38: Chapter 38 Killing the Arm Stone Monster
Facing the encirclement of the three, the Wrist Stone Monster, with its low intelligence, could only roar and smash wildly, but no matter what it did, it couldn't even touch a single person's clothes.
To some extent, perhaps heaven is fair; the Wrist Stone Monster, whose defense and strength far exceeded those of its peers, was pitifully slow.
Although its speed was very slow, the Wrist Stone Monster's overall strength was even greater than that of ordinary monsters. Unlike humans, ordinary monsters do not possess high intelligence and cannot use sharp weapons.
In the eyes of many monsters, the Wrist Stone Monster was an unchewable rock. In human eyes, as long as one had powerful weapons, it could be easily killed using kiting tactics.
The Wrist Stone Monster was exceptionally resilient. Facing the encirclement of the three, it stubbornly held on for over half an hour, but its limbs had been severed, leaving it only able to roar wildly in place.
Poof!!
Finally, unable to fight back and only able to endure attacks, after its vulnerable true spirit was exposed, Fang Yuan, finding an opportunity, stabbed it through with his blade.
Thus, the Wrist Stone Monster, which had held on for nearly an hour, still could not escape its demise.
As its life force drained away, the Wrist Stone Monster's hard rock armor suddenly fell off, revealing an ugly little monster in Fang Yuan's eyes. His long blade was now firmly embedded in it.
This was its true spirit. The Wrist Stone Monster's massive rock body was actually just armor it had condensed to protect itself.
The moment the monster was killed by him, Fang Yuan clearly felt a huge surge of Origin energy pour into his body.
Without others knowing, his Physical Body strength directly increased by a hundred points, instantly surpassing 1,500 points of strength.
The progress bar of his Talent also received an increase of over three percentage points, directly breaking through the 20% mark.
As expected of a Bronze Rank monster, just one significantly increased his strength.
Fang Yuan
Rank: Black Iron Rank Nine (3%)
True Spirit Talent: Origin Devouring (Silver)
Talent: Origin Enhancement (20.2%)
Fang Yuan, mentally assessing his situation, was very much looking forward to what surprises he would receive when this progress bar was full.
After Devouring the Origin, the fatigue from the previous hour of combat was instantly cleared. He was now full of energy, ready to face the next battle at any time.
"This ugly monster is the true spirit of the Wrist Stone Monster. Low-Rank Wrist Stone Monsters are very easy to deal with, but if their Rank is high, it won't be easy for us to fight them..."
Uncle Mo, accompanied by four bodyguards, stepped forward to explain to the three. Sea City did not have detailed monster analysis books.
The monsters born in the Void Realm were bizarre and varied, and even similar monsters would have different abilities. Furthermore, the higher-ups of Sea City did not want the lower-class people to know how terrifying things were, so even though a monster encyclopedia could be easily published, it ultimately wasn't.
High-Rank monsters were too terrifying; letting the lower-class people know would only make them despair.
After learning about the Wrist Stone Monster from Uncle Mo, the monster they had killed by over-Ranging it instantly lost its "easy kill" label.
Bronze Rank Wrist Stone Monsters were very ordinary, but as their Rank increased and their abilities grew, slow movement was no longer their weakness.
Among them, there was a Gold Rank Wrist Stone Monster that many in the City Defense Force remembered vividly.
That Gold Rank 9 Wrist Stone Monster had an exaggerated and terrifying physique, exceeding one hundred meters due to rock accumulation, and possessed the ability to control earth and rock over a large area.
Several Gold Rank Professionals attacking it couldn't even harm it in the slightest, and it almost broke a gap in the hundred-meter-high wall. In the end, it was a Legendary Professional who had to step in to eliminate it.
"So it was that powerful."
Hearing that the ugly monster before them had such an impressive past record, Lin Zhizhi approached the corpse and looked at it a few more times. Then, she used her long blade to break open its head and retrieve the crystal core from within.
A Bronze Level One crystal core would cost at least eight hundred energy points. Although not much, Lin Zhizhi carefully and treasured it, putting it into her pocket.
Low-Rank crystal cores, such as Black Iron and Bronze, were not expensive. Even a Bronze Tenth Level crystal core would not exceed five thousand energy points at its highest price.
The output of crystal cores in this range was very high, and high-Rank Professionals had no use for them, so the price naturally became very low.
Higher-Rank crystal cores, such as a Silver Rank One crystal core, would require at least fifty thousand energy points, ten times that of a Bronze Rank.
"Our strength is still too low; we must Cultivate even harder."
Li Xuefei, hearing about high-Rank monsters for the first time, clenched her fists. In her heart, she yearned to become a Legendary Rank True Spirit Professional herself, to kill Gold Rank Wrist Stone Monsters and protect the safety of Sea City.
"Remember, do not make too much noise in the mist, as this will attract a large number of monsters. Previously, we were clearing the surrounding monsters for you..."
Uncle Mo's voice sounded again. When the three looked at him, the four bodyguards were not by his side.
Following Uncle Mo's guidance, Fang Yuan could vaguely see a bodyguard standing motionless over a hundred meters away from them. Around him, there were some indistinct, undulating figures; those were the monster corpses.
In the mist, monsters were particularly attentive to strange sounds. Collision sounds from two monsters purely brawling, for example, were familiar to them and would not attract their attention.
Unusual noises like Fang Yuan and his group cutting the Wrist Stone Monster with sharp blades were, however, telling them that other creatures were present.
Because monsters were very sensitive to sound, Professionals dared not use high-powered firearms when venturing out.
The mist, fraught with danger, was full of monsters. Using high-powered weapons like artillery shells would only lead one into an encirclement by countless monsters.
And low-powered firearms had little effect on monsters with astonishing speed and defense.
Uncle Mo was like a kind teacher, imparting some of his experience to the three.
The three, being lectured, silently took these instructions to heart, treating these experiences as tenets for their future actions.
One Wrist Stone Monster was clearly not enough to satisfy the fighting spirit of the three. After a simple two-minute rest and a drink of water to rehydrate, the three, full of fighting spirit once more, set off for other areas, searching for suitable monsters... Swish!!
Fang Yuan easily sliced an unknown Black Iron Rank Ten monster in half with one strike.
A small amount of Origin energy was extracted by him, strengthening his Physical Body. Just a little bit of strength; after the previous major Physical Body enhancement, a Black Iron Rank Ten monster could now only add a tiny bit of strength to him.
Uncle Mo, who had been watching the three fight, was a little puzzled. From the beginning, Fang Yuan had displayed only about 1,400 points of strength, which was the strength he used when fighting the Wrist Stone Monster.
However, later on, he discovered that this Fang Yuan kid exhibited even greater strength. A Gold Rank Professional could easily discern how much strength he was using.
Not only the change in strength, but he also noticed that Fang Yuan, after fighting for several hours, showed no signs of fatigue, while the two girls accompanying him were already looking tired.
This strange performance greatly surprised Uncle Mo; he was completely a fighting machine.
"Fang Yuan kid, were you holding back your strength before? I see that strike of yours had at least 1,500 points of strength."
Finally, Uncle Mo, unable to contain his curiosity, spoke up and asked.
"Well, I don't know either. Maybe it's because of my Talent, [Strength Enhancement]."
Being suddenly questioned by others, Fang Yuan could only prevaricate. He couldn't very well tell others that he could Devour the Origin of monsters, could he?