Published: February 19, 2025
CHAPTER 96: King-Level Bloodline
Faced with Li Hao's invitation, Xia Youhui curiously asked, "What’s the plan?"
"Hunting mutated beasts."
"Mutated beasts." Everyone was taken aback.
Li Hao said in a deep voice, "You all feel it too, right? Recently, as the blood disciples and rebels have been gradually eliminated, the income from contribution points has been decreasing."
Liu Feng shrugged. "It's not decreasing; it's gone."
As the situation became clearer, more civilians were reporting, and the blood disciples hiding in Lestrol City and its surroundings had almost been wiped out.
With dozens of new trial participants added, it had become a situation where there were too many monks and too little porridge. Liu Feng and the others had not received any missions for several days and could only come here to work hard on their cultivation.
Li Hao continued, "No missions equal no contribution points. If we can't exchange for resources suitable for ourselves, our strength cannot continue to advance rapidly."
"Especially since the advanced techniques at the fourth level need 50 contribution points for exchange. In light of this, I have turned my attention to an area 300 kilometers away from Lestrol."
"As the largest mountain range in Keluoya, the Kata stretches over a thousand miles, with high mountains and deep waters that are home to many wild animals, and mutated beasts are emerging in droves."
"However, the environment here is poor. Although there are biological mutations, they are not very strong, and with the royal experts of Keluoya often conducting joint sweeps in previous years, they haven't become rampant."
"But due to the earlier turmoil, the Keluoya royal family hasn't had the chance to clean up this year, which gives us an opportunity."
"During this time, I spent over 400,000 hiring people to search the mountains and found a suitable target: a group of iron-armed black apes, which are mutated beasts."
Hearing this, Li Meng furrowed his brow. "Li Hao, a group of mutated beasts is not easy to deal with."
Individually, third-level mutated beasts could be easily surrounded and killed with their current strength, but a group would pose a completely different danger.
Li Hao nodded. "I know this, but this group of iron-armed black apes is not too troublesome; most of them are first-level, and there are only six at the second level."
"However, my target is their leader, a third-level pinnacle golden-backed savage ape, who is suspected to have awakened a trace of king-level bloodline."
Xia Youhui exclaimed, "What? A third-level mutated beast with a trace of a king-level bloodline!"
The others also stiffened, including Chen Chu.
Just like humans can have geniuses, there are also exceptionally talented creatures among mutated beasts, each fighting strength far more terrifying than ordinary mutated beasts.
The most talented among them are known as mutated king beasts, exhibiting characteristics reminiscent of mythical creatures.
The more pronounced these ancestral traits, the more terrifying their fighting strength.
There was once a golden eagle that exhibited ancestral traits, resembling a golden-winged peng bird, that shot down more than ten of the most advanced fighter jets, completely ignoring missile bombardments until a ninth-level heaven expert finally took it down.
However, while their combat power is terrifying, the value of these mutated king beasts is also high.
For instance, this golden-backed savage ape, even with just a trace of king-level bloodline, is worth more than an ordinary fourth-level mutated beast, valued at least between 80 and 100 contribution points.
The exact price would ultimately depend on the condition of the mutated beast's corpse.
Thinking of this, Chen Chu couldn't help but feel a bit tempted because he needed contribution points, or rather, attribute points.
Li Hao looked at Liu Feng and the other three, saying seriously, "This savage ape is very strong. An ordinary second-level heaven cultivator would die upon a single clash. Therefore, only those at the three heavens can participate in this operation."