"This..."
Seeing Ye Feng covered in shattered stones and dust, his clothes torn, not only Arrak, but also Xiao Lu and He Shang frowned.
"It's not what you think. I have my own reasons for killing the goblins!"
"It's just that I can't tell you, and I can't explain it clearly, and I don't even understand it myself..."
Seeing everyone's expressions, Ye Feng spread his hands helplessly.
Then, with a flash of light in his hand, several large bundles of yellowish, thread-like plants appeared in everyone's sight.
"You want to use this smoke-thread grass to poison the incoming goblins?"
Seeing this, Arrak immediately understood.
"Mhm!"
Ye Feng nodded and began to sort the large bundles of smoke-thread grass.
"It's getting late. Be careful!"
At this moment, Yuan Ling "glanced" at the darkening sky and spoke to Ye Feng. After she finished speaking, she walked away in one direction.
Xiao Lu, Arrak, and He Shang hesitated for a moment, then quickly followed. Xiao Xiao also wanted to stay, but Ye Feng persuaded her to leave.
"Quack quack~"
"Roar quack~ Roar~"
A while later, a large group of goblins and baring-toothed black wolves arrived at the location where Ye Feng and his companions had been.
However, Xiao Xiao, Yuan Ling, and the others were no longer there, and Ye Feng hid in the shadows.
"Quack quack~"
"Roar!~"
"Ruru ru~!"
The goblin wolf riders let out strange cries, making the ferocious black wolves sniff frantically on the ground, clearly trying to track the scent of Ye Feng and the others.
"Almost there!"
Seeing them walk into the trap he had set with smoke-thread grass, Ye Feng muttered and pulled hard.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!~"
The other end of the rope was connected to large bundles of smoke-thread grass. With Ye Feng's pull, these bundles, hidden on the ground, were instantly yanked up.
The seeds on the smoke-thread grass, like dandelion seeds, instantly stirred and scattered, emitting sparks of fire, which precisely enveloped the large group of goblins and wolves.
"Roar quack~"
"Quack quack~"
The group of goblins was slightly stunned, then let out panicked cries. Several goblin wolf riders were already planning to escape.
"Crack~ Clang~"
At this moment, a crisp sound was heard. Ye Feng had thrown a C4 bomb towards the group of goblins.
"Bang~ Boom!~"
The C4 bomb exploded above the group of goblins, and a huge flame filled a large area.
The seeds of the smoke-thread grass, affected by the flames, seemed to be activated. Just like the fire-attribute goblin shaman before, they all flashed with sparks of fire...
"Roar~ Roar~ Quack~"
"Quack~ Roar!~"
...
Within a few breaths, a large number of goblins and wolves were affected by the seeds of the smoke-thread grass, and patches of their bodies spontaneously combusted.
The goblins cried out, patting the burning parts of their bodies, but they could not extinguish the flames. Even the hands they used to pat themselves also caught fire...
The black wolves, which were carrying the goblins, no longer obeyed the goblins' commands. They ran around frantically, even throwing the goblins to the ground and rolling on the ground, trying to put out the flames...
The screams of a large number of goblins and wolves echoed, running and crashing around like headless flies, trying to escape, but colliding with each other, causing more parts of their bodies to spontaneously combust...
In a short while, all the goblins and wolves that had followed the loud noises of Ye Feng and the others' battle had fallen into the flames...
"Hoo~"
Seeing this, Ye Feng let out a light sigh and turned to quickly walk towards Yuan Ling and the others.
"Ding~"
"Host killed a goblin, gaining 12 usable points!~"
At this moment, the system's prompt sounded.
"What the... what is this?"
Ye Feng was a little bewildered. There were hundreds of goblins in that group, yet he only gained 12 usable points?
That's too little?!
"It seems that killing monsters like goblins and zombies personally in combat yields more usable points..."
Ye Feng glanced back at the lifeless goblin pursuers and muttered.
Along the way, he had discovered that he gained more usable points from killing monsters through personal combat. Using tools, such as firearms, to kill monsters yielded fewer usable points...
...
After dinner,
"He Shang and I will take turns on guard duty tonight. Otherwise, we who were just defending during the day would seem too idle!"
Arrak said, glancing at Ye Feng.
"That's right!"
He Shang nodded and continued.
"Oh, okay~"
Ye Feng had no objections to this and was even quite pleased.
Because guarding duty was quite boring. If they found monsters, unless it was a special situation, they generally wouldn't kill them. Otherwise, making too much noise would mean that others wouldn't be able to rest, making the rotating guard duty meaningless...
...
Late at night,
Inside the tent,
Xiao Xiao was already fast asleep, but Ye Feng's eyes were wide open. In his hand was a fruit the size of a fist, with red patterns swirling on its surface, looking somewhat like a tomato. It was the Reinforcement Fruit.
When Ye Feng's strength was low before, he didn't think the Reinforcement Fruit was anything special. But as his strength grew, he increasingly felt a peculiar energy fluctuation emanating from the Reinforcement Fruit...
This peculiar energy fluctuation was quite similar to the mysterious power within the Tang sword he used when fighting Joseph in Mech City...
"If I eat this Reinforcement Fruit, can I advance to the Gold level?"
"But it feels a bit like pulling up seedlings to help them grow. It doesn't seem good!~"
Ye Feng stared at the Reinforcement Fruit in his hand and muttered to himself.
Before, when he was in Frost City, Ye Feng had inquired about this mysterious Reinforcement Fruit from Old Man Liu Tou. Old Man Liu Tou had said that the Reinforcement Fruit could greatly enhance a person's physical fitness and had no side effects.
This still surprised Ye Feng, as both the Reinforcement Serum and the Desperate Potion had relatively strong, even fatal, side effects when making people stronger...
After thinking about it, Ye Feng ultimately did not eat the Reinforcement Fruit, which exuded a unique aroma.
Because Old Man Liu Tou also said that even the supposedly safest arcane energy cultivation had the risk of qi deviation or self-injury.
This situation could easily lead to a hidden injury, causing one's strength to stagnate forever... The other function of the Reinforcement Fruit was to repair such hidden injuries. Ye Feng wanted to keep it for use in case such a situation occurred...
Moreover, his physical fitness might not be able to withstand it completely. According to Old Man Liu Tou, directly eating the Reinforcement Fruit would result in exploding and dying...
More importantly, Ye Feng always felt that the Reinforcement Fruit was not as simple as Old Man Liu Tou claimed, otherwise, it wouldn't have caused super powerhouses to fight over it...
Especially when he was at the Tyrannosaurus Rex base, Ye Feng heard Han Xianxing say that the Reinforcement Fruit was very likely the legendary "forbidden fruit," related to the divine tree Gaia...
"Hoo~"
Ye Feng let out a light sigh, put the Reinforcement Fruit back into his spatial storage, cleared his mind of distracting thoughts, and drifted off to sleep.
...
The next day,
"Yuan Ling, what do I need to do to advance from Silver High-rank to Gold?"
As they walked, Ye Feng asked Yuan Ling.
...