Chapter 217 Decomposing the Piranha Plant, Nightmare Court Archer (5400)

As the battle ended, all the carnivorous plants on the field looked like eggplants hit by frost, with their petals drooping on the ground.

And they have lost all breath of life.

Next, it’s the battlefield cleaning stage that Cao Xing is looking forward to!

He had already seen that some souls and hearts of power appeared at the places where the carnivorous plants died.

Just when Cao Xing couldn't wait to pick up the spoils on the ground.

A system prompt appears!
[The corpse of the nightmare man-eating plant was found. Is it decomposed? ]

"Huh? This thing can also be decomposed?"

At this moment, joy appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

This is an unexpected surprise.

Moreover, these carnivorous plants are all fourth-level creatures, and the materials on their bodies should be very precious!
Thinking of this, Cao Xing directly clicked on the decomposition.

At the same time, the corpse of the carnivorous plant in front of him disappeared.

A large pile of materials appeared on the spot.

There were spikes all over the ground, a few petals, and the tentacle in the center of the Piranha Plant...

Cao Xing looked over and saw a system prompt appear.

[Nightmare Piranha Spikes (Green)*62]

(The spikes contain toxins and nightmare aura, causing 176 damage to the enemy hit, and adding a layer of nightmare poison effect, reducing its armor by 1 points and losing 30 health points per second, lasting 154 seconds, and cannot be stacked.)
[Nightmare Piranha Petals (Green)*6]

(The petals contain toxins and are used to make certain hallucinogenic potions or poisons)
[Nightmare Piranha Plant Whiskers (Green)*1]

(The tentacles of the Piranha Plant have sharp barbs on them, which can inflict nightmare poison on enemies hit. The purpose is unknown.)
[Nightmare Man-eating Flower Nectar (Green)*5]

(Nectar that contains the breath of life. After consumption, it can restore 1000 health points. It is also the material of some potions. Due to the erosion of the dark breath, it can no longer be used)

...

When Cao Xing saw the system prompt, his eyes lit up instantly.

"Sure enough, just as I thought, there are a lot of good things on these carnivorous plants!"

"Those spikes look like they can be made into arrows, which can greatly increase the lethality of these archers!"

"And those flower petals can be made into poison. I wonder if Sabina can use them."

"As for the tentacles of the Piranha Plant..."

Cao Xing thought for a moment.

Although the system says its function is unknown.

But Cao Xing thought of a different use.

That is, to make a whip...

Yes, the kind used to whip people.

He also has a [Mole Man Overseer Whip (Green)] in his backpack, which can increase movement speed by 10% and enhance pain.

The shape of the tentacles of this Piranha Plant looks perfect for being made into whips.

Generally speaking, everything on the Nightmare Piranha Plant is a treasure.

And because of the erosion of the dark aura, the functionality of these materials has greatly increased.
The only regret is that the [Man-eating Plant Nectar] has been corroded by the dark aura and is no longer edible.

He collected all the materials on the ground.

Then he looked at Liu Muxue and said, "Muxue, help me break it down."

"Ok."

After saying that, the two began to act separately.

In a short while, the corpses of the ordinary and elite carnivorous plants were all decomposed.

On the field, there was only the last boss-level carnivorous plant corpse, about two meters tall.

After getting closer, Cao Xing directly clicked on decomposition.

A system prompt appears.

【Decomposition successful】

[Obtain: Nightmare Piranha Boss Spike (Purple)*137]

(The spikes contain toxins and nightmare auras, and seem to be made into arrows, causing high-level nightmare poison effects on enemies, reducing armor by 80 points and losing 288 health points per second for 30 seconds.)
[Obtain: Nightmare Piranha Boss Petals (Purple)*6]

(The petals contain a highly toxic and nightmare scent and are used to make potions and certain poisons.)
[Obtain: Nightmare Piranha Plant Whiskers (Purple)*1]

(The tentacles of the Piranha Plant boss have sharp barbs on them. When they hit the target, it will enter the advanced nightmare poison state.)
[Obtain: Nightmare Man-eating Flower Nectar (Purple)*3]

(Nectar that contains the breath of life. After consumption, it can restore 4000 health points. It can also be used to make certain potions. Due to the erosion of the dark breath, it can no longer be used.)

...

"Yes, the purple spikes can actually weaken the enemy's armor by 80 points, and also cause bleeding for 30 seconds."

"If you calculate it this way, if the opponent doesn't have a skill like Purification, the bleeding alone can cause more than 8,000 damage."

But Cao Xing suddenly had a different idea.

"A spike like this is a divine weapon for the current survivors."

"And the most important thing is that this thing has no usage levels."

"Can I make a batch of arrows and then sell them on the trading channel?"

This idea should be feasible!

After all, the bleeding damage from an arrow can directly kill a second-level boss-level monster within 30 seconds.

There must be many survivors willing to pay a high price to buy it.

After Cao Xing's promotion, its value will even exceed that of silver salmon meat.

Thinking of this, Cao Xing's eyes showed excitement, "Okay, okay!"

"The corpses of these carnivorous plants have provided me with thousands of spikes, which can be made into thousands of nightmare arrows!"

"Even those green and blue quality spikes can cause quite a bit of damage!"

“This is an amazing fortune!”

Plus, those petals and tentacles can be made into props.

It can be said that as long as you use your imagination, this carnivorous plant is also full of treasures!

Cao Xing sighed and said, "What a pity, the nectar of this leader-level man-eating flower cannot be eaten."

"Otherwise, it will directly restore 4000 health points. This effect is very powerful."

However, he has gained enough.

Not only that, in addition to the materials on these corpses.

There are also some items on the ground that were dropped by the carnivorous plants after they died.

These are also huge gains.

Cao Xing collected them all.

[Obtain: Advanced Power Heart*1]

[Obtain: Intermediate Power Heart*5]

[Obtained: Soul of the leader of the Piranha Plant eroded by the aura of darkness*1]

[Obtained: 2 souls of the elite Piranha plant that were corroded by the aura of darkness]

[Obtain: Level 3 Nightmare Court Archer Recruitment Scroll *]

[Obtain: Tier 1 Elite Nightmare Court Archer Recruitment Scroll *]

[Obtain: Large Attribute Book*7]

...

"Oh? Another recruitment scroll? And this time it's for new types of soldiers!"

"What are the Nightmare Court Archers?"

It seemed that I heard the keyword "Nightmare Courtyard" mentioned by Cao Xing.

Isabel walked over and said, "My Lord, I heard you mention the Nightmare Court?"

Cao Xing nodded, "Yes, you know?"

Isabel nodded her head and said.

"Well, ten thousand years ago, the Nightmare Court was also a huge organization, even comparable in size to the Dark Church."

Hearing this, Cao Xing was shocked.

"You mean, this is also a cult?"

Isabel thought for a moment, shook her head and said, "Strictly speaking, they are not a cult."

"The teachings they spread are dreams, and they believe that the world beyond dreams is the real world."

"They worship Dhuum, the god of nightmares."

"At its peak, the number of church members and experts even surpassed that of the Dark Church."

Hearing this, Cao Xing nodded secretly.

He had heard Isabel mention the organization [Dark Church].

That is a cult that can compete with ancient entities like the Holy See.

And the fact that the [Nightmare Courtyard] actually had such a scale did surprise Cao Xing.

"What happened later? Does the Nightmare Court still exist?"

Cao Xing couldn't help but ask.

Isabel shook her head. "It no longer exists?"

"The Nightmare Court was indeed very powerful at its peak."

"But one day, the Six True Gods suddenly revealed that the Nightmare God Deum had committed an unjust act and was stripped of his godhood, losing his identity as the Nightmare God."

“And the Nightmare Court also lost their faith that day, and has never recovered since then.”

"Afterwards, this organization was purged by the Dark Church. Countless followers of the Nightmare Court were sacrificed, and then disappeared from the world."

After listening to Isabel's story, Cao Xing was thoughtful.

Come to think of it, the composition of the members of the Nightmare Court is quite complicated.

They are neither good nor bad, equivalent to chaotic neutral.

After thinking for a moment, Cao Xing decided to summon these archers to give it a try first.

[Do you want to use the recruitment scroll? ]

"Yes."

The moment Cao Xing clicked OK.

Four balls of black and purple smoke appeared out of thin air on the ground in front of him.

In the smoke, Cao Xing saw rapidly growing vines and blurry scenes.

It seems like a real dream.

When the smoke clears.

Four female archers with light pink skin, entangled in vines all over their bodies and holding large vine bows on their backs appeared.

Those black and purple vines seemed to be their clothes, covering the key parts of their bodies.

They raised their heads, their messy pink and purple hair falling over their shoulders.

His facial features are quite unusual.

It is obvious that these archers are not human.

At this moment, the four archers stared at Cao Xing with their ink-black pupils, not saying a word, and seemed very silent.

Cao Xing walked up to them and said, "Hello, I am Lord Cao Xing."

They still said nothing. There was silence for a moment.

Including Cao Xing, he stood there awkwardly.

At this time, Elisa jumped out and said, "Hey! What are you doing?"

"Can't you hear the Lord speaking to you? You have no manners at all!"

The little girl put her hands on her hips and looked very angry!
Including Renis, they stared at the four people with unfriendly eyes.

However, the four archers remained silent.

Cao Xing also laughed when he saw this.

Yo ho!

What did these newcomers mean? Did they not want to pledge allegiance to me?
But Cao Xing didn't indulge them and spoke directly.

"If you don't want to pledge allegiance to me, I'll give you a choice."

"Provide me a piece of valuable information, which is equivalent to the conditions for ransom, and then I will let you go."

There is no way around it. After using the recruitment scroll, there is no option to return it.

Otherwise, Cao Xing also wanted to seal them into the scroll, and selling them to other survivors would be a good gain.

But it is impossible to ask Cao Xing to let these archers go directly.

After all, he is not a good man.

That's why he made the following request.

The expressions of the four Nightmare Court archers changed slightly and they looked at each other.

One of them looked at Isabel and Hilda.

After a moment, an archer about 1.6 meters tall and barefoot slowly spoke.

"My dear Lord, it's not that we are unwilling to serve you."

"It is only because our faith has betrayed us and even cost us our lives."

"This makes us no longer easily pledge our loyalty to other beings..."

Hearing this, a strange look appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

Through Isabel's narration, he knew what the members of the Nightmare Court had experienced.

It's really a bit pitiful.

But it sounds like they have been hurt by scumbags and now they don't trust other men...

Cao Xing was too lazy to say anything more to them.

He said directly: "I will not interfere with your beliefs. I only ask you, are you willing to pledge allegiance to me?"

Hear the question.

The four archers looked at each other, with a look of struggle in their eyes.

After a moment, they knelt on one knee at the same time and said respectfully: "Dear Lord, we are willing to serve you..."

"I hope you can treat us well..."

Hearing this, Cao Xing nodded slightly.

"Very good. Next, you just have to obey my orders. I won't let you die. Do you understand?"

"Understood, Lord..."

The four archers replied again.

It can be seen that they are not so resistant to swearing loyalty to Cao Xing.

It's just because of my personality that I don't like to talk much.

"Now tell me your names."

After hearing Cao Xing's order.

They spoke slowly.

"Mengma, Menglita, Mengluosi, Mengna..."

They were still very frugal with words and didn't say anything more after introducing their names.

Cao Xing did not ask any more questions, but checked their attributes.

[Nightmare Court Archer: Mengma]

[Race: Dream Spirits]

[Level: Level 26 (Level Elite Creature)]

[HP: 20139/20139]

[Attack power: 1123~1183]

[Armor: 214~237]

[Skill: Nightmare Arrow (All arrows carry a nightmare aura. When hitting an enemy, there is a 30% chance that the enemy will fall into a sleeping state. The enemy will wake up after being attacked.)
Nightmare Coil (shoots an arrow with nightmare vines, which freezes the enemy in place for 1 to 3 seconds and adds 3 layers of nightmare marks to it. The cooldown time is 40 seconds)
Summon Nightmare Hounds (Summon two Nightmare Hounds to assist in the battle, inheriting 80% of the player's attributes. Nightmare Hounds have skills such as Nightmare Bite and Nightmare Rush, lasting 180 seconds, with a cooldown of 5 minutes)]

[Talent ①: Dream Spirit Clan (maximum health increased by 20%, increased probability of immunity to control skills by 20%)]

[Talent ②: Nightmare Mark (When all attacks hit the enemy, 1 layer of Nightmare Mark is added. When it reaches 10 layers, the enemy will fall into a sleeping state for 1 to 5 seconds, and a random enemy skill will be sealed, making it unable to use within 30 seconds)]

[Bond: When there are 10 Nightmare Court Archers acting at the same time, the attack speed increases by 20%
When 20, attack power increases by 20%
When the number is 50, the movement speed increases by 30%
When the number reaches 100, the additional skill "Nightmare Invasion" is activated.

[Satiety: 68]

【Loyalty: 56】

(Introduction: Former member of the Nightmare Courtyard Combat Team, with extensive combat experience.)
...

[Nightmare Garden Archer: Marita]

[Race: Dream Spirits]

[Level: Level 25 (Level Ordinary Creature)]

[HP: 13872/13872]

[Attack power: 764~797]

[Armor: 162~178]

[Skills: Nightmare Arrow, Nightmare Coil]

[Talent ①: Dream Spirit Clan]

[Talent ②: Nightmare Mark]

[Satiety: 71]

【Loyalty: 55】

...

Take a look at the attributes of these four Nightmare Court Archers.

Cao Xing nodded secretly.

It looks pretty good, as it has both damage and control effects.

After thinking for a moment, Cao Xing said directly: "Well, Mengma, Mengna... welcome to join us."

"According to the custom of our territory, we will bless the newcomers and grant you powerful strength."

Although, the loyalty of these Nightmare Court archers is not high.

According to Cao Xing's habit, he would not impose various statuses on creatures with such low loyalty.

But now we are in the advanced map [Witch Forest].

These archers don't have much health.

This will prevent you from being killed instantly when you go deep into the jungle and deal with those powerful monsters.

In the doubtful eyes of these archers,

Cao Xing directly called Liu Muxue, Tong Chuchu, Blot and Hilda and added status to them.

As one powerful state after another fell into the bodies of these archers.

Their eyes, which had been in a sleeping state, slowly opened!

At the same time, it contains a strong sense of surprise!
"This is... this is such a magical power..."

"Gods above! How on earth could this be done?"

The archer named Mengma was surprised.

Elisa stood up and said with a smug look on her face: “Huh! You all know how powerful it is, right?”

"This is the power of our Lord!"

"Before, only those who made contributions to our territory could enjoy this blessing."

"Just thank the Lord for his kindness!"

Hearing this, the four Nightmare Court archers looked at each other and knew that what Elisa said was true.

How could a blessing like this, which is powerful enough to surpass the gods, be bestowed upon others at will?
At this moment, they all knelt on one knee.

"Thank you, my merciful Lord. Your power is so great and vast..."

[Because you helped improve its strength, the loyalty of territory member: Mengma has been improved. Current loyalty: 62]

[Because you helped her improve her strength, the loyalty of Territory member: Meng Lita has been increased. Current loyalty: 64]

【Because of you……】

Four system prompts appear.

Cao Xing's expression remained unchanged, but he was secretly delighted in his heart.

"Sure enough, the power of eternity is above everything else. No matter what kind of gods one believes in, they will be dispersed by the power of eternity."

"Even people as difficult as Hilda and Isabel can be raised to eighty or ninety loyalty by me, but I can't deal with these dream spirits?"

Thinking of this, Cao Xing said casually: "Okay, go to the team now, and follow Renis and Elisa."

The four archers simultaneously looked at the two women with bows and arrows in Cao Xing's team.

Elisa, who was standing next to him, heard this and said, "Hehe! From now on, you have to follow my actions. I will teach you some etiquette of the territory!"

"Then let's start with the name."

"From now on, you should call Sister Renis the captain, and call me Captain Elisa. Do you understand?"

The four archers looked at each other, and then said with some difficulty: "Yes, Captain... Captain..."

Hearing their names, Elisa smiled proudly.

A smile also appeared on Cao Xing's lips.

It is a good thing to have Elisa, a lively girl, to train these four taciturn archers.

At this time, Cao Xing took out a bright red crystal from his backpack.

It was the [Heart of Advanced Power] that exploded after killing the leader of the Venus Fly.

He continued to hand it to Andrew.

Andrew didn't say much, but he secretly decided in his heart that he must succeed this time.

He directly crushed the power crystal, and the pure red power flowed into his body.

Everyone waited in silence.

Three minutes later.

An ancient and powerful aura rose from Andrew.

Everyone looked over and looked at him expectantly.

The next moment, a system prompt appeared...

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