In Sumeru, pretend to be a scholar

Erosan wasn't lying to him; the moment the grassland core flew into the sky was indeed beautiful, like a fireworks display.

'Would a spectacular fireworks show be a good idea?' A thought flashed through Wang Yan's mind, but he quickly shook his head.

Well, after the fireworks, there probably won't be many people left in the venue.

Erosanne said that when the grassland core is not controlled by anyone, it will search for enemies indiscriminately.

"How was it? Was it good?"

Eros's voice came from behind.

Wang Yan turned around and nodded vigorously: "Awesome."

It's like setting off firecrackers during Chinese New Year. It's like setting off a super-sized, massive, thunderous firecracker. It's just a momentary thing, but it's incredibly exhilarating!

"How do you feel?" Erosan glanced at the gradually stopping but still ongoing super-radiant reaction inside, then looked away and turned to Wang Yan.

Wang Yan was taken aback, then realized what was happening and pondered for a moment before saying, "My biggest takeaway is that I've come to understand the power of knowledge."

"If it were a direct confrontation, even with your guidance, I reckon we would be overwhelmed by those swarms of scorpions."

"But now, with only a few thousand Mora invested and less than an hour of preparation, we have almost wiped out this horde of monsters."

"This is the power of knowledge!"

Wang Yan wasn't just flattering him; he genuinely felt that way.

Erosham nodded slightly, her eyes filled with satisfaction: "That's right, scholars must be flexible in their approach to gain sufficient advantage."

"Knowledge cannot give you power directly, but it can help you master power."

"This operation utilized the runes of the Epistemological School, the elemental bottles of the Elemental School, and the mechanisms of the Mystic School... Individually, these things are not particularly special, but when combined, they create a miracle."

"so…"

Eros paused slightly.

Wang Yan leaned forward, pretending to listen: "So what?"

“So when we get back from this trip, in addition to runes and mechanisms, I’ll also give you courses on ley lines and elements,” Erosham said.

Wang Yan's lips twitched: "Mentor, how about you add stargazing and biological research to my curriculum?"

Earth veins and elements—this is pure veganism, isn't it?

"Young man, don't be too ambitious. I'll help you when you've learned enough about the earth veins and elements."

Eros didn't seem to understand what Wang Yan meant and continued to speak in a serious tone.

Just as Wang Yan was about to explain, he saw the amused look in his mentor's eyes.

Well, I was just teasing him.

Wang Yan changed the subject, pointing in the direction of the main temple: "Mentor, it seems there's no sound coming from inside."

Chapter 85 Cute Girl Solo Kills Sacred Remains Scorpion (10/20, Seeking First Subscription)

Inside the main hall of the temple.

The terrifying hyper-explosive reaction has ended, but the price was the disappearance of the originally dense lightning element environment and the dense swarm of poisonous scorpions.

The monster's lair, which would normally require the cooperation of dozens of seasoned, gold-plated guilds, was wiped out in less than an hour by the two scholars.

Wang Yan couldn't help but sigh once again, realizing how reassuring the power of knowledge was.

"Hmm... Let's go take a look, but be careful, that Sacred Beast won't be so easy to deal with."

Erossen nodded, but her tone remained wary.

To put it bluntly, the threat posed by those hundred scorpions was not as great as that of the Holy Beast.

After witnessing Desia single-handedly suppress dozens of gold-plated guilds, Wang Yan understood that reality and the game were different.

Games need to consider numerical issues, but reality is completely unreasonable.

For a master with the Eye of God, a scorpion is no different from a cannon fodder.

And their own cute female mentor is undoubtedly a master.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Eros is an archer in the game and carries a bow in real life. She's an intellectual, and if she throws away her bow and arrows, she could easily switch to a mage on the spot.

With those thoughts in mind, Wang Yan's feet were already heading towards the main hall.

The strange smell of elemental forces breaking through the carapace grew stronger.

It doesn't smell bad, but it's still unpleasant.

Wang Yan, with his head down, had just stepped out of the passage when suddenly, Falushan, who was behind him, grabbed his collar and threw him backward!

The next moment, a barb crackling with purple lightning crashed down!

Right where Wang Yan had just stood, the ground suddenly shattered, sending rubble and dust flying, revealing a deep pit.

Wang Yan stumbled backward from the fall, and when he finally regained his footing and saw what was happening in front of him, his pupils contracted sharply.

If that were to fall on me... I'd be covered in bruises and welts!

"Raging Storm!"

Unlike Wang Yan, Erosanne didn't have many thoughts. As she tossed the apprentice behind her, the command fell coldly.

The multifaceted azure light of He Yao surged, and with a slight tremor, seven or eight solidified gusts of wind erupted simultaneously, sweeping forward like blades of wind!

The wind swept past, scattering all the scorpion remains on the ground, their broken armor and severed limbs strewn everywhere—beneath the remains, the enormous body of the Sacred Corpse Scorpion slowly rose upright.

"Roar~"

Its ferocious carapace was covered with scorch marks and cracks, and lightning hissed and leaped at the wounds, clearly indicating that it had been severely damaged in the previous super-powerful bombardment.

But those compound eyes remained fierce, fixed on Falushan, and let out a roar that was a mixture of pain and rage.

In its remaining senses, Wang Yan posed no threat whatsoever, but the figure in azure before it... could take its life!

"As expected, even though the bodily functions of this size holy beast are gradually aging, its vitality is still terrifyingly strong."

Falushan looked at the giant beast in front of her, but she wasn't too surprised.

“Mentor…” Wang Yan’s voice was somewhat resentful, “Did you expect this to happen all along?”

“This is a lesson for you. When exploring ruins, you must proceed cautiously and not be greedy for quick success.” Erosanne’s lips curled up slightly.

She was indeed doing it somewhat deliberately. There was no way around it; Wang Yan was too smart. He learned everything quickly, and he could master almost anything after just one lesson.

In this way, she was comfortable as a teacher, but she didn't feel a sense of accomplishment.

Now, this kind of hands-on teaching is the only way to reinforce the teacher's authority.

After saying that, Falushan reached out and grabbed the recurve bow that had been in her hand before: "I'll take care of it. You stay put."

As he spoke, He Yao's multifaceted form had already flown out, taking advantage of its small size to fly in mid-air and launch a barrage of wind element attacks on the Holy Corpse Scorpion.

As soon as Falushan gave her instructions, Wang Yan quickly retreated to the corner of the passageway and hid himself.

Taking advantage of the brief moment when the Sacred Corpse Scorpion was restrained by the multifaceted power of He Yao, Falushan moved like the wind and leaped into the main hall with a light and agile movement.

She chose a spot next to a broken platform with reliefs, where she could enjoy a wide view and use the stone pillars and ruins as cover.

Erosan saw it very clearly.

Although the Sacred Scorpion was severely damaged during its super-bloom, with its carapace covered in scorch marks and cracks, its enormous size and tenacious vitality meant that even if ordinary arrows broke through its defenses, they would hardly cause fatal damage.

Unless she expends a large amount of elemental power to condense a high-intensity "elemental burst arrow", physical piercing alone can only serve to harass and weaken the target.

Therefore, her tactics were very clear: not to aim for a fatal blow, but to gradually paralyze the beast's mobility through precise and continuous joint strikes.

Once the Relic Scorpion's movements are restricted, making it impossible to effectively pursue or dodge, then things become much simpler.

The moment she stood still, she had already drawn her bow and nocked an arrow, and with pure skill and the blessing of runes, the arrow shot out through the air.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Erosan's shooting rhythm was extremely fast, almost without pause.

Each arrow was precisely aimed at the joints of the scorpion's limbs, where the carapace was relatively thin and supported the beast's massive body.

The arrows are adorned with runes that indicate "penetration" and "tear," further enhancing their lethality.

The first arrow struck the second joint of the left forelimb, and the purplish-black carapace cracked open, with lightning spilling out from the fissure; the second arrow followed closely, embedding itself in the side of the same joint, and the crack spread; the third arrow then turned towards the root joint of the right hindlimb...

The Sacred Relic Scorpion, in pain, let out an angry roar and swung its giant pincers, blasting away the rubble and scorpion remains beside it. However, Falusan had already changed positions with her agile movements, always maintaining a safe distance from it.

Meanwhile, the multifaceted radiance in the sky continued to harass the Holy Corpse Scorpion, with fierce gusts of wind aimed at its eyes.

For a moment, the giant beast was caught in a dilemma.

No matter how the Holy Beast behaved, Elfusan's actions never stopped.

Her gaze was as cold as ice, and the bowstring in her hand vibrated incessantly. The arrows seemed to have a life of their own, tracing blue paths through the air and continuously targeting those key arthropod joints.

"Crack!"

Another arrow struck, and the carapace at the left midlimb joint finally shattered completely, revealing the shimmering purple muscle tissue inside.

This Sacred Scorpion has even shown signs of physical elementalization.

If it can withstand the limits of its lifespan and completely complete its elementalization, it might evolve into an even more terrifying monster.

The left half of the Sacred Scorpion's body visibly sank, and its movements became slightly uncoordinated.

Eros's eyes brightened slightly, and she plucked the bowstring again, having already locked onto the weak point of its broken joint.

'Clang~'

Like metal clashing, the arrow struck its target precisely.

The massive body of the Holy Relic Scorpion suddenly lurched to the side, nearly losing its balance.

Perhaps sensing something was wrong, or perhaps the life-or-death crisis calmed the monster down.

It turned slightly to the side, protecting its legs which had lost the protection of its shell, and stopped trying to track Erosan's elusive figure, even ignoring the continuous turbulent waves emanating from the multifaceted radiance above its head.

A fierce gust of wind swept across the already cracked scorch marks on its carapace, tearing open a deep gash that revealed the bone. Dark purple blood mixed with shimmering plasma splattered out, but it only trembled slightly, neither dodging nor flinching.

Those originally fierce compound eyes now held a cold, focused gaze as they stared intently at Falushan.

The surrounding air became thick and dangerous. The previously diffused purple lightning element mist began to surge violently, as if stirred by an invisible force, emitting a low hum.

Wisps of visible purple-white lightning burst forth from every crevice of the Sacred Relic Scorpion's shell. These lightning bolts, like a swarm of living snakes, darted and spread wildly along the ground and the broken relief wall.

Where the lightning swept across, the sand and gravel crackled and popped, instantly scorched into a charred, glassy state by the high temperature; when it touched the ancient stone walls carved with intricate patterns, it left behind streaks of pitch-black burnt marks, and the air quickly filled with a pungent, acrid smell of burnt bits mixed with ozone.

“…Damn it, there’s so little left, don’t ruin it.” Erosham muttered under her breath, but her composed expression finally vanished, and her delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly.

She could clearly sense that the old holy beast was relentlessly draining all its remaining power, and might even be burning some kind of origin.

This is going to be a fight to the death!

That makes sense. This kind of ancient sacred beast has been through countless battles; it's impossible for it to let me kill it with a kite.

In this nearly enclosed hall environment, since we can't catch up, using an area-of-effect (AOE) attack is the best option.

However, even knowing what the Sacred Scorpion was going to do, Erosian wasn't afraid at all; she was too lazy to even hide.

He calmly took out a palm-sized metal array plate from his small bag. Its shape was quite similar to the sensory elemental protection device he had given to Wang Yan before, except that the runes flowing on the surface were more complex and precise, and the edge was inlaid with a circle of small blue gemstones, which gleamed with a warm luster in the dim light.

Wang Yan, who was standing at the entrance of the tunnel in the distance, could see it clearly and a thought suddenly occurred to him: "Is it an improved protective device?"

The moment Valusan took out the array plate, the Sacred Corpse Scorpion completed its charge.

"Hiss—Roar—!!"

With a piercing scream mixed with pain and rage, blinding purple-white lightning suddenly burst forth from the cracks in its broken shell!

Unlike the dissipating mist or scattered electric snakes, this was a torrent of violent lightning that surged forth like a burst dam!

The lightning exploded outwards from the Sacred Corpse Scorpion, instantly filling every inch of the main hall.

The remaining floral reliefs on the wall were rendered a ghastly white by the light, and the dust and elemental debris in the air were ionized and burned by the thunderstorm, producing crackling sounds.

Its destructive power, belonging to a high-level monster, is undeniable.

However, just as the overwhelming lightning was about to engulf Valusan's slender figure!

The array plate in her hand lit up silently.

A layer of pale blue, semi-transparent light membrane instantly unfolded around the array plate, gently enveloping the space within a radius of several meters around her.