Chapter 16: The Incomplete Treasure Map

  "I'm really a pig's head, I've eaten my fill and put it back to fart!" Wu Song looked at the thing in his hand with tears of frustration.

  In fact, until he opened the storage space of those poisonous thorn members, Wu Song was in a very HIGH state. These guys had a lot of oil and water, and apart from that pretty good Lingguang dagger, Wu Song also searched out a Lingguang second-level ring that increased attack speed, four or five pieces of Lieguang sixth-level equipment, and apart from these, the miscellaneous materials on several people's bodies were not cheap!

  He put the ring on his little finger without any hesitation, he had been in this world for half a year and it was the first time he got such an attack speed increasing ring. In Wu Song's concept, things that could be used by himself naturally didn't have to be sold, but apart from the ring, he roughly estimated the value of other things and felt that they could sell for at least over 1,000 crystal coins, which was a pretty substantial windfall for Wu Song who was extremely short of money.

  Wu Song finished collecting valuable equipment and materials from several people's bodies and finally opened several people's storage spaces.

  Storage space is a type of spatial alchemy tool commonly used by adventurers. Storage space is a mobile warehouse carried by adventurers, its main function is to help adventurers carry those bulky items that are not convenient to put in their backpacks. Like when Wu Song goes on a mission outdoors, he usually uses storage space to bring back the corpses of mutated creatures and sell them off.

  Several poisonous thorn members' storage spaces were not short of things, except for some mutated biological corpses, there were also some potions and materials, the total value should be worth four-digit crystal coins. However, what interested Wu Song the most in this storage space was three long rectangular magic writing papers.

  To be precise, this should be three parts of a whole magical paper torn into four pieces, with many strange and complex patterns drawn on it, as well as some text descriptions. Wu Song carefully observed the strange patterns according to the text descriptions and finally determined that this was a magical terrain map of a place called Okeedome, which was a palace relic of the Naga tribe on the west coast. According to the description in the picture, this underwater Naga tribe palace relic was a seaside villa of King Xina of the Western Sea, where a large treasure trove of King Xina was stored!

  The magical terrain map was divided into four parts. Wu Song studied it for a while and found that the three parts recorded how to find the ruins of Naga Palace, how to enter the ruins of Naga Palace, and the detailed structure of the first floor of Naga Palace, but unfortunately, the most critical second-floor treasure map was gone.

  The group of four people with the poisonous stinger had divided the map into four pieces, and it was clear that they were each keeping a piece. The last crucial piece of the map was probably on the muscular man's body. What made Wu Song feel frustrated was that he himself had let the muscular man go, now... He finally understood why the muscular man said he would regret it before leaving.

  "Xina Jia Wang's treasure, if I could get my hands on it, everything would be solved, but I let it slip right under my nose. I might as well hang myself with a noodle! A roasted duck flew away from his mouth, leaving Wu Song frustrated. He made up his mind that next time he encountered something like this, he wouldn't leave any survivors. But now, the frustration couldn't solve anything. That night, Wu Song lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep, his mind repeatedly thinking of how to get his hands on that last piece of the treasure map."

  Wu Song's strength was no longer comparable to when he first faced the poisonous thorn. Even so, Wu Song didn't think he could easily get that last treasure map. If the burly man didn't hand over the map after returning, Wu Song had some confidence in snatching it back, but he felt this possibility wasn't great. The man's two arms were already crippled by him, and without finding a priest of the Intention Law level to cast the Body Regeneration Technique on him, it was basically impossible for him to recover. This also meant that the burly man's chances of going treasure hunting himself were slim. Since this was the case, Wu Song felt that the map in the man's hand would most likely end up in the hands of the higher-ups of the Poisonous Thorn. Who exactly got it wasn't important; what mattered was that for now, Wu Song couldn't afford to provoke the current Poisonous Thorn.

  Actually, Wu Song is not afraid of the poisonous stinger's superpowered individuals. Even if he faces the strongest team leader among the poisonous stingers, he still has confidence to retreat unscathed. However, the problem is that there are not just one or two people who have reached the level of superpower among the poisonous stingers, but a whole group!

  After mastering the second-level body doubling, Wu Song's confidence had inflated to an extreme degree. He felt that taking down a super ability user should be no big deal, but his confidence hadn't reached the point where he could take on a group of super ability users alone! The Toxic Stinger Mercenary Corps had not only one commander and three deputy commanders who were at the level of super ability users, but also seven battalion leaders and each battalion's vice commander was basically at the level of super ability users. Although most of these super ability users usually completed tasks outside, there wouldn't be too few super ability users left in the Toxic Stinger headquarters either. If Wu Song wanted to go to the Toxic Stinger headquarters to get the last treasure map, the greatest possibility was that he would need to face several super ability users at the same time, as well as... hundreds of ability users. This burden was absolutely not something that Wu Song could handle at present!

  "Ah, it's all about strength! It's still a matter of strength." As soon as he thought that the most critical part of the treasure map had fallen into the hands of Poisonous Stinger, Wu Song became depressed and felt that in the end, it was still a matter of strength. "If I could reach the level of a Super Ability User and master the Triple Body Amplification technique, then what's the big deal about a mere Poisonous Stinger?..." That night, Wu Song lay on his bed, deep in thought, and felt that what he lacked most was still those two words: strength!

  Although Wu Song was a homebody, he never dragged his feet when it came to getting things done. After a night of contemplation, he had figured out what he lacked the most, and early next morning, he ran to the Adventurer's Guild.

  "I want to take on a Body Modification quest!" Wu Song found the person in charge of the Adventurer's Guild in Mira Town, Caviron, and spoke his mind.

  "Wu, I know you're already a 10th-level ability holder, but are you sure you're really prepared to take on the body modification task?" When Wu Song said he wanted to do the body modification task, Kaviren didn't show much surprise. He pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose and looked at Wu Song, saying, "Although 10th-level ability holders have the right to do body modification tasks, you should know that there are still differences between 10th-level ability holders. The body modification task can only be taken once a year, and it's only mid-year now. If you fail, then you'll have to wait until next year to modify your body again!"