6: Chapter 6: Ferocious Beasts Gather? Strength Surges! Invincible Among Those of the Same Rank!

[Host: Lu Qingyun]

[Race: Mediocre Slime (White)]

[Level: LV2 (Mortal Shedding Realm, Second Stage) (12/500)]

[HP: 312.3/312.3]

[Physical Strength: 3.1 (Don't doubt it, you're not even as good as a combat power of five right now)]

[Mental Strength: 2.5 (Your soul is rather peculiar, causing your strength to be naturally stronger than existences of the same level, but... it's still pitifully weak.)]

[Technique: Blood Nourishing Technique (Proficient, 427/500). The level cap for this technique is LV5. Please cultivate a new, higher-level technique as soon as possible.]

[Martial Skill: Mountain-Shaking Fist (Proficient, 23/300). Forgive me, I cannot imagine a Slime like you cultivating fist techniques... Are you playing around?]

[BOSS Initial Mechanics: 1. Out-of-Combat HP Regen (After leaving combat, your status will recover to its peak at a speed of 20% per second!). 2. Infinite Growth (As a BOSS, your HP bar should be long enough to make the world tremble! Every time you defeat/kill a living being, you can absorb a portion of HP based on its strength, permanently increasing your HP bar!)]

[Mission 1: Kill Magic Beasts (4/100)]

"Finally... leveled up."

Lu Qingyun stretched his body, his bones crackling audibly, and his blood surged within him. His strength had increased by more than double!

His eyes flashed with brilliance, and his back straightened!

Although it was only a one-level increase, for Lu Qingyun, it was a difference like heaven and earth!

From now on, his efficiency in slaying fierce beasts would skyrocket!

When dealing with Mortal Shedding Realm, First Stage fierce beasts, he no longer needed to rely on the out-of-combat HP regen mechanic to kite them endlessly and grind them to death.

Instead, he could completely rely on his raw strength to suppress them with his realm!

What if his combat experience was weak?

Who the hell kites as a real BOSS!

Isn't it all about extreme stats and broken mechanics? One hit, and they have to obediently roll back to the respawn point and lose a life!

It's just that in this real world, there's no such thing as respawning.

"Physical strength 3.1, although it only doubled in numerical value, the surging power within me is far more than double!"

"In other words, the gap between physical strength 3 and physical strength 1 cannot be judged purely by the numbers; the gap might be as much as seven or eight times!"

Lu Qingyun clenched his fist, roughly estimating his strength before the breakthrough.

The conclusion he reached made him exceptionally excited!

Because... after the breakthrough, the system rewarded him with one free attribute point!

This was a completely extra boost!

"System, add points to Physical Strength!"

Lu Qingyun made his choice without hesitation.

After all, there were only two options; either add to physical or mental.

But the problem is... at his current level, what use is adding to mental?

It would be better to just max out physical strength; that is the attribute that can truly provide the greatest help when hunting fierce beasts!

[Physical Strength: 3.1 — 4.1]

As physical strength increased, a thick, warm current surged into Lu Qingyun's body!

In an instant, his blood surged through his body like a river!

His bones, meridians, and flesh seemed to have received a baptism, their strength pulling upward by a large margin!

"After getting through the initial weak period, the system is actually this powerful!"

"Now, it's not just Mortal Shedding Realm, First Stage fierce beasts; even fierce beasts of the same level can only be pinned to the ground and beaten by me!"

"With the increase in level and free attribute points... Invincible among peers? No, I have the aptitude of a Great Emperor!"

Lu Qingyun slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

After several upgrades, his senses were already many times stronger than before.

The subtle movements of every blade of grass and tree could not escape his eyes.

Of course, the improvement in vision was actually the least useful one.

Because...

Lu Qingyun looked up. In the vast darkness of the night, a scarlet HP bar was exceptionally conspicuous, forming a sharp contrast with the surrounding pitch black.

[Iron-Spine Silver Wolf LV3: Having devoured fierce beasts of the same level multiple times and successfully promoted, it has already become the hegemon of this area! It possesses an even stronger bloodlust. Night is its hunting time, and if you don't avoid it in time, you will be the first food chosen by this famished creature!]

[HP: 301/312]

[Physical Strength: 3.4]

[Mental Strength: 1.2]

[Skills: Iron-Spine Bash, Bite, Roll, Primary Digestion]

...

Upon seeing its level, Lu Qingyun initially wanted to make a tactical retreat.

But upon seeing its physical strength, he immediately perked up!

"Avoid it? I should avoid its edge!?"

"My Mountain-Shaking Fist has just entered the Proficient stage and hasn't yet shown its full power!"

Lu Qingyun strode forward, his physical strength of 4.1 serving as his confidence, making him fearless!

At worst... he could just kite it a few more times.

If the stat suppression wasn't enough, didn't he have his heaven-defying mechanics to fall back on!

He took a large stride and charged straight toward the Iron-Spine Silver Wolf!

This posture left the Iron-Spine Silver Wolf, which had just discovered Lu Qingyun, somewhat bewildered. It didn't understand why the strange human in front of it dared not to flee in panic upon discovering it, but instead actively rushed forward!

Even that group of people in camouflage who dragged it from the wilderness weren't this arrogant!

What gives you the right!!

"Roar—!!"

The Iron-Spine Silver Wolf let out an angry roar at Lu Qingyun.

Out of predatory instinct, it ran, picking up speed, its entire silvery-white body leaving trails of afterimages under the moonlight!

The bone spikes on its back, like sword blades, glinted with a cold white luster, and the dark red deposits on their surface made one's hair stand on end, instinctively imagining the scene of them piercing through one's own body.

In fact, just a short while ago, it had used this very method to brutally impale a human martial artist!

That meal had made it completely remember the taste of human flesh.

Now, it could savor it again!

"Speed?"

"I'm not bad either."

Lu Qingyun stared intently at the Iron-Spine Silver Wolf's running trajectory, his legs exploding with force!

He completed a perfect dodge!

He even took the opportunity to kick out!

The powerful force followed the Iron-Spine Silver Wolf's running direction, causing it to lose its balance and roll on the ground a dozen times before stopping.

And just as it stood up, a fist came straight at its face!

"Bang—!"

"Bang—!!"

[Mountain-Shaking Fist EXP +24!]

[Mountain-Shaking Fist EXP +21!]

Actual combat is always the fastest way to improve!

Under the heaven-defying mechanism of digitization and permanent verification, this speed of improvement was ridiculously fast!

One punch was worth several days of hard training for an ordinary martial artist!

Relying on his powerful physical strength, Lu Qingyun even sat directly on the Iron-Spine Silver Wolf's body, not caring even if part of his body was pierced by its bone spikes.

He completely suppressed it with force, turning it into a living punching bag for practicing his fist techniques!

[HP-35]

[HP-27]

Punch after punch, as the Iron-Spine Silver Wolf's HP gradually dropped to freezing point, its resistance was already completely devoid of energy.

It could only let Lu Qingyun ravage it!

[Killed LV3 Iron-Spine Silver Wolf, cross-level kill, Level EXP +52, Max HP +51, Current Max HP 363.3!]

As the Iron-Spine Silver Wolf's last whimper faded away, the king that once dominated this area passed away.

The smell of blood spread, making the fierce beasts already restless in the dark night unable to suppress their bloodthirsty instincts any longer!

With an exceptionally high-pitched roar, the once deadly silent night suddenly rang with very chaotic sounds!

Thump—!

Thump—!!

Heavy footsteps, accompanied by deep wheezing.

The foul, fishy smell belonging to fierce beasts gradually became thick, and the surroundings became extremely dangerous.

"Gathering together? Not bad."

Lu Qingyun stood beside the Iron-Spine Silver Wolf's corpse, having no intention of retreating.

On the contrary, his eyes flashed with a greed even greater than the fierce beasts'!

However, what he didn't know was...

Inside an old building just a few streets away from him, a cold, aloof girl dressed in a black combat suit that outlined her figure perfectly was clutching a three-inch long wound on her abdomen tightly.

After sprinkling medical powder, the blood that had been gushing out finally showed signs of stopping.

This gave the exceptionally pale girl a chance to catch her breath.

"Just a little bit more; if I hadn't reacted in time, that Shadow Cat's sharp claws would have been enough to completely rip open my abdomen. Now, just this small injury is acceptable. Although fierce beasts roam at night, I have already sprinkled beast-repelling powder nearby; barring any special circumstances, it should be enough for my rest tonight."

"However, it really is in desperate situations that potential can be stimulated!"

"Under the crisis of life and death, I have finally broken through to the Mortal Shedding Realm, Third Stage!"

"I, Luo Qingxue, will never be weaker than others in my life! So what if I don't have innate abilities? When I stand at the pinnacle of martial artists, no one will be able to force their will upon me!"

Luo Qingxue seemed to recall something, and anger ignited in her eyes.

But the surging blood in her body seemed to cause the just-healed wound to rupture again, and blood gushed out anew.

This made her hurriedly calm her emotions and scramble to re-bandage it.

Just after bandaging, a faint sound rang out.

This made her hurriedly disperse the smell of blood around her, pressing tightly against her wound, not daring to make a single sound.

Originally, she had thought it was just a fierce beast passing by by chance.

But who would have known, as if that first fierce beast was just the beginning, one by one, low-level fierce beasts, having become increasingly frantic under the influence of the night and hunger, were actually gathering in her direction!

"Have I been exposed?"

"No, if I were exposed, I'm afraid fierce beasts would have already attacked me. The situation is very wrong! I can't stay in this place anymore."

Luo Qingxue forced her body up, disregarding her physical weakness, and shifted her position.

Even if these fierce beasts were only low-level, once gathered, with the added advantage of numbers, they could grind her to death just by attrition!

If she were exposed, she would likely face a fate with ten deaths and no life!

Roar—!!!

In the distance, beast roars rang out one after another, as if a great battle was taking place.

Luo Qingxue looked back, fear rising in her heart, and the speed of her escape increased slightly.

"This kind of commotion, I fear it's because fierce beasts are competing for the kingship of this area!"

"Or perhaps it's because there are too many fierce beasts. Wasn't it said that cleaners had already been arranged to enter and clear them out? How could such a thing still happen?"

Luo Qingxue's brows furrowed slightly, and while quickening her pace, a thought suddenly popped into her mind.

"Is it possible... that this commotion was caused by some cleaner?"

But soon, she shook her head.

Because even if it really was caused by someone, unless that person had stepped into the late stage of the Mortal Shedding Realm and could rely on raw strength to kill their way out!

Otherwise, when facing a continuous stream of fierce beasts, they would still be dragged to death!

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