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Once, twice, three times, four times.

The fire witch's body was covered in wounds, from which dark red blood gushed and dripped onto the ground, scorching the fallen leaves and soil.

Her breathing was rapid and erratic, her heartbeat was fast and erratic, her shield was gathering at a slower and slower pace, and her flames were growing dimmer.

The Fire Witch fought desperately.

She raised her staff, and flames gathered at its tip—not a fireball, not a meteor, but a giant dragon of fire.

The dragon was larger than the Minotaur King Sauta, its entire body burning with dark red flames, its eyes were two burning fireballs, and its mouth opened, letting out a deafening roar.

It pounced on Su Mu.

Su Mu did not dodge.

He raised his spear, and a golden halo danced at its tip.

He thrust it out.

It wasn't a thrust, it wasn't a combo, it was just a pure, all-out thrust.

The spear tip pierced the head of the fire dragon, and a golden halo surged from the spear tip, like a golden blade, slicing through the flames on the dragon's head.

The dragon let out a sharp hiss, its body twisted in the air, and then exploded.

Flames flew everywhere, like a grand fireworks display.

The Fire Witch stood in the flames, looking at Su Mu, at his spear that was still dripping dark red blood, and at his bright, flame-like golden aura.

Her lips parted into a smile, not a laugh, but a more complex sense of relief, as if saying, "It's finally over."

Su Mu's spear pierced her chest.

It enters through the heart and exits through the back.

Dark red blood gushed from the wound, splattering onto Su Mu's gun barrel and his clothes.

The Fire Witch's body stiffened abruptly, her eyes wide open, reflecting Su Mu's image in her pupils. Then her body went limp, slipping off the spear tip and crashing to the ground, raising a cloud of dust and sparks.

[Defeat the Lv12 Purple Fire Witch, experience points +2400.]

The system notification sounded again.

Su Mu's experience bar jumped up again, from just over level nine to more than half of level nine.

He picked up a box that glowed purple from beside the Fire Witch's corpse. The box had fiery red patterns on its edges, which looked like a burning flame in the firelight.

He opened the box, and there were two things inside.

The first item is a staff.

The staff was fiery red, dark red, like a whole block of iron that had been heated through.

The staff has fine lines on its surface, and a fiery red light flows within these lines, like magma flowing in cracks.

A fist-sized, ever-burning flame was embedded at the top of the staff.

When Su Mu picked it up, a system notification popped up.

【Fire Staff (Purple Lv12)】

[Type: Staff/Cable Car Weapon]

[Magic Attack: +300]

[Special Effect: Fire damage +25%]

[Cable Car Installation Effect: Consumes 1-10 Mystic Stones, releases a sea of ​​fire with a radius of 100-1000 meters, dealing bonus damage to low-level monsters, lasting 30 seconds.]

[Note: This is a relic of the Fire Witch, containing the ultimate power of flames.]

The second item was another scroll.

It is deep red, with fine, flame-like patterns on the surface of the scroll. It feels heavy and warm in your hand, like holding a stone that has been baked by the sun.

Su Mu unrolled the scroll, and a system notification popped up.

【Level 5 Cable Car Upgrade Reel (Purple)】

[Type: Cable car upgrade blueprints]

[Effect: Upgrades the Lv4 cable car to Lv5; the upgrade direction is selectable.]

[Required materials: 120 steel ingots, 40 bulletproof glass blocks, 200 mysterious crystals.]

[Note: Purple quality reel; upgrading will unlock new cable car features.]

Bai Liuxi walked over and stood next to Su Mu.

The frost on her arms had completely melted, and she could move her fingers again, but her face was still pale.

She glanced at the staff and scroll in Su Mu's hand, then looked away, her tone as indifferent as if she were saying that the weather was nice today.

"You contributed the most, so it's yours."

Su Mu glanced at her, made no polite gestures, and put both items into his backpack.

Two purple staffs, two level 5 cable car upgrade scrolls, plus the 2,400 experience points from the Ice Witch and Fire Witch, this is a huge win.

Bai Liuxi didn't say anything more and turned back to the defensive line.

Old Wei threw the iron plate in his hand on the ground, sat down heavily, and gasped for breath.

Zhao Cheng sheathed his Tang sword, leaned against the tree trunk, and closed his eyes.

Ah Qi picked up the pieces of the metal box from the ground and pieced them together, like he was putting together a broken jigsaw puzzle.

Xiao Jiu was holding the flowerpot, and the color of the flower had changed from dark purple back to dark purple, and the edges of the petals were no longer reddish.

Lin Xiaohe walked out of the crowd and stood next to Su Mu. She sheathed her short sword at her waist and stood there without saying a word, her head down, as if waiting for something.

Lin Yuwei walked over from the inside of the defensive line, with the silver-spotted leopard cub following at her feet, its silvery-white figure flashing in the firelight.

She glanced at Su Mu, then at Lin Xiaohe, and then stood on the other side of Su Mu without saying a word.

Chen Jun emerged from behind the big tree, carrying a bulging backpack and holding the bag in his hand. He stood behind Su Mu, his lips moved slightly, but he said nothing.

The clouds above the camp had parted a little at some point, and moonlight leaked through the gaps in the tree canopy, casting a few pale patches of light on the ground.

The spots of light fell on the corpses of the Ice Witch and the Fire Witch, on the dried, icy blue and dark red blood, and on the scorched and cracked ground.

The wind stopped.

The chirping of insects stopped.

The entire forest suddenly fell silent.

It wasn't the kind of quiet that comes after a battle, but a deeper, heavier quiet, as if something in the darkness was holding its breath.

All the roars of the monsters ceased. At the same moment, all the monsters that had been roaming, spying, and waiting for their chance in the depths of the dense forest fell silent.

It was as if someone had used an invisible, enormous hand to cover the mouth of the entire forest.

Su Mu raised his head and looked into the dark corner deep in the dense forest, a corner where the flashlight could not reach.