High Martial Arts 2077: I Rely on Beast Taming to Cultivate While Lying Down

Chapter 103 Spirit Bone - Dark Crimson Demon Abyss Spirit Pattern, Special Reward - Crimson Demon Sound Fruit!

"roar--!"

Before the roar had even faded, the Demon Ape King moved.

With a slam of his right foot off the ground, he dragged his heavily injured body and charged toward Su Chen with a desperate ferocity.

His eyes had turned completely dark red.

Clearly, for the sake of dignity, they want to drag this human down with them!

Su Chen took a deep breath, his eyes turning cold and sharp: "Since you've made this choice, then... let's see what good stuff we can get!"

Simultaneously push off the ground with your right foot to initiate the Shadowless Step.

Instead of retreating, he faced the attack head-on.

"Boom!"

The man and the ape collided with a loud crash.

The punch was very powerful; Su Chen felt his arm go numb.

He then used the momentum to his advantage, employing the Shadowless Step technique to lightly touch the Dark Demon Ape King's arm as it slammed down, and his entire body soared into the air, flipping halfway around.

With his left hand, he drew a Beast Hunter Type 3 submachine gun from his waist, aiming the muzzle at the huge head covered with dark red patterns.

"Da da da da da—!"

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Federal currency - 10000.

Fifty level-three bullets were fired in an instant, and the Dark Demon Ape King's body suddenly froze.

The savage and defiant light in those dark red eyes gradually faded, and the massive body slowly tilted forward.

"boom--!"

Dark red blood gushed from its head, chest, and limbs, pooling into a dark pool beneath its body.

[Task 2: A Multitude of Troops, Progress: 423/10000]

Su Chen landed on Xiao Zi's back, the muzzle of the Beast Hunter Type 3 gun still emitting a faint blue smoke.

He looked down at the corpse of the Dark Demon Ape King, remained silent for a moment, and then sighed deeply.

"Oh, what a pity!"

He put away his gun, rolled over, landed, and walked towards the crowd.

Zhang Yan was squatting next to the corpse of a black demon ape, using a dagger to pry open its canine teeth. Noticing that Su Chen had finished the fight, she looked up.

Seeing the complex expression on his face, he grinned mischievously and leaned closer: "You're not thinking of letting it go because you feel sorry for it, are you?"

"You're clearly full of bad intentions, cunning, and a really bad person! How can you possibly have a kind heart?"

Su Chen rolled his eyes, speechless.

Inwardly, he was roaring: Damn it! Of all times, a rare pet has to be found at this time, and there are no spots available!

The wrong time, the right pet!

This is something that obviously can't be explained to anyone.

Since Zhang Yan had started the conversation, he followed suit, saying disdainfully, "Heh~ Kings always appreciate each other, don't you understand? Besides, I was just thinking that maybe we could capture and tame the Black Demon Ape King, whose abilities are so unique."

"???" Zhang Yan's eyes widened instantly, her face full of doubt, as if to say, "Are you out of your mind?"

"You're insane! This guy's abilities are clearly wrong. The monsters he controls have red eyes; they've obviously been corrupted by abyssal magic. Monsters corrupted by the abyss can never be tamed!"

Su Chen looked down at her and said in a lecturing tone, "Look at you, you don't even dare to think about it, how can you achieve great things?"

"When will you ever be able to kill the Thousand-Faced Demon Lord?"

Jiang Yunxin and the others were already used to the daily bickering between the two, so when they heard this, they just smiled and didn't react much.

But the people from Beishan University were stunned at the same time.

Zhang He was still holding a front tooth he had just pulled from the demon rat, his hand frozen in mid-air.

He abruptly turned to look at Zhang Yan: What?! Killed the Thousand-Faced Demon Lord? This short, cute girl?

The other students from Beishan University looked at each other, their eyes conveying the same shock and confusion.

The Thousand-Faced Demon Lord—this name is synonymous with nightmares in Jiangling Base City!

Twelve years ago, they massacred the north of the city, creating countless ruins and mountains of corpses! Eight years into the chaos following the apocalypse, they remain at large.

Throughout Jiangling City, countless people wished they could devour his flesh raw.

Zhang He's gaze lingered for a moment on Zhang Yan's still-childish face before shifting to Su Chen.

He suddenly felt like he understood something: this short girl might be the orphan of the victims of the Thousand-Faced Demon Lord's massacre of the city back then!

Hey~

Even a top student from Jiangling University couldn't take revenge!

Some hatreds are destined to be unresolved!

With this thought in mind, a gentle smile appeared on Zhang He's face, and he said, "Haha~ Everyone needs to have dreams. I think this young lady is very capable; maybe she'll succeed?"

Zhang Yan had no idea that this person had such a complicated thought process in mind.

She heard someone praising her, and immediately clenched her fist excitedly, nodding repeatedly, "That's right! That's right! Look how good their taste is!"

After saying that, she turned her head and proudly raised her chin at Su Chen: "Look at you again! Humph!"

Zhang He scratched the back of his head, feeling that he must have done a good thing.

Don't go to your death in the name of revenge!

At the same time, his gaze fell back on Su Chen.

He had high expectations for this handsome young man who made a dashing entrance and sent the Black Demon Ape flying with a single punch.

After all, the red-haired girl who used the flaming spear also looked very strong, and even she listened to this boy!

From any perspective, this young man in front of you should be... pretty impressive, right?

Judging from the current situation, this boy has never even used spiritual magic, and his strength seems to be inferior to that of this little girl.

Zhang He didn't dwell on it too much, and in his mind, he regarded him as a capable but unassuming captain.

Then, with a beaming smile, he tried to strike up a conversation: "You guys are university students too, right?"

Su Chen didn't answer, but instead asked, "Which university are you from?"

At this stage, someone who can use spiritual arts but isn't particularly strong in combat can only be a college student with clear eyes.

Besides, they've already asked that question...

Zhang He puffed out his chest, a hint of pride in his voice: "We're from Beishan University. Brother, both of your teams are from Jiangling University, right? That's impressive!"

"Uh..." Su Chen's expression paused subtly.

Zhang He's heart skipped a beat when he saw this reaction.

He glanced at Zhang Yan and the others' expressions again.

The little girl was covering her mouth, trying to suppress her laughter, her shoulders shaking slightly, while the others also wore smiles to varying degrees.

His mind raced: Had he guessed wrong? It wasn't Jiangling University? Then... which other university could have that kind of strength?

He immediately changed his tune: "Nanhu University? Then you must be one of the top universities on campus!?"

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Jiangling City has two second-tier universities: Nanhu and Beishan!

Hearing this, Zhang Yan couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh out loud.

Zhang He was completely dumbfounded.

He looked at this one, then at that one, his expression not quite right.

Finally, he scratched his head somewhat awkwardly: "Could it be... alumni of Bei... Beishan? Maybe I don't go out much and haven't seen you all before... I'm sorry."

Zhang Yan put her hands on her hips, turned to Su Chen, and said with a suppressed laugh in her voice, "Hurry up and tell me! I can't hold it in any longer."

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Su Chen coughed lightly, his tone flat: "Ahem~ We're actually high school students."

"Huh???" Zhang He was stunned. His expression changed from confusion to shock, and then to disbelief.

His classmates behind him also stared wide-eyed.

That's incredible!

A high school senior can send an elite-level demonic ape flying with a single punch?

An adult Black Demon Ape's strength is between 300 and 800 kg, right? That leader is special; its strength must be even more exaggerated!

A high school senior saving the world? This is like a Japanese adult drama!

A boy in the group wearing round-framed glasses gasped and muttered in a low voice, "Holy crap! I knew something felt off..."

As he spoke, his voice grew softer and softer.

Hearing this, Zhang He blushed with embarrassment.

He attended No. 19 Middle School, which was similar to a vocational high school before the apocalypse. Its martial arts education resources were on a completely different level from those of key middle schools like No. 1 and No. 2 Middle Schools.

He was a top student at No. 19 Middle School and barely managed to get into Beishan University through hard work and relentless effort.

Jiangling City has more than 40,000 senior high school students every year. The top 15% to 20% can get into prestigious universities outside the city, while the vast majority of the rest are absorbed locally: one goes to a first-tier university, two go to second-tier universities, and three go to junior colleges.

Beishan University is one of those two second-tier universities. Those who can get in are already top students in ordinary high schools.

Compared to the group of people in front of him... Zhang He silently converted his high school grades in his mind—462

They broke up, and then things got even more awkward.

He coughed twice, forcing a smile, and said, "Haha, I'm so sorry, really sorry. We... we don't usually see any geniuses, our experience is too limited, we didn't recognize them."

"It's nothing, it's nothing," Su Chen waved his hand casually.

Zhang He quickly seized the opportunity to change the subject, asking, "So you're high school seniors, and you've come here for a mission and training, right?"

"Yes. We've accepted a mission related to the Red-Scaled Rat."

"Oh!?" Zhang He's eyes lit up instantly, and he became visibly excited. "We're here to fight and earn money, and our target happens to be the Crimson Scale Rat! Haha~ Maybe we can team up."

Su Chen became interested and raised an eyebrow: "Oh? So how did you encounter this group of black demon apes? These guys usually operate in the north of the city."

Zhang He gave a wry smile and pointed to a street leading east behind him: "We've been operating in the east of the city, searching for the Red-Scaled Rat's lair."

"Two hours ago, we went deep into a park that had been hollowed out. Judging from the structure of the underground space, it was obviously dug out by the red-scaled rats."

"We went in and explored for a while, killing dozens of red-scaled rats, but we didn't dare to go too deep. We had just come out of the cave when we unexpectedly ran into this group of black demon apes."

He paused, his tone now tinged with a sense of relief at surviving the ordeal: "They seemed to have just wandered into this park, and when they spotted us, they attacked like madmen. We couldn't fight them head-on, so we could only fight our way back, and that's how we ended up here, and then we met you guys."

Su Chen nodded slightly, quickly calculating in his mind.

Their mission, number 027, was to eradicate the Red-Scaled Rats.

It is indeed too time-consuming to explore and gather intelligence on your own.

Although this group of students from Beishan University are not very strong in combat, they have been hanging around in the east of the city for some time.

They definitely know the terrain and the activity patterns of the red-scaled rats much better than they do!

Having someone to guide you makes things much easier.

"Haha~ It just so happens that this is our first time here, and we're not familiar with the place yet. Since we share the same goal, we can help each other out! We can also spend the night together and look out for each other."

Zhang He breathed a sigh of relief and grinned, "Alright! Although we're not as strong as you guys, we're quite familiar with this place. We've been training here for a year and a half, so our experience is definitely extensive!"

"Hmm!" Su Chen nodded, then changed the subject, "The biggest problem now is still distributing the spoils."

He turned around, his gaze falling on the five-meter-tall corpse of the Dark Demon Ape King: "This Black Demon Ape leader is clearly special, especially the dark red stripe on its back that extends from the back of its head to its tailbone; it's most likely a spirit creature. Let's gather the spoils together first, then discuss how to distribute them."

Zhang He and the others exchanged glances, all feeling somewhat embarrassed.

The resources provided by their school are not much, and they usually have to bear the profits and losses themselves like adventurers and city hunters, carefully calculating the cost of each battle.

These high school seniors not only saved them, but now they're sharing their spoils with them.

According to the unspoken rules of the wilderness, the rescued party is not entitled to demand the allocation of resources.

Even if you put in a lot of effort, it's the same!

But since Su Chen brought it up, they wouldn't refuse out of politeness.

Whether the initial distribution of benefits is reasonable directly determines whether the two teams can go far in the future.

Zhang He nodded and said nothing more.

The battlefield inventory lasted for half an hour.

The massive corpse of the Dark Demon Ape King lay across the middle of the street. Su Chen crouched beside its back, carefully cutting along the edge of the dark red pattern with his dagger.

The blade sliced ​​through the short black hairs and surface muscle, and dark red blood flowed down the blade.

Beneath the muscles and connective tissue, the entire vertebrae appear as an eerie dark red, as if some mineral has seeped into the bone structure, gleaming with a dark red metallic luster in the sunlight.

Su Chen moved steadily, precisely cutting along the tendons on both sides of the spine with the dagger, peeling away the attached muscle tissue segment by segment, and quickly separating it.

This vertebra is nearly two meters long, extending from the back of the head all the way to the tailbone.

After rinsing away the residual blood and muscle fibers, the surface of the spine is covered with fine lines, which is quite beautiful.

It's obvious without even thinking, it's a spirit rune!

Spiritual patterns are the manifestation of the laws of heaven and earth. To truly understand them, one needs to reach the Divine Power Realm.

Rune weapons actually use spirit patterns, also known as spirit runes, just different names.

"This must cost three or four hundred thousand, right?" Zhang Yan squatted down beside it, tilting her head as she examined the dark red spine.

Jiang Yunxin stood behind her and gently shook her head.

Zhang Yan thought she had overestimated it and was about to change her mind, but Jiang Yunxin said, "Judging from your description, it can command not only black demon apes, but also lower-level demons, demon rats, demon dogs, and demon insects. The variety is very wide, and the number is also quite large."

"This ability is very special; it can definitely be classified as a talent or superpower of at least D rank!"

Innate abilities are a collective term for special abilities that transcend racial bloodlines and have extremely powerful effects.

Humans also possess such abilities! They are generally referred to as innate talents.

Jiang Yunxin carefully examined the dark red spirit bone, her tone now more professional: "Its specific value depends on what kind of spiritual artifact it's made into, or... a special elixir? That would require specific testing."

"If we are adventurers or solo teams like city hunters, we are likely to encounter black market dealers. If we want to sell something for a high price, we have to spend a lot of money to have it appraised ourselves."

She changed the subject, a smile appearing on her lips: "Fortunately, we're students, so the school definitely won't treat us unfairly. Personally, I think the price should be at least six or seven hundred thousand."

"Wow, that's so exaggerated?"

Zhang Yan's eyes widened as she quickly did the math in her head: "Four or five of them would be worth a single Mythical Spirit Pearl."

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Jiang Yunxin continued, "Mythical Spirit Pearls are controlled by the Federation and are only applicable to a very small number of geniuses with compatible talents; the vast majority of people cannot use them. Spiritual artifacts and pills, however, are universal! Therefore, the price of truly top-tier spiritual artifacts is never much lower than that of Mythical Spirit Pearls."

Su Chen did not participate in their discussion.

His gaze fell on the spine, and its detailed information automatically popped up on the system panel.

【Spine Bone - Dark Crimson Abyss Spirit Pattern Level: Elite Quality: Superior Description: A spirit pattern structure that condensed within the spine bone after the Dark Demon Ape King absorbed the immense magical power of the Abyss Magic Stone and underwent a mutation.

This item has a dual purpose:

1. It can be crafted into a bone whip-like spiritual weapon by a spirit weapon blacksmith. When the whip is swung, it can release special sounds that have a soul-shaking effect on demons. If the forging craftsmanship is exquisite and the user's mental strength is strong enough, it can even control the actions of low-level demonized creatures for a short period of time.

Second, its bone marrow essence can be extracted by alchemists to refine special elixirs. After consumption, it can significantly enhance bone density and resilience. Simultaneously, its medicinal properties have a significant effect on developing acupoints in the brain, potentially increasing the user's resistance to mental attacks.

After reading the introduction, Su Chen sighed softly to himself.

The bone whip, capable of unleashing sonic shocks and even controlling demons, is a remnant of the Dark Demon Ape King's special ability—the Dark Crimson Demon Rune.

If you can form a contract with it, this ability becomes alive! It can continuously grow and evolve in battle.

Now, it's just a dead bone. No matter how powerful the magical artifact it can be made into, it's still just an inanimate object.

But at this very wrong time, I encountered the right pet.

You're too early. My condolences.

The throne does not belong to you!

He snapped out of his thoughts and turned to look at Xiao Zi beside him.

Little Purple was lying on a stone bench by the street, its silvery-white fur covered with dried black bloodstains, some from the Black Demon Ape and some of its own!

Its eyes were half-open, its chest rose and fell slightly, and its overall demeanor was completely different from before.

It wasn't the usual silly, tongue-out look...

Yang Xin was squatting next to it, pouring water from her water bottle to wet a towel, and wiping the bloodstains off its fur.

Xiao Zi's ears were pressed back slightly as she was being rubbed, and she let out a comfortable hum.

On the other side, Jiang Yunxin's Crimson Tiger was completely clean.

Just then, a familiar notification sound rang in my mind.

[Level Name: Demon Horde Hunt - Dark Demon Ape King]

[Level Introduction: The Black Demon Ape is one of the most ferocious native races in Buffer City 16, known for its brute strength and iron fists in the ruins of the North District.]

But this small group of black demon apes was different. Their leader had absorbed a large amount of abyssal magic, causing a mutation in his back, which allowed him to grow dark red demonic runes that could control low-level demonic creatures.

it...

Faced with the surrounded Beishan University team, you choose to charge in head-on.

The Black Demon Ape's iron fist cannot defeat your Mountain-Splitting Fist! The Abyss Demonic Army cannot stop your charge!

Your assault rifle barrage tore through the encirclement, your longsword shattered the Black Demon Ape's fighting spirit, and the moment you punched an elite-level demon ape away, even the Dark Demon Ape King chose to flee.

But in the end, it couldn't escape!

Difficulty: 2.5 stars

[Battle Rating: Excellent+]

[Comment: You made the right decision the moment you encountered the Black Demon Ape horde: clear out the minions first, then surround and kill the leader.]

In battle, you demonstrated not only overwhelming power, but also absolute control over the battlefield as captain, with every decision leading the way to victory.

Even the Dark Demon Ape King's desperate last stand cannot stop your march to victory!

Score: 45

[Prize pool drawing in progress... Drawing complete...]

Second stage reward:

Pet Energy x80

Overlord Pill x3

Dragon Elephant Bone Strengthening Pill x2

20m{2} Pet Space Special Reward - Crimson Demon Sound Fruit (Intermediate)

Su Chen quite liked the level description and comments, just like the teacher's comments on report cards when he was a child.

Excellent! Excellent!

Praise me more! I love that.

Then he looked at the reward...

The Overlord Pill can only be purchased by those who rank in the top 300 in a single strength subject. His weekly test results last week hadn't unlocked this privilege, but after he achieved 735kg in the strength test last night, the purchase privilege was automatically unlocked.

The Dragon Elephant Bone Strengthening Pill is an even better item, costing 200 points per pill. Only students in the top class and ranked in the top 300 of their grade can purchase it, with a limit of three pills per month.

But... what really made his heart skip a beat was the "special reward" at the very bottom of the reward list.

The special reward... is because you slew the Dark Demon Ape King?

He immediately opened the detailed panel of the Crimson Demon Fruit.

【Crimson Demonic Sound Fruit Suitable for: Soldier, Elite, and Warrior Levels Quality: Superior Description: A special spiritual fruit formed from the last abyssal demonic sound power released by the Dark Demon Ape King before its death, condensed from its soul power at the moment of its kill.

The fruit contains a very special magical power; after consumption, it will profoundly transform the meridians and acupoints throughout the body, especially the acupoints in the brain.

The modified meridians will have a higher affinity for sound wave and mental skills. At the same time, the energy of the spiritual fruit will be hidden in the bloodline, with a chance to awaken special skills such as soul control, demonic sound shock, and mind manipulation in subsequent battles.

Su Chen was stunned after reading the introduction.

The effect is...very good!

The Dark Demon Ape King is dead, but its special abilities have not completely disappeared!

You should have told me about this reward earlier! Why were I hesitating?

People should always believe that tomorrow will be better, and the next one will be even more beautiful!

He glanced down at Xiao Zi.

The suitable levels are soldier, elite, and general; it's clearly not meant for human consumption.

Xiao Zi's Thunder Roar can be considered half a sonic shock skill, and its attributes do overlap with those of the Crimson Demon Sound Fruit.

If this fruit can awaken new skills like Soul Control or Demonic Sound Tremor in Xiao Zi, then this harvest will far exceed expectations.

Su Chen temporarily put the Crimson Demon Sound Fruit into his system inventory, calmed his mind, and scanned the surrounding battlefield.

The inventory of the battlefield is nearing completion.

Students from Beishan University were scattered throughout the streets, and everyone's movements revealed a diligent spirit born from a deep-seated fear of poverty.

The boy with round-framed glasses was squatting next to the carcass of a monster rat, carefully using tweezers to pull out the rat's front teeth one by one and put them into a bulging cloth bag at his waist.

Rat teeth are the basic material for making low-level psionic arrows. A single high-quality rat tooth is only worth a few dozen federal coins, but the quantity is too large to be counted.

Zhang He lay down next to the corpse of the black ape that Su Chen had blasted away with a punch, carefully cutting along the calluses on the ape's forearm with his scalpel.

Hardened calluses are a high-quality material for making nail linings. A whole piece like this is worth at least three to five thousand!

He was covered in sweat from cutting, but a barely suppressed smile was on his face.

Further away, two students were dissecting the carcass of a demonic hound, taking what was usable: canine teeth, claws, fur, and so on.

Even a few ribs in good condition were completely disassembled and sorted.

Seeing this, Su Chen smiled and shook his head. Everyone has their own life to live!

He has dungeon rewards and has already made a fortune.

But we still need to consider the interests of the entire team!

Su Chen stood up, dusted off his knees, and walked towards the crowd.

"Is that enough?"

Let's talk about the allocation.