Killing these monsters didn't take much time, but collecting the spoils did.
Zhou Yan then took out the grill, charcoal, seasonings, and a dagger, preparing for a barbecue feast.
The main course was these blood scorpions.
"Roasted scorpions?" everyone looked at Zhou Yan speechlessly.
"If you don't like them roasted, you can boil them, stew them, or deep-fry them. How do you want to eat them?" Zhou Yan asked.
The women: (￣ー￣)(￣∠￣)ﾉ(ノ￣ー￣)ノノ(º_ºノ)
They definitely didn't want to eat these scorpions.
However, as Zhou Yan grilled the scorpions until they exuded a fragrant aroma, Sun Shangxiang was the first to break and started to devour them.
"So fragrant!"
Following Sun Shangxiang, Diao Chan and the others also began to taste them and found them surprisingly delicious.
"My physique attribute has increased," Zhen Mi said.
"Really? My strength has also increased," Diao Chan said.
"These scorpions are truly treasures; they can even increase attribute points." Sun Shangxiang also found that her attributes had increased.
Zhou Yan found that he hadn't gained anything. It was probably because his attributes were too high, and this flesh and blood couldn't improve them.
"These are Level 80 Diamond Bosses, and they've absorbed the essence of other monsters. It's understandable that they can increase attribute points," Zhou Yan said.
Monsters that could quickly increase attributes were very rare.
Only Bosses and similar monsters had this effect.
As for the extent of attribute increase, it depended on the monster's essence, as well as its level, quality, and type.
They had eaten the flesh and blood of many Bosses before, but the attributes gained weren't significant. However, these blood scorpions, except for Zhou Yan, significantly increased everyone else's attributes.
Each person gained about six attribute points, which was quite remarkable.
Ten soldiers also arrived quickly. After they had eaten, Zhou Yan looked at the other caves.
"Let's leave through one of the other cave entrances," Zhou Yan said, examining the other entrances and trying to decide which one was better.
"With so many cave entrances, who knows where they lead."
"It would be great if we could encounter more blood scorpions. These monsters are so dense, and we get a lot of items."
"This cave is quite large. How about we go through here?"
Diao Chan looked at Zhou Yan and pointed to one of the larger caves.
It didn't matter which cave they chose; they had no idea where any of them led.
"Then let's go through there."
They leaped up, jumped into the cave entrance, and ascended through it.
The cave was winding and very long. There were no monsters along the way, and they walked for a long time before reaching the end.
However, upon emerging, they found themselves in an oasis, which was beyond their expectations.
"There's a lake ahead," Diao Chan said, looking into the distance. The lake shimmered, and it was indeed a lake, not a mirage.
Finding a lake in the desert was not easy, and they all walked towards it.
However, they soon sensed that the lake was not safe and that great danger lurked within.
The monsters seemed to be waiting for prey to walk into their trap, hidden beneath the surface near the lake's edge.
"Let me see what kind of monsters they are!"
Sun Shangxiang picked up her spear and unleashed a skill towards the lake, sending a blast of energy into the water.
"Bang!"
Water splashed everywhere, rising in a shower of droplets. Suddenly, a monster's corpse appeared in the lake.
Then, the entire lake began to stir. Ripples appeared, and monsters from all directions rushed towards the dead one.
They began to fight over its corpse.
"These monsters even eat their own kind. It's disgusting."
This was the first time the women had encountered such monsters. It was rare to see monsters of the same species devour each other.
As some monsters crawled ashore, they got a good look at them.
They were a group of monsters that looked like crocodiles and lizards, reptilian creatures with sharp teeth and long tongues. They had scales like fish on their backs that shimmered in the sunlight.
Zhou Yan clicked on the information of these monsters.
[Monster: Shui Luo Beast]
[Quality: Enhanced Elite]
[Race: Ferocious Beast]
[Level: 60]
[Special: Bite, Defense]
"Shui Luo Beast?"
The name was quite peculiar. They didn't look like lizards, yet they had lizard-like features. They didn't look like crocodiles, yet they had crocodile-like features. They seemed like a combination of the two.
They crawled out of the water and began to approach Zhou Yan and his group.
These monsters were quite large, each about a meter tall and over ten meters long, with particularly long tails.
"Let's see what these monsters can drop."
Sun Shangxiang attacked again, charging forward with extreme speed. She thrust her spear, piercing the jaw of a monster and killing it.
Soul coins and two other items dropped on the ground.
Sun Shangxiang quickly picked them up and retreated to Zhou Yan, saying, "These are the items that dropped."
Zhou Yan picked them up and nodded, saying, "Besides soul coins, there's also a water attribute crystal core and a water demon crystal."
Although he didn't know the purpose of the water demon crystal, it was certainly not ordinary. He put it away for now.
The Storm Secret Realm had not disappointed him; the monsters here could indeed drop good items.
And this place was so vast; he didn't know how many more monsters awaited their exploration.
The soldiers stepped forward and began to kill these monsters.
With their strength, even facing Level 60 Diamond Bosses wouldn't be a problem.
After all, their innate quality was above S-class, and their own levels were around 55.
They also had a set of diamond-quality equipment and had learned various powerful skills from the [Treasure Vault], so their strength was naturally not weak.
The monsters were rather scattered, making them unsuitable for area-of-effect spells. Zhen Mi began to use smaller-scale spells. Even so, the rate of killing monsters was not slow; one by one, the monsters were frozen into ice sculptures by her.
Zhou Yan took out his Dragon Soul Spear and, with a series of phantoms flashing by, weaved through the monsters. He killed each monster with a single spear thrust. In a short period, he had killed dozens of them.
In just ten minutes, the monsters began to retreat, all of them returning to the lake and no longer appearing.
Hundreds of monster corpses were left on the shore.
Their strength had intimidated these monsters.
Zhou Yan didn't mind and ordered his men to collect the spoils.