The Three Realms Thief Chapter 32

“Alchemy furnace?”

The skin-clad monster looked at the nearly four-meter-high alchemy furnace, a look of doubt appearing in its eyes.

—This thing isn’t used for fighting.

What is it trying to do?

Could it be—

“You want to refine me?”

The monster couldn’t help but laugh.

Xu Yuan, however, calmly said, “Your knowledge is too shallow; you don’t know that there’s a sword art in this world that circles around a pillar.”

—Jing Ke pursued King Qin, and King Qin circled the pillar.

“?” The skin-clad monster.

It didn’t understand.

Then there was no need to understand.

Killing him would suffice.

The skin-clad monster walked forward one step at a time, then suddenly rushed forward with all its might—

In a flash.

A talisman was thrown out from a small hole in the alchemy furnace, turning into a bolt of lightning that struck the monster hard.

—It was Yang Xiaobing’s Lightning Talisman!

The monster staggered.

Lightning repels evil.

Both fire and lightning were its bane.

“Die!”

The monster roared, swinging its fist to smash the alchemy furnace.

Clang—

A dull thud.

The alchemy furnace was unharmed!

Xu Yuan, standing aside, coughed a few times and said:

“Allow me to introduce this alchemy furnace. It is a Four-Symbol Eight-Trigram Furnace, possessing powers like ‘Spirit Suppression’ and ‘Self-Protection’. A mere Qi Refiner like you cannot harm it.”

Four-Symbol Eight-Trigram Furnace.

“Spirit Suppression.”

“Description: The five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, as well as various weapon attacks, cannot harm the main body of this alchemy furnace.”

“Self-Protection.”

“Description: Attacks have a certain probability of being reflected to protect the main body of the alchemy furnace from harm.”

And “Divine Power: ???”

—This was the foundation of Zhao Afei’s family!

At this moment.

Xu Yuan was not fighting alone!

The monster struck a few more times, but found that the alchemy furnace truly didn’t suffer the slightest injury.

One attack even rebounded, knocking it back more than ten meters.

This alchemy furnace…

It was indeed hard to deal with.

The skin-clad monster slowly turned its head, looked at Xu Yuan, and continuously let out low growls.

Xu Yuan turned around and ran.

He hid behind the alchemy furnace and shouted:

“Come and catch me.”

“As long as you catch me—”

“I’ll let you嘿嘿嘿—”

His tone was joyful, as if reliving some beautiful past memory.

How could it tolerate this?

The skin-clad monster said in a deep voice, “You will die immediately.”

It charged forward with all its might, instantly turning a corner and standing where Xu Yuan had been.

But—

Xu Yuan had already run to the other side of the alchemy furnace.

The skin-clad monster chased again.

Xu Yuan circled again.

—Because they were running in circles, a circular loop formed between the two.

A circle isn’t conducive to accelerating!

This was precisely the combination technique Xu Yuan had come up with when he saw the Eight-Trigram Furnace, a flash of inspiration:

King Qin Circles the Pillar!

“A trivial trick.”

The monster scoffed, fully increasing its speed.

Although it wasn’t convenient for a full sprint, its speed was, after all, faster than that kid’s!

The monster accelerated, and was about to reach Xu Yuan’s back—

Snap.

A soft sound.

The monster’s head was tilted by the impact, and it involuntarily stopped, looking towards the alchemy furnace.

The small hole in the alchemy furnace was open.

Zhao Afei had just cast a fire spell, passing through the small hole and striking its head.

As soon as the spell was cast.

The small hole immediately closed.

Half of the monster’s head caught fire, burning with crackling sounds.

Human skin fears fire.

This was a natural counter, so even a low-level fire spell could keep the human skin burning.

The monster had to stop and tear off the burning human skin.

Seizing this moment—

Xu Yuan, holding a sniper rifle, appeared from behind it.

Duang!

One shot, instant kill!

The armor-piercing high-explosive bullet exploded the monster’s head.

The small hole in the alchemy furnace immediately opened.

A long sword extended out, forcefully thrust once, and quickly retracted.

The small hole closed.

The monster had an extra hole in its body, but it could do nothing about the alchemy furnace.

“Damn you… all of you… will die!”

The monster immediately turned to chase Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan turned and ran.

The two chased each other around the alchemy furnace for several laps.

After all, the monster was stronger and faster, and was about to catch up—

Suddenly, a vine emerged from underground, wrapped around the skin-clad monster’s foot, and tripped it hard!

The skin-clad monster staggered and couldn’t keep its balance.

Xu Yuan, without looking back, fired a shot.

Duang!

A high-explosive bullet blew a hole in the monster’s chest.

Three holes immediately opened in the alchemy furnace.

Jiang Xueyao, Yang Xiaobing, and Zhao Afei all struck at once, jabbing and hitting the monster.

“Stop.”

Xu Yuan suddenly shouted, retreating several meters.

The holes immediately closed.

Dozens of human skins surged from the ground, all wrapping around the monster, instantly restoring it to its complete form.

“Humans are indeed full of tricks, but what’s the use?”

The skin-clad monster slowly stood up.

Xu Yuan’s voice came from the other side of the alchemy furnace:

“If you’re so capable, hit me, then—you haven’t even touched a single hair on Grandpa’s body, and yet you’re so arrogant?”

The skin-clad monster let out a laugh from its whole body.

It seemed extremely disdainful.

“It’s too easy to catch you, I just need to stand in that position.”

As its voice fell.

It lightly leaped, landing on the middle section of the alchemy furnace, and started climbing upwards.

Soon.

The skin-clad monster stood at the very top, looking down.

—That person was gone!

“Is that all you’ve got? Sorry, you can’t even see me now.”

Xu Yuan’s voice came from the bottom of the furnace.

The Eight-Trigram Furnace, with its eight legs, had a gap of about one meter from the ground underneath.

He could climb into the bottom of the furnace.

The monster’s body was too large to squeeze in.

So, if it wanted to stand at a high place, avoid the furnace’s obstruction, and attack Xu Yuan, it was impossible!

“I said, you humans only have a little bit of cleverness.”

The monster said, reaching out to lift the lid of the alchemy furnace.

“I will kill all your companions in front of you, then eat them!”

—As long as it opened the lid, it could catch them like a turtle in a jar, killing everyone inside the alchemy furnace at once!

“No!”

Xu Yuan screamed in panic.

It was too late.

The skin-clad monster used both hands to lift the heavy lid—

It peered inside.

Facing its gaze, Jiang Xueyao activated the array disk in her hand.

Surging spiritual power materialized into a giant hammer, slamming directly into the skin-clad monster.

Along with it came a handful of Dan fire and several bolts of lightning.

Boom!!!

Half of the monster’s body was blown into scattered fragments, and its entire body spun, flying high into the sky and landing far into a nearby building.

Crash—

Smoke and dust rose high.

One breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths.

A black shadow leaped out from the ruins, pouncing through the air towards the alchemy furnace.

It was the monster!

Benefiting from the human skins that had been waiting, it had actually, in a very short time, restored its body once again!

“Come out quickly!”

Xu Yuan yelled anxiously as he climbed onto the alchemy furnace.

Thump.

The monster landed on the alchemy furnace, its figure flashing, and it plunged like lightning into the furnace.

It entered the dark, cavernous alchemy furnace!

“It’s too late, your deaths are about to begin.”

In the darkness.

Its tone was filled with uncontrollable cruelty and excitement.

Xu Yuan’s voice came from outside the alchemy furnace:

“So you’re immortal, as long as you can continuously replenish human skin, you’re not afraid of any harm.”

“Did you just realize that?” The monster laughed loudly, its voice full of mockery: “Foolishness has its benefits, for example, you—”

“I’m afraid only now do you know the taste of despair!”

It wasn’t going to wait any longer.

Flesh and blood.

It needed flesh and blood!

It was going to chew on the flesh and blood of these humans, listen to their screams, and crush everything about them into minced meat!

—Only then could it vent the anger and frustration in its heart!

The skin-clad monster reached out to grab its surroundings.

In the darkness.

It grabbed nothing but air.

It grabbed again.

Again, nothing.

No—

There were so many people just now.

Where were they?