Vajra Mingwang Technique

As soon as the Detoxification Pill was taken, the rate at which Health Points dropped slowed instantly.

It finally settled at: 67/100

The effect of the Healing Ointment was also gradually taking hold.

It was increasing at a rate of one Health Point per minute.

Yang Ling didn't hold back; he immediately consumed two more bottles of Healing Ointment.

Although this medicine's HP recovery was slow, as long as it was used well, it could keep him at a safe health level at all times.

He opened his Fire Lighter and looked around.

The Mine Worm that had just stung him was nowhere to be seen.

He lowered his head to glance at his ankle, where a tiny puncture hole was visible.

"Damn it, Mine Worms really approach without a sound. If I'd been stung like this when I first got here, I wouldn't have had time to save myself—I'd have died on the spot."

Yang Ling's face showed lingering fear.

Back then, he only had 30 HP.

This time, the Mine Worm's sting had taken a full 33 points. If not for the Detoxification Pill, he suspected he might have lost another ten-plus points.

How could an ordinary person withstand that?

He rested on the spot for half an hour, waiting until his HP was full before continuing deeper into the Mine Shaft.

He wasn't about to back off because of a single Mine Worm.

He still had plenty of Buns and water left this time, and he planned to try to Level Up once more before leaving.

But after just a few steps, at a single turn, Yang Ling sensed something was wrong.

In the pitch-black environment, there seemed to be a mass of something squirming.

Yang Ling opened his Fire Lighter for a look, then turned and ran!

Behind him, a dense swarm of black scorpions was surging forward.

Judging by the number, there were at least eight hundred, if not a thousand!

"This is what stung me just now! One hit took a third of my HP. If this group catches up to me, I'll be dead in no time!"

Yang Ling's face turned pale.

He was truly terrified.

"They say Mine Worms only move around in scattered groups—how did I run into a whole swarm?"

"Can these Mine Worms crawl out of the mine?"

"Wait, Mine Worms love ore, but ordinary ore couldn't attract this many. Could it be..."

"A Mine Essence!?"

Yang Ling's body jolted, and his steps involuntarily slowed down.

The commotion behind him had already stopped; the swarm of Mine Worms hadn't chased after him.

"I remember Uncle Wang and the others chatting before—some mineral veins, after years of aging, can nurture a Mine Essence. That stuff is incredibly valuable..."

"Could this swarm have found a Fire Crystal Rock Ore Essence?"

"If I dig that up, the Experience Points I'd get shouldn't be small, right?"

Yang Ling's heart burned with excitement, but it was immediately doused by a bucket of cold water.

With that many Mine Worms, even Supervisor Wu would be helpless just staring at them.

"Is there any way to deal with these Mine Worms?"

"When it comes down to it, they're just bugs—they don't have any real intelligence. If I can't handle them, maybe I can avoid them..."

Yang Ling immediately opened his map to check. He looked it over several times and found that path was a dead end, with no other forks to go around.

"No choice..."

Yang Ling sighed and continued walking back.

Mine Shaft No. 5 was clearly no longer a good place to stay.

He needed to switch to another mine and keep grinding Experience.

"Wait, there might be one more way!"

Just as he stepped out of the mine, a thought surged into Yang Ling's mind.

"To deal with bugs, I could use fire!"

"But 'Divine Domain' probably doesn't have gasoline either..."

Yang Ling felt a bit deflated.

The idea of burning this swarm of Mine Worms to death with fire in his mind was clearly just a fantasy—hard to pull off.

"Fire won't work, what about water?"

"I can't just waltz in there carrying buckets of water..."

"Eh..."

Yang Ling's gaze suddenly swept over a massive boulder, and his mind stirred.

He immediately turned and headed back into the mine shaft.

Half a Shichen later, he had found over thirty boulders the size of watermelons.

Each boulder weighed at least sixty or seventy jin.

Some of the larger ones were easily over a hundred jin.

Yang Ling casually picked up one, hefted it in his hands for a moment, then began practicing throwing rocks inside the mine.

His current strength was terrifying.

Even without gripping the Steel Pickaxe, he had 10 points in the Strength Attribute.

A rock weighing several dozen jin—he could hurl it a good ten-plus meters with ease.

"Strength isn't an issue, and my stamina is decent too."

"If killing these Mine Worms gives me Experience Points, then I'll have more than enough energy."

"For now, I just need to practice my accuracy."

With that thought, Yang Ling grew even more patient.

A day and a night later.

Yang Ling had developed a feel for throwing.

Though his accuracy wasn't pinpoint, the deviation was controlled within half a meter!

"Time to give it a try."

Yang Ling moved the rocks to predetermined spots, placing one roughly every ten meters, then walked deeper into the mine.

Sure enough, just like last time, the moment he passed that bend, the swarm of Mine Worms chased after him.

This time, Yang Ling didn't panic. Instead, he deliberately controlled his speed as he ran outward.

He kept a safe distance of about ten meters between himself and the worms.

Before long, he spotted the boulder he had prepared.

He immediately bent down, scooped one up, turned, and hurled it.

The rock tore through the air with a whistling sound before crashing heavily into the center of the worm cluster.

Boom—

Accompanied by a thunderous noise, countless black scorpions were crushed flat, bursting with fluid.

Stream after stream of cool energy surged into Yang Ling's body.

"There's Experience Points!"

Yang Ling was overjoyed.

The swarm of Mine Worms scattered briefly before resuming their chase toward him.

Yang Ling didn't say a word—he turned and fled.