Chapter 34: Astounding Forging Volume

The surrounding scene swayed slightly.

The bustling crowd disappeared.

Before their eyes was still that vast Clear Water Lake, except that the color of the lake water seemed deeper and gloomier than what was seen outside.

In the air, a faint fishy, damp odor permeated.

"Gurgle… Gurgle…"

The calm lake surface suddenly began to bubble up with a series of eerie bubbles.

Immediately after.

"Splash!"

Ugly-looking exotic beasts crawled out of the lake water in a scramble!

These exotic beasts were about the size of small calves, their entire bodies covered in sleek dark green scales, filled with disgusting pustules.

Their heads looked like catfish, but their mouths were filled with razor-sharp fangs, their limbs short and stout, ending in sharp claws.

[Stinking Lake Fish LV10 (Nightmare)]

[HP: 2200 / 2200]

"Ah!"

Just that appearance alone was enough to make a normal person's sanity plummet wildly.

The two girls, Ye Xi and Mo Li, were so scared their pretty faces turned pale, and they instinctively took two steps back, almost pressing against Yasuo.

Zhou Huai frowned slightly.

It really was disgusting enough.

He manipulated Yasuo, advancing instead of retreating, taking the lead to charge forward!

"Bzzzt——!"

[Thunder Armor] activated instantly!

Brilliant thunder light erupted from within his body, condensing into an imposing lightning armor that covered Yasuo's entire body!

Every arc of electricity dancing emitted a destructive aura!

At this moment, Yasuo was like a thunder war god descending from the heavens!

"Roar——!"

Those Stinking Lake Fish let out piercing roars, moving their short limbs and staggering as they charged towards Yasuo.

Foul-smelling saliva continuously dripped from their ferocious mouths.

Yasuo's eyes were cold, and the Windbreaker longsword in his hand vibrated!

Opening with none other than [Thunderous Strike]!

Sizzle——!

A thick Thunder Qi, carrying violent energy, instantly tore through the air and fiercely slashed onto the Stinking Lake Fish at the very front!

"- 585!"

A bright red critical damage number floated up from the head of that Stinking Lake Fish.

Close to six hundred damage!

"So… so high damage!"

Ye Xi covered her small mouth, her beautiful eyes filled with shock.

This was an exotic beast under nightmare difficulty!

Both defense and HP far exceeded the normal mode.

Changing to other Level 10 Professionals, being able to deal over a hundred damage could already be considered top-tier!

Yet the man before her knocked off nearly six hundred with a single sword strike!

Too exaggerated!

Zhou Huai himself was also slightly surprised.

This damage was at least fifty percent higher than he had anticipated.

It seemed that the power of thunder had an obvious attribute restraint against these aquatic exotic beasts!

To verify this point.

Yasuo's figure flickered, charging directly into the group of Stinking Lake Fish!

The longsword in his hand fluttered, stirring up streams of fierce thunder light!

"Pfft!"

"- 320!"

"- 317!"

"- 344!"

Another Stinking Lake Fish wailed, electric light flashing on its body.

The sharp splash damage of Sword Intent triggered, and several surrounding exotic beasts were also affected.

Exotic beasts under nightmare difficulty were still like cutting melons and vegetables in front of Yasuo.

The efficiency of clearing monsters was terrifyingly high!

However, these exotic beasts were all surrounding Yasuo.

The attack frequency was also very high.

Smashing onto Yasuo's Thunder Armor like a violent storm.

"- 28!"

"- 31!"

"- 25!"

A series of damage numbers floated up from above Yasuo's head.

But none of them exceeded forty points!

The damage mitigation effect inherent to Thunder Armor was vividly displayed at this moment!

"Bzzzt——!"

What made those Stinking Lake Fish even more despairing was.

Every attack landing on the Thunder Armor would bring about a violent lightning backlash!

Electric light flashed on patches of Stinking Lake Fish, plunging them into a brief paralyzed state!

"Right now!"

Zhou Huai controlled Yasuo, seizing this fleeting opportunity!

[Thunderous Strike]!

Sizzle——!

Thick Thunder Qi swept out, instantly cutting seven or eight paralyzed Stinking Lake Fish in half at the waist!

Green juice burst open, the foul stench pungent!

[Killed Stinking Lake Fish LV10 (Nightmare), gained +250 EXP!]

[Killed Stinking Lake Fish LV10 (Nightmare), gained +250 EXP!]

…

A series of System prompt tones frantically flooded Zhou Huai's mind!

"Holy Light Bullet!"

Ye Xi wasn't idle either, gently tapping the staff in her hand.

Holy Light bullets emitting a soft glow whistled out, accurately hitting the exotic beasts attempting to attack Yasuo.

Although the damage was not high, only a few dozen points, it had the advantage of persistence.

From time to time, she would also chant [Bright Chant].

Warm Holy Light scattered, and Yasuo's HP was always maintained at a healthy level.

Seeing this, Zhou Huai praised inwardly.

"As expected of the A-grade profession [Holy Light Chanter]."

"Can deal output, can heal people, quite comprehensive!"

In contrast, Mo Li on the other side seemed somewhat like a salted fish.

The scouting spirit eagle she summoned didn't have any attacking ability at all.

She could only miserably hold a novice short bow and shoot at those thick-skinned Stinking Lake Fish.

"Pew pew pew…"

"- 1!"

"- 2!"

"- 1!"

The damage numbers were hair-raisingly low, not even counting as scraping.

Zhou Huai shook his head upon seeing this, and spoke helplessly.

"Mo Li, stop shooting."

"Try using your spirit eagle to lure over all the Stinking Lake Fish in the other surrounding areas."

Hearing this, Mo Li's eyes lit up.

That's right!

She hurriedly manipulated the spirit eagle to fly towards another small wave of Stinking Lake Fish entrenched by the distant lakeside.

The spirit eagle circled and provoked above the heads of those exotic beasts.

Soon, those Stinking Lake Fish that were originally doing nothing were successfully provoked, staggering and charging towards Yasuo's side!

"It works!" Mo Li shouted in surprise.

Now, she had also found her place to be useful!

Yasuo was main tank and main carry, holding the very front line to output crazily.

Ye Xi was responsible for healing and ranged finishing blows.

Mo Li controlled the spirit eagle, constantly pulling monsters from all corners of the dungeon.

For a time, this somewhat outrageous three-person team actually played out a cooperation that could be called perfect!

Experience points soared upwards like riding a rocket!

"Ah!" Ye Xi suddenly let out a surprised soft cry, "I… I leveled up! Reached level 7!"

Her pretty face was full of disbelief.

How long has it been since entering the dungeon?

I'm afraid it's not even half an hour!

And she actually leveled up by one!

This leveling speed was simply faster than taking a plane!

While controlling Yasuo to swing his sword and hack, Zhou Huai frantically poured Advanced magic recovery potions into his mouth as if they cost nothing.

Only he himself knew.

The reason Yasuo could be so resilient in the pile of monsters relied entirely on the powerful effect of [Thunder Armor].

But this skill was also a huge mana consumer!

Continuously consuming 10 mana points per second!

With Yasuo's current mana cap, even in full mana state, he couldn't last for two minutes!

Fortunately, there were enough Advanced mana potions scavenged from the ring of that unlucky Young Master Mo from the Bloodfiend Syndicate.

A full hundred bottles!

For a short time, it could completely withstand such an exaggerated consumption!

Seeing that the situation on the field had completely stabilized.

Zhou Huai handed over Yasuo's control permission to the smart core ai.

Afterwards, his consciousness shifted, instantly switching to Ou Yezi far away at the Forging Guild.

…

Forging Guild, top-tier forging room.

Ou Yezi slowly opened his eyes, and on the workbench in front of him, dozens of rings emitting lights of various colors were densely placed.

A full forty-two!

Every single one had reached rare quality!

Unfortunately, there still wasn't a single epic-grade one appearing.

Zhou Huai wasn't discouraged either; forging was something that couldn't be rushed in the first place.

He controlled Ou Yezi, ending this long forging session, and prepared to "get off work".

"Creak——"

The door of the forging room was pushed open.

Assistant Lin Wei walked in holding a cup of hot tea, preparing to comfort this tireless Forging Master.

However.

When she saw the dazzling array of rare rings on the workbench that had almost piled up into a small mountain.

The whole person was struck by lightning, instantly freezing in place!

The teacup in her hand dropped to the ground with a "clatter", smashing into pieces!

"This… this…"

Lin Wei widened her beautiful eyes, her slender hand tightly covering her mouth, so she didn't scream out loud!

Her voice trembled, carrying thick disbelief.

"Great Master Ou Yezi… you actually forged so many rings today!"

You must know, the previous record for the highest number of forged equipment in a single day by the Forging Guild was only twelve pieces.

And they were all rings, but most of those twelve pieces were also of normal quality.

But what about right now?

A full forty-two!

It multiplied by several times.

Furthermore, every single one was of rare quality!

Lin Wei carefully inspected them.

Several of the rings had bonus affixes that were excellent affixes.

Lin Wei's breathing became rapid!

She roughly estimated in her heart.

These rare-quality rings, even the most ordinary one-star ones, could easily sell for ten thousand Daxia Coin!

Those with high stars and good affixes were in short supply even at twenty to thirty thousand each!

This pile of rings…

I'm afraid it could sell for at least six hundred thousand Daxia Coin!

Deducting the Materials cost.

The net profit could be at least five hundred thousand!

Many forgers probably couldn't earn five hundred thousand accumulated over a year.

Yet this Ou Yezi only needed a single night.