N-M Chapter 156 The Pasture That Buries Everything: A Bountiful Harvest of Material
Chapter 156 The Pasture That Buries Everything: A Bountiful Harvest of Material
Chapter 156 The Pasture That Buries All Things, A Bountiful Harvest of Material (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
"There are still more good people than bad in this world!"
Lu Yu, leaning on his walking stick, never expected that someone would take the initiative to deliver goods to his door.
I'm moved to tears!
When the two creatures enslaved by the queen bee first came to the door, the vibrations from their footsteps triggered the silk threads buried in the ground by the little spider, which alerted Lu Yu through the tremors.
However, he did not expose them, and even planned to use them as sparring partners to test the new combat power of the pets.
Although I had expected it... seeing the mouse, whose strength had increased dramatically, slap the enhanced Ice Mammoth to death, still made me excited.
Ruthless crushing!
As monarch-level cubs, both the mouse and the little spider have demonstrated true power after advancing to the commander level, enough to sweep away ordinary spiritual transformation level beings.
Even a monster like the Queen Bee, which inherits ancient life memories and possesses powerful combat experience, secret techniques, and a large horde of enslaved beasts, is a formidable opponent.
Below the Morning Star rank, no one can threaten him anymore.
"But... this guy actually knows he's chubby and too cute!"
Lu Yu glanced at the huge, blurry rat behind him. He deliberately used his ghostly power to blur the rat's appearance, making it look ferocious and terrifying. In reality, it was just to conceal the hamster's true form on the cloud.
Otherwise, if I were to reveal a hamster Buddha, it would probably make the other side burst out laughing.
Lu Yu didn't know why, even though the hamster could transform into countless strange forms, it still retained its hamster nature...
Could it be some kind of obsession?
However, Lu Yu did not dwell on it. With the idea of not wasting anything, the puzzle of the [Shepherd] in his mind turned, reflecting a lonely and simple pasture behind him.
Apart from the Chaos Egg and some silver flame fences, there was almost nothing.
However, the instant it appeared, all life felt as if it were being watched by something terrifying, greedily observing them.
Extremely bizarre!
Susu!
The power of the ranch spread out, instantly encroaching on the surroundings. The frozen earth instantly returned to its original state, and in the blink of an eye, it spread to the mangled corpse of the Arctic Mammoth, from which a blurry soul was extracted, along with the souls of the two Frost Elves.
As for the body, it's excellent material and shouldn't be wasted; we'll save it for extraction later.
Click!
An invisible, gigantic maw bit through the soul, leaving a gap, and quickly devoured it completely without a sound, yet it sent chills down one's spine.
Meanwhile, in the pasture behind Lu Yu, a small area was covered with lush, blue and white grass, swaying in the wind.
The scenery is quite beautiful.
However, this peaceful scene left the bald man and the old woman in black with their clothes soaked in cold sweat.
Despite his immense strength, the disciple lacked martial ethics and resorted to sneak attacks, toying with them from beginning to end. He was nothing more than a devil who manipulated people's hearts and enjoyed the taste of despair!
No wonder he dared to scheme against the Queen Bee...
Moreover, in this pasture, life is the fertilizer, and the soul is the grass!
Then... what are cattle and sheep?
Who are the ones consuming the beef and mutton?
Could this guy be a follower or a holy son of some evil god?
"run!"
Thinking of this, the old woman in black had the dark demon grab her and run off to find the queen bee. Even if she was punished, it was better than being slapped to death here.
As for the bald, burly man's companion... who cares if he lives or dies!
Even married couples will abandon each other in times of trouble, let alone these guys who are bound together by interests. If you have the power, you could lend them a hand.
But now that this guy has lost three beasts, he's practically useless and doomed!
The rat, basking in its triumph and arrogance, was in high spirits after resolving its financial problems. Watching the fleeing old woman in black, it snorted:
"Who gave you permission to leave!"
This will allow the cultivators to witness that even without transforming into a Fiery Black Dragon Ant, the rat has the power to sweep away everything.
It manipulated the soul cloud, condensing the wooden fish from before, and gently tapped it with its little claws.
Boom!
Unlike the previous time when Buddha was given a cut, this time the sound of the knocking contained a powerful impact on the soul.
boom!
The desperate bald giant gave up resisting and exploded with a "bang," turning into a cloud of blood mist. His soul was swallowed by the pasture and merged with the many blue and white grasses, making it look even more lush.
"Multi-Combo Attack: Dark Sevenfold Demon Mountain Shield!"
The old woman in black turned her head and saw this scene. She was anxious and immediately activated two summoning arrays around her, summoning her other two pet beasts.
A Dark Rock Mantis with dark attributes and a body made of rock, and a Dark Tree Spirit with a huge mouth on its abdomen and an appearance similar to a tree spirit, are both at the peak of the rulership level, but they do not have enough Primal Bronze to transform into spirituality.
However, the three elements merged spiritually to form a dark spiritual puzzle—[Black Mountain].
The spiritual power of the other two pets was channeled into the dark demon's body through the puzzle pieces, causing his dark spiritual energy to surge.
The aura of the Dark Demon rose, and with a wave of his hand, he condensed seven dark shields, which were stacked together by roots containing dark power. From a distance, they looked like a sinister and terrifying black mountain.
Black Demon Mountain suddenly descended, blocking the attack!
Rumble!
The collision caused Montenegro to shake violently and develop many cracks, but it ultimately did not break.
"Very good!"
The old woman in black was overjoyed, seeing a glimmer of hope for life. However, her joy was short-lived, as she soon saw the rat continuing to strike the wooden fish.
Don't try to test the limits of my basic attack with your special moves!
Boom boom boom!
A series of striking sounds echoed and reverberated through Black Mountain, like waves crashing one after another!
When combined, their power increases dramatically!
The powerful soul impact instantly tore through Black Mountain. The demonic sound pierced the ears and entered the brain, causing the Dark Rock Mantis's head to explode and it split up. The Dark Tree Spirit's body was shattered, scattering into a large amount of wood chips that fell to the ground.
As for the Dark Demon and the old woman in black, their faces were also contorted with rage, and they roared:
"If you want me dead, you'll pay the price!"
She directly used a contract to make the Dark Demon self-destruct, even if it meant death, she wanted to take a piece of flesh from her disciple.
However, no sooner had she finished speaking than a hand pierced through her heart. The excruciating pain shattered her spirituality, and the backlash made her cough up blood.
"How could it be you!"
The old woman in black turned her head with difficulty, her eyes filled with disbelief, because...
It was the Dark Demon who made the move!
His own tamed beast betrayed him?
The old woman in black felt a chill in her heart and instinctively wanted to self-destruct, but tragically discovered that she could no longer control her body.
Only then did she notice that dense, illusory lines had appeared on both the Dark Demon and herself, lines that she hadn't been able to see before.
Without a sound, they were all turned into puppets.
Beside the disciple, the little spider strolled through the void, its slender white fingers pulling on silk threads, manipulating the dark demon to bring the old woman in black back.
"This spider..."
The old woman in black was shocked when she saw the spider girl in the gothic Lolita dress, after all, they had studied the target's information in detail before taking action.
This design is all too familiar!
Spider girl, spirit threads that manipulate puppets, a disciple inexplicably attacks Liang Kui...
All these clues, when pieced together, led her to a terrifying thought, and she exclaimed in alarm:
"Who are you……"
Before he could finish speaking, the dark demon snapped his neck, leaving him with his eyes wide open in death. His body and soul were buried in the pasture, where grass grew on his grave.
As for the Dark Demon, it suffered severe damage after the Beastmaster's death, with its core pierced by the little spider, and it lost its life force.
Compared to the mouse, the little spider's progress is more obvious. Its skill proficiency is so high that it can forcibly control pets at the level of spiritual transformation.
"Still haven't grasped the concept of grazing? It's not that simple after all..."
Lu Yu was slightly troubled, having buried two spiritual transformations and failed to achieve a single "herding".
Could it be that the attributes are incorrect?
Or is it that...humans are useless? And other life forms are needed?
Or, do we need to have "cattle and sheep" born on the ranch?
Lu Yu had no clue and was about to go back and study it again when he turned to look at the puzzle. It was no longer as desolate as before.
It's called a pasture, but it's actually more like a graveyard where everything is buried. In the primordial spiritual sea, it's also one's own coffin.
The bond between myself and funeral items is something I can never break in this lifetime!
However, small patches of grass had already sprouted in the pasture, giving Lu Yu a strange sense of accomplishment and an urge to completely cover it with grass.
As expected... the farming genes of the Chinese people...
It's etched into my soul!
Next, Lu Yu extracted several spoils of war as materials.
【Ice Mammoth Heart (Three-Star Top Tier): A unique species born in the snow mountain ecosystem, evolved from the small ice elephant. It likes to freeze its prey into ice sculptures before eating them, in order to reduce the heat dissipated from its heart after strenuous activity.
It can be used to create a high-level skill concoction—Ice Prison. Once released, it can transform an area into an ice prison, restricting and imprisoning opponents.
【Dark Demon (Top-Tier 3-Star): A unique life form born in a dark ecological environment, evolved from a dark imp. It resembles a human in appearance, has a cruel personality, enjoys torturing life, and can control the power of darkness. It prefers to stay in dark environments most of the time. Being in a bright environment for a long time will cause it to become more and more irritable and gradually become unbalanced.
It can be made into a high-level skill-enhancing food—Dark Night's Blessing—which allows one to remain in a dark environment, boosting both physical recovery and combat power.
Frost Fairy... Skill Food - Frost Ring
[Dark Rock Scyther... Skill Food - Dark Cross Scimitar]
[Dark Treant... Skill Food - Dark Treant Spores]
As expected of an evil beast tamer at the spiritual transformation level, their pets are also extremely excellent. Come to think of it, without sufficient strength, they wouldn't have been able to survive this long period of raiding.
These materials are extremely valuable, and keeping them for personal use or selling them for money is a good option.
The only pity was that Lu Yu didn't get his hands on Liang Kui's Holy Light attribute materials; Lu Yu had a deep impression of the destructive power of that final blow.
If it weren't for the rat's many ideas, it would have almost crashed.
Light properties are also a promising area for exploration.
Lu Yu was content with what he had, so he summoned the projection of the Initial Furnace, threw in the materials of the Dark Demon, and combined them with some previously stored ingredients to make the [Dark Night's Favor] skill secret food, which he then gave to Shushu.
However, after learning the conditions for its use, the latter did not eat it directly, but hesitated and looked conflicted.
"..."
Seeing his reaction, Lu Yu was speechless. He had almost forgotten that this hamster, which controlled the power of shadow, was actually afraid of the dark.
That's so embarrassing!
"I was just too full, I'm not afraid of the dark!"
Feeling Lu Yu's disdainful gaze, the mouse weakly offered a defense, but then, feeling too unconvinced, swallowed it whole.
What is mere darkness compared to cultivating oneself and becoming stronger?
Although the mouse is timid, it also has a strong sense of resilience.
After the mouse digested the skill-based secret food, [Dark Night's Favor] was not listed as a separate skill, but was integrated into the super-tier skill [Shadow Mastery], with an additional "+" sign.
"Learning a large number of low-level skills is more like supplementing high-level skills, constantly refining them, and further developing them into legendary or even higher-level abilities. It is also a method of creating powerful skills..."
Lu Yu activated his Eye of Truth, seemingly lost in thought.
It sounds simple, but it's incredibly difficult to do.
Not everyone is like him, possessing the forbidden ability to create secret food. All he needs to do is create secret food from ingredients, ignoring attributes and talents, and he can master the skill by eating it.
Other pets need a lot of time and effort to learn skills, even those specific to their own type. If their talent is lacking, they may end up with nothing.
This has led to the emergence of numerous skill training classes, skill instructors, and other related industries. The Mechanical King Domain has also been researching machines that can quickly teach skills.
If successful, it can greatly enhance the overall strength of the human race!
"Next, it's time to have an in-depth conversation with the queen bee..."
Lu Yu murmured softly.
This is the only chance to obtain this top-tier Zerg material, especially the Corrupted Hive, which is an excellent supplement for the spiderlings.
Otherwise, once the secret realm is fully integrated into the main world, and the queen bee successfully extracts the earth veins to hold a resurrection ceremony, then it will have a completely free world. With the wisdom accumulated over the long years, it will quickly break through to become an overlord, or even a monarch-level monster.
This indirectly affects the entire border situation. Especially this guy, although his mental state is unstable, he seems to possess secrets from an ancient era and knows what the Mother of Twilight wants, making him a potential destabilizing factor.
"However, before we go, we need to make some preparations so that this old woman can experience the great wisdom of modern people..."
Lu Yu straightened his clothes, gracefully walked into the shadows, and disappeared!
........................
Meanwhile, the battlefield was also drawing to a close.
Although the Corruption Poison Bees were numerous and powerful, they lacked a queen to connect the group's consciousness, and their strength waned over time.
In contrast, the many spiritually transformed beast tamers relied on mutual cooperation, constantly bombarding the area with large-scale AoE skills, and the support-type beast tamers provided healing and buffs, steadily achieving an initial victory.
It's not that the swarm tactic is weak, but rather...
The quantity is too small!
If there were a swarm of millions of insects, with countless insectoid spirits connected together, it would directly evolve into an insect-attribute sea of psionic energy sweeping in. Even a Morning Star level would have to turn around and run away if it encountered it.
When the number reaches a certain level, it essentially becomes a disaster!
After losing 70,000 to 80,000 Zerg, the remaining swarm seemed to calm down, cease their attack, and turn to fly towards the hive.
"Hit and run? There's no such thing as a free lunch! Kill them all!"
"Although the disciple is a bit of a jerk, he lured the swarm out, giving us a chance to pick them off one by one, indirectly weakening the Queen Bee's power. Now is a great opportunity to breach the hive!"
"I guess the disciple didn't expect that he thought he could use their strength against them, but instead he gave us an entire secret realm. It's like losing both his wife and his army."
"Rob their money, rob their food, rob their queen bee!"
"...You have such unusual tastes!"
"..."
The crowd was buzzing with discussion, already seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Since they had already fought so hard, they might as well take advantage of this opportunity and directly break through the Corruption Nest secret realm.
In this way, everyone can benefit, or even make a fortune.
Someone suggested, "Everyone should record their own aura to prevent disciples or other evil beast tamers from sneaking in."
"no problem!"
Everyone nodded in agreement, and they also developed a psychological aversion to the elusive disciples.
Then one of the middle-aged female beast tamers, who had undergone spiritual transformation, took out a special treasure. After counting the number of people, she recorded all their auras, thus cutting off any chance for others to infiltrate.
Then, the group marched off in a great procession, relentlessly pursuing and killing as many bees as possible.
Once the queen bee loses the assistance of her slave beasts, she is nothing more than a fish on a chopping board, at their mercy.
Soon, they arrived at the collapsed Valley of Miasma and saw the queen bee, with half a woman's body, residing atop a giant beehive.
"What a peculiar monster!"
The peculiar appearance stunned everyone, but seeing the queen bee, who was now only a few tens of thousands of bees and looked somewhat disheveled, the greed in everyone's hearts completely erupted.
This isn't a queen bee, it's clearly a huge mountain of gold!
Only Qi Wei had a vague feeling that something was wrong, because of this queen bee...
Too calm!
As a qualified photographer who follows his subjects closely, he has always trusted the intuition he has honed by surviving multiple encounters with the wicked Yu Xiyan.
"Oh, right, I should remind Dad!"
Thinking of this, he turned his head, about to speak, but found that Qi Changhai was also looking at him, and the two looked at each other.
Qi Changhai: "Understand?"
Qi Wei nodded: "Understood!"
You can't have two kinds of people sleeping in the same bed.
Like father, like son!
The two decisively shielded everyone in front of them, preparing to observe the situation before deciding whether to charge.
You can earn less money, but your life is the most important thing.
The others also noticed their little tricks and sneered inwardly. They thought it was shameful that they were so cowardly despite having power-type pets.
With such a huge advantage, how could the queen bee possibly defeat them instantly?
From the crowd, a beast tamer with a square face stepped forward and tried to persuade them to surrender:
"Queen Bee, I know you are wise and can understand our meaning. Surrender, hand over the entire secret realm and the hive, and you can lead the swarm to migrate to another place."
After all, the queen bee is a demonic creature at the level of spiritual transformation. If she is pushed to the limit and chooses to self-destruct, she can take one or two people with her.
Everyone is afraid of being the unlucky one, so most beast tamers are willing to make concessions in the hope of subduing the enemy without a fight.
However, the queen bee just stared at them coldly, and no matter how much they tried to persuade her, she didn't say a word.
"If you won't listen to reason, you'll have to suffer the consequences. Let's all go for it and bottoms it out!"
The group realized that the Queen Bee was not going to back down, and that for such a monster, a righteous gang fight was necessary.
"Combo Attack - Meteor Shower!"
The square-faced man was the first to make a move, and behind him appeared a fiery pegasus of spiritual transformation level, with fiery wings on its back, flying in the air and supporting itself on its front hooves.
"hiss--"
With a long neigh, a large amount of fire element gathered around the Fiery Pegasus, transforming into dozens of huge fireballs that emitted intense heat, distorted the air, and plummeted like meteors towards the hive.
It is so powerful that once it lands, everything within a hundred meters will be reduced to scorched earth.
"I'll use fire to burn away the miasma and the bee swarms first. You guys support the attack from the flanks, with the main tank at the front to draw the queen bee's fire..."
As the square-faced man stepped into the Valley of Miasma, he began to plan tactics, while the others prepared to make their move. However, what happened next stunned everyone.
As the meteor shower approached, the queen bee simply raised her slender jade arm and casually pointed.
boom!
The honeycomb barrier swept out, and the vast amount of miasma transformed into a sharp blade in its hand, slicing through the sky.
Boom boom boom!
Dozens of fireballs were instantly severed and exploded in the air like dazzling fireworks.
"hiss--"
The Fiery Pegasus felt the fear of death approaching. Although it tried to escape, it was too late. It was split in two and instantly torn apart, turning into a cloud of blood mist.
One-hit kill!
"Flaming Pegasus!"
The square-faced man roared, and the puzzle pieces in his beast-taming space shattered, causing severe damage to his soul, and he coughed up blood.
Before he could react, he found that the surroundings had suddenly darkened, and a strong sense of crisis arose in his heart. He looked up and saw the queen bee so close to him. Her beautiful face was devoid of any emotion, and the rotten beehive behind her was suspended in mid-air like a huge warship.
"save……"
Before he could finish speaking, a slender hand covered the square-faced man's head, enveloping him in miasma. In the blink of an eye, he turned into a pool of rotting flesh and was absorbed into the beehive.
The Beast Taming Space briefly appeared with the demise of the Beast Tamer, but was seized by the Queen Bee the moment it disappeared, sent underground, and lit the node of the ritual, causing the entire secret realm to tremble.
In a single encounter, a beast tamer at the spiritual transformation level was lost.
This gave everyone a chilling feeling, and a thought simultaneously surfaced in their minds:
Is this a weak Beastmaster in melee combat?
Even the Arch-Tempered King isn't this powerful, right?
"Run!"
The group, with their rich combat experience, reacted quickly, turning and running. The strength of this queen bee was beyond their imagination; there was definitely something wrong with her.
However, when they turned around, they found that they were blocked by the thick miasma that had gathered in all directions, which turned into high walls that blocked all their way out and trapped them within the Valley of Miasma.
Even if someone takes resistance medication, entering this concentration of miasma will corrode them into a pool of pus.
"Oh no! We've fallen into a trap!"
Everyone's faces darkened; they had already understood.
The queen bee wasn't silent out of fear, but to prevent them from escaping. She summoned miasma to trap them and beat them!
Buzz!
At the same time, a spiritual light shone in the eyes of a large number of bees, and the compound eyes of the insectoids transformed into indifferent gazes like those of the queen bee, sweeping in in a mighty wave.
"Oh no! The queen bee has activated the swarm network! Everyone, don't panic! Gather together and destroy the swarm first!"
Exclamations arose from the crowd, who quickly rallied together, eager to recreate the previous battle.
This time, although the number of bees was much smaller, their coordination was many times better. They easily gathered miasma breath for defense and used poisonous needles to pierce through weaknesses, causing the group to suffer greatly and retreat in defeat.
It gave them the feeling that what they were facing was not tens of thousands of scattered bees, but a colossal warrior formed from a large number of insects, whose every move could split mountains and shatter the earth.
The top-tier Beast King system is already incredibly powerful, and with the Queen Bee constantly creating honeycomb barriers to disrupt it, one can easily be cleaved into a bloody mist.
Everyone felt remorseful, realizing they had been blinded by greed. If they had retreated earlier, none of this would have happened.
Now they can only reap what they sow!
Although Qi Changhai and Qi Wei retreated, they couldn't escape the rapidly forming miasma cage and were trapped inside together.
boom!
The golden-armored baboon tried to throw a punch, but not only could it not shake the thick barrier, it was also knocked back several steps by the recoil. These walls of miasma seemed to be connected to the entire secret realm.
Qi Changhai looked at the thick miasma before him and said in a trembling voice:
"Something terrible is about to happen..."
The fact that so many spiritual beings died in the secret realm will definitely cause a sensation.
"hateful!"
Qi Wei's expression was grim. Even if he wanted to ask the Alliance for help, it was impossible now. For the first time, he felt that death was so close.
The only one who could save them was the mysterious disciple who had repeatedly toyed with the queen bee and their followers.
His intuition told him that this guy's strength was absolutely terrifying!
But the disciples have already obtained what they wanted, and it's unlikely they'll return.
Qi Wei said with a wry smile, "Lu Yu's decision not to come was indeed a wise one."
It's a pity we can't continue filming Lu Yu anymore, and we can't edit the videos of his disciples either...
As Qi Wei sighed, he saw several crows circling in the sky and couldn't help but smile bitterly. They truly lived up to their reputation as birds that were called messengers of death.
They arrived just in time!
"The offerings are enough..."
The queen bee floated in the air and slowly stretched out her hand. A vast spiritual power swept out, bringing the entire secret realm to life.
Susu!
Countless trees grew, and even in the broken Valley of Miasma, a large number of flowers and plants grew, yet they contained a strange decay.
boom!
The underground magic array shone, its radiance coalescing into a gigantic pillar of light that shot into the sky, transforming into a decaying flower of life that bloomed!
"It's completely over!"
Everyone was in despair.
The queen bee said slowly:
"Rise, my..."
"Resurrect your mother's head!"
Before the queen bee could finish speaking, a giant tree hand covered in patterns resembling the underworld descended from the sky and slammed her back into the ground.
Skill – Repeat the same trick!
"This is……"
Everyone instinctively looked up and saw a dozen mysterious cursed crows circling in the sky, spreading endless curse power, like a flock of crows announcing death.
They transformed into steps, supporting a figure dressed in formal attire, leaning on a cane, who slowly descended, smiling as he said:
"How could I be missing from this fascinating show?"
Disciples, step forward!
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