A crisp sound ran out.
The gray howl's head sank, and blood gushed out.
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Relying on the 1.5x damage bonus from the weak point attack, Su Ce finally smashed it to death on the spot.
With its HP bar emptied, the gray howl could no longer persist.
Its body fell to the ground like a rag bag.
Only the wound on the back of its head continued to gush out dark red blood, dyeing a large area red.
[Prompt: Congratulations on killing the elite monster Gray Howl. You have reached Level 2 (165/200) and obtained a free attribute point.]
Hearing the system prompt, Su Ce finally had a chance to catch his breath. He desperately took a deep breath of fresh air.
Due to the physical exhaustion and his HP having been reduced to about one-third, he was in an extremely bad state at this moment.
Let alone entering the high-level mining area, even if an ordinary Level 5 monster appeared, it would be enough to kill him.
Huff! Puff!
Panting heavily, Su Ce took out a low-cost recovery potion from his inventory and swallowed it with difficulty.
While he was waiting for its HP to recover slowly, the enormous gray howl had already completely turned into specks of white light.
At the same time as it disappeared, some glowing drops appeared on the ground.
At this time, Su Ce's stamina had recovered a little. He stood up and picked up the items dropped by the gray howl.
This elite monster provided him with a pair of gloves, a roll of rough beast skin, and two ten-centimeter-long canine teeth.
He looked at the attributes of the gloves and found that there was a level restriction on them. He couldn't wear them yet, so he put them into his inventory regretfully.
Now, after using a recovery potion worth 100 dollars, his HP had recovered a little, but his stamina was still very lacking.
His entire body was covered in wounds, and the durability of his armor was almost depleted.
Looking at the scratch wound on the back of his hand, he subconsciously took a deep breath. Damn, I almost died in the hands of this beast. Fortunately, I often train, so I barely managed to survive.
After making some adjustments, Su Ce continued on the path of searching for the dragon-type creature.
According to the coordinates given by the system, the dragon was located in the high-level mining area ahead. As long as he searched according to the coordinates, he would definitely be able to find it.
He trusted the effect of the Eye of the Dragon God very much and walked straight to the high-level area.
…
In a dark cave…
Heavy footsteps sounded.
The six Professionals guarding this place immediately became vigilant.
They picked up their weapons and looked in the direction of the footsteps.
After a while, a tall and thin young man with a pale face appeared in front of everyone.
Looking at the wounded young man in front of him, one of the men with a determined expression and a bow immediately reminded in a cold tone, "This is the high-level mining area. Unauthorized people are not allowed to enter."
Holding the pickaxe that was dripping blood, Su Ce said with a serious expression, "My goal is the high-level area. That's where I can find what I want."
Seeing that he seemed to be determined to enter the high-level mining area, the man with the bow said again, "The monsters in the high-level mining area are all around Level 10 to 20. With your current state and strength, you'll be courting death if you enter."
Although the man's tone was unfriendly, he didn't stop him.
Instead, he took a step back and made way for Su Ce to enter the interior of the cave.
Seeing this, Su Ce walked in without hesitation.
In the end, in the eyes of the six senior Professionals, he disappeared into the high-level mining area.
Looking at where the other party had disappeared, a Professional with a greatsword joked, "Is this person in a hurry to die? He's injured so badly that it's impossible for him to fight again. Moreover, any monster inside is above Level 10. Even if he's not injured, he isn't a match for those monsters."
"Who cares? We just have to guard this place and not let the monsters out."
The discussions between the few of them gradually disappeared. In the high-level mining area, Su Ce kept changing the direction of his advancement and slowly approached the cave that contained the dragon.
But soon, his attention was attracted by a corpse on the ground.
Not far in front of him, in a dark corner, a Professional lying on his side with a painful expression had been casually abandoned here.
The surface of the corpse had already decayed, and the blood on the ground had already dried up. If not for the flashing light above the corpse, Su Ce wouldn't have even noticed the existence of the corpse.
He slowly walked forward. The flies on the corpse immediately fled in all directions.
Frowning, Su Ce covered his nose and reached his hand into a light blue circle of light.
A mostly empty backpack quickly appeared in front of him.
Fortunately, although most of the equipment and items inside had been pilfered by others, Su Ce still found a small potion worth 300 dollars.
After doing this, he continued to follow the path to a mine tunnel that had traces of scrapping.
The tunnel was pitch-black. Su Ce could only rely on the faint light on the walls to determine his direction.
As he continued to go deeper into the mine, he gradually noticed that there was a rich dragon aura in the air.
It seemed that it was because of this that there were no traces of other creatures living here.
With excitement in his heart, he quickened his pace and passed through several winding mine tunnels. Not long after, the path ahead suddenly opened up.
In front of him was a wide cave.
Unlike the previous darkness, this spacious cave was full of oval oil lamps that seemed to never extinguish.
With the help of the dancing flames, he could even see the black oil inside.
In addition, there was a unique flame trap in the front half of the cave.
The flame trap was made up of 49 sinkable floor tiles, arranged 7 by 7. There were also many mechanisms that could shoot arrows on the walls on both sides.
Below these mechanisms were two metal lions.
From the color of the metal lions' mouths, it could be seen that the two lions would shoot out powerful flames when a certain event occurred.
Such a structure was obviously made by humans. The only way to pass through the flame trap should be to step on the correct floor tiles and pass through this distance of less than eight meters.
After looking at the green arrowheads, Su Ce subconsciously looked at the interior of the cave.
Soon, he discovered a fiery red dragon egg lying quietly in a large haystack 20 meters away!
The surface of the egg was smooth, and its was about as big as an ostrich egg. The only difference was that the dragon egg in the haystack kept emitting a weak light, looking as if it was about to hatch.
After thinking for a while, Su Ce immediately guessed the intention of the person who had set up the trap. Someone should have set up these mechanisms deliberately. That person might be planning to take the dragon egg away after it hatches!
After all, dragon eggs were extremely picky about the environment. Moreover, because they were living creatures, they couldn't be placed in the system space.