Ch. 165 - Retrieve the spear
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Yang Yi slid down the flesh pillar but soon noticed something was wrong with his body and quickly retracted his right claw.
After absorbing a large amount of fresh water, he recovered somewhat, but the blood beads seeping from the armour on his right arm dried up instantly, and his entire right hand thinned dramatically, as if a straw had been jabbed into it and took a hard suck.
【Moisture in your right arm has been siphoned. -7 HP.】
He noticed the warning in his activity log.
As for what had done the siphoning, there was no need to guess. It was the Salt Wedge, 20 metres below.
His original plan was to climb down and drive the Salt Wedge into the corrupted whale’s core to finish it off for good. But the weapon turned out to be even more dangerous than expected. Just getting close to it caused his body fluids to be forcibly drained. No wonder it had to be sealed in a crystal container under strict protection.
Yang Yi paused to check how much fresh water he had left in his ring — 327 litres. He had used too much on the way.
After all, when the air chamber contracted, the salt inside would get whipped around by the airflow. Even with a shield, it was inevitable that some moisture would be stolen away by the flying salt.
It meant he needed to finish this quickly. If he could avoid triggering Refuse to Die, all the better. As long as he minimised contact time, the damage would be reduced accordingly.
Relying on the one-armed armour to climb up? Not realistic. In a cyclically chaotic environment, climbing was already an arduous task. By the time the armour made it up, Yang Yi would’ve long since run out of fresh water and turned into jerky.
Given all that, speed was the way to go, and he was confident in it. His agility stat was the highest, and he could further boost his burst power with Limb Enhancement on his legs.
He hydrated heavily, dodged another incoming storm, soaked himself in fresh water, and then took out the vial of mana-replenishing potion, and downed it in one go. It was like drinking a bottle of foul, slimy seaweed, with fibrous clumps clinging to his mouth.
【You drank an unknown magic potion.】