"I don't even know what level of anomaly this stone tablet belongs to. Fortunately, I discovered the truth today, otherwise, if a Great Demon is cultivated out of it, I might not even know how I died." Zhang Chen gazed at the stone tablet, a hint of seriousness in his eyes.
He was no longer daring to feed it with blood, at least not until he had fully understood the nature of the stone tablet.
"This is indeed bizarre, a real anomaly placed right in front of me for research. If I can unravel any mysteries, I will feel more confident dealing with that damn Fox Spirit in the future." Zhang Chen stared at the stone tablet, pondering where to start.
After some thought, Zhang Chen muttered to himself, "My only means right now is the Light of the True God. I wonder if my Light of the True God can harm it?"
Thinking of this, Zhang Chen's heart stirred, and the Light of the True God surged within him, like a blazing sun, sweeping over the stone tablet with immense Divine Power.
But to Zhang Chen's disappointment, his Light of the True God had no effect on the stone tablet.
"Strange! My Light of the True God can only restrain the soul of the Little Fox and not its physical body. Even when the Little Fox's soul is hidden within its body, my Light of the True God cannot harm it. It seems the stone tablet is the same." Zhang Chen stood before the tablet, countless speculations flashing through his mind. "Or perhaps my Light of the True God only works on Soul Type powers? Both the Fox Spirit's body and the stone tablet are material entities of the real world. My Light of the True God can't interfere with the powers of the real world?"
Zhang Chen's thoughts flickered, his eyes watching the blood-red aura flowing over the stone tablet. Though it seemed to circulate externally, it was actually moving within the tablet, gathering like countless tiny blood vessels into a massive organ. The blood-red aura was merely the power of the large blood vessels inside the stone tablet, reflected externally, captured by his Dharma Eye.
"My Golden Light can't interfere with matter, but what if I press my hands directly on it? Directly touch the anomaly itself? After all, light does have penetrating properties," Zhang Chen muttered to himself.
Light has penetrating properties, such as passing through white paper or flesh. When someone holds a flashlight, covering the light source with their finger, the whole finger still glows.
"I wonder if my Golden Light can pierce through its material body and reach the hidden core within." Zhang Chen thought, slowly pressing his palm onto the stone tablet. The next moment, Zhang Chen's pupils contracted. In his Dharma Eye, his Golden Light penetrated about three to five millimeters into the stone tablet, shining directly on those countless tiny blood vessels, which then turned into void under the illumination. At that moment, two clusters of experience points dropped from the wound, falling at Zhang Chen's feet.
"What?" Zhang Chen was momentarily stunned by the scene, quickly retracting his hand and looking at the two clusters of Golden Light on the ground: Experience Points +10, +15.
These are experience points!
Zhang Chen immediately gathered the experience points, and then the Golden Finger Interface refreshed:
[Name: Zhang Chen]
[1 Skill (Second Tier): Light of the True God (0/5000)]
[2 Skill (Unranked): Dragon Qi (0/2000)]
[Points: 3375]
Zhang Chen was dumbfounded, staring at the stone tablet, watching as blood-red liquid began to seep from it again.
"Anomalies, when injured, can drop experience points?" A thought flashed through Zhang Chen's mind, and to verify his idea, he immediately pressed his hands, surrounded by golden light, onto the stone tablet again without hesitation.
"Buzz~"
As Zhang Chen pressed down, another patch of blood-red vessels disappeared from under the tablet's surface, and two more clusters of experience points dropped down:
Experience Points +16, Experience Points +8.
Zhang Chen withdrew his hands, eyes fixed on the experience points in front of him, shining brightly with excitement:
[Name: Zhang Chen]
[1 Skill (Second Tier): Light of the True God (0/5000)]
[2 Skill (Unranked): Dragon Qi (0/2000)]
[Points: 3399]
"As long as the anomaly is harmed, it drops experience points! This is incredibly good news for me!" A gleam of joy appeared in Zhang Chen's eyes. He finally understood why there were experience points scattered at his door after he opened it during a black wind and heavily wounded it.
"So that's it! That's it!" Zhang Chen's eyes shone as he looked at the stone tablet, seeing a vast trove of experience points. With this natural experience point extraction machine, why bother with grave digging? Just extract from the stone tablet directly.
"But I still need to be cautious. Even a cornered rabbit bites. This stone tablet is an anomaly, who knows what strange tricks it might have? What if it kills me while I'm off guard? That would be disastrous!" Zhang Chen looked at the stone tablet with a hint of vigilance. He certainly didn't believe an anomaly that lived off blood would be a pushover.
"I should have used the Dharma Eye earlier. When it dropped the Dragon Qi skill, I should have checked it then!" Zhang Chen continuously reflected on his carelessness, "I was too careless! In such a strange world, how could I be so careless?"
"From now on, I should frequently use the Dharma Eye, open it more often to stay safe, there's nothing wrong with that!" Zhang Chen reminded himself repeatedly.
"I just don't know which is stronger, the stone tablet or the Fox Spirit!" Zhang Chen pondered quietly.
He had now confirmed two factors: First, as long as the anomaly is harmed, it can drop experience points! Second, his Golden Light can penetrate matter and harm anomalies.
However, the stone tablet was stationary; it couldn't move. If it were a living entity, it would certainly not be easily held down by him. A living entity has a physical body and a life magnetic field; he wasn't sure if his Protective Divine Light could penetrate it.
"But dealing with the stone tablet in front of me is enough!" Zhang Chen thought without hesitation, his hands glowing with golden light as he pressed down on the stone tablet once more.
This was free experience points, after all!
Nowadays, digging up ancient tombs is difficult! Those tombs are as hard as rocks, just like boulders, making excavation labor-intensive!
And Zhang Chen also needed to seize the opportunity to eliminate the stone tablet, as it was surrounded by evil aura and looked anything but righteous. It was best to strike quickly while it had just awakened.
Now is the time to act, not wait for it to grow stronger! He wasn't an idiot, taking this chance to study the essence of anomalies.
ps: During the new book period, the little author earnestly asks everyone to follow the updates daily, please save this child. Honestly, the follow-up reading is not doing well at all, pleading with everyone. Once it's released, I will repay you all with hard work. Please...