Chapter 269: Chapter 178 Dark Dragon Knight_1
[’The Drowned Three-Headed Lion’ pounced at the remaining ’Underworld Shadow Demons’ that were weak and rolling helplessly on the ground. They all died under the vicious claws of the wild beast.]
[Your summoned creature has defeated the ’Underworld Shadow Demon’, your experience points have slightly increased.]
[...]
[You have wiped out all the monsters in the cave, leaving only charred bodies scattered.]
[Do you want to leave this place, or stay and search for a while?]
The King of Shadow Demon was smashed into a pulp by the Earth Giant and was unable to possess another body.
Lin Xun was not interested in the shells of ordinary monsters.
For now, he ignored the options and restored the Earth Giant to normal size.
He then opened the inventory to check the loot.
[’Eyes of the King of Shadow Demon’*2 (Epic) This king of shadow demon who lives in the depths of the underworld is the tribal leader of the shadow demons. In the perpetually dark environment, its eyes have evolved a peculiar ability.]
[This item needs to be used with an empty eye socket, after which you will gain excellent night vision.]
[With this item and an empty eye socket, you have a chance to gain a special effect ’Gloomy Shadow’.]
Gloomy Shadow?
Lin Xun noted that the game text showed ’special effect’ rather than ’special skill’.
Before replacing the eyeball, he was unable to know the specific content of this effect.
"I’ll go find Bennett to try out this new eyeball after exploring the cave."
He looked at the next item.
[’Apizi Ore’*4 (Special Item), an extremely rare ore. The ore emits a faint light and a sweet aroma.]
[In the ’Bretania Empire’, only nobles and knowledgeable people can enjoy the peculiar effects of this ore. They usually grind this material into powder, take a few tiny dust grains, mix them with a large amount of incense and burn them which could invigorate male vigor.]
[Note, do not directly touch or smell this item, otherwise you may faint and die suddenly due to overdose.]
[This item is only suitable for ’Strong Shells’. After use, it consumes the shell’s vitality and thus recovers the shell’s fatigue.]
Lin Xun was speechless after reading the item description.
What the hell is the use of this?
Not to mention the side effect of using hit points to regenerate fatigue, just the limitation of only allowing ’Strong Shells’ to use it was enough to annoy him.
He has been using the Earth Giant’s shell and never encountered a ’you feel a little tired’ message.
The fatigue value seemed to be ineffective on the powerful Bull Warrior.
Only the mana deficient Mage Shell often encountered fatigue.
But the Mage Shell clearly had nothing to do with the word ’Strong’, and didn’t need to use this item. If he took it out to smell, he would faint and die on the spot, which is not fun at all.
In Lin Xun’s shell inventory, the only ones related to ’strong’ were the Earth Giant and the Law Knight... He wondered if the blacksmith was considered one.
"Trash item."
He stowed away the item and continued exploring.
[You walk around the vast cave inspecting, you walk around the underground lake in the middle of the cave, and find nothing unusual.]
[Do you want to leave this place?]
Lin Xun pondered for a moment and clicked ’No’.
[Standing on the shore of the lake, you look at the black lake surface, your thoughts drifting. Bored, you picked up a stone from the shore and threw it into the lake ...]
He clicked his tongue. The game was still playing dumb.
He opened the inventory and directly clicked on the diving item ’Subspecies Sea Dragon Pearl’.
[The ’Subspecies Sea Dragon Pearl’ you carry emits a faint light. Exploring the bottomless underground lake in front of you is as easy as turning your hand over.]
[You are about to dive into the lake...]
[Suddenly, you stand still in shock by the lake and realize that things are not that simple!]
[The charred bodies of several Shadow Demons are floating on the surface of the lake. In their final moments, they jumped into the lake without hesitation, hoping to extinguish the flames on their bodies.]
[Unfortunately, the cold lake water did not extinguish the ’Indestructible Flames’ on them.]
[However, that’s not the important point, you noticed that the bodies of the Shadow Demons soaked in the lake are actually corroding.]
[Their bodies are gradually dissolving ...]
[You instantly realized that the black lake water contains lethal poison.]
[’Underworld Shadow Demons’ living by the lake all year round might have adapted to the toxins hidden in this their only source of water, a light intake may not harm them.]
[But fully soaked in the toxin-laden lake water, even the Shadow Demons that occasionally sip the lake water cannot resist the toxic corrosion.]
[Do you still want to jump into the lake?]
The game, with its malicious intentions, obviously didn’t want Lin Xun to explore the underground lake.
But is Lin Xun the kind to give up so easily?
The more the game doesn’t allow to explore, the more it signifies that there is treasure hidden in the lake.
He pondered for a plan.
Can he just jump into the lake first, then switch the shell when it is almost poisoned to death, to achieve the exploration objective?
He currently owns eight shells, perhaps he could complete the exploration before getting poisoned.
Then he thought, if the Shadow Demons couldn’t resist the poison, switching to another normal shell would probably result in a ’You Died!’ warning from the game the moment he jumps into the lake, not giving him the opportunity to explore at all.
"Can I enlarge the Earth Giant’s form first, then enter the lake to explore quickly... Maybe the lake is only a few meters deep, and it won’t even reach my knees."
"Maybe this way I can find the treasure in the lake before I die from the poison."
