Strange Cards

Chapter 156 The Guardian Ape

Li Shun pointed at the undead creatures roaming the city, his voice tinged with fear.

"Why do these ghostly things have strips of cloth on them?"

"We were the only ones who opened the underground palace. Logically speaking, these things have lived in this dark and sunless place for thousands of years, so why are their clothes still on them?"

"Thousands of years have passed. A thousand years can wear down even mountains, how could it not wear away some simple clothes?"

Hearing Li Shun's explanation, everyone realized something was wrong, and Luo Yushang tried to speak up.

"Could it be... there are other entrances here?"

"no."

Shi Yu looked at the image displayed on the returning embers.

"The entire underground palace is sealed off, except for a portion of the Xianyang Palace that is embedded in the mountain."

"But I scanned this mountain before we came in, and there is no exit."

"In other words..."

"These immortal beings... still retain something like intelligence, which has not been worn down by the flow of time."

"So what do we do?"

Yan Jingya spoke, while Shi Yu inserted the identity card into the Remnant Fire Evolution Device and then inserted the Ace of Spades.

"We have no choice but to fight our way in."

"There are guards patrolling the city. Sneaking in or taking the air won't work; we'll be too conspicuous."

"Fight our way through here and then to the palace gates; this might be the only way."

The feasibility of the idea was carefully considered by everyone, but Qi Wu and the others had already prepared their own evolution devices.

"Once everyone has made a decision, let's stop dawdling and finish this quickly so we can go home."

"We're getting closer and closer to the opening of the gates of hell in July; we can't afford to delay any longer."

After hearing Qi Wu's words, everyone inserted their strange cards into the evolution device, and even Da Fu took out an evolution device from his backpack.

A flash of light appeared on everyone, and uniquely colored armor pieces appeared on the hunters' bodies.

"Be prepared, and go for it."

Shi Yu gripped the Remnant Fire Purifier tightly, and the four wings of the Remnant Fire Evolution Device instantly spread open.

Flames began to swirl around Shigure's body, and strange, dark lines slowly crept up her cheeks.

The flames quickly formed a large cocoon, and soon a pair of silver-white mecha arms tore through the fiery cocoon, revealing the tall mecha inside.

"That's fucking awesome, this evolution is amazing."

Ji Xuan looked at Shi Yu's Remnant Fire Mech and couldn't help but sigh.

Shigure then turned to the crowd and said...

"I'll break down the city gate, everyone disperse and kill the enemy."

"Just kill them with the Sun Gun, and replenish their demonic energy with food."

As Shigure spoke, he transformed into a red flash and smashed open the city gate.

Shi Yu looked at the crowd that hadn't arrived yet, and conjured a huge fireball with one hand.

Shigure didn't hold back at all; every move she made was a sure-kill attack.

The terrifying heat continued to raise the temperature inside the underground palace, and the undead monsters rushed at Shiyu like dogs seeing excrement.

Shi Yu sighed as she looked at the fireball growing larger and larger in her right hand.

"I'm making dumplings again today."

"This isn't right, is it?"

A's voice rang out, and Shigure retorted.

"What's wrong? Aren't fire dumplings considered dumplings?"

"Damn! He's taking a kidney!"

Shi Yu suddenly threw the fireball in her hand, and the fireball flew straight out with a terrifying momentum.

After clearing out a wave of small monsters, Shigure entered the Remnant Fire II form and began speed-farming. The undead creatures that were originally extremely troublesome turned out to be surprisingly easy to deal with in Shigure's hands.

The hunters also discovered that as long as the core of those undead monsters, that is, the dragon centipede inside the undead monsters, was killed, the undead monsters would be completely exhausted in no time.

Having grasped the weakness, the hunters became increasingly adept at handling it. Dafu even went so far as to use a black bear to rip out the dragon centipede's heart before finally killing it with the Sun Spear.

Shigure was also fighting in the city, and soon arrived at a place that looked like a square.

The plaza, engulfed in flames from Shigure's mech, was suddenly filled with roars. Shigure summoned the Crescent Moon Scythe and turned to block the attacker from behind.

"This thing..."

"A lion ape?"

Shigure looked at the white giant ape with half its neck cut open and a long blade stuck in it, and couldn't help but feel troubled.

Because this thing looks much stronger than those undead monsters that are just grunts; at least this guy can use sneak attacks.

The Lion Ape slammed its fist on the ground, then leaped up and threw a punch at Shigure's chest.

Shigure retaliated with a punch of his own, even activating the thruster in his elbow.

But after this punch, the man and the monkey were evenly matched, and neither could do anything to the other.

Although Shigure was unsure of the strength of the Lion Ape, he was well aware of the strength of his own Remnant Fire Mech.

Although the basic version's data wasn't designed by him, the subsequent evolutions were all designed and created by him. Moreover, he was currently in the form of Remnant Fire II, and Shigure knew the strength of Remnant Fire II all too well.

"The power of this monkey..."

"It's actually comparable to the power of the Remnant Flame II."

"This monkey actually has the strength of ten thousand tons?"

The Ace of Spades was clearly also intrigued, looking at the enormous white ape outside.

"It's quite rare to see a creature that can rival the power of your Remnant Fire Mech. This thing is worth studying."

"But I don't have any other cards to upgrade to Remnant Flame III right now. Who knows what other abilities this monkey has? If I get defeated by this monkey today, I'll lose face big time."

A curled his lip in disdain and pointed to the long blade around the Guardian Ape's neck.

"Did you see the knife around the white monkey's neck?"

"I saw it."

Do you know Louis XVI?

"......."

"Got it!"

From the perspective of the Guardian Ape, the silver-white mech he was fighting suddenly knelt on the ground and shouted loudly.

"Great Sage!"

The Guardian Ape was stunned, and just then, the silver-white mecha started playing the Great Sage March and placed a thick iron rod in front of the Guardian Ape.

"This is your weapon!"

"I have been searching for the Great Sage for so long, and finally I have met the Great Sage himself."

"Great Sage! Please!"

The gorilla picked up the iron rod with some skepticism, swung it around in his hand a few times, and found it quite handy, so he burst into laughter.

Meanwhile, Shigure had already used the Queen of Spades to retrieve an invisibility item and exited the mecha through the substitute puppet. Just as the Guardian Ape was laughing heartily with the iron rod on his shoulder, Shigure himself had already touched the knife on the Guardian Ape's neck.