191: People from another world?!

The Nine Extremes Thunder Lion immediately prompted Bai Tian: "Don't worry! I know you don't know how to find it."

As soon as it spoke, it opened its mouth and spat out a thunder-patterned talisman seal that landed on the forehead of the Ancestral Return Strange Horse.

Stimulated by this, the Ancestral Return Strange Horse let out a startled cry and shuddered all over.

"Ride it in this direction. Don't change your route. When you get close to the tianji node, the thunder-patterned talisman seal on its forehead will naturally react."

Bai Tian nodded: "Okay, I understand."

"Thank you!"

Since the Nine Extremes Thunder Lion's attitude had improved, Bai Tian's attitude toward it naturally changed as well.

Saying this, he rode the Ancestral Return Strange Horse and galloped off in the direction pointed out by the Nine Extremes Thunder Lion, with the Little Dragon Zombie following closely behind.

"Tch! If you really want to thank me, giving me a calamity breaking stone after this is over would be better than anything."

After the Nine Extremes Thunder Lion let out a loud, thunderous snort, it and the Vajra Demon Ape each chose a direction and immediately began their actions.

This dungeon was an extremely dangerous map, so naturally, things wouldn't go smoothly.

As Bai Tian rode the Ancestral Return Strange Horse at high speed, the environment in front of him suddenly turned into a boundless lake of ink-black water.

Although it was water, it possessed strong buoyancy, so the Ancestral Return Strange Horse did not sink while treading on it.

"Roar!"

Suddenly, the Little Dragon Zombie was the first to sense danger, letting out a warning Corpse Howl from above Bai Tian's head.

Immediately, with a "splash splash splash," the waves churned, and pairs of pale, withered ghost hands reached out from beneath the black water, grabbing the four legs of the Ancestral Return Strange Horse to drag it down.

"Neigh!"

The Ancestral Return Strange Horse cried out in alarm, its body jerking violently as it suddenly stumbled.

But Bai Tian reacted quickly, instantly activating Mana Transformation Wings. The moment he flew into the air, he launched the skill [Nether Vortex] toward the black water below.

—Boom!

The powerful control and destructive force of the Nether Vortex caused the black water within a hundred meters to form a massive whirlpool, sucking out all the ghost-hand monsters hidden within.

When he saw clearly what kind of monsters they were, Bai Tian's eyes instantly narrowed.

They were actually all those missing soldiers. At this moment, they had all turned into the walking dead, their abdominal cavities hollowed out, their pupils glowing red, with sharp teeth and fierce mouths.

—[Vengeful Puppet Monsters]!

(Third Transfer Demon-level Monster)

Level: 58

HP: 6.8 million

Attack: 81,000

Dual Defense: 43,000

Skill: (Low-level Magic Immunity) Immune to all magical attacks below the Spirit-Calling level.

Despite Bai Tian's powerful attack skill [Nether Vortex] sucking up dozens of Vengeful Puppet Monsterss at once, it didn't cause any damage at all.

These converted Vengeful Puppet Monsterss all possessed a Low-level Magic Immunity passive; only Spirit-Calling level spells could damage them.

Bai Tian didn't know what Spirit-Calling spells were. Refusing to believe it, he cast [Ice Burst] again, hitting a Vengeful Puppet Monsters.

As a result, although it caused the secondary ice explosion area-of-effect damage, none of the Vengeful Puppet Monsterss lost even a single point of health.

Weren't these Vengeful Puppet Monsterss the natural nemesis of magic-based damage dealers?

The Ancestral Return Strange Horse, having regained its freedom, also launched two magical skills at the many Vengeful Puppet Monsterss, casting [Extreme Cold Storm] and [Frost Breath].

But they also failed to deal any damage to the Vengeful Puppet Monsterss.

At this moment, the Little Dragon Zombie made a contribution. With a "boom," it overbearingly knocked away over a dozen Vengeful Puppet Monsterss while simultaneously activating the skill [Corpse Howl].

This immediately forced over a hundred Vengeful Puppet Monsterss to pounce on it and launch attacks.

The Little Dragon Zombie's level was the same as Bai Tian's at Level 57. Its base HP was already as high as 2.18 million, with a Dual Defense of 34,000.

Bai Tian had already pre-applied a 20x amplified Body Strengthening Technique to it, so its actual HP was 43.6 million—tanky to the point of being unsolvable.

Over a hundred Vengeful Puppet Monsterss attacked the Little Dragon Zombie simultaneously.

[Damage: -47,000, -47,000, -47,000, -47,000...]

Within the Share Link, the damage received by the Little Dragon Zombie would also trigger its master Bai Tian's Rebound Talent.

[160x Rebound, Damage: -7.52 million, -7.52 million...]

A Vengeful Puppet Monsters's total HP was only 5.8 million. They simply couldn't withstand this massive Rebound; their bodies exploded one after another, turning into blood mist as they died.

Phew!

Bai Tian let out a soft sigh of relief.

Luckily he had the Rebound Talent; otherwise, he really wouldn't have had any good way to deal with these magic-immune Vengeful Puppet Monsterss.

Although he could rely on basic attacks to kill the Vengeful Puppet Monsterss, the efficiency of that would be far too slow.

After the hundred-plus Vengeful Puppet Monsterss died from the Rebound, they immediately evaporated into over a hundred visible wisps of faint essence, all of which surged toward Bai Tian's body and were absorbed by him.

Each wisp of essence brought a faint, pleasant electric current, making Bai Tian feel like he was enjoying a massage.

In just this short time, Bai Tian felt that his physical body seemed to have grown stronger, and his strength had also increased.

Opening his attribute panel, he saw that his HP had increased by over a thousand, his Attack had risen by over a hundred, and his Defense had also increased by several dozen points.

Holy crap!

Killing the monsters here and absorbing their essence values could strengthen himself?

Bai Tian felt as if he had discovered a new world.

After something suddenly flashed in his mind, he immediately flew down and indeed found over a hundred small black gemstones in the black water.

These were all low-level spirit crystals.

Bai Tian took a deep breath toward them, absorbing them all into his body.

Then, checking his attribute panel again, his HP had increased by another thousand-plus, his Attack by over a hundred, and his Defense by several dozen points.

Good heavens!

The more monsters he killed here, the stronger he would become.

At this, Bai Tian was incredibly excited, wanting only to kill more monsters and absorb more essence to strengthen and improve himself.

Next, with the Ancestral Return Strange Horse and the Little Dragon Zombie leading the way, Bai Tian flew in the air, following closely behind them.

During this time, Bai Tian even proactively sought out monsters to kill, absorbing a large amount of essence.

When the thunder talisman seal on the Ancestral Return Strange Horse's forehead finally reacted half an hour later, Bai Tian had already gained over 10,000 HP, over 1,000 Attack, and several hundred Defense from continuously absorbing essence to strengthen himself.

At this time, within the black water lake ahead, a massive Skeletal Demons Nest appeared, entirely constructed from piled-up flesh and corpses.

At the very top of the Skeletal Demons Nest lay a mutated zombie demon deer with a hideous appearance. It was guarding a fist-sized black gemstone that emitted a faint glow.

The prompt indicated that the black gemstone was the tianji node; clearly, destroying it would destroy this node.

—"(Ding-dong!)"

"(Congratulations to player [Brilliant] for destroying the Tianshu node; dungeon progress is at 12%!)"

"(Congratulations to player [Brilliant] for destroying the Tianxuan node; dungeon progress is at 24%!)"

Receiving the prompts, Bai Tian was overjoyed. The two immortal pets were indeed capable; now it was his turn.

Just as Bai Tian was about to act, the system prompt sounded once again.

—"(Ding-dong)"!

"(Because [Tianshu] and [Tianxuan] have been destroyed, two time-limited space-time rifts have appeared.)"

"(Two teams of Blood Domain visitors have entered the dungeon. Player Brilliant, please take note: if you are killed by the extra-dimensional visitors, you will not be able to enjoy the normal resurrection function, and it is very likely you will die permanently.)"

Bai Tian's brow furrowed deeply.

What the hell is this?

extra-dimensional visitors, people from another world?!