Chapter 176 - Fast Progress (2/2)

Dragons had simple and violent minds. To set up those tests were the best the old dragon could do. The old dragon would not think of setting up traps of any kind.

Besides, this sword had most likely not been left by the dragon, to begin with. Some of the spiders must have found the sword and accidentally stuck it into the wall.

Maybe the next piece of treasure could be found in a pile of beast feces.

Of course, if that were the case, Su Ping would step in to pick up the treasure.

Su Ping wielded the sword. It felt the same as the one he had found in the heritage ground. The heritage ground did a nice job replicating the real thing.

“Who wants it?” Su Ping turned around and asked.

Nie Chengkong was surprised to see that Su Ping was giving it up without looking carefully.

The others were just as stunned. Su Ping was the first one to choose the treasures he liked. Why did he give it up? That being said, none of them voiced their surprise. Perhaps Su Ping didn’t like swords.

“Let me see,” Old Mo said.

Su Ping gave the sword to him.

Old Mo took over the sword and infused it with astral powers. A visible stream of white aura oozed out from the sword.

Old Mo was intrigued. He slashed at the ground with the sword. With a crisp sound, the stone on the ground was easily cracked. It was as if Old Mo had cut a piece of tofu!

“That is sharp!” Old Mo exclaimed. He said to Nie Chengkong without hesitation, “Captain Nie, I’ll take the sword.”

The others saw how sharp the sword was. This was an amazing sword that would cut clean through iron as though it were mud. This sword could hurt eighth or ninth-rank beasts. Such a sword was precious.

They felt sorry that Su Ping had given it up. Old Mo was happy. He waved the sword. He could hardly tear himself away from it. At the same time, he glared at Su Ping from the corner of his eye. Su Ping was too young and had missed his chance of owning such a treasure.

Old Mo didn’t know what other treasures could be found later on. But he was glad enough to have this sword. After all, who could tell what they were going to encounter? Maybe the other treasures they could find were useless or less valuable.

Chen felt pitiful. He would have asked for the sword if Old Mo had not claimed it.

Nie Chengkong threw more looks at this sword without showing his intent. In the end, he said, “Let’s move on, since we already got the sword.”

Guo Yuelin stared at Old Mo with envy and asked, “May I have a look?”

Old Mo was in a good mood after having picked up this treasure. He agreed. “Of course.” Then, he gave the sword to Guo Yuelin and let her look. After all, this sword was his and no one could take it away.

Guo Yuelin took it gladly. She observed the sword and Zhou Jing moved closer as well. Then, Ye Chenshan and Luo Guxue took turns to see the sword as well. Ye Chenshan used his Azure Lizard to build an earth s.h.i.+eld and test the sword. To everyone’s astonishment, the Azure Lizard’s earth s.h.i.+eld was cut open as if it were a piece of wood!

Old Mo was even happier.

“That is awesome. Even a ninth rank beast may be hurt by this sword with one cut!” Ye Chenshan exclaimed.

Old Mo enjoyed the looks of admiration and envy from everyone.

Nie Chengkong was less envious. He just kept the smile on his face as everyone took turns to see the weapon. Afterward, he urged everyone to check around to make sure that they didn’t miss anything else. Then, he led the team out of the cave.

Su Ping was surprised to see how happy they became with a mere sword. He wondered if he had become a bit too demanding after being educated by the system… They left the corpse-filled valley and then followed Nie Chengkong to the next location.

On the way, Su Ping pointed out some potential habitats of beasts that he already knew but he pretended that it was because of the Dark Dragon Hound’s perception. He managed to save the team from many potential dangers and thus avoided wasting much time.

In regards to scouting and checking the way, Su Ping did better than Old Mo. However, since Old Mo had obtained the sword, he was less depressed than before.

He was no longer in the mood to compete against Su Ping about their pet’s skills. During that battle at the valley with the spiders, he had realized that his pet was weaker than Su Ping’s Dark Dragon Hound in some areas.

After all, Old Mo didn’t find out that there were spiders in the valley, not to mention their exact ranks. This was beyond what scouting could do. This was smart all-round scanning!

To compete against such a pet was asking for annoyance. Old Mo had moved on. They killed some seventh-rank beasts along the way, including a small herd of eighth-rank beasts. Soon, they arrived at the second location.

Su Ping gave them instructions once they arrived and they quickly finished exploring the second location. This place was similar to the spider valley. The treasure found was a damaged armor. It had been there for such a long time that the beasts had broken it.

Naturally, Su Ping didn’t take it and Chen was not interested. No one else was. This armor was put away. When they went back, they would convert the armor into merit points and share them among the team.

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