Chapter 128 Selling Squirting Cucumbers

Chapter 128: Chapter 127: Selling Squirting Cucumbers

And now they had to use their hard-earned Energy Crystals to feed the Melons. Everyone looked at each other, somewhat hesitant.

"Old Wu, what do you think?" Vice President Zhao looked at Chairman Wu with an inquiring gaze.

"I think that to do a good job, one must first sharpen their tools. We can give it a try," a vice president nodded.

"Everyone saw the power of these Melons just now. Old Wu, you make the call."

The others also waited for Chairman Wu to speak, looking as if they would follow his lead.

Chairman Wu pondered for a few seconds before saying, "With our association’s current strength, it takes two Awakened at the Vice President Level teaming up with several slightly weaker Awakened to barely defeat one Elite Black Snake Monster. And that’s assuming there’s no interference from other ordinary Black Snakes."

In fact, the strength of an Elite Black Snake Monster was weaker than the combination of the Big Tuna and Coral Monster in the Fog Area. Back then, this group of vice presidents couldn’t even land a hit on those two monsters. But now, two of them could team up to defeat the slightly weaker Elite Black Snake Monster. Their growth was actually quite rapid. However, compared to the increasingly deteriorating environment, it was still not enough. They needed to get stronger faster.

"Um... Mr. Han Ning, could we buy on credit and get an advance batch of Melons? After we use the Melons to kill Elite Black Snakes, we will hand the Energy Crystals over to you. As interest, after paying off the first batch of Energy Crystals, we will provide you with an additional twenty percent share."

Chairman Wu inferred that with Han Ning’s strength, he definitely had surplus Energy Crystals on hand.

"Thirty percent," Han Ning said.

"..." Chairman Wu turned his head, discussed it briefly with several vice presidents, and then nodded. "Deal."

In reality, Han Ning mostly just wanted to help them out in passing. To put it bluntly, if anything happened in the future, this group could step up to the frontlines first. However, a free lunch would only breed laziness. Even if he didn’t care in his heart, he still needed to give them a certain amount of pressure.

The two parties finalized a verbal agreement. In this kind of environment, a paper contract was of no use anyway. Han Ning immediately formed an Animal Companion contract with the recently cultivated Water Jet Melon and Healing Melon on the spot.

Although it was called an Animal Companion, plants actually worked too. This was because these Extraordinary Crops had developed a faint sense of intelligence. It was worth mentioning that the Skills description for the Animal Companion contract had no upper limit for the number of companions. However, contracting with an animal would continuously consume some Mental Power over a long period to maintain the Soul Contract between both parties. Therefore, it still depended on the Druid’s own Mental Power cap.

The higher the animal’s strength and intelligence, the more Mental Power it occupied. It basically followed a pyramid structure: a large bunch of low-level monsters could be contracted, but the further up the pyramid one went, the fewer could be signed. Fortunately, the Melons’ intelligence was basically very low, and their strength was far weaker than his. Compared to the original Snow Cake, these two Melons could be said to have almost no intelligence.

Han Ning saved himself the trouble of communicating with them. He simply transmitted a comforting Spirit message to them and handed the two flowerpots over to Chairman Wu and the others, then began to explain their abilities.

Chairman Wu and the others accepted the flowerpots as if they were precious treasures. They observed the two Melons while listening to Han Ning’s explanation.

"It is still in its infancy and can shoot out ten reasonably powerful Water Arrows at a time. As for this little guy, it has the ability to heal injuries and help restore Spiritual Power..."

...

Two days later, at a shopping mall entrance where the Black Snake Monster Swarm frequently appeared.

Four figures carefully waded through the accumulated water, observing their surroundings with vigilant expressions.

"HISS!!"

Suddenly, a brutal hiss erupted from the dark entrance of the mall. The water surged as a massive Black Snake, nearly six meters long, smashed through the floating debris. Leading hundreds of ordinary Black Snakes and carrying a two-meter-high wave, it lunged straight at Chairman Wu at the very front!

"Do it!" Chairman Wu seemed prepared. With a low shout, he reached behind his back, brought a blue Melon in a flowerpot to his front, and pressed its leaf stalk.

SWISH!

An ear-piercing screech tore through the curtain of rain. A condensed, almost tangible dark blue Water Arrow shot out from the top of the Melon fruit. It was so fast that it only left a blue line on their retinas.

SQUELCH!

The Water Arrow blasted into the Elite Black Snake Monster’s hideous head. Its tough scales shattered like papier-maché, and dark red blood mixed with white brains splattered backward in a radial pattern. The massive impact forced the monster’s head violently backward, bringing its entire pouncing momentum to a sudden halt.

At the same time, Lin Qianqian, Vice President Zhao, and the others pressed their leaf stalks without hesitation.

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

Three more streaks of dark blue light pierced the air. One viciously penetrated the Black Snake Monster’s massive mouth, which was wide open in agony, and exited through the back of its neck, bringing out a spray of foul blood. The other two ruthlessly plunged into its thick waist and abdomen, blowing open blood holes the size of bowls!

"HISS-SCREECH!"

The Elite Black Snake Monster let out a heart-wrenching howl. Its body violently writhed and rolled in the water, dyeing the surface red with blood, before gradually going still.

The Leader’s instant death did not make the snake swarm retreat. The surrounding hundreds of Black Snake Monsters went completely berserk. From the water’s surface, underwater, and the shadows of the ruins, they surged desperately toward the four vice presidents. Dense venom shot from all directions like black raindrops.

"Cover each other! Alternate fire!" Chairman Wu roared sternly, his voice almost drowned out by the hissing of the snake swarm.

The four stood back-to-back, forming a tight, small circular formation. The fruits of the Water Jet Melons continuously contracted and expanded. Streak after streak of dark blue Water Arrows shot out, weaving into a net of death.

THWIP THWIP THWIP THWIP!

In the blink of an eye, four completely empty trails of blood were shot through the swarming snakes.

Under the continuous fire from the four using the Melons, hundreds of Black Snake Monsters quickly perished. Soon, blood dyed the entire nearby body of water red, filling the air with a foul stench. Dense clusters of pale blue Energy flew out and drilled into the bodies of the four people. They closed their eyes, enjoying the nourishment of the Energy.

"ROAR!"

A violent, inhuman roar erupted from among them. Vice President Zhao’s entire skin was as red-hot as a branding iron.

SIZZLE SIZZLE SIZZLE!

White steam spewed from every pore of his body.

"ARGH!"

The old tracksuit on Vice President Zhao was forcefully torn apart by his rapidly expanding, bulging muscles, turning into shredded rags. His bones emitted a dense series of cracks like popping beans as his body grew inch by inch. Ultimately, he transformed into a 2.5-meter-tall, red-skinned small Giant wreathed in white mist.

Vice President Zhao, having transformed into a Giant, clenched his fingers into a fist and threw a punch at the brick wall beside him.

BOOM!

The two-meter-high damaged brick wall was instantly smashed down.

"I feel like my Energy has undergone a qualitative change. I’m much stronger than before." Vice President Zhao looked down at his hands, his expression elated.

"Old Zhao, congratulations! You are the first among us to break through." Seeing this, Chairman Wu and the others all offered their congratulations.