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A grey book was quietly lying on top of a pile of rubble. The withered yellow paper was very inconspicuous, and the light problems were similar to the color of the ground. If one did not pay careful attention, it would be easy to miss.

Skill Book!

I've never eaten pork, but I've seen pigs run. Dongfang Qingyu had never dropped anything before, but it did not mean that he had never heard of it before. The drop rate after killing monsters for a long time had almost made him forget about it. Copper coins were the most common items that dropped. It was similar to a consolation prize, as most monsters would drop one or three pieces of copper coins. It was said that there were some monsters that didn't even bother to bend over. Sometimes, even if they killed a hundred monsters, they might not even be able to drop a single piece of equipment. Amongst them, Skill Book was one of the hardest items to drop.

Now, there was this Skill Book lying in front of him. Dongfang Qingyu's eyes lit up, as though a vicious dog had grabbed hold of a Skill Book.

A Identification Art slammed down. What was worth mentioning was that most Skill Book needed to be appraised. To be able to make an appraiser pay the price, Skill Book was the biggest reliance.

The next moment, a bright black light shone, and in the blink of an eye, the book changed. It was new, and three words appeared in front of his eyes.

It was a big prize.

There was no pattern to how the monster dropped its items. For example, the Warrior might drop the Archer's equipment, the Thief might drop the Skill Book of a Mage, and the Priest might drop his armor. As long as an item dropped, it was something worth celebrating.

There was a one in a million chance that the Resurrection Arts was one of Necromancer's exclusive skills.

A drop of his blood fell onto the Skill Book and in the instant the blood seeped in, the Skill Book melted into a white light and shot into the center of Dongfang Qingyu's brows before disappearing. In the next moment, a memory that did not belong to him appeared in his mind.

Resurrection: Level 1, Proficiency 0%; Summon Number 1; Resurrection Corpse Substitute for self combat, Duration of 600 seconds, 50 MP Consumption :/Every time; Magic Time: 3 seconds.

"Revive!"

Dongfang Qingyu's finger shot out a weak ray of light from the broken rocks, and after that, he quietly stared at them. One second, two seconds, three seconds, the corpse began to wiggle as though it had given life to him, combining together, and with a hualala sound, it turned back into a Stone Monster. At the same time, an additional consciousness that did not belong to him appeared in Dongfang Qingyu's mind. This consciousness belonged to the Stone Monster.

"Let's go!" Dongfang Qingyu thought.

The Stone Monster took a step forward.

"Let's go again!"

The Stone Monster took another step.

"Retreat!"

The Stone Monster retreated backwards.

"Turn around!"

"Run!"

"Jump!"

"..."

Dongfang Qingyu played for a while, he had gotten familiar with the way to command the Stone Monster, it was just a piece of wood, the only difference was that this wood was made of stone, it was silly, whatever it was, it could run it without any problems, but it could not jump, so he did not know if it had some jumping ability or was too heavy, a Identification Art dropped onto the ground.

Stone Monster: Level 4, HP 195; Skill, Rock Smashing. Characteristics: Extremely strong. Survival time: 356/600 seconds.

Dongfang Qingyu's survival time was constantly fluctuating. In just a short ten minutes, his HP was half of a normal Stone Monster.

There were still five minutes left, so he couldn't waste it. This was something he had spent 50 points on. He brought the Stone Monster down the mountain. Halfway up the mountain, he saw the Hedgehog Monster.

[Hedgehog Monster] Level: 3 HP: 320

Hedgehog Monster was a gentle kind of monster, unless it was within 3 metres, it would not take the initiative to attack. Dongfang Qingyu had been here for so long, he knew the habits of hedgehogs.

Three meters in front, Dongfang Qingyu stopped. At the same time, he ordered the Stone Monster to stop and aim at the hedgehog.

"Smash the rocks!"

A stone the size of a human head suddenly appeared in the Stone Monster's hand.

Bang!

The stone smashed onto the ground thirty centimeters away from the hedgehog. The Hedgehog Monster that was eating an ant suddenly turned around, its small eyes glaring at the Stone Monster, and then —

The Hedgehog Monster's curled up body suddenly swelled up, hundreds of thorns shot out in all directions like arrows leaving the bowstring. In that moment, the entire space was filled with thorns, the true three hundred and sixty degrees was no longer possible, and the scariest thing was the distance between the thorns, three meters.

Ding ding ding ding …

There seemed to be a crisp sound of rain hitting banana, at least 100 sharp thorns pierced onto the Stone Monster's body, there was no helping it, it was big in size, the area it could bear was also big, the red damage numbers floated up from its head, like snowflakes.

- 5-6-8-10-9-10-9...

"Crash ~ ~ ~"

The Stone Monster turned into a pile of crushed stones and died.

Dongfang Qingyu's eyes were almost popping out of their sockets. This was an instant kill, a level 3 Hedgehog Monster could instantly kill a level 4 Stone Monster. Although the Stone Monster's HP was at 50%, its level was not low at all. Standing behind the Stone Monster, he did manage to escape death.

When the Hedgehog Monster saw that the Stone Monster was dead, it did not stop there. It rushed towards Dongfang Qingyu, and in the process, thorns started emerging out of its bare body.

Dongfang Qingyu was shocked, he had thought that the Hedgehog Monster would be able to shoot its spikes and wait to be killed, but it turned out that it would be able to reappear again. Instead of retreating, he rushed towards the hedgehog, waved his pickaxe, and stabbed the Hedgehog Monster's body with three consecutive blows.

- 40-45-48

The damage value was impressive, but the Hedgehog Monster's defense was low, not because its attack was strong.

More and more spikes appeared from the Hedgehog Monster, almost half of them appearing from the spikes. Dongfang Qingyu waved his pickaxe even more anxiously.

- 40-42-45

The Hedgehog Monster rushed to Dongfang Qingyu's front, but did not have any other methods of attack. It only glared at him fiercely and used all its strength to push the sharp thorn out.

- 28-25-22

Following the increase in the length of the thorns, the defense of the Hedgehog Monster had increased significantly. Dongfang Qingyu had a bad feeling, the moment the Hedgehog Monster expanded its body, he smashed the pickaxe onto the Hedgehog Monster's head.

- 25.

The moment the red figure appeared, the hedgehog was like a balloon that had been punctured. It immediately shriveled up, straightened its body, and hung up. There were a total of six copper coins. Everyday, he was quite wealthy, having killed so many Hamster Monster before, he had only dropped four of them at the most.

Dongfang Qingyu picked up the copper coin and revived the Stone Monster. Three seconds later, he only saw black smoke coming out.

Ding! System Notification: Resurrection failed, a corpse can only be revived once. After reviving, it cannot be revived again.

Dongfang Qingyu looked at the instantly consumed 50 points of mana, he wanted to cry but had no tears, he could not revive yet he had to deplete mana points, was there no logic in the world? Just as he was about to go down the mountain, he suddenly saw the corpse of the Hedgehog Monster and threw it over.

[Hedgehog Monster] Level: 3; HP: 160; Skills: Shooting Spike. Survival time: 595/600 seconds.

Other than the lifeless look in his eyes, he didn't have any other expression. He looked like a normal Hedgehog Monster, Dongfang Qingyu chuckled and aimed his gaze at the Viper Monster.

It was a White-browed Viper Monster, lazily lying at the foot of the tree, sleeping or something. However, Dongfang Qingyu liked it to not move, if not, when they swam, he wondered if the Hedgehog Monster could catch up to him.

[White-browed Viper Monster]: Level 5; HP 560; Skills: Extremely Poisonous.

5 m, 4 m, 3 m, suddenly the White-browed Viper Monster jumped up, like a spring that had been compressed to the limit, it suddenly recovered. Its speed was as fast as lightning, shooting towards the Hedgehog Monster, scaring Dongfang Qingyu to the point that he started sweating profusely.

"Spitting!"

Hundreds of black thorns shot out in every direction. That scene made Dongfang Qingyu think of the most terrifying hidden weapon in the movie, the Pear Blossom Rain Needles. The White-browed Viper Monster was in mid air, unable to dodge at all. It could only watch helplessly as it was pierced by the spikes and fell to the ground. Its long body unconsciously twisted for a moment before it stopped breathing.

He had only dropped three copper coins, which made him extremely stingy. However, the experience was very objective, as it increased by 6%.

The next one, Dongfang Qingyu happily brought the Hedgehog Monster along to find their next target, however, he immediately realised something that made him unhappy. Previously, the Hedgehog Monster would immediately appear again after shooting out the spike, but now, it took a full two minutes for it to appear, and he helplessly watched as a poisonous snake slipped away.

When they finally found another White-browed Viper Monster, the Hedgehog Monster's storage time was down to 115 seconds. They carefully approached it, only that the snake was a type of creature that relied on its movements to distinguish the changes in its surroundings, so no matter how careful they were, the Hedgehog Monster would still be discovered by it immediately.

"Spitting!"

Dongfang Qingyu gave the order, since there was no difference between a hedgehog's attack and a passive technique, the White-browed Viper Monster would be able to take the initiative and charge forward, allowing the spike to display its full power.

The spikes were too dense, even though the White-browed Viper Monster was smaller, it was still filled with spikes. It was instantly killed, falling to the ground from mid-air. It was even more petty, and nothing exploded out.

After about a minute, the hedgehog could no longer move as its body started to rot. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a pile of bones.

"This skill can't be Heaven Breaker, right?" Dongfang Qingyu was horrified. He had planned to take the corpse and sell it for money after the Hedgehog Monster dies, but it seemed like that was not a realistic idea. A corpse could either be sold for money or revived, and could only be used once, and not twice.

Luckily, there were still the corpses of the two poisonous snakes. His MP was 210, and now he had used 150 points, so he still had 60 points. He could still use Resurrection skill once again.

"Revive!"

Level: 5 HP 280 Skills: Extremely Poisonous.

His luck was good. The resurrected White-browed Viper Monster had killed nine hedgehogs, which resulted in an astonishing result. When the Agkistrodon Monster's time came to an end, his EXP grew to 92%, just a little bit away from the next level.