130: I'll find you a technician with enough strength.

“Hiss~”

Xia Siye stood on the edge of Old Hei’s carapace, looking at the Nether Beast tide below. He took several deep breaths of cool air before gradually calming down.

Such a Nether Beast tide would require even a Gold-rank Beast Tamer to be cautious.

If a Silver Rank Beast Tamer encountered it, it would almost certainly be a total annihilation.

However, with Lin Chuan, it was like child’s play.

Recalling what Uncle Xia Yuan said about the ultimate defense, was it truly that terrifying?

As Lin Chuan’s teammate, he felt truly useless… Thinking of this, Xia Siye couldn’t sit still.

“Lin Chuan, I can increase my strength by killing Nether Beasts. Can you hold them off?”

“Remove the ‘can you’.”

“Damn it!”

Xia Siye instantly vanished into the shadows, appearing behind a heavily injured Nether Beast a hundred meters away, killing it with one strike.

Nether Beasts truly lived up to their name. Old Hei’s damage reflection had already reached 180%, yet some Nether Beasts, after attacking a few times, only sustained minor injuries.

Perhaps they were the defensive type?

Lin Chuan didn’t care. If they weren’t willing to put in effort, then he would increase the intensity.

“Old Hei, make them try harder. You’re practically falling asleep, aren’t you?”

[Extreme Taunt]

“Xiao Ling, armor Old Hei.”

[Sword Armor Armament]

[Virtual-Reality Sword] Lv9 (Passive: When dealing damage, there is a 50% chance to ignore all of the enemy’s defense)

Damage reflection, naturally, also counts as dealing damage.

Thus, a terrifying scene unfolded.

Originally, a Nether Beast attacking Old Hei might have felt nothing, but suddenly, it would instantly kill itself!

Even the defensive types were no exception.

Almost all Nether Beasts, the moment they touched Old Hei, would simply vanish, turning into a cloud of gray Qi, leaving behind an Elite Rank soul orb.

Xia Siye was happily harvesting kills, planning to reap another wave after his skills cooled down.

However, when he saw the gray mist rising around Old Hei, he was stunned.

“What the heck is this?!”

At this moment, he even began to worry that there wouldn’t be enough Nether Beasts to kill!

Lin Chuan was lying on Old Hei’s back and didn’t see this scene.

However, he did notice the increasingly dense mist. Moreover, this mist was also a relatively pure form of energy, constantly being absorbed by Xiao Ling’s [Sword Nurturing Art].

“Old Hei, you really know how to enjoy yourself, huh? Massages aren’t enough, now you’re even taking a sauna!”

“Not enough strength…”

Old Hei’s thoughts were filled with disdain.

“Damn it, first let’s kill these troublesome guys, then I’ll find you a masseur with enough strength, alright?!”

“Alright…”

Lin Chuan: …Old Hei suffered quite a bit in the College Entrance Examination Secret Realm, almost getting instantly killed by a Monarch Rank, so it’s time for it to enjoy itself.

Hopefully, it can attract dozens of Commander Rank ones at once, to give Old Hei a good massage… Five minutes later, the mist gradually dispersed.

Not a single Nether Beast remained, leaving behind a circle of soul orbs.

“Damn, so many. How long will it take to pick them all up?”

Lin Chuan grumbled.

“No problem, I’ll do it.” Xia Siye said.

Subsequently, a dozen shadow Clones swiftly swept over the soul orbs.

In less than a minute, all were collected.

Lin Chuan took a sack of soul orbs, patted Xia Siye’s shoulder, and said sincerely: “Not bad, not bad, you’re quite capable.”

Xia Siye: “…”

For a moment, he didn’t even know if Lin Chuan was being sarcastic or not.

“Come, everyone gets a share, you take some too.”

Saying that, Lin Chuan opened the mouth of the sack towards Xia Siye, as his teammate had also contributed.

“Hehe, these are useless to me. Besides, I’ve already benefited greatly from your merit points. If there’s anything you want to exchange for later, you can tell me.”

Xia Siye said with a smile.

He was telling the truth; they were currently teamed up, and the dead Nether Beasts around them would be counted as jointly killed by both of them.

“Alright, I’ll hold onto them for now. If you need anything, you can find me.”

Lin Chuan didn’t really have much use for so many Elite Rank soul orbs at the moment. Gray Snake absorbing these low-level things didn’t increase the maturity of the [soul fruit] at all.

At most, it could replenish some Soul energy consumption, which was better than nothing.

“Keep moving forward!”

Lin Chuan waved his hand, and Old Hei continued onward.

The Nether Realm was vast, and there were usually few people, so for a while, no one encountered Old Hei.

Otherwise, those who didn’t know Lin Chuan would probably be scared witless by Old Hei.

“Lin Chuan, you’re not planning to go into Commander Rank territory, are you?”

Looking at Old Hei’s straight path, Xia Siye finally couldn’t help but ask.

“You found that out already!”

Lin Chuan said nonchalantly.

“You want to challenge Commander-rank Nether Beasts? These aren’t as simple as Yao Beasts; stronger ones might unleash ten times the attack power!”

What Xia Siye was referring to, of course, was the situation where there was a rank suppression.

Currently, for Lin Chuan, Commander Rank and Elite Rank were no different.

At most, the absolute value of a Commander Rank’s strength was a bit higher, plus the three-fold amplification of a Commander-rank Nether Beast, but it was still just that.

Old Hei’s defense and damage reflection attributes had long since overflowed. At that point, it would be a matter of seeing who died first!

“Let’s try it. If it doesn’t work, we’ll retreat. You’ve seen Old Hei’s speed before.”

Lin Chuan said with a smile, not making a definitive statement, afraid of scaring his roommate.

It was only the first day, so they had to take it slow.

“Alright, but if it doesn’t work, you can’t act tough. People really can die.”

Xia Siye’s breathing was a little hurried.

Rule number one: Do not challenge beyond your rank.

These two, on their very first day, had broken the most important rule. It was truly life-threatening!

“Well, just as you can improve your strength by slaying Nether Beasts, the only way for me to improve my strength is through high-intensity combat, you understand.”

Having nothing else to do, Lin Chuan took the opportunity to explain, lest he accidentally reach Gold Rank and scare him again.

“I understand.”

Xia Siye nodded.

The Dao of martial arts, getting stronger when facing stronger opponents, he naturally understood.

Lin Chuan wasn’t sure if he truly understood, but he could only say so much… As Lin Chuan continued, Xia Siye became increasingly numb.

Rule number ten: Do not make fires for cooking.

Lin Chuan, while roasting a lamb leg, asked: “What did you say? Come and taste this first…”

Rule number twenty: Do not relieve yourself anywhere… Rule number forty-four: Try not to spend the night in the Nether Realm; if you must, do not create any light sources… Walking and stopping like this, they only arrived at the Commander Rank infested area when it was dark.

Xia Siye had never imagined in his life that he would spend the night in the Nether Realm, and as an Elite Rank at that.

He remembered when Uncle Xia Yuan took him to brave his fears, they only circled the outskirts of the Commander Rank area and returned.

He had come to realize that Lin Chuan truly wasn’t afraid; he didn’t take Commander Rank seriously at all.

He vaguely remembered when Lin Chuan found out that the Nether Realm also had internet access, he only said three words:

“It’s awesome!”

Rule number fifty: Upon entering the Nether Realm, keep your phone silent, do not play with your phone, and do not play with your phone at night…