Chapter 310: Magic potion? What magic potion?

On the other side, in the depths of the Nameless Wasteland, the noisy wind and sand are raging under the yellowish sky.

And behind the sandstorm that covered the sky and the sun, a well-trained team in heavy armor is slowly closing the formation, surrounding a group of Ka'ao war beasts struggling on the verge of death.

They are the team of the Long Xing Tianxia guild, with a number of about 200, and if you count the skeleton soldiers summoned by the acolyte profession players, you can gather more than 1,000.

Compared to the team like bandits a year ago, this group of local tyrants who have changed their birds for guns already has the feeling of a regular army. Not only have they changed into uniform armor, but the equipment has also been enchanted with Nether text, and even the swords and swords in the hands of the summoned objects exude the dark green aura of the Nether.

Facing the "Long Xing Tianxia crowd" that is approaching step by step and the killing intent rushing toward them. One by one, the burly Ka'ao war beasts are panting, and the scarlet beast pupils are written with rare fear.

However, it didn't take long for the fear piled up in the hearts of these wild beasts to turn into a desire for blood and slaughter. Under the traction of the "Will of Kalmandes," they counterattacked toward the players who surrounded them.

"Roar—!"

Looking at the wild beasts struggling on the verge of death, 【Long Xing Wanli】 slowly spat out the turbid air in his heart, raised the harpoon in his hand, and urged 【National Server First Pig】 under his crotch to move forward.

"Prepare for battle!"

Responding to him was a neat and uniform war cry—

"Kill!!!"

Everyone held their breath.

Especially Long Xing Wanli.

He brushed monsters day and night, and was still two levels away from lv50, but he was still led by that dog thing Ye Zhiqiu!

Simply unreasonable!

Flesh and blood collided with the steel torrent. In front of the shield wall of the skeleton sword and shield soldiers, the teeth of the Ka'ao war beasts were like toys.

Long Xing Qianli gave an order, the long sword in his hand stabbed out first, and spears quickly poked through the gaps in the shield wall, stabbing the Ka'ao war beasts that rushed to the front of the formation one by one!

The Ka'ao war beasts that rushed to the front of the formation were killed and injured more than half in an instant!

And their nightmare was not over yet—

Just as the spears pierced their formation, the arrow rain like locusts descended on their heads, followed by fireballs, ice cones, and wind blades covering the sky and the earth!

Facing the enemy formation on the verge of collapse

The entire battle was a completely one-sided slaughter!

The few remaining Cao war beasts fell one after another amidst painful wails.

"... Let's head back to the city after clearing this wave."

Looking down at the battlefield littered with corpses, 【Long Xing Wan Li】 gave the order while raising the harpoon in his hand to finish off a Cao war beast that was being stepped on by the forelimbs of the Guofu brother.

The voice of the Guofu brother rang out at the same time.

"Boss is awesome!!!"

Long Xing Wan Li smiled embarrassedly, coughed, and said.

"Keep it low profile."

Long Xing Qian Li, holding a sword and shield, couldn't help but want to roll her eyes, but unfortunately, as a skeleton, she had no eyeballs and could only give up by using the middle finger behind her shield.

This guy is too good at bootlicking!

The group cooperated quickly, with almost no wasted movements, and while cleaning up the battlefield, they neatly tallied the spoils of war.

However, just when they thought the battle was over, a trace of unusual aura suddenly drifted from a nearby sand dune.

"Situation! Alert!"

Long Xing Wan Li was the first to discover the situation, and without a moment's hesitation, he immediately shouted to his teammates who were collecting the spoils.

And almost at the same time his voice fell, accompanied by the low sound of stepping on gravel, a group of strange figures appeared behind the sand dune.

They were a group of burly hunters.

They were about three meters tall, with well-proportioned muscles, wearing simple yet sturdy animal skin armor, and their ears were longer and thinner than those of elves.

They held heavy bone spears in their hands, their gazes fierce and sharp, just like hunters eyeing their prey!

There was no verbal communication or warning—

As soon as that group of hunters appeared, they launched a charge directly!

"Enemy attack—!"

Long Xingbai Li launched the attack first, the bowstring in his hand tightened like an angry snake, and a series of arrows shot toward the front like raindrops!

However—

Those hunters seemed to see the trajectory of his arrows, and with just a few agile sidesteps, they dodged the fatal blow infused with extraordinary power!

Not only that, their movements were faster than beasts, and in the blink of an eye, they killed their way to the front of the Long Xing Tianxia crowd who had not yet assembled.

"These aren't ordinary Cao people—they're Clan Hunters!" Long Xing Qian Li recognized their identity at a glance and shouted in surprise.

Active on the Nameless Wasteland were not only unconscious Cao people and Cao war beasts, but also some clans that had developed intelligence and formed settlements.

They were not simply driven by Kalmandes; they had their own independent will and would not follow the tide of Cao people to attack the Great Graveyard's strongholds.

But even so, it didn't mean they would be very friendly to players who accidentally entered their hunting grounds.

The creatures on this planet, whether they possessed intelligence or not, had their foundation cast in blood.

"Don't care what they are! Fuck them!"

Long Xing Wan Li shouted angrily, grabbed his harpoon, and drove the Guofu brother under his crotch to meet them, fighting with the hunters who arrived first!

The spider legs of the Guofu brother arrived before the harpoon, kicking fiercely at the Clan Hunter who bore the brunt.

However, the latter only side-jumped to dodge this blow aimed at his crotch, and then the bone spear pierced toward the spider's abdomen with a whistling sound of breaking air.

Ding!

Sparks splashed from the abdominal armor of the Cave Spider; although it didn't hurt the skin, it was forced to retreat half a step.

Long Xing Wan Li slammed down the harpoon in his hand, forcing back the Clan Hunter who was trying to get close.

The latter back-jumped to open the distance, licked his lips with his tongue, but soon lowered his body and killed his way up again!

Both sides fought back and forth, clashing for over a dozen rounds, and neither could do anything to the other.

Just as Long Xing Wan Li was feeling exhilarated, he inadvertently looked back and found that nearly half of his underlings had already been wiped out.

Holy shit?!

"Brother! These guys are hard to deal with! Be careful!" Long Xingbai Li shouted toward the direction of Brother Wan Li while shooting arrows.

These Clan Hunters were not easy to deal with!

Their strength, speed, and defense were all top-notch, and they cooperated tacitly, not at all like the chaotic Cao beasts that acted like wild animals!

Even more troublesome was that the faint magical fluctuations on each hunter indicated that they had at least the strength of the Steel Tier or above!

A few stronger ones were even vaguely approaching the Bai Yin Tier!

And the quantity—

They didn't seem to be much inferior to their side!

"Vice President, on the right!"

Long Xing Qian Li, who was fighting on the front line, suddenly shouted sharply.

Sure enough, a small team of hunters was bypassing the main battlefield and launching a pincer attack from the right flank!

"Want to surround us? Dream on!"

Long Xing Wan Li sneered, knocked away the nameless pawn he was fighting with a fork, and immediately led his team to change formation, taking a dozen melee experts to intercept the team trying to flank their rear.

In the blink of an eye, two forces collided fiercely on the wasteland!

The moment they engaged in close combat, players were severely wounded by bone spears, and their bone durability dropped wildly. Although some Clan Hunters were also hacked to the ground by players, it still couldn't change the fact that they still held the upper hand.

A trace of solemnity rose in Long Xing Wan Li's eyes.

The battle situation began to tilt gradually toward the side of Chaos, and even the elites of a large guild like Long Xing Tianxia, who had been through many battles, felt a long-lost sense of crisis at this moment.

"Everyone listen to the order—shrink the formation, form a shield wall!"

While waving his harpoon to counterattack, Long Xing Wan Li commanded loudly, trying to stabilize the situation.

At the same time, he was calculating rapidly in his heart.

"... Can't get entangled! Must find a breakthrough point as soon as possible!"

Unfortunately, the opponent seemed to have seen through his intentions, and more and more hunters were approaching from all directions!

They were not in a hurry to attack, but surrounded these players in the middle of the formation, just like the strategy these players used when hunting Cao war beasts, weakening their strength through constant harassment, forcing the besieged to reveal flaws, and then seizing the opportunity to launch a full-scale attack!

On the wasteland, the wind wailed like ghosts, and the blood-colored dusk twisted the shadows of both sides together.

Just at this critical moment of crisis, a low death-word suddenly rolled over with the noisy wind and sand, enveloping the battlefield at an incredible speed—

"Awaken—"

"My servants!"

That voice was like the whisper of the Grim Reaper, instantly cooling the scorching battlefield by more than ten degrees.

The corpses of the Cao war beasts that were originally scattered on the battlefield began to tremble the moment they heard that call, and then stood up shakily amidst dull roars.

"Uh—"

They roared, their eyes burning with ghostly green soul fire, and with a cold and firm will, they launched a fierce charge toward the Clan Hunters!

Not expecting that the dead corpses would suddenly resurrect on a large scale, the Clan Hunters who were fighting with the players were caught off guard.

And in contrast—

The Long Xing Tianxia crowd was invigorated, reigniting their confidence in victory.

"It's the Demon King!!!"

"Great! We're saved!!"

"Awoooo!"

At this moment, the originally precarious situation was completely reversed!

Listening to the surprised shouts of the players, Luo Yan smiled faintly, the trajectory of the magic wand in his hand changed, and he pointed far away toward the sky.

"Rotten bones as spears, filthy blood as a tide—"

"Listen to my call, and transform into thousands of spears descending from the sky!"

A dark green lightning seemed to tear through space, and dozens of pitch-black spears emerged from the dark and deep cracks!

They were like the scythes in the hands of the Grim Reaper, locking onto one beating heart after another, not giving those Clan Hunters any chance to resist, descending from the sky like a violent storm!

"Puchi—!"

The sound of sharp energy piercing flesh and blood rang out across the battlefield, and one pitch-black spearhead after another, carrying a strong aura of death, instantly pierced through one upright chest after another.

The hunters didn't even have time to let out a scream before they fell onto the sandy ground one after another. The aura of decay crawled over their entire bodies along the openings in their chests, dyeing their scarlet pupils into a miserable green like ink, and then awakened them as Sleepless ones whose hearts no longer beat!

Seeing half of his tribesmen lost in an instant, the Clan Chieftain's eyes turned blood-red, he grabbed the spears stained with his tribesmen's blood, tucked two spears under his armpits, and turned into a meteor, charging toward Luo Yan's direction.

His facial muscles were twisted, his chest filled with the desire for slaughter, no longer caring about the outcome of the fight before him.

Only one thought remained in his heart—

That was to pierce that abominable skull!

"Die!"

A shrill roar issued from his mouth; it was the language of his clan, which no one could understand except him and his tribesmen.

The distance of over a hundred meters vanished in an instant!

However, just as he was about to approach within twenty steps of Luo Yan, a flash of silver cold light quietly cut through the noisy wind.

The Clan Chieftain's pupils contracted violently. Before he could see what had happened, he felt a sharp pain in his lower leg, followed by a sudden loss of sensation in his legs. His three-meter-long body sprayed onto the ground like a deflated balloon, digging a one-meter-wide deep pit in the dry sandy ground!

The cloak lifted by the wind revealed a pair of nimble cat ears.

Sarah, who had flashed behind him at some unknown time, had steady breath, indifferently flipped the dagger in her hand, inserted it back into the scabbard at her waist, and then hooked her index finger to the windproof scarf wrapped around her collar, covering her mouth and nose soaked in the wind and sand.

Just a moment ago, her two daggers had both cut the lower leg tendons of that "Elite Monster" without a single wasted movement.

Dark green blood only then gushed out. The Clan Chieftain's facial muscles were even more twisted due to pain, his eyes staring fixedly at the Demon King only twenty steps away, white mist spraying from his mouth and nose.

What a pity—

Just a little bit more!

This guy seemed completely unaware of the disrespect in his eyes; Sarah, standing behind him, had golden fox fire flashing in her eyes.

That was the trace of being strengthened by both Dragon Language magic and Air-type magic—

She had double buffs cast by Luo Yan and Tafu on her!

'Who allowed you to look up—'

'Bug.'

She said so with cold eyes.

Without waiting for Sarah to make a move, Luo Yan waved his wand and pointed lightly, like conducting a variation in a symphony, drawing a rest note for that twisted life.

Several bone spears pierced out from the ground, piercing the Clan Chieftain, who hadn't cooled down yet, in the wind and sand, and held him up like a flagpole.

The Clan Chieftain finally lost his breath, his head drooping powerlessly, becoming a cold remnant on the cold, silent wasteland.

There was no resentment on that face.

Slaughter was their born destiny.

Dying at the hands of the strong was also an inevitable ending.

As the "Final Boss" fell, the remaining Clan Hunters lost their battle formation and were killed by players in groups of three or five while fighting on their own.

Luo Yan didn't steal all the kills; considering his little players were diligently pulling monsters, he also left them a sip of soup.

Until the end of the battle, the black cloak didn't get a drop of filthy blood, only a little sand and dust.

As expected of Demon King Your Majesty—

Even the act of grinding monsters is so elegant.

Long Xingbai Li's pupils burned with worship; the divine bow in his hand, worth ten million Nether Coins, suddenly didn't smell good anymore, and he even had the thought of changing his class to a Mage in an instant.

Long Xing Qian Li was staring blankly at Sarah, suddenly feeling that being a Swordsman wasn't that fun, and the Assassin class seemed quite dashing...

In just a few minutes, the battle situation was completely cleared.

The Cao war beasts and Clan Hunters who had resurrected as the dead stood with their heads bowed around, waiting for their Demon King to give orders.

The noisy gale rolled the broken clouds, surging over the battlefield, as if the figure standing among the corpses was a god on earth.

Long Xing Wan Li, watching that back, felt his heart surging for a while, his heart burning with the ambition to replace him.

A real man should be like this—

Of course.

He was just thinking about it.

Normal people wouldn't bother going against the rules of the game, and besides, he had already invested a huge amount of money and time in this game.

Luo Yan gently retracted his magic wand, his gaze sweeping calmly over the attribute panel in front of him, without saying much.

【Experience +1333】

Although the experience of a single Clan Hunter couldn't compare to the Chaos Giant killed earlier, it won in quantity, and the quality was decent.

However—

Why were those dead souls following behind him?

If it were the Aos Continent, as long as the dead souls didn't die in the labyrinth, or were too much like leeks that no one wanted, they would basically be taken away by Shengxisi after waiting for a while.

Seeming to have noticed Luo Yan's surprise, Hearing You You quietly appeared beside him and said excitedly.

"Demon King Your Majesty! This is a good thing! They are naturally murderous and feel that you are the most powerful creature they have ever seen, and you have the mark of a god on you, so they instinctively follow you, longing to be reincarnated by your side... It's like finding a carry in a ranked game!"

After a pause, she added another sentence.

"There are a few souls in there that are Bai Yin Tier! That Clan Chieftain is even Gold Tier! It's just that the strength of his previous life didn't keep up with the pace of his soul... Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so easy for you to deal with him."

Gold Tier?

Luo Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, a bit tempted.

Unfortunately—

Gods only have the ability to bestow soul levels, not the ability to take back spilled water, otherwise it would be excellent to refine them.

In short, just make do with it.

Anyway, these souls were bestowed by the Flame of Destruction, Kalmandes; unless he additionally improved their abilities, they wouldn't occupy his share of faith power.

Even in a sense, this was a kind of plunder of the vested interests in Kalmandes' hands.

Luo Yan waved the magic wand in his hand, piecing together several powerful skeletons from the corpses on the ground as bodies to bestow upon those souls.

They would be reincarnated as ghouls—

And in future reincarnations, they would be reborn in the kingdom ruled by the Great Graveyard as his believers.

Luo Yan, who retracted his magic wand, cast his gaze toward Sarah.

"Sarah, prepare to change places."

"Yes."

Sarah respectfully accepted the order and walked toward him with light steps.

Perhaps discovering it was safe, Tafu, who was hiding under Luo Yan's cloak, finally poked out her little head.

Looking at Sarah walking toward her, her eyes suddenly lit up, and her chicken-breast-like little chest suddenly puffed up, just like a silly goose that had won a battle.

"Gaga ga~ This master is still quite powerful!"

That voice still carried a bit of childish, milky tone.

To say she made no contribution to this battle would be biased; at least when Luo Yan added twelve buffs to Sarah, she also contributed a few Dragon Language spells.

Mainly to leech experience.

As for how much effect those few Dragon Language buffs actually had, or if they just rounded up the increased ability values, only heaven knows.

Luo Yan didn't want to be petty with her, just looked at her with interest and said casually.

"... You didn't use magic in your previous life?"

He only discovered it recently.

This guy didn't even know that her Dragon Language had been endowed with the power of almost speaking the law... although how much it followed depended on individual strength.

Tafu shook her head like a rattle, and her drooping wings shook along with it.

"No... I don't know why either, my disciples and grandchildren can all use it, but I just can't! It's really strange, is it because I came here in a spaceship?"

Luo Yan thought for a while and said ambiguously.

"Maybe so."

Didn't I hear that the Zeta Empire had some kind of "Artificial Egg"?

Or "Lizard-made Egg".

Maybe she was what's called a "First Reincarnation" in her previous life?

Because she couldn't understand what kind of existence a soul was, in the end, she couldn't figure out how to actively upgrade her soul. Those who were passively upgraded were either dragons or dragon hunters, purely left hand fighting right hand.

As for this life, although being reincarnated as a meat lizard was a bit miserable, encountering him could be considered a blessing in disguise, and her soul level was finally upgraded.

And then she could finally use magic.

Congratulations...

Luo Yan was just about to congratulate her, but saw Tafu's expression suddenly change, her pink little face turning the color of a pig's liver, her two claws covering her stomach while she clamped her legs together.

"%￥##￥!"

She cursed a sentence Luo Yan couldn't understand, probably abstract language from a star-level civilization.

Luo Yan was about to ask what she said, but saw her suddenly shiver and say "It's coming out," and then the whole dragon, like a turkey with its butt on fire, scrambled toward the back of the sand dune.

What the hell?!

Luo Yan frowned.

Considering this was a place of Chaos, with countless threats hidden in the sky and underground, he gave Sarah a look, signaling her to follow and see what happened.

Sarah nodded slightly and quickly followed.

However, not long after, she ran out from behind the sand dune with a blushing face and small steps, holding a still-warm—

Quail egg?

Looking at the egg she held in her palm, Luo Yan was stunned.

He had never heard of a dragon laying such a small egg?!

Could it be that it was frozen in the refrigerator for too long...

"Could it be because of those potions..." Sarah said in a guilty whisper, only to be interrupted by Luo Yan without hesitation.

"Sarah, the cause of such problems must be analyzed comprehensively. I admit I gave her some muscle-building and bone-strengthening potions, but that was Professor Aidonia's research result, and she assured me there were no side effects—"

"Wait?! Potions?! What potions! Luo Yan! You tell me clearly! What indigenous folk remedy did you secretly feed me?!" This sentence was somehow heard by Tafu, and she rushed out murderously, opening her sparrow-sized mouth, wishing she could swallow Luo Yan alive.

Luo Yan didn't doubt her determination, because she, lacking strength, was soon backlashed by the master-servant contract, rolling her eyes and letting out an "Oooo-hoo" scream.

Before she became Gold Tier, it was best not to even have the thought of eating her master.

Luo Yan quickly reached out and actively relieved her pain; after all, he was indeed a bit guilty, although he refused to admit it was all his problem.

"Those potions were for your own good—"

"For my own good, my ass! Don't think I don't know what you're thinking!" Tafu stared at him through gritted teeth, tears almost falling out.

The reason she was willing to sign the contract in the first place was that she thought she wouldn't grow up for a hundred years anyway, and she would outlive this guy.

But she didn't expect this guy to be so vicious, actually feeding her indigenous folk remedies!

She had never heard of a "meat lizard" laying eggs when it was less than two months old!

No wonder she had been gaining weight crazily lately!

Actually, Tafu was also a bit guilty; after all, she wasn't sure if a lizard egg frozen for a thousand years would mutate.

But that didn't matter!

The first thing to do when a problem occurs is to shift the blame; how could she admit her own problem? If she shot herself in the foot again and again, that would be too frustrating!

Luo Yan was silent for a while, wondering why he was talking so much nonsense with a mount, and decided to argue unreasonably—

Didn't you say you were doing it for the lizardmen when you led them to fight north and south, in and out, so why can't you take it when it happens to yourself?

Besides, I really am doing it for your own good!

As for laying eggs...

Anyway, they were "water eggs" that couldn't hatch little dragons, and it didn't look painful, so just treat it like taking a dump.

Youxi and Mixi laid one every few days and even stir-fried them to eat, and he hadn't seen them make a big fuss about anything.

He was just about to say this when Hearing You You quietly leaned into his ear and said.

"Demon King Your Majesty, maybe it's because of the upgrade... Isn't there a saying in the library of the Demon King Academy? The growth of dragons isn't necessarily linked to time, but also to the growth of extraordinary power, and some dragons with pure bloodlines are even more different from ordinary dragon species."

Luo Yan's eyes lit up suddenly, and the little guilt he had vanished instantly.

"That's it!"

"??? That what?!" Gu Tafu stared with eyes the size of quail eggs, staring at him aggressively, asking without understanding.

"The reason for the upgrade."

Luo Yan said seriously.

"You've become stronger, you're not an ordinary dragon, so naturally, it can't be explained by common sense... But it doesn't matter, I will make up for the nutrition you lost."

Tafu stared at him dumbfounded; her first reaction was that she didn't expect him to be so shameless, and her second reaction was that it actually made some damn sense!

In her impression, there really seemed to be a few "meat lizards" that, even without being fed medicine, still gained a growth rate surpassing ordinary meat lizards after awakening extraordinary power.

A drop of cold sweat slid down Tafu's scales.

Careless!

Shouldn't have leeched experience for this mere bit of extraordinary power!

"Wait—put the egg-laying matter aside, what's going on with the potions?!"

Luo Yan frowned.

"Potions? What potions."

Looking at the Demon King playing dumb, Tafu was furious, cursed a string of abstract language, and only used the civilized way to speak after discovering the other party couldn't understand.

"??? Don't you try to lie to me, I clearly heard—"

Luo Yan looked at Sarah.

"Sarah, did you say anything?"

Sarah was stunned, and she, who was obedient to Luo Yan, immediately shook her head.

"I... don't know what you're talking about, Demon King Your Majesty, what I just said was... do you need blue potions, I still have some here."

Luo Yan reached out.

"Give me a tube."

"Okay." Sarah quickly untied her belt, buried her head to hide her blushing face, and hurriedly took out a tube of blue potion and handed it to Luo Yan.

Just a bit thirsty, Luo Yan drank it directly like water.

"I waaaah, I'm going to eat you guys!!!" Looking at the two hairless monkeys acting together to deceive her, Tafu broke down and yelled, angry and jumping, but had no way to deal with it, and finally sat on the ground and threw a tantrum in despair.

Sarah felt increasingly embarrassed, and after getting Luo Yan's permission, she walked over, picked her up from the ground, and gently patted the back of her head to soothe her, like coaxing a child.

"... Alright, stop making a scene, how about I make you cumin roast meat tonight?"

Tafu, lying in her arms, was silent for a while, and after a long time squeezed out a buzzing sound.

"... Put more cumin."

She had no grudge against Sarah, knowing the latter was also forced by circumstances and acting under orders. And having been fed by her for so long, she had developed some feelings.

As for the other hairless monkey...

Hmph hmph.

I'll settle this account with him later!

Seeing that the child finally stopped crying and making a scene, Sarah smiled, looked at Luo Yan happily, and then looked at Tafu and nodded vigorously.

"Mm! I'll make it for you!"

Deliberately ignoring Tafu's gaze fixed on him, Luo Yan opened his attribute panel and took a look.

【

ID: Luo Yan

Race: Human

Soul Level: Diamond (Level Cap lv130)

Level: lv. 86

Constitution: 47

Strength: 26

Agility: 27

Intelligence: 197

Spirit: 163

】

After these days of high-intensity monster grinding, he was still 4 levels away from Platinum Tier.

However, limited by the strength of the Chaos servants that players could attract, his leveling speed had visibly slowed down as his level increased.

In a few days, General Hamilton's fleet should be arriving near Deadwood Port.

Luo Yan pondered silently in his heart.

Must speed up the progress.

(End of chapter)