The exhilaration brought by Bloodlust

"They're here!" Meng Zhan narrowed his eyes. "The Tier 5 insect has successfully gestated."

"Ling Yi, head to the fortress immediately and execute the previously formulated battle plan."

Ling Yi saluted. "Yes!"

"Attention, everyone, form up."

"Enter the rift in an orderly fashion."

The Professionals who came to support from Tianfeng City had already arrived. Under the arrangement of the Demon Suppression Army, they quickly passed through the rift and entered the interior of the insect nest.

Lin Yuan followed behind Ling Yi and entered the rift.

【You have entered Insect Nest No. 37. You may leave after staying inside for 30 minutes.】

After passing through the rift, Lin Yuan saw five fully armed Professionals holding weapons, standing near the rift. They were responsible for guarding the rift here to prevent insects from crossing through and entering Blue Star.

"Captain Ling!" Seeing Ling Yi, these people saluted one after another.

"The insects are about to attack. You must hold your ground here; absolutely do not let a single insect escape."

Yesterday, the western wall of the fortress was dug through by insects, and dozens of burrowing Tiao Ling Insects escaped. The Law Enforcement Team was fully mobilized, searching day and night, before they finally exterminated all the Tiao Ling Insects.

The western wall had already been repaired. Just in case, Ling Yi had dispatched additional personnel to prevent the insects from repeating their old tricks.

The squad leader in charge of guarding, Li Ming, tightened his grip on his weapon. "My men and I will definitely not let any insect escape."

Ling Yi nodded and brought Lin Yuan to the top of the wall. There were already many Professionals on the wall waiting in strict formation. These Professionals were all uniformly Level 30, and many of them were not entering the insect nest fortress for the first time.

Near the left side of the wall, a Professional around 35 years old, holding a green longbow, was smoking. Four teammates were leaning against the wall, eyes fixed on the distance.

"Sigh, Old Hu, it's said that there are Tier 5 insects this time."

"Do you think we can get a Tier 5 Perfect Attribute Essence to drop?"

Old Hu was the Professional smoking and holding the green longbow. His name was Hu Sanming, a Level 30 Archer.

Hu Sanming reached out and snuffed out his half-smoked cigarette. "Tier 5 Perfect Attribute Essence? You really dare to dream."

"A single Tier 5 Perfect Essence can increase all attributes by 500 points."

"If you take it out to sell, it could fetch at least a few hundred million."

"It's something that has a price but no market."

Hu Sanming lit another cigarette. "And even if one dropped, what does that have to do with us? Do you have the contribution points to exchange for it?"

"We just need to guard our own little patch of land and try to farm more Tier 1 and Tier 2 Attribute Essences."

"If we're lucky and get a few Tier 3 Attribute Essences, we can trade for a full set of Gold-tier equipment."

Lin Yuan walked over from a distance and happened to hear Hu Sanming's words. Seeing the question on Lin Yuan's face, Ling Yi took the initiative to explain.

"Inside the insect nest, killing ordinary insects grants no experience points."

"Only by killing the Brood Mother will you gain experience points."

"However, these insects don't drop nothing at all."

Speaking of which, Ling Yi took out a green crystal the size of a thumb. "After an insect dies, there is a chance it will drop this kind of Attribute Essence."

"This is a Tier 1 Agility Crystal, which can increase Agility by one point."

"Ten of these crystals can be synthesized into a Tier 1 Agility Essence."

"A Tier 1 Agility Essence can increase Agility by 5 points."

"By the same logic, besides Agility Essence, there are naturally Strength Essence, Intelligence Essence, and Stamina Essence."

"Four different Attribute Essences can be synthesized into one Perfect Essence."

"A Tier 1 Perfect Essence can increase a Professional's all attributes by 10 points."

"Tier 2 by 50 points, Tier 3 by 100 points, Tier 4 by 250 points, and Tier 5 by 500 points."

Lin Yuan reached out and took the Agility Crystal into his hand. "What's the drop rate for this thing?"

"About one in a thousand."

"One thousand insects will drop one of these crystals."

"One in a thousand, the drop rate is actually quite high." Lin Yuan tossed the crystal back to Ling Yi. "Just now they said Tier 5 insects will drop Tier 5 Perfect Crystals. Can Perfect Crystals drop directly?"

Ling Yi put the crystal back into his backpack. "Insects above Tier 4 have a chance to drop Attribute Essences. It's not impossible for Tier 5 insects to drop Perfect Attribute Essences."

"Or there is another situation, and that is if this Tier 5 insect is a Brood Mother."

"Brood Mothers have a 100% drop rate for Perfect Essences."

At this point, Ling Yi shook his head. "But that probability is minuscule."

"If a Tier 5 Brood Mother really appears, everyone here today will struggle to escape death."

Arriving at the very center of the wall, Ling Yi asked Lin Yuan, "What is the skill range of the Bloodthirst Art?"

Ling Yi intended to adjust the defensive formation based on the range of Lin Yuan's Bloodthirst Art, striving to let more people receive the buff from the Bloodthirst Art.

Lin Yuan checked his mana. It was just over 10,000, not enough mana to cast the Bloodthirst Art. But it didn't matter; just because Lin Yuan couldn't cast it himself didn't mean Ghost couldn't.

Ghost's mana was 40,000. When using it all, the covered range was 300 meters. 300 meters was enough to cover the entire fortress.

Lin Yuan held up three fingers.

"Thirty meters, huh." Ling Yi saw Lin Yuan hold up three fingers. "That's enough."

"If the formation is denser, it can cover most people."

"Three hundred meters." Lin Yuan corrected him. "The coverage area of the Bloodthirst Art is three hundred meters."

Ling Yi was stunned for a moment. "How many meters did you just say?"

"Three hundred!"

Damn it, who needs a formation for that? With a range of 300 meters, everyone in the entire fortress could receive the buff from the Bloodthirst Art.

One hundred Professionals, all receiving the buff from the Bloodthirst Art simultaneously. He would use Blizzard to slow them down, and then the other Professionals would output damage like crazy. With the buff from the Bloodthirst Art, no matter how many insects came, they would all die.

Ling Yi imagined that scene; it was simply too satisfying. A Legion Skill, truly terrifying!

【The insect army will arrive on the battlefield in 5 minutes. Please prepare for battle.】

All Professionals received the notification at the same time. Ling Yi took command in the center. "Return to your respective positions immediately and launch attacks according to orders."

Once the five minutes were up, the insect army came charging from the distance in a massive wave. Charging at the very front were thirty yellow insects, four meters tall, square-shaped, and similar in size to a truck.

【Tank Insect】 (Tier 3 Elite)

【Level: LV25】 【HP: 250,000】 【Attack: 2,000】 【Defense: 3,000】 【Magic Resistance: 10%】

【Skill 1 (Thick Armor): Defense increased by 50%】 【Skill 2 (Self-Destruct): Upon death, the corpse will explode, dealing 10,000 magic damage to targets within a 20-meter radius】

"It's a Tank Insect!"

"They actually deployed Tank Insects in the very first wave."

Ling Yi was somewhat surprised, but he still issued the attack order immediately. "Prioritize attacking the Tank Insects; do not let them get close to the wall."