"Eh! There's actually a new skill book?"
Ethan hurriedly picked up the skill book and gave it a quick scan. It was still a physical-type skill, exactly the kind he was lacking.
Especially since the combat strength of the territory's residents under him was far too weak.
Unfortunately, magic was not something everyone could learn. That stuff was really picky. After all, the residents were nothing like Ethan, a chosen one who could learn basically any skill and not only that, use every single one exceptionally well.
Except for Grand Fireball. That belonged to White Eagle's kind of freakish talent skill. No comparison, no comparison.
And also, magical attacks had another big problem.
That was that their power in the early stage was really too weak, not as reliable as physical attacks.
Taking everything together, this One-Blade Style skill book was absolutely a timely gift.
As for the other items, Ethan could more or less understand them. It was just this [Hard-as-a-Rock Spell Book]. What the hell was that supposed to be?
'Forget it. No time to slowly study things.'
Ethan immediately picked up the only Intermediate Evolution Pill and fed it into Daji's mouth.
Unfortunately, there was only one pill. Otherwise, he could have given one to White Eagle as well. Who knew, if that guy evolved one more time, maybe it could turn into a flying mount?
If White Eagle could become a flying mount, Ethan's mind automatically fantasized about that handsome scene of riding a giant eagle. As he kept thinking, Ethan suddenly imagined White Eagle bursting into flames all over, and then his own butt catching fire along with it.
'Holy crap!'
'No! No! No! Can't think about it!'
'That White Eagle has already freaking turned into a fire pet now. I absolutely couldn't ride it.'
'Otherwise I'll be burned to nothing.'
Crack! Crack!
As Ethan fed the Intermediate Evolution Pill down, Daji's body also began to gradually harden, until its entire body turned into a stone sculpture.
"So this is the effect of the Intermediate Evolution Pill?"
Ethan looked at the completely petrified Daji in confusion. It seemed that Daji's current development path was evolving toward petrification.
It might end up becoming a high-defense type pet.
If Daji really became a high-defense pet, then with her agility, plus high defense, wouldn't that basically be…
'A three-dash defense tower!'
'Holy crap!'
'Awesome! Awesome!'
Holding Daji's stone sculpture, Ethan returned to where the residents were.
After handing the fully petrified Daji over to the residents to take care of, Ethan finally began to continue collecting large quantities of stone giant corpses, as well as the corpse of the many-eyed monster.
At this moment, the many-eyed monster had already been completely roasted by Ethan's enchanted Fire Arrow.
The many-eyed monster, which originally looked like a pile of mud, had now turned into something like a handmade beef meatball, curled tightly into a lump.
And it was still emitting puffs of black smoke, mixed with the aroma of grilled meat.
Most of the many-eyed monster's eyes were closed. A few were still open, but they had already turned into cooked dead fish eyes, all flipped out of their sockets, each one packed with the protein Bear Grylls loved most.
Ethan waved his hand and directly dismantled and collected the many-eyed monster's corpse!
[Many-Eyed Monster Eyeballs +101]
[Five-Color Beast Core +1]
[Many-Eyed Monster Grilled Meat +198]
"There's actually a five-color beast core?"
Seeing an extra five-color beast core in his backpack, Ethan was completely stunned.
Monsters that had five-color beast cores were usually pretty hard to deal with.
He had underestimated this monster.
If it weren't for relying on the Blinding Flash skill today, he probably really would have been finished here.
After collecting the many-eyed monster, Ethan swept through the entire ruins again. In the end, he collected—
[Stone 5000, Advanced Stone 50, Earth-element Beast Core 100, Metal-element Beast Core 42, Mud +21000]
Among them were also many stone monsters Ethan had never encountered.
They were still staying in place, preparing to crawl out of the stone mountains. But because of the many-eyed monster's death, a chain reaction had been triggered.
These stone giants also lost their most fundamental control, so they returned to their original state.
From stone giants, back into stone, the boss was gone.
"Lord."
Wood Eight and the others were guarding Daji. When they saw Ethan return, they immediately stepped forward and asked, "Should we first send Lady Daji back to the villa? If we keep carrying Lady Daji like this, I'm worried we won't be able to take good care of her."
"Mm! You can head back first."
Ethan nodded and agreed with Wood Eight and the others' suggestion.
After all, this place wasn't far from the villa.
Besides, the next thing he was going to fight, that thing called the Heaven Devouring Beast, was guarding a platinum treasure chest. Its abilities were probably even more insane than the many-eyed monster.
So rather than bringing Wood Eight and the others along, it was better to have them escort Daji back first, then come back to chop wood afterward.
"Yes, Lord!"
Wood Eight and the others had already prepared a simple stretcher, just right to place Daji in the middle.
Then four people lifted it together and carried her back to the villa for the attendants to look after her.
The reason four people were needed was because after Daji petrified, she immediately turned into the weight of a stone of equal volume.
She went from originally weighing sixty to seventy kilogram straight to six to seven hundred kilogram. Only someone like Ethan, who had used an attribute doubling voucher, could hold her. For others, even lifting Daji was extremely difficult.
That was why several people were needed together to carry Daji back!
"Go on! Be careful on the way."
Ethan waved his hand, telling them to go quickly and return quickly.
After sending Daji back to the villa, they were to go to the outer edge of the primeval forest and wait. Once he finished clearing the monsters inside the forest, he would call them in to chop wood.
———
[Southern Primeval Forest]
From the outside, it looked no different at all. A vast stretch of towering primeval forest was shrouded in thick mist.
Seen from afar, it looked like a forest of clouds, extremely beautiful.
But this place was hiding unpredictable dangers.
Especially since the location of that three-legged Heaven Devouring Beast was actually on the outer edge of the mist forest, not in the central area.
If Ethan didn't have system prompts, then the moment he stepped into the mist forest, he might very well be swallowed in one bite by that three-legged Heaven Devouring Beast.
"White Eagle, go scout it out!"
From the prompts, it seemed that this three-legged Heaven Devouring Beast's skill should be a devouring type.
Ethan didn't want to rush in and offer himself up as food, so he decided to send the eagle to take a look. After all, White Eagle flew in the sky. He didn't believe that Heaven Devouring Beast could really swallow an entire sky.
"Caw!"
White Eagle responded.
Then it flapped its wings twice, and flames began to rise on its wings. Those flames instantly transformed into its feathers, carrying it straight into the sky.
It had to be said, the moment White Eagle spread its wings and turned into a fire eagle was indeed very beautiful.
"Hawk Eye!"
The instant White Eagle rose into the sky trailing a wisp of black smoke, Ethan immediately activated the Hawk Eye effect. This way, he could share vision with White Eagle.
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