Chapter 200: Beast Tide, the Golden Little Coffin in Guyuxi's Hand!

Time passed bit by bit, and three hours quickly ended.

At this moment, a scarlet light point suddenly lit up in the sky of this world.

In the blink of an eye, the light point rapidly brightened, and its blinding glow soon enveloped the entire world.

At this moment, all candidates in this world clearly knew that the first wave of the beast tide had arrived.

Outside Fang Xu's resource point, as the scarlet light shone, some disturbances began to appear in the distant forest.

After his soul power subtly emanated, he furrowed his brow.

The Golden Scale Firethread Snake clan and Guyuxi's Undead clan had not yet appeared; instead, other ferocious beasts had already approached the resource point.

"Young master, a large number of ferocious beasts are approaching."

In the Ghostface Army, some soldiers lowered themselves to the ground, listened briefly, then hurried over to report.

Fang Xu nodded.

He had already sensed these situations with his soul power.

If he waited until the ferocious beasts drew near and Guyuxi and the Snake King still hadn't brought their men, he could only retreat first into the resource point's barrier.

The first wave of the beast tide shouldn't be too abnormal; relying on the resource point's barrier should be able to hold it.

Shasha!

Shasha!

……

Just as a large number of ferocious beasts approached the resource point, a dense rustling sound came from the forest to everyone's front-left.

Next, one after another, golden-scaled firethread snakes appeared, their bodies covered in vivid scales, as thick as an infant's arm.

After these Golden Scale Firethread Snakes appeared, they did not rush toward the resource point but instead silently lurked in the forest ahead of it.

In the distance, the beast tide drew ever closer, with huge numbers of ferocious beasts swarming toward the resource point.

Living in this world, these ferocious beasts all knew that only now did they have a chance to obtain the soul crystals inside the resource point.

As for soul crystals, even the lowest-grade ones bring unimaginable benefits to them.

The resource point occupied by Fang Xu is a top-grade resource point, naturally possessing top-grade soul crystals.

One can imagine how great the allure of a top-grade soul crystal is.

Large numbers of ferocious beasts charged toward the resource point, quickly arriving at the place where the Golden Scale Firethread Snakes lay hidden.

These Golden Scale Firethread Snakes seemed very versed in tactics and skills.

When the vanguard of the beast horde passed over their hiding place, they did not act.

Only when the middle part of the beast horde passed through their hiding place did all the Golden Scale Firethread Snakes begin to act.

To the numerous huge ferocious beasts, the Golden Scale Firethread Snakes, whose bodies are only as thick as an infant's arm, are easily overlooked.

Yet the terror of the Golden Scale Firethread Snakes lies in their small bodies carrying dreadful poison.

Moreover, adult Golden Scale Firethread Snakes are extremely swift; in an instant, countless of them pounced on the passing ferocious beasts.

Their sharp fangs viciously pierced the beasts' skin, and the dreadful neurotoxin was directly injected into their bodies.

The onset of the snake venom is swift.

In a short time, large numbers of the beasts collapsed directly.

Meanwhile, the ferocious beasts swarming from behind had no idea what had happened and couldn't slow down in time, slamming straight into the poisoned beasts ahead.

In a moment, the entire forest fell into chaos.

Relying on their small bodies and swift speed, the Golden Scale Firethread Snakes darted among the ferocious beasts, delivering finishing blows to those not yet bitten.

On the other side, Guyuxi arrived late with his undead army.

Although the large number of zombies moved slowly, each possessed strength not to be underestimated.

These zombies were strong in life; after death they were buried in that burial ground, where strange energy affected them, granting their corpses new consciousness long ago.

Frankly speaking, aside from having somewhat stiff bodies and lacking vital breath, these zombies are hardly different from living humans.

Under Guyuxi's leadership, all the zombies surged straight into the ferocious beast herds, swiftly reaping their lives.

The beasts' blood and qi were absorbed, and the corpses, after Guyuxi's strange manipulation, tremulously climbed up from the ground.

These ferocious beasts temporarily turned into zombies, though not as strong as those led by Guyuxi, can fully serve as cannon fodder to consume and block the beasts behind.

After all, many of these beasts are huge, covered in thick scales, possessing extremely strong defenses.

After being turned into zombies, relying on their bodily advantage, they can charge back and forth through the entire beast horde.

On the other side, Fang Xu also led the Ghostface Army's soldiers to slay one by one the ferocious beasts that had slipped through the net.

At this point, Fang Xu finally noticed.

In this world, only ferocious beasts at the Dharma Appearance Realm drop monster pills upon death; those below that realm have nothing.

Countless ferocious beasts were slain, and Guyuxi's actions continued without cease.

The number of beast zombies kept increasing.

Eventually, a vast number of beast zombies formed a spine-tingling defensive line, which slowly began to push back in the direction from which the beast tide had come.

With the cooperation of the Golden Scale Firethread Snakes, these beast zombies and the burial-ground zombies handled things very easily.

The beast tide lasted an hour, and the beast zombie horde under Guyuxi's command already exceeded one hundred thousand.

The ferocious beasts continually arriving from behind realized they could not obtain the soul crystals inside this top-grade resource point, and they all turned tail, rushing toward other resource points.

After all, no matter how great the allure of a top-grade soul crystal, one must first guarantee one's life to have a chance to enjoy it.

With so many zombies before them, plus the elusive Golden Scale Firethread Snakes, charging forward would surely be suicide.

The ferocious beasts withdrew.

Before the resource point, aside from the zombies led by Guyuxi and the Golden Scale Firethread Snakes, there were no other ferocious beasts.

At this moment, the Snake King and Guyuxi both came before Fang Xu.

Gu Yuxi held a strange golden coffin in his hand.

The coffin was palm-sized, covered with dense inscriptions, and a faint yin qi emanated from it.

"What treasure is this?" Fang Xu asked curiously.

Just now he saw that Gu Yuxi could turn those dead ferocious beasts into zombies quickly thanks to this golden small coffin.

"I don't know."

"When I woke up, it was already in my hand." Gu Yuxi said.

It seems this golden small coffin was his treasure in life, and was placed in the coffin as a burial good when he died.

Fang Xu's gaze fixed on that golden small coffin, and he felt somewhat impulsive.

"Do you want it?" Gu Yuxi suddenly said.

Fang Xu froze for a moment.

Could it be that his blatant gaze was discovered?

"Wanting it is simple: besides the top-grade soul crystal we agreed on earlier, if you can find another one for me, I'll give you this."

Gu Yuxi's voice sounded, and Fang Xu felt quite tempted.

This world was constructed by the will of the Three Gods.

As far as can be seen, this world also seems to truly exist.

At least the monster core that appears after the death of a Dharma Appearance Realm ferocious beast is the best proof.

Gu Yuxi's identity is very likely someone from ancient times, and possibly even a powerful being contemporary with the Three Gods.

In that case, this golden small coffin is certainly an extraordinary treasure.

After all, he had clearly seen Gu Yuxi's ability to use the golden small coffin to transform zombies just earlier.

With this, any large-scale war would literally be an unlimited troop production tool.

But the problem is that top-grade resource points aren't that easy to find.

At least, as far as can be seen, the resource point we occupy is a top-grade resource point.

From those sky-reaching light pillars, the resource points occupied by the other candidates are not.

Among the candidates who have entered the second stage, there are no shortage of arrogant ones; they surely have conducted a meticulous search in this world.

Even so, no top-grade resource point has been found; how could we be certain to find a third top-grade resource point?

"Deal!"

Fang Xu hesitated for a moment, but ultimately could not bear to let go of this opportunity at hand.

Gu Yuxi stiffly nodded: "I still need to use this now; when you give me two top-grade soul crystals, I'll give it to you then."

"That's natural."

I still owe them a top-grade soul crystal, so it's not appropriate to directly ask for the golden small coffin.

After the matter was settled, Fang Xu led Gu Yuxi and the Snake King into the barrier of the resource point.

Upon entering the barrier, the Snake King immediately rushed excitedly to a giant stone and burrowed into it.

Shortly after, it emerged carrying an irregular crystal flashing with purple light.

Fang Xu curiously approached, just wanting to see what the soul crystal actually was.

The Snake King, however, pettyly dodged and gave Fang Xu a hiss.

After Gu Qiu's translation, Fang Xu felt somewhat amused and exasperated:

"I know this is yours."

"I'm just curious what this thing is."

The Snake King shook its head like a rattle drum, simply unwilling to let him touch the soul crystal.

Fang Xu shook his head.

Actually, even without handling it, he had already sensed the strange energy within that soul crystal.

The tiny soul crystal seemed to contain an extremely domineering energy; in terms of level, this energy seemed somewhat similar to heaven and earth energy, yet also greatly different from it.

"The soul crystal contains wasteland aura."

At this moment, Gu Yuxi suddenly spoke.

"Wasteland aura?" Fang Xu looked at him somewhat curiously: "What is wasteland aura?"

Gu Yuxi stiffly shook his head: "My memory is very chaotic; I only know that the soul crystal contains wasteland aura."

"You cannot absorb it; only the living beings of this world can absorb and refine it."

After speaking, the bone prison's breath, forest-white pupils glanced at the Snake King: "The thing is in hand, it's time to go help me find the next top-grade resource point, right?"

The Snake King nodded, opened its mouth and swallowed the soul crystal, then came before Fang Xu.

According to the prior agreement, they now need to abandon this resource point, then go look for the next top-grade resource point; in the meantime they can also plunder some of the other candidates.

After all, four hours have already passed, and the other candidates have already earned points.

At Fang Xu's command, everyone immediately rushed toward a certain part of the forest.

At the same time.

On a huge divine temple square in the center of the forest, all the disciples of the Dark Divine Temple silently looked at the stone tablet.

This stone tablet clearly displayed the rank of the resource point occupied by each candidate.

Two hours earlier, the scores of all candidates had also changed once.

But just a little over an hour after the beast tide began.

On the stone tablet, the purple light dot after Fang Xu's name, which had originally been in first place, suddenly disappeared.

Among the onlooking disciples of the Dark Divine Temple, many knew what the disappearance of the light dot behind the name signified.

"The light dot disappeared but the name remains; the resource point must have been breached, but the person is not dead."

This is only the first wave of the beast tide, and you can't even hold it?

So, if you lack strength, don't be greedy; just take a medium-grade resource point—why insist on taking a top-grade one?

Not bad, although you luckily survived this time, I estimate the guards around you will suffer heavy losses; in the coming days, you might not even be able to hold a low-grade resource point.

Really, what a waste of a top-grade resource point.

……

Regarding Fang Xu's loss of the resource point, the disciples of the Dark God Temple all discussed it.

The vast majority of people think Fang Xu is overambitious.

A top-grade resource point can yield a large amount of points, provided you can defend it.

The beast tide gets stronger as it goes on.

If you couldn't even hold the first wave, there's no need to mention the later ones.

In the jungle.

Fang Xu didn't know how those people viewed him.

Now he is leading everyone in the jungle to search for other top-grade resource points.

Upon encountering resource points around them that emitted light pillars, he chose to detour around them.

Because it has only been seven hours since they entered the second stage.

Based on a high-grade resource point, eight hours yields six points.

Seizing someone else's resource point only yields ten percent of the points; doing so now would net less than one point, which is completely unnecessary.

Pigs should be fattened before slaughter.

Everyone traversed the jungle, relying on the strength of their soul power.

Fang Xu could sense everything within a radius of several dozen li.

But even so, top-grade resource points are not so easy to obtain.

Time passed bit by bit, and everyone also didn't know where they currently were.

"Big Brother Fang Xu, I'll go up and take a look." Chang Long said.

The beast tide has passed, so he doesn't need to worry about other fierce beasts; he wants to look from the sky to see if any top-grade resource points exist around.

Fang Xu nodded: "Be careful."

Chang Long directly transformed into a dragon form and flew into the sky.

One of them looked down from the sky, while the other searched the ground using soul power.

Soon they noticed an unusual place.

In his soul sense, Fang Xu detected a faint, elusive aura of desolation.

In the sky, Chang Long saw a terrifying giant tree god temple!

That temple was built by hollowing out two-thirds of a giant tree's trunk.

Upon this discovery, Fang Xu hurriedly led everyone over.

After passing through the dense jungle, everyone arrived before the giant tree god temple.

Upon seeing the giant tree god temple, Fang Xu immediately understood: this is a top-grade resource point!

"Congratulations, Brother Gu."

Fang Xu turned to look at Guyuxi.

Guyuxi's stiff face attempted to squeeze out a smile, but ultimately failed.

"First occupy it; once you activate it, I can approach."

Guyuxi said.

Fang Xu nodded and immediately went into the giant tree god temple to activate the resource point.

At that moment, atop the stone tablet in the central plaza of the world, a purple light dot suddenly appeared again behind Fang Xu's name.

Upon seeing this, everyone was dumbfounded!

"What the hell luck did this kid have, letting him discover another top-grade resource point!"

"In this world there are only four or five top-grade resource points total; what great luck to lose one and immediately find the next."

"What good is luck? A person ought to know their limits; after losing a top-grade resource point, one should realize such things aren't meant to be possessed."

"Besides, the second beast tide will definitely be stronger than the first; if you don't know yourself, when the second beast tide comes, you'll probably die… Huh!?"

Before that person could finish speaking, the purple light dot behind Fang Xu's name on the stone tablet vanished outright!

Now everyone was stunned.

No one knew exactly what had happened to Fang Xu. (End of chapter)