Spirit Jade

Many ferocious beasts possess characteristics such as immense strength, indestructible hardness, lightning-fast movement, and fighting styles completely different from humans.

Zhang Xuezhou had never heard of ferocious beasts possessing sonic attacks or psychic abilities before.

Soaking in the icy, deep water of the pool cleared his head somewhat.

Zhang Xuezhou's weaker resistance stemmed from the fact that his Divine Sense state had not fully recovered, and his symptoms were similar to neurasthenia, which made him more susceptible to the effects of blows.

But Zhang Xuezhou quickly put his research on millipedes out of his mind.

A dull thud echoed as something fell into the pool, clearly indicating that a stalactite had fallen in.

He could only be thankful that a previous collapse had occurred in the area, which provided some shelter during the secondary collapse, preventing the stalactites that rolled into the pool from becoming too large.

Even after the spotlight in his right hand fell into the water, it still emitted a white light, allowing Zhang Xuezhou to see not only the fallen stalactites but also the half-body of a millipede hanging from the edge of the pool.

As the millipede's body swayed slightly, a jet of dark, oil-like liquid continuously flowed into the pool.

Zhang Xuezhou moved a little further away, then grabbed a stalactite that sank even faster, causing his body to continue falling downwards.

This pool looks ordinary, but it is at least eight to ten meters deep, with some of the depressions being even deeper.

The cave was devoid of sunlight, and the water was icy cold, but as Zhang Xuezhou continued to descend, he occasionally sensed a trace of warmth.

As he scanned the area with his spotlight, two fist-sized white stones came into view at the bottom of the water.

Zhang Xuezhou touched it with his hand and felt a warm sensation surge into his heart, which quickly relieved his symptoms of neurasthenia and headache.

"It seems to be a spirit jade!"

Zhang Xuezhou had also obtained the Spirit Jade from the former Crown Prince.

He was well aware of the benefits this precious jade could bring.

The fact that a rare jade, so rare even in the Han Dynasty, was lying in a deep pool in a karst cave was almost unbelievable to Zhang Xuezhou.

The differences between the worlds led Zhang Xuezhou to believe that the cultivation conditions in the real world were inferior, but the two spiritual jades he obtained so easily meant that there were many untapped potential areas in the real world.

"My luck is currently just average, how could I possibly get such fortuitous opportunity?"

Zhang Xuezhou reacted with exceptional sharpness.

Either this kind of spirit jade is common in the real world, so it's not surprising that he found it, or these two spirit jades are likely connected, making it difficult for him to obtain them easily.

"The difficulty likely lies with that millipede!"

Zhang Xuezhou tensed up.

He touched the spirit jade, but didn't dare to put it into his pocket immediately.

He's not the fortuitous opportunity, but his many experiences have clearly made him more cautious.

Zhang Xuezhou loosened his grip on the jade pendant slightly, waiting for the incident of the falling rock from the cave to end.

He held his breath, and only when Turkalando, who was gripping him, twisted and reached up to try to surface did Zhang Xuezhou realize that things were more complicated than he had imagined.

The number of falling rocks was decreasing, but the pool water began to be stained by the juices flowing from the centipedes. The patches of black water were not only difficult for the spotlight to penetrate, but the water also brought a scorching sensation.

Zhang Xuezhou didn't feel it was very obvious, but Turkalando, who lacked the Poison Repelling Technique, had already developed small red spots on her skin, which were even rapidly festering and turning yellow.

The time Turkalando could hold his breath underwater exceeded his limits.

As it struggled to rise to the surface, Turkalando ignored even the small falling rocks, which struck it and twisted its body repeatedly.

"Oh no!"

A thought struck Zhang Xuezhou, and he quickly followed suit, heading upwards.

"Run! Run! Run! That centipede, cut in two, is chasing us!"

As he surfaced, the echo of Turrolanya's shout still reverberated through the cave.

"The millipede's body has been broken in two! Quick, quick, get inside!"

Half of its body was trapped under stalactites, while the other half was used to hunt down Ren Anran and the others. The millipede's abilities left Zhang Xuezhou with no chance.

Hearing Tuerruolanya's voice, he knew very well that Ren Anran was not in danger at the moment; the real danger lay with them.

"The centipede has gone out to chase An Ran, don't run in the wrong direction!"

After a brief assessment, Zhang Xuezhou decided to escape in the opposite direction.

He grasped the spirit jade, his body appearing extremely light.

Amidst the chaotic pile of stalactites and stalagmites, he dodged some small falling rocks, his body flying backward as he stepped onto them.

Once he had thrown down the rope, essential for wilderness exploration, he quickly pulled Turkalando up.

As Zhang Xuezhou stepped over the stalactite where the centipede was, he saw that the giant insect had bitten itself in two, leaving half of its immobile body under the stalactite.

The dark liquid they saw deep in the pool was gushing out from the fracture.

A strong, pungent stench assaulted his nostrils, and Zhang Xuezhou quickly leaped over the insect.

"What if this bug turns around and chases after us?"

The valuable carcass of the ferocious beast lay beneath the stalactites, but Turkalandor had lost all interest in it.

She followed Zhang Xuezhou with all her might, constantly overcoming various obstacles, occasionally stumbling but being quickly pulled up by Zhang Xuezhou.

But Turkalando's anxiety never ceased.

A ferocious beast that is pinned down and unable to move is a completely different concept from a ferocious beast that can move.

Given that she was nearly poisoned by the centipede's bodily fluids in the pool, she didn't need the centipede to do much; if it had just touched her body, she would have been killed.

This is a ferocious beast that will likely kill you if you touch it.

Reason prevailed over temptation, and Tulcarando began to remember those Sequencers who had died at the hands of the ferocious beasts.

She ran frantically behind Zhang Xuezhou, heading deeper and deeper into the cave.

"As long as we run fast enough, it won't be able to catch us even if it turns around!"

Zhang Xuezhou responded loudly.

The wet breathing mask kept spraying out the icy pool water, and Zhang Xuezhou felt a burning numbness in his mouth.

Clearly, avoiding poison is far from enough to completely prevent such poisons.

Turkalando was caught up by the centipede and died instantly; Zhang Xuezhou's situation was no different.

"Bear with it, you must hold on until we escape!"

As you continue running forward past the collapsed stalactite area, the space gradually opens up, with various strange and craggy stalactites layered upon each other like hills.

Using his ability to fly backwards, he has extremely fast climbing and traversing abilities.

Tulcarando, following behind, was in pain, but managed to keep up.

But with a series of rustling, rapid crawling sounds, Zhang Xuezhou and Turkalando's expressions changed drastically.

"Its body is broken in half, so climbing up will likely be difficult. Let's hurry to the highest point!"

Turkalando let out a soft cry, which allowed Zhang Xuezhou to use the momentum to rise again.

When he stood atop a stalactite hill, he saw, as the light shone down, a millipede, broken in half, rapidly chasing after him with dozens of pairs of legs over a meter long.

Despite missing half of its body, this millipede still crawled incredibly fast.

But as Tulcarando guessed, with its hindquarters missing, the millipede would have difficulty maintaining its balance as it crawled upwards, making it hard to directly traverse the stalactite hills several meters high, and even more difficult to reach their area in the short term.

This relieved Zhang Xuezhou, who felt that his seemingly ordinary luck hadn't brought him complete misfortune.

With things temporarily calmed down, Zhang Xuezhou pondered how to deal with the tenacious centipede, but he couldn't help but wonder why there was spirit jade in the cave and why such a ferocious beast had appeared there.

He made a connection between the spirit jade and the ferocious beasts, and even thought of the ruins of the Qinmeng Empire. He vaguely guessed why the creatures in the ruins of the Qinmeng Empire did not migrate, and that there was a possibility of a beast tide and the birth of ferocious beasts.