Chapter 129: Victory
Time seemed to have come to an end at this moment.
The air froze.
The Abyssal Queen Worm, the swarm of insects that rushed into the hall, and the two Wizards from Shadow Tower seemed to have frozen at this moment.
“Hu hu! Hu Hu!”
Only the heavy breathing of the Abyssal Queen Worm could be heard from the top of its head as time passed by.
It was as if a century had passed, but also as if only a second had passed…
Boom!
With a loud bang, the huge body of the Abyssal Queen Worm crashed heavily onto the floor, causing the entire floor to shake violently.
The tens of thousands of tentacles that had grown out of its body withered rapidly, losing their vitality in an instant.
At the same time, the tens of thousands of insects that had surged into the hall, as well as the large number of insects that were trying their best to rush over, also seemed to have woken up from a dream. They looked around blankly before dispersing one after another.
In an instant, the entire hall had disappeared.
Clang!
The sound of a broken cross blade heavily landing on the ground.
Heath sat down on his butt.
At this moment, he really looked a little miserable.
His body was covered with many wounds. The smaller ones were the size of fingernails, the larger ones were an inch or even a foot. The shallower ones were just broken skin, while the deeper ones were even able to cut open the flesh and even see the organs below.
A large amount of blood gushed out recklessly, dyeing his robe a deep red. It was as if he had turned into a bloody man.
The seal on the back of his hand had been completely lifted. A large number of regenerative cells were rapidly healing his injuries. These wounds, which were either large or small, deep or shallow, were all recovering rapidly.
Soon, the injuries on Heath’s body had finished recovering.
The patterns on the back of his hand suddenly lit up, and the regenerative cells that had spread out were instantly withdrawn.
At the same time, Heath also stood up again.
He first took off his tattered cloak and clothes, then summoned a water ball to clean himself. Finally, he took out his clothes and cloak again and put them on. He still had to pay attention to his image.
Looking at the clothes on the ground that were covered in blood and had turned into rags, Heath could not help but sigh. This battle was really not easy.
After all, it was a powerful lifeform that was infinitely close to the Wizard level, so it was natural to fight to this extent.
Fortunately, he had killed the Abyssal Queen Worm at the last moment. Otherwise, even if the Abyssal Queen Worm could hold on for another half a minute, he could only break the seal and retreat.
After all, the energy of the regenerative cells was not endless.
And if he had just retreated, the difficulty of defeating the Abyssal Queen Worm the next time would be many times higher. After all, the Abyssal Queen Worm was actually a kind of low-level intelligence species. Similarly, it would be impossible for him to defeat it a second time.
So, he might as well win in the end!
No matter how much effort he put in, no matter how much pain he endured, as long as he won in the end, this was acceptable to Heath.
“Hu!”
Heath let out a long breath and walked forward to receive his first battle result.
Abyssal Queen Worm: ‘Extract!’
[Beep, extraction successful. Spiritual Power +0.3]
[Beep, extraction successful. Half-Life Energy +286]
[Beep, extraction successful. Obtained Talent: Abyss Forcefield]
[Beep, extraction successful. Obtained Talent: Spiritual Impact]
[Beep, extraction successful. Abyss Energy + 1]
As expected of a powerful lifeform that was close to the rank of a Wizard!
Hearing this dense system notification, Heath felt the fatigue on his body disappear by half in an instant.
0.3 spiritual power. This was probably the highest spiritual power he had obtained since he stepped onto the path of a Wizard. What was even more terrifying was that he was still in the advanced Apprentice stage.
The further one progressed on the path of a Wizard, the more difficult it became. With Heath’s current strength, even if it was 0.1 spiritual power, if he were to train normally, it would be impossible for him to do so without a month or two of hard work.
In other words, this had saved him at least half a year’s worth of training time!
‘The sharp edge of a sword comes from tempering, the fragrance of the plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold! It wasn’t in vain for me to go all out and go through so much trouble!’
The more he looked at the system notification, the more satisfied Heath was.
‘More than 200 half-life energy, two talents, and what is this abyss energy? Forget it, whatever. Just leave it there for now. I’ll study it later.’
‘Let’s go get the Wizard’s Water first!’
Heath suppressed the excitement in his heart and walked towards the depths of the tower.
When he passed through a corridor, Heath seemed to have sensed something and suddenly walked towards a room next to it.
This was a room used by the Abyssal Queen Worm as an incubator. In the middle of the room was a large egg. Through the transparent shell of the egg, one could even see the initial form of the Abyss Larva inside.
However, the Abyss Larva needed the mother to provide energy before it hatched. With the death of the Abyssal Queen Worm, the egg was destined to be unable to hatch.
In a corner of the room, there were a few large human-shaped cocoons. These were the food prepared by the Abyssal Queen Worm for the newborn larva.
Heath walked over and took out a dagger to cut open the cocoon. A yellowish-brown viscous liquid carried a human body and flowed out from the ruptured cocoon. It was none other than Heath’s classmate, Marcel, who came from the Shadow Tower with him.
Looking at the dead Marcel, Heath could not help but sigh. ‘The trap was too clever, and in the end, he ended up harming himself.’
Jon captured Marcel and interrogated him about everything. Heath also learned the ins and outs of the matter from the previous Knight’s soul. Of course, he also learned about Marcel and the official Apprentice.
‘Extract.’
This intermediate Apprentice contributed 0.01 points of spiritual power to Heath, an intermediate apprentice-level spell, [Entanglement of Thorns], and a Magic Stone pocket that he carried with him.
Heath wiped the spiritual power from the pocket. It contained about three thousand Magic Stones and some trivial materials.
Normal intermediate Apprentices were like this. Other than training resources, they did not have many Magic Stones left, especially for an Apprentice like Marcel who did not usually accept missions. Most of his training resources came from the official Apprentice.
Then, Heath walked over and cut open the second cocoon.
After the cocoon was cut open, a figure also flowed out. It was none other than Gray Wizard Jon.
‘What a pair of brothers in distress…’
It was the same.
‘Extract.’
The advanced Apprentice’s contribution to Heath’s spiritual power was much higher, reaching 0.03. Unfortunately, the two spells he contributed, [Summon Flame] and [Fireball], were both learned by Heath. However, in terms of items, Heath was somewhat surprised.
In Jon’s dimensional pocket alone, he had found more than 50,000 Magic Stones. Other than that, there were also a few materials and a few Apprentice-level Wizard tools, including the horn that summoned the stone men.
As an Apprentice, this was definitely considered wealthy, especially since Jon was a Gray Wizard.
Finally, Heath cut open the third cocoon, which was also the last cocoon in the room. Similarly, there was also a person inside. Yes, it was the last cold-faced man, Kirst.
The mantis stalks the cicada, the oriole follows behind. Jon and Marcel had been engaged in a heated battle. Naturally, Kirst did not want to be left behind. He originally wanted to quietly follow and take advantage of the situation, but who would have thought that in the end, he would be wiped out by the Abyssal Queen Worm? It could only be said that fate played a trick on him…
‘Extract.’
[Beep, extraction failed. The extraordinary substance still has signs of life.]
Heath was stunned. He was still alive?
He quickly checked and realized that Kirst was not dead yet.
However, he was not far from dying. The brown liquid in the Abyssal Queen Worm’s cocoon was corrosive and poisonous. Kirst had been soaking in it for so long that he was basically on his last breath.
As long as he was left unchecked, he could come over in a few minutes and loot the corpse.
Of course, he could also pick up a dagger and give him a hit, ending his life in advance.
Heath had been eyeing his flying spell for a long time. He might be able to extract the flying spell with this one hit.
So, should he do this?
It shouldn’t be that bad…
Heath felt that as a human being, he should do something and not do it.
They were fighting to the death over there. He did not have the ability and obligation to stop them. After that, it did not matter if he took advantage of them.
But killing people for a few attributes and spells without any enmity…
He did not know in the future, but for now, Heath could not do it.
After thinking for a while, Heath took out a bottle of healing potion he made from his dimensional pocket and fed it to Kirst.
No matter what, this was a comrade who had fought alongside him. On the battlefield, he had tried his best to cover his back to buy time for him to cast spells. It was not too much to exchange this for a bottle of healing potion that was not worth much, right?
After feeding Kirst the potion, Heath immediately pulled Kirst to a corner and put him down. Then, he got up and left. He was still very confident in the potion that he had concocted.
He walked all the way in. This time, he did not delay any further and directly came to the end of the corridor.
There was a spiral staircase down here. The magic wall lamp on the wall next to it was lit with a faint flame. There was still sticky brown liquid and the remnants of the cell coat on the ancient stone bricks. This meant that the Abyssal Queen Worm had come out from here.
Heath took a candlestick from the wall and followed the stairs all the way to the end. At the end was a small room.
There were brooms, mops, wooden basins, barrels, and other miscellaneous items piled up inside. It looked like an ordinary junk room.
However, there was a colorful mural painted on the right side of the junk room.
The painting seemed to be the treasure house of the legendary dragon. It was like an ocean of gold coins, mountains of gold and silver jewelry, and all kinds of pearls and gemstones necklaces. It was dazzling and resplendent.
Heath came to the mural and put one hand on the surface of the mural.
A strange scene appeared. The moment his hand touched the mural, the mural seemed to have turned into a flowing liquid, rippling layers of ripples.
This was actually a spatial node.
There was a narrow spatial crack hidden in the Magic Bug Forest. Wizard Parker had packaged it into a treasure house and used this mural as a connecting passage.
Originally, there was a seal on it, and ordinary people could not enter. However, Marcel and the others had removed the seal on it, so Heath naturally would not have any obstructions at this time.
He stepped forward and walked into the mural. Then, his vision blurred, and he was already inside the treasury.
And at this moment, Heath could not help but be stunned on the spot.
Even before coming here, he already knew that this was a treasure trove, and had made all sorts of expectations and mental preparations.
However, at this moment, looking at the scene in front of him, Heath still felt a bit dizzy…