Chapter 198 Conflict
With a "bang," two top-grade magical treasures only left two small nicks on the tentacles before bouncing off crisply, leaving Han Li astonished for a moment.
"So hard! It's almost comparable to the quality of mid-grade magical treasures!" Han Li muttered to himself, feeling lucky. If he hadn't used some tricks, dealing with this giant centipede would have been quite troublesome.
Seeing that the flying knife and golden bowl didn't work well, Han Li casually retrieved them.
However, although this insect had suffered fatal injuries, its vitality was too strong, still rolling around ceaselessly.
It seemed that it wouldn't die anytime soon.
So Han Li frowned and, without hesitation, displayed his body movement technique, swiftly flashing past the monster's head without further concern for its life or death, and directly returned to the stone hall through the cave passage.
In the stone hall, the several green "Purple Monkey Flowers" were still sitting there unharmed, which delighted Han Li!
He took out several jade boxes of the same size from his storage bag and placed them on the ground.
Then, he carefully used the flying knife to cut off the "Purple Monkey Flowers" along with the small pieces of purple stone under their roots.
He then flew the flowers back to his hand with the flying knife and carefully sealed them in the jade boxes.
After all the spiritual herbs were harvested and properly stored by Han Li, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and calmed down.
Stretching lazily, he casually scanned the stone hall again, ensuring that nothing had been missed before calmly leaving the place.
As Han Li passed by the place where the giant centipede was heavily injured, the monster was already lying motionless on the ground, completely dead. The large pool of black poisonous blood flowing from its body gave off a disgusting smell, making Han Li feel a bit dizzy and nauseous.
Han Li was alarmed, knowing that the poisonous blood had spread into the air. So he quickly took some "Clearing Spirit Powder" to relieve the discomfort.
Stopping about seven or eight zhang away from the centipede's corpse, Han Li then stopped and released the flying knife, stabbing the body several times to ensure it was truly dead before feeling relieved and continuing on his way.
But just as he took a few steps, Han Li suddenly stopped and bent down to pull out a black short blade from the ground. With two fingers, he gently wiped the black mud from the blade, causing it to shine brightly. It turned out to be a sub-blade of the "Golden Scorpion Mother Blade."
During the time he disappeared, Han Li had planted all eight sub-blades of the Golden Scorpion Mother Blade in the passage, lining them up in a row along the cave and exposing the extremely sharp blade tips on the ground.
Because he was afraid that the gleam of the golden blades would be too bright and be discovered by the monster, Han Li even used black mud to cover the blade tips, blending them with the dark cave. This way, they would be difficult to detect by the monster.
So when the giant centipede approached the ground closely and chased Han Li to this part of the cave, it was caught off guard by the inverted gold blades and had its abdomen opened, resulting in its death.
It was pitiful for it, as an upper-level poisonous insect monster, to be ambushed by Han Li without even being able to unleash its powerful poison techniques.
Although Han Li didn't know that the centipede he killed was an upper-level monster, he knew that even if it wasn't, it was definitely among the top-level mid-level monsters. So he was quite satisfied with easily dealing with the poisonous insect.
Now that he had taken seven or eight steps and retrieved all the gold blades, Han Li wiped them clean and put them away. Then, he was about to leave, but after glancing at the centipede's corpse, he hesitated for a moment and decided to approach it.
When he reached the corpse of the centipede, Han Li didn't hesitate to use the golden blade in his hand to stab its head, back, and tail. He found that the back shell was the hardest to pierce, requiring more force to cut through.
Seeing this, Han Li no longer hesitated! He immediately released all eight sub-blades of the Golden Scorpion Mother Blade, and with great effort, began cutting off pieces of the centipede's back shell.
Before long, several pieces of shell the size of a few feet were cut off by Han Li and carefully stored in his storage bag. These things could withstand a full blow from a top-grade magical treasure and were rare treasures. If made into a simple armor, it would definitely be very useful for him.
In fact, Han Li wanted to cut off all the shells of the centipede and take them away. But doing so would take too much time, and time was extremely scarce for him now!
Therefore, Han Li could only leave with some regret and immediately rush to the next predetermined herb gathering spot, where there should also be some immature "Heavenly Spirit Fruits."
As Han Li hurriedly collected various immature spiritual herbs according to his plan, several other well-known places where spiritual herbs matured erupted into a fierce conflict among elite disciples!
After all, there were only a few places where the maturation of spiritual herbs could be accurately predicted, and it was inevitable that the "experts" of various sects would clash!
In a secluded valley to the southeast of Han Li's location, three people were deadlocked over two "Purple Monkey Flowers" that Han Li had just obtained.
These two purple flowers were no longer light blue but extremely bright purple, emitting a strong fragrance. In front of these two purple flowers, there was a strange deer with a fiery red horn lying in a pool of blood, already dead for some time.
Not far from the monster's corpse, three people stood in a triangular position, dressed in different clothes, but none of them made a move. It seemed that they were all wary of each other.
"What do you two intend to do? I killed this fiery horned deer alone, so the spiritual herbs should belong to me!" Finally, one person, full of anger, spoke up.
The speaker was a young man in his twenties wearing a blue shirt.
He had a handsome face and a slender figure.
He held a green flying fork in one hand and a yellow bead in the other, both radiating spiritual light, obviously top-grade magical treasures.
No wonder this person could kill the seemingly extraordinary upper-level monster alone.
"Brother, I didn't expect to meet again this year.
We are truly destined!" The one who spoke this time was an ordinary-looking old man in a green shirt.
He seemed gentle and kind, but he completely ignored the young man's questioning and instead struck up a conversation with another middle-aged Taoist.
"Yeah, I didn't expect it either. This year, I met Li again!" The Taoist, with a sheathed sword on his back, said calmly, also not bothering to look at the young man.
The young man from Tianque Castle was furious. With outstanding talent, distinguished family background, and a handsome appearance, he was always the center of attention wherever he went. But now, he was humiliated by these two guys. How could he not feel hatred?
However, before he could say anything more, the conversation between the old man and the Taoist immediately changed his complexion
, making him panic.
"Let's not dwell on the past. Now there are two spiritual herbs here, and you and I can split them evenly, one for each person, what do you think?" The old man didn't waste any words and directly invited the Taoist from Qingxu Valley to join forces to divide the spiritual herbs.
After a moment of contemplation, the middle-aged Taoist nodded and agreed, "Alright, our strengths are similar. Fighting would only result in mutual harm. Let's do it this way; I have no objections!"
The young man heard the conversation between the two clearly and his face changed drastically, feeling both shocked and angry!
The two of them joining forces, although he was confident in the power of his magical treasures, he knew he was not their opponent. But giving up the spiritual herbs that were about to fall into his hands, he was unwilling!
After a moment of hurried thinking, the young man suddenly shot backward, heading straight for the two spiritual herbs. He intended to grab the herbs and flee immediately.
"You're seeking death!"
As soon as the young man moved, the old man's face sank, and he threw his crutch out, turning it into a green light that flew straight toward the young man.
The speed of this crutch-turned-light was so fast that it flashed and arrived in front of the young man before he could react, blocking his way.
The young man was shocked. What kind of magical treasure was this, and why was it so fast?
But now that it had come to this, he had no time to think.
He raised his hand, and the green flying fork in his hand met the green light.
Although he continued to move forward without stopping, it was clear that he wouldn't give up unless he obtained the spiritual herbs!
"Young friend, it's too late! It's best to leave quickly and not force me to resort to extreme measures today!" Before the young man had taken two steps, the Taoist's calm voice came from behind him, as if he were right next to him, startling the young man to the core!
Pale-faced, the young man turned his head and saw that the Taoist was only a zhang away from him, smiling gently at him!
The young man, with a pale face, didn't say anything else and immediately changed direction, running madly out of the valley without daring to look back.
He knew that he was no match for these two in terms of strength, and attempting to take the spiritual herbs again would only lead to his death.
The fact that they let him go was already beyond belief!
"Hehe, Brother, your Fox Shadow Step is even more powerful than before. It's truly amazing!" The old man saw the Taoist let the young man go and felt strange but did not intervene. Instead, he praised the Taoist.
"It's nothing, just a small trick." The Taoist looked at the disappearing figure of the young man with a faint smile and said leisurely.