Chapter 50: The Correct Way to Use a Summon Ring

"Στοιχε? οεδ? φου?."

On the street, a massive magic circle appeared on the ground, and a super-large earth element emerged from within it.

It drew in the surrounding cement flagstones to construct a body reaching ten meters tall—nearly as high as a four-story building.

As it moved, it let out rumbling thunder, stamping out one huge footprint after another on the cement road.

Fang Shi watched this scene, let out a cold laugh, kicked off the ground beneath his feet, and leapt straight down from a ten-story building.

Carrying the gravitational potential energy, he thrust out the sword in his hand.

"Piercing Attack activated."

"The target has been struck heavily."

"You dealt 20 points of damage to the target."

"Bang!"

More than a meter of the earth element's head was blown clean off.

Shattered stone fragments sprayed through the air.

Even though the super-large earth element had 12 points of innate armor, it still couldn't withstand this sword strike from Fang Shi.

"Summon Ring III (Earth Element)"

"Sturdiness: 6"

"Durability: 10"

"Quality: First-Tier"

"Effect: This ring has a constant third-tier Summon Monster spell, restricted to summoning an earth element. Uses: 0/1 (auto-rechargeable)."

"Weight: 5 grams"

"Description: This is a casual work of a mage, which later fell into the hands of a pair of stone dragon spouses, and afterwards became the prized treasure of a young dragon."

Ever since Fang Shi obtained this earth-element-summoning ring, he had already prepared for this day.

If it weren't for the lack of Force on Blue Star, causing the Summon Ring to recharge its energy slowly,

Fang Shi would have summoned the earth element five days ago and slain it then.

A third-tier Summon Monster spell will inevitably summon a first-tier creature.

If it weren't for the Mystical Realm's mechanics giving Tuersi a raw deal from the great power behind the system, he wouldn't have ended up in the awkward situation of summoning four level-5 earth elements.

This earth element had been deliberately left by Fang Shi as the target for his first-tier first kill.

So as to claim the first-tier first-kill reward.

If it weren't that summoning an earth element required a suitable environment—namely, the presence of earth-element substances like stone—

Fang Shi wouldn't even have bothered summoning it on the ground; he would have found a hundred-meter-tall building, summoned it mid-air, and let the fall kill the earth element.

That would have been far easier than the current fight.

"Boom!"

The earth element with half its head shattered did not die—apparently its energy core wasn't located in its head.

Its remaining mouth let out a thunderous roar.

"Bang!"

The earth element went completely berserk; blinded, it charged about wildly.

Cars were stomped flat into iron pancakes, and tall buses were sent flying into the air.

Fang Shi had long since leapt off the earth element's body, climbed up to a nearby rooftop, and was darting across the building's terrace.

When he reached one large building, Fang Shi deliberately ran to the earth element's flank and let out a mocking laugh.

The earth element's remaining ear twitched.

It heard the movement of its enemy and, without a care, slammed headlong into the building beside it.

"Boom!"

The ten-story building was smashed straight through, leaving a human-shaped crater in it.

【Double Strike】

Fang Shi erupted once again.

He now possessed 17 points of Strength.

When Fang Shi killed the level-6 Fire Feather Person, he obtained a level-6 first-kill reward.

The reward was a Bronze Treasure Chest.

And from inside it he opened a Giant's Belt.

"Giant's Belt I"

"Sturdiness: 4"

"Durability: 10"

"Quality: First-Tier"

"Effect: When wearing this belt, your Strength attribute increases by 1 point."

"Weight: 150 grams"

"Description: What kind of giant's belt is this,

I've never seen such a weak giant."

That 1 point of Strength circulated within Fang Shi's body, just as if he had possessed 17 points of Strength all along.

With no obstruction whatsoever, it could be unleashed perfectly—this is the wonder of a wondrous item.

Combined with the amplification of Double Strike, it was equivalent to 22 points of Strength.

On top of that came the boost from gravity acceleration, and the advantage of a longsword piercing a single point—his strike was simply earth-shattering.

The Earth Element wouldn't just take the hit; it had already clenched its fist and struck upward.

"Bang!"

A massive collision occurred; had Fang Shi not deliberately made the noise, the Earth Element's agility would never have allowed it to react in time.

He had deliberately waited for the Earth Element to throw a punch, then, neither dodging nor avoiding, he crashed head-on into the Earth Element's giant fist.

A surging, powerful recoil force transmitted; Fang Shi simply discarded his sword immediately, shaking his arms repeatedly to dissipate that force.

He pulled out a small knife and slid it down the Earth Element's arm.

Because force is mutual, after Fang Shi's strike, the Earth Element's entire arm directly shattered.

This was one of the Earth Element's weaknesses: although its body was constructed of rock and incredibly solid, its toughness was simply too poor.

Once given a certain amount of damage, it would self-destruct.

Had it been a flesh-and-blood creature of equal size, Fang Shi would have been utterly unable to achieve such a result.

He could only act like a toothpick, piercing into the creature's body, and then that would be the end of it.

This shattering was fatal; the Earth Element immediately lost its balance and fell onto the building.

"Bang!"

Fang Shi ran down along the Earth Element's body, retrieved the axe he had placed aside earlier, and swung it at the Earth Element.

This was the reason he had chosen to fight the Earth Element at this location.

Fang Shi had already asked Zhao Wenjun and the others to prepare some items to avoid the mishap of the refined steel sword slipping from his grasp now; naturally, he had also confirmed that no one was in this building.

Otherwise, Fang Shi would have had no way to retrieve the refined steel sword now.

It was pinned under a pile of giant boulders; in the midst of such fierce combat, Fang Shi going to look for the sword would have been tantamount to seeking death.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

This axe was a large chopping axe specifically for firewood; no one knew where Zhao Wenjun and the others had found it.

With every chop and swing, the sluggish Earth Element had no way to resist.

Even though a Tier 1 super-large Earth Element possessed agility equivalent to 12 points.

Yet, in Fang Shi's eyes, this was completely insufficient.

It could only become a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, torn to pieces by Fang Shi's attacks.

"Slash attack activated."

"Target received fatal damage."

"You dealt 6 points of damage to the target."

"Target dead."

"Extracting target soul energy; you gain 210 × 【1 (base) + 0.2 (over-level) × 1 + 1 (over-tier)】 = 462 experience points, 46.2 survival points."

"Detected that the player has reached Level 5."

"You have obtained partial information on the advanced class Earth Sword Saint."

"You have obtained partial information on the advanced class Earth Axe King."

"Bang!"

This was not over; Fang Shi leaped several times along the Earth Element's body, arriving at the Earth Element's right arm section.

Carefully slashing and digging, he finally excavated an energy core the size of a fist from within.

The energy core was earth-yellow, resembling a exquisite yellow gemstone, with dark stone sediment in the center; this was the power of the Earth Element.

According to logic, after an elemental life form dies, its energy core should immediately return to the Elemental Plane.

But the attribute panel was too domineering; when the Earth Element life form was exhausted, it directly extracted the soul power from it.

This caused the Earth Element soul residing within the energy core to perish.

It couldn't even return to the Earth Elemental Plane.

Moreover, the priority of this extraction was very high; Fang Shi had almost never heard of a monster capable of resisting this extraction.

Even the children of the Gods were ruthlessly stripped of it.

In other words, if killed by people on Blue Star, they couldn't even become ghosts, let alone go to Heaven or Hell.

This was why Fang Shi had expended so much effort in the battle to kill the Earth Element and obtain the energy core.

Otherwise, why would he go to such lengths? He could have simply used Weakness Insight to destroy the energy core, making the battle even simpler.

Of course, this was only possible because Fang Shi's hard power was currently strong; otherwise, everything would be futile.

"Whoosh!"

As soon as Fang Shi dug out the refined steel sword, he heard a sound of footsteps.

"Tap, tap, tap."

A young militiaman carrying a huge travel bag walked over.

"Advisor Fang, Commander Zhao asked me to hand these things to you."

Having spoken, he wiped away sweat while setting the travel bag down.

"Bang!"

Fang Shi tried lifting it; good heavens, it must be around 50 kilograms; Zhao Wenjun wasn't afraid of exhausting me to death.

Of course, that was just a joke.

He currently possessed 17 points of strength, equivalent to bench-pressing 280 kilograms; a 50-kilogram load was indeed trivial.

Although it affected agility, Fang Shi currently possessed an aura, so the Fire-winged Birds dared not come to provoke him at all.

As for the walking corpses, they were just a bunch of tiny trash.

"Go back and tell them I am departing immediately."

Having spoken, without waiting for the young militiaman's reply, he took several steps and departed at great speed.

"Truly dashing, truly powerful," the young militia member sighed.

He had watched the entire battle between Fang Shi and the Earth Elemental from afar; such a massive creature could have triggered a disaster even before the apocalypse.

Although the Super-Large Earth Elemental had low agility, its sheer size meant its charging speed reached over twenty meters per second.

Anyone with a slightly slow reaction time would instantly become a pile of minced meat.

The young militia member gazed at Fang Shi's back, revealing deep envy.

"I truly wish I could possess such strength."

"Name: Fang Shi"

"Race: Human"

"Attributes: Strength 17 (+1), Agility 16, Constitution 16, Intelligence 14, Perception 21, Charisma 15"

"Class: Level 5 Martial Artist"

"Health Points: 56/56"

"Experience Points: 625/15000"

"Attribute Points: 2"

"Survival Points: 1572.5"

"Race Talent: Versatile I"

"Life Skills: Focus 12..."

"Class Skills: Stealth 8..."

"Personal Trait: Extraordinary Perception"

"Personal Talents: Iron Will I, Athlete I, Eloquent Memory I, Tenacity I, True Dragon Armor III, Fang Shi Breathing Method III, Divine Steps I, Lightning Reflexes II, Weakness Insight I, Longsword Weapon Mastery I"

"Class Talents: Gale Combo I, Unarmed Attack I, Steel Bones I, Crushing Fist I, Reflexive Dodge I, Improved Initiative I, Cannon Fist I, Vertical Leap Step I, Immune to All Diseases I"

"【Immune to All Diseases I】: Martial Artists can control their body's immune system. Except for diseases caused by supernatural or magical means (such as: Corpse Rot, Beast Transformation), Martial Artists are immune to all diseases."

These were Fang Shi's current attributes.

Having reached Level 5, he was even stronger.

Plus, the injury on his foot had healed after days of rest.

Fang Shi could not wait to set out and seek the path to becoming stronger.

He had already decided on this path: finding the Tower of Trials.

The Tower of Trials is a tower that descended upon human towns after the apocalypse; every town inhabited by humans possesses one.

As the name suggests, the function of the Tower of Trials is to let players participate in trials.

The main reward for passing is one thing: the ability to accelerate the efficiency of a player's skill and talent training.

Such a powerful effect, simple and brutal.

This is also one of the reasons why legendary strongmen could emerge rapidly among Blue Star humans after the apocalypse.

In other Mystical Realm Worlds, the birth of any legendary strongman is not without over a decade, several decades, or even a hundred years of hardships.

Only a few god-descendants and geniuses can ascend to legend within a few short years.

Yet this situation is common on the Blue Star; this is the power of the Tower of Trials combined with the attribute panel.

The reason Fang Shi liked to stay on the rooftop gazing into the distance was to search for the Tower of Trials.

Although called a tower, the Tower of Trials is only about ten meters high.

In this city filled with high-rise buildings, it is truly hard to find.

Moreover, this tower has a characteristic: it suddenly disappears and then randomly appears in any corner of the city.

Therefore, even having been reborn, Fang Shi did not know where the current Tower of Trials would appear.

He did know about the future, but waiting until then was too long, so he had to search for it personally.

Fang Shi still remembered how many people flocked to it after the effects of the Tower of Trials spread.

At first, it was hard to find because the Tower of Trials moved, but later, with information shared, everyone knew where it was.

Even after human settlements were established, they specifically assigned relevant personnel to search for the Tower of Trials, ensuring it could be used at all times.

If not for the fact that using the Tower of Trials required clearing it and spending Survival Points.

Everyone would have wished to stay inside the tower 24 hours a day.

They would never come out unless they became a Sword God of the Ten-Mile Slope.

The reason Fang Shi was willing to distribute flyers was also with the thought of doing it along the way.

Helping out on one hand, and searching for the Tower of Trials on the other.