Chapter 17: Qi Ling Flow

For Li Tie, who was determined to defeat the Forceful Axe, the members of the Fan Zui Group still chose to continue spending real money to support him.

They purchased Shou Shou Jili from Li Zheng and other resource-farming players at a 50:1 ratio, then transferred the Shou Shou Jili to Li Tie via the personal guide.

This made Li Zheng and the others extremely happy.

While mining, they brought up the matter again in the team chat channel:

Kill Intent Moved: Just went to check the battle livestream, and thinking of Brother Li's explanation made me laugh so hard I almost choked; their situation can be perfectly understood as a group of juniors spending real money to help an old man play a soul game.

Game Resource Farming Party: Stop laughing, hurry up and mine; every ore stone can bring us hundreds of in-game currency.

Leopard Head Zero Recharge: I heard about this Fan Zui Group in the game "Zheng Zhan" I played before; it is a very powerful gaming guild, and it is said that all members of the team are second-generation rich kids; I hope we can maintain long-term cooperation with them.

So Poor I Eat Dirt: Found another Power Stone again, dinner tonight is upgraded, hahaha.

Family Shared Godfather: Brothers, I suggest we save up to buy a good pickaxe first before continuing to mine; don't sell every bit of Shou Shou Jili; only by growing strong quickly can we earn more rewards later.

……

Just as the team chat channel was delighted by the Fan Zui Group's behavior, a notification suddenly popped up in the regional channel.

【Challenger Notification (Di Zhong Mountain Range Region): Player "Da Tie" successfully contained the Origin Monster Li Man, exclusively receiving a Shou Shou Jili reward of 10,000 points, and obtaining permission to freely unlock the second Star Vein embedding slot.】

"Holy crap!"

The hardcore players who were still mining all exclaimed "Holy crap."

Opening the Star Vein function interface, they discovered that the number of monster Painful Painful Minghun available for embedding had increased by one.

The Painful Painful Minghun was a battle axe, entirely crimson, with crimson flowing light swirling on its surface, the axe blade flashing with cold light, the axe handle carved with ghost patterns and wrapped in complex totems, its shape extremely domineering.

【Li Man (First Generation Origin):】

Monster Trait: All physical form attacks carry the "Force" effect, enhancing damage by 50%.

Purchase Cost: 1,000 Shou Shou Jili.

……

Looking at the newly added Painful Painful Minghun option, the hardcore players suddenly stopped smiling.

At this moment, cheers and joyous sounds came from not far away; obviously, the Fan Zui Group members were celebrating Li Tie's success.

"Hiss~ He really won." Eat Dirt exclaimed in amazement.

"Normal, isn't this the blood-draining tactic we proposed earlier? Let's continue mining; let's not sell Shou Shou Jili for now; obviously, hunting monsters is the best way to produce Shou Shou Jili; our strength still needs to be improved."

Li Tie's success stimulated the hardcore players, giving them the idea of Li De Xiang Fa to stop selling Shou Shou Jili and improve their strength first.

Five hours later.

Another wave of Iron Shell Beetle swarms attacked; the hardcore players who were mining hard decisively withdrew together with the Fan Zui Group.

The beetle swarm is an event that frequently occurs inside the Dark Cave.

The pickaxe constantly striking the rock walls attracts the subterranean Cave Dwellers from deep underground, bringing a large number of Iron Shell Beetles.

With their current strength, they are not enough to defeat the Iron Shell Beetle army controlled by the Cave Dwellers; to avoid entering the one-hour resurrection cooldown, withdrawing is the best choice.

Only after the Iron Shell Beetle swarm recedes can they enter again.

Leaving the cave, the outside world was still in a gloomy dark red tone; there was no distinction between day and night here, only a demonic waning moon hanging high in the sky.

Just as the players were preparing to head to the Blood Plain to hunt monsters and evil spirits, another regional notification popped up.

【Challenger Notification (Di Zhong Mountain Range Region): Player "Da Tie" successfully contained the First Generation Origin Broken, exclusively receiving a Shou Shou Jili reward of 10,000 points and permission to freely unlock the third Star Vein slot.】

The suddenly appearing notification stunned all the players.

Only a few hours had passed, and this player named "Da Tie" had successfully contained a second Origin Monster solely by his personal strength again.

Many players, stimulated by this, began searching for Origin Monsters in the Blood Plain and Ancient Battlefield regions, hoping to obtain generous rewards by hunting Origin Monsters.

Time arrived at the early morning of the next day.

The regional notification appeared again:

【Challenger Notification (Di Zhong Mountain Range Region): Player "Da Tie" successfully contained the First Generation Origin Soul-Departed, receiving a Shou Shou Jili reward of 10,000 points and permission to freely unlock the fourth Star Vein slot.】

This notification made the players instantly go crazy, and they all sent inquiries in the regional channel:

Game Resource Farming Party (Blood Plain): Big Brother Da Tie, do you take disciples? Take us to fight Origin Monsters together!

Family Shared Godfather (Blood Plain): Too fierce, soloing three Origin Monsters; this strength is fiercer than our entire team.

Cute Baby (Ancient Battlefield): Asking, where did Brother Da Tie find so many Origin Monsters? Our team also wants to try.

Marble (Ancient Battlefield): Just now we also encountered a First Generation Origin, but the hunting level was 27, and we were wiped out directly; the Origin Monster Da Tie encountered must be a low-level one, I'm so envious.

Drunk Milk (Ancient Battlefield): He must be in the region "Qi Ling Valley" where the map recently refreshed; we are setting off right now.

……

Facing the inquiries in the regional channel, Li Tie, who was fighting hard, didn't even take a look.

At this time, he received a video call from his granddaughter.

After connecting, the granddaughter, still in the form of a little fire chicken, said excitedly:

"Grandpa, we want to watch you challenge the Qi Ling."

"Okay." Li Tie nodded and waved his hand to hide the video call screen floating before him.

At this moment, he was preparing to challenge the fourth Qi Ling.

Before the challenge began, Li Tie summoned the Star Vein enhancement panel.

Spending 1,000 points of Shou Shou Jili to detach the initial Gargoyle Painful Painful Minghun, then sequentially embedding the three monster Painful Painful Minghun of Li Man, Soul-Departed, and Broken into the Star Vein.

Subsequently, he used all the remaining 30,000 Shou Shou Jili to increase his Body Tempering level.

Each level cost 10,000 points of Shou Shou Jili.

After three Bai Guang flashed consecutively over his body, his Body Tempering level reached 3, allowing him to inherit all attributes of three monsters simultaneously.

Li Tie stepped forward at this moment, entering the Qi Ling perception range.

Immediately, the remaining Sweeping Sword and Nether Ghost Staff shot fiercely toward him.

Li Tie lightly stepped his right foot on the ground, and three weapon-spirit phantoms embedded in the Star Vein appeared behind him, circling his body.

Three ability traits surfaced in his mind.

【Brute Force lv1】:

Monster trait: All physical attacks carry the "Brute Force" effect, enhancing damage by 50% and greatly strengthening his own strength.

【Soul Sever lv1】:

Monster trait: All physical attacks carry the Soul Sever effect, inflicting a mental shock on the target and leaving a soul-forging brand that burns continuously.

【Shatter lv1】:

Monster trait: All physical attacks carry penetration and shatter effects.

Guidance hint: When hunting and killing monsters in the main form, evolution points obtained are shared by all monster forms.

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Facing the sweeping sword strike coming at him.

Li Tie reached out and grabbed; the Brute Force Axe fell into his hand.

Crimson-red light rapidly spread from his right hand across his entire body; the Brute Force trait effect surged into his body, and Li Tie clearly perceived that his strength had received a significant boost.

"Kill!"

The Brute Force Axe swung out, meeting the sweeping sword head-on.

The sound of metal clashing rang out, and the sweeping sword was struck flying by a single blow.

But Li Tie did not choose to press his advantage; he voluntarily released the Brute Force Axe in his hand, and instantly the axe turned into a phantom, continuing to circle his body.

This time, the Soul-Breaking Spear appeared in his hand.

The great spear's material was neither metal nor iron; its entire body was a deep blue-purple, as if condensed from stars, with a long shaft and a sharp, cold tip that shimmered.

A low howl could faintly be heard within the spear shaft.

The sweeping sword attacked again.

Break!

The great spear struck out; the spear tip met the tip of the sweeping sword, once again striking the sweeping sword flying, and also branding a dark blue mark onto the sword's blade.

Without the strength trait boost of the Brute Force Axe, Li Tie, holding the spear, slid backward two meters.

After stabilizing his stance, Li Tie released his hand, and instantly the Soul-Breaking Spear detached and hovered in mid-air.

This time, he did not switch to the Shatter Blade to fight; instead, he let the three weapon spirits fuse in the air, transforming into a golden war-blade.

Seeing this scene, the members of the Fan Zui Tuan watching the live stream exclaimed variously in the voice channel:

Staying Up Late with Late-Night Snacks: Ahhh, Uncle Tie is too handsome! No wonder he's been my idol for so many years; he even decomposed the initial monster form. Is he planning to go the Weapon Spirit path?

Shrimp Heart Pig Heart: He's so handsome I'm dying! I want to go the Weapon Spirit path too. How can the Black-Armored Snake compare to the Weapon Spirits? Even the way he switches weapons is handsome, let alone the appearance after fusing the weapon traits!

Is This Beaver?: This game finally has a Star Vein path I like. The Weapon Spirit path is way more handsome than the Bone Fire + Eagle-Head Demon ranged perception strike Liu Wan Fa.

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