Vajra Wisdom King Art

The moment he swallowed the antidote pill, the rate at which his health dropped slowed dramatically.

It finally stopped at: 67/100

The wound medicine was also gradually taking effect.

His health was recovering at a rate of one point per minute.

Yang Ling wasn't stingy and immediately took another two bottles of wound medicine.

Though this medicine restored health slowly, if used properly, it could keep his health at a safe level at all times.

He lit a firestarter and looked around.

The Ore Worm that had stung him earlier was already gone.

Lowering his head, he glanced at his ankle and saw a tiny puncture wound.

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

Yang Ling's expression darkened.

Back then, he had only had 30 health points.

This single sting from the Ore Worm had cost him 33 points. If not for the antidote pill, he suspected he might have lost another dozen or so points.

How could an ordinary person endure that?

After resting in place for half an hour and waiting for his health to fully recover, Yang Ling continued deeper into the mine cave.

He wouldn't be scared off by a single Ore Worm.

He still had plenty of flatbread and water left this time, so he wanted to gain another level before heading out.

But after only a few steps and a single turn, Yang Ling sensed that something was wrong.

In the pitch-black surroundings, there seemed to be a mass of something writhing.

Yang Ling lit his firestarter for a look, then turned and ran!

Behind him, a dense swarm of black scorpions surged toward him.

There had to be at least eight hundred of them, if not a thousand!

"That was what stung me just now! One hit took away a third of my health. If this swarm catches me, I'll drop dead after just a few strikes!"

Yang Ling's face turned pale.

He was truly scared.

"They said Ore Worms only moved around in small groups. Why did I run into such a huge swarm?"

"Could these Ore Worms crawl out of the mine cave?"

"Wait, Ore Worms love ores, but ordinary ores couldn't possibly attract this many Ore Worms. Could it be..."

"Ore Essence?!"

Yang Ling shuddered, and his steps involuntarily slowed.

There was no longer any movement behind him. The Ore Worms hadn't chased after him.

"I heard Uncle Wang and the others chatting before. Some old mineral veins can nurture Ore Essence, and that stuff is incredibly valuable..."

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

"If I mine that thing, it should give quite a bit of experience, right?"

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

With that many Ore Worms, even Supervisor Wu could only stare helplessly.

"What could I do to deal with these Ore Worms?"

"At the end of the day, they're just bugs. They have no intelligence. If I can't deal with them, perhaps I can avoid them..."

Yang Ling immediately opened the map and checked it several times, only to discover that the path was a dead end with no other branches to go around it.

"No way around it..."

Yang Ling sighed and continued back the way he came.

Mine Cave No. 5 was clearly no longer a place he could stay.

He needed to switch to another mine cave and continue grinding experience.

"Wait, there seems to be another way!"

The moment he stepped out of the mine cave, an idea immediately surfaced in Yang Ling's mind.

"To deal with bugs, maybe I can use fire!"

"But Divine Realm doesn't seem to have gasoline..."

Yang Ling felt somewhat discouraged.

His plan of burning the Ore Worms to death could apparently only remain a plan. It would be difficult to put into action.

"If fire won't work, what about water?"

"I can't exactly swagger in there carrying buckets of water..."

"Huh..."

Yang Ling's gaze suddenly swept across a massive boulder, and an idea instantly struck him.

He immediately turned around and headed back into the mine cave.

Half an hour later, he had found over thirty boulders the size of watermelons.

Every boulder weighed at least sixty or seventy jin.

Some of the larger ones weighed over a hundred jin.

Yang Ling casually picked one up, weighed it in his hands for a while, then began practicing throwing stones inside the mine cave.

His strength was terrifying now.

Even without holding the refined steel pickaxe, he still had 10 points in Strength.

He could hurl a stone weighing dozens of jin more than ten meters without a problem.

"Strength isn't a problem, and my stamina is pretty good too."

"If killing these Ore Worms gives experience, then I won't run out of strength."

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

With that thought, Yang Ling became even more patient.

A day and a night later.

Yang Ling had gotten the feel for throwing.

His accuracy wasn't especially precise, but he could keep the deviation within roughly half a meter!

"I can give it a try now."

Yang Ling moved the stones to the spots he had planned out, placing one roughly every ten meters, then headed deeper inside.

Sure enough, just like last time, the moment he passed that bend, the swarm of Ore Worms came chasing after him.

This time, Yang Ling didn't panic. Instead, he deliberately controlled his pace as he ran toward the exit.

He kept a safe distance of more than ten meters from the Ore Worms.

Before long, he spotted one of the boulders he had prepared.

He immediately bent down, grabbed it, turned around, and hurled it out.

The boulder tore through the air before crashing heavily into the swarm.

Boom—

With a thunderous crash, countless black scorpions were crushed flat, their juices bursting out.

Streams of icy energy flowed into Yang Ling's body.

"There really is experience!"

Yang Ling was overjoyed.

After briefly scattering, the swarm of Ore Worms continued chasing after Yang Ling.

Without another word, Yang Ling immediately ran.

When he reached the next boulder, he picked up the stone and hurled it again.

Boom—

Another group of Ore Worms was crushed to death, their juices spraying everywhere.

Countless points of experience flowed into Yang Ling's body.

Ding!

"Congratulations, you have leveled up and gained 1 free attribute point"

He leveled up?!

Hahaha!

Yang Ling laughed wildly inside and casually added the point to Strength.

His Strength immediately rose from 10 to 11.

He kept running and kept throwing.

Gradually, the swarming masses of bugs disappeared.

Yang Ling stopped running and turned around to stare.

He saw a lone Ore Worm rapidly approaching him.

"Come on, let's have a fair fight!"

Yang Ling grabbed the pickaxe at his waist.

When the Ore Worm was about to reach him.

He pulled a boulder from behind him and smashed it over.

Splat—

Juice mixed with venom splattered everywhere.

The final Ore Worm died, turning into a stream of experience that flowed into Yang Ling's body.

"So Ore Worms do give experience. The system must have judged them to be a threat to me, which is why they gave experience.

When it came to Old Fifth, the system judged him as no threat to me at all, so it didn't give any experience."

Yang Ling pondered as he cautiously walked deeper into the mine cave.

He didn't encounter any Ore Worms along the way.

When he reached the end of the dead end, he immediately saw a fist-sized piece of Fire Crystal Rock radiating a dazzling glow.

Unlike ordinary Fire Crystal Rock, it was crystal-clear throughout, like a gemstone.

Behind it lay an ancient-looking book.

"This must be Fire Crystal Rock Ore Essence, but this book is..."

Holding the firestarter, Yang Ling approached step by step.

The light emitted by the Fire Crystal Rock Ore Essence brightly illuminated the book.

Several large characters were written on it:

[Vajra Wisdom King Art]

In that instant, Yang Ling felt dazed, as though he understood everything.