From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 16 Hidden Rules of Mission Rewards

Under the cover of the invisible curtain, Lu Heng tiptoed to the back of the Horrorclaw Horned Demon, grasped the Aurora Blade and stabbed it out.

puff!
The sharp blade pierced through the back of the Horrorclaw Demon and came out from the chest.

Hey!
The Horroclaw let out a shrill roar and wanted to launch a counterattack before death.

Lu Heng activated the [Lightning Weapon], and a current burst out from the blade, paralyzing the body of the Horrorclaw Horned Demon, and then he cut open its chest and killed it.

[Hunting down the Horrorclaw Horned Demon, absorbing 20 points of demonic energy. ]

Roar!Roar!
Almost at the same time, two roars were heard.

The scout eagle appeared in mid-air and directly located one of the invisible horned demons.

Lu Heng drew out the Aurora Blade and pounced towards the location of the scout eagle.

He used the "Moon-cutting Style" from the Seven-section Sword Technique, and slashed out a bright sword light with one sword.

The sharp sword blade slashed across, and a stream of blood shot out from the place where there was nothing originally.

The first invisible horned demon fell down with a scream.

Followed by.

The scout eagle moved quickly and flew towards Su Muyu.

Seeing this, Lu Heng knew that it was the second invisible horned demon that wanted to attack Su Muyu, and immediately ran after it.

With the help of a reconnaissance eagle, Su Muyu kept an eye on the position of the second invisible horned demon. When he saw it rushing towards him, he immediately went into stealth mode and hid.

The second invisible horned demon obviously had no ability to detect invisibility. After losing its target, it began to run around, but its position was always locked by the reconnaissance eagle.

Lu Heng chased after him and struck the mountain with his sword, splitting it into two.

The third kill was completed, and the sword was sheathed.

The weapon has high attack power, which is different. You can kill a horned demon with one sword without the need for a second sword. It is so comfortable.

Two invisible horned demons fell, and two data prompts popped up in succession:
[Hunting demons, absorbing 20 points of demon energy. ]

[Hunting demons, absorbing 20 points of demon energy. ]

[Demon energy strengthens the energy level, source energy level is increased to level 5, all attributes +1, agility attribute additional +0.3]

Su Muyu came out of his invisible state only after confirming that there were no other abyss monsters around.

"Have you absorbed the demonic energy?" Lu Heng asked.

"Yes, I've leveled up twice and now I'm level 3. It's amazing." Su Muyu smiled and nodded, thinking that this upgrade experience was very wonderful.

她的五维属性已经提升到了：力量9、敏捷10、体质10、精神14（13+1）、感知14。

Among the 14 points of spirit, 1 point is increased by the energy crystal bracelet.

"That's good." Lu Heng turned around to get the spoils.

When I killed the three-horned demon just now, I didn’t have time to pick up the demon crystal core.

Now pick it up and check it out, the three-horned demon has produced two crystal cores.

One is a normal crystal core, and the other is a skill crystal core.

When Lu Heng saw the name of this skill crystal core, his eyes suddenly lit up.

[Wind Step Crystal Core: Absorb the crystal core energy, and have a chance to learn the "Wind Step" skill. 】

[Wind Step: Release energy and infuse it into the legs, gaining a running speed as fast as the wind, running speed +80%. Skill consumption: 3 energy/minute. Skill level: D level.]

This [Wind Step] crystal core was dropped by a Terrorclaw Horned Devil, which means that this Terrorclaw Horned Devil is very likely to have this skill.

If the Horroclaw had been allowed to run just now, at 180% of its speed, it would have been impossible to catch up.

Among the acceleration skills available in the early stage of the Abyss, [Wind Step] is the most useful one.

Lu Heng directly used the [Swift Wind Step] crystal core to absorb the energy in it.

The crystal core energy flows into the body and condenses into an energy ball in the third skill slot.

After successfully learning the [Wind Step] skill, Lu Heng took the Narnia crystal and returned to Quenching Castle to report.

……

On the way back, we happened to pass by the excavation site of combustible ore.

Lu Heng tried the mining task and found that it was a strenuous job. It would take at least four or five days to dig enough combustion-supporting ore.

Lu Heng gave up decisively and returned directly to Quenching Castle.

As soon as I entered the Quenching Castle, I unexpectedly met the bookish young man Chen Zihang.

He was a little depressed, probably because he had just found the location of the castle. After a day of mental pollution from the abyss yesterday, his mental state had dropped to freezing point.

When Guru saw that Lu Heng and the others had brought back the Narnia crystal, he came over happily and said, "Great! It's really the Narnia crystal. Thank you so much."

As he spoke, he picked up the Narnia crystal and went into the castle without even having time to greet Chen Zihang.

Chen Zihang was even more surprised: "You guys..."

Lu Heng knew what he wanted to ask: "Arrived last night."

Chen Zihang thought for a moment and said, "Hu Biao's group is dying." Lu Heng looked at him curiously and asked, "Do you want to save them?"

This is an issue that tests human nature, but not rescuing does not mean being cold-blooded.

Lu Heng had experienced those three years and witnessed too many cruel things.

Unless you have a close relationship with your companions, you will never know whether it is the farmer or the snake that was rescued.

Only when human survival is guaranteed do we have the qualifications to talk about humanity; otherwise, only animality remains.

Chen Zihang spread his hands and did not make a clear statement: "I am not sure either. There are a few people in that group that I don't like."

Lu Heng thought about it and finally decided to save Hu Biao and his group.

It’s not about being a good person, but keeping this group of people around is still useful.

"Tell me their location." Lu Heng asked.

"Go out and walk northeast for about three kilometers." Chen Zihang pointed to the castle gate.

Lu Heng found a piece of paper, wrote a few words, and then gave it to the reconnaissance eagle, asking Su Muyu to control the reconnaissance eagle to go out and find someone.

……

About half an hour passed.

Hu Biao arrived at the castle with three other people.

As the four entered the castle gate, they fell to the ground, gasping for breath. They had reached their limit.

Their team originally had fifteen people, but now there are only four left.

When Guru saw someone else coming in, he immediately panicked: "With so many burdens coming, this is bad. The location of the castle will definitely be discovered by the Horned Demon Overlord. We must evacuate as soon as possible!"

Judging from his expression, he was considering kicking Hu Biao and his men out of the castle.

Lu Heng gave him an idea: "Digging for combustion-supporting ore is very time-consuming. I think we can let them do it."

Gollum thought this was a good idea and said, "Okay. You can stay in the castle, but you must dig up enough flammable ore before dark tomorrow, otherwise I will have to kick you out."

When Hu Biao and his companions heard that they might be kicked out, they panicked and quickly agreed: "We are willing to dig for ore, and we will definitely dig enough ore on time."

Guru pointed his finger at Lu Heng and reminded him, "There is also crystal."

"I will take care of this." Lu Heng promised.

Gollum was very satisfied with this arrangement. He turned and walked into the central hall of the castle and began to tinker with a strange large machine.

……

Hu Biao and the other three drank some water, ate something, and recovered some of their strength.

In the afternoon, Guru urged them to go mining.

When the four men had almost recovered their spirits, they took their tools and went to the mine to dig.

After working for a while, they found that mining was a strenuous job.

The yellow-haired thug among the four was not willing to do physical work by nature, and began to complain to Hu Biao: "Brother Biao, I saw that there is another task to find crystals. I think the reward for the task to find crystals is better."

Hu Biao frowned, thinking the same thing in his heart, but he shook his head and said, "Since we are arranged to mine, then we will do it. As long as we can hold on until tomorrow night, it will be enough for three days."

When Huangmao saw Hu Biao’s statement, he said nothing more and just focused on mining.

Return to Quenching Castle in the evening and have dinner.

After Lu Heng retrieved the second piece of Narnia crystal, Gollum's attitude towards Lu Heng became more enthusiastic than before, which was obviously a sign of an increase in his favorability.

Seeing this, Huangmao became even more unhappy and started to speak sarcastically: "We can also see the task of collecting crystals, why can we only mine?"

The voice of this sentence was quite loud, and it was meant for Lu Heng to hear.

Lu Heng glanced at him and responded in a cold tone: "There is still one crystal to collect, you can come and grab it tomorrow."

For the quest to collect Narnian Crystals, the reward shown is "Gollum's Thank You Gift".

For this type of task without a clear reward item, there is a lot of freedom in the reward.

When Lu Heng chose the Aurora Blade, he was just borrowing this weapon.

At that time, Gollum said that if he could retrieve the three Narnian crystals, he would give the Aurora Blade as a thank you gift.

This is equivalent to clarifying the rewards.

However, rewards are also divided into levels. The more perfectly the task is completed, the higher the reward will be.

After communicating with Gollum, a hidden task rule has been confirmed: collect all three crystals and receive the Aurora Blade as a reward.

Therefore, Lu Heng needs to get all three Narnia crystals.

If Huangmao dares to come and rob, there is nothing to say.

Since I can save him, I can naturally give him a ride.

When Hu Biao heard Lu Heng's murderous tone, he waved his hand quickly: "We don't mean that. We will mine well. Don't take it to heart."

(End of this chapter)