Published: March 12, 2025
CHAPTER 436: Upgrading Again
Little Gold now resembled a knight, but unlike traditional knights wielding swords, his long arms and overwhelming strength kept the light mage on his toes.
The light mage was utterly incredulous. He had no clue where Zhao Hai had found these magical beasts. It was well-known that ninth-level magical beasts were rare, yet here was one today. Although there was only one of them at ninth-level, the other was below that threshold, or else it wouldn't need to ride on the back of the other. However, that magical beast, despite not being ninth-level, had attack and defense capabilities that could rival a ninth-level expert, leaving the mage perplexed.
Although a ninth-level magical beast was indeed stronger than a ninth-level human, an eighth-level magical beast could never surpass a ninth-level human. This was a consensus among the people of the continent—it's a difference in levels, not one that could be compensated by race.
However, today, this consensus was proven wrong, for a magical beast below ninth-level had displayed ninth-level attack power right before him. It was truly unbelievable.
The primordial sword saint had already stepped back, opting not to join the assault on the light mage, knowing that the mage could not escape. He was quite surprised, having not expected Zhao Hai to possess so many hidden cards.
At that moment, Little Gold suddenly let out a wild scream, his body radiating golden light, and then he moved away from Zhao Wen's back, floating in mid-air, directly attacking the light mage. He had actually broken through at that moment.
This left not only the primordial sword saint stunned but even Zhao Hai was momentarily taken aback. However, he quickly realized why Little Gold had broken through at that moment when a notification echoed in the space: "A large amount of gold energy detected injected into the space. The space is upgrading again. The space can now produce metal ores, with a daily output of one hundred tons. Because of the synergy between gold energy and host energy, the host's ability to control metals has increased by two hundred pounds. Due to the abilities of the golden ape being compatible with gold energy, the energy of the golden ape has been enhanced. The spatial ranch has been upgraded to level twenty-eight, and the spatial farm has been upgraded to level thirty-five. Due to the space upgrade, the range of the space monitor has increased, now extending to fifteen thousand meters, and there are now twenty fixed teleportation points. As the plants combined with the spatial farm attracted too much gold energy, they have evolved again, and the vine plants now possess metal attributes, no longer fearing metal attacks."
Zhao Hai listened in a daze. He hadn't expected that by killing those two gold energy experts, he would gain such substantial benefits. The spatial farm had surged five levels, the ranch had risen eight levels, and now it could produce metal ores daily. His ability to control metals had also increased, along with the strength of Cai'er and Little Gold. This was truly incredible.
However, Zhao Hai also knew that the spatial notification would not deceive him. If it said the space had upgraded, then it had indeed upgraded. This meant that Zhao Hai's strength had once again been enhanced, which was undoubtedly a good thing.
While the light mage was momentarily stunned by this unexpected turn of events, Zhao Wen seized the opportunity. His mouth opened, and he swiftly absorbed the light mage’s body, leaving him as nothing but skin and bones.
Zhao Hai snapped back to reality, quickly signaling Zhao Wen to stop. Then a dark mist enveloped them, and both Little Gold and Zhao Wen vanished into the air. By this point, there were no enemies left; four ninth-level experts and two metallic ability users had all been wiped out cleanly within a day.
The primordial sword saint stared at everything in disbelief. He really couldn't believe this was real. Previously, battles between ninth-level experts could last one or two months, and sometimes even years before a result emerged. Yet now, in less than a day—more specifically, in under two hours—the battle had concluded, with the opponents completely annihilated and Zhao Hai’s side suffering no losses. Such power was truly astonishing.