Huh? Isn't this an adventure kingdom building game?!-Chapter 912 - 808: He Runs, He Chases, He Can’t Escape

The whole process was handled properly, as smooth and efficient as flowing water.

"Crack!"

Everything happened in a flash.

The formidable Five Elements Cloud-Piercing Thunder shattered the Substitute Paperman into pieces and then dissipated; meanwhile, the smug impostor had already been trapped by a large net.

"Don't forget, I am you, and you are me. How can you be so forgetful, thinking you can trap me with this thing?" The impostor gave a wicked smile, waving his hand, "Clear Wind Bright Moon, at my command."

The two Sword Spirits stood still, holding their swords, and responded with a cold snort.

The scene was a bit awkward for the show-off impostor. It was taken aback and said with annoyance, "You're really stupid, such a good pair of Spirit Swords, and you didn't put them to use! Where's the Dragon Roar Sword? Cut this crappy net for me."

Seeing that the mindless Dragon Roar Sword was indeed about to act on the command, Jiang Yuan immediately stored it back into the Storage Bag.

From the current probing results, the opponent had no Physical Strength Bar or equipment bonuses, getting hit means losing the same amount of blood yourself, and couldn't use the system-bound Storage Bag, yet all Skills were shared.

So this Capture Net truly couldn't trap him.

Sure enough, with the Dragon Roar Sword gone, the impostor flicked its fingers, and the Earth Spirit Flame burned the net to ashes.

"The phase of mutual probing is officially over." Keeping a mischievous smile on its face, it sinisterly said, "I've figured out your strengths and weaknesses, ready to deliver a fatal blow, and you? Have you thought about how to die?"

Death isn't scary, after all, there's a Resurrection Talisman to come back full health on the spot.

The issue is, what about after coming back?

The opponent doesn't have a Physical Strength Bar, even if you come back ten thousand times... Hey? No Physical Strength Bar, hitting it deducts your own...

An inspiration flashed in Jiang Yuan's mind, and his eyes immediately lit up.

"Go to hell!"

The impostor roared in fury, having discovered that the opponent had Substitute Papermen, any Skill would be unable to harm him before these paper figures ran out.

To prevent it from discovering a way to break through, a quick victory was essential.

In that case, using the Soul-Devouring Demon Skill to absorb Lifespan was very fitting!

Seeing the impostor rushing barehanded, Jiang Yuan calmly stepped back and took out the Demon-Subduing Pestle from the Storage Bag, gripping it tightly and smashing down hard!

"Awoo!"

The shock made Jiang Yuan's hands numb with pain, causing the previously arrogant impostor to hug its head and emit a wolf-like howl of agony.

The Physical Strength Bar indeed didn't appear again!

So it really was a boss like a Heart Demon, well that's easier to deal with.

"Duang!"

"Duang! Duang! Duang!"

"Strutting around with my face, feeling great? Weren't you claiming one-shot kills? Oh no, I'm so scared."

He kept pounding it hard with the pestle while taunting sarcastically, "Didn't you say it would hurt but not kill? Let's see if I can hurt you to death!"

The impostor fled holding its head, not expecting the other party to have such an unfair divine artifact as the Demon-Subduing Pestle, unable to counterattack and only capable of begging for mercy.

Originally identical to Jiang Yuan, the body began to emit a faint red mist. However, once the mist drifted from its body, it dissipated and could not converge again.

Finding the right Weapon, the rest would be simple.

It was nothing but running, chasing, and leaving it no escape. Clear Wind Bright Moon, initially on alert with swords drawn, later cradled the swords and watched the show.

Whenever the impostor tried to run, it was covered by a disposable Capture Net before reaching the cave entrance, forcibly dragged back for another round of beating.

As more and more red mist dissipated from it, the body gradually grew transparent, still bearing Jiang Yuan's face but unable to use any of his Skills, only covering its head and crouching to get beaten.

"Bang!"

Moments later, with a soft sound, the nearly transparent human form finally burst into a cloud of red mist, transforming into tiny points of golden light drifting down from the air, gathering into a small golden box.

[Achievement: First successful exploration of an unknown Underground Palace. Reward: Acceleration Card*2]

[Gold Box Inside the Unknown Underground Palace: Left by an unknown person, treasures inside absorbed the Essence of Heaven and Earth, transforming into demons and monsters, restored into a gold box after being cleared. Click to view the loot inside.]

"Whew! Finally resolved." As it came to clearing the loot, Jiang Yuanxin summoned the Clear Wind Bright Moon Sword, which transformed into two rainbow lights, collecting back into the Storage Bag.

So it turns out the unique boss fought earlier was actually a box monster!

Clicking to open it, a ring-shaped thumbnail glowing golden appeared in his view.

[Clone Arm Ring: A Divine Artifact fallen from the Celestial Realm. Total of eight pieces, can separate and combine, capable of changing form within certain limits, indestructible, and can protect the owner autonomously;

Up to eight clones can appear simultaneously, with equal combat power and combat awareness;

Clone's duration is proportional to the Physical Strength Bar, burning Lifespan can extend the clone's existence and enhance its combat power; after summoning, the clone has a 3-day cooldown period. Would you like to wear it?]

The process of the boss fight was thrilling yet rewarding, Jiang Yuan was satisfied and clicked to wear it immediately.

"Clap clap!"

With a few crisp clinks, a stack of golden thin rings inside the box merged and flew over, tightly adhering to his right arm like an accessory.

The golden box immediately dissolved into light spots and disappeared.

Jiang Yuan surveyed the not-so-large Underground Palace, ensuring it was cleared and nothing was left behind.

Pinching a golden thin ring in hand, he examined it closely for a moment. As he thought about it, the circle in his hand started changing form, turning into a sphere, elongating into a thin golden filament, and then into a thin golden disc as large as a cicada's wings.

Despite its small and lightweight appearance, it could stretch to about a meter in diameter, making it perfect for a shield.

"Go!"

With a wave of his hand, the thin golden disc shot out, effortlessly splitting a stone in the Underground Palace in two.

"It feels a bit like Magneto's metal piece, both offensive and defensive, quite practical!" Jiang Yuan retrieved the thin ring, then tossed it again to utilize the clone function, and indeed, another identical self appeared upon landing.

However, this was a one-to-one replica, entirely different from the previous greasy impostor.

"Since you're here, help me out." Jiang Yuan tossed him an axe, leading the clone out of the Underground Palace, which wordlessly, obediently worked.

The only downside was that when using the clone to chop trees and break stones together, the Physical Strength Bar drained rapidly. Drinking tea could replenish Physical Strength, but couldn't extend the clone's duration, so within a mere ten minutes, the clone reverted to a thin ring and returned to the Arm Ring family without consuming Lifespan for extra time.

The cooldown started counting down;

The other seven can condense temporary clones anytime, but with the Physical Strength Bar in place, leading the clone in battles clearly offers more value.

Additionally, Jiang Yuan pondered while clearing minor monsters—how to slightly increase the Physical Strength Bar?

When the system was bound and initiated farming in the Wilderness World, it granted: farming, logging, fishing, mining, combat, livestock raising, scavenging, and cooking, these eight basic Skills.

No need for Skill Books, using system-provided tools to perform the appropriate tasks could increase experience for leveling up.

Apart from combat and Cooking Skills increasing Life Bars, the other five Skills increase Physical Strength Bars, with each Level One increase adding some Physical Strength.

What's unique about Combat Skills is that small monsters needed for tasks or battles with Evil Cultivators all add to experience. The system treats all equally, meaning experience gained from level gap challenges isn't different from small monsters, which keeps the Combat experience bar from surpassing other Skills significantly.

Additionally, some equipment can increase Physical Strength, like Medium Quality viscera, Beastman Body, and Iron Claw, contributing a total of 1500 additional Physical Strength points.

Calculating this, while clones are handy and accessible, the Physical Strength consumption is indeed high.

With no other equipment available to increase the Physical Strength Bar, Jiang Yuan had to focus on basic Skills again.

"Not farming for points anymore, let's see if I can max out Mining Skill to Level Ten in Elder Dragon Cave first!"

Having made the decision, he put away the tools and clicked to exit the Mysterious Cave dungeon. As he arrived back at the small yard, a red alert frame popped up in his view—[Sister Qing Niao in danger seeking help, respond?]

Jiang Yuan: ...

Too busy with the dungeon, he hadn't noticed the time; it was already evening!

Qing Niao must have taken the Skylark into the Mizhang Ridge dungeon. Her asking for help, is she about to face the big boss of the third territory?

He immediately chose to respond and got a system prompt for teleportation.

The next second, Jiang Yuan appeared in the dim, barren Mizhang Ridge, seeing the little Skylark flapping its wings desperately to spit fireballs to increase Attack Power;

Qing Niao's hair was messy, clothes were torn, and an axe was stuck in the leg bone of a gigantic skeletal monster, yelling, "Help! Brother, save us!"