Chapter 87: Abnormal Situation

Gong Xiao was a little frustrated. “I’m still short four Spiritual Sources.” She was impatient and wanted to reach Level 4 soon.

Ding Longyun was even more annoyed. “You both got new abilities, and I didn’t get anything.”

Su Li laughed. “What’s the rush, Brother Ding? Look at Xuehui; she didn’t get anything tonight and she’s still calm and unfazed by fame or shame.”

Ding Longyun paused. “Well… you can’t compare her to us. Who can compare to her? She’s just a little girl. We’re here to protect her; her strength doesn’t matter.”

Hearing Ding Longyun say this, Su Li and Gong Xiao laughed. Xu Xuehui pouted slightly, seemingly displeased with Ding Longyun’s assessment of her.

Su Li walked to the edge of the roof, looked down at the water, and saw that the water was quiet; not a single monster was visible. He said, “Since Gong Xiao only needs four Spiritual Sources, let’s try again and see if we can lure some monsters up to help her break through. Also, Xuehui, jokes aside, we need to help her reach Level 3 soon. The monsters are getting stronger, and if she doesn’t evolve quickly, things will become increasingly difficult later.”

“Yes, that’s very true. By the way, Su Li, you’re already Level 4, right? I saw you block the Spider Queen’s attacks just now. That strength is remarkable,” Ding Longyun said, looking at Su Li.

Su Li confirmed with a nod. There was no point in hiding it.

The group then began throwing the Sea Spider corpses down. After throwing down eight Sea Spider corpses, dark shadows vaguely appeared in the water below, but they merely dragged the spider corpses underwater. No monsters climbed out.

“That’s strange, something’s not right,” Ding Longyun muttered. “It seems like the monsters below are becoming scarcer. It wasn’t like this before.”

Su Li felt the same way. It seemed that after the deaths of the Corpse Mother and the Nightmare Beast, the area below the building had become unusual. Especially now, after they killed the Spider Queen, throwing down Sea Spider corpses was failing to attract any monsters.

“Let’s try the Mantis Giant Shrimp corpse,” Su Li suggested, lifting the corpse of the Elite Beast. Its flesh and blood were different from ordinary monsters, and the effect might be different.

As soon as he threw the Mantis Giant Shrimp corpse down, the quiet water below immediately changed. A dense swarm of dark shadows appeared, fighting over the corpse.

The shadows included Corpse Beasts and Sea Spiders. They instantly overwhelmed the Mantis Giant Shrimp corpse. Some of the Corpse Beasts and Sea Spiders who missed out on the feast looked up at Su Li and the others on the roof and immediately began climbing the exterior wall.

The fastest among them were several Corpse Beasts. Su Li could tell at a glance that these were all Advanced Corpse Beasts.

“It seems the number of Low-Level Corpse Beasts is decreasing, while the proportion evolving into Advanced Corpse Beasts is increasing.” Su Li quietly observed that the Advanced Corpse Beasts were climbing toward the roof with the agility of apes.

Su Li and the others retreated, clearing enough space.

“Let Gong Xiao handle these Corpse Beasts first. We need to help her break through to Level 4 quickly,” Ding Longyun said, glancing at Su Li. Since they were both Level 4 Spiritual Source Wielders and couldn’t advance further for now, they prioritized helping Gong Xiao, who only needed four Spiritual Sources.

Su Li agreed. “I have no problem with that.”

“Alright then.” Ding Longyun gripped his small axe and retreated to the side.

An Advanced Corpse Beast leaped onto the edge of the roof. Gong Xiao, gripping her baseball bat, was the first to charge.

She swung the baseball bat toward the Advanced Corpse Beast’s head.

Closely following the first monster, two more Advanced Corpse Beasts climbed onto the roof. Su Li and Ding Longyun immediately engaged them.

“Leave the final blow for Gong Xiao,” Ding Longyun said, swinging his small axe.

The Advanced Corpse Beast Su Li was fighting stretched out its right hand. A crack just appeared in its palm, signaling it was about to launch some kind of attack. Su Li’s body shifted, moving as if he had grown several legs—he had activated “Spider Walk.”

Having just acquired this special ability, Su Li took this opportunity to test and familiarize himself with it.

The Advanced Corpse Beast saw a blur, and Su Li vanished. In the next instant, both of its arms were severed and flew off, sliced clean by Su Li’s machete, followed by its legs.

Su Li stopped behind the monster. He kicked the limbless body toward Gong Xiao. The direction of the kick was toward Gong Xiao, and he immediately charged toward the fourth climbing Advanced Corpse Beast.

With “Spider Walk” making its debut, Su Li felt the power of the ability. He felt confident that even if a monster like the Spider Queen appeared again, he could defeat it alone, and the victory would not be a difficult one.

By the time Su Li severed the limbs of the fourth Advanced Corpse Beast, Gong Xiao had successfully used “Entangling Vine” and her baseball bat to kill the first Advanced Corpse Beast, gaining one Spiritual Source.

She then noticed the two limbless Advanced Corpse Beasts lying on the ground, twisting and struggling.

“Thank you!” Gong Xiao called out to Su Li. She then brought her baseball bat down, killing the two Advanced Corpse Beasts and gaining two more Spiritual Sources.

“Only one more to go,” Gong Xiao calculated inwardly. A sense of excitement was palpable on her face.

Everyone gets excited when they are about to break through a level, and Gong Xiao was no exception.

At this point, Ding Longyun had also succeeded. He severed the right leg of the Advanced Corpse Beast he was fighting and then kicked the monster toward Gong Xiao.

Gong Xiao lunged forward, swinging her baseball bat to kill the Advanced Corpse Beast.

With one more Spiritual Source in hand, Gong Xiao successfully broke through and advanced to a Level 4 Spiritual Source Wielder.

She then chose to enhance her muscles, upgrading her existing Muscle Augmentation Type I to Type II, gaining an extra 300 jin of strength. Combined with the 800 jin base strength of a Level 4 Spiritual Source Wielder, her total power immediately surpassed 1,000 jin.

“Well, did you break through?” Ding Longyun asked with concern.

Gong Xiao nodded, a bright glow in her eyes. She could feel the noticeable increase in her strength, which brought with it great confidence.

On the roof, behind the recently slain Advanced Corpse Beasts, a swarm of Sea Spiders was climbing up.

Su Li continuously utilized his “Spider Walk” ability. His figure shifted like a ghost. The Sea Spiders and the Advanced Corpse Beasts couldn’t even touch his shadow.

He systematically broke the legs of the Sea Spiders and kicked them toward Xu Xuehui.

“Xuehui, these Sea Spiders are for you! You get two Spiritual Sources for killing one.”

“That’s right, I don’t need them for now. Let’s help Xuehui get to Level 3 first.” Gong Xiao said this while also charging forward. She performed a quick test of her new strength, easily smashing the two legs of an oncoming Sea Spider. She extended her left hand, the “Entangling Vine” appeared, and she bound the Sea Spider, flinging it toward Xu Xuehui in the back.

(End of Chapter)