'A giant octopus over a hundred meters long?'
'Holy crap!'
'This is hard to deal with!'
Ethan hurriedly sprinted toward the mountaintop.
Luckily, his speed was fast enough, so he could always barely dodge the octopus's attacks.
Plus, when the octopus's tentacles stretched out from the snow, there would actually be some changes beforehand. So as long as Ethan focused and watched for any sudden bulges in the snow.
Once he noticed anything abnormal, he just needed to immediately dodge out of the tentacle's attack range.
Then that monster would not be able to hit him.
"I dodge!"
"I dodge!"
"I dodge! Dodge! Dodge!"
Ethan happily danced the devil's footwork on the snowy mountain.
And because it could not hit Ethan, the tentacles flew into a rage.
With a "sha! sha! sha!", three more tentacles over ten meters long drilled out of the snow and whipped wildly at Ethan.
But even so, they were still no match for Ethan's agility.
"If you've got the guts, then come hit me!"
Whoosh!
The tentacles raged.
And once again, Ethan dodged them.
"You just can't hit me!"
"You just can't hit me. If you've got the guts, then come hit me!"
╭(￣▽￣)╯
Ethan shamelessly provoked the octopus monster's emotions.
Originally, Ethan had used a double-up coupon and was worrying about having no one to spar with.
The group of bats below would not do. They had no martial ethics, ganging up on him, a twenty-something kid, with their numbers.
Plus, Ethan was worried about the safety of the territory folk, so he could not really let loose.
But now it was different.
This magma octopus monster up here was simply tailor-made for him.
Smack!
Another huge tentacle slammed down.
But Ethan could always dodge the octopus monster's attack at the very last moment.
This made the octopus monster furious beyond measure.
It directly prepared to burrow out from beneath the snow.
Ethan only saw, on the snowy mountain, a huge stretch of snow nearly a hundred meters across began to shake violently, with countless chunks of ice and snow falling down.
( ﾟ皿ﾟ)
"Crap! I overdid it!"
Ethan dared not delay any longer and hurriedly sprinted up the ice mountain.
Before the octopus monster could crawl out from underground, Ethan finally reached the treasure chest.
He took a glance. No red exclamation mark, no abnormalities, no danger.
[Stop being cynical. It's just an ordinary platinum treasure chest.]
"Peh!"
"How is a platinum treasure chest ordinary?"
"And how the hell is this road to finding the treasure chest ordinary? If I did not have cheats, I would have been dead a long time ago, alright!"
Ethan crazily complained about the world's lack of logic.
But who told the Mist World to have thicker skin than his face? It did not react at all.
Too lazy to bother with the system, Ethan directly opened the platinum treasure chest.
"Collect!"
No matter what was inside, collect it first and study it slowly after getting down.
[Skill Book Copier Blueprint +1]
[Mist World Regional Map (Fragment) +1]
[Compressor Blueprint +1]
[Spirit Stones +100]
[Grand Fireball Spellbook +1]
[Dragon-Slaying Saber (Enchantable) +1]
[Platinum +10]
"There really are quite a few good things."
Ethan's eyes were about to pop out, especially at the two blueprints and the world map.
These were simply the resources he was most lacking right now.
And there was also a spellbook. And a facking blade.
Ethan hurriedly took out the blade. He just happened to be lacking a suitable weapon to deal with this octopus monster.
He did not know if this blade could really do one slash for 999 damage. Otherwise…
Ethan raised his head, he saw a massive red giant octopus appear on the snowfield.
From afar, it looked just like a sun appearing on the snowy mountain, absurdly huge.
You ask me how huge? I do not have a ruler. How would I know?
Anyway, roughly… hmm… about the size of a building ten to twenty stories tall.
Probably about as big as one of Ultraman's family's little monsters.
"This thing…"
"Can it really be cut down?"
Ethan lowered his head and looked at the Dragon-Slaying Saber in his hand.
[Dragon-Slaying Saber (Enchantable): One slash for 999. As long as the opponent dares to show its HP bar, you dare to whittle it down one slash at a time. PS: Can be enchanted with magic, but will consume 30% of magic energy.]
It can be enchanted.
He had just happened to get a Grand Fireball spellbook.
But with just these two things, Ethan was honestly quite doubtful that he could really defeat this several-ten-meter-tall giant octopus in front of him.
BOOM!
The magma octopus spewed out a stream of flames.
In an instant, it directly melted a huge pit in the snowfield in front of Ethan.
The true appearance of the snow mountain was revealed. Beneath the snow was a vast expanse of limestone formed after volcanic magma had solidified. And within the limestone were many large and small holes.
Relying on his agility and Whirlwind Shoes, Ethan dodged the magma octopus's flame attack.
When one attack failed, the magma octopus immediately launched another.
Its massive tentacle swept straight toward Ethan... and behind Ethan was fire.
In front of him was the octopus monster.
This time…
Ethan had nowhere to retreat.
BOOM!
The octopus's tentacle smashed down instantly.
Ethan could only grit his teeth and leap, braving the flames, into the rock cave behind him.
Luckily, the cave he jumped into was quite deep.
Although the cave entrance was still burning, the temperature inside was not high.
And he also discovered that these pits, below were actually a vast network of connected tunnels, somewhat like an anthill structure.
'Take the chance to run like crazy!'
BOOM!
A loud explosion sounded behind Ethan.
He turned his head and saw that the cave behind him had already been smashed to bits by the magma octopus.
'No time to waste, keep running!'
BOOM!
However, before Ethan could run far, a stream of flame burned down from above again.
It seemed that the magma octopus had been completely enraged by Ethan and now would not rest until Ethan was destroyed.
ε=ε=ε=ε=ε=ε=┌(;￣◇￣)┘
Being chased by fire as he ran wildly, Ethan felt for the first time the pain of the red-hat goblin being chased by fire arrows.
But luckily, after running a long distance, Ethan finally saw a fork in the path.
With a turn, he finally avoided the flames behind him.
Only then did Ethan finally have the chance to stop and catch his breath.
He had just opened the platinum treasure chest and collected a pile of items.
He directly set aside the things that were obviously useless.
Ethan picked out three items that seemed usable and studied them, to see if these three things could save his sorry life.
[Skill Book Copier Blueprint: As the name suggests, it is a pirated software used to copy skill books. As long as you have enough spirit stones to spend, I can produce a bunch of pirated skill books for you.]
[Compressor Blueprint: Do you often worry about not having enough storage space? Then this compressor can perfectly solve the troubles of a stay-at-home man. As long as you have it, even hundreds of units of wood can be easily compressed into a tiny capsule. An absolute must-have storage.]
[Grand Fireball Spellbook: The first essential entry-level spell for a mage. If you cannot use a Grand Fireball, you are not worthy of being called a mage! Come on, young man!]
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