24: Chapter 24 I'll be right back

He certainly knew how powerful Wang Ting was, something that could be seen during training.

However, from their perspective, no matter how strong Wang Ting's strength was, it couldn't compare to those Transcendents or twice limit-breaking warriors.

Yet when they truly saw him adapt to the apocalyptic environment so quickly, and be able to fiercely and decisively strike down the Lizard Hounds, exhibiting a state as if he were a completely different person, they couldn't help but feel unfamiliar and shocked.

"Feng Bo, come lend a hand and help me process the Lizard Hounds."

Hearing Wang Ting's call, Feng Bo snapped out of it, trotted to his side, looked at the three blood-soaked Lizard Hounds on the ground, and quickly nodded: "I'll help you."

The two of them dragged the Lizard Hounds together into the temporary camp. Feng Bo skillfully held a dagger, cutting from the throat to eviscerate the Lizard Hound.

Unlike the Sand Scorpion, the Lizard Hound did not have an independent poison gland; its paralyzing toxins all came from the mucus secreted in its oral cavity.

Therefore, when dissecting, they only needed to be a bit careful to remove the Lizard Hound's head, and the remaining parts would be easy to process.

Although Feng Bo's actions were not as skillful as Zhang Dafang, the chef of the Shelter, he had clearly done this kind of thing quite a few times. With a few quick motions, he stripped off the skins of the three Lizard Hounds, revealing the crimson muscular carcasses.

The meat on the Lizard Hounds was edible, but stripping away all the muscle still couldn't match the weight of the bones. After stripping one Lizard Hound, it was estimated there was less than twenty jin of meat.

Dong Hu had been woken up earlier by Feng Bo to guard the camp.

Now seeing that the three Lizard Hounds had been killed by Wang Ting and dragged back to the camp, he immediately stepped up to help dismantle the corpses.

Both of them were veterans, and they quickly separated the skin, meat, and bones.

While the two were dismantling the Lizard Hound corpses, Wang Ting was releasing his Vibration Perception, constantly familiarizing himself with this ability.

This trait was far more powerful than he had anticipated; the vibrations produced by monsters weren't just as simple as letting Wang Ting know their locations.

Different actions and different degrees of reaction would have subtle differences fed back into the vibrations. If he could grasp these subtleties, his perceptual ability and reaction ability would experience a leap forward.

It was like an ability similar to locating objects by sound, but unlike hearing, what he perceived was the vibration produced by actions.

Rustle~

Faint vibrations suddenly came from afar. Wang Ting stood up and grabbed the hand crossbow by his side.

Dong Hu and Feng Bo's movements paused, their expressions changing slightly as a trace of solemnity appeared in the depths of their eyes: "There's a situation again?"

Wang Ting nodded, looked towards the depths of the night, and then strode into the dark night, leaving only a figure behind to the two of them: "You guys wait here, I'll be right back."

The commotion in the distance was identical to the vibrations from a short while ago. Under his perception, groups of Lizard Hounds were hidden in the dark night, charging rapidly toward his direction.

However, their figures were as obvious as lamps in the dark night within his perception.

The bolts in his hand shot out violently, piercing through the night and running through the bodies of the Lizard Hounds. Three crossbow bolts shot into the dark night, and piercing sounds rang out one after another.

By the time the Lizard Hounds rushed past the low slope and came to his side, Wang Ting's machete was like a guillotine, severing either the spinal bones or the heads of the Lizard Hounds.

Before long, the sounds gradually subsided, and then Dong Hu and Feng Bo saw Wang Ting dragging the corpses of four Lizard Hounds, walking step by step into the camp.

Blood dragged out bloody traces on the gravel ground, and Dong Hu and Feng Bo were already somewhat numb with shock.

'Fighting four Lizard Hounds in the dark night without a single injury, probably only Boss Zhao could achieve that, right?'

Dong Hu and Feng Bo suppressed the shock in their hearts. For the entire two hours of night watch time, the two of them kept dismembering Lizard Hounds. Even Ren Chuan was woken up by the smell of blood and then joined the team processing the Lizard Hounds together.

[Recording Lizard Hound successful, obtained 100 monster points]

[The redeemable items for the low-level anomaly Lizard Hound are as follows:]

[Lizard Hunt Speed (Trait): 100 monster points]

[Lizard Hunt Spirit Ear (Trait): 100 monster points]

[Hound Light Boots (Creation): 100 monster points]

[Hound Spirit (Skill): 100 monster points]

[Lizard Hound (Servant Beast): 100 monster points]

"The traits bestowed by the Lizard Hounds are more focused on agility, which quite matches the characteristics of the Lizard Hounds."

Wang Ting didn't process the Lizard Hounds together with them. Outwardly he closed his eyes to rest, but his consciousness had already glanced over the various functions of the Lizard Hound's redeemable items.

Lizard Hunt Speed: Possesses a speed comparable to a Lizard Hound, with a lighter form and faster reactions when running.

Lizard Hunt Spirit Ear: Slightly enhances hearing ability, possessing a more sensitive directional capture ability.

Hound Light Boots: Comes with a body-lightening effect after wearing, slightly increasing body speed.

Hound Spirit: After activating the skill, gains a 5-minute major speed boost effect.

"116 monster points..."

The existing monster points were enough to redeem the Lizard Hound's redeemable items, but for Wang Ting, these redeemable items above were still not enough to make up his mind.

Speed was certainly important, but at this critical juncture where the Shelter was about to explore the new Infinite Building, some monster points needed to be reserved for unexpected needs.

After all, no one knew what the Floor World inside the Infinite Building would be like.

Parasitic Fungus Vine might just be one of the monsters within; if there were other monsters inside the building or if the numbers far exceeded the current amount, it would probably be extremely dangerous.

...

Perhaps because Wang Ting killed too fiercely, the entire second half of the night was much calmer. Although there were slight commotions, they weren't caused by monsters.

Early the next morning when everyone woke up, they saw the seven stripped Lizard Hound corpses, as well as the steaming hot meat soup in the pot exuding a faint fishy smell.

This scene truly left Xiang Nan and the others on the first watch shift completely dumbfounded.

"You, you mean, my Brother Wang used a short crossbow and a machete all night and wiped out seven Lizard Hounds by himself?"

Xiang Nan felt as if he had slept for over half a year. He widened his eyes, gripping Feng Bo's shoulders with both hands, confirming word by word.

"Mn." Feng Bo answered impatiently, "If not him, could it be these old bones of mine?"

The brat didn't wake up all night. If he had known, he should have grabbed him to process the Lizard Hounds...

Although he muttered a sentence in his heart, Feng Bo also knew not to blame Xiang Nan; Wang Ting made his move outside the camp and didn't use guns, so naturally the sound was extremely small.

"Monster..."

Xiang Nan muttered in his mouth, and the look in his eyes towards Wang Ting changed. Previously, he only thought Wang Ting's martial skills were formidable. With the current trend, if someone said he could walk the Transcendent path, he would believe it.

Lizard Hounds hunted monsters in groups with extremely fast speed and tacit cooperation. After a certain scale, the degree of trouble was no less than groups of Parasitic Fungus Vine.

Especially at night, even a squad would find it tricky if they encountered them.

Yet under this kind of circumstance, Wang Ting held a short crossbow and carried a machete to wipe out seven Lizard Hounds.

This kind of combat ability could no longer be simply explained by the body reaching a single limit-break.

Thinking of this, Xiang Nan's attitude toward Wang Ting became increasingly respectful.

'Perhaps after obtaining a Transcendent Core or Transcendent Potion, he would have a chance to become a Transcendent...'

'What am I thinking? Characters like Boss Zhao and Boss Fan find it difficult to become Transcendents; just by himself, he probably still falls a bit short.'

As soon as the thought arose, Xiang Nan shook his head and dismissed this sudden whim of his.

The dark clouds dispersed, the sky gradually brightened, the coldness of the night gradually dissipated, and a trace of sunlight appeared on the horizon.

Wang Ting said to everyone: "Everyone eat something, and then we are going to the Infinite Building to check the changes. They should be coming over soon."

Although the Lizard Hound's meat soup had a faint fishy and sour taste, it was still pretty good compared to energy blocks.

After finishing the food, Feng Bo took the Hound Silver Fang and handed it to Wang Ting.

Although the Hound Silver Fang was still calcium-based, under the sunlight, it emitted a silver luster, and its strength could also be comparable to ordinary alloy materials, exuding a bit of extraordinary traits.

"Is this a Transcendent Material?"

Feng Bo nodded: "Transcendent factors will condense in a certain part of the body after an anomaly monster dies, forming Transcendent materials with special characteristics. According to the Shelter's rules, individual monster kills outside of collective actions are distributed based on contribution value. The Lizard Hounds are considered to have been killed by you alone, so the Transcendent material belongs to you."

"Besides the Transcendent material, you and Old Dong will split thirty percent of the Lizard Hound's skin, meat, and bones."

Feng Bo was stunned for a moment; they hadn't participated in the kill, so logically it wouldn't matter even if nothing was shared.

However, seeing that Wang Ting's expression didn't seem fake, he grinned: "Many thanks, Captain."

Although Wang Ting wasn't a captain yet, he believed that before long, he would definitely be a captain-tier figure.

"Boss Zhao has been collecting these things all along for the Transcendent Potion?"

"Yes." Feng Bo did not hide it. This was an open secret in the Tieling Wasteland; wanting to become a Transcendent could not be separated from the Transcendent Potion.

"There are only two ways to become a Transcendent: fusing a Transcendent Core or using a Transcendent Potion. The Transcendent Core is too dangerous, and no one dares to take risks lightly, so everyone in the Tieling Wasteland chooses the Transcendent Potion."

Wang Ting was thoughtful: "Is this Transcendent Potion made by Jumu City?"

"Some are, but some aren't necessarily. Transcendent Potions sometimes flow out of the black market and Jumu City. The market price is that it takes 100 shares of Transcendent materials to possibly exchange for a bottle of Tier-1 Transcendent Potion. Therefore, Transcendent materials are quite valuable."

The oasis of the Infinite Building hadn't expanded, and although the monsters had gathered slightly compared to yesterday, there was no obvious increase or frenzy. This was good news for them.

After checking, Wang Ting returned to Fengyan Slope and began waiting for the people from the Shelter to arrive.

About half an hour later, slight vibrations came from the distance. Wang Ting turned his head to look, and a convoy of trucks drove over slowly, rolling up dust like a long earthen dragon.

In the passenger seat of the lead vehicle, Zhao Kun sat fully armed.