7: Chapter 7 You call this "stocking up"? This is clearly demolition!

The core area of the Thunder Ruins.

The air here was as thick as glue, and dark red lightning bolted around between the scorched rocks like countless crazed venomous snakes. Even a third-order martial artist would have to crawl on their knees with their defensive shield activated to get here.

But at this moment, a figure wearing a Faceless Man mask was walking with an arrogant, unbothered gait, treating this forbidden death zone like... a supermarket.

[Internal Chat Group]

[Kidneys (in a state of extreme excitement)]: "Left! In that crack in the rock on the left! That plant is glowing! That's a Thunder Spirit Grass! Take it!"

"Right! The resin flowing from that dead tree is Lightning Strike Fluid! It's all pure essence! Don't be polite, peel off the tree bark too!"

Outside.

Jiang You's body was like a precision machine operating at high speed.

As he passed a rock, his [Right Hand] shot out like lightning, his two fingers acting like tweezers, precisely pinching the small purple plant swaying in the wind in the rock crevice.

Without the slightest mercy, he pulled it out by the root.

Then, without even looking, he stuffed it directly into his trench coat pocket.

Immediately after, he passed an ancient tree that had been struck by lightning, leaving only half a trunk.

His [Left Hand] transformed into a hand blade, slicing across the iron-hard tree trunk, and a large piece of bark flowing with golden resin was completely peeled off.

Once again, he skillfully stuffed it into his pocket.

In just five minutes, wherever Jiang You passed, it was as if a swarm of locusts had swept through.

The treasure land, originally brimming with spiritual energy, was now bare, with even a layer of topsoil stripped away.

[stomach]: "Hungry... These plants don't taste good, I want to eat meat."

[Brain]: "Don't rush. Based on the analysis of thunder element concentration, there is a high-energy reaction source three hundred meters ahead. That is tonight's main course."

"Attention everyone, we are entering the core circle ahead, we may encounter the security guard on duty. Legs, prepare to accelerate."

...

In the center of the core circle, there was a deep pool about five meters in diameter.

The pool water was not water, but liquefied deep purple thunder slurry!

And in the center of the thunder pool grew a purple bamboo half the height of a person, its bamboo leaves crystal clear, each sway accompanied by the sound of thunder.

This was an S-rank heaven-sent treasure—zixiao thunder bamboo!

Market price: Priceless.

Because no one could ever bring it out alive.

At this moment, the overlord guarding this thunder bamboo was dozing by the pool.

It was a twenty-meter-long Purple Lightning Giant Python, its barrel-thick body covered in hard scales, with a single horn even growing on top of its head.

A fourth-order demonic beast!

A terrifying existence comparable to a human grandmaster-level powerhouse!

Suddenly, the giant python snapped its vertical pupils open.

It smelled the scent of a living human.

And this scent was extremely arrogant, not hiding at all, swaggering straight toward its bathhouse.

ROAR!!!

The giant python raised its head and let out a roar that shook the mountains and forests.

The terrifying sound wave, mixed with a foul wind, shook the surrounding rubble into powder.

If it were an ordinary martial artist, this roar alone would be enough to shatter their heart and arteries.

However.

That tiny human in the trench coat seemed as if he were deaf.

Not only did he not stop, but he... accelerated?

[Internal Chat Group]

[liver]: "What a big eel! No, it's a long worm! This thing is a great tonic! Can you leave the gallbladder for me?"

[Lungs]: "This guy has a loud voice, it's annoying as hell. Can you make him shut up?"

[Brain]: "Target confirmed: Fourth-order Purple Lightning Giant Python. Threat level: Low. Value: Extremely high."

"Battle plan: Quick and decisive. Our backpack is almost full."

"Right Hand, control the head. Legs, break the tail. stomach... never mind, this guy is too big, you can't eat it all tonight, pack it up and take it away."

Outside.

The Purple Lightning Giant Python was enraged.

How dare this ant ignore its majesty?

It opened its blood-red maw, and a thick pillar of thunder light instantly shot out, heading straight for Jiang You's face!

Facing this earth-shattering strike, Jiang You's trench coat flapped noisily in the wind, but he still kept his eyes closed, his footsteps not messy in the slightest.

Just as the thunder light was about to engulf him, a strange metallic luster suddenly appeared on the surface of his [Skin].

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!

The pillar of thunder light, capable of melting steel, slammed into Jiang You, but it was as if water was rushing over a smooth pebble; it was directly deflected!

The scattered thunder light blasted the surrounding ground until it was riddled with holes, yet Jiang You remained completely unharmed.

The giant python's vertical pupils instantly shrank to the size of pinpricks: ???

The next second, a black shadow flashed.

Jiang You had already appeared above the giant python's massive head.

He even had the leisure to adjust his posture in mid-air, and then—BOOM!

His not-so-thick right fist, carrying an extremely brutal force, smashed fiercely onto the giant python's forehead.

This punch had no fancy techniques; it was entirely the "morning grumpiness" that his [Right Hand] had accumulated all night.

"CRACK!"

A crisp sound of bone fracturing rang out.

The incomparably hard horn was smashed directly, and the giant python's massive head, like a flattened watermelon, slammed heavily into the thunder pool, splashing thunder slurry into the sky.

The giant python was stunned.

It just wanted to struggle and raise its head.

Jiang You had already landed on its seven-inch vital spot, his [Legs] nailed firmly onto its back like nails.

Then, his [Hands] reached out and grabbed two of the giant python's scales.

[Brain]: "Lift!"

"HUP!"

A low roar escaped Jiang You's throat.

With that bizarre strength that completely defied the laws of physics, the twenty-meter-long giant python was actually forcibly pulled out of the thunder pool by him!

Then, just like cracking a whip.

SNAP! SNAP! SNAP!

Grabbing the giant python's tail, Jiang You went on a frenzy of smashing it against the nearby rock wall.

Left, right.

Ten seconds later.

The fourth-order overlord Purple Lightning Giant Python, rolling its eyes, tongue hanging out, limp as a noodle, completely passed out.

Having dealt with the "security guard" here, Jiang You casually tossed the giant python aside—mainly because his pockets really couldn't hold any more—and then turned to face the thunder pool.

[Kidneys (emitting a lecherous laugh)]: "Hehehe... baby... I'm coming..."

"This pool of water... I'm taking it!"

Jiang You walked to the edge of the pool.

In his trench coat pocket was half a bottle of mineral water left over from when he bought his phone today.

He poured out the remaining water and stuck the bottle into the thunder pool.

Glug, glug.

He filled it with a full bottle of high-concentration zixiao thunder slurry.

Then, his gaze fell on the zixiao thunder bamboo.

His [Right Hand] reached out and grasped the bamboo stalk.

He pulled with force.

POP!

Like pulling a radish, the S-rank supreme treasure zixiao thunder bamboo was pulled out by the roots, with a large clump of crystal-clear thunder crystal soil still attached to the roots.

[Brain]: "Mission accomplished. Backpack load capacity has reached its limit (99.9%)."

"Detected that dawn is approaching. Host's biological clock is about to wake up."

"Retreat! Must be back in bed before five o'clock!"

WHOOSH—The black figure, carrying a glowing bamboo in his hand and a bottle of glowing water in his pocket, like a thief returning fully loaded, disappeared into the night.

Leaving only the giant python, which had been beaten into a bow-tie shape, alone in the wind, doubting its snake life.

...

Six o'clock in the morning.

The familiar rented apartment.

Jiang You woke up groggily.

"Mmm..."

He stretched comfortably, his joints popping with a series of crackles.

"That was a really good sleep, didn't even dream, felt my body light as a feather."

Jiang You lifted the quilt, preparing to get out of bed to pee.

As soon as his foot touched the ground.

"CRACK!"

The floor tile shattered.

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