Simulation: Starting from Under One Person

Fang Rui thought for a moment, then took out another artifact control medium from the Devouring Pouch, a metal disc.

Lü Huan leaped into the air, her movements as light as a cat, and landed steadily on the metal disc.

The squirrel, held by the mechanical doll, enjoyed the swaying motion. It tilted its head and thought for a while, feeling as if it were perched on the tip of a tree branch, swaying in the wind when the mountain breeze was blowing.

It does this occasionally, because it's quite amusing.

But everything is most afraid of comparison. When you see the way the two people next to you ride their mounts, and then look at your own "mount", it suddenly doesn't seem so appealing anymore.

The squirrel leaped across a distance of about two meters and landed on Fang Rui's shoulder, its fluffy tail swaying slightly.

Fang Rui slowly turned his eyes, glancing at the squirrel out of the corner of his eye. Seeing it squatting quietly, he slowly looked away without saying anything.

He reached out his left hand to the belt inlaid with the sacs, then gently brushed his index finger across the surface of one of the sacs, and Kabuto was immediately sucked into the sac.

The squirrel was slightly surprised to see such a scene for the first time, but unfortunately, its face was unable to show any surprise; it remained as calm as ever.

Guided by the Squirrel brand navigation system, Fang Rui and his group arrived at a valley after half a day. In the center of the valley was a lake of moderate size, and the hillsides on both sides were sparsely covered with trees. There were also a few low and slender trees in the valley.

The soil was dark in color and looked very damp. Large and small puddles were scattered throughout the valley. No animals were seen within a hundred meters. It was very quiet.

“Where is this…” Fang Rui’s gaze swept quickly and roughly across the entire valley, finally settling on the lake in the center of the valley. His intuition told him that there was something in the lake.

"This is where Senior Liu Kunsheng lived." The squirrel's tone was slightly stiff, making it seem nervous.

"Liu Kunsheng..." Upon hearing the familiar name, Fang Rui's lips twitched slightly, and a smile appeared on his face.

The Snake Immortal Liu Kunsheng, also known as the Snake Demon Liu Kunsheng, ranks among the top in combat power among the many immortals residing in this mountain range.

Before the words had even faded, the lake surface began to churn, and a water bubble rose in the center, rapidly growing larger before bursting apart.

A jet-black snake head, about three meters in diameter, appeared in the eyes of the two men and the rat. Its golden vertical pupils flashed with a sharp light, exuding a fierce aura. Its jet-black scales emitted a thick black mist, making it look somewhat sinister and terrifying.

The scent of the top of the food chain spread freely in all directions, and the squirrel's body suddenly tensed up, its fur suddenly bursting out like a fluffy ball of fur.

Fang Rui remained calm, a smile playing on his lips.

Faced with the brutal, fierce, and imposing aura of the Snake Immortal Liu Kunsheng, Lü Huan's posture became slightly stiff.

The lantern-sized, golden vertical pupils shifted slightly, first landing on a squirrel, causing it to stiffen, then shifting slightly to the side, landing on another person, and staring at Fang Rui for a moment.

"Boy, who are you?"

Liu Kunsheng's tone was somewhat arrogant, but with a thousand years of cultivation, he certainly had the right to be arrogant, after all, he was a top-tier expert in the world.

Fang Rui smiled slightly, not answering Liu Kunsheng's question, and jokingly said, "Snake demon, I need you to help me cultivate!"

As he spoke, he raised his right hand, grabbed the squirrel on his left shoulder, and flung it to the right and back, where it slammed into Lü Huan's chest with a "plop" sound, causing a surge of waves.

After being hit like that, Lü Huan also came to his senses from the impact of the Snake Immortal Liu Kunsheng's aura. He reflexively reached out his hands to catch the squirrel and looked at Fang Rui, who had launched the attack, with a bewildered expression.

Although I knew you were a bit reckless when I learned that you had infiltrated Lüjia Village alone to kidnap me, I realized I had underestimated your recklessness when I saw you charge at a python that was almost the size of a bullet train.

"You rude brat, you're asking for it!"

Although it was called a "celestial being", Liu Kunsheng had a bad temper. As soon as Fang Rui attacked it, it did not hesitate at all and immediately launched a counterattack.

The enormous coiled snake body twisted rapidly, causing the lake surface to surge. Its tail, emitting black mist, burst out of the water and slammed into Fang Rui like a sweeping steel pillar, accompanied by howling winds.

Seeing the tail hurtling towards him, Fang Rui didn't think he couldn't fight it. While manipulating the ruler to dodge diagonally backward, he quickly waved his hands across the surface of a certain food sac, releasing all the magical artifacts stored inside.

Twelve sharp magical throwing knives were arranged in a row, hovering one meter in front of Fang Rui.

呲——

The high-speed spinning throwing knives cut through the air with a sharp sound, and twelve bright silver discs slashed at Liu Kunsheng from twelve different angles. His massive body saved Fang Rui a lot of aiming time.

The Devouring Beast soared through the air, its crimson Qi patterns shimmering with an eerie red light.

Fang Rui was covered in jet-black armor with crimson lines on the surface.

The ruler fell into Fang Rui's hand, and the new medium for controlling objects stuck to Fang Rui's back, firmly adhering to him and carrying him to soar freely in the air.

Chapter 41 was truly an exhilarating battle.

One after another, mechanical beasts descended from the sky, crashing violently onto the muddy ground, like flowers made of mud and water blooming. The filthy mud and water sprayed in all directions, and the mechanical beasts' limbs sank into the mud, making it difficult for them to move.

Seeing this, Fang Rui remained silent for a moment. Instead of recalling the mechanical beast, he changed his strategy and used it as a fixed artillery platform. The beast opened its mouth, and six gun barrels spewed out tongues of fire, firing bullets one after another.

Ding ding ding ding...

The metal bullet made a crisp sound as it collided with the black scales, like two pieces of metal colliding.

"Just a little scratch, but it's really tough."

Fang Rui, with his keen eyesight, was not surprised at all to see that ordinary attacks were useless. Instead, he felt it was only natural. Of course, he did not order the mechanical beast to stop attacking.

Although it's impossible to break through the defenses, it can still cause some disruption.

"What an annoying thing!"

Enraged, Liu Kunsheng roared, and his entire snake body suddenly began to twist.

Its movement was like a thunderous roar. Its body, about 100 meters long, suddenly shot forward, and a violent gust of wind stirred up tons of mud and lake water, which crashed in all directions like ocean waves. The mechanical beast, whose movement was hindered, could not avoid it and was directly swallowed up by the waves of mud.

Before the muddy water, Liu Kunsheng landed, his savage charge shattering three mechanical beasts. The scattered parts fell into the mud, eventually being covered by the second wave of mud stirred up by Liu Kunsheng's fall.

The next second, a thick, black fog burst forth like a dam breaking, enveloping an area of ​​hundreds of meters in speed, thus depriving Fang Rui of his vision.

"My hearing is normal, but... there's no sound around me."

Fang Rui hovered in the air, clapped his hands together and pulled them to the sides. Blue light flowed rapidly through the air, and a series of talismans took shape.

A fierce wind howled, sweeping in all directions. The black mist was powerless to resist and was quickly dispersed by the wind, revealing Liu Kunsheng hidden within.

thump—

The heavy body crashed to the ground, the dull thud echoing through the valley.

"It...was just floating in the air."

Fang Rui seemed to be deep in thought. It seemed that the black mist released by the snake demon Liu Kunsheng was useful, and its effects had already been revealed.

"That wretched kid, he's got quite a few tricks up his sleeve."

Liu Kunsheng said in a harsh voice that he originally intended to hide his presence and take down the enemy with a sneak attack.

A single strike to defeat the enemy—how powerful!

Unfortunately, the other party found him and he fell to the ground in a very embarrassing manner.

To think I've been left in such a sorry state is truly infuriating for the snake. Go all out!

It is said to be as swift as the wind and as fast as lightning.

With a flick of his snake body, Liu Kunsheng vanished from his spot like a bolt of black lightning, leaving only wisps of black mist behind.

The next second, it was already in front of Fang Rui. The snake opened its mouth, spewing out a foul wind, and black mist sprayed out like a high-pressure water gun.

Fang Rui immediately retreated at top speed, but he was still a little too slow. He was swallowed into the snake's mouth and failed to escape Liu Kunsheng's attack range. The pitch-black mist engulfed Fang Rui, and the many defensive magic artifacts he was wearing were activated at the same time, enveloping him with energy shields of different colors one after another.

The prerequisite for the activation of automatic defense artifacts is that their activation conditions are met. Now that they are activated, it means that the black mist's destructive power has reached the required level.

"The black mist was indeed there..."

Before Fang Rui could finish speaking, he was slammed into the hillside along with Liu Kunsheng. A thunderous roar echoed through the valley, soil and gravel flew in all directions, spiderweb-like cracks spread across the hillside, the mountain trembled slightly, and dust flew everywhere.

Lu Huan, who had long since run off with the squirrel, stood on another mountain, looking at Liu Kunsheng, whose snake head had plunged into the mountainside, and sighed softly, "What a head as hard as steel."

The squirrel clung tightly to Lü Huan's clothes and perched on her shoulder: "I don't think Senior Liu Kunsheng would be happy to hear your evaluation, and I advise you to stay away; this place is too close to the battlefield."

"You're speaking a bit too late~"

As the low hill shattered with a deafening roar, sending boulders hurtling in all directions, Lü Huan, who was hit by one of the rocks, immediately turned and ran.

"Run faster!" the squirrel shrieked.

Amid screams, the rock crashed to the ground, breaking several trees. With a muffled thunderous sound, the rock shattered, scattering in all directions and snapping branches of nearby trees.

On the other side, Fang Rui, who had escaped from the snake's mouth, threw out hundreds of talismans to smash the mountain, leaving dozens or even hundreds of wounds in Liu Kunsheng's mouth. As it cried out in pain and stood up, he pounced on it and slammed a powerful punch into its dark scales.

This punch embodies nearly a century's worth of skill!

The scales, harder than steel, shattered with a crash, the broken pieces splattering outwards mixed with crimson blood.

"Roar—" A painful roar echoed through the valley, and the thrashing tail slammed into the surrounding mountains. With a series of thunderous booms, the mountains shattered, and chunks of rock were thrown in all directions.

"Kid!!!"

The enraged Liu Kunsheng vanished from the spot.

The next second, dozens, even hundreds, of jet-black tails filled the sky. Fang Rui, who had no time to dodge, was hit more than a dozen times in an instant. The energy shield defense layer constructed by the fifteen defensive magic artifacts was shattered, and colorful fragments scattered in all directions, gradually turning into mist and dissipating.

Fang Rui crashed down like a falling meteorite, slamming into the mountainside and burying it with the mud and sand he kicked up.

Undeterred by his momentum, Liu Kunsheng continued to frantically swish his tail, the afterimages of his tails crashing to the ground at high speed forming a continuous chain, the rumbling sound like muffled thunder echoing through the valley, like firecrackers exploding in unison.

Lying in the pit, Fang Rui clapped his hands, summoning whatever talismans he wanted. Talismans rained down on Liu Kunsheng like beans, a howling wind tore at his body, flames burned and scorched his body, and lightning roared, traveling along his body...

Of course, another bunch of talismans were also thrown at Fang Rui...

Golden Light Talisman x100

A large ball of golden light enveloped him, and the flowing golden light rose up like a hill, settling in the valley.

Immediately afterwards, Fang Rui moved, and the golden hill, which was like a small mountain, moved with him.

All of Liu Kunsheng's attacks were blocked by the golden light, while all of Fang Rui's attacks hit Liu Kunsheng.

The enemy can hit me, but I can't hit the enemy!

This frustrating battle enraged Liu Kunsheng even more, and his attacks became even more ferocious.

Fang Rui was thoroughly enjoying himself as he punched the snake while simultaneously casting spells.

Despite the layers of defense, Fang Rui was not injured at all.

It just damaged a few mechanical beasts and cost some money.

What a thrilling and exhilarating battle!

Fang Rui punched the snake demon Liu Kunsheng, and a scale shot out with it.

Chapter 42 Convincing People with (Physical) Principles