Grinding EXP From Fireball Skill-Chapter 119: An Unsuccessful Start
Li Wei steadied himself against the wall, looking at the buried exit with a helpless expression.
’Why is it so damn hard to leave?’
"Shadow Attendant."
Li Wei called out, but the Shadow Attendant didn’t respond.
’It must be buried somewhere.’
He mentally called for the Shadow Attendant to regroup with him.
Li Wei turned and walked deeper into the mine.
Now that the exit had collapsed and was blocked, his only choice was to find another way out.
The Golden Anteater was buried underground and wouldn’t be getting out anytime soon.
So, Li Wei had to proceed alone.
’What was that explosion just now?’
SNAP!
With a snap of his fingers, a small flame appeared, illuminating his surroundings. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮
Looking up, he saw a fissure had appeared overhead.
The shockwave from the explosion had fractured the rock, causing parts of the mine to collapse.
It had also created many new paths.
An idea struck Li Wei. A faint blue light enveloped him, and he flew up through the fissure in the ceiling.
He passed through the fissure and entered a cavern.
CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH!
A chewing sound came from the darkness.
Li Wei turned his head, and the flame from his fingertip shot into the darkness.
The light from the flame burst forth, illuminating a corner of the cavern.
A Golden Anteater was licking an Iron-Eating Ant.
It was much smaller than the one the Shadow Attendant had been controlling.
’Must be a Tier One Magic Beast.’
Just as Li Wei was about to make a move, the Golden Anteater turned and fled without a second glance.
"..."
’Am I that scary?’
BANG!
Li Wei felt a massive force strike him from behind. He was sent flying, slamming hard into the wall and leaving a deep, human-shaped indent.
CRACK!
Li Wei pushed himself up, falling from the wall.
Two layers of his Invisible Armor had shattered.
He looked back and saw a Tier Two Iron-Eating Ant before him.
A vicious glint appeared in the Iron-Eating Ant’s eyes. It had sensed the Ant King’s Demon Core in Li Wei’s pocket.
It knew Li Wei was the one who had killed the Ant King.
To avenge its king and to claim the Demon Core...
The Iron-Eating Ant had brazenly launched a sneak attack from behind.
A single strike had broken two layers of Invisible Armor.
WHOOSH!
The Iron-Eating Ant charged forward, swinging its sharp forelegs down at Li Wei.
Li Wei extended his hand. In less than a second, seven or eight small fireballs shot out from his palm in succession.
Chain of Small Fireballs Skill!
BAM! BAM! BAM!
The Iron-Eating Ant swung its forelegs, swatting the small fireballs out of the air.
It destroyed one, only for another to take its place.
It was completely overwhelmed.
THUD! THUD! THUD!
The Iron-Eating Ant continuously swung its forelegs to block the small fireballs, its feet forced backward step by step.
The explosive power of the small fireballs wasn’t strong.
But the accompanying Fire Element burning damage was unbearable for the Iron-Eating Ant.
Especially since Li Wei also had the bonus from his Fire Elemental Body, which doubled the power of his Fire Element Magic.
The power of his small fireballs far surpassed the Tier Zero Magic of others.
Aside from the blast radius, the explosive power of his small fireballs was already on par with an Entry Level Tier One Fireball Technique.
Under the continuous bombardment of the Chain of Small Fireballs Skill, the Iron-Eating Ant found it impossible to advance.
BANG!
A Fireball exploded beneath the Iron-Eating Ant, knocking it off its feet.
Li Wei drank a bottle of Mana Recovery Potion.
A Charged Fireball gathered in his palm.
WHOOSH!
He hurled the orange-red Fireball at the Iron-Eating Ant, which had just struggled back to its feet.
BOOM!
The brilliant flash of the explosion instantly lit up the entire cavern, and Li Wei instinctively closed his eyes.
When the blinding light faded, he opened his eyes to look.
The Iron-Eating Ant was steaming, reduced to a pile of charred remains.
"Object Control Skill!"
Blue light tore open the Iron-Eating Ant’s corpse, and a yellow Demon Core flew into Li Wei’s hand.
"A Tier Two Magic Core."
’A pity I can’t take the carapace with me. The shell of a Tier Two Iron-Eating Ant is quite valuable.’
’When will I ever get a Spatial Ring!’
Li Wei was frustrated. Anything he couldn’t carry had to be left behind.
’Oh well, most of an Iron-Eating Ant’s value is in its Demon Core anyway.’
He could only console himself with that thought.
’Shadow Attendant, are you out yet?’
Li Wei tried to contact the Shadow Attendant in his mind.
There was no response from the Shadow Attendant.
RUSTLE RUSTLE RUSTLE!
Nearby Iron-Eating Ants closed in on Li Wei, surrounding him.
Li Wei raised his hand to begin Casting, but then lowered it and turned to flee.
He didn’t have much Mana left and needed to conserve it.
As he ran, he took out and drank another bottle of Mana Recovery Potion.
’I only have two bottles of Life Recovery Potion and Mana Recovery Potion left.’
Li Wei patted his pocket, checking his remaining stock.
"Help me! Help!"
A cry for help came from the darkness. Li Wei extinguished the flame on his fingertip and headed toward the sound.
After walking for a bit, he saw a black-robed person buried under a pile of rocks.
Seeing another person in a black robe, the buried man quickly said, "Quick, get me out of here."
He complained, "Damn it, is even heaven helping Otz with his conspiracy?"
"For this to happen at a time like this..."
Hearing this, Li Wei knew the man was a loyal supporter of the Macher Kingdom.
He crouched down and said, "Alright, I’ll get you out."
"Don’t pull on my neck! It’s going to break!" the black-robed man shouted.
"Deep breaths. A little pain is normal," Li Wei comforted him.
CRACK!
"AHHH!"
After a bloodcurdling scream...
The blue light dissipated, leaving a corpse on the ground.
Li Wei withdrew his hand, deactivating the Object Control Skill.
He looted the body and found a money pouch.
Shaking the pouch, he heard the jingle of coins. He opened it to find only five Silver Coins.
’A truly loyal supporter, huh? He probably donated his entire fortune to the Macher Kingdom.’
’So poor!’
Li Wei sighed and took the five Silver Coins.
He tossed the pouch aside and turned to leave.
’I hope there are fewer people like him.’
After walking for a while, Li Wei realized that even before the plan had started, the black-robed faction had already suffered significant losses.
He saw several more corpses buried by the collapsed rock.
’Hm? Another body.’
Li Wei used his Object Control Skill, his Mana forming a hand that grabbed the foot of a person buried in the rubble and pulled hard.
THUD!
A figure landed on the ground. Li Wei was about to loot the body...
When the "corpse" moved.
It suddenly sat up, gasping for air.
"I was suffocating! I’m finally alive!"
Li Wei took a closer look and saw that it was a Knight.
’No wonder he could hold his breath for so long.’
Li Wei was a little disappointed it wasn’t a black-robed person.
That made it awkward to make a move.
After catching his breath, the Knight looked at Li Wei and said with immense gratitude, "Thank you for saving my life! I, Lei An, will never forget this. If you ever need help with anything, just ask me!"
"Mm."
"Wait a moment, my sword is still buried down there. I’ll dig it out."
Lei An hurriedly began digging through the dirt with his bare hands, searching for his lost Knight’s Sword.
Li Wei asked, "What was that explosion about?"
Lei An replied while digging, "A huge piece of Secret Silver Ore was discovered, and everyone started fighting over it."
"Someone accidentally destroyed a pillar supporting the cavern, causing it to collapse. I don’t know how many people are buried now."
He grumbled, "Who knew that pillar was a load-bearing one? If I had known, I definitely wouldn’t have crashed into it. Even if I was sent flying, I would have dodged it."
Li Wei looked at him, his eyelid twitching.
’So you’re the one who broke the pillar with your head and caused the whole cavern to collapse.’
He subconsciously glanced at Lei An’s head.
Lei An’s head, as smooth and shiny as an egg, didn’t have a single scratch.
His bald head was astonishingly sturdy.
’Maybe that’s why he can’t grow hair.’
