After muttering a complaint, Li Xiuman struggled to sit up.
The bones in his body immediately let out a loud cracking sound, as if they were going to shatter into pieces the next second.
He had no time to worry about the lizardmen still stuck in the mud.
Harvesting the lizardman's horns and magic stone, Li Xiuman swiftly left the scene.
Turning left and right, he ducked into a cavern marked on his map.
Only after slipping inside the cavern did he completely let his guard down.
Leaning against the stone wall of the cavern, he stared at the green, glowing chest that had been floating in front of him all this time.
He reached out to touch the chest, slowly opening it.
As the chest opened, a green beam of light rose from within.
[Ding! Obtained item: Lizardman King Armguard (Green)]
[Fire Lizardman King Armguard] An armguard crafted from a lizardman king's horn. Infused with the power of flame, activating it allows the user to enter a state of fire possession. Cooldown: 24 hours.
A dark-red armguard floated out of the chest.
Flame patterns were etched onto it, making it look exceptionally extraordinary.
“Is this... a magic item?” Li Xiuman murmured as he examined the armguard.
Then, he fitted the armguard onto his right arm and tried striking it with his bone sword.
A red halo lit up on the armguard, deflecting the bone sword.
“Not bad, not bad!” Li Xiuman looked at the armguard, extremely satisfied.
Next, he tried looking at the other items on his body, activating Appraisal.
Sure enough, a quality column appeared on the items.
His sturdy magic light armor was, without exception, all White-quality gear.
The earring Ilu had given him was Blue quality.
Surprisingly, his wand was actually Blue quality as well.
[Special Alloy Wand] Forged from various hard alloys and embedded with a precious, high-grade water magic stone. Extremely hard. Enhances the effects of water magic.
Did just the “extremely hard” effect alone get it to Blue quality...
Just how hard is this wand?
Regardless of how Li Xiuman abused it, not a single scratch ever appeared on it.
He raised his armguard and tried activating its magical effect.
Crimson flames instantly swept over his entire body, wrapping him completely in fire.
It was as if he were cosplaying Ghost Rider.
Raising his hand, he casually conjured a Fireball. The flames inside him felt inexhaustible.
This was exactly the state of the Lizardman King during its second phase.
In other words, he had now obtained the abilities of the Lizardman King's second phase.
He decided to test its power.
The power was about the same as the Fireball he cast himself.
The flames burned for about three minutes before dispersing, and the armguard entered its twenty-four-hour cooldown.
He could use this as a finishing move.
Afterward, Li Xiuman quietly waited until his mana and body recovered before leaving the cave to delve even deeper.
His target this time wasn't just the Lizardman King.
He wanted to clear down to the lowest floor possible, raise his level to Lv20, and then evolve.
On his fourth day in the dungeon, Li Xiuman once again fought his way down to the twenty-first floor.
As before, lava and charred black rocks were everywhere.
He held his wand in his hand, with the red horn of the Lizardman King strapped to his back.
Because the lizardman's horn was too large to fit in his travel bag, he had to carry it on his back.
Consequently, his current appearance was exceptionally eye-catching.
To level up quickly, he took out the Lizardman King's magic stone, injected mana into it, and used it to lure the Molten Six-Legged Crocodiles from beneath the magma.
Soon, molten fireballs began shooting up from under the magma.
Three molten crocodiles crawled out from the lava, charging toward Li Xiuman in coordination.
“Nice, plenty of spirit!” Li Xiuman looked at the three molten crocodiles, drew his bone sword from between his ribs, and charged forward to meet them.
Nimbly dodging the fireballs, he raised his wand.
“Water Flow!”
A magic circle lit up, and water shot out like a whip, binding the nearest molten crocodile.
Then he leaped high into the air, slashing down with his bone sword.
Entangled by the water, the crocodile had nowhere to dodge and could only look up to spit a fireball.
The remaining two molten crocodiles also rushed over at high speed, snapping their jaws.
“Too slow.”
“Ground Spike!”
Sharp stone spikes erupted from the ground one after another, stopping the other two molten crocodiles for a brief moment.
The oncoming fireball was sliced in half by his bone sword, which was coated in gale-force winds.
The bone sword pierced brutally through the molten crocodile's skull, pinning it to the ground.
[Ding! Killed Molten Six-Legged Crocodile Lv19.]
[Experience +600]
A one-hit kill.
Stepping on the crocodile's head, Li Xiuman pulled out his bone sword and waved his wand.
The wand, enveloped in a wind vortex, smashed a flying fireball. Splattering flames covered his body but caused no harm.
“Roar, roar, roar!”
The remaining two molten crocodiles paced around, growling threateningly instead of approaching. The corpse of their companion made them realize the danger.
It wasn't until they had boxed Li Xiuman in from the front and back that they simultaneously spewed lava and charged at him.
Taking the opportunity, Li Xiuman unfurled his bone wings, pushed off with both feet, and leaped into the air.
At the same time, he raised his wand.
“Tier 1 Magic, Wind Spiral Spike!”
Yellow and indigo magic circles unfolded. The earth element instantly gathered into a spiral stone spike, propelled and spun by wind magic.
Then, with an air-rending screech, the stone spike rotated and traced an afterimage through the air, striking one of the molten crocodiles.
However, because he had to charge the spell, it didn't hit the head precisely, instead tearing off its tail.
The pain made it writhe, but it also provoked its ferocity.
It roared and spat fireballs frantically.
Li Xiuman flapped his bone wings to dodge the fireballs while raising his wand.
“Tier 1 Magic, Water Shield!”
Water condensed into a whirlpool, covering his left arm.
Raising his left arm to block the unavoidable fireballs, he dived down toward the molten crocodile.
The molten crocodile suddenly opened its wide maw, which was dripping with lava, and lunged up from the ground, attempting to tear Li Xiuman apart.
Facing the wide-open mouth, Li Xiuman gripped his wand tight, enhanced his power with [Great Strength], and threw it with the momentum of his dive.
The wand shot down like a spear, straight toward the gaping, bloody maw.
In an instant, the wand impaled the molten crocodile's lower jaw, pinning it to the ground.
Li Xiuman gripped his bone sword, stepped heavily onto the crocodile's head, and stabbed downward, piercing its brain.
[Ding! Killed Molten Six-Legged Crocodile Lv17.]
[Experience +480]
But the other molten crocodile seized the opportunity to leap, biting at Li Xiuman's neck.
“A sneak attack? Good move!”
Li Xiuman praised it as he leaned back, arching his waist and kicking out violently in tandem.
This was the very move Ilu had used to mess with him.
The kick struck the ambush crocodile's jaw, sending it flying.
“Great spirit of water, show your pride!”
“Tier 1 Magic, Water Spirit Arrow!”
In front of his outstretched palm, a blue magic circle lit up.
Water condensed into arrows, shooting out of the magic circle and leaving blue trails as they struck the molten crocodile's head.
The lava-like skin on its head was instantly pierced, freezing into solid stone.
Realizing things were going south, the sole remaining molten crocodile turned and bolted toward the lava.
The bone sword in Li Xiuman's hand quickly elongated, morphing into a sharp bone spear.
“Swift whirlwind, grant me the blessing of precision.”
“Tier 1 Magic, Precision!”
A whirlwind enveloped the bone spear, adjusting its flight trajectory as Li Xiuman threw it.
It pierced the neck with pinpoint accuracy, pinning the molten crocodile to the ground.
The molten crocodile struggled frantically, leaving its neck a bloody mess.
Li Xiuman unhurriedly retrieved his wand from the mouth of the dead crocodile beneath him, walked over to the struggling crocodile, and aimed at its head.
“Don't move. It'll be over soon.”
He smashed it down violently.
Its skull caved in instantly, bursting into a mist of blood.
[Ding! Killed Molten Six-Legged Crocodile Lv20.]
[Experience +650]
[Proficiency has met the requirement. Obtained skill: Close Combat Lv1.]
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