However, this type of monster was simply too rare. Normally, it would only respawn after a player had mined for a long time. If others were to find out that the two of them had encountered one on their way here, they would definitely be ridiculed for being lucky.
The Golden Lizard wasn't an ordinary soft-bodied lizard. Instead, it was a type of ore monster. Its entire body was composed of gold ore, but it had the appearance of a lizard. This was why it was called the Golden Lizard.
"A ore monster. What a pity." Chen Mo couldn't help but sigh when he saw the Golden Lizard.
He knew how to concoct Rock Corrosion Potions. If he had concocted a few bottles earlier, they would have come in handy.
Unfortunately, ever since he learned the formula, he had never tried to concoct a single bottle of rock corroding agent.
Thinking about it carefully, the Grandmaster Alchemy skill was truly a waste on him.
Chen Mo deeply reflected on his wasteful actions. He decided that once he returned, he would properly level up and concoct some rare potions for later use.
He knew both the Grandmaster Alchemy skill and Blood Refining. It would be a waste if he didn't concoct some good stuff. Even if he couldn't use them, he could sell them. Right now, he was practically a pauper with only a few dozen gold coins on him.
This Golden Lizard was quite large. Its body was over three meters long, its tail was also over three meters long, and its total length was nearly seven meters.
"Be careful." Chen Mo warned the little Warrior.
The little Warrior was only Level 22, while the Golden Lizard was Level 27. If the Golden Lizard attacked, the little Warrior would receive significant damage. If the Golden Lizard went berserk, the little Warrior would be in danger of dying.
She was the main force of the mining team. Chen Mo naturally wouldn't let her die.
The little Warrior also knew his own combat strength. Naturally, he wouldn't put on a brave front. He obediently retreated to the side.
In reality, she had the Quest Madman title. Originally, even if she constantly did quests, her level wouldn't be too low. However, those mining quests took too long, so she couldn't fully utilize the Quest Madman title. Otherwise, her level would definitely be higher than Level 22.
Chen Mo had already summoned Ceci Hailow to fight. Ceci Hailow stepped forward to pull aggro, while Chen Mo used his crossbow to attack. Poison damage was very effective against rock-type monsters.
The Golden Lizard did not have many skills, mainly two. One was Trample, and the other was Tail Sweep. Both skills were AoE skills.
The [Tail Sweep] skill was easy to distinguish. Chen Mo attacked near the Golden Lizard's head. When the Golden Lizard's tail swept over, it had to make a big circle. Chen Mo could easily dodge it.
However, Chen Mo didn't know about Trample at first, so he suffered a small loss. The shockwave from the Golden Lizard's Trample hit him, causing his body to sink and decrease in speed. Then, the Golden Lizard charged at him.
Chen Mo was unable to dodge the Golden Lizard's attack. The Golden Lizard rammed into him, causing him to lose over 1,000 HP.
However, after suffering this loss, the Golden Lizard would not have the chance to hit Chen Mo again.
Together with Ceci Hailow, Chen Mo spent two minutes to kill the Golden Lizard.
Rock-type monsters were famous for their high defense and long HP. The Golden Lizard was an even stronger version. For Chen Mo to be able to kill it in two minutes, his damage output was already very high.
System Notification: You have obtained a piece of "Black Gold Ore"!
After killing the Golden Lizard, a system notification appeared. Chen Mo's heart skipped a beat. He knew that the Plunder talent, which had not been used for a long time, had taken effect.
Chen Mo also felt ashamed of the Plunder talent. He had killed too few monsters. He felt that it was a waste to learn this talent.
However, Chen Mo did not regret learning this talent.
Although it was rarely useful, as long as it was useful, it would be useful!
Just like now, after killing the Golden Lizard, he obtained a piece of Black Gold Ore. No matter how he looked at it, this Black Gold Ore was quite valuable!
Chen Mo looked at the Black Gold Ore that appeared in his backpack.
Black Gold Ore: Rare Ore, Value: 20 La.
Tradable between teammates. Drops upon death.
"Hehe, quite a few ores dropped!"
On the other side, after the Golden Lizard died, it dropped a few ores. The little Warrior quickly ran over and happily picked them up.
There were a total of four ores. One gold ore, one iron ore, one copper ore, and one silver ore.
Among them, the iron ore was worth the least, only 1 La. The copper ore was worth 3 La, the silver ore was worth 5 La, and the gold ore was worth 10 La.
La was the unit of value set by the island's NPCs for these ores.
In addition to the Black Gold Ore that Chen Mo had plundered, the value of the ores that Chen Mo and the little Warrior had reached 39 La!
"F * ck!
Where did these two guys come from? How did they get first place so quickly? "
"39 La?
The quest has just started. How did they do it? "
"Hey, isn't that the little Warrior who was first place last time?"
"Hehe, the one who teamed up with the little Warrior is that guy with the black name!"
After obtaining 39 La worth of ores in one fell swoop, Chen Mo and the little Warrior's ranking immediately rose to first place. The second place only had 17 La, more than double the difference.
The two's sudden rise in ranking immediately attracted the attention of many players. After seeing the little Warrior and Chen Mo, many people sneered.
"These two guys are a bit too much, aren't they?"
Fatty Luo was even more shocked when he saw the ranking.
"Big Brother, we have to be careful. Someone might come to kill us for ores," the little Warrior said worriedly when she saw the two rise to first place right from the start.
Last time, Polar Light took her to do a mining quest and rose to first place in the end. In the end, there were still people who wanted to kill them for ores. Fortunately, Polar Light was prepared and didn't let those people succeed.
"Don't worry. As long as there aren't too many people, it won't be a problem."
Chen Mo nodded. Most of the people who came here were in one team. If it was just one team, he wasn't afraid at all. If there were two or more teams, he could also let Ceci Hailow cover the rear while he and the little Warrior escaped.
However, Chen Mo also discovered that this quest simply wanted players to kill each other.
All the ores produced here could only be traded between teammates. Moreover, after entering the Nine-Headed Mine, the teammates could no longer be changed. They couldn't leave the team, nor could they join another team.
Under such a setting, all the ores would drop after a player died. This was simply asking players to kill each other.
However, as the little Warrior said, there weren't many people who killed and robbed others of their ores in the Nine-Headed Mine.
In the Nine-Headed Mine, as long as one player was killed maliciously, the killer's name would become red. In the entire team, as long as three people were killed maliciously, all the team members would become red.
Players who became red were often killed by other players before they could find Igna to exchange for their rewards.
When a red name was killed, the items in their backpacks would all drop. Not only the ores, but also the items they brought with them.
Players who weren't very strong in their own team wouldn't easily take risks in the Nine-Headed Mine.
Of course, there were always people who didn't believe in heresy. Moreover, some people left the Nine-Headed Mine early after their names became red, so they might not be killed.
Chen Mo wasn't afraid of people who came specifically to kill him. However, Chen Mo knew that when he finally went out to exchange for his rewards, he was afraid that he would be in trouble.
Previously at the entrance of the valley, from time to time, people were already looking at him with ill intentions. They were probably waiting for him to come out of the mine and kill him to get the ores.
The two of them continued to go deeper. After walking for another ten minutes, Chen Mo and the little Warrior stopped in front of a dark gray mine wall.
In front of this mine wall, there was a large group of ores monsters. According to the little Warrior, there were many good ores to be found here!
"Go to a place further away to mine. You can come back after I've cleared the monsters."
Chen Mo said. The little Warrior nodded and walked to the side. He took out a silver, dark red mining hoe and began to mine skillfully.
Chen Mo and Ceci Hailow began to clear the monsters. These normal ores monsters weren't weak. Their only weakness was that their movement speed was slow, but their defense was high and their attack power was strong.
After Chen Mo tried to fight with an ores monster, he decided to pull the surrounding ores monsters and kill them together. Killing them one by one was too slow!
Hurricane, Blast Trap, Whirlpool Trap … After a few skills, the group of monsters lost more than 10,000 HP.
These monsters had a total of 100,000 HP, which wasn't too much. Chen Mo estimated that it would take more than ten minutes to kill them all.
These monsters had slow movement speed. Chen Mo and Ceci Hailow killed them while kiting them. When the area of effect skills were ready, they would use them.
About twelve minutes later, a total of forty monsters were all killed by Chen Mo and Ceci Hailow.
As for the little Warrior, she had already moved to the area with the most monsters after Chen Mo had firmly pulled the aggro of the monsters. She began to mine like crazy.
After ten minutes of mining, the little Warrior's backpack had an additional eleven ores.
Six Black Iron Ores, four Silver Ores, and one Gold Ore. Among them, the Black Iron Ores were worth four Celes. In ten minutes, the little Warrior had dug up 54 Celes worth of ores!
However, this wasn't the sum of the ores that the two of them had gained in ten minutes!
Chen Mo's Plunder skill took effect again. He had plundered two Gold Ores from the forty monsters!
In total, the two of them had a total value of 113 Celes. They were firmly in first place on the leaderboard!
The person in second place only had 35 Celes worth of ores. It wasn't even a third of what the two of them had!
Moreover, the other party had a party of six, while they only had two!
Seeing how fierce the two of them were, the players in the Nine Head Mining Area all sucked in a breath of cold air.
It had only been forty minutes since the start of the quest. After deducting the travel time, the actual quest had only started less than twenty minutes.
They had already obtained such valuable ores in twenty minutes. At the end of the six hours, they would definitely break the record!
"Haha, the more ores this guy has, the better!
The more ores he has, the more valuable it will be to kill him! "
As for Chen Mo, the black-named player, he had already been seen as a delicious cake by many parties.
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The third update. There would be another update.