"This will do." Lu Sheng quickly found a room. "It's near the window. The scenery should be nice."
He opened the door.
"Whoosh!"
A pitch-black tentacle as thick as an arm shot out from behind the door, heading for his face.
"Puff."
Lu Sheng grabbed the tentacle and pulled it out. He dragged out a dark-purple monster that looked like a pineapple and a durian.
"Bam!"
He pressed down on the monster's neck. However, the monster had many tentacles. They flailed about and struggled.
"Dad, help me hold down my legs! We'll be eating this tonight! "Lu Sheng rode on the monster and punched its head.
Luo Di was just about to approach when he saw a tentacle whipping the iron wall lamp shelf a few steps ahead.
The iron shelf, which was as thick as a wrist, was instantly bent and caved in.
He immediately stopped in his tracks, stunned.
"Bam bam bam bam!"
Lu Sheng punched the monster so hard that it screamed. Soon, as time passed, more and more purple blood flowed out of the monster's body. All of a sudden, all of its tentacles straightened up. Then, with a thud, they all fell to the ground, motionless.
Lu Sheng flipped over. His face was covered in blood. He grabbed the monster and tore it with all his might. Huge chunks of the monster's skin were instantly torn off. All that was left was a dark purple lump of meat on the ground.
"This thing's really strong. It'll definitely be chewy when we roast it later." He waved his harvest at Luo Di and Luo Di.
"I brought cumin, chili, and white pepper. We can make teppanyaki now!" Lu Sheng grinned, revealing a row of brilliant white teeth.
"Ah Sang …" Luo Di felt a little stifled. Looking at his son's happy expression, he suddenly felt that all his hardships over the years had been for nothing.
At the side, Esseinro could not help but interrupt with a strange expression, "This monster will turn into black water when it dies … It shouldn't be edible …"
"Black water? Let's see if we can make soup out of it later. "Lu Sheng put down the monster's skin regretfully. He looked down at the monster's carcass on the ground. As expected, it was already starting to melt.
"Alright … But why aren't the branches on my body melting?" Lu Sheng suddenly asked.
"Because …" It was only now that Esseinro noticed the branches on Lu Sheng's body. He was also stunned.
"Forget it. No matter what, let's go in and rest first." Lu Sheng waved his hand. He was the first to turn and enter the room.
Luo Di and Esseinro followed them in.
The room wasn't big, but the paint on the walls had fallen off here and there. Coupled with the unique white spots, it looked as if it had been in disrepair for countless years. Desolate, dejected, gloomy.
The heavy curtains covered most of the window, and only a bit of moonlight could be seen.
Unexpectedly, the room was very quiet, and the sound of water outside could not be heard.
In the middle of the room was a large semi-circular bed with a dressing table and a wardrobe beside it.
Lu Sheng walked over and checked them one by one.
"Although it's a bit old, it can still be used." He patted the bed, and the veil hanging from the bed was swung aside, revealing a pale woman in a white dress with rotten skin.
The woman sat on the bed, hugging a pillow. Her eyes followed the movements of Lu Sheng's waving hand.
Luo Di and Esseinro saw the woman's body. Their bodies immediately stiffened, and grim expressions appeared on their faces.
Lu Sheng sat on the edge of the bed, and pressed down hard on the bed to test its elasticity.
"Luo Di, do you want to sleep here?"
"Ah Sang …" Luo Di forced a smile, and pointed behind Lu Sheng.
Lu Sheng turned to look at the woman, and suddenly smiled.
"What? Do you have a problem with me staying here? "
The woman stared at him blankly.
"Bam!"
Lu Sheng grabbed the woman's hair, and lifted her up.
"Ah!"
The woman's mouth opened wide, and it grew larger and darker. Soon, only her pitch-black mouth was left on her face.
A shrill scream exploded in the room like a bomb.
"Shut up!" Lu Sheng was instantly enraged.
Ten minutes later …
The woman's mouth was stuffed with things like table legs. Her entire body was tied up by the branches that Lu Sheng had chopped off earlier. She was hung in the corner of the wall, swaying. Her body could only move a little from time to time.
"Alright, it's quiet now." Lu Sheng pulled over a stool that he found in another room. He sat down, picked up the dry rations that he brought with him, and took a big bite.
Luo Di and Esseinro felt like they were sitting on pins and needles. They glanced at the strange woman from the corner of their eyes every now and then.
"Let's see what's going on outside." Luo Di stood up, walked to the window, pulled open the curtains, and looked outside. However, he fell silent after a single glance.
"What's wrong?" Esseinro limped over as well, and looked outside the window.
The height of the four-story building was enough for them to see what was happening outside the town.
Endless water.
The gray water was like an ocean, surrounding the entire town. They could only see dozens of meters away from the town. Beyond that, it was covered by thick, rolling fog.
It was as if the town had become a floating island in the sea overnight.
Luo Di and Esseinro were silent.
Lu Sheng walked over to take a look while gnawing on a chicken drumstick.
"Impressive. It's all water. I wonder if it'll disperse tomorrow."
"We can only stay here for three hours," Luo Di suddenly said.
"Why?" Lu Sheng asked in return. "Although this place is a little run-down and dirty, everything here is in good condition. It can even repair itself. It shouldn't be a problem for us to stay here for a night."
"Ah Sang, if those things from before came in large numbers at once, and there were even stronger and more terrifying ones, would you be able to handle them?" Luo Di suddenly asked.
"I don't know." Lu Sheng shook his head. It was true that he did not know either. Just how mysterious and powerful this town was? He had yet to come into contact with it. How could he know?
"We might face such danger in three hours," Luo Di said calmly.
"If that's the case, it's indeed a little troublesome." Lu Sheng stroked his chin.
"So, we have to think of a way to leave." Esseinro suddenly pointed at a house in the distance. "Do you see that house?"
"What's wrong?" Lu Sheng looked in the direction where Esseinro was pointing. He immediately saw a small brown house with a triangular roof. There were also dried black flowerbeds by the doors and windows outside the house.
"That house is made of wood. We can use this to build a simple raft," Esseinro introduced.
"Alright …" Lu Sheng and Luo Di understood what he meant.
"But before that, we need to rest for a while," Luo Di said tiredly as he exhaled.
The series of changes had kept him in a tense state. He had been on full alert for such a long time. In addition to the high-intensity battle with the monsters earlier, even he was feeling slightly tired.
Lu Sheng glanced at Esseinro's wound. It was already starting to bleed. He nodded as well.
"I'll go patrol this house and see if there are any problems. I'll dig them out as soon as possible."
"Alright. Be careful." Luo Di nodded.
"Don't worry." Lu Sheng stood up. He yanked the woman from the corner of the wall and dragged her out of the room.
"Take care of this fellow while you're at it. I'll be back in a while." He waved his hand without looking back.
"Click."
The door was closed.
The room was silent.
Luo Di and Esseinro could not help but heave a long sigh.
"Perhaps there's hope for us to make it out alive this time …" Luo Di said softly.
"Perhaps …" Esseinro was already in despair. However, when he thought of Luo Sang, he actually regained some of his spirits.
"If I'm not mistaken, that monster with many tentacles earlier was an impersonator. Its strength is second only to the Executioner. As long as we don't fight the Executioner head-on this time, we should have a high chance of surviving, "Esseinro said in detail.
The Executioner was the most powerful among all the monsters. Among the known monsters, the Executioner had unparalleled strength, indestructible bodies, immortal, and fearless. Apart from being slightly slower, it also had the characteristic of appearing every once in a while.
If he was well-prepared, Luo Di had a certain level of confidence in dealing with an Executioner's pursuit in the open.
However, there was definitely more than one Executioner in this town.
"Also, judging from the impersonator earlier, it's much more powerful than the impersonators in the outside world in both size and strength … I suspect that this place has a strengthening effect on the monsters …" Esseinro said solemnly. "So … we must be careful …"
Luo Di nodded solemnly.
Just one Executioner was enough for him to do his best to deal with it. If another monster joined the fray, there would only be one outcome.
…..
Lu Sheng walked around the small building slowly. He walked along the fourth floor and carefully inspected each room.
Soon, he finished inspecting all the other rooms.
There were a total of three hidden monsters. He dragged them out and killed them one by one.
However, he was not satisfied just like that.
He did not come here to put on a show. Instead, he wanted to find the key to destroying this town.
This place had a very powerful regenerative ability. Destroying the buildings seemed to be ineffective here. Hence, he had to think of some other way.
When he went down to the third floor, he tugged on the branch behind him. He turned around to look at the woman he had tied up.
"Can we communicate?" he asked casually.
"Ah!"
The woman screamed. She was still writhing her body with all her might.
Lu Sheng shook his head. He suddenly raised his head and looked at the ceiling of the corridor.
On the ceiling, right in front of him, hung a white-haired old woman with the lower body of a spider.
"Hehe …"
The old woman let out a shrill laugh at him.
Her stomach was like a ripe peach. It was full and juicy, as if it would burst with a single poke. The wrinkles on her forehead and the corners of her eyes were filled with something that looked like black mud.
"What an ugly smile. Are you mocking me?" Lu Sheng was expressionless.
"Whoosh."
Suddenly, the old woman spider opened her mouth wide at Lu Sheng. Her mouth was filled with layers of sharp sawteeth.
"Hiss …"
She pounced at Lu Sheng. The entire floor shook with her pounce.
Almost at the same time, the carpets in the surrounding areas bulged up. The grayish-black carpet powder gathered together and turned into a powdery humanoid figure. It pounced at Lu Sheng from behind.
"Pcchht!"
"Crack!"
Lightning flashed across the sky. The scene was instantly illuminated by the window.
The black shadow on the wall reflected the current situation.
The human figure's blade pinned the spider-like monster to the wall. Then, it mercilessly slashed downwards, cutting the monster's body and stomach into two.
The other human figures behind it were automatically cut into several pieces.
Lu Sheng held the blade with one hand. He casually shook off the remaining black liquid on it.
"Trash that only knows how to follow its instincts. It's not even worth being my food.
"Come out, you cowardly rat." He suddenly pointed the tip of his blade at the hazy fog in the corridor behind him.
"Whoosh."
The sound of chains suddenly echoed throughout the entire floor.
The Executioner's tall and muscular figure slowly walked out of the fog.
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