Ye Yun watched the ant swarm draw closer, seeing it as a sea of experience points.
"Xiao Hei, as they get closer, ascend higher. This way, more Cloud Devouring Ants will enter my attack range!" Ye Yun instructed the black ant, simultaneously casting 'Ode of Life' on it again.
Although Xiao Hei's health was already high enough to disregard the hundreds of Cloud Devouring Ants, he still needed to maintain his attitude towards his subordinate.
Being a boss wasn't easy these days.
Ye Yun sighed in frustration. His attack range had expanded to fifteen kilometers, but the monsters were too large, and their spacing meant that no more than a hundred Cloud Devouring Ants would be within his attack radius.
When the Cloud Devouring Ants were only two kilometers away from Xiao Hei, the black ant suddenly shot upwards, soaring into the sky at an altitude of over thirteen thousand meters.
The Cloud Devouring Ants clearly paused as Xiao Hei ascended abruptly, but the potent divine beast aura emanating from Xiao Hei made them unable to resist. One by one, they followed Xiao Hei into the higher reaches of the sky.
"This is the moment!" Ye Yun grabbed one of Xiao Hei's antennae with one hand and swept a branch with the other.
Instantly, a fiery net of rockets appeared in the sky, raining down on the Cloud Devouring Ants below.
The first dozen or so Cloud Devouring Ants in the lead turned into fertilizer, supplementing Ye Yun's nourishment.
"System prompt: Congratulations to player for killing Tier 1 Flood Beast Cloud Devouring Ant *16, gaining 960 billion experience points, spirit stones *16, Tier 1 pure blood *9, Flowing Fire Sword shard *2, Mountain Splitting Wolf Tooth Club shard *2, Comprehension Pill *1."
Comprehension Pill - slightly increases a pet's comprehension.
Ye Yun looked at the extremely simple description of the Comprehension Pill and sighed inwardly.
It seemed that in this world, everything except experience points was related to pets. As for the weapon shards, which could be combined into weapons, Ye Yun had no expectations whatsoever.
He currently possessed seven or eight types of weapon shards. The most numerous was the Flowing Fire Sword shard, with only three pieces. It was anyone's guess when he would finally gather the 188 pieces needed.
As for reducing the cooldown of his 'Gold Touch,' each Tier 1 Flood Beast killed only reduced it by 20 seconds, a negligible amount given the massive cooldown.
"Master, if we go any higher, I'm afraid they won't be able to bear it." Xiao Hei had already flown to an altitude of twenty thousand meters, and the pursuing Cloud Devouring Ants below had significantly slowed down.
"Then let's stop here."
"System prompt: Player level increased, current level 22, gained 30.72 billion free attribute points from level up."
"Holy crap, boss, what's this guy's background? He kills flood beasts like swatting flies! With such strength, wouldn't other continents be more appealing?"
Below, in the dense foliage, a spherical structure with a diameter exceeding twenty meters was quietly nestled between two massive stones. The entire sphere was woven from thick vines three meters in width. Inside, five individuals of different races, peeking through the gaps in the vines, watched the aerial battle with pale faces.
"Bowor, has anyone from your universe ever entered other continents?" a treant with a head full of weeds asked, frowning as he observed the fight above through the gaps.
They were the five-person team from Arwood City. Little did they know, they had followed him here.
"No, thus far, all 120,000 people from our Fifth Universe who have entered the Primordial World are on the New Mortal Continent. Our Domain Lord once entered other continents, but they only drifted in the sea of suffering for over ten days." Bowor replied absentmindedly.
Apart from the New Mortal Continent, even Mount Wan Shou, ranked second to last, required hundreds of billions of attribute points to enter. And those hundreds of billions were merely the threshold, just as the New Mortal Continent required ten billion. Entering with exactly ten billion or less would be pure suicide.
"In our universe, about a dozen people entered Mount Wan Shou, and our leader entered the higher Ze Lin. My leader said it wasn't easy to get by there."
At this point, Le Mi Deng spoke with a buzzing voice, causing the others to glance at him. However, there wasn't much surprise. After all, this guy was a big shot from the Second Universe.
It was worth noting that on the New Mortal Continent alone, individuals from the First and Second Universes comprised over ninety percent of the total player population. One could imagine how powerful those from these two universes were.
"I'm envious. This guy has been here for less than two hours, and his gains alone are comparable to several of our rounds," Le Mi Deng continued to poke at the others.
"Le Mi Deng, if you don't speak, no one thinks you're mute!" Yu Lu stomped her foot, glaring unhappily at Titan.
"It's fine, what Le Mi Deng says is true. To survive here, we live cautiously. For Arwood City, everyone has sacrificed a lot."
"However, I believe we will soon become strong, just like him." Mu Tuo watched the battle in the sky, his eyes shining with a different kind of light.
"Holy crap, this guy leveled up again! Over a thousand Cloud Devouring Ants, and most of them were instantly killed before they could even touch him. Guess what his total attribute points are? A thousand? Or two thousand?"
"His talent bonus should be attack, otherwise, even with two hundred billion attribute points, he wouldn't be able to instantly kill these Cloud Devouring Ants with an area-of-effect attack. Moreover, his divine beast mount is a troublemaker in this world. If he can survive a round, he will undoubtedly become another king on this New Mortal Continent," the usually quiet Yue Hou said coldly.
King?
The few of them were stunned, then looked at Yue Hou with awe, surprised by her high assessment of Ye Yun.
"Perhaps. Anyway, this guy is just two words: awesome. If... holy crap, he leveled up again?" Bowor's usually calm expression suddenly turned to one of horror.
In less than ten minutes, Ye Yun had leveled up again! They had been here for over twenty rounds and had only managed to increase their level by one!
"System prompt: Player level increased, current level 23, gained 30.72 billion free attribute points from level up."
"This is the feeling, I haven't experienced this exhilarating pleasure in a long time." Hearing the system's melodious notification, Ye Yun's heart was filled with excitement.
The nutrient solution in the hot spring pool should be almost full by now.
Ye Yun looked at the staggering sixty billion free attribute points, his fingers itching.
*Boom...*
With a violent tremor, a few Cloud Devouring Ants finally got close to Xiao Hei and collided with its abdomen. Ye Yun immediately fell from the sky...
-2000e
Ye Yun crashed to the ground, a massive damage value appearing above his head.
...
"Holy crap... this, this is a level twenty-three big shot?"
A level twenty-three big shot?
The few of them looked at Ye Yun's over seven hundred billion health points, then at his level twenty-three, and a sense of desolation washed over them.