nownovels Chapter 67 Monster Mentality
Chapter 67 Monster Mentality
The atmosphere in the training room was somewhat quiet.
The power of the runic greatsword that Bai Su displayed made the three of them fall into deep thought.
After a long while, Jiang Mo murmured, "I used to think that getting into Jiangzhou University was the biggest goal in my life, but I didn't expect that I was still a frog in a well."
"My martial arts talent is lacking, and I never thought that I would only learn the superficial aspects of runes."
Bai Su calmly said, "Jiang Mo, don't be disappointed. Actually, your rune talent is also quite good, but you are more skilled at planar energy circuit structures."
"If we continue to work hard over the next three years, we might be able to touch the deeper power of the runes."
"Actually, this knowledge is available in school libraries, including many ancient rune construction design diagrams, but certain permissions are required to view and learn them."
"The school did not completely block this knowledge. For example, in the martial arts department, many seemingly basic techniques are actually of a very high level and were once the signature techniques of a certain civilized sect."
"But these top-level techniques and rune knowledge are just there, and many people can't learn them; they can only grasp a little bit of the basics."
After saying that, Bai Su looked at Chen Zheng: "The book I lent you has some basic construction content at the end, so you can borrow it for a few more days. By the way, have you been reading it lately?"
"Ahem! I'm watching, but these past few days I've been either in trials or practicing swordsmanship, so I only have a little time to spare in the evenings, and my progress is a bit slow."
Having worked as a corporate slave for several years, Chen Zheng has a thick skin and can lie without batting an eye.
The group chatted for a while longer, with Jiang Mohe and Li Tang doing most of the asking questions. The rune power that Bai Su displayed today was truly astonishing.
Of course, this does not include Chen Zheng.
The rune greatsword is indeed very powerful, but in reality, it is still not as powerful as a single swipe of the Black Flame Dragon's claw.
As someone who has fought and devoured countless monsters in the abyss, Chen Zheng's mindset already allows him to look down on his peers.
However, the runic power displayed by Bai Su did pique his interest. This kind of runic construct weapon could instantly make someone invincible at the same level, making it suitable for people with average cultivation talent, such as "him".
Fortunately, his Myriad Spirits Plunder not only allows him to plunder spiritual herbs to improve his cultivation, but also assists in learning runes, allowing him to do both well.
In the evening, the four of them finished their meal in the cafeteria. Before Li Tang could even speak, Jiang Mo took her to the library, clearly having been provoked again.
Bai Su also went to the library, saying she wanted to look up information about a runestone.
Chen Zheng returned to his dormitory and had just closed the door when there was a knock on the door behind him. The deliveryman, whom he had met once before, was standing at the door holding a box.
"Hello, Chen, this is your package."
"This is troublesome." Chen Zheng smiled.
The courier only puts down the box and leaves after the standard procedures of signing, verification, and completion of the process.
"No rush, let's rest a while and wait for my soul power to recover before cultivating again." Chen Zheng suppressed the impulse in his heart, his consciousness sinking and his attention focused entirely on the abyss.
On a hillside hundreds of meters above the ground, a black flame dragon, having absorbed the power of fear and grown to a length of thirty-two meters, stood tall.
Standing halfway up the hillside was the Minotaur Serus, wielding a giant axe stained with blood, his body wreathed in malevolent energy, terrifying and utterly ferocious.
After more than a day of fighting, Serus, who had absorbed the power of slaughter, had grown larger, from four meters to four meters one, and his aura was approaching the peak of the second tier.
Below Serus, scattered among more than four hundred valiant dog-headed and bull-headed monsters, each one looking menacing.
Against the backdrop of these monsters, the black flame dragon on the hillside resembled a demon king from hell.
At this moment, a large group of dog-headed monsters emerged from the forest in the distance, with a massive lava giant in the middle, its body now five and a half meters tall.
But as soon as these dog-headed monsters emerged from the forest and saw the black, ferocious dragon standing on the hillside, an overwhelming sense of fear instantly washed over them.
Bang! Bang! All the dog-headed monsters trembled and instinctively knelt down.
Only the Lava Giant Stone Mountain, who was part of the Lava Giant's retinue, remained unaffected and excitedly shouted, "My King, I have destroyed all the tribes in that direction!"
The Black Flame Dragon growled, "Well done, but what's with the extra monsters under your command?"
The Lava Giant led about 500 of its minions away, but the Black Flame Dragon roughly estimated that there were more than 1,500 dog-headed monsters below.
The Lava Giant was also somewhat bewildered: "I don't know, they just multiplied as we fought."
Well, this familiar monster's intelligence is questionable.
With his subordinates back, the expedition was nearing its end. The Black Flame Dragon summoned his personal page with a thought, his gaze falling upon the Authority of Fear.
Source of Fear: 156 → 567 units [Creatures that are extremely afraid of you will have their souls continuously generating fear power, increasing at a rate of 567 units per day]
Power of Fear: 12→41 points [The fear energy born from the souls and spirits of living beings can be absorbed and transformed into abyssal magic, or used to create fear-inducing monsters to spread fear.]
In just over a day, the monsters under the command of the Black Flame Dragon nearly scattered all the tribes, large and small, in this forest, providing more than six thousand units of Fear Power.
The number of units of Fear Source has also increased by more than 400. This is even more important. Once you accumulate 1,000 units of Fear Aura, you can upgrade it to Fear Domain.
"Let's go back."
The Black Flame Dragon roared, its massive body turning and disappearing into the rift, followed by two demons leading the way, and more than two thousand demons following in a grand procession.
Including the more than a thousand in its territory, the Black Flame Dragon now commands over three thousand monsters.
As soon as the Black Flame Dragon returned to the underground space, the dog-headed shaman Mora trotted over, fawningly saying, "Your Majesty, you're back."
"Hmm, how is Vara's recovery going?"
The dog-headed shaman quickly replied, "Thanks to my secret methods of repair, it has recovered most of its strength."
"The effect is so strong." The Black Flame Dragon was a little surprised.
The dog-headed shaman grinned smugly; it had some skills to survive in the abyss for so long.
As he spoke, the Black Flame Demon Dragon walked toward the cave where the underground monsters were located. Every step it took caused the ground to tremble, and under the pervasive demonic aura, the monsters on both sides knelt down.
Bang!
The dragon's claw, burning with flames, fell, shaking the ground. A crudely built stone house a dozen meters away collapsed with a crash, and a dark figure darted out of it in a panic.
This is a half-grown dog-headed monster. Dog-headed monsters are also viviparous, giving birth to litters every two months, and their reproduction rate is astonishing.
The angle at which the monster lunged out was just right in front of the Black Flame Dragon.
Seeing this, the Black Flame Dragon's gaze turned icy, and its massive dragon claw descended with a gust of wind, as if crushing an ant, preparing to stomp the demon to death.
But at that moment, the dragon claw burning with flames in mid-air paused.
Under the terrified gaze of the half-grown monster, the dragon claw slowly moved away, landing with a thud on the side, and the scorching wind it stirred up made the monster's fur dance wildly.
Soon, the massive figure of the Black Flame Dragon disappeared, leaving behind a series of huge, burning, cracked claw marks on the ground, as well as a half-grown monster that had already wet itself in fear.
"My mindset just now was completely that of an abyssal monster."
On the hillside, the Black Flame Dragon looked back, its crimson vertical pupils filled with a cold and brutal gaze, devoid of any emotional fluctuation, just like a true demon king of hell.
Looking back on himself, Chen Zheng discovered that his consciousness was mostly concentrated on humans, and his thinking would be more inclined towards humans, and vice versa.
But is that really all there is to it?
Chen Zheng thought about the three days of trials, the icy state he felt when he killed the mutated creatures, and how his desire to become stronger had grown stronger during this time.
Since regaining his memories, he has hardly stopped for a moment; he is either cultivating or on the path to becoming stronger.
"The influence of the Abyss Body, or rather, the subtle influence of the Abyss on my consciousness?" The Black Flame Dragon pondered.
The cave where the underground monster resides is very large, with an entrance hundreds of meters high and a lava river tens of meters wide flowing below, radiating intense heat.
In the middle of the cave is a blazing furnace connected to a river of lava, with flames rising below and molten ore churning inside.
From deep within the cave came clanging sounds; the cave demons were diligently mining.
The Black Flame Dragon looked at the caveman forging weapons at the edge of the furnace and growled, "Brode, bring up all the molten stone ore."
"Yes, Your Majesty." The muscular caveman wiped the sweat from his face, put down his forging hammer, and grabbed the stone frame that had been prepared beforehand.
Hundreds of kilograms of ore and stone frames feel as light as a feather in its hands.
"Your Majesty, after deducting the consumption of the two extraordinary weapons, we still have 75 pieces of by-product ore harvested in the past two days."
"Hmm, not bad."
The Black Flame Dragon nodded in satisfaction. With a wave of its massive claw, all the crystals were collected into its soul space, bringing the total to 95, including the original 20.
The resources Chen Zheng had gained in the past few days were so numerous that he felt overwhelmed.