Chapter 71
Defeating the Regional Boss, a Humanoid Beast, Luo Xi Exclaims "Abnormal!"
Luo Xi woke up groggily.
My first reaction was confusion.
"Um?"
"I'm not dead?"
My second reaction was surprise.
"What kind of place is this?"
The third reaction was surprise.
"I leveled up? And so many levels at once? My mental domain has fully recovered too, what happened?!"
She looked at her attribute panel, unable to believe it, pinched her rosy cheeks, and wondered if she was dreaming.
"It hurts... I'm not dreaming."
"Could it be that he saved me?"
Luo Xi murmured to herself, recalling that figure from her hazy memory, her eyes flashing slightly.
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Look again.
I discovered that I had been removed from the team.
"He uses it and then throws it away. What a heartless man."
Luo Xi pouted.
"Where did he go? Could he have already been eliminated?"
Luo Xi turned her head and looked around, searching for Jiang Yuan's whereabouts.
We are currently on a giant leaf, surrounded by a sea of clouds formed by green tree shade, so we must be at a very high altitude.
"Bang!"
A loud noise came from afar, startling her. She quickly looked up.
A five-meter-tall, humanoid giant ant with antennae, as if cast from gold, was smashed into the massive tree trunk by some immense force.
A large, cracked hole, hundreds of meters in diameter, was smashed into the tree trunk.
I saw the label on the top of the humanoid golden ant's head.
Luo Xi was stunned for a moment.
[Lost Giant Tree Map Boss]
[Golden Ant-Man, LV28]
"It's...it's a Tier 3 boss monster!"
Luo Xi was somewhat surprised and also felt very confused.
"Isn't the boss the strongest being in the hidden map? How could it get knocked away? Its health bar looks like it only has less than half left. Who could it be...?"
"Click-clack".
The golden Ant-Man pulled his arm out of the hole in the tree trunk and raised his head.
"Whoosh!"
A golden ray of light shot out from its antennae and aimed at a certain spot.
"boom!"
A massive explosion erupted above Luo Xi, forcing her to use a mental barrier to block the blast's heat.
The golden Ant-Man pushed off the tree trunk with his bent legs, and his body shot out.
A red light also shot out from the smoke and dust of the explosion.
Two beams of light, one gold and one red, collided in mid-air!
"Bang--!"
Another incredibly dull thud echoed as two terrifying pressure systems collided and exploded, sending shockwaves surging and spreading like ripples!
"Whoosh—!"
The golden figure flew back at an even faster speed, crashing into the tree trunk once more, making the original crater even deeper and bigger!
The red light also chased after it into the tree hole, launching a continuous attack on the golden ant-man.
"BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!"
The resounding impacts of the blows echoed continuously, causing the tree trunk, which was a kilometer in diameter, to tremble slightly.
Luo Xi felt her heart pounding just looking at it.
"What kind of ferocious beast is this? It's terrifying!"
"Is it trying to chisel through this giant tree?"
They didn't drill through it, they just hit the heart of the tree, and then the noise stopped.
As the smoke dissipated.
Luo Xi quickly used her Illusionist skill to create an illusion to hide herself, while concealing her aura and quietly observing from the side.
She didn't want to be targeted by such a monster.
Although she has already reached the second-tier martial artist level, with her small body, she would probably be smashed into a pulp with just one punch.
Within her field of vision.
A humanoid figure appeared at the edge of the huge hole, holding the charred and broken body of the golden Ant-Man in its hand.
A jump.
A humanoid beast, carrying a lifeless golden ant-man, landed on the leaf where Luo Xi was, scaring her half to death.
But then...
A familiar voice came from over there.
What are you doing hiding there?
Luo Xi was taken aback. She looked closely and saw the smoke and dust surrounding the humanoid beast dissipate, revealing a figure dressed in black clothes and trousers.
Luo Xi stared wide-eyed at the boy's familiar black hair and golden eyes.
"You you you you you…………"
"That humanoid monster was you?!?"
"What humanoid beast? Are you half asleep or have you lost your memory?"
Jiang Yuan ignored her, sat down, and started gnawing on a roasted ant leg while checking his loot from killing the Tier 3 area boss.
Besides experience, points, and a few mid-tier life crystals.
There is also a Power Fruit that can permanently increase strength by 10 points.
Two rare, high-level equipment pieces that can only be equipped at level 30.
A skill book called "Ant's Might" requires a strength value of 2000 to learn. After using the skill, speed is reduced by 90% and strength is increased by 300%. The downside is that the cooldown time is long.
Jiang Yuan didn't hesitate and started learning right away.
The remaining item is an extremely rare material called "Mystic Gold," which can be used to craft equipment.
"How did you do that?!"
"You're at level three?!"
"How did we escape from the ruins? Did you save me?"
"How did I level up so many times?"
After recovering from her shock, Luo Xi kept asking Jiang Yuan questions.
It's already annoying to have your experience stolen, but to have to endure harassment on top of that is even worse.
Jiang Yuan, thoroughly annoyed, grabbed a piece of ant meat and stuffed it into her mouth.
"Shut up!"
……
After learning the truth that Jiang Yuan killed the ruins boss and shared half of the experience, which allowed him to level up so many times,
Luo Xi was completely stunned, her brain went blank for a full seven or eight seconds.
"You said you... killed that ruin boss that was suspected to be a fourth-tier boss?"
"Um."
"You're only at level two?"
"Um."
"..."
Luo Xi fell silent, looking at Jiang Yuan as if he were a monster.
Jiang Yuan ate his barbecue without saying a word.
Two minutes later.
Luo Xi's thin lips moved slightly, uttering two words.
"abnormal……"
Jiang Yuan was immediately displeased.
"Who are you talking about?"
Luo Xi retorted, "That's absolutely right! A second-tier cultivator single-handedly taking down a fourth-tier cultivator, what else is that but freakish?! I've never even heard of such a thing. Even SSS-level Awakened Ones can't do it. We're all the same age, so why are you so strong, like you're cheating? How can I even compare to you?!"
"Stop talking nonsense. I haven't even settled the score with you for sharing half of my experience. Plus, considering the life-saving favor, you'll have to give me at least 500 million when you get back."
Luo Xi blinked upon hearing this.
"Just... five hundred million?"
"...Yes. What's wrong?"
"Five hundred million it is, it's a deal, no backing out!" Luo Xi said quickly.
Jiang Yuan saw the sly look in her eyes and immediately realized what was going on.
Damn it, that's too little.
Damn rich people.