Hearing Li Haizhu's furious shout, Ye Li almost burst out laughing: "I thought you had something to rely on! You dare to be so arrogant with such little skill?"

Li Haizhu turned his face to the side, his expression full of dissatisfaction, and sneered, "It's just luck. If I had more time to gather ferocious beasts and monsters, I might not be no match for you!"

"You're going to gather ferocious beasts and monsters with this club in your hand?"

Ye Li looked at the scepter that he was stepping on.

He waved his right hand.

A beam of energy shot out from his hand.

It struck Li Haizhu in the shoulder.

Suddenly, a wail rang out.

Li Haizhu's arm was neatly severed.

Fresh blood gushed out.

Ye Li bent down and picked up the scepter from Li Haizhu's hand.

The Scepter of Mind Control

[Quality: Epic]

[Function: The user can control all beasts and monsters within a 5000-meter radius of themselves whose strength is no higher than that of an epic-level being.]

[Note: This effect is ineffective against survivors.]

"It really is a good thing!" Ye Li said.

The strongest monsters we've encountered so far are only Epic-level.

With this scepter, one can now act almost without restraint.

There's absolutely no need to worry about any monsters suddenly attacking from the surrounding area.

"If it could be used on humans, it would be invincible!"

Ye Li murmured with some regret.

If he could use it on people, he could control all the survivors along the way and make them all do his hard labor.

Just thinking about it is wonderful.

However, Ye Li only thought about it for a moment, and then directly put the scepter into his spatial ring.

Li Haizhu saw this and his eyes widened in fury.

He wanted to get up and fight back.

Unfortunately, he had only gotten halfway up when Ye Li kicked him back to the ground.

His entire chest caved in.

Li Haizhu coughed up another mouthful of blood and lay on the ground groaning in pain.

Ye Li looked at Li Haizhu and said coldly, "Making a rash move could kill someone!"

Then, Ye Li asked again with great interest, "What was that pill you just took? It worked quite well. Do you have any more? If you can produce it, I might be in a good mood and let you go!"

Li Haizhu gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, an epic-level Great Recovery Pill. No matter how severe the injury, as long as you're not dead, you can recover instantly. I only have one!"

"So it was the Great Rejuvenation Pill!"

Ye Li murmured.

There's still one lying in his spatial ring.

I haven't had time to eat it.

Unexpectedly, the effect was so good.

"Ye Li!"

Li Haizhu suddenly called out again.

Ye Li looked down at Li Haizhu and asked, "Hmm? Do you have any last words?"

Li Haizhu's eyes widened, bloodshot and filled with crimson veins. He stared intently at Ye Li, forcing out a sentence through gritted teeth: "Even if I die, at least let me die knowing why. How exactly did you get here from the very end of that long highway?"

Ye Li remained calm and said directly, "See this armor? It's of mythical quality. If I want, I can instantly reach any place on this highway."

Li Haizhu's eyes widened further, and his breathing became rapid: "No...no no no no, it's impossible. What you obtained back then was clearly only mythical quality material, how could you possibly have this suit of armor?"

Ye Li shrugged and asked with a smile, "Couldn't it be obtained from the later bosses?"

Li Haizhu, his face flushed, shouted loudly, his voice trembling with excitement: "No, I asked the survivors in other areas, and none of them have obtained mythical-level equipment or even items from the later bosses. Why, why are you so lucky to have so many mythical-quality items?"

"This is unfair! This is unfair!"

Ye Li looked at the nearly deranged Li Haizhu, his smile widening, and said leisurely, "Perhaps it's because I'm the protagonist? And you're all just supporting characters?"

"Pfft~"

Enraged, Li Haizhu couldn't help but spit out another mouthful of blood.

His left hand trembled as he raised it, pointing at Ye Li.

Blood bubbles were gurgling from his mouth, and it was unclear what he was trying to say.

Finally, it was as if all the strength in Li Haizhu's body had been drained in an instant, and his raised finger suddenly fell down like a puppet with its strings cut.

The light in his pupils gradually faded.

He lay there lifelessly, completely still.

Ye Li tentatively nudged Li Haizhu's body with her toe. Seeing that he was indeed motionless, she bent down and took off the ring on his finger. Then, as if kicking away trash, she kicked Li Haizhu's body into the forest.

Seeing that everything was finished, Little Stone Monkey, Li Qingge, and Gigi also came back.

"Chirp chirp?"

Master, what about those who are still alive?

The little stone monkey pointed to the members of the Card Friends Alliance who were still huddled on the ground, shivering, and asked.

Ye Li glanced expressionlessly at the terrified survivors and coldly uttered five words: "Help them find release."

"Chirp chirp!"

The little stone monkey immediately nodded in understanding.

He stretched out his right hand and grasped a golden energy staff in his hand.

Then, in a flash, he quickly arrived in front of a survivor who was lying on the ground pretending to be dead.

With a swift movement, the stick smashed his body into a bloody pulp.

Gigi ran to the RV and started lifting it up, as it had fallen over and overturned.

Li Qingge followed Ye Li to the side of the giant ironwood tree.

Ye Li first took out the Soul-Sucking Blade from his spatial ring and inserted it into the body of the Ironwood Giant Tree.

A large amount of pure life energy began to flow into Ye Li's body.

In contrast, the ironwood giant's trunk, as hard as iron, is decaying at an extremely rapid rate.

In just a short while, it turned into a lump of rotten wood.

After absorbing all the life energy, Ye Li collected it.

In an instant, a white halo enveloped the giant ironwood tree that had been split in two, and it instantly turned into a pile of gold coins and rotten wood.

Among those rotten trees, a few ironwood stumps still gleamed coldly.