Chapter 155: Point Harvesting
The Swamp Magic Frog is a low-level magical beast that reproduces extremely quickly, is not very strong, but is very good at hiding and escaping.
Even under Miss Jia Na's double detection of Plant Vision and Eagle Eye Technique, it was still difficult to find the hiding place of the Swamp Magic Frog. However, the addition of Maluo-Hai Ge broke Miss Jia Na's predicament and greatly improved the hunting efficiency.
And in the process of hunting and harvesting, Maluo-Hai Ge's performance was completely like a "subordinate" who looked up to Miss Jia Na.
Not only would he not actively participate in the hunt, but he would also actively hand over the Swamp Magic Frog tongues he "occasionally" harvested
to Miss Jia Na.
As if he was really just treating himself as a "tool person" responsible for leading the way, without any desires or demands—
However, Miss Jia Na, who was long used to various social conventions, actually knew very well the purpose of the other party doing this.
After all, people's actions are driven by purpose. The reason why Maluo-Hai Ge would do this is nothing more than a cost-effectiveness relationship.
A Swamp Magic Frog tongue is worth one point, and an apprentice's nameplate is worth ten academic points, but for every hour spent in the Swamp Secret Realm, one can get fifty academic points.
According to Maluo-Hai Ge, the scope of the Swamp Secret Realm is very large. Therefore, even though there are more than three hundred apprentices participating in this assessment trial, in most cases, the probability of apprentices encountering each other is not very high.
Therefore, in order to solve this problem, Black Bone Forest Academy set up a super large "Curse Ritual" within the Swamp Secret Realm.
The layout of this "Curse Ritual" is a huge circle that can cover the entire Swamp Secret Realm.
The intensity of the Curse spreads outwards from the center of the circle along the radius. As the radius gets longer, the intensity of the Curse also increases.
Not only that, but every hour, the power of the "Curse Ritual" will continuously increase from the outermost circle inwards.
In other words, as the assessment trial time gets longer, except for the central area of the circle, other areas will be covered by powerful Disease Curse, Heavy Injury Curse, and even Bloodline Pollution.
In the end, when the Curse intensity reaches its peak, it only takes thirty seconds for its power to kill any Second-level Wizard Apprentice.
And the reason why most apprentices are eliminated in the end is that they hurriedly say the password within these "thirty seconds of death" and are forced to leave the Secret Realm.
Therefore, in the later stage of the trial, all apprentices have to sprint towards the inner circle.
During this period, apprentices who have been affected by the Curse can only find a type of swamp fruit called "disease rot fruit" to suppress the effect of the Curse.
Although the disease rot fruit cannot completely dispel the Curse, it can greatly alleviate the effects brought by the Curse.
And Maluo-Hai Ge was targeted by three other Black Bone Forest Apprentices while picking disease rot fruit, and was then chased all the way...
In the final analysis, the reason why Maluo-Hai Ge is so "licking" Miss Jia Na now is simply for the idea of giving up the benefits of the "Swamp Magic Frog" and relying on hugging Miss Jia Na's thigh to stay in the Secret Realm longer.
"Miss Jia Na, please be sure to accept not only these, but in the time to come, I will also do my best to assist you in hunting more Swamp Magic Frogs, and will not touch a single bit—."
"Mr. Hai Ge, what are your terms for exchange?"
After listening to Maluo-Hai Ge say so much, Miss Jia Na no longer wanted to beat around the bush and went straight to the crucial information that the other party had not said.
"I hope—Miss Jia Na can purify the Curse on me. Of course, it only needs to be purified this once.."
After such a long buildup, Maluo-Hai Ge finally said what was on his mind.
Looking at the other party's face, which was becoming paler due to the influence of the Curse, Miss Jia Na only thought for a moment before gladly agreeing.
"Buzz—
After receiving Miss Jia Na's consent, a milky white Purification Light emanated from the white jade on the forehead of the Celestial Sparrow.
As the Purification Light continued to envelop him, accompanied by a violent fit of coughing, bits of flesh mixed with bloody foam were coughed out of Maluo-Hai Ge's mouth.
"Thank—thank you, Miss Jia Na."
With Maluo-Hai Ge leading the way, while hunting Swamp Magic Frogs, Miss Jia Na also continuously approached the central area. Because of this, the Purification, which should have been done every half hour, has also been extended to once an hour.
Therefore, after a period of rest, the Celestial Sparrow's magic power recovery speed exceeded its consumption speed. Even if it purifies Maluo-Hai Ge now, there will be no problem of magic power shortage. The light gradually subsided. As the Celestial Sparrow completely finished purifying the Curse, Maluo-Hai Ge's face finally returned to normal.
"Mr. Hai Ge, it's about time. Shall we continue moving forward now?"
"Of course, no problem! Let me see—. The next closest body of water should be in this direction."
The moon set, the sun rose, and the morning light emerged.
After a whole night of hunting, Miss Jia Na had accumulated three hundred and seventy-six Swamp Magic Frog tongues. During this period, they also encountered a Mist Tower Apprentice who was preparing to ambush them in the dark.
Unexpectedly, the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.
The Mist Tower Apprentice, whose whereabouts had long been seen through by the Hundred-Eyed Mirror Demon, was instead counter-killed by Miss Jia Na in her Ogre Flower form under the deception of mirror illusions, harvesting the fifth nameplate of this Secret Realm assessment again. "Miss Jia Na, after walking a certain distance, it will be roughly the central area of the entire Swamp Secret Realm."
Passing through layers of fog, under the exploration of Plant Vision, indeed, as the two gradually went deeper, Miss Jia Na could clearly feel that compared to the deserted outer circle, there were quite a few figures moving quickly through the bushes in the inner circle.
"Wait a moment—a thousand meters further ahead, there is a very strong poison-attribute magic power fluctuation, which seems to be—a Mist Tower Apprentice."
Mist Tower?
Hearing Miss Jia Na's words, Maluo-Hai Ge, who knew that the other party had vision perception Witchcraft, just thought for a moment and then deduced:
"Logically speaking, before the next round of Curse eruption, everyone should seize the time to enter the center of the central area. This place will also be polluted by the Curse soon unless they are waiting for something."
Hearing this, Miss Jia Na also nodded.
"If they were just planning to ambush passing apprentices, so many people have passed by just now, they wouldn't not act, so—."
The two exchanged a tacit glance, and Maluo-Hai Ge quickly grasped Miss Jia Na's implied meaning.
"So, what they are currently guarding should be the disease rot fruit—it's just that the disease rot fruit hasn't fully matured yet, so those Mist Tower Apprentices have to stay there, waiting for the fruit to mature."
As Miss Jia Na's voice became lower, a meaningful smile suddenly appeared at the corner of her mouth.
"If these disease rot fruits are destroyed, does that mean that a large number of Mist Tower Apprentices will have to regrettably withdraw from the Secret Realm?"