35: Chapter 1: Killing Doctor Ghoul! Devourer's Long Knife!

Argh!!!

The Ghoul Doctor let out a pained howl, swinging its sharp claws and tearing toward Ye Ze in a fit of rage.

Ye Ze was undaunted and engaged it in a fierce battle.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Cold light flickered,

Flesh was torn apart,

In the blink of an eye, seven more wounds appeared on the Ghoul Doctor's body. Four of them were lacerations that bled incessantly and were difficult to heal!

Awoooh!!!

The Ghoul Doctor was both shocked and enraged. Its momentum diminished significantly as it began to fight like a trapped beast, putting its life on the line against Ye Ze.

For a moment, gusts of wild wind whipped through the area, and the sound of sharp objects piercing the air was constant.

After hundreds of exchanges, the Ghoul Doctor was covered in scars and bleeding profusely, with a small pool of blood nearly forming beneath its feet!

Its aura grew weaker and weaker,

Finally—

Awoooooh!!!!

The Ghoul Doctor let out an unwilling hiss and howl as its aura dropped to its lowest point.

Finally, its body swayed slightly before it toppled backward.

Boom!

The Ghoul Doctor's body slammed heavily onto the ground, its breath completely cut off.

[Killed Level 13 Boss-tier monster Ghoul Doctor while under-leveled. Obtained 21,000 Energy Points (Extra +7,000).]

After the Ghoul Doctor died, its body quickly disappeared. Three light orbs appeared in its place, and a blue vortex exit appeared beside them.

These three light orbs should be the rewards for the hidden stage.

"It's a pity the reward isn't a trial treasure box, otherwise I could have strengthened myself again," Ye Ze couldn't help but sigh.

He reached out to touch the first light orb.

The light vanished, and a blueprint along with three blood-red potions fell into his hand.

[Corpseblossom Protection Potion Blueprint: Craft Corpseblossom Protection Potions. Can be crafted once the talent [Pharmacology] is mastered!]

[Corpseblossom Protection Potion: Grants immunity to the toxins permeating the Corpse Fiend Nest. Duration: 60 min.]

"Corpseblossom Protection Potion?"

Ye Ze was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up.

The toxins permeating the third floor of the Corpse Ghoul Factory were much more intense than those on the first two floors.

The poison resistance potions produced by Chenxi Middle School were still effective on the first and second floors, but on the third floor, their effectiveness was greatly reduced.

If he could find a Pharmacist class user to produce a large batch of [Corpseblossom Protection Potions], he might be able to make a huge profit.

Keep in mind that a single poison resistance potion sold for 1,000 dragon coins per bottle!

"Let me see what the crafting materials are and what the approximate production cost is."

"The main material is the seven fragrance corpse flower? The secondary materials..."

Ye Ze frowned.

Although he had the seven fragrance corpse flower—given to him by a trial treasure box—he only had five stalks.

Furthermore, these secondary materials were all things he had never seen, or even heard of before.

"Corpse Grass? Cordyceps? It seems Nanjiang City doesn't have these materials?"

It seemed his idea of making a huge profit was going to fall through.

Ye Ze shook his head slightly and put the blueprint and potions into his storage ring.

He reached toward the second light orb.

The light vanished, and a war blade appeared in his hand. The blade reflected a cold light, possessing a sharpness that seemed capable of slicing through the air.

[Devourer Longblade: Attack +25, Penetration +30, Devour +100%. Evolvable weapon, has four evolution forms in total!]

[Devour +100%: Devouring [meteorite iron] + [sunfire stone] allows evolution into the Sunflare Form. Devouring [meteorite iron] + [thunder pattern crystal] allows evolution into the Thunder Spirit Form. Devouring [Mithril] + [Greenwood Core] allows evolution into the Greenwood Form. Devouring [Mithril] + [Dragonblood Stone] allows evolution into the Demonic Dragon Form!]

"An evolvable weapon! Four forms!"

Ye Ze's eyes lit up. He had never heard of any secret treasure that could evolve by devouring things.

"meteorite iron... Mithril..."

Ye Ze happened to have some Mithril.

He took out one unit of Mithril from his storage ring and placed it on the tip of the blade.

[Devour]!

The next moment—

The tip of the blade burst with dazzling light. A liquid-like silver glow flowed from the point of contact with the Mithril, slowly rising along the edge of the war blade and covering the entire body of the sword. In an instant, the unit of Mithril was completely devoured and absorbed. Several new silver-white patterns appeared on the blade, and after flickering for a moment, they quietly merged into the steel.

"The Mithril was devoured and absorbed..."

This was the first time Ye Ze had seen such a wondrous sight, and he couldn't help but click his tongue in admiration.

If all the weapons in the world were like the Devourer Longblade and could evolve on their own, then the Blacksmith class would become the most useless profession.

"Greenwood Core, Dragonblood Stone... both of these seem to be Tier 2 treasures. I wonder if Nanjiang City has them."

Ye Ze put the Devourer Longblade into his storage ring and then reached for the last light orb.

The light vanished, and a blueprint fell into his hand.

[Land Deed: ???]

No relevant information appeared.

Ye Ze used [Spirit Vision] to look at it, but he only got [???] as information.

"What is this thing?"

Ye Ze was puzzled.

He looked it over for a good while but didn't find anything miraculous about the blueprint.

He could only temporarily put the blueprint into his storage ring to check for information later and see if there were any relevant clues.

Afterward, Ye Ze stepped into the blue vortex exit and disappeared from the Corpse Fiend Dungeon...

Sizzle, crackle—

Not long after Ye Ze was teleported out, the fleshy pipes connecting countless ghoul embryos on the first and second floors of the factory made a faint, strange noise.

The next second,

A portion of the fleshy pipes pumped a large amount of cold air into the embryos, and streaks of white runic patterns flickered on the ghoul larvae inside.

The entire Corpse Ghoul Factory was undergoing an unknown transformation...

...

At the Corpse Fiend Dungeon camp, there was a very wide area centered around the dungeon entrance.

"Unlimited recycling of Ghoul Claws, 1,000 dragon coins each!"

"Buying beast furs at high prices, no limits!"

"poison resistance potions in stock!"

...

This area had already been taken over by merchants from Elite Town.

Because of the existence of the Corpse Fiend Dungeon, many class users gathered here. Wherever there were class users, there were profits. And where there were profits, there were these merchants.

This temporary camp established for the Corpse Fiend Dungeon was gradually evolving into another Elite Town.

On the far left of the area, Wei Xingyue and the others were sitting on the ground, resting.

"Damn! They're selling a bottle of poison resistance potion for 1,500 dragon coins. The price jumped by 50% all of a sudden. These unscrupulous merchants!"

Qi Yan, holding his shield, walked over from the trading area and said with a look of resentment.

"No merchant is not greedy. They have to charge a bit of a transportation fee for bringing the goods from Elite Town to here," the Contractor Nie Yuan looked at the stalls not far away and laughed happily. "However, this batch of goods is probably going to rot in their hands this time."

"The toxins in the dungeon have become more intense, and the poison resistance potions are no longer effective."

"Oh, right."

"We chose to teleport out back then precisely because we couldn't withstand the toxin's invasion."

Qi Yan laughed. "That's great. These profiteers should also taste the pain of losing money."

"But then again, exactly whose team could have cleared the dungeon before us?"

Qi Yan spoke in a completely puzzled tone. "The only team that could possibly be stronger than ours, Wan Xiao's team, failed so miserably. Poor Iron Guard, one of his arms was even torn off."

"You can't put it that way. Everyone has only been awakened for two days. Although Wan Xiao and I both belong to rare combat classes, two days isn't enough time to create a huge gap."

Wei Xingyue shook her head and said in a complex tone, "Though I also can't figure out which team could have cleared the dungeon before us."

Xu Yan, who was beside her, said hesitantly, "Could it be Ye Ze? He said he wanted to go alone..."

"Impossible."

Before she could finish, Nie Yuan interrupted her directly. "Are you joking?"

"There are so many ghouls on the second floor of the factory. We had an Level 8 Iron Guard, an Level 8 Knight, plus two Bronze-grade shields, and the continuous output from our backline, yet we barely held off the ghouls' charge."

"He's just one person. Wouldn't he be torn to shreds by the ghouls?"

Xu Yan frowned and pondered for a moment before continuing, "But he awakened an Assassin talent, and we also saw him learn the Stealth skill."

"Is there a possibility that he just used Stealth to get directly to the boss room and assassinated the boss?"

"There is no such possibility."

Wei Xingyue also shook her head and smiled. "He awakened an Assassin talent, not a Legendary Assassin class."

"The boss of the Corpse Fiend Dungeon is a Leader-tier monster. Even for a Legendary Assassin, it's hard to say if they could assassinate it directly, let alone Ye Ze."

"As long as he fails to kill the boss in one strike, all the ghouls on the second floor will be alerted. At that point, he won't have anywhere to hide even if he wanted to use Stealth."

"Sister Xingyue is right."

Nie Yuan looked at Xu Yan and shook his head. "You think too highly of Ye Ze."

"At the end of the day, he's just a Chef class user. No matter how high his combat talent is, can it overcome the gap between classes?"

Right at that moment—

The dungeon entrance suddenly emitted a brilliant light.

Whoosh—

Everyone looked up at the dungeon entrance at the same time.

"Someone's coming out!"

"Is it the team that cleared it before coming out, or has another team cleared it?"

The next second, the light vanished, and only Ye Ze stood at the entrance alone.

"One person?"

"Huh? Why is it like before? Another person coming out alone?"

"No way, one person cleared the dungeon? I'm starting to feel like I'm trash."

Everyone was instantly thrown into confusion...

On the other side, Wei Xingyue and the others' eyes were about to pop out of their heads.

"How is this possible..."

"I must be dreaming? He's a chef, how could he..."

Qi Yan was stunned,

Xu Yan had a complex expression,

Wei Xingyue was speechless,

And Nie Yuan felt as if his face had been slapped, burning with pain...