Lin Yu hadn't expected to be so famous. The moment they appeared, they were swarmed by a crowd.
The group chattered incessantly, some asking if he still refined pills, others if he still needed to collect exotic beasts.
In short, the conversations revolved around the same few topics.
Lin Yu tried to shoo them away, but it was useless. They clung to him like barnacles, impossible to dislodge.
Resigned, he let them follow.
Finally, they descended the mountain and reached the front lines.
This battlefield was similar to the central front. The Blood Dragon Army blocked the very front, while scattered individuals like them intercepted the exotic beasts on the flanks of the Blood Dragon Army.
The Blood Dragon Army had already held back the majority of the exotic beasts. Though the remaining number was still immense, as more adventurers arrived to support, the human side's numbers had surged to over a million.
If not for the need to defend the Western, Northern, and Eastern Seas, mobilizing tens of millions of soldiers and adventurers wouldn't have been a problem.
However, even so, as the situation in the Guixu intensified, the cabinet rapidly adjusted its strategies.
From an initial defense force of only tens of thousands, the defensive personnel gradually increased, and support teams would continue to be added in the future.
Lin Yu's clone finally arrived at the chaotic battlefield.
The moment they appeared, they became the center of attention on the entire battlefield.
Zuo Jian also rushed over and reported to Lin Yu's clone.
"Zuo Jian, old mission!"
"Understood, senior!"
With that, he left the group to lure monsters.
Lin Yu was not idle either. He instructed his six clones to form a team and began to slay monsters.
Bai Xiaoshan took a deep breath, protected by several clones, and entered a battlefield.
"Kill!"
As battle erupted, a bloodthirsty aura permeated the air, turning the entire battlefield into a scene of carnage.
The adventurers and students who had been following behind immediately turned pale and instinctively took a few steps back.
Their minds were heavily impacted. Most of those following Lin Yu had never been to a battlefield.
They had come to support with youthful fervor, but had they ever witnessed such a bloody scene up close?
It was understandable that they were momentarily overwhelmed.
Lin Yu paid them no mind, instead directing his clones to continue their slaughter.
"Five Elements Sword Formation!"
Instantly, the formation took shape, and colossal swords shot out, sweeping across the surrounding exotic beasts. One by one, the beasts were impaled on the ground, bleeding slowly to death.
"Ding, you have killed a Crimson Serpent (Tier 3), EXP +600!"
"Ding, you have killed a Spiritual Ape (Tier 3), EXP +900!"
"Ding, you have killed..."
Kill notifications echoed incessantly in his mind, and his experience points soared.
The corners of Lin Yu's mouth remained upturned.
Once the beasts in this area were cleared, the twenty alchemy clones behind them immediately began refining pills. Soon, numerous Blood and Flesh Pills took shape.
Then, specialized transport clones loaded the Blood and Flesh Pills into bags and transported them to the base's wooden cabin.
Lin Yu watched the steadily increasing pile of Blood and Flesh Pills. He picked one up and activated Life Drain.
A ravenous hunger surged through him. After a while, the consumption ended. He rubbed his slightly swollen brow and rested for a moment before feeling better.
Feeling the slight increase in his strength, he was in a good mood.
He glanced back at the room half-filled with Blood and Flesh Pills, estimating that if he consumed them all, his strength could multiply several times over.
However, this was a time-consuming and energy-intensive task.
"Main body, consuming Blood and Flesh Pills is so painful, why don't you upgrade your Life Drain talent?"
Lin Yu fell into thought.
He had quite a bit of upgrade points, over ten million.
He had initially intended to save them for increasing his combat power, as greater combat power would allow him to kill stronger monsters.
But the next increase in combat power required an exorbitant amount of upgrade points, an amount he couldn't achieve in the short term.
As for upgrading his talent to SS-rank, it required even more, a tenfold increase from S+-rank.
However, his current upgrade points were sufficient to upgrade his S-rank Life Drain talent once.
He gritted his teeth, glanced at the half-full room of Blood and Flesh Pills, and said, "Alright, I'll upgrade the Life Drain talent, and also upgrade the Sparrow Step talent to S-rank!"
"System, upgrade my Life Drain talent!"
"Ding, the host has sufficient upgrade points. Upgrading... Upgrade complete!"
"Congratulations to the host, your second talent: Life Drain has been upgraded to S+-rank."
The next moment, a slight coolness washed over Lin Yu's mind, followed by an influx of energy and information.
He closed his eyes slightly, assimilating the changes brought about by the talent upgrade.
After a long while, he opened his eyes, picked up a Blood and Flesh Pill, and activated Life Drain.
Instantly, strands of life energy flowed into his body.
As the consumption began, the ravenous hunger also appeared. To Lin Yu's delight, this hunger had weakened by about one-third.
He no longer felt the urge to gnaw on tree bark. He could tolerate the current level of hunger.
After consuming one Blood and Flesh Pill, he picked up another and continued.
Once he finished consuming this pill, he decided to stop.
Headache!
Nausea!
These side effects made him uncomfortable!
Although they were not as intense as before, he still needed to rest, or he felt his mental state would be affected.
"As expected, the more heaven-defying the skill, the greater the limitations!" Lin Yu sighed.
"Next, let's upgrade Sparrow Step!"
"System, upgrade Sparrow Step to S-rank!"
"Ding, the host has sufficient upgrade points. Upgrading... Upgrade successful!"
"Congratulations to the host, Sparrow Step has been upgraded to S-rank!"
Lin Yu was overjoyed. With a thought, he found the delay time was only 0.3 seconds, and he cast Sparrow Step.
Moreover, he discovered he could now move up to a distance of ten meters.
Although it was only ten meters, this was instantaneous movement, not an exaggeration to call it extreme speed.
"Sparrow Step is a short-range teleportation talent. At S-rank, the pre-movement animation is almost negligible!"
He understood that there were also talents for long-range teleportation. Those talents had a significant pre-movement animation but could teleport over very far distances.
Some could even cross distances of thousands of kilometers, comparable to teleportation arrays.
"However, if I continue to upgrade Sparrow Step, a thousand li, ten thousand li, or even light-years would not be a problem!"
"And as combat power increases, the teleportation distance of Sparrow Step will also increase."
"Let's continue killing monsters!"
"And I will be responsible for using my second talent to consume the Blood and Flesh Pills filling this room!"