Chapter 63 - Soul Gem (1/2)
Chapter 63: Soul Gem
Wei Huo did not continue exploring after obtaining the two books. He waited in the ruins for a while, as he had decided to wait for the ruins to be refreshed.
Half a year later, the bronze gate was refreshed. This time, Wei Huo put on his bronze armor, picked up Tiamat with his left hand, and held a bronze sword in his other hand. He spent 15 days opening the gate.
Then, he entered the bottommost level of the ruins and killed the gigantic crocodiles that spawned. He arrived at the hall where the treasure chests were hidden and realized that the three treasure chests had been refreshed and the python was still there.
Wei Huo used the same method to kill the python, but the Epic-ranked Bittertide Hydra appeared again. Wei Huo scrunched his brow. His main purpose for coming down this time was to see if the Epic-ranked creature would respawn.
After all, Wei Huo had yet to reach the Epic stage after so many years. There was no reason for other creatures to reach the Epic stage so quickly.
In the end, the Epic-ranked multi-headed snake appeared again. It looked like one of the snakes that had escaped previously. This meant that God could easily upgrade a creature to the Epic rank.
After Wei Huo painstakingly killed the Epic-ranked Hydra, the truth was revealed!
The multi-headed snake’s corpse was not retrieved by the system this time, so Wei Huo obtained its precious corpse.
As Wei Huo was dissecting the multi-headed snake’s corpse, he discovered a gem. Thanks to the system panel, Wei Huo immediately understood the function of the gem.
“The soul gem can increase the strength of one’s soul after being absorbed. Note: The soul gem carries a large amount of soul impurity and will cause immeasurable consequences after being absorbed.”
Upon seeing the word ‘immeasurable’, Wei Huo did not dare absorb it rashly. However, he was sure that God was using it to forcibly increase the soul strength of living creatures to the Epic stage. It would not be difficult to give birth to an Epic creature within half a year.
Wei Huo searched the Item Mall and found a Soul Mill. The Soul Mill could ground Soul Gems into pieces and produce pure spiritual power. That spiritual power could be absorbed without any difficulty, but the Soul Mill was worth 600,000 Magical Stones.
He could not afford it. He could not afford it.
Wei Huo put away the gem. He would continue absorbing it when he found a way to absorb it safely.
Then, he opened the three treasure chests. The three treasure chests were still filled with the three items they had contained before: the Bronze Qi-Conducting Skill, The Great Art of Bronze Forging, and the Spatial Gourd.
These items were refreshed every six months. Wei Huo waited three more years, destroyed six bronze gates with his bronze armor, and collected six more items and six soul gems.
Wei Huo and Wei Sha both studied the two books, which would vanish as soon as they clicked on them. Two more skills would then appear on their bodies. One of them was the Bronze Qi-Conducting Skill Level 0, and the other was the Bronze Forging Skill Level 0.
The reason Wei Huo let Wei Sha learn was so that she could help him craft bronze items in the future. The bronze puppet and the bronze turret required level-15 skill. This was another skill that required a long time to level up. However, if one could mass-produce such an awesome item at level 15, it would be worth it.
Wei Huo also asked the Rhinoceros to learn the Bronze Qi-Conducting Skill. That was the only cultivation technique it could cultivate, as it was ranked Rare and had higher intelligence.
After three years of practice, the Rhinoceros had already reached level one. There was even a little bronze color on its skin, and its defense and strength had increased several times.