283 Thwack Thwack Thwack! (1/2)

Chapter 283: Thwack Thwack Thwack!

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Squelch… squelch…

Xu Que tried again and again to pinch the meat-like surface. It made squishy noises every time he touched it, as if he were squeezing a piece of raw meat.

In fact, he noticed that there was nothing out of the ordinary on the rest of the surrounding stone walls—the substance was concentrated on this small section.

Immediately, Xu Que summoned the system.

”Blood sucker—I mean, system, find out what this shit is.”

Whoosh!

A flash of white light appeared across Xu Que's eyes, followed shortly by a ring of notifications from the system.

Ding! ”Test completed. Unknown creature detected, currently it is in a semi-conscious state. Confirm purchase of 'purifying water' to wake it up?”

”What? You mean this thing is a living creature? And that I need to waste 5000 Acting Tough Points to buy a bottle of purifying water to wake it up? Why the hell would I do that?”

Xu Que stared wide-eyed at the god-knows-what creature in front of him. What if after waking it up, it turned out to be an evil ancient spirit or some kind of monster that would only be worth some Experience Points after he killed it?

What would be the point, then? What was the worth of Experience Points anyway? Weren't the Acting Tough Points the most precious commodity out there, and the only one that he should focus on?

”No, system! I'm definitely not buying any purifying water!” said Xu Que without any hesitation.

Although he'd now accumulated over 10,000 Acting Tough Points so far, he was still unwilling to spend half of it on an unidentified creature. It was just too risky, and there was a high chance that the 5000 points would just go down the drain without bringing him any noticeable benefits at all.

Still, as the Act Tough King, Xu Que naturally possessed a very strong sense of curiosity.

After refusing the system's suggestion, he stood there and started to prod at the fleshy thing, trying to pull out the mysterious creature.

But after spending half a day's time doing so, the creature remained unresponsive and Xu Que was no more able to pull it out.

Xu Que even used the combined power of Soaring Dragon's Nine Transformation and the Killing Blade to try to pull the meaty blob out, but all his attempts remained unsuccessful as the creature stayed fixed upon the stone wall.

By that point, Xu Que suspected that the only way he could get the thing out of the wall was to shake up the whole mountain range!

”Damn it, you awful thing! Let's see how you react to this!” Xu Que then pulled out his Killing Blade and slashed it on the bizarre fleshy creature.

Thwack!

To his surprise, the moment the Killing Blade touched the fleshy creature, the attack deflected and bounced off the creature with incredible force. It was as if he'd used his fist to punch a huge cotton ball.

”Holy hell! I don't believe it!”

Xu Que raised his Killing Blade and once again swung it against the creature.

Thwack! Thwack! Thwack, thwack, thwack...

Xu Que's actions had resulted in a strange sound resounding throughout the dim and silent passageway.

Still, no matter how hard he tried, nothing seemed to happen—until the very last moment when Xu Que was about to give up, as something odd began to occur.

Suddenly, the piece of meat on the stone wall dangled and wriggled about, followed by a shrill scream that came from behind the stone wall!

”Aaaargh! Holy hell! That hurt! Who would dare face a deity with such insolence!”

The voice that came from within the stone wall gave Xu Que such a fright that he almost jumped out of his skin. His eyes opened wide in incredulity. How could he have known that by stabbing the blob a few times, he would really awaken the creature inside?

More importantly, did this thing just claim that it was a deity? What kind of joke was that? What pathetic deity would end up locked up in a stone wall?

Xu Que raised his eyebrows and sneered.

”I am the Lord of the Immortal Kingdom,” said Xu Que, ”and the Emperor of Small Fleshy Pieces. Who are you to dare disturb my peace by screaming so loudly?”

The creature in the stone wall went silent for few moments before the sharp voice appeared again.