High Martial Arts 2077: I Rely on Beast Taming to Cultivate While Lying Down

Chapter 99 Immortal Demon Dungeon - Buffer City Sixteen! Top Prize Pool - Primordial Spirit God Technique

Buffer City No. 16.

Jiangling Middle School - South Campus Station.

The outpost is located on the ground floor of an abandoned shopping mall on the south side of Buffer City. The original glass curtain wall has long been shattered and replaced by thick steel plates and psionic protective fences.

Above the entrance hangs a faded electronic screen, which scrolls through briefings on the activities of the surrounding demons.

Seven days ago, a horde of over ten thousand red phosphorus rats rioted simultaneously in the East District, resulting in the deaths of at least three adventurers at the late-stage Acupoint Opening Realm.

Three days ago, abyssal demon stones of varying sizes appeared in the area where the alien demons were active in the northern district, and some of the demons were corrupted by the abyssal energy.

[Yesterday, suspected alien monster squads appeared in both Xicheng and Dongcheng districts...]

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The interior of the hall had been transformed into a semi-open supply exchange center, with rows of iron shelves neatly arranged with ammunition boxes, pill bottles, energy bars, and first-aid kits.

The inner room was also filled with various supplies purchased from the students.

If we can rob this place, we should be able to make tens of millions or even hundreds of millions!

Su Chen was standing in front of the ammunition rack, holding a level 4 heavy explosive round in his hand, which weighed about two ounces.

Behind...

"Waaah~ I was wrong~"

Zhang Yan rushed up from behind, grabbed Su Chen's right hand, and slumped down, hanging herself like a weight.

She tilted her head back, her round eyes blinking rapidly, and a thin layer of tears welled up in her eyes, making her look incredibly pitiful.

Su Chen was pulled so hard that he almost dropped the explosive bullet in his hand.

He quickly put the bullets back on the shelf, looked down at the koala hanging on his arm, and said expressionlessly, "What went wrong?"

"People shouldn't be so blunt and bring up your painful memories~ I promise I won't do it again!"

Zhang Yan dragged out the last syllable, nuzzled her head against Su Chen's arm, and her ponytail brushed against the back of his hand, tickling him.

Su Chen rolled her eyes: "Heh~"

He didn't say it, but he didn't actually have much of an emotional reaction.

The scenes from twelve years ago at the kindergarten in the north of the city: three demons storming into the shelter, Aunt Zhou standing in front of him, screams and blood everywhere...

He has no recollection of any of these things.

Time travel, or reincarnation—at some point, his past memories were unsealed, and he can't tell anymore.

When Zhang Yan brought it up in the car, he just felt that the topic was not suitable to be discussed in front of everyone in the car, especially since she dared to say that the Thousand-Faced Demon Lord was from the North City Alliance. Wasn't she asking for a beating?

But Zhang Yan was unaware of these things.

She only saw Su Chen remain silent in the car, and thought she had made a grave mistake, spending the entire journey trying to figure out how to make amends.

Seeing that Su Chen remained silent for a long time, she blinked, moved her face closer, and softened her voice: "Please forgive me~ I won't let go until you forgive me~"

Su Chen looked down at her, who was clinging to his arm and refusing to let go, and sighed helplessly, "Okay, okay, I forgive you!"

Zhang Yan's eyes lit up instantly.

"However..." Su Chen changed the subject, a slight smile playing on his lips, "I'll completely forgive you once you've defeated the Thousand-Faced Demon Lord."

Zhang Yan first switched from pity to joy, then froze...and collapsed.

She pouted, released Su Chen's arm, put her hands on her hips, and scoffed, "Hmph! What if I actually do it? Don't look down on me!"

Su Chen couldn't help but laugh out loud.

With the Thousand-Faced Demon Lord having already reached the eighth realm, the Heavenly Martial Realm, twelve years ago, and having disappeared and operated within the Abyss Church for so many years, no one can say for sure what realm he is in now.

But the fact that Zhang Yan could say those words was at least more comforting than her pitiful "I was wrong" look from before.

"Alright! Stop joking!" He reached out and patted Zhang Yan on the head lightly. "Hurry up and buy your things, let's get ready to leave."

As he spoke, he turned around, his gaze sweeping across the hall and landing on Jiang Yunxin on the other side.

Jiang Yunxin was standing in front of the pill section shelf, one hand casually resting on the edge of the shelf, the other pointing at several bottles of pills on the shelf, and turning her head to talk to her teammates beside her.

Elixirs are not only for cultivation, but also for healing.

Zhou Chengjie walked over and whispered a few words to Jiang Yunxin.

Jiang Yunxin nodded, then waved to a short-haired girl and another girl in her group.

As the two girls stepped out of the group, Su Chen's gaze involuntarily fell upon a tiger lying in the area behind Jiang Yunxin's group.

The tiger was entirely crimson, with faint flame-like patterns flowing through its fur. Its limbs were thick and powerful, and when it lay on the ground, its shoulder height already exceeded the short-haired girl's waist.

Crimson Tiger, peak Soldier level.

Although its individual talent is not high, the racial foundation of tiger-type monsters is there, and its frontal impact and deterrent power are far superior to ordinary soldier-level monsters.

This is the pet of another girl in Jiang Yunxin's team!

Although it is far inferior to Wu Junchao's Heavenly Mountain Demon Flame Tiger's lord-level bloodline, it is already considered a fairly good configuration among the senior students of No. 1 High School who currently have beast taming abilities.

A moment later, Li Yu and a boy with a buzz cut from Zhou Chengjie's group walked towards Jiang Yunxin's direction.

This was something Zhou Chengjie and Jiang Yunxin had agreed upon. Jiang Yunxin's side was all girls, and they needed two strong guys to fill in the front row, so they moved Li Yu and another guy over there.

Yang Xin... was naturally assigned to Su Chen's team.

This was something that had been agreed upon long ago.

Su Chen walked over to Jiang Yunxin and smiled, "Then let's stick to what we agreed on before, and have Yang Xin come here?"

Jiang Yunxin turned around, crossed her arms, and smiled: "No problem~ Is there a cash-on-delivery process?"

"Tsk~" Su Chen shrugged. "If I buy more ammunition for Yang Xin, does that count as paying?"

Jiang Yunxin rolled her eyes at him, but did not deny it.

Yang Xin used a heavy sniper rifle, and the price of level 3 and level 4 bullets was not small.

The points awarded for venturing out for training are indeed high, but the consumption of all equipment, from energy protectors to life-saving weapons like the Hellfire Type 1 Super Bomb, to elixirs and spare weapon parts...

Everyone has to pay for it themselves!

A sniper consumes a lot of pills.

Since Su Chen has made this offer, he will definitely cover part of Yang Xin's ammunition expenses.

Yang Xin peeked out from behind Jiang Yunxin, blinking her beautiful almond-shaped eyes.

Today she was wearing a navy blue tight-fitting combat uniform, with the sleeves rolled up to her elbows, revealing her shapely arms.

She took a step forward, leaned slightly forward, put her hands behind her back, looked up at Su Chen, and her voice suddenly became soft and weak: "So... how much ammunition are you planning to reimburse me, Captain?"

Su Chen's lips twitched as he looked at her extremely affected manner.

Before he met Yang Xin, his impression of her was: an outgoing and easy-going teammate, like a friendly older sister next door.

Now, he finally sees through it all.

Ha~ women!

He remained calm: "One level 3 round."

"???" Yang Xin's voice disappeared instantly, and the smile on her face froze.

Without a word, she turned and left, her steps so decisive! She was a completely different person from the way she had been acting coquettishly just moments before.

"~" Su Chen quickly reached out and grabbed her sleeve, "Just kidding, just kidding! I'll give you a hundred level 4 bullets."

Yang Xin held her nerves instantly.

She turned around and blinked excitedly.

"Huh?? Really?!"

"The price for one shot is..."

Before she could finish speaking, Su Chen said, "It's fake."

A burst of barely suppressed laughter came from behind.

Zhang Yan squatted on the ground, one hand covering her stomach, laughing so hard that tears were almost coming out.

She enjoyed seeing others suffer at Su Chen's hands.

Each time I watch it, my resentment at being bullied dissipates considerably.

"Haha~ Haha~ Sister Xin, you've finally met your match..." Zhang Yan laughed so hard she couldn't stand up straight.

This time, Yang Xin did not turn around and leave.

She took a deep breath and stared straight at Su Chen.

"Captain~ If a sniper trips you up, you're going to have a really tough time~"

Su Chen met her gaze, his expression calm, and said, "Hey~ the more you give, the more loyalty you'll gain. Loyalty, my foot!"

Yang Xin tilted her head and asked, "How much do you mean by 'a lot'?"

"One hundred level-four rounds."

Yang Xin was stunned for a moment.

Her chest rose and fell slightly, quite well-endowed, but she didn't speak immediately, instead sizing up Su Chen.

"This time it's for real!" Su Chen added.

Yang Xin was silent for a moment, then spoke, her tone becoming more serious: "I'm using a heavy rifle. Level 3 ammo costs 300-400 Federal Credits per round, and Level 4 ammo costs 1200-1500. I just checked the prices of supplies at the outpost, and they're not cheap at all."

"Tsk tsk~" Su Chen waved his hand, his tone nonchalant, "Look at you, you know nothing about your captain's wealth!"

"One hundred rounds means one hundred rounds! Level 4 rounds can pose a threat to general-class battleships; they're an absolute trump card, we have to buy them!"

Yang Xin stared at him for three seconds, then suddenly laughed, clapped her hands lightly at her sides, and jumped up.

"Yay~ Captain, you're awesome!"

???

Nine thousand years old?

"roll!"

Hehe~

After the "human transaction" was completed, Su Chen and the others looked at the supply mall at the outpost.

[Energy Guardian Introduction: Comprehensive Monitoring...]

Price: 50 points/day; Damage compensation: 2000 points

[Price of Level 1 Kinetic Energy Rounds: 15 rounds/point]

[Price of Level 3 Kinetic Energy Bullet: 1 bullet/point]

[Price of Level 4 18mm Heavy Burst Round: 1 round / 7 points]

[Hellfire Type 1 Super Bomb Price: 1000 points; Buyback Price: 800 points]

[Super Power Blast Type II Price: 120 points; Buyback Price: 100 points]

Super Explosive Type II grenade, 120 points each, buyback price 100 points.

The blast radius is almost twice that of the Type 1, and the shockwave can cover half a basketball court. It is specifically designed to clear dense groups of small monsters.

Hellfire Type 1 needs no introduction; it's essential for survival!

Because currently, relatively affordable technological weapons can only deal with warrior-level creatures, most buffer cities periodically clear out creatures with strength of warrior-level or higher.

Buffer City 16 and similar places are for students to gain experience, as well as for adventurers and city hunters to make a living.

In this context, Hellfire, a high-powered weapon capable of dealing with general-level enemies, is highly sought after. Although not a controlled resource, it is subject to numerous restrictions, has limited availability on the market, and requires buyers to spend 25 to 30.

Besides these, there are quite a few other things...

[Psychic Flashlight Price: 5 points; Benefits: 72-hour battery life, waterproof and shockproof, an essential for underground caves.]

Emergency communicator price: 200 points.

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[High-Efficiency Antidote Price: 20 points; Buyback Price: 15 points; Description: The venom of the Heart-Eating Demon Ants in this area can cause hallucinations and psionic disorder...]

[Emergency Rescue Pill Price: 50 points; Buyback Price: 40 points; Description: ...]

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Su Chen mentally reviewed the list, then turned around and waved to his mentor behind the supply window at the outpost.

The instructor here looked to be in his mid-thirties, wearing a dark gray on-site work uniform with the badge of the Jiangling City Martial Arts Education Bureau pinned to his left chest.

A teacher at No. 1 Middle School with the strength of the late stage of the fourth realm—the Qi Condensation Realm—should not be a teacher at No. 1 Middle School.

"Teacher, could you please help me with these items?" Su Chen handed a handwritten list through the window.

The tutor took the list, glanced at it, then raised an eyebrow and looked at it carefully from beginning to end, as if to make sure he hadn't misread it.

"12000 first-stage kinetic energy rounds, 1000 third-stage kinetic energy rounds, 100 fourth-stage 18mm heavy explosive rounds... The weight alone is over 200 kilograms. Are you sure your five-man team needs that many?"

He looked up at Su Chen with great confusion.

"Yes! Confirmed!"

"From No. 1 Middle School?"

"Yes."

"Okay! In addition, there are 2 Hellfire Type I super explosive bombs, 30 super explosive Type II grenades, 10 highly effective antidotes, 10 first aid pills... and 20 powerful insect repellent smoke grenades."

The tutor did the calculations carefully...

"The total is... 13200 points."

After announcing the number, even the mentor himself fell silent for a moment.

13200 points, with purchasing power equivalent to over 2.6 million Federal Credits!

He had worked at this post for several years and had seen many high-achieving students who spent lavishly, but it was rare to see one who spent so much at once.

He glanced subconsciously at the student card Su Chen handed him: 9520 points.

"You have 9520 points in your account, you're 3680 points short. What are you planning to do...?"

Before the mentor could finish speaking, Su Chen had already taken out his bank card from his pocket.

"No need to use points, just use this card for everything."

The tutor paused for a moment, then took the bank card.

"Well... while it's true that cash can be used instead of points to purchase supplies, there's a limit per student. Let me check..."

As he spoke, he swiped his card on the card reader.

A pop-up window appeared on the screen: [Points redemption limit: 1000.]

He frowned.

Something's not right!

This person has over nine thousand points in balance, how could the limit be only one thousand points?

"Your card... only has a limit of one thousand points." The instructor looked up, his tone tinged with confusion.

Su Chen was naturally prepared and laughed, "It's okay, just use up the quotas of my four teammates."

The tutor opened his mouth, as if to say something...

But Lin Xiyue had already taken out her student card and handed it to her tutor, saying, "Tutor, there should be a quota of six thousand here."

Upon seeing this, the other three immediately began to act.

The tutor took the student card from Lin Xiyue and swiped it on the card reader.

There is indeed a quota of 6,000!

Wang Yichuan's card has a credit limit of 7,000 yuan.

The two of them are about the same.

Seeing this, the supervisor didn't ask any further questions and turned to deal with it.

But I still couldn't help but mutter to myself: Are all the students at No. 1 High School this awesome now?

Hearing this, Zhang Yan suppressed a laugh, her shoulders shaking.

While her tutor went to swipe her card, she leaned close to Su Chen and whispered, "This teacher probably isn't from our school. You managed to fool everyone!"

Su Chen raised his hand and patted her on the head, laughing, "Childish!"

"It costs a full two hundred Federal Coins to exchange for one point, but you can only exchange for one hundred Federal Coins in return. What are you going to do with so many points?" Zhang Yan muttered, covering her head in dissatisfaction.

"Of course, I'll exchange for high-grade spirit beads. One is worth over 100,000!" Su Chen glanced at her sideways.

Zhang Yan paused for a moment, then quickly switched her expression to a perfectly executed eye roll: "Heh~"

She had always thought Su Chen was bragging, including the idea that the four of them would get into the same prestigious university, which she considered a pipe dream.

But now...

Su Chen said that.

But she wondered if Su Chen really had this idea?

High-grade spirit orbs? That's extremely dangerous!

Can Su Chen really do it?

Although she had doubts, she seemed to have found an answer: Yes!

Looking at the large box full of items, Su Chen said, "Everyone, come and share! I still have some equipment. One Hellfire bomb each, and ten Level 3 Kinetic Energy Bullets each!"

"By the way, Zhang Yan, with great power comes great responsibility."

Zhang Yan asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

She felt that Su Chen's words were definitely not good news!

"There are quite a lot of bullets. Could you carry 100kg of them for me?"

"What!? Then I can still fight?"

"Look at what you're saying~ Once I've used up all my bullets, I'll be able to fight, right? Besides, I'm just helping you with weight training!"

Zhang Yan was about to retort, but Su Chen said, "Don't forget the 1,000 kilogram bet! I think your Mountain-Splitting Fist seems to have hit a bottleneck, and luckily I have a top-grade Enlightenment Fruit here..."

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Upon hearing this, Zhang Yan's expression immediately changed: "Of course I'll listen to the captain! Loyalty! Yeah!"

"Haha~ Not bad! Not bad! Private Zhang Yan!"

When the topic of the Enlightenment Fruit came up, Su Chen couldn't help but glance at the already triggered instance panel.

He dares to give it away because he can get it again!

[Immortal-Demon Challenge Dungeon - Buffer City No. 16]

[Instance Introduction: Buffer City No. 16, formerly Shouguang County, became a den of demons during the eight dark years. After being recovered by the Federation, it was rebuilt as a trial buffer zone.]

Forty years have passed, but the lingering stench of blood from that crazy era can still be smelled on the ruins.

The abnormal proliferation of Red-Scaled Rats is merely a symptom; Rock-Armored Pythons are disappearing, Alien Demons are spreading, and Abyss Demon Stones are emerging from the cracks in the North District.

Someone has buried something more dangerous than demons in this land that has been repeatedly wiped out.

You are no longer a candidate entering the battlefield for the first time; you now have beasts as companions and comrades-in-arms by your side.

But this time, what awaits you is not a pre-defined assessment area and standard answers.

It is the rustling demonic threads deep within the rat swarm, the shadow of the Abyss Church's infiltration, and the ancient wills on the edge of the Northern Plains Mountains that do not belong to Blue Star.

Find it! Clean it up!

Or...leave alive.

Dungeon Objective:

① Complete the core objective of the Red Scale Rat Eradication Order in Buffer City (reduce the Red Scale Rat population back to normal water level and identify any anomalies as much as possible).

② Complete at least one optional investigation task (Investigate the reasons for the sharp decline in the number of Rock Armored Pythons / Draw a simplified map of the current monster distribution and a map of the Redscale Rat's nest).

③ Trigger and complete at least one hidden objective (e.g., the traces of the Abyss Church, the source of the alien demon's spread...).

④ At the end of the training, confirm that all team members are alive.

[Dungeon Tier: Dynamically Unlocked (Automatically generated based on dungeon progress and investigation depth)]

[Scoring Mechanism: Each level cleared will be graded based on performance (Perfect/Excellent/Pass/Fail). The cumulative score will determine the final reward.]

Current status: Not enabled

[Would you accept the challenge?]

[Note: This is the second trial conducted in a short period of time. The prize pool resources have been reduced; stage completion rewards have been reduced by 50%; and the probability of obtaining high-level items during dungeon completion draws has been reduced by 80%.]

When Su Chen saw the introduction to this instance in the car, his mood instantly became much heavier.

after all...

The description in the copy says...

It is the rustling demonic threads deep within the rat swarm, the shadow of the Abyss Church's infiltration, and the ancient wills on the edge of the Northern Plains Mountains that do not belong to the Blue Star.

Find it! Clean it up!

Or...leave alive.

Live...and leave!!!

The mission objective also mentioned confirming that all personnel were alive.

As you can imagine, this mission is no simple task!

That's why he spent so much money.

Even though Lin Xiyue and Wang Yichuan already had one Hellfire, he still prepared five for himself!

As for why he has so much cash on hand?

He initially only had seven or eight hundred thousand yuan in pocket money.

When the signal came back on the bus, in addition to my mother's message, I also saw a text message: Dear ****, 2000000 Federal Dollars have been deposited into your bank card ending in ****, and your current balance is 2875209 Federal Dollars.

No need to think, it was forwarded by my parents!

He also buys things according to his remaining balance.

"Sigh, money is no good thing!"

Out of sight, out of mind; spend it as soon as possible.

Otherwise, if something happens, there will be nowhere to spend the money.

When he thought of money, Su Chen couldn't help but look at the treasure trove.

Although the rewards for this instance have been reduced due to the second trial taking place in a short period of time.

But... the treasure trove looks even more abundant!

[Immortal Demon Challenge Dungeon - Buffer City No. 16 Status: Open]

Current rating: 0

Prize Pool: Skill Stone - Primordial Spirit Divine Technique (Advanced), Wind and Thunder Wolf King Blood Pill (Advanced), Special Building - Small Spirit Vein Core (Advanced)

Skill Stone - Hundred Poisons Body (Intermediate), Skill Stone - Limitless Power Technique, Skill Stone - Vajra Body... Enlightenment Fruit (Intermediate), Tiger Bone Power Pill (Intermediate)...

Giant Strength Pill (Beginner), Overlord Body Pill (Beginner)...

Energy Points (Basic), Pet Space Area (Basic)

Current progress: No dungeon countdown: 12 hours 00 minutes 00 seconds Note: The first level will be automatically triggered when encountering the first batch of Abyss units.

Hint: Each level is scored independently; the higher the score, the richer the reward.

"Is this dungeon really that difficult? The reward pool has been reduced, but it's still even more outrageous than last time! There are three high-level rewards, and they look really awesome."

"However, the drop rate for high-level items is only 80%? How is that even possible???"

Su Chen remembered that the last annotation was...

[The probability of obtaining high-level items from the prize pool is greatly increased during the first trial.]

This is the key to his obtaining the Abyss Converter!

The two are combined.

He felt that even if he scored a thousand points this time, he might not be able to win!

Let's take it one step at a time!

"This is a big problem, very dangerous! Safety should be the priority."

After everyone had packed their gear, they set off for the East District.

What lies ahead... is uncertain.

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