Chapter 45: 045 Huashe

It was the scroll that recorded the locations of eight fierce beasts.

On this scroll, Zhang Bei had only hunted one Suanyu, and there were seven fierce beasts left.

After a rough look, there was a fierce beast that was not very far from the settlement.

It would probably only take an hour to travel at full speed.

Now the time had just reached noon, if everything went well, he should be able to return before dark.

He put away the long sword he had just forged and walked toward the north.

Now the road to the north was no longer as calm as before.

Everywhere on the road were wild beasts, as well as mercenary groups going out of the city to hunt wild beasts.

The changes brought about by the difficulty upgrade were far more serious than imagined.

Ordinary people who failed to undergo enhancement at the beginning could only hide in the settlement most of the time during this change.

This also led to a result: the strong get stronger, and the weak get weaker.

Zhang Bei sighed silently, fortunately, the group of people around him could keep up with his pace of becoming stronger.

Along the way, Zhang Bei saved a few mercenary groups in danger from time to time, and finally arrived at the location recorded on the scroll.

This was a barren mountain, without a single tree, full of all kinds of strange rocks.

And right at the top of this mountain, a creature a full six meters tall was circling in the sky.

This was already I don't know how many strange-looking creatures Zhang Bei had seen.

This creature in front of him had a leopard body and bird wings, and even more terrifyingly, it had a woman's face.

Li Qinqin: 【I checked, it's in the Classic of Mountains and Seas!】

Niu Xuanming: 【I found it too, this thing is called Huashe!】

Qiu Xingwen: 【You guys are so fast!】

Zhang Bei, a living person so big, was standing at the foot of the mountain; there was no reason not to be discovered.

Huashe's eyes looked at Zhang Bei, its wings flapped slightly, and it dived down in the blink of an eye.

Zhang Bei's expression froze, and black-red energy instantly flooded into his eyes.

Fear Nova!

An invisible fluctuation drilled from Zhang Bei's eyes into Huashe's eyes.

An inexplicable sense of fear surged up.

Huashe's diving body stopped instantly, and those woman's eyes stared tightly at Zhang Bei.

Maybe it was the hunger of the body, or maybe it was anger at Zhang Bei for invading its territory.

But after just a short moment, it suppressed the fear in its heart and rushed down again.

Zhang Bei's long sword started instantly, and a thick Jian Qi slashed toward the sky.

Black-red energy surged, and a black curtain shrouded Huashe's body.

Eternal Night!

And accompanied by the black curtain, black-red energy covered its whole body.

A pair of black wings slowly spread out from behind him.

Huashe, deep in the darkness, immediately became cautious.

This kind of darkness composed of energy, unless the strength far exceeded Zhang Bei's.

Could it break through directly, otherwise it would need to fight Zhang Bei in the darkness.

The wings behind Zhang Bei flapped slightly, and he arrived behind Huashe in an instant.

A level ten crystal core was buckled onto the longbow.

The red energy arrow shot toward the front, drawing a red thin line in mid-air.

All this sounded long, but it was actually just a matter of a few seconds.

The first thing Huashe came into contact with was the Jian Qi brought by the long sword.

Although the sharp Jian Qi couldn't cut open its body, it successfully blocked Huashe's flight path.

The energy arrow followed closely, and an explosion occurred the moment it made contact.

A wave of air lifted, and Zhang Bei's figure flashed in another direction in an instant.

It was the skill: Repeated Horizontal Jump.

Zhang Bei threw the crystal core without energy to the ground, flipped his hand, and another level ten crystal core was buckled on it.

This crystal core was still fire-type, and the red energy arrow shot out again.

Explosion after explosion, in just one minute, a full fifteen crystal cores were consumed.

In the darkness, Huashe fell to the ground without even using a skill.

Its body was full of wounds brought by the explosion.

Zhang Bei breathed a sigh of relief, canceled Eternal Night and transformation, and landed beside Huashe.

He stabbed the long sword toward Huashe's brain, and a green crystal core fell into his hand.

Looking at the miniature Huashe on it, Zhang Bei rubbed his hands and checked the information on his watch.

【Poison Element Core, LV28

Characteristic: Carrying it can prevent the intrusion of toxins

Huashe exclusive: Can be used to remove toxins below level twenty-eight.

Current usage count: 3/3】

Zhang Bei's eyes lit up instantly; it was actually poison element!

Whether this thing was reserved as a means of detoxification or used for energy arrows, it was a good choice.

Looking at the carcass on the ground, he reached out and threw it into the Trading Center.

It was better not to let Daniu see this thing; it had a woman's face.

It always felt a bit strange if it was really made into food.

Looking at the sky, the sunlight was gradually leaning toward the west.

Although the battle didn't take long, most of the time was spent on the road.

He took out a crystal core and returned to the settlement in the blink of an eye.

The liveliness of the settlement in the evening exceeded that of the day; after all, the entire city was brightly lit at night.

Countless people around the Teleportation Point were carrying carcasses of various animals and heading toward the trading area.

And quite a few people were sneaking behind these people.

Of course, these were not thieves; they were merchants wandering between various settlements.

In Nantian, food was the least lacking thing.

The City Defense Squad alone had to hunt a large number of wild beasts every day.

Not to mention those mercenary groups hunting for crystal cores.

But in the other three settlements, food could only barely be enough to eat.

These people bought a large amount of food with low-level crystal cores and then sent them to other settlements.

Doing this could avoid the tax of the Trading Center and also let everyone make money.

Jin Xin had long known about the existence of this group of people, but didn't stop them.

The crystal cores they earned eventually had to return to Nantian to be consumed here to improve their strength.

The tax taken every day was not a small number.

Back in the small building, Jin Xin was still lying on the side of the table processing documents.

Hearing the sound of opening the door, the brush in her hand just paused.

"Three blacksmiths successfully transferred today, and they are arranging people to mine."

Zhang Bei touched his nose: "You don't need to tell me these things, you handle it."

Jin Xin's voice was still very calm: "Knowing you don't like these things.

Unless it's something very important, the rest didn't come to find you."

Zhang Bei gave an awkward laugh; ever since the little girl took over the management of the city.

He was indeed relieved, but looking at this little girl so busy every day.

Zhang Bei always had a sense of guilt.

After all, no matter what, she was only a ten-year-old child.

"Don't worry, after the dungeon enhancement these few days, my body is no weaker than an adult male."

Zhang Bei scratched his head: "Did you use a superpower?" ===== CHAPTER 46 =====