Chapter 8

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

In an instant, a few spikes pierced through the moon shadow mantis’s abdomen. Green liquid mixed with its internal organs fell and landed on Lin Xuan’s tortoise shell.

At the same time, the two daggers fell to the ground powerlessly, only a few millimeters away from Lin Xuan’s head. It was extremely dangerous.

In the end, Lin Xuan’s skills were still better. He was completely drenched in the unknown liquid from the moon shadow mantis.

For a moment, he did not want to move a muscle.

You’ve successfully killed the moon shadow mantis, a fourth-tier extreme Mystic-level demonic beast. You’ve received 200 experience points! [ 15 attribute points! ]

[Devouring Creature detected]

[Rank 4 Moon Shadow Mantis (dead). Devouring success rate: 100]

[Host has activated devour skill]

However, strangely enough, Lin Xuan waited for a long time but did not see any new skills.

“What’s going on?”

He opened his personal attribute panel.

[Host: Lin Xuan]

[Level: 10]

[Stage: Black Class Rank 4]

[Species: Sharp Shell Turtle (evolvable)]

[Innate skills: Turtle aura: Level 4, Turtle shell: Level 3, Devouring evolution: Level 3]

[Normal skills: Hardened skin: Level 3, Acute hearing: level 2, Powerful thrust: Level 3]

[Agility: 1]

[Hardness (physical defense): 40]

[Endurance (magic resistance): 10]

[HP (vitality strength): 10]

Lifespan (the estimated number of years before one will die of old age): 500

[Attack: 3]

[Available attribute points: 15]

The hard spike armor had evolved into a powerful spike. Its level had increased, and so had its damage. Even its attack power had gone up a little.

Although it could be ignored, if it was used with a strong thrust, the results might be different.

However, it was Lin Xuan’s luck this time. Coupled with the fact that the moon shadow mantis was defenseless and that its abdomen was its weakest spot, he was able to succeed in his surprise attack.

If this were a normal battle, he would never have been able to reach this level. The other monsters were not stupid and would definitely avoid him. Coupled with Lin Xuan’s slow speed, he could only succeed in this state.

This was a sneak attack. It was definitely a surprise attack. I’d like to call it sixth brother’s most powerful technique. Who said that turtles don’t have combat power? isn’t this what you see? “[b]

This battle had given Lin Xuan huge gains, and he even had new and novel ideas.

Lin Xuan patrolled the moon shadow mantis ‘nest. To be more precise, it was the nest that it had snatched from the black police rat.

With the thought of plucking feathers from a passing goose, he wanted to see if there was anything good inside. The most abundant things were those heads and some worthless junk.

That’s a little too poor. It’s really unscientific.

The black police rats had a keen sense of smell, so they should be able to find a lot of good things in their nest.

However, when he thought about how this place had been taken over by the moon shadow mantis, even if there were anything good, it would have been taken away.

Lin Xuan’s eyes turned slightly and landed on those heads. He had an idea. There was no way he was returning empty-handed.

“If the corpse can be devoured, the head should be able to be devoured as well, right?”

Lin Xuan tried to devour one.

[Host has activated devour skill]

[Rank two black police rat (incomplete dead state) devouring success rate: 100%]

[Grade 3 golden-horned elk (incomplete and dead state) devouring success rate: 100%]

[Rank two cloud-winged hummingbird (incomplete state of death) devouring success rate: 100%]

Although it was a success, the system did not tell him that he had gained a skill or enhanced it. Lin Xuan did not give up and continued to devour.

[Host has activated devour skill]

[Host has activated devour skill ]

[Host has activated devour skill ]



After a series of beeps, Lin Xuan killed all the black police rats around him, and the system finally changed.

[Acquired skill: Enhanced sense of smell ]

It was likely that these demonic beasts only had heads, which led to their being in a damaged state. Even if they devoured it successfully, they might not necessarily drop a skill.

However, as the saying goes, qualitative changes lead to quantitative changes. The heads of the black police rat were the most abundant in the cave.

The other monsters were few in number, so they could not transform, but Lin Xuan was satisfied with this skill.

Hearing and smell were the scarcest and weakest senses in turtle-type creatures.

His enhanced hearing could help him sense danger and avoid dangerous situations, while his sense of smell could allow him to perceive the smell of plants and spirit fruits.

Most spiritual fruits would give off a unique smell when they were about to ripen, and Lin Xuan could find many opportunities with this alone.

After fighting for an entire night—first the porcupine, then the mantis—even though Lin Xuan wasn’t injured, he was still a little exhausted.

In any case, there shouldn’t be any other demonic beasts coming to this lair. The fourth-tier demonic beast, the moon shadow mantis, still had a certain level of deterrence, so it was relatively safe.

Lin Xuan closed his eyes to rest and decided to go out only after he was fully recovered.

The coastal forest covered a large area, equivalent to a medium-sized country. The terrain here was extremely complex. In addition to the surrounding coast, there were also hills and peaks and even an extinct volcano in the center.

There were still people in the outer periphery, but the deeper they went, the fewer people there were. Even with today’s advanced technology, humans were hesitant to enter because there were too many dangers.

Even satellites couldn’t accurately observe the scene. On the satellite map, the coastal forest was surrounded by a thick layer of fog. Humans guessed that it might be due to the special magnetic field here.

It was not that there had not been surveillance equipment in the past, but most of it was either out of order or had been damaged by wild animals. As time went by, they were abandoned.

However, there were many legends about this forest, the most famous of which was that there were large animals and savages, which gave it a layer of mystery.

[a]changed from ‘the most powerful sixth brother’s technique’

[b]idg this