pjbooks Chapter 31 First Steps into the Abyss: The Humiliation of the Reborn Empress
Chapter 31 First Steps into the Abyss: The Humiliation of the Reborn Empress
As Jiang Yuan was lost in thought, a wooden stick suddenly struck his leg.
I looked down.
Several green, pointed-eared creatures, about half a person's height, stood beside him, holding wooden sticks and making strange noises.
"×&%￥#@… (Damn humans)"
"%!$# … (Go to hell)"
Even without using his appraisal skill, Jiang Yuan recognized these monsters.
[Abyssal Beast]: Goblin.
[Grade]: Common.
[Level]: LV4.
[Skill]: Conceal your presence.
[Evaluation]: With tough skin and low attack power, this is a low-level and vicious abyssal creature that lives in dark underground lairs and likes to hide its presence to ambush sleeping or incapacitated enemies.
"They lurked nearby, thinking we were both badly injured, so they came to ambush us? What a despicable creature."
Jiang Yuan sneered.
"%!$# … (Go to hell)"
Several goblins, some wielding sticks and others daggers, screech as they attacked him.
"Experience offered to us should not be wasted."
With a thought, a black and red fire appeared in front of Jiang Yuan, and the surrounding temperature suddenly rose, causing the ice to melt rapidly.
Before the goblins could react, their bodies suddenly burst into flames like torches, burning to ashes in less than two seconds.
[Ding! You have killed a level 3 goblin. Experience +30]
[Ding! You have killed a level 4 goblin. Experience +40]
[Ding! You have killed a level 5 goblin. Experience +50]
[Ding! Your level has increased to LV6. All attributes +10. You have also gained +10 free attribute to allocate.]
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As night fell in the abyss, a blood moon appeared in the sky.
A bonfire stood out starkly against the dark earth, and under normal circumstances, it would undoubtedly attract all sorts of ferocious beasts.
Therefore, ordinary hunters dare not light campfires at night. Even if some guilds light campfires for lighting, they will arrange for guards or carry items containing the pressure of high-level ferocious beasts to prevent sudden attacks from them.
Or there is another way.
It means eliminating all the ferocious beasts in the vicinity, so you don't have to worry about them suddenly attacking you while you're eating or sleeping.
That's exactly what Jiang Yuan did, so the area around the campfire was filled with the corpses of all sorts of ferocious beasts.
After Jiang Yuan finished eating the nineteenth piece of roasted meat from the Tier 1 ferocious beast Iron-skinned Pig, Lin Qingyan suddenly opened her eyes and sat up from the ground.
"You're awake?"
With his mouth full of oil, Jiang Yuan reached for the twentieth piece of grilled meat.
Turning my head and seeing him, the memory of defeat resurfaced in my mind.
Lin Qingyan couldn't help but clench her teeth and fists, and a chill emanated from her body.
"Still want to play?"
Jiang Yuan ate his grilled pork ribs without looking up and said, "I advise you to take a break. If you continue to overexert yourself, your talent and innate abilities will be affected."
"...Hmph, don't think of me as just like those ordinary people."
As Lin Qingyan spoke, she used her first talent, and a healing halo appeared behind her, radiating a warm light that illuminated her entire body.
They quickly recovered to their peak condition.
But after recovery.
She did not choose to fight again.
Fighting again would only result in another defeat.
She checked her clothes, then looked at Jiang Yuan with the strange gaze one would give a prisoner: "You didn't do anything weird to me while I was unconscious, did you?"
"Don't talk nonsense, how could I be that kind of person?"
"I can tell whether I did it or not with just one look." Lin Qingyan pulled up her panel and opened the camera settings. "I turned on the camera before the battle. After I passed out, the camera only focused on myself."
Jiang Yuan almost choked.
"That was such a flashy move..."
You seem very nervous.
"H-How is that possible? Haha..."
When Lin Qingyan saw the scene of her falling into Jiang Yuan's arms after losing consciousness, an unnatural blush flashed across her face.
Jiang Yuan seized the opportunity to say, "You did it yourself, not me..."
"Shut up!" she snapped angrily.
Then see what happened next.
Lin Qingyan's exquisite face immediately darkened, and she looked at Jiang Yuan with a cold smile: "Is my face something to be laughed at?"
"Um...the hands...they feel pretty good."
Jiang Yuan awkwardly turned his head away.
"How dare you say that!"
Lin Qingyan was furious and embarrassed.
"Next time, next time I'll definitely kill you!!"
Let's look further ahead.
In the scene, Jiang Yuan carries Lin Qingyan on his back to kill the ferocious beast. With each movement and jump, Lin Qingyan on Jiang Yuan's back would briefly separate from him before pressing back together, especially around the chest.
The more Lin Qingyan looked, the more uncomfortable she felt in her chest, and her face couldn't help but turn red and hot.
This bastard, doesn't he know how to humble himself?
Aren't you afraid that your... you... area will get crushed?
"There's no other way. I'm afraid you'll get eaten by a ferocious beast if I don't take you with me..." Jiang Yuan explained.
"Don't talk to me! Shameless! Despicable! Unscrupulous!!"
Lin Qingyan sat cross-legged on the ground, huffing and puffing. She picked up a piece of grilled meat and started eating it without any regard for her image as a school beauty.
The thought of herself lying on his back made her feel a tightness in her chest, which explained her strong discomfort upon waking.
This defeat has been utterly humiliating!
That bastard.
I really shouldn't have gone with him!
After this meal, I'll part ways with him, the farther away the better!
But before that...
Lin Qingyan couldn't help but ask Jiang Yuan a question that had been bothering her for a long time.
"What exactly is your profession?"
Jiang Yuan, who was enjoying his meal, looked up and said quite naturally, "An assassin."
Lin Qingyan almost choked on her breath, her large chest heaving violently beneath her hooded jacket, causing Jiang Yuan to turn his gaze towards her.
"Do you think I'm stupid? There are assassins like that?"
Faced with the stunning school beauty's questioning, Jiang Yuan merely glanced at her and said indifferently:
"The loser has no right to ask questions."
Lin Qingyan was so angry that she was speechless, gritting her teeth and her chest heaving violently.
She turned her head, having made up her mind.
If I say another word to him, I'm not Empress Qingyan, I'm a dog!
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The two each chose a direction and left, parting on bad terms.
Jiang Yuan was also happy that he could kill monsters alone without worrying about someone stealing his experience.
Time flew by as he searched for monsters, killed them, and leveled up.
The third day after entering the abyss arrived quickly.
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