Hearing the voice from the Heavenly Eye, Jiang Yuan inexplicably calmed down. This was the apocalypse; he was no longer a student enjoying a comfortable life. He had to experience blood and fire.
Before Jiang Yuan could think, the Iron-Blade Mantis pounced, its speed faster than Jiang Yuan could react.
A wave of despair washed over him. He couldn't believe that he had encountered such an insurmountable opponent so soon after graduating from school. What was wrong with this world?
"Heavenly Eye, combat mode activated!"
A familiar sound rang out, and the scene of the Iron-Bladeed Mantis rushing towards him seemed to be in slow motion. At this moment, Jiang Yuan was as if divinely aided. He swung his blade with all his might. This was the first time in his life that he had unleashed such power, which was greater than he himself could have imagined.
Clang! The Tang sword only pierced three centimeters into the Iron Saber Mantis's forelimb. But for the Iron Saber Mantis's forelimb, which was thicker than an arm, the wound was not fatal. On the contrary, Jiang Yuan's counterattack completely enraged the Iron Saber Mantis.
Iron Blade Mantis was gently waving its arms, but the scene looked different to Jiang Yuan. It was clearly gathering power, and the next attack was undoubtedly Iron Blade Mantis's innate skill - Iron Blade Slash!
"Strike first, strike hard!"
Jiang Yuan took off his backpack for agility, and his hand landed on a bottle of mineral water on the side of the backpack. He smashed the bottle away and then charged forward with his Tang sword in both hands.
With a snap, Iron Knife Mantis instinctively cleaved the mineral water bottle in half, giving Jiang Yuan time to react.
After activating the Heavenly Eye's combat mode, Jiang Yuan's vision and reaction were greatly enhanced; the only drawback was his lack of strength.
"Die!"
Jiang Yuan slashed with his Tang sword, while Iron Blade Mantis swung one of its mantis arms toward his neck.
"How can I die together with a monster!" This thought flashed through Jiang Yuan's mind. At that moment, he turned his head to the side, trying to make his head as level as possible with the Tang sword.
With a "poof," a pale green fluid splattered out. Instead of retreating, Jiang Yuan advanced, forcefully stabbing the Iron Saber Mantis's abdomen with his Tang sword. The Iron Saber Mantis, however, was exceptionally resilient. Despite being stabbed through the abdomen, it did not die. Instead, it swung its mantis arm down towards Jiang Yuan's shoulder.
"Ugh!"
Jiang Yuan felt an excruciating pain instantly reach his brain, and the pain almost made him lose his grip on the knife.
Some people are born warriors, and Jiang Yuan was undoubtedly one of them. Just as the iron blade and mantis arm were about to sever his arm from his shoulder blade, his fighting spirit was aroused.
With power from who knows where, Jiang Yuan swung his Tang sword, and just like that, the Tang sword completely sliced open the Iron Mantis's abdomen. Moreover, as the Iron Mantis was cut in two, he once again inserted the Tang sword into the joint of the Iron Mantis's arm.
"it's over!"
The blade severed the Iron Mantis's arm along the bone structure, and the Iron Mantis finally died from such a severe injury, with only the nerves of its body twitching.
The moment the battle ended, Jiang Yuan seemed to collapse from exhaustion. First, his vision blurred, and what he saw was like the black and white television screen he watched as a child, full of static.
Then there was his body. The activation of his potential made his body incredibly sore and achy, as if his whole body would fall apart if he moved even slightly.
"What's going on?" Jiang Yuan was frightened. He thought this was a hallucination that only occurs when one is on the verge of death.
"Activating the Heavenly Eye's combat state requires consuming power, which is perfectly normal for ordinary people to be unable to withstand!" Heavenly Eye explained.
"Food! Yes, let's find food!"
Jiang Yuan couldn't see, but he still struggled to find his backpack. After eating a lot of food, he finally regained some strength, and the scene in front of him became clear.
"Phew!" Jiang Yuan breathed a heavy sigh of relief. For a moment just now, he really felt like he was going to die, but the feeling of walking between life and death after waking up was exciting.
"This world is truly dangerous!"
Jiang Yuan sighed deeply. He took out his phone, which was already blacked out and unusable, and stared blankly into space. "I wonder how Xuan'er will be. Will I ever see you again?"
As he murmured to himself, Jiang Yuan looked up at the sky. The scorching sun of the past had long since disappeared, replaced by a golden gate in the sky.
"Our current mission is to find the survivors first, otherwise we won't be able to survive in this unknown world!" Jiang Yuan put away his phone and turned his gaze to the corpse of the Iron Mantis.
After killing the mutated giant cat, he obtained a black iron core. However, since the giant cat had not officially entered the first tier, the items that came out of the core were extremely poor. Fortunately, he, with his maxed-out luck skill, found the most precious item among them, which was a storage ring. Although it was unusable, no one would complain about a good thing, right?
Jiang Yuan flipped over part of the Iron-Blade Mantis's corpse. Its emerald green color and some black fluid made him feel extremely nauseous. "I don't know how these monsters grew to be so big! I haven't been unconscious for long, and even if I took hormones, I wouldn't grow this big!"
As he was reflecting on this, a flash of gold suddenly caught his eye.
"Huh, isn't this the Black Iron Core?" Jiang Yuan reached out and took out the golden core from under the Iron Mantis's corpse.
"Sky Eye, verify!"
Jiang Yuan glanced at the golden core, and then all the information about it came to mind.
"Tier 1 Radiant Gold Core, Status: Unused, requires three Tier 1 Holy Spirit Stones to activate!"
"Potential item: Tier 1 combat skill Iron Blade Slash, Excellent quality!"
"Tier 1 weapon, Iron Mantis Blade, good quality!"
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"The first-tier cultivation technique, Azure Wood Breath Concealment Technique, is of exceptional quality!"
Jiang Yuan had most of the information about the Yaojin core, and he also discovered some characteristics from the two cores.
For example, most of the items in the core are related to the monsters you kill, and their quality is also closely related to the monster's realm. However, there are exceptions. For example, the previous Black Iron Core had a very small chance of yielding unknown treasures, like that storage ring, which is a prime example of luck that no one can stop when it comes.
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