Chapter 10

Although he didn't delve deeply into it, Jiang Heng knew that Arcane Constructors were truly powerful. However, their biggest drawback was the complexity of constructing skills, as they couldn't learn skills directly.

Even if they obtained skills from other Arcane Constructors, they had to completely change them and construct their own based on their own circumstances. One could say that each skill was their exclusive skill.

The power was formidable, but this was something that ordinary people couldn't practice.

If it weren't for his innate skill, Master Constructor, and his boundless knowledge compensating for this, he wouldn't have been able to become much stronger. But with his innate abilities, he could definitely become a powerful mage.

Jiang Heng was very happy inside, but he tried not to show it on the surface.

To others, Jiang Heng seemed too excited and couldn't control himself, so it still showed.

"Yes, after years of research, finally completing a skill, how could one not be happy?" Justin muttered to himself, deep in thought.

Just two days after completing the skill, Liu Wen found the target valley.

"We've found the place, follow us."

"Is it definitely Ash Valley, not some other valley?"

"I'm sure it's Ash Valley, look at this." Liu Wen took out a bag, which contained some grass.

"It's just some grass, it doesn't look strange at all." A knight leaned in, looking puzzled. At this moment, the others also gathered around.

Jiang Heng looked at the grass and said, "There seem to be some strange patterns on it."

Justin nodded slightly, "That's right, it's the grass from Ash Valley. Ash Valley was once bathed in dragon blood, a place where a black dragon was injured, so the plants here have dragon blood patterns, which are not found elsewhere."

There was such a story. Upon closer inspection, the patterns did indeed resemble blood.

Justin picked up a handful and sniffed it carefully, "It has a faint, fresh scent. Let's go, we should head there now and complete the task, taking the Dragon Blood Orchid back."

"Wait a moment, there's still one issue."

"What is it? Do you want to increase the reward?"

Liu Wen waved his hands, "No, no, we agreed on the amount."

Liu Wen didn't want any problems with his mission. They were different from the people of this world; what use did they have for rewards? World Crystals were more suitable, and other things wouldn't be of any use to them.

"I was thinking, Ash Valley is guarded by many monsters. If we go in unprepared, we might be attacked."

"Monsters? You mean the Ash Guardians, right? We know a bit about them. Those things can't leave the valley; we have to fight our way in to get what we need."

"That's right, when they discovered us before, they only chased us to the valley entrance and didn't follow us out." One of Liu Wen's subordinates quickly added.

Liu Wen nodded, "Since you're prepared, let's set off."

The group immediately gathered the others and headed towards Ash Valley. When they arrived, Jiang Heng finally understood why they hadn't found the place before.

Traditionally, valleys are in the middle of mountains, but this one was clearly underground. The protrusion on the ground was less than a hundred meters, like a slightly higher mound.

However, the deeper you went, the deeper it became. It was probably at least a thousand meters deep.

Fortunately, the path down was relatively flat, so they could walk straight down.

Jiang Heng also noticed that the grass and trees around the valley had some faint patterns, just like the ones Liu Wen had brought back. The deeper they went, the more of these patterns there were.

"Where are the Ash Guardians?" a knight asked.

Liu Wen didn't waste time, picking up a stone and throwing it down.

The stone hit the ground with a dull thud. At that moment, some unusual things appeared. Strange creatures emerged from the bushes or burrowed out of the ground.

These creatures weren't very tall, at least not as tall as a normal person, but their bodies looked as if they had been doused in concentrated sulfuric acid, pitted and as if melting.

They looked like they were ready for a biohazard crisis without any makeup.

However, despite their appearance of being on the verge of death, they were actually quite fast and agile. Noticing the people outside the valley, some of the closer ones approached.

However, these monsters couldn't leave the valley; they could only howl at them from the entrance.

"These things are highly toxic. They don't have blood, but they have toxic fluids that are highly corrosive, so be careful. Their only weak points are their heads and hearts; attacking other parts won't have much effect."

As he spoke, Liu Wen took out his crossbow and shot at the Ash Guardians.

Sure enough, the arrows hitting non-critical areas had no effect on the monsters. Instead, the arrows themselves began to smoke from the corrosion. The strange-colored fluids dripping from the monsters made the ground smoke.

The plants that came into contact with these fluids quickly turned yellow and withered.

Two arrows hit the heads and chests of two Ash Guardians, and these two finally fell. The one hit in the head lay motionless on the ground.

The one hit in the heart struggled on the ground for a while, then stopped moving after a large amount of toxic fluid flowed out.

It seemed that the toxic fluid was a form of blood for the monsters, just different from that of normal people.

"Their movement speed is relatively slow, but we need to eliminate them from a distance. If there are too many, our armor will be corroded."

"I'll try with my Magic Wolf." Jiang Heng let his Magic Wolf charge out.

The Magic Wolf's claws and teeth could easily tear the monsters apart. These monsters looked terrifying, but they weren't very strong, at least none of the ones in front of them were second-tier.

The toxic fluid had no effect on the Magic Wolf, but the corrosive ability did consume some magic power. It seemed that his Magic Wolf had a natural advantage. As the Magic Wolf hunted, his upgrade energy also increased.