"Rustle, rustle."

A vine was wrapping itself towards Su Ran, pointing continuously at the crack outside as if to show off its achievement to Su Ran.

"Hmm?"

Su Ran stuck his head out of the crack and realized that what had trapped the Black Elf was not this gap, but dozens of vines guarding around the crack that had firmly locked the Black Elf’s canopy, creating the illusion that it was stuck.

It turned out that the biggest contributor to killing the Black Elf was this Sky-reaching Vine!

"Haha, we finally solved the problem!"

Banana Warrior ran towards Su Ran, laughing with excitement, even more thrilled than if he had gotten married!

The Elf Queen landed gently on the ground with a smile, gracefully walking towards Su Ran.

Xue Wuqing followed behind, her eyes constantly fixed on that tree bark, curious about the hidden treasures inside.

However, when the three of them got closer, the expressions on their faces instantly became weird.

Because they saw Su Ran, that profligate son, sprinkling Monkey Wine onto the vine, and in just a short while, he had wasted three bottles.

"Damn, damn, damn, Overturning Water brother, you really don’t know the plight of the starving when you’re well-fed; I haven’t even managed to taste that Monkey Wine, and you’re using it to water plants, this is really infuriating!"

Banana Warrior was indescribably frustrated, and even his tone was somewhat sour as he spoke.

"Skeleton Warrior, this Monkey Wine is too precious; you should think twice before acting."

Seeing Su Ran wasting it like that, the Elf Queen couldn’t help but speak out in persuasion, her eyes clearly showing pity as she subtly shook her head.

Xue Wuqing, on the other hand, was smirking behind, eager to see how Su Ran would explain himself.

"You don’t know, this is a gentleman’s agreement between me and Brother Vine; it harmed so many of its vines to help me. This is a great contribution and must be rewarded! And this Monkey Wine is what it deserves."

Su Ran said cheerfully, not at all feeling like the three bottles of Monkey Wine were too much. He caressed the vine with his bony claws, and the vine, sensing Su Ran’s mood, rubbed forward cooperatively, extremely well-behaved.

If outsiders saw this scene, they would absolutely think this Sky-reaching Vine was Su Ran’s pet.

The Elf Queen looked at Su Ran meaningfully, her heart’s doubts dissipated.

No wonder he could make the Sky-reaching Vine go so crazy, even daring to risk its life against the Wood-Corroding Sky Nail—it was all because of the stimulation from the Monkey Wine...

"But you can’t give it this much, Overturning Water brother; do you know how valuable this Monkey Wine is? You’re really making me mad!"

Banana Warrior’s frustration grew, his voice becoming louder as he vented his dissatisfaction.

"Don’t be so sour, as if I’ve done something terrible to you."

Su Ran glanced at Banana Warrior and said unhurriedly, "Here, this is your share, catch!"

A bottle of Monkey Wine was thrown by Su Ran, and Banana Warrior hurriedly caught it in his hands, finally showing a smile on his face.

"Banana Warrior, your majesty..."

The Elf Queen hadn’t finished speaking when she noticed that Banana Warrior had already tilted his head back and guzzled down the bottle of Monkey Wine.

"Haha, good wine!"

Banana Warrior let out a very satisfied breath, licking the bottle’s mouth eagerly, then turned to the Elf Queen and asked in confusion, "Your Majesty, what were you saying just now?"

"Never mind, it’s nothing."

The Elf Queen gave Banana Warrior a glare and said no more.

"Aha, my strength has permanently increased by 2 points, the effect of this Monkey Wine is indeed extraordinary!"

Banana Warrior felt that life was full of surprises and accidents. To him, the happiest thing in the world was drinking fine wine while also increasing his attributes—this was just too awesome!

"Overturning Water, where’s mine?"

Xue Wuqing directly reached out to ask for it, her eyes filled with laughter.

"This is for you."

Having obtained a pool of Heaven and Earth Spirit Liquid, Su Ran had secured the means to cultivate the Sky-reaching Vine, and as for the remaining half-barrel of monkey wine, he generously gave a bottle to Xue Wuqing.

"Your Majesty, this is a gift for you."

Xue Wuqing then presented the monkey wine to the Elf Queen, performing an act of courtesy like offering flowers in Buddha’s name. Judging from the delighted expression of the Elf Queen, it seemed to be an effective gesture.

Su Ran shook his head secretly, feeling a touch of dissatisfaction with Xue Wuqing’s actions; now it would be impossible for her to ask him for more in the future.

"I hope this Wood-Corroding Sky Nail brings a pleasant surprise."

After the interlude with the monkey wine, Su Ran took his biggest loot, the Wood-Corroding Sky Nail, and carefully examined its attributes.

[Wood-Corroding Sky Nail]（Special）

A divine object bestowed by the heavens, possessing unbelievable effects.

"Hmm?"

When Su Ran saw the attribute description of the Wood-Corroding Sky Nail, he was startled.

These words, why do they feel so familiar?

It feels like he’d seen them somewhere before...

Wait a minute!

Su Ran’s eyes brightened, suppressing the excitement in his heart, he said to the Elf Queen, "Your Majesty, I’m going to relieve myself and will return shortly."

Without waiting for any remarks from the group, Su Ran quickly squeezed through the crack and headed towards the Sky-reaching Vine above.

"Eh? What is Overturning Water doing? Can Skeleton Warriors pee?"

Banana couldn’t understand Su Ran’s intention and couldn’t help but tease, "If it really had urine, it would’ve leaked out already, looking for an excuse but not finding a reasonable one..."

"Banana, you sure have a way with words, fussing over such a trivial matter. Maybe Overturning Water has found something good and wants to keep it for himself behind our backs."

Xue Wuqing took a few quick steps to the corpse of the dark elf and started wrapping herself up with the bark she grabbed. In her eyes, such a large piece of material for refining should be able to be turned into quite a few pieces of armor.

"Nonsense, Brother Overturning Water isn’t that kind of person. He may really have some unspoken difficulties; for example... passing gas."

Banana watched Xue Wuqing collecting the bark without much concern and took it for granted in his explanation, "Think about it, if our big brother with his breezy hips let out a fart, wouldn’t it make a thunderous noise?"

"You can’t expect anything good from a dog’s mouth, aren’t you bored with your nonsense?"

With Banana’s description, the image involuntarily formed in Xue Wuqing’s mind, and her face turned beet red in an instant.

Of course, it was from holding back laughter, don’t think otherwise.

...

"Hey, this should be concealed enough."

Su Ran was oblivious to the fact that Banana and the others were mocking him. Currently seated on a chair woven from vines, he glanced down at the Elf Palace nearly a hundred meters below before pulling out the black-as-charcoal Immortal Divine Wood.

"The descriptions of the properties of the Immortal Divine Wood and the Wood-Corroding Sky Nail are identical. What is the connection between the two?"

Su Ran swept his eyes back and forth between the two treasures in his hands, suspecting a link but unable to pin it down.

"One is an indestructible piece of wood, the other a nail specifically designed to counter wood, quite intriguing indeed."

For some reason, Su Ran thought of the ancient story of contradiction—what would happen when the strongest spear meets the strongest shield?

Without any hesitation, Su Ran plunged the Wood-Corroding Sky Nail forcefully into the Immortal Divine Wood.