Chapter 1399: Today’s Update Will Be Posted Before 2 PM Tomorrow

As soon as Liu Zheng reached the archway, he had a strong premonition.

One step past this, and it’s Hell.

"What to do?"

He quickly pondered.

It’s definitely too late to go buy biochemical protective suits now, and they may not even be useful.

"Forget it, if I die, I die."

Liu Zheng gritted his teeth.

Skinny Horse was punished with drinking smelly soup because of him, so they might as well share the trials together.

He took a deep breath and then activated the six-arm mode to block his eyes, nose, and ears.

But the moment Liu Zheng stepped into the cemetery, he knew all he did was futile.

A profound stench brazenly invaded his sense of smell and quickly permeated all his senses.

The smell was rotten to the nose, rotten to the sight, rotten to the hearing, rotten to the taste, and rotten to the touch.

The stench boiled and raged, and Liu Zheng felt their hatred.

Clearly the same thing, why is it stinky, why are you fragrant.

Attack! Attack!

Attack everything in this world.

Wild growth! Strong growth! Doubling!

As long as it’s strong enough, all tastes are stench.

Just as Liu Zheng was overwhelmed by the all-encompassing stench, a fire started burning.

The fire turned into a ghostly face with eyes wide open in anger, blowing air toward Liu Zheng with a bloody mouth.

The smoky ash blew into his soul, carrying a burnt and shriveled stench.

Although it was still a stench, it was different after all.

And this subtle difference gave Liu Zheng a moment of clarity in his otherwise suffocating senses.

And he seized that moment to light a fire.

The golden Sun God Fire burned fiercely, emitting the stench of charred protein.

The two stenches worked together and finally managed to fend off the invasive indiscriminate smells outside.

Just as Liu Zheng was contemplating how to break the deadlock, a hoofbeat with a sour stench reached his ears.

Then, he felt as if he left the ground and began to move continuously.

He didn’t know how long it took, but Liu Zheng’s senses slowly recovered.

He opened his eyes and found himself in the middle of the Gobi Desert.

And he was lying on Skinny Horse’s back, with the Tomb Guardian not far away cooking something over a campfire in a simple iron pot.

"How’s the taste?"

The Tomb Guardian looked up and asked.

"Too foul."

Countless adjectives flashed through Liu Zheng’s mind, but only those three words came out.

"The Metropolitan Most Smelly Soup, living up to its name."

The Tomb Guardian nodded.

"Yeah, it’s intense. Don’t you think so, Brother Ma?"

He patted the horse’s back, but Skinny Horse didn’t respond.

"Hmm?"

He dismounted and found Skinny Horse’s eyes vacant.

Reaching out his finger to check, he found no breath.

"Your Excellency, Tomb Guardian, may I ask what happened to Skinny Horse?"

Liu Zheng’s tone turned slightly grave.

Although it didn’t seem likely, these big figures were often unpredictable, and it wouldn’t be surprising if Skinny Horse was really executed.

"Dead."

The Tomb Guardian responded indifferently.

"It’s only a Legendary Item, is it worth it?"

He asked.

"Whether it’s worth it is up to me to decide."

The Tomb Guardian replied.

"Can I take away its body?"

After a moment of silence, Liu Zheng asked.

"This is already a cemetery, where would you take it?"

The Tomb Guardian asked.

"It’s not just cemeteries where things can be buried. I know of a prairie where the grass is green and tender, perfect for burying a horse."

He was referring to the prairie at the entrance of the Ten Thousand Great Mountains.

Although the grass there didn’t taste good, Skinny Horse couldn’t eat anymore anyway, so it didn’t matter.

"I raised it from a foal on a handful of hay and black beans, and just a word from you wants to take it away?"

The Tomb Guardian said.

"What do you want?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"I want fire, Ra’s fire."

The Tomb Guardian said.

It wasn’t ordinary Sun God Fire, but Ra’s Divine Power Essence.

And once this Divine Power Essence is taken, Liu Zheng’s second life-giving "Ra’s Grace" would also become ineffective.

In Ra’s current state, unless Liu Zheng accomplished some great merit again, it would be impossible to grant him another.

"Yes."

Liu Zheng said without hesitation.

"Unfortunately, it doesn’t agree."

The Tomb Guardian said.

"Huh?"

While he was confused, the Tomb Guardian drew out a revolver.

Liu Zheng made no movement, just watching quietly.

Unless the Tomb Guardian was truly insane, it wasn’t possible to first kill Skinny Horse and then want to kill him now.

"Bang!"

The gun fired.

A phantom bullet shot from the gun barrel, and if you looked carefully, it was clearly a galloping horse.

"Neigh~"

The bullet entered Skinny Horse’s forehead, it snorted, and its eyes gradually regained their luster.

"Brother Ma, you’re not dead."

Liu Zheng said joyfully.

"Neigh~"

Skinny Horse lowered its head and rubbed against his face.

"To be precise, it already died. Between dying of stench and being executed, it chose the latter."

The Tomb Guardian put away the revolver.

"If it were me, I’d also choose execution."

Liu Zheng said with lingering fear.

"You would, if you didn’t complete the mission."

The Tomb Guardian said.

"What mission?"

"The stench at the entrance has severely impacted the cemetery’s normal operation. Since you’re the culprit, you must find a way to eliminate that stench, or at least reduce it to a level acceptable to normal living creatures."

The Tomb Guardian said.

"...Could you be reasonable?"

Liu Zheng looked speechless.

What’s with calling him the culprit, he never intended to bring the soup into the cemetery, the Tomb Guardian insisted on it.

"I can, and you won the argument. Now, it’s your turn to reason with the cemetery."