Having discovered the guy's strong energy defense during the previous battles, she switched to physical attacks.
"Click click click..."
The fifth-level mouthparts, with their added Sharpness, are extraordinary, possessing exceptional destructive power.
It shattered the opponent's proud, hard crystal armor with overwhelming force.
However, at the same time, Wen Jing was also having a hard time dealing with a creature that had the [ Scorching Heat ] attribute.
"Hot! Hot! Hot!"
The little insect couldn't help but shout in its heart, but while it shouted, its movements didn't stop at all.
The opponent not only has strong energy defense, but also strong physical defense. Moreover, she hadn't forgotten that the description mentioned [ Regenerating Crystal Armor ], so she naturally had to seize the opportunity to break through the defense.
Since you've already taken a bite, you should at least taste it!
"Hiss--!!"
Finally, the little insect broke through the crystal armor, which was thicker than its own body, and began to devour the other's flesh.
It does indeed have much more energy than the Jeboa, but its water content is far lower, and --
Why is it still so hot?!
The next moment, darkness enveloped the surroundings. In pain, the Bulbasaur slammed its tail into the quicksand and swam frantically deeper, engulfing Wen Jing along with it.
This creature clearly has the [Slow] attribute, yet it moves quite fast in quicksand.
"It's still growing!"
Wen Jing felt the other's body surface continuing to heat up, and the crystal armor she had bitten through began to regenerate and thicken under the replenishment of the other's energy.
Upon seeing this, the little insect immediately stopped its previously practiced 'hunting-devouring' process.
In this world, with its Scorching Thirst Contamination to consider, the Bulbasaur clearly needs to burrow deeper into the quicksand, and continuing to eat this guy won't provide her with much hydration.
By the time she finishes eating, she might be trapped deep in quicksand, requiring a considerable amount of time to return to the surface, making it not very cost-effective.
However, Wen Jing now has more than one attack method...
"Both physical and energy defenses are very strong, right?"
Howl of the Hunt!
The next moment, an indiscriminate, invisible Mental Shock rippled out from the little insect, first striking the Bulbasaur that was closest to her.
The large lizard, which had been swimming deeper into the quicksand just moments before, suddenly jolted, then its energetic and vital body reflexively twitched a few times before becoming completely still.
The Bulbasaur flipped over and was lifted to the ground by Wen Jing's Gravity Silk.
"Call..."
Soon after, the little insect stepped on the giant lizard and emerged from the quicksand.
Looking at the Bulbasaur at his feet, Wen Jing couldn't help but say with some regret, "Sigh, I originally wanted to fight you in close combat..."
Come to think of it, enemies with such strong physical defenses don't seem to have very strong mental defenses.
She thought of Helian in the Freshman League. Unlike other types of awakened Awakened, this type of opponent had very obvious strengths and weaknesses.
Once you encounter an enemy that has a natural advantage, things will get very difficult.
So why not learn some secret techniques for mental defense?
If Helian knew Wen Jing was thinking right now, he would definitely be speechless—yes, why not learn? Is it because he doesn't want to?
If the secret techniques of mental power were so easy to learn, Fu Yuan, who had always been Neutral Faction, wouldn't have taken the initiative to offer to take Wen Jing as his student.
"Huh?"
However, Wen Jing's attention was soon drawn to something else.
After pulling the Bulbasaur to a non-quicksand area, she noticed that the tail area she had previously damaged had developed a thick layer of crystals, like a scab. Although it was still not as thick as the red crystal area on its back, it was much thicker than the crystal armor on other parts of its body.
"Click."
Wen Jing bit through the other parts of the crystal armor and began to eat.
This time, the meat didn't feel as hot as when the other creature was alive, indicating that the energy was warming its body while the Bulbasaur was alive.
Even so, Wen Jing still felt a Scorching Heat in his mouth and throat after eating, but the burns were repaired by the recovery process.
After she had eaten most of the Bulbasaur, which was actually quite palatable despite being hot, a wonderful notification finally appeared on her screen.
[Gained the trait ' Elementary Heat Resistance ']
With this notification, the heat from the lizard meat in the mouth seemed to drop instantly, and Wen Jing's hydration from it also increased slightly, but in the end, it was only enough for one and a half Jeboa, barely enough to make up for the losses from the battle.
After consuming the entire Bulbasaur, her attributes of Life and Strength also increased by more than a decimal point.
Life: 324
Strength: 321
Wen Jing was unsurprised by the difficulty in raising attribute points, and then turned his attention to the remaining two largest crystals.
"This crystal looks pretty good; it seems quite valuable!"
She ate the other, thinner pieces of crystal armor without wasting a drop. However, compared to the flesh and blood inside, the crystal armor did have decent energy, but it contained no moisture at all. Eating it would increase thirst, just like eating dirt.
Wen Jing's eyes darted around, and a new idea popped into his head.
" The Bulbasaur' is a bit like a seashell that produces pearls when sand gets into it; it seems like it will keep crystallizing as long as it's injured..."
"Anyway, this thing doesn't have much water content. Next time we encounter it, let's try to see if we can produce crystals in large quantities."
After making the decision, seeing that it was getting late and I was not hydrated enough to continue exploring, I realized I could no longer continue.
With the two crystals obtained from the Bulbasaur, Wen Jing found a safe spot nearby and used gravity to cocoon himself, thus concluding his first exploration of the ' Scorching Thirst World '.
Chapter 113
In the afternoon, Wen Jing returned to the Mystic Radiance Registration Center with a bright red crystal in one hand and a light red crystal in the other.
The bright red crystals on the back of the Bulbasaur are as big as a fist, while the newly thickened ones on its tail are smaller; the former is very noticeable when held in the hand.
Now that he has won the Freshman League championship and has the excuse of abnormal development, Wen Jing no longer needs to intentionally control the amount of resources he brought back from the Ancient Wilderness Land as he did at the beginning.
Upon seeing this, the staff immediately greeted them warmly, "Do you need it packaged? We can arrange for it to be purchased for you."
Only the college's Student Council frequented the registration center, so the main source of resources for acquisition here was ordinary resources brought by students from the Ancient Wilderness, hence their positive attitude.
Wen Jing glanced at the two crystals in his hand and said, "I just need one... two sealed boxes."
She knew how strong the defense of this crystal was; unlike biological materials, a sealing box was perfectly sufficient.
If it were the old her, she might have just bought a sealed box and stuffed it in... Now she's much more generous.
If it's to be sold, it certainly won't be to the Mystic Radiance Academy.
Now, Wen Jing doesn't lack these Integral as much as before, but after becoming Dean Bai's official student and learning about the factions of the Awakened, his mindset is naturally different.
Integral are essentially just credit currency; what truly underpins an academy's foundation are resources from the Ancient Wilderness, which are irreplaceable.
Moreover, she had almost depleted the reserve of Empowerment Stone in the Ocher Soil Treasure Vault by setting monthly records in the Trial Tower, so she would definitely prioritize selling any resources she obtained to her own academy.
"You'll need about 100g of Aether Medium... uh, you mean the encapsulation box? Okay, okay." The staff member at the Mystic Radiance Registration Center started calculating fluently, only realizing halfway through that Wen Jing was referring to the cheapest kind of encapsulation box.
Although it's standard equipment in every registration center, it's not used by anyone except for the Red Earth Academy...
Even if someone was once a heavily indebted "poor student," after entering Mystic Radiance, they will receive various investments and sponsorships, directly achieving a leap in social class.
Please wait a moment.
Despite the complaint from the day before yesterday, the service awareness of Mystic Radiance Registration Center is now very good.
The staff member went to the back warehouse and returned a while later with a large stack of unopened boxes from a corner of the warehouse.
"Sorry to have kept you waiting!"
[Payment Credits: 60]
Seeing the price triple, Wen Jing could only sigh that it truly lived up to its name, Mystic Radiance Star.
After she left with the crystal, the staff breathed a sigh of relief, then their gaze fell on the remaining sealed boxes that had just been taken out.
After that, when facing other returning students --
"This packaging box is the same one used by this year's champion, Wen Jing. Want to grab one?"
Upon hearing this, everyone couldn't help but turn their gaze to the packaging box, which cost only 30 credits.
If other students had bought it, they would have been ridiculed for being stingy, but since the Freshman League champion bought it... there must be a reason for it!
The packaging boxes that Mystic Radiance Academy had been struggling to sell for a long time suddenly saw a surge in sales overnight.
The first 'champion merchandise' besides the insect research paper was born out of nowhere.
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The subsequent official league was held as usual, and the final result was the same as in previous years, with Mystic Radiance winning both the individual and team championships.
Because the individual competition champion was another A-level Awakened from the Mystic Radiance Academy, Luosi stopped at the top 800, was inevitably dragged out and mocked once again.
However, in terms of influence and discussion, for the first time, the Freshman League, which was previously used as a warm-up, completely overshadowed the official league.
There was no way around it; the shock of an F-level Awakened from a perennial bottom-ranked academy winning the championship was simply too great.
Even if Wen Jing is given many "patches" later, this is still a matter that greatly impacts the past evaluation system of Awakened ' strength.
It is worth mentioning that, thanks to the previous Freshman League champion, the Ocher Soil students who participated in the official league were greatly encouraged and ultimately achieved Ocher Soil's highest ranking in the official competition in ten years.
Meanwhile, within the core power structure of the Federation, the news that Wen Jing had become Dean Bai's only student had already spread like wildfire.