52: Chapter Netherworld Snake Valley! (Please follow up＼(`Δ')／)
In a dark forest,
the ground was littered with the corpses of Tree Demons.
Captain, the Captain of the Night Blade Squad, opened the personal points leaderboard and took a look. His eyes immediately filled with anger, and he said exasperatedly, "Damn it! Why is he always firmly suppressing me?!"
"This Ye Ze, he's really a fake! He only got first place on the first day, and after that, there was no sign of him.
He just let that hateful guy, Captain, take all the lottery chances!"
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Longhua Building, Monitoring Hall.
Su Dingfang frowned, looking at the huge light screen in front of him.
In the picture, Ye Ze was feasting on roasted meat.
It had been four days.
Every time the screen switched to Ye Ze's perspective,
Su Dingfang found that he was either Stealthily traveling or roasting meat, which formed a stark contrast with the other teams actively hunting monsters.
Glancing at the personal points leaderboard, Ye Ze's ranking was almost about to fall out of the leaderboard.
"This guy eats so deliciously, it makes me hungry just watching him."
"Everyone else is fighting, only he is leisurely eating roasted meat, but this also fits his identity as a Chef."
"Seriously, this roasted meat looks delicious."
The other chief examiners also had speechless expressions. They had been looking forward to Ye Ze's performance these past few days, but unexpectedly, every time they switched over, it was a food show.
"We can't let him be so lazy anymore, otherwise other candidates will say there's foul play." Su Dingfang snorted coldly.
"What do you want to do?"
"Arrange another random PK for him. Let's see how he can continue to be so leisurely."
Saying that, Su Dingfang was about to arrange a random PK for Ye Ze,
But at this moment,
a pop-up window appeared on the light screen—
【Attention: A candidate has reached the first stage destination. Do you want to open the auction channel?】
"Open it."
Su Dingfang could only temporarily put aside this underhanded operation and switched the interface to the auction channel...
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"Hahaha, look quickly, Ye Ze is about to fall off the personal points leaderboard."
In a dark valley,
Liu Tieshan looked at the personal leaderboard interface and laughed heartily.
He looked at his other teammates, his expression fanatical, and said, "I told you he had problems! In four days, his personal points have increased by less than 10,000, and his rank is almost out of the leaderboard."
"If he really had strength, how could it be like this?"
His teammates looked at each other,
These past few days, Liu Tieshan had been staring at the personal points leaderboard, muttering "foul play" and "I'm not convinced."
At first, his teammates thought he had gone mad, but now they opened the personal points leaderboard and found that Ye Ze's rank on the list had already reached 92nd place, and he was about to fall off the leaderboard.
"Could there really be foul play?" His teammate asked suspiciously.
"Shh! Lower your voice."
Liu Tieshan reminded him with a serious expression, "This Ye Ze's background is terrifyingly large. Even the chief examiner chose to protect him. Before his rank falls off the leaderboard, it's best for us not to make a fuss."
Saying that, Liu Tieshan's eyes lit up, and he said eloquently, "Once his rank falls off the leaderboard, I will stand out again and thoroughly attack him!
Uncover the foul play of this major exam and restore fairness and justice to the assessment!"
Liu Tieshan's voice was full of hatred, "I will take back everything I lost!"
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【Congratulations on successfully completing the [Obtain Materials] task. You have received the task reward: 1000 points!】
In a dark valley,
Ye Ze killed a Level 12 Swamp Poison Toad and obtained the last material, [Poison Toad Sac], completing the task.
"Hmm? There's a fragrance?"
Ye Ze suddenly smelled a faint, pleasant fragrance. "Could it be the scent of a Spirit Herb or Spirit Fruit!?"
His eyes lit up, and he quickly opened the map channel, finding that he was in a place called Nether Snake Valley.
【Your current location: Nether Snake Valley】
【Distance to Druid Town: 53 kilometers】
【Nether Snake Valley: Eastern area of Swamp of Doom. Active monsters are Swamp Eyed Demon Serpents, Level 15 and above. There is a Boss-level Swamp Eyed Demon Serpent King. It also produces a First-Tier Spirit Fruit: Snake Saliva Fruit】(Click on related entries to view relevant information.)
View the Swamp Eyed Demon Serpent entry,
【Swamp Eyed Demon Serpent】
【Level】: Level 15 and above
【Combat Power Assessment】: 14 stars and above
【Talent】: Illusion Mastery (E), Venom Enhancement (E)
【Skills】: Venomous Bite, Hallucinatory Poison Mist
【Description】: The Spirit Serpent Gallbladder of the Swamp Eyed Demon Serpent is a valuable 0-Tier resource. Eating it can improve eyesight.
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View the Snake Saliva Fruit entry
【Snake Saliva Fruit: First-Tier Spirit Fruit. Eating it can slightly increase Spirit attribute and poison resistance.】
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"Snake Saliva Fruit! Spirit Serpent Gallbladder!"
Ye Ze was delighted,
Closing the map channel, he followed the fragrance into the valley.
The fragrance was getting closer, but at the same time, there were many more monster scents in the air.
Presumably, it was the scent of the Swamp Eyed Demon Serpents.
Ye Ze activated Stealth and quietly advanced. After more than ten minutes, he arrived at a cold cave. Inside the cave was a muddy swamp.
In the swamp, ripples occasionally passed by, and who knows how many Swamp Eyed Demon Serpents were moving and swimming underneath.
And in the center of the cave, a half-foot-tall spiritual plant was growing. The spiritual plant had nine triangular green leaves, and a green spiritual fruit the size of a baby's fist grew at the top.
Clearly, the fragrance he smelled before was emitted by this green spiritual fruit.
Ye Ze looked at the muddy swamp,
Who knows how many Swamp Eyed Demon Serpents were hidden underneath. He would lure them out first.
Switching the Devourer Longblade in his hand to the Frost Bow,
Ye Ze drew his bow and nocked an arrow, a Frost Arrow emitting astonishing cold air condensed.
The next moment—
Whoosh!
The Frost Arrow accurately hit a ripple in the swamp.
Rip—
It was the sound of flesh being torn. A large amount of blood floated to the surface of the swamp.
Hiss—hiss—hiss—
Seven or eight giant snakes, three to four meters long, poked their heads out of the mud.
Puff... puff... puff...
Seven or eight Swamp Eyed Demon Serpents simultaneously spat poison mist at Ye Ze. A large amount of poison mist spread in the air, quickly enveloping him.
Ye Ze's eyes began to become hazy, his body swayed repeatedly, and he seemed to have lost consciousness.
The Swamp Eyed Demon Serpents knew this human had been affected and swam out of the mud one by one, opening their mouths wide and biting towards Ye Ze.
However, the next moment—
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Cold light flashed repeatedly!
Blade Qi surged!
Ye Ze continuously swung the Devourer Longblade, and under theStrangulation of the Blade Qi, those Swamp Eyed Demon Serpents were cut into countless segments, and blood gushed out.
At this moment, Ye Ze showed no trace of his previous confused state. His body was covered with a layer of green light membrane—[Poison Absorption Shield]
Having read the information on the Swamp Eyed Demon Serpents, how could Ye Ze not know that their poison mist had a hallucinatory effect? He had already activated the Poison Absorption Shield in advance, then pretended to be poisoned to lure the Swamp Eyed Demon Serpents out of the swamp where they were hiding, and finally killed them in one fell swoop...