101: Ocean Magic Frog, an unexpected harvest

While Qi Fei and the others were discussing, Ye Xiao had already arrived at Linhai Village without their knowledge.

He stood at the entrance of Linhai Village.

Even though it was nighttime, with the help of the dim light, Ye Xiao could vaguely make out the appearance of the village.

Dilapidated houses were scattered everywhere inside.

Perhaps due to its proximity to the sea, or perhaps damaged by Oceanic Monsters, these houses appeared extremely rundown.

The air carried a faint, decaying smell mixed with a hint of sea salt.

However, what puzzled Ye Xiao was this:

According to Qi Fei and his group, Linhai Village had long been occupied by Oceanic Monsters, and after so many years, that group of Oceanic Monsters had turned Linhai Village into their lair, continuously breeding offspring within it.

Their numbers had even reached nearly a hundred thousand.

Yet, Ye Xiao scanned the area and saw no sign of Oceanic Monsters, not even traces left by them.

"Strange? Is Qi Fei lying to me? But such a clumsy lie could be seen through at a glance, what would be the point of him lying?"

Ye Xiao murmured a few words, then, carrying this doubt, walked inside.

However, just as Ye Xiao stepped into the entrance of Linhai Village, the scene before him suddenly changed.

The next moment, groups of Oceanic Monsters appeared in Ye Xiao's line of sight.

The Oceanic Monsters were about two meters tall, holding steel pitchforks, their bodies covered in pitted ridges, and their eyes were on top of their heads, glowing crimson with a cruel, bloodthirsty light.

Overall, they looked like bipedal frogs.

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Ocean Magic Frog

Level: 90

HP: 50000

Attack: 3000

Defense: 1000

Description: Magic Frogs that crawled out from the deep sea, seemingly mutated by the strange energy here. They are naturally cold-blooded, with only destruction and annihilation in their consciousness.

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This sudden scene made Ye Xiao slightly surprised.

However, Ye Xiao reacted extremely quickly.

Before the group of Ocean Magic Frogs could act, large numbers of Fireball spells had already appeared above their heads.

"Boom boom boom!"

The power of Ye Xiao's Fireball was no longer something that level 90 Oceanic Monsters could withstand.

Even if these Ocean Magic Frogs' attributes were inexplicably comparable to Elite Monsters, they still couldn't last more than a second under Ye Xiao's hands.

Wherever the Fireball passed, the Ocean Magic Frogs directly disappeared.

A moment later, the open space in front was devoid of any standing Ocean Magic Frogs.

To be honest, Ye Xiao was also somewhat surprised by these suddenly appearing Ocean Magic Frogs.

Just a moment ago, there was nothing.

"What's going on?"

However, before Ye Xiao could sort out his thoughts, the information popping up on his panel caught his attention.

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Ding! You killed an Ocean Magic Frog and gained 1 point of Water Resistance.

Ding! You killed an Ocean Magic Frog and gained 1 point of Water Resistance.

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Seeing the dense stream of notification messages, Ye Xiao's eyes widened.

Killing these Ocean Magic Frogs could actually grant him Water Resistance?

This reminded him of the Volcanic Rock Demon he encountered in the underground cave before.

But the Volcanic Rock Demon was a purely fire-elemental monster.

And these Ocean Magic Frogs were clearly just regular Oceanic Monsters, so how could they also grant Water Resistance?

Recalling the information he just saw about the Ocean Magic Frog, could it be due to the mutation?

Thinking this, it was highly possible.

After all, these Ocean Magic Frogs' attributes, except for HP, had already reached the level of SS in terms of attack and defense.

Such attributes, among level 90 Oceanic Monsters, could only be achieved by Elite Monsters.

Suddenly, Ye Xiao thought of Qi Fei and Wei Wei's group.

They had been stationed here for several years; logically, they couldn't have avoided encountering these Ocean Magic Frogs.

If that was the case, they should know about this.

But after so many years, besides Professionals who received related quests, everyone else was completely unaware of this place.

This was quite strange.

If only a few people knew about this, Ye Xiao would believe that these people would indeed keep the secret.

But the Ziqiang Society had 2,000 members; Ye Xiao simply didn't believe that so many people could truly keep this secret.

Now that he thought about it, when he first arrived here, he coincidentally met Qi Fei and Wei Wei.

Thinking about it now, it seemed like they appeared on purpose to stop him.

Was it for this reason?

However, just as Ye Xiao was rapidly pondering in his mind, another series of piercing frog croaks came from the front.

Immediately after, dense swarms of Ocean Magic Frogs surged out from all directions.

Clearly, the commotion from Ye Xiao casting Fireball earlier had attracted the attention of the Oceanic Monsters here.

Looking at the Ocean Magic Frogs surging towards him frantically, Ye Xiao was not alarmed but rather pleased.

Although killing these Oceanic Monsters now didn't give him experience, it could grant him Water Resistance.

Ye Xiao naturally hoped for as many Ocean Magic Frogs as possible.

He continuously cast Fireball.

Ocean Magic Frogs fell in droves.

In just one minute, Ye Xiao had accumulated 459 points of Water Resistance.

At this point, Ye Xiao also discovered that not every Ocean Magic Frog he killed granted him Water Resistance.

After some calculation, Ye Xiao estimated that on average, he would gain 1 point of Water Resistance for every five Ocean Magic Frogs killed.

As for the reason, Ye Xiao was not sure.

Perhaps it was related to the strength of these Ocean Magic Frogs.

Because he noticed that the attributes of these Ocean Magic Frogs were not uniform; some appeared very weak, only slightly stronger than ordinary level 90 Oceanic Monsters.

Of course, regardless of their strength, for Ye Xiao at this stage, they were all treated equally.

Not a single Ocean Magic Frog could escape his Fireball.

Thus, another five minutes passed.

Ye Xiao had accumulated 2847 points of Water Resistance.

At the same time, Ye Xiao unexpectedly obtained a Skill Stone for a water-elemental spell, Ice Spear, from an Ocean Magic Frog.

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Ice Spear: Consumes 100 Mana. Condenses water elements into a massive Ice Spear. When the Ice Spear hits a target, it instantly explodes, creating a spectacular scene of splashing water, dealing 150 + 0.5 * (Intelligence) Water Damage to the target. The Ice Spear has a splash effect, dealing an additional 15% Water Damage to other targets within a 5-meter radius, and has a certain chance to briefly stun the target.

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Good stuff!

This was a high-level skill, not only possessing a small-range splash but also a stun effect.

It could barely be considered a crowd control skill.

Ye Xiao didn't lack damage now, but his control skills, apart from slow, didn't have any other effective means.

It was acceptable against melee opponents, but against equally ranged Professionals, it wasn't very useful.

The stun effect of this Ice Spear came quite timely.

Due to the Infinite Skill Bar, Ye Xiao naturally didn't need to deliberate like others when learning skills; he simply learned it.

After learning it, Ye Xiao continued to farm Oceanic Monsters.

But soon, Ye Xiao discovered that the growth rate of these Ocean Magic Frogs did not decrease.

However, Ye Xiao was not in a hurry; he just considered it as farming resistance here and, incidentally, seeing if he could get more Ice Spear Skill Stone.

During this time, Ye Xiao finally figured out why he hadn't seen these Ocean Magic Frogs earlier.

It turned out that the entire Linhai Village was enveloped by an unknown barrier.

This barrier completely isolated the entire village from the outside world.

Only by truly stepping into the village could one see its true appearance inside.

This was an accidental discovery Ye Xiao made through the perspective of the clone he left in the stone house.

From the clone's perspective, the entire Linhai Village remained as still as water.

And Qi Fei and the others in the camp were equally unaware.

Ye Xiao didn't pay too much attention to this.

He turned and continued to throw himself into battle.

Such an excellent opportunity to farm resistance was not something everyone could have.