Chapter 107

【Continuous Shot】

Usage requirements: Hunters, archers, and other supernaturals proficient in archery may use it.

Supernatural Grade: First Rank

Effect: Consuming mental power at extreme speed, it fires three arrows in rapid succession; the higher the proficiency, the more arrows fired consecutively, and the corresponding mental power consumption also increases.

……

"This... this... divine skill!"

After reading the contents recorded on the scroll, Ling Xue'er's eyes widened instantly.

Today Su Hao's wages paid to her—the Clear Wind Long Bow, which can give the fired arrows greater speed and stronger penetration.

A full-power strike that consumes mental power can further increase the arrow's flight speed and also imbue it with strong wind element.

Such powerful arrows imbued with wind element can easily kill most First Rank supernaturals.

If Continuous Shot is used again to fire three consecutive powerful arrows imbued with wind element, hardly any First Rank supernaturals could withstand such an attack head-on.

Moreover, as a Hunter supernatural sequence, there is also a certain stealth ability in forests.

In a stealth state, before the enemy notices, using the Clear Wind Long Bow with Lethally Poisoned Arrows and then Continuous Shot—isn't it the case that whoever is pointed at dies?!

Even some Second Rank supernaturals, if caught off guard, would probably not die but would still be stripped of a layer of skin.

This skill is truly a perfect fit for Ling Xue'er, but such a powerful skill's trade price certainly won't be cheap; with what she has on her, she might not even be able to afford the trade.

However, for such a good thing, Ling Xue'er will strive for it no matter what.

"Boss boss, how do you want to trade this skill?"

"As long as you can produce a mage's common skill—blood magic, bone magic, or undead magic—you can trade it for this; if you can give me the Craft Stitching Monster skill, I can also send you a hundred Lethally Poisoned Arrows."

【Continuous Shot】 This skill is not bad, but it requires archery mastery to use; for Su Hao it's useless, so trading it for a useful magic skill is naturally the most cost-effective.

As for the magic skill to be traded, Su Hao has no special requirements.

Anyway, with the Synthesis Heart, even a basic Arcane Missile can be turned into a powerful bloody missile for setting up the battlefield.

Of course, if we could acquire the Craft Stitching Monster skill, that would be perfect; the set of equipment 'picked up' at Grandpa Andrew's house has been idle for a long time.

"Undead magic..."

Ling Xue'er lowered her head, showing a thoughtful expression.

I remember Wen Yao, in that tomb of the monastery, seemed to have found one or two undead-series skill scrolls...

"Boss, wait a moment."

Ling Xue'er hurriedly opened the communicator, dialed Pu Wen Yao's phone, wanting to inquire about the skill scroll.

However, after a few "beep" sounds, the call was hung up; obviously Pu Wen Yao was in battle.

"Boss, I'll give you a reply in these two days, okay?"

Ling Xue'er anxiously looked at Su Hao; the Continuous Shot skill, for every archer supernatural, could be called a divine skill; she really feared that Su Hao would trade the skill to others.

"No problem, I'll hold onto Continuous Shot for you; as long as you can produce the trade item within a week, it's yours."

Su Hao smiled slightly; anyway, he didn't plan to go out for the next three days. After the extreme heat disaster struck, the outdoor temperature on the first day could reach nearly sixty degrees, and he didn't want to go out to bake in the fire.

Afterwards, Su Hao gave Ling Xue'er another instruction.

"Supernatural items imbued with light element, please pay attention to these few days; there's no requirement for Supernatural Grade, just need enough quantity—ideally ten or more, otherwise three or four will do."

According to Su Hao's plan, the seeds of Purple Gold Bamboo and Spirit Fruit Water Honey Peach will begin to synthesize in these few days.

The growth cycle of Second Rank supernatural plants is longer; if an effective greenhouse can be built, it can further accelerate the growth speed of supernatural plants.

And building a greenhouse, the light-element-imbued supernatural items are still lacking.

"Okay, boss, we'll head back soon and take care of this. I remember seeing something like this a few days ago, but it didn't seem to have a Supernatural Grade."

"No problem, as long as the quantity is sufficient."

"Su Hao nodded; as long as the quantity is enough, even ordinary items can be upgraded to Supernatural Grade."

"At this moment, Zhu Ge Chang Qing had also communicated with the superiors and walked over with a smile."

"Your requests have all been approved by the higher-ups; we'll try to deliver ten thousand Energy Crystals to you within three days."

"Sure, here's the First Rank Builder's Potion Formula for now; once you deliver the Energy Crystals, I'll give you the Second Rank formula."

"While speaking, Su Hao casually handed the First Rank Builder's Potion Formula to Zhu Ge Chang Qing, believing that the Divine Xia would distinguish priorities and not embezzle this formula."

"Afterwards, Su Hao stored the bloody long robe lying aside into his Storage Bag, carefully inspected the mountain cave, confirmed nothing was missed, then led everyone out of the cave."

"Wait a moment!"

"Just as Su Hao was about to walk out of the cave, his steps paused slightly; looking at the passageway made of flesh and blood, his eyes flickered."

"【Infected Flesh】"

"Supernatural Grade: First Rank"

"Effect: Chunks of meat influenced by the Scarlet Divine Power can assimilate surrounding objects into Infected Flesh; with sufficient energy, they can assimilate everything around them into Infected Flesh."

"……"

"If we use it to synthesize with the Proliferating Flesh, perhaps there will be a pleasant surprise."

"The ability of Proliferating Flesh is to self-replicate by consuming energy."

"The ability of Infected Flesh is to assimilate surrounding objects into itself by consuming energy."

"If we take these Infected Flesh and synthesize them with the Proliferating Flesh, perhaps after synthesis the self-replication efficiency of the Proliferating Flesh could increase."

"Even if it fails, it doesn't matter."

"Yesterday, Su Hao handed the Proliferating Flesh and Energy Crystals to Hua Yao and the others, tasking them with reproducing the Proliferating Flesh."

"Now, Su Hao's sanctuary contains several hundred jin of value-added flesh; even if the synthesis result is unsatisfactory, there is no loss."

"Therefore, such a good thing as Infected Flesh naturally cannot be left here."

"However, Su Lu's Storage Bag no longer has storage capability; to pack up all the Infected Flesh on this mountain peak, relying only on Su Hao's few Storage Bags is clearly insufficient."

Hmm… Do you guys have any empty storage bags? Could you lend me a few?

Su Hao pondered for a moment, then asked Ling Xue'er and the others for help; even if they couldn't dig up the whole mountain, taking more would still be a good thing.

I have a 200m×200m×200m storage bag here; I'll tidy up the inside and can lend it to you first.

I also have two 20m×20m×20m storage bags.

I also have a storage bag the same size as Sister Xue'er's.

Although Ling Xue'er and the others didn't know what Su Hao wanted to do, they still tidied up their belongings and lent him the largest storage bag.

Gulu Guluqi, come over and help quickly!

Su Hao took the storage bags from Ling Xue'er and the others, went outside the cave, measured its dimensions, then took out the Gravity Rock Axe, summoned the Da Xiong Mao, and fiercely hacked at the rock wall outside the cave.

With Zhu Ge Chang Qing's storage bag, although they still couldn't take the whole mountain peak, tidying up the cave and taking it entirely was no problem.

Zhu Ge Chang Qing: …

Ling Xue'er: …

Le Yun: …

No, boss, what are you doing?

Could it be that you want to dig out the entire cave? That's a bit too ruthless! Indeed, we still haven't learned the boss's essence—things like locusts passing through, leaving no grass, are too one‑sided. From now on, our explorations should be like the boss's: not even leaving a blade of grass, even the ground should be scraped off a layer! However, they hadn't been gossiping long before they saw Su Hao walking over with three short swords.

You three come help too—collect all the fleshy mountain mass outside, and these three supernatural first‑rank short swords will be your reward!

Okay, boss, no problem—we'll definitely collect all the flesh and blood on this mountain.

At that moment, Ling Xue'er and the others felt that those disgusting flesh buds suddenly became endearing.

This damn thing is a supernatural first‑rank weapon—even if they can't use it themselves, trading this short sword could get them materials of equal value.

Afterwards, Su Hao and the Da Xiong Mao, one wielding the axe, the other swinging its claws, broke the rocks near the cave bit by bit.

Ling Xue'er and the others all wore bright smiles, walking up and down the summit, digging out every visible infected flesh chunk.

By the time the sun set, thanks to the joint effort of the four people and one bear,

on the summit, every infected flesh chunk beneath each flesh bud had been dug out cleanly.

The cave where Suo Lu originally was was also shattered by Su Hao and the Da Xiong Mao, removing excess rock, carving out a 200m×200m block, and storing the whole cave inside a storage bag.

Great, let's head back!

Su Hao looked at the mess, the peak with a single flesh bud, and nodded satisfactorily.

He hefted the heavy storage bag, rode on the Da Xiong Mao's back, led Ling Xue'er and the others down the mountain, boarded a helicopter, and flew toward the refuge.

Fortunately, when Zhu Ge Chang Qing came today, he arranged a heavy‑armed helicopter; otherwise, with the storage bag packed with so many flesh chunks, a regular helicopter might not even be able to take off.

…

After flying for over three hours, Ling Xue'er and the others returned to Su Hao's territory.

Under Su Hao's command, the helicopter halted about a kilometer from the refuge, and Su Hao dumped all the infected flesh chunks out, piling them into a small hill.

Thereafter, at Su Hao's invitation, Ling Xue'er and the others went to his refuge, ate a lavish vegetarian meal prepared by Hua Yao, and then reluctantly boarded the helicopter to leave.

There was no way around it—their refuge and Su Hao's were completely different things.

Even before the anomalies descended, their dwelling could not compare to Su Hao's refuge.

Su Hao's refuge was extraordinarily spacious, and thanks to the candle‑wood furniture, merely sitting on the sofa made them feel physically and mentally pleased.

A day's fatigue faded away unnoticed.

But as officials of Shen Chuan, they had their own duties and couldn't stay long in Su Hao's refuge; they could only leave reluctantly.

Sister Xue'er, if one day this whole region becomes the boss's territory, could we move our refuge over?

Le Yun looked at the withered ancient tree shrinking below, couldn't help but poke Ling Xue'er's arm, and muttered softly.

But her question received no answer, or rather Ling Xue'er shared the same hope for such a thing to happen.

If we could really receive Su Hao's blessing, safety would be maxed out, right! But whether they'll appear that day, she doesn't know, and she can't even guarantee she'll live to see that day.

After all, not everyone is as strong as Su Hao; when they go out exploring, they've mentally prepared for death.

…

The next morning, that is, the fourteenth day after the anomalies descended.

Today's sky looked just as before, uniformly overcast with dark clouds, appearing very gloomy.

But what's hard to understand is that, despite this weather, the temperature suddenly rose by several tens of degrees; as soon as it was faintly dawn, the outdoor temperature was already close to sixty degrees.

Moreover, due to the earlier extreme cold disaster, many places still had unmelted snow, making the surrounding environment quite damp.

When the temperature spiked, it caused ground moisture to evaporate rapidly, as if they were inside a giant sauna; while enduring the scorching heat, they also felt short of breath.

People with poorer constitutions—elders and children—soon fainted in large numbers.

Even young, strong folks, living in such an environment for two or three days, would likely have only a dead end.

The sudden change left many people at a loss; major group chats exploded with heated discussion, and even the chats where national high‑level leaders gathered were the same.

【Luotuo Country—Si Ge Te: Could it really be that the Shen Chuan folks were right, and this truly is an extreme heat disaster?】

【Xiongguo Country—Xie Er Gai: Fortunately, thanks to Shen Chuan's warning, we promptly built some cooling facilities and increased water‑collection efforts; this time's losses might not be as great as an extreme heat disaster.】

【Yingbai Country—Bu Lu Si: Damn, most of our effort goes into gathering supernatural resources; now we have hardly any cooling devices, and at this rate our freshwater supplies won't even cover evaporation!】

【Yinghua Country—Ping Shan Ji Chong: Shen Chuan learned of the extreme heat disaster earliest; they surely have surplus cooling facilities and water resources. For humanity's continuation, please, Shen Chuan, look after the big picture and send us some supplies.】

【Paocai Country—Pu Zhong Ji: Exactly, please, Shen Chuan, look after the big picture and send us supplies for humanity's survival!】

【Zhu Ge Chang Qing: Idiot.】

…

Zhu Ge Chang Qing gave a cold smile and casually shut off the communicator.

Initially, when Ling Xue'er conveyed Su Hao's warning, the Shen Chuan officials, upon hearing of the extreme heat disaster, adopted an attitude of "better to believe it than not."

They began frantically building reservoirs, collecting freshwater to the utmost extent, and simultaneously organized the construction of cooling facilities.

I never expected that, today, all these preparations would finally receive their due reward.

Out of humanitarianism, and also to let more people survive, I will bear some of the unknown risks of the apocalypse for Shen Chuan.

Shen Chuan freely shared the news of the possible arrival of the extreme heat disaster three days ago.

However, most people in the countries did not take this news to heart, still focusing on collecting supernatural items.

Everyone knows that after the uncanny descends, the future will belong to the supernatural, so they all want to seize the opportunity and pocket all the good stuff.

This also means they lack sufficient manpower and energy to collect water resources, making it difficult to build enough cooling devices.

Now, feeling the terrifying high temperatures brought by the extreme heat disaster, they all regret it deeply.

The people of Bright Painting Country and Roasted Vegetable Country still have the nerve to ask Shen Chuan for resources—what are they thinking? 'We must hurry and arrange Su Hao's energy crystals.'

After once again witnessing Su Hao's importance, Zhu Ge Chang Qing opened a group chat to urge the arrangement of the energy crystals.

Su Hao naturally didn't know about these things; after having the cooling ice pillars, he hardly felt any effect from the extreme heat disaster.

After waking naturally, Su Hao had breakfast, took a clean glass cup, and returned to his room.

According to the potion's formula, pour 100 grams of fresh water, 100 milliliters of scarlet blood, and 10 grams of chicken blood vine powder into the glass cup.

After thoroughly stirring, Su Hao, following the method shown in the formula, used his mental power to wrap around a drop of scarlet essence blood and the heart of the bloody butcher, then threw them into the glass cup.

The next moment.

The scarlet essence blood and the bloody butcher's heart gradually showed signs of melting, and the liquid in the glass cup quickly turned into a cup of thick blood.

Strands of bright red blood qi rose from the cup's rim, forming a blood-red symbol above the glass cup.

At the same time, Su Hao's mental power began to drain at a visible speed.

Finally, under the support of Su Hao's strong mental power, that blood-red symbol shrank back into the glass cup.

At this point, the potion's refinement is more than half complete.

Afterwards, just like when refining the necromancer's potion, Su Hao has nothing more to do; as long as the scarlet essence blood and the bloody butcher's heart completely melt, the potion is considered finished.

"Around this time tomorrow, this second‑grade blood mage potion should be finished refining."

Su Hao nodded, took out two energy crystals and placed them aside to provide energy for the potion's refinement, then headed downstairs, intending to go outside the shelter and smelt the corpses of the five flesh guards.

These flesh guards are three meters tall, and some of them cannot fit in the bedroom.

At the same time.

Above the shelter, in the surrounding temperature of nearly sixty degrees, a sudden heavy snow fell like goose feathers, and a snow‑white figure descended amidst the falling snow to stand before the statue of the Ice Snow Goddess.

(End of chapter)