The soul sensed that the ruler of the Sixth Nest Cave had been killed in an instant.

The once-arrogant soul immediately withered.

’What in the world is this being?’

’Why can it just... suck out the soul of anyone it meets in a single encounter? And with no way to resist!’

By now, Lu Cang and the others had drawn near the Skin and Bone Tower, and Chi Cheng had caught up with them.

This time, Lu Cang didn’t immediately reach out and touch it.

His Intuition told him it would be dangerous to touch.

Chi Cheng, however, went ahead and touched it. The moment he made contact, Lu Cang saw a dark radiance swirl around his palm.

But he paid it no mind, saying, "This thing really looks like that leathery fellow from before."

"These Demons are all so strange-looking... first a mirror, now a tower."

"It probably doesn’t need to be dismantled."

"Its entire body is very valuable."

From a distance, Kumironi was also seeing through the creature’s body structure. "If I’m not mistaken, this probably isn’t its most complete form."

"Its body is structured to allow for an additional transformation... plus, it still has a large number of unused souls inside. It must have other ways to transform."

’So there was a second and third phase?’

’Too bad it didn’t get to use any of its abilities before I instantly killed it.’

’If it had any intelligence, it must have died feeling incredibly frustrated.’

’Wait... was it really not intelligent?’

’After we entered this world, it didn’t attack us right away. It only showed up to stop us when we were talking about leaving.’

"Too bad. We didn’t get to see its true strength. We’ll never know if it was a Demon above the Submerged Land Level."

Chi Cheng took out a pure black bag with his right hand.

As soon as he opened the mouth of the bag, it swallowed the entire corpse.

This bag was specifically for sealing Curses and could prevent them from leaking out. The Curse on this corpse was too powerful to be held in an ordinary storage container.

Lu Cang himself didn’t have a storage container that could suppress Curses.

Such a rare item wasn’t a matter of price, but of whether you could even find one for sale.

Chi Cheng said, "Let’s clear out the remaining Submerged Land Level Demons."

"It’s a shame... we couldn’t farm a few more waves."

Next, Chi Cheng, Iz, and the others went around hunting down and killing the Submerged Land Level Demons.

For them, dealing with Tier Six Submerged Land Level Demons—creatures ordinary people would flee from—was a trivial matter.

’Maybe it really is a shame we couldn’t keep farming.’

...

It was already late at night by the time they emerged from the Dungeon.

The wilderness at night was pitch-black and cold.

Lu Cang estimated that the temperature was around minus fifty degrees.

Using Lu Luwei’s Perception, he looked into the distance.

The battle between Lorren and Ruijia had already ended. The ground was littered with the bodies of Lorren’s soldiers, and their surviving comrades had been taken to the military camp as prisoners of war.

’Looks like they lost.’

Lu Cang gave it a single glance before looking away.

After being cleared out, the Dungeon rapidly sealed itself shut as the group departed, eventually vanishing completely.

"Eleven Submerged Land Level Demons and one so-called ruler of the Sixth Nest Cave..."

"What an incredible haul!"

Chi Cheng patted Lu Cang’s back, showing none of the regret he had before.

"Buddy, if it weren’t for you, we probably would’ve only gotten one Submerged Land Level Demon to whet our appetites!"

*PFFT—COUGH COUGH—*

’Chi Cheng, could you please control your strength when you pat people?’

’Even a Level 2 Warrior like me can’t handle it.’

"I’m just glad I could help."

’Two from the Cave of Desperate Wails, one used for the Sacrifice, and finally, in that wide-open, seemingly endless space, we found a total of eight Submerged Land Level Demons, one of which was the Nest ruler I killed instantly.’

’I wonder how big of an impact that will have?’

’But among the Submerged Land Level Demons we hunted later, I finally found suitable materials to upgrade my Spiritual Star Ring Staff.’

If he could choose in the future, Lu Cang would still prefer more Dungeons of the [Evil’s Nest] type.

They had plenty of soul-types.

’As for the Insect Nest, Sky Nest, or Growth Nest... forget it. They don’t sound like Nests where souls are the main theme.’

’When you have an ability that hard-counters an enemy, you have to take full advantage of it.’

"Go back?"

"Yeah, let’s go back."

Not much time had actually passed. Everyone was incredibly fast.

They hadn’t struggled at all while killing the Submerged Land Level Demons.

Actually... calling it a struggle would be wrong. It was more like a series of instant kills. For the most part, when Chi Cheng and Iz killed Submerged Land Level Demons, it was practically instantaneous.

’I wonder how Feize would have done?’

She was one of the few Level 6 Reincarnators with a Battle Profession that Lu Cang knew.

’As for the others, like Pari and Ai Jin...’

’They clearly have no combat ability, so never mind them.’

...

「Kernoya」

Having returned with a massive haul, the group decided to head to Iz’s mansion to divide the spoils.

This was Lu Cang’s first time visiting Iz’s home.

’Wait a minute...’

’So this is your house?’

’On my first day in Kernoya, I spent the afternoon wandering around, visiting the White Tower, the Astronomical Observatory, and the Grand Library.’

’While crossing the Celestial Passage Bridge back then, I saw that magnificent, azure, palace-like building several times.’

’I thought it was some kind of special public facility.’

’I can’t believe it’s actually Iz’s home.’

’I thought my own place was luxurious enough, but compared to this, it’s nothing.’

’Iz, you’re far more extravagant than the average person.’

The enormous palace even had an exceptionally spacious rear garden.