Physical mage, challenge me to a solo duel!

Even a king could sense Wang Yi's psychological barrier to absorbing human crystals, so how could Jiang Yue not notice it?

However, Jiang Yue did not offer any words of comfort.

Because no amount of words can compare to a single concrete action.

Therefore, Jiang Yue directly absorbed a human crystal.

Even if you're doing something bad, having an accomplice is always better than doing it alone.

"Tsk, the taste doesn't seem to be any different." Jiang Yue commented, then threw away the now-ineffective human crystal and weakly snapped his fingers.

A sharp rock spike sprouted from the ground like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, growing wildly to over a meter tall.

"A rare-grade rock spike, so-so. I guess it's because I have too many rare-grade spells, most of which overlap with the spells in the human crystal, so there's nothing new." Jiang Yue couldn't help but complain, "This guy is too weak."

"If it's that strong, we could already be feasting on your feast." Wang Jiang chirped at Jiang Yue, then also chose to absorb the human crystal in his hand.

Wang Yi sighed softly. He understood perfectly well what Jiang Yue and Wang Jiang meant.

However, this does work; with a large number of people, absorbing human crystals doesn't seem to be a big deal.

"Actually, human crystals have always circulated on the black market, and they are even more common on foreign black markets, and their prices are many times higher than those of magic crystals of the same rank. However, this kind of news will definitely be suppressed by the authorities."

Otherwise, the frequency of ambushes and deadly battles between mages would increase many times over.

After all, in some ways, hunting mages is safer and more rewarding than hunting monsters.

Jiang Yue calmly stated a terrifying reality:

"Absorbing magic crystals requires finding many different kinds of magical beasts. It's much more efficient to directly absorb human crystals of the same type, especially those of mages with good strength and excellent talent. They have a lot of magic and a wide variety of spells, making it extremely cost-effective."

Genius mage's picks: good magic, not that expensive.

"Humans do not produce magic; only magical beasts are born with magic. Humans are merely the carriers of magic."

"In fact, whether it is a magic crystal or a human crystal, they are just carriers of power, and power itself has no distinction between good and evil; only humans possess it."

Finally, Jiang Yue gave a concluding speech: "So there's nothing wrong with absorbing human crystals, as long as it's not out of greed to deliberately hunt innocent mages. It's always better to make the best use of these scoundrels than to let them go to waste."

"You guys made the most of it and had a great time, but what about me?" Qi Xiaohao felt isolated. Even though it was a team of four, he didn't deserve to be a part of the team.

"Yeah, there are four people on the other side too." Qi Xiaohao suddenly remembered, "Hey, Brother E, wasn't there another one named Jing? What's her affiliation?"

"Support type." Wang Yi stretched out his left hand, with two human crystals in his palm, one bright and one dark.

"Forget it then, Brother E, you can use it. Giving it to me would be a complete waste." When it comes to absorbing human crystals, Qi Xiaohao is actually the one who doesn't feel any psychological pressure at all.

"Okay." Wang Yi nodded, and then the only bright human crystal began to dim.

The three then quickly began cleaning up the battlefield. Wang Yi went to find his halberd, Qi Xiaohao was responsible for looting the four corpses, and Wang Jiang was responsible for digging out the magic crystals of the Azure Jade Tiger and dismantling its bones.

After quickly searching through the four corpses, Qi Xiaohao, feeling bored, decided to wander into the Jade Tiger's lair for a stroll.

Then they discovered the treasure in the tiger's den.

An excited Qi Xiaohao hurriedly called Wang Yi over to help, and the two of them transformed into tiger den miners, starting to dig for magic crystals inside the tiger den with a clanging sound.

Since Qingyuhu's fate was now no better than that of these corpses, the two of them didn't move as cautiously as Bo Ge and his group of four, afraid of being discovered by Qingyuhu.

Qi Xiaohao immediately unleashed several bursts of earth fire and bone-corroding fire snakes, clearing away all the rotting flesh and buzzing mosquitoes and flies.

After that, it was indeed much easier to find, but that smell... it would have been better not to clean it at all.

In the end, Wang Yi and Qi Xiaohao dug out a total of forty-seven magic crystals from the tiger's den, including two mid-level magic crystals.

Although they are all relatively weak among mid-tier magical beasts, even the weakest mid-tier beasts cost several times more in magic crystals than the lowest-tier ones.

As for the cost of plundering these magic crystals, it wasn't small either.

Wang Yi, who had managed to suppress his vomiting even after smashing someone's head, vomited twice in his attempt to dig out this small amount of magic crystal.

Qi Xiaohao was even worse off and vomited three times.

In fact, given Qi Xiaohao's wealth, he wouldn't care about the value of these dozens of magic crystals at all, so there's no need for him to go to such lengths.

But what you earn yourself is ultimately different from what your family gives you.

Qi Xiaohao enjoys the process of striving; otherwise, he wouldn't even need to enter the interdimensional passage, as he could have easily obtained magic crystals simply by buying things.

After Wang Yi and Qi Xiaohao, looking pale and carrying a pile of magic crystals, left the tiger's den, Wang Jiang had already removed all the tiger bones.

"Here." Upon seeing Wang Yi return, Wang Jiang tossed him the magic crystal of the Azure Jade Tiger.

Wang Yi took the magic crystal, and the magic of the Azure Jade Tiger immediately appeared before his eyes.

Rock Spikes [Rare]: Grows sturdy rock spikes to attack (cannot be absorbed).

Tear [Rare]: Deals inflicts tear damage on attacks (cannot be absorbed).

Resilience [Rare] [Passive] Increases mental resistance and grants immunity to the effects of Roar (can be absorbed).

Thousand Pounds [Rare] [Passive] Increases Strength (can be absorbed)

Roar [Divine]: By roaring, it causes a mental shock to creatures within a certain range (temporarily unabsorbable).

Jade Bone [Divine] [Passive] Enhances the toughness and strength of one's own bones (temporarily unabsorbable).

Looking at Qingyuhu's three passive spells, two of which were rare and one was divine, all of which were of the self-enhancing type, Wang Yi couldn't help but smile.

This is truly an unexpected delight.

Originally, I only wanted to obtain the powerful and rare control magic, Wei Xiao, but I didn't expect that Qingyuhu's passive magic would be even more extraordinary.

Especially jade bones.

Wang Yi no longer had to rely on Wang Jiang to support her shoulders after every incident.

Wang Yi had come to believe many of the rumors about the powerful effects of soaking tiger bones in alcohol.

After all, this is the power of magic.

The rare-grade passive skill, Thousand Pounds, can also replace the ordinary-grade Thousand Pounds that Wang Yi obtained from the Black-hoofed Lizard, and its power can be increased significantly.

As for resilience, Wang Yi couldn't help but think of the Flame Cloud Qilin's exclusive passive magic, Exorcism.

Although the description is the same, and it even has an additional immune-boosting effect, the actual effects should be quite different.

After all, the difference in magic grade alone is a huge gap.

However, it is very important for Wang Yi now, as it represents a huge improvement from nothing to something.

Wang Yi guessed that increasing mental resistance would likely reduce some mental magic damage.

It's not enough to just be physically strong; you also need to be mentally strong. Otherwise, if you encounter someone who can counter you, all your brute strength will be useless.