CHAPTER 145: CHAPTER 145: WEALTH EXTRACTION

After regaining some physical strength, everyone slowly entered the temple ahead.

The architectural style of the temple still made everyone feel nauseated and uncomfortable.

Arriving at the edge of the central pit, Kane squatted down to inspect the surroundings, and indeed saw traces of activity.

"Someone else was here, and it’s very likely the same group that set traps before. It seems they’ve set up another teleportation trap below."

Hearing Kane’s words, Longbei’s beard twisted in anger: "These despicable scoundrels, don’t let me catch them. If I do, I’ll hammer their heads into the ground."

"Now we can only think of a way to avoid this trap."

Kane agreed with Kreya’s words, thought for a moment, and took out the goblin summoning artifact from before.

As he used it, a squad of goblins appeared in front of them.

Without hesitation, Kane said directly to the goblins: "Jump down from this hole."

The noisy goblins suddenly froze.

Though unwilling, the goblins had no choice but to comply with the order after hearing Kane’s words.

They dawdled by the edge of the hole, shoving each other, as if none wanted to be the first to jump down.

After a long stalemate, not a single goblin was willing to act as the vanguard.

Longbei walked over and kicked them all down with one strong blow. The goblins screamed as they fell into the fog gate.

Then Kane called over Cotton Candy, sat on it, thought for a while, and said to everyone: "I’m going down with Cotton Candy first; you guys jump down two minutes later."

At this time, Meizike came over and handed him a bottle of red potion: "Dissolving potion, to destroy the teleportation trap."

Kane nodded, accepting the potion.

Under everyone’s watchful eyes, Kane flew into the tunnel mist on Cotton Candy.

Everything went dark as space shifted, and Kane appeared on the next level.

The goblins that had been pushed down before were gone without a trace; below Kane was a used teleportation trap, with a broken goblin blade still visible on it.

This goblin squad did merit a great achievement.

Producing a large shovel, Kane swept away the remnants of the teleportation trap, then stood waiting for Kreya and the others to come down.

The agreed two minutes passed, and Kreya and the others appeared at the spot.

"We really need to thank those foolish goblins this time," Longbei said jokingly, seeing that everyone was safe.

Kane smiled, suddenly feeling the summoning artifact in his hand heat up; it seemed those goblins had all perished.

He mourned silently for their bravery.

Storing the artifact back in his space equipment, Kane used Eagle Eye to start observing the surroundings.

This place no longer had the starlit sky of the upper two levels, replaced instead by high earthen vaults.

A rough estimate suggested the height of this space was about 300 meters.

It seemed this level was truly in some massive underground space.

This made the whole area even darker than before, with the only light sources being nearby luminescent plants and pale blue will-o’-the-wisps drifting above, along with the ghostly candles by some dilapidated ancient graves.

The number of tombstones around seemed fewer, replaced by scattered shattered bones along the ground.

From the few bones beneath their feet, it was clear these came from various creatures.

What Kane and his team needed now was to find a relatively safe place to set up camp and rest.

The teleportation trap had prevented them from getting proper rest since entering the Dungeon, and they could already feel the fatigue both physically and mentally.

"Spread out a bit and look around for a suitable camping spot, but don’t wander too far; stay within sight of each other."

Upon hearing Kane’s words, everyone dispersed.

Kane also used Eagle Eye to search the area and found the stone wall at the edge of the entire space not far away under dim light; they seemed to have landed directly on the edge of this space.

Kane looked up to find a recessed platform more than three meters above the ground.

After launching himself up with Spider Silk, he saw there was also a larger entrance within the platform.

This location was extremely safe, suitable for setting up camp, so he called everyone over.

Afterwards, everyone jumped up one by one.

After checking things out, they were very satisfied with Kane’s choice of location.

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The entrance on the platform was now sealed with Spider Silk, and there were some warning silken threads hanging around the platform.

Inside the cave, Kane and the others sat around a central campfire roasting skewers of meat.

The meat sizzled, releasing fragrant aromas, carried upwards by Lilu’s gentle breeze, wafting from the hole above to higher places.

The hole had been deliberately carved out by Kane and his team, given they were less than two kilometers from the entry point and needed to be cautious.

While enjoying the skewers, Kane gathered the magic materials everyone had collected.

There were more than thirty trace materials and one medium recently uncovered.

It was enough for Kane to perform a skill extraction once.

Flipping open the Book of Adventure

He took a blank Magic Stone from the Extraction Array and placed it above the trace magic materials.

No longer interested in Kane’s activities, the group found nothing new after watching several times.

Only when Kane informed them of an interesting skill he extracted would they become curious.

But Lilu wasn’t among them. She sat beside Kane with round eyes fixed on the Magic Stone absorbing magic power.

For some unknown reason, she really enjoyed watching the Magic Stone absorbing magic power.

Once the Magic Stone charged up, Kane held it in his hand.

And Lilu flew away satisfied.

Then he took out from his space equipment the Wealth Bone he had previously obtained with a new attribute rule.

Placing his palm on the Extraction Array.

[Skill Extraction]

[Consume Copper Magic Stone for Skill Extraction?]

[Yes][No]

"Yes"

[Rule Attribute magic material detected]

[To use, please first toss the magic material into the Array]

Following the system’s instructions, he tossed the golden bone into the Array.

[Extracting Skill······]

The array on the page began rotating, emitting a gentle glow, then continuously flashing with golden light and making sounds resembling coins clashing.

The Magic Stone in hand vanished, replaced by a luminous rune-etched stone shard.

Examining the Skill Stone in hand, there was nothing particularly special about it. Kane started looking through it.

[Name: Golden Cauldron]

[Category: Active Skill]

[Hue: Copper]

[Explanation: When used, a virtual golden cauldron will appear in your hand. By embracing it and imagining the item you want to create, place the necessary raw materials into the cauldron and channel magic power. After a moment, the item will be made. It cannot create magic-imbued items.]

[Introduction: An alchemy magic created by the ancient Great Alchemist-Zerati, it’s a spell that combines the functions needed by various alchemists. Anyone who can use magic can be an alchemist.]