Meng Chao fell even faster.
He flailed his arms in the air, but there was nowhere for him to use as a foothold.
He did not know what was waiting for him in the depths of the dark underground.
Fortunately, he still had a chain saber.
Surging Lightning shot out and stabbed into the wall more than ten meters away.
He yanked at it with his arms, and the two chains became taut at the same time. Surging Lightning left a trail of sparks on the wall, and he managed to slow down his fall.
But Qin Hu, who was bound by Bloody Flame, was flung further away, and he could no longer hold onto the wall.
"Bastard, even if I become a ghost, I won't forgive you!"
Qin Hu howled in the darkness.
But his howls were soon hidden in the thick subsurface plasma.
Bang!
Meng Chao landed heavily on the ground and coughed up blood. He felt as if all his bones were about to shatter.
Without hesitation, he immediately cheated.
[Spent 1,755 contribution points in exchange for one Initial Stage Healing Skill. Healing progress: 97%.]
As Kindling shone, Meng Chao heard faint crackling sounds in his body. It was as if his bones, tendons, and flesh were rapidly growing, squirming, and healing.
One Initial Stage Healing Skill could usually increase the healing progress by 8% to 10%. If he used it again, it would be a bit of a waste.
But now was not the time to be calculative. Meng Chao did not even blink and spent another 1,767 contribution points to increase his healing progress to 100%. It was only then that he released a sigh of relief.
The price for rapid healing was a lot of energy. Meng Chao instantly felt hungry, and his stomach was about to be burned by acid.
Fortunately, he still had the backpack Lin Chuan had given him.
He opened the backpack. The high-calorie compressed food, mine exploration, and survival supplies were all piled up neatly. They had been carefully secured with a special method to ensure that no matter how he crawled around, they would not be scattered or deformed.
Meng Chao's heart clenched in pain again.
But he remained expressionless. He tore open the packaging of the compressed food and forced himself to swallow it.
Right when his stomach felt a little better, he heard a shrill howl that sounded like that of an injured beast.
"Bastard, come out and fight to the death against me!
"Bastard, you despicable, shameless bastard! You have the guts to provoke me, but don't you have the guts to come out and die?
"Come out! Come out right now! I'm going to tear you to pieces!"
Meng Chao gasped in amazement.
Did this idiot use all the spirit energy supplied to his brain to grow his muscles? His flesh was actually so strong that he could still jump around after falling from a cliff that was at least 150 meters high?
Meng Chao looked up.
His line of sight was blocked by the surging subsurface plasma ten meters away. He could not see the battle above the cliff at all, nor could he hear any sound.
The top and bottom of the cliff were two completely different worlds. The top was a hell of slaughter, while the bottom was a hell of deathly silence.
Fortunately, the subsurface plasma in this place was especially thick. It absorbed all the sound waves and light, and Qin Hu did not discover where he was hiding for a while.
Suddenly, the chain around Meng Chao's left arm trembled.
Meng Chao was shocked. He remembered that Bloody Flame was still wrapped around Qin Hu's ankle.
If the other party followed the clues, they would naturally be able to kill their way to him.
He quickly shook his chains and put away his chain sabers.
But it was too late.
A saber ray that was ten times crazier than the previous one whizzed over. "Boom!" It smashed the rubble around him and sent it flying. Waves of Qi stacked on top of each other like raging waves.
A saber glare cut Meng Chao's cheek.
Qin Hu was right in front of him.
But he did not shout or counterattack. Instead, he held back his breathing and heartbeat. With the subsurface plasma as his cover, he hunched his back and retreated until he hid in a corner by the cliff.
Even if Qin Hu was an elite at the peak of Earth Realm, his senses were greatly affected when he fell from the cliff, which was nearly two hundred meters from the cliff. He was then greatly affected by the crystal mine, and he even sank into the thick subsurface plasma. For a period of time, he could not locate Meng Chao.
Qin Hu was so angry that he started screaming. He swung his saber in a frenzy in an attempt to startle Meng Chao and force him out with the saber glare.
A few times, the saber glare brushed past Meng Chao's body by a hair's breadth.
Meng Chao gritted his teeth and did not say a word. He decided to wait until the end.
Under the stimulation of the threat of death, a familiar stab of pain rose from the depths of his brain.
A few memory fragments from his previous life shone brilliantly. They scratched his cerebral cortex like shards of glass.
'This is …'
Meng Chao's eyes went wide. He did not expect that he would remember something from his previous life at such a critical moment.
In a daze, he saw the instructor with the black skull who had faked cutting his throat in the past.
This time, he was in a dark classroom.
There were incredibly accurate diagrams of human meridians and spirit energy circulation diagrams on the screen. The 108 main meridians and 1,024 branch meridians were clearly displayed. In fact, there seemed to be dozens of even more mysterious and complicated spirit meridians.
"The military's strategy is completely ruined. That stupid steel army and heavy artillery attack? It's all bullsh * t."
Meng Chao heard the black skull instructor say darkly, "During the battle at Bloody Eagle Valley, the enemy only sacrificed a few Seventh-circle Magicians, and they managed to summon a destructive Meteor Shower. They destroyed an entire armored division!
"How many armored divisions do Dragon City have? Can they withstand this kind of torment?
"We're just too small. Even if we have outstanding technology and powerful heavy industry, the Other World civilizations have endless strange and unfathomable methods. If we fight against them head-on, we're bound to die.
"We can only use the conflict between the different forces of the Other World civilizations that has lasted for millions of years to split them apart from the inside and completely activate their conflict. Then, we can stir up a war among all the races in the Other World. Then, Earthlings can use our status as outsiders and act as the offshore balancers. We can take advantage of the chaos and win!
"Hmph, the Red Dragon Army is full of stupid warriors who only think about airplanes and cannons. It's naturally impossible for them to do this. If they want to save Dragon City, they'll have to rely on Ghost Tribe.
"Remember, we're not soldiers. In fact, we've never existed. We don't need to obey the standards and bottom lines of soldiers or humans. We can assassinate, poison, lurk, disguise, instigate, and use all sorts of methods to create chaos. As long as we can weaken the Other World civilizations, we encourage all methods.
"And the foundation of all these methods is Walking Corpse and Bizarre Stab. Today, I'll talk about Walking Corpse.
"The Walking Corpse Technique is a combination of the Zombie Research Institute's movement characteristics, the Ultimate Technique's method of controlling muscle fibers and even hair, the Blood Elf's Secret Killing Technique, the Shadow Wizard's Stealth Technique … It's a concealment technique that has been perfected.
"Just as its name implies, once you practice a series of breathing techniques, meditation techniques, body movements, and methods to control your organs, Walking Corpse can compress your breathing, heartbeat, the heat released from your pores, the brainwaves released from your brain, and even the squirming of your organs. It will reduce the possibility of you being discovered by your enemies.
"In the most extreme situation, Walking Corpse can completely cut off your life force and turn you into a cold corpse, but you will still be able to think and fight. With the swiftness of a zombie, the fierceness of a Blood Elf, and the mysteriousness of a Dark Shadow Wizard, you will be able to kill your target without a sound.
"This is the initial structure of the spirit energy magnetic field when you use Walking Corpse. There are more than one hundred variations after this, and you will need to study them carefully and remember them by heart.
"Remember, when you carry out your missions in the future, Walking Corpse is a very practical technique. It can reduce your metabolism and the activity of your organs so that you don't need to use up any unnecessary energy. It can also help you escape from the encirclement of powerful enemies. It can also control your emotions so that you won't let your thoughts run wild. You will be like a stable and reliable killing machine. You will slaughter your way to a bright future for Dragon City and Earth's civilization!
"Now, I will explain the secrets of Walking Corpse in detail …"
Meng Chao widened his eyes, and he felt as if he was suffocating.
When the nightmarish memory fragments of his previous life finally faded away, and the black skeleton instructor with a foul mouth disappeared again, the strange flame at the corner of his eyes had already left a brand new skill on his cerebral cortex.
[Walking Corpse, Normal Level, Skillfulness 9%]
'Is it because I'm at the edge of life and death that I remembered some skills that could save my life in my previous life?'
Meng Chao did not have time to think. He immediately threw in thousands of contribution points to increase Walking Corpse's Skillfulness.
But the increase of Walking Corpse's Skillfulness was not as quick as that of Basic Gun Technique or One Hundred Saber Techniques. Even if he threw thousands of contribution points into it, there was not a single ripple.
Meng Chao gritted his teeth and threw in more than fifteen thousand contribution points in one go. Only then did his Walking Corpse reach Specialist Level, albeit awkwardly.
If he wanted to push it from Specialist Level to Master Level, he might not be able to do so even if he threw in all his money and his life.
This proved his guess.
Walking Corpse was a relatively high-grade technique, and it was not something he should be able to master right now.
Based on the normal cultivation path, no matter what, it was impossible for him to activate the memories of his previous life.
Only when he was under threat of death could he use his survival instincts to release the memories beforehand.
'So, if I want to increase my strength as quickly as possible, I must often walk at the edge of life and death so that I can remember more things?'
He had to think about this question in the future.
When he sensed Qin Hu's fierceness getting closer, Meng Chao immediately activated Walking Corpse.
In an instant, blood drained from his face, and his skin turned stark white and red.
His breathing and heartbeat slowed down. Even his blood flow slowed down because of the stagnation of spirit energy.
He was like a cold corpse that had become one with the cold walls.
Qin Hu walked past eight meters in front of him with his saber in hand, but he ignored Meng Chao. Instead, he shouted into the depths of the subsurface plasma. "Come out, bastard! I see you! Come out and die, and I'll give you a quick death!"
Meng Chao narrowed his eyes and quickly calculated his chances of winning if he ambushed Qin Hu from behind with Bloody Flame.
Unfortunately, Walking Corpse was just a lurking technique. He had to stack it with Bizarre Stab, an assassination technique, to bring out its greatest power.
The memories of his previous life that he had activated just now did not explain in detail the spirit energy magnetic field and the principles behind Bizarre Stab.
Meng Chao wondered whether he should attack.
Qin Hu suddenly let out an excited shout and slashed at the depths of the subsurface plasma. "Die!"
He slashed at something soft and fluffy.
What gushed out was not blood, but incredibly corrosive acid.
Countless large black shadows squirmed in the depths of the subsurface plasma.
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