Chapter 167: The Lizard Tribe Attacks

Swish, swish...

In the swamp on the ground, pitch-black pythons as thick as water vats darted out, rapidly sprouting pairs of broad wings. With an almost frenzied momentum, they soared continuously toward the sky.

After rushing a hundred zhang high into the air, they intertwined and condensed, forming a sphere the size of a millstone. All the moisture contained within them was thoroughly squeezed out, rendering the sphere as hard as stone.

Moreover, this sphere expanded and grew at an astonishing speed.

Soon, its diameter exceeded ten meters, twenty meters... thirty meters!

Viewed from afar, it looked as if an oversized meteorite had suddenly appeared in the sky.

The alligator subjects living nearby could not help but reveal expressions of awe and worship in their eyes, all prostrating themselves on the ground... These fellows knew that this was a divine miracle displayed by their king.

As for the other exotic beasts and animals living in the nearby jungle, they emitted terrified cries one after another, scrambling to escape into the distance.

Ever since Lu Chen began practicing and refining his military formation domain, these fellows had basically spent their days in fear and trembling, never experiencing a single day of peaceful life.

"Fall!"

Accompanied by Lu Chen's voice, the oversized meteorite suddenly plummeted from the high altitude.

Boom...

Two years—no, two seconds later, a huge mushroom cloud rose from the mountain forest opposite.

The saltwater crocodiles, situated thousands of meters away, also felt the ground beneath their feet violently shake. Had it not been for the blessing of the military formation, they would have long since been knocked down by the impact.

Having witnessed the attack's effect, Lu Chen was quite satisfied.

After evolving into a Tier 7 fierce beast, his strength had once again increased exponentially.

Especially with the blessing of the "military formation domain," he continuously played around with new tricks involving the "compressed energy bomb" and the "swamp of the earth."

If he had injected the laws of the compressed energy bomb into that meteorite just now, it would have transformed into a super-sized bomb; he believed the spectacle would have been even more magnificent.

It was just that his subjects were all around this area, so Lu Chen did not dare to try it.

If released on Blue Star, it could destroy at least half of a small city.

Without the slightest exaggeration, every move Lu Chen made now carried a terrifying, destructive power.

A single alligator could rival a nation!

***

Once all matters concerning the alligator clan were settled, Lu Chen set off once more to explore the direction of the pyramid cemetery.

Actually, he had harbored this thought for a long time, but he had constantly been busy with various affairs and had never found the time to spare.

Lu Chen did not plan to bring the alligator guard; this time, he was still going it alone.

A major lethal weapon like the military formation domain was only to be used when encountering foreign invaders.

Judging from the current exploration of the waterfall space, there should be no entities nearby capable of threatening him.

Of course, Lu Chen's outing this time was not merely for archaeological excavations of the pyramid cemetery; he also intended to conduct a comprehensive exploration of the entire waterfall space.

He wanted to see just how vast this spatial region was, what form it existed in, and why a spatial channel existed between it and Blue Star. There was also the gigantic, continuously erupting volcano in the distance—what on earth was going on with it?

Previously, constrained by his own strength, he had always maintained a certain awe toward the depths of the waterfall space.

Half a day later, Lu Chen had already appeared in the pyramid mausoleum area.

Everything remained unchanged.

However, upon entering, Lu Chen could more clearly sense the ripples of energy emanating from within the mausoleums. They did not exist in isolation; they seemed to be linked to one another by a miraculous energy field.

This should be the function of the rune arrays.

After his realm improved, Lu Chen's perceptive ability and strength had both increased significantly. Breaking through the defensive rune arrays hidden around the pyramids should no longer be a difficult task.

He had always yearned for the spirit stones inside the mausoleums.

Additionally, there might be spiritual artifacts; bringing them back to the human world of Blue Star should fetch a pretty penny.

Lu Chen had long since regarded these pyramids as items safely in his pocket, so he did not deliberately pick and choose targets. Instead, he intended to flatten everything along the way, leaving not a single one behind.

After resting briefly, he took aim at the nearest pyramid and greeted it by condensing a compressed energy bomb.

Boom, boom!!

For a time, the sound of explosions echoed continuously in the jungle, and billowing smoke and dust soared into the sky.

This time, the efficiency was multiplied several-fold. In merely half a day, the protective barrier shrouding the outer perimeter of the pyramid shattered with a loud crash, revealing its true appearance.

There was no difference from the two pyramids he had breached previously; coffin traps similarly existed within the entire mausoleum.

After another round of bombing, the rune arrays hidden inside were shattered.

Spirit stones shining with dazzling brilliance appeared before his eyes. The most important component maintaining the operation of the array was a sixth-grade spirit stone.

Although the energy contained within it had already been mostly depleted, seeing the text that appeared on the system panel still made Lu Chen somewhat excited.

"Damaged sixth-grade spirit stone, capable of providing 18.29 million energy points..."

If it were a complete sixth-grade spirit stone, a single one would probably provide fifty million energy points.

Twenty of them would accumulate a billion, supporting Lu Chen's evolution into an eighth-grade fierce beast.

It was just a pity; who knew how many years these mausoleums had existed, with the energy within the spirit stones continuously draining away. Being able to last until now was already no small feat.

As for those fragmented first and second-grade spirit stones, the energy points they contained were even scarcer. Lu Chen did not even deign to look at them, planning to temporarily store them in his inner space and hand them over to the saltwater crocodile guards to swallow upon his return.

Having thoroughly cleaned out everything of value in the entire tomb chamber, Lu Chen set his sights on the second pyramid.

Next came the third and fourth; the sound of explosions echoed ceaselessly throughout the entire cemetery.

During the archaeological excavation process, Lu Chen did not ignore anomalies that might exist in the surrounding area.

When he saw a lizard monster stealthily appear in the sky, he immediately became vigilant. However, he did not alert it and continued to mind his own business.

In the span of just three days, Lu Chen had dismantled seven or eight pyramids.

Just as he was carefully searching through the ruins of giant stones, he suddenly felt abnormal fluctuations coming from the sky several miles away in the distance, as if a large scale of raptors were flying at high speed.

Those fellows, had they finally arrived?

Lu Chen had not forgotten about the lizard monster horde.

It was just that he had been bogged down by various matters previously, leaving him no time to explore further into the distance.

He had originally planned to wait until all these pyramid mausoleums were fully explored before seeking out their whereabouts.

He had not expected these fellows to actively show themselves, which saved him a lot of trouble and justified his prior decision to let that lizard monster go.

Soon, a large group of lizards appeared above the pyramid mausoleums.

The lizard king at the head exceeded twenty meters in length, possessed a gigantic head, and looked as ugly as ever. Its entire body radiated a soaring, fierce aura, making it truly terrifying in the extreme.

"Damaged reptile, stop this instant! How dare you disturb the slumber of the divine beings? Do you not know that this place is guarded by Lord Seraph?"

A tiny lizard monster rushed close, chattering incessantly. In order to make Lu Chen understand its words, it simultaneously released spiritual energy fluctuations.

Seeing this fellow speak rudely, Lu Chen naturally grew impatient and greeted it directly with a compressed energy bomb.

The little lizard did not even have a chance to escape; amidst the sound of the explosion, it directly turned into several large chunks of flesh and blood, scattering down from the sky.

Lu Chen then condensed a giant hand of black mud to pick up the flesh and blood, opening his mouth to swallow it.

Having been busy for so long, he was already hungry; it was just right to eat something to fill his stomach.

His actions immediately infuriated the lizard monster horde.

"Damaged reptile, how dare you show disrespect to our dragon race!"

"Great King, kill him immediately!"

"He must absolutely not be spared..."

...

These fellows all opened their mouths, clamoring loudly.