Chapter 841 -842: The Bottom of the Pool_1
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Standing by the waterfall basin’s waters, Song Jian looked down;
The depth of this pool was unfathomable, and even though he utilized his vertical eye, Song Jian could see nothing. Yet, he could sense that deep within these waters lurked many strange creatures, or perhaps monsters;
In such a situation, jumping in rashly would be nothing short of suicide. After pondering for a while, Song Jian took out a piece of raw meat from his pack, which was also a cooking ingredient. However, he did not use it to make food, but instead used a scalpel to slice it into finger-thick strips, then threw them one by one into the pool;
Song Jian waited quietly. Soon, the water began to waggle, becoming more and more violent. Several dark shadows continuously stirred the water, all heading towards the surface;
“As expected, it’s impossible for there to be only one of these pythons…” Song Jian smiled faintly, slowly backing away as he gripped the long sword in his hand.
Very soon, dozens of giant pythons burst out of the water and lunged towards Song Jian. These pythons were massive in size, yet their movement speed was not slow at all.
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Thousands of Swords Flying Immortal Decision!
In an instant, more than ten long swords enveloped the pythons, with explosions sounding one after another, disrupting their assault;
Following that, Song Jian threw his long sword into the air, immediately conjuring five long swords that formed the Five Elements Sword Array, engulfing the dozen or so pythons that had surged out of the pool;
The Sword Qi Value dropped by more than half in an instant. The Invisible Sword Array consumed Sword Qi Value based on the number and strength of the targets. Once the Sword Qi Value was depleted, the Five Elements Sword Array would collapse on its own.
Fortunately, after learning the vital energy chapter of the Sword Control Skill, Song Jian’s Sword Qi Value limit had increased considerably. And after advancing into the golden Sword Qi, the quality of his Sword Qi had improved several times, with an extremely fast recovery speed. Dealing with a dozen ordinary monsters required a larger consumption to condense the Sword Formation, but maintaining it did not require too much Sword Qi;
From within the murky sword mist, came the continuous hissing and roaring of the pythons. The levels of these pythons ranged from the lowest at forty-two to no higher than forty-five, with most of their Vitality Points around six thousand. As sword light flickered, each strike inflicted seven to eight hundred points of damage on them, so it wasn’t long before the hissing within the Sword Formation gradually weakened, until silence prevailed;
After all the pythons had perished, Song Jian astonishingly discovered that not only did these pythons provide precious cooking materials, but the Experience Points they offered were also surprisingly high. These dozen or so pythons actually provided over two hundred thousand Experience Points, increasing Song Jian’s experience bar by more than 5%;
“The only regret is that the drop rate is just too low!” Song Jian said with some frustration as he looked at the sparse white-quality equipment scattered on the ground;
Over a dozen monsters of level forty and above had only dropped three pieces of level forty white-quality equipment and two pieces of green-quality equipment. No materials had dropped at all. With such a drop rate, if Song Jian hadn’t known he could extract precious cooking materials from their bodies, he probably would have lost interest in these monsters after just one fight;
Using the scalpel to dissect one python after another, Song Jian obtained quite a few materials. After completing the dissection, Song Jian’s dissection skill also advanced to level eight;
“Every python could be dissected into a piece of pale golden-quality cooking ingredient, and there were also some materials like blue-quality snake skin and scales. Just these materials alone are probably worth a lot of money!” A smile appeared on Song Jian’s face;
In addition to the “miraculous snake meat,” Song Jian also got eight pieces of snake skin for making level forty leather armor, and scales for making level forty scale armor. However, he only managed to gather two horns from atop their heads, along with the one he had gathered before, totaling three horns collected;
Looking at the dozen or so pieces of pale golden snake meat in his inventory, Song Jian cracked a slight smile and began to repeat the action he had used to attract the giant pythons previously;
For the entire day, Song Jian, much like fishing, lured one python after another from the depths of the pond and then used his sword techniques to kill them all;
“Magical snake meat,” Song Jian collected over a hundred pieces in total, along with a large amount of other materials. Most importantly, Song Jian’s level had risen directly by one, from thirty-eight to thirty-nine;
Song Jian allocated the skill points to the Mysterious Moonlight Sword, increasing the power of each strike from the previous 35% to 40%. The increase was not large, but the overall damage had increased by at least over two thousand;
Looking at the pale golden snake meat in his inventory, Song Jian thought to himself, “If all these materials were cooked into food, the attribute enhancement alone would probably be equivalent to successfully passing a B-tier first-order combat power assessment world!”
Due to the recipes and consumption limits, it was impossible for Song Jian to use all these materials by himself, so he would definitely have to share some with other members of his alliance. Moreover, cooking with this snake meat would increase the speed of earning cooking experience points much faster than usual. Even if sold, each piece of snake meat fetching thirty thousand Doomsday Coins would probably attract many eager buyers;
However, the current Song Jian was no longer in need of Doomsday Coins. What he preferred now was bartering, and these pieces of snake meat could potentially be exchanged for many valuable items;
Continuing to lure, no more giant pythons emerged from the pond. It seemed that Song Jian had exterminated them all. Shaking his head, Song Jian was ready to turn around and leave;
But at that moment, Song Jian hesitated for a moment and then turned around and jumped directly into the pond, slowly sinking towards the bottom;
This pond was truly strange, having nurtured such peculiar giant pythons. Song Jian wanted to see what oddities lay at the bottom of the water;
The pond was silent inside, and the deeper Song Jian dived, the greater the pressure he felt. If not for the significant enhancement of his physical quality, Song Jian wouldn’t have been able to endure for long and would have had to surface;
After about fifteen minutes, Song Jian’s surroundings were utterly dim, and he could only open his vertical eye on his forehead to observe everything around him.
Indeed, the giant pythons at the bottom of the pond seemed to have all been lured ashore and killed by Song Jian. There was no sign of any monster presence in the pond. After a while, Song Jian suddenly felt as if he had passed through a thin layer, and he fell straight to the bottom of the pond;
The bottom of the pond was dry sand without a trace of moisture, while about seven or eight meters above his head, there was a layer of membrane emitting a faint luminescence, resembling a half-spherical bowl, firmly sealing off the bottom of the pond;
“Indeed, the place that could nurture such giant pythons was not as ordinary as I initially thought!” Song Jian patted the sand off his body and stood up;
The luminescent barrier was seven or eight meters above the bottom, and Song Jian had fallen from there quite unexpectedly. If it had been an ordinary person, they might have been severely injured, but for Song Jian, he hadn’t suffered any damage whatsoever.
Walking along the pond bottom covered with fine white sand, Song Jian suddenly caught sight of a flash of dark gold light ahead, instantly capturing all of his attention;
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