Chapter 24: The Merchant Leaves

“You, you can even take items from the dead…” Wang Zhipeng looked in surprise as the Wandering Merchant pulled out items one by one from the void. These things all used to belong to his five companions.

“Of course, the power of the contract is limitless. Although they are already dead, they did not complete the task, so they received the punishment they deserved,” the Wandering Merchant said casually.

“Haha, let me see, you are the only one left. Let me see what valuable things you have on you.” The Wandering Merchant glanced at Wang Zhipeng and muttered, “Damn, there’s only a Poison Sac. Well, at least it’s worth one Cosmic Gold Coin. I’ll take this.”

Soon, Wang Zhipeng realized that the Poison Sac he had been holding in his hand had disappeared without a trace.

“You, you…” Wang Zhipeng fell into deep despair. “You are a demon, a demon!”

Wang Zhipeng felt dazed and extremely hopeless. He muttered to himself, speaking words that even he could not understand.

“Alright, what a pleasant day. I’ve been here for so long, it’s time for me to move to another place. Maybe I’ll strike it rich again, just like here. Haha, deciding to come to this planet was my wisest choice.” The Wandering Merchant laughed and slowly disappeared from where he stood.

Soon, the empty alley was left with only Wang Zhipeng, lying on the ground in despair, motionless as if dead.

“Squeak, hiss~”

An Insect Human with a white Insect Crystal flashing on its forehead slowly walked to the entrance of the alley. It seemed to smell something and turned its head to peer into the alley, carefully distinguishing the scent.

Soon, the Insect Human revealed a joyful expression. Drool began to drip from its mouthparts as it let out a low growl and rushed into the alley.

“Food, food, blood, blood~”

Seeing Wang Zhipeng lying on the ground, the One Star Insect Human growled lowly and pounced toward him.

“I’m going to die, I have nothing left, die, die~” Wang Zhipeng seemed lost in delusions, completely unaware of the approaching Insect Human. He muttered to himself with a face full of despair and helplessness.

The Insect Human quickly pounced, opening its mouthparts and biting down on Wang Zhipeng’s shoulder.

“Ah~” Wang Zhipeng suddenly felt a tearing pain in his shoulder and could not help but cry out. Only then did he realize that he had been treated as food by an Insect Human.

“Damn, damn, everyone wants me to die, no one wants me to live…” Wang Zhipeng’s originally frightened face suddenly showed a crazed expression.

“Just die, if I can’t live, then everyone will die, hahahahahaha~”

“Fireball Technique!”

A flash of inspiration struck Wang Zhipeng’s mind. He swung his right hand violently toward the Insect Human’s head. A fist-sized Fireball appeared out of thin air and smashed hard into the Insect Human’s head. Instantly, the Fireball exploded on the Insect Human’s head.

With a miserable scream, half of the Insect Human’s head was blown apart. It staggered to its feet and then fell to the ground with a thud.

“What happened?” Wang Zhipeng had a stunned expression. “This is, this is the Lesser Fireball Technique. But, didn’t I use up all three Lesser Fireball Techniques when killing the Green Poison Insect? How could I still use this skill?”

Wang Zhipeng quickly opened his Attribute Interface. After staring at it for a long time, he suddenly burst into laughter, his face showing ecstatic joy.

“I actually comprehended it, permanently mastered, permanently mastered, hahahahahahaha~”

…

Not far from the residential area where Xu Feng lived, Wang Ying was aiming at a large Black Armored Beetle and casting the “Dream Return” skill.

Bang~

The Black Armored Beetle was hit by a green ball of light. The shell on its body instantly shattered, oozing a pale green liquid.

Squeak~

The Black Armored Beetle angrily looked around. By the time it found Wang Ying, who had attacked it, a second green ball of light was already flying toward it.

It screeched and charged at Wang Ying. Before it could take two steps, it was hit by the second green ball of light. With a bang, its body shattered completely.

“Did you put all your Attribute Points into Spirit Attribute?” Xu Feng asked curiously. After not seeing her for one night, Wang Ying’s attack power seemed much stronger.

“Yes, I thought about it yesterday. I’ll mainly focus on increasing my Spirit Attribute and Constitution Attribute since my talent has bonuses for those two,” Wang Ying said.

Xu Feng nodded and sighed softly.

Talent was extremely important. Almost everyone improved their strength based on their talent.

“Well, that’s good. Your strength will increase quickly,” Xu Feng said.

For the Black Armored Beetles, which didn’t even have One-Star Strength, Wang Ying and Xu Feng were like two gods of slaughter, cutting through them effortlessly and killing all the Black Armored Beetles they encountered.

However, it was Wang Ying who killed the Black Armored Beetles. Xu Feng only followed behind her. Unless they encountered an Insect Human with One-Star Strength, Xu Feng would not take action.

“How is it? How many more to complete the task?” Xu Feng asked.

They came out today mainly to let Wang Ying complete the first task issued by Earth’s Will. Although there were still six days left, the sooner this task was completed, the more attention she would receive from Earth’s Will. In the future, she might even get the title of Child of Earth.

“Almost there. After killing that group up ahead, it should be enough,” Wang Ying said, pointing to the Black Armored Beetles gathered around a corpse at the street corner.

“Then finish this task quickly. I’ll take you to a fun place,” Xu Feng said with a slight smile. He suddenly remembered that there seemed to be an interesting place nearby to check out. However, he wasn’t sure if that place had appeared yet.

“Okay.” Wang Ying nodded and began to speed up.

…

“I remember there’s a large lake outside the city. There’s a type of monster similar to fish-men there. Hehe, you can make a small fortune there,” Xu Feng stood beside Wang Ying, stroking his chin thoughtfully. He thought to himself, “I just don’t know if those monsters have appeared at this time. If they haven’t appeared, then this trip will be wasted.”

Right now, the city was full of Black Armored Beetles. These Black Armored Beetles were just the most basic parasites. Most of the monsters parasitized by them had not yet improved their strength. Only a very few monsters had reached One-Star Strength, and even fewer had advanced to Two Stars.

Although Xu Feng’s current strength was still at One-Star Peak, with his talent bonus, his sword damage increased by 300%. Plus, he now had a Black Iron Grade longsword. With his current strength, he could even put up a fight against a Two-Star monster.