In the early morning, Sunan woke up naturally. Since he had condensed his external avatar, he hadn't been able to rest properly. Now, he finally caught up on his sleep.
"I had planned to leave for Mount Song before, but these busy days got in the way. I should take this opportunity to depart."
He had been in Taishan for seven or eight days already, initially planning to leave three or four days ago. However, his in-game activities had delayed his departure.
It could be imagined that now, more than twenty peak-level mystical beasts in the game were definitely guarding the location where he logged out. As soon as he logged in now, he would undoubtedly come under attack.
He couldn't log in to the game until it refreshed.
With his storage ring, he quickly packed everything.
He bought a ticket to Mount Song and embarked on his journey once again.
On the bus, Sunan opened the forum to check the current situation in the game.
Without a doubt, the hottest topic among players right now was last night's side mission.
Yesterday, just over ten minutes after the formation in the Golden Mist Tower was broken, the mission had ended.
And the result was that, in the East Nine Counties, apart from Zhongtian County, all the other eight counties had undoubtedly fallen!
"This time, the humans were caught off guard by the demon race. The humans never expected that the demon race would directly mobilize the beasts from the Ten Thousand Beast Ridge to capture the Heavenly Dome Divine Ban."
The fall of eight counties had a huge impact on the humans, and players were also affected.
Without the protection of the human race and the suppression of the formation, the collective strength of the beasts had increased, and players had become the primary targets of the beasts.
Beasts from various counties had once again launched a new round of hunting against players.
"Zhongtian County! Now, the only chance for survival is to go to Zhongtian County."
Originally, some players who were reluctant to leave had changed their minds after being hunted by the beasts once. They continued to read down the forum posts.
One screenshot showed the contribution rankings.
Opening the screenshot, it was clear that the top three rankings were still Sunan's three characters.
However, unlike the last time, Wang Nan, who was originally in first place, had dropped to second place, while Lang Thirteen remained in third place.
Adding the two peak-level mystical beasts that he had hunted down at the last minute, Zhang Yang's total contribution had reached over 25,000 points!
Wang Nan's total contribution was also over 21,000.
Of course, this was the total contribution on the ranking list. In reality, Wang Nan only had the more than 16,000 points he had earned this time, plus the few hundred points he had earned from completing daily tasks recently.
"Over 20,000 contribution points! Wang Nan and Zhang Yang are really making incredible progress!"
"Zhang Yang's contribution points are almost enough to exchange for the Divine Ability Seed, and I heard that no one has exchanged for it yet. Does Zhang Yang want to use it to deal with the Ancient Scripture worth 40,000 points?"
The players were amazed and stunned by the contribution points of the two.
Compared to Zhang Yang and Wang Nan, Lang Thirteen had fewer contributions, with just over 15,000 points.
But even so, compared to the fourth-ranked player, he had opened up a huge gap.
In this ranking, the fourth-ranked player was not Zhuang Bin or Qian Yu, but the originally sixth-ranked player, Yang Zheng!
With 3,700 points, he was almost catching up to Lang Thirteen's first-time contribution points.
It seemed that Zhuang Bin's name had disappeared from the ranking list due to his death in reality.
And because he was killed by Sunan, even though Qian Yu resurrected after midnight, he couldn't make it back in time for the mission, so he didn't make it into the top ten.
"What a pity for Qian Yu. If Zhuang Bin hadn't died, Qian Yu should have been able to get fourth place. Now, he can't even make it into the top ten!"
"Furthermore, I heard that the task of escorting the Ancient Divine Weapon to the Kunlun School was originally assigned to Qian Yu, but because he didn't return in time, it was obtained by another player."
The experiences of Qian Yu and Zhou Cheng were thought-provoking.
No one expected that the two top-ranked players on the level ranking list would perform poorly on the contribution ranking list.
The remaining rankings were not much different from the last time.
Most of the players in the top ten last time were still in the top ten, but because Qian Yu and Zhuang Bin had been removed from the list, the rankings of the other players had changed slightly.
The biggest improvement was surprisingly Bai Mengmeng!
Bai Mengmeng was ninth in the last ranking but had now jumped to fifth, right behind Yang Zheng.
Looking at the level ranking, Bai Mengmeng's level had reached the first-level Spiritual Bloodline Mastery, just below Zhou Cheng!
"Bai Mengmeng seems to have had quite the opportunity!"
Sunan was surprised.
At the beginning of the game's public beta, Bai Mengmeng was ranked eighteenth in level. Now, she had steadily climbed to where she was, which meant she had extraordinary abilities.
In the afternoon at five o'clock, Sunan arrived in the city where Mount Song was located.
Just like last time, he found a guesthouse to stay temporarily.
At nine o'clock in the evening, after an hour-long night run, Sunan returned to his rented place to wait for the game to refresh.
Finally, at midnight, Sunan logged into the game.
"Kid, you're finally back!"
Almost as soon as Sunan logged in, the low voices of the beasts sounded, and the fierce wind howled, and a cold aura quickly enveloped him.
Some of the beasts reacted swiftly and immediately pounced on him.
Sunan's face remained unchanged, as he had expected this situation.
Without thinking, he immediately used the Heavenly Translocation Technique to disappear from the beasts' sight.
"It's that ability again!"
Feeling that Sunan had appeared two kilometers away, a group of beasts wore ugly expressions.
The other group of beasts immediately said, "You go chase, there's another outsider here who hasn't appeared yet. We'll stay here and wait."
The more than ten beasts that had chased him from the Martial King's Temple didn't hesitate and immediately pursued him.
Sunan ran quickly. He wasn't in a hurry to exchange for the blood essence; instead, he looked at the Precognition ability.
"It's impossible to earn contribution points by killing beasts now, and there's no need to entangle with a group of beasts."
"If I can shake off the beasts, that would be best."
[You know that there is a secret technique on your body left by the beasts, and with this mark, the beasts can find you within a hundred miles. You try to use the Heavenly Translocation Technique while also using the Change Appearance technique to transform into the appearance of a wolf beast, in an attempt to escape from the beasts.]
[One minute later, the beasts did not catch up.]
[Two minutes later, to your disappointment, you found that the beasts
had already come within a kilometer of you.]
[The beasts recognized you and knew that you were Tiger Roar Heaven's younger brother. They were curious why you were here and even more curious about the mark left by the secret technique on your body.]
[You pretend not to know anything and ask the beasts what they are doing here, trying to deceive them.]
[To your disappointment, more than ten beasts glanced at each other and suddenly attacked you. They believed in the mark on your body more than your identity and had begun to suspect your identity.]
"The Heavenly Translocation Technique and the Change Appearance technique couldn't shake off that secret technique?"
Sunan's heart sank.
The Heavenly Translocation Technique and the Change Appearance technique could truly change his identity, and not even a Demon Emperor would be able to see through it.
He had thought that in this situation, it should be easy to shake off a few peak-level mystical beasts, but the result disappointed him.
"Now it's difficult. Do I have to use a teleportation stone, or the Perfect Resurrection Card?" Sunan frowned.
Within a hundred miles, the beasts could find him, and only a teleportation stone or a Perfect Resurrection Card could solve this problem.
But he didn't want to use either of these two things. They were lifesavers, and using one meant having one less, so he would try to avoid using them unless absolutely necessary.
The future predictions didn't need to be checked either. More than ten beasts attacked, and the outcome was already certain.
"Now I can only improve my strength first and deal with the current problem later."
Sunan switched to Lang Thirteen's character and looked at the contribution shop in the ranking list.
11,000 points had been credited, and Lang Thirteen's available contribution had reached over 15,000 points.
Without hesitation, Sunan chose to exchange for the Ancient Beast Blood of the Secret Power series.
[Do you want to spend 6,000 contribution points to exchange for one drop of Ancient Beast Blood of the Spiritual Power series?]
"Yes!"
[Please enter the name of the beast you want to exchange for...]
"How am I supposed to choose?" Sunan frowned. He didn't know which Secret Power beasts existed in ancient times, so randomly choosing wouldn't work.
"I can only go with random."
[Congratulations, you have successfully exchanged for one drop of Ancient Beast Blood, which has been sent to your personal space.]
Sunan opened Lang Thirteen's personal space, and inside it, the Ancient Beast Blood was wrapped in crystals.
[Devouring Star Beast Blood: Ancient Beast Blood of the Spiritual Power series. The Devouring Star Beast is rare in number but possesses the ability to devour the essence of the sun and moon, enhancing its own vitality. After fusing with this blood, there is a certain probability of randomly obtaining the Devouring Star Beast's racial talent.]
"Devouring the essence of the sun and moon, enhancing vitality? That sounds pretty powerful."
Chapter 204: Improvement of the Ghostly Body
Sunan's eyes lit up, and he had a feeling that this so-called Devouring Star Beast bloodline might be more than meets the eye.
However, now was not the time to dwell on this. He needed to merge the blood essence right now.
Of course, blood essence alone wouldn't be enough; he also needed the corresponding beast scripture.
Luckily, the spirit-level beast scripture wasn't too expensive in the contribution shop.
[Do you want to spend three hundred contribution points to exchange for a spirit-level beast scripture?]
"Yes."
[Please enter the name of the beast you want to exchange for...]
"Devouring Star Beast."
[Congratulations, you have successfully exchanged for a spirit-level beast scripture, and the item has been sent to your personal space.]
With the beast scripture in hand, Sunan wasted no time and quickly retrieved it, all while keeping an eye on the information provided on his personal panel.
[You are once again being chased by more than ten peak-level mystical beasts. Fortunately, you have obtained a drop of Devouring Star Beast blood and a beast scripture. In your view, as long as you successfully merge the ancient beast blood, you will have the ability to contend with these beasts.]
[You continue running swiftly while starting to merge the ancient beast blood.]
[One minute later, the beasts have not caught up, and you continue to merge the ancient beast blood.]
[Two minutes later, the beasts are now within a kilometer of you, but fortunately, your blood fusion is almost complete.]
[Three minutes later, you have successfully merged the ancient beast blood. At this point, more than ten peak-level mystical beasts have caught up to you, blocking your way.]
[Congratulations, you have randomly obtained the racial talent "Starlight Body" of the Devouring Star Beast clan.]
[Since you already possess one racial talent, the fusion of two racial talents has granted you a new racial talent, "Starlight Abyssal Body."]
"Starlight Abyssal Body? Sounds promising."
Sunan's eyes sparkled with anticipation as he immediately began merging the blood essence.
Three minutes later.
On Lang Thirteen's panel, the fourth spirit-level bloodline appeared.
Simultaneously, the racial talent "Frenzied Abyssal Body" on the panel disappeared, replaced by "Starlight Abyssal Body."
[Starlight Abyssal Body: A brand-new racial talent formed by the fusion of the racial talents of three clans: the Celestial Wolf Clan, the Abyssal Wolf Clan, and the Devouring Star Beast Clan. It possesses the ability to absorb the essence of sun, moon, and stars to enhance oneself.]
[When using this talent during the day, your spiritual power and energy will increase by twofold, while your vitality will increase by threefold. During the night, your spiritual power and energy will increase by twofold, and your vitality will increase by threefold. The duration is one minute, and after using this talent, your energy and vitality will be reduced by half, lasting for one day.]
"Increased energy during the day and enhanced vitality at night."
After reading the description, Sunan immediately understood the function of the Starlight Abyssal Body.
Clearly, the Starlight Abyssal Body was an enhancement of the Frenzied Abyssal Body, doubling the energy and vitality boost during both day and night.
"Not bad, not bad. With this, I should be able to kill more beasts."
A smile appeared on Sunan's lips.
Whether it was increased energy or enhanced vitality, both had the same effect on him, greatly boosting his physical and magical strengths.
At that moment, more than ten mystical beasts caught up and surrounded him.
Seeing the smile on Sunan's face, the beasts looked at him as if he were a fool. One of them said, "Kid, you're smiling even when death is imminent?"
"Who lives and who dies is still uncertain."
Sunan remained fearless, his gaze fixed on his 381 points of mystical energy. He then made a decision.
"Enhance!"
With the expenditure of a full 80 points of mystical energy, the Devouring Star Beast scripture, which had never been initiated before, was raised to the state of consummate mastery.
The number of future predictions also increased once more, reaching 57 times!
A powerful surge of energy surged within him. At that moment, Sunan felt like his strength had reached its limit, and there was no room for further improvement.
"Huh? What's going on? Wasn't this kid already at the peak of the spirit level before?"
"Something's not right. Let's attack together!"
The beasts sensed the changes in Sunan and, recalling the two beasts that were killed earlier, didn't dare to underestimate him. More than ten beasts attacked him simultaneously.
"Bring it on!" Sunan was unafraid, eager to test his newfound strength.
This time, he didn't use the Avatar transformation.
While the Avatar transformation could enhance his combat power, it would also attract the attention of another group of beasts.
Moreover, if he used the transformation in front of these beasts, it would undoubtedly reveal that he was the one who had taken the two Divine Weapons.
Of course, he had no intention of actually fighting these beasts to the death.
At the same time as he took action, the future predictions on his personal panel began again.
[Surrounded by more than ten peak-level mystical beasts, you don't show any fear. With the Devouring Star Beast bloodline at consummate mastery, you are filled with confidence.]
[Boosted by your energy and vitality, your strength in manipulating magical powers is increased, and you engage the beasts in battle.]
[Unfortunately, you're disappointed. Despite your increased strength, there is still a huge gap when facing peak-level mystical beasts. Under the siege of more than ten beasts, you don't have the opportunity to kill any of them.]
[After a minute of fighting, your strength has been depleted by more than half. You realize that if you continue like this, you'll be killed by the beasts very soon.]
[At the critical moment, you decisively use the racial talent "Starlight Abyssal Body," channeling the surging energy and vitality onto your bloodline's magical power.]
[You unleash all your magical power, gathering the power of fire, water, and lightning within a radius of a kilometer, condensing them into a massive twin-winged serpent that strikes at the more than ten mystical beasts.]
[The overwhelming power shocks the group of beasts. They are forced to defend against the attack, and when it's all over, you have killed three peak-level mystical beasts.]
[Your strength terrifies the remaining beasts, but unfortunately, after this attack, your secret power and bloodline magical power are completely exhausted. You are no match for the remaining beasts, and they don't kill you but capture you instead.]
"Killed three of them? Not bad!"
Last time, he used all three racial talents and only killed two beasts. This time, with just two racial talents, he managed to kill three, showing a clear improvement!
However, it was still not enough!
"It seems I need to continue improving!"
(End of this chapter)