Chapter 40: The Desecrated Right and Left Hands [Seeking Recommendations and Collections]

After a bout of crowd control and heavy strikes.

The Blood-Burning Demon Skeleton was directly crushed by Zong Shen and his group.

Zong Shen began to experience the joy of "glitching" and controlling mobs.

【Killed Lv16 Blood-Burning Demon Skeleton】 【Gained 880 Experience Points】 【Gained Broken Blood-Burning Light Armor ×1】 【Gained Complete Green Soul ×1】 【Gained Hard Demon Tibia ×2】 【Gained Hard Demon Humerus ×2】 【Gained Heavy Cleave Skill Book (Green) ×1】

With a flash of white light, Zong Shen leveled up to Lv6.

Unfortunately, Tie Zhu and the Wolf Cavalry did not level up.

There were several gray and white rewards, as well as one green skill book.

The other rewards could be set aside for now, but equipment and skill books could not.

Thinking of this, Zong Shen took out a previously obtained green-grade item: 【Agile Leather Short Boots】.

He took them all out of his storage slots and laid them out in front of him, preparing to organize them.

【Broken Blood-Burning Light Armor】 【Quality: Damaged】 【Body Protection: 30】 【Durability: 50】 【Strength Required: 16】 (Having undergone the erosion of great battles and ten thousand years, the Blood-Burning Light Armor is severely damaged, yet it still possesses good defensive capabilities.)

A gray-grade item of the "Broken" tier.

However, its defensive capability was decent, providing an additional 30 points of upper-body armor.

Coincidentally, Colby's leather armor was also nearing its end; this could serve as a transition piece for him.

Zong Shen instantly had a plan in mind.

With a wave of his hand, he summoned Colby.

He took out the broken light armor and handed it to him.

"Colby, change out of that nearly broken leather armor and wear this light armor for now."

Hearing this, Colby dismounted from his wolf and obediently stripped off the leather armor, which had only a few points of durability remaining, revealing firm and powerful muscles.

He put on the 【Broken Blood-Burning Light Armor】 bestowed by Zong Shen.

He bowed deeply to Zong Shen.

【Due to your care and reward】 【Wolf Cavalry Colby's loyalty has increased by 3 points. Current loyalty: 93】

Zong Shen nodded and waved Colby back to his position, then began to study the other two green items and the skill.

【Agile Leather Short Boots (Green)】 【Quality: Excellent】 【Leg Protection: 17】 【Durability: 150】 【Skill: Passive Skill - Agility Lv1 (Increases movement speed by 5%)】 【Agility Required: 6】

Excellent equipment; it even came with a passive skill.

The leg protection was increased by 17 points.

It was much better than the 【Tattered Leather Boots】 Zong Shen was currently wearing.

Zong Shen chose to equip them immediately.

Both his leg protection and movement speed were enhanced.

Most of his "tattered" equipment had been replaced by Zong Shen.

It could be described as an upgrade from rags to riches.

Comfortable!

Zong Shen's gaze shifted again toward the skill book.

【Heavy Cleave Skill Book】 【Upon learning, you will master the skill: Heavy Cleave Lv1】 【Heavy Cleave Lv1 (Uses full-body strength to deliver a strike, dealing 1.3x slashing damage, with a 10% chance to cause an equipment destruction effect, reducing durability to zero. Cooldown: 10h)】 【Strength Required: 30】 【(Can be learned once requirements are met)】

"Tch, I can't even learn it yet!"

Zong Shen grumbled as he put the Heavy Cleave skill book away.

The Heavy Cleave skill actually required 30 points of Strength to learn.

Even the strong men among the current Wolf Cavalry could not meet this strength requirement.

It could only be kept as a trump card for later.

As for the other harvests, he put them away first, intending to organize them once the mission was complete and they returned to the surface.

The large monster blocking the path had been eliminated.

The remaining task was to search the execution chamber for the scattered body parts of Outland Windspeaker.

Zong Shen led the group to move aside the iron bars that had been used as a barricade in the corridor.

They stepped quickly into the execution chamber.

"Tasia, have your two skeleton archers come in to provide some light before they disappear."

Zong Shen beckoned to Tasia.

The execution chamber was pitch black.

He couldn't see a thing.

Coincidentally, the duration for the two low-health skeleton archers was almost up.

He might as well use them as temporary torches.

As the two skeleton archers walked inside.

The red soul flames flickering in their eye sockets illuminated the execution chamber.

Pale red spots of light reflected off the walls, casting the shadows of the group into eerie shapes.

The execution chamber was filled with all sorts of torture instruments.

The iron implements were covered in a thick, dark red patina.

Within one of the iron stocks.

Two robust arms were hanging.

These two arms were covered in dark red patterns.

Similarly, they were riddled with steel nails.

This was a profanation ritual similar to the one performed on the torso.

It seemed these Blood-Burning Demons hated the demon hunter Outland Windspeaker to the bone.

Even after his death, they did not miss the opportunity to desecrate his body.

This was a ritual belonging to extra-dimensional demons; Zong Shen did not understand the deeper meaning—whether it was purely for venting rage or if they had other designs.

However, as long as he was certain the mission was valid and recognized by the Lord System, Zong Shen could proceed with peace of mind.

He stepped forward quickly and looked closely.

【Outland Windspeaker's Left Arm】 【A left arm subjected to the Blood-Burning Demon profanation ritual. One of the mission items.】

【Outland Windspeaker's Right Arm】 【A right arm subjected to the Blood-Burning Demon profanation ritual. One of the mission items.】

With a light wave of his hand, he collected these two body parts into his storage.

Now, he had recovered three of the six body parts.

Only the left and right legs and the head remained. Once all were collected, the mission would be complete.

The execution chamber was the end of this path.

Aside from this, there seemed to be no other areas worth exploring.

"Let's go. Return to the corridor junction and check the dungeon on the left."

As soon as he spoke.

The duration for the two skeleton archers expired.

They collapsed directly into two piles of bone fragments, and the execution chamber returned to darkness.

After speaking, Zong Shen led the way out of the execution chamber.

Following the path they came from, they returned to the T-junction and headed straight toward the left dungeon to explore.

The layouts of the left and right dungeons were similar. The only difference was that Zong Shen saw another fork in the road at the end of the left dungeon that turned left again. Clearly, the interior of the left side held more secrets.

No wonder the guide suggested exploring the right side first.

Because the right side was a dead end; after exploring it, they could head straight to the left without having to backtrack, which would affect their progress.

Ever since they descended from the entrance beneath the coffin, they had traveled quite a distance underground along the corridors. They no longer knew where the ceiling of this dungeon actually was.

Regardless, they were certainly a considerable distance away from the temple.

Zong Shen advanced slowly.

The left corridor still consisted of two rows of cells.

He did not let his guard down.

There were many undead monsters in the dungeon.

Heaven knows if something strange might pop out.

He had walked a few steps when he vaguely felt that something was wrong.

*Boom!*

Suddenly, a very conspicuous explosion erupted at the end of the left corridor.

At the same time, a faint flicker of firelight flashed.

"Stop."

Zong Shen raised his hand, signaling the soldiers to halt in place.