Chapter 9: Dai Yuanchu
Chapter 9: The Tenth Generation
Monster World, Tezuka Mountains.
Ancient battlefield.
A skeleton with inky flames burning all over its body was wandering aimlessly. Near it were piles of debris and broken weapons.
"If you want to become a powerful hunter, you must first learn to hide yourself and look for opportunities to launch a surprise attack."
"Then lock onto the target, gather strength, strike as fast as the wind, and kill with one strike...Ah!"
Following Li Zheng's shouting in the area voice channel, the players lying on the ground pretending to be dead jumped up one after another, twisted their bodies in the air to switch to monster form, and pounced on the first-generation original monster "Bone Fire".
At this time, Li Zheng and others have already reached level 5. Their physical strength is more than twice as strong as at the beginning, and their body size has also increased significantly.
This was their third battle with Bone Fire.
The first two encounters were both defeats without any suspense, which aroused the desire to win among Li Zheng and others.
Most importantly, through these two days of experience they discovered a special mechanism in the game.
This special mechanism can help them kill monsters above their level.
This game doesn’t even have a monster rollback setting!
The so-called monster rollback setting refers to a mechanism that is common in other games. When the player leaves a certain range while fighting a monster, the monster will automatically return to its territory and restore all its health, eliminating all negative states imposed by the player.
But this game doesn't have such a setting.
All damage done by the player to the monster is retained.
For example, the bite marks left from their previous battle with Bone Fire would not disappear because of their death. When they fought with Bone Fire again, they found that the bite marks were still on Bone Fire's body.
This gives them the possibility to defeat high-level monsters by grinding their blood.
Even if it can only cause 1% damage each time, the monster can be killed after fighting a hundred times.
Of course, all this is based on the premise that the monster's self-healing ability is slow.
When encountering a monster with powerful self-healing ability, the blood-grinding tactics are meaningless, but when facing the bone fire that has no healing ability, this tactic is completely feasible.
Compared to the first encounter, this time Guhuo's body was covered with various bite marks from sharp teeth, especially his left leg which was almost broken.
These were all injuries caused by their blood-sucking tactics.
In this attack, Li Zheng and other players continued to focus on Guhuo's left leg.
After coming into contact with the Bone Fire, their monster bodies were ignited by the inky flames. They endured the burning pain and wrapped themselves around the Bone Fire, biting its left leg that was about to fall apart.
After a while, the leg bones, which were already full of cracks, finally couldn't bear the weight and broke apart, and the body tilted to the ground.
Players like Chitu who were still watching from the sidelines decisively rushed forward and joined the battle.
The entanglement and biting of the black-armored snake, the frontal punch of the gargoyle form, the beak attack of the eagle-headed demon form... Bone Fire was exhausted from dealing with the continuous attacks and finally couldn't hold on any longer. The dark crystal in his head exploded, and the dark flames surrounding his body went out.
The black mist that emerged from Gu Huo's body dispersed into ten parts in the air and floated towards Li Zheng and others.
When their bodies came into contact with the black mist, energy seeped into their bodies, and suddenly a scarlet light swept across their body surface.
The surging energy surges within their bodies, causing their bodies to grow rapidly.
The inky flames still burning on the body also dissipated.
The physical remodeling brought about by the level increase allowed them to return to their peak condition.
At this time, a cloud of thick smoke appeared again on the body of the dead Bone Fire, and the outline of a smaller version of the Bone Fire could be seen faintly in the rolling black smoke.
The nearest guiding water ball suddenly opened its mouth, and the Bone Fire's soul was immediately sucked into its mouth. In an instant, it was transmitted to the fourth grid of the containment wall, where it condensed into Bone Fire again.
At this time, a light blue energy hose extended from the top of the grid, connected to the imprisoned bone fire skull, and began to continuously extract the benefits of the sacrificial power.
At the same time, prompts rang in the minds of Li Zheng and other players:
[Challenger Tips: Contain the first generation of the original monster Bone Fire and complete the original hunting mission. ]
Mission Reward 1: All participants will receive 1000 points of Sacrifice Power (the amount of the reward is affected by the number of participants)
Mission Reward 2: All participants will be granted the right to open the second soul slot for free.
"Awesome, I finally got it!"
"Hahaha, brothers, this feels great. It's been a long time since I felt happy."
"The gain of 1000 points of sacrifice power is much faster than killing the curse soldiers!" After cheering, Li Zheng turned his head to look at the guiding water ball floating beside him and asked curiously:
"Guide, how much sacrifice power is needed to open the second soul slot normally?"
[It takes 500 points of sacrifice power to open the second soul slot. ]
"Then can we embed the second soul?"
[Yes, there is a Star Vein Embedding function on the function panel. You can now embed the second monster soul and activate the second monster form.]
Following the instructions, Li Zheng called out the function panel.
There are seven options on it, namely map, space package, character details, star vein enhancement, item mall, resource sacrifice, and system settings.
When he turned on the Star Pulse function, the scene inside the body appeared in Li Zheng's mind.
The spine was as bright as the Milky Way in the internal vision. At the top was his human form, and inlaid in the first groove at the bottom was the soul of the black-armored snake.
On the right is the control panel, which contains detailed Star Vein information.
[Challenger: Game Bricklayer]
Certification name: Li Zheng
Star Vein Level: 2 (Next level consumption: 2000)
Star Vein Sockets: 2
Embedded Monster Soul 1: Black Armored Snake Lv5 (Attribute: Vicious Poison)
Inlay Monster Soul 2: None
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There is a "Purchase Soul" option on the right side of the Star Vein attribute panel.
After the consciousness is touched, the screen jumps to the Monster Soul Mall.
Presented before Li Zheng were four inlay options.
1. Petrification (Gargoyle form: First Generation):
Monster Characteristics: After using the ability, the body enters a petrified state where it cannot move, greatly reducing any form of damage (the specific effect is affected by physical fitness).
Purchase cost: 1000 sacrifice power.
2. Wrathful Chant (Eagle-headed Demon Form: First Generation Origin):
Monster Features: After using the ability, it can warn of nearby dangerous situations (murderous intent, hostility, aura, fluctuations).
Purchase cost: 1000 sacrifice power
3. Venom (Black Armored Snake Form: First Generation):
Monster Features: Any form of physical damage will cause poisoning, causing continuous damage to the target (the intensity of the poison is affected by physical fitness)
Purchase cost: Already owned, cannot be purchased again
4. Ink Flame (Bone Fire Form: First Generation):
Monster Features: Consumes mental power to release a death flame that can be controlled by the sense consciousness, causing continuous burning and death energy penetration damage after hitting the target (the specific damage is affected by the monster's level and the strength of its own mental power)
Purchase cost: 1000 sacrifice power
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"Guidance, what does the suffix 'Generation Origin'' at the end of a monster's soul mean?" Li Zheng looked at the Guidance Water Ball and asked curiously.
[Emperor Zhao conducted ten mysterious experiments when creating the original monsters. Each time, a part of his own power was decomposed. The first batch of original life balls created were scattered all over the monster world, and eventually evolved into the first generation of original life. The second generation refers to the second batch of original life created, and the same applies to the rest. 】
[The decomposition of the Emperor's Omen is a process from weak to strong. The power characteristics of the first generation of the Origin are the weakest, and the power characteristics of the tenth generation of the Origin are the strongest. Therefore, the growth potential of the tenth generation of the Origin monster is much higher than that of the first generation of the Origin monster... But growth potential does not necessarily represent strength. There may be Origin monsters with lower hunting levels among the tenth generation of the Origin monsters, and there may also be monsters with extremely high hunting levels among the first generation of the Origin monsters. ]
"I see."
After understanding the meaning of the monster suffix, Li Zheng fell into deep thought.
At this stage, there are three choices before him, namely, the eagle-headed demon, the gargoyle, and the bonefire.
Among them, the elemental damage of bone fire does not match the venomous characteristics of the black armored snake, so this option is ruled out first.
Of the remaining two options, the Griffin is more of a supportive monster, which is a general monster, while the Gargoyle is more of a defensive monster.
After a brief thought, he decided to exit the Star Pulse function interface first and discuss with his brothers what to choose.
After the internal vision faded, Li Zheng turned to look at his brother beside him, but was surprised to find that Chi Tu had already embedded a second soul and switched to a bone fire form with ink-colored flames burning all over his body.
(End of this chapter)