Chapter 1231: Chapter 1217: Beneath Stone City
Looking at these raging stone men, Baiyu frowned, feeling like he was being watched by a pack of bloodthirsty beasts.
He took a deep breath, reached out, and the Power of Destruction surged forth.
Countless strands of Blade Qi formed in the void, shooting toward the stone men like a storm. However, after being hit by the Blade Qi, the stone men only had shallow wounds on their surface, with no other effect.
Their defense was unbelievably strong!
No wonder the little girl ran for her life earlier. With such a group chasing you, who could withstand it?
After one hit failed.
Baiyu no longer hesitated and desperately chased in the direction the girl had fled, the group of stone men closely pursuing behind.
Soon.
Baiyu saw a trace of the little girl.
She was hiding and dodging inside the stone city, seemingly with a special way to hide, as the stone men in the city didn’t find her.
Baiyu carefully rushed into this stone city.
But as soon as he entered the city.
He found the girl had disappeared, even though he had clearly locked onto her position...
This girl.
Did she actually make him take the fall and sneak away herself?
Baiyu was planning to find a place to hide, but a hand grabbed him from the side: "Get in, or you’ll be discovered soon."
Baiyu moved slightly.
His figure quickly disappeared from the spot.
He turned his head to see the girl who had escaped earlier pulling him underground. This was evidently beneath the stone city, with a magma river flowing beside them.
The girl took a deep breath and looked at Baiyu: "This is Stone City, where every Stone Shell builds a stone city to serve as a tomb after death.
They live here.
And after death, they are buried here, becoming part of the stone city.
We need to be careful.
If the stone men discover us, it will be troublesome. Follow me, and we’ll get the most important thing in this stone city."
The girl said in a serious tone.
Baiyu felt baffled: "Who are you?"
"Aren’t you part of the Demon Puppet Pirate Gang?"
The girl tilted her head, with a hint of contemplation in her eyes: "You’re wearing the Priest’s Robe from the Scarred Church. If the Scarred Church discovered this Primitive Planet, they wouldn’t just send you alone.
The only humans on this planet.
Should be from the Demon Puppet Pirate Gang.
I heard recently there’s a priest from the Scarred Church aboard the Black Shark, that must be you, right?"
Baiyu nodded: "Are you also part of the Demon Puppet Pirate Gang? Where are the others? Surely you’re not alone?"
"There were some unexpected occurrences. The Stone Shells on this planet are quite tricky.
The pirate gang encountered a few powerful Stone Shell elites and got scattered. Now, to survive, we can only rely on ourselves.
If one can’t survive alone under such circumstances, it means their strength isn’t sufficient.
Nature favors the fittest.
Those who can survive in harsh environments will grow stronger, while those who can’t will perish."
The girl spoke seriously.
Baiyu did not comment on her views. After realizing she was from the Demon Puppet Pirate Gang, at least a basic level of trust could be established.
"What did you say is important down here?"
Baiyu asked in a deep voice.
The girl thought for a moment and said: "The Heart of Stone, something every Stone Shell residence should have.
The Stone Shells need it to cultivate and grow stronger.
But, between them and us, we are natural enemies.
Even if they grow on a Primitive Planet, the moment they see humans, they want to kill us.
It’s instinct.
If you hadn’t encountered me while I was escaping, they would have likely lured you into a trap and killed you."
The girl explained to Baiyu about the Stone Shells as they walked.
At this point.
The two of them crossed the magma river. There were protruding stones in the river, which might be difficult to cross for normal people, but for two cultivators, it wasn’t a problem.
After crossing the river.
The fiery red walls had many honeycomb-like passages, leading who knows where.
Baiyu took a deep breath.
At this time, the girl quietly crawled into one of the passageways and said to Baiyu:
"My name is Huo Dou, named after an ancient fierce beast.
You can call me that.
Where we’re going next, there will certainly be some danger.
After all, the Heart of Stone must be guarded by stone men.
And probably by those who are quite powerful among the stone men."
The girl said to Baiyu.
Baiyu followed behind her and whispered: "You can call me Geman. Of course, if you can add ’priest’ to that, it’d be even better."
The two cautiously proceeded through the passage downwards.
At this moment.
Baiyu found the passage ahead brightly lit. They had reached the end of the passage, and the girl stopped on the rock wall, looking down at the situation outside the passage.
Outside was a flat ground.
It formed a circular shape.
On the left and right stood two guards, both Stone Shells, holding weapons like long spears, standing there diligently.
"One each, you on the left, me on the right, can you handle it?"
The girl tilted her head to look at him.
Baiyu nodded: "I can. You count three, two, one, then we’ll act."
A group of stone men couldn’t be dealt with.
But handling one stone man, Baiyu found it not too difficult, especially as they were in the shadows while the enemy was in the light.
"Go!"
After whispering a count of three, the girl instantly rushed out of the passage, sending out the same transparent threads as before from her hand, which quickly entered the rightward stone man’s body, causing it to freeze instantly as if controlled.
Baiyu’s method was much more straightforward and brute-force.
His body shot out, arriving like a gale behind the left stone man, his hands twisting like blades.
Crack!
The stone man’s head was twisted off in an instant.
Earlier, he had confirmed with the girl that the typical stone man’s fatal spots were its energy cores in the heart and brain.
Every stone man.
Relies on two cores for operation.
Once one is destroyed, it suffers heavy damage or death. Destroy both, and the stone man can’t survive.
Baiyu directly destroyed the core inside its head.
Then, without delay, he reached for the opponent’s chest with his right hand, shattering the rock there and pulling out a small black crystal stone.
This was the stone man’s energy core.
As long as that was destroyed, the stone man was utterly finished.
With a rumble.
The stone man’s massive body slowly toppled, and Baiyu let out a light breath, looking towards the girl beside him: "That should do it, right? Do you have a way to open this stone door?"
After dealing with the two guards.
Baiyu had already noticed that apart from the passageway they came through, to proceed further, they would have to open that stone door.
