This Isn't Scientific!

Feeling looked down upon by a small bug, the Thunder Snake King roared the moment they met...

There were no flashy fight scenes, nor any complicated processes. As the Thunder Snake King bit towards Jiu Ming, who had gotten close, he simply dodged urgently and thrust the steel pipe in his hand towards the Thunder Snake King's head.

This Thunder Snake King was disdainful! With the length of that steel rebar, it would be difficult to even break its skull. Where did it get this scrap metal from... was it useful?

It was useful!

It froze. After the steel rebar directly pierced its skull, the Thunder Snake King froze. How could this be!? How could this happen? Its body, which could withstand cannons, was actually breached by an unremarkable steel pipe?

The subsequent pain, and the feeling of its surging power dissipating, made it angry and deeply regretful. How could it have let this little bug get close?

Even if it got close, why would it carelessly open its mouth to bite?

Wouldn't it have been better to just use a super discharge to eliminate him?

Along with several spurts of blood, the purple bead embedded in its head was pulled out along with the steel pipe. With fluid grace, Jiu Ming scooped up the purple bead, turned, and put distance between himself and the Thunder Snake King.

As expected, in the next moment, the Thunder Snake King transformed into the Lightning Man. Its giant body, nearly a hundred meters tall, was filled with flickering lightning. Every bolt of lightning that splashed out was filled with immense destructive power, making Jiu Ming feel uncertain.

En, he was uncertain about the effect of the Imagine Breaker Sealed Card he had prepared.

When he made his move, he had already guarded against the Thunder Snake King's indiscriminate AoE-type attacks. That Sealed Card had been held in his hand for a long time. However, the Thunder Snake King's carelessness saved him that process. Regardless, whether it was the former or the latter, with Jiu Ming getting close, the possibility of the purple bead falling into his hands reached seventy percent.

For anyone else, it would have been several times lower...

This purple bead was as if it had grown on the Thunder Snake King's head. When Jiu Ming gouged it out, he could see exposed bone where the Thunder Snake King had embedded the purple bead. Ordinary methods wouldn't be able to remove it instantly. And if it couldn't be removed instantly, It would lead to the Thunder Snake King's current action – a full-body, large-range electric discharge attack. Did you dare to touch it?

Not to mention, with this purple bead, the Thunder Snake King's lightning power would be even more potent.

Name: Super Energy Crystal Type: Consumable, Accessory Attribute: Lightning Quality: Excellent Uses: 1/Pseudo-Infinite, the item will automatically absorb energy to recover if not completely depleted. Notes: A treasure of the lightning element, greatly amplifies lightning-element beings. The stronger the user, the lower the effect... Of course, you could also maniacally detonate this thing like a nuclear bomb in one go... Convertible Origin Power: 14300

Fourteen thousand three hundred!!!

Let me put it this way, under normal circumstances, items have divisions for converting Origin Power. For example, ordinary quality items can convert at most 5 'Origin', as their maximum value is 10. Higher-grade items can convert at most 100, with 50 Origin Power. The next level, Fine, increases by ten times again. And this Excellent quality, lightning-attribute Super Energy Crystal...

It's already at the top tier of rare items. Well, that's just the normal classification. Abnormal ones are like Suzumiya Haruhi's mobile phone.

It has the quality of a 'Divine Artifact', but it's unworthy of that quality. If you drop that phone from a two-story building, it'll definitely be scrap...

Huh? There's no restriction on mandatory collection.

Jiu Ming glanced at the Thunder Snake King whose precious treasure had been stolen. Perhaps it was due to its insufficient intelligence. Jiu Ming flipped his palm, and the fist-sized 'Lightning Bead' directly transformed into a Sealed Card in the Thunder Snake King's stunned gaze.

Then, the card disappeared from Jiu Ming's hand.

Boom, boom, boom--

The powerful thunderous roar crushed all other sounds around. The students stared blankly towards the snake pit, where massive bolts of lightning were continuously striking.

"Is... is this a tribulation?" one student whispered in astonishment, only to be smacked on the head by his teammate.

"Scram! You've read too many Novels! Someone clearly provoked that Snake King!"

His words made the corners of everyone's mouths twitch. The large Thunder Snakes had already caused significant casualties and pressure. If a furious Thunder Snake King were added... they would be wiped out before reinforcements arrived.

The combat power the Thunder Snake King was now displaying made their hearts pound. Then, to their pleasant surprise, they discovered that the surrounding snake groups began to retreat. It was the Thunder Snake King calling them back.

"That person, whoever they are, they must be dead for sure, right?"

While feeling fortunate, some couldn't help but think this. A Thunder Snake King, plus a massive horde of Thunder Snakes attacking, guaranteed death!

"What? There's such a thing?"

To prevent the Shopkeeper from using the Mysterious Shop as a shelter to avoid combat, returning to the Mysterious Shop is prohibited during combat!

Jiu Ming's instant escape method failed. Looking at the surrounding snake groups that made his scalp tingle, he couldn't run. Not to mention the Thunder Snake King that wished it could swallow him alive!

The Thunder Snake King's eyes were now spitting fire... no, crackling with electricity.

"What counts as disengaging from combat!? Don't mess with me!"

Disengaging from combat: The enemy dies, or you completely escape the enemy's pursuit!

Enemy dies...

Jiu Ming rubbed his eyes and scanned his surroundings. Oh, might as well treat it like chopping cabbage. At this quantity, his hands would go numb before he could finish.

One minute later, the students successfully rendezvoused with the external support team. Thankfully, the casualty count was less than one-third... Damn it!

That's already too many!

If those snake groups hadn't been lured away, it could have reached half.

Everyone present, students and teachers alike, wanted to curse. Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck! If you don't court death, you won't die. Seeing that things were going wrong, they should have retreated quickly. They were still thinking about treasure hunting?!

You students, what the hell are you doing doing this kind of thing? If you want to do it, you should wait until they arrive and act together. Just consider it gaining experience!

The team arrived a bit late, which was unavoidable. Traveling by aircraft in the Death Forest is simply courting death; it's guaranteed to attract a large group of flying Exotic Beasts.

In terms of efficiency, flying is worse than walking. Relying on overwhelming numbers, they pushed all the way through... Well, first of all, doing so can't be too excessive. Once the bottom line of the internal Exotic Beasts of the Death Forest is touched, and the entire forest's Exotic Beasts attack, even more people will be wiped out.

It's been a minute. The students here are cursing, but also marveling that the people in the snake pit have been so tenacious, lasting this long without dying.

Wang Hai frowned and looked around. All the Hidden Support that could be notified had been notified. The remaining students who weren't here were also informed through their Communication devices that their internship was temporarily suspended. Jiu Ming had not appeared at all. Was he hiding nearby?

Or... did he run?

Uh, cough cough, looking at him, he doesn't seem like that kind of person.

"Evacuate first!!" A burst of incredibly powerful lightning erupted from the snake pit. Even from a distance, they felt a profound sense of oppression.

"If Brother Snake could speak, he should probably add, 'It's time to end all this'?"

Cheating!

Looking at the Thunder Snake King being 'charged' by the surrounding Thunder Snake swarm, Jiu Ming, whose Soul Body was much more transparent, let out a long sigh. He had already prepared for the worst. With high returns naturally comes high risk, especially since he almost took all the returns himself!

All the risks naturally had to be borne by him!

Looking at the Thunder Snake King's furious expression, it was clear that the 'Lightning Bead' Jiu Ming snatched from it was definitely unique.

Absorbing the lightning released by the surrounding Thunder Snakes, the lightning power coiled around the Thunder Snake King's body had now reached an extreme. Just looking at it could potentially blind one's eyes.

As expected, I couldn't avoid using this thing. It hasn't even warmed up in my hands yet!

Taking a slight breath, Jiu Ming took out the Sealed Card of Imagine Breaker again, hoping this thing would be effective!

All the lightning on the Thunder Snake King's body converged into its wide-open mouth. The giant lightning ball that had formed made Jiu Ming's heart pound with fear.

"Quick, quick! Get out of here!!"

On the students' side, the reconnaissance personnel sent out by the entire troop had only just left when they returned at an even faster speed, loudly warning everyone!

The attack charged by the Thunder Snake King with the help of the snake swarm was too terrifying. The reconnaissance personnel, after just one glance, made a remarkably accurate judgment: once that lightning ball attacked, it would definitely crush and flatten its way to their location. Few people present could withstand it!

The consequences of an explosion would be even more unimaginable.

With a might that made Jiu Ming feel as small as an ant, the lightning ball erupted. The flash of light that illuminated the sky in an instant was like a small sun, clearly visible even from afar. Those who didn't know what was happening might have thought aliens were invading Earth!

Huh!?

Before the lightning ball even got close, Jiu Ming was already affected, his Soul Body showing slight fluctuations.

Holy crap, judging by its might, it's even more awesome than that Spirit Bomb thing!

At least theirs was just a big ball, this one directly became a super incandescent light bulb. That light, that brightness... it'll blind you!

Snap!

The Sealed Card in Jiu Ming's hand turned into shattered light. He clearly felt the hand holding the Sealed Card he crushed being 'plated' with something unknown. Anyway, if he wanted to die, he just needed to press it slightly against his chest...

Don't mess with me!

Jiu Ming launched a counter-Charge against the giant thunderball that was crushing him, his action filled with a strong sense of courting death.

This is unscientific!!

The Thunder Snake King's eyes widened. If it could speak, it would have roared this complaint immediately. The thunderball it had taken half its strength to launch had stopped its forward momentum. Even more unscientific was that its volume was rapidly shrinking...

An earth-shattering strike, ended just like that?

Not only the Thunder Snake King was stunned, but even the troops in the distance who had prepared to resist the impact were stunned. What's going on, all thunder and no rain?

Who are you kidding!