Chapter 82

Looking around, it was still that familiar cave.

The air was very dry and full of a rich smell of sulfur.

On the gravel ground, there were dense fire-red ant eggs everywhere.

Outside the cave, a large number of Flame Ants were continuously transporting food and fire crystals, surrounding the Ant Queen.

During these days, after Lu Changsheng cleared the surroundings of the crater and used a large amount of low-quality crystals to feed the ant colony, the number of the entire ant colony began to skyrocket.

Not only did it recover the number of deaths from the last great battle, but even individual strength had increased somewhat.

Lu Changsheng suspected that this was because the surrounding environment was suitable for the ant colony to multiply.

Of course, this also had the credit of being fed by a large amount of fire crystals.

He looked carefully at the Ant Queen in the center of the cave and found that the Ant Queen's aura was slightly unstable, as if it was about to improve again.

This discovery made him quite happy.

As long as the Ant Queen could break through to Tier 3, the ant colony under her could immediately begin to break through the bloodline suppression.

By then, his ant army would all be Tier 2 creatures, and their strength would also skyrocket.

The day was not far away.

Not only that, those ant tribes catalyzed by Source Energy Points were extremely fierce, and if they broke through, their strength would be even stronger.

As long as there was a massive Tier 2 ant colony, he could explore deeper into the mountains, and it would be more convenient to collect resources by then.

Lu Changsheng put away his thoughts and ran toward the outside of the cave.

Before long, he left the ant nest and arrived at a giant mountain rock platform.

This place was located in the central area of the crater, a certain distance from the inside of the crater.

After long-term exploration, the fire crystals near the entire crater had been dug up almost completely.

He prepared to go inside the volcano to explore and see if he could find some spiritual creatures.

According to his guess, since there were many fire crystals outside, there must be many spiritual creatures inside.

Lu Changsheng kicked his legs and ran quickly toward the front.

As he went deeper, the surrounding air became more and more dry and hot.

However, fortunately, this volcano had not erupted for many years, otherwise he would not dare to go in to explore.

After traveling for several hours along the way.

Lu Changsheng arrived at the top of the central crater, looked down, and the inside was bottomless.

There were gravel and residue everywhere, and the whole world presented a fire-red color.

"Shoo..."

He no longer hesitated and immediately explored downward.

All the way down, the air became more and more scorching, fortunately, he could barely withstand it after breaking through to the Mountain Spirit.

There wasn't even a single exotic beast around, which was quite strange.

Before long, when he arrived at a corner, a flash of light suddenly flashed before his eyes.

"There's a situation!"

Lu Changsheng's face was happy, and he immediately turned his head to look.

I saw a pile of fire-red crystals lying quietly in the gravel.

He immediately ran over and placed his hand on the crystals.

"High-tier fire crystals discovered, absorb?"

At this time, a crisp prompt sound entered his mind.

Lu Changsheng's eyes lit up; it was actually high-tier fire crystals, which he had never encountered outside.

This place was quite wide, and there must be many more inside.

This discovery made him quite moved.

Now the situation in the county town was becoming more and more eerie, and he must have a large amount of resources to break through quickly.

"Absorb."

He no longer hesitated and immediately nodded.

"Source Energy Point +10."

"Source Energy Point +10."

……

He didn't stop until he had absorbed all eight high-tier fire crystals on the ground.

After having a harvest, his confidence increased greatly.

Then Lu Changsheng continued on his way, rushing quickly toward the bottom.

When he crossed a corner, the distance suddenly lit up.

A huge magma river came into view.

The entire surrounding space was illuminated fire-red.

Not only that, he also found a few flashes of light near the magma river, which was the brilliance emitted by the fire crystals, quite conspicuous.

Just as Lu Changsheng was preparing to rush up to collect the fire crystals, a sudden change occurred.

"Shoo..."

In the magma river, two exotic beasts rushed out like lightning, then stood firmly on a giant rock, looking at Lu Changsheng with murderous intent.

Lu Changsheng's gaze tightened; these two exotic beasts looked quite strange, just like two giant toads.

However, their bodies were covered with scales, their eyeballs were red, and their aura was not weak, obviously both were Tier 3 creatures.

"Could it be that a group of fire toads live in this magma river?"

"I just don't know if there is a Tier 4 Beast King."

This discovery made Lu Changsheng quite vigilant.

Generally, where a large number of Tier 3 exotic beasts travel, there is a high probability that a Beast King exists.

If there really was a Tier 4 exotic beast in the magma river, plus the blessing of the tribe, he could only retreat temporarily.

Just as Lu Changsheng was thinking, the two fire toads immediately killed their way over, with rolling murderous intent.

"Chi..."

Harsh whistling sounds echoed through the bottom of the cave, reverberating all around.

Immediately after, the two fire toads rushed quickly to Lu Changsheng, stretched out their giant claws and slapped them fiercely, with fierce and unparalleled momentum.

"Die."

Lu Changsheng's eyes were cold, and he immediately operated the innate skill 【Soul Pain Strike】, a brilliance instantly rushed toward a fire toad on the left, and in the blink of an eye, it submerged into the opponent's mind.

"Awoo..."

With a cry like a baby's weeping blood, this fire toad immediately lay on the ground and rolled.

The surroundings instantly flew with sand and stones, and the scene was in disarray.

Lu Changsheng seized the opportunity, immediately arrived before this fire toad, stretched out his sharp claws, and slapped the opponent's head.

"Crack..."

A large opening was directly cut in this fire toad's head, and red and white things flowed quickly toward the ground.

With one strike, a Tier 3 exotic beast directly died.

Relying on Lu Changsheng's innate skills and claw strength, it was enough to kill most ordinary Tier 3 exotic beasts in seconds.

All of this happened in an instant.

At the same time, the other fire toad's claws also slapped fiercely on Lu Changsheng's back.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Relying on his thick scales, Lu Changsheng only felt his body go numb, with no major problems. Then he reached out his sharp claws with his backhand and stabbed fiercely at the remaining fire toad.

"Awoo..."

Lu Changsheng's sharp claws directly stabbed into the opponent's eyeball, and the fire toad immediately emitted a painful wail.

Taking this opportunity, he killed his way up again, waving his sharp claws and roaming around the opponent.

In just a moment, this fire toad was covered in scars and soon turned into a corpse lying on the ground, with fresh blood everywhere.

Then Lu Changsheng collected the two corpses; these exotic beast meats contained a lot of energy, and the effect of feeding the ant colony was excellent, so naturally, they could not be wasted.

After doing all this, Lu Changsheng rushed quickly to the side of the pile of fire crystals and placed his palm on it.

"High-tier fire crystals discovered, absorb?"

"Absorb."

Lu Changsheng thought silently in his heart.

"Source Energy Point +10."

"Source Energy Point +10."

……

Before long, another six high-tier fire crystals were accounted for.

After having a harvest again, Lu Changsheng was full of energy and immediately explored deeper.

The next few days.

He had been exploring by the magma river, successively harvesting many high-tier fire crystals, making his own Source Energy Points abundant again.

During the period, he also encountered many lone fire toads, all of which were killed by himself, and the corpses were all collected, ready to feed the ant colony.

He also occasionally encountered groups of six or seven fire toads, but Lu Changsheng did not choose to take action, but instead chose to avoid them.

This also made him more convinced that there must be a Tier 4 Beast King in the magma river, so Lu Changsheng's subsequent actions were more careful and cautious.

Everything was developing in a good direction.

…………

Changping County.

Lu Changsheng sat on the chair in the study, looking at the Source Energy Points in his hand, with a happy face.

After several days of hard digging, he could finally improve his skills again.

Source Energy Points: 340.

"Add points."

Lu Changsheng directed his thoughts and clicked the plus sign behind 【Cloud Smoke Step】.

"Hum..."

A wave from the underworld descended instantly, as if a strong man was practicing in his mind day and night.

The Source Energy Points also immediately decreased by two hundred.

【After several years of hard training, Cloud Smoke Step has finally reached minor accomplishment.】

With the prompt sound from the panel in his mind, this improvement officially ended.

Lu Changsheng immediately began to test it.

I saw him exert a little force with his feet, and his whole body turned into countless afterimages, shuttling quickly in the room, with astonishing speed.

The top-tier footwork of minor accomplishment, the speed was about 30% stronger than before breaking through.

Now his speed had surpassed many mid-stage Blood Transmutation strongmen, reaching an unimaginable realm.

Having such astonishing speed also gave Lu Changsheng some means of saving his life.

Even if the situation fell into a crisis next, he could quickly retreat by relying on his footwork.

For the next few days, Lu Changsheng had been practicing martial arts at home and testing his footwork, and his days were very fulfilling.

…………

Time flew by, and another four days passed.

This day, night, stars dotted.

In a dim study.

Lu Changsheng opened the panel.

A blue light screen appeared in the void in front.

Source Energy Points: 320.

After several days of collection by the exotic beast clone, the resources in his hand met the improvement conditions again, and he no longer hesitated and immediately began to improve his skills.

With a thought.

Lu Changsheng clicked directly on the plus sign behind 【Giant Tripod Skill】.

As the Source Energy Points decreased by two hundred.

"Hum..."

The same wave descended into the depths of his mind again.

It was as if a twilight drum and morning bell were knocking, making his heart shake violently.

【After several years of uninterrupted hard training, you have finally practiced the Giant Tripod Skill to the realm of minor accomplishment...】

A moment later.

Lu Changsheng slowly opened his eyes, and a flash of light pierced the void.

"Footwork and defensive techniques have finally broken through."

Now he only needs to fully improve his realm, improve to late-stage Bone-forging, and his strength will definitely skyrocket again.

Breaking through with his perfect level, in the Bone-forging stage, he is the most top-tier existence.

As for after he breaks through to Bone-forging perfection, that is probably Bone-forging invincible, except for some demon servants hidden extremely deep.

These demon servants are mostly people from the Heavenly Demon Gate, who absorbed a trace of demonic blood essence and turned into servants, with astonishing strength.

Among the same rank, they are the most top-tier existence.

This news was also heard by Lu Changsheng from Qin Ruobing, which naturally made him attach great importance to it.

Subsequently, Lu Changsheng walked out of the room and arrived in the courtyard.

Began to test the newly broken through defensive technique.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

As he operated the 【Giant Tripod Skill】, it was as if a great river was surging inside his whole body.

Strands of blood energy gathered quickly, turning into a giant tripod that firmly shrouded him.

There were also mysterious runes flashing around the giant tripod, which was quite miraculous.

At this time, Lu Changsheng took out the Killing Pig Knife and slashed fiercely toward the giant tripod.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

The crisp knocking sound echoed throughout the courtyard, reverberating in the middle of the night.

The blood-colored giant tripod was still rotating slowly above his head, without any traces of being broken.

Seeing this situation, Lu Changsheng was very satisfied.

He had already used several notches of force, and he still couldn't break his own defense, which was about 30% stronger than before breaking through.

Now, relying on this top-tier defensive technique, even Bone-forging perfection would find it difficult to easily break his defense.

Even human sea tactics wouldn't work.

As long as his own Source Energy Points are not exhausted, it is enough to kill his way out of the encirclement.

After this breakthrough, his survival ability was enhanced again, which also gave him more confidence for the next actions.

(End of chapter)