59: Chapter 59 Silver-Colored Hundred-Flavor Fruit

Standing beside the Lar Phantom Water Beast, Nie Ning raised his longsword high. A massive amount of Dou Qi surged into the sword, turning it red, and the scorching heat even began to distort the air.

Compared to the body of the Lar Phantom Water Beast, the flesh inside the shell did not have such high defense.

Concentrated Heavy Strike!

As the Dou Qi materialized into a giant sword and slashed down, the sarcoma on the back of the Lar Phantom Water Beast was directly sliced off.

In an instant, a large amount of azure blood mixed with internal organs fell to the ground.

The Lar Phantom Water Beast was severely wounded and instinctively slapped at Nie Ning with its webbed, fan-like palm.

Nie Ning was prepared; he blocked the attack with his gauntlets, then used the force to fly backward, flipping once in the air before landing steadily.

The effect of the coffin nail still persisted. The Lar Phantom Water Beast could not escape the shadow and could only lie on the ground in pain, continuously slapping the earth to vent its agony.

Seeing this, Nie Ning did not step forward again; he even proactively retreated from the area.

A beast is often most dangerous at such a moment, and he didn't want to injure himself due to a mistake.

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As time slowly passed, it was only after ten minutes that Nie Ning dared to step forward and check.

By now, the ground was stained blue by the blood of the Lar Phantom Water Beast, its internal organs were scattered everywhere, and the beast itself lay feebly on the ground.

Looking at the Lar Phantom Water Beast's eyes, filled with anger and sorrow, Nie Ning directly pierced its eye with his sword.

"What a pity; this might really be the last Lar Phantom Water Beast."

Nie Ning couldn't help but sigh.

If the other party hadn't been so aggressive, he wouldn't have wanted to tangle with it at all.

After all, he had already obtained three water cloud vines, which were enough for him.

Nie Ning shook his head slightly, then pushed aside the corpse of the Lar Phantom Water Beast and retrieved the coffin nail from beneath it.

The surface of the coffin nail was now covered in rust, with only a small portion remaining black; Nie Ning knew the coffin nail could only be used a few more times.

After putting away the coffin nail, Nie Ning began to dissect the corpse of the Lar Phantom Water Beast.

He found an azure crystal core slightly larger than that of a Frenzied Giant Bear, as well as the lungs and some flesh.

Its lungs had the miraculous effect of strengthening yang and tonifying the kidneys, which was the fundamental reason why the Lar Phantom Water Beast was nearly extinct.

Although Nie Ning didn't need such things, he could still make a significant profit by taking them back to sell.

As for the flesh, Nie Ning simply wanted the Water Affinity and Water Control Ability so that he could have more means of attack.

After processing the Lar Phantom Water Beast, Nie Ning dragged the corpse back to the pond and threw it in.

After waiting for a moment, Nie Ning saw no movement in the pond; presumably, there were no other Lar Phantom Water Beasts inside, so he continued harvesting the water cloud vines.

It was a rare visit, so he naturally wanted to take as many as he could to sell for some money back home.

But just as Nie Ning was harvesting the last water cloud vine, a faint fragrance wafted into his nose, making him feel refreshed.

A heavenly treasure?

Nie Ning looked around in confusion; the entire cliff face had nothing but weeds. Where was this fragrance coming from?

After thinking for a moment, Nie Ning activated his Strange Beast Body, and immediately, a pungent odor flooded his nostrils.

Nie Ning patiently filtered out the smell of feces and soon found the direction the fragrance was coming from.

Looking up, aside from protruding rocks, there were only water cloud vines.

Thinking it might be some kind of treasure, Nie Ning hurried to put away the last water cloud vine and then climbed up along the vines.

When Nie Ning climbed to a height of a hundred meters, he found himself at the spot where the shell had struck, leaving a large crater.

And the fragrance was coming from right there!

Nie Ning looked inside along the cave wall and discovered it was actually hollow, but it was pitch black and he couldn't see anything.

Seeing this, Nie Ning extended his palm, and a small flame ignited from his palm.

With the help of the firelight, Nie Ning discovered it was a massive deep pit.

The bottom was bottomless, and stars could be vaguely seen above, but the fragrance came from the opposite stone wall.

Five meters away from Nie Ning, a plant resembling a cabbage was clinging to the stone wall, and at its center grew a fruit with a dazzling surface and small silver dots.

"silver-colored hundred-flavor fruit!"

Nie Ning was completely shocked.

He hadn't expected such a precious treasure to grow in this desolate place!

Lilith was a glutton, so she collected books related to food, which Nie Ning had seen before.

The silver-colored hundred-flavor fruit was a very special fruit; its taste changed based on the mood of the person eating it.

Therefore, almost everyone tasted something different, or at most, something similar.

It also possessed the effects of slowing aging and increasing blood qi, and these effects were also determined by one's mood.

The better the mood or the greater the emotional fluctuation, the higher the effect after consumption, which was why it was called a rare treasure.

Nie Ning couldn't care less about anything else now; he hurriedly leaped to the opposite cliff wall and used his sword to wedge into the wall to fix his position.

Looking at the silver-colored hundred-flavor fruit within reach, Nie Ning couldn't help but wipe his hands on his clothes before carefully picking the fruit.

Smelling the fragrance of the silver-colored hundred-flavor fruit, Nie Ning used the momentum to return to the tunnel.

Without any hesitation, Nie Ning sat cross-legged on the ground, preparing to consume it while he was in a good mood.

Otherwise, if he kept it for too long, as his strength grew, such intense emotional fluctuations would be hard to experience again.

Furthermore, the stronger one's power, the relatively lower the effect would be.

After all, the effect of the silver-colored hundred-flavor fruit also had an upper limit, so it was naturally better to eat it as early as possible.

If he converted it into mana, he might be able to reach the peak of a Witch Apprentice in one go.

Nie Ning ate the fruit, and instantly a peach-like flavor flooded his mouth, but then the taste turned into a mysterious sourness.

Although he didn't know why it didn't get sweeter, now was clearly not the time to focus on the taste.

As the silver-colored hundred-flavor fruit entered his stomach, a warm current swept through his entire body.

Immediately after, Nie Ning felt his blood qi begin to fluctuate violently, wisps of mist rose from his body, and even his skin turned a bright red color.

Inside Nie Ning's body, following the operation of the Meditation Technique, that energy began to transform into mana.

But Nie Ning had still underestimated the effect of the silver-colored hundred-flavor fruit.

Because this energy was too massive, the Meditation Technique couldn't convert it into mana in time, causing the overflowing energy to transform into majestic Blood Qi Power.

While nourishing his physical body, it also rapidly transformed into Dou Qi and surged into the Seed of Dou Qi.

At this moment, the veins all over Nie Ning's body bulged, giving him the feeling that he was about to burst.

And this pressure was still continuously increasing.

Nie Ning gritted his teeth and struggled to endure; after only ten minutes, the crystal core was already filled with mana.

The energy with nowhere to vent surged into the Seed of Dou Qi, seemingly wanting to burst it.

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