20demayo Chapter 420: Loot Galore! Rare Ingredient: Dark Bear Heart!
Chapter 420: Loot Galore! Rare Ingredient: Dark Bear Heart!
Chapter 420: Loot Galore! Rare Ingredient: Dark Bear Heart!
The Fallen Bear Leader swung a kick, but it was too slow.
For Olaf, dodging such attacks is not difficult.
He nimbly dodged, continuing to swing his double axes and inflict sustained damage on the bear monster.
The remaining few bear monsters wanted to come up and help, but several elite skeleton warriors and zombies, who had been enhanced by the Undead Crown, led their reserve forces and pressed forward.
The elite skeleton warriors and zombies worked together seamlessly, successfully holding back the bear monsters and preventing them from getting close to the main battlefield.
While their attacks are unlikely to inflict significant damage on the enemy, holding them off for a short period is not difficult.
"shoot!"
Just then, the skeleton archers in the back row launched another attack, sending dozens of poison arrows flying at once.
Although the Fallen Bear Leader wanted to kill Olaf, who had just injured it, it knew that the putrefaction would do more harm to it.
So it didn't attack Olaf, but instead shuddered again, releasing a large amount of purplish-black mist.
The mist quickly spread out, attempting to heal its wounds and defend against external attacks.
Enveloped in mist, the skeleton archers' poison arrows once again failed to work, but this time Ark looked delighted.
Because after the opponent's defenses were weakened, his spells could still take effect even if he passed through the fog!
This time, Ark didn't unleash a direct damage skill, but rather the ever-reliable and increasingly useful Rot Aura.
The Light Punishment skill that Hong Yang just released at a huge cost not only greatly weakened the Fallen Bear Monster leader's surface defense, but also weakened its resistance to various negative statuses at a deeper level.
Therefore, the rotten aura that had previously failed finally took effect on the Fallen Bear Leader.
As the decaying aura eroded the Fallen Bear Leader's body, changes began to appear.
Its enormous body was covered with a dozen or so pustules of varying sizes.
These pustules constantly oozed a foul-smelling liquid, causing the bear monster immense suffering.
To make matters worse, it is also cursed, which greatly reduces its attack frequency, attack power, and movement speed.
At this moment, Olaf unleashed Bloodlust once more, inflicting another massive wound on it.
This attack not only severely damaged the bear monster's left leg once again, but also caused half of its body to sway.
This scene surprised even Fangzhou.
The fallen bear leader doesn't look too good.
If Olaf were to deliver a few more powerful blows, could he possibly cut off its legs as well?
What is the reason for this?
Fangzhou quickly analyzed the situation.
It's possible that the combined effects of Light's Punishment and the Rot Aura caused a significant decrease in the Fallen Bear Leader's defense and resistance.
But in any case, their attack was effective.
This means there is a possibility of killing the other party.
Fangzhou didn't believe that the opponent could keep using that purplish-black mist indefinitely!
Under Ark's cautious command, none of the combat trainees approached the increasingly frenzied leader of the Fallen Bear Monsters.
The only things it can vent its anger on are skeleton warriors and zombies—a bunch of dead things.
Just as Ark had predicted, although the Fallen Bear Monster leader was incredibly powerful, it still needed to expend energy to use its skills.
After releasing three bursts of purplish-black mist to significantly restore its condition, it could no longer release any more.
So Ark readily commanded the skeleton archers to unleash a volley of fire at it.
The Fallen Bear Demon leader's colossal six-meter-tall body looked extremely imposing and powerful, but it was also the perfect target.
Even skeleton archers, whose shooting accuracy isn't very high, have a hard time missing their shots.
Therefore, almost every volley of fire can inflict significant damage on it.
Despite being the leader of a bear monster with a higher racial combat power coefficient, extremely high physical attributes, and extremely tenacious vitality, how many times could it withstand such an attack?
Soon, Fangzhou and his team got the answer: five times.
On the fifth attempt, the leader of the Fallen Bear Monsters seemed to sense the danger he was in and turned to run away.
However, its movement speed was far slower than the speed of the arrows, and eventually its back was riddled with poisoned arrows, turning it into a hedgehog.
His body was covered with at least two hundred arrows.
Under the watchful eye of the Ark's Soul Eagle, the monster's soul light was completely extinguished.
As it fell, a large amount of thin, purplish-black mist began to escape uncontrollably from its body, adding a negative status effect of rotting aura to the nearby undead creatures.
However, this is just a minor matter.
With a single swing of his warhammer, the highly skilled priest Hong Yang completely purified it.
The students of Haicheng Military Academy couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Thanks to Hong Yang's Light Punishment skill, which reduces defense and resistance.
It was also thanks to the Ark's undead army, their tireless and relentless attacks, and the Ark's unpredictable and incredibly powerful necromancy.
Although it was a fierce battle, they managed to kill the leader of the Fallen Bear Monsters without paying a heavy price.
After eliminating this formidable enemy, the remaining few bear monsters were naturally no match for them and were quickly slaughtered like vegetables.
During this process, the combat power of the undead creatures truly surprised the members of the Gale Squad.
Skeleton warriors and zombies, these undead creatures, were originally considered cannon fodder.
Every well-trained human professional can easily fight against 10 times their number of low-level undead creatures.
However, to their surprise, the tactical coordination and individual combat strength of these low-level undead creatures in the battle to exterminate the Fallen Bear Monster were far stronger than they had imagined.
Of course, this is also directly related to the fact that the bear monster is too clumsy.
Although they are very large, their attack speed is too slow.
Under the command of Olaf and the undead lieutenant, even the skeleton warriors could easily dodge the opponent's attacks.
As the last bear monster fell to the ground, Hong Yang and his Gale Squad collapsed to the ground with a sigh of relief.
They fought an extremely difficult battle.
In the end, they exhausted all their magic power and battle energy.
If this continues, their troops will certainly suffer casualties.
This was also due to their recklessness; without properly scouting the terrain, they ventured rashly into this rotting forest, where they encountered this group of fallen bear monsters.
Without the powerful assistance provided by the Ark and the Cataclysm Squad, they would never have been able to achieve victory.
Although the bear monster has a slow attack and movement speed, its attack is quite powerful once it launches an attack.
Fortunately, the rewards after the victory were also quite good, with a considerable amount of military merits and various materials such as bear skin, bear meat, bear heart, and bear gallbladder.
In particular, the fangs and claws of these bear monsters are rare casting materials.
All together, they are worth at least several thousand contribution points.
As for magic stones or anything like that, there wasn't a single one.
These bear monsters seem to have no concept of money, and naturally they don't carry any magic stones with them.
In addition, many purplish-black, pigeon-egg-sized negative energy crystals were also dissected from the corpse of the elite bear monster.
These crystals are not only good alchemy materials, but also spellcasting materials that can be used by some negative energy professionals, and can be sold directly for money.
They are basically priced the same as rare gemstones like pearls and agates, and can be redeemed for many contribution points.
Even more valuable spoils were obtained from the fallen bear leader.
First, there was a fist-sized, pure black dark bear heart.
However, it is no longer a material, but has become an edible resource filled with dark power.
【Dark Bear Heart】(Green, Excellent, Food): The essence of life and power of a fallen bear leader, a superior natural ingredient. Consuming it will subject you to the ravages of dark, corrupted power. Passing the willpower test will slightly increase your Strength and Constitution attributes; failing the willpower test will result in the corruption of corrupted energy. (Note: Mind immunity can directly exempt you from the relevant tests.)
Its effects are very simple and unpretentious, but no one can deny its power.
For any profession, the higher the four core attributes, the better.
Although for a necromancer like Ark, the most needed primary attribute is naturally the spirit attribute.
However, this dark bear heart can bring a dual increase in strength and physique, making it a rare and precious ingredient.
Fang Zhou studied at the Haicheng Military Academy, and in the past six months, he had only come into contact with attribute-enhancing elixirs, a resource that could directly increase attributes.
Rare ingredients like dark bear heart are unlikely to end up in the hands of these lower-grade students.
Of course, the negative effects of this dark bear heart are also terrifying.
Users must endure the invasion of the dark and corrupting power contained within, and can only enjoy the effect of attribute growth through willpower judgment.
If one's will is weak and one fails to pass the relevant assessment, then there is a risk of corruption and depravity.
However, Ark looked at the gleaming Heart Steel rune in its World Rune section and a smile appeared on its lips.
He is protected by the will of the Blue Star, making him immune to mind control effects at the Silver level and below.
This means that he can completely ignore the negative effects of this dark ambition.
This was a very rare opportunity to directly increase attributes, and Ark immediately made use of it.
The other trainees naturally had no objections.
After all, Ark was the main force of damage output in the battle just now.
Next are the claws and fangs of the Fallen Bear Demon leader, both of which are rare alchemy materials with dark attributes.
Such materials are undoubtedly coveted treasures for alchemists or certain professions.
Considering that some members of the team might need these materials, Ark did not immediately take possession of the loot, but chose to keep it for later distribution at a suitable time.
After carefully examining the remains of the bear-like leader, the Ark made a new discovery.
A magic crystal emanating a faint aura of darkness lay quietly inside its chest cavity.
This is the second magic crystal that Ark has personally obtained, in addition to the previous Ferocious Ant Queen Magic Crystal.
It just so happens that the life crystals that Instructor Shen Hongyu provided to Fangzhou before were all apprentice-level, which no longer have much effect after Fangzhou broke through to the average level of Black Iron.
With the attribute panel at his fingertips, Ark could completely purify this magic crystal into a life crystal using his soul power.
Therefore, he naturally accepted it with a smile.
Then there was a whole bearskin covered with strange runes.
This is a piece of equipment exclusively for the Druid variant class, [Bear Caller].
[Wild Bear Bloodskin] (Green, Excellent, Equipment) Exclusive equipment for Wild Bear Summoners. While providing considerable defense, it also increases the number of contracts the wearer has with bear monsters, resulting in a higher probability of raising elite bear monsters that are stronger and more intelligent.
This is an excellent piece of green, high-quality equipment.
However, for Ark, a mage dedicated to manipulating the undead, this piece of equipment was practically worthless.
However, this is, after all, a natural forest, and many natural races have drifted here through spatial turbulence.
Perhaps Ark will encounter the relevant Furious Bear Callers in the future, and then use this minor class-specific item to make some trades with them.
With that in mind, Fang Zhou accepted the Berserker Blood Hide.
After all, one reason is that he is now the captain and has absolute authority over the distribution of items.
On the other hand, the combined contribution value of his teammates was far less than his, so they had virtually no right to speak.
Finally, there was a rough piece of tree bark with some characters written on it in a very messy way that the Ark couldn't understand at all.
The blood-red skull pattern at the end of the bark was unusually clear.
This definitely represents killing or destruction; without a doubt, it's a quest item.
Perhaps we could ask the eagle mother, Destiny, or the flower fairy sentinel, to see if they can decipher the text and perhaps glean some important clues from it.
After selecting the valuable items, Ark lost interest in the rest.
He gestured to the other trainees that they could choose as they pleased, while he turned to look at the knowledgeable Liu Diewu.
Do you know any students who are Awakened Bear Caller?
Liu Diewu shook her head slightly.
"I have never heard of anyone at the Haicheng Military Academy becoming aware of this profession."
The Bear Summoner is extremely rare among humans and is more likely associated with elves.
In the mythological world, elves are a vast race, comprising multiple subspecies, each with its own unique way of life and cultural background.
For example, the Dark Elves are cruel and vicious, and they live by capturing slaves.
They frequently sail the massive Black Ark, made from fragments of islands and even continents, and roam the oceans with tyranny, belonging to the typical lawful evil faction.
Their social structure is extremely harsh, valuing strength and authority, and showing no mercy to the weak.
In contrast, the moon elves are completely different.
They live on the surface or on islands, love peace and trade, and maintain good relations with other races.