The one hundred portions of black powder that Ethan had stuffed into the compressor.
At this very moment—
All exploded!
That's right.
When Ethan first saw the capsule compressor, his very first reaction was to put black powder into it.
Such a tiny capsule, once it encountered fire, would immediately become a massive bomb, exploding directly inside the magma octopus's belly.
Although his teeny tiny Fireball Jutsu couldn't deal any effective damage to the magma octopus.
As a spark to ignite black powder, though, it was absolutely more than enough.
Originally, Ethan had been worrying about how to perfectly send the fireball into the magma octopus's mouth.
But because of the magma octopus's contempt and disdain toward Ethan, it directly sucked the fireball in. This was just like someone who turns on gas inside a car planning to commit suicide, then lights a cigarette to calm down.
Dry wood meets raging fire.
Gunpowder meets a spark.
BOOM!
It exploded on the spot.
At this instant, Ethan felt a powerful airflow from behind, pushing him straight forward.
After that, the entire cave went crazy with falling rocks.
Luckily, Ethan had used the double-up voucher in advance, he might not be copper-skinned and iron-boned now, but thick skin and tough flesh were definitely part of the package.
So as long as he protected his head, Ethan just treated the rocks smashing into him as a heavier kind of massage.
After rocks had been falling for quite a while, the outside finally quieted down.
Only then did Ethan push away the rocks that had buried him, shake off the stones on his body, casually collect a batch of them, and then walk outside.
[Stone +1080]
[Advanced Stone +207]
Walking out of the cave, at this moment, all the snow on the entire snow mountain had been blasted away, leaving behind vast stretches of gray rock ground.
And that enormous magma octopus had already turned into a pile of braised octopus tentacles, braised octopus meat, braised octopus head, incredibly considerate.
After all, with such a huge octopus, if Ethan really had to cut it apart himself, he wouldn't even know where to start.
But now things were great.
This magma octopus was truly considerate, helping to portion itself before dying.
And it even left behind a ground full of good stuff.
"Come on, let's see what there is."
[Magma Octopus Meat: Top-grade octopus meat. Delicious whether eaten raw or cooked. But the one in front of you is definitely impossible to eat raw, since it's already been blown cooked. Special effect: Increases affinity with fire elements, increases cold resistance]
[Magma Octopus Tentacle: Extremely chewy. Perfect ultimate delicacy for grilling or making takoyaki. Special effect: Increases flexibility, with a certain chance to awaken the giant strength effect]
[Magma Octopus Eye: Rich in protein, average taste, can be used as feed. Special effect: Can increase reproduction quantity, very beneficial to fire-type pets]
[Advanced Beast Tendon: Too lazy to explain. Anyway, it's useful, that's all.]
[Ink: Can be used as ink. Special effect: Writing disappears when cold, reappears when heated.]
"Huh?"
"Why is there no beast core?"
Ethan inspected all the exclamation marks scattered around, but he just couldn't find the beast core.
"Could it be that this big octopus is like the red dragon, with all its beast cores hidden inside the meat?"
Ethan decided to collect all the materials first.
Then check again.
"Collect!"
[Magma Octopus Meat +1280]
[Magma Octopus Tentacle +8 (can be cut into 800 portions)]
[Magma Octopus Eye +2 (can be divided into 20 portions)]
[Advanced Beast Tendon +8 (after all, it has eight legs)]
[Ink +100]
Sure enough, there was no beast core.
Ethan took out a piece of octopus meat from his backpack.
This octopus meat had been grilled to perfection. The surface was golden and crispy, while the inside was tender and juicy, with great chew.
Ethan used the Dragon Slaying Saber to cut into the meat.
Clack!
Sure enough, he cut into something.
Digging it out, it was a fire-element beast core.
Ethan tossed the beast core into his backpack.
Who knows how many beast cores such a massive octopus could contain?
Last time the red dragon fell, Ethan ate his fill.
This time the magma octopus had turned into takoyaki. Who knows how many beast cores Ethan could get again.
And maybe, there might even be an extremely precious five-colored beast core inside.
Ethan decided that after going back, he would hand the entire magma octopus over to Cook Four, have her cut it all open first, and find the beast cores inside.
After dealing with the magma octopus, Ethan finally headed down the mountain.
Suddenly, Ethan received a system notification.
[System Notification: Regional survey progress has reached 3% (when map exploration reaches 10%, a no-heavy-fog effect within 50 meters of the settlement will be unlocked). Current exploration progress: 3/100]
"So it's already at 3%?", Ethan was a bit surprised by the sudden notification.
Sure enough, many hands make light work. Especially the Wood Eight Team and the Herb Three Team that Ethan had sent out. They had clearly explored quite a few places by now, which expanded the explored area of the regional map.
"Right, that [Misty World Regional Map (Fragment)] I opened from that treasure chest earlier, I still haven't looked at it yet."
Ethan took the map out of his backpack.
It was something like a parchment scroll, but what was amazing was that the things on the map weren't static. They were semi-animated.
For details, refer to the map and photos in Harry Potter.
At the center of the parchment map was Ethan's villa area, while the surroundings were all shrouded in gray mist. Only the paths Ethan had walked, including places he had been to before, all revealed their true appearance.
For example, the oasis he had visited before.
Although the oasis had been burned down by Ethan with a big fire, it was still marked as an oasis. It was just that a few scorched dead trees were drawn on it.
At a glance, you could tell that this oasis had suffered a major fire.
As for the mining area, that region was marked with something like a lightning symbol, constantly flashing.
The situation inside couldn't be seen, most likely because the mining area didn't originally belong to this world at all, but was merely a spatial rift.
Therefore, the inside couldn't be displayed.
As for the primitive forest to the south, Herb Three and Wood Eight and the others had carved out a long path.
Wood Eight had led his team to stay near the outer edge of the primitive forest, standing still. They were probably logging. The location where they were stationed showed up brighter on the map.
This was likely because the kerosene lamps Wood Eight carried illuminated the surrounding area.
So the map of that region lit up along with it.
As for Herb Three, he clearly hadn't stayed in one place, but continued forward with his team, heading deeper into the mist forest. The places they passed also left traces on the map.
However, they should now be heading back, because the lit-up area on the map was at about two-thirds of the route, not at the end.
This showed that they were returning according to Ethan's instructions.
As for the last direction.
That was the area where Ethan himself was, the ice plains.
Ethan was on the outer edge of the ice plains. The snow-covered mountain that had once been blanketed in white snow had now turned into a gray, exposed volcano.
And this was actually an active volcano.
Because on the map, there was even a flame on the volcano, as if it could erupt at any moment.
As for the area at the foot of the mountain, there was also a lit-up region. That was exactly where the residents and Daji and the others were. But why had they run to the north side of the mountain?
Filled with doubts, Ethan tucked the map away and hurried down the mountain.
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