I picked up skill fragments in the demon world

Chapter 199: Golden Twisting Scissors

Zhang Chen was immediately displeased upon hearing this, feeling that Zhong Xiang was trying to slack off and not contribute his fair share: "What's there to fear about a ninth-order? It's not like you haven't fought ninth-order beings before!"

"This isn't just any ninth-order, but a variant species inherited from the Primordial Era, born with a divine ability called: 'Myopia.' This ability specializes in targeting souls. Don't even mention me, even tenth-order beings wouldn't dare to let their souls leave their bodies in its presence. Even Yang God experts wouldn't dare manifest their Yang Gods before it. What do you think I'm afraid of?" Zhong Xiang muttered, running like crazy.

Zhang Chen raised an eyebrow upon hearing this, not expecting such a terrifying existence within the Great Tomb of the Emperor's Daughter.

"Buy me some time. I'll set up the Nine Bends Yellow River Grand Formation. Once I've set it up, even if that strange beast chases us, we won't be afraid." Zhang Chen shouted at Zhong Xiang's back as he sprinted after him.

"You're dreaming! How could I possibly withstand that old geezer?"

Zhong Xiang said, exasperated.

Unfortunately, Zhong Xiang underestimated Zhang Chen's methods. With a thought from Zhang Chen, a wall of water appeared in front, directly blocking Zhong Xiang's path. In that moment of delay, Zhang Chen had already caught up and grabbed Zhong Xiang, casually using the water flow to toss him towards the pile of rats behind him.

"Zhang Chen, you'll die a horrible death! I'll hate you for the rest of my life!" Zhong Xiang cursed furiously, instantly being submerged by the rats. Then, flames erupted, and Zhong Xiang transformed into a fiery lava giant, attacking and killing the swarming rats.

Zhang Chen didn't dare to delay. The next moment, the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Formation appeared, transforming into talismans that suppressed the void. After ten breaths, the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Formation was set up. Then, Zhang Chen looked at Zhong Xiang, who was struggling bitterly: "My grand formation is ready. Hurry up and come in, lure those rats over here."

Looking out, there were hundreds of thousands of ranked rats fighting Zhong Xiang. Although Zhong Xiang's flames were powerful, the rat swarm was fearless and didn't fear Zhong Xiang's methods at all.

Zhong Xiang turned his head to look at Zhang Chen, but didn't say anything, continuing to struggle in the rat tide.

"He wants to take this opportunity to force out his potential and unlock his seal." Zhang Chen saw through Zhong Xiang's plan with a single glance.

Unfortunately, Zhang Chen didn't dare to go out at this time. There were simply too many rats, and they were all ranked, so he couldn't handle them all.

"It's a pity my Beast Taming Skill level is too low, only barely at the second rank. If I had enough points to increase the level of my Beast Taming Skill, these mere rats wouldn't be worth mentioning." Zhang Chen muttered to himself.

Unfortunately, he didn't have any experience points left.

Finally, at a certain moment, Zhong Xiang's body shattered, then turned into a ball of flames. Then, his body directly reorganized and turned into a stone, falling to the ground. The rat swarm lost its target and headed towards Zhang Chen in a mighty wave.

"Just a bunch of rats, however many come will die." Zhang Chen stood within the grand formation, facing the rats without hesitation. The Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Formation operated, and the rats that stepped into the formation had their cultivation directly removed, dropping from the third and fourth ranks to the second rank.

The second rank was just within his Beast Taming range. With a thought from Zhang Chen, all the rats squeezed together, piling up into a mountain, gathering within the Nine Bends Yellow River Grand Formation, and turning around to kill their own kind.

As the overwhelming rat tide was devoured by Zhang Chen, the existence deeper within the tomb seemed to sense something was wrong, emitting a 'squeak~' roar. The next moment, the entire beast tide receded, and a pure white rat emerged from the depths of the cave against the tide.

The rat was only the size of a fist, but it was as translucent as jade, emitting a jade-like luster.

Before long, all the rats in the entire passage had disappeared, leaving only the silver-white rat standing in front of the Nine Bends Yellow River Grand Formation, its eyes examining Zhang Chen's Nine Bends Yellow River Grand Formation, revealing a hint of shrewdness in its eyes, hesitating before the formation, unwilling to enter.

"Boy, your talisman formation isn't bad. Hand over the talisman formation and I'll spare your life." The jade-colored rat's eyes examined the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Formation, revealing a hint of heat in its eyes, obviously recognizing the origin of the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Formation.

"This is probably the first troublesome problem I've encountered since I started cultivating!" Zhang Chen looked at the rat outside the formation, feeling the ancient and vicissitudinous aura emanating from it.

He possessed the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Formation, but the other party refused to come in, so what could he do?

However, Zhang Chen wasn't flustered, because he had anticipated this scene when he decided to excavate the tomb:

"Soul Hook Skill!"

Zhang Chen thought, and the Soul Hook Skill activated:

[Target: Giant Rat]

[Information: Relies on secret techniques to forcibly remain in this world.]

[Soul Hook Available]

Seeing "Soul Hook Available," Zhang Chen immediately relaxed, staring at the rat in front of him, considering whether he could persuade it to retreat. If he could persuade it to retreat, that would naturally be the best outcome. He could use this rat to guard the tomb and deal with other intruders, which could also be considered as protecting the tomb.

If the other party refused to retreat and insisted on fighting him to the death, he wouldn't mind hooking its soul into the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Formation to give it a little taste of suffering.

"I'll give you a choice too. All I want is the Emperor's Daughter's fortune in the tomb. If you're willing to retreat, then that's the end of it. Otherwise..." A coldness appeared in Zhang Chen's eyes: "Although Your Excellency's cultivation is extremely high, I'm afraid you'll still find it difficult to escape disaster, a pity for Your Excellency's life."

Before Zhang Chen could finish speaking, there was a sudden earth-shattering tremor. The ground beneath his feet cracked, and the Nine Bends Yellow River Grand Formation collapsed along with the collapsing ground, returning to its original form and turning back into talismans, floating in the void before finally entering Zhang Chen's body.

"What you rely on is nothing more than the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Formation in front of you. Now that I've broken your Nine Bends Yellow River Formation, what other trump cards do you have?" The rat's voice was filled with triumph:

"Boy, although you've refined the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Formation, your strength is too low. If your Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Formation could cover thousands of miles, I might retreat and never bother you again, but a mere few hundred meters of the Nine Bends Yellow River Grand Formation, is it worthy of being in my eyes?"

The rat approached Zhang Chen unhurriedly, its eyes full of triumph, not placing Zhang Chen in its eyes at all: "My ancestor's fortune has arrived. With the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Formation, how would my ancestor be afraid of the suppression of this Feng Shui Grand Formation? Once my ancestor is born, I can sweep across the world, invincible. Boy, hand over the treasure and I'll spare your life, otherwise, I'll just have to take it myself."

Facing the rat's pressing approach, Zhang Chen didn't dare to be careless, fearing that the other party would suddenly attack again, leaving him without a chance to retaliate.

The next moment, Zhang Chen activated the Soul Hook Skill. The black and white world appeared, and Zhang Chen's soul entered the black and white world, discovering an extra chain in the world, one end connected to Zhang Chen, and the other end connected to the rat in front of him.

With a thought from Zhang Chen, his palm grabbed the chain and suddenly pulled on it, and a soul was pulled out of the white jade rat's body.

The next moment, Zhang Chen's consciousness withdrew from the black and white world and returned to his own body, his eyes looking at the rat spirit's soul in front of him, which was actually the image of a little old man, but this little old man had a rat-like face and beady eyes, and didn't look like a good thing at all.

"This is the rat spirit's soul?" Zhang Chen looked at the rat spirit's soul in front of him, feeling secretly surprised.

"Boy, what kind of evil trick is this?" The rat was shocked and horrified, its eyes filled with disbelief.

"Old codger, have you figured out how you want to die?" Zhang Chen looked at the rat's soul, which was condensed as if it were a physical entity, a cold glint in his eyes.

"Boy, you think that by hooking out my soul, you can do anything to me? You underestimate me far too much." The rat spirit looked at Zhang Chen mockingly, and the next moment, it struck out with a palm, attacking Zhang Chen: "Even if I don't have a physical body, killing you is just a slap away."

As the palm descended, the skill protection mechanism activated, like a spring breeze caressing his face, and the rat spirit could not harm Zhang Chen in the slightest.

"How could this be?" The rat spirit was shocked to see this.

Zhang Chen smiled coldly: "Old codger, I know your soul is strong, and with my strength alone, I can't do anything to you, but I have the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Formation. If you know about the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Formation, you should know how powerful this formation is. I will eliminate your cultivation, then cut off your soul, and send you to face your tribulation."

As Zhang Chen spoke, he took out the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Formation and was about to set up the formation again. Seeing this scene, the rat spirit immediately became anxious. How could it not know the power of the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Formation? It dared not let Zhang Chen really set up the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Formation. The next moment, its soul let out a sharp scream, and countless rats swarmed out of the bronze door, surging towards Zhang Chen, determined not to give Zhang Chen time to set up the formation.

In fact, the rat spirit succeeded, because Zhang Chen really didn't have the chance to set up the formation. Facing the overwhelming rats, Zhang Chen hurriedly shouted at Zhong Xiang, who was pretending to be dead: "Zhong Xiang, you son of a gun, stop pretending to be dead! Hurry up and block this rat swarm for me! When I've dealt with this old codger, I'm willing to join you in excavating this ancient divine tomb. As long as this old codger is alive for one day, we can forget about entering the depths of the tomb. If I am killed by this rat swarm, you won't be able to deal with this old codger, and you can forget about escaping alive."

Hearing Zhang Chen's words, Zhong Xiang on the ground knew what was important and directly transformed into a ball of flames, blocking it in front of him. Then, the flames transformed into a lava giant, attacking the rat swarm.

Unfortunately, the rat spirit's soul could not harm Zhang Chen, but that didn't mean it couldn't harm Zhong Xiang. The rat spirit's soul struck Zhong Xiang remotely, and Zhong Xiang instantly exploded, turning into countless flames and dissipating into the void.

As strong as Zhong Xiang was, he couldn't even last a breath when facing the rat spirit.

The next moment, the overwhelming rats surged over, vowing to tear Zhang Chen into powder before he could set up the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Chen was shocked. If he was pounced on by the rat swarm, he would probably be reduced to渣渣 in an instant.

Countless thoughts flashed through Zhang Chen's mind in an instant, and then a pair of gray and white scissors appeared in his hand, his eyes fiercely staring at the rat spirit's soul.

Today, either he would use the scissors to cut the rat spirit into scattered souls, or he would be eaten to death by the rat spirit controlling the rat swarm.

This item, having experienced the incense offerings of the Emperor Tribe, had perfectly emerged from its embryonic state. Although it had suffered heavy damage, it was Zhang Chen's only hope at the moment.

"How can this ghostly thing be in your hands! Stop! I am willing to submit! I am willing to submit." The rat spirit's expression changed drastically the moment it saw the scissors in Zhang Chen's hand, obviously recognizing the origin of the scissors.

Unfortunately, Zhang Chen was wary of the rat swarm, fearing that this old thing would cause trouble, and directly grabbed the scissors, pulled the chain, and cut towards the rat spirit.

"No!"

With one snip, half of the rat spirit's soul directly turned into smoke, and the snipped soul was actually directly absorbed by the Golden Dragon Scissors.

"Let me go!" The rat spirit kept begging, its voice full of helplessness.

As it spoke, the rat spirit stopped the rat swarm's attack, looking at Zhang Chen with a pleading face, its voice full of misery.

Hearing this, Zhang Chen's heart stirred: "What is the situation in the depths of the tomb? How did you appear inside the tomb?"

"I caused trouble in the Emperor Tribe in the past and was suppressed here by the Emperor. A terrifying Demon God is being suppressed in the depths of the tomb. The Demon God broke open a corner of the seal and released me, telling me to hollow out the tomb and shatter the feng shui formation, and then release him. However, the Golden Dragon Scissors are too powerful, and I have been hesitant to break open the last bronze door, so this matter has been delayed."

"What is the origin of that Demon God? What is the situation in the tomb now?" Zhang Chen asked.

At this moment, a white light burst out from the rat spirit's soul, shooting towards Zhang Chen: "Boy, let you taste the taste of my rat-like shortsightedness, see how I devour you completely..."

It was just that the rat spirit was disappointed. Under the protection of the skill, its rat-like shortsightedness had no effect at all, and it collapsed directly when it encountered Zhang Chen.

"How is that possible!" The rat spirit's eyes were full of disbelief.

"Old codger, you still dare to play tricks with me!"

Without saying a word, Zhang Chen directly snipped again, and the rat spirit's soul completely dissipated.

Although Zhong Xiang was fighting against the rat tide over there, he was shocked when he saw Zhang Chen's methods: "What methods is this kid using again? He actually killed an old codger?"

With the death of the rat spirit, the countless rats on the ground twisted and changed, turning into countless rat hairs, and all the rat army disappeared.

With the crisis resolved, Zhang Chen's eyes looked at Zhong Xiang, and Zhong Xiang looked at Zhang Chen, the atmosphere was a little awkward.

Zhong Xiang was frightened by Zhang Chen, and a fiery red aura flowed around his body, never giving Zhang Chen a chance to plot against him.

Zhang Chen held the scissors in his hand and cut the air, the echoes of咔嚓咔嚓 reverberating in the stone chamber, making Zhong Xiang's scalp tingle.

After seeing Zhang Chen's methods of killing the rat spirit, Zhong Xiang was extremely afraid in his heart. Although he was unsealed at this time, he did not dare to continue attacking Zhang Chen.

The two of them looked at me and I looked at you, Zhang Chen tentatively asked: "Talk?"

To be honest, he really didn't have any good way to deal with the Zhong Xiang in front of him. Fortunately, he killed the rat spirit to deter the other party, otherwise he could only escape in embarrassment.

Moreover, according to the rat's statement, there must be a major change in the depths of the tomb, and he was afraid that he would not be able to cope with it alone.

Hearing this, Zhong Xiang was noncommittal, wanting to talk, but unable to save face, he could only 'hmm' faintly, his eyes staring at Zhang Chen: "What do you want to talk about?"

"The creation in the tomb is the most important thing. Why don't you and I join hands to explore the underground tomb? Moreover, you also heard what the rat spirit said, the depths of the tomb are probably not easy to deal with," Zhang Chen said:

"Moreover, the people outside must have been alarmed by now, and it won't be long before they come. Or maybe the other party has already come, but just can't find the entrance to the tomb for the time being, but we have melted so much lava, I think the other party will find clues soon. If the two of us fight in the underground, I'm afraid it will be cheaper for the guys outside."

Zhong Xiang 'hmm' through his nose, his face full of arrogance, which was considered to agree with Zhang Chen's idea.

Seeing Zhong Xiang agree, Zhang Chen's mouth cracked open, revealing a smile, and then he looked at the crystal clear rat body in the stone cave, silently walking towards the rat's corpse.

This is a good thing! Martial arts practice may depend on it, even if I don't need it, there are younger brothers and sisters.