26: Poor quality grave rice

Next, Wei Xiaosu began his favorite grave-digging plan again. Now, it took him no more than 2 minutes to bury a corpse, which was truly terrifying.

If anyone asked him why he could build a grave so quickly, he would proudly declare, “Practice makes perfect.”

However, this time the workload was quite large. Even with Wei Xiaosu’s current skill, it took him a full hour to complete this job.

But proportional to the long hours of labor was the equally massive harvest: 17 bottles of inferior corpse oil, 11 sticks of inferior Grave Incense, 10 bowls of inferior grave meal, and 22 pieces of equipment, including even a Level 20 Tier 1 BOSS item, which was the giant axe from the Minotaur Chieftain.

[Inferior grave meal (Item): grave meal that almost went bad. Consume it, and you will restore 1 point of mental energy per second for 60 seconds. (Limited to Undead-type professions and Undead-type creatures!)]

Compared to Grave Incense and corpse oil, grave meal does not increase any attributes or experience points, but it can quickly restore mental energy in a short time. For Wei Xiaosu, an Undead Summoner, as long as he has sufficient mental energy, he can continue fighting.

“There are already three underworld items: Grave Incense, grave meal, and corpse oil. I wonder if there will be more underworld items later,” Wei Xiaosu secretly mused.

Initially, he was resistant to these underworld items, which sounded terrible just by their names. But gradually, he found that every single underworld item was incredibly handy and incredibly useful.

[Berserk Axe (BOSS)]

[Level: 20]

[Tier: 1]

[Strength: +395]

[Effect: Has a weak armor-piercing effect, especially effective against alloy armor.]

[Description: A massive battle axe made of hardened alloy, possessing considerable destructive power.]

“Good heavens, a single weapon adds nearly 400 attribute points, and it even comes with an armor-piercing effect. It’s practically heaven-defying!”

Wei Xiaosu stared blankly at the giant axe in his hand, his heart surging with excitement. While this weapon’s attribute bonus could only be considered barely average, its Attach effect was extremely rare, making it far superior to even higher-attribute weapons of the same level.

“I’m rich, I’m rich! A Level 20 Tier 1 BOSS weapon usually sells for around 50,000 to 100,000, but this Berserk Axe can definitely fetch at least double that price.”

With an excited heart, he put the Berserk Axe into his storage bag. Clearing this dungeon today was indeed a fruitful harvest.

Of course, the dungeon’s drop rate was extremely low. His massive harvest was entirely due to the black shovel.

“Whoosh~ Whoosh~”

Just then, two consecutive whooshing sounds rang out. Two streaks of arrows flew from a hidden corner, shooting directly at Wei Xiaosu’s head and chest.

“Finally, they’ve shown themselves.”

Compared to the first time he was caught off guard by an arrow, this time, Wei Xiaosu was clearly already on guard against the opponent’s sneak attack.

He smirked slightly, then took a small step back, directly hiding behind Peppa.

Peppa’s massive body was the most solid shield. The two arrows, seemingly powerful, got stuck in Peppa’s ribs upon impact.

“You dog-like scoundrel, trying the same trick again? Dream on.”

Wei Xiaosu grumbled as he stepped out from behind Peppa. He looked towards the direction the arrows came from, a cunning glint in his eyes. He said, “You little Minotaur, I already guessed you would come. What, seeing my Skeleton Mages all dead, you dare to attack me now?”

In fact, from the very beginning, the opponent had fallen into the trap he set, including Xiao Ming’s fighting style of killing a hundred enemies at the cost of a thousand of his own.

With thousands of Skeleton Mages almost all wiped out, the enemy hiding in the dark would almost certainly not miss such a rare opportunity.

And even if he missed again, how could a mere less than a hundred Skeleton Monsters stop him from escaping?

Wei Xiaasu planned it this way, and Arsen, the Minotaur, thought so too. Thus, the sneak attack arrived as expected.

“Summon... Skeleton Mage!”

As soon as he finished speaking, instantly, countless dense Skeleton Mages emerged from the black mist: one thousand, three thousand, five thousand, eight thousand...

A large number of Skeleton Mages formed a white ocean, and this ocean completely surrounded the attacker, leaving no gaps.

“Damn it, this is impossible. You’re only a Tier 1 Summoner, how can you have so many summoned beasts?”

The Minotaur Arsen’s face was contorted, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. Although these Skeleton Monsters were weak, he could easily shoot down dozens with a single arrow.

But now, he was not surrounded by dozens or hundreds, but by thousands, even nearly ten thousand Skeleton Army.

Moreover, besides these weak Skeleton Mages, there was also Xiao Ming, whose strength was comparable to his, and Peppa, who was even stronger than him. If his retreat was cut off, then only death awaited him.

“I won’t die here, I won’t be killed by a mere human.” Arsen gritted his teeth, then drew his bow to a full moon and roared, “Arrow of Earth, go!”

The next second, a yellowish-brown arrow shot out instantly. The arrow first ascended a hundred meters into the air, then sharply changed direction and plunged straight down, disappearing into the ground in the blink of an eye.

This entire process happened in an instant, taking no more than 1 second. When the arrow shot into the ground, suddenly, with Arsen as the center, hundreds of yellowish-brown light arrows burst out from the ground in a 20-meter radius.

The destructive power of the light arrows was immense. The fragile bodies of the Skeleton Mages could not withstand them at all, and a large number of them instantly fell.

[755 Skeleton Mages have died...]

“Hiss, that’s something!”

Seeing this scene from afar, Wei Xiaosu also raised an eyebrow, feeling it was incredible. This Minotaur named Arsen was truly powerful; among those of the same tier, he should be considered top-tier.

However, Arsen could only be considered top-tier among those of the same tier, while Wei Xiaosu considered himself invincible among those of the same tier.

In the distance, the large area that had just been cleared was immediately filled again with dense Skeleton Mages. Wei Xiaosu no longer gave the opponent a chance and began to command his subordinates to counterattack.

Countless firecrackers were thrown out. Although their power was not great, they still caused Arsen a lot of trouble, as there were simply too many of them, and the firecrackers flying in the sky never stopped.

“Abba abba abba!!”

Xiao Ming looked at the firecrackers flying all over the sky and Arsen moving through the Skeleton Monster swarm, appearing very excited.

The next second, Xiao Ming directly rushed out. He kept muttering ‘Abba abba abba’, and then, when he was about a hundred meters away from Arsen, the fuse on top of the giant firecracker in his arms was instantly lit.

“Abba abba~~”

Whoosh~

Xiao Ming excitedly threw the firecracker from his arms.