Chapter 616: Vast Numbers and Complexity, Yet Another Fierce Battle

Level 73 now, in less than half a day, from level 72 rose to 73.

At this leveling speed, Jiang Chen believes even his own sister Jiang Ruo could not possess it.

Though I lack the talent my sister has for leveling, as long as I kill fast, I can be comparable to that talent.

His gaze swept over the thunder tree cluster, slowly uttering the eight‑character phrase: "Their death place, my Heaven."

Thunder tree clusters are a death zone for others, but for Jiang Chen they are a true leveling sanctuary.

In terms of efficiency, it cannot be compared to any Instance or Secret Realm.

The only drawback is that it can be fought only once.

The interval is too long.

In terms of continuity, it is not as good as an Instance.

However, the Wind‑Thunder Continent does not only have the Thunder‑Lightning Mountains.

There are also some slightly smaller thunder tree clusters, and in the sky there are wind‑flower clusters of a hundred‑thousand scale; all of these can become my leveling targets.

Jiang Chen estimates that if he can clear all wind‑flowers and thunder trees, he can reach at least level 76 or 77.

He can also harvest a large amount of materials; these materials are useless to him but somewhat useful to the Human Race.

Three Ku Lou Wang, each with two skills, directly clear three zones.

In these three zones, all ordinary thunder trees are dead, only a few BOSS‑level thunder trees remain alive.

The Ku Lou Wang brandishes a bone sword, pounces, and swiftly slays them.

Then the Ku Lou Wang, again surrounded by lightning, rushes toward other thunder tree clusters, awaiting skill cooldown.

The Headless Knight has also descended, engaging the thunder tree clusters in fierce battle.

Vast swaths of thunder trees are cut down by their swords, eradicated from the roots.

Jiang Chen watches from the sky, seeing clearly.

Although there are only three Ku Lou Wang, their attack power is massive; each sword swing can unleash Sword Qi for hundreds of meters.

A single sweeping sword cuts down hundreds of thunder trees, and again, kills them from the roots.

In contrast, although there are many Headless Knights, their efficiency is far inferior to the Ku Lou Wang.

Moreover, the Ku Lou Wang can use a skill once per minute, dealing massive damage, so its efficiency actually exceeds that of the Headless Knight Order.

The thunder tree clusters are massive, containing many BOSSes, and with the thunder sea persisting, damage keeps accumulating; even the Lich General's full‑power healing skill cannot keep up.

Relying solely on the Undead Legion to clear the thunder tree clusters is beyond its capability.

Jiang Chen had considered this from the beginning, so he never idled.

He points his finger upward, the sky instantly dims, and the undead world's phantom appears in midair.

The Undead Gate opens, the Undead Eye emerges, and amid blazing flames the Undead Eye sweeps, staring at the thunder tree clusters.

In an instant, a massive thunder tree cluster dies en masse.

Even though they appear unchanged outwardly, without any scar, their inner souls have been erased, dead beyond death.

He then points his finger downward, activating the Aging Curse.

When facing a World-Class Boss or a Divine-level Strongman, the Aging Curse's effect is not evident.

But against small Monsters, the Aging Curse remains a potent weapon.

Ten‑kilometer‑radius thunder tree clusters are covered by the Curse, and amid lightning white fire, a streak of red appears.

Under the black undead world phantom's shroud, the red appears extraordinarily bewitching.

Jiang Chen locks onto a thunder tree corpse whose soul has been erased.

Then soul power radiates, locking a larger area—tens of thousands of thunder trees.

When the locked count reaches ten thousand, Jiang Chen feels a weakness from the soul, a sense of being overmatched.

"So ten thousand is the limit!"

Jiang Chen realizes that with his current soul power, he can only lock ten thousand; any more would exceed his capacity.

But ten thousand is enough.

He gently presses his palm, Skill: Corpse Explosion!

There is almost no movement.

The thunder tree corpse selected by Jiang Chen explodes.

Immediately thereafter, all thunder trees locked by soul power explode.

The explosions have no flame, yet are extremely dazzling.

Tens of thousands of thunder trees are shattered, and the powerful shockwave sweeps out, blowing other thunder trees sideways.

A few seconds after the explosion, the blast sound finally arrives.

The explosion sounds continue, ringing like firecrackers.

None of the thunder trees locked by Jiang Chen escape; they all perish collectively.

In the ten‑thousand‑scale thunder tree clusters, aside from the leader BOSS, the other thunder trees are instantly erased.

But the explosion is not a single wave; the thunder trees blown up near the BOSS become Jiang Chen's best weapons.

Crisp explosion sounds keep rising, one after another.

After a dozen explosions, this ten‑thousand‑tree leader finally cannot hold out.

The thunder tree clusters have another advantage: they don't move, making them perfect targets.

Jiang Chen's actions attract the attention of a large swath of thunder trees.

A massive burst of lightning instantly falls upon it.

But Jiang Chen is completely immune to Electric Element, allowing the lightning to strike, remaining unfazed.

Jiang Chen even hopes that all thunder trees will attack him, so the Undead Legion faces no pressure.

Ku Lou Wang's Skill cooldown ends.

Two Skills are used alternately, sweeping away a large area of Thunder Trees again.

Undead Legion, Undead Gaze, Corpse Explosion.

Under triple assault, in just a few minutes, over 100,000 Thunder Trees have been cleared.

The Thunder Tree cluster has likely never experienced such massive casualties; now the entire Thunder Mountain Range's Thunder Trees are alarmed.

Even the Thunder Trees behind the hillside have begun to move.

They cannot move, but each shoots lightning toward the sky.

The lightning converges above the sky, eventually forming a lightning mass.

Then the BOSSes of each Thunder Tree cluster exert force together, joining in, and the lightning mass turns into a thunderstorm.

The thunderstorm descends, ten thousand bolts of lightning surge together, enveloping Jiang Chen and the Undead Legion.

It is unknown how many Thunder Trees' power this attack gathered, but the lightning is so strong it heavily wounds the Undead Legion.

Ku Lou Wang activates Absolute Defense, becoming immune to 99% of damage.

The Headless Knight joins in a group defense, raising defensive power to the limit to resist the thunderstorm.

Even the gate of Undead Gaze is struck by the thunderstorm, shattering with a boom.

Only Jiang Chen remains unharmed within the thunderstorm.

Jiang Chen's hands never stop, Corpse Explosion after another.

After he moved the Corpse Explosion skill's star core into his soul, he no longer needs to approach enemies to cast the skill.

As long as an enemy is locked by his soul, the explosion attack will pierce spatial barriers and hit directly.

The range expands, the number increases, and the power proportionally decreases.

The skill becomes more flexible and more controllable.

After using it several times, Jiang Chen handles it with ease.

It ignores thunder attacks, freely weaving through the Thunder Sea thunderstorm.

Where it goes, explosions continue, and Thunder Trees die in sheets.

The Thunder Trees Jiang Chen alone has destroyed exceed the total of the Undead Legion and Undead Gaze combined.

Hatred continuously accumulates; Jiang Chen has become the most despised by the Thunder Tree cluster.

Yet the Thunder Tree cluster can do nothing to him; no matter how strong the thunder that strikes him, it has no effect.

Jiang Chen's immunity to thunder is displayed to the fullest.

At this point Jiang Chen has become a Thunder Tree slayer, charging forward in a frenzy, no tree can block him.

The Thunder Trees seem to realize the thunderstorm is ineffective against Jiang Chen, no longer attacking him and instead targeting the Undead Legion.

Simultaneously dozens of Thunder Tree BOSSes rise from the ground, astonishingly leaving the earth.

The earth trembles, uprooting countless thick roots.

The roots, like Whips, slash toward Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen had long anticipated that the mighty Thunder Tree cluster could not possibly rely solely on thunder attacks.

Roots as Whips are a common tactic of plant‑type monsters; even the rootless, floating Wind Flowers use it, let alone Thunder Trees rooted in the ground.

Jiang Chen darts backward, not wanting to be slashed by the Thunder Tree BOSSes.

The roots are not just a simple slash; the terrifying part is Entangling.

Once entangled, escaping is difficult.

While retreating, his soul still locks onto them.

Corpse Explosion continues to trigger.

Explosions repeatedly erupt on the Thunder Tree BOSSes, blasting their branches to fly sideways.

Yet they still charge toward Jiang Chen at blazing speed.

The number of Thunder Tree BOSSes is overwhelming; in an instant they exceed 20, surrounding Jiang Chen from all directions.

They are massive, their bodies towering dozens of meters, and with their roots they cover an area over a kilometer, leaving Jiang Chen no room to dodge.

A flash of fire flickers in Jiang Chen's hand, and a droplet of solidified Fire God Essence Blood detonates.

The surrounding Thunder Tree BOSSes howl in unison as fierce flames suddenly blaze on their bodies.

They are all BOSSes above Level 80; how could they withstand a strike from the Fire God?

They are almost instantly killed.

A series of prompts sound as Jiang Chen's experience rockets upward.

Having just leveled up, his experience now reaches 25%.

Jiang Chen realizes the Thunder Tree cluster's experience is far greater than he expected.

There are too many BOSSes; if all are cleared, they could not only reach Level 74 but likely reach Level 75 or even higher.

The thunderstorm falls again, and the Undead Legion finally collapses within it.

Ku Lou Wang is shattered, and the Headless Knight is swallowed by the Thunder Sea.