Black Myth: The Legend of Tianpeng Seeking Demons

"Roar!!!"

The lunar monster roared to the sky, its voice echoing through the empty crater, making one's eardrums ache. Its scarlet eyes were fixed on Zhu Feifei, filled with bloodlust and rage.

"Damn! This monster is too fierce!" Zhu Feifei thought to himself, waving his prop shovel. Although he had "Golden Light Demon-Slaying Slash" and "Swift Wind Step" for protection, he couldn't use them effectively in this terrain. In addition, his injured ankle made it difficult for him to move, and he gradually fell into a disadvantageous position.

"You idiot, are you sure you can do this? If not, just run away!" The voice of the Ringwraith White echoed in his mind, filled with anxiety.

"Run? Where can I run?" Zhu Feifei thought to herself as she dodged the monster's attacks. "This is the moon, where can I run to?"

“You can hide inside the Moonlight Ring!” said Little White, the Ringwraith.

"The Moonlight Ring? Oh right!" Zhu Feifei suddenly remembered that he still had the Moonlight Ring. He quickly concentrated and tried to enter the Moonlight Ring's space.

However, at that moment, the monster suddenly opened its blood-red maw and spat out a stream of black liquid at Zhu Feifei!

"Watch out!" Before Zhu Feifei could react, she heard Chang Juan's exclamation.

He instinctively closed his eyes, awaiting death.

However, the expected pain did not come.

He slowly opened his eyes and found Chang Juan standing in front of him, using her body to shield him from the black liquid.

"Chang Juan! You..." Zhu Feifei was stunned when she saw Chang Juan standing in front of her.

"Hurry up!" Chang Juan's voice was weak. She pushed Zhu Feifei, signaling him to leave quickly.

“But you…” Zhu Feifei looked at Chang Juan’s spacesuit corroded by the black liquid, her heart filled with worry.

"Don't worry about me, let's go!" Chang Juan said again, her voice growing weaker and weaker.

"Roar!!!"

The monster lunged at them again.

"No, I can't leave you alone!" Zhu Feifei gritted his teeth. He knew he couldn't just abandon Chang Juan and run away like that.

He took a deep breath, pushed the power of the nine-bead bracelet to its limit, and then swung the shovel in his hand. A golden light, even more dazzling than before, burst forth from the shovel and slashed towards the monster.

"Golden Light Demon-Slaying Slash!"

"Roar!!!"

The monster was struck by the golden light, let out a scream, and was sent flying, crashing heavily to the ground.

"A great opportunity!" Seeing this, Zhu Feifei quickly ran to Chang Juan's side, helped her up, and said, "Chang Juan, are you alright?"

"I...I'm fine." Chang Juan's voice was weak. Her spacesuit had been mostly corroded, revealing the skin underneath.

"What... what happened?" Zhu Feifei stared in shock at Chang Juan's corroded skin.

“This is… corrosive venom,” Chang Juan said. “The saliva of this monster is highly corrosive and can corrode all substances.”

"Corrosive venom?!" Zhu Feifei was shocked. He quickly checked Chang Juan's injuries and found that her skin had been corroded and was now a bloody mess, looking extremely horrific.

"No, I have to heal you right away!" Zhu Feifei said, preparing to use the "Basic Injury Self-Healing" skill.

“It’s no use. This kind of venom cannot be cured by ordinary treatments,” Chang Juan said.

"What should we do then?" Zhu Feifei asked anxiously.

"I..." Chang Juan was about to speak when her expression suddenly changed. She clutched her chest and groaned in pain.

"What's wrong?!" Zhu Feifei quickly helped her up and asked with concern.

"I...I feel so cold..." Chang Juan's voice grew weaker and weaker, and her body began to tremble violently.

"Cold?" Zhu Feifei was taken aback. He quickly reached out and touched Chang Juan's forehead, only to find that it was ice-cold, almost like a block of ice.

"What's going on?" Zhu Feifei was filled with doubt. He didn't understand why Chang Juan had suddenly become so cold.

"You idiot, she's been poisoned!" The voice of the Ringwraith White rang in his mind. "That monster's venom is not only corrosive, but also extremely cold, capable of rapidly lowering a person's body temperature and eventually freezing them into an ice block!"

"Frozen into an ice cube?!" Zhu Feifei was startled. He quickly hugged Chang Juan and tried to warm her with his body heat.

"It's no use, you idiot, your body temperature is too low, you can't warm her up at all," said Little White Ringwraith. "You must find an antidote as soon as possible, or she will die!"

"How can I find an antidote? Where can I find one?" Zhu Feifei asked anxiously.

"I don't know either..." Little White Ringwraith's voice was full of helplessness. "This is the first time I've ever seen the venom of this monster. I have no idea how to cure it."

"Then what can we do? Are we just going to watch her die?" Zhu Feifei said.

"Wait, let me think..." Little White's voice suddenly turned serious. "I remember there's a book called 'The Complete Book of Ten Thousand Poisons' in the Moonlight Ring. Maybe there's a way to cure poison there!"

"The Myriad Poisons Compendium?" Zhu Feifei was taken aback. "How come I don't know about it?"

"That's because you don't have permission to view it," said Little White Ringwraith. "The situation is urgent right now, so I'll temporarily grant you permission. Take a look quickly!"

Zhu Feifei quickly closed her eyes and silently recited "Moonlight Ring" in her heart.

A flash of white light appeared, and his consciousness entered the space of the Moonlight Ring.

He saw a huge bookshelf filled with all sorts of books.

"Found it! The 'Illustrated Compendium of Ten Thousand Poisons'!" Zhu Feifei quickly found the book and immediately opened it to browse through it.

"Lunar eclipse poison... corrosive, cold... antidote..." Zhu Feifei muttered to herself as she read.

Finally, he found a line of small print in the corner of the book: "Lunar eclipse poison can be cured with the juice of moonflower grass."

"Moonlight Grass?!" Zhu Feifei's eyes lit up. He remembered the plant in Chang Juan's lab. "Great! There's hope!"

He quickly exited the space of the Moonlight Treasure Ring, and then said to Chang Juan, "Chang Juan, hang in there, I have a way to save you!"

"You...you have a way?" Chang Juan asked weakly, her eyes filled with doubt.

"Trust me, I can definitely save you!" Zhu Feifei said, helping Chang Juan to sit down, and then took out a small bottle from the pocket of her spacesuit.

The small bottle contained some clear liquid, which was the juice of the moonflower he had collected earlier.

"This is..." Chang Juan asked, looking at the small bottle in Zhu Feifei's hand.

"This is the juice of moonflower; it can cure your poison!" Zhu Feifei said. "Drink it quickly!"

Looking into Zhu Feifei's sincere eyes, Chang Juan hesitated for a moment, but finally took the small bottle and drank the liquid inside in one gulp.

As soon as the liquid entered her mouth, a cool sensation instantly spread throughout her body. Chang Juan felt the chill in her body slowly receding, and her body gradually regained sensation.

"Much better..." Chang Juan said with delight, "This...this really works!"

"That's great!" Zhu Feifei breathed a sigh of relief. He hadn't expected that the juice of the moonflower could actually detoxify.

"Roar!!!"

Just then, the monster that Zhu Feifei had repelled pounced on them again.

"Watch out!" Zhu Feifei quickly shielded Chang Juan behind her, preparing to fight.

"Idiot, don't fight it head-on, let's get out of here quickly!" The voice of the Ringwraith White echoed in his mind.

"Okay!" Zhu Feifei agreed, then helped Chang Juan up and prepared to escape.

However, at that moment, he suddenly felt a tremor beneath his feet, and then the entire crater began to shake violently.

"What's going on?!" Zhu Feifei exclaimed. Before he could react, he saw several more huge cracks appear on the rock wall of the meteorite crater, and then more monsters crawled out of the cracks!

"Holy crap! How can there be so many?!" Zhu Feifei looked at the group of monsters in front of her and her scalp tingled.

"You stupid pig, run! We're no match for them!" Little White Ringwraith shouted anxiously.

Zhu Feifei knew that now was not the time to play the hero, so he quickly helped Chang Juan up and ran towards the outside of the meteorite crater.

However, the monsters were too fast and quickly caught up with them.

"No, if this continues, they'll catch up with us sooner or later!" Zhu Feifei said.

"You idiot, do you have any other ideas?" Little White Ringwraith asked.

"I..." Zhu Feifei was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to do.

Just then, he suddenly saw a huge rock at the edge of the crater, and beneath the rock, there seemed to be a cave.

"Chang Juan, quick! Let's hide in that cave!" Zhu Feifei said.

"Okay!" Chang Juan agreed, and then she and Zhu Feifei ran towards the cave.

The two arrived at the cave entrance and found that the cave was pitch black and bottomless.

"Is it... safe in here?" Chang Juan asked hesitantly.

"We can't worry about that now, let's go in first!" Zhu Feifei said, then pulled Chang Juan and walked into the cave.

The cave is very narrow, only wide enough for one person to pass through at a time.

"You go first, I'll protect you from behind," Zhu Feifei said to Chang Juan.

“Okay.” Chang Juan nodded, then carefully walked deeper into the cave.

The two groped their way forward in the dark cave, and after walking for an unknown amount of time, they finally reached the end of the cave.

“This place… seems to be a dead end,” Chang Juan said.

"Really?" Zhu Feifei walked to the end of the cave, touched the cave wall with her hand, and found that there seemed to be some protrusions on the cave wall.

"What is this?" he asked curiously.

"You idiot, don't touch that!" Little White Ringwraith's voice suddenly rang out, "This looks like a trap!"

"A mechanism?" Zhu Feifei was taken aback and quickly withdrew his hand.

“Let me see…” said Little White Ringwraith. Then, Zhu Feifei felt a virtual screen suddenly appear in front of her, displaying images of the cave walls and some strange symbols.

"This is... the scanning function of the Moonlight Ring?" Zhu Feifei asked in surprise.

“That’s right,” said Little White Ringwraith. “I’m scanning this mechanism to see if I can find a way to open it.”

After a while, the Ringwraith White's voice rang out again: "Found it! This mechanism requires pressing these protrusions in a specific order to open!"

"What order?" Zhu Feifei asked quickly.

"Wait, I'll send you the sequence," said Little White Ringwraith, and then a string of numbers appeared before Zhu Feifei's eyes.

"Just press these bumps in this order," said the Ringwraith.

"Okay, I understand." Zhu Feifei nodded, and then began to press the protrusions on the cave wall in the order given by the Ringwraith Little White.

"Click..."

As the last protrusion was pressed down, a sound of a mechanism turning suddenly came from the cave wall, and then a stone door slowly opened.

"It's open!" Zhu Feifei exclaimed excitedly.

"Go in and take a look!" said Little White, the Ringwraith.

Zhu Feifei and Chang Juan exchanged a glance, then cautiously stepped through the stone gate.

Behind the stone gate was a more spacious area, bathed in soft light and filled with a faint fragrance.

"Where...is this place?" Chang Juan asked in surprise, looking at the scene before her.

"I don't know..." Zhu Feifei shook his head, he was also stunned by what he saw.

In this space, all sorts of exotic flowers and plants grew, emitting a faint light that illuminated the entire area.

In the center of the space, there is a huge pool, in which grows a giant lotus flower. The lotus petals are silvery-white and emit a soft light, looking just like the moon.

"Where...where is this?" Zhu Feifei murmured to himself, feeling as if he had entered a fairyland.

"You silly pig, look at that lotus flower!" Little White's voice suddenly rang out, filled with excitement.

Following the direction indicated by the Ringwraith Xiaobai, Zhu Feifei saw that the giant lotus flower was slowly blooming.

As the lotus flower bloomed, a powerful energy wave emanated from it, enveloping the entire space.

"What...what kind of power is this?" Zhu Feifei asked in surprise.

"This is... the essence of the moon!" The Ringwraith's voice was filled with surprise. "This lotus flower was born from the essence of the moon!"

"The essence of the moon?" Zhu Feifei was taken aback. "What is that?"

"The essence of the moon is the purest and most powerful energy on the moon, possessing miraculous powers to bring the dead back to life and defy fate!" said Little White, the Ringwraith. "If you could obtain it, your strength would be greatly enhanced, perhaps even..."

"Could it even be what?" Zhu Feifei asked quickly.

"It can even make you an immortal!" said Little White Spirit.

"Become an immortal?!" Zhu Feifei was stunned. He never expected to encounter such an incredible opportunity here.

"You idiot, what are you standing there for? Hurry up and pick that lotus flower!" Little White the Ringwraith urged.

"Oh, okay!" Zhu Feifei finally came to his senses and hurriedly walked towards the pool.

However, at that moment, a voice suddenly rang out: "Who are you? How dare you trespass on this forbidden area!"

Zhu Feifei and Chang Juan stopped and turned to look at each other.

An old man dressed in a white robe and holding a whisk stood at the entrance of the space, coldly watching them.

"Who are you?" Zhu Feifei asked.

"I am the guardian of this place," the old man said. "You have trespassed into forbidden territory; do you know your crime?"

"Forbidden area?" Zhu Feifei was taken aback. "What kind of forbidden area is this?"

"This is the forbidden area of ​​the Moon Palace. No one is allowed to enter without permission!" the old man said. "Leave now, or don't blame me for being impolite!"

"The Moon Palace?" Zhu Feifei and Chang Juan exchanged a glance, both seeing surprise in each other's eyes.

Could this really be the legendary Moon Palace?