A long-range lightning attack, and a combined one at that!
Ye Yun had come to understand these Sui beasts somewhat. Although they appeared unintelligent, their coordination within each group was incredibly默契 (mòqì - tacit understanding).
This默契 was so profound it was almost telepathic. Such coordination would trigger a cascade of attribute bonuses, some even inflicting negative status effects, akin to formations in human warfare.
No wonder Yue Xia and his group dared not rashly venture into the third zone. With such coordination, they would be utterly thrashed. Given the Sui beasts' levels, players with significantly lower levels would find their probabilistic effects greatly amplified against these monsters.
It was similar to some games of the past where a debuff from an item or skill could leave a player CC'd to death, with no chance to retaliate.
Of course, this game wasn't that overpowered, and such effects required extremely stringent and默契 coordination. Ye Yun hadn't encountered anything like it yet.
Zzzt…
The lightning generated between the Sui beasts' claws formed a connection, appearing from above as a colossal net woven from electricity. It then shot upwards like a terrifying laser beam towards the little golden dragon.
Bang…
miss
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A barrage of mandatory damage values appeared on the little golden dragon. In just over ten seconds, it had suffered tens of thousands of hits!
What shocked Ye Yun was that, during these ten seconds, the little golden dragon was completely immobilized, unable to make any counter-attack. The paralyzed negative status effect on its status bar only disappeared two seconds after the laser ceased.
"Is this the legendary paralysis to death?" Ye Yun stared dumbfounded at the Sui beasts, who were flitting around on the tree trunks like monkeys.
He finally understood why Yue Xia was so timid. Just as the little golden dragon was recovering from paralysis, the Sui beasts below were preparing to launch their second assault!
Roar!
The little golden dragon widened its massive dragon eyes, and a fearsome dragon flame erupted from its maw, instantly resembling a heavenly rain of fire, covering an area of twenty miles.
Dragon Flame, this was already the little golden dragon's widest-reaching skill in the game.
Zzzt…
The laser reappeared, but this time it lasted less than a second, as all the Sui beasts were instantly obliterated by the little golden dragon's dragon flame.
The little golden dragon's body was simply too colossal. Its length alone traversed countless Sui beast territories. It could be said that almost every inch of the little golden dragon, from head to tail, was targeted by Sui beast attacks.
These Sui beasts' attack ranges seemed to be incredibly far. The dense mandatory damage and the green numbers indicating immunity to damage appeared by the thousands every second, giving Ye Yun a sense of déjà vu.
The golden dragon roared in fury. It no longer soared in the sky. Its quadrupedal limbs, over a hundred meters long, directly braced themselves in the jungle. Its massive tail whipped through the jungle, and Ye Yun's ears were bombarded by system notifications.
"System Notification: Congratulations to player for killing Level 1 Sui Beast *1500, gaining 15 trillion experience points, and 15,000 Spirit Stones. Pet 'Little Gold' gained 0 experience points."
"System Notification: Congratulations to player for killing Level 2 Sui Beast *7800, gaining 78 trillion experience points, 780,000 Spirit Stones, and Sui Geng *8. Pet 'Little Gold' gained 0 experience points."
"System Notification: Congratulations to player for killing Level 3 Sui Beast *4800, gaining 240 trillion experience points, 2.4 million Spirit Stones, and Sui Geng *5. Pet 'Little Gold' gained 0 experience points."
Ye Yun's eyes blazed with a brilliant light as his experience bar suddenly surged by 8%! For this leveling spree, Ye Yun had prepared thousands of double experience cards.
The density of Sui beasts here was beyond his expectations. Moreover, judging by the system notifications of the golden dragon's kills, he was currently in the second zone. He wondered how this zone was demarcated and how wide its cross-section was.
As Ye Yun pondered this, he jumped off the Golden Crow's back and immediately unleashed his ultimate skills. Although the Golden Crow was a divine beast, Ye Yun was cultivating it as a mount. Its level was a few ranks higher than the little golden dragon's, but its stats were inferior by more than ten thousand times, so Ye Yun did not dare to let the Golden Crow dismount.
Heavenly Fire Rain!
Rocket Sky Net!
Still falling from the air, two skills were unleashed from his hands, instantly clearing all flying Sui beasts within a thousand-meter radius around Ye Yun.
Bang…
-1
Jumping from an altitude of ten thousand meters, the immense impact stirred up swathes of dead leaves. But before the leaves could even fall, a hundred-meter-tall flame erupted from the ground, instantly engulfing a five-thousand-kilometer radius.
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Extremely over-the-top numerical values appeared throughout the forest. Countless Sui beasts were eliminated before they could even emit a single wail, their health bars depleted.
How many Sui beasts were there in five thousand kilometers?
"System Notification: Congratulations to player for killing Level 1 Sui Beast *5200, Level 2 Sui Beast 253,800, Level 3 Sui Beast 19,800, gaining 353.32 trillion experience points, 35.99 million Spirit Stones, and Sui Geng *320. Pet 'Little Gold' gained 0 experience points."
"System Notification: Congratulations to player for leveling up, gaining 1000 quintillion free attribute points. Player's current level is 77."
Finally, leveled up!
The levels accumulated over nearly half a year had finally increased. Ye Yun's current goal was simple: to level up as much as possible before completing each task on his Emperor's Path. After all, the reward for this task was a direct level increase. If his level was high enough, completing the Emperor's Path would save Ye Yun a significant amount of leveling time.
After clearing the surrounding Sui beasts, Ye Yun stored the Golden Crow back into his mount space. He then found a rock and sat down to take stock of his gains.
Spirit Stones were now just numbers to Ye Yun. He was more curious about this thing called Sui Geng.
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Sui Geng (Special Consumable | Bound)
Usage Level: 80
Effect: Lifespan in the real world +1 day
Usage Instructions: Using on oneself does not consume a Physical Manifestation Card. Using on others consumes the corresponding number of Physical Manifestation Cards.
Usage Limit: None
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Ye Yun stared blankly at the item in his hand. After a long while, he couldn't help but purse his lips and mutter, "Trash."
As someone who had entered Dao with two laws and perfected the Law of Life, his lifespan had already reached three Emperor Yuan, or three hundred million years! This 'Sui Geng,' with its one-thousandth drop rate, only increased his lifespan by one day. It was practically a joke.
However, getting extra lifespan for free was still better than nothing.
The lifespan of cultivators was incredibly long, yet also extremely precious. After all, in the real world, many cultivators would burn their life essence and blood in times of crisis to gain temporary power.
Ye Yun tossed the Sui Geng into his backpack, summoned the Golden Crow, and, with the little golden dragon, instantly headed towards the third zone.