Abyss Fruit

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Jiang Fu stepped closer, one step at a time.

He finally stopped about three meters in front of the girl.

He looked at Shi Jiu's strikingly beautiful features, her eyes filled with utter despair.

He hesitated, then said, "Is it possible this is a Mutated Beast, not an ordinary python?"

An ordinary giant python naturally wouldn't be venomous.

But a mutated python was a different story.

Besides, this thing might not even be a python.

It could be some kind of mutated venomous snake that had grown to an enormous size.

Shi Jiu lifted her gaze, peering through the brim of her cap at the clean-featured boy before her.

After a long pause, she muttered, "Makes sense."

Seeing Jiang Fu watching her warily, refusing to come any closer, she added, "I have an Abyss Fruit here."

"I was planning to trade it for some money... but now, consider it the price of my life."

Jiang Fu's eyes widened. "An Abyss Fruit?!"

"Wait, you didn't eat it yourself?"

Shi Jiu shot him a glance, as if looking at an idiot.

Jiang Fu immediately understood.

The girl in front of him had probably already consumed one.

What incredible luck!

Finding two Abyss Fruits all on her own!

After a pause, Jiang Fu said, "But I don't know how to cure poison either."

Shi Jiu: "This poison isn't a big deal. I can recover on my own."

"It's just that I can't move for now. Just take me away from here."

"The smell of blood will soon attract other large Mutated Beasts."

Jiang Fu looked at Shi Jiu's delicate, pretty face.

"You can recover from poison on your own? Isn't that just like a Honey Badger?"

Shi Jiu: "..."

I wish I were a Honey Badger too!

Looking at the girl's utterly resigned expression, Jiang Fu suddenly remembered something.

Before he left, Good luck multiplied by ten.

Probability of finding an Abyss Fruit multiplied by ten.

Probability of an Abyss Fruit being found by him multiplied by ten.

And then, he ran into Shi Jiu, who had an Abyss Fruit.

"So, this kind of intangible probability really can be multiplied by ten?"

One Abyss Fruit, in Jiang Fu's hands, was equivalent to ten!

And more than that.

If this probability could be multiplied by ten, then couldn't the probability and frequency of unlocking sequences also be multiplied by ten!

Jiang Fu forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart.

He pretended to be calm and nodded.

"Fine. Give me the Abyss Fruit, and I'll take you out of here."

As he spoke, he carefully observed Shi Jiu again.

The girl had her left leg bent, lounging lazily against the tree.

Aside from her hands, there was no blood anywhere else on her body.

Jiang Fu walked up to her.

He didn't immediately grab the Abyss Fruit.

Instead, he pulled a bottle of water from his backpack.

Twisted open the cap.

Using his Spirit Power, he controlled the water to wash the blood off Shi Jiu's hands.

Then he picked up those two fair little hands again.

Brought them to his nose and sniffed.

Shi Jiu: "..."

Jiang Fu ignored Shi Jiu's reaction.

Took out an Energy Pill and ground it finely.

Rubbed it onto Shi Jiu's hands.

Then sniffed again.

That faint trace of blood was finally masked by the smell of the Energy Pill.

After doing all this.

Jiang Fu still felt uneasy.

He leaned in and sniffed Shi Jiu's body again.

...There was no so-called faint fragrance.

Just a little bit of blood smell.

Shi Jiu: "..."

Jiang Fu took out another Energy Pill.

Ground it up again and sprinkled it over Shi Jiu.

Finally, the blood smell on Shi Jiu was completely covered by the scent of the Energy Pill.

Shi Jiu: "..."

"Jiang Fu, did it ever occur to you that the smell of an Energy Pill is just as much an odd odor as blood?"

Jiang Fu shrugged. "I think Mutated Beasts prefer the smell of blood."

Shi Jiu: "...Fair point."

Suddenly, Jiang Fu seemed to realize something.

He looked at Shi Jiu warily. "How do you know my name?"

Shi Jiu sighed helplessly. "Your name and photo are on the class honor roll."

"I'm not blind. I can see."

Jiang Fu rubbed his nose.

Only then did he remember that the girl in front of him was a transfer student in the class.

He coughed. "Uh... so, the Abyss Fruit..."

Shi Jiu glanced at her left pants pocket. "It's in my left pocket. Take it yourself."

Jiang Fu tried to use his Spirit Power to grab it.

But the moment his Spirit Power touched Shi Jiu's pants, it vanished.

"Figures. Psychic Masters are worthless!"

Jiang Fu grumbled inwardly.

He had no choice but to reach a trembling hand into Shi Jiu's left pants pocket.

The next moment.

Shi Jiu's face flushed red. "You, just take the Abyss Fruit. Don't grope around."

Jiang Fu froze, stammering, "S-sorry, I didn't mean to..."

At that moment.

Shi Jiu was leaning against the tree with her left leg bent.

The school uniform's pocket was a bit deep, and with something inside, it pressed against her inner thigh.

Jiang Fu's hand was shaking, and his movements were a bit too wide.

He fumbled around inside for a while but couldn't grab the Abyss Fruit.

Shi Jiu stole a glance at Jiang Fu.

Saw his face was bright red.

His whole body was trembling.

...Well, in this world, no one could stay calm when an Abyss Fruit was within reach.

Back when he got his first Abyss Fruit, he was even more excited than this.

"He didn't mean it, didn't mean it, didn't mean it... mmph..."

Shi Jiu kept repeating it in his mind.

Suddenly, that originally flushed little face turned completely red.

Jiang Fu scrambled frantically.

Fumbling in his pocket for a long time.

He finally pulled out that round, plump fruit.

This fruit was about the same size as an Energy Pill.

Completely pitch-black, its surface seemed to be wreathed in a layer of hazy mist.

It looked...

Like a tiny abyss.

No wonder it was called an Abyss Fruit.

Jiang Fu let out a long sigh of relief.

Then, looking at Shi Jiu, whose face was already beet red, he asked cautiously, "...Really giving it to me?"

Shi Jiu's gaze was a bit vacant. "I can't move right now anyway. If you take it and run, I can't do anything about it."

Jiang Fu was about to speak.

Suddenly, his expression changed drastically.

He scooped up Shi Jiu in his arms.

His body shot off to the side in an instant.

Boom!

Crack!

The spot where Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu had been a moment ago now had a pit about a meter deep.

The tree Shi Jiu had been leaning against was also snapped in two.

A wolf, its body silvery-gray and larger than an adult ox, was baring its fangs at the two of them.

At the same time.

A second system panel appeared before Jiang Fu.

Code
Species: Silver Moon Wolf
Tier: 2
Weakness: Waist, belly
Most valuable part: Fur

A Tier 2 Silver Moon Wolf?!

Run!

His body moved faster than his mind.

The instant before he fully registered the Silver Moon Wolf.

Jiang Fu had already shot off again, carrying Shi Jiu.

The Silver Moon Wolf first glanced at the giant python over a dozen meters long.

A flicker of disdain passed through its green eyes.

Then, its body turned into a blur.

Chasing in the direction Jiang Fu had disappeared.

Hearing the sounds behind him, Jiang Fu cursed under his breath.

"Is this wolf crazy! There's a huge pile of snake meat right there, and it comes after me instead!"

Shi Jiu, held in Jiang Fu's arms like a princess, quietly added, "Is it possible that this is a Mutated Beast, and it has intelligence?"

Jiang Fu frowned. "So, it knows that snake is poisonous!"

Shi Jiu: "..."

He felt like he'd been insulted again.

Hearing the footsteps getting closer and closer behind them.

Shi Jiu sighed. "You should just drop me. That way you—"

Before he could finish.

Shi Jiu was stunned to find.

He had already flown into the sky.

The Silver Moon Wolf below saw this.

Its body shot into the air in an instant, lunging toward the figure suspended above.

In the Silver Moon Wolf's eyes, that figure in the sky, though slender and frail, was far more enticing than the one fleeing!

But the very moment the Silver Moon Wolf leaped, a pitch-black Battle Knife came crashing down from above.

Empowered by Spirit Power, it moved like lightning, slashing toward the Silver Moon Wolf's waist.

The Silver Moon Wolf's green eyes narrowed slightly.

It had already spotted the Battle Knife.

Instinctively, it wanted to dodge.

But midair, with no foothold, it couldn't evade at all.

Fine then—it would just devour this human!

A fierce glint flashed in the Silver Moon Wolf's eyes.

A Battle Knife of this level couldn't break a wolf's defense!

At that moment, the Silver Moon Wolf's body was still rising, about to reach the girl in the air.

But in the next instant, the Silver Moon Wolf realized in horror—

its body...

No, it felt as if the world itself had changed!

Its rapidly ascending body seemed pinned by some unseen force.

When it was still a meter away from Shi Jiu's body, it plummeted downward with a violent jerk.

At the same time, the Battle Knife struck the Silver Moon Wolf's waist with full force.

"Silver Moon Wolf affected by Gravity Multiply by Ten, lasting three seconds!"

"Battle Knife weight Multiply by Ten! Lasting three seconds!"

"Battle Knife affected by Gravity Multiply by Ten! Lasting three seconds!"

Jiang Fu's murmur faded with the wind, leaving no trace.

Thud!

Boom—

The Silver Moon Wolf's massive body crashed heavily to the ground.

Its spine snapped instantly.

The entire wolf folded like a broken screen.

Jiang Fu stopped.

He quickly sidestepped a few paces, catching Shi Jiu's body steadily.

Looking at Shi Jiu in his arms, he let out a long sigh of relief.

"Good thing you reminded me to throw you away—otherwise, I wouldn't have thought of such a perfect tactic."

Shi Jiu: "..."