Chapter 373: Enhancement Effect 1 |
When Qin Ziwen woke up, he found Mogu squatting guard at his side.
He instinctively tilted his head to look at the sky. The sky of Home was pitch black, only illuminated by fire basins burning at regular intervals.
It was then he came to his senses, rubbing the space between his eyebrows. The underground cavern had no distinction between day and night.
"Let me see what time it is."
Qin Ziwen took out his phone from his chest pocket and glanced at the time. It was exactly 7:30 in the morning.
"So early... what's that smell?"
He sniffed the air, feeling something was a bit off.
A faint scent of blood was mixed with a hard-to-describe odor, like rotten almonds and rusty moss. It reminded him of the bugs he used to catch in the fields as a child.
Bugs?
"Master." Mogu stood up and moved aside. Behind it was a dark, small hill.
Qin Ziwen rubbed his eyes and looked more carefully. It wasn't a small hill at all, but clearly a "bug mountain" piled up from insect corpses.
He looked at Mogu, wanting to say something but stopping himself.
I'm glad you can kill bugs.
But bringing all the bug corpses to my bedside is a bit hard to stomach.
Mogu said, "Master, these are all superhuman insect corpses."
Qin Ziwen was stunned, then a gratified smile spread across his face—on second thought.
Mogu worked hard all night, hunting back so many trophies, wanting to report to me first thing. That's understandable. We should always respect the customs of fish-men, right?
"So many? During the day, I didn't see a single superhuman insect. I thought this place didn't spawn superhuman bugs." Qin Ziwen put on his jacket and came to the small mountain of insect corpses. Based on his identification, these insects were basically composed of two types.
One was the black and red millipede, and the other was the black and white... house centipede?
[Superhuman·Rock-Eating Many-Legged Millipede: ☆☆☆☆★] Level 1 Stink Gland for Self-Defense, Level 1 Super Digestion Stomach Sac
[Superhuman·Cavern-Hiding Centipede: ☆☆☆★★] Level 2 Armor-Piercing Spiked Legs, Level 1 Aura Concealment
Centipede, looks like I wasn't mistaken, it is the house centipede.
"There are over a dozen here, right? Were there this many bugs nearby at night?"
"There were some near the residential complex. These millipedes were probably attracted by the black beetles. When I found them, many were eating the black beetles."
"Didn't any drop cards?"
Mogu shook its head. "These insects probably don't qualify as powerful creatures on the current map. Not a single card dropped."
Qin Ziwen heard the implication. He looked again at the mountain of insect corpses. These bugs didn't even meet the minimum standard for dropping cards.
"The pressure of this map is actually this great."
If these superhuman insects were converted to the first map, they wouldn't even count as occupying the same ecological niche as the large wild boar in the forest.
But if they could go to the initial map, aside from the giant toad, most wild beasts would only become their food.
"Hmm? What's this." Qin Ziwen suddenly noticed a distinctive flash of gold within the pile of corpses that stood out.
He picked it up; it was actually a slender, dead snake with golden scales.
This small snake was about three meters long, but only as thick as an adult's arm. Its scales, under the torchlight, looked like pieces of golden armor.
Mogu said, "I discovered this on the way while hunting. This little snake was a bit fierce. When I found it, it was gnawing on a five-meter-long millipede."
[Superhuman·Ferocious Golden Earth-Devouring Snake: ☆☆] Level 1 Immunity to All Poisons
Qin Ziwen was somewhat surprised. This snake was only two stars and yet so fierce.
If it could reach adulthood, it might truly be extraordinary.
Unfortunately, it had already become Mogu's trophy. No matter how high its potential, facing the utterly shameless Mogu who was so many stars higher, it could only die with regret.
"Let's go." Qin Ziwen couldn't wait, carrying the corpses towards the Ancient Hunting Mausoleum.
Calling Qin Ziwu and Du Yu, the four of them successively carried these corpses into the Ancient Hunting Mausoleum.
Then they began burying the corpses.
First, the millipedes.
When a millipede was buried, the royal soil churned, and a dark red serrated sword was slowly spat out from the soil.
The sword was two meters and three tenths long, about two palms wide. The center of the blade was concave, with a crimson pattern running along it. The edges were black and red. From a distance, it looked like a red insect covered in red sharp legs.
This was a heavy sword.
[Hunting Weapon] Blood Land
[Level] Level 1 (0/1000)
[Category] Diplopod/Gland Blade
[Hunting Evolution]
First Stage: Thousand Blades
Second Stage: Not Activated
Third Stage: Not Activated
Qin Ziwen stepped forward and lifted this heavy sword, silently reciting "Hunting Evolution" in his heart.
The Blood Land heavy sword in his hand suddenly vibrated fiercely!
The blade expanded nearly double in size, while countless blood-red sharp blades densely extended from its sides.
A faint layer of shimmering light swirled on the surface of the blood-red blades.
It looked anything but simple.
"This sword is good, but it places great demands on the user's strength, and I don't use swords."
After saying this, Qin Ziwen let the others nearby try it. In the end, Mogu accepted this sword.
Then they buried the centipede.
A moment later, from the soil of the burial mound, a pair of fifty-centimeter-long water-parting spikes slowly emerged.
They were completely straight, sharp at both ends, with a grip in the middle.
"These are the exotic weapons, water-parting spikes." Du Yu recognized them.
Qin Ziwen carefully picked up the water-parting spikes. This weapon was sharp at both ends, making it always somewhat awkward to hold, worrying he might hurt himself. He looked at Du Yu, "Can you use these?"
Du Yu shook his head.
"Master, I have some knowledge of common weapons, but water-parting spikes belong to the category of exotic cold weapons. Your subordinate has never studied them. Such exotic weapons require high proficiency to use. Otherwise, you might injure yourself before harming the enemy."
"That is a bit troublesome. Even you don't know how, then probably no one in the residential complex can either." Qin Ziwen pondered, looking at the other Cavern-Hiding Centipede corpses on the ground. "Then we won't bury these to upgrade the Hunting Weapon. See if any organs on them can be utilized by the Armory Department. Dispose of the remaining parts in the Abyssal Sea Ruin."
Qin Ziwu thought his elder brother's handling was quite good. No one could use the water-parting spikes; even if upgraded, they would only gather dust in the warehouse. It was better to use them to condense the Law Body and improve the innate percentage strength.
Afterwards, everyone buried the remaining millipede corpses into the grave. It was worth mentioning that aside from the first corpse needing to be buried by hand, for the remaining corpses, simply placing them at the edge of the grave was enough. The grave would automatically devour corpses of the same kind.
As more and more corpses were devoured, the burial mound would also grow larger and larger.
The burial mound belonging to Blood Land before their eyes was gradually expanding.
Each time a Rock-Eating Many-Legged Millipede corpse was swallowed by the churning mound, the level progress bar engraved on the front tombstone leaped up a notch.
Level 1 (98/1000)…
Level 1 (487/1000)…
Level 1 (997/1000)……
Level 2 (69/10000).
When the level increased to level two, a hidden crimson light flashed across the entire surface of the Blood Land in Mogu's hand.
Immediately after, strands of entangled pale white mist swirled around the sides of the blade.
"Holy crap, it even comes with enhancement effects."