Chapter 7: Bone Armor and Upgraded Shelter

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Storing the materials that the Sand Lizard dropped, Xia Feng glanced at Big Black, which was lying on the ground, and threw a bone to it.

“Big Black, come here. Here’s a bone for you.”

Big Black stared at the bone, and raised its head pitifully, as if it were saying, “Didn’t you promise to give me meat earlier?”

Seeing that, Xia Feng put a piece of meat in front of Big Black.

“I was just messing with ya.”

After saying that with a smile, he continued collecting materials.

There were indeed a lot of resources in this place.

They included 18 Wood, eight Stone, six Bronze, four Iron, 12 Evergreen Fruits, eight Numbing Vines, and eight Sour Grasses.

[Evergreen Fruit: A fruit whose skin is forever green. It tastes awful, and is not suitable for eating.]

[Numbing Vine: A vine that grows in the Misty Space. Its sap is slightly paralyzing.]

[Sour Grass: A regular herb. It can only be used to mix with the sap of the Numbing Vine to increase the paralyzing effect.]

Apart from them, there was also a Bronze Chest. Xia Feng simply opened it.

[System notification: Bronze Chest +1]

[System notification: Iron +2]

[System notification: Wind Spiritual Rune +1]

[System notification: Recipe of Exquisite Hallucinogenic Drug +1]

[System notification: Do you want to learn the Recipe of Exquisite Exquisite Hallucinogenic Drug?]

Of course he learned it.

A glimmer flashed.

[System notification: You’ve successfully learned it.]

He opened the craft menu, and checked the materials needed.

[Exquisite Hallucinogenic Drug: Pollen of Enchanting Flowers 6/2, Evergreen Fruits 12/4, Numbing Vines 8/2, Sour Grasses 8/2]

He had all the necessary materials, so he simply crafted it.

[System notification: Pollen of Enchanting Flowers -2, Evergreen Fruits -2, Numbing Vines -2, Sour Grasses -2]

[System notification: You’ve successfully crafted an Exquisite Hallucinogenic Drug.]

Xia Feng took out a stone bowl to pack up the drug.

The drug was in the form of white powder.

[Exquisite Hallucinogenic Drug: This is a drug that can paralyze both the mind and the body.]

[Usages: 1. It can be directly absorbed, but it will take longer for the drug to kick in; 2. It can be dissolved in water and smeared on weapons so that it can flow into blood through wounds that the weapons cause. It works faster this way.]

After reading the note, Xia Feng grinned in delight.

It would be a lot easier to deal with the misty monsters with such a drug.

Storing the drug well, Xia Feng checked the four channels that were connected to the island while Big Black was busy chewing a bone.

It wasn’t hard to make a choice this time. Xia Feng chose Island No.4, which had an Iron Chest and some resources.

He and the dog set foot on the trail to Island No.4.

No accidents happened this time. Xia Feng arrived safely, and opened the Iron Chest.

[System notification: Iron Chest +1]

[System notification: Small Map +1]

[System notification: Earth Spiritual Rune +2]

[System notification: Recipe of Rare Bone Armor +1]

[System notification: Do you want to learn the Recipe of Rare Bone Armor?]

“A Rare Armor? Of course I do.”

Xia Feng couldn’t be more excited.

Then, there was a glow.

[System notification: You’ve successfully learned it.]

Xia Feng quickly checked the materials for the armor.

[Rare Bone Armor: Beast Bones 11/10, Silver 6/4, Iron 10/8, Beast Skins 3/2, Earth Spiritual Runes 11/6, Wind Spiritual Runes 10/4, Fire Spiritual Runes 8/2]

The bones and skins that the misty monsters dropped were collectively called Beast Bones and Beast Skins.

He had all the necessary materials, but they included a lot of spiritual runes.

After a moment of hesitation, Xia Feng clicked “Craft”.

He might as well leave worries to the future, and craft whatever he could first.

He had to craft it sooner or later, so he wasn’t going to lose anything.

[System notification: Beast Bones -10, Silver -4, Iron -8, Beast Skins -2, Earth Spiritual Runes -6, Wind Spiritual Runes -4, Fire Spiritual Runes -2]

A glittering suit of magnificent armor appeared in Xia Feng’s hands.

The armor had a silver surface, and pointy beast bones had been embedded into the parts such as elbows, wrists, and knees.

The armor looked rather intimidating in general.

Maybe because of the Wind Spiritual Runes, it wasn’t too heavy.

With Xia Feng’s current physical strength, he could use it easily.

[Rare Bone Armor: A suit of spiritual armor that offers high defense. Your strength and speed are temporarily boosted after you put it on. Regular misty monsters can’t hurt you anymore.]

Xia Feng instantly put the armor on, and tried all kinds of movements.

He didn’t feel hindered at all. It was as convenient as before.

Although it was battle armor, it was highly flexible.

Generally speaking, he felt great in the armor.

The only thing that was slightly pitiful was that the armor didn’t have a helmet.

Running for a few laps on the island in the magnificent armor, Xia Feng discovered that he was twice as fast as he used to be.

As the note described, normal misty monsters couldn’t hurt him anymore now that he was wearing this armor.

After trying the armor for a while, Xia Feng reluctantly put it inside the Shelter Ring.

The armor wasn’t very heavy, but it would still be exhausting if he wore it all the time.

After that, Xia Feng looted all the materials on the ninth island.

He acquired two Bronze, two Stone and two Wood.

He checked his inventory, and found that he had a lot more materials than what was needed to upgrade the shelter.

[Materials required for the upgrade: Bronze 16/10, Stone 22/12, Earth Spiritual Runes 7/1, Wind Spiritual Runes 7/1, Water Spiritual Runes 7/1, Fire Spiritual Runes 6/1]

Xia Feng took out the Shelter Upgrade Scroll, transformed the Shelter Ring into a shelter, and spoke to himself, “Upgrade the shelter.”

[System notification: Bronze -10, Stone -12, Earth Spiritual Runes -1, Wind Spiritual Runes -1, Water Spiritual Runes -1, Fire Spiritual Runes -1]

The next moment, the entire shelter was enshrouded in a halo, and it quickly expanded.

Very soon, it became a house that was mainly made of bronze and stone.

It was much more spacious than the Ordinary Shelter. It had a coverage of 50 square meters and a height of four meters.

The shelter was no longer empty, either. There was furniture like a wooden bed and chairs to rest on.

“Now, this is more like a shelter.”

Xia Feng lay on the wooden bed comfortably.

When the shelter was upgraded to Exquisite, he would be able to strengthen it with the materials he chose.

However, he was not in a rush to do that. He had already explored nine islands.

Considering what happened earlier, he might be given another opportunity to visit a dungeon when he explored the 10th island.

Therefore, Xia Feng didn’t move to the next island hastily, but stopped to make preparations.

It would be great if he could craft the Lightning Crossbow, which would help him seek a high score in the second dungeon.

Besides, he needed time to study the small map, and Big Black had to take a break too.

At this moment, it was one in the afternoon. Xia Feng made another water purifier, and filled the two water purifiers with raw water. Then, he fell asleep in the shelter.

He would take a nap and trade the purified water for other items after he had enough storage of it.

Big Black could watch over the place and warn him if any misty monsters showed up, so he had no worries at all.