Bearing the blue sky

Chapter 212 Killing the Giant Lizard!

"Okay!"

Liu Jianjian was somewhat excited.

In the past, during major battles, she would stab people in the back from behind.

And now, she is leading a large group of demonic beasts in a gang fight.

A completely different war.

She avoided the former at all costs, but the latter excited her just thinking about it.

"Fight! Fight!"

"If I manage to collect ten third-realm demons, a hundred second-realm demons, or a thousand first-realm demons this time, my 'Demon Hunting Divine Technique' will be able to break through to the Great Perfection of the Second Realm!"

"Once I've perfected the second realm, I'll prepare to break through to the third!"

Liu Jianjian was overjoyed.

Zhu Ge laughed along with him.

If Liu Jianjian breaks through to the third realm, then it will be too easy to collect those who have reached the third realm.

In the early morning, the air was thick with mist.

Zhu Ge led Liu Jianjian toward the Yilongze.

Liu Jianjian followed beside him, her hair filled with demonic beasts, each strand of hair tip shining with a faint light.

"Master, what exactly do you think is in the Strange Dragon Swamp?" Liu Jianjian leaned closer and whispered.

"I don't know." Zhu Ge was also a little curious. "But someone Tong Zhen specifically marked must be no pushover. Maybe it's a dragon?"

"Who cares what it is?" Liu Jianjian stroked her beautiful hair. "I have so many demonic beasts at my disposal now, hundreds of them at the second level and thousands at the first level. If anyone dares to block my way, I'll unleash my demonic beasts to bite them!"

Zhu Ge glanced at her and smiled: "You weren't like this before."

"The past is the past, the present is the present." Liu Jianjian proudly raised her chin.

As they spoke, the two had already arrived a hundred miles away from the Strange Dragon Marsh.

From a distance, the water was covered with a layer of light purple mist, obscuring the view inside.

Occasionally, strange cries would emanate from the mist, like the wailing of a baby or the soft sobbing of a woman, sending chills down one's spine.

The Yilongze is larger and more dangerous than the swamp outside Mengzi City.

Unidentified skeletons, some from monsters and some from humans, float on the water.

Occasionally, bubbles would rise from the bottom of the water, carrying a foul stench.

A pale purple mist hung over the swamp, highly toxic, and Zhu Ge had to use his blood energy to protect himself in order to walk.

Liu Jianjian wrinkled her nose, and a thin protective shield of demonic energy formed around her: "Master, what do you think is inside?"

The two of them leaped between dead trees and bushes, one after the other.

Zhu Ge used the Incense-Lighting Body Technique combined with the lightness and agility of the Thief's Way to land silently.

Liu Jianjian's "Demon Hunting Divine Technique" contains a method of movement, and the speed is not slow.

After walking for about fifteen minutes, a low roar suddenly came from ahead.

Zhu Ge stopped and raised her hand to signal Liu Jianjian to be quiet.

A huge black shadow slowly emerged from the fog.

It was a giant black lizard, over five zhang long, covered in metallic scales, with thick limbs and claws as sharp as knives.

It had a single horn on its head, the tip of which gleamed with a cold, eerie light. A pair of eerie green eyes stared at Zhu Ge, and thick saliva dripped from the corner of its mouth.

Three Realms!

And he's at the late stage of the Essence Devouring Realm!

"Humans, this is my territory," the giant lizard's voice was deep and hoarse. "Get out, or I'll spare your life."

"Is the area around Yilong City your territory?" Zhu Ge raised an eyebrow.

"Yes." The giant lizard's lips curled up slightly, revealing a cruel smile.

"Those humans have such tender skin and flesh, they're delicious, especially the children, their bones are so brittle. Let me see if you two are any good."

"Eat?" Zhu Ge's eyes turned cold: "I was originally going to give you a chance to surrender."

He gripped the Purgatory Star Staff tightly: "Now, not anymore."

"You? A mere second-realm cultivator?" The giant lizard sneered, its tail sweeping out a cloud of mud and water.

Zhu Ge lightly touched the ground with his toes, his figure as swift as smoke and mist, dodging the sweeping attack and striking the giant lizard in the ribs with his staff.

"clang!!!"

A metallic clanging sound rang out.

The monitor lizard's scales were as hard as iron, and Zhu Ge's blow only left a shallow white mark on them.

"Is that all the strength you have? Not even enough to tickle me." The monitor lizard flicked its tail dismissively.

"Sharpie, release the hawk-mantis!"

A single strand of hair drifted down, and a praying mantis appeared out of thin air, flapping its wings as it pounced on the monitor lizard.

A pair of bladed arms slashed at the giant lizard's body like a storm, sending scales flying.

The monitor lizard roared in pain and lashed out at the mantis with its tail.

The axe-wielding mantis, agile as ever, easily dodged the attack and then slashed at the giant lizard's ribs.

Taking advantage of the giant lizard being entangled by the axe-wielding mantis, Zhu Ge flashed and leaped onto the giant lizard's back, raising the Purgatory Star Staff high.

"Wrathful Vajra Palm!"

Using the power of the "Wrathful Vajra Palm" to wield the Purgatory Star Staff, he struck the same spot with the staff, and the giant lizard's scales immediately cracked open.

The second blow widened the crack.

The third blow caused blood to seep out.

The fourth strike, the fifth strike, the sixth strike —

"Enough!" The giant lizard twisted its body wildly, throwing Zhu Ge off, and spat out a glob of dark green venom.

The venom exploded in the air, turning into a cloud of poisonous mist that enveloped Zhuge.

Zhu Ge held his breath, his blood energy protecting his body, and instead of retreating, he advanced, bypassing the enemy from the side. The silver-red light on the Purgatory Star Staff shone brightly.

"The dawn is breaking!"

Since they didn't want to keep these three realms alive, they might as well just kill them all in one big battle and end it all.

"Click!"

Zhu Ge smashed the giant lizard's head with his staff, breaking off its horn and creating a bloody hole in its skull.

"Agh!!!" The giant lizard let out a piercing scream, its massive body twisting wildly, its tail whipping around, creating towering waves.

Zhu Ge delivered another blow.

"boom!!!"

The giant lizard's head exploded, and its massive body crashed to the ground.

The three-dimensional monitor lizard is dead.

The battlefield fell silent for a moment, then Liu Jianjian cheered, "Long live Master! Master is amazing!"

Zhu Ge jumped off the giant lizard, covered in blood and panting heavily.

He glanced at the giant lizard's corpse and said to Liu Jianjian, "Put it away. The scales can be used to make leather armor, the horn can be used to forge weapons, and the flesh can be eaten. Don't waste it."

The giant lizard's scales were incredibly tough; it took Zhu Ge so many blows to break through its defenses.

If used to make scale armor, it could assemble an elite force of about two hundred men.

"Alright!" Liu Jianjian ran over excitedly, and the monsters in her hair swarmed out and dragged away the giant lizard's corpse.

Zhu Ge walked to the water's edge and washed the blood off her face: "Let's go back, the team is waiting."

The two retraced their steps, and as they emerged from the Strange Dragon Swamp, the sunlight dispelled the fog.

"How is the situation?" Yu Xiucai was the first to step forward and ask.

"We killed a third-realm demon beast, but haven't encountered any other demon beasts yet." Zhu Ge shook his head: "The scales of that third-realm demon beast were useful to us, so I killed it directly."

"Three Realms of Monsters—" Yu Xiucai fell silent.

He always felt that Zhu Ge was showing off.

Zhu Ge killed a third-realm demon beast, a city lord-level existence, without hesitation. However, no matter how many times he heard it, it still sounded unreal!

"Alright, shall we head to Dragon City?" Yu Xiucai clicked his tongue.

"Let's go!" Zhu Ge looked into the distance.

In the distance, the outline of the City of the Strange Dragons was faintly visible in the sunlight.

Meanwhile, on the city wall, an old general with white hair stood watching the army emerging from the swamp and sighed deeply: "Reinforcements—have finally arrived—"

He immediately closed his eyes, and his aura rapidly declined from the third realm to the second and then the first realm, before disappearing completely.

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