Chapter 182: Chapter 182

Du You walked past the dead turtle, sighing to himself while patting its body.

But as he patted, Du You’s eyes widened. "What’s going on? There’s a reward? Didn’t they say there would be no rewards during this mission? Wait, it seems the rewards mentioned for the mission were only the things that burst out directly or the treasure boxes, they didn’t mention the creatures themselves." Du You felt like he had missed out on a goldmine.

No, it seems like he had missed the opportunity to inspect the body.

Heavy Rock Beast Shell: Material, strong defensive shell of a turtle. (Defense 10+10, magic resistance 10+10)

Du You stared wide-eyed at this strange resistance and defense. These were two tiers of Level 10 defense and magic resistance stacked on top of each other. Breaking through such a defense, even for a second-tier entity, would require some effort.

This was more than just being invincible at the same level, it was being unbeatable within the same tier. Du You didn’t expect that in his lifetime, he would see such frightening defensive material.

It’s a pity it’s too big, his space was not enough. If he could bring this shell back, the material cost alone could sell for more than the price of a typical bright white weapon.

If it were to be made into a shield or armor, the defense in the first tier would absolutely be unparalleled.

At least his own attacks had no way to break through. The only pity was its size. Even if he got the shell off, he wouldn’t be able to bring it back, as his personal space was only one cubic meter big.

He shook his head, finally having a harvest, only to give up, the taste was hard to bear.

Of course, this shell was not burst out, if you wanted to bring it back, it would still cost some Crystal Coins.

"Wait, I heard there might be power beads in the body of turtles. I don’t know if this one has any. It’s said that power beads have special abilities. With such a large shell, the power bead couldn’t possibly be that big."

Du You’s eyes suddenly lit up. Looking at this giant thing, Du You gritted his teeth and began to dissect the turtle.

The dead turtle, with its original power dispersed, had significantly weakened defense and resistance. But due to its size and natural characteristics, Du You found dissecting it wasn’t an easy task.

Especially since he had sold his Warrior sword, he didn’t even have a handy weapon at the moment.

Feeling helpless, Du You had to use a disintegration spell along with a knife, starting dissection from the head. After this, he would clean out the broken pieces inside, in order to find what might possibly be in there. After spending over an hour and nearly exhausting himself, Du You finally found what he was looking for, but was uncertain if it was the turtle power bead.

"Why is it so small, Turtle Power Bead? This name is interesting."

Du You looked at the light yellow bead only the size of his thumb in his hand, this should be what he was looking for. But it seemed disproportionate to have such a small bead in such a large turtle.

Turtle Power Bead: Material, the essence of the Heavy Rock Beast’s power. Consuming it directly can greatly increase physical strength permanently, the first bead consumed is effective. The user’s physical strength doubled, recovery ability improved tenfold, duration one hour.

Du You squinted and thought: "This is the second time I’ve come across a material that can permanently increase my own abilities. Only, this one increases physical strength. The first time, it was increased force, nothing to do with me." For origınal chapters go to 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝※𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖※𝕟𝕖𝕥

Du You wondered if he had chosen the wrong profession, and if initially choosing the warrior profession would have been the right decision. But that doesn’t make sense because he was essentially magic-class, a profession bias he couldn’t choose.

This item, if consumed by a warrior, could boost their combat power relying on one hour’s status boost in a critical moment. But this kind of boost was of no use to him. On the contrary, it would be better to use it now, as he had just spent so much effort on the turtle.

Magic power consumption was not large, but physical strength was almost depleted. If he continued to rest here, by the time he started his journey again, it would probably be evening, which would be a waste of time.

With this thought, Du You directly put the bead in his mouth.

The next moment, a surge of heat spread from his abdomen to his whole body. Du You, who was extremely tired, immediately felt rejuvenated, even overflowing with energy and wanting to vent it out somehow.

"Such a powerful drug, this thing is far stronger than Viagra." Du You showed a smile only men would understand.

Now that he had recovered his physical strength, he could continue his journey. He didn’t know how much his physical strength had increased, but there was no way to test it. He was not a warrior, and the situation where his physical strength was exhausted would hardly occur.

As a magic-class professional, he always relied more on his magic power than his physical strength.

At low levels, he could still assist with sword arts, but it was already useless now otherwise he wouldn’t have sold his weapon.

Unfortunately, whether it’s a summoning-type weapon, or a spellcaster’s weapon, they aren’t easily obtained, and can hardly even be seen on the market. Otherwise, Du You wouldn’t be empty-handed till now.

As he proceeded, Du You kept checking his compass, hoping to find any large creatures in the area.

But even when he was far from the mouth of the valley, Du You didn’t find a single large beast.

Meanwhile, Du You discovered another phenomenon. The number of special flying insects in the air had reduced significantly since he left the valley. He hadn’t walked far when he could no longer see any insects.

"Those flying insects are indeed indigenous to the valley. They all live in the caves and rock gaps on either side of the valley. Once I left the Grand Canyon, without the space for these insects, they vanished."

Finally, Du You managed to rid himself of the threat of those flying insects. However, here, Xiaozi couldn’t fly even more.

Because after leaving the territory of the insects, he often saw huge flying beasts here. Given Xiaozi’s small stature, it is easy to attract the attack of these predators. After all, in their eyes, size represented strength.

Being small meant Xiaozi was food. If he actually started flying then they’d be in trouble.

"The mountain peak is right in front of me. I hope we don’t come across any troublesome beasts." Du You looked at the mountain peak getting closer and closer. The unformed cloud of heavenly disaster was also getting closer.

As he got closer and closer, Du You also became more and more nervous. Because he didn’t know how dangerous this thing was. If the opponent’s strength was too strong, then he could only give up, which would be a significant loss. And if the opponent’s strength exceeded his by too much, he might not even have the chance to give up.