Chapter 71: Leveling the Volcano Crater! Massive Harvest!

"The person who came to kill you."

Lu Zhangsheng snorted coldly, saying in a slightly hoarse voice.

Immediately following, he drew the slaughtering knife in his hand and slashed forward fiercely.

A bright cold glint flashed in the dark night, and even in the air, bursts of whistling sounds came, the momentum astonishing.

With this blade, he used his full strength, even stimulating the Blood Ignition Secret Art, and his attack power had reached its peak.

"Not good!"

Hu Yuhe was full of horror.

She felt that she was firmly locked by a powerful murderous intent, as if she had encountered some kind of natural enemy, and a slight carelessness would mean death on the spot.

Coupled with the fact that her own strength was entirely improved by evil methods, she belonged to the bottom tier in Bone Forging and was not the opponent of the person in front of her.

She hurriedly stimulated her essence blood and thrust out a sword forward.

"Whoosh..."

The sword was like thunder, cold glints emerging.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

In an instant, the two sides collided together.

Violent air waves swept in all directions, the ground cracked in bursts, a complete mess.

Lu Zhangsheng's slaughtering knife directly deflected the other party's precious sword and slashed toward the front again.

Still as fast as thunder.

"Who exactly are you?"

Hu Yuhe was full of despair.

Just from that one strike, she almost couldn't withstand it.

If this continued, she would only have a dead end.

It was just that the other party was entangled too tightly, not giving her a chance to escape.

Too late to think, seeing the blade light approaching, she hurriedly thrust out a sword again.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

After taking this strike, Hu Yuhe felt incomparable pain in her wrist; clearly, the bones had cracked.

Before she could react, the blade light in front approached again.

"Ah..."

After a scream, Hu Yuhe's head was directly slashed to the ground.

Fresh blood gushed out, staining the blue stone bricks all around red.

Three moves to kill a Bone Forging expert.

Of course, this was also because the other party's strength was too weak.

The other party was much worse than Zheng Tu from that day.

After Lu Zhangsheng dealt with the other party's corpse, he walked toward the dark alley in front and soon disappeared into the night.

For the next few hours.

Lu Zhangsheng took action one after another, easily killing two more Wenxiang Sect Refining Flesh martial artists, venting his anger.

It was not until dawn that he stopped.

He returned to his own courtyard in the Outer City.

After dealing with everything cleanly, he slowly fell asleep.

…………

For the next ten days or so, Lu Zhangsheng did not choose to take action again.

Instead, he investigated in secret.

He knew the other party must be vigilant, and the risk of taking action again was too great.

After he broke through to Bone Forging, it would be safer to go and find trouble with the other party.

And during these days, he had also added the 【Threefold Wave】 secret technique to perfection.

At this moment, his Source Energy Points were abundant again.

He did not hesitate.

He immediately pointed toward the plus sign behind 【Threefold Wave】.

"Hum..."

A fluctuation from the void descended in his mind.

Making his spirit soar, as if a strong expert was practicing day and night.

【After ten years of bitter practice, Threefold Wave has finally reached the Transcendent Realm.】

Skill: 【Threefold Wave】 (Transcendent Realm)

Note: Surpassing any realm any martial artist could reach in the past, the power is not trivial after stimulation.

Source Energy Points: 40.

Lu Zhangsheng saw that the improvement was completed and hurriedly tested it.

As the secret technique was stimulated.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The Qi and blood in his body surged crazily, forming a blood-colored air wave all over his body, quite spectacular.

"Such a strong secret technique; it is estimated that it enhances strength by about fifty percent in a short time, but the consumption is also quite large."

A moment later, Lu Zhangsheng put away the secret technique.

At this moment, only the breakthrough of his cultivation to Bone Forging remained.

Only by reaching that step could one truly be considered to have stepped into the forest of the strong.

He planned to go and control the pangolin to collect spiritual objects with all his strength to take the final step.

…………

Night, silent as water.

Lu Zhangsheng's mind moved, and he landed inside the pangolin's body.

Looking around, it was still bare rock, and the air was extremely scorching.

The surrounding caves had expanded several times more than before.

The ground was full of Blazing Fire Ant eggs, and a large amount of inferior Fire Crystal Stones were placed randomly.

What was even more gratifying was that the Blazing Fire Ant colony in front of him had expanded by more than double since he first arrived at the volcano crater.

Under the feeding of a large amount of Fire Crystal Stones, these exotic beasts finally revealed their fangs and became very fierce.

Over these days, he had been digging for Fire Crystal Stones nearby, and the area within the ant colony's sphere of influence was almost dug clean.

To let his main body break through, he must level the entire volcano crater and kill all those Fire-Armored Scorpions.

Otherwise, it would be almost impossible to get Fire Crystal Stones.

Thinking of this, he did not hesitate and immediately controlled the Ant Queen.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak..."

As Lu Zhangsheng's order was issued, inside the closed nest, countless Ant Tribe armies immediately began to take action.

The ant colony rushed toward the outside of the nest in a mighty force, the momentum quite astonishing.

Lu Zhangsheng followed the ant colony and rushed toward the central volcano crater all the way.

A large number of exotic beasts all around were scared and fled in all directions.

Before long, the ant colony encountered a large number of Fire-Armored Scorpions.

However, they did not find the existence of the Scorpion King.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

In just an instant, the ant colony killed over in a sky-covering manner, soon submerging the scorpion colony in front.

Lu Zhangsheng followed behind the ant colony, exploring in front.

Before long.

On the left stone wall, a large cluster of fire-red crystals caught his attention.

"It's intermediate Fire Crystal Stones."

Seeing such bright red light, Lu Zhangsheng's face was full of joy.

He immediately controlled the ant colony to go up and dig.

Soon, a large cluster of Fire Crystal Stones was sent to his feet.

He picked up the Fire Crystal Stones and began to absorb them crazily.

"Source Energy Points plus 5"

"Source Energy Points plus 5"...

Source Energy Points: 100.

Having such a big harvest in a short time made him full of motivation in his heart.

He immediately controlled the ant colony to sweep toward the front.

One hour later.

Lu Zhangsheng looked at the pile of Fire Crystal Stones at his feet, very happy.

Sure enough, the closer to the central area, the more considerable the number of Fire Crystal Stones.

Before long, he had another harvest.

He began to absorb them again.

"Source Energy Points plus 1"

"Source Energy Points plus 1"

Source Energy Points: 130.

Just as Lu Zhangsheng finished absorbing the Fire Crystal Stones and was preparing to push forward, an unexpected change occurred.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

He saw a large group of Fire-Armored Scorpions rushing toward Lu Zhangsheng and the ant colony in a mighty force, the momentum extremely fierce.

The monstrous Fire Fiend Qi formed around the many Fire-Armored Scorpions.

Among them, four Fire-Armored Scorpions were several times larger than ordinary Fire-Armored Scorpions, their eyes blood-red, staring fiercely at Lu Zhangsheng.

"They are four Scorpion Kings."

Lu Zhangsheng's expression tightened.

The strength of these Scorpion Kings could not be underestimated, and their defensive power was also quite astonishing.

With his own soul strength, he could only release Soul Strike three times; it seemed there would be a bloody battle this time.

However, he did not choose to retreat; these Fire-Armored Scorpions were likely the largest scorpion colony force in the central area of the volcano crater.

The remaining ones were just sporadic scorpion colonies, not much of a threat.

As long as he killed this large scorpion colony, then all the crystals in the entire volcano crater would be his.

He could not avoid this battle.

Lu Zhangsheng put away his thoughts and immediately rushed up.

The ant colony also, under his control, rushed toward the scorpion colony in a mighty force.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The two sides collided together, and the huge collision sound resounded through the clouds.

Air waves rolled all around, exotic beast corpses flew, and the scene was full of flesh and blood.

Even the mountain rocks under his feet were smashed to pieces.

Lu Zhangsheng jumped quickly in front of a Fire-Armored Scorpion on the far left and operated the skill 【Soul Strike】.

"Hum..."

A magical fluctuation came from his mind, turning into a sharp thorn, fiercely rushing into the other party's mind.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle..."

Accompanied by bursts of painful screams, this Fire-Armored Scorpion immediately lay on the ground, losing its combat effectiveness.

Lu Zhangsheng took this opportunity to wave a claw forward.

"Clatter..."

The other party's head armor was directly slashed open, and disgusting liquid scattered on the ground, the smell pungent.

With one strike, a Scorpion King was directly killed.

This was the strength of a Mountain Spirit.

Although they were both third-tier exotic beasts, his pangolin was undoubtedly the most top-tier existence.

Even if he fought one against many, he did not fear in the slightest.

All of this happened in an instant.

The attacks of the other three Scorpion Kings also quickly landed on him.

"Sizzle, sizzle..."

The Scorpion King's tail needle fiercely collided with Lu Zhangsheng's scales, sparks flying everywhere, making a harsh screeching sound.

Lu Zhangsheng only felt a slight stinging pain, but it was no big deal.

The other party's full-force strike only made him somewhat uncomfortable.

Ever since breaking through to Mountain Spirit, his own defensive power had also increased by a large margin.

Lu Zhangsheng did not hesitate and stimulated 【Soul Strike】 again, stabbing toward a Scorpion King in the middle.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle..."

It was the same method again, killing a Scorpion King again.

The remaining two Scorpion Kings saw this, their eyes carrying a hint of fear.

However, in the blink of an eye, they became even more violent.

They rushed toward Lu Zhangsheng again, as if they wanted to fight to the death.

After Lu Zhangsheng issued his talent skill twice in a row, he was quite tired.

This was a manifestation of excessive mental power consumption.

A skill that kills at the same level really consumes quite a bit.

Although he could still issue one 【Soul Strike】, he would have to face the exhaustion of mental power, which was quite dangerous.

He naturally would not act like this.

Since the other party wanted to fight hand-to-hand, he was not afraid.

With his own scales, the winner would definitely be him.

Lu Zhangsheng put away his thoughts and immediately rushed up.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The two sides fought a bloody battle at the volcano crater.

The ant colony also fought with the scorpion colony all around, and the ground was covered with a large number of corpses.

Various exotic beast body fluids were scattered all over the ground, emitting strange and unpleasant smells.

Because the ant colony was lower in level than the scorpion colony, they were at a disadvantage as soon as they fought.

As time passed, the disadvantage became more obvious.

However, Lu Zhangsheng was at a great advantage.

Although he did not use his talent skill, by virtue of his own defensive power and sharp claws, he still firmly suppressed the two Scorpion Kings.

Killing the other party was only a matter of time.

Time passed.

After the two sides fought for half an hour.

Lu Zhangsheng caught a flaw in the other party and fiercely stabbed a claw toward the head of the Scorpion King on the left.

"Sizzle, sizzle..."

The Scorpion King's head instantly split open, and brain juice flowed toward the ground.

Before long, this Scorpion King had no breath.

At the same time, a tail needle stabbed onto the scales on Lu Zhangsheng's back again.

After Lu Zhangsheng took this strike head-on, he pounced again.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

He firmly pressed the other party underneath, and after several attacks, he directly killed the last Scorpion King.

The scorpion colony saw their king defeated and retreated backward one after another, like a tide.

Soon they disappeared from the battlefield, leaving only corpses all over the ground.

Lu Zhangsheng controlled the ant colony to collect these corpses, preparing to feed the Blazing Fire Ant cubs in the future.

These exotic beast meats contained significant energy and had an excellent effect on the cubs' transformation.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Lu Zhangsheng took the ant colony to explore forward again.

Before long.

Another large piece of Fire Crystal Stone came into view.

Lu Zhangsheng's face was full of joy and immediately controlled the ant colony to dig it down.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 72 =====