Chapter 1130 - 607: Looting the Dragon Nest, Secrets of the Poison Swamp

The Ancient Bronze Trap Treasure Chest came with a Tier Two Foul Poison Qi, and the Silver Trap Treasure Chest came with a single-target Tier Three Deep Sleep Skill spell.

As the Lords have grown stronger, Tier Three and Tier Two Trap Treasure Chests are no longer truly deadly.

Especially those obvious offensive trap skills like explosion, flame, thunder, and freezing—it’s hard for them to instantly kill any current Lord.

On the contrary, it’s the more unconventional trap skills like hypnosis, poison gas, teleportation, temporal disorder, shadow revival, and arcane erosion that are more annoying.

But none of that really counts as a problem for Zong Shen.

The Strategy Module can accurately filter out Trap Treasure Chests and Ordinary Treasure Chests.

As long as they’re used properly, those Trap Treasure Chests can also be put to great use.

In Zong Shen’s hands, there’s nothing that can’t be utilized.

Of course, this time neither of those Golden Treasure Chests turned out to be traps, which was an absolute windfall.

That already amounts to at least two Legendary Level items locked in.

So many treasure chests gathered inside the Dragon Nest, plus the treasure chests Jiang Yi and the other Lords found around the Poison Swamp’s perimeter...

From that you can infer one thing: there should be a fairly large-scale ruin inside or beneath the Poison Swamp!

He still needed to ask the Strategy Module about the specifics in a bit.

Earlier his attention had been focused entirely on the Little Black Dragon, and he hadn’t paid much mind to the Poison Swamp itself.

Looking at it now, it definitely isn’t as simple as it appears on the surface.

Once he finished collecting the Treasure Chests, checking the Supply Boxes, and stowing away the Dinar and those precious ores, the Dragon Nest became completely empty.

He kept feeling that something wasn’t quite right.

Apart from that gaudy pile of Dinar, the Dragon Nest’s overall situation could only be described as shabby.

Zong Shen turned his head and looked toward the outside of the Dragon Nest.

He saw Xiaoheizi poking its head around again, peeking at the situation inside the Dragon Nest.

As soon as it noticed Zong Shen was looking at it, it immediately ducked its head guiltily.

"This unruly little thing seems off, doesn’t it?"

"I must have missed something!"

Zong Shen raised his brows slightly, reached up to remove his Battle Helmet, and scrubbed a hand through his hair.

The humidity in the swamp was too high; droplets like sweat were beading up on his cheeks.

Time to hit the ’when in doubt, ask the Guide’ phase again.

Some things might fool his eyes, but they absolutely can’t fool the Strategy prompts!

Thinking this, he began asking silently in his mind.

"Are there any other treasures inside the Dragon Nest?"

"Does this Poisonous Mist Swamp have any exploration or excavation value?"

Just as those two questions surfaced, golden prompt subtitles appeared.

At the same time, a gold-label navigation overlay popped up before Zong Shen’s eyes.

The indicated location was right in the middle of the Dragon Nest, beneath the ground where he had just taken away that pile of Dinar serving as a bed.

(At the gold-marked spot there is a treasure box the Little Black Dragon hid away. To prevent its inability to bear losing its treasures from causing a drop in Loyalty, it is recommended to first store it in the Big Pocket. Under the principle of voluntary consent, living creatures can be stored in the Big Pocket. After the treasure is taken away, restore the ground and then release it again.

Beneath the Poisonous Mist Swamp there is a Rune Earth Gate to the Azshara Sewer, one of the main entrances to Azshara City’s sewer system. It can be opened with the Earth Gate Key. In addition, this place used to be part of one segment of the Four-direction Camp inside Azshara City and contains a Chimera Perch. With large-scale Excavation, you can obtain some Recruitment Scrolls, leftover Equipment, and the Heart of the Perch.)

"A Sewer Earth Gate?"

"If I’m remembering right, down below the Bandit Camp, beside that Elf Altar that needs four Elf Keys to open, there should also be a Sewer Earth Gate."

Zong Shen quickly skimmed through the information in the golden subtitles and immediately associated it with those known Azshara ruins. Sure enough, this Poison Swamp is indeed related to the Azshara ruins—beneath it lies a proper relic of the Elf Giant City Camp.

Just from the name, that so-called Chimera Perch is obviously related to Chimeras.

Creatures like Chimeras, just like Giant Dragons, also have plenty of stories tied to them back on Earth.

Their Comprehensive Combat Power is slightly weaker than that of a Same Tier Giant Dragon, but they’ve got numbers on their side.

In a fight, a Chimera will charge in with a swarm of Giant Eagles and Horned Eagle Beasts, roaring as they rush the enemy in a big wave.

The Heart of the Perch is probably connected to the perch itself; with some luck, he might even obtain a complete Chimera Perch.

His mind immediately became active.

And just recently, he’d obtained the [Key to the Azshara Earth Gate (Purple)].

This key can open all Sewer Earth Gates within the Azshara range.

"Looks like I’ve got another relic excavation mission to add to the list."

Zong Shen chuckled, turned, and walked toward the entrance of the Dragon Nest.

He took out the [Pascal Contract’s Large Pocket (Golden)] and waved it at the listless Little Black Dragon.

"Xiaoheizi, come over here, I’ve got a nice little treasure to show you..."

"Now get in there, you!"

As the Little Black Dragon lifted its head, Zong Shen chose the store option.

An invisible suction force appeared. Just as the Little Black Dragon was about to resist, Zong Shen silently drew his Heavy Sword.

"Hmph!"

It snorted angrily, the blast from its nostrils stirring the surrounding mist into a surge.

In the end, it still gave up resisting, surrendered to the pull, and entered the Storage Space inside the Big Pocket.

As a Golden Epic Quality storage item, the Little Black Dragon can only resist at the moment of being stored.

Once it’s inside, unless Zong Shen actively releases it, there’s no way for it to get out.

With its current strength, it’s still far from being able to forcibly break free from the internal Space of the Big Pocket.

After dealing with Xiaoheizi, Zong Shen clapped his hands, put away the Big Pocket and the Heavy Sword, took out a spare shovel, and walked back into the Dragon Nest, heading for the spot indicated by the gold-label navigation.

A distinct golden circle was now floating on the ground surface, extremely eye-catching, clearly prompting Zong Shen to begin Excavation.

The idiot-proof navigation was wonderfully considerate.

This must be where Xiaoheizi’s real treasure is buried.

When it comes to looting Dragon Nests, Zong Shen is a professional—he’d never leave behind so much as a needle or a thread.

He weighed the shovel in his hand, then started digging right at the marked point!