Chapter 345: 178: Open the Exclusive Golden Treasure Box and Obtain the Ice Dragon Set!_2

Chapter 345: Chapter 178: Open the Exclusive Golden Treasure Box and Obtain the Ice Dragon Set!_2

The look in the eyes directed at Cao Xing was even tinged with ferocity.

Cao Xing didn’t mind, as this was a Fourth Rank Hunter Killer, with a constitution far more powerful than those two third-tier Scouts.

Isabell shook her head and said, “His current status is still good, the Confession Skill can’t succeed.”

Cao Xing nodded and said, “All right, continue the interrogation for two more days, then use the Confession Skill on him.”

With that, he and Isabell left the basement together.

…

After returning to the Lord’s Hut, Cao Xing felt much more at ease.

At the same time, he began pondering how to deal with the threat of these Hunters.

Although his current location hadn’t been exposed yet,

he had already caught the attention of a High Priest.

Obviously, the best approach now was to directly raid the Hunters’ stronghold.

Before the news spread, wipe out all the cultists of the Bright Church there.

However, the prerequisite for doing so was that he needed to have sufficiently strong power.

According to the information on the map, that place was a large Hunter Camp, with at least one Leader Level High Priest.

If the strength of this High Priest was too great, or if there were any hidden experts inside,

charging in headlong now would be like lighting a candle in the restroom—looking for trouble.

Therefore, before the raid, he needed to first determine the strength of the camp.

So Cao Xing called Sarah over again and explained the situation to her.

This kind of reconnaissance mission was most suitable for her.

After listening, Sarah didn’t say much, merely nodding faintly.

Before she left, Cao Xing advised, “Sarah, be careful.”

The Dark Elf turned, a thin smile curling on her lips.

She said softly, “Wait for me to come back.”

Then, she vanished from the spot.

After Sarah left, Cao Xing mused silently, “Good, now we’ll wait for Sarah to come back and then consider responding.”

“Whether to flatten this camp or pretend not to know it and continue developing silently, depends on the strength of this camp.”

“In the meantime, I need to try to enhance my own strength as much as possible.”

Thus, Cao Xing walked out of the Lord’s Hut and went straight to the Blacksmith Shop.

At that moment, Harold was still vigorously engaged in forging.

Seeing Cao Xing enter, Harold respectfully said, “Wise Lord, you’ve come.”

Cao Xing nodded and then asked, “Harold, how many Ejection Hooks have we crafted?”

Harold replied, “Reporting to the Lord, we have currently crafted 127 sets of green-quality Ejection Hooks and 11 sets of blue-quality Ejection Hooks.”

“However, the large Hook Scythe hasn’t been crafted yet.”

Cao Xing’s face showed a hint of joy. “No worries, there’s no rush for the scythe; just give me the hooks you’ve crafted!”

“Okay, Lord, please follow me.”

With that, Harold led Cao Xing to a Storage Box.

Inside, Cao Xing saw over a hundred cylindrical devices.

He glanced at the attributes.

[Ejection Hook (Green): Special Equipment]

[Equipment Effect: When the switch is pressed, it instantly ejects a sharp hook to catch onto buildings or prey’s bodies, causing 644 points of damage.]

[Maximum Ejection Distance: 60 meters]

…

[Ejection Hook (Blue): Special Equipment]

[Equipment Effect: The same as above, dealing 1,233 points of damage to prey.]

[Maximum Ejection Distance: 90 meters]

…

“Not bad, not bad, with an impressive ejection distance of several dozen meters!”

Cao Xing praised, “Harold, your craftsmanship is truly astounding!”

The Dwarf Blacksmith scratched his head and said modestly, “Lord, you flatter me.”

“I merely pour my full passion into each piece of equipment.”

Cao Xing laughed heartily, “Good, keep up the effort, Harold.”

“Aspire to break through to Advanced Forging Master soon.”

Harold straightened and said, “Yes, my Lord!”

After taking the Ejection Hooks, Cao Xing left the Blacksmith Shop.

Then, while waiting for news from Sarah within his territory, Cao Xing engaged in leveling up by battling Ice Nest Monsters.

Yesterday’s battle had already raised his experience bar considerably.

He glanced at his Level.

[Level 20, 95%]

“Almost there, just a few more thousand experience points to reach Level 21.”

Sure enough, it wasn’t long before a white light enveloped Cao Xing.

At the same time, a system prompt appeared,

[Your Level has increased, current Level: Level 21]

[This level-up grants attribute enhancements: Power +6, Agility +7, Spirit +11, Constitution +8, Life Value +500]

…

“Hmm? After reaching the third-tier, every level-up still adds Life Value?”

Cao Xing realized, “I wondered why those third-tier creatures have such high Blood Volume, turns out it’s like this…”

“Good, this way, each level-up offers even more enhancements!”

Satisfied, Cao Xing nodded.

Then, it seemed like he remembered something.

“Oh right, the night before last, I traded more than a hundred thousand Ice Dragon Marks, these Ice Dragon Marks can also be used to enhance strength!”

He checked his Ice Dragon Mark reserves.

[Ice Dragon Mark*181,371]

[Ice Glacier Fragment*98,281]

…

The night before last, he had 260,000 Ice Dragon Marks and spent over eighty thousand on the Heart of Power, now leaving him with 180,000.

Cao Xing nodded and said, “Not bad, enough for me to exchange for a Golden Treasure Box.”

Thus, he opened the [Giant Dragon Store] and found the Treasure Box exchange interface.

A system prompt appeared.

[Consume 100,000 Ice Dragon Marks to exchange for one Glimmering Golden Treasure Box, remaining exchange times: 3]

(Note: This series of treasure boxes is from the Ice Dragon ‘Zhuoma’ expansion, capable of containing some exclusive items.)