64: The tyrant of the riverbed, the territory of the Crocodile King!
Good grief, it's a Middle Stage Rank 2 Vicious Beast!
Li Qing couldn't wait and crashed toward that rock.
It's been a long time since I've tasted a Middle Stage Rank 2 Vicious Beast!
The Black-Scaled Giant Catfish let out a silent roar.
It suddenly lunged upward, opening its massive mouth filled with fangs.
It wanted to use its sharp teeth to tear apart the intruder's body.
However.
Its teeth slammed into the hard turtle shell of Li Qing's Clone.
Only a crisp "crack" was heard.
It couldn't budge the Clone even an inch.
Instead, its own teeth shattered under the massive counterforce.
Li Qing opened his turtle mouth at the same time.
He gave the Black-Scaled Giant Catfish no chance to resist.
He directly swallowed its head along with its massive body in one bite.
[Ding!]
[Killed Middle Stage Rank 2 Vicious Beast Black-Scaled Giant Catfish, evolution value +60]
[Obtained ferocious beast essence blood x1]
Listening to the System prompt in his mind.
Li Qing began eating the body of the Black-Scaled Giant Catfish bite by bite.
I must say, the meat is tender and smooth!
[Devouring the Black-Scaled Giant Catfish provided a total of evolution value +30]
[evolution value: 712.6/50000]
Not bad, I still need to come out and act on my own.
It hasn't been long, and I've already gained 200 evolution value points.
Just one Middle Stage Rank 2 Vicious Beast provided nearly 100 evolution value points; the returns are quite bountiful!
As expected.
Stronger creatures provide more evolution value.
The hunting plan needs to change.
The flesh and blood of the Black-Scaled Giant Catfish provided Li Qing with nearly a hundred evolution value points.
This rich harvest ignited the desire deep within his heart.
Hunting the strong is the only way to become powerful quickly.
Ordinary fish and shrimp are merely snacks that are better than nothing.
The true feast is hidden in the deeper and more dangerous unknown waters of the river.
Li Qing's massive turtle body began moving along the riverbed.
Boom!
An undercurrent was stirred by him, and his massive turtle mouth suddenly opened.
[Mystic Water Manipulation] activated.
A school of Sabertooth Fish fleeing in panic ahead was instantly swept up by an invisible force.
Then, unable to control themselves, they flew backward and all fell into his mouth.
[Ding!]
[Devoured Sabertooth Fish * 37, evolution value +14]
Without stopping, his cold beastly eyes swept to the other side.
There, a massive Iron-Backed Giant Crab was waving its huge pincers, trying to burrow into the sediment.
Li Qing simply gave his tail a gentle flick.
The terrifying Great Strength stirred the water like a heavy hammer, smashing fiercely onto the giant crab's carapace.
Crack!
The hard shell shattered instantly.
[Ding!]
[Killed Peak Rank 1 Vicious Beast Iron-Backed Giant Crab, evolution value +20]
...A frantic hunt played out silently at the bottom of the Qiu River.
Li Qing transformed into a moving abyss; wherever he passed, all things fell silent.
His evolution value began to increase rapidly.
[evolution value: 751.3/50000]
[evolution value: 872.5/50000]
[evolution value: 904.9/50000]
However, this high-efficiency hunting did not last long.
The ecological balance beneath the Qiu River was broken by his brutal actions.
The lower-rank Vicious Beasts instinctively felt the approach of death.
They began to migrate and flee in large numbers.
The waters that were once teeming with fish were now empty and filled with Death Qi.
Li Qing's prestige, without need for words, had already spread rapidly through the riverbed's food chain.
He became a nightmare that all weak creatures avoided.
"Efficiency is not bad."
Li Qing stopped moving.
The aura of life in the surrounding waters had become thin.
He needed stronger targets.
Those true overlords who occupied a territory and would not easily flee!
[Earth Vein Sensing]!
With a thought, Li Qing fully activated his innate Divine Ability without reservation.
Buzz!
An invisible ripple, centered on his turtle shell, permeated toward the earth veins deep in the riverbed.
The world within a ten-mile radius instantly changed its appearance in his perception.
In his mind, it was no longer murky river water and silt.
But a giant network woven from countless energy meridians.
The flowing river water and the undulating rocks all left a unique "weight" on this network.
And those powerful life forms were like points of light of varying sizes, emitting their own light and heat on the earth vein network.
Li Qing's perception, like radar, precisely scanned every inch of the riverbed.
Searching for those brightest and hottest life fluctuations.
He quickly filtered out those weak points of light.
His goal was high-rank Vicious Beasts of Rank 2 and above!
Soon.
At the end of his perception, an unusual area caught his attention.
In that stretch of water, the concentration of Spiritual Qi underwater was significantly higher than in other places.
The river water there formed rapid whirlpools, submerged reefs were everywhere, and the terrain was extremely complex and dangerous.
And at the very center of that area.
Li Qing sensed a violent and powerful life fluctuation.
That aura was like a dormant volcano, entrenched upon the earth vein, heavy and oppressive.
Its intensity far exceeded that of the Black-Scaled Giant Catfish he had easily crushed earlier.
[Ding!]
[Discovered Vicious Beast Iron-Toothed Crocodile, Early Stage Rank 3 Vicious Beast, extremely dangerous!]
The System panel prompt popped up at the right time.
Iron-Toothed Crocodile!
This name instantly evoked a memory for Li Qing.
That was during the first stage of his Clone's evolution, when he had just entered the riverbed.
At that time, he was as weak as an ant.
Just sensing this aura from a distance made his Divine Soul tremble and gave rise to immense fear.
Without hesitation, he turned and fled, marking that area as an absolute forbidden zone.
Unwilling to set foot there again.
That was a territory belonging to the strong.
The weak can only revere and stay away.
However, times have changed.
Now, he was no longer that weak Spirit Turtle who could only survive in the cracks.
The Bloodline of a high-rank Spirit Beast.
The terrifying Great Strength of Strength of One Dragon.
Indestructible Mysterious Armor.
A Divine Ability that could control a stretch of water.
Strength brought confidence.
And also brought a completely different state of mind.
The fears of the past had long since vanished into thin air.
In its place was the coldness and excitement of a hunter discovering prime prey.
"I had no complaints about you chasing me before, but now, how about we try again?"
A cold light flashed within Li Qing's beastly eyes.
How much evolution value can an Early Stage Rank 3 Vicious Beast provide?
Before, because I was recruiting a subordinate, I let the Middle Stage Rank 3 Four-Clawed Black Python go!
Now I'll use this Iron-Toothed Crocodile to get a taste!
He did not hesitate in the slightest.
His massive body slowly turned, stirring up a surging undercurrent.
He swam resolutely toward the deadly waters in his Earth Vein Sensing.