Li Qingyu gently placed Princess Qiqi on his shoulder, letting her hug his neck.
He picked up the pineapple-brand kitchen knife that had been carelessly tossed on the ground when it crawled out of the sand scorpion leader's stomach.
Li Qingyu looked around.
Under the starlight, the corpses outside Pineapple Castle, though somewhat scattered after the fierce battle, were still quite numerous overall.
The first wave of ordinary-grade sand scorpions that attacked Pineapple Castle numbered about forty or fifty. More than twenty of them had their magic cores extracted, and almost all of them ended up in Li Qingyu's stomach.
There's still half of the corpse, because the magic core hasn't been extracted yet due to the sudden boss battle that broke out later.
The second wave of Sand Scorpion bosses probably also had magic cores in their heads, but we didn't have time to dig them out.
Li Qingyu glanced at the task list; there was only half an hour left before the daily Oasis leaderboard settlement time.
Currently, eight players have appeared on the leaderboard.
I don't know... whether we'll be able to reach ten digits by the time the balance is tallied at midnight...
Forget it, I'll wait and dig for the magic core later. I was originally planning to evolve the Spirit of Nature a few more times.
Now, let alone not having time to lick it, even if there were time, Li Qingyu couldn't bear to part with his good daughter. What if his daughter was lost after evolving?
We'd better hurry up and plant the oasis, lest he's the last to finish. If we don't rank in the top ten, we'll miss out on the resource rewards, which would be a huge loss.
Li Qingyu did a quick analysis, then turned his gaze to Princess Qiqi, who was sitting on his shoulder, curiously looking at the corpses around her.
"My dear, go and use Nature's Gift." Li Qingyu gently communicated with Princess Qiqi in his heart.
"Let's create an oasis!"
"Daddy!"
Feeling that Li Qingyu was communicating with her, Qiqi responded happily in her heart.
Then, Qiqi jumped off Li Qingyu's shoulder.
Fluttering its transparent butterfly wings and radiating a pale green light, it drifted to the corpse of the sand scorpion leader.
Yes... drifting...
Li Qingyu discovered that Qiqi wasn't actually flying by flapping her wings, because the flapping speed was too slow. If a butterfly flapped its wings that slowly, it would have crashed long ago.
Her ability to fly is probably due to the green light surrounding her; if nothing unexpected happens, it should be the power of nature.
Then, Qiqi, who was floating in the air, waved her small white hand, and a crystal-clear green light fell from Qiqi's hand, slowly landing on the corpse of the sand scorpion leader.
Princess Qiqi floated and sprinkled around the Sand Scorpion Leader.
Before long, the corpse turned completely green, and even the yellowish-brown skin of the sand scorpion leader could no longer be seen.
Li Qingyu cautiously approached and looked at the area covered by the green light.
At this moment, small green grasses were rapidly spreading on the corpse of the sand scorpion leader, absorbing nutrients from the corpse and growing at an astonishing pace.
Moreover, besides the corpse of the sand scorpion leader, green grass was spreading rapidly toward the sandy ground next to the corpse.
In no time, it spread to Li Qingyu's feet and quickly spread to the surrounding area.
Startled, Li Qingyu quickly lifted one foot to check if the sole of his foot had been disintegrated and if grass would grow on it.
Seeing that there was no grass under his feet, Li Qingyu breathed a sigh of relief.
Meanwhile, the corpse of the sand scorpion leader was being decomposed at an extremely rapid pace, its hill-like body visibly shrinking.
Its ability to devour prey is even more powerful than that of desert army ants.
Could it be that because I evolved the Spirit of Nature, the effect of creating oases has been enhanced?
Or is it that... this is how oases naturally spread?
Furthermore, since I was standing on the grass, these blades of grass didn't decompose me. Is it because I'm Qiqi's dad, or is it because these blades of grass simply can't decompose living things?
Li Qingyu hoped it was the former. If this oasis could decompose living things, then he would be invincible and could directly sweep away everything.
[Crimson: You're dreaming. This skill is called Natural Gift, not End of All Things. Living things definitely can't be decomposed. Don't be delusional.]
[Also, I have to remind you, the little grasses that this skill generates can even decompose bones. Hurry up and check if those magic cores you didn't dig up are still there, or you probably won't even find a trace of them.]
Magic Core?
Li Qingyu was stunned for a moment.
Magic Core!!!
Seeing the corpse covered in green grass rapidly flattening, Li Qingyu suddenly realized what was happening.
Brother's evolution points... don't eat them all, at least leave some...
Startled, Li Qingyu hurriedly ran towards the head of the sand scorpion leader. Before he could even properly enjoy the softness of the fresh grass, he was already in front of the head covered in green grass.
At this point, the head of the sand scorpion leader was completely disfigured; even the shape of the head was no longer recognizable, and the remaining half was shrinking at a visible rate.
Taking advantage of the fact that Xiaocao had already broken down the head, saving the step of knocking on the skull, Li Qingyu stretched out his hands and started stirring inside the remaining part of the head.
Princess Qiqi stopped scattering green light and floated to Li Qingyu's side, curiously watching Li Qingyu rummage through his head.
Stirring and stirring... Based on his experience of flipping heads with the husky just now, Li Qingyu quickly found a magic core.
It's similar in color and shape to the magic core of a regular-grade sand scorpion, but it's a size larger, changing from the size of a marble to the size of an egg.
Li Qingyu finally relaxed. Fortunately, her brother arrived in time, and the magic core had not yet been decomposed.
He tossed the magic core around; it was surprisingly heavy. He wondered if it was enough for him to lick up an evolution point.
Li Qingyu casually stuffed the magic core in his hand into his pocket, but as soon as he looked up, he realized something was wrong.
By this time, the green grass had completely covered the area surrounding Pineapple Castle.
Li Qingyu estimated that in a little while, he would hardly be able to see the surrounding desert anymore.
While it may be due to limited visibility at night, it also illustrates just how quickly this oasis has spread.
Is it because there are too many corpses and the nutrition is too abundant?
I saw those corpses, covered by green grass, rapidly decomposing.
Li Qingyu was anxious.
We can't delay any longer; we need to dig quickly.
So Li Qingyu started running around like a mad dog.
From a distance, one could see a hurried figure moving among the green mounds.
Meanwhile, in a place that Li Qingyu hadn't noticed yet, on the Oasis leaderboard in the system task panel.
Li Qingyu's ranking is rising from ninth place at an extremely rapid pace.
Eighth place.
Seventh place.
Sixth place.
…
It rises a place in just a few seconds.
Finally, Li Qingyu came in first place, pushing Chu Daxiao down.
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