From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword-Chapter 34: The Ninth Bridge Tunnel, Revisiting Quenching Castle

Hundreds of eggs in the nest turned into experience in the flames, and the data notifications started to flood the screen.

"[Hunted Abyss Tide Worm juvenile, absorbed 1 point of Demon Energy.]"

"[Hunted Abyss Tide Worm juvenile, absorbed 1 point of Demon Energy.]"

Having absorbed a vast amount of Demon Energy, Lu Heng leveled up to 10 in one go, All Attributes +1, and the "Agile as a Dragon" Talent gave an additional +0.3 to Agility, bringing his Agility Attribute to 23 points.

Su Muyu's level also caught up, rising to 9.

The explosion at Dragon Bone Reef caught the attention of the dozen or so boats on the sea, and some started to approach.

Without waiting for the flames to die down, Lu Heng released a Shadow Clone to enter the flames and look for Demon Crystal Cores, "Use the scouting hawk to locate the Crystal Cores, once we grab the loot, let's go."

Su Muyu quickly commanded the scouting hawk to fly into the fire, searching for Demon Crystal Cores.

Under the intense heat of the flames, the scouting hawk quickly burned up.

However, with her enhanced Perception Ability, she quickly located three Demon Crystal Cores.

Another scouting hawk was released and managed to snatch two Demon Crystal Cores from the fire.

The last Demon Crystal Core was retrieved by Lu Heng controlling his Shadow Clone, prying open the chitinous shell of the queen worm with his sword.

After obtaining three Crystal Cores, the two hopped on a motorboat, activated the "Invisibility Veil," and passed by a yacht, vanishing into the distance.

...

Dozens of boats rushed toward Dragon Bone Reef, with two of them crashing into hidden rocks.

Scores of Superpower User teams landed on Dragon Bone Reef only to find a huge hole blasted into it and the charred remains of the Abyss queen worm near the entrance.

Each elite Power User, with a deep background, had a fluctuating expression.

That man who would later be called the "Storm Boxing King," Lei Jinhao, also landed on Dragon Bone Reef.

He was determined to obtain the queen worm's Crystal Core and, despite not having fully recovered from his wounds, he personally came to direct his men in the hunt.

After dumping several hundred deep-sea bombs, they got nothing.

An old man in his fifties, with a pipe in his mouth, walked up to the silver-haired man and said leisurely, "Lei Jinhao, looks like we've made a wedding dress for someone else this time."

The silver-haired man known as Lei Jinhao, with a sharp gaze, looked at his subordinates and asked, "Did anyone see who killed the queen worm in the end?"

One of the Superpower Users raised a hand and said, "I think I saw a man and a woman on Dragon Bone Reef earlier."

"A man and a woman?" Lei Jinhao's eyes narrowed slightly.

...

At this moment.

The man and woman mentioned by these people had already returned to the hotel.

"Time to divide the loot, divide the loot." Lu Heng took out all the gains and laid them out on the table.

Previously at Gardenia Beach, they had killed Abyss Tide Worms and obtained 3 Crystal Cores.

Of these, the "Prism Tower Shield" Crystal Core had already been used by Su Muyu.

The remaining two were "Corrosive Mucus" and a regular Crystal Core.

Tonight, after taking down the queen worm, they obtained another 3 Crystal Cores.

More accurately, two of them were flat, semi-transparent orange-red crystals.

Recognizing the color, Lu Heng roughly identified what they were, picked them up to check the data, and sure enough.

"[Quenching Essence: A material used for quenching; when used with the corresponding materials to quench weapons or equipment, it can enhance the power and grade of weapons or equipment.]"

Two pieces of Quenching Essence, the third was a Skill Crystal Core, "Wave Worm Shell".

"[Wave Worm Shell]"

"[Skill Level: C]"

"[Skill Consumption: 50 Source Energy/day (chitinous layer growth period)]"

"[Skill Effect: Generates a permanent chitinous layer on the body surface; once the chitinous layer reaches a certain thickness, it will harden into a shell, providing extremely strong defense.]"

How strong was the defense of this Skill Crystal Core?

You'd know from how the queen worm's shell could withstand deep-sea bombs.

However, the chitinous shell formed by this skill was permanent, unless cut off with a knife, otherwise, the bearer would always have a Wave Worm shell on their body.

This skill is quite unique. Judging solely by its effect, it is indeed a powerful skill, but due to some special reasons, it often doesn't fetch a high price.

After all, most people cannot accept their bodies being covered with Wave Worm Shells; it's just too ugly.

"This [Wave Worm Shell], you wouldn't want to learn it either, right?" Lu Heng gave Su Muyu a mischievous smile.

"Umm umm umm..." Su Muyu shook her head like a bobble-head doll, firmly refusing to learn such a bizarre skill.

"Then let's set aside these two Crystal Cores for now." Lu Heng placed the [Corrosive Mucus] and [Wave Worm Shell] aside.

Suddenly, Su Muyu revealed a playful smile, pointed at the [Wave Worm Shell] Crystal Core, and said, "You could learn this one. Maybe it would look cool."

"Hmm? You've learned to tease me now, huh?"

Lu Heng found her joking appearance quite endearing; he remembered how she never used to joke like this before. Back then, beneath her calm exterior, there was always a hint of sadness.

Su Muyu covered her mouth to stifle her laughter, having finally managed to tease him back.

After laughing for a while, she turned to the matter at hand and asked, "So how do we use these two pieces of Quenching Essence?"

"Do you remember Quenching Castle? Once we find the entrance to Quenching Castle, we can use these two essences to quench our weapons, enhancing their attributes." Lu Heng stored the two pieces of Quenching Essence in his inventory.

Su Muyu blinked in surprise and asked, "Are you saying that Quenching Castle is now on Blue Star?"

Lu Heng corrected her, "If Quenching Castle managed to break away from the Abyss World, it should now be within the cracks of the overlapping space between the two worlds."

"Should we go look for the entrance to Quenching Castle now?"

Su Muyu suddenly became eager to visit Quenching Castle; after all, they had worked together to help Quenching Castle escape from the Abyss, but it was unknown whether they had succeeded.

"We could go take a look, but I'm not sure if the entrance has appeared yet." Lu Heng remembered the Quenching Castle of his previous life. Its entrance was very secret and could not be found through ordinary means.

"Let's go then. That little dwarf Gulu, I wonder if he was successful." Su Muyu found the Quenching Master named Gulu quite interesting.

"Alright. Let's meet at eight tonight and go look for the entrance to Quenching Castle."

It was just the right time since they had obtained the Quenching Essence; they could try quenching their weapons to enhance their power.

...

Eight o'clock in the evening.

Su Muyu arrived on time for the meeting. Before coming, she had dressed up a bit, wearing new leather shoes and tying her hair into a half-up ponytail, adorned with a sky-blue headband.

"Where are we going?"

"Century Bridge, underpass number nine."

The night view of the beaches near Century Bridge was exceptionally beautiful.

The night market lights along the river embankments connected with the colorful outline lights on Century Bridge, creating a sea of neon.

Arriving in front of Coastal Century Bridge, Su Muyu blinked fiercely, counting three times over.

Whether counting from left to right or right to left, there were only eight underpasses at Coastal Century Bridge.

"One, two, three... eight. Didn't you say it was underpass number nine?" Su Muyu started to doubt her memory.

"It's underpass number nine." Lu Heng led her under Century Bridge.

As they walked to the base of the bridge, the light gradually dimmed.

Lu Heng pointed at the underside of the bridge and said, "Look around and see if you can find the ninth underpass."

Indeed, Coastal Century Bridge had only eight underpasses, each spanning more than a hundred meters, with the entire bridge stretching over a thousand meters in length.

After the arrival of the Abyss Plane, the spaces of the two worlds began to overlap.

The convergence of planes did not happen overnight but gradually, leading to spatial overlap.

The ninth underpass was created as a result of this spatial overlap.

However, one could not find the ninth underpass with the naked eye; it required a Superpower User with a strong Perception Skill to search for it.

Following Lu Heng's guidance, Su Muyu released her scout hawk, activated its Detecting Invisibility ability, and flew under the bridge to explore.

And then, something magical happened. A new underpass appeared under the bridge.

This underpass looked like a door, emitting a faint glow, leading to an unknown place.

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"I see it, it's amazing." Her tone was filled with wonder.

"Let's go, see if we can enter." Upon hearing that the ninth underpass had appeared, Lu Heng was also delighted.

With her eyes closed, relying on her scout hawk's vision, and holding Lu Heng's hand, Su Muyu walked into underpass number nine under Century Bridge.