Two surges of power once again spread from his arms to the rest of his body.
Li Xiuman clenched his arms, enduring the pain.
The increase in Constitution had indeed greatly boosted his endurance.
Or perhaps it was because there was barely any time between his two level-ups, allowing him to grow accustomed to the pain.
[Ding! Constitution +1, Strength +1]
As the two energies subsided, Li Xiuman allocated his newly gained Free Stat Point to Spirit. After taking a moment to adjust to his strengthened body, he walked toward the dead Ore Wolf.
He raised his wand and tapped the Ore Wolf's neck.
Instantly, the rock spear impaling the Ore Wolf dissolved into particles of light and vanished.
When using the Rock Spear earlier, Li Xiuman had intentionally avoided vital areas like the Ore Wolf's chest and head.
His primary goal was to preserve the integrity of the Ore Wolf's carcass.
However, the Ore Wolf's massive carcass was indeed a bit difficult to carry around.
He would probably have to dismantle it and only bring along a few key parts.
Li Xiuman clenched his skeleton sword, cut open the Ore Wolf's chest, and located a silver polyhedron.
This was likely the Ore Wolf's core, and also the most valuable item on its body.
Most of the secrets regarding Golems within the entire Ore Wolf were contained within this tiny core.
Li Xiuman placed the core into a box, carefully storing it inside his storage space.
Once he thoroughly researched this core, his [Golem] skill level would definitely receive a massive boost.
When that happened, the feedback from the skill upgrade would also enhance his memory and comprehension.
Abilities like memory and comprehension were not limited only to Golems.
By extension, this would directly improve his magical memory and comprehension as well, which would give his [Magic Analysis] a chance to level up.
He was thinking too far ahead.
He was like a pure, innocent virgin who had just started dating; merely holding hands already had him thinking of names for their children.
Li Xiuman then turned his gaze back to the remaining parts of the Golem.
Aside from the core, the rest of its body consisted of naturally refined molten ore.
Although its value fell far short of the Ore Golem's core, it was still highly expensive.
“It's too big. Do I really have to discard a portion? It hurts my soul.”
Just the thought of leaving a part behind made Li Xiuman's heart bleed with pain.
He decided he would find a place to bury the leftover pieces later and see if he could find an opportunity to haul them out in the future.
Li Xiuman continued to carefully dismantle the remaining limbs.
In the end, he decided to bring along the Ore Beast's entire head and its complete spine.
These two parts possessed immense research value.
That core was like a magic model; with Li Xiuman's current level of knowledge, it was highly difficult to comprehend.
Therefore, blindly focusing on researching the Ore Beast's core wasn't a good idea and would only do more harm than good.
On the other hand, the Golem knowledge embedded within these two parts would be well within his grasp once he disassembled and studied them.
Once his Golem proficiency leveled up, he would stand a much better chance of successfully researching the Ore Beast's core.
Tying the disassembled spine and skull onto his back, Li Xiuman returned to the depths of the mine.
Aside from the Ore Beast, the main attraction was still waiting for him.
The molten fine iron ore was merely an associated mineral. Li Xiuman could not wait to find out what kind of ore grew deep inside this mine to have birthed an Ore Beast in the first place.
Returning to the spot where he had encountered the Ore Beast, Li Xiuman held his shield in one hand and his wand in the other, cautiously drawing closer.
As he approached and rounded the corner of the stone wall, the mining cave ahead suddenly opened up.
Before Li Xiuman lay a massive karst cave.
Right in the center of the cave, a colossal stalactite hung down, radiating a searing red glow.
Around the center of the cave, the ground was covered in a thick layer of red ore.
Li Xiuman bent down and dug up a chunk of ore from the ground.
It seemed to be just ordinary molten fine iron ore, though its purity and Quality were exceptionally high...
How could that be? Was there only ordinary molten fine iron ore here?
Stashing the ore casually into his clothes, Li Xiuman moved closer to the center of the cave.
As he drew closer to the hanging stalactite, the surrounding temperature soared higher and higher.
When he finally stood close enough, Li Xiuman realized that this was no ordinary stalactite at all.
It was a single, gigantic piece of ore protruding from the ceiling of the cave.
It looked like a massive sword blade thrusting down from above.
“I've never seen this before. What kind of ore is this?”
Staring at the dangling, high-temperature ore before him, Li Xiuman felt a lack of knowledge for the very first time.
He had clearly thought he had read enough books.
During the quiet nights, he had often felt cursed with too much knowledge.
“With a chunk this big, I can't possibly fit it in my inventory either.”
Li Xiuman looked at the ore in front of him and tapped it with his wand.
A crisp ring echoed throughout the entire cave.
The color of the ore gradually shifted, its glow dimming slightly, before its outer layer began to flake off bit by bit.
Startled, Li Xiuman leaped back, warily watching the ore before him.
The peeling pieces of the ore crumbled like ordinary stone, disintegrating into dust.
As the outer layer fell away, the contents inside the ore were finally revealed.
They were bright red, regular cubes embedded within the central cylindrical ore bed.
“Cubes?”
“Red-Faceted Square Gold Ore?”
Red-Faceted Square Gold was a rare magical ore.
Typically growing in lava-zone dungeons, it was extremely rare and served as one of the crafting materials for high-tier magic items.
At the same time, it was also a material used to manufacture Red Dragon Alloy.
Red Dragon Alloy was an ultra-premium steel with a power no weaker than a red dragon's breath.
To put it simply, a small piece of this stuff was worth an entire house in White Bear City.
And before him lay a whole pile of it.
The flames within Li Xiuman's eye sockets flickered wildly.
He had been incredibly lucky lately, so much so that it was starting to make him feel bewildered.
Could this be Heaven's compensation for his miserable fate?
Otherwise, he would suspect that the heavens were being so nice to him just to trick his bag of bones into bed.
Li Xiuman drew his skeleton sword and carefully began mining the cylindrical ore bed in front of him.
As chunk after chunk of Red-Faceted Square Gold Ore was pried loose, the surrounding temperature grew colder and colder.
[Ding! Proficiency requirement met. Storage Lv.1 has upgraded to Storage Lv.2]
As Li Xiuman stuffed the freshly mined pieces of Red-Faceted Square Gold Ore into his storage space, a system pop-up appeared in front of him.
At the same time, he felt the special dimension opened up within his body expand significantly.
The previously cramped space instantly became spacious.
The original cubic space, which was only about 0.5 meters by 0.5 meters by 0.5 meters, had expanded by several meters.
He now had a capacity of about three cubic meters.
[Actively placing valuable items into your storage space will allow the skill to level up much faster!]
Now he knew how to upgrade this skill.
So, the more valuable the items placed inside, the easier it was to raise the skill level...
Rate on N.U.
