manynovel Chapter 59 - 37: The Great Harvest
Chapter 59 - 37: The Great Harvest
Chapter 59: Chapter 37: The Great HarvestChi Zhonglin’s smile on his face solidified, and he slowly opened his mouth, taking a long time before he finally blurted out:
"Damn!"
"That’s over two hundred meters, right..." Ren Mian estimated the distance with a glance, his eyes filled with disbelief, as he sincerely exclaimed, "That arrow of yours, it must have surpassed the standards of a Super Ranger, even a Legendary Ranger is no better!"
Ji Xinghuo turned around and smiled, "It’s all luck, just luck."
Ren Mian smiled meaningfully but said no more.
"Damn it!" Chi Zhonglin finally snapped back to reality, looking at the spider corpses scattered all around, and at his own clean self, he couldn’t help but express his sentiment, "I’ve been in the Star Realm for three or four years, and I’ve never experienced such an easy battle where I didn’t even need to do anything to finish it."
Jiangnan Caiyi’s figure appeared nearby, "Zhonglin, do you think that’s not good?"
"Of course, it’s awesome!"
Chi Zhonglin nodded repeatedly, his eyes filled with eagerness as he looked towards Ji Xinghuo, "So this is what it feels like to have a good marksman in the team; the difficulty of the battle has dropped more than just a notch, and I don’t have to fight tooth and nail anymore."
"Xinghuo is really incredible!"
Jiangnan Caiyi’s face was filled with wonder, as she too had killed a Stalker Spider, but had not exerted much effort otherwise.
Ji Xinghuo gave her a slight smile.
"Clean up the battlefield."
Ren Mian was also in a good mood, but he didn’t forget the task at hand, the battle had ended quickly, but it hadn’t been quiet and might attract other dangers.
A few of them started cutting up the spider corpses.
Jiangnan Caiyi was adept at this; she was proficient in cooking, skilled at dissecting prey organs, and well aware of where the Alien Species were located on the monsters.
Ji Xinghuo learned from her, using a tactical knife to collect the Alien Species.
The Strange Level Stalker Spider, each possessing a "Shadow Escape," which is located in the spider’s brain, was the size of a soybean gland, pitch-black like ink, soft as sheep dung.
"Shadow Escape" is a high-quality Ability.
Although it isn’t the core Ability of the "Shadow Blade" professional template, it is still indispensable and easy to sell, with a price of around 150,000 Ya Yuan.
He collected nine Alien Species from nine spiders, totaling over 1.35 million!
Ji Xinghuo was astonished.
No wonder Mutants are so wealthy, the gains from one battle were equivalent to ten years of salary for an ordinary person.
While cutting out the Alien Species, he also collected the arrows he had shot, only a few of which were damaged or had deformed shafts. With a bit of fix using tools, most could be reused, saving a substantial amount of money on arrows.
Finally, there was the Elite Level spider.
The four of them came to where the corpse lay, looking at the huge spider lying in front of them, its fierce and ugly appearance still somewhat frightening even though it was dead.
There were scorch marks on the spider’s body, clearly caused by high-temperature currents.
The Capacitor Arrow was stuck in it, having penetrated its head with a single arrow.
"That ten thousand Ya Yuan wasn’t wasted."
Ji Xinghuo said to Chi Zhonglin with a smile in response to his earlier comment, then stepped forward to pull out the Capacitor Arrow. The arrow, made of hard superconductive alloy, was undamaged, though the shaft was slightly twisted, but its interior was intact.
"You’re ruthless!"
Chi Zhonglin was completely convinced.
This Elite Stalker Spider would not have been difficult for him to kill, but it would have been very difficult to stop it if it decided to flee, let alone kill it so effortlessly.
Ren Mian examined the spider corpse for a moment and said, "For an elite leader, there should be more than one Alien Species."
"I’ll look for it."
Jiangnan Caiyi used a short knife to cut open the spider’s head, rummaged a bit, and dug out a "Shadow Escape" Alien Species, then carefully sliced open the junction at the center of the chest cavity and the spider legs, digging deep in
Each time, Ji Xinghuo detected them in advance, warning his teammates.
Then Ren Mian activated the "Mind Necklace" worn around her neck, linking everyone’s minds together and seamlessly preparing for combat.
However, these fights were not fierce; they involved only one or two Strange creatures and no Elites, and the numbers were also quite few.
It was all wrapped up quickly by Ji Xinghuo firing a few arrows.
As night fell, Ren Mian chose a camping ground hidden under a tree in a secluded hollow.
First, she set up a large tent big enough for four people to move around between several trees; she then scattered a handful of seeds around which grew into a thicket of sturdy, thorny bushes in minutes, covering the entire tent, serving as protection and preventing light from the tent from escaping outside.
The bushes were interspersed with a few Beast Repelling Grass plants, emitting a sharp, unpleasant smell that drove many wild animals and insects away.
On the outermost layer on the ground were planted "Bell Flowers" which would make a noise when stepped on, acting like an alarm bell.
Between the tent’s bushes and the "Bell Flowers", from mid-air to the ground, tough thorns and a type of exploding chestnut were scattered about, which would detonate upon touch, showering spikes around.
Ji Xinghuo was amazed by the sight.
The functionality of a Plant Witch was incredibly robust, seemingly omnipotent.
The inside of the large tent was very spacious, almost half the size of a room, and not cramped at all; a glowing lantern hung from the top of the tent.
This too was a type of plant, emitting a bright light.
Jiangnan Caiyi prepared a dinner using spider leg meat for everyone, and as she said, it was extremely delicious!
"Tonight I’ll take the first watch with Xinghuo," Ren Mian announced after dinner, "I’ll take the first half of the night, Xinghuo, you take the latter half."
"Okay," Ji Xinghuo agreed without any issues.
Another duty of a Ranger is night watch, typically the responsibility of the team members with the strongest perception, taking turns.
Ren Mian sat down at the tent entrance.
Ji Xinghuo and the other two teammates took out their sleeping bags, each crawling in, and soon there were steady breathing sounds beside him.
Just before sleep, he opened the Wanxiang Star Pupil interface, tallying up today’s gain of 15 Spiritual Origin Ability points.
Thirteen of those came from the spiders, with the Elite Shadow Wandering Spider contributing 4 points, while the remaining 2 were from the later fights.
15 points!
Ji Xinghuo felt exhilarated.
The progress of Rotating Magnetic Field was First Level 102/359; managing to gain over 10 Spiritual Origin Ability points daily, in just over a month he could ascend to Second Level!
Aside from Spiritual Origin Ability, there was also the Mind Screamer Alien Species worth 800,000, and profits from other Alien Species, today’s earnings would definitely exceed one million Ya Yuan.
The first day of hunting had already recouped the money spent on equipment that day.
It was an absolute bounty!
After counting his gains, feeling content, and looking forward to the upcoming hunting journey, Ji Xinghuo quickly drifted off to sleep as well.