Chapter 136 - 127: Deep Harvest

Chapter 136: Chapter 127: Deep Harvest

They were organization leaders, for crying out loud. How could they possibly go work for another faction?!

...

Meanwhile, the clearing team had finished scouting the inside and outside of the area.

"Inside the Circular Building, we can confirm there are six ordinary Nightmares in addition to the boss."

"It’s only six of them!"

There was a time when Nightmares were a mountain blocking their path.

But now, they could truly look down upon ordinary Nightmares.

They quickly discussed a battle plan.

"We’ll hold off the Nightmare boss while you quickly slay the others. Afterward, we’ll regroup and surround the boss!"

"We’re all Elder Level Members of the Safe Zone. This Nightmare subjugation must be a success!"

The group charged into the Circular Building.

At this moment, Shi An was also watching through the vision of the Witchcraft Flying Eye.

This battle could be called the Safe Zone members’ first subjugation in the deeper levels.

Under normal circumstances, Dream Descenders very rarely attempted to clear Nightmares in the deeper levels.

BOOM!

The battle erupted.

It was a six-armed Nightmare.

The Nightmare wielded a bloodstained blade or axe in each of its six hands. Its face also held six eyes, demonic and terrifying.

Its speed was like the wind, its blades like shadows.

But...

"Heart Eye."

Xuan Jian closed his eyes and ’saw’ the killing intent closing in from all directions.

This Nightmare was in no way inferior to the Black Armor Leader from that day, but Xuan Jian’s ability to handle it had grown significantly.

Elsewhere.

Hair Ghost’s Yugui entangled one of the Nightmares.

At the same time,

BOOM!

A coffin came crashing down, landing behind the Nightmare.

The coffin lid slid open, revealing an interior like a black hole, which immediately sucked in the restrained Nightmare.

SLAM!

The lid slammed shut, and the entire coffin began to shake violently.

On another part of the battlefield.

"Liuhuo, ignite!"

Xi Xue condensed her silver hair into a long spear. Orange-red flames covered the silver weapon, flowing like liquid.

The flaming spear shot forward, piercing straight through the Nightmare.

The next moment, it exploded violently.

With the Peak of the First Refinement Realm Powerhouses giving their all, the six Nightmares were either sealed or slain.

Soon, the nine of them surrounded the Leader Level Nightmare.

A vertical eye opened on the Thinker’s forehead, and one after another, specially forged blades rose into the air around him.

Group Leader Chen held a nail in his hand.

He threw the nail, and it pinned the Leader Nightmare’s shadow.

A beam of light shot from Peaches’s hand, striking the Nightmare directly.

The Alchemist took out various Potions and hurled them at the six-armed Nightmare.

Weaken! Control! Annihilate!

Under the nine-person barrage of control and kill abilities, the Leader Nightmare was unable to effectively counterattack for several full minutes.

Finally, its massive body crashed to the ground.

"We... we defeated a Leader Level Nightmare?"

"And the whole process actually wasn’t too difficult."

There had been a few close calls.

But they were just scares. In the end, the entire team came out of the battle unscathed.

The clear couldn’t be called easy. Any mistake would have cost them dearly.

But to have cleared a deep-level Nightmare was something to be proud of, a moment to be remembered.

And they were still just ’newbies’ in the deeper levels.

"The Witchcraft Flying Eye has recorded the entire clear. That’s another contribution to the Safe Zone. Now, let’s see what loot this Nightmare dropped."

The rewards for clearing the Nightmare descended.

They all felt a pleasant warmth spread through their bodies, and some of their fatigue faded away.

But only some.

But where the Leader Level Nightmare had fallen, aside from the Curse Object that was materializing, there was also...

Wisps of gray and white mist intertwined and swirled.

After the mist dissipated, two items were revealed.

None of them knew how to appraise items, but they could still make a rough guess that the two items were...

"A Treasure Medicine and a Spell Scroll? Not bad, not bad at all!"

They scoured the rest of the area and found three Curse Objects, four Treasure Medicines, and seventeen Materials.

Among them, they even found a Rare Level Material near the Nightmare leader.

What a haul!

The rewards from clearing a single deep-level Nightmare were far greater than those from a large-scale Nightmare in the shallower levels!

As for the risk?

There was certainly risk, and it wasn’t insignificant.

’But for us members who have the Safe Zone’s backing, we must forge bravely onward.’

It wasn’t just for Contribution Points.

It was also for themselves.

On a grander scale, it was for all of Baijiang, and even all of humanity.

They were still very weak right now.

But if everyone could forge bravely onward, clearing, exploring, and growing stronger...

...then Nightmares would no longer be something people turned pale just talking about.

And now, they had a path to continually advance.

...

At the same time, a notification sound echoed in Manager Shi’s ears.

As expected, it was a ’choose three out of five’ tier of reward.

But the quality was high.

Among the choices was the Advanced Member Card that Shi An had been coveting.

This time, however, he didn’t choose the High-level Membership Card.

Instead, he chose...

[Prompt: You have obtained the special potion formula ’Life Potion’.]

[Prompt: You have obtained the special potion formula ’Frenzy Potion’.]

[Prompt: You have obtained the special item ’Fragment of the Regional Map’.]

’It seems the variety of loot obtainable after clearing a deep-level Nightmare far exceeds that of the shallower levels.’

’Both potion types are quite practical.’

’Especially the Life Potion.’

"According to the description, aside from not being able to regrow severed limbs, it can snatch you back from the brink of death even if you’re critically injured!"

"For ordinary injuries, one Life Potion is enough for a full recovery."

"It’s just that, this stuff..."

Like most things produced in the Nightmare World, it had side effects!

Furthermore, the production cost was exorbitant.

Crafting a Life Potion required recovery-type and life-type Treasure Medicines.

The crafting cost could be several Dream Crystals.

’But no matter what, this is a life-saving Divine Medicine. The Countermeasures Bureau and the Wizard’s House might also be able to craft this kind of potion, but their production volume is definitely not high.’

’If it were high, every Elite from the Countermeasures Bureau would have a bottle on hand.’

’And as for this Fragment of the Regional Map?’

Shi An looked at it and was slightly taken aback.