Chapter 118: Returning to the Village

“Wow, is this Earth? The environment is really terrible.” The little girl jumped out of the Light Gate and curiously looked around. However, the surprise on her face quickly turned into deep disappointment, as it seemed she was quite dissatisfied with the surroundings.

“H-hello.” Xu Feng stammered.

The little girl spoke the Universal Common Language, a language common to all races in the universe. After Earth’s Will fully awakened, all intelligent beings on Earth would acquire it, directly implanted into their minds as if it were their native tongue. Xu Feng just happened to know it earlier.

“Are you the one who summoned me?” The little girl stared at Xu Feng with her big blue eyes and asked.

“Y-yes, but before we get to know each other, could you help me get rid of these Undead Creatures?” Xu Feng pointed at the three Undead Creatures that were already pouncing forward.

“Such filthy creatures, no wonder the environment here is so dreadful.” The little girl wrinkled her nose, showing disgust in her eyes as she looked at the ghouls. Then, she fixed her gaze on the ghouls and chanted a strange incantation.

Two seconds later…

Crash~

A harsh shattering sound came from within the little girl’s body, and a circle of pale blue ice shards, sharp like blades, spread outward from her in expanding rings.

Each cluster of ice shards was like a cluster of icy longswords, thrusting upward from the ground.

The three Undead Creatures were directly pierced by the ice shards. Their Health Points instantly emptied, and their bodies froze into ice sculptures, still in their running poses.

“Alright, taken care of.” The little girl clapped her hands, as if she had completed a trivial task.

Even though just two single-target damage skills like ice arrows would have sufficed, the little girl went all out, expending a lot of mana to use an area attack skill. However, this area attack skill was incredibly powerful.

“So, so amazing.” Xu Feng was astonished. The little girl was Four Stars, but the strength she displayed completely surpassed the level of a Four-Star Peak.

“Summoning time left: one minute and thirty seconds.” The little girl frowned and muttered, “I thought Earth was a beautiful planet, but it turns out to be a graveyard. So disappointing.”

She glanced up at Xu Feng, shook her head, turned around, and entered the Light Gate.

The Light Gate vanished instantly. If not for the circles of pale blue ice shards around Xu Feng and the three Undead Creatures frozen into ice sculptures, Xu Feng would have thought the little girl who appeared just now was an illusion.

A one-star difference in strength meant a world of difference in combat power, but the strength displayed by the little girl who answered the summon truly frightened Xu Feng.

“In my previous life, I had Six-Star Strength, but even I probably wouldn’t have lasted long against that magic.” Xu Feng thought bitterly.

Because the situation was urgent earlier, Xu Feng had simply chosen the strongest one without carefully checking the little girl’s background.

Sacrificed items would attract the interest of certain beings, who would then respond to the summon. However, some beings were only interested in the summoning itself. For instance, the Four-Star creature summoned this time responded because she was curious about Earth, where Xu Feng was.

Additionally, summoning seemed to have a time limit. The lower the grade of the sacrificed item and the higher the level of the summoned creature, the shorter the time the summoned creature would stay.

Xu Feng closed his eyes slightly and carefully recalled every detail of casting the Sacrificial Art and Summoning Art. After a long while, he opened his eyes.

“This Sacrificial Art is quite dangerous and too unpredictable…”

Through this casting, Xu Feng seemed to have gained a deeper understanding of the Sacrificial Art.

After thinking for a moment, Xu Feng walked toward the corpses of the three Undead Creatures. Even though they were killed by that terrifying little girl, because it was Xu Feng’s summon, they counted as being killed by him, so there was a chance for Fate Treasure Chests to drop. At that moment, two Fate Treasure Chests lay quietly there, emitting a dazzling glow.

One of these Fate Treasure Chests was dropped by the first ghoul, and the other was dropped by the skeleton warrior that emerged last.

Out of three Undead Creatures, two dropped Fate Treasure Chests—the drop rate was quite high.

The two Fate Treasure Chests yielded three Three-Star Insect Crystals and one pair of Silver Quality leg guards, with attributes far better than what Xu Feng currently wore.

“Item Name: Charge Leg Guards, Leather Armor Leg Guards, Attributes: Defense 23-31, Agility +8, Strength +6, Defense Level +2”

Without hesitation, Xu Feng equipped them, and his attributes increased significantly. At that time, Xu Feng’s Storage Ring was filled with low-level equipment: One-Star, Two-Star, and Three-Star gear, including Black Iron, Bronze, Silver, and even some Gold Quality items. Some of these Xu Feng could use, but many were not suitable for him to wear.

The three Insect Crystals boosted Xu Feng’s free attributes by 11 points, which he allocated to Strength. His Strength Attribute was less than ten points away from reaching fifty. With his talent bonus, he would soon reach Three-Star Strength, meaning three of his attributes would be at the Three-Star level.

The monsters in this graveyard were too strong; Three-Star Peak monsters had already appeared. Further in, there might be Three-Star Elite or even Four-Star monsters.

Xu Feng was already struggling against a single Three-Star Peak monster. Fighting a Three-Star Elite or a Four-Star monster would be impossible unless he reached Three-Star Peak. With his attribute bonuses, he would then have the confidence to take on a Three-Star Elite or even a low-level Four-Star monster.

Beep beep beep~

A red dot flashed continuously on the Communicator. It was Zheng Yi.

Xu Feng answered and asked, “What’s up?”

“Boss, I’ve advanced to a formal Blacksmith.” Zheng Yi’s voice was full of excitement.

Over the past few months, Zheng Yi had been looked down upon by the Doomsday Ark Alliance and was even kicked out, so he naturally held some resentment. Now that he had finally advanced to Blacksmith, he couldn’t wait to share his joy.

“My forging success rate also increased by 5%.” Zheng Yi said.

Xu Feng smiled slightly. After becoming a Blacksmith, Zheng Yi’s path would be much smoother. During this period, Xu Feng had given almost all his Fate Points and ores to Zheng Yi, and now it was finally paying off.

“Boss, this is a weapon I made when I broke through as an apprentice.” Zheng Yi sent over the attributes of a Gold Grade One-Star longsword.

In the months since the apocalypse began, most people’s strength was only at One-Star or Two-Star levels. Those who reached Three-Star Strength were mostly elites or members of major factions. In his previous life, Xu Feng had only just reached One-Star Strength at this time, still hunting Black Armored Beetles and newly parasitic Insect Humans.

Xu Feng looked at the weapon’s attributes; they were excellent. It was a mutated weapon. Although it was One-Star, it could completely rival a Two-Star Gold Grade weapon.