Chapter 27: Conquering Demon City (4)

Chapter 27: Conquering Demon City (4)

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Tang Cuo waited for ten minutes, but the snake still didnt wake up.

Peng Mingfan, No. 6 Ghillie Suit and the others had completed the test one after another. Tasks such as washing a centaurs back and bathing a beetle were nothing too dangerous, but they gave the contestants no gifts either.

The people who received the most attention in the arena were Jin Cheng and the only female contestant No. 10, both of whom now met with a Q&A test.

Jin Chengs first question: What kind of sports does Mr. Yorkshire the phoenix love the most?Visit no(v)eLb(i)n.com for the best novel reading experience

A. Fire rings acrobatics

B. Swimming in the North Pole or South Poles glacier

C. Grilling elves on charcoal

D. Dodge ball

If there were three shorts and one long, always go for the long answer. Jin Cheng chose B.

The answer was wrong, and the phoenix chased him one full round around the colosseum.

Second question: Who is the first love of Mr. Yorkshire the phoenix?

A. Joanna the witch

B. Elizabeth the lady

C. Bobo the elf

D. Beetle the knight

What wrong did Bobo the elf do? Once it was the phoenixs first love and later it was grilled on charcoal? Was it because their love ended and it was grilled? Jin Cheng, an old bachelor who never understood all this anyway, chose D decisively.

Jin Cheng was wrong again, and was chased by his angry master again, but as long as he ran fast enough, the flame wouldnt burn his ass.

Hahahahaha! The little demon watched very happily and encouraged the spectators to watch the show with him, but then he found another treasure: Look at No. 12! Our big baby No. 12, how amazing it is! What a compassionate baby, he is actually feeding dinner to the Dark Lord by himself!

Tang Cuo didnt want to wait any longer, so he picked up the iron pot, pried the snakes mouth open and poured everything in. Gurgle gurgle, the strange smell drifted away again, sending all spectators into blissful ecstasy.

The giant snake finally moved, its tail suddenly straightening up and its body rolling around, something conspicuously surging in its body.

Tang Cuo threw away the iron pot and quickly retreated. Ten meters away, the snake stated spitting out a lot of things. Rotten foods, metal scrap and all kinds of items, which even spread to the next track.

No. 11 ran away in fright.

The spectators went Ewww and looked away simultaneously.

The Dark Lord is awake! The little demon flapped his wings and few far away, until he became only a small dot in the sky, then he held his nose and continued: The Dark Lord looks very angry, he doesnt like this dinner at all. Okay, we see that No. 12 has already run. He runs very fast but it, does, not, work! Hahahaha!

Tang Cuo was bitten in the shoulder by the giant snake and immediately felt his head spinning. He opened the character panel and saw the status Poisoned pop straight at his face, his HPs upper limit reduced by 30.

Tsk. Dissatisfaction could be read on his face despite the ironic fact that it remained expressionless. He turned around to see that a distance away, Jin Cheng was standing amid a sea of flames, calmly drinking his potion. Jin Cheng had given three wrong answers in a row and the entire No. 4 track was now entirely covered in fire, leaving absolutely nowhere to hide.

In this kind of situation, the most important thing was who had the most potions.

Soon, Tang Cuo saw his second test The Dark Lord is a knowledgeable Potions professor. Today he needs to produce a transformation potion, but his assistant is temporarily sick. As his favorite pet, contestant please help the Dark Lord to finish making the potion.

Potion?

Tang Cuo watched the kitchen stoves turn into a potion table, completely equipped with a mortar, a full set of test tubes, measuring cups, cauldrons, brushes and everything that was ever needed for potion-making. There were plenty of materials on the shelf next to the table, including strange-looking leaves, tree branches, feathers, stones, etc. truly befitting of medieval black magic.

Unsurprisingly, the study of potions was an option in the career system of Yong Ye City. Wen Xiaomings ability to invent medicines however he liked might have something to with potion study.

Tang Cuo now became interested, a serious look casting over his face.

On the table lay the recipe of the transformation potion. The snake wrapped its tail round an hourglass on the ground, and looking at the flow of sand, it would only be patient with Tang Cuo for about half and hour.

In other words, Tang Cuo had half an hour to complete this test.

After half an hour, the other players might have already moved to the third round. But no matter whether Tang Cuo succeeded or not, he would obtain this recipe anyway. Perhaps this was what they called no pain, no gain?

Tang Cuo thought for a moment and decided to not waste any more time as he held tightly onto the recipe. He didnt know the names of any materials on the shelf, so he could only judge by their appearance and their smell.

Five minutes later, Bang! Black smoke came out of the cauldron, and the semi-finished potion that refused to blend exploded, blasting a hole in Tang Cuos sleeve.

Wow, No. 12 is really a big and bold baby. Look at it putting the Gentian rootsA popular herb commonly used in cooking and traditional Chinese medicine.

and star sandThis either refers to sand that has a star shape (they exist in real life!) or sand that shines like stars. together. The Dark Lords face has turned green. Everyone, lets guess how many times he will blow up the cauldron! Theres no prize if you guess it right though.

At this point, Meng Yufei had finished the task and was showing Mrs. Sally the end result of him almost destroying the sewing machine a pathetic piece of floral rag with two head openings and loose strings fluttering messily in the wind.

Mrs. Sally didnt flip her attitude right away. She kindly took the piece of rag and put it on herself, but the piece was XXXL, while her size was XXXXL!

%^$%&#$%@!!! The piece jammed at her belly and Mrs. Sally exploded on the spot. She screamed at Meng Yufeiand and whipped her tentacles wildly, her fishy saliva almost spraying onto Peng Mingfan next door.

Servis had thick skin and a few bullets wouldnt cause him any major harm. But his attack wouldnt reach Tang Cuo, so he vented all his anger on No.1 and stepped on him even harder.

Seeing such a scene, Qian Wei was frightened to the core, but he didnt have any long-range attack skill and could only watch. What surprised him the most was that Tang Cuo fired the shot with one hand while the other hand was still putting those materials into the cauldron.

Boom! The cauldron exploded together with the gunshot.

Tang Cuos other hand was finally freed and he now held the gun with both hands, but the distance was too far and there was only so much a bullet could do. Tang Cuo could only shoot to stop the demon for a brief moment. No. 1 escaped in panic and wasnt in his best state to cooperate nicely with Tang Cuo, so he ended up being stepped on still.

Aaaaaaaaaahhh! Serviss huge feet finally cut off his arm. The punishment ended.

His scream pierced through Qian Weis heart. Qian Wei had been through several dungeons but still couldnt get used to this kind of scene. Peng Mingfan pushed his glasses up with a calm expression and turned away.

Tang Cuo remained silent. He put the gun away and immediately began to mix up the ingredients. By this point, he was left with seven minutes.

The little demon was delighted: What will happen to the disobedient big baby No. 12? Hurry up, you are the last one.

Tang Cuo didnt look up, his hands moving even faster. The monsters could only see him pick up the materials and throw them into the cauldron without even looking at them, one material after another, as though he had been calculating his moves very carefully. It was only when he finally picked up a bottle of star sand and poured it in that his expression became solemn.

But he didnt hesitate one bit.

He needed three grams of star sand. As the colourful sand was sprinkled into the cauldron that was gurgling with black bubbles, a reaction was instantly seen.

The black liquid faded quickly and turned into the same colour as the star sand. As specified by the recipe, Tang Cuo kept stirring, and the colourful mix continued to become lighter until it turned totally transparent.

But just when he thought he was going to succeed, the cauldron exploded again.

Where did he go wrong?

The little demon looked as though he heard some commotion from afar, his face filled with surprise: It seems that something fun has happened in front. Mr. Little Demon wont entertain this last finisher! See you in the third round!

After that, the little demon flew to the front and disappeared from their sight.

The monster spectators booed and seemed to be urging Tang Cuo to hurry up. They didnt enjoy watching such a tiring show.

Tang Cuo started making the potion again.

He kept to the same procedure and got the same result. Three minutes before the time limit, Tang Cuo frowned, coming to the decision that he had neither the skill nor the talent for this, so he kicked over the hourglass.

Hiss The Dark Lord stuck his tongue out to send a warning signal, but before he even made any moves, a hand was suddenly brought to his mouth.

Tang Cuo: Bite me. Quick.

The Dark Lord was utterly stunned. Qian Wei and Peng Mingfan were completely dumbfounded.

But Tang Cuos shocking show hadnt ended yet.

After being bitten for the second time, the upper limit of Tang Cuos HP was reduced again by 20, 10 points fewer compared to the first bite. His HP now stood at 50. The screen quickly flashed the content of the third test, which was exactly the same as Jin Chengs baffling Q&A.

Tang Cuo didnt look at the options and blindly chose C for all three questions. He ended up with one correct and two wrongs.

The Dark Lord was stunned again as Tang Cuo urged it to bite the third time.

Tang Cuo took four minutes to complete the whole process and his HPs upper limit now dropped to 40, welcoming him back to his usual dying state. Tang Cuo raised his eyebrows and simply nodded at Qian Wei and Peng Mingfan: Lets go.

As expected, this man was always to the point.

Qian Wei and Peng Mingfan returned to their senses and finally caught up with the boss, but the boss suddenly stopped in his track.

Tang Cuo bent down and picked up something from the ground. It was a ring covered in green embroidery, its original shape hidden behind many layers of strings. This thing was apparently spit out by the Dark Lord during the first test. Tang Cuo didnt want to pick it up, but when he accidentally kicked it just now, a familiar bell rang in his ears.

Ding!

Congratulations to the player for triggering the hidden mission [Kingdom Hidden in The Moonlight]. This mission is a serial mission. You can choose either single-player mode or team mode. Please decide if you want to enter the mission now?

Tang Cuo thought for a second and selected No in his mind. With that thought, the announcement disappeared at once, and the rust-free ring lay quietly in his palm as if nothing out of the ordinary had ever happened.

Tang ge, whats the matter? Qian Wei shouted from track No. 5. It seemed that they didnt hear the announcement.

Im okay. Tang Cuo put the ring away and didnt say a word about it.

No. 1 was still lying on the ground, grunting in pain. Qian Wei called out to him twice to remind him to leave quickly, but he didnt move. There were several tracks between the two of them and Qian Wei couldnt wait for him forever, so he gritted his teeth and took his leave.

Five minutes later, the three set foot on a wide road full of monster corpses. These monsters all looked similar, with small heads, blue-black skin, pointed noses and pointed ears, each holding a saber in their hands. They looked somewhat like the goblins that were often seen in online games.

There were heaps of dead goblins on the road, and the number just kept increasing as the three walked forward. These corpses were stacked up densely at all corners. Most importantly, the separate tracks and the barrier in between disappeared.

Qian Wei finally ran to Tang Cuos side, his voice stretched out: Are these all killed by the players in front?

Peng Mingfan: It seems so. We have to go faster.

The three stopped talking and hurried forward at full speed. At this moment, Tang Cuo looked back. At the end of the road where they just passed, the dead goblins slowly stood up.

Faster. Tang Cuo said coldly.

The goblins were alive again.