Dangers lurking around

Gu Heng decided to take a walk around the Holy Dragon Cave Mansion first.

He is not afraid of being trapped here.

Because he has the system's "teleportation" function, he can return to the deserted city anytime he wants. This place shouldn't be able to trap him, so Gu Heng wants to know what's here.

But just in case.

Gu Heng first tried to see if the "teleportation" was affected.

Spent a thousand points.

He went straight back to the small courtyard in the deserted city, and using another thousand points, he returned to the Holy Dragon Cave Mansion.

"Haha, I knew I couldn't be trapped here!"

Gu Heng laughed.

In this case, one can come and go as he pleases in this place, so there is no need for Gu Heng to complete the test.

He first walked out of the dense forest, and then he saw a strange solitary mountain in the distance, piercing the sky. Somehow, he felt that the place must be worth a visit, as he might be able to find some information related to the "Holy Dragon Cave Mansion" there.

Gu Heng's only intention of staying here was to find out whether this place had any connection with Xiaobai, nothing more.

Whether there is any gain in the end or not, it doesn't affect anything.

He can come and go at any time.

"Anyway, now that we're here, let's explore the way first!"

"Let's go to that mountain first."

Gu Heng set off immediately, but there is a saying that goes "If you run too fast, you will die." The mountain didn't seem far away, but Gu Heng walked for an hour and didn't feel that the distance had shortened much.

Instead, he somehow walked into a Gobi desert with hills and trees, and what happened was that a sandstorm started blowing up here!

The sand that hit him in the face made his face feel a little stinging.

Gu Heng looked back and realized that he had suddenly walked through two completely different landforms. The road he had just taken was still green and scenic, but when one of his feet crossed an invisible boundary line, everything changed!

This Holy Dragon Cave Mansion is indeed strange.

He wondered if there might be some spatial disorder problem in this place. He had seen many movies of this kind in his previous life and had heard of many settings.

But Gu Heng had no intention of going back and continued to rush towards the mountain. However, as soon as he entered the desert, Gu Heng's face changed immediately.

There is a strong smell of blood here!

He gently covered his mouth and nose and continued walking forward. Sure enough, after a few steps, he saw a corpse lying on the sand despite the limited vision caused by the sandstorm.

"hiss!"

Gu Heng gasped!

Because he found that he recognized this corpse!

Just on the way here, on the treasure boat, this guy was the one who shouted to four or five practitioners, "Come and compete with grandpa."

Not knowing his name, Gu Heng only knew that this guy boasted that he was a young and promising Nascent Soul master, but he had no idea how capable he really was.

But at this moment his eyes were wide open, as if he died with his eyes open, and his body was also incomplete.

He had a bad appearance when he was alive, and his appearance was also a mess after his death.

"What happened?"

Gu Heng walked deeper and saw more corpses. Even with a rough estimate, there were nearly a hundred people. He was standing in a silent battlefield!

Gu Heng frowned.

After checking them out, he found that the deaths of these people were basically the same. They all experienced violent struggles and fights before they died, and they were basically killed instantly. Some of them looked familiar to him, while some were completely unfamiliar. Some even had their heads missing and he couldn't tell if they were people he had seen before...

There are monsters here!

Gu Heng's face was solemn, and he had a bad premonition in his heart.

He suddenly turned around."Boom--" A sound like muffled thunder suddenly came from the ground, and then the yellow sand rolled up, and Gu Heng saw an extremely huge scorpion breaking out of the sand!

This scorpion looks to be as big as a wolf or a tiger, but it is obviously abnormal for a scorpion to be this big. The two scorpion pincers alone are enough to scare anyone.

Not to mention its open mouth, which revealed sharp fangs and two rows of serrations.

For a moment, Gu Heng felt his hair stand on end!

Especially when it brings with it a cloud of dust and sand!

But he did not back down.

Aren't the reasons why so many practitioners, including him, were sent here to accept the "test"? Since it is a test, they will definitely encounter monsters. If they encounter monsters, the first choice is not to run away.

Unless it is a giant beast two or three stories high, any discerning person can see that it can crush itself with one foot.

Although this scorpion was extremely huge, Gu Heng felt that the danger of this monster ultimately came from its poison rather than its two pincers.

But... this scorpion's shell actually has very fine, sandy scales?

What is this weird thing?

But he couldn't help but think too much, because the giant scorpion had already taken its stance, and its six pairs of flexible appendages were already digging through the sand and approaching him at an extremely fast speed!

"bring it on!"

It was too late to take out the bow and arrow, so Gu Heng directly took out a goose-feather long sword he had forged himself from the system backpack, ready to deal with this terrifying giant scorpion.

Although he was afraid, he was more excited.

He wanted to give it a try to see if his Nascent Soul strength was enough for the fight!

It doesn't matter if you can't win, he has many ways to save his life.

Then, he swung his sword with a simple and plain move, without any moves or techniques. He simply chopped at the giant scorpion with all his strength!

Then the giant scorpion was cut into two pieces.

"...Um?"

"He died already?"

Gu Heng's eyes widened.

He did not dare to be careless. After all, so many people died here. If he was not careful and gave it his all, he might be killed if something unexpected happened.

But it was just such a simple horizontal slash.

The giant scorpion was cut in half as easily as crushing tofu with your hands.

He slowly approached and made sure that the giant scorpion was dead. He then began to slowly examine the appearance of the giant scorpion. He found it quite strange indeed. In addition to its large size, the scorpion was also covered with scales, but scorpions should not have scales.

And it grows on the external carapace.

Although he had doubts, Gu Heng did not come here to study the mutation of monsters. As for why scorpions have scales, he would leave it to others to think about.

"So that's all you are. I thought highly of you. But you are just a scorpion no matter what."

Gu Heng thrust the goose-feather knife into the desert beneath his feet, then stirred it vigorously for a few times to clean the blood off the knife, and then continued walking down.

Boom!

Suddenly, there was a violent tremor under the desert, which scared Gu Heng again.

"Oh my god…"

Gu Heng quickly raised his knife and took position, fearing that some desert monster would suddenly rush out from beside him. But after waiting for a few minutes, the shaking underground gradually stopped. He scratched his head in confusion and continued to move forward.

…

Deep underground in the desert.

The Dragon-Scorpion Beast King looked at his huge underground palace, which was turned upside down and collapsed everywhere by the sudden attack of several sword energies. He was so angry that his eight limbs, two scorpion pincers and one giant tail began to swing around.

"No! This is my palace!"