Even without cheats, we must survive the apocalypse

"It seems like we have only been here for a few hours..."

Jinrou murmured.

"No, but among the eighty-eight guys who entered the ancient battlefield, if you count what you just told me, more than ten of them have died."

Lu Mu thought that those who could come into this place were, if not rare geniuses, at least outstanding ones. However, this place seemed to like to use these elite young people to "feast their eyes".

He was actually also worried that Yuanyu might encounter an accident.

The other three women are not a big deal. Except for Murong Xue, the strength of Feng Yan'er and Chi Xin should not be underestimated. Murong Xue has a slight disadvantage in cultivation, but she has many unique tricks and methods. If you want to make her suffer, you have to find someone like Murong Zun who can deeply intensify the hatred in her heart.

And Murong Zun happened to be alive.

Moreover, I also came to this ancient battlefield...

Lu Mu really wanted to find her first.

But as the sky darkened, some unusual movements seemed to begin...

The first person to notice the abnormality was Jinrou.

She noticed a slight fishy smell in the air, but she could not forget that smell because she smelled that smell when Jin Rou was teleported to the rift valley filled with extreme demonic energy.

"Did you smell it?"

"The smell of this extreme abyss demonic energy... is a bit strange."

Jin Rou and Lu Mu did not hurry on their way. They fell from mid-air and landed on the top of a hill. The night inside the ancient battlefield was even darker than outside. No one knew what was hidden in the darkness. Lu Mu's spiritual sense seemed unable to detect anything. Wherever his spiritual sense passed, he felt there was only a hazy and hideous dark color. If it were not for the obvious purple aura that served as a guide, he felt that he would be lost in a short while.

Spiritual consciousness is the "second pair of eyes" of a cultivator. Even if his eyes are blind, as long as his spiritual consciousness is still there, he can see everything within the area.

But now, the spiritual thoughts are blocked.

"This place is even spookier when it's dark than it is during the day."

Lu Mu murmured.

Jin Rou silently drew the sword from its sheath, exerting her strength, and a dim mysterious light flickered on the blade. The sword blade trembled slightly in the darkness, making a slight sound, as if it was thirsty for blood.

A hint of white frost appeared faintly in her eyes.

But this biting chill made her seem to wake up.

She said nothing, and the sword sank into the ground!

hum...

An invisible wave quickly spread out in all directions with the sword blade as the center.

"Did you find anything?"

Lu Mu concentrated.

Jin Rou silently drew her sword and shook her head. "There are no living creatures around, and I haven't seen any particularly disgusting monsters. They seem to be unable to leave places with dense demonic energy for too long. It's just that this smell..."

"It seems to come from underground."

After he finished speaking, Lu Mu looked at the bottom of the hill. He seemed to be able to really see that some black, smelly, evil energy seemed to be continuously rising from the brown-purple wasteland.

Could it be that they had accidentally entered some particularly dangerous place?

This thought only lingered in Lu Mu's mind for a moment, and then the ground shook violently, interrupting his thoughts.

This time, even though it was pitch black, he could still feel that in the distance, something seemed to be breaking through the ground and gushing out!

Chapter 68: A strange beast with high IQ appears!

Lu Mu and Jin Rou looked at each other, and they both understood each other tacitly. They immediately flew away from where they were and rushed towards the source of the unusual movement.

Several miles ahead, they landed on another high slope and watched the demonic energy gushing out from the wasteland ahead.

The two stopped and looked up.

"This is……"

Jin Rou had never seen such a scene before and was so shocked that she covered her lips with her hands.

There was a loud bang and dust filled the air. The evil spirit actually turned into a tornado, roaring up and heading straight for the sky. The terrifying pressure was enough to scare anyone.

This kind of scene is really rare.

Overflowing from the demonic energy that was rising into the sky was some kind of low howl of anger.

It was not the sound of a strange beast, but the unwilling roar of some extremely evil being.

"The demonic energy of the Extreme Abyss is erupting. We should not stay here for long, or else some strange beasts will crawl out and will definitely target the two of us."

Lu Mu reminded.

The strongest abyss beasts he had ever seen were actually not enough to pose any threat to him. Even just now in the ruins of the square, those beasts chose to attack secretly rather than engage in head-on combat. After all, this ancient battlefield was not a real abyss environment. Once they left the demonic energy, they would be invaded and corrupted by forces that did not belong to them, just like the creatures that entered the abyss.

But if you can avoid provoking these hunting monsters, then don't do it.

The torrent of water rushed forward, and even if it didn't scare people to death, it was disgusting enough.

"Those are the monsters that attacked us!"

Jin Rou's eyes were fixed on the huge tornado of demonic energy that broke out of the ground. A large number of low-level strange beasts had already run out of it. In fact, the appearances of the beasts were different. In fact, they were the kind of creatures that were deliberately molded in a disgusting direction.

The number was still increasing. In just a few breaths, nearly a thousand strange beasts emerged.

"Speaking of which, when you were attacked by alien beasts, you should have seen some particularly strong and large alien beasts, right?"

Jin Rou nodded. "There was a monster that looked like a hawk, but had sharp teeth and eyeballs all over its body. It was quite powerful. Even the monsters of the Source Realm could not withstand a few attacks before being torn to pieces by it."

"Then you will soon see such monsters too."

Soon after he finished speaking, an extremely large shadow appeared in the tornado of demonic energy.

First, a giant scorpion tail emerged from the roaring evil spirit. The end of the scorpion tail was tinged with scarlet valley light, which looked particularly terrifying under the cover of darkness. Soon, the full appearance of the beast was revealed. It was a giant scorpion-like beast, but it had some organs that were not supposed to belong to a scorpion...

For example, there is a tumor with an eyeball on the scorpion's tail, and some bone spurs can be seen. The two "scorpion claws" are actually a dozen entangled tentacles with serrations and suction cups. There is also a human face on the head that is so distorted that the facial features are upside down and separated.

The face was covered with densely packed eyeballs, all purple-red.

"This is... a beast with the strength of the peak of the Origin Realm."

Lu Mu silently pulled Jin Rou down, and with a wave of his hand, the aura of both of them was concealed to the extreme.

Don't let the monster find you.

This scorpion-faced monster looks like it's not easy to mess with.

But what surprised him was that these monsters neither launched attacks nor behaved frantically. Those low-level beasts just stayed where they were, as if even their most primitive killing instincts had been wiped out.

It slowly raised its head.

Those densely packed, huge, scarlet vertical pupils were particularly conspicuous in this chaotic scene.

"Roar!"

It roared towards the sky, and the human-faced monster made a chaotic sound. The gushing demonic energy immediately turned into a harvesting blade, which swept up thousands of low-level beasts on the ground, chopped them into pieces, and then continuously merged into the scorpion-faced beast.

The body of the scorpion-faced beast became larger and larger due to the filling of flesh and blood. Its size suddenly increased and in a flash it was more than ten feet long, like a small hill. It spread out its claws and stepped on the rolling mist, as if brewing something.

Jin Rou stared at that place and couldn't help but say, "These demonic energies actually actively merged with the corpses of strange beasts...but what are they doing?"

Lu Mu's eyebrows jumped: "Anyway, I don't feel good..."

This strange beast obviously has some intelligence, otherwise it would not know how to use such means to devour these low-level strange beasts.

Rough, simple, brutal, but effective.

The intelligence of this scorpion-faced beast is the highest that Lu Mu has ever seen. At least it can use the extreme demonic energy to strengthen itself or fight against the enemy. It is no ordinary monster.

If judged by the standards of spiritual beasts, this guy's performance is completely worthy of being considered a powerful spiritual beast king!

The aura emanating from the scorpion-faced beast was becoming stronger and stronger. Lu Mu couldn't help but squint his eyes. It was getting stronger and stronger.

The aura of this strange beast was already at the peak of the Origin Realm, but it still wanted to continue to become stronger. If it continued to grow, wouldn’t it be…

"If this monster continues to grow stronger...?"

Jin Rou also noticed it and her expression changed slightly.

They did not feel the disordered space in the ancient battlefield of the Southern Territory, but if a strange beast whose strength was approaching that of the Creation Realm suddenly appeared here, what would be the result?

She frowned: "No, we must stop it!"

Jin Rou originally wanted to fly out with her sword in hand, wanting to kill the monster while it was sucking its flesh and blood, but Lu Mu held her back.

"Your cultivation is too low. If I were to do it, I could have prepared a powerful move to wipe it out, but this might alert other strange beasts and they would show up. We would definitely be in danger then... Miss Jinrou, there is nothing we can do to that guy."

Lu Mu said calmly.

Although this monster cannot truly be compared to the Creation Realm, because after reaching the Creation Realm, one can interfere with and utilize the rules of space, which these monsters cannot do.

They cannot even touch the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, so it is even more ridiculous for them to want to comprehend and use the rules of this world.

But even so, this scorpion-faced beast is not easy to deal with.

Lu Mu can kill instantly with one move, but he has to stack several layers of buffs before that. Then he will be extremely weak after using the ultimate move. The last time he used the ultimate move, he was in a coma for three days. At least he still had Chi Xin as a bodyguard at that time.

With Miss Jinrou's strength, it would be difficult to deal with those large monsters.

"Then are we just going to sit back and watch this guy continue to get stronger?" Jin Rou frowned.

"This monster has intelligence. It's not becoming stronger without a purpose. We might as well see what it wants to do."

Lu Mu said.

Jinrou thought for a moment: "What if it really comes towards us?"

"Then let's just run away. It's much better than taking the initiative to attack and then getting beaten to death."

Along the way, it was discovered that the young master of the Lu family was actually quite calm and introverted. Apart from occasionally showing some childishness, he was always cautious and wise.

So she decided to believe it.

Chapter 69: Counterattack of the Domain Defense Barrier

At this time, the scorpion-faced beast had completed its transformation. Its bony shell had been dyed a dark purple, and its densely packed eyeballs were flashing a dark gray-white luster. After absorbing so much flesh and blood from the beasts, its aura became even more terrifying. However, Lu Mu and Jin Rou could both feel that this guy had turned into... an extremely unstable and explosive object.

The mixed power had visibly overflowed from its body. This scorpion-faced beast was "stretched" by thousands of its kind. Lu Mu had no doubt that if he thrust his true energy into its body, it would definitely cause a violent explosion.

Lu Mu's mind raced, but in the end he had no intention of taking action.

Thousands of low-level exotic beasts have been merged by it, and the eruption of demonic energy is beginning to be exhausted, and its momentum is rapidly weakening. It is estimated that it will not be long before the environment here returns to normal.

He now wanted to see what this strange beast was going to do with all the trouble.

The scorpion-faced beast lay on the ground for a while, seemingly digesting flesh and blood, and even the remaining extreme demonic energy was sucked away by it.

Finally, it stretched its neck and looked towards the dark sky. A strange, hoarse gurgling sound came out of its throat, and then it suddenly soared into the air.

Lu Mu and Jin Rou both held their breath and stared at the actions of the strange beast.

The scorpion-faced monster rushed towards the sky that was covered with dark clouds and where the bright moon was nowhere to be seen!

It seemed to want to break through the barrier of thick clouds and fog!

"What does this monster want to do?"

Jinrou murmured.

"It wants to leave this ancient battlefield."

It's not hard to guess what this scorpion-faced beast is thinking.

It absorbs the flesh and blood of its own kind, integrates the extreme demonic energy, and is willing to stretch its own body to a state of being on the verge of breaking at any moment, perhaps just to penetrate the great protective barrier covering the entire ancient battlefield, and then leave, but such a thing is as difficult as ascending to heaven.

The three-layer barrier cannot be broken even by a powerful saint.

Therefore, the struggle of this scorpion-faced monster was just an attempt to find a surprisingly quick and painful way for itself to die.

The scorpion-faced beast had already rushed to the sky and plunged into the dark fog...

The two of them were on high alert, paying close attention to the movements there.

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