Chapter 66: Chestnut Bomb

【Bite!】

【Critical Hit!】

【-65!】

【+13】

Yun Mu nimbly jumped onto the shoulder of the Ghost Guard and bit down on its neck.

Because this was inside a game Dungeon, she didn't get a mouthful of fur or a fishy taste; she could only see the numbers jumping out from above its head.

She was very lucky and landed a critical hit; with just one bite, the Ghost Guard's form turned into flying ash and dissipated.

【You have won the battle!

Your maximum HP +3

You have obtained the item 【Gold Coin】 *416】

Strange memories flooded her mind; in the memory, she first used Mental Shock to heavily injure the Ghost Guard, only to be knocked back by the Bone-Chopping Priest.

After knocking her back, the Bone-Chopping Priest used a dagger to sacrifice himself and restored the Ghost Guard's injuries.

Following that, the Ghost Guard charged forward violently, and its massive shield struck her, instantly stunning her.

At the final critical moment, she endured the ringing in her ears and dizziness, dodged the Ghost Guard's War Hammer, climbed along its arm to its neck, and bit its neck clean through with her sharp fangs.

【Mental Shock lv1——lv2】

【Base Accuracy 105——115 / Damage Modifier +10%——+20% / Stun 60%——70%】

【Bite lv1——lv2】

【Base Accuracy 80——95 / Damage Modifier +20%——35% / Life Steal 20%——25%】

【You have reached the current tier cap; you must complete a breakthrough quest before you can continue leveling up!】

【Experience points have been stored.】

"Ugh."

Yun Mu received the memories in her mind with some discomfort.

"I should use the Bite skill less often in the future," she said, recalling the sensation of biting the Ghost Guard's neck in the memory.

Because she had become a Bloodline, she didn't find the other party's blood disgusting, but how should she put it—she still felt somewhat uncomfortable inside.

HP: 28/40

She looked at her HP, then at the fork in the road leading to the next area, and ultimately put the Blood Brewing Bottle away.

She now possessed the 【High-Speed Regeneration】 trait; as long as she headed to the next area, she would recover 30% of her HP.

So, she didn't need to drink this Blood Brewing Bottle.

Thinking this, Yun Mu put the Blood Brewing Bottle away and stepped toward the fork in the road leading to the next area.

【Battle Area lv12 (Elite)】

【Reward Area】

On the left, she could see three figures wandering about, while on the right was the pitch-black outline of a Treasure Chest.

"Even a fool would know which one to pick!"

Yun Mu walked toward the right without hesitation. After she made her choice, the monster silhouettes in the left area immediately became very blurry, and before long, they dissipated along with the path.

【You have entered a new area. Based on the effect of the 【High-Speed Regeneration】 trait, your HP recovers by 12 points!】

Ignoring the prompt in her mind, Yun Mu walked up to the massive wooden Treasure Chest and rubbed her hands together excitedly.

Fly rubbing hands. jpg

"Open for me!" She yanked at the lid of the Treasure Chest.

However, the Treasure Chest didn't react at all; only a rusty copper lock hung on it, as if mocking her intelligence.

"Uh."

Yun Mu retracted her hands in embarrassment.

"Isn't this supposed to be a Reward Area? Why is there still a lock to pick?"

She complained a little.

Crouching down, Yun Mu reached out to grab the rusty copper lock and took out the lockpick that her predecessor had frequently used from the lining of her coat.

Fortunately, the style of this lock wasn't complicated; with her abilities, she could still handle it.

She inserted the lockpick into the keyhole and fiddled with it for a while; with a *click*, the rusty copper lock fell to the ground.

"Done!" Yun Mu smugly put the lockpick back into the pocket inside her coat lining.

She flipped open the lid of the Treasure Chest, and the items inside appeared before her eyes.

"Huh, is this a piece of paper?"

There were no Gold Coins in the Treasure Chest, nor any equipment or props; there was only a piece of ancient-looking parchment with long passages of black text and some hand-drawn illustrations on it.

Yun Mu curiously picked up the parchment and cast an Inspect on it.

【Alchemy Recipe · Chestnut Bomb (White)】

【Learns the production method for the Alchemy item · Chestnut Bomb after reading.】

【A special bomb invented by an unknown Alchemist; if you don't look closely, you'll only think it's an ordinary chestnut.】

【Alchemy Item · Chestnut Bomb (Green)】

【Skill · Throw】

【Ranged / 3-unit damage / 65 fixed damage】

【Range 6】

【Base Accuracy 180】

【Passive Skill · Shrapnel】

【After the explosion, it will randomly scatter highly lethal chestnut fragments; damage is calculated based on the number of hits and the body parts hit.】

【Things that grow on trees are called chestnuts, and things in the water are sea urchins. Since they are called sea urchins, how could they not be in the sea, but on a tree instead? Huh, why am I complaining about this?】

"Good stuff!" Yun Mu said, looking at the parchment before her with eyes that seemed to shine.

Setting aside the damage and its potential performance in the Dungeon for now, what she valued was this item's utility in reality.

It usually looks like an ordinary chestnut, but throwing it out can cause massive damage.

Isn't this just a Grenade with enhanced concealment? If someone hides behind a building later, she can just toss a Chestnut Bomb inside, or if someone is chasing her, she can drop one on the ground.

In short, there is plenty of room for this thing to be put to use.

"I wonder if it can be used like a real Grenade, to set up some kind of trigger-based traps," she muttered to herself.

Anyway, there is no time limit in the game Dungeon; no matter when she finishes, it will only be an instant when she returns to the real world.

Yun Mu simply began to read the parchment inside the Dungeon.

"Hardwood chestnut, gunpowder, Neutralizing Agent, and ash?"

"The type of chestnut can be replaced at will, and the fragment damage caused by different chestnuts will vary?"

"The Neutralizing Agent requires Soft water and Moon Grass with Spirituality over 90?"

"Damn it, can water even be divided into Soft and not Soft? I know what Spirituality is, but why can't I understand it when it's all put together?"

She put down the parchment in her hand with a look of existential doubt.

Hilarious, I can't understand it at all.

"Giving up, giving up."

After tidying up the parchment and putting it into the lining of her coat, Yun Mu walked toward the next area.

It really wasn't that she wasn't putting in the effort; it was just that the content on the parchment required a certain foundation to understand what it actually meant.

Someone without a foundation would just be like her, completely confused by the various terms and professional knowledge on it.

【Battle Area lv13 (Elite)】

【Suiji Shijian】

"Hmm, this is a bit of a dilemma," Yun Mu said, looking at the options in front of her with some distress.

The Battle Area is a relatively stable area for gaining rewards, but her level has already reached the cap, so even if she wins, she will only get skill proficiency rewards.

The character's upgrade experience will only be stored.

Looking at it this way, perhaps 【Suiji Shijian】 is better.

But she hasn't forgotten that this is a lv15 Dungeon; if she encounters some unlucky situation in a Suiji Shijian, she might just lose her life here.

After a moment of silence, she said:

"I choose..."

PS: I don't know if I've mentioned this before; I probably haven't.

The default critical damage for a critical hit is 150%; the calculation method is damage dealt * 150%, and finally, the target's defense is subtracted.

(End of chapter)