socalfunplaces Chapter 47 Cutting Your Hair
Chapter 47 Cutting Your Hair
Yu Wang didn't know how it determined its own location.
But he saw the spikes of the garter beetle, facing him, trembling slightly—a sign that it was about to launch its spikes!
He was prepared. The instant the poisoned stinger was fired, he lunged to the side and forward, simultaneously thrusting the crab claw harpoon in his hand! Then he manipulated the crab claw to close!
*Snap! Snap!*
A crisp sound, like a dry branch snapping!
The crab claws successfully engaged with their serrated inner sides, instantly snapping off a portion of the sea urchin's long spines!
The sea urchin, covered in spines, was suddenly half bald!
However, the sea urchin has its spines to help block, and the crab claw harpoon's first attack failed to clamp the sea urchin's core body, only damaging the surface layer of spines. Instead, it allowed the venomous sea urchin to lock onto the target and launch a counterattack!
*Whoosh—whoosh whoosh!*
Seven or eight more sharp spines, gleaming with a dark blue luster and clearly laced with poison, shot out from all parts of the sea urchin's body at an extremely fast speed toward the direction from which Yu Wang had just lunged!
This is almost the maximum amount of poisonous stings that the Annular Thorn Gallbladder can launch in one go!
Yu Wang was still in the momentum of his forward lunge and didn't have time to straighten himself, so he simply used his right hand to control the crab claw harpoon and continued to attack.
Faced with this wave of dense poisonous stings, he didn't have time to dodge completely and could only subconsciously raise his left arm to use the shield duck tied to his forearm to defend himself.
'Clang clang clang'
Most of the spines were blocked by the turtle's shell, either embedded in the surface or leaving a dent. A few that were deflected were also blocked by the giant lobster's armor.
Yu Wang belatedly realized that a broken thorn had grazed the back of his unprotected right hand, which was holding the harpoon, taking away a small piece of skin and leaving a wound that quickly turned black and burned painfully!
[Warning! You have been poisoned. Your health and mana will gradually decrease over time! Your mental state has been affected by the toxin -2!]
The numbness from the wound and the system notification made Yu Wang's heart skip a beat.
With his left hand still bracing against the turtle shell shield, and his right hand enduring the discomfort, he aimed at the area of the sea urchin where there were no more spines and thrust it out fiercely!
"Crack—!"
A duller cracking sound rang out!
This time, without the obstruction of the long outer spines, the sharp serrations on the inside of the crab claws bit down hard on the sea urchin's body like hydraulic shears, directly shredding the core bony plates and cutting deep into its soft reproductive glands and digestive tissues!
Juice mixed with fragments of yellow viscera gushed out from the rupture, muddying a small patch of seawater.
[Successfully killed 'Ringed Poisonous Gizzard']
[Materials obtained from dismantling corpses: 4 poisonous thorns, 1 poison sac.]
Task progress: 1%
First kill successful!
Although the process was a bit thrilling and I even got injured, the result was pretty good!
The obtained [Poisonous Thorns] are good materials for making poison arrowheads or certain traps, and the [Poison Sacs] can be used directly to prepare antidotes.
Seeing that the task progress had only increased by 1%, Yu Wang immediately understood:
"It seems we don't need to kill all ten thousand sea urchins on the entire farm. Hunting just 100 will be enough to complete the dungeon's objective?"
"That's right. As a level 1 difficulty dungeon, it would be impossible to expect survivors to clear tens of thousands of sea urchins within 48 hours. 100 is a reasonable and challenging goal."
He quickly retrieved the harpoon and put the fallen [Poisonous Thorns] and [Poison Sacs] into the slots of his spatial backpack.
At the same time, Yu Wang immediately took out a bottle of [Basic Universal Antidote] from his pocket, unscrewed the cap within the area covered by the bubble helmet, and drank the pale green liquid inside in one gulp.
The liquid flowed down my throat, and a cooling sensation quickly spread throughout my body.
In particular, the burning and numbness at the wound on my right hand immediately began to lessen and subside.
The system indicated that the poisoning status had been lifted and that the user had gained 30 minutes of toxin resistance.
If you are stung by a sea urchin's spines again within 30 minutes, you will not experience any further poisoning.
[Basic All-Purpose Antidote]
[Effect: After consumption, it can significantly increase resistance to various biological toxins in a short period of time and effectively neutralize common toxins already present. It can neutralize many common toxins. Due to material limitations, unlike the genuine product, this potion has a strange taste. Resistance duration: 30 minutes.]
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Yu Wang felt his taste buds were about to die, so he quickly drank some water and ate a piece of chocolate to dilute the taste.
He then began to examine the several venomous spines embedded in the duck's back, and tenderly tried to pull them out, discovering that some were deeply embedded.
Moreover, the venomous stinger itself appears to be corrosive, and if it is forcibly pulled out and breaks inside the shell, it may further damage the shell itself.
Seeing that Duck B's health bar was not affected by the poisonous sting, he had no choice but to give up for the time being and figure out a way to deal with it after getting ashore.
For now, we can only let it stay like a hedgehog.
Throughout the battle, Yu Wang kept a close eye on the passage of time.
It took a total of three and a half minutes from entering the water to killing the first sea urchin, so there's no need to replenish the bubbles for now.
In a normal dungeon run, survivors would never be able to obtain the "Bubble Helmet" item from the Dugong Uncle.
If the survivors do not have any other diving equipment, they can only fight underwater while holding their breath, and must constantly go to the surface to breathe.
Fighting sea urchins is dangerous enough, but being forced to take a breath midway through will drastically increase the vulnerability and risk! Ordinary people who have not undergone professional breath-holding training would probably find it difficult to even last a complete battle and would be extremely vulnerable to being attacked by venomous stingers during the ascent!
Yu Wang once again deeply appreciated the advantages that suitable items bring to conquering dungeons.
Without resting, he continued exploring the seaweed with duck B.
Having learned from his first experience, he became more cautious, searching for any trace of sea urchins.
After clearing out about six or seven sea urchins, he had a basic grasp of the monster's habits, his movements became more and more skillful, and he even developed his own method for fighting the monster.
When you get within about two meters of the sea urchin, before it can react, launch a surprise attack and use your crab claws and harpoons to shave its head! Remove the thorns that are in the way and expose its core!
Then quickly raise the turtle shell to cover your face, using the shield and armor to withstand a round of thorn attacks!
Wait until the sea urchin is catching its breath, then strike quickly and finish it off with crab claws and a harpoon!
Later, with accumulated experience, Yu Wang's movements became increasingly skillful, and he discovered that the Ring-Bearing Poisonous Thorn Gallbladder could only attack in one direction at a time.
So I had Shielded Duck B draw aggro in one direction while I went up and quickly launched a sneak attack!
With cooperation, the time required to hunt a single sea urchin is reduced to a very short time. The real time-consuming part becomes traveling through the seaweed and searching for the next target.
During the monster-hunting process, Yu Wang did not choose to use the 'Monster Essence' that could conceal his human presence.
The reason is simple: despite the slim chances, Yu Wang still intends to personally visit the Starry Seaweed Farming Area in the East District.
In the eastern area, the sea urchins were almost packed together, with an extremely high density.
Therefore, it is impossible to bypass those sea urchins by simply moving around.
If our presence is exposed there and we are spotted by the sea urchin swarm, the consequences would be unimaginable!
Even if he is immune to the toxins with the antidote, being hit directly in vital areas by a large number of thorns or suffering severe penetrating wounds would still put him in an extremely dangerous situation.
Moreover, they move very slowly, so the traditional method of luring them in and then defeating them one by one doesn't work.
Therefore, Yu Wang's best plan is to use the monster essence to conceal his presence, sneak into the core area where the sea urchins are most concentrated in the East District, quickly search around, and regardless of whether he can find any remaining starlight seaweed, he must quickly evacuate the danger zone before the essence's effect ends.
This minimizes the risk of being besieged.