Chapter 34: The Ninth Arch of the Century Bridge, and the Forge Castle Again

Chapter 34: The Ninth Arch of the Century Bridge, and the Forge Castle Again

Within the lair, hundreds of insect eggs were all turned into experience under the flames, and the data prompts began to flood the screen.

[Hunt the Abyssal Tide Worm Larva, absorb 1 point of demon energy.]



[Hunt the Abyssal Tide Worm Larva, absorb 1 point of demon energy.]



Absorbing a massive amount of demon energy, Lu Heng leveled up to level 10 in one go, with all attributes +1, and the [Agile as Dragon] talent provided an additional +0.3 agility, bringing his agility attribute to 23 points.

Su Muyu's level also caught up, reaching level 9.

The explosion at Dragonbone Reef caught the attention of the dozen or so ships on the sea, and some of them began to approach the reef.

Before the flames could die down, Lu Heng released his shadow clone and entered the fire to search for the demon crystal core, "Use the Recon Eagle to find the crystal core, and once we get the items, we'll leave."

Su Muyu quickly controlled the Recon Eagle and flew into the fire to search for the demon crystal core.

Under the scorching flames, the Recon Eagle was quickly burned away.

However, her perception ability had improved, and she quickly located the positions of three demon crystal cores.

Releasing the Recon Eagle again, she retrieved two demon crystal cores from the fire.

For the last demon crystal core, Lu Heng controlled his shadow clone, used his sword to pry open the mother worm's shell, and took it out.

With three crystal cores in hand, the two of them got on their motorcycles, activated the [Invisible Veil], and passed by a yacht, leaving quietly.

...

The dozen or so ships rushed towards Dragonbone Reef, and two of them crashed into the shallows.

A dozen metahuman teams boarded Dragonbone Reef and saw the large hole blasted out of the reef, as well as the charred remains of the Abyssal Mother Worm at the edge of the hole.

Each of the top-tier metahumans with deep backgrounds had mixed expressions.

The man who would later be known as the "Gale Fist King," Lei Jin Hao, also boarded Dragonbone Reef.

He had been determined to obtain the mother worm's crystal core, and even though he was not fully recovered, he personally came to command his men to hunt down the mother worm.

However, after throwing down hundreds of depth charges, they came up empty-handed.

An elderly man in his fifties, holding a pipe, walked up to the silver-haired man and said leisurely, "Lei Jin Hao, it seems we've done someone else's bidding this time."

The silver-haired man, known as Lei Jin Hao, gave him a cold look and asked his men, "Did anyone see who killed the mother worm in the end?"

One of the metahumans raised their hand and said, "I think I saw a man and a woman on Dragonbone Reef earlier."

"A man and a woman?" Lei Jin Hao narrowed his eyes slightly.

...

At this moment.

The man and woman that these people spoke of had already returned to the hotel.

"Let's divide the spoils," Lu Heng said as he laid out their haul on the table.

Earlier, at Gardenia Beach, they had hunted the Abyssal Tide Worm and obtained three crystal cores.

Among them, the [Prism Tower Shield] crystal core had already been given to Su Muyu to use.

The remaining two were the [Corrosive Mucus] and a regular crystal core.

By killing the mother worm tonight, they obtained three more crystal cores.

To be precise, two of them were flat, block-shaped crystals, appearing semi-transparent orange-red.

When Lu Heng saw the color, he had a good idea of what it was, and upon checking the data, it was indeed as he thought.

[Tempering Essence: Used for tempering materials, tempering weapons and equipment with corresponding materials can enhance their power and grade.]



Two pieces of Tempering Essence, and the third was a skill crystal core, [Tide Worm Shell].

[Tide Worm Shell]



[Skill Level: C-Rank]



[Skill Consumption: 50 Essence Energy/day (Chitin Layer Growth Period)]



[Skill Effect: Generates a permanent chitin layer on the body, which hardens into a shell when it reaches a certain thickness, providing extremely strong defense.]



How strong was the defense of this skill crystal core? The mother worm's shell withstanding the depth charges was proof.

However, the shell formed by this skill is permanent, unless cut off with a knife, otherwise, the Tide Worm Shell will remain on the body forever.

This skill is quite unique, and in terms of effect, it is indeed powerful, but due to certain special reasons, it is often not highly priced.

After all, most people cannot accept having their bodies covered in Tide Worm Shells, as it would be too unsightly.

"This [Tide Worm Shell]..."

"You don't want to learn this skill either, right?" Lu Heng said to Su Muyu with a mischievous smile.

"Umm... no way!" Su Muyu shook her head vigorously, refusing to learn such a bizarre skill.

"Then let's put these two crystal cores aside for now," Lu Heng put the Corrosive Mucus and Tide Worm Shell crystal cores to the side.

Su Muyu suddenly smiled playfully, pointing at the Tide Worm Shell crystal core, she said, "You can learn this one, it might make you look really cool."

"Hmm? Now you're teasing me, aren't you?"

Lu Heng found her playful attitude adorable. In his memory, she had never joked like this before; back then, beneath her calm exterior, there was always a hint of sadness.

Su Muyu covered her mouth to hide her laughter, finally getting a chance to tease him back.

After laughing for a while, she turned to more serious matters, "So, how do we use these two pieces of Tempering Essence?"

"Do you remember Forge Castle? Once we find the entrance to Forge Castle, we can use these two pieces of essence to temper the weapons and enhance their attributes," Lu Heng first stored the two pieces of Tempering Essence in his inventory.

Su Muyu blinked in surprise, "You mean, Forge Castle is on Bluesphere right now?"

Lu Heng corrected her, "If Forge Castle successfully escapes the Abyssal World, it should be in the overlapping space between the two worlds right now."

"So, should we go look for the entrance to Forge Castle now?"

Su Muyu suddenly felt like visiting Forge Castle, after all, they had helped Forge Castle escape the Abyss together, and she didn't know if they had succeeded in the end.

"We can go and look, but I'm not sure if the entrance has appeared yet," Lu Heng recalled the entrance to the Forge Castle from his past life, which was extremely well-hidden, impossible to find using ordinary methods.

"Then let's go. I wonder if that short guy, Gulu, succeeded or not," Su Muyu found the Tempering Master named Gulu quite interesting.

"Alright. Let's meet at 8 PM tonight and look for the entrance to Forge Castle."

Having obtained the Tempering Essence, they could try tempering their weapons to increase their power.

...

At 8 PM.

Su Muyu arrived right on time, having dressed up a bit before coming. She wore new leather shoes, her hair half-tied in a ponytail, and a light blue hairband.

"Where are we going?"

"The Ninth Arch of Century Bridge."

The night view near the beach of Century Bridge was very beautiful.

The night market lights along the Embankment Road and the colorful outline lights on Century Bridge were connected, resembling a sea of neon lights.

When they arrived at the Binhai Century Bridge, Su Muyu blinked repeatedly, counting three times.

Whether counting from left to right or right to left, there were only eight arches under the Binhai Century Bridge.

"One, two, three... eight. Did you say the Ninth Arch earlier?" Su Muyu began to doubt her memory.

"It's the Ninth Arch," Lu Heng said, leading her under the Century Bridge.

As they reached the bottom of the bridge, the light gradually dimmed.

Lu Heng pointed at the bridge's underside and said, "Look carefully, is there a ninth arch?"

Indeed, there were only eight arches under the Binhai Century Bridge, each spanning over a hundred meters, with the entire bridge stretching over a thousand meters.

After the Deep Abyss Invasion, the spaces of the two worlds would overlap.

The Deep Abyss Invasion wasn't instantaneous; instead, the space overlap occurred gradually.

The Ninth Arch was a result of this space overlap.

However, it was impossible to find the Ninth Arch with the naked eye; only a metahuman with powerful perception skills could locate it through investigation.

Following Lu Heng's instructions, Su Muyu released the Recon Eagle and activated its invisibility detection ability, flying into the bridge's underside to investigate.

Then, something magical happened; a new arch appeared at the bottom of the bridge.

This arch resembled a door, emitting a faint glow, leading to an unknown place.

"I see it, so amazing!" Her tone was filled with astonishment.

"Let's go and see if we can enter," Lu Heng was also delighted to hear that the Ninth Arch had appeared.

With her eyes closed, Su Muyu relied on the Recon Eagle's vision, holding Lu Heng's hand as they walked into the Ninth Arch of Century Bridge.

(End of Chapter)

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