Chapter 666 - 660: Level 2 Quasi-God
One chase, one escape.
Lin You quickly led the centipede swarm away from the sentry post.
With a slight movement of thought, all the Royal Family and twenty thousand plant species appeared, except for the Cyan Rattan and Heaven-Devouring guarding the home.
The Ancient Tree Legion led by Cyan Gang and the Cactus Legion of the Shadowless formed a defense line at the front, protecting the ranged output and healing species at the back.
In the sky, the Green Dragon Legion of Hidden Dragon and the Lantern Grass Legion of Void Nether were responsible.
In the blink of an eye, the entire plant army formed an ironclad block.
"Go!"
With an order, Cyan Gang directly launched the War Barrier, and the entire team charged at the centipede swarm, crashing into them fiercely.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."
A series of collision sounds echoed in the ears.
In the midst of the roars, those sizable centipedes were all blocked, their sharp forelimbs tearing the barrier, cutting terrifying wounds on the Ancient Trees and Cacti.
Legendary-level species and elite demons are quite inferior in attributes.
In just a brief encounter, several Cacti had their bodies severed and died on the spot.
However, with the 20% Constitution boost from Cyan Gang Commanding Battlefield, the defense line did not collapse at the start.
"Group healing!"
With a shout, the Elf Elder Species at the rear and the Lantern Grass in the air all launched healing skills, crazily replenishing the health of the front-line species.
The Green Dragon Legion, led by Hidden Dragon, swept overhead, spewing a massive Breath of Life over all the melee combatants.
"Attack!"
Seeing the defense line stabilized, the ranged species at the rear all took action.
A dense mass of vines rushed out along the ground, entangling the centipedes that were spraying venom.
The Pea Legion followed with shooting, ice and fire dual-attribute bullets continuously targeting those controlled centipedes.
The Tier Twelve Tree Demons summoned by the Elf Elders charged in amidst the Explosive Mushrooms and flying Dandelions, holding back the stragglers.
Both sides engaged in a frenzied battle, species and demons constantly falling, creating chaos everywhere.
"Hiss—"
Suddenly.
A crimson Centipede King in the rear of the centipede swarm let out a scream, suddenly shooting out, rushing into the Ancient Tree ranks.
It then twisted its large body bizarrely, shooting out terrifying Qi Blades in all directions, like a rotating hurricane.
Dance of Death!
It unexpectedly launched a big skill right at the beginning.
Caught off guard, over a dozen Ancient Tree Venerables were instantly shredded by the Qi Blades, turned into a pile of rotten wood.
"Let me do it!"
Seeing his subordinates being killed one after another, Cyan Gang roared in anger, launching Barbaric Roar and opening War Trample, charging straight forward.
"Bang!"
Cyan Gang was knocked back several steps.
The Centipede King was also interrupted by the violent impact, its twisting body coming to a halt.
Its eyes flashed red, and Shadow Strike activated.
With incredible speed, it wrapped around Cyan Gang’s body, its sharp legs deeply embedding into him, and its poison fangs opened wide, biting down.
But at this moment, a shadow loomed overhead.
In the air, Hidden Dragon swooped down, grabbing it and lifting it into the air, causing the venomous bite to miss.
The other Royal Family members seized the opportunity, launching a fierce concentrated attack on it.
The Big Cannon’s Deadly Sniper suddenly fired, exploding with sparks, smashing its jaw armor into fragments.
The Centipede King wailed miserably, its tail whipping out to fling Hidden Dragon away, before landing back on the ground.
Then it raised its head and howled, with all the centipedes around it turning their heads to spew dark green venom at the attacking plants, forming a massive green curtain in the air.
Especially those few Boss-Level centipedes, their venom turned deep purple, seemingly corroding the very air itself.
"Light of Life!"
Lin You shouted towards the back, and the waiting Forest Sage immediately activated its skill, enveloping all species in an invisible wave.
In the next second.
The venom rained down, engulfing all the species around the Centipede King.
The powerful corrosive effect instantly riddled their bodies with a thousand wounds.
Fortunately, the Light of Life forcibly retained 1 point of Constitution, preventing them from being instantly wiped out by this volley.
Once the venom dispersed, all healing species activated group healing, diligently treating the injuries.
"Very good, continue the attack!"
Seeing Barbaric Roar nearing its end, Lin You immediately mobilized the Power of Law, renewing the state, elevating the plant species’ attributes to the level of elite demons.
Relying on the advantage of numbers, they finally gradually suppressed the centipedes.
[Killed Tier Twelve elite demon...]
[Killed Tier Twelve elite demon...]
[Killed Tier Twelve elite demon...]
One notification after another sounded in Lin You’s mind, with beams of golden light shining on the ground.
In the blink of an eye, hundreds of elite centipedes had fallen under their attacks.
Apart from Shadowless Soul-Seeking and Mushroom Demon King restraining those few bosses, all other Royal Family members targeted the Centipede King, launching a fierce assault on it.
Another round of control and concentrated attacks, finally breached its armor and broke through its defense.
The Royal Family members were also covered in wounds, all inflicted by venom and Qi Blades.
There was no other way.
Barbaric Roar’s time was limited.
Once the effect wore off, even the 7 million attributes made it difficult to break this monster’s defense, they had to fight desperately.
Fortunately, the Healing Legion led by Lingxi was continuously providing support, allowing them to withstand the Centipede King’s frenzied counterattack.
As if sensing the threat of death, the Centipede King suddenly struggled, breaking free from Lingxi’s Thorn Entanglement, and abruptly plunged headfirst into the ground.
"It’s trying to burrow underground to escape!"
Cyan Gang shouted in surprise and immediately rushed up, trying to grab its tail, but his hand grasped empty air.
"Buzz——"
At the critical moment, Lin You directly activated the Time Law, instantly covering the entire hundred-meter range.
With the battle reaching this point, how could he let the Centipede King escape?
In an instant, time flow around slowed by ten times, and the Centipede King, half of its body already deep underground, suddenly paused, becoming incredibly slow.
Lin You’s species were not affected, and their speed remained incredibly fast.
"Bang!"
Taking advantage of the last second of the Barbaric Roar, the recovered Big Cannon launched a Deadly Sniper attack again.
A stream of flame containing terrifying power shot out violently, piercing through the Centipede King’s exposed abdomen, blasting open a huge bloody hole.
A heartrending scream came from underground, shaking the entire ground with violent tremors.
However, the other members of the Royal Family gave it no chance, rushing forward to drag it back to the surface.
Then, the Time Law and Barbaric Roar simultaneously lost effect, and the momentum of the plants weakened immediately.
But even without the boost of the Barbaric Roar, the severely injured Centipede King could no longer resist the Royal Family’s attack.
After several more rounds of concentrated fire, it was finally swallowed by Hidden Dragon’s Destructive Dragon Breath, turning to ashes with an unwilling roar.
[Killed Tier Twelve Leader Demon, automatically absorbing Soul Power.]
[Congratulations, Level Up, Current Level: Level 2 Quasi-God]
As the prompts sounded, Lin You felt a massive power surge into his body, enhancing his strength significantly.
"Level 2 Quasi-God!"
Lin You was thrilled; just as he had expected, after slaying the Leader Demon and so many Elite Demons, he finally leveled up successfully.
In just a few days he had reached Level 2.
For other newly advanced Tier Twelve Lords, this speed was unimaginable.
After all, they did not have the power to slay Leader-level demons.
Not to mention leaders; even bosses would be very challenging for them.
Only Lin You, with the strong skills of Barbaric Roar and Time Law, could achieve such a feat.
This must be the joy of leveling up by defeating higher levels.
Seeing that the leader was dead, and less than a thousand elites and bosses remained,
Lin You wasted no more time, immediately joining the battle with his species to start their extermination.
With the addition of several members of the Royal Family, the battle became much easier.
Even though several boss-level centipedes resisted desperately, they eventually couldn’t match the plants’ overwhelming numbers and succumbed not long after.
Thus...
All the centipedes were completely eliminated, leaving not a single one.
"Alright, let’s recover a bit first."
Letting the plants rest on the spot, Lin You eagerly approached the Centipede King’s corpse.
With just one glance, he spotted the Law Crystal Stone on the corpse and a familiar dark gold fragment nearby.
Lin You’s face lit up with joy, unexpectedly, something did drop. Quickly, he moved forward and picked up the fragment.
[Name: Species Token Fragment (Random)]
[Grade: Legendary]
[Synthesis Progress: 2/10]
[Introduction: A fragment containing Soul Power. Gather all fragments to randomly synthesize a Legendary-level Species Token.]
Legendary Fragment!
So, this thing drops from demons at the Leader level and above?
Lin You was delighted, quickly taking out the previous fragment to compare, and indeed, they looked very similar.
That means...
He only needs to collect 8 more fragments to synthesize a Legendary Token?
Once he possesses a Legendary species, he can mutate it to the Extraordinary level using the Mutated Ability, further enhancing his overall power.
Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but check his upgraded attributes.
[Name: Lin You (Lord)]
[Race: Human]
[Level: Tier Twelve (Level 2 Quasi-God)]
[Power: 6 million]
[Constitution: 6 million]
[Agility: 5.64 million]
[Spirit: 5.64 million]
[Basic Skills: Multiple Mutations, Time Law, Soul Bond (Cyan Gang), Twin Origin (Level insufficient, not unlocked)]
[Power of Origin: Unlocks 20% potential of all species]
[Introduction: Lord Attribute Interface, recording the specific strength and various skills of the Lord, unlocked upon becoming a Lord.]
He had copied Cyan Gang’s attributes, so as Cyan Gang’s attributes improved, so did his.
The Royal Family’s full potential is 100%, with each minor level increasing attributes by 10%.
Legendary species have a full potential of 25%, with each minor level increasing by only 2.5%.
This is the huge disparity in potential between species.
It shows how precious Legendary-level or above Species Tokens are.
He must seize the opportunity while the Demon King Army and the Pantheon are engaged, to gather the remaining fragments. That way, he wouldn’t have to fear the person sent by the Pantheon.
After ensuring nothing was overlooked...
Lin You rose and returned to his troops to start tallying the gains and losses from this battle.
Fortunately, a total of 115 pieces of Tier Twelve Law Crystal were obtained.
The species losses were also fewer than he had expected, losing over 80.
Given battles involving tens of thousands, this amount of loss was already quite good.
Moreover, the attributes of those centipedes were generally higher than his species. As the levels gradually rise in the future, this number should decrease further.
So after recovery, he recalled his species, rode Hidden Dragon into the sky, and continued searching for other targets to attack.