113: The Zhou family's broken sword!

Source Power injected, and two blue lights flashed.

Two Sword-finned Demon Sharks, each over five meters long with back fins as sharp as swords, appeared at his feet.

"Go, patrol the nearby waters. Notify me immediately if there's anything unusual."

Lu Yuan gave the two Demon Sharks their orders.

The Sword-finned Demon Sharks let out a low growl, their massive bodies agilely diving into the nearby shallows, quickly disappearing into the seawater.

After doing all this, Lu Yuan sat down in the cave and began to organize his thoughts.

He tried to absorb the Source Power generated by the rule-based transformation in the air.

However, the efficiency was extremely low.

After all, it was only the first day, and the transformation had just begun.

He absorbed for half an hour and only recovered 6 points of Source Power in total.

"A waste of time." Lu Yuan shook his head slightly. "I still have to rely on source cards."

"The so-called rule-based transformation should be the conversion of matter into cards or pure Source Power. But cards converted from ordinary matter are of too low quality, and Source Power is scarce."

He recalled the scene of killing the fourth-tier sea monster and the Sword-finned Demon Shark pack earlier.

"Those plants that dropped cards showed aggressiveness during the rule-based transformation process. Perhaps, only in more dangerous areas, or under specific conditions, is it possible to produce high-value items."

As for the red card revealed by Sun Libang.

Lu Yuan pondered for a moment; getting it wouldn't be that simple.

At least not in the early stages of the rule-based transformation.

Night fell quietly.

The sea breeze blew through the jungle, making a wailing sound like ghosts crying and wolves howling.

Inside the cave, Lu Yuan sat cross-legged, using source cards to recover from the day's exertions.

Suddenly!

"Splash!"

A rapid splashing sound came from the direction of the shallows outside the cave, breaking the tranquility of the night!

Immediately following was the short roar of a Sword-finned Demon Shark!

Lu Yuan's eyes snapped open.

"Something's here!"

He rose abruptly, grabbed his alloy short knife, and quickly rushed out of the cave.

Under the moonlight, he saw water splashing everywhere in the shallow water outside the cave, a fierce battle in full swing!

The two [Sword-finned Demon Sharks] he had summoned were currently being suppressed by a massive monster!

It was a giant, crimson crab!

The aura it emitted had clearly reached the mid-fourth tier!

Its body was a few points wider than the [Sword-finned Demon Shark], and its two giant pincers were like two huge iron tongs, parrying the Demon Shark's attacks.

Its eight legs were thick and powerful, supporting it as it moved unhindered through the shallows.

Strangely, half of this giant crab's body still seemed to be undergoing "rule-based transformation"!

One half of its shell showed a normal biological texture, while the other half flickered with unstable Source Power light.

However, it was severely wounded at this moment; a sword was stuck in its carapace, and blood continuously gushed out.

This was what had attracted the attention of the [Sword-finned Demon Sharks].

"Screech!"

The giant crab didn't want to prolong the fight; one giant pincer swung out fiercely, smashing hard onto the back fin of a [Sword-finned Demon Shark]!

"Crack!"

A crisp sound!

The back fin of that unfortunate [Sword-finned Demon Shark] was actually snapped off!

It let out a mournful cry, its massive body was sent rolling away, plowing a deep furrow in the shallows.

The other [Sword-finned Demon Shark] tried to rescue it but was firmly clamped by the giant crab's other pincer, unable to move.

"You're asking for death!"

Lu Yuan's eyes turned cold, he pushed off with his feet, summoned a Light Falcon, and charged towards the battlefield!

"Coordinate with me!"

He issued an order to the [Sword-finned Demon Shark] that still had combat ability.

The Demon Shark, receiving the order, opened its giant mouth full of sharp teeth and bit fiercely at the crab's relatively soft abdominal joint!

"Clang!"

Sparks flew!

The giant crab's carapace was incredibly hard; the Demon Shark's Bite only left a few shallow white marks.

But this attack successfully attracted the giant crab's attention.

Now's the time!

The [Heavenly Thunder Light Falcon] was already poised, its mind in sync with Lu Yuan.

"Screech!"

The giant crab sensed a fatal threat, its two giant pincers wildly flailing, trying to block.

But how fast was the [Heavenly Thunder Light Falcon]!

Moreover, there was the Demon Shark's distraction from the other side!

"Pfft!"

Its sharp talons directly burst one of the giant crab's eyeballs!

Juice mixed with shattered crystalline fluid splattered out!

"Screech—!!!"

The giant crab let out a miserable shriek, its offensive instantly scattering!

"Good chance!"

Lu Yuan's eyes flashed, striking while it was down!

The [Heavenly Thunder Light Falcon] dived again, aiming for the half-inserted sword.

"Bang!"

A muffled thud!

It pierced through completely!

"Die!"

"Crack!"

Accompanied by a soft sound of carapace shattering, the giant crab's struggles abruptly ceased, and its life force rapidly dissipated.

Lu Yuan bent down and retrieved a fist-sized beast core from the giant crab's remains.

"Mid-fourth tier, and the quality is quite good."

Lu Yuan nodded with satisfaction.

Just then, the mysterious stone fragment he kept close to his chest warmed slightly again.

A gray energy, even denser than what he had absorbed from plants and sea monsters before, emanated from the corpse and surged entirely into the stone fragment.

This time, the stone fragment finally showed a clear change!

The previously blurry surface of the stone fragment, those intricate lines, became visibly clearer, slowly outlining and intertwining... Finally, a mysterious pattern slowly emerged!

The pattern was neither a formation nor a symbol, full of profound mystery.

"This is..."

Lu Yuan took out the stone fragment and held it in his palm, examining it carefully.

He could feel that the stone fragment seemed to have been partially activated, but he couldn't figure out its specific function for a while.

The resonance is stronger?

Perhaps he could try.

He put the stone fragment away close to his body, his gaze falling on the sword stuck in the giant crab's back shell.

Lu Yuan reached out and pulled out the sword.

The sword body was about three feet long, a standard standardized alloy sword.

At the hilt, a clear family emblem caught his eye—a roaring tiger against a background of three mountain peaks.

The Zhou Family Group's trademark!

"Someone from the Zhou Family?"

Lu Yuan's brows furrowed instantly.

This crab had clearly encountered people from the Zhou Family, and a battle had occurred, but he didn't know why the wounded crab had fled here.

This proved that people from the Zhou Family were nearby?

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