Infinite Demon God: How can I download it if I don't have enough data?

Chapter 101 The Mirage Pearl [Part 1]

Hu Long didn't care about the other party's reaction at all.

He snatched the giant snake and smashed it several times until its massive body collapsed to the ground, no longer moving, before he released his grip.

At this moment, the once arrogant and ferocious behemoth had lost most of its scales, becoming a bloody mess and on the verge of death.

Hu Long glanced at the silver lettering that appeared before his eyes.

[Target: Kui Snake]

[Physical Talent: Snake Bones]

Size: 20MB (Status: Downloadable)

(Note: Infused with powerful spiritual energy, the bones underwent a mutation, gaining extraordinary resilience and strangulation power.)

This black snake also possesses downloadable physical talents.

However, this physical talent is rather useless and not of much use to Hu Long.

After all, you can't expect him to strangle someone like a snake when he kills them.

Furthermore, even martial artists at the Bone Tempering Realm can temper their bones; everything has its limits.

Just like the previous Skin Polishing Realm, condensing the Glazed Embryo is the limit. If you don't break through the realm, it's almost impossible to improve. The same applies to Bone Tempering. Tiger bones with innate divine power are already enough.

Compared to that, what really caught Hu Long's attention was the information displayed in the other party's instructions.

"A flash of inspiration?"

Hu Long's eyes flickered.

If he understood correctly, Earth should be extremely devoid of spiritual energy now, otherwise those practitioners of old arts would not have fallen to such a state.

This black snake possesses immense size and strength, along with thick scales covering its body.

He is already comparable to a mid-stage Bone Tempering martial artist.

Without reaching the Bone Tempering Realm and mastering internal strength, the opponent might simply stand there without retaliating.

It would be difficult for an ordinary martial artist to inflict any damage on it.

Ordinary people would have to use high-powered firearms to deal with it.

This is no longer comparable to ordinary living beings.

Hu Long took a few steps and came to the giant snake.

The enormous snake head lay prone on the ground, like the cab of a truck.

This contrasts sharply with Hu Long's physique.

Just looking at it gives me the creeps.

However, the black snake saw Hu Long arrive.

A flicker of anthropomorphic fear flashed in the snake's brass-colored eyes, and it tried to turn around and escape back into the water.

Clearly, this thing is quite intelligent.

However, its severe injuries made it difficult for it to even lift its head, and it was completely unable to move its body.

Seeing this scene.

Hu Long raised his hand and pressed it directly onto the snake's head.

Bang!

It was clearly just a seemingly casual action, but when it landed on that huge snake's head, it felt like being hit head-on by a battering ram.

The giant snake's head slammed into the ground, and an oval-shaped shockwave swept outwards to both sides.

puff!

next moment.

A clear, muffled thud exploded.

The giant snake's vertical pupils suddenly widened, its life force vanished, and it became completely still.

This is because the hidden force penetrates the thick scales and muscles, reaching directly into the brain.

Black Snake is dead!

[Source Value +112]

A line of silver lettering appeared before my eyes.

This giant serpent alone provides over a hundred strands of source value, making the harvest quite substantial.

"As expected, there is source value. For something like a supernatural being, if it's alive, you need to kill it, but its corpse can be obtained by touching it?"

Hu Long's eyes flickered.

"If I'm not mistaken, Source Value isn't simply determined by physical size. If that's the case, it shouldn't be just this much; rather, it depends on some special power contained within these strange creatures, and how much of it can be converted into Source Value."

These thoughts flashed through his mind.

Then.

He looked at the other three.

"Send men down to retrieve those snake bones."

Speaking of it.

His voice paused slightly.

Thinking of the black snake and the information about being imbued with spiritual energy.

The other party had been hiding underwater, so there might be a place where they were hiding, and perhaps there was something good in there.

After all, this black snake didn't have the ability to create that strange white mist.

There may be something hidden inside this small sinkhole that we don't know about.

"Search carefully the bottom of the sinkhole, the bottom of the lake, and the area around the entrance to the underground river."

"yes!"

The three accepted the order.

Soon, a series of orders were issued.

A large number of staff members immediately entered the sinkhole, carrying professional equipment, and began a thorough search.

Meanwhile, several transport planes brought in small submarines, which were then deployed to the bottom of the lake for exploration.

Now that the giant snake has been eliminated, there is no danger in entering.

There is strength in numbers, and with the help of modern technology.

The efficiency is astonishing.

In less than half an hour, the bottom of the sinkhole was almost completely turned upside down.

During this process, two small snake bones buried under the soil were also found, providing Hu Long with more than a dozen more source values.

and.

During the search, a partially decomposed skeleton was also discovered.

Based on his clothing, it can be determined that he was Liu Bo, whom he had abandoned earlier.

Clearly, the miracle didn't happen to him; he was truly dead.

However, the other party's fate was within Hu Long's expectations.

The other person was among the figures seen at the bottom of the pit after the dark clouds were dispersed.

This is enough to prove that the other party is dead.

Hu Long didn't concern himself with this.

Instead, they focused their attention on the lake.

Soon, after being salvaged by the submarine, the snake bones that had been buried at the bottom of the water were retrieved again.

After being touched and absorbed, it provided him with more than seventy strands of source value.

In addition to the more than ninety strands of source value previously obtained from the Fang family's divine intentions.

The current source value reserves have reached an unprecedented level of abundance.

Thinking of this.

Hu Long glanced at the Source Value column at the bottom of the panel.

[Source Value: 531.31 strands]

This is a bumper harvest.

"Indeed, gaining power and having others help you collect supernatural beings is the right way to go."

Hu Long sighed inwardly.

This is much more efficient than painstakingly carrying out bounty missions and killing evil spirits to collect source points.

"Strange, who exactly is this person? Why are the Fang family members so respectful to him?"

In the distance, in front of a wooden stake.

A young man wearing a baseball cap, who was working with his head down, glanced at a few figures by the lake seemingly unintentionally before quickly looking away.

Once a martial artist reaches the Bone Tempering Realm, they become extremely sensitive to the gazes of others, let alone those few individuals whose cultivation levels are even higher. He dares not look at them for long, nor does he dare to approach them.

Therefore, the details of their conversation are unclear.

"Unless—this person is from one of the eight superior clans, it simply doesn't make sense."

But if they are truly from an upper-class clan, why would they suddenly come here and mobilize people to search this place?

This small sinkhole probably does have some problems, but regardless, this information should be quite valuable.

The man's eyes flickered.

Just as he was preparing to secretly pass on the news from here.

"What are you looking at?"

Suddenly.

A man's voice rang in his ear without warning.

At the same instant, a hand landed on his shoulder.

The young man froze, then suddenly looked up.

Hu Long, who had been dozens of meters away, was now standing silently beside him.

At that moment, she was looking down at him calmly.

His somewhat astonished face was clearly reflected in those eyes.

"N-nothing, I was just a little curious—"

The young man's face was slightly pale.

They seemed startled by Hu Long's sudden appearance.

"Really? You enjoy looking at it so much? Then you might as well give up your eyes."

Hu Long chuckled softly.

puff!

Before he could finish speaking...

The young man's expression changed drastically, and he felt a sharp pain in his eyes.

Before my eyes, I was plunged into complete darkness.

Upon realizing this, he was startled and was about to bite down on the poison hidden in his teeth.

However, the instant this thought crossed his mind, his jaw was smashed off by a hand.

Simultaneously.

My body went numb, and I fell to the ground, unable to move, as if I were completely paralyzed.

"Master, what's going on?"

Fang Mushang appeared silently behind Hu Long, his gaze sweeping over the young man on the ground whose eyes were blindfolded and whose body was still convulsing. He asked Hu Long in a respectful and calm tone.

"But has this person offended you? If so, then you may deal with him as you see fit."

"This is a mole from Black Reef. Take him away and interrogate him carefully."

Hu Long casually tossed the two bloody, still-warm eyeballs on the ground, his tone indifferent.

It was as if they had simply discarded two ordinary pebbles.

The other party's spying methods were indeed covert, suggesting they had received special training.

In the past, he might not have noticed.

However, with the download and advancement of that soul talent, the sharpness of his perception was no longer comparable to what it used to be.

That formless and intangible soul is like a mirror that has been repeatedly tempered, reflecting everything around it.

Those intentional stares, in particular, became exceptionally clear.

In just a moment, he caught the probing intent hidden in the man's eyes.

When he reached out and touched the other party, he saw the dual target's name in the message notification, as well as the familiar words "Painted Skin Technique".

Then there were no more doubts, and the person's identity was confirmed.

However, Hu Long became increasingly curious about the organization called "Black Reef".

The other side dared to plant spies in all the major clans. Are they really not afraid of igniting the clans' wrath?

Or perhaps—there are other hidden reasons he is unaware of.

It seems we need to find an opportunity to thoroughly investigate all the members of the Fang and Hu families.

That "painted skin" technique is truly unpredictable and can easily deceive ordinary detection methods.

But for Hu Long, it was practically useless.

After all, for him, a single touch was enough to use the Taisu noodle board's ability to discern truth from falsehood.

"yes!"

Fang Mushang's expression hardened slightly, but he didn't ask any further questions.

For him, who had been imprinted with a spiritual mark, Hu Long's will was the supreme command.

Even if Hu Long ordered him to commit suicide at this moment, he would not hesitate in the slightest.

This is the most terrifying aspect of that spiritual imprint.

The controlled person remains fully conscious, yet genuinely believes that their choice was correct.

In a sense, his cognition has been fundamentally distorted by that mental imprint.

Just then, Fang Mushang seemed to remember something and continued to report: "Master, news came from the bottom of the lake just now that a peculiar cave has been discovered below."