Chapter 118: Treasure Delivery Boy

The Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gu was Green Robe Ancestor’s signature Magic Treasure. It was known as one of the top five instant-kill weapons at Far Shore.

Its terrifying power was unstoppable, and the reason was simple—it relied on sheer numbers.

With a single wave of the hand, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gu would fly toward you. No matter how powerful your Defensive Magical Treasure or how high your Level, they could bite you to death in one encounter, forcing you to respawn.

Even a newbie holding a bag of a few hundred Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gu could pose a threat to experts at Levels 50 to 60. It was even possible for them to kill such experts, making it the ultimate tool for challenging opponents beyond your tier.

Before advancing, the prototype of the Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gu was the Golden Silkworm Gu. It was already impervious to blades and arrows, had a body as hard as metal, and could fly as fast as lightning.

However, even for the Golden Silkworm Gu, Yanhuiluo Jin had only managed to refine one. He simply didn’t have the funds to invest heavily. Otherwise, if he had dozens of Golden Silkworm Gu charging together, Ye Rong would have been bitten to death.

A single Golden Silkworm Gu was equivalent to a fierce monster above Level 40. Caught off guard, Ye Rong almost fell for it, but if he got serious, there was no way it could hold him back.

He flicked his hand and sent out a Chongxu Sword Qi, knocking the Golden Silkworm Gu aside. Then, a black and a white Sword Light lunged forward, slashing at it repeatedly and rapidly depleting its Health Points. Recently, he had come to enjoy this fighting style: using Chongxu Sword Qi to break the deadlock and create a favorable situation, then unleashing both swords in a thunderous assault to deny the opponent any chance to counter.

A lone Golden Silkworm Gu couldn’t showcase the power of the most infamous instant-kill Magic Treasure at Far Shore, and Ye Rong quickly finished it off.

“Demonic Path disciples dare to trespass in Qingcheng territory? Die!”

Intruding into his turf and boldly initiating a fight without a second thought—this made Ye Rong deeply annoyed.

It seemed the Qingcheng Sect’s external deterrence was really lacking, since even disciples from a third-rate Demonic Path Sect like the Five Poison Sect dared to act so arrogantly and recklessly.

Yanhuiluo Jin was greatly surprised to see Ye Rong dispatch the Golden Silkworm Gu so quickly. His heart ached with pain; refining just one Golden Silkworm Gu required immense time, effort, and energy, with an investment of over five hundred taels of silver. Moreover, as one of the top five players in the Five Poison Sect’s Insect Gu refinement skill, the Insect Gu Yanhuiluo Jin produced were of the highest quality. This Golden Silkworm Gu was as high as Level 45, five levels above what ordinary players could refine.

He opened another pouch, from which thirty to forty highly venomous insects flew out, all heading toward Ye Rong.

Among them were a group of fist-sized Black Ball Stingers, Iron-backed Centipedes with a metallic sheen all over their bodies, and Golden Thread Snake Kings with strange scales. These poisonous insects and snakes actually swam swiftly in the river water. He estimated they would be particularly effective against female players, as their disgusting appearance alone could scare off a large number of them.

These poisonous creatures were extremely toxic. A single bite would inflict continuous poison damage. If the effects stacked and one had no antidote pills, it was entirely possible to be poisoned to death.

Ye Rong directly activated the Mystic Purple Qi Shield. All the venomous creatures slammed into the shield, spewing venom wildly but unable to advance, staining the Mystic Purple Qi Shield a sickly green.

“Killing these poisonous creatures one by one is too inefficient. I’ll just kill Yanhuiluo Jin directly!”

All the poisonous creatures were refined to be as hard as iron, and with their large numbers buzzing around chaotically, it was practically impossible to kill them all.

Unfortunately, Ye Rong still lacked large-scale area-of-effect Dao Spells. Otherwise, a sweep of flames would have burned all these poisonous creatures to death, and Yanhuiluo Jin would have suffered a loss of several dozen taels of gold, regardless of the outcome.

It was often said that when Five Poison Sect disciples fought, it was a contest of who had deeper pockets and more money—and that was certainly true.

Ye Rong raised his hand and unleashed a Lesser Yang Divine Thunder, blasting away a Golden Thread Snake King. He had already equipped the Leigong Hammer in his Talisman Slot, making both Wutu Divine Thunder and Binghuo Divine Thunder available for use.

Before the Mystic Purple Qi Shield broke, he could completely ignore the attacks from these poisonous creatures outside—

The more he used this purely defensive Fourth-Rank Magic Treasure, the more he appreciated its practicality; it was simply ubiquitous. It could block any kind of attack, leaving not a single chink in his defense, and it didn’t require the player to control it actively, saving a lot of effort.

Apart from its somewhat low defensive power, it was a perfect Defensive Magical Treasure, truly worthy of Senior Brother Chen Taizhen’s special refinement.

“You seem to be enjoying your meal so much, here’s a feast for you! Let’s see if you can swallow this too!”

Ye Rong shouted loudly. After closing the distance a bit, he unleashed the Wutu Divine Thunder, which had the longest attack range.

The attack range of Wutu Divine Thunder reached a full thousand meters, making it the longest-range attack method Ye Rong currently possessed, excluding Flying Swords, of course.

A Sword Light could strike from ten miles away and behead an opponent, but even Ye Rong couldn’t control the accuracy of such an attack. It was entirely possible for the sword to deviate by several meters by the end.

It wasn’t that his skills were lacking, but rather limitations due to the Flying Sword’s own rank and the level of his Sword Art Form. If Ye Rong were equipped with a Seventh-Rank Flying Sword and had a full Level 20 Sword Art Form, hitting a target accurately from ten miles away without the slightest error would be no problem.

The Wutu Divine Thunder roared, carrying the immense force of thick earth. It rumbled and boomed, producing a loud noise like the turning of an earth dragon.

The demonic eye on Yanhuiluo Jin’s wrist indeed suddenly opened wide and directly swallowed the Wutu Divine Thunder. Then, with a loud explosion, the ghostly eye weakly closed, clearly indicating that the killing power of the Wutu Divine Thunder exceeded its devouring capacity.

“Dammit! How dare you damage my Magic Treasure!”

Yanhuiluo Jin’s face turned ferocious, his features twisting. He had paid who knows what price to obtain this demonic eye, standing out among thousands of competing sect members. Its most precious feature was its potential for advancement.

In such a short time, Ye Rong had first killed his Golden Silkworm Gu and now damaged the Devouring Demonic Eye. Yanhuiluo Jin truly wished he could hunt him down to Level Zero.

Yanhuiluo Jin slapped the pouch at his waist again, and a blood shadow emerged. It let out two sharp, screeching cries. Just as he was about to give it a command, another intense, sun-condensed fireball came crashing toward him.

“Squeak! Squeak, squeak!”

Before the blood shadow could even play its role, it was hit squarely by the Binghuo Divine Thunder. With a miserable shriek, it was directly blasted into a wisp of bloody smoke.

“Ahhh! I’ll chase you to the ends of the earth! This won’t end until one of us is dead!”

Yanhuiluo Jin was going completely insane. He had only refined this Blood Shadow Bat two or three days ago, after capturing hundreds of vampire bats and expending countless effort. Yet, it was killed before it could even act once.

Divine Thunder attacks naturally had a strong restraining effect on demons and evil beings. Moreover, the Binghuo Divine Thunder was the ultimate yang within yang forces, instantly killing the Blood Shadow Bat.

“Why does that sound so familiar? Is it the go-to slogan for people with no way out?”

Ye Rong activated Soaring Sword Heavenward. Combined with the Level 15 Qingcheng Sword Art, he crossed the hundreds of meters in an instant.

The previously dying water snake mustered its last bit of strength, biting Yanhuiluo Jin’s arm in his furious state and stubbornly wrapping itself around him.

With a single sword strike, Yanhuiluo Jin’s face showed extreme shock and astonishment. He barely managed to block a couple of times with his Demonic Weapon but couldn’t keep up with Ye Rong’s increasingly faster Sword Light. The storm-like assault chopped him into countless pieces from top to bottom, and he turned into light and vanished.

System Notification: Killed a Demonic Path Player. Gained 3900 Karma Points.

“Good! Killing Demonic Path Players is great. It even gives so many Karma Points. The System is practically forcing players from both factions to fight as soon as they meet.”

Ye Rong turned around and killed the half-dead water snake with one sword strike. He picked up the Flying Sword it dropped and a pearl that Yanhuiluo Jin left behind.

The Flying Sword dropped by the water snake felt like a slender sword in his hand, but when placed in water, it became a semi-transparent, clear stream of water. If one wasn’t paying close attention, it would be hard to tell it was a Flying Sword.

Sinking Water Sword, Fourth-Rank Immortal Weapon, attributes unidentified.

The pearl dropped by Yanhuiluo Jin was about the size of a baby’s fist. Holding it made him feel as if he were carrying an entire pond, with endless water ripples swaying inside.

Dazzling Water Pearl, Seventh-Rank crafting material.

“Dazzling Water Pearl, Dazzling Water Pearl… Why does that name sound so familiar? Where have I seen it before?”

Ye Rong frowned and pondered for a moment. He opened his Player Log and flipped through the pages one by one. Finally, in a corner, he found the message about the Dazzling Water Pearl. It had been so long he had almost forgotten about it.

Sword Refining Quest: Help the Crimson Red Ape at the Hidden Sword Pool collect a Dazzling Water Pearl, and it would help you upgrade a Fourth-Rank or lower Immortal Weapon by one rank. Alternatively, it could enhance the power of a Fifth-Rank Immortal Weapon, making it the strongest among its peers.

“Does this mean I can have a new Fifth-Rank Flying Sword?”

Ye Rong was momentarily stunned. It took him a while to process it, mainly because he had accepted this quest so long ago. Plus, he had no idea where to find the Dazzling Water Pearl back then, so he didn’t pay much attention to the task.

“What a good person! Five Poison Sect disciples are truly good people! I hereby crown you the Treasure Delivery Boy!”

After storing the Dazzling Water Pearl and the Sinking Water Sword, Ye Rong almost couldn’t stop himself from grinning ear to ear. Fourth-Rank Flying Swords were relatively easy to find, but Fifth-Rank Flying Swords were incredibly hard to come by. The difference in power between the two was enormous.

Yanhuiluo Jin’s losses this time were undeniably huge. Aside from the experience lost from dying once, he lost one Golden Silkworm Gu, one Blood Shadow Bat, and several other poisonous creatures. These poisonous creatures could even be sold on the market for five to six thousand taels of silver.

There was also the damage to his Magic Treasure, the Devouring Demonic Eye. The Fourth-Rank Flying Sword that was almost within his grasp had also slipped away. As for the Dazzling Water Pearl, its value to him wasn’t that high. Without the corresponding quest requirement, it was just a crafting material that couldn’t be utilized.

If other equipment had dropped, Yanhuiluo Jin would probably have been even more heartbroken.