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Chapter 97: Side Path Godhead?

On the way back, Liu Hen suddenly thought of something.

"According to the information we've received so far, Green Cloud City was definitely very powerful in the past, but the number of demons in the vicinity seems to be very large."

This is not just a simple matter. Demons can enter Luxia City openly and enjoy human women. Zhang Mianmian and other Yinghua are examples.

Although it is possible that the Lord of Green Cloud City has allowed it to happen, judging from the intelligence currently obtained, there are definitely a lot of monsters in the Green Cloud City area.

Otherwise, Green Cloud City would not have been destroyed by the invasion of demons, and even the people with special abilities would not have fled for their lives.

but--

Liu Hen thought of a terrifying thing. Even the area near Lvxia City was like this, but the area near Hongluo Camp was surprisingly quiet.

At least the original owner had only heard of demons throughout his life, but had never seen any demons appearing around here.

The ones we occasionally hear about are all spirits. Only those that don’t actively attack humans can be considered spirits, and the evil ones are demons.

In other words, the only ones who can survive are those who are close to humans, and the other evil ones are likely to die.

"Is this area unsuitable for demons to survive? Not necessarily!"

Then there is only one possibility left, that is, there is a very powerful demon in this area, and this area is most likely the territory of that demon.

To put it bluntly, demons are similar to wild beasts and have their own territories.

A demon that is powerful enough can intimidate one side and prevent other demons from approaching.

Perhaps that's why this area is so 'peaceful'.

And that demon that is powerful enough is most likely the big conch behind the Hongluo Camp.

"I never thought there would be a hidden boss here. No wonder there were no demons here before, and the demons that came from other places some time ago seem to have all disappeared."

It goes without saying where those disappeared demons went.

"Except for the tree root monsters hiding underground, this place is a forbidden place for ordinary monsters. But why is the little black stone so safe and sound?"

Is it that the conch cannot detect the existence of the wishing stone?
Liu Hen was filled with doubts and uncertainty: "No matter what, we can't stay here any longer. After we go back, we will start migrating. Although the enemy hasn't attacked us yet, what if it gets unhappy?"

At this time, they were already more than 30 kilometers away from the Hongluo Camp. Chen Ye and others in front were protecting the Spider Car and moving forward.

The spider car with eight mechanical legs can move as if it were flat ground even in such a rugged mountainous area, but its speed is very touching, after all, this time the car is loaded with flint.

"what……"

Suddenly someone screamed.

"what……"

Everyone's faces changed drastically as the screaming figure quickly shrank away, leaving only metal parts scattered on the ground.

"when!"

Chen Ye discovered something and slashed with her knife. There was a sound of metal collision. Although the attacking object was chopped away, she was also knocked back a few steps.

"what……"

Soon someone screamed again, being attacked again. Something was lying on the back of his neck and madly devouring his energy and spirit, causing his body to shrivele quickly, and all the essence of his flesh and blood was sucked away.

Liu Hen, who was following at a distance of a hundred meters, narrowed his eyes slightly and saw clearly what it was.

'A twisted baby?'

His face was solemn as he thought of what he had encountered the night he had just traveled through time.

"This place is very close to the cave I dug out. This should be the monster I found!"

An invisible force of the earth spread out from under his feet.

Just as the twisted baby monster was about to suck the blood out of one cyborg and pounce on the third one, he suddenly stomped his foot down and unleashed a shock wave.

"Oh!"

With a loud bang, the place exploded, and the twisted baby that had just landed was torn into pieces.

"what……"

Everyone nearby was startled because the torn baby suddenly turned into a dozen smaller twisted monsters and shot towards them at a rapid speed.

"court death!"

A cold rebuke came from behind.

The next moment, another shock wave surged.

"Bang bang bang..."

Those twisted monsters exploded one after another, turning into twisted pieces of flesh and blood scattered on the ground.

However, even so, they have not died completely and are struggling to gather together.

Liu Hen, who was behind, suddenly accelerated and came forward, took out the constant temperature bonfire and placed it down to light it.

With a "boom", the flame rose more than one meter high, dispelling the darkness and bringing warmth. At the same time, a force to ward off evil spirits was born.

"Ah--" A shrill scream resounded in everyone's mind. Except for Liu Hen and Chen Ye, the other transformed people's faces changed drastically and they covered their heads in pain.

However, the terrifying scream came and went quickly, and the broken pieces of flesh slowly melted away, leaving only specks of light floating out.

Soon, under everyone's astonished gaze, the light spots gathered in the air and condensed into a green bead.

The bead hovered for a second before falling helplessly.

"died?"

"Should be dead!"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and then looked at Liu Hen.

"Is it Master Liu Hen?"

"Sir...when did you come?"

Everyone looked at Liu Hen in surprise and gratitude.

Because if Liu Hen had not suddenly appeared, this horrible twisted baby-like monster would have killed them all.

Even if they cannot be completely wiped out, at most only Chen Ye has a chance of escaping.

Liu Hen didn't explain anything. He walked over and put the green bead into his space backpack, then checked the information identified by the space backpack:

[Ghost Infant Pearl: Some people rely on external forces to contract the earth veins and become earth-binding spirit gods. After the earth-binding spirit gods die, their undying obsession merges with the earth veins. After years of baptism and absorbing the earth's impurities, they revive and transform into earth vein ghost infants. The earth vein ghost infants continue to grow, hoping to awaken memories of past lives and become earth-binding spirit gods again. Therefore, the origin pearl left behind by the earth vein ghost infants after their death can barely be considered a side path godhood.]

'Side path to godhead? '

Liu Hen was shocked and couldn't help but think of the Mithril Egg.

The Mithril Egg is Hong Ming's masterpiece. The other party may have wanted to contract the silver mine vein and become a god, but in the end, Green Cloud City was breached and the plan fell through.

Even the Mithril Egg was taken away by the unsuspecting Zhang Mianmian, and was finally intercepted by himself.

Unfortunately, the Mithril Egg was half-wasted. From the moment he took it out, the process was interrupted.

However, there seems to be hope for this ghost baby bead.

"However, the Earth-Binding Spirit God... putting aside how to use the Ghost Infant Pearl to achieve the Earth-Binding Spirit God, just hearing the name doesn't sound plausible."

Liu Hen felt that the humans in this world were amazing, as they could actually create this kind of side-path godhood.

First it was the Mithril Egg, and now we have the Ghost Baby Pearl.

"However... this thing will also be restrained by the bonfire's evil-repelling power. Most likely, like the Mithril Egg, it still needs to be stripped of the demonic power."

The Mithril Egg may need to be nurtured by a female body with pure yin, allowing the demon egg to assimilate the female body and eventually kill the female body in order to strip away the demon's power.

This ghost baby bead...

"No, after the Earth Vein Ghost Infant was killed, the Ghost Infant Pearl seems to no longer be restrained by the power of warding off evil spirits."

He took out the Ghost Baby Pearl again, and sure enough, there was no demonic power on it, and it would not conflict with the evil-repelling power of the bonfire.

"Is it ready to use right now? But how do I use this thing?"

Liu Hen was surprised and happy.

Unfortunately, the identification information of the space backpack does not provide any relevant methods.

"Whether it can be used or not, put it away first."

He had no choice but to put away the Ghost Infant Pearl first, turned back to look at Chen Ye and the others and said: "Continue on your way."

"Yes, my lord!"

Chen Ye was cheered up and quickly asked people to collect the remaining metal limbs and other useful materials of the two dead mutants, and then continued on his way.

They had almost no reaction to their two dead companions, having long been accustomed to this situation.

Since they didn't care, Liu Hen didn't say much. This time he didn't stay away from the team and followed the team back.

During this period, he carefully looked at the flints on the three spider cars and felt that all the flints added up might be as much as 150 tons, far exceeding the amount that could be traded for the 10,000 thermal jackets.

"Chen Ye, what happened before? Why were you able to trade so much flint?"

He asked the question in his heart: "Didn't the Hongluo Camp attack you?"

"Your Excellency has foresight. The Hongluo Camp did intend to take action from the beginning."

Chen Ye replied respectfully, "However, after we lost a few people, the Hongluo camp suddenly stopped fighting for some unknown reason and invited us over, proactively proposing a trade."

She was confused before, but now she suddenly realized what was happening, and a look of admiration flashed across her face. "The Hongluo Camp must have discovered your presence, and that's why they suddenly gave in."

"Why do you say that? Did the people in Hongluo Camp say anything strange?" Liu Hen asked.

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