Chapter 17: The True Face of Mount Lu • Lord-level Grey Scale Giant Lizard

Seeing this, a bitter smile emerged on the corners of Gu Ran's mouth.

He thought about the difficulty he had experienced when killing the Dark Skeleton that morning and then recalled the ridiculous idea he had had before: to use a sufficient number of Dark Skeletons to stop the opponent. The bitterness in his heart was indescribable for a moment.

However, as his gaze focused, the attribute panel of the massive monster finally appeared before his eyes.

Immediately, all his attention was completely attracted by the attribute panel in front of him.

[Name: Gray-Scaled Giant Lizard (Lord)]

[Race: Gray-Scaled Giant Lizard Clan]

[Level: ??]

[Skills: ???]

[Bloodline Divine Ability: ??]

[Traits: ???]

Unfortunately, he couldn't discern much, as the attribute panel was almost filled with question marks.

Even so, Gu Ran's expression remained solemn. Although most of the information was covered by question marks, the sparse words he could see were enough to speak volumes.

For example, the word "Lord" after the name meant that this Gray-Scaled Giant Lizard had already surpassed all the monsters he had previously encountered. Although he did not know what it specifically represented, it was certainly above the "Common" rank.

And then there was the newly appeared Bloodline Divine Ability section, which was an attribute he had never seen before in the monsters he had encountered.

...…

Having gotten the attribute introduction of the Gray-Scaled Giant Lizard as he had wished, Gu Ran still stayed close to the window, his gaze moving with the position of the Gray-Scaled Giant Lizard.

The Gray-Scaled Giant Lizard vented on the street below for about ten minutes. Perhaps it felt tired, or perhaps it regarded the Dark Skeletons as thieves who had stolen cards. After killing all the Dark Skeletons in its field of vision, it finally lost patience.

As he watched its figure disappear into the depths of the greenery at the end of the road, Gu Ran finally returned to sit down on the living room sofa.

He couldn't help it; the threat posed by that Gray-Scaled Giant Lizard was just too high. And for someone like him who needed to go out frequently, the level of threat had to be raised several degrees, more like a bomb that could go off at any moment. He couldn't relax without confirming the location of the other party.

However, seeing it finally return to that patch of greenery, Gu Ran's mood immediately improved.

Of course, the area across the street had already been automatically marked off by him as a no-go zone, a level of danger far surpassing that of unit 706 on the seventh floor.

...…

He casually opened his own attribute panel. Although he had obtained the incredibly precious "Void Trading Ground" card, he hadn't forgotten that his own combat power had been severely damaged this time.

[Name: Gu Ran]

[Race: Human/Card Master]

[Age: 21]

[Level: 2 (4/40)]

[Consortium of Cards: 7/8]

[Miracle Cards: Red Copper (Void Trading Ground), Blue Stone (Eye of Insight, Chieftain's Whistle (Damaged), Black Rock Axe Fragment*1, Junior Storage Card Fragment*1, Bone Armor Shard*2)]

[Card Points: 9]

...…

"Back to square one overnight!!"

That was the only thought in Gu Ran's mind, a bit exaggerated perhaps, but on a serious note, it wasn't far from the truth.

Not to mention his card points falling back to single digits, the fact that he had only one card slot left was an illusion; the Chieftain's Whistle was completely destroyed and unusable, and the stone axe, bone armor, storage card, and so on were all in pieces.

The only usable items were the Eye of Insight and the Void Trading Ground, but upon glancing at the terrifying card points needed to activate the Void Trading Ground, he quietly set it aside as well.

After running the numbers, he realized that all he had left was a single Eye of Insight. Isn't this tantamount to starting all over again?

...…

A flash of light, and Gu Ran took out a now-dim card from his cardholder, appearing in his palm.

[Limestone Card·Chieftain's Whistle] (Damaged)

Seeing the big "Damaged" words following the name on the card property panel, Gu Ran's eyes dimmed. He hadn't forgotten that it hadn't been a day since he obtained the card, yet in such a short period of time, a valuable and intact Limestone Card had been scrapped.

However, as painful as it was, upon further thought, the Goblin Warrior's three deaths had played a decisive role almost every time, and the last one even helped him obtain the "Red Copper Two-Star Void Trading Ground" card.

The lifespan of the card was short, but it had served a significant role, and that was enough.

With that thought, his mood slightly improved.

After assessing his situation, Gu Ran found that what he lacked the most was card points. Not to mention activating the active abilities of the Void Trading Ground required at least 25 card points; even his only life-saving ability, "Soul Capturing Spirit Eye," could be used only twice more.

Almost instinctively, a strong sense of insecurity engulfed him.

"Hmm??"

A spark of inspiration flashed through his mind, and all of a sudden, Gu Ran stood up from the sofa with a gleam in his eyes, as if he'd thought of something.

He quickly moved to the window again, made sure the grey-scaled giant lizard hadn't turned back, then hurried out of the room.

Outside the apartment building, the iron gate opened with a creak from the inside, followed by Gu Ran stepping out.

Looking around, after the grey-scaled giant lizard's rampage, everything was in disarray.

Bones scattered everywhere, severely deformed car bodies, and broken concrete pavements, and so on.

Ignoring these, Gu Ran's gaze continually swept over the remains of the Dark Skeletons nearby.

In those ten minutes or so, at least twenty Dark Skeletons had fallen to the grey-scaled giant lizard, not to mention the unlucky ones killed on the spot. Gu Ran was looking for those that were severely injured but not entirely dead.

Yes, he was planning to scavenge.

Now greatly reduced in strength, his Mechanical Bow had been lost in the greenery during the chase, and the short-handled machete found for fending off the Dark Skeleton's pursuit was also twisted beyond recognition. Additionally, he could no longer summon the Goblin for combat.

With a series of problems like these, one could imagine how hard it would be for him to kill a Dark Skeleton now.

Therefore, with such a scavenging opportunity right in front of him, why would he let it go?

These were dozens of Dark Skeletons; as long as luck wasn't too bad, the chances were quite good.

With caution, Gu Ran began to carefully search the surroundings of the residential building.

The result did not disappoint, as without even fully covering the entire area, he had already made a substantial find.

In just the area in front of the residential building, Gu Ran found two Dark Skeletons that had completely lost their combat capability but hadn't died yet. He easily killed them and the loot was quite satisfactory.

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