Ye Zhongming pulled the fur on Yellow Ball’s neck to make it stop. There was no point in running now. Only by blocking this attack would they be able to survive.
Ye Zhongming knew that this was the biggest test that he had faced since he revived as he faced the skill from the level four monster.
He took out something and chiseled the water element gem that he just got. He pressed it on and shouted at the Extreme Ice Dragon Storm, “Bring it on!”
Nature Staff!
This rare equipment that he got from Wulan County but couldn’t use because he didn’t have nature gems.
He didn’t have a nature gem then but he did now. Ye Zhongming had just dug three ice and water element nature gems from the mountain.
He was also a Smith so he could chisel it on right away.
The moment the blue gem was chiseled onto the staff, the greyish staff actually gave out an eye catching light. The color was similar to that of the gem. A gentle and nourishing feeling wrapped Ye Zhongming and Yellow Ball.
The Extreme Ice Dragon Storm was above his head now and it wrapped Ye Zhongming and Yellow Ball. The temperature around dropped so low that it could freeze people to death. The storm was filled with sharp icicles that spun around. If it brushed across one’s body, one would start losing flesh.
The icicles were a mix of thin ice needles and thick pieces. If you weren’t careful, it would give you a fatal blow.
Ye Zhongming was a two star evolved. Yellow Ball was also a level two mutated lifeform, naturally the two of them were more resistant to low temperatures.
A moment later, both of them were covered in frost.
Ye Zhongming didn’t dare to be careless. The moment the storm covered him, he activated the skill of the Nature Staff.
A beautiful female figure appeared in the sky. Even if one knew that it was an illusion, one still had to praise its beauty.
This illusion was ten meters tall and she had a gentle smile on her face that made one immersed within. She wore a silk dress that made her look very real.
The more eye catching thing was that her hands were held up in an elegant manner. In her hands was an exquisite blue vase.
That vase had two ears and its opening was tilting downwards to form ripples. Be it the vase opening or the bottle, they were really smooth. When one looked at it, one couldn’t help but want to touch it.
This was Ye Zhongming’s equipment. The moment he activated the skill he learned its name.
Water Vase Protection!
The illusionary women wrapped Ye Zhongming and Yellow Ball up and it faced off against the storm.
A rumbling sound spread out and it was deafening. The soil below was shaking and the illusion started to become unstable. This happened when two energy forces clashed.
At this current stage, there wasn’t much that Ye Zhongming could do. He could only place his hope on Water Vase Protection blocking this storm.
Two skills, one was a strong attack skill cast by the level four monster using gems as a conduit. The other used the Nature Staff to activate all the energy from the nature stone to form a defensive skill.
The battle between spear and shield began.
The Flame Armor Breaking Beast was a little anxious behind. It wanted to search for its child but in the current situation, it had to cross the gem mountain first.
But the Three Tailed Demon Frog launched an attack after absorbing the gems that terrified even a same level monster. Although it wanted to save its child but that didn’t mean that it wanted to put itself in danger.
When its enemy used its strongest attack, Flame Armor Breaking Beast was sure that there was a gap in their strength.
Even… The Flame Armor Breaking Beast had the idea of leaving to find helpers.
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But the rise of an illusionary figure that was like a mountain made the Flame Armor Breaking Beast stop in its tracks.
The two forces were like drums that smashed into its heart. It made it realise that the enemy of the enemy could be made use of.
The beast moved. It started to charge.
The frog was exhausted. After using the Extreme Ice Dragon Storm, it consumed too much energy and wasn’t in a good state. When it heard the commotion, it turned half around and roared toward the Flame Armor Breaking Beast.
Unfortunately, beasts that could reach level four weren’t fools. The beast saw the state that the demon frog was in. Not only did it want to get its baby back, it even wanted to kill the Three Tailed Demon Frog.
Before humans appeared in the dungeon, monsters of the same level were the best source of evolution energy.
The chest of the Three Tailed Demon Frog rose up and down. It regretted using such a strong attack previously which caused it to lose its biggest strength to deal with this annoying fire beast. But the gem mountain was its territory and it was the source of everything. It couldn’t lose it.
The two beasts clashed once again.
On the other side, the Water Vase Protection energy was dropping. The beautiful illusion started to blur. Ye Zhongming realised that the skill couldn’t last for too long. It couldn’t block the strongest attack of a level four beast that used up several gems.
He found it a waste. If this water gem was of better quality and reached high grade, even a medium grade one, then the defence would greatly increase and it would be able to block the attack.
What a waste. Ye Zhongming took out an even darker gem. Before the Water Vase Protection collapsed, he switched out for the basic quality ice gem.
The Water Vase Protection disappeared right away and what replaced it was a giant ice lotus.
If the Water Vase Protection was a defensive illusion, then this was an actual body. The aura from the lotus was totally different from the gentle Water Vase Protection.
This was an intense and overbearing lotus.
Blue Blood Lotus!
Although the Extreme Ice Dragon Storm weakened but it still smashed onto the ice lotus, forcing it to fight back.
It was really exquisite and detailed, no smith in the world could craft such real petals. Suddenly, all the petals broke free from the petal and turned into sharp ice blades that slashed at the mist.
Clashing sounds could be heard.
Ye Zhongming had blood seeping from the corners of his mouth but the blood froze instantly under the low temperature. Although the skills were clashing in the sky, but the shockwave was something that hit Yellow Ball and him. The two of them were currently injured. Especially Ye Zhongming. He was chased by the Flame Armor Breaking Beast and now he had to defend against these ripples. He felt like he was getting weaker and weaker.
Hong! Hong! Two loud explosions spread from two separate areas. Ye Zhongming looked and saw that the lotus blades had stabbed into the mist and the strong Extreme Ice Dragon Storm was shattered.
Two gems, using the power of the Nature Staff was barely enough to block this danger!
The other source came from the two monsters that were battling. They each used some skill where water and fire clashed. At least hundreds of crystals exploded.
Ye Zhongming’s eyes lit up.
“Go!”
Ye Zhongming slapped Yellow Ball’s body and roared. Nature Staff was kept in his space crystal. Yellow Ball bore with the pain to dash forwards.
After the two skills were used, energy spread all around.
An ice blue energy wave surged in all directions and that included where they were. The two of them didn’t flee but instead ran towards the source. The two of them were instantly wrapped up.
Ye Zhongming held his blade and used his strongest skill. He also nearly used up all his mental energy to summon an earth giant to block in front of him. But still, it didn’t manage to block all the energy waves.
Ye Zhongming cursed. He used up two of the three gems he had obtained. Ye Zhongming chose to be greedy. He didn’t flee and chose to take a calculated risk.
Unfortunately, he underestimated the ripple from the Extreme Ice Dragon Storm and Blue Blood Lotus and thus paid a heavy price.
At the crucial moment, he slapped Yellow Ball’s butt and jumped into mid air to use his final blade!
This was his strongest attack since he got the job. At the crucial moment, he used up all his potential and slashed the flame blade forwards. After it clashed with the ice wave, there was a loud explosion.
Ye Zhongming felt like his body was being flipped but the energy wave was also broken by him. Several blue shadows flew at him. He didn’t have time to look and just grabbed them all, placing them into his space crystal. Finally, when he was trying to catch a bigger gem, he couldn’t take it and was hit in the chest.
Ye Zhongming blanked out.
Yellow Ball charged from the back and used his body to block for its master. The final wave was all tanked by the dog.
Ye Zhongming felt Yellow Ball bite his collar while he was blacking out. A hot liquid dripped on his face. His final bit of consciousness told him that it was Yellow Ball’s blood.
His eyes closed and all that he saw was the twisting red of the dungeon.
Who knew how long they ran but Ye Zhongming felt like he was placed on a soft spot. He forced his eyes open and looked around. He couldn’t see the gem mountain or the two monsters. There was only Yellow Ball who was licking him.
He evaluated his injuries and he had to admit that he wouldn’t be able to move for a short time. He regretted his rash actions.
To suffer such serious injuries in the dangerous dungeon was no different from death.
He wanted to find a way to solve this situation but the exhaustion forced him to give up. Finally, he could only say to Yellow Ball, “Get someone.”
His eyes blacked out and he fell unconscious.
Before he blacked out, his only thought was… If I live then it is a win.
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“He has nothing at all, he is so poor. What is this person doing in the red egg?”
A cold voice scoffed. Ye Zhongming felt like his body was pushed. Maybe because of that, he regained some consciousness.
“He is badly injured. Do you think he is evolved?” Another voice rang out. Just that he was paying attention to different things from the first person.”
“What are you saying? Of course, he is, his bones are caved in and he isn’t dead. If he wasn’t evolved how would he survive?”
“He probably is like us, trying to find treasures but he faced monsters and was beaten up like this. Maybe he has a team but the others are probably dead.”
The last voice was old and calmer. He should be the leader of the team.
“Then… Should we save him?”
Ye Zhongming’s consciousness was mostly recovered. He heard that weak female voice that wanted to save him and was touched.
But the voice of the first person declined all possibility of saving him.
“How to save? He is already so badly injured and might die in the next second. Don’t waste potions okay? We still have things to do! The materials on the recipe aren’t found so who knows how long we have to stay in the egg. If we waste the precious recovery potion, what if we get injured? Candy don’t forget that although you are the one to make the potions but everyone found the materials together!”
“Right, Candy, Tian Jia is right. We came to find materials for you. If your job familiarity reached the maximum, you might advance. We can’t waste resources and time on an irrelevant person. This world has changed and it isn’t as kind hearted anymore. Listen to Uncle Da, keep your pity. You aren’t god and can’t care so much.”
“… Oh.” She replied weakly.
Those words entered his ears and Ye Zhongming forced his breath to rise up. He then opened his eyes slowly.