Chapter 1157: Egrets and Clams Fight, Fisherman Gains

If it were in the past, a second would be useless, but for a skilled cultivator now, a second can accomplish a lot.

However, the skill only works on people named Zhang San, which makes it quite useless.

How many people named Zhang San can there be in this world?

He had been in this world for so long and hadn't encountered a single one.

Even if he did, they might not be his enemies.

Even if they were enemies, he could probably handle them with his normal strength.

To encounter an enemy named Zhang San whom he couldn't defeat with his own strength—the probability of that was like finding a needle in a haystack.

He would probably never encounter such a situation in his lifetime.

With a dark expression, Zu An had no choice but to look at the other skill.

Congratulations on drawing the skill "Dark Stealth"!

Zu An's eyes lit up. This name sounded quite imposing and should be more reliable than that "Enemy of Zhang San" skill.

Skill Description: In a certain timeline, there was an introverted, reclusive scientist who fantasized about interacting with the opposite sex but was too afraid to speak to them in reality. So, he thought it would be wonderful if he could become invisible and secretly observe them. That way, they wouldn't discover him, and he could admire their beauty undisturbed.

Thus, he spent his entire life researching and developing an invisibility technology, which he named Dark Stealth.

However, by the time he developed it, he was already very old, and his youthful desires had faded. But to prevent his lifelong effort from going to waste, he decided to try it out.

Unfortunately, his dream goddess from his youth had passed away. So, he found her granddaughter, who looked exactly like the goddess in her youth. With excitement, he successfully snuck into her room late at night, only to see the woman, who resembled his dream goddess, lying beneath a man being vigorously pleasured. His mind shattered, and combined with his old age, he instantly died of shock…

Reading this, Zu An was speechless. This person was simply too… too tragic, wasn't he?

Both tragic and perverse!

From the fragmented descriptions of each skill he drew, he realized these skills seemed to come from different timelines. However, they shared a common characteristic: their creators were all peculiar and unfortunate individuals from their respective timelines.

Remembering that the previous skills had various problematic attributes, he quickly read on.

Effect: In complete darkness without a trace of light, the user can become completely invisible, undetectable by touch, taste, smell, hearing, sight, spiritual sense, or any other means. However, the invisibility effect will disappear as soon as the user initiates an attack. Furthermore, the invisibility does not work in any place with even the slightest light.

Zu An: "..."

This item seemed wonderful, but it was similar to the flashlight he had drawn before: that one would only light up in bright places and never in the dark.

This skill, however, was somewhat opposite: it couldn't be used in light and only worked in complete darkness.

Seriously, if it's completely dark already, isn't that essentially invisibility? What's the point of this skill then?

He looked at the remaining items with a dejected expression. Finally, taking stock, perhaps because he had drawn two skills, he only received 250 vitality fruits this time, which was fewer than the normal probability. There were no other items.

250...

Zu An's eyelids twitched. Seeing this number always gave him a sense of mockery.

He put away the vitality fruits. Daji still lacked the Azure Sulphur Flower for her breakthrough, so feeding her vitality fruits at this time would be useless.

"Are you done?" Yu Yanluo asked with concern, noticing him standing up.

"Yes," Zu An smiled, "Let's go find Yan Xuehen."

Just then, another terrifying wave of fluctuations emanated from outside, grander in scale than the previous ones. The entire mine shaft shook violently, and the space they were in began to collapse.

Zu An quickly grabbed Yu Yanluo's hand, and they climbed back up into the main mine shaft.

Almost immediately after they ascended, various collapsed earth and rubble completely buried the space below.

Yu Yanluo said with lingering fear, "Did Yan Xuehen encounter that strange worm again?"

Zu An nodded, "Yes, and judging by the intensity, it seems like a battle to the death."

Yu Yanluo suggested, "Why don't we take advantage of the monster's absence, find the spatial rift first, and see if there's a chance to destroy it?"

Zu An pondered for a moment, then said, "Let's go to where the battle is happening first and assess the situation."

Yu Yanluo asked hesitantly, "Are you worried about her?"

Zu An chuckled, "Are you jealous? Mainly, I thought that we don't know how to seal spatial rifts, and we'll most likely still need Yan Xuehen's power."

"That Scaled Death Worm is incredibly powerful. If Yan Xuehen can't handle it alone and gets eaten, we'll be even more helpless against it. We might as well take this opportunity to see if we can offer any assistance."

"Why would you think I'm jealous?" Yu Yanluo's expression was strange. "Could Yan Xuehen possibly have anything with you?"

In her opinion, Yan Xuehen was a senior figure in the martial world, a top expert renowned for centuries, and even had the faint aura of a righteous leader. She was notoriously emotionless, so how could she possibly get romantically entangled with a young man?

Especially since he was her disciple's man.

Although Yu Yanluo thought Zu An was excellent, no matter how wild her imagination, she wouldn't associate the two in that way.

Zu An's old face flushed. Of course, he was too embarrassed to explain the effect of the Golden Phoenix Love being Stronger than Gold.

Fortunately, Yu Yanluo didn't think much of it. "You have a point. Let's go see if we can help. Even if Yan Xuehen doesn't let me off later, I'll accept it."

If this Death Worm remained here, the entire mine would be destroyed. Not only would the Yu family be ruined, but the common people of Yunzhong Commandery would also likely be massacred by these creatures.

In comparison, her personal safety was no longer important.

Zu An took her hand. "Don't worry, that won't happen."

Then, the two quickly rushed towards the location of the great battle.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Yun Jianyue and Yan Xuehen were both panting, their hair somewhat disheveled, completely losing their usual elegance and grace. They looked quite disheveled.

Yan Xuehen fumed, "It's all your fault, you crazy woman! Now look, we're both going to die here."

Her white dress was stained with specks of blood, indicating she was not lightly injured.

Yun Jianyue's expression on the other side was also grim. "Who told you, you ice-hearted woman, to indiscriminately kill innocents?"

"I didn't kill Zu An at all!" Yan Xuehen also felt some regret. If not for her own arrogance and unwillingness to explain to her old rival earlier, they wouldn't have both been severely injured, ultimately allowing the strange worm to benefit from their conflict.

"I never expected the esteemed Sect Master of White Jade Capital to stoop to lying when facing death." Yun Jianyue naturally didn't believe her. In her view, this woman was extremely stubborn. She had always wanted to separate Zu An from her disciple, and now, using the matter of Yu Yanluo as an excuse, it would be strange if she didn't strike with malicious intent.

"Do I still need to lie to you at this point?" Yan Xuehen gave a sorrowful smile, gazing at the terrifying, towering worm in the distance. She never imagined that after dominating the world for so many years, she would end up like this.

In truth, she wasn't afraid of death, but being devoured by such an ugly and disgusting monster was something she found hard to accept.

Yun Jianyue was startled, then couldn't help but curse, "If you didn't kill him, why didn't you say so from the start?"

"You were the one who immediately wanted to fight and kill…" Halfway through, she felt her tone was a bit weak, so she immediately straightened her back. "Why should I explain my lifelong actions to you!"

Anyway, she was about to die; she might as well die with some dignity.

Yun Jianyue: "..."

However, as someone from the Demonic Cult, she wasn't so obsessed with saving face that she would suffer for it.

She immediately said, "Where is your White Jade Capital's sacred healing medicine, the Ice Heart Creation Pill? I know you usually carry two of them. Quickly take them out, one for each of us. With the combined strength of us two, we might still escape from the mouth of this beast."

With such severe injuries now, no matter how miraculous the elixir, it couldn't instantly restore them. She knew that her own healing medicine wasn't as effective as the other's; that medicine could restore a certain amount of combat power in a short time, and with their combined efforts, they might still be able to deal with the strange worm.

To her surprise, Yan Xuehen's face flushed. "None!"

How could she possibly tell the other party that she had given such precious medicine to Zu An? If pressed, how would she explain herself?

The mere thought of the other's gossipy, speculative expression at that moment made her feel she might as well die.

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I had some matters these past two days, so there's only one chapter today.