33: First time in the abyss (end), the shock brought by the merit points

[Ding! You have obtained Materials, Mutated Blood Lion's Skeleton, stored in your backpack]

[Ding! You have obtained Materials, Mutated Blood Lion's Beast Pupil, stored in your backpack]

[Ding! You have obtained Materials, Mutated Blood Lion's Beast Whip, stored in your backpack]

[Ding! You have obtained Rare Spar (Mental Type) * 1, stored in your backpack]

[Ding! You have obtained Common Equipment (Top-tier), Blood Lion Ring * 1, stored in your backpack]

Listening to the continuous prompting sounds,

Jiang Yuan's eyes lit up.

A huge drop!

As expected of a mutated rare monster, it drops so many things!

He immediately checked them.

[Rare Spar (Mental Type)]: A spar containing strange Mental Energy, which can be used to make props, accessories, weapons, etc. You can also absorb the pure Mental Energy inside through certain methods to enhance and expand your own Mental Domain.

[Blood Lion Ring (Common Top-tier)]: Strength +10, Stamina +10, Mental Resistance +10 after equipping,

[Equipping Rank]: LV10.

"Not bad, not bad."

Jiang Yuan was quite satisfied. After putting the bone spear back into his backpack, he looked at Liu Shi: "It's already fine. You should still be able to walk, right?"

"..."

Liu Shi slumped to the ground, staring blankly at him.

Jiang Yuan: "?"

Could her mind have been destroyed and she turned into a fool?

He waved his hand again, "Hey."

Only then did Liu Shi abruptly snap out of her shocked daze, stammering, "I, I'm fine. Th-Th… Thank you for sa-, saving me…"

"That's good. I'm leaving. The exit is in that direction, pay more attention to your own safety." Jiang Yuan said, pointing her in a direction, intending to leave just like that.

Seeing that he was about to leave,

Liu Shi instantly panicked and couldn't help shouting, "Pl-, Please wait a moment."

Jiang Yuan turned his head and looked at her in confusion.

"My teammates are all dead. There's no way I can walk out alone. Can you, no, please take me out with you!"

Jiang Yuan was about to refuse; killing monsters by himself was so satisfying, why bother bringing along a burden.

But the woman in front of him immediately continued,

"I, I can pay you one million, no, two million as a reward!"

"Deal!"

...

Bringing Liu Shi all the way back from the depths of the abyss to the abyss entrance, the First-Rank Vicious Beasts encountered along the way, regardless of type, basically none could withstand a single punch from Jiang Yuan.

They were all instant kills.

This once again shocked Liu Shi endlessly, making her certain that the excessively young youth beside her must be a Second-Rank or even Third-Rank transferred Martial Artist!

At the same time, she was also extremely puzzled.

With the strength of the youth beside her, he could completely go to the Level-two Abyss or even Level-three Abyss, so why come to a tiny Level-one Abyss?

[You have reached the abyss exit. Do you want to leave?]

"Yes."

Spending half a day bringing Liu Shi to the abyss entrance, Jiang Yuan also crossed the spatial rift and stepped out of the abyss.

Killing a dozen-plus First-Rank Vicious Beasts only made his LV9 to LV10 experience bar rise by less than 10%.

Spending time killing monsters to level up, break through the Bottleneck, and reach a Second-Rank Martial Artist within the Level-one Abyss would take too much time, and the losses would outweigh the gains.

Moreover, there was also the sparring match with Thunder Martial Hall that he promised Xu Yihan... It should be tomorrow.

As the space before his eyes transformed,

Blue skies and white clouds came into view once more.

Jiang Yuan's first abyss journey thus came to an end.

...

Level-one Abyss Entrance, Hunter Square.

A few stationed soldiers saw him walking out of the abyss from afar and were extremely surprised,

"It's that kid from four days ago. He's actually still alive. I thought he had died long ago."

"The girl who was with him is gone; she definitely croaked."

"I get it. That woman by his side is a female archer from the Huai Shui Guild. He definitely rode her coattails to get out."

"I figured as much, how could a newcomer stay in the abyss for four whole days."

"Pui! I despise handsome guys who live off women the most. But damn am I envious as hell."

The stationed soldiers garrisoned here every day. Although safe and stable, it was also extremely boring, so in their spare time, they would pay attention to the guilds and hunters coming and going through the abyss entrance. Being very gossipy, they mastered quite a bit of intelligence and basically knew people from all the guilds.

Amidst the extremely surprised gazes of several stationed soldiers,

Liu Shi, who had regained her life and was shedding tears of excitement, bent over and bowed to Jiang Yuan: "I didn't expect I'd have the chance to see the blue sky again. Thank you so much this time."

"The promised two million reward has already been transferred to your account."

Jiang Yuan opened his panel to check, and the account column indeed had two million more.

He nodded: "Received."

Liu Shi didn't say much else either, simply bowing to Jiang Yuan once more before turning and leaving, wanting to go home quickly to see her parents.

Jiang Yuan also directly left the square, walking towards the tavern in the small town.

Having eaten roasted Vicious Beast meat for several days, he was now eagerly looking to change his taste and eat some delicious food.

The stationed soldiers were baffled.

"She's bowing to that kid? Wasn't she the one who brought that kid out?"

"What on earth is going on here?"

Jiang Yuan walked closer to the garrison point. Underground here, there was a magic array set up to detect whether passing transferred Martial Artists had been contaminated or possessed by Abyss monsters, and also to prevent Abyss monsters from lodging inside their bodies and entering human society.

The gate also required swiping a merit card to pass through.

Jiang Yuan took out his card and swiped it, and the gate opened.

A stationed soldier caught a glimpse out of the corner of his eye. Seeing the glowing number on his card, he froze for a moment, couldn't help rubbing his eyes, and when he realized he hadn't seen wrong, his eyes gradually widened, his mouth opened, revealing an expression of shock and horror.

The magic array lit up with blue light, and the machine made an artificial intelligence sound.

[No problem, you may pass]

Jiang Yuan left just like that.

"Hey, what's wrong with you? Why are you acting like you saw a ghost?" An old soldier asked.

The young stationed soldier said blankly: "H-He really is going into the abyss for the first time, right?"

"Yeah, I was the one who let him in personally, what's wrong?" Another person said.

"I saw it just now, his merit points."

"Oh? How many?"

"I guess 3 points."

"Too many, I guess 2 points. Hahaha."

The young stationed soldier swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "357..."

Everyone fell silent, a dead silence.

"How many?"

"357." The young stationed soldier said it again, affirming: "I guarantee I didn't see wrong."

The expressions of several stationed soldiers turned just like his earlier—dazed, dumbfounded, unable to believe it.

This point count wasn't considered high; many solitary hunters could achieve it by killing monsters and trading resources and equipment.

Some veteran hunters, guild masters, or wealthy people who would spend money to buy points could even reach thousands or tens of thousands.

But the problem was...

This was his first time descending into the abyss!

From 0 to 357, it also meant that he had killed nearly three hundred First-Rank Vicious Beasts in the abyss!!

"Hiss..."

Thinking of this point, several of them uncontrollably gasped deeply, their faces full of horror.

"Good grief, is he even human?"

"Where did this monster come from!!"