Chapter 24: Woman, you delivered yourself to my doorstep this time!

Very quickly, Zhao Hu finished dealing with all the reporters and media, then immediately returned to Jiang Luoli's side, standing quietly like a battle-hardened guard.

The latter waved a hand, signaling the Transcendental who could release transparent barriers to clear the path ahead.

Before long, the group boarded the specialized vehicles prepared by Changsheng Group for this operation and drove away!

As the interview concluded, Changsheng Group began its operation, and news regarding Changsheng Group's advance into the Dali Mountain Range quickly hit the trending searches, with netizens discussing it fervently in a heated atmosphere.

【#Changsheng Group intends to exterminate the exotic beasts of the Dali Mountain Range! #】

Among all the related reports, this piece of news topped the trending list, especially when Zhao Hu mentioned during his speech that this operation was also to eliminate the hidden dangers for Jianghai City, which drew the attention of a large number of Jianghai people.

"As expected of Changsheng Group, they are even thinking about helping us in Jianghai City solve the dangers we might encounter."

Netizens gave this high praise: "I heard that the eldest miss of Changsheng Group activated quite a bit of specialized equipment for this operation; it seems they are confident in taking down the exotic beasts in the mountains."

"From now on, we won't have to worry about the wild beasts in the mountains coming out to eat people!"

Where there is support, there is naturally opposition.

Besides Changsheng Group, there are currently many Transcendental individuals who have not joined any noble families or financial groups; some treat this as a secret and dare not publicize it widely for now, while others reveal it directly in front of people, drawing cheers from countless others.

Among these people, there are Jianghai locals.

At this moment, a Transcendental posted online: "Everyone, I see that the eldest miss of Changsheng Group didn't bring many Transcendental individuals this time, only a dozen or so. I imagine Changsheng Group knows that the exotic beasts in the Dali Mountain Range aren't very strong, so they are confident in resolving it."

"However, we are also Transcendental individuals. Previously, because we lacked the ability to organize large-scale operations, we had no chance to peek at the changes in the mountains. Why don't we take advantage of this Changsheng Group operation and go over to take a look together?"

"Good!"

Once this was said, other Transcendental individuals responded, "Actually, we don't need to act with Changsheng Group; we just need to follow them to the outskirts of the Dali Mountain Range and see Changsheng Group's strength with our own eyes."

"That's right!"

"Maybe we can even save some people from Changsheng Group and get rich overnight."

"Hahaha, let's go, let's all go over and take a look!"

Suddenly, many Transcendental individuals began to form teams and head toward the Dali Mountain Range.

When Jiang Luoli learned of this news, she was already on the road, but she did not stop the actions of this group of people.

At this very moment, she looked at the scenery outside the car window, her gaze deep: "This time, besides capturing the 'Poison King', I must also make a name for Changsheng Group!"

"I believe that after this battle, the influence of my Changsheng Group will rise again, and by then, many things will be much more convenient to do."

Thinking of this, Jiang Luoli touched the several bamboo tubes hanging at her waist, and a smile could not help but appear at the corners of her mouth.

Inside these bamboo tubes were Poison Gu she had refined from 'Exotic Insects' using Gu Dao Secret Technique; their power was not insignificant, and they could be of great help.

While gently stroking them, she thought to herself, "With my strength at the Awakening Realm Mid-Stage, plus these Poison Gu, I will certainly be able to capture that 'Poison King' and successfully complete the operation!"

"When the time comes, I only need to refine the 'Poison King' into my own 'Life-Bound Gu', and combined with the Gu Dao Secret Technique from my past life, my strength will improve by leaps and bounds!"

"'Poison King', oh 'Poison King', I hope you are still alive and don't disappoint me..."

Dali Mountain Range!

Lu Chuan was completely unaware of the events in the outside world.

After leveling up and feeling his brand-new, powerful strength, he ordered his beast underlings like Xiaoqing and Jingang to scatter and search the mountain range for all kinds of Strange Fruit and exotic beasts, insisting they bring them all back.

"Boss!"

At this moment, Xiaoqing slithered back quickly, and as soon as it dropped the Strange Fruit in its mouth, it shouted toward him.

Hearing the sound, Lu Chuan withdrew his thoughts and looked over, only to see Xiaoqing, Xiong Da, Xiong Er, Huitailang, and other fierce beasts all returning one after another, and all of them were carrying their respective harvests.

Especially Jingang, who had actually used grass to weave a few simple baskets to carry the Strange Fruit back, which was completely different from the other beasts carrying them in their mouths.

In contrast, the exotic beast carcasses carried on the shoulders of Xiong Da, Xiong Er, and Hu Dali looked exceptionally bloody.

However, Lu Chuan did not care about such things and directly ordered with his Soul Power: "Sort the Strange Fruit and the exotic beast carcasses, especially the Strange Fruit; don't step on them and crush them."

Nowadays, the beasts that had received the Spiritual Qi Baptism were also growing in size, but most of those Strange Fruit were the size of a fist, and some were even smaller, so it was easy to overlook them if one wasn't careful.

These days, under Lu Chuan's command, his group of underlings had already begun to plunder the Strange Fruit in the nearby mountains, so the Strange Fruit that were almost impossible to find in the Dali Mountain Range had reappeared before him.

Although powerful exotic beasts had also been born in other mountain ranges, Lu Chuan had dozens of underlings under his command, such as Jingang, Xiong Da, and Xiong Er, and even the underlings of his underlings, directly making up for quality with quantity.

Whenever they couldn't beat something, Jingang and the others would swarm it, and eventually, they successfully completed the mission.

At this moment, dozens of Strange Fruit were laid out before Lu Chuan, colorful and mouth-watering, and these were all the harvest of his underlings over the past two days. "Well done!"

After counting the number of these Strange Fruit and exotic beasts, Lu Chuan nodded with great satisfaction, then immediately ordered them: "You all pick two."

While commanding these underlings, he did not forget to give them some benefits, making them full of gratitude while fearing him; thus, his underlings had basically all broken through to the Awakening Realm, forming a massive force!

Not only that, but Lu Chuan's underlings had also awakened their respective bloodline abilities, which increased his power by another large margin.

Hearing this, the underlings were naturally extremely excited.

They lined up, went forward one by one to pick the Strange Fruit they liked, then bowed solemnly to Lu Chuan, before happily running to the side to enjoy them.

After all the underlings had finished picking, Lu Chuan opened his big mouth and swallowed all the Strange Fruit in one go.

He seemed to have just swallowed them whole, then sent the exotic beast carcasses into his mouth as well.

As the Rapid Digestion ability was activated, notification sounds kept coming in his mind.

"Ding!"

"Congratulations to the host for a successful consumption, gained 35 Evolution Value!"

"Ding..."

When all the Strange Fruit and exotic beast carcasses were digested, Lu Chuan checked his information panel and found that his Evolution Value had accumulated over three hundred points, and at this moment, his gaze fell on those Advanced skills.

"Nowadays, the power of my 【Corrosive Venom】 is great, and combined with the speed and comprehensive strength provided by 【Spirit Snake Swift Step】 and 【Dark Night Ghost】, there has been an improvement. However, with the upgrades, this body is becoming increasingly massive, and every time I travel, I cause such a great commotion that trees are all knocked down and broken."

"Sometimes, I unintentionally miss some Strange Fruit or cause some destruction without even knowing it."

Lu Chuan's eyes flickered as he pondered the few problems he had encountered recently, "Moreover, after upgrading, my appetite has grown too much, and the digestion time has also extended accordingly. I'm afraid if I don't solve this problem, I'll be spending all day digesting in the future."

"This can't go on!"

After thinking to this point, his mind stirred, and he immediately added 30 Evolution Value to various Advanced skills respectively.

With a hum, a mysterious aura flashed across Lu Chuan's body, and he quickly saw the changes in these Advanced skills—

【Advanced Stealth—Innate Ability: Invisibility (Primary): After activation, one can completely conceal their physical form; as long as no attack is launched, enemies will be unable to detect them with the naked eye.】

Advanced Camouflage—Innate Ability: Transformation Art (Primary): Can change body size.

【Advanced Swimming—Innate Ability: Water Spirit (Primary): Upon entering water, one can absorb the power of water spirits to heal injuries.】

【Advanced Climbing—Innate Ability: Gravity Control (Primary): Can freely control one's own gravity!】

【Advanced Rapid Digestion—Innate Ability: Swallowing Origin Space (Primary): Stomach digestive capacity is greatly increased, capable of absorbing and digesting the vast majority of objects; at the same time, a dimensional space is generated within the stomach, which can be used to store objects.】

【Advanced Perception—Innate Ability: Blood Hunting (Primary): Can sense the aura of a target within a radius of ten miles by relying on their blood.】

"I can try out the effects of these skills first!"

Lu Chuan saw his underlings happily eating Strange Fruit and not noticing him at all; with a thought, he directly activated the 【Invisibility】 ability, and soon the spot where he stood became empty, as if nothing were there.

Xiaoqing had just finished eating a Strange Fruit when his gaze happened to glance over, and he suddenly exclaimed, "Boss!"

The other exotic beasts looked up and also discovered that their boss had disappeared, and since they didn't know when he had left—there hadn't been a sound—they immediately began searching in a panic.

Lu Chuan watched all of this quietly, and only after an underling passed right by him without noticing did he reveal his figure and happily explain, "No need to worry, I was just testing out my new upgraded abilities."

After speaking, he cast 【Transformation Art】 and 【Gravity Control】, causing his body to shrink rapidly, and he swam directly onto Xiong Da, communicating through his soul: "Am I heavy?"

"Boss, when did you get up here?"

Lu Chuan felt increasingly happy; after all, Xiong Da's reaction proved that these two skills were exceptionally useful, at least ensuring that if he encountered narrow spaces in the future, he wouldn't be unable to reach the treasures inside.

In the time that followed, Lu Chuan also tested the two primary innate abilities, 【Water Spirit】 and 【Swallowing Origin Space】.

With the help of 【Swallowing Origin Space】, his digestion speed was even faster; however, because he wasn't injured, he couldn't immediately test the effects of 【Water Spirit】, though he did feel a peculiar power in the water, which he presumed to be that water spirit power!

"Let me see how the effect of this 【Blood Hunting】 is."

Seeing that only one ability remained to be tested and that the food in his stomach had already been digested, leaving his belly empty once again, Lu Chuan immediately activated 【Blood Hunting.】

"It's her!"

Suddenly, he sensed an aura that felt familiar, and after the image of Jiang Luoli flashed through his mind, his expression instantly turned cold.

"Woman, this time you have delivered yourself to my doorstep!"

(End of chapter)