Chapter 716: Rewards Upgrade Again
The eight ambushers in front of him had no reason to be kept alive.
Ling Zhan pointed from afar, and the eight primordial spirit bodies erupted into screams and howls as they burned away.
Without skills, equipment, or support from four-dimensional attributes, the primordial spirit bodies were as fragile as jade bottles, shattering at a touch.
As for their corpses, Ling Zhan couldn't even be bothered to examine them.
A group of old folks who barely clawed their way to level 145, without even a single top-tier spiritual weapon, wouldn't have anything worthwhile in their inventory spaces.
"Let's go back."
Ling Zhan turned his head and said to Ansely before tapping the tip of his foot and heading toward their camp.
Ansely gazed at Ling Zhan with a mix of infatuation and deep admiration in her eyes.
One versus eight!
Complete domination!
Even Avril wouldn't have been able to pull this off!
In Ling Zhan's eyes, Ice Old Demon and the others were mere trash. But in Ansely's eyes, while they weren't exceptionally talented, their combat level and strength were genuine. Otherwise, they wouldn't have survived in the Sacred Continent for so long.
If Avril had been the one to face these eight old geezers' ambush, she would've had to retreat in panic.
In a one-on-one scenario, Avril could easily crush Ice Old Demon.
She could even instantly kill him.
But if three of those old geezers teamed up against her, she'd start sweating buckets and find it tough to cope.
If all eight of them attacked at once, Avril would only be able to run for her life.
And Ling Zhan?
Effortless!
Calm and composed!
Total annihilation with ease!
From start to finish, even during his movements and repositioning, his composure was palpable. Ansely even noticed that Ling Zhan's heartbeat remained utterly steady, as if unaffected!
Ansely completely understood now.
Avril's claim that her loss to Ling Zhan was due to carelessness was classic stubborn denial.
At this point, Ansely couldn't help but feel utterly astonished.
A non-specialist… is this strong!?
Is being non-specialist the ultimate cheat class?
...
When the two returned to camp, they found Avril and Adolphus already back.
However, they were in a disheveled state and visibly annoyed.
Seeing Ling Zhan and Ansely return, Avril and Adolphus both sighed in relief.
"Are you okay?"
Avril asked with concern.
Ansely glanced at the calm Ling Zhan, then lightly shook her head and replied, "We're fine. What about you?"
"Hmph! Don't even bring it up. It's infuriating!"
"Those two ambushers were like rats! After a sneak attack, they ran off without looking back. Adolphus and I chased them for a long way but couldn't catch them. Later, worried it might be a diversion to separate us, we hurried back. Luckily, you two are safe." Avril lightly patted her rather flat chest.
Ansely couldn't help but feel slightly speechless.
You realize it was a diversion, huh?
It's a good thing Ling Zhan was protecting her; otherwise, by the time Avril realized it, the situation would've been long over!
"From now on, no more acting alone. Let's stick together!"
Adolphus said in a somber tone.
Everyone nodded.
"Let's change our camp location. We can't stay here. The enemy's failed ambush means they'll definitely send stronger reinforcements next. Before that happens, we should move to shake them off and properly recover. After all, tomorrow is the day the Spirit Vault emerges," Ling Zhan calmly suggested.
Hearing this, everyone found it reasonable.
...
As Ling Zhan's group moved to another direction in the Dark Venom Mountain Range…
The two who had ambushed Avril managed to track the faint signals left by their teammates' life marks, eventually finding the mangled remains of their corpses.
Among the collapsed remains of equipment and weapons was none other than Ice Old Demon's Frost Staff.
"Dead!?"
The two stared at each other in shock, seeing the disbelief in one another's eyes.
They never would've imagined that Ice Old Demon was actually dead!
"The life marks of the others are also faint, and the ones they left with me are all shattered. It seems they didn't make it either…"
The two ambushers felt a heavy weight in their hearts.
Their plan had been to lure Avril and Adolphus away.
To split up the team and eliminate them one by one.
To ensure they could absolutely kill their targets, they had only sent two as bait, while the remaining eight ganged up on a lone target.
Yet even with such a plan…
All eight of them were wiped out!
At that moment.
The two instantly realized the severity of the situation and the inaccuracies in their mission intel!
Elder Sun Ge, who had sent them here, hadn't mentioned that this non-specialist was such a freak of nature!
Eight against two, with one of them being a fragile little healer!
And the result was still failure!
This…
"Let's report back to Elder Sun Ge!"
"Tell him the intel was wrong—this guy named Ling Zhan is no ordinary person!"
The two made their decision and fled immediately!
This place was no longer safe to stay!
...
...
After relocating to a safer and more secluded camp, they finally passed the night without further incident.
Even in the wilderness, Ling Zhan woke up early the next morning to complete the system-assigned daily tasks.
[10,000 push-ups, completed!]
[Freehand climbing of a 1,000-meter mountain, completed!]
[Carrying 5,000 kilograms for a five-kilometer sprint, completed!]
Ordinary people do push-ups at an average speed of one per second.
Ling Zhan does push-ups at a rate of 100 per second.
If anyone watched Ling Zhan do push-ups, they would undoubtedly be dumbfounded.
Because his movements were so fast, they'd even see overlapping afterimages!
The ground beneath him, unable to withstand his immense force, cracked apart.
Freehand climbing a 1,000-meter mountain was even simpler for Ling Zhan. Within a minute, he had scaled a Dark Venom-corroded peak, even temporarily removing his equipment to climb barehanded.
With his incredibly high resistance, even directly touching the poison-covered mountain caused him no harm.
The rewards for completing his daily tasks had also been upgraded.
[Reward 1: S-tier material random gift bag.]
[Reward 2: 2,000 free attribute points.]
[Reward 3: C-tier Eternal Pill random gift bag.]
Without hesitation, he chose Reward 2.
The sun grew brighter.
The vast Dark Venom Mountain Range once again emerged from the shadows of the night.
As the night receded, the sound of rushing wind could be heard throughout the mountain range. Figures darted like locusts toward the depths of the Dark Venom Mountain Range.
There, the rare Spirit Vault Secret Realm would open today!
No one wanted to miss this opportunity!
In the past, many had obtained top-tier resources from the Spirit Vault Secret Realm, awakening their potential and skyrocketing to fame.
Now, everyone was breathing heavily with excitement, hoping to get lucky inside the secret realm.
"Let's go!"
Avril and the others, having washed up and prepared, began their journey toward the depths of the Dark Venom Mountain Range.