Chapter Nineteenth: Cleaning Up Divine Artifact

  After that, Wang Lu brought Wen Bao and successively knocked down more than a dozen small Qingyun's essence spirits, from the second-grade third-rank to the first-grade first-rank. Basically, it was all the same trick - taking advantage of people's unpreparedness to sneak into their homes, then waiting for them to rush back before launching a fierce surprise attack, and they were almost invincible!

  All the way to follow, heard treasure like a dream, thought that this little green cloud was absolutely a dangerous place for the ninth-grade cultivator himself, but now it seems that there is nothing remarkable! As long as you follow your brother obediently, the challenge points are simply earned until your hands are soft! This road has been killing all the way, and with the extra rewards of continuous kills, he has already earned more than 200 challenge points!

  Elder brother is indeed elder brother.

  In fact, Wang Lu's contribution was more than what Wen Bao realized! No matter how well they cooperated, their cultivation was still a hard injury. If it weren't for the fact that every time they grasped the timing and location perfectly, even if they were only second or third-rate monsters like the Stone Monkey, let alone fourth or fifth-rate ones, they wouldn't have been able to do anything about it. And this timing and location, how easy was it to grasp? Along the way, Wang Lu almost flawlessly found his way directly to each of the monsters' lairs, just like a seasoned hunter who had lived in these parts for a long time!

  Wang Lu had not lived in this place for a long time, but more than a month ago, when he was riding the Emerald Bamboo Sword with his master, sweeping through Xiao Qingyun, the high-altitude view allowed Wang Lu to quickly grasp the overall situation of Xiao Qingyun. With the help of Tianling Root's keen sense of heaven and earth spiritual energy, as well as the reasoning ability of a professional adventurer, combined with some internal information from the sect, he gradually inferred the location of many refined monster dens.

  And this is also one of Wang Lu's key trump cards in his challenge this time.

  For this challenge, Wang Lu spent almost half a day preparing. For a top student like him, half a day was enough to prepare many things. Before setting off, Wang Lu not only analyzed the distribution of the spiritual beasts on Xiao Qingyun's map but also came up with multiple countermeasures for each type of beast.

  When everything was ready, Wang Lu finally embarked on the road of experience. At this time, for a professional adventurer, it was simply a matter of following the strategy to break through, and he had analyzed the most, grasped the largest part before the Moon Watching Valley, almost perfectly executing it.

  The challenge score has already exceeded 200 points, and the task is half completed. However, as the saying goes, "those who travel a hundred miles are halfway there at ninety miles." From the Lotus Pond onwards, the real difficulties have begun to emerge.

  The lotus pond began, and the distribution of the spiritual beasts was much more complex. There were few long-term fixed strongholds, and the migration of the spiritual beasts also became more frequent. The last time he followed his master to fly with a sword, he didn't see the whole situation... Considering multiple factors, this part of the strategy was what Wang Lu was least confident in.

  Wang Lu was, after all, just a minor cultivator in the Qi Refining stage, far inferior to the master of the Lingjian Sect who possessed the Star Chart Great Shift technique. So from the Lotus Pond onwards, their adventure finally encountered real difficulties.

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  Wang Lu and Wen Bao were walking along the edge of the Lotus Pond, but when they passed through a muddy patch of land, the two encountered an unexpected attack by a group of goblins.

  "Wang Lu Shixiong! What are all these things?!"

  As he watched, a small creature about the size of a palm, resembling a toad with a long tail, swarmed around him like a tide, making Bao feel a wave of dizziness and nausea.

  Wang Lu then announced the answer in a heavy tone after a moment of silence: "Long-tailed Poison Frog, First-grade Sixth-rank. It has sharp teeth and its saliva contains potent venom. There's nothing particularly special about it except that it lives in groups."

  Herd, many times is the attribute that can defy heaven. A pack of wolves can drive away a tiger, and an army of ants can devour an elephant. The long-tailed poisonous frog has only a lowly rank of one-sixth grade, let alone among refined monsters, even an ordinary wolf is slightly stronger than this, and it's not comparable to the second-grade superior refined monster, Stone Wooden Ape. If it were that howling moon dog, with just one bark, it could annihilate these long-tailed poisonous frogs like a tidal wave.

  However, Wang Lu was able to deal with Shi Mu Yan and even had a one-on-one fight with Wang Yue, but at this time he couldn't handle the Long-Tailed Poison Frog.

  "Get out."

  Wen Bao was taken aback: "Withdraw?"

  The senior brother who was previously full of momentum and said he wanted to open the peerless mode, actually said retreat when faced with a first-level sixth-grade spirit?!

  But before he could ask, Wang Lu had already turned around and taken a step forward. Seeing hundreds of poisonous frogs gathering, Wen Bao didn't dare to stay any longer and hurriedly followed him.

  It's okay, Wang Lu managed to find a dry path in the muddy terrain with ease and led Wen Bao to quickly withdraw from the scene.

  Having run out of the long-tailed poisonous frog's territory, Wen Bao also understood this simple question - once attacked by these things in unison, Wang Lu himself might not care, but Wen Bao would definitely be gnawed into a pile of white bones.

  At the same time, Xuan Tie Jian Fa was invincible, but it didn't have the ability to kill in a wide range. With all his might, he could knock out Shi Mu Yuan, but he couldn't kill multiple Long Wei Du Wa, this kind of group-dwelling Jing Guai was completely the nemesis of the two-man team, no wonder Wang Lu said they should retreat when he saw it.

  It's no wonder that Wang Lu was particularly demanding of the route when he first entered Xiao Qingyun, and he couldn't afford to take a wrong step... Wang Lu was deliberately avoiding this kind of gregarious spirit!

  Now that I think about it, the more than ten elite monsters I knocked down earlier were all solitary or even if they lived in groups, their numbers were extremely sparse, and could be defeated one by one through various means, such as Shi Mu Yuan... Wang Lu Shixiong is indeed a professional adventurer, this kind of heaven-defying strategic ability, I will forever be unable to catch up with him.

  However, Wang Lu was not invincible either. The encounter with the long-tailed poisonous frog meant that the situation had gradually gotten out of control, and this encounter seemed to have brought them a streak of bad luck that they couldn't shake off. Afterwards, they changed routes several times, but encountered multiple goblins each time. These goblins were not high-level, but their large numbers made it difficult for Wang Lu and Bai XiaoYu to cope, leaving them exhausted and unable to fight back... Later on, they unfortunately encountered five golden-haired red-eyed foxes. These foxes moved swiftly and agilely, and excelled at aquatic battles. Although Wang Lu was able to defend himself without worry, he found it hard to take care of Bai XiaoYu, resulting in the latter being bitten by one of the foxes, which took a big chunk of his flesh, leaving him trembling with pain.

  At this point, the weaknesses of Wang Lu and Wen Bao's extreme combination had been completely exposed. After several consecutive setbacks, the wounded and battered Fatty was somewhat disheartened: "Senior brother, our gains today have already been quite good, how about... we just stop here?"

  Wang Lu stopped in his tracks: "Is this as far as we go?"

  The fatty swallowed his saliva and said, "I... I'm not afraid, it's just that if we continue to force ourselves like this, it won't be worth it. We've already earned a lot of points this time and gained a lot of experience. Can't we come again next time?"

  Wang Lu sighed: "Fatty, I told you to carefully read the rules for challenge points before, but you're really lazy! Understand this, we've finally managed to knock down more than ten different spirit beasts in a row during our single practice session. Now, every time we successfully knock one down, the challenge points will double. If we wait until next time, there won't be this opportunity! The principle of challenge training is that regardless of success or failure, it's only once. After getting the points once, completing the same challenge again won't count towards the points. If you quit now, even if you knock down a hundred Stone Apes next time, you won't get any points!"

  Wen Bao was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly understood Wang Lu's persistence.

  It's really a pity to give up with double points, but even if you're not willing to accept it, facing reality, can you still afford not to bow your head? The fact is right in front of us, with their combination, they can't even take a step forward at the Lotus Pond. Actually, Wang Lu Shixiong himself also said that this extreme attack and defense combination, if you want to complete the challenge training, you can only rely on extremely correct tactics to play it smoothly.

  It seems that Wang Lu Shixiong can no longer come up with a perfect strategy.

  "It's just that the situation around Lotus Pond changes too quickly, and no one can predict everything in advance... Just a month ago, there was nothing in that muddy pond, but a month later, hundreds of long-tailed poisonous frogs had already spawned."

  However, Wang Lu's tone still didn't have a hint of discouragement: "But as long as we get through the Lotus Pond and reach the Green Dragon Gorge, the situation will change dramatically."

  Chubby sighed: "But we have to get past the Lotus Pond, too. Just now, after circling around for half a day, it seems like we're getting farther and farther away from Qinglong Gorge."

  "Not bad for a young man's sense of direction, but this situation was expected by me long ago and doesn't count as any difficulty."

  Seeing that familiar, confident smile, Wen Bao was shocked: "Senior brother, could it be that you really have a way?"

  "In this place of Xiao Qingyun, the demonic creatures that like to gather in groups are generally not of high quality. When dealing with low-quality group demonic creatures, the aura of a superior being is the most effective choice."

  This is a basic common sense for masters, Wen Bao also knows, but the problem is that one cultivates Qi to nine levels, and one refines his body to one level, where does the pressure of the superior come from?

  "Idiot, the biggest difference between humans and apes is that we know how to use tools."

  Wang Lu carefully took out a small wooden box from the package on his back, opened it, and took out a delicate white silk handkerchief to wrap around his wrist.

  "What is this?"

  "Cleaning divine artifact."

  Just as Wen Bao was about to continue questioning, he suddenly felt that the surroundings were eerily quiet.

  A species-rich lotus pond should be a bustling place, but when the white silk appears, whether it is the various goblins lurking in the dark or the flying insects and small animals that are everywhere in the mountains and forests, they all seem to have disappeared! Dead silence!

  In the distance, Bao Yin could see many goblins fleeing in a panic.

  Wen Bao was shocked and bewildered: "What, what kind of treasure is this?! It actually has such an amazing clearing effect?!"

  However, this thing is so effective that its level must not be low. It has not been refined yet, and it can clear the field with just a single ripple. The pressure of this superior being is simply off the charts! Maybe it's a spiritual treasure!

  Using Lingbao to complete the challenge... it seems like the penalty will be quite severe. Brother, won't you end up losing more than you gain?

  "Stop thinking about these things that are beyond your intellectual capacity," Wang Lu kicked Wen Bao, who was in a daze: "Don't be stunned, take advantage of the divine artifact's effect while it still lasts, let's hurry up and go."

  Then, he secretly sighed in his heart.

  The true master of Jindan's peak is indeed overbearing and intimidating, Master, the original flavor underwear you left in the bedroom is really useful!

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