A few kilometers away from Death Valley, in the camp.
There are one small meeting every three days and one big meeting every five days. In the past few months, the meetings held in the tent that serves as the temporary headquarters in the middle of the camp have obviously become much more frequent.
Worried, Zhao Zhengping sat at the head of the conference table. With a heavy look on his face, he glanced at the people in the room.
Zhu Mingxu, who was not a member of the military but was just temporarily visiting the camp, was also at the conference table.
He sighed and broke the silence first: "After receiving orders from above, I will set off back to Kyoto early tomorrow morning."
"Several months have passed since Mr. Jiang entered Death Valley."
"Is there still no news from him?"
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After biting his lip, Zhu Mingxu stopped and sighed several times in a row.
After he finished speaking, the rest of the people at the conference table looked at each other with bitter expressions on their faces.
After being silent for a while, Yang Guoping shook his head and responded first: "Mr. Jiang will enter Death Valley. This is the news that Fang Weidong and others who followed him into that area brought back when they returned to the camp." < br>
"No one saw with his own eyes whether he entered it, but since that day, there has been no news about him at all. This is indeed a fact."
"In recent months, the area where the mantis monsters operate has expanded to an area two kilometers outside Death Valley."
"On the camp side, we have tried to use heavy firepower to carpet bomb the area there, but the effect has been minimal. The monsters living in it have never been truly exterminated."
"The area where the mouth of Death Valley is located is barely open. We have always arranged for drones to monitor around the clock. Of course, certain time periods or extreme weather that is not suitable for the use of drones must be excluded."
"According to the information we have obtained, if Mr. Jiang really entered Death Valley, he should not have come out!"
"That place is a forbidden place for living beings. No matter whether it is a human or an animal, as long as you enter it, you will never return."
"Mr. Jiang is so powerful that he can be called inhuman. This is indeed true, but it has been not ten or eight days since he entered Death Valley, but four or five months have passed."
"We haven't seen him come out of Death Valley for so long, whether we are willing to accept it or not..."
Before he finished speaking, Yang Guoping stopped talking and sighed.
Although he didn't have much dealings with Jiang Yao and couldn't say he had any friendship, he still felt extremely regretful that he hadn't seen him since he entered Death Valley, and he felt a little sad in his heart.
After all, with Jiang Yao's strength, he could easily defeat the mantis monster. This was already a fact known to everyone present.
If he hadn't been too conceited and rashly broke into Death Valley, with him sitting here, the mantis people operating outside would certainly not be able to cause much trouble, even if they couldn't be completely exterminated.
Regarding this man's actions of not caring about the overall situation and doing things as he pleased, both Yang Guoping and the Guitar military personnel present must have some complaints in their hearts.
It's just that it's tradition that people die.
Even if he was somewhat dissatisfied with him, under the circumstances that this person was very likely to have died in Death Valley, Yang Guoping could at most mutter a few words in his heart. Under the current situation, he would definitely not say it outright in front of other people. Come.
"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!" After these words, the others sighed and looked at each other, but Zhu Mingxu was slightly stunned.
After reacting, he shook his head like a rattle and denied it immediately: "You may have seen the simple information about Mr. Jiang, but you don't understand at all how ferocious he is."
"A hard-resistant nuclear bomb can survive unscathed. If he were to have an accident in Death Valley, I would definitely not believe it."
"He often disappears for several years or more. Anyone who really knows something about him has already become accustomed to it."
"No one can tell clearly what is going on in Death Valley. Perhaps Mr. Jiang stayed there for such a long time because of some delays."
"Keep waiting, I absolutely believe that he will return safely and appear in front of us again!"
……
With these words, Zhu Mingxu was full of confidence and spoke decisively.
Compared with Zhao Zhengping and Yang Guoping who were present, he must have a much deeper understanding of Jiang Yao.
I don't know if it's because he has been practicing martial arts or for some other reason, but he seems to have blind confidence in Jiang Yao.
Seeing him like this, other people present looked at each other and sighed.
"What Xiao Yang just said is just the worst possibility."
"With Mr. Jiang's strength, killing those monsters is like killing a chicken and a dog. Nothing will happen to him."
"Although it is difficult for us to deal with the mantis monsters active outside, it will definitely not be a problem if we just monitor their movements."
"Yang Bu, feel free to go back to Kyoto, we are here to guard you. If you really need any news about Mr. Jiang, we will definitely inform you as soon as possible!"
……
Everyone winked, and with Zhao Zhengping as the leader, everyone spoke and expressed their stance.
While speaking, several people's chests were beating loudly.
However, only they know best whether their words truly come from their hearts, or whether they are speaking against their will to make Zhu Mingxu feel better.
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In Death Valley, in a dense jungle.
Leaning at the foot of a big tree, Jiang Yao had a dissatisfied look on his face and cursed in his mouth: "This damn place looks the same everywhere you go. It's okay if you don't find treasures or anything like that, but you actually got lost on horseback..."< br>
The sea of blood was still looming above it.
However, its coverage has been reduced countless times compared to when Jiang Yao first unblocked it.
After all, maintaining that boundless sea of blood that covered a land of dozens of miles must have cost him a lot in terms of consumption.
In Death Valley, if you just stay for a while and maintain this sea of blood with Jiang Yao's strength at the innate master level, then naturally it won't be a big problem.
In the past, when he encountered something like getting lost, he would leave his spiritual imprint on some big trees in the place he passed, so as to identify the direction and finally escape.
But in the jungle he is in now, this method cannot be used at all.
Because although his spiritual imprint can indeed remain on the surrounding trees, it will completely dissipate and disappear in just a short time.
He couldn't remember exactly how long he had been trapped here.
Faced with the current situation, even if his life-saving magic skills were hidden from the sky, they would have no effect at all.
In order to avoid unnecessary consumption, the boundless sea of blood has shrunk to a radius of about a few square meters, which can only barely protect his body. A sea of blood of this magnitude, called a blood pool, is obviously more vivid.
Fortunately, after entering this endless jungle, the black line-like crack in the void has never appeared again.
Those kind of twisted shadows with different shapes and extremely dark colors are encountered from time to time.
If he could avoid it, Jiang Yao would avoid it directly. If there was really no other way, he could only rely on the power of the blood pool to directly kill him.
Of course, if he does this, it will inevitably consume a lot of strength.
Being in Death Valley, the rules of heaven and earth here do not seem to be very suitable for a warrior like him.
It's not impossible to recover the consumed power, but it is very slow.
What does it mean to not eat the mutton but end up in a mess? Jiang Yao at this moment is the truest portrayal of this saying.
What little baby, your master is here. Such arrogant words, he has stopped mentioning them now. If he really wants to say it, he already regrets a little. After getting those few Heavenly Dao Fruits, why did he continue to move forward by mistake? Without saying anything, he turned around and went back.
It's a pity that there is no medicine for regret in the world. At this moment, even if he has begun to feel a little regretful, it is already a little late.
Eyes on the nose, nose on the heart, Jiang Yao has been sitting cross-legged under the big tree for a long time.
The blood pool looming above the head could only illuminate a surrounding area of ten meters at most.
Outside this range, there are countless shadow monsters hiding in the endless darkness.
These ghost things have no physical body, but they are very good at mental attacks, and they always like to get into Jiang Yao's eyebrows.
It is difficult for ordinary physical attacks to have much effect on them. Only by drawing them into a pool of blood can they be completely killed.
"Kunlun Divine Territory, those who trespass will die!" Several strange and strange syllables sounded from nowhere and suddenly reached Jiang Yao's ears.
This was not the first time he heard this unknown language.
As if it contained some kind of mystery, the sound reached his ears. Jiang Yao immediately understood the meaning contained in those few short syllables.
"It's just a bunch of monsters, they're just returning to the Kunlun God's Domain, go to hell..." Jiang Yao, who was closing his eyes to rest, stood up with a brush.
A cold light flashed in his eyes, and he opened his eyes and glanced around.
Tens of meters away to the left, shrouded in endless darkness, six or seven phantoms were barely visible, attacking at this side at an incredible speed.
The pool of blood that originally could only cover a few meters of the surrounding area surged wildly, and in an instant, it covered hundreds of meters of surrounding area.
That kind of phantom monster has a mouse head, and its body looks like a snake, which looks extremely awkward.
It is often said that the human body is most in line with the way of heaven and the most suitable for cultivation.
However, from Jiang Yao's point of view, the person who said this could not be from other races, but must be the human race itself, who seemed to be putting money on his own face.
After all, most of the great powers in ancient myths and legends looked strange, and the number of those with snake bodies was obviously even higher.
The earliest word "Tao" appeared, which is very similar to the winding snake-shaped body.
Among the monsters Jiang Yao encountered in Death Valley, the more powerful they were, the closer their shape was to snakes.
The six or seven snake-bodied, rat-headed monsters he faced at this moment were already comparable in strength to the innate Gang Qi. The high-pitched howls in their mouths that contained spiritual shock made Jiang Yao feel a little dizzy.
Fortunately, the monstrous waves of blood swept over them and swept them into the sea of blood.
More than half an hour passed before their bodies completely melted, and the mental imprint left behind was completely erased by Jiang Yao.
The sea of blood that originally expanded to a radius of hundreds of meters around him shrank again and turned into a pool of blood, flickering in the void above him.
"If you can't get out of this jungle, you will have to be trapped here and die. This is not an option at all!" Jiang Yao frowned and rubbed his head.
His gaze inadvertently fell on the panel light screen that he had not paid attention to for a long time.
Host: Jiang Yao
Lifespan: 26/135
Talent: God rewards hard work (cultivation ignores bottlenecks, no pain is no gain)
Realm: Flying Corpse Transformation 42%, Innate Grandmaster Realm 38%
Kung Fu: Training with Tiger Evil (introducing Evil into the body), Supreme Blood Nerve (Xiaocheng 253241/500000)
Skills: Manghuang Dragon Fist (perfect special effects, dragon power), pharmacist ordinary level (entry level 163/500), Black Evil Palm (perfect special effects, poisonous), Qingtian Stick Technique (perfect special effects, explosion), flying on grass ( Perfect special effects, top speed +2), Breath Condensation Technique (perfect special effects, hiding from the sky), Iron Body Kung Fu (perfect special effects, defense +3)...
Disaster: None
Rewards: None
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For more than a year after returning to the real world, Jiang Yao, whose strength exceeded the limit of the world and had to use the Liuchen Liuren Blood Sealing Technique to seal himself, has been in a state of stagnation.
Compared with when he was still in the foreign land, the data on the panel had almost no changes at all.
"I seem to remember that before self-sealing, the progress of flying corpse transformation in the realm column seemed to be only 12%."
"But now, why did this data suddenly become 42%?"
"When did it suddenly increase? What's going on?"
Focusing on the content displayed on the light screen panel, Jiang Yao just took a few more glances and noticed the only difference in data from before.
The whole person was a little confused. He tilted his head and carefully recalled the approximate time when he last checked the panel data.
"If I remember correctly, when I was on the plane heading to The Empire on which the Sun Never Sets, I paid attention to the content on the panel because I was bored."
"At that time, I'm sure there was absolutely nothing abnormal about the progress of the flying zombie transformation on the panel."
"I wandered around the empire where the sun never sets, and then drifted on the sea for more than a month. I didn't seem to have done anything. There is no way I could have made such a big change in the progress of the flying zombie transformation!"
"So speaking of which, the progress of the Flying Corpse Transformation suddenly increased by 30%. It is very likely that it was after entering Death Valley?"
"Is there some unknown factors in this area? Or when killing those monsters and erasing the residual imprints containing massive negative emotions, will the transformation progress of the flying zombies suddenly increase?"
……
He was going around in his head for a long time, but it was not really verified, and Jiang Yao couldn't figure out whether his judgment was right or wrong!
"No matter what the reason is, the progress suddenly skyrockets. I will turn into a flying corpse and I will naturally know the answer."
"In addition, although the Xiantian Grandmaster cannot soar in the void, flying corpses can."
"I flew directly into the sky to see how this jungle can trap me!"
After muttering a few words in his mind, Jiang Yao had an idea and started to change his form. (End of chapter)