37: Monster attack!

Since things still had a chance to turn around, Lin Yue was no longer anxious and followed the Auspicious Beast deeper into the cave.

"I have been here for too long, and my strength far exceeds that of the Novice Village. If you hadn't come, I would have had to leave soon anyway."

Along the way, the Auspicious Beast spoke as it walked, and Lin Yue listened quietly.

"The Main City already sent people here a while ago. They won't allow me to stay in the Novice Village, but I cannot leave yet."

As it spoke, the man and the beast arrived at the innermost part of the cave. Surrounded by numerous glowing items, a golden egg stood quietly in the center.

"This is the only offspring I will ever have. I must wait for him to be born before I can leave with peace of mind."

After hearing this, Lin Yue looked at the Auspicious Beast in surprise and couldn't help but ask, "Are you female? I mean, a mother?"

"Hmm?"

Lin Yue's words seemed to make the Auspicious Beast angry and embarrassed. It stomped heavily on the ground, causing the entire cave to shake again.

"I have no gender, Adventurer. If you speak nonsense again, be careful, or I won't be polite!"

"Alright."

Compared to the Auspicious Beast's displeasure, Lin Yue focused his attention on the golden egg before him.

"So, to get the treasure of the gods, we must wait until it is born?"

Lin Yue analyzed, based on the Auspicious Beast's words.

"Your mission is to protect it until tomorrow morning. If it is safe and sound by tomorrow morning, I will hand over the treasure of the gods to you."

"That simple?"

Lin Yue looked puzzled, but quickly received a mission notification.

"Ding! You have received a mission: Protect the Gold Swallowing Beast's Egg."

"Mission Requirement: The Gold Swallowing Beast's Egg must not die before dawn tomorrow morning. Countdown: 7 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds."

"Mission Penalty: The Four-Legged Gold-Swallowing Beast's Wrath."

"Mission Reward: The treasure of the gods."

Having accepted the mission and watching the countdown tick down, Lin Yue, who had initially thought it would be easy, now understood that the matter was not so simple.

Just a few seconds later, a huge roar came from outside the Auspicious Beast's cave, and the entire cave shook violently.

"Go to the entrance quickly! They are coming!"

"They?"

Lin Yue was full of doubts and quickly walked toward the entrance. Immediately, the sight before him made him gasp.

Mountain Boars covered the entire area, roaring loudly, crossing the stream, and charging toward the cave. Rolling dust clouds rose into the air, looking particularly spectacular under the moonlight.

Lin Yue took a rough look; within his sight alone, there were at least a thousand Mountain Boars rushing toward the cave.

However, the Mountain Boars were just the appetizer. Behind the boar herd, Lin Yue faintly saw other monsters.

Mountain Wolves, Gloomy Cat Demons, Minotaurs, Five-Step Vipers... wild monsters above Level 8 were clearly among them.

"This... this is a Monster Siege?!"

Lin Yue was stunned. A gathering of wild monsters on such a scale reminded him of the scene during the Invasion of Ten Thousand Races.

"Damn it, are you an Auspicious Beast or an Evil Beast? Why are so many monsters coming for revenge just because you're having a baby?"

Ignoring the need to think, Lin Yue muttered a complaint, and the Golden Staff in his hand began rapid Casting Speed.

The first wave consisted entirely of ordinary monsters, but their sheer number forced Lin Yue to treat them seriously.

Boom!

Chain Fireball, Explosive Flame.

Several fireballs slammed forward, instantly illuminating the dim night. With just one skill cast, over a dozen Mountain Boars at the front were instantly killed.

Lin Yue's current output was too high. With over four thousand magic power plus a 4.0 Casting Speed, let alone ordinary wild monsters, even elite wild monsters would be easily instantly killed.

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The upper limit of his health was rapidly increasing. With every Chain Fireball cast, a dozen Mountain Boars fell, making this monster clearing efficiency terrifying.

Even so, the wild monsters covering the mountains and fields still stretched as far as the eye could see.

And this situation had to last for eight hours!

...Inside the cave, the Four-Legged Gold-Swallowing Beast spat out Gold Coins one after another around the golden egg. Hundreds of thousands of Gold Coins instantly turned into golden liquid and slowly flowed into the golden egg.

The Gold Swallowing Beast's Egg glowed brighter, and faint sounds of a beast's roar could be heard.

"I hope that Adventurer can hold out until morning."

Immediately afterward, the Four-Legged Gold-Swallowing Beast leaned against the egg and began to doze, seemingly having expended a lot of energy spitting out so many Gold Coins.

In the valley, the stream water was splashed everywhere by the beasts trampling through it. In front of them, massive flames acted like a boundary line drawn by the God of Death; the beasts were incinerated and cried out in agony before even crossing it.

The seemingly slender human before them had managed to block the entire monster army single-handedly.

"Roar!"

Minotaurs roared toward the sky, initiating a Savage Charge. They intended to carve a bloody path for the troops behind them.

Lin Yue's expression was indifferent. While his health was constantly increasing, his magic power was also steadily growing stronger.

Life Miracle (Supreme Tier): 3 Stars

Effect 1: Each Spell attack permanently increases health by 4 points.

Effect 2: Gain 4 points of magic power for every 100 points of health.

Proficiency: 97 / 1,000,000.

After continuously grinding monsters for two hours, Lin Yue's Talent finally leveled up to 3 Stars.

Under the bonus provided by 3-Star Life Miracle, his monster grinding became increasingly fierce!

Rumble!

The stream beneath the valley had now turned into a river of blood. Monster corpses were piled high; before they could despawn, new corpses filled the space, and the bodies crackled and popped under the intense heat of the flames.

The density of the monsters far exceeded Lin Yue's expectations.

In just two hours, Lin Yue had already killed sixty to seventy thousand wild monsters, yet the monster numbers showed no sign of decreasing.

If the intensity remained like this, holding out until morning would not be a major problem.

The good news was that his health had stacked up by over 140,000 points. The bad news was that with such high-frequency monster grinding, the Mana Potions he carried were no longer sufficient.

Helplessly, Lin Yue had to take off the entire shadow set and replace all his equipment with gear that boosted Mana or Mana regeneration.

After swapping to miscellaneous gear, although the set effect was gone, his Mana Capacity was now sufficient.

The current wild monsters could hardly injure Lin Yue. Even if they did, it was negligible compared to his high health pool.

Lin Yue's HP now exceeded 270,000, and his spell power surpassed 7,000 points.

Although his output had increased, the efficiency remained the same; ordinary wild monsters still couldn't withstand the power of a single Fireball Spell from Lin Yue.

After continuing to grind for another hour, a flash of light enveloped Lin Yue.

"Ding! You have leveled up to Level 11. free attribute points +5."

After killing one hundred thousand wild monsters, even with the mandatory single point of experience, Lin Yue still leveled up.

Before Lin Yue could celebrate, the frequency of the wild monsters' assault suddenly dropped, and the massive Shadow Cat Demons and Minotaur Commanders appeared.

This wave was entirely composed of elite monsters!