Published: March 2, 2025
“Wen Yu, how much longer do we need to wait?” The frantic voice from the communicator echoed once again. Unfortunately, the answer was not with Wen Yu.
“I don’t know!”
After these three blunt words, Wen Yu hung up the communicator and turned to look at Xing, who was still munching on meat and magic crystals.
It turned out that the consumption for the upgrade of the divine beast species was terrifyingly high!
For three days after Du Yan’s upgrade, Xing had been eating constantly. The blood and meat were provided by Du Yan and Wen Yu, while the military airlifted 200 pieces of beast attribute magic crystals for Wen Yu.
However, up until now, Xing had only shown a slight desire to upgrade.
“This is tough! If you don’t upgrade soon, there won’t be any blood and meat left in this treasure land for you to eat…”
During these three days, the military, no, it should be called the human race alliance, had already taken control of the situation at the outpost treasure land. Currently, the remaining two-legged lizards surrounding the outpost were merely a few low-level cannon fodder.
This was the result of the various countries' military discussions—using these low-level two-legged lizards to rack up points, inspired by Faceless.
In this situation, the military was ready to achieve the second strategic goal—to seize the demonic energy shield device within the demonic city.
Yet, Wen Yu delayed the operation by using Xing’s need to upgrade as an excuse.
In the distance, Du Yan was trotting over with a level 3 two-legged lizard in its mouth.
The level 3 two-legged lizard was also something Du Yan had found after running quite a distance.
From this, it could be seen that the battle situation was already set.
...
Hours passed in the blink of an eye!
The pace of Xing’s eating slowed down significantly, and its massive body swayed unsteadily as its consciousness became somewhat unclear.
“Hey, hey, hey, what’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell?”
The response from Xing was a slightly weak mental fluctuation.
“I don’t know... sleepy...”
As soon as Xing finished speaking, it collapsed onto the ground with a loud snore.
“Phew.”
Wen Yu let out a heavy sigh, carefully examining Xing’s body.
Xing’s scales were slowly losing their luster. When Wen Yu gently touched its body, it felt as if it were a huge furnace, radiating incredible heat, and the originally hard scales were becoming increasingly soft.
With a gentle pull, Wen Yu tore off a piece of scale, which was dull and lacked shine, and its root was not connected to the skin or flesh, as if it had naturally fallen off halfway.
Before Wen Yu could take further action, Xing’s scales began to clatter and drop all over the ground.
Seeing this scene, Wen Yu’s heart tightened, while the little soul beast on his shoulder squawked in a frenzy.
“Waaah, Xing is going to die... Big boss, save it... Waaah, Xing is gone...”
Wen Yu ignored the little soul beast's wails and walked directly to Xing’s side, slowly observing its physical condition.
After shedding the scales, Xing’s body became increasingly hot, and stepping closer, one could hear the intense heartbeat from within Xing’s body, along with the faint sounds of bones changing, while harder scales were slowly protruding from the skin.
Seeing this, Wen Yu finally felt a bit more at ease. Xing’s scales were shedding, much like a snake molting, replacing the old with the new, and when Xing successfully upgraded, it would still possess scales as hard as armor.
After soothing the little soul beast, Wen Yu tried to explain that Xing wasn’t “dead”; it was upgrading. The little soul beast then flew over to Xing’s side, bumping against its body and pressing its ear against Xing’s chest, intently listening to its heartbeat.
After a while, the little soul beast seemed to understand and flew back to Wen Yu’s shoulder.
“Master, when can we upgrade?”
Hearing the little soul beast’s question, Wen Yu calmly replied,