Chapter 36: Obtaining Battle Merit

Very quickly, Ye Tian arrived at the battle.

At this moment, those two members of the Scale Clan discovered Ye Tian, and the Primary Strange Art Master Scale Clan member came over directly, wanting to kill Ye Tian casually.

After all, Ye Tian's cultivation was merely that of a Peak Esper, so the opponent thought Ye Tian was very weak.

To deal with such a weakling, Ye Tian couldn't even be bothered to unleash the power of his Metal Intent.

He flicked his hand, and water snakes flew out from the Luo River.

"Water Snake Strangling!"

The body of this Scale Clan member was wrapped by the water snakes and, in an instant, was strangled into a bloody mist.

Water Snake Strangling is a B-Grade Water-type Strange Technique, and since Ye Tian had cultivated it to the Consummation Realm, the power of this technique was naturally very formidable when unleashed within the river.

After this Scale Clan member was killed, Ye Tian grabbed an Identity Token that had fallen from his body.

This kind of Identity Token is the proof for redeeming Battle Merit!

The Intermediate Ability Master Scale Clan member saw his companion being killed in seconds by Ye Tian, immediately felt that something was wrong, and directly unleashed a Strange Technique to transform into a streak of green light, wanting to escape.

"Want to escape?"

Ye Tian sneered.

He directly unleashed the Golden Light Technique to pursue and kill.

The Golden Light Technique is only a C-Grade Strange Technique, but by integrating the power of Metal Intent, its speed soared to an incredibly terrifying degree.

Whoosh!

In just a few breaths of time, Ye Tian caught up to this Scale Clan member.

Next, Ye Tian unleashed the Gold Needle Technique, but he integrated the power of Metal Intent into it.

This Scale Clan member's whole body was suffused with a dim light, likely a defensive Strange Technique, but it could not block Ye Tian's Gold Needle Technique; it was directly pierced through the head and died on the spot.

After killing the opponent, Ye Tian collected the opponent's Identity Token, as well as a Storage Bag.

"They are all poor wretches; they don't even have a single permanent Storage Ring!"

Ye Tian thought to himself.

"Friend, thank you!"

That Water Element Ability Master came over and expressed his gratitude.

"No need for thanks, I'm leaving!"

Ye Tian left directly.

And after Ye Tian left, this person muttered: "A Peak Esper who can easily kill Primary Strange Art Master and Intermediate Ability Master level Scale Clan members, and he is very young; he must be a genius from Donghai University!"

But even so, this is too genius!

"According to the regulations of the East Sea Fortress, taking an ordinary White Scale Clan member as an example, the Identity Token of a Primary Strange Art Master Scale Clan member can be redeemed for 10 points of Battle Merit; the Identity Token of an Intermediate Ability Master Scale Clan member can be redeemed for 20 points of Battle Merit. The two Scale Clan members I killed were both White Scale Clan, so I can redeem 30 points of Battle Merit!"

Ye Tian thought to himself.

30 points of Battle Merit is not much; to redeem a quota for enlightenment on an S-rank Treasure, one needs at least 3000 points of Battle Merit, and many Peak Ability Masters need several years to accumulate that much Battle Merit.

This is still assuming one doesn't use the Battle Merit, but in reality, many Ability Masters cannot save their Battle Merit without using it; otherwise, how would they improve their strength?

Many Ability Masters use their Battle Merit as soon as they earn a little; they simply cannot save it.

"I must kill Black Scale Clan or Gold Scale Clan members to earn a large amount of Battle Merit!" Ye Tian thought.

The White Scale Clan are just cannon fodder among the Scale Clan, and they reproduce quickly, so they are not worth anything at all; therefore, the Battle Merit gained from killing White Scale Clan members is very little.

But the Black Scale Clan is different; even for a Primary Strange Art Master level Black Scale Clan member, killing one can earn 50 points of Battle Merit.

For an Intermediate Ability Master level Black Scale Clan member, killing one can earn 100 points of Battle Merit!

If one could kill a Peak Ability Master level Black Scale Clan member, one could directly obtain 500 points of Battle Merit.

If one killed a few more such Black Scale Clan members, one could probably gather 3000 points of Battle Merit!

Ye Tian subsequently opened the Storage Bags of these two Scale Clan members; there wasn't much inside, and it probably couldn't be exchanged for Battle Merit, but it could be sold for some money.

The bottom of the Luo River.

Ye Tian's Water Clone arrived here, and he was searching for Luo River Purple Sand here.

Luo River Purple Sand is only found at the bottom of the Luo River and emits a faint purple light, but if one is more than five meters away, one cannot see the purple light.

Coupled with the poor visibility at the bottom of the river, the difficulty of seeing Luo River Purple Sand is not small.

However.

Ye Tian is a Mental Element Innate Ability user, his spirit is extremely powerful, his sensing range is very wide, and he also possesses a Water Clone.

Therefore, he is the most suitable Innate Ability user to search for Luo River Purple Sand at the bottom of the river.

Ye Tian was prepared to search for Scale Clan members while searching for Luo River Purple Sand at the bottom of the river; this way, accumulating Battle Merit would be faster.

"Found it!"

Ye Tian saw a glimmer of purple light, went over to look, pushed aside a pile of ordinary river sand, and found more than thirty grains of Luo River Purple Sand from within; this amount was too small, but at least there was a harvest.

Half an hour later.

Ye Tian had already harvested about one jin of Luo River Purple Sand, which was equivalent to earning 10 points of Battle Merit.

This way of collecting Battle Merit is not slow; if one could maintain such a harvest, earning at least one hundred points of Battle Merit a day would be no problem, and one could obtain more than three thousand Battle Merit in a month.

But in fact, Luo River Purple Sand will become increasingly difficult to find, and it might take two months to obtain that much Battle Merit.

"It is still faster to hunt Scale Clan members to obtain Battle Merit; as long as I find a group of Scale Clan members and kill them all, I will earn a huge amount in one go!"

Of course, this requires strength, and he happens to have this strength!

"Eh, a Beast!"

Ye Tian saw a Water Element Beast at the bottom of the river; he hadn't seen any Beasts before and had thought there were no Beasts in the Earth Cave World!

Now it seems that the Earth Cave World also has Beasts, but because this place is one of the battlefields between Xia Country and the Scale Clan, the Beasts here have become rare creatures.

The Water Element Beast he discovered was a Titan Water Buffalo, a mid-third-level Beast, and its strength was quite decent.

But encountering Ye Tian was its disaster.

Pfft!

The Sword Shadow Technique slashed across, instantly killing this Titan Water Buffalo.

The meat of this kind of water buffalo is quite good and can be eaten; he directly took the Titan Water Buffalo's carcass to store as food.

In the Earth Cave World, when the Sun was about to set.

Ye Tian also saw an isolated island in the Luo River, and at this moment, he saw a member of the Scale Clan roasting meat to eat on the island's beach.

"It's the Black Scale Clan!"

Ye Tian was surprised.

This Black Scale Clan member was too bold, and there didn't seem to be any other Scale Clan guards following by their side.

"The Black Scale Clan are nobles; this Black Scale Clan member only has the realm of an Intermediate Esper, killable!"

Ye Tian had his Water Clone wrap around him and slowly submerged over.

Just as he approached the opponent, he directly unleashed a B-grade Ability—Hell Wood Thorn Technique!

Wood thorns rose from the ground one after another, stabbing toward this Black Scale Clan member.

But something that surprised Ye Tian happened: this Black Scale Clan member dodged his Hell Wood Thorn Technique at an extremely fast speed, and their true cultivation was exposed.

"A Peak Ability Master!"

Clearly, the opponent had practiced a Strange Art that hides cultivation aura, only revealing the realm of an Intermediate Ability Master.

"This guy must be luring Talented Ability Users; they probably used this method to finish off quite a few Talented Ability Users!" Ye Tian guessed.

However, even if they were a Peak Ability Master, he did not fear them.

Whoosh!

Ye Tian walked up from the water.

He saw this Black Scale Clan member holding a blade, casting a Strange Art to imbue the blade, making it emit a black light.

Immediately after, the Black Scale Clan member used a Strange Art to enhance their speed, turning into a streak of light as they charged over.

The Scale Clan not only knows Strange Arts but also possesses terrifying physical strength, excelling in both close combat and the use of weapons.

This Black Scale Clan member was exactly like that, possessing strength surpassing that of an average Peak Ability Master.

"Darkness Curtain!"

Ye Tian directly unleashed this A-Grade Strange Art to restrict the opponent's speed and also prevent the opponent from escaping.

Next, he unleashed the Golden Body Technique.

Hum!

The Golden Body Technique was unleashed, the power of Metal Intent erupted, and he rushed toward the opponent with the Golden Light Technique.

However, the opponent had extremely rich combat experience, using a Strange Art to shift their movement direction, appearing on Ye Tian's left, and then slashed a blade toward Ye Tian's arm.

Clang!

The opponent's blade did not hurt Ye Tian at all; instead, it was deflected.

At this moment, Ye Tian grabbed this Black Scale Clan member's neck with one hand, and the power of Metal Intent erupted.

Crack!

This Black Scale Clan member was directly crushed to death by him!