Chapter 17

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Han Yan’s food was gone in just a few seconds.

What he gained, on the other hand, was only a dozen energy stones and a dozen sets of stones and wood.

In his opinion, it was not an unfair deal.

After all, his actions had won him praise and adoration in the hearts of all the lords .

He then opened his [Friend Messages] page and saw that there were more than 10,000 friend requests.

The sight of that elicited a little smile.

‘There’s more to come, Su Hao. You’ve been training your guns for some time already, so it’s about time to shave off some of your momentum. Now’s the perfect time to do just that.’

…

At the same time, there was an intense battle in the deep, dark rocky outcrop more than 400 meters away from the castle.

The battlefield was filled with the corpses of more than ten Giant Apes.

The ape’s corpses were covered in blood, and the entire place reeked of blood.

Other than the dozen or so Giant Apes that had died, there were still another eight that were fighting for their lives.

The resources that could be collected from a single Giant Ape were equivalent to 20 Black Panthers.

They were all level six Giant Apes who had just woken up from a long slumber, but they could not hang on very long in the face of more than 10,000 Sacred Night Bugs …

Moreover, they were scurrying around like headless chickens and were immediately devoured by the swarm of frenzied Sacred Night Bugs.

The last remaining level six Giant Ape was standing on a large green stone. As it thumped its chest and bared its mucus-covered fangs, its eyes were bloodshot as it watched its brethren die right before its very eyes!

level six Giant Apes were elite apes that could be considered the boss among all the level five Giant Apes!

It immediately growled in a low voice!

“Roar!”

Its roar was filled with a warning and a threat, but its expression clearly showed that it was flustered.

The dark mass of Sacred Night Bugs that glowed with golden light showed no signs of retreating or fear.

Those SSS-Grade Sacred Night Bugs had nothing to fear.

The level six Giant Ape opened its blood red eyes wide and growled. At the same time, it began to move its four limbs and retreat.

Its blood-red pupils were a murky blood-red color, and it continued growling incessantly to try and scare off its enemy.

Alas, the 10,000 or so Sacred Night Bugs did not move an inch. They were hardly frightened at all.

Not even a god that descended upon them could scare the Sacred Night Bugs away!

A roar was heard the next second!

“Roar!”

The elite level six Giant Ape opened its ferocious mouth and chomped at the Sacred Night Bugs!

Trees were torn apart wherever they went and some even collapsed, which just goes to show the sheer strength of the Giant Ape!

However, the Sacred Night Bugs were agile and attacked in swarms, though they were forced to break formation when the Giant Ape attacked.

However, the break in formation only lasted for a moment.

They flapped their golden-black wings and dodged up and down, with their bodies moving nimbly so they could merge quickly with the separated swarm.

The bugs had swiftly dodged the attack of the Giant Ape.

Soon after, the 10,000 strong Sacred Night Bugs merged into a sharp, sword-like formation and shot straight toward the chest of the Giant Ape!

Pierce!

In a flash, the Giant Ape wailed in pain as it jumped off the large green stone and desperately tried to flee!

The Sacred Night Bugs did not wait a second longer as they all began pursuing it!

In an instant, the Giant Ape’s entire body was pierced through by the Sacred Night Bugs!

Its sturdy body was covered in gold and black!

The next second, its body exploded!

A level six Giant Ape had disappeared from that world, turning into nothing more than a pile of mincemeat.

For a while, every corner of the darkness was filled with the thick smell of blood.

In just over a minute, the Sacred Night Bugs had multiplied infinitely by killing the Giant Ape!

The 10,000 bugs turned to 20,000 bugs and finally 50,000!

At that moment, there were already more than 50,000 of them!

…

Back at the courtyard in the Holy Light Castle, a dazzling golden light enveloped Su Hao.

Once the golden light dissipated, a huge number of Giant Ape corpses appeared in the castle.

There was a hint of surprise in Su Hao’s eyes when he saw the Giant Ape corpses.

He marveled at how different the Sacred Night Bugs’ strength was compared to the Holy Light Bugs.

Before that, the Holy Light Bugs had only been able to kill wild beasts from level one to level four.

They never killed a wild beast above level four.

The corpses and resources that had been collected were only meat, fur, teeth, energy stones, and mutant crystals—all ordinary resources.

However, the Sacred Night Bugs had killed elite beasts from level five to six as soon as it was born!

It was unimaginable!

It meant that level four or even lower leveled wild beasts were the maximum upper limit for the Holy Light Bugs.

However, level five or even level six beasts and creatures were probably just the starting position for the Sacred Night Bugs.

They had already exceeded the upper limit of the Holy Light Bugs from the start, and a reasonable conclusion that could be drawn was that the Sacred Night Bugs were an existence that were on par with the gods!

Furthermore, while the Sacred Night Bugs were growing outside, Su Hao would summon it back from time to time to prevent rapid development. Controlling the speed of development was necessary to prevent the Evil God from appearing.

At that moment, Su Hao collected the corpses one by one in surprise.

He did not expect that the resources collected from a Giant Ape were more than 10 to 20 times that of the previous beasts!

For example, 10 units of leopard meat could be collected from a level three Wild Leopard.

However, one to two hundred units of ape meat could be collected from a single Giant Ape!

Nearly 2000 units of ape meat had been collected from just a dozen or so Giant Apes!

The taste and quality of that ape meat were more than ten times that of leopard meat!

Moreover, eating ape meat did more than just relieve him of hunger—it could also increase his energy value and speed up his upgrade.

The more he ate, the higher his energy value would be and the faster he could level up as a lord.

That was not the main point though.

After collecting the dozen or so Giant Apes, he received ape meat along with 43 energy stones and five mutant crystals!

Su Hao never expected to get that kind of quantity.

The Holy Light Bugs had collected about two to three hundred units of ordinary food, a dozen energy stones, and one or two mutant crystals each time.

The Sacred Night Bugs did not just bring back several times that amount—the quality of the food had improved by just as much too.

The initial food that he received was only able to fill his stomach, but satiating his hunger was the secondary purpose of the elite ape meat collected from level five or level six apes. What was most important was the meat’s ability to increase his energy points and allow his lord level to level up faster!

The same was true for the number of energy stones and mutant crystals he had obtained. Perhaps the higher-leveled beasts would have more energy stones and mutant crystals.

He had obtained four to five times the original amount of energy stones with just over twenty Giant Apes.

That sped up his harvest as well as his castle upgrade. He might even be able to level up by skipping levels.

All in all, the Sacred Night Bugs’ ability had completely surpassed Su Hao’s imagination.