As soon as the Antidote Pill was taken, the dropping speed of HP instantly slowed down.
It finally stopped at: 67 / 100
The effect of the Golden Wound Medicine was also gradually taking place.
It was increasing at a rate of 1 HP per minute.
Yang Ling was not stingy and directly took two more bottles of Golden Wound Medicine.
Although the HP recovery speed of this medicine was slow, as long as it was used well, it could keep him at a safe HP level at all times.
He turned on the fire starter and looked around.
The Mine Bug that had just stung him was already gone.
He lowered his head and glanced at his ankle, where there was a tiny hole.
"Damn it, the approach of the Mine Bug is truly silent. If I had been stung like this when I first came here, it would have been too late to save me, and I would have died directly."
Yang Ling's expression was sullen.
At that time, he only had 30 HP.
This time, being stung once by the Mine Bug directly deducted 33 points. If it were not for the Antidote Pill, he suspected that it might drop another dozen or so points.
How could an ordinary person withstand that?
Resting in place for half an hour until his HP was fully restored, Yang Ling continued to go deeper into the mine cave.
He would not back down just because of a single Mine Bug.
This time he still had quite a bit of cake and water left, so he tried his best to level up once more before going out.
But without walking a few steps, just around a turn, Yang Ling sensed that something was wrong.
In the pitch-black environment, there seemed to be a mass of things writhing.
Yang Ling opened the fire starter to take a look, and turned around to run!
Behind him, densely packed black scorpions were surging forward.
Judging by the number, there were at least seven or eight hundred if not a thousand!
"This was the exact thing that stung me just now! It took away a third of my HP in one go. If I am caught up by this group of things, I will drop dead on the spot in two or three moves!"
Yang Ling's expression turned pale.
He was truly scared.
"They all say that Mine Bugs only move around in sporadic groups of a few, why did I encounter a swarm of them?"
"Will these Mine Bugs crawl out of the mine cave?"
"Wait, Mine Bugs really like ore, but ordinary ore cannot attract so many Mine Bugs, could it be—"
"ore Essence!?"
Yang Ling's tiger-like body shook, and the movements under his feet involuntarily slowed down.
There was no movement behind him anymore, and that group of Mine Bugs did not chase after him.
"I previously heard Uncle Wang and the others chatting that some ore veins, after existing for a long time, will nurture ore Essence, and this thing has extremely high value..."
"Could it be that this group of Mine Bugs found the Pyrocrystal Ore Essence?"
"Digging this thing up should give quite a lot of Experience Points, right?"
Yang Ling's heart was blazing with heat, but it was immediately doused by a basin of cold water.
With that number of Mine Bugs, even if Supervisor Wu came, he could only stare blankly.
"Is there any way to deal with these Mine Bugs?"
Yang Ling immediately opened the map to check. After looking at it several times, he found that path was a dead end, with no other forks to bypass it.
"There is no other way..."
Yang Ling sighed and continued walking back.
It was obviously no longer good to stay in Mine Cave No. 5.
He needed to change to another mine cave to continue grinding experience.
"Wait, there seems to be one more way!"
Just as he walked out of the mine cave, a thought immediately welled up in Yang Ling's mind.
"To deal with bugs, it seems fire attacks can be used!"
"However, Divine Realm doesn't seem to have gasoline either..."
Yang Ling was somewhat deflated.
The idea in his mind of burning this group of Mine Bugs to death with fire could obviously only remain an idea and was hard to realize.
"Fire attacks won't work, what about using water?"
"I also have no way to swaggeringly send buckets of water inside..."
"Eh..."
Yang Ling's gaze suddenly swept across a boulder, and his thoughts stirred instantly.
He immediately turned around and returned to the mine cave.
Half an hour later, he had already searched for more than thirty boulders the size of watermelons.
Every boulder weighed at least sixty or seventy catties.
Some of the larger ones weighed at least over a hundred catties.
Yang Ling casually picked up one and weighed it in his hands for a moment, then began practicing throwing stones in the mine cave.
His current strength was frighteningly large.
Even without holding the Steel Pickaxe, he still had 10 points of strength attribute.
Stones weighing tens of catties, when thrown out with all his might, could easily be thrown a dozen meters.
"There is no problem with strength, and my endurance is also passable."
"If smashing these Mine Bugs to death can give experience, then my strength will be even more inexhaustible."
"Right now, I just need to practice my accuracy."
Thinking of this, Yang Ling became increasingly patient.
After a day and a night.
Yang Ling had already gotten the hang of throwing them.
Although the accuracy wouldn't be particularly precise, the deviation could be controlled within about half a meter!
"We can give it a try."
Yang Ling moved the stones to the preset locations, roughly one every ten meters, and then walked deeper inside.
Just as before, as soon as he passed that bend, that group of Mine Bugs chased after him.
This time, Yang Ling did not panic, but intentionally controlled his speed to run outside.
He maintained a safe distance of a dozen meters between himself and the Mine Bugs.
Before long, he caught sight of the boulder he had prepared.
He immediately bent down to scoop up one, turned around, and smashed it out.
The boulder emitted a piercing sound as it broke through the air, and finally landed heavily in the middle of the bug cluster.
Boom——
One chilly breath after another surged into Yang Ling's body.
"There are Experience Points!"
Yang Ling was pleasantly surprised.
After dispersing briefly, that group of Mine Bugs continued to chase after Yang Ling.
Yang Ling didn't say a word and fled immediately.
Running to the next boulder point, he picked up a stone again and smashed it over.
Boom——
Another group of Mine Bugs was smashed to death, and juices splattered everywhere.
Countless Experience Points surged into Yang Ling's body.
"Ding!"
【Congratulations, you have leveled up and obtained 1 Free Attribute Point】
Leveled up?!
Hahaha!
Yang Ling laughed heartily in his heart and casually added it to his strength.
The strength attribute instantly changed from 10 to 11.
He continued to run and continued to smash.
Gradually, the swarming bug clusters were gone.
Yang Ling stopped running and turned around to stare.
He saw a lone Mine Bug rapidly approaching him.
"Come on, let's have a fair fight!"
Yang Ling picked up the pickaxe at his waist.
When the Mine Bug was about to approach him.
He took out a boulder from behind him and smashed it over.
Puchi——
Juices mixed with venom splattered everywhere.
The last Mine Bug died, transforming into a stream of experience that surged into Yang Ling's body.
"So Mine Bugs do give experience. It should be that the System judged them to be a threat to me, so they yield Experience Points. Lao Wu's time was judged to be completely non-threatening to me, which is why it didn't give Experience Points."
While pondering, Yang Ling walked vigilantly deeper into the mine cave.
He did not encounter any Mine Bugs along the way.
When he reached the end of the dead end, he suddenly saw a fist-sized Fire Crystal Ore emitting a dazzling light.
It was different from ordinary Fire Crystal Ore, crystal-clear all over, resembling a gem.
Behind it, there was also an antique-looking ancient book.
"This must be the Fire Crystal Ore Essence, but this ancient book is..."
Yang Ling held the fire starter and approached step by step.
The light emitted by the Pyrocrystal Ore Essence illuminated the ancient book very brightly.
On it were written a few large characters:
【Vajra Wisdom King Art】
At this instant, Yang Ling felt somewhat in a trance; it seemed as if he understood everything.