Five Frozen Centuries

Wei Huo finally had a clear understanding of his strength. He had activated the Massacre Mode at the Epic (Pseudo) rank. However, his Attack surpassed that of ordinary Epic-ranked creatures. Hence, even though his strength was suppressed by the imposing field, he could fight against Epic-ranked creatures.

On top of that, he had the ability to control lightning and use hunting knives. That was why he had been able to counter the Epic-ranked creature called Bittertide Hydra.

Wei Huo thought that this was probably a player.

Levels did not mean anything to players.

Wei Huo did not know how many punches he had thrown. He only knew that the momentum field of the multi-headed snake was gradually weakening. In the end, when Wei Huo threw a punch, the imposing field on the back of the multi-headed snake was blown apart. Wei Huo used this opportunity to stab down with his hunting knife.

Blood splattered everywhere as the snake roared and attempted to escape!

How could Wei Huo let it escape? He leaped up and charged toward one of the multi-headed snake’s skulls. He threw a punch and the imposing field around the skull dissipated. He then thrust his hunting knife into the snake’s eye.

The multi-headed snake let out a blood-curdling scream. One of its heads leaped over and bit Wei Huo, but an incredibly powerful lightning burst out of Wei Huo’s body. The terrifying lightning instantly smashed the multi-headed snake’s mouth into pieces.

The snake’s head vomited Wei Huo’s flesh in pain. A moment later, the only intact head of the multi-headed snake roared. Soon, seven to eight lion-sized multi-headed snakes rushed out of the ground.

There were many multi-headed snakes in the cave. Rare younglings.

That was the introduction to the Information Feed. Wei Huo understood at a glance that these were the Hydra’s children!

Their reproduction purpose was to protect the three treasure chests and wait for players to barge in and get killed so that players could obtain treasure chests. That was their fate.

The Bittertide Hydra roared as its child charged toward Wei Huo. Wei Huo did not hesitate even for a moment. He would not feel guilty about killing, as he had activated the Massacre Mode.

Wei Huo raised his hand and slashed with his hunting knife. The hunting knife drew an arc and killed a small snake instantly.

The Bittertide Hydra ordered its children to attack Wei Huo, but it drilled its way into the cave and tried to escape.

Once Wei Huo’s Massacre Mode was activated, the surrounding snakes started trembling. However, they still charged toward Wei Huo fearlessly. They wanted to buy time for their father.

The Bittertide Hydra ran very quickly. It knew very well that as long as it escaped, all these snakes would not go extinct. It was an Epic-ranked creature with no natural enemies. As long as it survived, it could rise again!

However, Wei Huo’s speed was too fast. A few snakes could not stop him. In the blink of an eye, Wei Huo arrived in front of the multi-headed snake. At that moment, the three heads of the snake had drilled into the cave, but half of its body was outside.

Wei Huo picked up his hunting knife and cut down the three-headed snake. The terrifying hunting knife was extremely sharp and it made a huge cut on the three-headed snake. Blood splattered all over Wei Huo’s body.

The multi-headed snake growled angrily and increased its escape speed. However, Wei Huo was faster as he continued chopping with his hunting knife. Every time he slashed, he cut off a huge piece of the multi-headed snake’s flesh. His entire body was dyed red, and blood dripped down to form a stream.

In the end, the snake collapsed.

If it had not tried to escape and had cooperated with Wei Huo, it might have had a chance. After all, Wei Huo did not have much inner Qi energy left. Unfortunately, it had tried to escape and turned its back to its enemies.

Therefore, it had died.

After Wei Huo killed the Bittertide Hydra, the other snakes started fleeing. Because they were small in size, they crawled deeper into the ground and escaped through the underground cave.

Wei Huo did not chase after them, not because he wanted to let them off, but because they were running too fast for Wei Huo to catch up with them. Plus, Wei Huo had completed his quest.

A system notification popped up. “An Epic-ranked creature has been killed. You have been awarded 72 points. Would you like to receive the reward?”

Wei Huo could only choose to receive it. Epic-ranked creatures were rare. It was not easy to encounter one or kill one, so it was better to collect them.

A moment later, the Bittertide Hydra’s corpse disappeared and was replaced by a golden ax.

“Quest ‘Tiamat’ Weapon.”

That was a familiar name!

Wei Huo grabbed the ax and checked out its characteristics and skills.

Special Feature: Increases Health Point Recoverability.

Skill 1: Split. When the weapon is used, it will cause damage to the surrounding creatures.

Skill 2: New Moon: Active usage can cause additional damage to nearby creatures.

Wei Huo picked up the weapon and used the New Moon Skill. A moment later, a circular Qi Blade spread out within a range of about five meters.

Wei Huo was speechless.

This was another in-game item. He wondered if it could be used to forge superior-grade weapons. However, the forging system did not seem to be open yet.

After killing that Epic-ranked creature, Wei Huo could finally open the two remaining treasure chests. He opened the second treasure chest and saw another book.

The book was called ‘The Great Art of Bronze Forging’. Wei Huo checked it out and saw that there were seventy-two ways to forge bronze weapons. There were the most common pots and pans, as well as armor and bronze cauldrons. However, the most impressive items were still bronze puppets and bronze turrets.

Not only could a bronze puppet be made into a humanoid shape, but it could also be made into the shapes of various animals. The bronze turret was even more powerful and was over ten meters tall, but it needed someone to control it.

Although technological creations were powerful as well, bronze objects could conduct Qi energy and give Qi-Training Skills to people with stronger effects.

At that moment, Wei Huo opened the third treasure chest. The moment he opened it, a bronze gourd floated up. It was a gourd made of bronze that was carved with mountains, vegetation, fish, birds, and beasts. Wei Huo caught it and read the information about it.

‘Spatial Gourd, Material: Bronze, Effect: Can accommodate 50 tons of liquid, Current Capacity: 0/50 tons.’

Spatial Gourd? Wei Huo was surprised. It was the same thing as the Mimic?

Wei Huo pulled out the bronze stopper at the mouth of the gourd and realized that the gourd was filled with all kinds of runes. The runes would glow as he injected his inner Qi.

These runes were very mysterious and had an effect when they were engraved.

Wei Huo tried the gourd out and realized that it could be stored in the inventory as well.

Wei Huo had gained a lot from exploring the ruins. More importantly, it seemed like everything in the ruins was going to be refreshed.