This isn't a souls-like game at all.

He lowered his head, his body bent and concave, and the cursed black mist on his body was suppressed to almost nothing by the tornado. His health bar was also shaky in the wind, continuously decreasing until it reached half health.

"hiss!!"

The earth dragon screamed fiercely, and the dragon's head emitted a variety of lights, which eventually turned into a black curse mist that filled the whole body, and then condensed into thick gray-black tentacles that danced outwards.

"That is……"

Alice, who was in the ruins, looked at the scene from afar and her eyes widened.

"That's the bound Zhushijindilong soul." Ye Yiyi understood, "It has entered the second stage."

The countless gray-black tentacles, or the souls of the stone-gold earth dragons, spreading out from the surface of the earth dragon, now all spewed out dark yellow liquid, turning into thick fog.

Ye Yiyi was only slightly touched, and the half-stone sword in his hand was eroded by the thick fog, and many sparse holes appeared.

"It's an acid mist that can destroy weapons and armor!"

Fortunately, a tornado swept through and blew away the thick fog in an instant, otherwise the Banshi Greatsword would still be damaged.

"That's really disgusting."

With a look of disgust on his face, he put away the half-stone greatsword and the sheep-horn hammer, then took out the flame-marked pickaxe, took stormy steps, and in a flash arrived at the dragon's head, holding up the pitch-black pickaxe.

Exclusive combat skill: Flame Cross!

A cone-shaped stream of fire spurted out, bringing down a large pickaxe and hitting the dragon's head hard.

"clang!!"

The sharp pickaxe head was shallowly immersed in the metal surface, and a high-temperature fire stream was injected, instantly burning and roasting the hard dragon head.

The cross-shaped flame mark spread along the body toward the ground, turning into burning magma, and wisps of white mist continued to rise.

A blue-green gem flew out from the dragon's head. Ye Yiyi reached out his hand like lightning, grabbed it, and held it in front of him to take a look.

【Thunder Gem】

Item Description: This gem is said to be a metamorphic gemstone from ordinary stone, and is extremely rare.

Used for qualitative enhancement of weapons.

It can impart a qualitative enhancement to "lightning" or "thunderbolt".

Natural thunder roars like the wrath of a god,

Therefore, it has been one of the most believed objects since ancient times.

"That's how you cast spells, right?"

He glanced at the item description briefly, then glanced at the health bar that suddenly dropped.

Ye Yiyi smiled, raised the pickaxe again, and chopped it down hard on the dragon's head.

Combat skills: continuous hammering!

"clang!"

"clang!"

"clang!"

Melted by the high temperature, the softened dragon head became extremely fragile.

In just a moment, another gem fell and Ye Yiyi caught it and put it in his pocket.

Many gray-black tentacles stretched out along the way, but Ye ignored them all.

Even if such an attack comes with the power of stagnation and evil, it can still reduce Ye Yiyi's health bar.

Sorry, you can play as much as you want, but if I frown, I lose!

Under the suppression of the tornado's strong wind, the Devouring Earth Dragon was unable to move and lost the means to release lightning, and eventually became a mineral deposit cultivated by Ye Yiyi.

"clang!!"

"clang!!"

"clang!!"

Under continuous blows, the blood bar of the Devouring Earth Dragon gradually dropped to zero.

He had already knocked off all the colorful gems that covered the dragon's head.

"clang!!!"

With one final heavy blow, a long golden ring tube fell off from the dragon's head.

At the same time, the Devouring Earth Dragon's blood bar is emptied.

"Woo..."

The earth dragon let out a long wail, and finally collapsed to the ground powerlessly, turning into black mist and dissipating.

【The curse has been lifted! 】

Soul Echo +24400

Combat Skill【Ram Charge】Proficiency (2/30) Improved!

The proficiency of the combat skill [Exciting War Roar] (3/30) has been improved!

At this moment, the tornado dissipated, the metallic color on Ye Yiyi's skin faded, his body shrank, and returned to normal.

"call……"

He took a long breath, put down the pickaxe in his hand, and looked up at the sky.

The sunlight filtered through the mist sucked into the sky by the tornado, creating a bright rainbow.

"You can see a rainbow after defeating the boss. Well, it's not a loss."

He nodded in satisfaction, then looked down and picked up the long golden ring tube.

"What is this?" He looked around.

"That's the heart of the earthworm." Alice's voice came from not far away.

The girl walked out of the ruins and ran towards Ye Yiyi.

"Does the heart of an earthworm actually look like this?" Ye Yiyi looked at the light screen curiously.

【Stone Gold Ring Blood Heart】

Chapter 185: The Puppet Master and the Fool's Gem

【Stone Gold Ring Blood Heart】

Item Description: A fused and condensed heart of ring blood.

One of the materials used to make props,

Or it can be handed over to a psychic medium to be made into a physical medium.

It can also be handed over to a puppeteer to be made into a puppet core.

It is said that it was once the heart of the Stone-Gold Earth Dragon King.

After being cursed, it transformed into a dragon that devoured the earth.

Devour all the stone-gold earth dragons.

But in the eyes of the escaping earth dragon, the group of earth dragons did not disappear.

Their past and future all exist in their hearts.

"Puppeteer?"

After reading the item description, Ye Yiyi raised his brows slightly and fell into deep thought.

A psychic is easy to understand, it is used to upgrade or create an incarnated psychic.

But what does a puppeteer do?

It sounds like a profession involving puppet making, but what is a puppet?

A magic doll?

Ye Yiyi only knew about skilled servants, not magic puppets.

Moreover, there is no NPC called Puppet Master in the game.

"Alice." He turned his gaze away from his heart and looked at the girl who ran over. "How are you? Did the fight just now affect you?"

"I'm fine, thank you for your concern."

Alice glanced at him up and down, then quickly looked away, her cheeks flushed, and there was a hint of shyness in her shy tone.

"But, um... do you feel a little cold?"

"Cold?" Ye Yiyi was stunned.

Why does her tone and expression make people feel that something is wrong?

As for the cold... he did seem to feel a chill in his crotch.

"..."

He looked down silently, then looked up at Alice who was whistling and admiring the rainbow with her back to him.

Why is your earlobe so red? Are you getting irritated?

Ye Yiyi took out his pants and put them on without saying a word, then changed into a new set of mercenary armor.

"I'm dressed," he said calmly.

"Ah? I didn't hear what you said?" Alice looked back in confusion, but her face was still flushed.

"I saw it, we're all adults, there's no need for you to act like that."

Ye Yiyi sighed softly, and Alice's expression immediately became embarrassed.

She scratched the back of her head and laughed foolishly.

"Haha... Bro, you have a nice body and strong muscles. I think that's great."

"Sexual harassment?" Ye Yiyi raised his eyebrows.

"Ah? No, no!... I was just praising you normally!" Alice became anxious when she heard that and quickly defended herself.

"I just thought you were complimenting me."

Looking at Alice who was becoming more and more embarrassed, Ye Yiyi raised the blood-ringed heart in his hand and casually changed the subject.

"Why does an earthworm's heart look like this?"

"Because it's essentially a circulatory vessel, it's not a heart. It just functions like a heart, and can be considered a false heart, squeezing blood to promote blood circulation in the body..."

When the topic of biology came up, Alice calmed down instantly and gave him a detailed scientific explanation.

“As for the earth dragon just now, if I’m not mistaken, it should be the silicon-iron shell on the surface of the mineral-loving earthworm.

"This type of earthworm has a special diet that allows it to digest the minerals and rocks it eats and secrete them into silicon, oxygen and iron, so it can grow very large.

"When they are first born, their bodies are still fleshy, just like ordinary earthworms. But as they grow older, the more metals and rocks they eat, and their life form changes from carbon-based to silicon-based."

She took the Ring Blood Heart from Ye Yiyi's hand, looked at it, and then pointed it to Ye Yiyi.

"You see, once their blood vessels and other organs are transformed into metal, they will become completely silicon-based organisms."

“…” Ye Yiyi looked confused.

He suddenly realized that he should not get bogged down in this alien world with his meager knowledge of biology.

This may sound like nonsense, so just take it seriously.

"I see. Thanks for clearing up the confusion."

He nodded, took the Ringblood Heart, and after thinking for a moment, asked, "Alice, do you know the Puppet Master?"

"Puppeteer? You mean those guys who try to imitate the Skill Slaves?"

"Imitating a skilled servant?" Ye Yiyi frowned.

He suddenly thought of Andrew, the master craftsman who made slim human figures.

Alice had completely forgotten her previous embarrassment at this moment. After thinking carefully, she gave an answer.