northernbook Chapter 281 - 213: Harvesting Source Energy
Chapter 281 - 213: Harvesting Source Energy
Chapter 281: Chapter 213: Harvesting Source EnergyJi Xinghuo quickly thought of a plan.
He left the valley, riding Qing Hong across Peak Valley in
Lacking enough containers, he had to use these fruit shells.
"Qing Hong."
Ji Xinghuo woke up Qing Hong, who was sleeping beside him, and gestured, "Store all of these in your Dimension Stomach. You will be relied upon tonight."
Qing Hong nodded with innocent eyes and did as he was instructed.
Night fell.
Ji Xinghuo arrived early at the nearby cliff of the valley, found a hidden spot he had scoped out during the day, lay down with his clothes on as soon as it got dark, and conserved his energy.
As Star Night approached, he woke up.
After waiting for over an hour, the cries of the Stone Scythe Demons were heard in the distance.
"They’re here."
Gradually, two groups of Stone Scythe Demons entered from both ends of the valley, each led by a Stone Scythe Giant Demon. One side had over five hundred, the other over seven hundred. As usual, they encountered each other in the middle of the valley, stood off for a few minutes at a distance of two to three hundred meters, and the two Stone Scythe Giant Demons immediately began to fight.
The Stone Scythe Demons on both sides shouted, cheering for their leaders.
Ji Xinghuo lay on top of the cliff, a position he had carefully picked during the day, concealed and almost in the middle of the battlefield, two hundred meters above the valley floor.
He watched the drama below, in no rush to act.
As usual, the two Stone Scythe Giant Demons would fight until dawn, and it was still early.
Although both possessed Earth Pulse, enabling them to continuously draw energy from the earth for recovery and healing, as if they never tired, in reality, after fighting for several hours, their combat strength still dropped significantly. They were not really perpetual motion machines.
Time ticked away.
The roars never ceased in the valley; the ground was pockmarked, and rocks flew about.
The two Stone Scythe Giant Demons struggled against each other. On the whole, the older one was stronger, often gaining the upper hand and pressing down on the younger contender.
But it was blind in one eye and couldn’t deliver a lethal blow to the challenger.
The younger Stone Scythe Giant Demon, despite being frequently suppressed and physically weaker, was a bit more agile and clearly possessed no small amount of intelligence.
Ji Xinghuo saw it several times in critical moments using mud from the ground to throw at its opponent, picking up huge rocks to hurl with high accuracy, and even wielding thick tree trunks as weapons—abilities the other Stone Scythe Demons did not have, almost matching the intelligence of a five- or six-year-old child.
"With the fighting going on like this, a winner will be determined within three to four months at most."
Ji Xinghuo favored the younger Stone Scythe Giant Demon.
The injury to the older Stone Scythe Giant Demon’s blind eye was clearly its doing, and its injuries were noticeably lighter, apparently preserving its strength.
Gradually, half of Star Night passed.
The chanting Stone Scythe Demons had quieted down a great deal, with only a few intermittently letting out roars.
Some Stone Scythe Demons that were farther away even sat on the ground and fell asleep.
"The time has come."
Ji Xinghuo glanced at his mechanical watch and mentally commanded Qing Hong to shrink to its smallest state, only three to four centimeters long, resembling a green gecko that was difficult to notice in the starry night. It scurried into the grass from the cliff and crawled down into the valley.
Through the Audio-Visual Bracelet, Ji Xinghuo could see from Qing Hong’s perspective in real-time.
Soon, Qing Hong reached the valley floor.
Under Ji Xinghuo’s guidance, it swiftly navigated through the weeds and rubble on the ground, approaching the Stone Scythe Demon horde on one side.
"Right here, get one out," Ji Xinghuo signaled.
Qing Hong lurked behind a Stone Scythe Demon, hiding in the crevices between the rocks, spat out a nut shell, and carefully placed it where the Stone Scythe Demon couldn’t see. The shell was open, the potion began to evaporate, and a faint scent drifted out.
Then it quickly changed its position.
In its mini state, the Stone Scythe Demons wouldn’t take notice of Qing Hong, and even if they did, they wouldn’t see it as a threat.
It silently and quickly moved through the horde, stealthily dropping shell after shell, spilling out potions.
In just a few minutes, it made a full round of the Stone Scythe Demon horde on this side.
Qing Hong carefully climbed up the cliff face to the opposite horde of Stone Scythe Demons and repeated the process, placing over a hundred potion-filled shells among the monsters.
"Done!"
A weight had been lifted from Ji Xinghuo’s heart.
He had been worried that Qing Hong would be discovered by the Stone Scythe Demons, but now it seemed these monsters simply didn’t bother with a Qing Hong that was like an insect to them.
Qing Hong climbed back up the cliff, its small eyes brimming with pride.
"Well done!"
Ji Xinghuo praised.
Now it was just a matter of waiting for the potion to take effect.
Gradually, some Stone Scythe Demons smelled the scent of Lost Heart Leaf Juice, sniffed their noses, and the smell, though subtle, began to agitate them after being inhaled. The Stone Scythe Demons, previously sitting or lying down, all stood up, breathing heavily, eyes turning slightly red.
"Ooohooohoo!"
In the front lines, the monsters closest to the two Stone Scythe Giant Demons were still occasionally howling to boost morale.
Suddenly, one of them was bumped by a nearby Stone Scythe Demon, and it immediately pushed the other away aggressively, baring its teeth and making a sound of dissatisfaction.
After a few shoves, the two Stone Scythe Demons started fighting.
Claws swung, and blood flowed.
The Stone Scythe Demons around them initially stepped aside, but the smell of blood made their eyes turn even redder and they suddenly turned on the adjacent monsters.
Instantly, hundreds of monsters in the valley lost control.
"Rawr!"
A roar sounded as a Stone Scythe Demon charged towards the opposite side, triggering a chain reaction. Both sides, with bloodshot eyes, charged like a tide, clashing head-on, immediately becoming a chaotic battle where friend and foe were indistinguishable, indiscriminately attacking with their four claws.
In the middle, the two Stone Scythe Giant Demons fighting did not stop because of this, nor did they understand the concept of breaking up a fight, instead, they began to fight desperately.
The valley was filled with thunderous roars and bloodshed everywhere.
And the instigator of it all, Ji Xinghuo, still lay motionless on the cliff side, silently watching the fray.
He opened the Wanxiang Star Pupil interface.
Spiritual Origin Ability +1
Spiritual Origin Ability +3
...
At first, it took a few seconds for the Spiritual Origin Ability to increase, but as the Stone Scythe Demons fell into madness and started killing each other, the numbers on the interface jumped continuously as the Spiritual Origin Ability kept growing.
In just a few minutes, Spiritual Origin Ability broke through 1000 points.
And it was still rising.
Most of these Stone Scythe Demons were ordinary monsters, providing only 1 to 2 points of Spiritual Origin Ability each. Only occasionally would an Elite be killed, yielding more than 5 points of Spiritual Origin Ability.
Spiritual Origin Ability +22
A Superior Level Stone Scythe Demon was killed in an onslaught, its body torn apart by its own kind.
Ji Xinghuo saw this and noted down the location.
Superior Level Stone Scythe Demons had a chance of awakening a ’Basalt Body’, which was a very valuable Transcendent Species. The last time at Longtai, one sold for 14 million.
More and more Stone Scythe Demons fell, their bodies scattered everywhere in the valley.
The two Stone Scythe Giant Demons were still fighting.
Some Stone Scythe Demons unfortunate enough to get close to them died under their slashing claws or were crushed. Less than two hundred Stone Scythe Demons were left alive—most were Elite, with over a dozen at Superior Level, each covered in battle scars, slowly regaining their senses after the fight with each other.
The valley was still in chaos, the battle continued.
But it would eventually stop.
"It’s time."
Ji Xinghuo activated the Stealth Ring and stood up, the Invisible Stab appearing in his hand, strung a Capacitor Arrow, and aimed down into the valley.
His right eye also lit up with circles of light, entering the Myriad Phenomena.
Time seemed to stand still.
In front of Ji Xinghuo’s eyes, countless streams of light danced, displaying the possible futures, with a dashed line extending from the arrowhead towards the two bloodied Stone Scythe Giant Demons in the valley. He targeted the older one, aiming for its remaining left eye.
Star Power transformed into a large amount of electrical charge, gathering on the Capacitor Arrow, boosting its lethality.
The Rotating Magnetic Field and Electrostatic Field operated at full power.
Boom!
A thunderclap erupted as the Capacitor Arrow was launched, breaking free from the range of refraction and instantly, a dazzling lightning bolt lit up the valley, streaking across the sky towards the target.
A moment later, a painful roar echoed through the valley.