse."

Gong Tianwu listened attentively, then picked up the "Aoaojiao" and took two big gulps.

The waiter continued:
"The other three demon barbarians are Qiongqi barbarians, Moon-eating barbarians, and Golden Crow barbarians."

Gongtian Wuqi said:
"I know the other two great demon barbarians. What kind of ancient alien species is the Moon Eater?"

The waiter said:

"Tiangou, this demon is the kindest among the five demons."

"Of all the people who have encountered demon barbarians and survived, 90% of them have encountered tengu barbarians."

"As long as you can provide enough things to satisfy the Tengu barbarians who come to plunder, they will not hurt anyone and will just leave."

"So when you leave, please take a few jars of wine with you. If you encounter a Tenguman, you can use it to save your life. Our store has the best discount."

After hearing this, Gong Tianwu's heart suddenly moved. It was not that he wanted to save his life or something, but he smelled a business opportunity.

If Tengu Man is so fond of drinking, then the price of alcohol in Mujiang City should not be low. And you don't have to buy alcohol here if you want to.

The fine wine produced in Fen County of the State of Chen is very famous.

The straight-line distance between Fen County and here is not far, but one needs to cross two 10,000-meter snow-capped mountains on the way.

So for ordinary caravans this is an insurmountable barrier, but for Gong Tianwu, it is just a matter of spending five or six more days.

Thinking of this, Gong Tianwu began to eat in a hurry.

The waiter added:
"Of course, these five demons are only the most common in the Bear Change Mountain, because they exist in the form of tribes and have their own language, organization, and even laws."

"So people from outside who go in can only come into contact with these monsters."

"And there are some rare prehistoric monsters in the Bear Change Mountain. Their number is very small, but we can't contact them at all. So we don't know."

After listening to this, Gong Tianwu nodded, ate and drank enough to replenish his supplies, and then went out of the city again.

It is said that his execution ability is so strong that he accomplished a big thing in just six days.

They climbed two ten-thousand-meter-high snow-capped mountains day and night, and then threw away 90% of the supplies they collected along the way in Fen County.

Then he exchanged all his liquid funds for fine wine and filled the oversized storage bag.

When Gong Tianwu came to Fengcheng again, he was surprised to find that if he sold the fine wine he carried with him, he could make almost double the profit.

After a short rest, he plunged into the Xiongbian Mountain.

***
Gong Tianwu had just left Fengcheng for less than fifty miles when he felt from the bottom of his heart that Xiongbian Mountain was a really good place.

Why do you say that?
Because the spiritual energy here is very abundant, and even though it is only on the outskirts of the mountain, the concentration of the spiritual energy is already quite exaggerated, even reaching the level of the spiritual energy in the elders' cave in the Great Snow Mountain.

You know, the spiritual energy in ordinary places is so amazing. If you go to those spiritual caves and spiritual veins, wouldn’t it be awesome?

Immediately afterwards, Gong Tianwu encountered a monster that dared to attack him.

The reason why we use the word "dare" to describe it is because at this time Gong Tianwu's mode of travel is still unconventional, running, jumping and gliding all the way.

When ordinary robbers and monsters see him leap dozens of feet high, they will definitely run as far away as they can!
Therefore, the monster that dared to attack Gong Tianwu must have weighed the pros and cons in his mind and felt that he could defeat him.

The one attacking is a demon bee!
It has a slender body, with dazzling golden rings all over its body, and human-like facial features on its head.

The body surface is also covered with a shiny black shell, which is covered with strange runes and uneven protrusions, like forbidden spells engraved on an ancient stone tablet, exuding an ominous aura.

Its translucent wings, with a faint blue-purple light flickering at the edges, flapped at an incredible speed, making a strange "buzzing" sound in the air.

Obviously, this thing has the ability to fly, and it can also bend its tail and spray purple-black poison needles for long-range attacks, so it thinks it is invincible, and that is why it dares to take action.

"Human! I want to drink your blood and eat your flesh!"

When he saw Gong Tianwu, this guy let out a sharp and excited cry.

Faced with this guy's sudden attack, Gong Tianwu remained calm, pretending that he had no good way to deal with it. He deliberately dodged left and right, and even looked a little embarrassed.

The evil bee thought it had a good plan and chased the enemy even more vigorously.

However, he didn't realize that while dodging, Gong Tianwu, the old fox, had quietly moved towards a medium-sized pond nearby.

In Gong Tianwu's mind, he had already outlined the next battle plan:

Once the opponent gets within ten feet of the pool, he will use his palm wind to stir up a large splash of water.
This kind of range attack is the most difficult to dodge, and it is enough to splash onto the opponent.
Then Gong Tianwu used the Ice Mystery Technique, which was the signature skill of the Great Snow Mountain. It made the water splashing on the opponent freeze instantly.

And the ice is very sharp, which can cause severe pain in an instant.

But the real killer move is the invisible sword that is unleashed at the same time.

Even though Gong Tianwu's Invisible Sword ability was only at the beginning stage due to lack of resources, its power was very limited.
However, Gong Tianwu's purpose was not to severely injure the opponent, but to go for this guy's wings.

Once this golden-ringed demon bee loses its ability to fly, won't it be possible to control it however we want?

So Gong Tianwu’s plan is actually quite perfect and very feasible.

There is a saying that plans cannot keep up with changes. Watching the demon bee flying down quickly, Gong Tianwu was ready to take action at any time.

Unexpectedly, when it was still thirty feet away from the lake, it simply stopped and let out a sharp, mocking laugh:
"Idiot, you're luring me closer to the lake. Don't you think I can't see it?"

"Isn't it a good feeling to think you've succeeded?"

Faced with this situation, Gong Tianwu could only stop and smile helplessly.

After all, no matter how skilled a hunter is, there is still a high probability of failure. If the success rate of a full-scale hunting attack can reach 30%, it is already amazing.

Just as Gong Tianwu was about to turn around and leave, a water arrow suddenly shot out from the lake and hit the demon bee accurately with lightning speed.

It can be seen that this guy seemed to be knocked unconscious, and he was spinning and falling straight down like a stone.

When it was about to fall into the water, a short and thick dark green tentacle, or tongue, stretched out from below impatiently and pulled it underwater in an instant!
Only then did the demon bee wake up. It was so frightened that it began to struggle desperately and screamed non-stop.

But a sharp laugh came from the water:

“Haha, just give up. If you weren’t afraid of the taste of being killed, you would have been killed directly with that water arrow just now.”

Of course the demon bee refused to give up, but it was really in vain.

The monster underwater patiently tore off its legs one by one and ate them, then its juicy belly, and finally its head.

You know, this golden-ringed demon bee is much bigger than an ordinary bee. It flew in the air like a small helicopter, but it was eaten up in twenty seconds, without even a shell left.

From this we can infer how huge the guy underwater is.

At this time, Gong Tianwu stood aside and dared not move.

In fact, after he found out that the demon bee had been hit, he wanted to run away immediately, but as soon as he moved his feet, he immediately felt an evil and icy force coming towards him.

Once there is any unusual movement, this power will explode.

So Gong Tianwu knew the situation and stood there, waiting obediently for the monster below to finish its meal.

(End of this chapter)