21: Spectre and Meteor Hawk

"I'll go first, Bai Jie, Ermi, you two can join me in eliminating demons. The Evil Spirits should be easy for you now."

After Li Ye finished speaking, he drew his Xuan Tian Sword from its sheath, donned his Thunder Spring Armor, and charged straight into the Evil Spirits horde.

Evil Spirits are mindless ghost-like creatures without Divine Sense, only capable of instinctive attacks.

Li Ye didn't use Divine Ability because Divine Ability would consume Spiritual Qi to varying degrees.

In gaming terms, it's like consuming MP.

Of course, if Li Ye had a more Advanced Cultivation Technique that allowed for better Spiritual Qi and MP recovery, he could continuously use Divine Ability that didn't consume much Spiritual Qi.

His hands moved, and it was a massacre.

The Evil Spirits had no emotions whatsoever. Facing this god of slaughter, they all mindlessly swarmed forward.

Li Ye frowned tightly. If these were a horde of first-tier Medium Grade Evil Spirits, then it might be tricky.

Because they knew no fear, their morale was always at its Peak!

"Swish! Swish! Swish!"

The Xuan Tian Sword beheaded several Evil Spirits, and Li Ye felt increasingly familiar with his Spiritual Artifact.

Indeed, combat is the best way to increase one's strength!

While Li Ye was fiercely slaying enemies, Bai Jie also mustered her courage, swinging her spiritual axe and cutting down the incoming Evil Spirits horde.

She almost took down one with every two axe swings. After all, Bai Jie was a strong practitioner about to reach Qi Refining Stage Fifth Level, so defeating first-tier Low Grade Yao Beasts was more than enough for her.

Ermi was even more relaxed. Her movements were very fast, and she took down a Evil Spirits with almost every claw strike.

Although she hadn't mastered any Divine Ability and currently only had one Waterball Technique, as a two-tailed spiritual cat, Ermi naturally had corresponding methods.

Yan Xiaoji in the south also charged to the front, almost swatting down one small Evil Spirits with each slap.

If there were too many Evil Spirits, she would also use her small mouth to spew flames, turning those hateful Evil Spirits into roasted Evil Spirits meat!

Time passed by minute by minute.

Li Ye faced the most pressure; the northern Evil Spirits were the most numerous.

They were almost twice as many as the combined total of the other three companions.

Even though Li Ye was a strong practitioner at Qi Refining Stage Seventh Level, he would inevitably make mistakes and be caught by a Evil Spirits.

However, Li Ye had the Thunder Spring Armor. When caught by a Evil Spirits, the Thunder Spring Armor's unconscious lightning would also electrocute the Evil Spirits or stun them.

Then, Li Ye could behead those Evil Spirits as easily as slicing a watermelon!

...

The battle lasted a full hour, reaching 9 o'clock. This batch of Evil Spirits was completely defeated, numbering at least several hundred.

However, it was a pity that these were all Yao Beast meat.

In the trading market, Yao Beast meat was not as good as Yao Beast meat.

Yao Beast meat had vigorous Qi and blood, but Yao Beast meat had a faint demonic poison.

Only those at Qi Refining Stage 3 and above could expel this demonic poison, but even so, one could not eat too much. Once too much demonic poison accumulated, it was very likely to cause sudden death!

It was like junk food in his previous life.

You couldn't eat too much.

Eating too much could lead to cancer, other diseases, etc. Illness comes from the mouth, it's no joke!

Bai Jie and Ermi also came over. At this moment, Bai Jie was drenched in sweat, due to both nervousness and exhaustion.

Ermi, on the other hand, was in good condition, similar to Li Ye.

"There should be a rest period. Rest well and prepare for the second wave of Yao Beast horde."

Li Ye took out a Blood Stasis Removing Pill and gave it to Bai Jie.

He knew that Bai Jie might have lost some health points, as Bai Jie's condition was not good at this moment.

She gratefully accepted it, and her vitality quickly recovered.

Just a moment ago, she had been scratched on the back by a Evil Spirits, losing thirty health points. It was originally a minor injury.

But it affected her speed, so she got several more scratches later. Although she used Spiritual Qi to treat the external wounds, she still lost about a hundred health points.

These hundred health points would require meditation to recover, or the use of the most basic blood pack, the Blood Stasis Removing Pill.

Ten minutes later, several dark figures appeared again from the Withered Tree Forest ahead, as if they had materialized out of thin air.

Upon closer inspection, those figures all had purple bodies and green vertical pupils.

One by one, first-tier Low Grade Specters appeared from within. From now on, the difficulty had essentially increased.

Because Specters, unlike Evil Spirits, possess a certain level of intelligence. If the previous ones were at the Qi Refining Stage First and Second Levels, then the current Specters are around Qi Refining Stage 3.

"They're here."

Li Ye charged out first again. He had just checked his ranking, and it wasn't very high, mainly because he had three companions helping him.

Now he had to work harder, because the number of Yao Beasts varied depending on the region.

Some areas had many Yao Beasts, while others had few.

Li Ye both hoped that his area had many Yao Beasts so he could get rewards, and also hoped that his area didn't have too many, otherwise, if he overextended, it would be troublesome.

It was like when clearing a stage, he hoped the enemies would be challenging, but also didn't want them to be too strong and hit him too hard.

The Specters rushed forward, baring their fangs and claws.

Li Ye swept his Xuan Tian Sword across, and the Specter at the very front actually showed a hint of apprehension in its eyes, directly crouching down to dodge the sweep.

Seeing this, Li Ye no longer conserved his Spiritual Qi. Between one wave of Yao Beasts and the next, there was a ten-minute period for meditation and Spiritual Qi recovery. If that was the case, why bother conserving it?

"Fire Dragon Art!"

Li Ye silently chanted, and a Fire Dragon appeared from his hand seals, directly engulfing several Specters in front.

It wasn't over yet. On the barren land, spiritual wood rarely appeared.

This wood was incredibly sharp, carrying a murderous aura as it pierced towards the remaining Specters.

This was... Wood Thorn Technique!

Soon, the Specter horde in front was defeated by Li Ye.

He also helped deal with the opponents of Bai Jie and the others.

But the next moment, several more figures appeared in front.

"I counted carefully, there were exactly five hundred that died by my hand, which should be similar to the last wave. Logically, there should be a ten-minute rest period, but why are they appearing again now?"

Li Ye's eyes moved slightly. He was a little confused by this rule.

Was it because his particular area had a large number of Yao Beasts?

Another wave of Specters rushed over.

...

After this wave of Specters was completely annihilated, he breathlessly checked the ranking list.

At this time, on the Peak ranking list, the rankings were as follows:

First: Li Ye, Points: 1358.

Second: Solomon, Points: 1326.

Third: Han Li, Points: 1025.

Fourth: Xiao Yan, Points: 1021.

Fifth: Tyrant Dragon Warrior, Points: 854.

Sixth: ...

...

"Hmm? Why did this Solomon appear out of nowhere?"

Li Ye thought about it. It seemed that he had seen her in the top ten the first time he checked the ranking list, and at that time, Solomon's cultivation also seemed to be at Qi Refining Stage 3.

He then ignored it. Among billions of people, strong individuals would always emerge, and it would be incredibly difficult to encounter Solomon across different small and large regions.

Ten minutes later, the sky was suddenly obscured by a kind of pitch-black flying creature.

Li Ye looked up, his expression a little grim.

"Ding! Detected a first-tier Medium Grade Yao Beast, Fallen Devil Eagle."

The Fallen Devil Eagle was ugly, pitch-black, and had two heads: one in the normal head position, and another on its back.

"Caw! Caw! Caw!"

"Caw! Caw! Caw!"

Several Fallen Devil Eagles charged directly at Li Ye!

They sensed that Li Ye's aura was the strongest. If they killed Li Ye first, there would be a high probability of breaking through this area!

Li Ye's Spiritual Qi had only recovered about seventy to eighty percent. He shouted, and the Fire Dragon Art appeared again, engulfing the Fallen Devil Eagle that charged down first!

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