Chapter 64 – Next!

Volume 3: Rising Winds and Clouds

Ten minutes later.

When Wen Yu killed the last Demonic Creature with a single shot from his Gun, nothing remained on the battlefield except corpses, Demon Blood, and Magic Crystals.

Not a single Demonic Creature was left alive!

Likewise, not one Demonic Creature had chosen to flee. This undoubtedly reduced Wen Yu's workload while increasing his haul.

Seeing that the battle was over, Xing and One-Eye immediately lowered their heads and began devouring the surrounding Demonic Creature corpses, occasionally crunching on a couple of Magic Crystals.

The flesh of the Demon Race and Magic Crystals were the main sources of energy for the Promotion of One-Eye and Xing.

Of course, low-level flesh and Magic Crystal had practically no evolutionary effect on either of them!

Ignoring the feasting One-Eye and Xing, Wen Yu picked up the Magic Crystals scattered everywhere while taking stock of his gains.

"One Level 4 Magic Crystal, nearly two hundred Level 3 Magic Crystals, and several thousand Level 2 and Level 1 Magic Crystals…"

He also made a rough estimate of the Points he had earned: nearly two million Points in total! Wen Yu nodded in satisfaction.

The Level 4 Bull Demon had provided Wen Yu with over ten thousand Points and one Level 4 Magic Crystal. Everything else had been contributed by the Cannon Fodder!

This alone made it clear that hunting creatures of the same level to grow stronger was an exhausting endeavor with little reward!

Wen Yu silently ran the numbers. One Level 4 Attribute-Less Magic Crystal cost twenty thousand Points, while one Attribute Magic Crystal cost fifty thousand Points. Two million Points could buy one hundred units of Level 4 Attribute-Less Magic Crystal, equivalent to fifty Points of Physical Attribute! And that was without counting the enormous number of Magic Crystals he had collected!

The Treasure Land had an Exchange Pillar of its own, located inside the Human Race's city. Once Wen Yu returned to the city and fully absorbed the gains from this battle, his Physical Attribute would soar to around 270 Points. He would already be more than halfway to the 500 Points required to reach the Level 4 Peak!

"So war really does forge the strong. This is much faster than sweeping through Mutant Beasts!"

Wen Yu could only describe himself as extremely satisfied with this haul. At this rate, as long as he wiped out the remaining three Demon Race Military units, his Physical Attribute would rise to at least 400 Points!

The only problems were Little Soul Beast, which consumed Magic Crystal at an alarming rate, and the somewhat slower pace of One-Eye's and Xing's Enhancement.

Wen Yu glanced at One-Eye and Xing, who were still eating ravenously nearby.

The flesh obtained from this battle was nowhere near enough to provide One-Eye and Xing with any significant Enhancement. If Wen Yu and Soul Beast reached the Level 4 Peak while One-Eye and Xing were still lagging behind, Wen Yu would have no choice but to spend Points on Magic Crystals of their level to raise their Physical Attribute.

At the same time, a question arose in Wen Yu's mind.

Thanks to the existence of Exchange Pillars, the Human Race was evolving far too quickly!

Wen Yu frowned and pondered the matter for a long while before finally understanding.

Not everyone could encounter such an ideal battlefield!

Nor did everyone possess the power to single-handedly crush an entire Demon Race Military unit!

It was easy to predict that once the Demon Race invasion began, a sharp divide would inevitably emerge among the Human Race's Class Holders.

The stronger someone was, the easier it would be for them to earn Points, and the faster their strength would increase. The gap between the strong and the weak would only grow wider!

As Wen Yu surveyed the mangled corpses and remains covering the ground, a flash of greed passed through his eyes.

He had poured everything into surviving countless trials at the very beginning of the Apocalypse, and now, at long last…

Today, the powerful foundation he had built was finally paying off!

With his overwhelming strength, he was certain to reap an enormous harvest from this Outpost Battle!

…

Half an hour later, Wen Yu had long since finished gathering the Magic Crystals scattered across the ground. He lay quietly atop a small mound, gazing up at the perpetually pale sky of the Treasure Land.

One-Eye and Xing were still feeding.

When quality was lacking, quantity had to make up the difference. The remains of the Demon Race strewn across the ground could still provide One-Eye and Xing with some evolutionary benefits.

Behind him, from the direction Wen Yu had come, a panting figure came running toward him.

Judging by the sound, it was that stubborn Zhao Mingming.

Before Zhao Mingming even drew near, he spotted Wen Yu lying on the ground.

"Sir! Sir, are you all right?"

The concern in his voice made it obvious that he was worried about Wen Yu's safety.

Wen Yu shook his head and pointed toward the battlefield below.

Only then did Zhao Mingming look down the slope.

Amid the mangled corpses and chunks of flesh covering the ground, two enormous War Pets were devouring their meal.

"This…"

Zhao Mingming silently surveyed the battlefield, then turned to Wen Yu and reported solemnly,

"Sir, our intelligence was wrong this time. The Demon Race forces you wiped out may have been a small detachment that split from the main Military force."

"Oh?"

That genuinely surprised Wen Yu.

"How many Demonic Creatures were supposed to be in the main force?"

"Sir, according to our original observations, this Demon Race force consisted of one Level 4 Demonic Creature, fewer than three hundred Level 3 Demonic Creatures, and nearly ten thousand other Demonic Creatures!"

Hearing Zhao Mingming's answer, Wen Yu nodded and glanced once more at the devastated battlefield.

One-Eye and Xing each possessed a fire-based ability: Tyrannical Flame and Dragon Flame!

Any Demonic Creature killed by those two abilities had been reduced entirely to ash, leaving no trace behind.

Moreover, those two Skills were the beasts' primary means of slaughtering large groups. Combined with all the corpses they had eaten, at least four-fifths of the Demonic Creatures were no longer visible on the battlefield!

Wen Yu had no intention of explaining himself. He merely nodded to Zhao Mingming and said,

"Contact the others and locate the next Demon Race Military force."

Zhao Mingming nodded, then hesitantly said to Wen Yu,

"Sir, I think it would be better if we avoided their main force. There's a Level 4 Demonic Creature among them, and I'm afraid you might…"

He left the rest unsaid, clearly worried that he would wound Wen Yu's pride.

Wen Yu shook his head.

"Just find them. And notify Headquarters that this Demonic Creature Legion has already been wiped out. One Level 4 Demonic Creature and two hundred Level 3 Demonic Creatures. Those numbers are correct."

Without waiting for Zhao Mingming to respond, Wen Yu walked down onto the battlefield and called to the two Soul Pets that were still eating.

"Let's go. On to the next one! We'll ride Xing this time so we can get there faster!"

One-Eye gulped down the Level 3 Demonic Creature in his mouth, promptly shrank his body, and leaped onto Xing's back.

Wen Yu turned to the bewildered Zhao Mingming.

"Hurry up and get on. Then find us the intel!"

Zhao Mingming still had his doubts about what Wen Yu had just claimed, but he quickly obeyed the order nonetheless.

He scrambled onto Xing's back, pulled out his Walkie-Talkie, and immediately began contacting the other scouts!