CHAPTER 40: CHAPTER 40: THE DEFILED LEFT AND RIGHT ARMS

EDITOR: ATLAS STUDIOS

After a bout of control and attack.

The Blood-Burning Demon Skull was directly blasted by Zong Shen and his team.

Zong Shen began to experience the fun of card monster control.

[Killed lv16 Blood-Burning Demon Skull]

[Acquired 880 points of Experience Value]

[Acquired Broken Burning Blood Armor ×1]

[Acquired Complete Green Soul ×1]

[Acquired Hard Demon Shin Bone ×2]

[Acquired Hard Demon Humerus ×2]

[Acquired Heavy Slash Skill Book (Green) ×1]

With a flash of white light, Zong Shen leveled up to lv6.

Unfortunately, Tiezhu and the Wolf Cavalry didn’t level up.

There were several gray and white rewards, as well as a green skill book.

The other rewards can wait, but equipment and skill books cannot be delayed.

Thinking of this, Zong Shen took out the previously acquired green-level [Swift Leather Short Boots].

He took them all out from the storage grid, arranging them in front, ready to plan ahead.

[Broken Burning Blood Armor]

[Quality: Damaged]

[Body Protection: 30]

[Durability: 50]

[Strength Requirement: 16]

(Having experienced battles and the erosion of millennia, the Burning Blood Armor is severely damaged, yet still possesses good protection ability.)

Gray-level damaged equipment.

However, the defense ability isn’t bad, able to increase upper body armor value by 30 points.

Just as Korby’s leather armor is about to be scrapped, it can serve as a transition for Korby.

A plan formed instantly in Zong Shen’s mind.

He beckoned to summon Korby.

Took out the damaged light armor, handed it over.

"Korby, change out your leather armor that’s about to be scrapped, wear this light armor for now."

Upon hearing this, Korby dismounted the wolf, obediently removed his leather armor with only a few points of durability left, revealing muscular and powerful muscles.

Put on the [Broken Burning Blood Armor] bestowed by Zong Shen.

He bowed to Zong Shen in salute.

[Due to your care and reward]

[Loyalty of Wolf Cavalry Korby increased by 3 points, current Loyalty 93]

Zong Shen nodded, waved for Korby to return to position, then started to study the other two pieces of green equipment and skills.

[Swift Leather Short Boots (Green)]

[Quality: Refined]

[Leg Protection: 17]

[Durability: 150]

[Skill: Passive Skill Swiftness lv1 (Increases movement speed by 5%)]

[Agility Requirement: 6]

A great piece of equipment, even comes with a passive skill.

Leg protection increased by 17 points.

Much better than the [Tattered Leather Boots] on Zong Shen’s feet.

Zong Shen immediately chose to equip them.

Leg protection ability and movement speed were both improved.

Most of the "tattered" equipment on his body has been replaced by Zong Shen.

Can be called swapping shotguns for cannons.

Satisfying!

Zong Shen’s gaze moved again, looking at the skill book.

[Heavy Slash Skill Book]

[After learning, master the skill: Heavy Slash lv1]

[Heavy Slash lv1 (Uses full body force to slash, causing 1.3 times slashing damage, 10% chance of causing equipment damage effect, durability zero, cooling time 10h]

[Strength Requirement: 30]

[Can be learned after meeting the requirements]

"Damn, still can’t learn it!"

Zong Shen cursed and put the Heavy Slash Skill Book away.

The Heavy Slash skill needs 30 points of strength to learn.

Even the big strongmen of the Wolf Cavalry can’t meet this strength requirement.

For now, it will be kept at the bottom of the box.

As for the other gains, it should be put away first, left to organize upon completion of the quest back on the surface.

The road-blocking monster has been eliminated.

The next step is to go to the execution chamber to find Otelan Yu Feng’s dispersed body.

Zong Shen led the group to move the iron bars used as road barriers in the corridor.

Quickly walked into the execution chamber.

"Tasuya, let your two Skeleton Archers come in quickly before they disappear to help light up for me."

Zong Shen beckoned to Tasuya.

The execution chamber was pitch black.

Couldn’t see anything.

Just as the duration of the two blood-damaged Skeleton Archers was coming to an end.

Quickly dragged some big guys to use for lighting.

As the two Skeleton Archers entered.

The red Soul Flames dancing in their eye sockets illuminated the execution chamber.

Pale red spots mapped onto the walls, casting everyone’s shadows into eerie states.

The execution chamber was filled with various torture instruments.

On those iron torture instruments, there was a thick layer of dark red patina.

Inside one of the iron shackles.

Hung two robust arms.

These two arms were covered with dark red patterns.

Similarly, filled with steel nails.

It was a desecration ceremony similar to the torso.

It seemed these Blood-Burning Demons bore deep hatred for Otelan Yu Feng, the Demon Hunter.

Even in death, he wasn’t spared the desecration of his body.

This ritual belonged to the Otherworldly Demon; Zong Shen didn’t understand the deeper meaning, whether simply venting anger or something else.

However, as long as the quest was confirmed problem-free and accepted by the Lord System, Zong Shen could be at ease to complete it.

He quickly stepped forward, focused on looking.

[Otelan Yu Feng’s Left Arm]

[Left arm desecrated by Blood-Burning Demon’s ceremony, one of the quest items]

[Otelan Yu Feng’s Right Arm]

[Right arm desecrated by Blood-Burning Demon’s ceremony, one of the quest items]

He lightly gestured, storing these two body parts in the storage grid.

Now, he had retrieved three of the six body parts.

Only the left and right legs and the head remain; once all are collected, the quest will be completed.

The execution chamber marked the end here.

Apart from this, seemingly no place left with exploration value.

"Let’s go back to the corridor intersection, check out the dungeon on the left."

As soon as he finished speaking.

The duration of the two Skeleton Archers ended.

They collapsed directly into piles of bone fragments, restoring the execution chamber back to darkness.

Zong Shen finished speaking and led the way out of the execution chamber.

Along the path back to the T-shaped intersection, headed towards the left dungeon for exploration.

The layout of the left and right dungeons was almost the same, with the only difference being the left dungeon’s end leading to a branching path turning left, clearly unveiling inner surprises.

No wonder the strategy suggested exploring the right side first.

Since the right side is a dead end, directly heading to the left after complete exploration saves the trouble of returning to explore again, affecting progress.

Ever since descending from the temple’s sarcophagus entrance, they’ve traveled quite some distance underground along the corridor; now they aren’t sure what lies above the dungeon ceiling.

Regardless, it’s definitely a way away from the temple.

Zong Shen proceeded cautiously.

The left corridor still featured two rows of cells.

Didn’t lower his guard.

Many Undead Race monsters lurked in the dungeon.

Who knows if something bizarre might emerge.

He advanced a few steps, yet faintly felt something was amiss.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, from the end of the left corridor, came a notably distinct explosion.

At the same time, faint flashes of fire glimmered.

"Stop for now."

Zong Shen raised his hand, halting the soldiers on the spot.