Su Luo felt extremely distressed seeing the Dragon Hound covered in wounds.
“Da Hei, I told you not to go, and now you’re this injured…” She quickly took out a healing elixir and fed it to the Dragon Hound.
Fortunately, the Dragon Hound’s physique was robust. Despite having several broken bones and blood seeping from its wounds, it was still energetic.
It watched the Dark Kun thrash about wildly, its eyes filled with unwillingness. “Damn it, it’s too powerful! I’m no match for it!”
The power of the Divine Sealing Art was only temporary. After Li Tianjue severed its four tentacles, it quickly reverted to its previous ferocity. The remaining tentacles swung and pierced, but no longer attacked proactively, seemingly understanding the strength of the two people before it.
Its severed four tentacles were also slowly regenerating and would grow back again before long.
Li Tianjue, gripping the Candle Dragon Sword, stood in front of Su Luo, his expression grave. “It’s very difficult to deal with! Its regenerative power is too strong, and one gets hallucinations when getting close. It’s also immune to fire, and lightning can only stiffen it momentarily. How can we kill it?”
Encountering such a troublesome enemy for the first time, he was momentarily stumped.
Su Luo gazed at the rampaging Dark Kun, slowly approaching it, intending to activate the Divine Eye Mirror.
“Luoluo, be careful, don’t get too close!” Li Tianjue immediately pulled her back.
“It’s okay…”
Su Luo nodded to him. After he released her, she cautiously moved forward.
One step.
Two steps.
Three steps…
She was getting closer and closer to the Dark Kun, but still a little distance away from the observation range of the Divine Eye Mirror.
As Su Luo drew nearer, the Dark Kun became even more agitated. It waved its remaining tentacles menacingly, attempting to attack her again. Streams of black water sprayed from its mouth, filled with sharp teeth. Su Luo dodged, and the splashing water hit the ground.
“Cui Yu!”
With a thought from Su Luo, a green light flashed.
As expected, the Dark Kun turned to attack the Cui Yu sword. She finally seized the opportunity to move within another zhang, activating the Divine Eye Mirror!
Only by finding its fatal weakness could it be destroyed.
Dark Kun: An ancient mutated divine beast. In its youth, it accidentally ingested the supremely evil substance, Void Dark Liquid, causing it to mutate. It possesses supreme regenerative power and evolved from eight tentacles to thirteen. It can induce hallucinations, and its bodily fluids, blood, and emitted smoke are all highly toxic…
Weakness: All its energy is supplied by a crystal core in its brain.
As long as the crystal core is extracted, the Dark Kun will lose its power and die rapidly.
“Senior Brother, I remember. An ancient text stated that the Dark Kun’s power comes from a bone crystal core in its brain. As long as this bone crystal core is extracted or destroyed, it will lose its power, and defeating it will be easy.”
Su Luo flew back and immediately said to Li Tianjue, a divine gleam in her eyes.
Li Tianjue’s spirits lifted. “As long as there’s a way, it’s good. A bone crystal core… let’s think about how to destroy it.”
To destroy the bone crystal core in the Dark Kun’s brain, one had to get close to it.
But upon getting close, one would inevitably be affected by hallucinations, or even poisoned and deformed. If the Divine Sealing Art were used directly, it would consume a large amount of Su Luo’s life force, and the Spring of Life might not be able to restore it in time.
What should they do?
Just then, Su Luo heard a voice calling her again: “Su Luo, where are you? Answer me!”
“It’s Fantian. He did follow us.”
This time, Su Luo recognized his voice and looked up towards the cave ceiling.
The voice grew closer, seeming to be directly overhead, continuously calling her name, as urgent as if searching for one’s beloved.
Suddenly, a thought struck Su Luo: wasn’t Fantian the perfect bait?
“Fantian, I’m here.”
As soon as she spoke, Fantian quickly jumped down from above.
Seeing Su Luo appear before him, he was about to reprimand her when he was shocked by the scene not far from the cave.
A rampaging alien monster, its body incredibly huge, like a bulging water sac, but with thirteen tentacles, each over ten zhang long, constantly waving and emitting terrifying shrieks that made one’s head spin.
Even without getting close, Fantian guessed that this alien monster was the Dark Kun.
“So ugly!” His face immediately darkened.
Being habitually clean and paranoid, Fantian felt an intense sense of disgust the moment he saw the ugly creature, wishing he could kill it.
Forcing himself to look away, Fantian stared at Su Luo, his face stern, and extended his hand. “Su Luo! Return the Heart of Sand Veins to me immediately, or you will die here today.”
Knowing that Fantian had jumped down despite the danger for the Heart of Sand Veins, Su Luo changed her attitude and said calmly, “If you want me to return the Heart of Sand Veins, I can, but you have to do one thing for me.”
“What trick are you trying to pull now?” Fantian asked warily.
“If you’re unwilling, then leave.”
Fantian stared intently at Su Luo, gritting his teeth in helplessness. After a while, he finally asked, “Go on, what exactly do you want?”
Su Luo gestured to the Dark Kun not far away and said, “See? This is the monstrosity you created, the ancient mutated divine beast Dark Kun, the culprit that has plagued this entire city. As long as you help me kill it, I’ll return the Heart of Sand Veins to you.”
Li Tianjue’s pupils darkened. He wanted to say something but ultimately remained silent.
He believed Su Luo had made the best decision.
“Make me kill this thing? Are you crazy!”
Fantian’s eyes widened in anger. “Impossible! This thing is too dangerous. I can’t kill it, and I won’t help you kill it.”
He wished Su Luo and Li Tianjue were dead, so why would he help them?
“Killing the Dark Kun isn’t difficult. It has a bone crystal core in its head, and as long as it’s extracted or destroyed, that’s it. You have the Sand Vein body, so even if you get injured, you won’t die, at most you’ll be uncomfortable. You are the most suitable person to do it.”
Su Luo looked at Fantian and said solemnly, “But don’t worry, Li Tianjue and I will help you. We won’t let you work alone.”
After hearing Su Luo’s words, Fantian scoffed.
Why should he help her?
This was an ancient divine beast his father had worked hard to obtain. The lives of everyone in Great Wan City had been sacrificed to lure Li Tianjue and Su Luo into the trap. Now that success was imminent, how could he allow it to fail?
Fantian crossed his arms and sneered, “Give up, Su Luo. I will not help you. I wish you would die…”
At this moment, a startling roar echoed.
The Dark Kun became violent again. The tentacles that Li Tianjue had severed had already regrown. Its astonishing regenerative power allowed it to recover extremely quickly. The pain intensified its killing intent, making it want to devour all living beings before it.
Boom…
Rolling pressure swept towards them like waves. Although formless, it crushed Su Luo and the others, making it difficult to breathe and causing them intense pain.
Li Tianjue unleashed lightning again, but it could only stiffen the Dark Kun momentarily, and the duration of the stiffness was halved compared to before. Su Luo also noticed that its newly grown tentacles seemed to be larger and longer than before!
She understood a terrifying truth.
The more the Dark Kun was injured, the stronger it became. If they couldn’t kill it completely, the more times they injured it, the harder it would be to deal with.
In the end, they would be the ones to lose!
They couldn’t afford to drag this out any longer.