Chapter 51 (1/2)

Chapter 51: S/L

At the front hall of School of Mo’s Great Cave.

A shadow gradually appeared at the center of the littered corpses. He wore the military uniform of the Zhao Army, and the shoulder area of the uniform had three black feathers.

The shadow’s movements were unusually quick, and he swiftly pa.s.sed by the Zhao Soldiers and Zhao Sergeants while using a very unique method the investigate the bodies on the ground. Finally, he arrived in front of the dead female tiger’s body.

“A rare fearsome beast…” He muttered.

This female tiger was completely unhurt except for its two eye sockets where a huge amount of blood flowed. In fact, one of the eyes were completely mashed, and the red and white mix of blood and brain matter dripping out from it appeared incredibly terrifying.

This shadow stood at the spot for a long time before he turned to look at his surroundings. There were smooth cave walls all over the surrounding of the front hall, and on occasion he would glimpse certain devices made out of spa.r.s.e wood. There was only one place that stood out of the rest.

It was an incredibly deep and quiet-looking pa.s.sage. There were even tiny sparks of flames inside.

He confirmed his surroundings one more time before raising his feet and headed towards the pa.s.sage. His shadow gradually faded and disappeared.

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Right now, Yue Qiang had just finished looting the tiger’s body. Other than 6.5 Progress Points, he did not find anything else.

Weird. Shouldn’t there be an item drop after beating the boss?

“If you’re looking for something,” Yin said, “you can continue towards the front.”

Hearing her words, Yue Qiang adjusted his vision and looked towards the front of the pa.s.sage. They had almost reached the end of the pa.s.sage, and there was a small room not far away. An eternal flame flashed inside with a deep color.

He controlled his character to stand up and walk beside Yin, holding the incredibly weakened girl up. In fact, he himself was incredibly weak; his HP was still at an incredibly low point. It was only thanks to his newly acquired c.o.c.kroach stat that he managed to recover a bit.

Yin suddenly said, “You were almost certainly dead just now.”

Yue Qiang was silent.

When the tiger’s tail was trapped by the giant rock, Yue Qiang thought that the battle was already won. But he did not think that the tiger would be so fierce as to have the resolution to cut off a part of its own body! If he was given a knife and put into the same situation, then Yue Qiang might have done the same thing. But this tiger did not have a knife; it literally tore apart its tail, which was as thick as a human arm by force.

It was only now when he recalled it that he was able to get a sense of exactly how dangerous the situation was just now.

“I did not think that your ability to recover is this powerful.” Yin said, “I can especially feel just how powerful your life force is when you were near death. You also seemed to have certain methods that could increase the power behind your fist style. The closer you are to death, the stronger it becomes. Am I correct?”

It was true that during the most dangerous moment of the battle, Yue Qiang had relied on his HP, Rage, Stamina and powerful recovery to just barely win by the skin of his teeth. He typed, “If you hadn’t appraised that skill book for me just now, the corpses on the floor now would have been you and me.”

“Skill book?”

“It’s that book ‘The Philosophy of c.o.c.kroaches’ that you appraised for me just now.” Yue Qiang typed.

Yin did not say anything any longer. The d

uo continued onwards along the pa.s.sage. The pa.s.sage was very short, and they quickly entered the small room.

This was a little room with very simple decorations, and the only thing conspicuous was the table at the center of the room.

There were two clumps of light overflowing with light on top of the table.

Yue Qiang hurriedly walked forwards. He had been wondering about the quest’s reward for the longest time now. There had only been a simple system message notifying him that the second stage of the ‘Request Aid’ quest was completed just now, and he did not know if the quest would have a third stage attached to it. But no matter how he looked at it, these two clumps of colorful light on the table should be very important.

Would this be the key item he guessed could ‘avoid death’? Was it a pill that could resurrect a dead person and give flesh to bones, or a peerless art that would give way to reincarnation?

He walked forwards and examined them closely.