Can I Slap You Once?

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Numbers indicating damage floated above Liu Muxue's head one by one.

When she realized the Mole People couldn't harm her, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Then she remembered the way Cao Xing had taught her to fight before.

While feeling a bit shy, she gradually found her rhythm in combat.

With that, Liu Muxue thrust her sword forward, hitting the Mole People's chest.

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The Mole People's chest bled, and it let out continuous "ji ji ji" sounds.

It swung its Iron Pickaxe and struck down again with a Chisel Strike.

Liu Muxue was forced back two steps by the impact.

Then she raised her long sword and thrust again.

"Pfft!"

What followed was...

The Mole People would hit her with a pickaxe, and then Liu Muxue would return a sword strike. Both sides began a turn-based battle.

Seeing this scene, Cao Xing felt like laughing.

However, it was already quite good that Liu Muxue could perform to this extent.

After a minute or two, the number of Mole People in the Mine Cave dwindled.

Watching his summoned creatures fight in front, Cao Xing also raised his staff.

A large amount of frost power gathered between his staff.

Then, three ice cones, each 40 centimeters long, crystal clear, and exuding a chilling aura, appeared before Cao Xing.

Cao Xing waved his staff. "Go!"

The next moment, three ice cones shot out.

They all hit one of the Mole Miners.

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The three ice cones took away over two hundred Health from the Mole Miner.

Cao Xing was quite satisfied with this damage, as he was currently only a Level 4 Frost Mage.

However, compared to Sarah's casual attacks, which dealt over 700 or 800 damage, the gap was still too large.

Before long, all the Mole Miners here were killed.

At this moment, the Mole Supervisor wielding the long whip already had a look of fear in its eyes.

It turned around directly and fled towards the depths of the Mine Cave.

And just then...

Sarah revealed herself from the shadows.

Raising her right hand, she threw a jet-black dagger, which directly hit the Mole Supervisor's back.

"Jee!!"

The Mole Supervisor let out a scream, and a damage number appeared above its head.

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One strike instantly reduced its Health to zero.

Level 20 Sarah was truly too powerful!

"Sarah, well done," Cao Xing praised from behind.

Sarah reacted with her usual cold indifference, but this time she added a line.

"The Shadow Sanctuary guides me forward."

Cao Xing nodded, thinking to himself, "Sarah's level has already met the requirements for Advancement. If I could get a Tier 2 Heart of Strength now, I could help Sarah advance to a Tier 3 creature."

"Her strength would then double."

"However, a Tier 2 Heart of Strength isn't easy to obtain. I'll look for an opportunity later."

After the battle ended, it was time to clean up the battlefield.

Cao Xing began searching the Mole People's corpses for loot.

At this moment, a System Prompt appeared again.

Humanoid creature, cannot be decomposed.

Cao Xing's mouth twitched.

Why does this system always think I would do something like that?

Beneath this Mole Person, Cao Xing rummaged around and managed to get quite a few drops.

Obtained Rations * 5, obtained Book of Chaos - Weak * 1, obtained Viscous Liquid * 1, Iron Ingot * 1, Iron Pickaxe * 1

Cao Xing began to check the descriptions of these items.

Rations (White): Unpalatable food, 1 Rations = 1 Food.

Book of Chaos - Weak: Randomly increases the four primary attributes of allied units by 1 point.

(Note: Cannot be used on Lord.)

Viscous Liquid (White): A black, viscous liquid, its effects are unknown. Moldy Army: Heard there's oil here 🛢 (This seems to be some kind of alchemical material. If you encounter a merchant in the wild, you can try selling it.)

Iron Ingot (White): After decomposition, yields Iron * 5.

Iron Pickaxe (White): Attack Power 4~5, can be used to mine ore.

Cao Xing mused, "This Book of Chaos seems pretty good. If I get enough of them, I could even stack one of my recruited units' attributes to a terrifying level."

"Too bad I can't use it on myself."

Then, Cao Xing spent about five minutes quickly cleaning up the battlefield.

Total obtained: Rations * 130, Book of Chaos - Weak * 3

Besides these, there were also some materials and one piece of equipment.

Viscous Liquid (White) * 31.

Iron Pickaxe (White) * 27

Iron Ingot (White) * 4

Mole Overseer's Whip (Green) * 1

The interesting part was the last piece of equipment.

Mole Overseer's Whip (Green): Special Equipment Quality: Fine Attack Power: 13~15

Includes Special Effect ①: Whip Strike (Uses the long whip to strike the target, accelerating work speed and increasing their movement speed by 10% for the next 5 minutes.)

Includes Special Effect ②: Deepened Pain (A whip coated in olive oil, the pain caused during a strike is increased by 50%.)

After reading the description above, Cao Xing's expression turned somewhat strange.

"Could this thing... also be a type of amplification effect?"

"If it synergizes with my hidden Talent, could it become a permanent state?"

Cao Xing decided to test it out first, as a 10% increase in movement speed was quite good.

Thus, under the astonished gazes of Liu Muxue, Andrew, and others, Cao Xing gave himself a fierce lash.

"Crack!"

After a crisp sound, Cao Xing gasped in pain.

"Hiss!! That hurts!"

Although the damage from this thing wasn't high, due to the presence of the second effect, Deepened Pain, taking a lash truly hurt!

Before Cao Xing could recover from the pain.

He received a System Prompt.

You have been affected by Whip Strike, movement speed increased by 10%, effect lasts for 5 minutes.

[Talent Eternal Power activated, Whip Strike has now become a permanent amplification state.]

Cao Xing: "..."

Damn, it actually works?

Cao Xing was completely stunned.

Then, as if he thought of something, a look of pleasant surprise appeared on his face.

Because with this, combined with the Serpentfolk Berserk skill, it would be equivalent to permanently increasing his and other allied units' movement speed by 30%!

This was a huge improvement!

Liu Muxue and the others beside him were bewildered.

They had personally seen Cao Xing whip himself and grimace in pain.

Then, his gaze suddenly became excited.

It was as if some strange attribute had awakened.

And now, he turned that excited gaze towards them.

The upright Assam didn't know what was happening. He asked, "My Lord, are you alright?"

Cao Xing looked up at him and said, "Assam, can I whip you?"

Assam: "..."

Liu Muxue: "..."

Sarah: "..."

Although the request was strange, due to Assam's high loyalty of 95, he would not disobey Cao Xing's orders.

As if making a difficult decision, he nodded and said, "If my Lord wishes, you may..."

Cao Xing didn't hesitate. He swung his whip, lashing it directly at Assam.

"Crack!"