Published: January 31, 2025
Even the body of a Grade 2 mutated creature could not stop the sharp white knife.
The knife's tip pierced directly into the throat of the large lizard. Ye Zhongming twisted the blade with force, cutting the wound open, causing a large amount of blood to spray out and filling the air with a strong smell of blood.
Just moments ago, the earth yellow pill had sneaked out from the side and bitten the lizard's tail, rendering it less agile, which allowed Ye Zhongming to land a fatal blow to its throat.
This large dog surprisingly knew how to cooperate with Ye Zhongming, displaying an extraordinary level of intelligence.
Ye Zhongming withdrew the knife and temporarily distanced himself from the dying lizard.
The life force of mutated creatures is remarkably resilient; even with a critical wound to its throat, it did not die immediately. Instead, it became violently enraged, trying to turn and bite the earth yellow pill that had grabbed its tail.
But the earth yellow pill was cunning; it held onto the lizard's tail and played a game of hide-and-seek. When the lizard turned left, it ran right; when the lizard turned right, it ran left. The large lizard swayed from side to side, and beneath it, the pool of blood formed a small lake. Gradually, it lost strength, let out a wail, swayed a bit, and collapsed onto the ground, completely limp, on the verge of death.
Only then did Ye Zhongming approach. After glancing at the large lizard, he stabbed a knife into its eye and quickly dug out the Grade 2 Magic Crystal.
In his previous life, this type of monster, mutated from lizards, was called the blood tongue lizard. It had tough skin and thick flesh, was agile in movement, and particularly had a long tongue in its mouth capable of extending several meters to attack enemies, exerting tremendous power. The tongue was covered in flesh spikes, capable of tearing flesh from the human body, making them quite troublesome.
The weakness of the blood tongue lizard lay in the soft parts under its jaw and belly; only experienced survivors could accurately identify these weaknesses and attack them.
Ye Zhongming happened to be an excellent hunter in his previous life.
After digging out the magic crystal, Ye Zhongming did not spare the blood tongue lizard's corpse. He first cut off its sharp claws from its limbs and then extracted its famous long tongue. These were all valuable materials, and the tongue was even considered a delicacy, enhancing human physique when consumed.
While doing this, the glorious artisan's gathering and refining skill activated automatically, giving Ye Zhongming continuous prompts indicating increased proficiency.
Ye Zhongming was taken aback; it seemed that the gathering and refining skill was somewhat like a passive skill. As long as he gathered and refined materials, proficiency would increase without needing to activate it separately.
Moreover, Ye Zhongming discovered that materials collected through the gathering and refining skill would be processed directly. For example, the twenty claws from the blood tongue lizard's limbs and the long tongue, once collected, no longer appeared bloody but turned dry and complete, even devoid of any smell of blood, making them ready for enchanting and forging.
He already knew that the glorious artisan was a favorable secondary profession, but this situation still left Ye Zhongming in awe.
Indeed, this profession upgrade was quite challenging, but it was truly powerful!
However, Ye Zhongming also discovered a disadvantage of this profession: regardless of which profession skill was used, it consumed a considerable amount of mental power.
In the apocalypse, acquiring a profession would activate the mental power mode; using professional skills would consume mental power. If mental power was depleted, professional skills could not be used.
To replenish mental power, there are generally three ways. The first is to restore it naturally over time, with the speed of recovery varying from person to person. Those with higher evolution levels recover faster, while some special skills also expedite recovery; conversely, the same applies.