The addition of two trillion six hundred billion attribute points would take more than twenty hours. Ye Yun was incredibly bored staying in his territory.
There was nothing he could do. All life within a radius of twenty thousand kilometers had already been wiped out by Ye Yun. As for the New Mortal Continent, the next cycle wouldn't begin for another two days. Ye Yun could only ride his Golden Crow towards more distant places.
The New Mortal Continent was currently the most frequented place by high-level players from the Ten Directions Universe. It could be said that anyone who dared to linger here was a paramount figure in their respective worlds. This meant that besides the indigenous flood beasts and primeval beasts of the New Mortal Continent itself, killing alien races was also a way to plunder wealth.
"Master, how… can this… guy… be so fast?"
Before Hei Yi could finish speaking, the Golden Crow had already left him far behind. Then, after more than twenty kilometers, it reappeared beside Ye Yun in a flash. Although Ye Yun wasn't impressed by the Golden Crow's other attributes, its speed had now caught his eye.
"System prompt: A player has added you as a friend, with the accompanying message: Moon Shadow, Gold Coins."
"System prompt: A player has added you as a friend, with the accompanying message: Brocade Clothes, Gold Coins."
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A total of seven friend request notifications sounded simultaneously, as if coordinated. This was what Ye Yun had agreed upon when he gave Moonfall and the others their contact codes. The accompanying message would be: Race + Gold Coins.
"Damn it, tell them to come in the next cycle. Are they afraid I'll run away or something? It's just a little bit of money I owe them." Ye Yun recognized the message immediately; the debt collectors had arrived.
Paying back debts was only right and proper. Ye Yun reluctantly accepted their requests.
"Master, I am Yue Di, the representative of the Moon Shadow clan stationed on the New Mortal Continent. Our team is fully prepared. Please inform us of your territory's coordinates." As soon as Ye Yun accepted the friend request, an excited voice came through.
Master? Team fully prepared? What in the world?
Ye Yun was utterly bewildered.
"Are you planning to all move into my territory to develop? Did Moonfall say this?"
"Yes, Master. Since our Moon Shadow clan has pledged allegiance to you, we should naturally develop within your territory. Making your territory the number one on the New Mortal Continent is what we, as subordinates, should do."
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The way they spoke was truly artful. Clearly, they wanted a stable environment for development, and they wanted to rely on a strong backer for shelter. Yet, they made it sound as if they were the ones at a disadvantage. However, Ye Yun did need someone to help him manage this territory, so it was a case of each getting what they needed.
It was just that his territory seemed to be only three square kilometers…
"Um, how many people do you have?"
"We currently have one hundred and thirty-two clan members here, and a dozen more are in the Sea of Suffering. But Master, rest assured, the other six groups are also fully prepared. Combined with our numbers here, it's about six hundred in total."
"Alright, I'll talk to you when you arrive." Ye Yun sent them his territory's coordinates, secretly breathing a sigh of relief. Three square kilometers, six hundred players, it should be okay, right? They truly lived up to being a race ranked in the top three of the previous talent rankings. So many of them had entered the New Mortal Continent. Ye Yun knew that among the demon race he was familiar with, only Lu Jie had entered, and even then, he was just a general helper.
It seemed that next time he returned, he would have to build a teleportation array first. Otherwise, people without flying mounts or equipment wouldn't even qualify to enter his territory.
Thinking of Lu Jie, Ye Yun suddenly remembered someone: Huang Mu! Yes, that guy, outwardly, he was exactly the same as Yao Die, both like wooden people, both with fresh green grass growing on their heads!
Perhaps, were these two the same group?
It seemed he would only know after Huang Mu emerged from the Sea of Suffering. These poor fellows had not escaped the calamity of 'Fire Refining the World' either.
Ye Yun continued to control the Golden Crow as it rapidly flew towards the distance. Given the speed of his future subordinates, it would take them several days to reach Ye Yun's territory. They didn't have divine mounts with divine speed like the Golden Crow.
However, to be on the safe side, Ye Yun still asked for their current coordinates. Otherwise, with Ye Yun's tendency to start fires randomly, these people might die by his hand before they could even defect.
Finally, after thirteen hours of arduous travel, Ye Yun had left the twenty-thousand-kilometer uninhabited zone he had created earlier.
However, to Ye Yun's dismay, what appeared before him was no longer patches of towering trees, nor was it a vast expanse of plains. Instead, it was a vast ocean, or to be precise, a boundless, enormous lake.
Lanyang Lake - the largest inland lake on the New Mortal Continent! It was the gathering place for the five-level flood beast, the Unicorn Flood Dragon, a close relative of the Dragon race! Such a large lake, he wondered how many Flood Dragons were in it.
Ye Yun looked at the brief description on the map and the huge danger warning. He couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement. The stronger one became, the more one enjoyed challenges. Most importantly, a five-level Flood Dragon could drop a lot of spirit stones and experience.
Since his talent had been upgraded, Ye Yun's level had not increased.
Ye Yun gazed at the massive lake surface below. Occasionally, huge dark shadows could be seen swimming in the depths. Even from ten thousand meters in the sky, one could feel the immensity of these shadows.
"Little Golden Crow, low altitude, maximum speed." A thought flashed through Ye Yun's mind. He controlled the Golden Crow to skim the surface at a low altitude and then hurled an arc of electricity onto the lake.
Sizzle…
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"System prompt: Congratulations to player for defeating the level 5 flood beast 'Unicorn Flood Dragon', gaining 400 billion experience points (double), 16 spirit stones, 1 drop of level 5 flood beast essence blood, 1 fragment of Dragon Sword, 1 dragon tendon."
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Ten consecutive system prompts made Ye Yun beam with joy.
Roar…
Suddenly, the entire lake surface churned violently. Huge dark shadows surged out from the lake, pursuing the Golden Crow with bloodshot eyes.
The Golden Crow briefly lingered, and the scent of Tang Sanzang's meat on its body instantly stirred up the flood beasts within a five-hundred-kilometer radius into a frenzy. As for avenging their kin? That was impossible.