Chapter 279: What do you expect to get from the treasure chest?

"——If you are careful!"

Emily just screamed and then froze in place.

Because the picture in front of her eyes seemed to skip frames. The surroundings seemed to be full of dangers in the previous moment, but in this moment, there was no danger at all.

In just a moment, the attitude of those metal creatures towards Ji Ruo changed from anger to...fear?

"Thank you for the hospitality, everyone. I will come back to see you next time if I have the chance."

Ji Ruo walked towards Emily and the other two girls while turning back and saying happily.

The metal creatures were trembling. She didn't know if it was an illusion, but Sheila actually saw some rust on the originally smooth bodies of those metal creatures. She subconsciously looked at Emily.

As an elf, Emily's eyesight is excellent, but -

Sheila didn't ask, but she knew that normal elves must have very good eyesight.

But is Emily a normal elf? What kind of normal elf reads adventure novels every day?

Moreover, it was not just rust. The sound of metal friction when the joints of those metal creatures moved was no longer crisp. Instead, there was a strange feeling of blockage.

On the contrary, when Ji Ruo walked, the sound his body made was like a human-shaped piece of metal...

In a trance, the entire xenometallic mineral vein, including those trembling metal creatures, seemed to have wisps of golden light escaping from their bodies and converging towards Ji Ruo.

As the light of the metal itself dimmed, Ji Ruo's light also gradually became brighter.

"What are you standing there for? Didn't you say you were going on an adventure? Let's go."

Ji Ruo raised his hand and waved in front of the two of them, and all the strange phenomena disappeared. Ji Ruo seemed to be unchanged, except that his clothes were slightly torn.

Ji Ruo said with some regret: "I originally wanted to go in and see if there was anything valuable, but the ores were too big and too heavy for me to take away. What a pity."

Upon hearing this, Emily patted Ji Ruo's shoulder carelessly and said, "I just wanted to remind you that although the difficulty of mining ore in the dungeon is much lower, the cost-effectiveness of mining is the lowest... Who let you go in so quickly!"

Ji Ruo chuckled: "Isn't this the first time I've seen a mine that's so easy to mine, hehe."

Sheila said, "We have already wasted quite some time. Although there may be only three of us on the ninth floor at the moment, the food we brought with us is not enough to keep us here for long. We cannot delay any longer."

"OK."

Ji Ruo turned back and waved at the metal creatures, then led Emily and the others into the darkness.

Five minutes later——

The golden tiger quietly poked its head out: "Roar~ (Go, go?)"

Taurus: "Moo~ (He left, but he said he would come back if he had the chance.)"

Many metal creatures looked terrified.

The golden monkey raised his hand and touched the metal ore beside him, and said thoughtfully: "Jiji~ (I think he will never come back...)"

The originally hard and sharp metal ore seemed to have lost something in that brief moment. Now, when it was just gently touched by the golden monkey, it actually made a slight "carrara" sound of shattering.

The texture of the metal ore seemed to become extremely brittle, turning into glass that looked a lot like metal, and shattered all over the ground.

This seemed to have triggered some kind of chain reaction, and more and more metal ores began to collapse, and the frightened metal creatures fled in all directions.

This exposed vein of alligator metal is gone...

"Gua~Gua~ (How are we going to explain this to the Heterogeneous Gold God?)"

“…”

The metal creatures fell silent.

…

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"Be careful! This is a Leaper, with agility beyond that of an elf... Uh?"

The jumper ignored the rugged terrain and could walk anywhere as if it were flat ground. He kept jumping in this narrow passage, his speed getting faster and faster, even leaving an afterimage.

However, this monster was extremely powerful in both speed and agility. Before Sheila finished introducing it, Ji Ruo casually raised his hand and grabbed the jumper's throat directly, and then shook it casually.

"Ka-ka-ka~"

The sound was so subtle that it made Emily's scalp tingle.

As a necromancer, Sheila knew very well that it was the sound of bones breaking.

Looking at the jumper again, his whole body was drooping limply, with fear and madness in his eyes. He stared at Ji Ruo intently, but his jaw was dislocated and he couldn't roar even if he wanted to.

This was what surprised Sheila the most.

Although the bones were damaged, the jumper's life was not harmed... If this were true, it would refresh Sheila's understanding of the profession of fighter every time.

Obviously, fighters are not priests!

The entry threshold to this profession is extremely low. Anyone who has fought can call himself a fighter...

Because the lower limit is low, is the upper limit high?

Sheila was lost in thought, and then suddenly an extremely ugly face emitting a foul odor appeared in front of her.

"ah!"

Sheila was startled. When she came to her senses, she realized that it was Ji Ruo who pushed the half-dead jumper in front of her. She immediately said angrily, "What are you doing?"

Ji Ruo said, "Don't you want some materials for casting spells? I don't understand your business either. I didn't kill them. I guarantee that they are fresh whenever you want to use them."

"You've smashed its bones to pieces. Even though it's not dead, there's only a pile of bone fragments left inside. How can I cast a spell?"

"Oh, is that so? I'll be more careful next time." Ji Ruo scratched his head and threw the jumper aside.

Emily held the small magic wand in both hands and walked between the two of them, not daring to speak loudly.

Although it is exciting to open up a new dungeon, you still have to be afraid.

The three continued to move forward.

Because Emily was not very interested in monsters, Ji Ruo has been collecting materials for Sheila since then.

"Do you want this?"

"How can I take it when you broke its head? How disgusting!"

"What about this one?"

"No, it's too ugly!"

"How about a large goblin?"

"Eh~ You smell so bad!"

…

Although Emily was afraid, she couldn't help herself after listening to the conversation between the two and asked, "Sheila, are you really a necromancer? Why would a necromancer have a cleanliness fetish?"

Sheila looked puzzled. "I am a necromancer. Do I have a cleanliness fetish? Are these two things contradictory? Although I am a necromancer, I am a girl first. Girls like to be clean. Is there any problem with that?"

Emily was stunned for a moment, thinking of those cute skeleton scouts that Sheila had made herself.

Ji Ruo counted on his fingers and muttered, "Try to keep the body and bones intact, not too ugly, not too smelly, and the skin color can't be too exotic... Tsk, there are so many requirements. What do you think of that one?"

"What... Lightning Leopard?!" Sheila was shocked. The previous conversation had made her relax her vigilance. When she looked up, she found that a two-star Lightning Leopard had appeared ten meters away. This distance...

The Lightning Leopard is a feline monster that moves lightly and makes almost no noise when it moves.

Its vertical pupils allow it to see in the dark, and its streamlined black and blue body helps it hide in the dark.

The reason why it is called Lightning Leopard is because this guy is as fast as lightning...

Sheila's mind raced, and she immediately opened the elemental magic shield to cover herself and Emily.

"Ji Ruo, come here quickly, this guy is very fast..."

Ji Ruoyuan slapped out with his palm, and the powerful force hit the air, creating a palm wind that was invisible to the naked eye, and in an instant, sand and rocks flew everywhere.

The lightning leopard also took action at the same time, without roaring, but as fast as lightning, it rushed towards Ji Ruo with a cold look in its eyes, without any murderous intent. If the few people had not discovered the lightning leopard, they would not have been able to notice the attack from the opponent.

then--

Ji Ruo's palm wind hit the Lightning Leopard's forehead, and the strong wind blew on its face. The Lightning Leopard suddenly froze, and then fell limply to the ground. There was a hint of doubt in its cold eyes, and its life was gone.

Ji Ruo picked up the dead lightning leopard and asked, "How about this one?"

Silla said blankly: "Yes, you can...thank you."

She subconsciously began to examine the body.

From the looks of it, the lightning leopard had no other fatal injuries except for some old wounds on its paws from previous battles, but it was dead.

Then Sheila cast a spell and was shocked to find that the lightning leopard's head was actually a paste. An unknown mixture of yellow, white and red liquid slowly flowed out of its mouth and nose. It was a bit disgusting, but still within an acceptable range.

Sheila was amazed. How was this done?

She knew that some spiritual magic could cause similar effects, but it wouldn't be so complete!

Besides, Ji Ruo didn’t use any magic!

"Wow! Ji Ruo, you are so awesome!" Emily's eyes lit up. "Are all fighters as strong as you? That was a lightning leopard, and you killed it in one go!"

"Hehe, it's okay, just a little trick to use the power."

"What technique?" Sheila suddenly asked, and woke up the dead Lightning Leopard.

"Hit the target from behind. Concentrate your own strength in a special way so that it can burst out after penetrating the object..."

"I'm alive... I've never heard of such a technique!" Sheila almost let the cat out of the bag, but fortunately she changed her words in time, looked at Ji Ruo seriously, and said, "The stronger the power, the more damage it can do to an object. If you want to destroy the object behind an object, you either have to go around the previous object or destroy the previous object. It's impossible to penetrate..."

Ji Ruo didn't explain, he pulled the confused Emily over, asked her to stand in front of Silla, and said, "Watch carefully."

Having said that, Ji Ruo slapped Emily hard on the head.

"Ouch, fuck you...Huh? Why doesn't it hurt?" Emily was screaming in pain when she suddenly realized that her head was smashed and it didn't hurt at all. Her face was full of curiosity and confusion.

"ah!"

However, Sheila behind her covered her head and cried out in pain, with crystal tears welling up in her eyes.

Ji Ruo said: "I have never heard of it, I have never seen it, so I can understand that you don't believe it, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist."

Xila looked at Ji Ruo resentfully: "Just say it, why did you hit me..."

After experiencing it firsthand, Sheila was even more shocked.

Because if the plan is correct, it is pure strength without any elemental force involved.

Can physical strength be used in this way?

Ji Ruoyi spread his hands and said, "I'm afraid you won't believe it, so it's better for you to experience it yourself."

Emily's eyes sparkled. She pulled Ji Ruo and begged, "This move is amazing. Can you teach me?"

"Of course you can, but at your age...how old are you?"

"Uh...74?"

"???"

Ji Ruo was stunned. He really didn't expect that Emily, with her pretty face, was already 74 years old?!

"This is normal." Sheila said, "Elves are immortal, and if nothing unexpected happens, it is normal for them to live four or five hundred years.

Emily is...not yet an adult."

Ji Ruo: “…”

Although warriors have a long lifespan, 74 years old is still not an adult, which is a bit...

Emily stuck out her tongue and said a little embarrassedly, "So I sneaked out. I've read all those adventure novels in the Elf Bookstore three or four times. I'm tired of them. I want to experience it myself... How about it, Ji Ruo, can you teach me?"

"I can't teach you." Ji Ruo shook his head. "The best age to learn martial arts is under ten years old. Although at that time, it is mainly to lay the foundation, your muscles and bones have been formed now. It is difficult to achieve anything if you start learning martial arts at this time."

Emily was stunned for a moment: "I don't practice martial arts, I just want to learn that big cow."

"Hit the bull from behind the mountain." Ji Ruozhen said: "Although it is just the use of strength, it is not so easy to master. Strength is also divided into obvious strength, hidden strength, penetrating strength... and so on."

Emily felt confused just by listening and said, "Stop, stop, stop! Are you throwing out the settings? There's no need to. I hate remembering the settings when I read novels. The settings of some novels are so complicated. The first few chapters are full of various settings. Apart from that, there is no plot at all. It's the most annoying thing!"

"..." x2

Sheila didn't plan to continue the topic, but changed the subject and said, "Come to think of it, the resources on the ninth floor don't seem to be as rich as we imagined... So far, we haven't even encountered a treasure chest, but we have encountered quite a few monsters.

This is totally against the basic rules of the dungeon!"

Ji Ruo was surprised and asked, "What are the basic rules of the dungeon?"

Emily said, "Every effort must be rewarded. Considering that you just killed so many monsters, even if there are no magic items, there should be various potions or other rewards. The problem is that there is nothing, not even a treasure chest."

"Ah, this..."

Ji Ruo then remembered that all the treasure chests on the ninth floor seemed to have been taken away by his shadow clone.

"Ahem... It should be a special case. There must be a treasure chest. I have a feeling it's just ahead... By the way, do you have any rewards you're looking forward to?"

Emily thought for a moment and said, "If possible, I would like a set of magic bows and arrows. Although I am a priest, as an elf, I am best at archery."

Sheila said, "I would be very happy if I could get a magic scroll of the dead."

So five minutes later.

The three finally encountered the first treasure chest on the ninth floor.

Looking at the magic bows and magic scrolls in the box, the two girls fell into deep thought.

Ji Ruo: "Praise the Stove God! The Stove God must have heard our prayers and prepared a reward for us!"

The second girl: "..."

Has anyone ever told you that your acting is really bad?

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