Chapter 18: Can Killing Make You Stronger?!

"I'm about to leave the Safe Zone..."

Returning to Ye Bai's side.

Because his destination this time is outside the Safe Zone, the true Wilderness.

Moreover, it is no longer his first time walking out of the city gates, and his strength has improved by a large margin compared to yesterday.

Focusing on his journey, his speed is more than several times faster than yesterday's.

In just a few minutes, he has already penetrated fifteen thousand meters into the Safe Zone!

He is less than five thousand meters away from officially stepping into the Wilderness!

If it weren't for the fact that the entire area of Blue Star expanded inexplicably after the Dimensional Gate descended.

Otherwise, at this speed, he would dare to claim he could cross cities in a short time all on his own!

"Rustle."

However, just as he was focused on his journey, preparing to start hunting only after leaving the Safe Zone.

He suddenly saw an Alien Beast working hard to dig a hole next to a bottomless pit in front of him.

"Hm?"

"A First Grade Initial Stage Man-Eating Ant?"

Ye Bai saw the Alien Beast clearly, and his eyes lit up instantly.

It is said that the early bird catches the worm; just like yesterday, it was so easy to encounter the first Alien Beast.

He didn't mind that this Alien Beast was weak; the part of the Man-Eating Ant that humans can consume is its eyeballs, and the combined volume of the pair is not large.

Rounding it up, it's equivalent to a free six thousand Great Xia Currency!

"Boom!"

He also had the intention to test the power of the Explosive Blood Combat Method in battle.

Ye Bai activated the Explosive Blood Combat Method.

His eyes turned blood-red, and while his skin also turned blood-red, he appeared in front of that Man-Eating Ant in an instant!

Then, with one punch.

The First Grade Initial Stage Alien Beast, which required Ye Bai to struggle for several minutes to kill yesterday, didn't even have time to react before being blasted apart by a single punch!

"No wonder they say normal Martial Artists can only truly hunt outside the city after mastering a Martial Technique!"

"Too satisfying!"

The Explosive Blood Martial Technique provides not only an all-around boost but also many combat skills.

Just now, Ye Bai used one of those combat skills to close in on the Man-Eating Ant and instantly strike its heart with a punch!

"Click-clack!"

Following the usual practice of recording a video, then taking out the Anatomy Knife purchased from the Treasure Pavilion, Ye Bai tidied up the spoils of war in a flash.

"Continue the journey!"

Ye Bai put on the Specialized Backpack, which looked unchanged.

Although he was thinking it would be great to encounter a few more Man-Eating Ants, this is more profitable than hunting Erpin Yizu.

But subconsciously, he felt it was unlikely.

He knew that there were items specifically targeting Man-Eating Ant Nests.

This is still the Safe Zone; almost no Man-Eating Ant Nest can exist here for more than three days!

The Man-Eating Ant he encountered should be the last of its kind, which is why it was alone outside digging a hole.

"Rustle."

Yet, he had only walked a hundred meters.

Ye Bai's ears heard movement behind him again!

Turning his head to look, it was actually another Man-Eating Ant, crawling out from underground!

"Good fellow..."

Ye Bai was pleasantly surprised.

He decisively turned back and solved the Man-Eating Ant with another punch!

He also realized that a Man-Eating Ant Nest was hidden under the pit in front of him!

"Should I go back to the city now to buy Attract Beast Powder, or go down directly..."

The only problem is that he doesn't have Attract Beast Powder and cannot lure the Man-Eating Ants out to kill them like other Martial Artists.

"Rustle."

After tidying up the spoils, before he could decide, another sound rang out.

"Boom!"

This Man-Eating Ant didn't even see the scenery outside clearly before being blasted to death by Ye Bai's punch the moment it poked its head out.

"Let's go down directly!"

While tidying up this loot, Ye Bai made up his mind.

He felt that the Man-Eating Ants crawling out one by one meant the Alien Beasts below wanted to move; moving is very normal for social Alien Beasts.

There is no point in going back to buy Attract Beast Powder now.

And waiting outside is a bit inefficient; recording the video + dissection, plus the time he spent thinking, takes at least five or six minutes.

If other Martial Artists pass by during that time, there's no guarantee they won't try to snatch it from him.

With Second Grade Peak strength, although he doesn't fear other Martial Artists, since his strength is enough to hunt deep underground without issue, why create extra trouble?

"Plop!"

He jumped directly into the cave!

"I'm rich!"

Don't even say it, really, don't even say it!

After jumping into the cave and descending several dozen meters, Ye Bai discovered that this place was actually a medium-to-large Man-Eating Ant Nest.

Looking around, there were at least twenty Man-Eating Ants!

They were all First Grade Initial Stage, and the extremely fat Ant Queen in the very center was First Grade Mid-Stage.

In other words, there were at least 100,000 Great Xia Currency lying here!

Where was the need to truly go deep into the Wilderness? This one nest directly solved the problem of Qin Churan's medical expenses!

"Boom, boom!"

He also acted without the slightest hesitation.

One punch!

"Six thousand!"

Another punch.

"Twelve thousand!"

One punch after another.

Although he quickly alerted the Man-Eating Ants of the entire nest.

However, the Ant Queen could tell by instinct that Ye Bai was not to be trifled with, and that even if all the ants went up together, it would just be serving themselves up on a platter.

"Chirp!"

With one command, she only let the main force flee!

Moreover, Ye Bai had checked before he started: this nest only had two passages, one in the front and one in the back.

This meant...

This was a one-sided slaughter!

"145 points of Qi and Blood!"

At the other exit of the cave.

A youth with his chest wrapped in bandages had just finished off a Man-Eating Ant, his face full of high spirits.

Ning Yuan.

"Heaven-defying, simply too heaven-defying!"

"A Martial Dao talent that allows one to increase Qi and Blood by slaughtering Alien Beasts, and killing one First Grade Exotic Beast can increase Qi and Blood by 5 points!"

Beside him, Chen Fu looked at Ning Yuan, whose aura was growing increasingly powerful, and the look of envy on his face grew ever more intense.

Slaughtering leads to becoming stronger!

This was Ning Yuan's Martial Dao talent!

Yesterday, Ning Yuan had told Chen Fu bluntly that if it weren't for the fact that one had to be a Ranked Martial Artist to leave the city.

And the low efficiency of searching for a Succubus within the city, which was not as good as him using Blood Qi Pills to increase his Qi and Blood, he would not just be First Grade now; he would have already been a Second Grade Martial Artist!

"If only Ning Yuan's Martial Dao talent were mine..."

Chen Fu was also jealous of Ning Yuan in his heart.

But he dared not say it.

That was why he was even more jealous of Ye Bai.

Ning Yuan had the Ning Family background, was stronger than him, and had better talent; he accepted that.

By what right did Ye Bai?

"Ye Bai, just you wait..."

"With Ning Yuan's talent, plus the Ning Family's background and my help, how could the Qi and Blood he increases in a day be limited to just fifty points?

It won't take a month before he is stronger than you!"

Chen Fu looked forward more and more to the day when Ning Yuan would formally tear off the mask with Ye Bai.

By then, Ye Bai would once again be reduced to a piece of trash, and since he helped Ning Yuan increase his strength, Ning Yuan would not short him on benefits; he would still be stronger than Ye Bai!

"Boom, boom!"

Yet it was also at this moment that a violent rumbling sound suddenly echoed from the earth cave...

"Beast, Beast Tide..."

Ning Yuan's face turned deathly pale in an instant!