The “Stone Maiden” slowly disintegrated, and the stone wall collapsed, revealing the blond man within.
At this moment, he was kneeling on the ground, his hands clutching his head, but his entire body was riddled with several large, bloody holes, and with his breath ceased, he clearly could not stand up again.
“You all broke through?”
Chen Bugu was a little surprised; whether it was Yan Kuan or Lin Xiaoxiao, the combat power they displayed had already reached the Black Iron Five-Star level.
On the premise of maintaining distance, among those of the same level, Element-type abilities were inherently more advantageous than enhancement-type abilities, not to mention Yan Kuan was also equipped with green-level “Boots of the Earth.”
The role of equipment would become increasingly prominent in the future; Awakened of the same level, with equipment and without equipment, were completely two different levels of combat power.
As for Lin Xiaoxiao, for her to be able to so easily restrain two Black Iron Four Star Awakened, she must have also completed a breakthrough.
“Didn’t you break through? After coming out of the Secret Realm, we all broke through,” Lin Xiaoxiao asked back.
This reminded Chen Bugu; he had just woken up, his mind was hazy, and he hadn't had time to look at Bi Yu Wei Lan, let alone feel the changes in his body.
Chen Bugu closed his eyes, and the long-unseen panel information finally reappeared in his mind.
“Virus Type Ability: Cracking”
“Element-type ability: Space-Time”
“Strength: 65”
“Blood Qi: 75”
“Speed: 77”
“Spirit: 400 / 400”
“Skills: Fireball, Bullet Time, Recall”
“Gene Lock: Eye Decipher 100%”
“Unlocked: Inference, Weakness Detection, Mental Shock”
Chen Bugu was stunned; his Three Regions had changed at some point, already breaking through to Black Iron Seven Stars.
“It’s because of those green spiritual liquids; the former Muka King, after transforming into a giant tree, had a large amount of green spiritual liquid gushing from its roots.
Those spiritual liquids contained a large amount of energy, and when we woke up, our bodies were still stained with those spiritual liquids.
After our bodies absorbed them, we achieved breakthroughs.”
Bai Ting spoke up to explain, seemingly having seen Chen Bugu’s confusion.
“You also broke through to Black Iron Six Star?”
Chen Bugu turned to look at Bai Ting, who just nodded lightly.
“You guys wait first, how do we deal with these two?”
Lin Xiaoxiao turned her head; although Chen Bugu had just told Yan Kuan to kill them, Lin Xiaoxiao was still a girl after all and had never killed anyone.
It was fine for her to control these two people, but to kill them, she was still a bit hesitant.
“It’s okay, Xiao Xiao, I’ll do it.”
Chen Bugu had recovered some strength; he stood up from the ground, and with a thought, a simple wooden bow appeared in his hand.
While checking the storage ring, he had already discovered that there was an additional wooden bow inside, its design so crude that it was exactly like the broken bow Kefuke had initially given him.
Yan Kuan and the others were slightly stunned; they also recognized this wooden bow.
However, it looked a bit awkward now, because in the Secret Realm, this 1.7-meter-long wooden bow was just right for the nearly three-meter-tall Muka people.
But at this moment, for the 1.8-meter-tall Chen Bugu, it had indeed become a large bow.
Chen Bugu gripped the bow arm tightly with his left hand; in his eyes, countless blue-green light points of Water Element and wood elements converged towards the wooden bow in his hand.
The next second, everyone was surprised to see the wooden bow in Chen Bugu’s hand undergo a transformation.
The original deep wood color became clear and bright, a branch grew from the bow tip, wrapping around the bow arm in circles downwards.
The moment tender leaves sprouted on the branch, several green jade crystals were embedded in the center of the bow arm and on both sides of the bow tips.
The original bowstring, made of tree bark, instantly disintegrated, transforming into a fine silk of water, emitting a faint blue light.
Chen Bugu held the bow in front of him with his left arm, extended his right index finger, and slowly pulled the water string.
Countless green light points converged at his fingertip, and a spiral-shaped wooden arrow appeared out of thin air in front of the string.
This move left Yan Kuan and the others dumbfounded.
Yan Kuan and the others did not know about Chen Bugu’s previous act in the Secret Realm, where he bit an arrow and fiercely shot the “god.”
So, seeing Jade Ripple for the first time, they were all somewhat shocked by this exquisite and beautiful great bow.
When the two men saw Lin Xiaoxiao staring at the bow in a daze, they quickly seized the opportunity to retreat rapidly, turning around and fleeing at full speed.
After Lin Xiaoxiao discovered them, she was about to control her flying darts to intercept and kill them but was softly stopped by Chen Bugu.
“Whoosh!”
Chen Bugu quickly released the string, and the wooden arrow broke through the wind, accurately hitting one of the men.
The wooden arrow was like piercing into cotton, passing through the man’s chest without any obstruction.
The other man watched his companion being shot through with an arrow, instantly realizing that running was not an option.
In a panic, he quickly activated his ability, and as he turned around, the skin on his arms turned into stone, blocking his chest.
“Whoosh!”
The second arrow broke through the wind, accurately hitting the man’s petrified arms.
However, this time the incoming arrow was no longer a single wooden arrow, but a water arrow flowing at high speed repeatedly.
The stone-armed man slowly lowered his head, only to see a bloody hole in his chest, and his petrified arms turned into shattered stones, falling to the ground.
In the last moment of his life, he looked at Chen Bugu, his eyes filled with nothing but terror.
This was Chen Bugu’s first time using Jade Ripple in real combat in the real world.
He had even easily shot and killed those two men from Neon Country without entering “Bullet Time.”
He was very satisfied with the power of this weapon; it was worth him risking his life to explore that Secret Realm.
These Neon people, with such meager strength, actually wanted him to cripple his hands before?
Chen Bugu didn’t kill Jiang Sisi purely because he didn’t want any complications before exploring the Secret Realm.
Moreover, in later generations, Jiang Sisi was still an active participant in humanity’s fight against the alien races, whereas a large portion of the Neon Country’s people had defected to the alien races.
Therefore, Chen Bugu felt no guilt whatsoever in killing these Neon people.
“Holy crap! Is that Life Jade on your bow?”
Yan Kuan leaned his face close to Chen Bugu’s Jade Ripple, carefully examining the green crystals embedded on the bow, utterly astonished.
“What Life Jade?”
Chen Bugu was puzzled; he had never heard of this type of crystal in his previous life.
“It’s like Sunlight Jade, a top-tier attribute crystal, except Sunlight Jade is light-elemental, and Life Jade is wood-elemental.”
Yan Kuan repeatedly stroked the Life Jade embedded on the bow arm of Jade Ripple, his eyes gleaming, as if he couldn’t wait to pry a piece off.
Perhaps due to the influence of the blacksmith’s inheritance, Yan Kuan was now extremely obsessed with all kinds of rare crystals, which scared Chen Bugu into quickly putting away Jade Ripple.
After this interlude, Chen Bugu realized that there were still several groups of people on the platform in the distance.
However, they all seemed to be wary of Chen Bugu and the others, keeping their distance and not daring to approach.
Lin Xiaoxiao had already brought over the backpacks of those Neon people; as expected, there was still some food and water inside.
They distributed it among themselves and began to eat.
During Chen Bugu’s unconscious days, they had relied on others’ “relief” food to maintain their basic physical needs.
After resting for a while and confirming that their mental strength had recovered, they slowly stood up under the gaze of everyone on the entire platform and walked together to the pit in the middle of the platform.
“Let’s go, to Zero Realm.”
Chen Bugu finished speaking, glanced at everyone, then at this strange spherical space; he probably wouldn’t be coming back.
Chen Bugu was the first to jump down, and the sensation of weightlessness instantly enveloped his body, with endless wind sounds and the fat man’s screams whistling in his ears.
After nearly a minute of rapid descent, the darkness was gradually pierced by a bright spot.
Then, what came into everyone’s view was a blue sky, white clouds, and a dazzling sun.
Yan Kuan’s screaming whistle accompanied his body as it crashed through the white clouds at his fingertips.
“Oh my god, I have acrophobia~~~”
Yan Kuan had never imagined that they would jump down from a pit in the ground, only to fall from the sky…