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Chapter 707: "Flame Stick"
Chapter 707: "Flame Stick"
"Watch out for the sword!"
Xiao Tian took out the "Best Sword in the Village" that Su Yu had given her and pointed it at the large statue charging towards her.
Buzz—
The rusted blade of the Best Sword in the Village separated from the hilt and fell to the ground.
At the same time, the statue's core control area malfunctioned completely. Its body continued to rush forward, but this was only due to inertia.
"Now’s my chance."
Xiao Tian seized the opportunity, flying to the top of the statue. She drew her bow, the arrow glowing with a powerful surge of spiritual energy, and aimed it at the statue's eye.
Crack!
The statue, still in a state of "Shock," had no way to dodge.
The arrow, filled with an immense amount of spiritual energy, pierced through the statue's glowing red eye and struck the most delicate part of its brain.
Bang!
A loud explosion! The statue's head burst open, its core completely destroyed by the spiritual energy carried by the arrow.
Its massive body lost control and fell to the ground with a thunderous crash.
...
Looking at the "Final Boss" she had taken down with a single arrow, Xiao Tian wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and smiled sweetly.
She admitted that there had been a bit of a gamble with that shot.
She had taken the risk because she noticed a crucial detail—when the statue dispelled the "Taunt" effect from the panda cub, its eyes didn’t immediately switch to blue to remove the control. Instead, it took about a second.
Xiao Tian knew that using the Best Sword in the Village to control the statue might cause its eyes to switch to blue, thus breaking the control. So, she gambled that the statue wouldn’t switch immediately.
If the statue’s eyes had switched to blue instantly, her arrow would likely have missed, and she would have been in a dangerous position, facing a close-range enemy.
However, if the statue’s eyes didn’t switch immediately, like they did the last time, her arrow would hit the statue’s eye precisely, quickly destroying its core.
The facts proved she had made the right bet!
The mithril arrow pierced through the statue’s eye, completely damaging its core control area, and the statue crashed to the ground.
...
"That was a bit tough, huh, Baozi?" Xiao Tian laughed as the panda cub ran over to her.
Baozi canceled the effects of its ultimate move, returning to its original two-meter-tall form.
It ran up to Xiao Tian, nudging her with its large head, its eyes showing a mix of fear and concern, as if telling her that she had taken a big risk.
"Don’t worry, Baozi, it all went well, didn’t it?" Xiao Tian smiled and rubbed the panda’s big head. "You’ve worked hard this time. When I get back to your world, I’ll make sure to buy you an endless supply of fresh bamboo and bamboo shoots!"
Baozi chirped twice and nudged Xiao Tian again, expressing its joy.
Xiao Tian rubbed Baozi’s head once more and walked towards where the large statue had fallen.
...
After the large statue collapsed, two red and blue cubic cores exploded from its chest cavity.
The cubic cores were engraved with intricate patterns, suggesting they had significant uses.
Xiao Tian had already seen these cores before and had collected several on her journey.
She opened her spatial ring and took out one each of the orange, yellow, green, indigo, and purple cores.
These five cores were dropped by other mechanical beasts in the secret realm. Adding the red and blue cores she had just obtained, she now had a complete set of seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and purple.
As for how to use these seven cores, she had already figured out the answer when she saw the small barrier at the center of the peak.
The small barrier was adorned with seven cubic indentations, each perfectly sized to hold one of the seven cores.
Without a doubt, once the seven cores were placed, the barrier would activate.
Xiao Tian didn't hesitate, holding the seven cores as she approached the barrier.
Reaching the edge of the small barrier, she followed the color-coded instructions and inserted each core into the corresponding indentation.
The barrier erupted in a dazzling array of colorful light, which flowed across its surface, creating a stunning spectacle.
After about ten seconds, the colorful lights faded, and the barrier split into seven pieces, revealing the hidden object inside.
"Let's see what this is," Xiao Tian thought, her heart filled with excitement as she peered into the barrier.
Once the colorful lights dissipated, only one item remained where the small barrier had been—a dark, charred-looking wooden stick.
Seeing this unimpressive object, Xiao Tian felt deeply disappointed.
She had spent so much time and effort to obtain it, and it looked so ugly!
She picked up the "firewood stick."
The "firewood stick" was light, feeling just like an ordinary piece of wood, and she couldn't sense any spiritual energy within it.
Had she been tricked?
Could it be that some powerful being with a twisted sense of humor had created this treasure map just to deceive those who came searching for treasure?
This secret realm, which Xiao Tian had discovered from the treasure map, was extremely well-hidden and had not yet been explored by anyone else.
To be honest, the possibility of the treasure being a prank couldn't be ruled out.
However, it was hard to say for sure.
This wasn't a game where she could instantly see the properties of an item. For now, she had no idea what this "firewood stick" was, and it could be something valuable that she hadn't recognized yet.
With that thought, she placed the "firewood stick" into her spatial ring.
She would ask Cindy Doppler about it the next time they met.
"Let's go, Doudou. We're heading to the next place," Xiao Tian called to the panda cub, leading it out of the secret realm. "I hope the next treasure isn't another useless thing like this."
Xiao Tian silently wished as they left.
...
...
The current situation of the Blue Star players has been briefly described.
Before they knew it, four days had passed.
It was now the seventh day since the twelve Blue Star players arrived on Skrull.
During these four days, the game of "cat and mouse" between the Skrulls and the twelve Blue Star players continued.
On the sixth day, the Skrulls captured another Blue Star player, a warrior from the Oceania server named Minsk.
So far, the Skrulls had captured three Blue Star players, while the remaining nine had managed to evade their pursuit.
The Skrulls continued their relentless efforts to capture the Blue Star players. They had some knowledge of the whereabouts of the other nine players, but the capture operation had essentially come to a halt.
The reason was simple—the space tunnel connecting Skrull to Blue Star had reopened!
In a small country in the southwestern region of the Solar Empire, Zhongfeng, who had transformed into an eagle, noticed his emerald amulet glowing faintly green, and he couldn't help but smile.
The glow of the emerald amulet signaled that the spatial teleportation was now active.
Now, they could return to Blue Star at any time if they chose to.
This provided an additional layer of security for their lives.
(End of Chapter)
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