Possessed Corpse Keeper
Lord Wang's expression instantly turned extremely gloomy, and a hint of evil light flashed in his eyes as he gave Li Wei a wicked smile.
Then he opened his blood-red maw, roared, and spewed out a wave of energy that actually shattered Li Wei's devouring black silk.
Li Wei was clearly caught off guard. The shockwave that had dispersed the black silk rushed towards Li Wei, and before he could react, Li Wei was struck squarely.
"Bang!"
The powerful impact created a whistling sound as the Qi Blast, and the rocks on the ground were shattered by the force. Li Wei was thrown backward for more than ten meters before crashing heavily to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood. At that moment, the fat man had already rushed forward in a flash, grabbed Li Wei with a backhand, and then executed a back throw.
Lord Wang, who had no arms, was tossed into the air by the fat man and then slammed heavily to the ground.
"It worked! Haha!"
The fat man's throwing skills were also superb, his movements were fluid and seamless. This kind of back throw contained a special force, making the person being thrown feel as if they were falling from a 10-story building.
However, Lord Wang, who should have been smashed into a pulp, strangely stood up again.
Seeing that his opponent was unharmed, the fat man was shocked and took a step back. That move was the most powerful technique he could currently unleash.
"A mere trick, yet you dare to show it off!" Lord Wang sneered, opening his mouth wide. Then, a scene that sent chills down the fat man's spine appeared: a Flame Spider crawled out of Lord Wang's mouth.
The Flame Spider had barely landed when it pounced on the fat man.
Then, Lord Wang sneered and was about to continue spewing Flame Spider. At that moment, more than a dozen longswords suddenly attacked from behind him, moving with the speed of shooting stars, turning the unsuspecting Lord Wang into a pincushion.
With a thud, Lord Wang fell to his knees. The sharp tip of the sword pierced through his chest and abdomen, but strangely, not a drop of blood flowed out. However, he also did not spit out the Flame Spider from his mouth.
Li Wei, who was in the distance, finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had just used his Sword Control Technique at the crucial moment to remotely control the longsword that had been scattered on the ground when he was fighting the Ancient Fire Spider, which was why he succeeded in his attack.
The fat man had just managed to kill the Flame Spider. He ran over in a few steps, first looking at the motionless Lord Wang, and then running towards Li Wei.
"Brother Li, are you alright?" The fat man's concerned expression touched Li Wei somewhat, but his own physical condition was worrying. The move by City Lord Wang (although Li Wei knew the other party wasn't the real City Lord Wang, he'd probably call him that for now) to shatter and devour the black silk was extremely domineering, and the impact it generated was incredibly fierce. Li Wei, who was directly hit, felt dizzy and lightheaded. Especially since he still used his true energy to perform the Sword-Control Art when he was seriously injured, his injuries worsened. If he hadn't been worried about the dangers that the fat man couldn't handle, Li Wei might have already passed out.
Judging solely from their offensive capabilities, the opponent's combat strength should not be weaker than mine.
The fat man helped Li Wei up, and the two looked at each other and gave a bitter smile.
"Brother Li, how did you figure out this guy was an imposter?" the fat man asked, somewhat puzzled. He knew that Li Wei hadn't had many interactions with City Lord Wang, so how could he possibly spot the problem at a glance like he could?
"First, he knew your combat strength, yet he still asked for help, which is clearly abnormal. He couldn't even handle a B3-level monster, so why would he think that you and I could withstand that Ancient Fire Spider? If it were me, upon seeing someone coming, I would definitely have them hold off the monster while I made my escape. But when I charged towards the monster, he didn't run away, which is abnormal in itself."
"Secondly, the monster is S1 level. With Lord Wang's abilities, there's no way it could have survived until now."
"Third, he wasn't sweating. In this hellish lava environment, even I was drenched in sweat, but he had no sweat on his forehead. Therefore, I concluded that there was something wrong with him!"
The fat man listened, stunned, but finally gave a thumbs up. "I hadn't thought of any of the three points you mentioned. I just felt that if it were that bastard Lord Wang, he definitely wouldn't have been so kind to me."
Li Wei nodded, gesturing for the fat man to help him up.
Just then, a strange laugh rang out from ahead.
"Brilliant! I never imagined that all my efforts to possess this person's body would end up being my own doing..."
Li Wei and the fat man looked forward at the same time, only to see City Lord Wang, with at least a dozen longswords stuck in his body, stand up from the ground. This guy was pale, but his pupils were like burning magma, with a ball of scorching flames emerging.
Then, flames burst from his face, and his skin and hair instantly caught fire.
His skin was burned away, and even the long swords stuck in his face and body were melted into molten iron. Then, a person made entirely of magma appeared before Li Wei.
After glancing at the monster, Li Wei only saw the name 'Possessed Corpse Keeper,' while the rest of its attributes were unknown, making it impossible to discern its true nature. The prefix 'Possessed' reminded Li Wei of the clones of the people within the 'Gate.'
Could it be it?
That's possible; after all, the fact that this lava monster can talk is unusual enough in itself.
The magma monster gave a strange laugh, and then its body began to swell with countless bubbles. Those bubble-like things grew bigger and bigger, like countless watermelons growing on its body.
"What's this monster trying to do?" The fat man sensed something was wrong.
Soon, the fat man realized what was happening. The blisters on the monster's body burst as they swelled to a certain size, revealing countless Flame Spider. The spiders ranged in size from as large as washbasins to as small as fingernails, numbering in the thousands, crawling densely from the monster's body.
"Oh my god!"
The fat man let out a wail and tried to retreat, only to find that the passage they had come from had been blocked by crimson lava at some point, and the huge cavern was now completely sealed off.
Thousands of Flame Spider surged in like a tide, each one emitting wisps of flame, sending chills down one's spine.
The fat man, pale-faced, said, "If only a big basin of water could be poured on them right now!"
Li Wei, who was hesitating whether to use Shifting Forms and Changing Positions to escape with the fat man, suddenly remembered that he had filled the water jar in the water system tomb chamber with a lot of water, which would come in handy at this moment.
Thinking of this, Li Wei took out the Copper Pot, made a hand seal, and a waterfall-like jet of water sprayed out of the Copper Pot, pouring it onto the group of Flame Spider and lava monsters.
When water and fire meet, a violent reaction occurs. With a hiss, a large amount of water vapor spreads out, and more than half of the Flame Spider are instantly cooled, turning black and gray, motionless, and dead beyond any doubt, as if they were charcoal thrown into water.
The lava monster, drenched in water, let out a piercing scream, clearly severely injured.
"Is it... water that soaked... the Water Spirit Remnant?" the magma monster said haltingly, its voice hoarse and strained. There was quite a bit of water in Li Wei's Copper Pot; the rushing water even formed waves more than 2 meters high.
The end result was that the air within a radius of several meters was filled with a strong smell of white smoke and sulfur. Thousands of Flame Spider had turned into stiff corpses that would crumble at the slightest touch.
The lava monster was severely injured; most of its body had been cooled and hardened, with only its chest and above remaining in lava form, though it was in much worse condition than before.
"Hmph, you think you can kill me like this!"
The magma man opened his mouth wide, and liquid magma gushed out, seemingly trying to restore his cooled body to its magma form.
Li Wei was not about to let it have its way.
After a short rest, Li Wei regained some strength. He knew that this magma monster shouldn't be afraid of his attacks, after all, its body was made of magma that could burn everything, as could be seen from the Sword-Control Art that had pierced it earlier; it could regenerate its injured body at will. If he had to find a weakness, it would probably only be water.
Where is the most water in the Mage's Tomb?
Li Wei sneered and rushed forward, showing no fear of the scorching magma surrounding the monster's body. He touched the monster's body directly with his hand and then used Shifting Forms and Changing Positions.
Before the magma monster, forcibly pulled into the alternate dimension and then thrown out, could even process what was happening, it saw what it feared most.
Water!
Moreover, it wasn't just a tiny bit. The surrounding area, spanning hundreds of meters, was entirely water; it was clearly a lake. And what terrified it most was that it was obviously falling continuously.
The next second, Li Wei and the lava monster fell into the lake in the Water Spirit Tomb with a splash.
This time, the magma monster was completely at a disadvantage.
The cold water continuously carried away the heat from its body, and before long, its surface was cooled by the water, turning into a hard, black stone shell.
The initial screams and curses turned into wails, and finally into pleas for mercy.
"Please spare me, I will obey your will, please, I don't want to die..."
Li Wei completely ignored it, and even pressed it down with his hand, submerging it in the water.
As time went by, the magma monster's voice grew fainter and fainter. At this moment, Li Wei also saw its information: Possessed Corpse Keeper, combat power S1 (S2 weakened state), HP 68709/90000.
Li Wei was shocked to see this information. He hadn't expected that this monster was actually S2 level. No wonder it injured him with just one hit. If he hadn't stumbled upon this method to counter it, the outcome would have been uncertain.
Moreover, this monster's health is too high. Its entire body is almost cooled into a black stone, yet it still has more than half of its health remaining.
"Damn it, you think you can yell like that and expect me to let you go? No way!" Li Wei completely ignored the lava monster. The latter seemed to know that pretending any longer would be pointless, so it opened its mouth wide again.
Boom!
This time, the lava gushed out like a fountain.