r18novel Chapter 25 Harvest, Impact of Killing Energy
Chapter 25 Harvest, Impact of Killing Energy
"Your strength has improved rapidly. You were even able to break through the defense of a high-level beast general's Fire Scale Trident Boar. You are almost at the level of a high-level warrior-general mental master."
In a one-on-one battle, even a high-ranking general would be no match for you.
Looking at the three throwing knives stuck in the Fire Scale Trident Pig Scale Armor, as well as the tattered internal organs, Captain Lu Haochuan's expression was somewhat complicated.
"It's not that exaggerated. If Brother Yueshan hadn't torn open the wound, I wouldn't have been able to even break through the defenses." Qin Ming was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.
Because of the series of battles, his speed of absorbing the essence of flesh and blood and the aura of souls has greatly increased, but this has only been for a short day.
I estimate that being able to increase to 7000kg would be quite good.
There is still a considerable gap between his current level and the requirements for a junior general.
"The Firescale Trident Boar is no ordinary monster. As the number one monster among pigs, its defense is among the top level of all monsters."
Your throwing knives can tear through some of the scales, which is enough to break through the defenses of a typical high-level beast general.
A mentalist's attack doesn't target the scales, but rather vulnerable spots like the eyes and neck.
Furthermore, your mental power is exceptionally strong, capable of simultaneously attacking multiple mid-level beast generals, and even influencing high-level beast generals like the Fire-Scaled Trident Boar. It's ridiculously powerful.
Yue Shan, who was usually silent, shook his head and explained.
With the Firescale Trident Boar's defense, let alone throwing knives, even his battle axe would have a hard time breaking through its defenses. He is a veteran high-level general.
Finally, the Firescale Trident Boar got impatient and was given the opportunity to tear a gash in its relatively soft belly.
"Yes, those monsters freeze and stand still as soon as they get close to you, and are easily killed." Zhang Yan also walked over carrying his warhammer, feeling both happy and somewhat wistful.
They thought it would be a tough battle, and that the captain might need to deal with the Blazing Tiger King before coming to their rescue. But to their surprise, they defeated their opponent before the captain could.
These are over fifty beast generals!
"Haha, if you keep saying that, I'll get proud. The main reason we were able to kill all those monsters wasn't me, but those three rounds of artillery fire!"
Qin Ming chuckled as he spoke, still feeling awe at the thought of the scene of ten thousand cannons firing simultaneously.
"How can this be the same? When the cannons roar, gold pours in! This is like throwing money at a monster."
Furthermore, most of the monster materials were destroyed after the shelling. After just three rounds of shelling, it's questionable whether the monsters killed will even cover the costs.
Xiao Heng shook his head and walked forward with a wry smile.
As a veteran of firearms, he knew best how much money those three rounds of artillery fire had cost.
Those cheap rocket launchers and howitzers are alright; a single shot costs only tens or hundreds of thousands of yuan, so you don't feel bad about firing several rounds.
The most expensive are the heavy missiles and special ammunition used for precise attacks on the beast generals. Each missile costs tens or hundreds of millions of dollars, and a round of these missiles can amount to astronomical sums.
Normally, a low-level Beast General-level monster can fetch between 500 million and 1500 million for its important materials.
Important materials from intermediate-level Beast General-level monsters can generally be sold for 10 million to over 100 million.
Important materials from high-level beast general-level monsters can generally be sold for around 50 million to 600-700 million.
Their value is greatly reduced after being bombarded by heavy artillery and missiles, and some are even completely burned.
Take that high-level beast general Shadow Cat for example. Its most valuable parts were its fur and its internal bones, but a fire completely burned it away.
"That's true, it's definitely easier for martial artists to collect materials. I'll go clean up the battlefield first and see if there are any monsters still alive."
Qin Ming also shook his head; this was one of the drawbacks of firearms.
Fortunately, we killed enough monsters, so we can win by sheer numbers and break even.
"Okay, go ahead and inspect the area again. I'll call the cleanup troops from the rear to avoid unnecessary casualties."
Lu Haochuan chuckled and waved to the crowd.
Immediately, Qin Ming swiftly took to the sky and sped across the battlefield.
call!
The overwhelming number of monster souls poured into the Myriad Soul Banner, a scene that filled Qin Ming with immense joy.
Killing people slowly by yourself is not as fast as harvesting them on the battlefield.
After sweeping through the battlefield, Qin Ming's consciousness entered the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.
"Roar! Roar! Roar!"
As the souls of tens of thousands of monsters howled in agony within the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls, an extremely intense surge of malevolent energy caused Qin Ming's will to tremble, his eyes to instantly fill with bloodshot veins, and his face to become somewhat distorted.
Fortunately, after these days of training, Qin Ming's willpower has also improved considerably.
It took a long time before I could barely adjust and regain my composure.
[Banner Master: Qin Ming (Advanced Warrior-level Martial Artist, Intermediate General-level Spiritual Master)]
[Souls: 38650/100000 (Beast Soldiers 38427, Beast Generals 223)]
[Main Soul: 0/1]
[Flesh and Blood Essence: 618 / 100000]
This wave directly collected nearly 20,000 living souls, including three high-level beast generals.
It was precisely because of this that Qin Ming almost couldn't withstand the surge of malevolent energy.
As expected of a powerful being approaching the lord level, the Blazing Tiger King, upon entering the Myriad Soul Banner, actually pushed the Bone-Eating Giant Python aside and occupied the very center of the monster's soul.
"If we feed this Blazing Tiger King some soul essence, it might be able to break through to the Lord level directly. Right now, the amount of flesh essence is still too small, and it also lacks a main soul."
Looking at the surge in the number of souls, Qin Ming was secretly satisfied, but he was also thinking.
With teammates around, it's indeed inconvenient to absorb the essence of flesh and blood.
The essence of flesh and blood collected is only enough for my own cultivation.
However, his strength has increased considerably, and with the many souls within the Myriad Souls Banner, he has passed his weakest point.
Once this mission is completed, you can try to hunt in City 003 on your own. At that time, you can collect monster corpses and extract their essence.
With a thought, Qin Ming directly obliterated the souls of some beast-soldier level monsters, transforming them into the purest soul energy, which he then fed to the four high-level beast generals within the Myriad Soul Banner.
Anyway, we don't lack souls now. If we could cultivate a lord-level one, that would be a huge win.
There's nothing that can be done about the main soul; it all requires planetary-level components.
Based on their own capabilities, they are still far from sufficient.
Unless a level one beast tide or an even higher catastrophic beast tide breaks out sometime, there might be a chance to take advantage of the situation.
"However, the more monster souls there are within the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, the stronger they become, and the stronger the impact on my will becomes. If my mental will is not strong enough, I might really become a killing machine."
Feeling the increasingly violent baleful energy surging within his sea of consciousness, Qin Ming's brows furrowed slightly.
This is the biggest drawback of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
Although the impact of malevolent energy can help improve one's will, under continuous impact, it is easy to fall into the pleasure of bloodlust and killing.
Without a strong will, it is impossible to control such a killing artifact.
"Ask the captain. He comes from a family of martial arts masters and his movement techniques have reached the level of enlightenment. Maybe he can help."
Once my strength improves, I can ask Hong and Lei Shen for advice if I have the chance.
These two are the truly top-tier individuals with the strongest willpower.
Thinking to himself, Qin Ming landed next to the captain and spoke.
"Captain, I've checked the entire battlefield, and I finished off any monsters that were still alive."
"Okay, that's enough for today's cleanup. Keep the area on guard while the engineers move in to continue the cleanup."
Lu Haochuan nodded and immediately called to his other teammates.
Soon after, a large convoy arrived, collecting the monster's corpse and making some simple repairs to the broken road.
If not cleaned up in time, the large number of monster corpses will attract more monsters, forming an even larger monster horde.
The military was already very familiar with all of this.
As night fell and darkness descended, the engineer battalion quickly returned to base.
Qin Ming and his group then set up camp in the ruins of a tall building not far away.
This was also Qin Ming's first time spending the night in the wilderness.
When Captain Lu Haochuan arranged for people to take turns on night watch, he volunteered to be on the first shift. Qin Ming walked up to Captain Lu Haochuan and asked him about his doubts.
"How can one strengthen their will after so much killing?"