Chapter 90: Abundant spoils!

At the bottom of the valley.

Light, tearing open the darkness.

The massive body of the mountain range giant bear lay in a spot near the valley floor.

Blood, seeping from the bear's many wounds, flowed steadily.

It gathered into a slender stream.

The team members each scattered around the mountain range giant bear.

"This guy's hide is tough as alloy—damn it, we agreed to skin it, but now we can't even pierce its defense… They… wouldn't be laughing at me, would they?"

Looking at the mountain range giant bear before him, Banofu, gripping his dagger, felt somewhat at a loss.

"It feels like a dream—how did Take manage to kill this terrifying behemoth?"

"Even if this mountain range giant bear lies here, letting me attack, I feel I couldn't kill this terrifying behemoth."

"But, good thing that monster still finished it off."

Lei Meng·Keli glanced at Take not far away.

"Later, drinking at the tavern, I'll definitely brag about it."

"Right, I'll have Banofu save me a piece of bear hide to make a bearskin coat."

"No matter what, I'm the man who survived right at the mountain range giant bear's maw!"

The berserker Lei Meng·Keli, thinking off and on.

Makusi, under Huoni's direction, used a vessel to catch the blood flowing from the mountain range giant bear.

On the other side, Gudaer placed one hand on the bear's back, listening to its final deathly murmurs and low growls.

And Take,

was sitting on a stone not far away, recovering source energy, spirit, and stamina.

while waiting for the mountain range giant bear to die completely, to obtain the lord‑level extraordinary crystal condensed from its extraordinary sequence framework.

Yes, the mountain range giant bear still isn't fully dead.

What a boss fight!

Fortunately, Take chose a time that avoided the stratum's writhing.

If the stratum's writhing interfered with the two's ritual,

that mountain range giant bear would cooperate with 【Earth Roar】.

Who knows, it might let this guy escape.

During the battle, Take clearly felt the mountain range giant bear was intentionally seeking a point of resonance with the writhing stratum.

But Take ultimately didn't give the mountain range giant bear a chance.

"During this time, keep adding points to 【Origin Dark Sea】."

"The 【Origin Dark Sea】 source energy is roughly seven times the base source energy of my current level‑18 wizard."

"Just this has consumed more than half of my total source energy."

"Ordinary wizards…… no…… even if an 'arcane wizard' from a self‑propelled artillery carriage came and had them bombard this mountain range giant bear,"

"even if they expended all their source energy, they might still not be able to take down this guy."

"I also don't know how those powerful wizards, crossing the star sea to reach extraordinary realms and even the worlds of other extraordinary sentient beings, hunt those lord‑level creatures, or even legendary lords and such."

As the information encountered inside the tower increased, Take became ever clearer about the wondrous splendor of the extraordinary world outside.

Long‑lived wizards!

Steam towers capable of reshaping the world.

Divine spirits that gather faith and ignite the eternal god‑fire.

And, in the depths of the starry sky, indescribable horrors.

Those grand, magnificent legendary‑epic‑like scrolls, Take naturally wants to behold.

While Take was in the midst of recovering,

"Hum!"

A yellow‑earth light suddenly appeared on the mountain range giant bear.

Then the yellow‑earth light condensed on the mountain range giant bear.

Leader‑tier, the mountain range giant bear's sequence·blood‑power 'extraordinary sequence trait' began to formally condense as the bear died.

This sight startled Lei Meng·Keli, who had just been called over to cut the bear hide, as well as Banofu and Makusi, who was catching the bear's blood.

"Great 【Three‑Eyed God】, has this guy just died?"

The startled Banofu blurted out his faith.

Lei Meng·Keli shook the broadsword in his hand.

"I actually completed a live dissection of the mountain range giant bear?"

Makusi, who was below receiving the mountain range giant bear's thick blood, shuddered slightly, then turned to look at the priest Huoni directing him to collect the blood, shouting angrily: "Damn it, why didn't you tell me this guy was still alive!"

"Now…… cough cough…… now it's dead!"

Huoni's complexion wasn't good; the backlash of the curse earlier left him feeling awful.

Immediately, Huoni asked: "How's the blood?"

"There's still plenty—this guy is practically a blood bank."

"Cough cough……"

Huoni coughed heavily twice; the black curse spots on his face faintly showed a tendency to spread.

"First give me a drink; I want to use his blood to dispel the curse."

"Be careful, this mountain range giant bear's bloodline power is quasi‑lord‑tier."

The one who gave the warning was Captain Gu Da'er.

If digested well, it can amazingly boost our physical constitution, strength, physique, stamina, and so on.

It's equivalent to a minor advancement of the physical body.

But if it isn't digested, or if too much of the mountain giant bear's power remains, one will grow hair all over, the fleshly body will turn bear-like, and perhaps on some dark night will completely mutate into a wild bear.

I know.

Huo Ni, having taken the fresh blood, dared not drink more and only took a small half-sip.

Then a savage, boiling aura surfaced on his body.

Fortunately, Huo Ni kept it under control and began to digest the mountain giant bear's blood.

As for the mountain giant bear, undoubtedly its most valuable part is the 'transcendent trait crystal' that possesses the bear's bloodline power and the transcendent leader's trait.

This is top-grade 'life' ascension material.

And this is obviously Ta Ke's; no one in the team doubts it.

Apart from the transcendent trait crystal.

Consuming the mountain giant bear's blood can accomplish a minor metamorphosis of the physical body.

After all, this is the powerful bloodline of a quasi-lord.

However, the effect of 'living blood' is the best.

Blood that cannot be drunk will quickly turn into 'dead blood'.

The efficacy of 'dead blood' is less than one in ten.

But it can be packed and taken away, namely the mountain giant bear's blood yield.

This also lets everyone profit handsomely.

Moreover, there is the mountain giant bear's pelt, this huge piece, everyone gets a share.

Working together, they barely survived.

These good things are all rewards.

As everyone busied themselves,

Ta Ke also obtained the condensed 'transcendent crystal' of the mountain giant bear.

About the size of a fist, this earth-yellow crystal presents a mirror-like form, and within the mirror is indeed the soul will of this leader mountain giant bear.

When Ta Ke examined the transcendent crystal,

The mountain giant bear's will also examined Ta Ke, a feeling of indifference, resentment, and killing intent sweeping over him.

Regarding the 'hunter' who killed him, the mountain giant bear harbors the greatest malice toward that one.

Ta Ke smiled and rubbed the earth-yellow crystal.

"If you like looking, just look a while longer; once we get out, you… will have no chance."

Ta Ke, who possesses the secret formula alchemy method, naturally will not let the mountain giant bear's will remain until he uses it to resolve it.

There is no crystal that cannot be resolved by a single alchemy.

If there is, then just do another alchemy.

"Quasi-lord, life-type material in hand."

"Saying nothing else, just the harvest from this mountain giant bear this time is already astonishing."

"This underground demon king's tomb is truly a treasure."

Ta Ke silently pondered.

"Ta Ke, this is yours!"

Having just secured the mountain giant bear's transcendent trait crystal, Gu Da'er walked over holding a fish-tank-like glass vessel.

And it was filled to the brim with mountain giant bear's blood.

Ta Ke's eye twitched, then he waved his hand.

"I can't drink that much; two or three sips are enough—my physical body isn't as formidable as you think."

"All right, then drink this small bottle!"

"I'll have Priest Huo Ni store the rest; when we go out, we'll divide it among everyone."

"Moreover, the bear pelts can fetch a good price."

"I've had Ba Nuo Fu set aside three prime pieces of bear pelt for you."

"Mm!" Ta Ke nodded.

The moment of digesting the spoils is undoubtedly wonderful.

Ta Ke also did not refuse this wonderful moment.

Taking a small bottle of giant bear mountain blood,

Ta Ke used his spiritual sense to check, confirming there was no problem, then he gulped it down in one go.

Then he began absorbing and strengthening the mountain giant bear's bloodline power.

Others also took turns finding time to drink the mountain giant bear's blood, undergoing the first wave of strengthening from digesting the bear's blood.

Such an opportunity to directly drink the quasi-lord's viscous fresh blood.

One might hardly get such a chance even in a lifetime.