Chapter 211: Chapter 144: Submerged Land Level Carnival (Part 3)

Iz’s magic activated, sealing the other creature—a being covered in countless ox faces—on the far side of the barrier.

The sound of heavy impacts rang out—BAM, BAM, BAM, BAM, BAM!—but the creature failed to breach the luminous barrier’s Seal in the slightest.

The group had no intention of dealing with that one.

If they actually killed it, this Dungeon would be completely finished.

They wanted to keep the Dungeon around for grinding.

"This plant-like Demon... its roots, stems, and leaves are all very useful. And its teeth, as well."

"A Submerged Land Level Demon... its entire body is truly a treasure trove."

More importantly, its immense size...

Combined with its incredible physical toughness, this meant the creature was truly valuable.

’I wonder how many pieces of excellent Cloth Armor could be made from this...’

Chi Cheng estimated that it was easily worth several billion, but the real question was... would the merchant guilds even be willing to buy it?

In truth, Demons at this level were beyond the measure of ordinary currency. There was a limit to what money could buy, no matter how much of it you had.

Besides, the merchant guilds would probably be reluctant to purchase it.

The biggest problem was recouping the cost.

The customer base was simply too small.

There weren’t many Level 5 Adventurers on the entire continent to begin with. Even with a generous count, including every traveler and recluse, there were likely fewer than two hundred in total.

Moreover, even a Level 5 Adventurer might not have assets in the tens of millions...

Even if these guilds spent billions to buy the corpse of this Submerged Land Level Demon, how could they ever make their money back? Who could afford it? Who would they even sell the finished products to?

Or would they have to sell products made from a Submerged Land Level Demon at a steep discount?

That was also plausible. With such a massive corpse, it wasn’t as if they had to make only premium items.

Chi Cheng’s mind raced for a moment until his brain felt like it was overheating.

’Forget it. Why am I worrying about the merchants’ problems?’

’None of this is my concern.’

’Once our group takes the materials we need, we’ll just bring the rest of the corpse back and ask if they’ll take it. Simple as that.’

It wasn’t that Chi Cheng never thought things through. On the contrary, he often pondered matters quite seriously.

The most essential parts of the Demon were removed. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

Its toughest leaves, as well as some of the seeds contained within.

These seeds were claimed by Kumironi.

As for the rest, after everyone took a small portion for themselves, the remainder was all given to Chi Cheng to pack away.

No one knew just how large a Spatial Bag Chi Cheng, as a Gatherer, was equipped with.

To think it could hold such a massive corpse.

Even though it had been sliced and stacked to greatly compress its volume, it was still immense.

After they were done, the group exited the Dungeon once more. Lu Cang then proceeded to increase his Sacrifice.

’Was two hundred thousand still too few?’

’Judging by their strength, they can clearly handle more than one Submerged Land Level Demon with ease.’

’I’ll sacrifice a million souls, then.’

With that thought, Lu Cang continued to infuse more souls into the Dungeon.

The spectacle of one million souls was immense.

The souls howled through the darkening night, mixed with the white snow, creating a terrifying vista.

The phantoms of the souls could even be seen from far in the distance.

It looked as if some mysterious, unspeakable, evil Ritual was being performed here—one that required the Sacrifice of a massive number of souls.

Kumironi’s feelings, too, were anything but simple.

He was a High Priest of the Life Church, yet here he was, an accomplice to a Death Priest.

At that very moment, the Death Priest was openly and brazenly sacrificing souls right before his eyes, all to raise the Dungeon’s disaster level.

And the only thing he was supposed to do...

...was cheer him on.

Kumironi sighed inwardly, unable to stop himself from praying silently.

’Sophia above, I have not betrayed the principles of life.’

One million souls. The Sacrifice was complete.

Lu Cang stared at the portal before him. It was now a deep, black vortex that seemed poised to suck in a person’s very soul. He couldn’t help but swallow hard.