Old Domain Bizarre

Chapter 36 Old Man
The sound of rushing water rang out, and Zhang Wenda, looking tense, quickly retreated with Song Jianguo.

"What's wrong? What did you see? Say something!" Song Jianguo, carrying a spear, ran after him. "What's an old man?"

Zhang Wenda pursed his lips tightly, offering no reply, and simply continued retreating towards the exit.

"Bang bang bang." The inexplicable tremors rang out again. When Song Jianguo heard the sound and subconsciously looked back, he finally saw a huge object moving towards him.

It was a giant humanoid creature, at least ten meters tall, wearing a tattered cotton-padded coat. Its face was covered with black spots, its joints were twisted, and its toothless mouth and eye-less eye sockets were slightly open, hanging on its face like three black holes.

In addition, the equally enormous cane in its hand seemed to be the key reason why Zhang Wenda had previously thought it was an old man.

Clearly, it had spotted the two people in the distance.

As the trembling sound rang out again, he raised the decaying cane in his hand, lifted the black-armored feet in the water, and chased after Zhang Wenda and the others.

Seeing this, Song Jianguo's scalp tingled instantly, and he hurriedly followed behind Zhang Wenda.

"What is that thing! Why is it chasing us!" Song Jianguo shouted as he ran, ordering the other cats to scatter quickly.

"I don't know either!" Zhang Wenda shouted.

The moment he saw this thing, the word "old man" instinctively came to Zhang Wenda's mind. He didn't know what it was, but just by looking at it, he could tell that it was definitely dangerous.

Fortunately, although it looks very tall, its mobility is only average.

As the enormous, decaying monster watched Zhang Wenda and Song Jianguo walk further and further away, it uttered incoherent mutterings from its toothless mouth.

Then he bent down, stretched out his right hand, and pulled and tugged at the water's surface, making the entire library's water surface wrinkle like a carpet.

This turn of events was almost completely unexpected by Zhang Wenda; he never imagined that the other party would have this ability.

The two were tripped by the ripples on the water and stumbled to the ground.

Pulled by the monster, Song Jianguo and Zhang Wenda, who were lying in the water, were pulled backward rapidly.

Just as they regained their footing, a cane with bent bamboo joints was thrown down from above their heads.

As Zhang Wenda's arm glowed faintly red, he leaped out of the water almost instantly, dodging the monster's attack range.

However, Song Jianguo was not so lucky. Just as she was about to dodge the attack, she was entangled by the branches that grew from her cane.

Immediately afterwards, the monster raised its right hand with eight fingers, picked up a book from the nearby bookshelf, and opened it in front of the immobile Song Jianguo.

Song Jianguo, as if under control, stared blankly at the book.

Seeing this, Zhang Wenda felt a chill run down his spine. He never expected that the old man's purpose was actually this!

He grabbed a few cents and dimes from his pocket with his right hand, activated the red light, and flung it forcefully toward Song Jianguo.

The light coin, with the added force, struck Song Jianguo at great speed, causing her sharp pain.

"Close your eyes! You absolutely must close your eyes! You mustn't look! If you look too much, you'll turn into a monster!"

As if angry that Zhang Wenda had ruined his plans, the monster called the old man twisted and cursed incoherently at Zhang Wenda before chasing after him.

Zhang Wenda seemed to have found the knack. He used his feet to leap quickly between bookshelves and cabinets, trying his best to avoid being chased.

However, he also understood that running like this was not a solution. Each jump would consume some of his red energy, and at the current speed, it would be depleted in as little as 3 minutes. Once 3 minutes were up, he would be truly finished!

Just then, Jian Guo's cat quietly crept up the bookshelf and surrounded the tall monster.

With a sharp meow, the black cats bared their sharp claws and leaped at the monster. Their actions gave Zhang Wenda a moment to catch his breath.

Looking at the monster clumsily swinging its body in the distance, and Song Jianguo in its hand, he was immediately filled with anxiety.

He wanted to save Jianguo, but with his current strength, it was almost impossible to deal with this behemoth! No matter how strong he was, it would be of no use in front of that thing.

"What to do? What to do?" Zhang Wenda thought frantically.

Just then, the monster swayed and crashed into a mountain of books, sending white sheets of paper fluttering above the water like a flock of seagulls.

Zhang Wenda looked at the papers and was slightly taken aback. He seemed to have found a way to deal with the other party.

Since both the library and the old monster seem to want them to grow up quickly, my way out is to make use of them!

"Weren't you going to give me knowledge? Weren't you going to help me grow up?"

Zhang Wenda looked up at the surrounding bookshelves and shouted, "Give it to me! Give me the knowledge! I need knowledge that can increase my strength! I don't care if it speeds up my growth into an adult!"

Just as Zhang Wenda finished speaking, a gust of wind blew in, bringing some black ash that piled up in front of him.

Then, under Zhang Wenda's gaze, the black ash seemed to flow backwards, and under the burning flames, it finally transformed into a book the size of two palms.

507: The Initial Application of Red Nuclei.

"Red core?" Zhang Wenda looked down at the red scar on his arm and finally realized what it was.

He knew there were risks involved in reading the library's books, but given the current situation, he couldn't worry about that anymore. He started flipping through the pages quickly, reading at a glance.

Just as the monster broke free from Song Jianguo's black cat and stood looking down at Zhang Wenda, Zhang Wenda loosened his grip, and the book in his hand turned to ashes again and disappeared with the wind.

At this moment, he slowly raised his head to look at the monster in front of him, and there was no longer any fear in his eyes.

Zhang Wenda took a flashlight out of his backpack with his right hand and tapped the end of the flashlight light lightly on his red scar. As the red scar quickly disappeared, a blinding red light shot out from the flashlight.

As Zhang Wenda twisted, the dazzling red light quickly condensed, eventually forming a one-meter-long red pillar of light, or more precisely, a lightsaber.

"So, a flashlight can be used like this?" Zhang Wenda said, looking at the new weapon in his hand.

The next second, darkness fell overhead, and when Zhang Wenda looked up, he saw the huge bamboo cane crashing down on him like Mount Tai.

With a "whoosh," like the sound of a sharp knife cutting through paper, the cane, which was almost as thick as two people's waists, was easily cut in half.

With a sudden burst of powerful force from Zhang Wenda's feet, he instantly crushed the bookshelf and crashed into the monster's arms like a blur.

Zhang Wenda exerted force with one hand, forcefully stabbing the weapon in his hand inside. Accompanied by the sound of flesh tearing, the monster was instantly and utterly destroyed by Zhang Wenda.

When Zhang Wenda jumped back high into the air, he saw the monster slowly fall backward.

He grabbed his sword and pulled Song Jianguo, who had fallen into the water, out of the water. "Are you alright?"

Song Jianguo, looking extremely pale, shook his head and glanced at the monster lying in the water. "Look, there seems to be something inside it."

"What?" Zhang Wenda stepped on the bookshelf next to him and cautiously approached the area.

Then he saw what was inside the old monster's body: a completely rotten and dead child who seemed to be crying.

(End of this chapter)