Chapter 49: Generation 4 Primordial: The Strange Butterfly

The news of the discovery of a Generation-4 Primordial Monster sent shockwaves through the forum.

A massive number of players flooded into Lu Xing's livestream room to witness what a Generation-4 Primordial Monster actually looked like.

Upon seeing that the hunting level of the Generation-4 Primordial Monster was only Level 7, the watching players felt complex emotions.

One of the greatest pains in the world is watching others get rich while you don't earn a single coin.

Meanwhile, the Soul Spirit characteristics of the Strange Butterfly also sparked heated discussion among the watching players:

Dark Land Is Really Fun: This Soul Spirit's characteristics are interesting; the analysis info says it can fly, defend, and attack. Isn't this the dream Soul Spirit for Monster-Style players? A single Soul Spirit can meet all needs.

Slaying in All Directions: Brother, you can't handle this Primordial Monster; let me do it. I'm on my way, you must wait for me!

Night Is Coming: You clearly haven't realized how awesome the Strange Butterfly's "Wind Control" characteristic is. I can guarantee that in the late game, this Soul Spirit will definitely become a universal type that everyone will have.

Leopard Head Zero Recharge replied to Night Is Coming: Brother Night, please explain in detail. I benefited greatly from the Soul Spirit style guide post you published before, but I don't understand why the Wind Control Soul Spirit will be something everyone has?

Night Is Coming replied to Leopard Head Zero Recharge:

This question is actually very easy to explain.

The map of the Monster World is extremely vast; in the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range region alone, we have only cleared 9.6% of the map fog, with a huge amount of unexplored areas remaining.

In this kind of ultra-high-freedom open world, traveling is inevitably a headache for all players.

In other games, there are two ways to solve this problem: mounts and teleportation.

Dark Land has not yet launched spatial teleportation functions or mount functions; I'm not clear if they will appear in the future, so for now we can only reach our destinations by walking.

At the current stage, traveling from Emperor Tomb Village to the Bloodied Plains takes a full hour.

The Wind Control Soul Spirit has two key points in the guidance analysis: flight and increased movement speed.

This means that embedding the Wind Control Soul Spirit can drastically shorten travel time; furthermore, high movement speed in combat can be used both to dodge attacks and to save one's life by fleeing. It is simply an all-around Soul Spirit with extremely high intensity.

Night Is Coming is a very famous guide-focused player on the forum.

The three Star Vein combination sharing posts he published previously were pinned as number one on the forum's popularity list, receiving attention from many players.

His analysis in the livestream room made the watching players realize the power of the Wind Control characteristic.

Just the characteristic of drastically speeding up travel is enough to make most players choose to embed it; this means saving a large amount of travel time compared to other players and devoting more energy to hunting monsters or resource mining.

The players watching in the livestream room sent barrage comments one after another, hoping Lu Xing would act quickly to kill the Strange Butterfly and not let it escape.

Faced with common interests, the sourness in the players' hearts instantly vanished.

They even felt nervous.

Primordial Monsters are different from Evil Spirits; they are not restricted to activity within specific environments, nor are they subject to the spatial limitations of lunar phases.

Moreover, the Strange Butterfly is a Primordial Monster capable of flight; if it is not contained this time, it may not wait for players to come hunt it at the same location next time, and it is entirely possible for it to fly out of the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range region.

Every player wants to possess such an important Soul Spirit.

Urged by the players watching in the livestream room, Lu Xing switched to his Eagle-Head Demon form and slowly approached the Strange Butterfly.

Sensing Lu Xing's approach, a figure suddenly leaped out from the bushes, appearing in the field of view of both Lu Xing and the livestream players.

It possessed a pair of wide wings, a large and rounded head, and an elegantly streamlined body; its surface was covered in a layer of white feathers, and under the moonlight, its surface was shrouded in a layer of rapidly shifting colorful patterns, while large eyes flashing with dark green light added a touch of cuteness to this physique.

"Gu gu!"

The Strange Butterfly let out a cry toward Lu Xing, as if issuing a warning.

"I'm only Level 7; I might not be its match."

Hearing Lu Xing's words, the watching players in the livestream room cheered him on one after another, stating that challenging an opponent of the same level required no fear, and that he must not let this Generation-4 Primordial escape.

Encouraged by the watching players, Lu Xing gritted his teeth, flapped his wings, and pounced toward the Strange Butterfly.

"Gu!"

The Strange Butterfly let out a cry, fiercely flapped its wings, and instantly a wild wind howled, blowing Lu Xing away; he tumbled several times in mid-air before landing squarely on his butt.

"Again!"

Lu Xing became ruthless in his heart, got up, flapped his wings, and charged once more.

But the result remained unchanged; the Strange Butterfly gently fanned its wings, and the raging wind lifted Lu Xing's body and sent him flying backward; he could not even get close to the Strange Butterfly.

After several consecutive failed charges, Lu Xing began to have thoughts of giving up.

But the players in the livestream room did not give up; they stated one after another that victory was within reach, reasoning that every time the Strange Butterfly used Wind Control it consumed mental energy, and its mana would soon run dry; if he persisted a little longer, he would win.

Egged on by the livestream players, Lu Xing had no choice but to tough it out.

Half an hour later, Lu Xing, once again knocked flying by the Strange Butterfly, crashed heavily to the ground and could no longer climb to his feet.

At this moment, he looked wretched; more than half of his fiery red feathers had fallen out, and his whole body ached.

Just as Lu Xing was about to give up, a prompt sounded in his mind:

[Challenger Prompt: Received 10 points of Sacrificial Power as a gift from 'Spend Not A Coin'; after deducting a 3-point service fee, income is 7 points of Sacrificial Power.]

[Challenger Prompt: Received 30 points of Sacrificial Power as a gift from 'Math Score Five'; after deducting a 9-point service fee, income is 21 points of Sacrificial Power.]

[Challenger Prompt: ...]

Realizing that Lu Xing was about to give up, the watching players decisively chose to use their financial power to retain him.

They stated one after another that the gifted Sacrificial Power could be used to buy healing potions in the mall, and after use, injuries could be repaired to re-engage in battle.

Facing the donations and sponsorship of the enthusiastic masses, Lu Xing reignited his fighting spirit; after buying potions from the mall and gulping them down, the injuries on his body instantly repaired at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the fallen feathers grew back.

Looking up, he saw the Strange Butterfly gazing at him with a very human-like look reserved for an idiot; Lu Xing could even detect a sense of provocation in its eyes.

"Kill!"

Lu Xing gritted his teeth, and a new round of charging began.

During this period, the players in the livestream room gave emotional encouragement one after another, with various shouts of support, while gift notifications continuously sounded in Lu Xing's mind.

After being severely injured and healed for the fourth time, when Lu Xing launched another charge, he was pleasantly surprised to discover that the Strange Butterfly had not released the power of Wind Control again.

"Finally...!"

Lu Xing bared his sharp beak, preparing to deliver a fatal blow to the Strange Butterfly.

Just when he was less than half a meter away from the butterfly, the Strange Butterfly suddenly raised its wing and slammed it down toward him with such speed that the wing turned into a phantom.

Slap!

This strike hit Lu Xing's crown, sending him crashing heavily to the ground before the Strange Butterfly; he felt stars dancing before his eyes, and his vision blurred.

Seeing this scene, various wails immediately rang out in the livestream room.

After Night Is Coming's analysis, many players had already regarded the Wind Control Soul Spirit as a mandatory option in future Star Vein combinations.

Many players watching the livestream were even more nervous than Lu Xing, who was personally fighting.

At this moment, seeing Lu Xing completely knocked down, there were even players in the livestream room who excitedly sent barrage comments saying:

If you lose, give back the money!

(End of Chapter)