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It wandered outside the tribe, searching for a long time for a way to the surface. After traversing every path it could reach, it finally found a cliff that led to the ceiling. With great effort, it finally arrived in the human world on the surface.
Unfortunately, although it witnessed many different human societies, fought with other monsters, and even touched what seemed to be a "city full of light" that was a holy city, it did not find the moth warrior described by the prince on the surface.
After returning to the tribe, Zha Zha was depressed for a long time. By this time, the short-lived moss tribe had already passed one or two generations. As a lobster with a slightly longer lifespan, Zha Zha did not want everyone to forget the prince, but he could not convince everyone that such a hero had really existed. Therefore, when the three-legged fish spoke to him, he subconsciously told the three-legged fish about the prince's past experiences in his own words.
Then, following the description given by its elder brother, the prince, it used materials found in the Mossy Tribe to create a fake silver-scaled breastplate and straight sword. In reality, these items were made from some kind of hard vine.
These are certainly no match for the equipment of the prince who fell into the hands of the Demon King, but Zha Zha doesn't care about that. It is just accumulating a certain confidence, and the arrival of Latis officially declares that its confidence has been fully accumulated.
Zha Zha didn't care about the king's fear of the tree monster, because the tree monster had once taken the king's son. However, everyone's image of the demon king was different. For ordinary mossy mantis shrimp, the demon king was the countless ball monsters. For the old captain of the mossy mantis shrimp, the demon king was the unknown enemy behind the ball monsters. For the king, the demon king was the ancient tree monster on the back of the shrimp coin. For Zha Zha, the demon king was the prince who had been parasitized by the light.
"I will join the battle alongside you."
Zha Zha gripped the woven straight sword tightly, his face serious, and said:
“You just said you wanted to find the target most severely parasitized by the will of light, so it must be that powerful ancient tree monster. So you go and deal with the ancient tree monster, and I will help you hold off the little monsters around it, including my prince brother.”
Latis and his teammates exchanged glances for a moment, their gazes lingering on the fake breastplate and fake straight sword on the scumbag for a few seconds, before asking:
"Are you sure?"
"Even if I die nine times, I will not regret it," Zha Zha said firmly.
"Alright, I'll get the Void Ray to lend you a hand."
Latis glanced at the Void Ray that kept randomly sticking to the backs of different people along the way, seemingly unable to enter the dream with them to face the power of the divine realm, so he decided to let it fight for the trash.
"……OK."
Zha Zha took a deep breath, and a wave of emotions suddenly welled up in its heart. It thought of the king who became more and more dejected after the prince fell, and the countless monsters in the Moss Tribe whose living conditions were slowly being squeezed.
It doesn't understand what light is, but if all of this can be changed, it doesn't mind wielding its straight sword towards the light.
Chapter 428 Heading Towards the Demon King
The morning sunlight streamed hazily through the openings at the top, and although the world was still dark, it was enough to let people know that a new day had begun.
Latis yawned and twisted his neck. Although he hadn't slept very late last night, when he woke up this morning, he found three girls sprawled on top of him. Jennifer was even more carefree, resting her head on his abs, almost flattening the bull who was doing morning boxing... Only Holnet's sleeping posture was a little better, but they were all squeezed around him.
After struggling to push his teammates off him, he belatedly realized that he was experiencing a backache, but fortunately, the revitalized blood vessels had already restored his energy and his condition had improved considerably.
After asking a few questions to Zha Zha while he was out early, Latis learned that because the tribe was connected to many places on the surface world, cold air from the outside world kept sinking into the tribe. Even though there were lakes that could keep it a little warm, it was still very cold at night.
No wonder when he woke up, all four of his limbs were occupied by the girls, and even the weaker Snyder was curled up in his arms, looking pitiful as if he was about to freeze...
Because of his powerful bloodline energy, which automatically generates heat to ensure he is always in peak fighting condition, he turned into a Jenga-like shape when he woke up.
Latis glanced at the group slowly following behind him, stroked his chin, turned to look at the scumbag in front of him, and asked:
"Trash, have you ever tried attacking the Demon King's territory yourself?"
Zha Zha, holding his straight sword in a backhand motion, nodded and said:
"I've tried several times, but each time I'm blocked by too many Ball Monsters. And even if I defeat the Ball Monsters, the energy inside them is reabsorbed by other Ball Monsters, making it almost impossible to deal with them effectively."
“I see.” Latis pressed the Dream Nail at his waist and said, “It’s alright, this weapon can absorb their scattered will of light, and then we can eliminate these ball monsters together.”
"This weapon..."
Zha Zha looked at the Dream Nail, a hint of curiosity flashing in his eyes, and whispered:
“My elder brother said that the moth warrior once described the appearance of this weapon to it… a sword shadow that is both real and illusory, occasionally with brilliant colors. It is a guide to the dream world. It said that only this weapon can sweep away these scattered and turbid dreams. Unfortunately, it is not qualified to bear the power of the dream world and can only wait for future generations to pick up the Dream Nail again.”
Latis raised an eyebrow and asked:
"Was it that moth warrior who said that? What else did it say?"
“It’s all just fragmented records like this.” Zha Zha shook his head. “Besides that, the only thing the Moth Warrior said about its goal was that it planned to go to the Land of Light to find some kind of Radiance and awaken that Radiance.”
"Huh?" Latis asked hastily, "Does the Moth Warrior mean that Radiance is asleep?"
“I don’t know what it means either… The Moth Warrior left the Moss Tribe long before I was born. Only my older brother still remembers it, but maybe he doesn’t remember it very clearly.”
Zha Zha sighed and said:
"Looking back now, my older brother probably thought the moth warrior in his memories was too dazzling, so he wanted to emulate its heroic deeds of traveling underground to find the radiance and challenged the demon king all by himself."
Latis scratched his head, thought for a moment, and asked, "You were very young when your older brother left you, so maybe your memories of him aren't so clear?"
"impossible."
Zha Zha immediately denied it, saying confidently, "That's exactly how my older brother is, I would never be wrong."
“Okay.” Latis chuckled and shrugged. “But your older brother probably thought the same thing back then.”
"Yeah……"
After a moment of silence, Zha Zha suddenly sharpened his gaze, drew his sword, and shouted at a huge shadow at the end of the road:
"Who? Come out!"
"Hmm?" Latis turned his gaze to the dense bushes not far away, instantly sensing the monster lurking within. He murmured in realization, "So that's it..."
"it's me."
A long, trailing beard swayed as the king emerged from the bushes. He walked slowly out of the vegetation's cover, blocking the path with his massive frame, and said:
"Trash, stop going and head back home."
"I do not!"
Upon seeing the king appear, Zha Zha was visibly shocked, but it quickly recovered and shouted resolutely:
"I am ready to fight the Demon King. Even if you are a king, you cannot stop me!"
The king snorted coldly, his gaze sweeping over Latis and the others before returning to the scumbag, and said:
"I don't care whether they intend to challenge the Demon King or not, but with your abilities alone, you are undoubtedly just a burden. Unless you can get past me, you should just go back to being an ordinary lobster."
"hateful……"
Zha Zha gripped his straight sword tightly, watched the king slowly approach, gritted his teeth, and shouted:
"Then don't blame me for being rude!"
It arched its body, then suddenly sprang out from its spot, swinging its sword with a clang, directly towards the king's erect, bluish-black chest.
boom!
A loud crash rang out, startling Zha Zha. The king had somehow managed to clamp its straight sword in the middle with its pincers. In the half-second before Zha Zha could react, the king's pincers swung around like a pendulum, snatching the sword from its grasp. Its massive body then swung its tail with tremendous force, kicking Zha Zha several meters away.
"Cough cough... How is this possible..."
Zha Zha struggled to sit up, looking incredulously at the king who seemed completely unfazed, and instinctively clenched his pliers.
“You have too little combat experience.” The king tossed the straight sword back to the scumbag, stroked his long beard, and said, “If this is all you’re capable of, you should just stay home.”
"Absolutely not..."
Zha Zha picked up the straight sword, took a deep breath to calm himself down, stared intently at the king's movements, and took a step forward, slowly approaching again.
Suddenly, it noticed that the king's body had straightened up slightly. Its eyes lit up, and the shrimp lunged out, spinning its body and sweeping fiercely at the shrimp leg supporting the king's body!
In this situation, the king will have to dodge, and his center of gravity will inevitably fluctuate violently, at which point you can take the opportunity to strike his vitals!
However, to Zha Zha's surprise, the king didn't even try to dodge. Instead, he raised his shrimp leg and stomped on Zha Zha's straight sword with a bang.
"Varied……"
Zha Zha tried to pull the straight sword with all its might, but it didn't budge under the king's powerful control. It subconsciously looked up, about to say something, when it saw a pair of pincers the size of a clay pot smash down on its forehead.
The shrimp instantly stiffened, swayed slightly, and then fell into a deep, baby-like sleep.
"Your father is still your father."
The king spoke in a deep voice, kicked aside the straight sword, glanced at the dazed scum, and looked up at Latis and the others, saying:
"The Demon King is very powerful. If you must fight, remember that when a movable root system is inserted into the soil, it will be weakened for a period of time. Although it may appear very strong at this moment, it is still affected by the uncontrollable exchange of matter."
"Huh?" Latis scratched his head and said, "Thanks for reminding me."
"Then I'll take care of my good-for-nothing son first..."
The king opened its pincers, intending to grab the dizzy scum, but grasped only air. It turned around in surprise and saw, not far behind, the still-swaying scum, gripping a straight sword, struggling to straighten itself and saying:
"I haven't lost yet, let's go again!"
Even if there's no chance of winning, do you still want to fight?
The king looked down at the tiny creature, which was only half his size, shook his head, and said, "Being afraid of nothing means you're either a hero or a fool."
It gently placed the pliers at its side, calmly looked at the scumbag, and said, "Come on, let me see what else you can do."
Under the king's slightly contemptuous gaze, Zha Zha took a deep breath, slowly walked to the king's side, and unremarkably raised his sword to strike.
Have you given up?
The king swung his pincers, easily deflecting the sword's edge. Just as he was about to ask something, his expression suddenly changed. Seeing the second sword descending upon him in an instant, he hastily extended his pincers and parried it away.
boom!
One sword strike failed, and the next sword strike arrived in an instant!
The king began to retreat. Even though its strength far surpassed that of the trash, it hadn't gone all out at the beginning, and for a moment it couldn't find even a second's chance to retaliate in the midst of the storm of attacks.
Like a madman, the scumbag's eyes were now fixed on the king's thick, dark blue chest shell. It advanced step by step, letting the towering king block out all its vision, for only when it focused all its attention on its enemy could it hear its elder brother's voice from the past.
"When the enemy is in front of you, hesitation will lead to defeat!"
Keng!
A white scratch suddenly appeared on the king's bluish-black chest shell. Zha Zha was stunned. Staring at the scratch, he was panting heavily. His mind was almost a complete mess. For a moment, he couldn't remember what it meant. Only his body's instincts kept him struggling to maintain his fighting posture.
The king looked down at the scratches on his chest, remained silent for a long time, and then suddenly laughed.
"This reminds me of your eldest brother when he was a child. He didn't know any fighting skills, but he became the strongest warrior in the clan with just his passion."
It shook its head, slowly walked past the scumbag, and said:
"You've been to more places than your brother and I combined. If you hadn't been so uninterested in this, you would have been a great king."
"Wha...what?"
Zha Zha snapped out of his daze and looked at the king passing by, confused and bewildered.
"You traversed the entire Mossy Land to find the route to the surface," the king said, pausing in his steps and sighing.