The delicacies of the heavens begin with obtaining gem meat.

Chapter 92 Tentacle Monster, Treasure Falls from the Sky

After a delicious breakfast, Jiang Yan felt refreshed and set off again after packing his things.

Jiang Yan planned to head to the fourth level of the underground maze as soon as possible.

The food supplies on the third underground level were extremely scarce, and along the way, the monsters they encountered were mostly skeletons and ghouls.

It's already quite rare to be able to obtain event armor, treasure bugs, and treasure mimics.

Moreover, this was all he had gained after spending half a day.

Actually, upon closer examination, this situation is not difficult to understand.

Underground labyrinths also have their own ecosystems.

The third underground level is located inside the Golden Castle, where it is perpetually dark and food resources are scarce. The only thing that can grow food is the golem.

Such conditions are not suitable for the survival of most organisms.

It is more suitable for monsters like skeletons, ghouls, and ghosts that are not afraid of hunger and prefer darkness.

Therefore, instead of wasting time here, it would be better to head to the fourth level of the underground labyrinth, where there are more abundant food resources.

Following the map, Jiang Yan quickly arrived at a spacious central courtyard.

Looking down, the corridors stretched out in layers, extending into an unknown depth, with the entrance to the fourth floor located at the very bottom of this atrium.

If ordinary adventurers want to go down, they can only go down the corridor, and because some of the stairs are damaged, they have to take a long detour, which will take at least half a day.

But for Jiang Yan, it was much simpler.

Reaching the edge of the courtyard, I looked down and saw only darkness below, but the torchlight still allowed me to see the lower railings.

Without hesitation, Jiang Yan climbed over the railing and then fell down.

As he fell to the top of the next level of railing, Jiang Yan quickly reached out one hand and grabbed the edge of the railing, stopping his fall, while his other hand remained firmly holding the torch.

After a brief pause, he released his grip and continued to fall.

After repeating this process, it took Jiang Yan less than ten minutes to reach the lowest level of the central courtyard.

I dusted off my hands and was just about to take out the map to check the location of the fourth-level passage when I vaguely heard some noises coming from above.

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Jiang Yan didn't care about this; whether it was a monster or an adventurer, it had nothing to do with him.

Take out the map, carefully examine the location of the passage leading to the fourth floor, and quickly lock onto the target direction.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Yan couldn't help but search the surroundings to see if he could find anything.

While searching a downward passage, Jiang Yan discovered that the stone walls inside were unusually damp.

This made Jiang Yan feel that this passage could most likely lead to the fourth level of the underground maze.

However, the passage was now filled with a large number of tentacle monsters of various shapes, which was quite unsettling.

Clearly, such a humid environment is very suitable for the growth of tentacle monsters.

There are many kinds of tentacle monsters, with all sorts of bizarre shapes and sizes.

Most tentacle monsters grow silently like ordinary plants, surviving solely on moisture and humus in their environment.

However, there are some highly aggressive variants among them. Although they are also tentacle monsters, they can actively attack living beings, just like carnivorous plants.

Even more dangerous is that the tentacle monster is a nematocyst; once its tentacles come into contact with the skin of another creature, it will shoot out poisonous stingers that paralyze the creature's body.

Jiang Yan took out his longsword and cut off one of the tentacle monster's tentacles.

After protecting his hands with his mind, he picked it up.

Jiang Yan frowned as he looked at the broken edge.

At this point, a large amount of viscous, light green liquid seeped from the broken surface, emitting a faint fishy odor. With just a little observation, it can be determined that it has no edible value.

"It's useless."

Jiang Yan shook his head, tossed the severed tentacle aside, and was about to turn and leave when a series of urgent sounds suddenly came from above.

Looking up quickly, I saw several thick tentacles suddenly attacking from the darkness above!

Jiang Yan reacted extremely quickly. The long sword in his hand flashed with cold light, and with a few "swish" sounds, all the attacking tentacles were cut off.

Jiang Yan quickly retreated several steps, moving away from the tentacles' attack range, before looking up.

A giant ivy-tentacle monster was discovered growing at the top of the passage, with numerous thick tentacles twisting and writhing.

"An ivy-tentacle monster that actively attacks people!"

Jiang Yan raised an eyebrow, his expression showing some surprise.

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Unlike other tentacle monsters, the ivy tentacle monster's interior is edible once the outer skin is removed, meaning it can be used as food.

Now that we've encountered this opportunity, we certainly shouldn't miss it.

Jiang Yan immediately used the "Circle" technique to investigate the situation of the ivy tentacle monster.

The location of the ivy tentacle monster's roots was quickly determined.

Having identified his target, Jiang Yan weighed the longsword in his hand, then wrapped his "spirit" around the blade, instantly transforming the ordinary iron sword into an exceptionally sharp weapon.

Immediately afterwards, he exerted force with his arm, and the longsword flew out of his hand like an arrow, with a sharp whistling sound as it shot straight toward the root of the ivy tentacle monster.

With a sharp thud, the longsword struck the root of the ivy tentacle monster precisely, severing it completely.

The numerous tentacles that had been baring their fangs and claws all fell down, hitting the ground with a heavy thud.

Jiang Yan stepped forward, pulled out the longsword stuck in the ivy tentacle monster, and shook off the juice from the blade.

After carefully examining the dead ivy tentacle monster and confirming that he hadn't mistaken it for something else, Jiang Yan cut off its tentacles one by one and then put them away.

After retrieving the severed tentacles, Jiang Yan glanced at the depths of the passage, hesitated for a moment, and then decided to give up on further exploration.

After leaving the passage filled with tentacle monsters and searching around again, feeling that he had found nothing else, Jiang Yan prepared to head to the fourth level of the underground labyrinth.

Just as I was passing by the courtyard, I suddenly heard a scream from above.

Jiang Yan subconsciously looked up and saw a small black shadow falling from above, heading straight for him.

He slightly turned his body and reached out to catch the dark figure. What he held was a heavy, bulging cloth bag.

"A cloth bag?"

Jiang Yan reached out and untied the knot in the cloth bag with a puzzled look, and was instantly dazzled by the sight.

The bag was filled with gleaming gold coins and various shimmering jewels—

"Treasure insect?"

Somewhat puzzled, Jiang Yan casually picked up a gold coin. The heavy feeling was completely different from the feeling he had experienced with the treasure worm before.

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I gently bent the gold coins and found that although they were soft, they were completely different from the treasure insects.

"They're actually real gold coins."

Jiang Yan was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but chuckle.

"Wouldn't you call this a windfall?"

Although it's unknown who threw down this small bag of treasure, since it ended up in his hands, it's naturally his.

Jiang Yan felt like he had forgotten something, but he didn't pay much attention to it, figuring it couldn't be anything important.

We should hurry to the fourth level of the underground labyrinth.

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