For a woman who only ever dealt with bows and arrows, this was an unprecedented experience.
So much so that she couldn't help but gaze at Cao Xing, momentarily lost in thought.
Cao Xing noticed that Renice's eyes seemed to have the same look Sarah had when she looked at him.
At that moment, Cao Xing seemed to realize something.
He quickly coughed twice to clear his throat and then ordered: "Let's move on to the next target, the Torch Temple!"
Renice also snapped back to reality, quickly returning to her usual combat stance.
For them, Renice's failure was just a small episode.
The team continued to advance.
It took about ten minutes to successfully reach the location of the [Torch Temple].
The situation here was much like the [Holy Sword Temple].
The [Advanced Magic Power Gate] had already been opened, and most of the coffins inside had been forcibly opened by the Soul-Devouring Monster.
Fortunately, a few dozen coffins remained unopened for Cao Xing.
They repeated their previous strategy.
Drawing out the Soul-Devouring Monsters wave by wave.
It took about half an hour to defeat all the monsters here.
Then, as usual, Cao Xing walked over and lifted the seals on all the coffins.
The undead within, upon Renice's explanation, understood the occurrences in the Underground Palace.
After thanking Cao Xing, they left the Torch Temple.
A system prompt appeared once more.
[Task progress has been updated.]
[Proceed to the Four Great Temples: Shield Temple, Holy Sword Temple, Torch Temple, task complete, current progress: 3/4]
Cao Xing nodded, "Very good, just one more temple left to complete the Four Great Temples task."
"And then, it's off to the Kasha Cathedral to see how powerful that legendary Demon is."
Meanwhile, his subordinates handed over various loot and funerary artifact bags to Cao Xing.
Cao Xing thus collected over thirty funerary artifact bags and two Soul-Devouring Monster souls.
One was the [Elite Soul of the Soul-Devouring Driller], and the other was the [Boss Level Soul of the Soul-Devouring Giant Power].
Cao Xing handed the Boss Level Soul to Renice, thinking to himself, "I can't believe it, a success rate of over 35%, plus a Luck Attribute of +10, and I still can't succeed?"
Renice solemnly accepted it and immediately absorbed it into her body.
The transformation from Elite to Boss required some time.
Cao Xing once again approached the statue in the temple center and found another Silver Treasure Chest.
He immediately clicked to open it.
[Successfully opened Silver Treasure Chest.]
[Obtained: Intermediate city wall construction blueprints]
[Obtained: Guardian Greatsword (Purple)*1]
[Obtained: Ice Armor Skill Book*1]
[Obtained: Medium Resource Pack*1]
[Obtained: Intermediate Elemental Crystal*2]
"Huh? Another piece of Purple Equipment, seems like my Luck Attribute +10 isn't added for nothing!"
Cao Xing laughed heartily, then examined the attributes of the Guardian Greatsword.
[Guardian Greatsword lv10 (Purple)]
[Attack Power: 68~75]
[Attached Effect①: Power +10, Constitution +5]
[Attached Effect②: Guardian (When using a block action, reduce damage and knockback effects by 20%)]
[Attached Effect③: Sweep (When swinging the greatsword, based on the comparison of power, cause a knockback effect to units with lower power than yours)]
(Equipment Introduction: The best defense is to knock all enemies away—Lieutenant Essam Kalahan.)