I became a god by treasure hunting after arriving 500 years early

This time, the distance to the [Ghost]’s drop of blood had broken through the sealing, advancing even further.

The [Monster]’s true form, startled, retreated over ten meters, eyeing suspiciously.

It did not initiate its escape to the Different Space.

It did not recognize the recent green light, but it felt fear towards the power within it.

That massive eyeball, fixated on Lu Yuan, its crystalline pupil reflected a twisted image.

All was developing towards the worst direction, the current level of terror skyrocketing!

If Old Cat had a heart, it might have already suffered a cardiac arrest.

It abandoned the "da da da" sound.

It wanted to use a high-explosive bomb.

But over ten meters was a true chasm, even if it used a high-explosive bomb, there was a very high chance it wouldn’t kill—the fact that Old Cat had enough strength to press the button and detonate the bomb was already impressive. (The bomb had been specially modified.)

"If it doesn’t kill, there’s no point... it will only make the enemy escape." n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

The standoff between the two sides quietly continued.

Lu Yuan remained paralyzed on the ground, motionless, no one knew whether he had regained consciousness, not even Old Cat.

Or maybe even Lu Yuan did not know whether he was awake or in a coma.

Under the influence of the [Ghost]’s power, it seemed he retained a sliver of consciousness, or perhaps not.

After ten minutes, a series of messy footsteps came from the tunnel.

This time Old Cat truly despaired.

The [Monster] actually summoned its own servants, the contaminated Rize!

The leading Rize opened its mouth wide.

"Whoosh!"

It sprayed a sticky liquid onto Lu Yuan’s head, a liquid of unknown origin, like acid, causing his skin to rapidly carbonize.

The corrosiveness of the acid was terrifying, even the nearby rocks started to bubble.

Lu Yuan did not move, his entire face burned by the acid.

"Ah~!" Another Rize emitted a sharp, strange cry that instantly spread throughout the entire Sky Pit.

This was clearly a Superpower related to spiritual attack.

Even Old Cat was affected by the Power of Pure Heart interference.

Lu Yuan still did not move.

"It might be verifying... whether Lu Yuan has lost consciousness?" Old Cat thought.

Before it could think further, a Rize grabbed Old Cat and tossed it far away.

"Smack!"

The yellow orange cat described an arc in the air and fell to the ground.

Old Cat could no longer play the demon.

"Damn, the high-explosive bomb in the backpack has been found."

The backpack was thrown far away as well.

From this angle, the "Hive" that the [Monster] represented indeed birthed a hint of intelligence.

They might know that Technology Weapons were risky and even conducted a search.

Old Cat despaired once more, regretting not activating the bomb when the [Monster] first climbed onto Lu Yuan.

It had been hoping to awaken Lu Yuan, and now such a godsend opportunity had slipped away...

Now that a group of Rize had arrived and found the bomb, there was no longer any chance.

Soon, Lu Yuan’s clothes were stripped off cleanly.

He was covered in eyes all over his body, except for a patch on his shoulder, where no eyes could grow.

Because the Resin was embedded in his shoulder, the [Ghost]’s power was too overwhelming; that leakage of a thread of the Power of Pure Heart firmly suppressed the [Monster]’s Spiritual power.

"This [Monster] possesses some Intelligence, but limited experience; it seems ignorant of the [Ghost]."

"Lu Yuan, have you passed out? Alas, there are no miracles in this world, splashed with acid over your body and you showed no reaction, you must have passed out..."

"But just now, you clearly regained consciousness for a while, did you do anything..."

"You couldn’t possibly have just fainted without resisting."

"Comrade-in-arms, you are not that kind of person..."

Old Cat racked its brain, lying motionless as if it were a dead cat.

It was already dead, but even in death, it played the demon, even thinking about turning over a new leaf as a dead cat.

"The key to the fight lies in the Divine Skill, now that you’re unconscious, what use could any Divine Skill be..."

Experience more on empire

Old Cat suddenly noticed that Lu Yuan’s right fist was clenched tight.

In his entire comatose state, this clenched fist seemed especially extraordinary.

In the tightly clenched fist, one of the fingers seemed to be missing a piece... because Lu Yuan was already bloodied, the short finger was not obvious in the current situation.

"When did the finger break?"

Old Cat rapidly deduced all possibilities.

The most likely was the Storage Space.

Lu Yuan had forced a segment of his finger into the Storage Space!

Maintaining Storage Space did not consume spiritual power; once created, it could exist for a long time.

And the storage and retrieval of items required physical touch to complete.

Of course, since Storage Space cannot contain living creatures, pushing a finger in for the short term wasn’t much of a problem, but leaving it there for a long-term would lead to necrosis.

"Lu Yuan stuffed his finger into the Storage Space, what trump card could he have?!"

In a flash, Old Cat realized!

The answer was... the Crossbow Cannon in Storage Space!!!

In the ruins of the Meida Civilization, Lu Yuan had taken several months to craft a rather luxurious Crossbow Cannon using two spinal tendons from the Fire Lizard.

Initially, Old Cat had mocked it as a fancy but impractical toy because the air resistance against arrows is proportional to the cube of the speed.