The night is still long.
In the center of the underground palace of the Gulan City ruins, Nie Li, Lu Piao, Du Ze, and Chen Linjian were surrounding a heavy stone coffin and studying it carefully.
There were mysterious inscriptions carved on the outer wall of the coffin, and even the knowledgeable Nie Li was unable to comprehend the secrets behind them.
"Nie Li, could there be a gorgeous woman lying inside the coffin?" Lu Piao leaned sideways, supported the coffin lid with one hand, and said with a lewd smile. He couldn't understand the inscriptions anyway, so he simply gave up his research and took a rest.
When they were escaping, they got into a tunnel in a panic. Fortunately, Nie Li lowered the gate to stop the Dark Demon Ape. With their way out blocked, they could only explore inside the tunnel.
There are many traps and murderous intentions inside.
Fortunately, Nie Li had great magical powers and was able to identify the trap. After spending an entire afternoon, he finally led them out of the tunnel and into the current underground palace.
"Can you think of something else?" Nie Li rolled his eyes at him. Lu Piao was not only lazy but also lustful. If they were not good brothers with similar interests in their previous life, he would never have had any interaction with this kind of playboy.
Du Ze said sinisterly: "There is no beauty, but there may be a rotting female corpse."
"Can you guys have a sense of humor?" Lu Piao sighed. It was really boring to be with this group of wooden people.
Chen Linjian studied the inscriptions on the sarcophagus for a while, but found that he could not understand them at all, so he gave up.
He blew the dust off the steps, sat down, leaned on his sword, and looked dejected.
There were more than thirty people in the expedition team when they arrived, but now there are only four of them left. As the leader of the team, Chen Linjian felt like a complete failure.
The intelligence clearly stated that the ruins of Gulan City were only a training ground slightly more advanced than the Youshan Canyon, and that there were only silver-level monsters at most. However, they didn't expect a black-gold-level dark demon ape to suddenly appear, and they happened to encounter it.
Chen Linjian guessed that the ferocious monster was probably still wandering outside the tunnel, and perhaps it had already used its burrowing skills to escape into the underground palace.
"squeak--"
Chen Linjian was thinking fearfully when suddenly a monkey's scream was heard.
He stood up suddenly, drew the silver sword in his hand, and looked in the direction of the sound in horror.
Nie Li and others were also alarmed.
They all looked in the direction where the sound came from, and saw a black creature howling and rolling around not far from the sarcophagus, as if in pain.
"Dark Demon Ape? It has indeed chased into the underground palace!" Du Ze's face was pale and he was frightened out of his wits.
This monster was so powerful and terrifying that it could kill a silver warrior with just its tongue. Killing them would probably be as easy as farting.
"Everyone, get up here!" Nie Li jumped onto the lid of the coffin for some reason. He shouted to the three people, "There seems to be some restriction near the stone coffin, and the monsters can't get close. However, the Dark Demon Ape has the skill of escaping underground. To be on the safe side, everyone should stand on the coffin."
Everyone suddenly realized.
Du Ze and Chen Linjian jumped up and landed on the coffin lid.
Lu Piao was so frightened that his hands and feet went limp, and he couldn't climb up no matter what. Finally, Nie Li reached out and pulled him up.
The four of them stared at the Dark Demon Ape not far away. They found that it seemed to be injured, and seriously injured.
There was a dent in its skull, one of its arms was bloody as if it had been torn apart by some monster, and its legs were as soft as noodles.
There was a perpetual lamp burning in the underground palace, and it was still very bright, so they could see very clearly.
"Could it be that... there are more powerful monsters in the ruins of Gulan City?" Du Ze frowned, his face solemn. One dark demon ape was already enough of a headache for them, and now there was an even stronger one.
Are they going to die here?
Du Ze clenched his fists tightly, his knuckles turning slightly white.
Nie Li told him that wealth and honor can only be achieved through risk, but on this trip he only saw risk and no wealth at all.
However, he did not blame Nie Li, but only blamed himself for being too greedy.
"The wounds on its body may not be caused by the monster." Nie Li calmed everyone down and said, "Aren't there many traps in the tunnel we came from? Maybe the traps attacked it."
After hearing this, everyone's nervous mood eased a little.
Only Nie Li himself knew that those dilapidated traps were simply incapable of harming black-gold level monsters.
As we all know, the higher the level of the monster, the stronger its attack power and the higher its defense power. The Dark Demon Ape is equivalent to a human warrior wearing black gold gloves and black gold armor. How could it be hurt by ordinary arrow rain and falling rocks?
"Strike it while it's weak! Why don't we go down and kill it? Maybe we can get a demon spirit." Lu Piao became bolder.
You know, a black gold demon spirit can be sold for tens of millions of demon spirit coins. If they can get it, they will become rich.
Chen Linjian wiped the sweat from his palms on his robe and felt a little moved.
He doesn't care about money. The Shengming family was once the richest of the three top families.
Chen Linjian thought that if he could kill the Dark Demon Ape, he would be able to give an explanation to his dead brothers.
"No!" Nie Li hurriedly stopped the two of them, "A lean camel is bigger than a horse! Don't forget that it is a black gold monster. Even if it is seriously injured, it is not something that you two bronzes can kill. It is no exaggeration to say that its spit can kill you."
Nie Li took a closer look at the Dark Demon Ape and continued, "This guy is seriously injured and could die at any time. Let's not act rashly. We just need to wait quietly!"
"What Nie Li said makes sense!" Du Ze agreed with Nie Li's point of view. If he could return alive this time, he would never do anything risky again.
Lu Piao and Chen Linjian looked at each other. Even though Nie Li said so, they had no choice but to keep quiet.
Lu Piao sat cross-legged, holding his chin with one hand, staring at the dark demon ape, while drawing circles on the coffin board with his index finger to curse it.
After a cup of tea, the Dark Demon Ape recovered.
Although there were powerful restrictions near the sarcophagus, it did not leave. Instead, it sat at a safe distance, staring at the four people greedily with its bloodshot eyes.
The two sides stared at each other, and time passed by every second.
Just as Nie Li and the others were leaning back to back and falling asleep, there was a sound of a stone ball falling to the ground.
Nie Li was the first to wake up, and he looked hurriedly in the direction of the Dark Demon Ape.
?!
The Dark Demon Ape now turned into a headless corpse, with blood gushing out of its neck like a fountain.
Behind it stood a burly, silver-haired man holding a giant scythe that shone coldly. Did he look familiar?
"Shit! Chang Ping?" Lu Piao suddenly screamed and stood up.
Because he had been sitting cross-legged, his legs were numb and he lost his balance and fell off the sarcophagus.
Just as he was about to fall headfirst with a "puff" sound and break his head and bleed, a gentle soul force supported him and slowly placed him on the ground.
"Why are you here?" Chang Ping withdrew his soul power and asked with a frown.
(End of this chapter)