Chapter 139: The Lizard Dragon Clan

At once, it spat a gigantic fireball from its mouth!

Boom! Boom!!

The fireball slammed into the mud, unleashing a violent explosion, yet it failed to inflict even the slightest injury on Lu Chen.

Seeing that the four-legged reptile below had easily withstood its attack, the lizard monster was somewhat puzzled.

It roared, “Where exactly did you come from? How dare you destroy the tombs of the Godfolk?”

“Get down here!” Lu Chen bellowed, releasing the Law of Spiritual Energy.

The instant his voice rang out, a sudden explosion erupted in the sky.

Caught off guard, the lizard monster had half of one wing blown apart. Flesh and blood flew in all directions as it screamed and plummeted from the heavens.

While the two sides had been speaking, Lu Chen had already broken the swamp mud down into minuscule dust particles and scattered them throughout the entire void. Then, he had detonated them without warning.

This was the result of Lu Chen deliberately restraining the attack’s power. Otherwise, the enemy would have been reduced to ashes in that single assault.

This attack was a new technique Lu Chen had developed by combining the supernatural abilities Compressed Energy Bomb and Mire of the Earth. It was extremely covert and difficult for natural enemies to detect, yet its power was far from negligible.

The principle behind it was none other than the legendary “dust explosion.”

A dust explosion occurred when combustible dust, within its explosive concentration range, encountered a source of heat. Flames would instantly spread throughout the entire mixture of dust-filled air, releasing a massive amount of thermal radiation in an extremely short period.

Because dust appeared so fine and insignificant, people often overlooked it.

Yet the destructive force it produced was immense.

On Earth in his previous life, dust explosions had caused disasters that easily claimed dozens or even hundreds of lives.

Moreover, the sources of such dust were usually common substances, including flour, cornstarch, powdered milk, sawdust, and coal dust.

Lu Chen had used the same method when attacking the griffin beast earlier.

“Lord Dragon King, spare me! Lord Dragon King, please spare me!” This lizard monster was just as much of a coward. Sensing the immense aura radiating from Lu Chen, it immediately began trembling in terror, crying out repeatedly for mercy.

“Answer my questions honestly. Exactly how many subjects does your lizard race have? Where did these tombs of the Godfolk come from...?”

“I’ll tell you! I’ll tell you...”

The lizard monster did not hesitate in the slightest. Like water poured from a bamboo tube, it revealed everything clearly.

After hearing its account, Lu Chen finally understood.

This land belonged to the wilderness of the Far Western Continent, and His Highness Seraph was its master.

Its master was the Godfolk, who had several thousand lizards under their command.

Those Godfolk had vanished without a trace several hundred years ago, leaving behind only this cemetery for the lizard monsters to guard.

At first, these creatures had remained nearby diligently, but after seeing that the Godfolk never returned, they gradually relaxed their vigilance and only came to patrol the cemetery from time to time.

This particular lizard monster had happened to be hunting nearby that day. When it saw thick smoke billowing from the direction of the tombs, it had come over to investigate.

There were also barbarian tribes and elves in the other regions of this alternate space. They seemed to be servants of the Godfolk as well. As for the lands farther away, the lizard monster knew nothing.

Sure enough, countless ages ago, a civilization had existed in this alternate space. For some unknown reason, however, it had been abandoned.

Lu Chen then asked whether it knew of the existence of Blue Star or Earth, but the answer was no.

Having obtained the information he wanted, Lu Chen cleanly ended the lizard monster’s life and swallowed it.

“Prehistoric Single-Headed Wyvern. Provides seven thousand energy points...”

As for the possibility that the Lizard King might come looking for him, Lu Chen was not afraid. After nearly three months of exploration, he had more or less determined the upper limit of this world’s combat power.

The strength of this lizard monster alone offered a glimpse of the truth.

It was roughly on par with Old Crocodile and was absolutely no match for Black Spot.

As the leader of the lizard monsters, the Lizard King might be stronger than his subjects, but probably not by much.

Of course, if those extraterrestrial creatures returned to the alternate space, Lu Chen would flee without hesitation.

However, the lizard monster’s account had been quite clear: they had not appeared for several hundred years. It was very likely that, like the pyramids on Earth, they had left and never returned.

Thus, Lu Chen did not need to worry for the time being.

After killing the lizard monster, he once again turned his gaze toward the surrounding pyramid tombs. Greed gleamed in his beastly eyes.

There was still plenty of time. He did not need to rush. For now, he should first swallow the spirit stones he had obtained earlier.

With a thought, Lu Chen took several dozen spirit stones from his inner space.

“Damaged First-Grade Spirit Stone. Provides fifty energy points.”

“Damaged First-Grade Spirit Stone. Provides ninety-two energy points...”

“Damaged...”

After swallowing more than a dozen in succession, the anticipation in Lu Chen’s heart turned into disappointment.

It seemed that apart from the spirit stone atop the pyramid, the quality of all the others was poor. Of course, time might also have been a factor.

When these spirit stones had first been placed there, they might have been Third- or Fourth-Grade Spirit Stones. As time passed, the energy within them had gradually been depleted, causing their quality to decline as well.

The energy points contained within these spirit stones were too few to be of much help to him.

They were tasteless to consume, yet a pity to discard.

After thinking it over, Lu Chen decided to store them for now and later give them to the crocodile chieftains when he returned to his territory.

For the moment, the most important task was excavating and investigating the other tombs.

Boom! Boom, boom!!

During the days that followed, Lu Chen did not explore anywhere else. He remained near the cluster of pyramid tombs, continuously excavating and examining them.

He had originally thought that, after his earlier experience, breaking open the remaining pyramid tombs would be difficult but not excessively so.

Once again, however, reality exceeded his expectations. The intact tombs were like tortoise shells. Even after more than ten days of bombardment, he still had not managed to break through the transparent protective barrier surrounding them.

If he had not been able to sense that the barrier was steadily weakening, Lu Chen would almost have given up.

Throughout this period, Lu Chen had also been waiting for more lizard monsters to come and attack him, but none ever appeared.

Through his constant repetition, Lu Chen had become increasingly adept at releasing Compressed Energy Bombs.

Boom! Boom!!

As he thought about it, he fired two more.

The originally sturdy transparent barrier finally shattered.

Lu Chen hurried inside.

There was little difference from the first tomb. The interior still looked ordinary. Murals covered the stone walls of the burial chamber, and two stone coffins stood in the center.

At the top hung another enormous energy spirit stone.

Not long after the stone coffins were opened, a large number of insects awakened.

They were not the beetles Lu Chen had encountered before, however, but black, hard-shelled venomous scorpions.

Amid a violent dust explosion, the swarm of scorpions, together with the stone coffins, was completely reduced to powder.

Then, after another series of attacks, the transparent barrier appeared once again...

“Damaged Fifth-Grade Spirit Stone. Provides 1.31 million energy points.”

Looking at the words displayed on the system panel, Lu Chen felt as though he had suffered a tremendous loss.

For nearly twenty days, apart from hunting and resting, he had spent most of his time launching attacks.

And the result... was this?

If there had not still been many damaged low-grade spirit stones around him, Lu Chen would truly have felt that this entire venture had been a disastrous loss.