Opening Door at Dawn

Lu Yuan and the other four from Zhuo Ming said goodbye, then continued to delve deeper into the dungeon.

Along the way, Lu Yuan became more cautious, fearing that three Cat Person Hunters might suddenly appear from somewhere.

As he continued to explore deeper, the number of fierce beasts he encountered increased, and the Spirit Crystals and materials he harvested also increased.

Apart from keeping some of the harvested Spirit Crystals for replenishing spirit power, all the other Spirit Crystals were used to charge the Evolution Cube, preparing to evolve the Black Iron Body.

Lu Yuan had considered that he wanted to improve his strength quickly.

Tempering the gene chains was one aspect, and another aspect was naturally evolving Extraordinary Genes.

Once he evolved the Black Iron Body to the boss level, he was afraid that among the Apprentice stage Gene Warriors, few could match his combat power.

Being able to engrave boss-level genes at the Apprentice level, it was estimated that they were the most top-notch geniuses, right?

Thinking of this, Lu Yuan was filled with anticipation.

In a remote dead corner of the dungeon.

Xi Ye and the Cat Person elemental warrior stopped with the heavily injured Molly.

Molly had already fallen into a coma, and Xi Ye gently placed her on the ground.

The Cat Person elemental warrior glanced at Molly's abdomen.

The hideous sword wound had stopped bleeding, leaving behind a curved scar.

"How is she?"

The Cat Person elemental warrior asked.

"She's already drunk a healing potion, so at least she's out of mortal danger."

Xi Ye glanced at the unconscious Molly, frowning slightly.

"But her injuries are too severe. It will probably take a few days for a normal quality healing potion to completely heal her."

"Humph! I didn't expect to run into such a tough nut. So unlucky!"

The elemental warrior's face was ugly.

"That human's strength is indeed powerful. I think his strength is not weak, and his defense can withstand Molly's arrows, so it's probably even stronger. But his speed seems to be quite average. He should have engraved a guardian-type Extraordinary Gene."

"If we were in an open area, we could play with him however we wanted, but the dungeon has too much of an advantage for this kind of guardian-type warrior."

Xi Ye ignored the Cat Person elemental warrior's complaints, sat down on the ground, and took out a dried small fish to chew on.

"Losing is losing. After being a hunter for so long, there will always be a day when you become prey. Once Molly's injuries recover, we'll just find new prey."

The elemental warrior sat down next to Xi Ye, glanced at the dried small fish in his hand, and swallowed:

"Made by Auntie? Give me one."

Xi Ye rolled his eyes at him, took out a dried small fish, and handed it to the elemental warrior.

The elemental warrior took a bite with relish, then his face turned cold:

"Judging by that human warrior's appearance, he probably won't leave the dungeon anytime soon. There might be another chance to run into him, and then we can take our revenge!"

Xi Ye also narrowed his eyes, a hint of killing intent in them:

"Yeah."

Somewhere in the dungeon, Lu Yuan cautiously walked past a corner.

A slender black shadow pierced out from the shadows on one side.

The black shadow was extremely fast. Lu Yuan didn't even have time to react, only managing to raise his hand to block.

Clang!!

The black shadow stabbed Lu Yuan's arm, producing a clanging sound.

Lu Yuan felt a considerable force, and his body took a step back.

A piercing, shrill cry followed, and Lu Yuan saw a black scorpion pounce down from the shadows of the wall.

The scorpion was entirely black, similar in color to the dungeon walls. In the dimly lit areas without torchlight, it was almost completely invisible.

Its two pincers were nearly half a meter in size, and the scorpion tail behind it glinted with a cold light.

The slender black shadow from before was clearly this scorpion's tail.

Lu Yuan took a step back, dodging the pincers of the scorpion that were clamping towards his head.

The black scorpion didn't pause. Missing its strike, it landed and charged at Lu Yuan again, its two large pincers wide open and its tail raised high.

As it approached Lu Yuan, its pincers clamped towards Lu Yuan's legs. At the same time, its tail stabbed out again.

Lu Yuan moved his feet, dodging its pincers. At the same time, he slashed with his longsword, the sharp blade cutting across the scorpion's tail, severing it.

Ink-black blood spurted from the wound, and the scorpion cried out miserably, angrily attacking Lu Yuan again with its pincers.

Lu Yuan's footwork was nimble, easily dodging the attacks, and finally, he thrust his sword into the scorpion's head, killing it.

The dead scorpion dropped three Spirit Crystals. Lu Yuan collected both the scorpion's tail and its pincers.

Sandstone Black Scorpion's Poison Tail: Common quality material, highly poisonous, can be used to refine gene potions.

Sandstone Black Scorpion's Giant Pincers: Common quality material, can be used to refine Gene Armaments.

Lu Yuan's cold sweat poured down when he saw this information.

This was the Black Scorpion?

Earlier, outside the dungeon, Lu Yuan had heard peddlers shouting about selling antidotes for Black Scorpion Poison.

He had paid attention to the Black Scorpion.

He hadn't expected this Black Scorpion to be so insidious.

The color of its pitch-black shell was very similar to the walls of the dungeon. If it squatted down in a shadowy area far from the torches, who could see it clearly?

This kind of sneak attack would be difficult for ordinary Gene Warriors to defend against.

Fortunately, his defense was strong enough that the black scorpion's poisonous stinger failed to pierce his skin.

Otherwise, he felt he might have been done for after being poisoned.

Lu Yuan realized that the ferocious beasts in this dungeon were all cunning.

The Little Stone Man was, and so was this black scorpion.

It seems that before coming next time, he needs to find out more about the specific habits of the ferocious beasts in the Sandstone Dungeon.

Otherwise, who knows if he'll encounter any more insidious beasts?

After this black scorpion's sneak attack, Lu Yuan was once again happy for his own brilliance and wisdom.

Fortunately, he chose a guardian-type Extraordinary Gene.

If he had chosen an offensive-type Extraordinary Gene, he would probably be done for.

Although the guardian-type is not as good as the offensive-type in terms of attack, its survivability is really top-notch.

It's very suitable for him as a lone ranger.

Lu Yuan felt more confident and started exploring again.

As he went deeper, the number of black scorpions increased, and he could encounter them as often as the Little Stone Men.

Lu Yuan killed more and more ferocious beasts, and he collected more and more Spirit Crystals.

He hunted in the dungeon, eating when he was hungry and drinking when he was thirsty, and when he was tired, he found a hidden corner to set up a Tent and sleep.

The concept of time in the dungeon is not as clear as outside, after all, the environment hardly changes.

Lu Yuan had collected as many as six or seven hundred Spirit Crystals.

More than five hundred of them were used by Lu Yuan to charge the Evolution Cube, and Lu Yuan slowly refined his gene chains with nearly a hundred more.

He refined his gene chains to about 10%, and his strength improved again.

Lu Yuan kept the remaining Spirit Crystals as a backup for replenishing spiritual power.

After an unknown amount of time, Lu Yuan discovered a serious problem.

That is, his supplies were almost exhausted, and the cube in the War Rune Space, which was about three meters wide, was now filled with various materials.

Even if he continued to hunt ferocious beasts, he probably wouldn't be able to fit any more materials.

Lu Yuan thought about going out for a trip to sell the materials at the small market at the exit.

There are people at the small market at the exit who collect materials, and of course, the transaction is done using Spirit Crystals.

Just then, in Lu Yuan's gene chain area, the white mist surged again, and the light gate appeared.

Lu Yuan was shocked.

Is it time to go out?

But it's just right.

Lu Yuan didn't hesitate and directly connected to the light gate with his mind.

The next moment, his vision went dark.

In a daze, when he opened his eyes again, Lu Yuan was already in his simple room.

Feeling the power that had surged again within his body, Lu Yuan breathed out and revealed a hint of an excited smile.

At this rate, it wouldn't be long before his tempering level could reach 100%. When that time came, he could consider breaking the gene lock and start advancing, right?

According to this speed, at most, it would take another eleven or twelve times?

That time probably wouldn't even take a month, right?

Perhaps he could raise his strength to the First Order Warrior Level before the college entrance exam.

At that time, he should be able to get into a good Gene Warrior Academy.

He didn't know why so many people spent more than ten years and still hadn't been able to advance to First Order.

It seemed quite simple, didn't it?

Lu Yuan was a little puzzled.

He stopped thinking about it and took out his phone to check the time.

It was four in the morning.

He entered the Origin Land at ten in the evening, and six hours had passed until now.

Two hours corresponded to one day in the Origin Land.

In other words, he stayed inside for three days?

It was a little shorter than he thought.

He originally thought he could stay inside for about a week.

However, the amount of time he could stay inside was determined by the Origin Land.

There was nothing he could do about it.

Should he take advantage of the little time left to cultivate a bit more?

Just as Lu Yuan was thinking, he suddenly heard the sound of a door opening outside.

Lu Yuan was stunned, a little puzzled.

Qinghe Jie, the tenant who shared the apartment with him, came back with him yesterday, and was probably sleeping now.

The other two households both worked during the day and should be sleeping now.

Who would open the door and come in?