The Great Thief - Chapter 648

Chapter 648

"I'll skip the rubbish . Thanks," Lu Li said as he received the exquisite skill book .

"So you know you're talking rubbish – aren't you tired from it?" Lonesome Flower asked in disgust . He hadn't been particularly friendly to Lu Li lately .

The secret zone wasn't small, but Lu Li and the others had split into teams and eventually cleared out the map .

There was no way this place was going to be as big as a real map .

It was possible to judge the size of the secret zone based on the number of players that were permitted to enter it . A secret zone that allowed 23 players would only consist of around a dozen different types of monsters .

Everyone cleared out their assigned areas and gradually gathered near the magma .

"There's a kind of tentacle monster in the magma . I killed some last time; the experience reward is very good . This time, we're going to clear out all of them," Lu Li said, then continued on to explain how these tentacle monsters attacked .

"Yuck!" Hachi Chan squealed as she rubbed his arms .

Everyone shuddered in disgust at the thought of the cold tentacles dragging them into the magma . Normally, people wouldn't be as calm about this as Lu Li was .

"Don't worry – we have a lot of people, so there's no way they'll be dragging us all into the magma this time . "

Lu Li remembered the past and began to wait excitedly for the monsters in the magma to refresh .

He made some noise with his spare weapons and a white tentacle extended from the magma towards him .

"Catch it!" Lu Li shouted .

Azure Sea Breeze was already prepared and he tied the tentacle down with a rope . The tentacle was covered in bumpy suction cups, so the rope was secured on very tightly .

Previously, the tentacle monster wanted to drag Lu Li towards it .

This time, everyone tugged the rope together to drag the monster out .

The monster had great strength, but it was still no competition for 23 players . It screamed as it was dragged out of the magma and onto land .

This time, Lu Li finally saw the true form of the monster .

It was similar to what he had imagined – the monster had more than one tentacle . It was a messy monster with a mass of tentacles, but there was only one tentacle that was long enough for it to reach onto land to catch food .

Its main body was similar to an octopus, but was covered with countless eyes .

The eyes were black and round, like puppy eyes . They were supposed to be cute, but they looked creepy with the sheer number that the monster had .

Since it had been dragged on land by surprise, the tentacle monster's eyes were filled with fear . It quickly recognized the situation and began to go crazy . As its basic survival instincts took over, it began waving its arms to attack the players .

After he saw how the tentacle monster attacked, Lu Li felt lucky .

Not only did this monster have tentacles to attack, but it also sprayed magma poison . Azure Sea Breeze was caught by the magma, and not only did he lose a great amount of health, but his face was also destroyed .

As Lu Li listened to him scream, he had to remind him that this was only a game .

Azure Sea Breeze then relaxed . The blind effect from the magma didn't last for too long and he soon recovered, but the dents on his face would probably take a while to heal .

These monsters had taken Lu Li around a dozen minutes to kill last time . Now that his level had increased and he had so many helpers by his side, this process was much shorter .

The experiencing was very rewarding, but Lu Li had obviously received more when he killed the monsters by himself .

Moreover, they had dragged the monster on shore, so they could loot it .

The monster didn't disappoint them – Lu Li was delighted to see a Lava Essence . He began to question if Bosses were really the only ones that dropped rare materials .

Lava Essence was a rare material indeed and also had a wide range of use – engineering, blacksmithing, alchemy, enchanting – it could be used almost anywhere .

There were limited usages for the material at this current stage of the game . Once everyone reached a higher level, this item would become a rare and important resource .

Of course, this wasn't an exaggeration; it was worth around 300 gold coins on the market . Most importantly, it was in demand, but supplies were restricted . Most players on the market were buying; it was rare to see someone sell it .

Lu Li silently cried over the Lava Essence that had sunken to the bottom of the river last time . Now that he calculated it, he had lost quite a sum .

This time, he was determined to kill all of these tentacle monsters and take all the Lava Essence that he could .

To improve their speed, he decided to split into four different teams of five to six people . Each team was in charge of one monster – if they decreased the numbers any further, they wouldn't be able to drag the tentacle monsters up .

"What level of rare material is this, and why does every monster drop it?" someone finally asked .

Even Lu Li was very surprised that every tentacle monster dropped a rare material .

In such a short amount of time, they had already looted dozens of Lava Essence . It made these valuable rare materials feel cheap and he almost thought that he had remembered the wrong item .

"Isn't it good to have more? If you don't want them, pass them into the guild storage as points . Or, you can sell them to me – one hundred gold for each one," Lu Li said in the chat room .

"One hundred gold!" Remnant Dream gasped .

Although she had earned a decent income by becoming the spokesperson for Kirby, she was still quite financially burdened and had slowly become addicted to money .

"Just take it," Azure Sea Breeze said without hesitation .

"I'll give you mine too . Just fight me a few more times," Fat Monkey said quickly . After entering Ruling Sword, he had fought against Lu Li a few times . Although he always lost, learned a lot every single time .

Unfortunately, Lu Li was often too busy to battle him .

"You discovered this secret zone . It's already nice that you brought us here and we've all collected a lot of Fortified Stones from this trip . If you need it, you can take all of the Lava Essence . "

Even though Wandering wanted to kick Lu Li all the time, he had set lines when it came to serious things .

Others expressed that they wanted to give these to Lu Li for free .

Even Remnant Dream said that she was happy to give her Lava Essence to Lu Li for free .

"What are you all doing?" Lu Li asked, not knowing if he should cry or laugh . "I'm not a leader who tries to squeeze every bit of benefit from his staff members . This is a very exquisite rare material that you can sell for up to three to four hundred gold coins in the future . It's already a rip-off that I'm buying them off you for one hundred gold . If you guys don't agree to it, then we'll just split it evenly . "

Lu Li wasn't leader-material, but he had his own opinions in this matter .

In his previous life, he had never joined a stable group because all the leaders he ran into were selfish . Whenever they ran into something that they wanted, they would ask their loyal subordinates to give up the item . If the subordinates gave up, the others would either follow with the flow, or couldn't compete with anything . The good things always fell into the hands of the leader .

As for those subordinates, they apparently received better things afterwards .

Those leaders weren't concerned about you being angry and leaving either – others would be ready to replace you after you left . They took all the benefits they could to increase their own gains .