I picked up skill fragments in the demon world

Chapter 111 Miniature Dragon Ball

Zhang Chen didn't know what the Flood Dragon Pearl was for; all he knew now was that it was a huge trouble. He had to find a way to get rid of it, otherwise, he feared that once Zhang Shicheng survived his tribulation, he would come looking for him.

“But how to conceal the aura of the Flood Dragon Pearl?”

Zhang Chen examined the fragments of the Flood Dragon Pearl. Unexpectedly, the dragon energy within his body surged forth, directly emerging from his wrist and transforming into a true dragon. It opened its miniature mouth towards the Flood Dragon Pearl, which then turned into a wisp of mist, continuously pouring into the true dragon's destiny. In just thirty or so breaths, the Flood Dragon Pearl was completely absorbed, vanishing without a trace.

“This…” Zhang Chen's expression shifted upon witnessing this scene. With a thought, he turned his gaze inward to examine his own dragon energy, and he felt that it seemed to possess some slight, unusual quality. The dragon energy was seen wandering and playing within his spiritual world, constantly swallowing and spitting out a speck of golden light the size of a grain of rice, just like a true dragon playing with a pearl.

Dragon Ball!

Seeing that speck of light, a thought suddenly stirred in Zhang Chen's mind, and the next moment, information appeared in his consciousness:

【Dragon Ball: Can amplify control over the water area by onefold】

“Control over the water flow has reached one hundred meters?” A hint of surprise appeared in Zhang Chen's eyes. He seemed to be getting closer and closer to transforming into a true dragon.

Moreover, after seeing the definition of that golden light on the golden finger interface, the light in Zhang Chen's eyes grew brighter and brighter, because what the system defined was [Dragon Ball], and not the [Flood Dragon Pearl] of a pseudo-dragon.

Although this Dragon Ball was very miniature, Zhang Chen was extremely happy. A Dragon Ball was a Dragon Ball, and a Flood Dragon Pearl was a Flood Dragon Pearl. The gap between the two was like the difference between gold and iron, completely insurmountable.

As the Dragon Ball roamed within his body, a strange feeling suddenly arose in Zhang Chen's heart. He seemed to have formed a peculiar connection with the lake water beneath his feet.

“This Dragon Ball is very wonderful. If it can be cultivated in the future, it will definitely have a great use.” Zhang Chen muttered to himself, looking at Xie Xuan's departing figure. The next moment, the river water beneath his feet froze into ice, carrying Zhang Chen and heading towards the deeper parts of the underground river.

But before he could go far, a miserable cry from Xie Xuan suddenly echoed: “Zhang Shicheng! Have you gone mad, old bastard? You're chasing me down halfway through your tribulation; you want to die, don't drag me down with you as a scapegoat!”

“You destroyed my Flood Dragon Pearl! I, your ancestor, will fight you to the death! I must kill you before reincarnation and seizing another body, just to vent my anger!” Zhang Shicheng's furious roar resounded.

Zhang Chen's heart jolted. He quickly transformed into an oval-shaped piece of ice and was swallowed by a large snake, which swam towards the deeper parts of the lake.

He had no intention of caring about Xie Xuan's life or death. Xie Xuan, as a member of the imperial court, must have his own unknown methods of self-preservation. Xie Xuan could only rely on his own good fortune.

The cooldown time of his Soul Hook skill was getting shorter and shorter, and he didn't want to be targeted by Zhang Shicheng. If Xie Xuan and the others were targeted, they still had a chance to escape with the speed of their Yang Gods, but if he was targeted, he would only be killed.

Zhang Chen kept diving in the water, when suddenly, the ground shook violently, and the earth constantly cracked open with terrifying fissures. The lake water kept pouring in, and the lava underground also flowed out at this time, stirring the entire underground world into a chaotic mess.

At this time, the Crystal Palace collapsed, the karst cave began to cave in, the underground lake water overflowed, and the underground lava also flowed out, stirring the entire underground world into a chaotic mess.

The large python accidentally touched the lava and hurriedly fled at top speed, fearing that it would be cooked if it was too slow.

Zhang Chen, inside the python's abdomen, sensed the outside situation with the help of the water vapor, his face extremely gloomy: “Damn it, this is a big trouble! The underground world is collapsing; I must not be trapped and die here.”

At this time, the lava was raging, and the entire underground world was bright, with raging flames burning in the water, constantly spreading underwater, frightening the large python into fleeing along the cracked ravines.

Accompanying the two's fight, the earth cracked into ravines, and the large python was now fleeing in a panic, drilling into any opening it saw.

As for Zhang Chen? He didn't recognize the way either. At this time, he stopped controlling the large python's direction and allowed it to flee in the underground river, wherever it could escape to.

It was unknown how long had passed, when suddenly, a dragon's roar echoed in the underground world, constantly reverberating: “You little bastard, you damned mortal, how dare you tamper with my soul! I will never forgive you! I know you are still hiding in the underground world; come out for me!”

The underground world was filled with scorching lava, accompanied by the sound of thunder, and Zhang Shicheng's painful wails echoed throughout the karst cave.

“It seems that Xie Xuan has fallen? Could it be that Elder Wu has also fallen? Otherwise, how would Zhang Shicheng have time to find me?” Thoughts flashed in Zhang Chen's mind.

However, Zhang Shicheng was only shouting in the underground world, but he didn't chase after him, indicating that the other party could no longer find his traces. Zhang Chen simply entered a state of contemplation, causing his spiritual world to fall into silence, completely sealing off all his aura that could possibly expose his identity.

In a state of muddled confusion, Zhang Chen looked at the scroll in his mind, and at this time, he actually saw a slightly different meaning.

Perhaps it was because Zhang Chen's spirit had been constantly tense before, or perhaps it was because Zhang Chen's spirit was particularly focused under the pressure from the outside world at this time. Zhang Chen was now looking at the contemplation diagram and actually fell into a peculiar state.

Then, he allowed the large snake to escape instinctively. He didn't know how long he had escaped for, when suddenly, at a certain moment, it seemed that everything had quieted down. Zhang Chen activated the Water Control Technique to sense the outside world, and couldn't help but be stunned: “Huh, where is the underground lake?”

Only after sensing the outside world did Zhang Chen realize that the underground lake had disappeared without a trace.

He quickly used the Beast Control Technique to control the large python to release him. Then, he saw the big sun shining down from the sky, reflecting into Zhang Chen's eyes through the ice.

Through the ice, looking at the blurry sun in the sky, two thoughts floated in Zhang Chen's mind at this time. The first thought was:

“I'm out?”

Then the second thought was: “How could I be out? Could it be that I was found by that old scoundrel Zhang Shicheng? And then he fished me out?”

The third thought: “What should I do? Should I run away immediately?”

Zhang Chen's muttering thoughts flashed in his mind, eventually melting the ice and drilling out. Then, his eyes looked around, and a hint of astonishment appeared in his eyes.

The surroundings were barren mountains and wild ridges, with withered grass and trees, looking very desolate.

The large python was dazedly lying in the sun, basking in the sunlight, seemingly frozen by the large ice block in its belly before, and was now absorbing the energy of the sun.

This place was a desolate wilderness without any signs of human habitation. Zhang Chen stared at the sun overhead, his eyes full of astonishment: “Where have I arrived? And where did this large python crawl out from?”

At this time, an indescribable sense of hunger rose in his stomach, making Zhang Chen's body tremble. The feeling was as if he hadn't eaten for seven or eight days, making his whole body dizzy with hunger. If there was a cow here, he was afraid that he could swallow it.

Zhang Chen's eyes looked towards the large python. The next moment, he unhesitatingly stepped forward and placed his palm on the python's body, then drained its blood. As the snake's blood was sucked dry, a warm current flowed out from the crystalline cocoon, nourishing Zhang Chen's body. However, Zhang Chen was still very hungry, hungry to the extreme.

"I'm so hungry! I must have spent many days in the python's belly. I haven't eaten for a long time." Zhang Chen made a judgment in his heart, and then looked at the python. But for some reason, a sense of unspeakable disgust arose in his heart, a feeling as if he were devouring his own kind. Zhang Chen endured his hunger and shifted his gaze, then began to traverse the deep mountains and forests.

He believed that with his hunting skills, as long as there were still living things in the mountains, he would be able to find something to eat.

However, after walking for an hour, Zhang Chen looked at the abandoned traps in the mountains, and couldn't help but frown.

Most importantly, after he walked through, using his Beast Mastery skill to sense, apart from ants and other small animals, there wasn't even a rat in the mountains, as if all the animals had disappeared.

The birds in the mountains had also vanished without a trace. The entire mountain forest was deathly silent. Apart from the sound of the wind blowing through the trees, there was no other sound, which couldn't help but make one's hair stand on end.

Looking at the white bones of birds on the ground, Zhang Chen couldn't help but sigh inwardly: "The Pingbian Prince's Mansion is committing sins! Because of the jiao dragon transforming, I don't know how many birds have died of thirst. Truly, it is a heinous crime."

The bodies of all the slightly larger animals in the mountains had already turned into white bones, becoming dried corpses under the scorching sun.

However, Zhang Chen didn't give up searching. He was very, very hungry now, hungry to the extreme. He had to find something to eat, otherwise he was afraid that he wouldn't die from someone else's scheme, but would starve to death.

Zhang Chen wandered aimlessly in the mountain forest, feeling his limbs weaken from hunger, and the muscles in his body aching.

"Perhaps it's because I was frozen in the ice for too long, which damaged my skin," Zhang Chen thought to himself.

"How much time did I spend in the ice after all? After all, in my senses, I only felt like I was contemplating that scroll for a moment," Zhang Chen thought to himself.

Just when Zhang Chen was feeling panicked with hunger and his eyes were seeing stars, his eyes suddenly lit up. He actually saw a continuous series of Taoist temples among the distant mountains.

"There's food!" Zhang Chen's eyes lit up when he saw the Taoist temple, and he quickly rushed towards the direction of the temple.

When the time comes, he would not only be able to beg for food, but also ask for directions to see where this place was and which direction was the way home.

Zhang Chen climbed all the way through the barren mountains, his clothes torn and tattered by the dead trees and thorns in the mountains. Finally, he found the path into the mountain and arrived at the gate.

However, to Zhang Chen's disappointment, the gate of the Taoist temple was tightly closed, obviously he couldn't get in.

His eyes swept across the steps on the ground, but he saw that the steps were neat and tidy, without any weeds or fallen leaves, obviously they were often cleaned.

Feeling his limbs weakening from hunger, Zhang Chen looked at the gate of the Taoist temple. The next moment, the Water Control Technique was activated, sensing the nearby water flow.

"There's water ten meters underground."

Zhang Chen thought in his heart. The underground water slowly permeated the soil and flew into the air.

"Extracting water from underground is too slow." It took a full cup of tea's time for Zhang Chen to extract a ten-meter square water ball from underground, then he directly drilled into the water ball, swam up the high wall, and took advantage of the water flow's buffer to fall into the yard, and then dispersed the water ball.

The Taoist temple was also a withered yellow, but he didn't care about it, and went straight to the direction of the palace. He walked all the way and saw that the Taoist temple was cleaned spotlessly, but he didn't see anyone.

Brooms, dustpans and other objects were scattered randomly on the ground. Obviously, the people in the Taoist temple had left in too much of a hurry because of urgent matters and had no time to clean up.

Zhang Chen's eyes were blurred with hunger at this time, where did he have time to care so much? He went straight up the steps and came to the main hall.

This Taoist temple was very large, no smaller than the Zhongnan Mountain Taoist temple in his previous life. The main hall was clean and new, with incense emitting green smoke, appearing peaceful and quiet.

The main hall enshrined unknown gods, with thirty-six statues in total.

Zhang Chen's energy was not focused on the statues at this time, but on the offering table in front of the statues. Apples and pears were not to mention, there were also pastries and other foods, which made Zhang Chen's eyes light up with green light.

"Is there anyone?" Zhang Chen shouted at the entrance of the main hall, but no one answered. He walked into the main hall and said, "If there's no one, I'm coming in."

Then, his eyes looked at the food on the offering table, and then at the statues of the unknown gods, and he respectfully bowed: "I unintentionally passed by this place today, and I want to borrow some food to fill my stomach. I will definitely repay you for your great kindness in the future."

After speaking, Zhang Chen was no longer polite, and directly picked up the pastries on the table and began to feast.

After the pastries entered his stomach, Zhang Chen's swallowing action became faster and faster, but soon there was a sound of footsteps outside the door. Zhang Chen heard the footsteps, and then looked at the pastries on the offering table that he had eaten half of, and after a little thought, he still chose to hide.

You must know that the things offered to the gods cannot be moved casually. If the people in the Taoist temple see it, I'm afraid he will suffer. It's better for him to 'beg' some silver from the foot of the mountain in the future, and then repay the incense.

The sound of footsteps gradually approached. Zhang Chen glanced at the wide offering table, directly lifted the curtain of the offering table, and then drilled under the offering table.

He saw a figure coming to the offering table, and couldn't help but frown at the messy offering table. A crisp voice came: "Which senior brother is so undisciplined? He has eaten too many of these offerings. If the masters find out, everyone will be unlucky. But since they have all been eaten, I might as well eat my fill now, and it won't be unjust to be implicated and punished later."

Then the sound of smacking his lips came. Zhang Chen hid under the table, and heard the self-talk, and couldn't help but think to himself: "It seems to be a young Taoist?"

It's just that the young Taoist's voice was too young, and it was difficult to distinguish between male and female.

Just as he was thinking, suddenly there was another sound of footsteps outside the door, accompanied by a familiar voice, which entered Zhang Chen's ears.

"Sanguan, how is the matter planned down the mountain? This rebellion is of great importance, and there must be no slightest omission. Whether my Yellow Heaven Dao can succeed depends on this!" Elder Wu's voice came from outside the door, but it was a little weak.

Zhang Chen was too familiar with this voice. This was Elder Wu's voice, but how could Elder Wu appear here? And the Yellow Heaven Dao? Rebellion? Is this content he can listen to?

Zhang Chen felt a little flustered in his heart. He seemed to have heard a secret that he shouldn't have heard.

The next moment, he saw the curtain of the table being lifted, and then a figure drilled in directly with nimble hands and feet, and directly bumped into Zhang Chen's head.

Zhang Chen's nose was bumped, and tears were about to flow down, and the little figure was also clutching his chin in pain, grinning.