77: It's just a matter of growing bigger and stronger.

"Ah—we're out!"

"We're out, hahaha..."

"I'm still alive, and my eyes can be cured."

Zhuang Xiaoyan and the others ran happily, their faces beaming with excitement.

Xu Le told Nine Phoenix to return to the Contract Space. Nine Phoenix hesitated slightly: "Master Brother, I just want to stay by your side."

If it were in the past, she would definitely have returned to the space immediately to let Little Six know who the boss was and who called the shots in the space.

But after being instantly killed and then failing to barbecue the divine statue, how could she have the face to recruit underlings?

Her fists weren't hard enough!

Nine Phoenix was a dignified bird; she couldn't do such undignified things!

How could Xu Le not understand Nine Phoenix? He comforted her with a few words and coaxed her back into the space.

An ugly daughter-in-law still has to meet her in-laws; since they were all his contracted beasts, how could they never see each other for the rest of their lives?

The Great Wall Guard Army was fast.

In less than half an hour, they arrived in their aircraft.

The leader understood the situation, took a look at the divine statue, registered it, and then let them go.

Xu Le also parted ways with Zhuang Xiaoyan and the others.

Now that the divine statue was only Rank 2, it was the golden period for leveling up.

On the desolate land.

A large group of Bloodthirsty Magic Bulls were fighting each other.

The ground was stained with blood, yet not a single corpse could be found.

Seeing Xu Le's figure, the Magic Bulls that were previously fighting to the death instantly turned around, their eyes red as they launched a charge.

Hooves flew, and dust filled the sky.

It took only three seconds to cover tens of meters, and the Magic Bulls were already right in front of him.

Ten meters. Five meters. Three meters. One meter.

Only then did Xu Le summon the divine statue, using Mind Link to command it to cast the "Divine Guidance" Skill.

Invisible mana surged, and the Magic Bulls within a two-meter radius all charged toward it.

Even knowing that charging up would lead to bulls trampling each other and crashing into their own kind, they still couldn't control the desires in their hearts and launched an all-out charge.

Bang, bang, bang...

Groups of Magic Bulls slammed into the divine statue, and the numbers "- 0" and "- 0" kept popping up above the divine statue; it didn't even take the 1 point of forced damage.

Instead, damage of around "- 6000" appeared above the heads of the Magic Bulls.

The "Divine Armor" Skill reflected all physical damage received.

It wasn't just the damage; the impact force was not weakened in the slightest. After the Magic Bulls hit the divine statue, they immediately suffered the same intensity of impact, their bodies sent flying far away.

Before one wave subsided, a new wave of impacts began.

After the Magic Bulls hit the divine statue, they started new attacks, suffering the same damage themselves.

Divine Might!

After consuming one thousand mana, an Aura like an abyss suddenly erupted from the divine statue.

Divine Might is like a prison!

Even the Magic Bulls that were in a frenzy now felt the suppression of their Bloodline, each one exiting their frenzied state and kneeling on the ground in worship.

The divine cannot be insulted!

Xu Le swung his scythe of death staff and summoned the rest of his contracted beasts.

They attacked the Magic Bulls on the ground together.

Blazing Shockwave!

faith Retribution!

Call Friends and Companions!

Exhilarating Roar!

Skills flew everywhere, and the HP bars of the Magic Bulls on the ground dropped rapidly; they just lay prostrate on the spot, not moving.

One by one, the Magic Bulls' HP bars were emptied, and their blood gathered into a river.

【Experience + 652800】

Xu Le felt something was wrong and directed Nine Phoenix to cast a Skill at the river of blood.

Fire rained down, and the river of blood on the ground seemed to have a life of its own, fleeing rapidly and burrowing into the body of the last Magic Bull.

Moo!

The Magic Bull's eyes were blood-red; it let out a long howl and stood up directly.

Its hind hooves turned into feet, its front hooves turned into hands, its yellow cowhide turned black, and its muscles became knotted.

He slammed his fists onto the ground, causing a Great Earthquake, with soil and rocks flying everywhere.

Xu Le cast a "Divine Eye" at him, and his panel had indeed undergone a earth-shattering change.

【Undead Ox Person】

【Rank】65

【HP】76000 / 76000

【mana】18000 / 18000

【Strength】3000

【Agility】600

【Physique】3600

【spirit】1000

【Talent】Demonic Qi Contamination 5, Undead Bloodline

【Skill】Great Earthquake, Smash, Undead Guard, Roar, Blood Shield, Savage Bull Charge, Death Horn, Undying Soul

Moo!

Although he was humanoid, the Ox Person could not speak and charged directly toward Xu Le.

After breaking into the 2-meter range of the divine statue, his body uncontrollably rushed toward it, using a "Savage Bull Charge" immediately.

The divine statue naturally stood as still as a mountain, and the Ox Person was knocked back instead.

But he was not afraid, charging up again and throwing all kinds of Skills.

His template was a warrior, with low attack, high defense, and thick HP. After outputting damage on the divine statue for a minute, his own HP had dropped by less than one-tenth.

This was also a hidden weakness of the divine statue.

Its defense was unparalleled, but its attack was also uniquely low, relying almost entirely on damage reflection. It was fine against occupations like assassins or mages, but extremely unfriendly to tank warriors.

Xu Le knew what was going on and let go to start the attack.

The contracted beasts attacked together and soon beat the beefy bull to low health.

Little Dog seized the opportunity to land the final blow, biting fiercely onto the Ox Person's throat, and the opponent's HP bar was instantly emptied.

No, it wasn't emptied; there was still a faint thread of blood left that was barely visible.

The passive Skill "Undying Soul" took effect.

【Undying Soul】 (Passive) When near death, it retains 1 HP and enters a Dominance state, increasing attack and defense by 10 times, with 100% lifesteal. Duration: 10 seconds. Cooldown: 12 hours.

Moo!

The Ox Person roared at the sky, his body glowing with blood-red light. He punched the ground, activating the "Great Earthquake" Skill, and all the surrounding Little Dog Clones were stunned on the spot.

Smash!

Death Horn!

One Little Dog Clone's HP bar dropped rapidly, almost reaching the bottom.

The Ox Person, through 100% lifesteal, replenished most of his HP.

Little Black Snake hurriedly flicked its tail and cast the "Golden Dragon Ascends to Heaven" Skill, but it was useless.

The Ox Person in the Dominance state was immune to all control effects; even Xu Le's "Mental Shock" had no effect.

The contracted beasts and the contracted beast Clones retreated rapidly, leaving only the divine statue in place.

Divine Guidance!

The Ox Person was immune, turning around to continue attacking the contracted beasts.

The Ox Person wanted to attack the crowd that had ambushed him earlier, but Xu Le didn't give him any chance.

With a wave of his hand, everything except the divine statue was gone from the spot.

Based on the principle of not wasting, the Ox Person attacked wildly.

The divine statue didn't lose a drop of blood, but the Ox Person had his replenished HP drained by the "Divine Armor".

10 seconds were almost up.

Just as the Ox Person's "Undying Soul" Skill was about to end and he was about to die from the backlash, a mysterious altar appeared.

Soul Sacrifice!

The Ox Person's body froze instantly on the spot.

【Experience + 8926500】

Six wisps of black radiance appeared out of thin air in Xu Le's hand.

【Item】Undead Ox Person's Soul Fragment

【Quality】Epic

【Item Details】A Soul fragment of the Undead Ox Person sacrificed to the gods, containing his memories from before death. Using it has a chance to comprehend the Skills the Undead Ox Person had before death.

He stated his thoughts and handed the fragment to Little Silly Crow. Little Silly Crow took it and instructed the divine statue for a long time before finally handing the fragment to it.

Layer upon layer of subcontracting; the prototype of capital was there, now it just needed to expand and strengthen.

"100x Experience Boost, let's check the divine statue's Rank."

With just one glance, Xu Le was dumbfounded.

He was just a sliver of experience away from Rank 64, but the divine statue's Rank was still 2. How could this be?