Chapter 331: Cautious Finishing Move and Easy Treatment

"Chirp."

The dark-gray straight sword swung through the air, and the extremely sharp blade almost connected into a phantom.

Amidst the splashing juice, the thick vine that was still wriggling and tangling even after leaving the body was turned into two even more fragmented pieces.

After the battle, naturally... finish it off first.

A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit; the encounter in the Ember Ash Valley made Xia Nan develop the good habit of finishing off the enemy.

Through his full-force blow under normal circumstances, he cut this deformed plant monster made of Mist Lamp Grass into two pieces, and he didn't hesitate at all, stepping forward immediately.

Sword by sword, like a butcher, he cut the Mist Lamp Monster's originally relatively complete body from the original 1/2, further into 1/4, 1/8...

As long as it could still move, it had to take a sword from him.

If it weren't for thinking about maximizing the benefits and specifically leaving some materials that might be worth some money, Xia Nan even had the patience to slice it and chop it into minced meat.

He didn't blame himself for thinking too much.

After all, in the impression of adventurers in this world, this kind of plant-type monster naturally belongs to the type with relatively vigorous vitality.

And those vines that left the Mist Lamp Monster's main body also twitched, giving people a feeling that they wanted to drill into the soil, and the sense of déjà vu was very strong.

Because he was too greedy for gold coins, he gave the other party a chance to enter the second stage... the cooldown time of his 【Ember Echo】 hadn't turned yet.

Therefore, no matter how uncomfortable he felt in his heart, fearing that he would accidentally destroy valuable materials again like the Corrosive Monster before, Xia Nan still endured the heartache, waved the straight sword, and made every vine limb of the Mist Lamp Monster lose the ability to move again as much as possible.

This made the time for finishing off the enemy even longer than the duration of the normal battle.

Perhaps because he further decomposed its body, Xia Nan felt a bit strange about this monster composed of a large number of Mist Lamp Grass.

He naturally knew that in this world where supernatural power is possessed and magic particles permeate the air, it is normal for the body structure of monsters to be different from ordinary creatures in the past life, and he hadn't encountered this kind of plant-type creature much before.

But the twisted and deformed thorns and vines on the Mist Lamp Monster's body, the strange mist that quietly dissipated, and the Mist Lamp Grass lamps embedded on its body surface like energy sources always made him feel something was wrong.

It seemed that this was not evolved from the natural world, but a deformed mutant forcibly kneaded by some special means.

"Pat, pat..."

During his pondering, muddy and sticky footsteps sounded from the mist beside him.

His gaze subconsciously glanced in the direction of the sound. His excellent perception ability had long noticed the visitor's movements, so he didn't care much.

It was Dongshu and Lily'ai.

Facing Xia Nan's battle with the Mist Lamp Monster, they very sensibly took the initiative to retreat to the rear, not being a drag, leaving enough space for Xia Nan to display.

After the battle seemed to have ended, they also cleverly didn't approach, but watched Xia Nan deal with the battlefield from afar, until he completely stopped his movements and wiped the straight sword, only then did the two carefully lean over.

"Mr. Xia Nan, you..."

Dongshu stood in place, his gaze swept over the broken monster body on the ground, raised his head slightly, and looked at Xia Nan in front of him.

The expression of extreme astonishment on his face because of Xia Nan's sudden appearance had already been replaced by a more complex look with some yearning and longing.

He saw the whole process of the battle.

Before, when he was saved from the Goblin siege, the boy had already guessed that Xia Nan should be a veteran adventurer, or even had obtained a professional level.

But he didn't expect that he had underestimated the other party so much...

In his brain, he subconsciously recalled the fleeting picture.

The exaggerated speed and explosive power that were completely beyond the range of visual capture, leaving only a phantom in the air like a teleportation; the jet-black giant wolf that seemed to be an illusion but also seemed to exist, making people feel fear; the perfect arc light that crossed in the air, lingering with flames and unknown reddish-brown energy...

"Is this an adventurer..."

Dongshu murmured in his heart, and the yearning on his face almost overflowed.

Having learned knowledge and skills related to hunters for so many years, he clearly realized that even if he walked to the very end of this road and arrived at Brother Aspen's, or even a higher position.

He would never possess the strength that Xia Nan displayed just now, even one-tenth of it.

"If, if I could also be as strong as Mr. Xia Nan, would the village chief and the others consider my opinion, and Lily'ai wouldn't have to..."

His thoughts gradually diverged, and before he completely entered the dead end, he was interrupted by the girl behind him.

"Mr. Xia Nan, thank you very much for your help!"

Lily'ai stepped on the mud with her bare feet, took the initiative to step forward two steps, carrying her plain white dress that was already stained with mud, and thanked Xia Nan.

After all, she was just an ordinary girl who had lived in a remote village since she was a child. Even after being chosen as a sacrifice, no matter how she prepared to die, her performance was flat and calm.

When the great terror between life and death really descended on her, it was also difficult for her to suppress the surging emotions in her heart.

For Xia Nan, who saved the two of them from the powerful monster, she could be said to be both in awe and grateful.

Waving his hand to show that he didn't care about this, Xia Nan glanced at the fragmented corpse of the Mist Lamp Monster on the ground, and frowned slightly:

"So, this is the 'Spirit of the Canyon' in your village?"

Hearing this, Lily'ai and Dongshu stood there in a daze, and then a very complex expression appeared on their faces.

Could it be it?

It was just such a monster that had been chopped into fiber fragments, making so many precious lives buried in the depths of the canyon that never saw the sun for so many years?

It was such a ferocious beast with no divinity at all, crowned with the name of "great," making Mist Lamp Village bear the blood and pain deep into the bones for generation after generation?

"I... I don't know."

At a loss for words, Lily'ai couldn't speak.

Dongshu beside her didn't say a word, staring straight at the monster's corpse, his eye sockets red, not knowing what he was thinking in his heart.

Xia Nan felt puzzled.

Although the battle just now was short, he could be considered to have roughly figured out the strength range of the Mist Lamp Monster.

It has a certain intelligence, but it shouldn't have reached the level of intelligent creatures.

The physical strength is about between the Shihua Xiyi and the Owl Bear, even if it is added to the special mental control-type ability that is countered by his 【Directly Facing the Abyss】 specialty, the challenge level is estimated to be around "3."

It is not strong enough to be strong, and it is not weak enough to be weak for ordinary adventurers and villagers.

But the problem lies here. ===== CHAPTER 332 =====