Chapter 75: Chapter 75: Flame Crystal

“It’s actually a new face, a passing friend perhaps?”

The big ant surprisingly began to speak, with clear articulation and in authentic human language.

Wang Wu felt a bit flustered. Not only did he not know how to reply, but the problem was that he didn’t know how to speak at all; he had never tried before.

And those strange eyes of the big ant, shrouded in a thick layer of keratin, stared fixedly, as if assessing whether this piece of food was tasty.

As he hesitated whether to turn and run or turn and run, the big ant suddenly let out a strange laugh, “Friend, you should somewhat know the rules here, or you wouldn’t have come, right? So, may I ask, what can you offer?”

What can I offer?

I can’t offer anything.

I came here empty-handed.

This is truly awkward.

For a moment, Wang Wu wanted to turn around and leave, forget it, not to embarrass himself.

“Alright, it seems you can only offer Spiritual Qi then.”

The big ant suddenly said again, the antennae on its head quickly turned, and several fire ants immediately carried over two gourds, one blue and one red.

The red gourd was actually five times larger than the blue one.

“We trade fairly here, no deception, as long as you fill a gourd with Spiritual Qi, you can take away a piece of Flame Crystal.”

After the big ant finished speaking, a group of fire ants skillfully opened the lids of those two gourds.

The red gourd obviously contained regular Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi; the residual aura was unmistakable.

While the blue gourd emitted a chill, its content was Ice Spiritual Qi?

The value between the two here turned out to be a ratio of five to one.

However, even the smallest blue gourd probably required quite a lot of Spiritual Qi, whether the so-called Flame Crystal was worthwhile was unknown.

Or, should one gamble on whether the big ant’s claim of fairness was truly fair?

Wang Wu hesitated for a moment, decided to take the chance, since he was here, and there’s been trading among other powerful demons before, they couldn’t possibly set up a trap just to deceive his Spiritual Qi.

He was running low on regular Spiritual Qi, but he did have 151 points of Ice Spiritual Qi, might as well give it a try.

Immediately, he picked up the small blue gourd, it was really small, only about half the size of a palm, unsure of its nature, yet it could store Ice Spiritual Qi.

He first used one claw to block the mouth of the gourd, pondered briefly, then injected a bit of Ice Spiritual Qi into it.

Instantly, the blue gourd became heavy, and the bottom of the gourd faintly flickered with light, did it also have the function of measuring and counting?

Could this be a Magical Artifact?

Wang Wu glanced at the big ant, then injected more Ice Spiritual Qi, the gourd became heavier, and the bottom light slightly brightened, but was still obviously insufficient.

What a good guy.

Wang Wu continued to inject, and it turned out the small gourd could really hold; it wasn’t until he had injected 10 points of Ice Spiritual Qi, that the bottom of the gourd finally glowed brightly, and weighed ten pounds.

Even cold air began to overflow at the mouth of the gourd, finally full.

Wang Wu didn’t hurry to hand over the gourd, he looked up at the big ant, the strange large eyes seemed slightly surprised, but said nothing more, simply waved its antennae, and a fire ant immediately carried a small red crystal about the size of a soybean towards him.

Wang Wu took the Flame Crystal before handing over the gourd.

Thus, the trade was completed.

“Friend, pleasure doing business, this Flame Crystal is immensely useful, whether for resisting cold erosion or for attacking in combat, the effect is excellent. Today, I still have two more Flame Crystals available, want to buy them all at once? Otherwise, you’ll have to wait till next month.”

At this moment, the big ant spoke again, its tone noticeably more enthusiastic.

Wang Wu considered for a moment, then nodded in agreement, 30 points of Ice Spiritual Qi wasn’t too burdensome, what if this Flame Crystal could help him enhance Flame Resistance, even if three pieces can only increase resistance by one point, it’s worth it for him.

Next, the big ant’s antennae moved again, and a group of fire ants immediately carried out two blue gourds.

Wang Wu exchanged one piece of Flame Crystal for every 10 points of Ice Spiritual Qi, and shortly thereafter, the trade was completed, he turned to leave.

But the big ant called after him from behind,

“Friend, if there’s another chance next month, you may come directly here to trade for Flame Crystals, this item is unique to our race, you can’t buy it anywhere else.”

Wang Wu didn’t respond, he just quickly left, while the possibility was low, he had to prevent the big ant from a double-cross.

Fortunately, such a thing didn’t happen, and once he left the pile of stones, he dove into a nearby bush, three seconds later, he entered Passive Concealment state, then began to study this so-called Flame Crystal.

It indeed seemed rather extraordinary, with a faint red glow inside, yet quite clear and transparent, seemingly sealing some kind of dangerous power within.

“I don’t know if this thing needs to be ingested or applied externally, or perhaps smashed with a stone to explode into a big fireball, then jump in?”

Wang Wu studied for a while, then started moving slowly in the bushes, looking for food to fill his satiety.

Only after replenishing 600 points of satiety would he dare to consume this Flame Crystal, because with his Level 10 Healing Talent, 600 points of satiety would allow him to recover 300 points of life value within two minutes.

On top of his own 350 points of life value.

He did not believe that a reserve of 650 points of life value couldn’t deal with the damage brought by a piece of Flame Crystal.

After all, other Demon elites were trading Flame Crystals.

Whether it was the Black Spider leader or the Queen Bee of the Armed Wild Bee Race, could their damage-bearing capacity exceed his?

This was the most important point of argument, and it was also the foundation of Wang Wu’s confidence.

There were still many Little Demons on the plains. With Level 10 Passive Concealment + Level 8 Danger Perception, Wang Wu hunted Little Demons as if each attack was a sure hit; even if they hid, it was useless — this was Perception suppression.

He also fully experienced the feeling of being instantly locked onto by the Black Giant Eagle back then.

By noon, Wang Wu had already gathered 600 points of satiety.

However, for caution’s sake, he continued to wait until dusk. As night fell, the Little Demons began to become active. He once again captured a bunch of Little Demons, roughly gathering 1000 points of satiety, with this paired with Level 10 Healing, even crippling injuries could be recovered.

In short, just in case.

Once everything was ready, he finally took out a piece of Flame Crystal from his claws and swallowed it without hesitation.

The initial taste was a bit sweet, as if the shell was made with honey. The next second, the Flame Crystal fell into his stomach, yet there was no movement.

Wang Wu froze for a moment, almost thinking he was deceived, but at that moment, with no warning, the Flame Crystal exploded in his stomach — truly exploded. He felt like his internal organs had been blasted apart.

If at this moment he was still in a daze, then the next second was filled with panic and collapse.

He even lost the sensation of pain; the only thing visible were fire snakes spraying out from his mouth, nostrils, with scorching flames burning inside his stomach!

“Bang!”

Wang Wu fell to the ground, his whole body losing control, then curling up into a fur ball due to the intense flame burn.

The boundless pain began to transmit only at this moment, surprisingly, he wasn’t dead yet!

But his mouth, nasal cavity, and throat were so painful that even breathing became a luxury, his brain was about to be roasted.

He knew he messed up this time, he never thought the potency of the Flame Crystal would be this immense!

However, as long as he wasn’t dead, there was hope.

“Ice Spiritual Qi!”

With his last will, Wang Wu released 10 points of Ice Spiritual Qi in one breath, freezing himself.

Indeed, the freezing effect proved effective; he instantly regained some clarity, the brain that was about to be roasted regained its thinking capacity.

Some of the bodily functions started recovering quickly, and perception finally connected successfully.

However, this allowed him to feel the even more terrifying severe pain clearly; he was unable to move and felt his whole body had decayed.

Pain almost made his will go out of control, and it came wave after wave like tides, with various fancy agonies, even more perverse than the winter recovery process after being frostburned!

Wang Wu felt like he was going mad.

Fortunately, at this moment, finally a stream of information appeared like a lifesaving straw, helping him understand his current status.

“You have consumed the Ninth-Grade Exotic Item Flame Crystal, its strong internal fire poison has resulted in 200 points of explosion damage due to your incorrect use, you received 100 points of fire poison erosion damage.”

“Because of your own defense, you exempted 93 points of damage, ultimately bearing 107 points of explosion damage.”

“Due to your own flame resistance, you finally bore 76 points of fire poison erosion damage.”

“Because of your incorrect use, your body has permanent burn trauma internally, but with your Level 10 Self-Healing, you need at least 1000 points of satiety to recover slowly, expected to take 20 hours, during this period, your Passive Concealment Talent drops to Level 5, your Danger Perception drops to Level 5, your life value limit temporarily drops to 200 points, your physical strength is temporarily zero.”

“You gained a 72-hour duration buff status, during this period, Ninth-grade and below Demon poisons deal 50% less damage to you, encountering cold erosion can reduce up to 20 points of cold erosion damage.”

“Due to your Level 10 Self-Healing Talent, your body gained slight fire poison resistance, your flame resistance increased by two points, currently (10/10)”

“Your flame resistance reached perfection, currently (10/10), you can exempt up to 35 points of flame burn damage and gain 50% extra burn recovery speed.”

“You gained 10% growth, 10% special growth level.”

“Current total growth 45.5%, current total special growth 50%.”

“Your flame resistance has changed, currently upgraded to fire poison resistance, due to complete pre-sequence, the upgraded fire poison resistance effect is stronger, 1 point of fire poison resistance can negate 10 points of fire poison damage, meanwhile, can stack up to 35 points of flame burn damage, and gain 50% extra burn recovery speed.”

“Due to your Level 10 Self-Healing Talent, and initial flame resistance accumulated in your body bloodline, your fire poison resistance reaches one point, currently (1/25)”

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