Universe Infinite Canteen

Even the Horseshoe Bamboo Shoot Chieftain, a 5-star ingredient, was also felled by the Blue Mini Drill with a single hit.

However, Ma Lu glanced at the Energy Storage Gem afterward and noticed that it had dimmed even more, nearly a quarter less bright than before.

This meant that if the Blue Mini Drill were used to capture 5-star Energized Plants, one gem could capture only 4 to 5 creatures.

As for the 6-star Energized Plants, Ma Lu had not tried, but he estimated that at most, he could capture only 1 or 2.

And as for creatures like the massive boss he encountered at Circle Mirror Lake, the Lake King·Giant Whale Lotus Root, Ma Lu did not know whether the Blue Mini Drill would still be effective, or how much so it would be.

After all, it had been over 300 years since the Pointy Hat had arrived, and he had probably just cultivated some ordinary Energized Plants here, so the Blue Mini Drill should have been sufficient for him.

After adding the Horseshoe Bamboo Shoot Chieftain to the Collection Bag, the original weight limit of 1100 pounds suddenly had nearly 500 pounds occupied, plus the previous 296 pounds of the Thousand-Faced Konjac and 39 pounds of Cucumber Skull Crusher, this left less than 300 pounds of capacity.

This won't do, from now on he had to choose smaller Energized Plants to capture, otherwise the Collection Bag would soon have no space left.

After initial trials, Ma Li was quite satisfied with the Blue Mini Drill he held in his hands, thinking the 14 Energy Storage Gems he had would last him a long time if he used them sparingly.

In fact, for the next more than 3 hours, unless a target matched his requirements perfectly, Ma Lu did not make a move and left it to Yun Que and other witches to handle.

Additionally, his luck was not bad as he found 4 more Meteorite Shards.

Ma Lu used these 4 Meteorite Shards to imprint the two pieces of Golden Equipment he had just acquired.

The Sage's Earring was imprinted three times, resulting in three additional effects: a 15% reduction in damage from long-range attacks; a 7% chance that summoning sorcery would double in effect; and a 20% increase in water attribute attack damage.

Only the Ouroboros Serpent in the team was a water attribute and had summoning sorcery, capable of summoning Water Elementals, fulfilling the second and third imprinting effects.

Thus, Ma Lu assigned the Sage's Earring to her, and the Ouroboros Serpent's face showed a touch of surprise as she saw the Sage's Earring Ma Lu handed to her.

Although she was also one of Ma Lu's witches, she was not a member of the initial trio and was recruited later, furthermore, her identity was quite special.

Aware of her own position, the Ouroboros Serpent was noncompetitive and ungreedy, and among the four witches, her equipment was the poorest.

She only had one blue and one purple piece of equipment on her hand, and she made no complaints about it; in fact, she was quite satisfied.

Put herself in Ma Lu's shoes, she would not have completely trusted an undercover agent from the Witch Alliance either.

Therefore, when she received the most valuable piece of Golden Equipment in the team, she was a bit stunned, especially when she saw the attributes and effects of the equipment; she was utterly astounded.

"This, this valuable piece of equipment, Sir Knight, are you sure you want to give it to me?"

"Um... because it is best suited for you."

However, the Ouroboros Serpent hesitated for a moment, her expression changing several times, but in the end, she did not take the earring and shook her head.

"I can't accept it."

"Oh… so, does this mean the Witch Alliance indeed has further actions planned? Let me guess, at the 230th anniversary celebration of the Holy Temple City's founding? That indeed is a good day, the Church will pull a lot of people for the preparations, and with the Shrike having just died, their vigilance must be at its lowest."

Ma Lu's words shocked the Ouroboros Serpent, as she hadn't expected the man before her to discern so much from a simple gesture of refusal.

However, Ma Lu did not retract his hand. Instead, he said, "Then you should take it even more; who knows, it might save your life one day."

The expression on Ouroboros Serpent's face was complex. She could have continued to lie, and she was accustomed to lying; that was how she had survived all these years in Holy Temple City, maintaining caution around everyone.

Yet, this time, she suddenly found that her prepared lies were somewhat difficult to utter. Of course, she did not reveal the plans of the Witch Alliance to others but simply said, "I... have thought of a way and won't implicate you all."

"As long as you're clear about what you're doing," Ma Lu responded.

"I will carry on the legacy of the Shrike, break the Ring of Order, and liberate the witches enslaved by the Church," the Ouroboros Serpent blurted out,

Pausing, she added, "After spending time together, I know that you and the others from the Sacred Order of Knights are different. If we succeed, I hope we can fight side by side again in the near future."

From the Ouroboros Serpent's words, it seemed that after the death of the Shrike, her position within the Witch Alliance had been elevated, and her influence had grown, to the extent that she even extended an invitation to Ma Lu in advance.

This was not without precedent; a president from a distant Eastern country who also came from an intelligence background inherited his predecessor's legacy and eventually succeeded to the position.

However, Ma Lu was not optimistic about the Ouroboros Serpent's next moves.

The reason was simple; the idealism was still too strong in Ouroboros Serpent, and such people often become mere pawns in a brutal game of political chess.

Only those truly cunning old foxes qualify as chess players, deciding the final direction of the entire game.

Ma Lu handed the Sage's Earring to Ouroboros Serpent, and glanced at another piece of Golden Equipment in his hand, the All-Seeing Eye, which had an additional effect of reducing the increase speed of Sin Value by 10%.

The effect was mediocre, but since Yun Que could also use it and there were not many meteorite shards available now, he decided to keep it for now.

The group advanced towards the southeast for about 200 meters, and Ma Lu once again discovered two meteorite shards on the map.

However, this time, the density of Energized Plants around the two meteorite shards was relatively high, and clearing them would likely take some time.

But this naturally did not deter Ma Lu.

He again conjured a man-made platform, found a suitable tile to place the [Stone], and this time Ma Lu planned to go big.

The hate generated by barbecuing the Energized Plants could only affect those within 120 meters, and after the previous experiment with the Singer's Solanum Berry, Ma Lu had confirmed that his taunt switch also worked on the Energized Plants.

So this time, he planned to use this to his advantage, gather more monsters, and speed up the clearing process.

Ma Lu had Yun Que and other long-range roles climb up to the high platform to wait, while he and the Hellhound began to pull aggro.

Ma Lu maxed out his Envy Value, and the next moment, the nearby Energized Plants sensed it and lunged at him, so he began to run along a pre-determined route.

He planned to make a big loop and then return underneath the stone, with the purple-haired girl nearby ensuring his safety and handling any Energized Plants that got too close. Stay connected through empire

However, Ma Lu had only run a few steps when he was attacked.