Chapter 363: Chapter 359: Law Emperor Assistant

The magma gradually dispersed, revealing the complete form of the rune array. Red energy flowed slowly along the mysterious traces, and a violent, dark aura wafted out of the array like smoke.

Then, with a flash of red light, a monster clad in dense, corpse-like energy emerged slowly from the array.

The monster had the head of a lion, the body of a tiger, the tail of a scorpion, and its abdomen was enveloped by a shell covered in cracks. Drops of red, magma-like liquid fell as the monster breathed.

[Name]: Three Corpse Ghost Beast

[Nature]: Undead Department

[Bloodline Level]: Low-level Monarch

[Introduction]: A ghostly creature formed by the fusion of three beings. It’s shrouded in potent corpse energy and has boiling hot blood that is as hot as magma. Even the most regular attacks can easily infect its enemies with corpse poison and fire poison.

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“Does it only have the rank of a low-level monarch?”

Bai Qi silently retreated into the safety shelter that Schuck had constructed, a hint of disappointment on his face.

Just a low-level monarch, there wouldn’t be many good rewards.

“Any of you, quickly deal with it so that we can go to the next layer.”

So far, they have not had much gain. Bai Qi was very skeptical that the Law Emperor depleted all resources when building the Gemini Tower. Their only hope now was that the Law Emperor had left them a token consolation.

Creak creak.

(Big brother, I’ll handle this one.)

Upon hearing Bai Qi’s words, Alpha ventured forth.

The ghostly aura does significant damage to flesh and blood beings, but for Alpha, a skeletal creature, it is virtually useless, hence making him the best candidate to face the enemy.

Ka-pur, ka-pur.

(Gamma can also give it a try; Gamma’s holy light should be very effective.)

Ah woo…

(I think we probably don’t need to make a choice anymore…)

Beta yawned, and Bai Qi saw four rune lights flashing around the Three Corpse Ghost Beast. Another four of the same monsters appeared.

Five Three Corpse Ghost Beasts appeared at once, and their corpse energy spread rapidly like mist with every breath. The once-clear grassland became murky.

“Goodness, are they going to summon as many guardians as there are enemies? They’ve adjusted the difficulty from novice to purgatory now…”

Bai Qi smacked his lips, five king-level creatures, even if they were just low-level monarchs, were enough to stop most invaders.

At least, compared to the enemies from the first level and those before in this level, these three corpses were definitely a hard nut to crack.”

“In that case, let’s assign one beast to each person.”

Bai Qi clapped his hands, and the five pets dashed out at once, each confronting a Three Corpse Ghost Beast.

Alpha was naturally the fastest. Faced with the corpse energy and heat of the Three Corpse Ghost Beast, Alpha did not flinch. His death sword qi cascaded down, easily pinning the beast in its place.

On the other side, Beta was also efficient. The Mechanical Lord deployed instantly, and while protecting Bai Qi, his Thunderflame Cannon continually bombarded the beast, forcing it back.

Alpha and Husky, being king-level creatures, had no problem dealing with the low-level monarch. It was like child’s play for them.

Although Gamma’s rank was lower than the Three Corpse Ghost Beast’s, its holy light nature was quite an effective counter to the ghastly beast, which practically kept being on the run from Gamma.

As for Delta, with the advantage of the Void Echo, Delta didn’t fear the corpse poison and had a hearty fight with the beast.

However, if one was to single out the most relaxed of all, it had to be the worm grass.

“Number one, launch a strong attack, number two, harass, number three, charge, number four, make a sneak attack…”

The worm grass, resting on Bai Qi’s shoulder, adjusted the commands for the seven parasitic organisms through the images inside the security house. Regardless of the corpse poison and fire poison, the creatures that had lost their bodily control were madly attacking the Three Corpse Ghost Beast.

“I’ve got to say, being a summoner sure feels leisurely.”

Seeing the worm grass’s content expression, Bai Qi couldn’t help but remark. Clearly, the worm grass was quite satisfied with its sagacious decision.

For such a formidable enemy, it didn’t want to brave a tough battle at all. With the parasitic organisms around, there was a need for it to personally join the fight.

“But, your Absolute Control requires the target to remain alive, right? If the body gets infected by the corpse poison for too long and loses its vitality, its combat effectiveness will suffer a great loss.”

!!!

The worm grass was shocked at Bai Qi’s words and spread out its insect wings to fly out.

“Why didn’t my leader tell me earlier?”

“Oh, I thought you knew it.”

Bai Qi shrugged his shoulders, looked at the worm grass using the Sun Wheel to drive away the Three Corpse Ghost Beast, and then lay down comfortably.

You have to work more if you want to laze around like me.

Rrroar!

Finally, with a faint mournful howl, the Three Corpse Ghost Beasts fell one after another, their molten blood flowing. The blood slowly flowed towards the rune array.

“This isn’t going to summon something else, is it?”

Bai Qi felt a bad premonition, especially after seeing the rune expanding and emitting light, he cursed under his breath.

This really wasn’t a place designed for anyone to get through, even the guardians could continuously stack up.

The lava flowed and the runes became more complex. Just when Bai Qi couldn’t bear it any longer and wanted to directly destroy the array, it finally stopped changing. All the energy was gathered towards the center and gradually formed into a human shape.

“Alpha, quick battle, quick decision!”

Bai Qi also lost his patience. Originally, he had been happy to let his pets roam freely in such a rare place, so he wasn’t in a hurry at all.

But if they were to keep on stacking up like this, who knew what it would turn into.

It’s fine to let loose, but too much could lead to death.

However, this lava human form seemed to have noticed Bai Qi and his companions. It turned its head and looked at Bai Qi for a few moments before suddenly speaking.

“Are you a human? What era is it now?”

Upon hearing the lava creature’s question, Bai Qi frowned slightly, waving off Alpha who was ready to attack, and countered, “I am a human, who are you?”

“I…I am the Assistant of the Law Emperor.”

“Assistant of the Law Emperor?!”

Upon hearing this, Bai Qi was astonished and immediately pulled out the Cowskin Snake.

“Human, why are you disturbing my sleep? Don’t you know that hibernation is very important for a snake?”

The Cowskin Snake opened its sleepy eyes, its heavy dark circles making its small eyes seem even smaller.

“You said last time that the Assistant of the Law Emperor knows about the Dimensional Formation, right?”

“Uh, yes.”

The Cowskin Snake seemed to realize something and reluctantly nodded.

“Here, this guy says he is the Assistant of the Law Emperor. You go ask him.”

“The Assistant of the Law Emperor? Where?”

The Cowskin Snake was taken aback. It looked in the direction Bai Qi was pointing and upon seeing the Lava Man, it appeared utterly bewildered.

“Is he the Assistant of the Law Emperor? How come I don’t remember ever seeing him before?”

“Okay, you’re no longer needed.”

Bai Qi rolled his eyes at this. He really couldn’t rely on this thing.

Saying so, Bai Qi put the Cowskin Snake away and turned to the Lava Man, “You said you’re the Assistant of the Law Emperor. But this place should be the Witch Ghoul’s Great Tomb. Why are you here?”

The Lava Man fell silent for a moment, seemingly recalling something. After a long while, it spoke, “I am here to guard the entrance to the third level, left by the Law Emperor to prevent anyone from accidentally entering the Great Tomb.”

“So it’s like that. It’s the Law Emperor’s idea.”

Bai Qi nodded, not doubting the Lava Man’s words.

He hadn’t noticed it earlier, but now that the runes had stopped, Bai Qi could see traces of the Era of Law Emperor’s runes.

The Twilight Tomb was clearly older than the Era of the Law Emperor, and the structures of their runes were different. They couldn’t possibly belong to the same group.

“Human, answer my question. What era is it now?”

The Lava Man seemed eager to know the current situation and urged Bai Qi repeatedly.

“Well, now a thousand years have passed since the death of the Law Emperor. Humans have established the Federation and are confronting the Ferocious Beast Tribe. It is probably one of the rare peaceful eras in human history.”

Bai Qi straightforwardly informed the Lava Man of the current situation. The Lava Man showed no emotional fluctuation upon hearing of the Law Emperor’s death. It only looked at Bai Qi’s pets for a moment and said, “You have great strength, but if you want to access the next level, you should be psychologically prepared.”

“The Twilight Tomb is not as simple as you think. The next couple levels will not be so easy.”

“In there, the purest form of Undead exists.”

Upon hearing the Lava Man’s advice, Bai Qi fell into contemplation.

If even the Law Emperor had to leave a fallback to prevent people from entering, the difficulty of the third level was likely far beyond his expectation.

But the Twilight Tomb had a total of nineteen levels. To be discouraged at just the third level seemed foolish, didn’t it?

Bai Qi thought for a moment, then suddenly looked up and said, “I would still like to have a look.”

The Lava Man nodded slightly in hearing this, apparently not surprised at Bai Qi’s decision.

“Young human, since you have made your choice, I will open the entrance to the next level for you.”

“Remember, if you encounter unbearable danger, activate the Teleportation Rune Stone immediately and leave.”

The Lava Man stretched a red Triangular Rune Stone towards Bai Qi. With the lessons learned from before, Bai Qi didn’t take it casually but let Schuck keep it.

The Lava Man didn’t care either way, it disappeared into the lava. The array below them once again lit up, the entrance to the third level opened again

“It left already? I wanted to ask if it knew about the Dimensional Formation.”

Upon seeing this, Bai Qi felt a bit regretful. He wasn’t sure if what the Cowskin Snake had said was true or not, but if the Lava Man indeed was the Assistant of the Law Emperor, it must know plenty about runes.

A pity, he failed to harness gain from this opportunity.

“Never mind. Being given a heads up is also good. Otherwise, I might have fallen into a trap because of my thinking from the first two levels.”

Bai Qi took a glance at his five somewhat battered pets. He conveniently put a Platinum Egg on each of them, went back to the security house and slept comfortably.

He didn’t know how dangerous the third level would be. To be safe, it was better to restore all the pets to their best condition.