55: Wailing Terror

That night, as if sniffing out the scent of strangers, the wild boar did not appear. The next day, Lorraine stayed in the village again with a clear conscience, enjoying a day of leisure. That night, the wild boar finally couldn't hold back and came to the vicinity of the village. This wild boar was extremely cunning. First, he tested the surroundings for traps, then he used his nose to nudge around the wooden fence, trying to find weak points. He stopped when he found the spot that had been loosened before. This spot had been reinforced with a few planks, but to the wild boar, it was no different from paper. The wild boar backed up a few steps, took a short run-up, and then fiercely slammed into the fence. "Bang—crack." The wild boar's head kissed the fence hard, and his sharp tusks pierced the wooden fence. Lorraine, who had already been alerted by the wild boar, had been waiting for the wild boar to make a move. The moment the wild boar hit the fence, she had flashed behind him. A single straight thrust with her longsword easily ended the life of this wild boar.

Naturally, the villagers were full of gratitude. The next day, they enthusiastically invited the few people to participate in a bonfire dinner again, with the main course being that huge wild boar. Pigs eat people, people eat pigs. It was nothing more than the survival of the fittest.

The next day, amidst the farewells of the villagers, Lorraine left the village with a few companions. It wasn't until she could no longer see the village that Lorraine turned around and hurried on her way. The past few days in the village had given her a long-lost sense of closeness. It was just the most ordinary life, but it made her feel especially precious. However, her identity did not allow her to stay here for long, otherwise, she would only bring disaster to the village.

Finding the other members of the Vanguard Team, Lorraine took them with her, their destination being Kain City. The Shadow Assassin had already scouted the city's situation. The main profession in the city was a group of Holy Knights. The cultivation system here was based on cultivating the Fighting Aura Blade. By refining the body to lay the foundation, then perceiving and condensing the Fighting Aura Blade, cultivating fighting skills, and comprehending nature according to the attributes of the Fighting Aura Blade. Lorraine found this profession, which relies on unleashing the body's potential for combat, somewhat primitive. If the strong individuals in this world were limited to this, then falling to the Abyss would only be a matter of time.

...Ye Chen's life also seemed to have returned to peace. After sending the Golden Hair away, he didn't pay any more attention. Of course, he couldn't even if he wanted to. What reassured him was that none of the Vanguard Team members had died. This indicated that they hadn't encountered any trouble. The time flow in the other world and the real world, which coexist in the endless universe, is the same. It is absolutely impossible to fully investigate the situation of the other world in just a day or two. Ye Chen could only place his hope in the Vanguard Team, hoping they could bring back good news.

Ending a day of boring school life, when school was over, Zhou Mingjie mysteriously called Ye Chen into his car. "Brother Chen, these are the Negative Energy cards exchanged for the cards you gave me. Count them." Ye Chen took the card pack Zhou Mingjie handed over and started flipping through it.

"I had my family buy back your cards at market price, and this batch of cards was also purchased from my family's partner, all at a 30% discount." Zhou Mingjie had a smug expression, almost directly asking Ye Chen to praise him.

Ye Chen glanced at him sideways and continued to flip through the card pack. He roughly estimated the number of cards and the amount of energy contained within. Activating them all could Enhance 300,000 Worms! Currently, Ye Chen's Abyss still had about 130,000 ordinary Worms, which was enough to Enhance them all.

After thanking Zhou Mingjie, Ye Chen was about to get out of the car when he was stopped. "Brother Chen, don't rush, I have good news." Ye Chen knew as soon as he heard this that the matter of the Waste Domain was settled, and quickly asked, "The Waste Domain is settled?"

"Heh, you guessed right." "Tomorrow is the weekend, we have a whole afternoon to freely use the School's teleportation array." "I'll pick you up at your place at 1 PM tomorrow afternoon, see you there."

After hearing Zhou Mingjie's words, Ye Chen was overjoyed. He didn't dote on this kid for nothing, he was indeed reliable. Zhou Mingjie naturally didn't know Ye Chen's presumptuous thoughts. After a flying kiss, he stepped on the gas and drove away, leaving behind a bewildered Ye Chen and the surprised and uncertain onlookers.

Returning home, Ye Chen had a simple meal and continued to develop the Abyss. Since he used random teleportation in the latter half of the night yesterday, today's cooldown was not yet complete. The second batch of Vanguard Team was already prepared by Ye Chen. The configuration was still the same, but the commander was replaced by the original Holy Knight commander - the bearded Reynolds. Ye Chen was actually not very trusting of this holy person who was influenced by light. However, his strength, status, and leadership ability among the Devil Race were among the best. Finally, Ye Chen decided to give him a chance to prove his ability and loyalty to the Abyss.

Coming to the Soul Mill, he replaced a large number of first-order ordinary human souls with Worm souls. Immediately after, he Enhanced all the Worms that had not yet been Enhanced. Finally, it was calculated that there were a total of 300,000 talented Worms in the Abyss. As for the remaining negative energy, he selected the Fear energy and prepared to Enhance Apollo. The rest was stored for later use.

In the Soul Mill, Apollo was suspended in the void, his body instinctively absorbing the Fear energy. Having gone through the war of the Eight God Domains, he had already broken through to the nine-star limit. He was only one step away from breaking through. Now, with the help of the power of fear, he finally broke through naturally.

The successfully promoted third-order Apollo was more humanoid in form, with a more fluid linear figure. His four appendages gradually became thicker, the claws at the ends of his upper limbs gradually turned into hands, and his lower limbs turned into feet. After being promoted, he gained two more talents and increased control effects. The two new skills were more geared towards group combat and clearing troops. As long as the enemy generated fear, there would be a ten-second control effect plus the monsters he generated, which could basically clear out most enemies.