42: Drop Spider, Corpse Blast

Water Spider

Race: Insectoid

Tier: Tier 5 Troops

Level: 1

Health: 12000 (+8000)

Attack: 1020 (+520)

Defense: 340 (+170)

Skills:

Water Gun: The Water Spider violently sprays water at its opponent, dealing a large amount of damage.

Aqua Ring: The Water Spider creates a curtain of water around its body, which can negate a large amount of damage.

Bloodthirst: The Water Spider becomes extremely Bloodthirst, and after dealing damage to an enemy, it will absorb a portion of that damage as health for itself.

True Blood: The Water Spider's health doubles.

Blood Lock: When suffering a fatal blow, the Water Spider ignores the damage and enters an invincible state for 3 seconds.

The Water Spider itself only has two skills, one for attack and one for defense, making it well-equipped for both.

After the triple amplification from the War Treasure, hero, and castle, even though the Water Spider is only a Tier 5 Troop, it can still contend with Tier 6 Troops.

Immediately after, Li Feng consumed resources to build the Corpse Explosion Bug Altar.

You have successfully built the Corpse Explosion Bug Altar, consuming 8000 wood, 8000 stone, 8000 iron ore, and 1 Tier 6 Gem.

Consuming 10,000 gold coins, Li Feng summoned 50 Corpse Explosion Bugs.

Soon, one by one, 'maggots?' crawled out of the Corpse Explosion Bug Altar.

Li Feng was so scared that he kept backing away, his face filled with surprise and uncertainty.

His nerves were already thick enough to face most insectoids.

But for maggots, he still couldn't help but feel a surge of revulsion, keeping his distance.

If it were just individual maggots, they would simply be white, fleshy worms, not enough to cause such a strong reaction from Li Feng.

But the damn thing was...

The Corpse Explosion Bug Altar was actually a piece of rotting flesh, riddled with small holes.

The Corpse Explosion Bugs crawled out of those holes.

Not turning and fleeing already proved Li Feng's strong will.

If it were an ordinary person, they might have already thrown up their dinner from the night before.

Forcing down his discomfort, Li Feng opened the Corpse Explosion Bug's information panel.

Corpse Explosion Bug

Race: Insectoid

Tier: Tier 6 Troops

Level: 1

Health: 12000 (+8000)

Attack: 2420 (+1220)

Defense: 400 (+200)

Skills:

Corpse Explosion: The Corpse Explosion Bug detonates a corpse, dealing a large amount of damage to enemies within range. (Power is determined by the corpse's maximum health before death and the Corpse Explosion Bug's damage)

Corpse Storage: The Corpse Explosion Bug possesses a natural nether space within its body, where it can seal corpses, preventing them from ever decaying or disappearing.

Bloodthirst: The Corpse Explosion Bug will become extremely Bloodthirst, and after dealing damage to an enemy, it will absorb a portion of that damage as health for itself.

True Blood: The Corpse Explosion Bug's health doubles.

Blood Lock: When suffering a fatal blow, the Corpse Explosion Bug ignores the damage and enters an invincible state for 3 seconds.

Just as Li Feng had guessed.

The Corpse Explosion Bug's various attributes were very compatible with necromancers.

However, the former detonated corpses, while the latter controlled corpses, taking two divergent paths.

Li Feng stared at the Corpse Storage skill, an idea forming in his mind.

On the Endless Continent, after monsters were killed, if the lord didn't collect them, they would automatically disappear after a short time.

This Corpse Storage skill should allow corpses to persist indefinitely, making it convenient for the Corpse Explosion Bug to detonate them during battle.

“Later, I’ll kill a monster and test the Corpse Explosion Bug’s damage.”

Li Feng made up his mind to conduct an experiment.

As for monsters, there were plenty around here.

Afterward, he summoned another hero.

That was a common-grade hero he had recruited on the fifth day using a Hero Recruitment Order.

It was a three-meter-long giant leech that usually lived in the castle's fountain pool.

However, it could also temporarily leave the water and stay on land for a day or two without issue.

“Lichi, you lead the Water Spiders to explore the lake.”

Li Feng gave the command to the Bloodthirst leech in front of him.

Lichi was just a common-grade hero, its combat power wasn't particularly strong, and it was only a single unit.

Li Feng hadn't let him act before, instead keeping him on standby in the castle's fountain pool.

Now that the Water Spider Troops had been summoned, it was naturally time for Lichi to get to work.

Under Lichi's leadership, hundreds of Water Spiders entered the lake together.

Li Feng immediately shared Lichi's vision.

At the bottom of the lake, he could only see soft sand and riverbed churning with the undercurrents, along with some scattered rocks and aquatic plants.

After watching for a while and finding nothing, Li Feng gave up on the shared vision.

“You follow behind me, but don’t get too close to me.”

Li Feng gave the remaining Corpse Explosion Bugs a command, his disdain undisguised in his tone.

Fortunately, the Corpse Explosion Bugs were just Troops and had no intelligence.

They didn't feel dejected by Li Feng's disgust, but honestly followed his command, staying three meters behind him.

“Buzzwole, carry me.”

Li Feng summoned a group of Buzzwoles and sat on the broad shoulder of one of them.

“Depart!”

At his command, the Buzzwoles took flight, soaring out of the castle.

Looking at the Corpse Explosion Bugs again.

Don't let their unassuming appearance fool you; they looked almost identical to normal maggots.

But as they wriggled, their speed was actually faster than the Buzzwoles.

They easily kept pace behind the Buzzwoles.

If it weren't for their firm adherence to Li Feng's command, not daring to approach within three meters of him.

With their speed, they could easily surpass the Buzzwoles.

“Their speed seems pretty good. Next, let’s see what their damage is like.”

Li Feng had been observing the Corpse Explosion Bugs, and seeing this, he nodded slightly.

Once they left the Corpse Explosion Bug Altar, they looked like ordinary maggots, and weren't quite so disgusting.

Not long after, Li Feng discovered a group of mechanical monsters.

They were mechanical Goblin Blade Masters, each wielding a machete.

“They're already spawning Tier 3 monsters so quickly?”

Li Feng was surprised.

In previous novice assessments, before the seventh day, there were only Tier 1 monsters in the wilderness; anything higher than Tier 1 was a rare elite monster.

Tier 2 monsters would only spawn after seven days.

As for Tier 3 monsters, that should have been a matter for half a month later.

But now it was only the eighth day, and Tier 3 monsters were already spawning. This difficulty clearly surpassed previous novice assessments.

“At this rate, I'm afraid even Tier 4 and Tier 5 monsters will start spawning later. The difficulty is unusually high.”

While sighing, Li Feng had the Buzzwoles attack.

Whether Tier 1 or Tier 3 monsters, in front of the Buzzwoles with triple amplification, they were all easily killed.

Soon, a mechanical Goblin Blade Master was killed.

“Corpse Explosion Bug, move out!”

Li Feng gave the command to the Corpse Explosion Bugs.

Upon receiving the order, one of the Corpse Explosion Bugs in the rear immediately activated its Corpse Explosion skill on the mechanical Goblin Blade Master's corpse.

Accompanied by a loud 'boom'.

The mechanical Goblin Blade Master's corpse directly exploded...