148: Underground caves, a large number of fire crystals

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle.

In the valley, lightning flashed wildly.

Streaks of purplish-red Thunder Giant Dragons instantly engulfed the Merman Monsters in the hot springs.

With just one strike.

Nearly half of the Merman Monsters in the valley were directly annihilated.

Accompanied by a large influx of experience.

Song Ming also successfully leveled up to Rank 97.

At the same time.

The remaining Merman Monsters below all gathered towards the center of the hot spring.

Then, a melodious and pleasant song emanated from their mouths.

If Song Ming hadn't seen the appearance of these Merman Monsters, he would have probably thought it was the song of mermaids.

He never expected such ugly Merman Monsters to possess such beautiful singing voices.

Of course, while the singing was very pleasant.

If any Professionals were truly brave enough to appreciate it, then he would not be far from death.

Even with Song Ming's current mental attributes, he felt a slight dizziness.

However, this sensation only lasted for an instant before disappearing without a trace.

If other Professionals were here, they would definitely have their souls captivated by this Merman Song, and then be cruelly dismembered and eaten by this group of Merman Monsters.

But Song Ming was not greatly affected.

In fact, if it weren't for this group of Merman Monsters gathering together to use this skill, he wouldn't have felt anything at all.

To make him dizzy for an instant.

It was already the result of all the Mermen's efforts.

To “repay” the Merman Monsters for their beautiful singing, Song Ming struck again with a Blazing Sun Divine Thunder.

Immediately, violent purplish-red lightning instantly covered the remaining Merman Monsters.

Wafts of a burnt aroma spread out.

Song Ming directly turned all the Merman Monsters in the valley into “roasted fish”!

Watching the massive amount of experience and loot pour in.

His experience bar advanced by another ten percent.

Song Ming felt incredibly refreshed.

This was indeed an experience Holy Land; every monster he encountered was Rank 100.

And there were quite a few of them.

It truly allowed Song Ming to farm to his heart's content.

After clearing out all the Merman Monsters from the various hot springs in the valley, the mountain wall in front suddenly rumbled, and a cave entrance just wide enough for one person to pass through opened up.

Song Ming didn't hesitate at all, recalling the Thunder Giant Dragon to his summoning space.

Then he calmly walked towards the cave entrance.

Upon entering, a warm and moist aura enveloped him.

Song Ming immediately realized that the source of the hot springs outside was very likely deep within this passage.

The cave entrance was initially very narrow.

As he delved deeper, the height of the passage also became larger and larger.

After walking along the passage for a full half an hour, his vision finally opened up.

The end of the passage was a very vast underground grotto, with countless glowing mosses growing on the grotto's ceiling, emitting a red light that illuminated the entire grotto brightly.

And in the center of the grotto, there was a lake emitting billowing white hot steam.

It occupied more than half of the grotto's entire area.

Song Ming hadn't seen a single monster on his way here.

At this moment, seeing this steaming lake, he immediately revealed a benevolent smile.

Because next to this lake, there were quite a few Merman Monsters.

Yes.

Merman Monsters!

Unlike the Merman Monsters above, the Merman Monsters here resembled fish more closely.

Although they had fish-like bodies, they had grown four limbs.

These Merman Monsters were short, barely half a meter tall, their limbs were pitifully small, and they only had three toes in total!

And beside them, stood blocks of fire crystal stones emitting a red glow.

This group of Merman Monsters guarded these fire crystal stones in groups, looking very content.

Eye of Insight activated.

Detailed information about these Merman Monsters immediately appeared before Song Ming's eyes.

[Merman Infant (Enhanced Elite Monster)]

[Health: 5,100,000]

[Rank: 100]

[Strength: 5200]

[Agility: 8900]

[Spirit: 5200]

[Physique: 5230]

[Defense: 5900]

[Skill: Violent Strike]

“Merman Infant, no wonder they look so weak.”

“They are even weaker than the Merman Monsters in those hot springs.”

Song Ming glanced at the Merman's panel in front of him and couldn't help but complain.

However, what made him slightly relieved was that.

The number of Merman Infants here was quite substantial, twice as many as the Merman Monsters.

If he killed them all, the experience would barely be on par with the previous wave.

Song Ming hadn't even started yet, but the group of Merman Monsters were very exclusive, each of them yelling and picking up spears, broadswords, and other weapons by their side, charging towards him.

Since that was the case, he didn't need to be polite.

He extended a finger.

Immediately, a flame ray emitting a violent, destructive aura burst from his fingertip, instantly piercing through the Merman Monsters in a straight line in front of him, like skewering candied hawthorns.

Immediately after, Song Ming held his right arm level and drew an arc in front of him.

The ray, composed purely of flames, moved with his finger, sweeping across a large fan-shaped area in front.

And the Merman Monsters within this fan-shaped area were instantly cut in half by this ray.

Then, their two halves were engulfed by the flames and burned to ashes.

[Killed Rank 100 Merman Infant, gained experience +402,500]

[Killed Rank 100 Merman Infant, gained experience +402,500]

...

One after another, experience notifications appeared before Song Ming's eyes.

He couldn't help but frown.

As he expected, despite being Rank 100, the experience given was too little.

It was probably due to them being Infants.

After all, for a Rank 100 Enhanced Elite Monster, its attribute panel was indeed a bit too weak.

So, if his guess was correct, besides Infants, there should also be Adults or Mutants here.

However, although the Infants in front of him gave less experience.

Their sheer numbers made up for it, with almost two thousand of them.

Song Ming's single Extinction Flame Finger only killed a few hundred Merman Infants.

Even so, these Merman Monsters showed no fear.

The weapons in their hands glowed red, and they charged at him, fearless of death.

In response, Song Ming smiled faintly, then unleashed Blazing Sun Divine Thunder.

Immediately, a large area of purplish-red lightning appeared, once again engulfing the gathered Merman Monsters.

Another nearly five hundred Merman Monsters were annihilated.

They couldn't even get close to Song Ming; it was a complete one-sided slaughter.

Next, Song Ming also performed Mystic Ice Spirit Sword Technique.

However, the effect was not very good.

After all, this skill is suitable for focused attacks on leaders or BOSSes, and its area damage is not as outstanding.

However, at this point, the cooldown for Extinction Flame Finger had already refreshed.

Song Ming flicked his hand and unleashed another Extinction Flame Finger, directly giving this group of Merman Monsters a taste of both ice and fire!

The battle quickly ended.

Song Ming gained a large amount of experience again, and his experience bar advanced to nineteen percent.

For him, killing monsters was actually the least time-consuming part.

Most of the remaining time was wasted on finding monsters.

After all, this was a large dungeon, and the space was very vast.

After dealing with the Merman Monsters, Song Ming turned his attention to the red-glowing Ores in the grotto.

Eye of Insight immediately returned information about this Ore.

[fire crystal stone]

[When crushed, it can quickly replenish a Professional's mana. The higher the grade, the faster the mana replenishment!]