Chen Fan held the Eerie Hide, stood up, and looked back at the camp that had been practically destroyed.
Last night's battle had been truly fierce.
The Mourning Specters were an even greater threat than the Flesh Worm Ghost Eerie Tide.
The city walls had been destroyed in places, the wooden house had been wrecked, and even structures like watchtowers and the Eerie Creature Farm had collapsed. Currently, the only buildings in the camp that remained intact were two Archery Forts, a few Archery Towers, and one Eerie Fire.
The camp had almost been reduced to its original insignificance.
They still had twenty-something days of the rainy season ahead of them.
The Qian Hou was only one of the four bosses under the Eerie King. There were three more. It seemed likely that during the remaining rainy season, the other three would also come to the wasteland to clear the way for the Eerie King's arrival. And he was probably their primary target.
If staying here, he would be way too conspicuous.
When the rainy season was nearly over, the Eerie King would come too.
It sounded like trouble.
An almost certain death trap.
But—
As a transmigrator possessing the 'Perpetual Night Lord' panel, if he fled at the first sign of danger, it would be utterly disgraceful. He had to hold his ground, resist...
"Resist the hell!"
Chen Fan cursed under his breath. Should the sky fall, let the taller ones prop it up; he was still short, so he needed to run away first.
The Eerie King was going to sacrifice the lives of 'Rivernorth City' and 'Ping City' to break through in cultivation. How could his small camp possibly withstand that?
He looked around at Crippled Monkey and the others, who were busy digging for Eerie Stones. Although the battle last night was brutal, the gains were substantial, too. With these resources, he could find a safe place to relocate and start over.
There was no need to fight a hopeless battle.
There would be some losses; many buildings couldn't be moved. But that was better than dying.
Later, he'd discuss with Wang Kui and the others where would be a better place to move.
As for now...
"Heh."
Chen Fan chuckled, crouched down again, and began patting down the Mourning Specter. Looting after a boss fight, like having a smoke afterward, was a fixed procedure.
There were three Extraordinary Treasures, not counting the emerald-green lantern.
The first was a luminous pearl, white with a hint of green.
Extraordinary Treasure Name: Wind-Warding Pearl
Extraordinary Treasure Grade: Green
Extraordinary Treasure Effect: A necessary material for constructing a 'Wind Tower', a special defense structure that can generate strong winds.
"Not bad."
Chen Fan nodded. This structure would make it much easier to deal with 'Flesh Worm Ghost Eerie Tide'. However, he currently didn't have the building blueprint for a 'Wind Tower', so it couldn't be used for the time being.
The other item was a formation disk.
Extraordinary Treasure Name: Breeze Formation
Extraordinary Treasure Grade: Green
Extraordinary Treasure Effect: Must be placed within an 'Eerie Fire' and would cover the camp with a gentle breeze, slightly increasing movement speed.
The last item looked quite intimidating.
It was the size of a human head—a slowly pulsating, dark red, fleshy tumor, warm and tough to the touch.
Extraordinary Treasure Name: Mountain Embryo Corpse
Extraordinary Treasure Grade: Green
Extraordinary Treasure Effect: A special natural treasure, a product of heaven and earth. Can be used for alchemy, artifact forging, or setting up formations. If placed within an Eerie Fire, skeletons would extend underground within the camp, used to reinforce underground spaces.
"Mountain Embryo Corpse..."
Chen Fan squinted slightly as he looked at the information panel. The first two Extraordinary Treasures were removed from the Mourning Specter's mouth, products coming into being from the condensed Eerie Energy of a dead Eerie Creature.
This Extraordinary Treasure was taken from the Mourning Specter's chest; it had carried this item on it.
A very good item.
A vague idea about this Extraordinary Treasure began to form in his mind.
Chen Fan tucked all the Extraordinary Treasures into his robes. Just as he was about to examine the nearby emerald-green lantern, Crippled Monkey's shout came from behind.
Looking over his shoulder, he saw Crippled Monkey, holding a paper lantern, limping towards him with excitement. "Young Master, look at this lantern. It should be a good thing."
"Let me see."
Chen Fan took the white lantern from Crippled Monkey. This was the lantern carried by the ordinary Mourning Specters. It looked and felt like oiled paper, but he knew this thing was definitely sturdy. Those Mourning Specters had smashed walls with them.
One smash left a dent.
Even Zhou Mo, using all his strength to swing a hoe at the city wall, couldn't create a pit.
Extraordinary Treasure Name: Mourning Lantern
Extraordinary Treasure Grade: White
Extraordinary Treasure Effect: A necessary material for upgrading an Archery Fort to a level 5 Cannon Tower.
Chen Fan was momentarily stunned, then lifted his head, sweeping his gaze over the lanterns scattered all over the camp, and grinned. Good stuff.
There were easily over a thousand Mourning Lanterns here.
Assuming...
If one lantern sold for 100 Eerie Stones, that would be a total value of 100,000 Eerie Stones.
But he believed the price would definitely be higher. After all, a single Archery Tower sold for 150 Eerie Stones on the market. The material to upgrade it to level 5 couldn't possibly be less than 100 Eerie Stones.
"Good stuff. Collect them quickly, everyone work hard. We're moving today."
"Moving?"
"Yes, we'll discuss it together later."
Then he bent down to pick up the emerald-green lantern from the side. This one was clearly a grade higher than the ordinary Mourning Lanterns.
Extraordinary Treasure Name: Mourning Lantern
Extraordinary Treasure Grade: Green
Extraordinary Treasure Effect: A necessary material for upgrading a Cannon Fort to a level 6 Cannon Tower. When held and activated, it can fire a powerful beam of light against enemies. Each activation wears down the Extraordinary Treasure; it will shatter after being activated 5 times.
"Level 6 Cannon Tower..."
Chen Fan narrowed his eyes, pondering for a moment, then smiled. Did that mean he could activate it four times for free? As long as he didn't use it for the fifth time, it could still be used as an upgrade material?
"Station Master, come quick!"
Wang Kui's urgent voice came from outside the camp. "We found some chests here!"
...
"Station Master."
Wang Kui and Qiu Junior stood around several large wooden chests. "While cleaning the battlefield, we found these chests outside the camp and opened them... There were a lot of things inside."
Chen Fan looked expressionlessly at the contents of the chests, remaining silent for a while.
Finally, he took a deep breath.
Looking up at the distant rainy sky, he murmured.
"The spoils of war are always the sweetest."
There were five chests in total.
At a glance,
Two chests were filled to the brim with Eerie Stones, all sparkling, translucent, green level 2 Eerie Stones. The other three chests contained various Eerie Materials and miscellaneous items.
He didn't recognize most of them.
There were Mantis Arms, Monkey-Head Ghost pelts.
There was also blood stored in jars; he didn't know what kind of blood it was.
And hearts, livers, lungs, etc., wrapped in oiled paper—by their size, clearly not human.
A big assortment of things, neatly arranged.
This was military supplies.
All looked like materials for setting up formations. If he wasn't mistaken, the Eerie King probably tasked 'Qian Hou' with destroying the walls of the two cities, then using these Eerie Stones and materials to set up a formation or something similar.
And now,
All these things had fallen into his hands.
This haul was greater than all his previous gains combined.
"Hah..."
Chen Fan took a deep breath, then looked at Wang Kui. "Tell everyone to stop what they're doing. Meeting!"
...
They found a clear spot and sat cross-legged on the wasteland, with an Eerie Hide map laid out in the middle.
"There will be a major crisis ahead."
After briefing everyone on the overall situation, Chen Fan spoke first.
"The early arrival of the rainy season has caused the Eerie Creatures' rampage, and the Eerie King is coming to this wasteland. There are three other high-level Eerie Creatures like Qian Hou."
"Once they arrive, we will be the primary target."
"We need to relocate now to avoid this crisis."
"Everyone, speak your minds if you have any ideas."