132: Hunting Commander-level Nether Beasts

With Xia Siye's reconnaissance and guidance, Lin Chuan had a much easier time.

He didn't need to make a big fuss to accurately find the location of Commander-rank Nether Beasts.

After the two met, no more humanoid Nether Spirits appeared.

Generally speaking, humanoid Nether Spirits are much more intelligent than ordinary Nether Beasts and understand how to use schemes and tactics.

Nether Beasts have very singular attack methods: either close-combat physical attacks or long-range attribute-less energy attacks. They absolutely fight to the death, head-on, lacking the flashy skills of Yao Beasts, but they cause far more casualties than Yao Beasts of the same Rank.

Yao Beasts will be afraid and will flee, but Nether Beasts will not; from the moment they meet, it's a true exchange of blows, trading injuries, and they are inexhaustible.

After annihilating an area, new ones will automatically spawn after a period of time.

Of course, most of them are low-Rank Nether Beasts. Transcendent Rank and Elite Rank are almost constantly refreshing, and then, after continuous mutualDevour (devouring), they can grow to higher Ranks.

"There's one up ahead, a bull-shaped Nether Beast. The book says its reference Rank is at least Commander Rank Seven Stars," Xia Siye whispered to Lin Chuan, swallowing.

He had seen this Nether Beast, which was why he had retreated to warn Lin Chuan to take a detour, but he hadn't expected to return here to target it now.

Recalling the previous scene, Xia Siye ultimately didn't ask the four words, 'Can you do it?'

He was afraid the reply would again be, 'Remove the 'it'!'

"Commander Rank Seven Stars, very good. Step back; I'm about to show off."

After saying that, a silver light flashed directly on Old Hei, and his Sword Armor was already in place.

The bull Nether Beast was only about ten meters tall, completely gray-black, with two bull horns pointing straight forward like daggers.

"Old Hei, charge!"

"Bang!"

Old Hei wasn't stupid enough to directly hit the bull's horns but instead charged into the side of the bull.

The bull was instantly sent flying a hundred to eighty meters, tumbling a few times in the air before crashing heavily to the ground.

Although it looked terrible, it actually suffered almost no damage.

"Roar..."

The bull let out a giant roar, and its horns instantly grew two to three times larger. Then, its body also began to inflate like a balloon.

From its initial ten-odd meters, it gradually swelled to forty to fifty meters.

Afterward, the bull charged over at a speed no weaker than Old Hei's.

"Boom boom boom boom!"

The earth trembled under the bull's iron hooves.

"Boom..."

Old Hei wouldn't be foolish at this moment; he directly retracted his head and used his hardest back armor to meet the attack.

This time, it was Old Hei's turn to be sent flying several hundred meters away.

Two deep pits were dented into his back armor, and cracks gradually spread outwards.

However, the bull was also badly off; one of its horns directly broke off, spewing gray smoke like it was leaking air.

"Old Hei, how was the force?"

"Plenty..."

Now, Old Hei's battles almost didn't require Lin Chuan's command; he could handle them himself.

This was mainly because it was relatively simple; he only had two or three active skills, and after using them, he could go to sleep.

Sure enough, seeing the bull enlarge its body, Old Hei stopped pretending.

You want to compare size with me, huh?

My head is bigger than your entire body!

However, Old Hei didn't directly enlarge to 600 meters.

He stopped at over 200 meters and then looked at the bull with disdain.

Come on!

He didn't even need to use the Taunt skill; the bull couldn't stand it anymore.

After restoring its horns using its body's energy, it immediately charged over.

Old Hei was already prepared to lie down, maintaining an unmoving stance.

Go ahead and hit me; I lose if I move.

The bull continued to charge twice more, and its aura gradually weakened.

Old Hei was annoyed.

I'm all laid out, and you're out of strength? Didn't you eat?

"Extreme Taunt!"

"Bang!"

This time, the bull used all its might.

However, it was useless; it didn't even shake off the dust on Old Hei's body.

For every three attacks sustained, one absolute defense is gained.

180% damage reflection, plus Virtual-Reality Sword trigger.

The bull directly perished.

"Amazing."

Xia Siye came to Lin Chuan's side and handed him the soul orb.

He found that besides shouting "666" from the sidelines, he had no other use, which greatly discouraged him.

Originally, when Lin Chuan said, 'I'll try not to let you die,' he was touched for a moment.

But today, he realized that with Lin Chuan around, he truly couldn't even die if he wanted to!

The pride of a Genius wouldn't allow him to be so 'decadent,' and he silently made a decision... The two swept through the area, but the actual combat time was not much; most of the time was spent traveling.

Stopping and going, they eliminated more than ten Commander-rank Nether Beasts in one day.

The maturity of the advancement fruit and soul fruit were steadily increasing.

What surprised Lin Chuan even more was that Little Ling's advancement fruit maturity also increased a bit. After all, many Commander-level Demon Beasts were killed by breaking their defenses with the Virtual-Reality Sword.

However, it was regrettable that the death fruit showed no activity.

This was normal; these Nether Beasts were originally transformed from dead beings. The so-called breath of death might be the key to their transformation.

Does this mean that the beings killed by Lin Chuan might not even have the chance to transform into Nether Spirits?

This should be a cause for celebration; otherwise, they might have to be killed by Lin Chuan again... At today's pace, Old Hei's advancement fruit would mature in just one week, while Little Ling's still had a long way to go... Another night passed, and it was the second day.

"Lin Chuan..."

Xia Siye hesitated to speak.

"Are you trying to say that you're not much use here? Do you want to go it alone?"

Lin Chuan naturally knew what he was thinking.

After all, putting himself in his shoes, no one could stand it.

Xia Siye was silent.

"At today's combat intensity, in another five or six days, I can advance to Gold Rank. At that time, I'll help you improve. With your reconnaissance, both safety and efficiency can be greatly increased. How about it?" Lin Chuan suggested.

Five or six days, Gold Rank?

Xia Siye was still shocked by Lin Chuan's earlier words and hadn't paid attention to the latter part.

"You're already Nine Stars?" Xia Siye exclaimed in shock.

That shouldn't be right; Lin Chuan's aura was clearly not that strong.

"Mm..." Lin Chuan forgot about that and casually fed Old Hei a few thousand energy fruits as breakfast in his sea of consciousness space.

Seven Stars.

"You..."

"Calm down; it's just Ranks, as simple as eating and drinking," Lin Chuan calmly boasted.

Xia Siye: ...What should I do? I really want to punch him!

"If that's the case, I will certainly assist you with all my might."

Xia Siye said seriously.

"Mm, don't worry, we're teammates, so I definitely won't leave you behind. When the time comes, we'll sweep through the Nether Realm, counterattack the Yao Race, and dominate the world, hahahaha..."

Xia Siye heard him getting more and more outrageous and couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Sweeping through the Nether Realm, counterattacking the Yao Race... The long-cherished wish of generations of the Xia family, but unfortunately, hope was becoming increasingly slim.