Shan Hai Jing: Evolution from Mantis

The ruins of this city are really big.

Looking down at the ruins in the distance from a high place, Su Chen couldn't help but exclaim in his heart.

Many buildings were eroded by wind and sand, leaving only a piece of debris, but the debris was spread all over the land.

Although most of the buildings were corroded, some statues were still preserved.

In the center of the ruins, there is a huge statue carved entirely of stone. Due to the erosion of wind and sand, the head has been destroyed, and only the body can be seen as a humanoid existence.

Everything in the ruins is filled with ancient breath.

Su Chen looked indifferent, took a step forward, and quickly approached the ancient ruins.

"Are there other creatures exploring here?"

Su Chen looked down and saw some figures fighting with the scorpion, scattered and humanoid. Among them, Su Chen also saw the creatures of the desert tribe that he had killed before, controlling the yellow sand to fight.

Those creatures seemed to have seen Su Chen, and there was a flicker of fear in their eyes.

Su Chen didn't care, and his eyes searched in the ruins.

Before coming, Shaqiu said that the ruins of this city that emerged on the ground were only part of the ruins.

Most of the ruins are actually underground.

Because of time, they are buried under the earth.

However, due to years of exploration, the underground has also been hollowed out by the creatures of the desert. As long as you find a passage to enter the underground, you can see the grandeur of the entire ruins.

After Su Chen searched for a while, he found a passage soon. It was really easy to find, and there were many passages, just like the holes dug by tomb robbers, everywhere.

Su Chen came to the passage, where there was a demon scorpion guarding it. Seeing Su Chen's arrival, the demon eyes on its left and right shoulders immediately opened and burst out an invisible mental shock.

Su Chen looked calm, allowing the mental shock to hit him, and his expression did not change. He just swung the mantis knife and directly killed the demon scorpion.

"Don't block the way."

Su Chen curled his lips and stepped into the passage, going all the way down.

The passage was huge, enough to accommodate Su Chen's current body.

And the further down, the larger the space.

"Roar!"

A roar sounded.

Su Chen looked up and saw that this place was indeed occupied by the demon scorpion as a nest. There were several demon scorpions in front of him, and it seemed that they smelled its breath and were targeted as food.

The sound of breaking through the air sounded, and the moment the invisible shock came, the scorpion's scorpion tail hole passed through.

"Tsk, what a waste of my time."

Su Chen curled his lips, tilted his head slightly, and the scorpion tail passed by his ear.

Then, Su Chen took a step forward, and his figure instantly rushed in front of the scorpion, swung the mantis knife, and the knife flashed under the sharp slash.

A puff sounded.

The heads of the three scorpions were cut off instantly.

The devouring touch extended and directly devoured the scorpions. After not finding any materials in the bodies of the scorpions, Su Chen continued to walk deeper.

After a while, Su Chen came to the deepest part. As he arrived, the space in front of him suddenly became clear, and the huge underground city came into view.

"Hiss..."

"So huge!"

Looking at the underground ruins in front of him, Su Chen took a deep breath, and a look of shock appeared in his eyes.

In the dim underground space, a huge city ruins with almost no end in sight was in front of him. Compared with the buildings on the ground eroded by wind and sand, the buildings in these underground ruins were undoubtedly well preserved.

Many buildings were not destroyed. The architectural style looked primitive, but there were exquisite patterns carved in many places.

Su Chen's eyes flickered with the brilliance of his divine purpose, and news related to it actually emerged in his mind.

[The ruins of a city of a former desert empire. It was once a powerful civilization, but after the death of their gods, this great empire also fell apart and was buried by yellow sand. 】

"Desert Empire?"

Su Chen's eyes flickered. An ancient empire, unfortunately, has been destroyed.

Moreover, this city does not seem to be the capital of the Desert Empire. I wonder if there are ruins of the capital of this empire in other places in the desert.

After all, the capital of an empire must have more good things.

Shaking his head, Su Chen took a deep breath and stopped thinking about it. As his thoughts turned, his talent was activated.

As he looked in different directions, Su Chen felt extremely happy.

.

"Hiss!"

"Sure enough, this ruins is too big. Even though it has been plundered by countless creatures before, there are still many good things that have not been discovered."

In several different directions, he sensed the existence of treasures in almost every direction.

But some were ordinary treasures, while others made him feel happy.

And what made him feel happy was in three different directions.

In other words, there are probably three treasure materials suitable for him.

"Could it be that here, I can gather all the remaining materials needed for strengthening at one time?"

Su Chen murmured, and his breathing became rapid.

But soon, he took a deep breath and calmed himself down.

Although the treasures were good, he also sensed the danger in the ruins, the risk of his death.

"Although it is only a possibility, there is no doubt that there are powerful enemies in the ruins. I wonder if they are desert creatures who come here to search for treasures? Or monsters?"

"Fortunately, there is only a possibility that I will die, which means that I have the ability to fight, as long as I am not crushed."

There are three treasures in the ruins that Su Chen really cares about, in different directions.

While thinking, Su Chen decided to walk to the left for the time being.

Not long after, he stepped into the ruins.

Walking on the land of the ancient buildings, the surroundings are quiet and seem very quiet, which makes people feel a little scary.

Suddenly, an invisible mental shock swept over. Su Chen's face was calm and he directly resisted it. With his current mental strength, this mental attack was not enough to pose any threat to him.

Looking in the direction of the attack source, a scarlet light flashed, which was the eyes of the scorpion.

Five or six scorpions walked out of the shadows, roared at Su Chen, and then rushed directly.

"You don't know whether to live or die."

Su Chen looked calm, and had no intention of swinging his knife. As soon as he thought about it, a strong wind raged out of his body, turning into wind blades that swept past.

Blood splattered, and the scorpions were immediately torn into pieces and died on the spot.

The touch of devouring extended out.

"Hmm?"

Just after devouring a corpse, Su Chen saw a bulge in the corpse with only the scorpion skin left.

"Is there material?"

With some curiosity in his heart, Su Chen waved the mantis knife to cut through the scorpion skin, and the blood bone with a little luster came into view.

A blood-colored bone of about the same size exuded a bloody smell.

Using his divine eyes, Su Chen checked the information of this bone.

[The blood bone born in the body of the scorpion living in the desert is a pretty good farming material. It will naturally blend into the land, enhance the vitality of the land, make the land more nutritious, and make the plants planted on it grow faster. In ancient times, creatures living in the desert often relied on hunting scorpions to obtain blood and bones to activate the soil and cultivate. 】

"It's actually a material for cultivation."

Seeing this introduction, Su Chen's eyes showed surprise. This thing must be useless to him.

But thinking of his own world, Su Chen couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

"Not bad, I'll throw it directly into the world later, just to make the soil inside more active."

In this way, it will be convenient to plant anything in the future.

"But it seems that these scorpions are still very valuable."

Su Chen murmured.

He felt that the creatures around the ruins might have the idea of ​​coming here to search for treasure, but they were probably more likely to come for the blood and bones in the scorpions.

Shaking his head, Su Chen devoured the other two corpses, but unfortunately no more blood and bones were found.

Su Chen didn't care and continued to set off.

There were many scorpions along the way. This place had already been used as a nest for scorpions. He even found some dead eggs of scorpions on the way. It is conceivable that the closer to the depths of the ruins, the more scorpions there would be.

However, even if Su Chen had not found the treasure yet, he had gained a lot.

At least there were nearly thirty blood bones in the backpack.

"The materials used for these buildings seem to be sand, which was kneaded into stone bricks with a special mucus, and these pyramid-shaped roofs are very desert-style."

Su Chen walked on the way to the treasure, and did not forget to look at the surrounding architectural style. Although it seemed ancient, it was unique.

Especially some exquisite patterns on the surface, it seemed to be praising a great existence.

That might be one of the greatest kings in the desert empire, or perhaps the gods they believed in.

In short, in the patterns, Su Chen roughly confirmed that the people of this empire had a very high favor for the sun, because the existence of the sun could be seen in many patterns.

Perhaps what they believed in was a statue related to the sun.

's people.

There are many buildings that can be entered, and Su Chen has also checked them, but he didn't find anything big.

As he walked, he came to a building that was obviously different.

"This is it."

Su Chen murmured, looking at the building in front of him, which looked like a temple built in the city.

"Is it a building dedicated to worshipping gods?"

Su Chen's eyes flickered, and he sensed the breath of treasures in it, but he didn't know what it was.

But at the same time, the wind also told him that there were powerful creatures in this temple, and they should be enemies.

Su Chen didn't rush in, but looked back behind him.

Footsteps sounded slowly.

Three figures walked slowly from a distance in the dim light.

Su Chen frowned slightly and saw that the three figures were creatures of the desert tribe.