Chapter 16: Black Refined Iron

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

The blue stone emitted a faint blue light as it fell through the crack. Under the illumination of the dark blue stone, Lin Shuang saw that the black rock on the wall of the crack was not smooth, but there were many places to climb.

Not long after, the blue stone fell to the ground.

At this moment, Lin Shuang, who was above the crack, could still barely see the faint light emitted by the dark blue stone. It seemed that this crack was not very deep.

Lin Shuang thought to himself, but for safety’s sake, he threw down another five dark blue stones. Judging from the place illuminated by the blue stone, there was no danger below for the time being.

However, Lin Shuang was still very vigilant. Based on his previous experience, this terrain map definitely had extremely dangerous creatures below. There might even be a hidden Boss. He still had lingering fears when he recalled the scene of being chased by the Bear King in the mine.

If he had not accidentally fallen into the spider’s nest, Lin Shuang would have long become a pile of feces pulled out by the Violent Bear King. However, the more dangerous a place was, the higher the chances of obtaining benefits.

Lin Shuang was not the kind of person who would not dare to open his mouth when she had meat to eat. No matter what was down there, he had to go down first!

With this thought in mind, Lin Shuang carried the Black Stone Longsword on his back and began to climb down the crack. There were many protruding areas on both sides of the crack, so it was not difficult to climb.

As Lin Shuang went deeper and deeper, he gradually felt the surrounding air become cold. There was still a gentle breeze above, but it felt like winter below. Even when he opened his mouth to breathe, white steam came out.

Below, there was even more white fog. Lin Shuang seemed to have a faint smell of rust. After climbing for an unknown period of time, he saw the dark blue stone close at hand and knew that it was the end.

When he arrived below, the temperature was even lower. Lin Shuang rubbed his hands and stomped his feet. Fortunately, he was wearing bearskin greaves. Otherwise, it would be even colder.

The area below was much larger than it looked from above. Lin Shuang took out a dark blue stone and tied it to the pickaxe with a rope. He raised it like a torch and searched ahead.

The deeper he went, the stronger the smell of rust became. Lin Shuang even had the illusion that there was a piece of rust in front of his nose.

At this moment, Lin Shuang suddenly felt the ground tremble violently. Then, an earth-shattering roar came from the ground. It sounded like a deep dragon’s roar.

“Dragon?”

Hearing this loud roar, Lin Shuang was shocked! Because he clearly remembered that this was the roar of a dragon.

Although he didn’t know what dragon it was, as long as it was a dragon, it was definitely an existence that Lin Shuang couldn’t provoke. That was not something he should encounter at his current level.

In the later stages, it was rare to encounter dragon-type creatures. Once they appeared, they were all Boss-level existences that needed thousands of people to surround them!

The long dragon roar gradually dissipated, but Lin Shuang’s heart was still in turmoil. There was a dragon under this crack? Why would a dragon appear in a novice village? Should he continue forward? If it was really a dragon, then even if there were ten Lin Shuangs today, they would be destroyed.

Just as Lin Shuang was hesitating, the rift shook again, and the white fog gradually dissipated. Only then did he see that there was no path ahead. In its place was an even larger abyss! There was actually an even larger abyss in this crack abyss.

The dragon roar came from this abyss. It was foggy down there. Waves of bone-chilling cold gushed out, making it impossible to see the situation inside. However, this abyss gave Lin Shuang the feeling that it was bottomless. It might even lead to hell.

If he accidentally fell…

Lin Shuang shivered and couldn’t help but take a step back. At this moment, the ground began to tremble again. Something seemed to be coming out of the abyss. He didn’t dare to stay any longer. After all, if he wanted to eat meat, he had to have some self-awareness.

This abyss was clearly not something Lin Shuang could step into now. Thinking of this, he began to retreat. He stared fixedly at the abyss, afraid that something would fly out.

“Swoosh!”

Something really flew out of the abyss!

Lin Shuang’s heart froze. Upon closer inspection, it was a black stone. The stone flew out of the abyss and rolled to his feet.

This was? Lin Shuang picked it up curiously.

Black Refined Iron (Ores)

Introduction: The material is hard and tenacious. It is a necessary material to forge excellent equipment.

….

It’s actually the Black Refined Iron? Looking at the black stone in front of him, Lin Shuang was stunned! This was… the Black Refined Iron?

The Black Refined Iron that he had been thinking about? Wasn’t this too sudden? Aren’t they supposed to be in the abandoned mine? Why would they appear in this abyss with dragon roars?

For a moment, Lin Shuang didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Just as he was in a daze, the ground continued to tremble!

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Countless pieces of Black Refined Iron flew out of the abyss again!

So much Black Refined Iron?

Lin Shuang was overjoyed as he looked at the Black Refined Iron that was raining down. This amount of Black Refined Iron was enough to complete the mission. Then, his expression changed. This was because countless Black Refined Iron was smashing towards his position.

Bang!

A piece of Black Refined Iron weighing dozens of kilograms hit Lin Shuang.

[47]

The damage number popped up. Before Lin Shuang could cry out in pain, the Black Refined Iron followed closely behind and fell like rain.

[51]

[41]

[36]

…

Densely packed damage appeared. Looking at the continuously dropping health, Lin Shuang felt his scalp go numb. He dodged the stone rain until it stopped.

Looking at his remaining 28 HP, Lin Shuang heaved a long sigh of relief. Fortunately, he was not crushed to death. If he was, it would be a huge loss!

Lin Shuang’s face lit up with joy as he picked up the Black Refined Iron in front of him. He counted. There were a total of 57 pieces!

Lin Shuang was overjoyed. Originally, he did not know how to find the Black Refined Iron, but it suddenly appeared, and there were so many of them. It was 37 more than the 20 pieces Blacksmith Wang had requested. He did not know if bringing all of these back would be considered completing the mission.

As Lin Shuang calculated, the ground shook again.

“HOO!”

A blood-curdling scream resounded from the abyss, giving Lin Shuang goosebumps. Then, another thing flew out of the abyss.

Lin Shuang was shocked. If he was hit again, he would die! He dodged to the side and dodged the flying thing.

It was a huge beast leg!

The beast’s legs were muscular and steaming with blood.