Chapter 306 Energy Stone

Seven monsters flew out of the cave, and they were all beasts.

There are five cat-like creatures, the most numerous. However, they do not all look the same. Some only vaguely resemble cats in body shape, while others are completely cats. There are also two that look the same as this ox-tiger beast, perhaps they are its offspring, or from the same ethnic group.

There is a wolf-canine family. One looks like a deer and a cow, but is more like a deer. The other one looks like both a deer and a cow, but is more like a cow.

In short, it looks strange and weird, as if it was born from the hybridization of different animals. However, its strange shape is extremely harmonious, which should be the result of natural breeding and genetic balance.

Although these seven monsters have different shapes, they are all powerful. They fly in the air and scatter in all directions. When confronting Wei Huan's undead, one can feel their powerful aura. They are all level five monsters.

Wei Huan killed many level five monsters along the way, and he was very sure that a level five monster was the patriarch of a monster tribe. A tribe of level five monsters could own a territory of more than one million square kilometers, which was equivalent to the king of a small country.

And this level six ox-tiger beast should be the king of the beasts in this area.

There are at least a hundred level five monster groups under its jurisdiction, and the area of ​​its territory is twice the size of Daxia's land area.

This ox-tiger beast usually rules this area and enjoys the benefits offered by the monsters in the territory, but it also has to take responsibility if something goes wrong.

Just look at these level five monsters. They hide here after discovering the crisis, which shows that this ox-tiger beast seems to have some responsibility.

Just as Wei Huan was thinking this, he saw the ox-tiger beast retreating to the ground in a panic. However, after killing the last level six undead, it turned around and went into the cave.

It just left seven level five monsters outside and ignored them.

It controlled the magma on the ground and waved it around, blocking all the passages into the cave. This was clearly a sacrifice to save the king.

Wei Huan shifted his gaze from the sealed cave to the seven trembling beasts that were thrown out.

Without the flame field of the ox-tiger beast, the seven monsters seemed so lonely and pitiful, looking at the undead that kept surrounding them in horror.

The next second, before more of Wei Huan's undead spirits could fly over, the seven monsters, not knowing whether they had discussed it beforehand or not, suddenly rushed out in twos and threes in four directions.

Dian Ma, who had been prepared for a long time, brought one of its ground-based beasts and threw out a green net, forming a ten-kilometer-long dragnet that covered the area.

Six monsters were immediately wrapped in the net.

The net burned with Netherworld fire and was icy cold to the bone. Once covered, the more one struggled, the tighter it would become. At the same time, the net woven by Netherworld power was like a bone-cutting knife, cutting through the skin and flesh and drilling deep into the body.

“Ahhh!!”

“Roar!!”

“Moo!!”

There were screams all the time. The majestic demon king was just an ordinary monster in Wei Huan's hands and was easily killed by the group.

But there was also a monster that was obviously good at earth escape. After discovering that it was covered by a large net and there was no hope of escape, it turned around and burrowed into the mud.

This is indeed Wei Huan’s weakness.

Wei Huan's undead army only knows how to dig holes, and no one has mastered earth-based spells. However, digging holes is not as fast as escaping magic. Once they burrow into the earth, Wei Huan will be helpless.

But Wei Huan didn't want this to become his weakness, at least not such an obvious weakness.

After discovering that some monsters were burrowing into the soil, he gave an order and the facehuggers floating in the air turned into meteorites and smashed into the ground, followed by an explosion with a "boom".

One after another, they fell to the ground and exploded, with the sound of explosions being dense and dense.

The scene of dense facehuggers falling to the ground and exploding looked like a star-destroying cannon launched from outer space into the planet, breaking through the clouds, piercing the sky, and crossing a distance of tens of thousands of miles to reach the ground. The white light beams were thick and powerful, and lasted for a long time.

The earth trembled.

The sound was deafening.

On the ground, the fire domain that the ox-tiger beast had been operating for who knows how many years was no match for this intensive bombardment. It was soon blown to pieces, with mountains collapsing and even the gushing magma could not withstand the explosion of the facehugger.

The bombardment lasted for a full ten minutes. When Wei Huan felt it was enough, he raised his hand. In the gradually receding smoke, there was no trace of the mountain. All he could see was a huge deep pit that seemed to reach the center of the earth.

The swirling smoke reveals its fragility and powerlessness.

Mu Zhong swallowed and couldn't help but look at Wei Huan's profile, and was shocked again.

Too strong.

Even though he always knew that Wei Huan was very strong, extremely strong, when he actually took action, he still felt that his understanding was not enough and was far inferior to the true strength shown by Wei Huan.

Moreover, this method of using the facehugger bomb is also different from the previous ones. Wei Huan has an unparalleled idea in the use of combat combinations against the undead army. He can always win in battle through different combinations.

The thunderous means and powerful force shocked even his own people.

Wei Huan didn't know whether the monster that burrowed underground was dead or not. After all, this was not a challenge world, so he couldn't determine whether he had killed it successfully by obtaining supplies.

Wei Huan tried but failed to capture the soul of the monster, but that didn't mean the monster wasn't dead. If it died deep in the cave, he couldn't see it and naturally couldn't capture it.

Now, he held the souls of six level five monsters in his hands. He ignored their appearance and instead probed his soul tentacles into their souls, carefully distinguishing their attributes and abilities.

Wei Huan was using it for the first time and was not very skilled at it.

Mu Zhong on the side did not disturb Wei Huan and carried out his work in an orderly manner.

"Have you found it?" He was video chatting with Thor through Iron Heart.

Thor's big face is right in front of us, and even Thor's talent as an ordinary passerby cannot be ignored in such a conversation.

In the video, you can see him in the background, flying in the air on a hoverbike. It's unknown when he left the chariot.

Accompanying them were thirty gamblers, including the gambler captain.

Hammer had an honest, pedestrian face, but his eyes were serious. He stared ahead and reported, "Enemy sighted... Approaching... Distance battle open, ten, nine, eight... three, two, one!"

Then, a familiar roar was heard from afar.

It turned out to be the ox-tiger beast that had "betrayed" its subordinates and gone back into the cave, but had actually escaped.

From the very beginning, Wei Huan had no intention of killing this level six monster directly. He had so many methods, many of which were heavy killing methods. It was impossible to kill this level six monster just by using human wave tactics.

Moreover, he knew from the beginning that the monsters in this world would run away. The stronger they were, the better they knew how to avoid danger and seek good fortune, and the faster they would escape.

The reason why he didn't kill it directly with a heavy punch, but only consumed a wave of its demonic power, was naturally because he wanted to create an opportunity for Thor and the others to find their "true self".

A total of 30 Sequence 6 "Martial Emperors" and Sequence 6 "Flashes" surrounded and suppressed a level 6 demon beast whose strength had been roughly explored. This was enough for them to kill happily and gain some insights from the battle.

Perhaps due to being raised in the "hothouse" of the Challenge World, the human challengers were clearly inferior to the demonic beasts in one-on-one combat. Furthermore, in this world, the attributes of equipment were weakened, especially the "defense" that warriors valued most, which was greatly vulnerable to the demonic beasts' claws.

Therefore, in this 30V1 battle, the human race will definitely win, but there is also the danger of falling if they are not careful. This is a good opportunity to feel the "reality" of this world.

Brother Hammer led the team to kill the fleeing ox-tiger beast, but Mu Zhong did not let the chariot follow.

He paid close attention to Hammer Brother's movements, and at the same time sent a large number of robots and detectors to fly to the bull-tiger beast's lair to search for resources.

Wei Huan's wave of explosions was somewhat deterrent, and if he was ruthless enough, some resources would inevitably be destroyed.

Fortunately, the robots passing by still found a lot of treasures in the ruins.

When the first gem, imbued with rich energy, was delivered to Mu Zhong, he looked at the Iron Heart projection screen in front of him and said, "The Flame Energy Stone contains rich fire energy. It can be refined into wearable equipment, or it can be absorbed and cultivated by fire challengers, significantly enhancing the power of the fire element."

Wei Huan clasped his fingers loosely, and in his palms were the ghosts of the six monsters. Strands of visible green silk threads stretched out from between Wei Huan's eyebrows and pierced into the eyebrows of the six monsters.

[Psychic] is the ability of the fourth sequence of the gravekeeper. Now Wei Huan can use it with ease. In a one-on-six situation, he can also listen to Mu Zhong's report.

At the same time, he said: "It looks very much like the Nether Stone that I condensed."

Mu nodded: "There are many energy-rich minerals in this world, and they also contain the five elements, or the netherworld and sacred energy, but none of them are as rich in energy as the place where the demon king lives.

You are right, the strong will collect treasures, just like you and me."

Wei Huan said: "The strong will always be strong."

Mu Zhong agreed: "Yes, the strong can occupy better resources, and naturally they will become stronger."

"Keep digging, there must be more."

"Um."

“Pay attention to what you can use.”

"Okay." Mu Zhong smiled.

The excavation work is still going on, and Hammer Brother is still fighting with the bull-tiger beast.

In fact, the team led by Thor has a very unbalanced professional combination.

Without Team Xue, who focuses on defense, and without the invincible cockroach Xu Qingqiang, sneak attack teams like Hammer Brother and Gambler would be full of loopholes and extremely difficult to defeat the level six monster head-on.

But these are the only professions they have at hand now, and in order for them to find ways to improve their strength through combat, taking some risks is inevitable.

In order to help them gain some insights and breakthroughs, Wei Huan didn't even send out the undead to support them, for fear that if they had a way to retreat, they would not be so determined to go all out.

Wei Huan fed the six monsters to different undead spirits. One of them was covered with scales like a deer or a cow. After being eaten by Shuroma, it grew scales all over its body and its defense became several times stronger.

This is the only combination that works.

Wei Huan said to the housekeeper, "Keep an eye on this race and tell me if you see them."

Mu Zhong was a little worried about Hammer Brother and had been silent for a while. He came back to his senses after hearing this: "This? Qilin?"

Wei Huan looked at him.

Mu Zhong said, "Forget it. Calling it Qilin feels guilty, so let's just call it Deer-Headed Ox."

Wei Huan narrowed his eyes and admired the successfully evolved Shuroma in front of him, which had scales growing all over its body and looked majestic.

Finally he had a second heroic Shuroma.

For some unknown reason, apart from Moji who was an elite, there had never been a second Shuroma in the Shuroma tribe who became an elite. Naturally, they could not upgrade to heroes and become pseudo-gods.

He thought it was a population rule. Just like there can only be one queen of the earth beasts, Xu Rome can only have one heroic leader.

However, Moji had been away for so long, and the Xiuroma tribe had not yet produced another hero-level. This resulted in the tribe lacking cutting-edge combat power. At the same time, the Xiuroma, unable to leave the ground and fly, gradually became a second-rate legion in Wei Huan's hands.

Now, Wei Huan has finally created a second heroic-level Shuroma, and perhaps because the souls it devours can fly, this Shuroma also has the ability to float in the air.

Wei Huan admired the Shuroma covered with scales and planned to find an opportunity to test its abilities.

With a thought, this newly promoted heroic Shuroma flew towards Thor.

It moved at a good speed, like riding on the clouds and mist, galloping with all four hooves, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Green flames rose from Wei Huan's left eye, and a Demon Eye Lord with huge wings followed closely behind and flew over.

Mu Zhong's slightly frowned brows relaxed. He had been a little worried about Brother Hammer, but now seeing Wei Huan sending the undead over, he finally felt relieved and focused his attention again on mining the ruins under his feet.

With the arrival of the Lord of the Demon Eye, Wei Huan's vision finally reached the battlefield.

Just then, I saw a wounded ox-tiger beast being surrounded and hunted by a team that coordinated well with each other and advanced and retreated in a measured manner.

Whether it's the gamblers or Thor, the feeling of fighting is different.

Wei Huan couldn't be sure whether they had found their "true selves", but he was certain that this battle must have benefited them greatly and improved them.

The ox-tiger beast was obviously a giant in this world, but it was surrounded and killed like this. Before it died, its unwilling roar could be heard from far away, but in the end it died on the spot.

Xiu Luoma, who rushed over to kill the monster, had no chance to attack, and Wei Huan was too far away to capture the soul of the ox-tiger beast.

With a sudden thought, he decided to let the Shuroma eat the soul of the ox-tiger beast on the spot.

Shuroma, whose body was covered with scales, rushed towards the soul of the ox-tiger beast and tore at the soul that was fighting desperately. However, the soul of the ox-tiger beast was weakened so much by death that it was ultimately powerless and was eaten clean by Shuroma.

Xuroma's aura grew wildly, and at the same time, the foreheads of the six heads bulged out, as if they were about to grow horns.

Wei Huan was watching expectantly when suddenly the body of the Xolomama began to twist and deform, as if its DNA had collapsed. Strange bubbles bulged out from all over its body and burst. Rotting corpse fluid scatters all over the ground, and as if falling to the ground it was highly poisonous, causing the flowers, plants, and trees to wither and turn black in an instant.

Even the soil turned into a pitch-black wasteland.

"Be careful, it might explode!"

"Retreat quickly!"

"This corpse water is extremely poisonous!"

The special operations team reminded each other and evacuated quickly.

But before they could leave, the Shuroma, which was about to explode, was grabbed by the undead hands that suddenly appeared and pulled into the void.

Only ripples remained in the air, and the crisis was resolved.

"Return to the team." Wei Huan gave the order in the tactical headset.

The 30 special forces team members, some of whom were injured or whose vehicles were damaged, supported each other as they walked back. However, they did not feel any pain because of their injuries. Everyone's face was filled with the joy of victory, and some of them could not wait to talk about their discoveries and improvements.

This world is like a training ground. It seems easy to find a path to improvement. The feeling of becoming stronger makes everyone excited. Even if their bodies are in pain, they are still full of fighting spirit.

The Demon Eye Lord, who was within Wei Huan's sight, followed them back, but Wei Huan's attention had already left that place.

In the big tomb.

When Xuroma returned here, he exploded with a "bang" before he even landed on the ground.

The foul-smelling corpse water contained a strong power of the Netherworld. When it was sprinkled on the tomb, the land contaminated by the power of the Netherworld immediately became even stronger. The army of undead living on it was obviously affected by the Netherworld and became much stronger.

Wei Huan stared at the large tomb that had suddenly improved in quality, and an idea emerged in his mind.

Perhaps this is also a way?

Compared to the uncertain fusion and the evolution that may not achieve the desired result, isn't it also a kind of evolution to crush these ghosts into nutrients in this way to nourish the soil of the underworld and improve the level of the tomb?

Yes, there are many ways to become stronger. It is not necessary to obtain more types of soldiers or cultivate some strange types of soldiers that you may not be able to control.

He knew from the beginning that instead of trying unfamiliar methods, the better way was to "deepen the roots" in one area.

Thinking this, Wei Huan ordered all the undead that had previously devoured the fifth-level monsters but had not evolved effectively to return to the tomb and self-destruct.

As for why they didn't just explode directly without using the captured souls?

Of course, it was because the captured souls were disobedient, and he had to refine them before he could order them to self-destruct. Instead of wasting time like this, it would be better to let the undead army eat them and then self-destruct, saving time and effort.

The energy of a level five monster is no match for the soul of a level six monster, but it has the advantage in numbers. When the more than 40 level five monsters coming this way all exploded, the outside of the entire tomb was almost sprayed.

The rich power of the underworld was rising, even to the point where it was visible to the naked eye. The army of undead trapped in this power of the underworld seemed to be being burned by the fire of the underworld, and their skeletons and muscles were slowly becoming more solid.

Of course, this kind of evolution is relatively slow and requires time to nurture before there can be significant improvement.

However, Wei Huan currently has no other training except for conquering the Tomb World. It would be nice to just continue like this and become stronger without realizing it.

As for the evolution of devouring monsters, it can be used as a training for high-tech elites, but it should not be popularized. It is time-consuming and laborious, and may not necessarily result in good "hybridization". He has already experienced useless evolution or explosions caused by being unable to withstand it.

An evolution like Sister Crow's is something you only encounter by chance.

Not only did Sister Crow have a good foundation, she was a heroic-level undead, and her soul was extremely powerful, at the ceiling level in this world, which brought him such an evolution and made him his second pseudo-god-level hero.

But he must understand that this is a coincidence, not a necessity.

Collecting the souls of monsters and building a great tomb in the underworld, although it takes a long time to take effect, is the correct way to fundamentally improve the quality of the undead.

Wei Huan withdrew his gaze from the tomb, and just as he moved, he heard Mu Zhong say, "Any new discoveries?"

Wei Huan nodded, knowing that he was in a good mood, so he smiled. Mu Zhong should have seen it. He knew him well and could tell from just a slight change in his expression.

Likewise, Wei Huan looked into Mu Zhong's smiling eyes, knowing that he was in a good mood and must have gained something, so he asked, "How are you doing?"

Mu Zhong raised his hand for Wei Huan to see: "Look, what is this?"

Wei Huan looked at the emerald green stone in Mu Zhong's palm. It was the size of his palm, translucent and moist. Even without touching it, he could feel the natural power in the air.

"Natural stone?" Wei Huan said affirmatively.

Mu nodded: "As expected, the strong will never lack the best resources. I dug up a place that may have been a warehouse. There are stones of various properties in it, and I also found the power of nature.

"Also." Mu Zhong paused, collected the natural stone, and flipped his hand. A palm-sized blue and white stone with spiral lines appeared. He said, "Look again, what is this?"

Wei Huan felt it carefully and felt a very strange change on the stone. It was as if the stone did not exist in the last second and was "empty". In the next second, it seemed as if countless stones were cut and scattered in front of his eyes. It was extremely strange that it seemed to be there and not there.

Wei Huan stared at the stone for a long time, then said, "Space Stone?"

"Yes!" Mu nodded. "Steel Heart said that Space Stones are extremely rare. Moreover, Space Stones not only help gamblers practice, but if we place Space Stones on star gates or starships, we can achieve space travel."

Wei Huan, however, didn't quite understand. "I understand space travel. I know that a pilot sequence six is ​​a 'starship pilot' and a sequence seven is a 'stargate controller', but where can we go with space travel? Challenging worlds is fraught with danger. Even if we could travel through worlds, if we don't have enough combat power, we'd die. I've never really understood the pilot sequence. What's the point of its existence?"

Mu Zhong pondered: "Could it be that they want us to travel back and forth between the Challenge World and the Real World? After all, this world has many differences. If humans can gain a firm foothold, they will have a chance to escape the Challenge World."

Wei Huan said, "Compared to challenging the world, this world is no less difficult, and challenging the world can also make humans stronger. What does this world have? This world is more useful to us challengers, but it has very limited benefits for ordinary humans."

Even with Mu Zhong's intelligence, he was unable to refute Wei Huan for a while, because he knew that everything Wei Huan said was right.

They are already at the forefront of humankind, but their knowledge only goes so far, and there are still many things that cannot be guessed.

Wei Huan gazed at the mountains in the distance, then looked down at the ruins beneath his feet. Finally, he said, "Don't think about it. We can't see through it because our vision is limited. I believe that in a higher world, we will be able to see the answers that we can't find now."

"That's right." Mu nodded. He collected all the energy stones with his backhand and stood beside Wei Huan, shoulder to shoulder with him. "Take your steps carefully. Whether the road ahead is a cage to break free from or a dead end, we must move forward. Only by moving forward can we fight for that chance of survival."