C18 Carapace

Chu Chi sneezed a few times in a row, and his nose was still itching. He couldn't help but mutter, "Who the hell is talking about me behind my back?"

He and Zhou Shen had already walked out of the manhole and returned to the surface. It was difficult to walk in the underground passage. The two of them had not eaten for a whole day and their stamina had greatly decreased. It was already late at night outside and the sky was filled with stars.

Both of them were sitting near the entrance of the well, both breathing heavily.

"What are you going to do next?" Zhou Shen rested for a while, recovered his breath, and asked Chu Chi.

"I want to find a place to rest, but I don't have a place to go." After finding the white cat, the place Chu Chi wanted to go to the most right now was obviously Zhang Yuechen's home. However, the white cat had exhausted itself to the point of unconsciousness, and would probably need to be recuperated for a long time before it could be used, which gave him another headache.

Of course, it would be good if he could take a bath.

When he thought about Zhang Yuechen's attitude when he chased him out of the house, he felt a little afraid to meet her.

"You and Master Ao saved me. If you have any difficulties, you can always find me. " Zhou Shen continued, "But my heart is still not at ease, I have to go back to watch the demon under the water, I'm afraid that if it recovers, it will hurt me again."

"I'm keeping an eye on it. There's nowhere to run." Chu Chi said, "Tell me first, where did the spirit demon you were following come from?"

"It has been hiding under the Cang Bay all along." Zhou Shen said, "After you caught the 'sand' on me, it left, and came here …"

Chu Chi calmly frowned for a moment, and said: "No wonder Old Man Ao said that there should be a big guy hiding in the Cang Bay. What he said wasn't the sand on your body, but the one you were following. But strangely, the Old Man Ao did not manage to get rid of it. "

"During the latter half of the night, a black figure dressed in strange attire came to find Master Ao." Zhou Shen said, "After that, they left together. Master Ao didn't tell me anything, I thought he had already told you."

"Regardless of him, he's always so secretive. The spirit demon you were following was probably scared by the Old Man Ao, so it moved away. On the way, it encountered some problems, but as a result, it became injured and started eating the living. "Just what the hell is this place, it's filled with demons and devils, it's like it's deep in the mountains or in the woods …" After Chu Chi said this, he glanced at the hole that was just opened, and muttered: "It could also be the Monster Keeping Master who did this."

Zhou Shen scratched his head, "Wait... "I suddenly remembered something, it had something to do with this. Aiya, my head hurts …"

"He's going to make me die of anxiety." Seeing him roll his eyes, Chu Chi was speechless for a long time and could not help but be anxious.

Zhou Shen's eyeballs finally completely rolled over as he fainted on the ground.

Chu Chi stared blankly at him, really wanting to find a piece of tofu to smash him to death. It wasn't because he was worried about Zhou Shen, but because he couldn't stand other people's half of their speech.

In order to avoid being discovered, Chu Chi dragged the unconscious Zhou Shen to a fake mountain. Right now, he had no way of going to the hospital and could only wait for him to wake up naturally.

In any case, Zhou Shen's skin was rough, so there was no need to worry about him dying.

When Zhou Shen fainted, Chu Chi felt even more bored. He couldn't help but flip into a nearby villa, rummaged through the fridge for some food, and brought Zhou Shen some biscuits and milk.

When Zhou Shen woke up at dawn, he gave him something to eat. Zhou Shen shook his head and refused to eat, saying that he was not hungry. Although Chu Chi heard his stomach growling, he didn't care about him and ate the rest of the food.

"Do you remember the first thing you wanted to say?" Chu Chi was still thinking about what Zhou Shen had to say.

Zhou Shen took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket, lit one, took a deep breath and said, "The thing I am chasing after, is a Carrion Crocodile."

"Alligator?" Chu Chi was suspicious. The so called Turtle looked similar to a turtle.

"Yes. Ten-odd years ago, a cousin of mine and my family found it in the Cang Bay. After many inquiries, we know that it has lived under the Cang Bay for at least a hundred years, feeding on Carrion. " Zhou Shen said.

"A hundred year old Carrion Crocodile, their body also accumulated a lot of corpse Qi. A single mouthful of it would be able to kill a person, you and your brother have quite the courage." Chu Chi said.

"At that time, we were both young and we had some skills, so we weren't afraid at all." Zhou Shen took a deep breath, "After we entered the water, we found its lair very quickly. Its nest was in the middle of the bones, and when it saw us, it would use corpse aura to deal with us. After spitting out five mouthfuls of corpse aura, we were already prepared, so we quickly dodged it. "My cousin had a python tooth blade in his hand, and was an old thing that had been stuck for more than a hundred years, and suddenly stabbed into the life gate of the Carrion Crocodile, but unexpectedly, it was different from what we expected, there were actually two of them, and the other one was a lot more cunning, hibernating in the darkness, waiting for us to relax our guard and suddenly launching an attack, in order to save me, my cousin took in a breath of corpse Qi, and then entangled the Carrion Crocodile again, only then did I have a chance to escape. After he died, in order to avenge him, I once again dove into the water.

"Looks like you've remembered the whole story." Chu Chi laughed, "At first, I couldn't understand it, but now I understand it. However, I still do not believe that you have a Didong Token, as that thing is not easy to obtain. "

"Monster Hunter who loses his Didong Token won't be worthy of him." Zhou Shen sighed and said, "I don't remember too much of the past, and I probably remember all of this because of some current connections. Other than that, I remember these two Carrion Crocodile protecting a Corpse Core that is about to take shape. "

"Corpse Core?" Chu Chi was chewing on food when he stopped moving, "That is the essence condensed by the Earthly Soul, the Cang Bay have been piling up corpses for hundreds of years, and there are indeed a lot of them, so it is possible for them to become Corpse Core s. No, that's not right, even if the Carrion Crocodile is afraid of the Old Man Ao, there is no reason for it to escape.

"That's what I mean. Even if the Corpse Core is fully formed, after the Carrion Crocodile eats it, it will still need a long time to digest it. It would be best to find a place to hide and eat it alive without a reason, and reveal its whereabouts. Zhou Shen said.

"Therefore, the most likely possibility is that someone stole its Corpse Core and injured it." Chu Chi rubbed his nose, "And it is not willing to give up, even if it has to suffer the heavenly tribulation to snatch the Corpse Core back."

"Makes sense." Zhou Shen looked at Chu Chi in shock. He didn't expect that at his young age, he would be able to deduce so many things in an instant.

"I have an even stronger theory." Chu Chi continued to chew and chew, and after swallowing the food, he said, "The fellow who has obtained the Corpse Core is still hiding in the vicinity of the villa area. Although the Carrion Crocodile is at a disadvantage, it will not give up so easily, that's why they continue to guard this place."

As the two of them were chatting, on the roof of a nearby villa, a crow flapped its wings and let out a hoarse cry.

Chu Chi shushed Zhou Shen, signalling him to be quiet.

Zhou Shen didn't know what was happening, but he still held his breath according to Chu Chi's wishes.

Chu Chi's ears moved, everything around him became silent, he could not hear anything, and his heart started beating faster. Crow was a sentry he had set up, and would only warn him if he found out.

But with his hearing, he couldn't hear anything at all. This was enough to prove that he wasn't an ordinary person.

"Be careful!" Zhou Shen suddenly shouted as he pushed both his hands towards Chu Chi.

Chu Chi staggered and fell to the ground, he immediately smelt a fishy smell, following that, a black shadow rushed out from under his feet, and threw the floor tiles into the air, sending mud and dirt flying everywhere.

The moment the black figure appeared, Zhou Shen's hand immediately ignited with blazing flames. The flame swung out and struck the black figure that appeared from the ground. But the black shadow did not move and let out a whooshing sound.

Wherever the flame and the black figure made contact, there was a burnt stench and white smoke rose in spirals.

Chu Chi could roughly see the black shadow's appearance from the flames. It was a human shaped black shadow, its entire body was wrapped in a layer of black scales and he couldn't even see its face, only revealing two black eye sockets, as if it had no eyes.

"Cut!" "You go first!" Zhou Shen felt that his palm had struck a metal plate, and immediately shouted at Chu Chi.

As he spoke, the black figure quickly reached out and grabbed Zhou Shen's neck.

Zhou Shen coughed continuously, looking as though he was about to suffocate, he used all his strength to hit the black figure's face, but the other party remained indifferent, and did not feel any pain.

"It's the Armored Corpse, don't clash with him head on." Chu Chi rolled and crawled back up. He didn't have any plans to escape, he threw the white cat in his hands to the ground, stepped on the Tai Hao Fu Xi Eight Diagrams Step, and scuttled towards the Armored Corpse.

"Run!" Zhou Shen knew that if Chu Chi were to charge forward now, he would definitely be courting death. His strength was as great as an ox. Even the Armored Corpse was grabbing onto him without fighting back, so how could Chu Chi be a match for him.

However, Chu Chi had already rushed to the back of the Armored Corpse, and with a bang, the Armored Corpse and Zhou Shen were both sent flying.

Just as he stood up, he saw that Chu Chi had been grabbed by the Armored Corpse with one hand. Chu Chi's figure turned into a flock of crows that scattered in all directions.

Zhou Shen was startled, and then heard Chu Chi's voice come out from the darkness, "Quick, his mingmen is in his tailbone!"

Zhou Shen thought for a moment, and the flames in his hand immediately retracted and congealed on his right index finger, then pierced towards the Armored Corpse's tail bone.

With a cracking sound, the Armored Corpse suddenly froze on the spot, and after a moment, cracking sounds could be heard one after another, like firecrackers. White smoke was emitted from the Armored Corpse's body. It took a step forward unwillingly and fell to the ground head first. It turned into a pile of bones, then turned into dust and disappeared.

Chu Chi slowly walked out of the darkness, panting heavily. He laughed and said, "I did not expect your finger to be stronger than a blade, luckily!"

"Your illusion techniques are also not bad." Zhou Shen swallowed his saliva in exhaustion, "And here I thought you were going to risk your life for this."

Chu Chi used a footwork technique, not an illusion technique, but there was nothing much to explain right now, so he said: "I'm only sixteen, I'm far from living enough, I won't use my own life as a joke."

"That thing from earlier is really powerful, I can't recognize it." Zhou Shen said, "Fortunately you know its mingmen, otherwise, I would have to account for it in its hands."

"There are seven levels of Corpse-refining, and Armored Corpse is ranked sixth. Although it is not ranked high, it would still take a lot of effort to refine one. " Chu Chi said, "He started with the Armored Corpse, he did not underestimate us."

"You're quite knowledgeable." Zhou Shen praised from the bottom of his heart, "I think it's better if we leave first, it's too dangerous."

"I'm fine." Chu Chi said, "There's no one else nearby, he used the Armored Corpse to probe our depths." He raised his head and saw that the crow that had warned him earlier had folded its head back into its wings and fallen asleep.