The Spoils and the Crisis!
Looking at Zhang Meng's head, which remained open in death, Dongfang Yueming let out a soft breath.
A troublesome matter was resolved, and although the process was somewhat bumpy, the result was relatively smooth.
He was about to turn around to deal with the corpse of the Ironback Earth Dragon when he suddenly stopped.
'Almost forgot...' He slapped his forehead, chuckled self-deprecatingly, 'Corpse-robbing is a traditional skill, can't be forgotten.'
Dongfang Yueming walked to Zhang Meng's headless corpse, squatted down, and began to examine it carefully.
He quickly pulled a decent longsword from Zhang Meng's waist. The blade was thick and gleamed with a cold light, much better than his previous broken E-grade sword.
'Hmm, a D-grade weapon. Although it's not as good as Light Snow, it can be used as a backup.' Dongfang Yueming casually put the knife away.
Then, he picked up the terminal that Zhang Meng had dropped beside him. This thing recorded the martial artist's identity information and military merits, making it a rather important item.
Dongfang Yueming tried it out and found that no complicated password had been set. He quickly found the interface for his military merit balance, which displayed a number - 50.
'This guy has actually accumulated some military merits.' Dongfang Yueming unceremoniously transferred the 50 military merits to his account through the terminal's function.
'Not bad, not bad, even a mosquito is still meat.' He was quite satisfied. 'With these 50 points, I have 325 military merits, enough to exchange for that [Ten Thousand Beasts Bone Tempering Method]!'
Just as he was about to destroy Zhang Meng's terminal, the terminal suddenly vibrated, and a new message notification popped up on the screen.
The sender is -- Xi Lang.
The message was simple: [Zhang Meng, how's the matter going? What's the background of that Dongfang Ri?]
Upon seeing this message, Dongfang Yueming's eyes narrowed instantly!
' Xi Lang? Who is that? Zhang Meng's superior?' He immediately realized, 'So it wasn't a coincidence! This guy sent Zhang Meng to test me!'
A chill crept into Dongfang Yueming's heart.
He thought that killing Zhang Meng would solve the problem. Little did he know that there was someone else behind it all!
'It seems... I've been targeted.' A cold glint flashed in Dongfang Yueming's eyes.
His eyes flickered, and after a moment's thought, he picked up Zhang Meng's terminal and, mimicking Zhang Meng's usual slightly vulgar tone, replied to Xi Lang's message:
We still haven't found that kid! This place is too big, we don't know where he's hiding!
Soon, Xi Lang replied, his tone clearly impatient: [Useless! Can't even find a single person! Keep searching! Don't come back to see me if you don't find anyone!]
Dongfang Yueming's eyes turned slightly cold as she replied in Zhang Meng's tone: [Yes, yes, yes! Please rest assured! I will search high and low to find him!]
He exchanged a few more perfunctory words and ended the conversation with Xi Lang.
Dongfang Yueming threw Zhang Meng's terminal on the ground, his brows furrowed.
'This Xi Lang... being able to command Zhang Meng, his strength must be above Zhang Meng's, at least at the Bone Forging Realm, or even the Tendon Transformation Realm or Marrow Cleansing Realm!'
The Marrow Cleansing Realm is the fifth major realm of the Body Tempering Realm! Once you break through it, your strength will experience another qualitative leap!
Thinking of this, Dongfang Yueming immediately opened his terminal again, checked the list of military merit exchanges, and searched for the cultivation techniques of the Tendon Transformation Realm.
'If the enemy is too strong, a head-on confrontation would be unwise. Perhaps... I should improve my strength as soon as possible and break through to the Tendon Transformation Realm directly!'
However, the search results only made him frown even more.
The techniques for the Tendon Transformation Realm Changing Realm) are far rarer and more expensive than those for the Bone Forging Realm)!
The cheapest [Basic Tendon Transformation Classic] requires a full 500 military merit points! Other slightly better ones often cost over a thousand!
'500 military merits...' Dongfang Yueming glanced at her military merit balance, which had just reached 325 points. 'Still a long way off.'
He pondered for a moment, then quickly made a decision.
"To quickly improve your strength and accumulate military merits, the most realistic approach right now is to replace the [Hundred Beasts Bone Tempering Method] with the higher-potential [Ten Thousand Beasts Bone Tempering Method]. Perfection the [Ten Thousand Beasts Bone Tempering Method] and Point Allocation through to the Glazed Jade Bones is the best way to increase your strength at present!"
Having made up his mind, Dongfang Yueming no longer hesitated.
He scanned his surroundings and quickly spotted a Low-Level Mortal Beast — Earth Beetle— nibbling on grass roots not far away.
Dongfang Yueming moved One Flash and silently approached, then suddenly struck, knocking the unfortunate Earth Beetle unconscious with a single palm strike.
Then, he picked up Zhang Meng's terminal from the ground and forcibly stuffed it into the Earth Beetle's huge mouthparts, all the way into its belly.
'Hmph, if that Xi Lang wants to find Zhang Meng through terminal location, let him play with this bug first.' Dongfang Yueming sneered inwardly. This Earth Beetle is incredibly resilient and likes to burrow underground. Once it wakes up and burrows deep underground with the terminal, Xi Lang will probably have to go through a lot of trouble to find it.
After doing all this, he glanced at Zhang Meng's corpse, which was gradually emitting the smell of blood, not far away.
'As for the corpse...' he thought nonchalantly, 'Other Mortal Beast that smell the blood will soon come and take care of it; I don't need to worry about it.'
The laws of the wilderness are cruel and direct!
Immediately, Dongfang Yueming no longer hesitated and quickly ran towards Black Stone Fortress.
He needs to obtain the Ten Thousand Beasts Bone Tempering Method as soon as possible!