20: Treeman BOSS, a great harvest!

That's right, the energy in my body simply can't support full-power leveling for over two hours; I have to rest midway to recover my energy.

“I wonder if I can reach Rank 11 by tonight.”

With Thunder Breathing operating, conserving stamina to the maximum extent, Xia Qi once again charged into the treant crowd.

He fought tirelessly, slaughtering monsters like a madman, until the sun began to set, casting a blood-red glow.

Xia Qi sat down with difficulty in an open space, guzzled some water, ate a few bites of compressed food, and began to rest on the spot.

Despite such effort, Xia Qi was still twenty-five percent short of the experience needed to Breakthroug, a considerable distance.

“What a loss. I should have copied one or two Talents that could restore energy and stamina during the Awakening Ceremony.”

He swallowed his food with difficulty; after more than ten hours of high-intensity combat, Xia Qi’s Physique was starting to give out.

Looking at the barren expanse before him, he had pushed four or five kilometers from the outer perimeter to his current position.

It could be said that eighty percent of the monsters in this dungeon had been cleared by him.

“No wonder many professionals take several years to reach Rank 30.”

Xia Qi now understood that increasing one's Rank was clearly not an overnight affair, especially since the requirement for key universities was only to reach Rank 15 after one month.

For ordinary universities, Rank 12 was sufficient.

He had been playing for less than two days and was already approaching Rank 11, which in the eyes of other students, was already a monstrous existence.

Looking at the small patch of forest remaining, he wondered if clearing it all would allow him to reach Rank 11.

After resting for about twenty minutes, with both his stamina and energy significantly recovered, Xia Qi wasted no time. With Thunder Breathing activated, he directly rushed towards the remaining monsters.

Sweeping through them, in less than ten minutes, Xia Qi had pushed to the deepest part of the dungeon.

At this moment, surrounded by hundreds of treants, a treant twice as thick as a regular one appeared in Xia Qi’s sight.

“Am I this lucky to encounter a Boss?”

To verify his guess, Xia Qi decisively cast an Insight spell.

【Treant King】

【Rank: 12】

【Strength: 80】

【Agility: 50】

【Intelligence: 50】

【Physique: 180】

【Skills: Earth Spike, Entanglement】

Such obvious differences confirmed that he had indeed encountered the Treant King.

“Tomorrow’s enhancement will definitely be Good Fortune.”

The appearance of the Treant King excited Xia Qi, instantly boosting his morale.

The probability of the Treant King appearing was not high; on average, encountering one in ten dungeon runs was already quite good.

And the reason why Treant King Seeds were worth 100,000 in black market acquisition quests was precisely because of their rarity.

Originally, Xia Qi had planned to farm Twisted Jungle multiple times, but now it seemed one run might be enough.

Thunder Come!

With a thought, Frenzy Lightning descended. Xia Qi planned to first clear out the ordinary treants surrounding the Treant King.

Boom! As lightning tore through the encroaching darkness, the remaining dozens of treants were instantly activated.

Countless Earth Spikes shot out towards Xia Qi’s location in the blink of an eye. He dodged with a jump as lightning bolt after lightning bolt struck down.

Xia Qi would not give these treants time to react.

In less than three minutes, all the ordinary treants were cleared, and the Treant King had revealed its terrifying face, roaring at Xia Qi.

Suddenly, several vines silently crept towards Xia Qi’s feet.

Entanglement.

Before Xia Qi could react, his left foot was directly trapped.

Demon Bone Art.

A sharp bone sword materialized, and Xia Qi, without a word, quickly severed the vines.

It took several seconds for Xia Qi to break free, and during that time, the Treant King had quietly closed a considerable distance on Xia Qi.

“Good thing I have enough Talents, otherwise I would have really fallen for your Dao.”

While entangled, Xia Qi's first reaction was to use Instantaneous Movement to escape, but it failed directly; Instantaneous Movement could not be used while in an Entanglement state.

That's why he had no choice but to use the sharp bone sword to cut the vines.

He calmly observed the Treant King. Due to the darkness, the Treant King's attacks were somewhat difficult to detect.

First, he needed to create some distance. This way, even if the Treant King wanted to attack, Xia Qi would have time to react.

Exhaling a puff of white mist, Xia Qi created distance and pulled out a flashlight from his storage space, illuminating the one-meter radius around him clearly.

“Thunder Come!”

Once temporarily safe, Xia Qi unleashed a lightning offensive, with bolt after bolt of Frenzy Lightning furiously striking the Treant King.

At this, the Treant King panicked. Its Physique was indeed very high, but how could it be a match for lightning?

Under the violent elemental energy, a Physique of 180 was simply not enough, at most allowing it to last a dozen seconds longer than ordinary treants.

Under the destruction of successive lightning bolts, it also met the same fate as those ordinary treants.

‘Roar!’

Amidst a terrifying and despairing roar, the Treant King’s pupils lost their last glimmer of light, turning into charred wood on the ground.

【Successfully killed Rank 12 Treant King, Experience +600】

The Treant King was clearly stronger than ordinary treants, and it gave more experience, but it was still a considerable distance from reaching Rank 11.

【Obtained Treant King Seed +8.】

“Holy crap!”

As the second notification sounded, Xia Qi quickly checked his space and found eight Treant King Seeds emitting a faint glow, lying quietly in a corner of the space.

“Eight hundred thousand just like that!”

In his excitement, Xia Qi became even more determined: tomorrow, he absolutely had to enhance the B-Rank Talent Good Fortune first.

Counting the elemental Materials collected today, Xia Qi calculated that it was just enough for nine hundred thousand.

“Good harvest!”

Although he hadn't reached Rank 11, Xia Qi was in a very good mood.

Besides the two Material quests from the black market, his storage space also contained a large amount of other Materials.

These Materials were all contributed by ordinary treants; their individual value wasn't high, but there were many of them.

He had over a thousand hard wood blocks, each worth a few hundred.

Adding in other miscellaneous Materials, it amounted to over a hundred thousand.

This meant that his single day's harvest had already surpassed one million.

“So, it’s still more comfortable to solo.”

Xia Qi contentedly exited the Twisted Jungle dungeon. His single day's harvest was already equivalent to a week or even half a month's income for many professional teams.

As his Rank continued to increase, the Materials from Advanced monsters would be even more valuable, making daily earnings of tens of millions not a dream.

Xia Qi glanced around. After nightfall, there were few people left at the dungeon entrance, as night was not very friendly to humans, making it easy to get injured.

He decided to return to the city first and get his gambling funds.

Just as Xia Qi was about to activate Thunder Breathing to return to Jiang City.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

In the darkness, sounds of something cutting through the air came from not far away.

At first, Xia Qi didn’t pay much attention, but when one of the arrows flew towards him, Xia Qi’s expression changed.