"That was dangerously close! It turns out this Flame Crystal is for external use, and can even be used as a grenade. I was indeed misled by those demon powerhouses!"

Wang Wu lay in the bushes, his heart still pounding with fear.

Fortunately, his basic Defense had reached 31 points, allowing him to reduce damage by 93 points outright.

Fortunately, he had already upgraded his Healing Talent to Level 10, so even permanent injuries could recover.

Fortunately, his Flame Resistance had reached perfection, granting him an additional 50% burn recovery speed, which would accelerate his recovery from a weakened state.

Fortunately, he had already prepared a bunch of food in advance, so he didn't have to worry about failing to reach 1000 points of satiety.

Overall, he still came out ahead.

Because this piece of Flame Crystal effectively increased his Negative Resistance by 3 points, while also upgrading Flame Resistance to Fire Poison Resistance.

Quickly, Wang Wu consumed all the food he had prepared before, successfully reaching 1000 points of satiety.

Now all he had to do was wait patiently.

However, the pain was unavoidable.

Even Level 10 Healing Talent couldn't lessen this pain.

Wang Wu gritted his teeth and persevered, careful not to break his Concealment state. It was indeed a long night.

The good news was that by dawn the next day, his severely injured state was almost completely recovered.

Originally, it would have taken 20 hours, but the 50% extra burn recovery speed had significantly reduced that time.

However, although his severely injured state had recovered, he still had a 12-hour duration of weakness.

The reason was simple: just like last time, after the Level 10 Healing Talent repaired the disability-induced severe injury, his whole body felt overdrawn.

Fortunately, this was already great news for Wang Wu.

He simply lay in the bushes, waiting patiently for a whole day. Until dusk, the weakened state disappeared, and he was finally fully rejuvenated.

"Hehe, it feels like I've been reborn!"

Wang Wu was extremely emotional; the past day and night truly felt like a purgatory to him.

Fortunately, he endured it.

With a thought, the attribute bar appeared. Because his Growth had exceeded 40%, his Basic Attributes had once again fully refreshed, and they now seemed quite luxurious.

Status: Ancient Giant Bear Juvenile Body (Four Bloodline Talents awakened and the second stage unlocked)

Life: 360

Physical Strength: 310

Power: 17

Agility: 16

Defense: 32

Satiety Limit: 650

Bloodline Talent: Passive Concealment Level 10

Bloodline Talent: Self-Healing Level 10

Bloodline Talent: Spirit Essence Level 2

Bloodline Talent: Danger Perception Level 8

Branch Bloodline Talent: Plant Affinity Level 1

Spirit Root: Basic Ice Spirit Root (1/10)

Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi: 92/300

Ice Spiritual Qi: 111/200

Conventional Growth Level: 45.5%

Special Growth Level: 50%

Bloodline Evolution Level: 21%

[Paralysis Poison Resistance: 9/25]

[Water Demon Venom Resistance: 12/25]

[Fire Poison Resistance: 1/25]

[Snake Demon Poison Resistance: 2/25]

[Ice Resistance: 10/10]

[Bee Venom Resistance: 2/10]

[Ordinary Spider Venom Resistance 5/5]

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"With my current attributes, it's more than enough to be a Mountain Patrol Demon Soldier, and getting through the winter safely won't be a problem. But that's not a reason to be complacent."

"I must strive to reach 80% Special Growth Level before winter arrives this year, in order to promote the Bloodline Evolution Level and extract Ice Resistance as a Branch Bloodline Talent."

Wang Wu studied his attribute data, silently scheming in his heart. It was already the second month of summer, and his time wasn't exactly abundant.

Especially since the difficulty of upgrading Negative Resistance would increase significantly in the coming days.

Ordinary Spider Venom, he assumed, could also be upgraded, but that would mean causing trouble for the Black Spider Race.

And then there's Bee Venom Resistance, which also meant offending the Armed Wild Bee race, a demon powerhouse.

Thinking about it, he felt it would probably be easier to go to the river and deal with Water Demon Poison.

"Why not try diplomacy before force?"

A bold idea occurred to Wang Wu's mind. Perhaps he could use a Flame Crystal, this Ninth-Grade Exotic Item, to negotiate with the Armed Wild Bee Race. After all, they're all carefree and sensible Little Demons; they shouldn't refuse, right?

"Great! Let's do it this way!"

Wang Wu truly didn't want to have a conflict with the Armed Wild Bee Race.

After that, he didn't stay. Instead, he traveled southward under the cover of night, occasionally taking down a few Little Demons along the way to fill his stomach.

By midnight, he had successfully reached the outskirts of the Black Spider Race's territory.

Well, he's still a bit uneasy about the Armed Wild Bee Race. After all, bees and bears are natural enemies.

So, instead, why not retreat and try the Black Spider Race first; if the trade doesn't work out, at least you'll have tried.

The Black Spider clan is accustomed to nighttime activities. Right now, the entire family, young and old, was out. Wang Wu first shifted out of Passive Concealment a hundred meters away, then walked over at a gentle pace, pretending to be a well-fed, leisurely little bear on a post-meal walk...

But the fact is, this was useless. Once the Black Spider clan discovered him, they immediately went into full battle readiness, even the Black Spider ancestor, as large as a farm tractor, swiftly crawled out.

Even the neighboring Black Beetle Race became agitated, with human-sized Black Beetles taking flight, beginning to gather at the territory's edge. Wow, they're truly formidable demon elites!

Seeing this scene, Wang Wu quickly stopped in his tracks, showing the Flame Crystal in his claws. This thing is quite beautiful at night, outshining fireflies, with flames inside swirling like floating clouds.

He believed that since the Little Demons across the way were already trading with the Fire Ant Race, they should understand that he came with good intentions.

However, before Wang Wu revealed the Flame Crystal, the Black Spider Race was merely on alert. But after he revealed it, they suddenly launched a charge, and even the neighboring Black Beetle army commenced a flanking attack.

Hey, hey, hey, what the heck, how can you be so unreasonable, do you really enjoy backstabbing so much?

Is there no sense of decency among you Little Demons?

Wang Wu was frightened, his scalp tingling, wondering how to play this game.

Not daring to hesitate, he turned around and ran east.

He's not foolish; he wouldn't dare start a war with two opposing armies at once.

For a moment, his short legs moved quite quickly. With 16 points of agility, he dashed a hundred meters in six seconds without any pressure, feeling the wind whistling past his ears, as his Physical Strength plummeted.

Just when he thought he could easily escape and their paths would never cross again, he suddenly sensed something, braked sharply, and rolled to the side, followed by a jump, landing over ten meters away.

Honestly, he was quietly thrilled by his smooth reflexes, wondering when his Combat Awareness had become so excellent.

As soon as he landed, a blur flashed before his eyes, an entity resembling a Black Beetle, but much larger, nearly as big as a Labrador rabbit, lunged at him.

Wang Wu only had time to see the creature wielding two limb-like double blades, executing a Gale Cross Slash directly at him!

Really, it was too fast, too ghostly, utterly unavoidable, utterly indefensible, and by the time his Level 8 Danger Perception issued a wailing alert, it was too late.

Wang Wu felt a chill at his throat.

Warm blood splattered, suggesting he might have been beheaded.

Moreover, a paralyzing sensation rapidly spread, indicating the opponent's double-bladed weapon was coated with Paralyzing Poison?

Seriously, they had no Martial Virtue at all!

Wang Wu staggered a bit, without having the chance for a follow-up reaction, when he heard whooshing sounds, four strands of peculiar, glowing spider silk shot in from afar, precisely binding his limbs. From several dozen meters away, the Black Widow, as large as a three-wheeled vehicle, hurried over, joining forces with the Black Beetle to attack.

The two sides coordinated flawlessly.

At the moment when Wang Wu was bound by the spider silk, the Black Beetle Blade Master leaped into the air again, moving as fast as blue smoke, rivaling the speed of the Mountain Lion.

Swish, swish, swish!

Another round of Gale Cross Slash!

Too fast!

So fast that Wang Wu's combat information hadn't generated, so fast that from the beginning to this point, not even three seconds had passed.

However, Wang Wu calmed down at this moment, not because he had a life-and-death breakthrough, realizing some world-shaking Divine Techniques, but simply because he glanced at the attribute bar.

Despite the combat information not yet generated, his Life Value couldn't lie.

Hmm, the power of two rounds of Gale Cross Slash should be strong, even poisoned...

But the damage they caused was only 40 points.

Two rounds of major moves, and both aimed at his vital throat, yet they only dealt 40 points of damage, subtracting 96 points of defense immunity damage value, so your big move single damage points were only 116?

Not even as good as a Water Demon!

As for the Paralyzing Poison, pfft, Wang Wu felt only a slight tingling, which wasn't even as intense as taking a bite of spicy fried pork belly!

Is that it?

Not to mention, right now, he has 650 points of Satiety in hand, and his Level 10 Healing Talent isn't even interested in fully activating!

Wang Wu didn't give the Black Beetle the chance for a third round of Gale Cross Slash, pulling hard on the spider silk, but it didn't budge, the Black Widow Giant Spider's strength was indeed slightly greater than his.

Well, that's simple!

If I can't pull you over, I'll go to you.

Wang Wu didn't care about the Black Beetle's third round of Gale Cross Slash descending aggressively and menacingly; instead, he turned around, took the hit, and charged directly at the giant spider.

Yet, the giant spider was smart, its eight long legs retreating briskly backward, attempting to lure Wang Wu into the Black Spider army's encirclement, giving him no chance for one-on-one combat.

In that instant, Wang Wu seemed quite awkward, unable to catch the giant spider, while the Black Beetle bounced around him continuously, Gale Cross Slashing non-stop.

In this situation, anyone would have shouted, "The advantage is mine!"

Especially when the dozens of elite Black Spiders and elite Black Beetles joined the battlefield, they immediately surrounded Wang Wu completely.

But at that moment, Wang Wu's right claw gripped tightly and crushed a Flame Crystal.

Instantly, flames several meters high surged to the sky, covering a radius of over ten meters.

This truly was an incendiary bomb!

In that moment, all the elite Black Spider Priests and Black Beetles surrounding Wang Wu fell within the roaring flames, turning into food emitting a tempting aroma.

And Wang Wu suddenly realized, so this is the correct usage of the Flame Crystal.

No wonder these two major powers were so agitated.

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