Zhang Tie quickly got up and put on his clothes. After that, he left the only 2-storey cabin in Castle of Black Iron.
It was dark outside; however, after Zhang Tie woke up, it soon turned bright. It was already afternoon.
Heller watched Zhang Tie pushing open the door and walking out of the cabin with a smile.
"Castle Lord, have you slept well?"
Zhang Tie forcefully moved his arms for a short while as he didn't feel uncomfortable at all, "How long have I slept?"
"36 hours!" Heller replied precisely, "During the past 36 hours, I kept Castle of Black Iron in the state of night. With the effect of preliminary recovery body and the help of all-purpose medicament, you've already spent more than one week in recuperation for commoners!"
Zhang Tie watched the scars on his arms which had formed completely in less than 2 days. At the critical moment, the powerful effect of preliminary recovery body would manifest itself. Those earthworms were too valuable when they were released back then. Zhang Tie had already determined to go to Blapei to set free this year's earthworms if Hanna's family didn't fulfill the agreement with him after the event in Ice and Snow Wilderness. As long as he promoted his preliminary recovery body to medium recovery body, it would be more effective in saving lives. 'Besides Blapei, I might inquire about other places in Waii Sub-continent where earthworms can be raised. I could speed up the breeding speed through multiple measures. '
Heller looked solemn and respectful. At the sight of Heller's look, Zhang Tie became a bit bashful.
"Erm... I will pay attention to it next time. I've not imagined that that guy could have such a trick. I was hit by his hidden weapon before I could escape to the riverside!"
"Even an earthworm or an ant is different, not to mention a LV 10 strong fighter. Facing such an opponent, the safest way is to kill him by spear after accumulating enough seven-strength fruits. To be honest, although Castle Lord has prepared a way to escape from the riverside, the distance where you hunted those iron-teeth hyenas that day was a bit far away from the riverside. Facing such an opponent, it's safer to hunt iron-teeth hyenas within 3-5 km from the riverside!" Zhang Tie accepted Heller's advice modestly.
This crisis was the best warning for his long-inflated confidence. He thought that with the effect of rapid moving skill, Dawson could not catch up with him at all. Therefore, he dared to hunt iron-teeth hyenas further away from the riverside. Additionally, he felt that he could rely on Castle of Black Iron. Even if he was cornered, he could escape into Castle of Black Iron at any time. After all, he was not using his real identity and look. Even if he was seen by Dawson, he could just disguise once again in case of any sequela. However, he had not imagined that this crisis almost caused him to say goodbye to Castle of Black Iron forever.
"Heller, what was that hidden weapon that guy used to hit me? It was so powerful. Why could my spiritual energy be affected after being hit by it? Why couldn't I recover my spiritual energy within more than 10 hours?"
"That's a rune weapon. After being controlled by battle Qi, it could shock the spiritual energy of the one being hit. As a result, it could cause a double strike. If you didn't eat so many iron-body fruits, you would have been penetrated through by that one strike! You have to be careful when you meet that guy in the future! "
Speaking of iron-body fruits, Zhang Tie recalled something at once, "Those demon rats that I've killed should have seven-strength fruits, right?"
"Castle Lord, you can take a look yourself." Heller smiled.
Zhang Tie hurriedly rushed to the small tree. At the sight of the small tree, Zhang Tie was so thrilled that he almost sprung up.
"Ha... ha... that's great. As the saying goes, one is destined to have a good fortune after surviving a great disaster..." Zhang Tie burst out into laughter as he danced like a lunatic. There were a lot of seven-strength fruits that he had not seen before on the small tree. They were all in the shape of demon rats and looked pretty cute. After counting them carefully, Zhang Tie found 8 seven-strength fruits. "I'm rich this time..."
Although demon rats were not as powerful as wild wolves or iron-teeth hyenas, they were not small in size. In terms of strength, they should not be weaker than a common dog. Additionally, this living being's speed and flexibility couldn't be matched by wild wolves or iron-teeth hyenas. Therefore, the seven-strength fruits of demon rats must contain something unique to this living being.
Like how Zhang Tie could have a super great running ability after eating wild wolf seven-strength fruits, these seven-strength fruits brought by demon rats could also improve and strengthen his abilities in some aspects.
"Castle Lord, you've killed 367 demon rats in total. Therefore, the small tree produced 8 seven-strength fruits of demon rats, 7 of which have been ripe and edible. The last one is not ripe yet..."
After hearing Heller's words, Zhang Tie hurriedly turned around and rushed towards the cabin on one side.
Heller became stunned for a second, "Castle Lord, what are you going to do?"
"Find a rope and kill those devil rats when we get out. Don't worry. I remember that those devil rats live in a cave not far away from here!"
...
There were many items in the cabin. Zhang Tie casually searched for two sets of pioneering tools that he bought in Blackhot City. After opening one of the pioneering tools, Zhang Tie found what he wanted, a grappling claw and a rope longer than 60 m.
After tying the rope to the grappling claw, Zhang Tie left Castle of Black Iron and appeared on the stone in the middle of the pool in a split second.
Although it was daytime, there was not much sunlight above their heads. The steam rising from the pools formed a thick layer of clouds above the valley. The clouds were slowly rolling. After the old ones dispersed, new ones arrived. As a result, the entire sky was covered with clouds. It felt like a cloudy day.
The corpses of demon rats were still floating in the pool. Only after a bit more than 1 day, due to the high temperature of the water in the pool, this place had started to smell disgusting.
Holding his breath, Zhang Tie observed the surrounding environment. He found a piece of raised rock on the cliff not far from the bank of the pool. There were many cracks around that piece of rock, which could serve the purpose of the grappling claw. Therefore, he threw his grappling claw over there without demur.
From over 50 m away, the grappling claw hit the target. Zhang Tie pulled the rope for a couple of times while the triangle on the grappling claw was firmly stuck between the raised stone and the surrounding cracks. After pulling it forcefully, Zhang Tie felt that it was already stable. Then, he grabbed the rope and swung it forcefully. Zhang Tie then easily crossed dozens of meters of water and landed on the shore steadily.
After putting away the rope and the grappling claw, Zhang Tie threw them back into Castle of Black Iron. After that, he took out his double-carp swords and walked towards a mountain cave not far from him.
If those demon rats lived in a smaller rat cave, Zhang Tie could only wait for them; however, now that those demon rats ran out of the mountain cave, Zhang Tie could just take a look in there.
The entrance of the mountain cave was as high as two people. There were some messy twigs at the entrance. As the light outside was not good, the inside of the cave was even darker. Even though it was daytime, the inside of the cave was still pitch-black and could not see far.
Zhang Tie revealed a faint smile as he injected a bit of spiritual energy into his eyes from his mind sea. At once, the dark vision started to take effect. At the same time, everything in the mountain cave became bright, leaving no darkness in the cave at all.
Zhang Tie strode into the mountain cave. The inside of the mountain cave was spacious. What made Zhang Tie amazed was that everything in the mountain cave was not messy at all. Instead, it seemed that someone had lived here. There was a flat ground and a pool. Zhang Tie even saw some stony stairs and a stony table over 20 m away from the entrance of the mountain cave.
'Is there someone here? ' Zhang Tie's heart pounded as he tightened his grip on his double-carp swords. Closely after that, he stroked towards the depth of the mountain cave out of curiosity.
When he came to the front of the stone table in the cave, Zhang Tie slightly touched the table and found that the dust on the table was half an inch thick. At the sight of this, Zhang Tie immediately knew that someone might have lived here before; however, he was sure that nobody had lived here for a long time.
Walking up the stairs, Zhang Tie continued to walk into the mountain cave. Only after a few steps, he had met a demon rat. At the sight of Zhang Tie, the demon rat immediately uttered a sharp squeak. The squeak of the demon rat drifted far away in the quiet mountain cave. After hearing this squeak, the quiet mountain cave became boisterous at once while numerous rustling sounds became louder and louder.
The sword light of the Pisces Sword Golden Carp flashed. Six meters away, a vivid golden carp swam over the body of the Devil Rat. The Devil Rat was instantly cut into two halves.
As for Zhang Tie who had completely recovered his battle strength, it was very easy for him to deal with these demon rats with his double-carp swords in hand.
At this moment, a great number of demon rats poured out of the mountain cave in the distance. There were about hundreds of them, which were left last night. As the saying went, when enemies met, their eyes would burn with hatred. The moment those demon rats found Zhang Tie, they immediately rushed towards him as if they were going to gnaw Zhang Tie up. Zhang Tie's face was full of hatred. Although Zhang Tie's body was full of hatred, the moment those demon rats found him, they instantly rushed towards him as if they were going to gnaw him up.
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