Chapter 187

"Just died like that?"

Gazing at the black cloak lying motionless on the ground not far ahead, Su Hao couldn't help but sigh.

The Shadow Priest, once a powerful Supernatural Sixth Rank, still possessed Supernatural Fifth Rank strength even after dying once.

But now, just like an ordinary person, he died without causing any ripple.

Although this result came about, the main credit goes to the black dragon.

The black dragon first, in a struggle hundreds of years ago, severely wounded the Shadow Priest and even killed him outright.

Then, consuming the remaining strength, it created a highly targeted Dark Dragon Pearl, handed it to Su Hao, delivering a fatal blow to the Shadow Priest.

But even so, it still made Su Hao feel somewhat unreal.

For a Supernatural Second Rank to be able to participate in affairs among Supernatural Sixth Ranks is already incredibly unbelievable.

Moreover, the matter he participated in directly caused the life or death of a Supernatural Sixth Rank.

Emmm, no! It might not just be one; according to the Shadow Priest's words before death, the black dragon's life may also be coming to an end.

However, the Shadow Priest was indeed a Supernatural Sixth Rank at his peak, so Su Hao could believe at most three tenths of what he said.

Even though that cloak not far away truly had no trace of life left, Su Hao still did not let his guard down.

The best way to judge whether a person is still alive is to use the Item Appraisal Technique on them.

The Item Appraisal Technique cannot be used on beings with independent consciousness.

If the Item Appraisal Technique works on that cloak, it means the Shadow Priest is indeed dead; otherwise, Su Hao must flee quickly.

Immediately, Su Hao's thoughts stirred, and he used the Item Appraisal Technique on the black cloak not far away.

【Shadow Cloak】

Supernatural Grade: Fifth Rank

Description: The corpse left behind by the Supernatural Sixth Rank Shadow Priest after his death.

Because the Shadow Priest once used a secret method to revive himself, his origin was damaged, causing his innate Supernatural Grade to drop to Fifth Rank, and it has not yet recovered.

Using a special dissection method, one can obtain the Shadow Priest's source crystal from his corpse.

……

"Supernatural Fifth Rank… this is troublesome."

Su Hao couldn't help but frown slightly.

From the appraisal results, there are two pieces of news, one good and one bad.

The good news is naturally that the Item Appraisal Technique works on that black cloak, which means the Shadow Priest is indeed dead.

At least he is currently dead and has not been revived by some unknown means.

Su Hao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief; even if the Shadow Priest had some means of revival, he could not possibly come back to life any time soon.

Even if he could revive quickly, it would be impossible for him to regain Supernatural Fifth Rank strength in a short time.

If that's the case, there's nothing to worry about.

The bad news is that this cloak is merely the Shadow Priest's corpse, and it is also a Supernatural Fifth Rank item.

And the black dragon's mission requires Su Hao to bring back the Shadow Priest's source crystal, as well as that huge egg.

To obtain the Shadow Priest's source crystal, one must use a special dissection method to extract it from his corpse.

The Item Refining Technique naturally counts as a special dissection method. However, the problem is that its proficiency is only at minor accomplishment, allowing it to refine at most Supernatural Fourth Rank items.

The Shadow Priest's corpse is Supernatural Grade Fifth Rank; to extract the source crystal, the Item Refining Technique's proficiency must first be raised to major accomplishment.

"I don't know whether, after completely refining all the undead creature corpses in the Storage Bag, the proficiency can be raised to major accomplishment."

Su Hao stroked his chin, temporarily placing his hope on the corpses of the undead creatures.

Just then, Su Hao suddenly remembered something, hurriedly glanced at the time, and his expression immediately turned grim.

Only now did Su Hao realize that, unbeknownst to him, several hours had passed since he left the shelter.

This also caused him to waste the four remaining synthesis opportunities from yesterday, making him feel a bit sorry.

But recalling the gains from this outing, Su Hao felt relieved again.

Leaving aside the black dragon's mission rewards, just the items he has in hand are already abundantly frightening.

Death Scythe, Necrotic Elemental Crystal, Dark Dragon Pearl, and even the Shadow Priest's corpse—all are Supernatural Fifth Rank items.

Even though these Supernatural items either come without seals or have usage restrictions, making it temporarily difficult to exert their full power, Supernatural Fifth Rank is still Supernatural Fifth Rank—an undeniable fact.

Being able to obtain so many Fifth Rank Supernatural items in just a single day makes even Su Hao himself feel somewhat incredulous when he looks back.

Compared to these gains, wasting four synthesis opportunities is not really a big problem.

Anyway, Su Hao currently has nothing on him that urgently needs to be synthesized.

Just wasting those four synthesis opportunities also slowed the proficiency progress by a day, leaving Su Hao still feeling a bit regretful.

However, he did not dwell on it too much.

He now wields the Death God's Scythe, giving him the ability to fight a Supernatural Fourth Rank head‑on, and his territory also has Xue Nv and Ling Er, two Supernatural Fifth Rank combatants.

As long as no new changes arise, his current combat power is enough to let him lie low in this new world for a long time.

Afterward, Su Hao first sent a message to Ling Er, asking her to translate it and forward it to Da Xiong Mao, who would then take Gu Long and Andrew away from here.

Before signing a contract, Su Hao cannot fully trust Andrew.

So Su Hao does not want to reveal too much in front of them.

After Da Xiong Mao took Andrew and the Bone Dragon far away, Su Hao then took out the undead corpses from the Storage Bag one by one and repeatedly used the Item Appraisal Technique on them.

Apart from the hateful corpses, the remaining undead corpses consist of three types, with Supernatural Grades ranging from First Rank to Third Tier.

On the corpses of first‑ and second‑rank skeleton monsters, the refined product is white bone essence.

Only the Supernatural Grade differs; the white bone essence of second rank is far more potent, and according to Su Hao's estimate, synthesizing second‑rank white bone essence has a high chance of directly yielding second‑rank withered bone essence.

The Supernatural Grade of zombies is also between first and second rank, just like the skeleton monsters; the substance refined from their corpses is the same kind, but differs in Supernatural Grade.

That is a piece of flesh emitting a foul stench, called rotten meat.

After eating the rotten meat, there is a certain chance to increase the strength of one's fleshly body, and cause one's blood and flesh to produce deadly poison.

If a living creature eats the rotten meat, there is a higher chance to turn into a zombie.

Second-tier rotten meat enhances the fleshly body's strength more effectively, the toxin in the blood and flesh is stronger, and the chance of turning into a zombie is also greater.

Such things, Su Hao naturally had no intention of using directly; he planned to keep them for later synthesis.

The corpse of the headless knight is an item of the extraordinary third tier; the things refined from it are also what Su Hao found most surprising.

(End of chapter)