CHAPTER 87: CHAPTER 56: CHANCE ENCOUNTER

Poof!

Yan Luo kicked the gigantic skeleton in front of him in frustration, causing it to tilt slightly and sink into the sand.

Among the materials produced by the desert giant crocodile, its complete skeleton is one of them.

Compared to the multi-legged tiger, the complete skeleton of the desert giant crocodile is even more valuable.

Even if no one intentionally buys it, it can still fetch a good price—at least seven hundred thousand.

The reason is simple, the desert giant crocodile’s bones are excellent conductors, and if ground into powder and mixed with metal, along with two other materials, they can transform metal into a room-temperature superconductor.

The skeleton before Yan Luo, if it could be transported out of the Abyss, could at least produce ten tons of room-temperature superconductor.

Many of the room-temperature superconductors used in city flying cars come from this.

With a sigh, Yan Luo took a signal transmitter from the trunk and installed it on the skeleton.

Solo hunters, when obtaining materials they can’t transport alone from the Abyss, will install a signal transmitter. Other passing hunter teams can receive the signal, and if a team is willing to help transport the materials out, they will receive one-third of the sale price as a reward after the materials are sold.

Historically, there have been cases where transport teams wanted to steal the goods. Each time this happens, it requires a lot of troublesome disputes.

Yan Luo hated trouble but didn’t want to leave the skeleton here, so he had to hold back his annoyance, hoping that the team helping him transport the materials were rule-abiding like himself.

After installing the signal transmitter, Yan Luo gave the skeleton one last glance, started his motorcycle, and drove away.

Yan Luo continued to venture deeper into Blood Lake, looking for a place to rest.

In the Blood Lake area, the closer you get to the lake, the more dangerous it becomes.

Because there is a high probability that ’water beasts’ will emerge from these lakes; these demons, like stone beasts, are elemental demons.

However, water beasts are much better at camouflaging than stone beasts.

When not in hunting mode, water beasts merge with the lake water, and when prey approaches, they suddenly emerge from the water, catching the prey off guard.

Even more terrifying, there are almost no detection methods to distinguish water beasts from lake water, only hunters with collecting engravings can differentiate them.

Yan Luo couldn’t distinguish the water beasts from the lake water based on their environment and characteristics, so he was very cautious about their existence.

If you want to rest at Blood Lake, you should not only stay away from the lake but also avoid sandy areas.

The Blood Lake region is a desert gobi, with hard land and, unlike the Iron Hills, there aren’t many standing stone pillars. There are very few obstructions.

Yan Luo rode his motorcycle around the perimeter of Blood Lake, found a nice rock, drove his bike under it, and leaned against the rock three stories high to set up camp.

After driving for such a long time and hunting a desert giant crocodile, Yan Luo felt it was time for a rest.

Once he set up camp, Yan Luo immediately entered a dormant state, trying to recover his spirit and physical strength.

Yan Luo didn’t know how long he had been dreaming, but when a rather absurd dream broke, he woke up.

Upon opening his eyes, impressions of the dream receded from his mind quickly; he faintly remembered having several dreams but didn’t recall their contents.

After waking up, instead of moving immediately, he closed his eyes again for two more minutes, then started packing his campsite.

To survive in the Abyss, one must learn to embrace boredom.

Even when hunting with other hunters in the Abyss, as time in the Abyss extends, topics among hunters gradually dwindle away.

Only by accepting boredom can one hunt in the Abyss for long periods.

Today’s goal is to continue venturing deeper into Blood Lake, hunting valuable demons, or battling strong demons.

Before completely killing the desert giant crocodile, Yan Luo ate a lot of its flesh and blood, storing a vast amount of magic power within, needing to be digested.

Thinking about this, Yan Luo stopped his bike, opened the armor on his left arm, and took out a hand axe to cut a gory wound on it.

The pain caused Yan Luo to frown slightly, but it didn’t deter his actions.

To heal himself, the body accelerates the digestion speed of magic power. Yan Luo cut himself to speed up magic power digestion.

Despite the wound being deep and long, it only took half a minute for the bleeding to stop.

Yan Luo coldly watched the wound on his arm until it stopped bleeding, then lowered his hand and continued driving.

The speed of stopping the bleeding was faster than before; previously, a small wound would take half a minute to stop bleeding, now even with a one-centimeter deep wound, it takes only a minute.

Not only due to enhanced physical functions but also his increased digestion speed of magic power.

As time goes on, this healing speed will accelerate and might even develop into the second of clotting, minute of healing.

Yan Luo continued driving, and twenty minutes later, he raised his arm to check, discovering the wound was completely scabbed over.

His fingertip pressed on it, feeling some pain from the scar. Yan Luo completely tore off the scar despite the mild pain, revealing baby pink skin hidden underneath.

Perhaps, within just twenty-five minutes, the scar would fall off naturally.

This recovery speed surprised even Yan Luo, and he hurriedly cut another wound on his arm.

Pain is pain, but everything is for becoming stronger.

Yan Luo set an alarm to go off every twenty-five minutes, reminding him to create wounds on his body.

The magic power stored within was rapidly being digested. When hunting, the intense activity of his body would also accelerate the digestion speed.

After ten hours, Yan Luo checked his remaining magic power and delightedly found it had decreased to 4382 Qi.

At this rate, it would take less than four days for him to digest 5000 Qi of magic power, using all of it to strengthen his body.

Yan Luo could now spend a day’s worth of magic power from a dangerous-level demon, which felt euphoric to him.

This delightful discovery made Yan Luo feel invigorated, his previously sleepy mind cleared up again. Even without activating the filter, Yan Luo found the Abyss much more pleasing.

Just as Yan Luo was gearing up to continue working hard, he suddenly heard some sounds coming from afar.

Sounds like... car engines?

Yan Luo raised his eyebrows slightly, was he encountering other hunters again?

Though hunters rarely appear at Blood Lake, it’s not completely devoid of them, so Yan Luo wasn’t surprised.

He merely thought that it would be great if that team could find the skeleton he left and help transport it out.

After a while, Yan Luo realized the car sounds seemed to be heading in his direction.

And it wasn’t just one car; from the sound, it seemed to be a convoy, at least three vehicles.

To confirm Yan Luo’s suspicions, three armored vehicles drove from afar in formation, kicking up dust along the road, which turned into magic power and dispersed in mid-air.

Yan Luo squinted at the direction the armored vehicles were coming from.

"...That seems to be the direction of Crimson Point One’s entrance?"

Every Abyss connects to several locations on Blue Star’s surface. Using the Abyss to transfer between two places is quite common.

Watching the armored convoy pass nearby, Yan Luo noticed the paint coat on the car doors.

"Fields Clan?"

Previously, when Yan Luo went to the Western Domain, he was received by Leonardo Fields, president of the Crimson Point One Hunter’s Guild. While leaving by car, Yan Luo noticed the emblem on the vehicle.

The paint coat on the doors of those three armored vehicles should be the Fields Clan’s family crest, and Yan Luo remembered it clearly.

What’s the Fields Clan doing in the Abyss?

Yan Luo watched the convoy leave, seeing them attacked by a demon emerging from the sand in the distance, but with formidable firepower, even a dangerous-level demon could be killed in half a minute.

Afterward, Yan Luo shook his head, looked away, and ventured deeper into Blood Lake.

This time, when he leaves the Abyss hunt, he plans to carry 5000 Qi of magic power out.

Before that, he must digest the magic power within him, using it to enhance his body.