Chapter 482 - 250: Longevity Flower, Melting Sacred Flame

Chapter 482: Chapter 250: Longevity Flower, Melting Sacred Flame

Fifty more years of life?

’If An Zheng heard about this, he’d probably cry, right?’

Rhine walked over to them, holding the Longevity Flower. It was a completely white flower that emitted a faint, golden-green glow.

"I found this in the stomach of that Demon we just killed."

’So it really is one.’

Lu Cang had specifically looked through encyclopedias of all kinds of medicinal ingredients.

He was quite knowledgeable about those that extended one’s lifespan, and this was undoubtedly a Longevity Flower.

’This is the kind of thing you’d expect to find in some Ancient Ruins someone else was exploring.’

’Something like this should be one of the final rewards of the ruins, right? Yet it just dropped...’

’Is the drop rate really that high?’

’If that’s the case... I might need to change my plans.’

In his previous simulations, he hadn’t drawn this particular game.

And when Lu Cang had killed Demons, they had never dropped anything.

But now, it seemed like killing even a random one yielded such a good reward...

Rhine wasn’t greedy at all and handed the Longevity Flower directly to Yelieya.

This made Yelieya feel a little embarrassed.

’I didn’t even bother to collect the loot, but this guy found it and just gave it to me so generously.’

Yelieya: "So... what should we do now?"

"There seems to be a Tier Five Dungeon nearby."

Lu Cang: "Hmm... Something just occurred to me."

’Time to find an excuse to leave them for a bit.’

’If these monsters can also drop Potions of the Realm of Ascension, then I should take this opportunity to farm some more.’

Through his simulations, Lu Cang had already run through what would happen after he obtained the Realm of Ascension.

The effect of the Realm of Ascension was to lower the requirements for his next promotion.

’But just a few doses feel like they’re far from enough for my needs.’

’I’d probably have to save them for a critical moment, meaning I’d still have to struggle through the previous breakthrough requirements.’

’But if I can farm a lot of them, say, a few hundred, then I wouldn’t need to be frugal at all...’

’One Realm of Ascension per Level breakthrough... it’s not like I have hundreds of Levels waiting for me to break through, right?’

Rhine: "Something that occurred to you?"

"Yeah. Back where it was explaining the Rules, there was a pattern that caught my eye, but I couldn’t figure it out at the time."

"Thinking about it now, it might actually be significant."

"I want to go back and try to solve the puzzle..."

"You two don’t need me for combat, and having you protect me would just make me a burden."

"So I think I’ll head back first."

Rhine scratched his head. "Uh... that’s true. It is a bit dangerous for you to be running Dungeons."

Although a Level Four Root Mage wasn’t in *that* much danger, it was hard to say for sure if Lu Cang really didn’t participate in combat.

Rhine and Yelieya had now forgotten that Lu Cang also had the Prophet Profession.

"I think there must be other ways to get points besides this one. I’ll keep myself safe."

Yelieya: "Alright, then. Be careful."

Not having to bring a burden along was something of a relief for them.

Lu Cang said his goodbyes and turned to leave, re-entering the door that never disappeared.

He was back in the chaotic Land of Trial.

Every door led to chaos and the unknown.

Lu Cang looked into the Future, only to see it in complete disarray, making it impossible to know where he would end up.

Lu Cang performed another Divination for himself.

Among the thirty-two doors, he chose the one at the twelve o’clock position.

And walked inside.

SWOOSH—

Lu Cang stepped through the door.

BOOM!

A flash of purple lightning split the sky! Dark clouds gathered, and a torrential downpour soaked the land!

The ground wasn’t the color of normal earth, but a sheet of pure white.

The moment he landed, he saw ferocious Demons swarming from all directions!

ROAR!

Countless Demons pounced toward Lu Cang!

"This is..."

Lu Cang processed the information his Perception Talent brought back.

"A Demon Gathering Land?"

The Demons here were far more numerous than usual.

BANG!

Pillars of ice shot up, and in an instant, every Demon charging at him was impaled through.

"The wish has been fulfilled."

His wish to leave the Ancient Ruins alive had now come true.

Lu Cang released Elpham’s Undead form, and his Perception Range instantly expanded to twenty thousand kilometers, sweeping across the entire island.

’This island is really small.’

It only had a radius of about fifteen thousand kilometers. Lu Cang didn’t even need to act personally to destroy the entire island; releasing a few giant trees would be enough.

However, the nature of this island was extremely unusual.

The concentrated tide of Demons was so thick it was almost tangible. Lu Cang estimated that even without him intentionally gathering them, a Tier Seven Dungeon could form on its own.

This place was the Original White Land.

"To think I’d end up here..."

"Those doors really do send you to random places."

"Hmm, this place is pretty good. No need to keep jumping around."

’If I travel through them too frequently, who knows what dangerous place I might end up in...’

’Once is enough.’

SWOOSH—

The Source of Calamity appeared beside Lu Cang.

At the same time, a huge, pitch-black mountain materialized.

The Muddy Ant Mountain.

The entire Ant Mountain seemed to be constantly oozing a black, oily sludge, but it wasn’t oil—it was Black Ants.

Lu Cang waved his hand toward the Ant Mountain.

WHOOSH—

A golden flame swept over it.

The entire thick Ant Mountain was scraped clean. The massive mountain instantly became a whole layer thinner. The Black Ants had been piled up on its surface, forming a "sludge" of unknown meters in thickness.

In an instant, he gained another trillion souls.

’This is really useful.’

As the Thousand Army Ant Mountain continued to advance, its efficiency at producing Black Ants became more and more terrifying, on a completely different order of magnitude than before.

The current Muddy Ant Mountain had officially become a Tier Six Nation Destruction Level Demon.

But even at this Level, it could still only produce Tier Two and Tier Three ants, not any High Tier Demons.

As compensation for this drawback, however...

...its efficiency at producing Black Ants was astonishing. In just a single day, it could produce over a hundred billion Black Ants even with almost no tide of Demons.

If the tide of Demons was thick enough, it could produce over a trillion Black Ants in a single day.

After the Ant Mountain became a Tier Six Demon, Lu Cang could finally use trillion-count Soul Bursts wantonly every day, using massive amounts of souls without any restraint.

SCREECH—

In the sky, the Source of Calamity circled!

It let out a continuous shriek!

More and more Dungeons began to gather around it.

Before long, a dozen or so Tier Six Dungeons had formed, and the tide of Demons here was still incredibly thick.

Even as the tide of Demons was consumed, it was being constantly replenished.

Drawing on his rich experience with Sacrifices as a Death Priest, Lu Cang began to offer up these Dungeons. If he was only pursuing quantity, there was no need to clear the Dungeons at all; he just had to farm them over and over.

First, one hundred thousand souls...

WHOOSH—

Souls poured into the Dungeon, and the entrance before him gradually turned blackish-red.

Once the Sacrifice was complete, Lu Cang walked straight in.

Inside, he was met by a veritable army of Lord and King Level Tier Six Demons!

Lu Cang now understood their classification system.

Fifth Shedding was Submerged Land, Fourth Shedding was Nation Destruction, Third Shedding was Monarch, and Second Shedding was Lord. As for the First and Zeroth Sheddings, they were also Lords, but the difference was too small to distinguish.

SWOOSH—

Behind Lu Cang, a giant white tree appeared.

His Undead: the Pure White Tree.

The moment the white tree appeared, a ripple of white mixed with a faint, dark green instantly spread out!

WHOOSH!

Wherever this ripple passed, the bodies of all Demons shattered in an instant!

They were instantly disintegrated, becoming nutrients for the Pure White Tree.

Beside Lu Cang, the Perception of his Level 6 Observer Undead swept the area.

Lu Cang raised his hand, and item after item flew into his grasp.

"Another Longevity Flower?"

"Is the drop rate really this high? It’s supposed to be so rare..."

This wave had killed about five thousand Demons, dropping a Longevity Flower and a fire seed called "Melting Sacred Flame."

"Melting Sacred Flame, ranked 78th on the flame leaderboard."

When Blacksmiths forged powerful equipment, ordinary flames could no longer meet their needs. Those precious materials were far beyond the melting point of common fire.

They had to seek out more powerful flames to aid in their Forging.

The Melting Sacred Flame was one such flame.

"A flame from some ’Anomalous Fire’ list..."

Sigh.

There were quite a few rankings for everything in this world, but most of the ones he’d seen in Lorren were probably unofficial lists.

Those guys in Lorren were ignorant, and the people who wrote the books weren’t necessarily any more knowledgeable.

So the books were a mixed bag of the good and the bad. Lu Cang had often encountered situations where the knowledge in two different books contradicted each other.

"Still, it’s a good fire seed."

The Melting Sacred Flame specialized in smelting durable objects. The tougher and more indestructible something was, the more easily this flame could melt it.

Even if not used for smithing, this flame was extremely useful.

WHOOSH!

In an instant, the fire seed flared up.

It formed a blackish-red flame in Lu Cang’s hand.

Fire Magic could also control this fire seed, though it was a bit troublesome to do so...

Moreover, he couldn’t use Magic through the fire seed.

However, seeing this fire seed sparked an idea in Lu Cang’s mind.

’It would be great if I could make this flame usable for my Magic.’

"Five thousand Demons dropping this many good things... the drop rate really isn’t low."

At the same time, Lu Cang glanced at the leaderboard.

In just that short moment, his rank had shot up from last place with 0 points to second place, with over four hundred thousand points.

The points were supposed to be between 50 and 100, with an average of 75.

But now it seemed his average score was above 85. It looked like his luck stat wasn’t too low.

He then looked at third place.

The person in third had only just over four thousand points.

’It seems the difficulty in this stage isn’t just killing Demons... finding them is also part of the challenge.’