Chapter 124

Lubricant...

Ye Bai would think of the Snake Demon Lord crystal that was almost the size of an egg, and then glanced at Lucy who was standing next to her and believed in her more than she did, and for a moment she didn't dare to speak.

Those who have been certified by the system can obtain the career panel of the Snake Demon Lord, which is also a mythical item. It should be... no, no problem, right?

Ye Bai turned his head and looked at Lucy beside him.

"How about we go in and take a look at the situation?"

The next second after Ye Bai finished speaking, a burst of flames that was between real and unreal rose in the ward again, and it seemed to set the entire herbal medicine room on fire.

But once I came to my senses, everything returned to calm, as if it was just an illusion.

“Boom…boom…boom!”

After three consecutive changes of light and shadow, the herbal medicine room was safe and sound, and peace returned to the ward.

Seeing this, the two of them hurriedly approached the ward together.

“Crack—”

Just as Ye Bai and Lucy walked to the door, the ward door was opened from the inside.

"Lucy... ahem, Sister Lucy, nice to meet the Lord!" Felix stood in front of the ward door, cleared his throat, and immediately greeted the two of them when he saw them.

Seeing this, Ye Bai and Lucy's eyes lit up.

Compared to his state not long ago, Felix now looked like a new person. He had the vitality and vigor that a man of his age should have. His eyes were bright, and even his red hair looked brighter and more lustrous.

Ye Bai immediately used Insight on Felix.

Character: Felix

Identity: Villager of Baiye Village, favored by the eighth level of purgatory

Level: 1

Occupation: Snake Demon Core

Physical strength: 200/200

Food: 200/200

Drinking water: 200/200

Entertainment: 95/95

Luxury goods: 100/100

Personal hobbies: -/-

Loyalty: 80/100

Satisfaction: 100/100

Talents: Chaos Power, Devouring Awakening, Burning Blood, Flame Affinity III

Felix's level remained unchanged at level 1, but his attributes, identity, occupation, and talents had undergone tremendous changes compared to the past.

The identity has been added with 'Favor of the Eighth Layer of Purgatory', which is inherited from the identity of the Serpent Demon Lord. However, because Felix's level is too low and he can only be regarded as a non-Purgatory bloodline, he cannot directly become the Purgatory Lord of the eighth layer. He only gained favor and can have attribute blessings and higher growth when he goes to the eighth layer of Purgatory.

If Ye Bai participated in the killing and used the crystal as a player, he could directly become the lord of the eighth level of purgatory.

The profession becomes the Serpent Demon Core, which is a hidden and unique profession derived from the Serpent Demon Crystal. Although it is the only hidden one, the future career growth can be referred to the skills of the Serpent Demon Lord.

The other talents, Power of Chaos and Devouring Awakening, are both advanced talents of the Purgatory Clan. Power of Chaos is an attack with additional damage bonus, and Devouring Awakening is similar to the Devouring Growth of the Kraken, and the growth rate will become faster, because the Snake Demon Lord also follows this route.

Lucy also stepped forward to observe Felix's condition, confirming that he had completely resolved the effects of the Burning Blood and had returned to normal. She nodded and explained:

"Felix, this time it was all thanks to the Lord's adventurous journey that he found a cure for your illness. You must remember the Lord's kindness."

"I see."

Felix nodded solemnly. He walked up to Ye Bai and, somewhat awkwardly, imitated the gestures of loyalty shown by the soldiers he had seen. He knelt on one knee and clenched his fists on his chest.

"Please allow me to repay the Lord's kindness with my life."

Felix used to be a shy and sensible boy. Even though he was often in pain because of the burning blood, he tried his best to endure it and not cause trouble to those around him. But that doesn't mean anyone would really like to be in such pain all the time.

Now the crystal brought by Ye Bai solved Felix's problem in one fell swoop. Not only did it keep him away from the painful torture, but it also gave him powerful possibilities, undoubtedly giving him a second life.

[You completed the task 'Solution to Burning Blood']

The system prompt sounded, and as Ye Bai completed Felix's personal task, the loyalty of this special talented person suddenly reached the full value of 100 points, and it remained constant at 100 points.

Also, because this task was issued by Lucy, after completing this task, Lucy's loyalty also increased by 10 points, also reaching the full value of 100.

Ye Bai looked at Felix who was kneeling on the ground, and reached out to knock on his heart: "I accept your allegiance. From now on, you will become my eleventh personal guard."

Felix suddenly looked up in surprise: "I, I... can this really happen?"

"Of course." Ye Bai smiled. This guy was a natural born BOSS template talent. It would be a pity if he didn't go into battle. "However, there will be monsters attacking the territory tonight. As a personal guard, you will also have to participate in the battle. Do you have the courage?"

"Of course!" Felix answered without hesitation.

Working in the high-end blacksmith shop, watching sharp weapons being forged one after another, Felix had imagined countless times what it would be like to fight with them. In the past, his physical condition just didn't allow it, but now he had this opportunity, it was like his dream coming true.

Especially under the influence of the powerful career template of the Snake Demon Lord, when Felix heard that he was about to go to the battlefield, he didn't even feel the fear that he should have felt for his first real battle. Instead, he was filled with excitement and excitement flowing in his blood. It was the hunting instinct from the power of chaos at work.

Ye Bai nodded in satisfaction. She was now at the peak of the second stage at level 60. The highest level of the BOSS tonight would not exceed level 45. With the level difference, if she killed the BOSS by herself, both the experience and the explosion rate would be useless. It would be better to use this experience to "raise" Felix.

The Snake Demon Lord's career template can directly upgrade to the demigod level, and it is possible to even reach the god level. Even if it is applied to Felix, he will not have the career change bottleneck of ordinary NPC advancement. He has unlimited potential and is an "experience baby" better than the player.

Ye Bai then helped Felix up and asked with concern, "Are you feeling unwell?"

"I'm fine." Felix reached out and touched his neck. "Just a little sore throat. Maybe it's because I've been sitting by the fire all the time. My mouth is a little dry, but it won't affect my ability to fight at all."

Hearing this, Ye Bai's expression froze, and he looked at Lucy, whose expression beside him also suddenly became embarrassed.

Previously, when Ye Bai took out the Snake Demon Lord Crystal, Felix was pulled by the force and fell into a daze again, so he himself did not know the detailed treatment process. He just heard Lucy calling for him to drink the medicine in a daze and drank it obediently.

"Ahem..." Ye Bai coughed dryly and immediately changed the subject: "That's good, then you can go directly to Blaise to report."

"Yes!" Felix agreed immediately and jumped to find Blaise who was patrolling not far away to explain the situation.

After the matter came to an end, Ye Bai said goodbye to Lucy and left the herbal medicine shop to go to the military area to arrange the battle deployment for tonight.

As early as when the town alarm bell rang, all the players still active in the town began to be cleared out of White Night Town one after another, just like the last upgrade.

Unlike the previous town upgrade, this time it doesn’t matter if the player has not left White Night Town before nightfall, a three-day jail package is waiting for you.

In addition to the combatants in the territory, workers in other industries and ordinary residents completed their work quickly before nightfall, returned home and closed their doors.

Night fell on time that night.

When players learned that White Night Town was going to be upgraded again, they started to watch as they had done in the past.

Compared to the last upgrade of Baiye Town, this one did not cause such a big stir on the Star Network.

Because that night, in addition to Baiye Town, the territories of the two major cosmic civilization forces ranked second and third on the lord rankings, Ruilan Village and Luofei Village, were also upgrading, and they were taking the crucial step from village level to town level.

For this reason, a large number of players in the two territories have been on high alert in advance - having watched the upgrade of White Night Town from afar, other civilizations have already known that a BOSS over level 30 will appear during this night's upgrade.

For players whose average level is now 30, defeating a BOSS of the same rank is not as easy as it was when Ye Bai upgraded his territory. Instead, it is a severe challenge.

In fact, according to the original process of the Ten Thousand Worlds, the current levels and territory development speeds of the players are normal. The ones that are abnormal and too advanced are Ye Bai and Baiye Town.

As time went on, the ground began to vibrate with a familiar tremor, and the nearby beast monsters began their first round of attacks.

Because there are always players active, there are not many ferocious beasts around Baiye Town. Facing these ferocious beasts of around level 10, the veterans will escort them in the first round, and the new recruits will serve as the main output to accumulate combat experience.

Then came the second and third rounds, and the level of the attacking beasts gradually increased.

Level 15, level 20... wild wolves, wild boars, brown bears, and this time there are crocodiles and giant spiders coming from farther away. Energy crossbows whizzed out from the hands of professional crossbowmen, and the high output took the lives of wave after wave of monsters.

Ye Bai stood on a watchtower that had a commanding view of most of the territory, watching the battles taking place everywhere.

Everything is in order. Even if the players want to take the opportunity to participate in the hunt, they can only organize teams to intercept small waves of monsters. Ye Bai has little experience in this, and he can't stop them, nor is he too lazy to stop them. If he wants the leeks to grow more, he must be willing to spread some fertilizer.

"kill!"

Felix had an energy crossbow on his waist, a fine steel sword in his hand, and excitement in his eyes as he fought against the attacking wave of wild boars.

Although he has been appointed as Ye Bai's personal guard, because of his low rank, he is still participating in the most ordinary battles like other recruits.

If Ye Bai was there, he would see that after experiencing a wave of wild wolf attacks, Felix's level was 4 levels higher than other recruits who also participated in the battle, directly rising from level 1 to level 9. Now, after killing a level 16 wild boar with others, his level has been raised to level 10.

When the wild boar fell and blood splattered, a barely perceptible blood-red light flowed into Felix's body and finally became part of the light that illuminated his eyes.

Before the battle began, Captain Blaise of the Royal Guards received orders from Ye Bai, so he had been paying special attention to the young man on the battlefield.

At first Blaise didn't understand what he meant, but after experiencing two waves of battles, he immediately realized the lord's foresight - this young man in the blacksmith shop has amazing potential!

After the two battles, Felix's growth was visible to the naked eye, which amazed Blaze, the captain of the guards who had seen many players. This growth rate was even faster than that of the naturally gifted divine blood players.

At this moment, Felix, who had killed another wild boar, retracted the energy crossbow as usual and directly fought the wild boar in close combat with his one-handed sword.

Compared to attacking with crossbows, Felix clearly felt during the battle that close combat with blood and swords was more suitable for him. As his personal level increased, the desire for chaos and bloodthirstiness of the power of purgatory began to ignite in his heart.

"roar--!"

Felix had unknowingly entered the depths of the battle line. A larger and stronger elite wild boar noticed him and charged towards him with its sharp fangs.

Blaise led six veterans to supervise the battle here to prevent fatal accidents among the recruits.

Seeing this, the crossbowman next to Blaze immediately raised the crossbow and aimed at the extremely huge wild boar. The energy slot of the crossbow began to glow.

"Wait." At this moment, Blaise spoke up to stop the old soldier.

Everyone was confused at first, wondering if the captain of the guard was secretly dissatisfied with this newly promoted colleague?

"ha!"

The next moment, Felix's cheerful shout was heard from the battle group.

The red-haired boy did not retreat but advanced, holding the sword in both hands, and jumped and chopped at the elite wild boar that was rushing towards him.

"Bang!"

This jump and slash, which the veterans thought was not up to standard in terms of movement and mana, actually exerted a powerful attack force at this moment, striking heavily on the elite wild boar's head and interrupting its charged charge.

"hold head high--!"

The wild boar let out a scream, blood gushing out. Its eyes, wildly red due to the influence of the Tree of Creation, actually showed a look of fear when facing Felix, who was of a lower level than it. Its body twisted, and it seemed as if it was going to retreat.

However, Felix would not let it go as it pleased. He stepped forward and swung his sword with great force. An invisible force was added to him, making his random attacks bring terrible damage every time, and he easily broke the wild boar's tough fur.

Soon, the second wave of wild boar beasts was dealt with.

Brands looked at Felix who was walking back with satisfaction. The young man had only experienced two battles, but his whole body exuded the familiar sharpness that came from being tempered by blood and fire many times.

What a natural born warrior!

"Good boy!" Blaise patted Felix's shoulder in appreciation. "Do you still have the energy? If you do, I'll take you to a real battlefield next."

The real battlefield?

"No problem!" Felix, with excitement still in his eyes, immediately became excited and agreed excitedly. Although he had just experienced a fierce battle, he felt full of experience at this moment and did not feel tired at all. Instead, he felt unprecedented release.

The third and fourth waves methodically dealt with the waves of beasts attacking from all directions, and the night entered the second half.

"Boom boom..."

The ground shook as a huge monster approached.

The players in the distance, the guards of Baiye Town, and Ye Bai on the watchtower all looked towards the source of the sound.

The figure was moving quite fast and soon appeared in front of everyone.

It was a huge blue-black python that was estimated to be more than 30 meters long, with its head more than one meter wide.

Through every movement of the scales, you can see the powerful muscles under the python's skin.

【Python King】

Level: 39

HP: 600,000/600,000

Skills: Cold Mist, Suffocation, Tail Flick, Bite

Weaknesses: Seven inches, mouth

The BOSS that appears this time is actually a snake. Isn’t this a coincidence?

Standing on the watchtower, Ye Bai used his insight to scan and stopped his plan to attack. Compared with the huge BOSS like Energy Crossbow Tianke, this Giant Python King was much easier to deal with than the last two-headed eagle.

Moreover, Felix's occupation panel comes from a higher-level snake demon lord. Compared with Kedar, the terrifying giant python in front of him can be called a small snake.

On the other side, Blaise and others on the front battlefield were on full alert. Their confidence was based on long-term training, tacit understanding, and excellent equipment.

What's more, if the lord has to take action personally every time the territory encounters a beast tide, then the existence of the territory barracks will lose its meaning.

"Shoot!"

At a command, the first wave of energy crossbow arrows shot towards the huge body of the Python King.

The highest-ranking guards, who were also instructors in the barracks, attacked together, just as they had cooperated in previous battles, using their respective professional skills to restrain the Python King and facilitate output.

The players who were observing from a distance also roughly knew the level of monsters they would encounter when upgrading the territory to level five.

At this time, the players no longer had any intention of snatching monsters. First of all, everyone knew how terrifying the energy weapons in Baiye Town were. Secondly, after a month, the group of players active near Baiye Town had changed, and they were not sure about snatching the BOSS.

The monsters near the town are not as strong as those in the NPC city. Due to player activities in Baiye Town, the leveling resources near the town are not rich enough and can no longer meet the needs of players over level 30. Some higher-level players have gone to the NPC city to develop.

Therefore, even if players are jealous of the BOSS, no player would want to give it a try at this moment. After all, the probability of "dying if they try" is too high.

The levels of the guards were raised to level 26 and 27 when the town was upgraded to town level. In the one month that Ye Bai was away from the game, training and daily combat allowed them to be upgraded to level 33 and 34, putting them a little ahead of the other players.

More than sixty warriors above level 20 participated in the battle with the Python King.

With the combination of traps and reasonable tactics, the Python King's health dropped bit by bit.

In the fierce battle, Felix, who was on the battlefield for the first time, performed outstandingly. He had been promoted to level 22 in the previous two battles, and he participated in the battle with the Python King together with other bodyguards, and became more and more courageous.

By the middle of the battle, Felix had unknowingly become the main force in the frontal battle.

He was agile and powerful, and every attack he made could cause the Python King great pain. He firmly held the hatred of the siege BOSS, while other long-range crossbowmen continued to output damage.

Blaise and other guards gradually freed up their hands and saw the changes on the battlefield. They were all surprised to find that Felix was the main force.

Especially Blaise, who once again refreshed his understanding of the young man. In shock, he felt as if a layer of illusion appeared in front of his eyes.

He saw that Felix's aura was burning hot, and his whole body seemed to be covered by a layer of illusory flame shadow.

This illusory flame shadow burned on Felix's body and expanded more and more. Correspondingly, his battle with the Python King became more and more intense. The freezing cold wave spewed out of the Python King's mouth could not affect him. In the end, the Python King was at a disadvantage.

“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!”

The energy arrows nearby fired wave after wave, leaving burning marks on the Python King's body and continuously taking away its blood.

Finally, Felix jumped and thrust, and the steel sword in his hand pierced a scale on the lower part of the python king's neck that was whiter than the others.

"hiss--!"

The giant python king let out a shrill scream, suddenly lost his strength, and fell heavily to the ground.

Felix, still holding the sword tightly, fell along with the giant python's body, his chest heaving violently.

After a brief silence, everyone present burst into cheers as the sky brightened in the distance.

But Blaise's eyes never left Felix. The red-haired boy's face was covered by his red hair. He was panting with excitement. He did not join in the cheering, but stretched out his hand and pulled the sword out of the python king's body.

“Chi!”

Blood immediately splattered all over Felix. In a trance, Blaise even saw the illusory flames on the other party forming an indescribable shadow of a giant snake. The snake shadow had many heads that he couldn't count at the moment, entangled together, and each one was a thousand times more terrifying than the giant python king.

At this moment, as if sensing the gaze, Felix's eyes swept towards Blaise.

The madness, cruelty, and coldness revealed in this one look made Blaze stop in his tracks, cold sweat broke out on his back, and he felt a fear coming from a higher level of the food chain.

“Not bad!”

At this time, Blaise heard the familiar voice of the lord, and the next moment he saw the lord approaching Felix, who was in danger at this time, without realizing it.

Blaise's pupils shrank, and he immediately said in a hoarse voice: "My Lord..."

Before the word "be careful" came out, Blaise saw the indescribable multi-headed snake phantom appearing in his sight. It shook and trembled when Ye Bai approached, and then melted instantly as if encountering ice and snow.

Then, Felix, who seemed to be in an unknown danger, shuddered all over and turned back to his original shy and reserved appearance. It couldn't even be said to be reserved, but it could be said to be fearful as he stood up straight in front of Ye Bai: "Hello, Lord!"

Blaise's eyes widened, as if everything that had happened before had become an illusion with the appearance of the lord.

Ye Bai patted Felix's shoulder and said, "I saw your performance. It's great. It's okay... don't be so nervous."

Felix nodded, encouraged, and tried hard to suppress the absolute fear emanating from the bottom of his heart.

He himself didn't understand. He hadn't been like this before, but after becoming stronger in battle, he felt uncontrollable fear when facing the lord. This fear was not in his subjective sense, but seemed to come from deep in his blood.

Seeing Felix so frightened, Ye Bai asked him to leave, and then found Blaise who had just called her: "What happened?"

Blaise shook his head decisively, looking at Ye Bai with even more admiration: "It's okay, I was just distracted for a moment."

"Take a good rest after the battle." Ye Bai encouraged his always diligent captain of the guards, and then faced the rising sun and arranged the next finishing matters.

Seeing that Felix's level had been raised to 37 after this battle, Ye Bai was very satisfied with this growth rate. This way, he would be able to stand on his own soon.

It's just... why does this child look so afraid of me?

Suddenly, Ye Bai thought of something, opened his personal panel, and his eyes fell on [God Killer] and [Fear of the Snake Demon].

The case is solved.