I became a god by treasure hunting after arriving 500 years early

Lu Yuan shouldered his backpack and slowly walked into a darker, deeper cave.

From Old Cat’s perspective, Lu Yuan inexplicably entered the underground...

Its Cat’s Eye Stone, flickering with green light, created an inexplicable yet real scene.

...

It seemed to happen in just an instant; they arrived at the second underground level.

This place was even darker, filled with a gray, thick fog, and permeated by a strange fishy smell.

The leather boots stepped on the damp stones, the "thud thud thud" of footsteps echoed between the narrow rock walls, forming a strange echo.

If one looked directly with the naked eye, the sight of those widespread crimson eyes, secretly peering at oneself, was utterly terrifying. Those of weaker minds could go completely mad within seconds.

"Is it still useful to gouge out the flesh from your buttocks now?" Old Cat asked.

"It’s useless now. They’ve taken root... Even if forcibly removed, they would continue to grow back."

"Only by peeling them off at the beginning would it have been effective."

Lu Yuan cut off a testicle with a small knife and experienced the joy of a eunuch.

"Damn!"

A few seconds later, those terrifying eyeballs grew back again, like cancerous cells.

"This regeneration speed is even more badass than my body."

He simply closed all his eyes, including the two disturbing crimson ones on his buttocks.

Using the Extraordinary Fire, he temporarily cut off these strange input signals to his brain.

He gently placed the oil lamp on the ground, sighed softly, "Old Cat, if there are any Alien Race survivors here, try to contact them with the radio."

Those who could reach the second level all had eyes growing on their bodies; the aliens might not last much longer.

"I’m trying... However, you take care of yourself, don’t die."

"Don’t worry, I will clear out all the monsters here unscathed," Lu Yuan declared, his body emanating a murderous aura, "As long as I am not touched by any monster, I won’t develop a subconscious crisis, nor will more eyes grow."

"I have a feeling they are coming..."

Gray qi whirled continuously in the cave, the cold penetrating deep into the skin.

Old Cat started to adjust its telegraph machine; a buzzing sound came from the backpack.

The wolf inside the backpack dared not move an inch, its survival instincts fully engaged, deeply aware that this was a deadly place and that it couldn’t afford to slow them down.

Why didn’t the monsters attack it?

Because here, it was at the bottom of the food chain, no one cared about wolf meat on the chopping board... of course, there could also be some deeper reason.

"Get in there... I, Pangu Wolf King, am about to face the storm!"

"Aoou!"

Lu Yuan quickly set up the tent, put the large backpack inside, and stretched out his arms, feeling weightlessly light.

Then, he entered a state of absolute focus.

The Monster had set up the second level, obviously to hunt prey.

Because all the prey that entered the second level were already under its power...

Like insects in a spider web, all wrapped up, the hunter always harvests these prey at the right time.

Buzzing electronic sounds emanated from within the tent.

The dim, flickering fire became even dimmer.

Through the "Donkey Head Mask’s" third eye, Lu Yuan observed the outside world.

Even though it was nearsighted, it wasn’t affected by spiritual attacks.

Possessing this compensatory ability in such an environment was invaluable.

Time passed by minute by minute,

Ssss...

Suddenly, a subtle stream of qi came from not far away.

Lu Yuan inexplicably saw blurry black figures swimming up from deeper "caves" below.

There was an even deeper third layer.

Lu Yuan’s thought struck like lightning; "At first, I couldn’t see because I didn’t have extra eyes growing on my body."

"The more eyes, the deeper one can see."

"There’s even a third layer... Is there also a fourth layer?"

These insights made his brain rapidly fire up.

"This must be a low-level Monster... otherwise, by sending a super master from the previous Epoch, it would squash me like squashing an ant."

Although Lu Yuan considered himself "the premier warrior of the Ninth Epoch," he obviously couldn’t match the old monsters from the previous Epoch.

"It likely captured these lizard men from within the Safe Zone of the Rize Civilization... These monsters didn’t have high combat abilities, only about the level of Level 1 creatures."

From previous encounters, Lu Yuan was confident he could kill a minor monster within three moves.

Thus, he gave an evaluation that the "combat abilities of the minor monsters were not high."

It was only because of the Monster’s Space Ability that made these ghostly beings elusive.

Moreover, the enemy’s Spiritual attacks were so strong that mere contact, even through armor, could cause injuries, restricting Lu Yuan significantly.

He suddenly thought of a surprising idea: "Is it possible that the Monster would rather control and enslave me?"

"After all, I am a Level Three Master from the Early Epoch... If it controlled me spiritually, it would benefit much more than by just controlling these weaklings? Killing me would only yield some meat, but controlling me could better snowball its influence."

Of course, this was just Lu Yuan’s speculation.

No one knew the true intelligence of the Monster.

As he thought this, shadows quietly emerged from the darkness, slowly approaching Lu Yuan.

Very slowly, very slowly.

"You’ve finally come."

The shadow, with hundreds of eyes all over its body, opened them, and although unclear, Lu Yuan could sense an eerie laughter emanating from it.

"As long as it is resolved without injury, I will not grow more eyes," he muttered.

The Extraordinary Spark within him began to vibrate, spreading heat throughout his body.

The eye sockets of the donkey head mask emitted a terrifying red light.

Suddenly, the shadow fiercely pounced from the darkness!!

Lu Yuan reacted extremely quickly, the red light from the mask’s eye sockets flowing like molten lava, instantly spilling out!

"Spiritual shock!"

The longsword cleaved through the air. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

The surface of the Black Iron Sword reflected the light and shadow of the oil lamp.

Just as the blade was about to hit the shadow, Lu Yuan’s vision blurred, and he realized that his opponent had vanished.

The space in front of him was empty, and even the "Third Eye" from the mask could not sense anything.

A sense of shock and suspicion arose in Lu Yuan’s heart.

His carefully brewed spiritual shock, along with that fierce horizontal slash, all his moves had fallen through!

"Could the monsters on the second level already be using Different Space?"

"Lu Yuan, their Different Space seems to only last a second," Old Cat called out from the tent.

The sense of crisis intensified from all directions, and Lu Yuan let out a loud shout.

Relying on his terrifying combat instincts, he swung the Black Iron Longsword around, slashing in all directions.

Sizzle!

The longsword directly hit a hanging stalactite, causing rock fragments to scatter onto the tent with a "bang bang" sound.

Lu Yuan found it strange—based on his earlier judgment, those smaller monsters "weren’t very strong", but now with the ability of Different Space, their combat strength had soared.

As he pondered the suspicious aspects, a sudden chill hit the back of his head!

Through the Third Eye, he could see a shadow behind him, its withered claw fiercely swooping towards him!

This blow was aimed right at the back of his head!

Had an eye grown on the back of his head, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

"Seeking death!!"

Lu Yuan’s eyes were split with rage as he activated the full power of the Extraordinary Spark!

His blood surged wildly, his body glowing red.

With his extraordinary physical fitness, before the opponent’s attack could reach him, he threw the shield in his hand heavily backwards!!

Roar!

The leather shield caused a deafening roar as it scraped through the air!

The shadow’s fierce strike hit the leather shield.

After being struck by the leather shield, the shadow let out a pitiful cry and "whoosh", activated Different Space.

Indeed, it lasted only a second, and then it jumped back out.

Without a second word, Lu Yuan, like a tiger leaping out of a ravine, swung his longsword again!

In the dense mist, the opponent was as slippery as a loach.

"Die!"

Lu Yuan took out a dart, exerted force with his wrist, and threw it.

The two darts also made a severe friction sound with the air.

The speed was too fast; after hitting the target, a dull sound of liquid splashing arose, and a bloody smell wafted through the air.

Lu Yuan didn’t have time to look closely; a sense of crisis emerged again from behind.

His heart tightened, knowing that other dark monsters were attacking, and although he was furiously angry, his mind was sharp as ever.

He absolutely couldn’t get hurt!

Even a touch was unacceptable.

Being attacked would subconsciously trigger a massive psychological feedback, causing him to grow more eyes.

Therefore, trading life for life in this situation was definitely a mistake.

He rolled forward lightly, dodging the attack.

Then, he sprang up from the ground with a flying kick!

It struck.

But he didn’t severely injure his opponent, only kicked it flying away.

Because in the last moment, the monster had forcibly hopped backwards, then used a one-second Different Space to dodge Lu Yuan’s longsword slash.

More monsters attacked, mixed with Old Cat’s shout, "Comrade, there are at least 12 enemies in the dark!!"

Lu Yuan’s heart tightened, aware that the monsters were mobilizing significant resources to annihilate him, and he roared, the donkey head mask once again emitting a red stream of light.

At the same time, he pulled out the Superior dagger from his waist and slashed through the air!

Though short, the Superior dagger’s affinity with the Extraordinary Spark was extremely high.

In contrast, Lu Yuan’s self-forged Black Iron Longsword, due to its "Hold Fast" ability, had a very low affinity with the Extraordinary Spark; "Hold Fast" would also block the power of the Spark.

The red light covered the entire dagger, tracing a five-meter-long rainbow through the space!

The sharp sound of it cutting through the air echoed in his ears.

The overflowing red light was far greater than Lu Yuan’s psychological expectation; usually, the rainbow he triggered was about three meters.

Perhaps it was because Lu Yuan was in a furious state, causing the Spark to erupt with even stronger power.

Some people perform abnormally in desperate situations, while others erupt with hidden strengths… Lu Yuan was undoubtedly the latter.

The scorching aura accompanying these red lights burned a significant amount of material, with grievous cries rising one after another.