Dimensional Codex System: I'm really not a cultist!

Chapter 726: Chapter 725: I, Malthael, am going to smash your fish head today!

In the dark sea water, there was deathly silence.

Few people knew—no, perhaps nobody knew—that Fang Zheng actually suffered a bit from a deep-sea phobia. Strangely enough, he had no reaction to space. But facing the ocean, particularly the deep sea, Fang Zheng always instinctively felt fear.

After all, who could know what might suddenly appear before him in the depths of that water... Well, for this reason, Fang Zheng decisively activated Malthael the moment he left the warship, transforming into the Angel of Death form. Of course, this might have been somewhat wasteful, but by doing so, Fang Zheng also gained the characteristic of Malthael being unattackable.

Well, although playing horror games with invincibility doesn’t reduce the sense of horror, it at least... could make one feel a bit more at ease.

After transforming into the Angel of Death, Fang Zheng’s field of vision also changed; at least he didn’t have to worry about something suddenly emerging beside him as he swam...

This must be the place.

Looking down, Fang Zheng soon saw a crack under his feet that was a full thirty meters wide. Although theoretically, he was now in an invincible state, Fang Zheng still hesitated for a moment before swimming toward the crack.

After all, being invincible doesn’t reduce the tension when playing horror games!

”I’m increasingly feeling like I’m in some kind of cursed horror game, and now I only hope I’m not playing Cthulhu or Subnautica.”

Having passed through the wall of the cave, Fang Zheng effortlessly entered into the cavern. While muttering under his breath, he carefully observed his surroundings. There were countless forks in the road here; any diver who came here would likely get lost until their oxygen ran out and wouldn’t be able to find the exit. However, fortunately for Fang Zheng, who had activated the invincible god mode, this wasn’t a problem— he simply had to keep going down...

Because of this, it didn’t take much time, or to say it took less than half the time it took Tanji, Fang Zheng then saw the magical Radiance and the sparkling Spirit Crystals on the other side of the cave.

But......

”...Ugh, that dread of knowing you’re about to trigger an event in a horror game you don’t want to face but must go on is really the worst.”

Looking at the entrance of the cave ahead, Fang Zheng couldn’t help but hesitate. Although he was currently using the invincible god mode... oh well, since he had come this far, he might as well just brace himself and continue onward.

Muttering to himself, Fang Zheng walked into the cave before him.

Just like the video footage previously played by Tanji, this place was a huge open-air Spirit Crystal Vein. Looking around, from the floor to the cave ceiling, myriad forms of Spirit Crystal Ore densely packed, radiating a soft glow nearly blending into one continuous light. It was precisely because of this that if one did not look closely, they would not see the pitch-black cave hidden behind that light... This was also why Tanji had been attacked before.

Up to now, Fang Zheng hadn’t felt any signs of life here, which puzzled him deeply. According to the scenes from the video before, wasn’t that creature hiding in these tunnels, waiting to attack when the enemy’s attention was diverted? Why couldn’t he feel any trace of life now? That was unscientific, as Malthael, the Angel of Death, was highly sensitive to the essences of life and death.

If there was a life force here, he couldn’t possibly not feel it at all.

Anyway, he might as well give it a try.

Thinking this, Fang Zheng once again looked toward the Spirit Crystals before him.

If he remembered correctly, Tanji had been attacked by the creature only after she had touched the Spirit Crystal. So, he might as well give it a try.

Thinking this, Fang Zheng reached out a hand and gently touched the Spirit Crystal Ore in front of him.

As Fang Zheng placed his fingers on the Spirit Crystal Ore, he felt a faint magical fluctuation emerging from it, which was not surprising to him. The property of Spirit Crystal Ore was to emit special magical fluctuations when touched by living matter. This was why Spirit Crystal Ore was used as a catalyst for many magic weapons and magic artifacts— those crude and simple magical artifacts could be activated simply by holding them in one’s hand and wouldn’t accidentally self-activate if thrown aside. Organized Magic Legions of course couldn’t provide everyone with Legendary gear, so this kind of catalyst for making standard weapons was naturally best suited for the job.

However, very soon, Fang Zheng realized something was not quite normal.

Whether it was because the quality of this Spirit Crystal was too high making it too sensitive, or some other reason, any way, he had only touched the chunk of Spirit Crystal Ore for a moment, but the next moment, it resonated causing the magical fluctuations to start spreading rapidly around. In the blink of an eye, Fang Zheng felt all the Spirit Crystal Ore in the entire cave begin to emit intense magical fluctuations!

It was as if he was in a room filled with wind chimes and he had just touched one; as a result, all of them started swaying and erupted with a noise as loud as church bells!

”Holy crap!”

Seeing this, Fang Zheng was greatly startled, but what surprised him even more was that at the same time the magical fluctuations erupted, he suddenly felt a powerful vitality emerging from all around him, and in the next moment, Fang Zheng saw several tentacles quickly shooting out from the gaps in the cave shrouded by the Spirit Crystal Veins, plunging towards him and piercing through his body!

”Bring it on!”

Of course, Fang Zheng wasn’t afraid of the surprise attack; he was prepared for just this with Malthael, hence facing the tentacles, Fang Zheng didn’t dodge or avoid; he merely raised his hands, wielding the Scythe of Death, and swung down forcefully!

”———————!!”

The storm of death erupted instantaneously around Fang Zheng, sweeping these tentacles into it. Soon, Fang Zheng saw those originally pitch-black and thick tentacles become thin and withered, and then quickly turned to ash and disappeared into the seawater.

”Done!”

Seeing this scene unfold, Fang Zheng snapped his fingers in triumph.

I always said, no matter how tough sea monsters are, they are still living creatures. In front of death, they are merely a matter of a scythe’s strike—I simply don’t believe there’s anything that a scythe can’t handle... Oh come on!

But before Fang Zheng could even start to show off, he was shocked to feel the resurgence of a strong life force from the surrounding caves. Immediately, dozens of tentacles burst forth from the crevices and caves, lunging at Fang Zheng!

They’re not dead yet, are you kidding me? Could it be that the Soulstone of the Angel of Death I used was a fake?

Fang Zheng’s body was penetrated by these tentacles once again, but he remained composed, lifting the Scythe of Death and hooking and pulling at the tentacles that had impaled his body. Soon, along with the raising of Fang Zheng’s hands, ghostly shadows of several tentacles appeared—those were the souls hooked by the Scythe of Death.

Then Fang Zheng pulled forcefully, and the next moment those souls tumbled and were sucked beneath Malthael’s cloak, vanishing without a trace. At the same time, these tentacles also shattered once more, becoming useless wreckage.

”Okay, this should be...”

Looking at the cave that had regained its peace once again, Fang Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, but before he could finish his sentence, that feeling appeared once more!

Hey, what the heck is this thing?!

Seeing the tentacles burst forth from the crevices of the cave again and lunge at him, Fang Zheng was completely enraged. Laozi’s Angel of Death can’t kill you? Then taste the ferocity of flames!

With that thought, Fang Zheng promptly put away the Scythe of Death, then summoned the Pitch Black Greatsword and the Silver Short Sword, and stabbed forcefully at the tentacles in front of him! ƒreewebηoveℓ.com

The Pitch Black Greatsword instantly pierced several tentacles in front of him, then nailed them firmly to the ground. Immediately after, bright red flames burst into burning, spreading wide!

The power of Primordial Soul Fire was certainly not something ordinary seawater could resist. Fang Zheng’s Primordial Soul Fire had just erupted for a short while, and the seawater inside the cave was already boiling intensely, even making bubbling sounds. If it weren’t for Fang Zheng still using Malthael’s Soulstone, he might have been cooked alive! The soul flames also rapidly spread along the tentacles, making the entire cave erupt like a boiling volcano. Fang Zheng could even feel the ground beneath him trembling, as streams of soul power flowed into his body along with the Primordial Fire—only, Fang Zheng found it strange that the strength transformed into ”firewood” was not as much as he had expected, it could even be said to be very little. By Fang Zheng’s current ”appetite,” it barely amounted to the size of a chocolate bean.

Could this thing also be a dud?

Without any more ”firewood” to burn, Fang Zheng also withdrew his Primordial Soul Fire.

”This time there shouldn’t be any que... are you kidding me?!”

Before he could finish speaking, Fang Zheng once again sensed that strong life energy reignite!

”This is unplayable!”

Unable to defeat it with the Angel of Death or Primordial Soul Fire, Fang Zheng finally realized this thing might be more troublesome than he imagined, so he decisively gave up on attacking again, swiftly phased through the wall, and left the cave quickly. Behind him, the tentacles still relentlessly pursued him, seemingly determined not to stop until they dragged Fang Zheng back and devoured him.

”Now this is a tough one! This guy just doesn’t let go!”

Having escaped through the Great Rift once more, Fang Zheng quickly returned to the warship, then immediately deactivated the Soulstone form and swiftly issued an order to Iona.

”Iona, full-speed retreat!”

”Yes, Captain.”

Upon hearing Fang Zheng’s command, Iona also nodded, then the warship ascended at maximum speed, breaking away from the sea and flying up to an altitude of tens of thousands of meters—only then did the creature seem to realize it could no longer pursue Fang Zheng, and not long after, Fang Zheng saw the radar’s indicator for the creature rapidly disappear, vanishing in the blink of an eye.

”Such a hassle...”

Leaning back in his chair, Fang Zheng couldn’t help but let out a sigh.

Unable to handle it with the Angel of Death, and even Primordial Soul Fire didn’t work?

Initially, he thought this would be a simple matter, but now it seemed... the situation was a lot more serious than he had imagined.

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