Mad Hunt

"Magic Master's Staff"

"Quality: Excellent"

"Reduces magic consumption for casting"

"Special: Slightly increases furthest spell range (activated by Tier 2 Mage)"

The price of this staff was 50 silver.

It wasn't that Lu Cang didn't want to buy a better staff, it was just that there were none suitable for sale.

Effects like reduced magic consumption, enhanced mana recovery, and faster casting speed were of little use to him.

The "chant shortening" effect, revered as top-tier, was completely useless to Lu Cang.

It was worth mentioning... staves with the chant shortening effect could sell for over 20 gold.

This made Lu Cang wish he could turn his own lack of chanting into a staff effect and sell it.

Perhaps that was what they called a top-tier stat.

While the stat for slightly increasing spell range wasn't bad, it was far inferior compared to chant shortening.

Both of these pieces of equipment were bought with Lu Cang's own money.

Iz hadn't left any equipment for him.

Lu Cang pointed into the distance.

The other two teammates also stood up.

Just from their posture, one could feel that their aura was completely different from those Tier 2 Adventurers from yesterday.

The casual demeanor was gone, replaced by a sense of reliability.

It seemed they had specifically trained for combat on a moving vehicle.

"I see it."

Through a gap in the forest trees, a spider with eight legs planted high in the ground appeared in everyone's sight.

"Ghostface Spider"

It was famous for the pattern on its back resembling a giant, terrifying face.

It was an extremely special type of spider, adept at mental attacks...

Upon seeing the ghost face on its back, one would immediately feel mental fear.

Hummm--

Almost the instant he saw the spider, a wave of fear formed in Lu Cang's mind!

But before this fear could fully take hold, he felt a warmth in his mind, and the fear that had just arisen was instantly dispelled.

Lu Cang looked at Loth beside him.

"Inspire Spirit (Tier 3) (LV: 2)"

This was a Level 3 healer.

Her reaction was so fast, she immediately dispelled the abnormal status effect.

And at almost the same time, Maizer drew his bow, and as the arrow was drawn on the string, it began to ignite with flames.

"Preparing to enter attack range."

However, Maizer's shooting range had not yet been reached.

Boom!

Five or six purple arcs of electricity flashed.

"Lightning Flash"

Twelve consecutive--

Boom!

Boom boom boom boom~

The sound of thunder reverberated, and after a moment of thunder, flames instantly surged!

"Earthfire Eruption (Tier 2) (LV: 115)"

A Tier 2 fire magic!

Evolved from the power of "Fire Pillar"!

Boom!

The flames erupting from the ground instantly engulfed the [Ghostface Spider]!

Bang!

Bang bang bang bang bang!

"Emergent Charge Pillar (Tier 1) (LV: 201)"

One by one, charge pillars rose from the ground. This time, there weren't three, but nine charge pillars thrusting towards the Ghostface Spider from different angles. Each charge pillar also branched out into more sharp, piercing sprints.

After yesterday, the charge pillars had completely leveled up to 200.

Lu Cang had evolved them again.

The flames extinguished.

The Ghostface Spider, however, was impaled on the pillars, completely motionless.

Instant kill...

Maizer confirmed it was dead.

But it was too fast.

He had been with many adventurer groups. He dared to say that even with the most powerful Tier 3 adventurer groups he had joined, they couldn't have dealt with a Ghostface Spider so easily.

At this moment, the Dragon Rhino was still galloping closer.

There wasn't even a need to deploy combat formations; it was an instant kill of a Tier 3 Lord. This was at least the strength an elite Level 4 Adventurer would possess.

Lu Cang stopped the carriage about 100 meters away.

He let Maizer walk over alone.

Lu Cang truly didn't want to get close to the corpse, especially since it was a spider.

Seeing such a large spider... any Earthling would be terrified.

Even though it was already dead.

Loth and Trand hadn't recovered from their shock.

This mission was indeed much easier than they had imagined. No... not just easier, they had done absolutely nothing.

This was the legendary Izpalut's disciple.

Could it be said... worthy of that Legend?

This spider was even more fragile than the Hammer-tail Horned Bull they had killed yesterday.

Maizer collected the spider.

A joyful expression on his face: "Good harvest."

"One of its legs has the Hate characteristic."

"If used as material, it can be made into a spear that naturally comes with Hate enchantment."

"Its eyes have also mutated and can be used as medicinal ingredients..."

Adding it all up, this Lord-class Ghostface Spider yielded a profit of 20 gold, which made Maizer envious.

If this were a fair team-up.

He would have already earned 5 gold.

But... it was impossible to think that way.

Seeing Lu Cang's strength, Maizer understood that this time it was "leading a team," not a team-up.

"It is indeed a good harvest."

Lu Cang stored all these spoils of war into his storage space.

Before he bought a storage ring, he had Zhou Er help him pack.

As a Gatherer, one would usually have a storage ring prepared.

20 gold, even with the Harvest Moon's special properties, still seemed like a lot. Could it be because he had worshipped Yakartikto?

Does worshipping gods really work?

That's right, thinking about it, if it didn't work, why would they rush to worship?

No, no, no... it's hard to say.

Lu Cang thought of the fervent believers on Earth.

Forget it, he wouldn't get an answer anytime soon.

Instead of thinking wildly, it was better to ask.

After gathering the spider.

Everyone got into the carriage and headed towards the location of the next Lord.

Lu Cang had accepted 10 orders today.

9 of them were for killing Tier 3 Lord-class Demonic Beasts, and one... was to deal with a monster swarm that had appeared.

Actually, adventurers were generally not allowed to accept so many orders at once.

A simple example would be if an adventurer accepted all the orders but didn't complete them.

The dungeons outside couldn't just be left unresolved.

Ultimately, either disaster would strike, or someone else would solve it for him, allowing him to reap the benefits.

Therefore, there was a regulated quota for the number of quests each person could accept.

By all rights, Lu Cang shouldn't have been able to accept so many commissions.

However, the team Lu Cang was nominally part of belonged to Izpalut, and the Legend Adventurer Group had very high quest permissions.

Coupled with the impending Demonic Tide, Xili was able to grant Lu Cang permission for 10 quests.

The second Tier 3 Lord Demonic Beast to be subjugated was [Yanweibahe]. It resembled an ape with fiery fists, but its most notable feature was the flaming tail behind it.

What the hell...

Magic Flame Ape?

Cold air condensed at the tip of Lu Cang's staff.

"Ice Shuttle"

Whoosh--

Forty-two Ice Shuttles instantly pierced [Yanweibahe]'s body from various angles.

The Ice Shuttles were incredibly fast!

Before Yanweibahe could even react, it was hit by all the Ice Shuttles!

Each Ice Shuttle exploded into a brilliant ice flower upon impact!

Following that, a bone-chilling cold drilled into its body like a drill bit, freezing it deeply.

It tried to turn around, but its movements had already become extremely stiff.

Crash!

A Giant Wave suddenly rose from the ground--

Plummeting down towards [Yanweibahe]!

Boom--

As the wave crashed down, its body was already covered in frost.

Everywhere on its body were gaping holes of blood and ice.