“Holy shit!”
Tang Yi cried out at the sight of the Chiyou King Snake and scrambled to get away.
No kidding. Who wouldn’t? Forget being crushed to death by a pile of something that looked like shit—the sheer disgust would be enough to kill you!
Its appearance alone gave Tang Yi goosebumps and made his stomach churn. If the Chiyou King Snake actually smashed down and pinned him… The very image…
Just imagining it made Tang Yi’s hair stand on end in terror.
Either way, there was no way in hell Tang Yi was going to let a pile of “shit” land on him!
However, the Chiyou King Snake was enormous. Its body, dozens of meters long, was coiled up into a mass so vast it seemed to blot out the sky.
Furthermore, it was using the momentum of its descent to plummet toward Tang Yi with ferocious speed. It would be on top of him in an instant. How could he possibly escape just by wanting to?
Even if Tang Yi pushed his Meteor Flying Fire to its absolute limit, there was simply no way he could get completely out of the Chiyou King Snake’s crush zone in time.
Luckily, Tang Yi had kept his eyes glued to the sky, wary of a counterattack from the Chiyou King Snake. So, the instant the beast began to plummet in its coiled-up state, he had enough time to react.
‘Dodging was impossible; there just wasn’t enough time. But sometimes, facing a powerful attack doesn’t have to be resolved by getting out of the way.’
‘Meeting force with force—that was the key to victory.’
Gritting his teeth, Tang Yi opened his system inventory. He took out all the Demon Beast Crystals he had obtained during the House Entrance Examination and, deciding to go all in, consumed every last one!
After receiving these Demon Beast Crystals as a reward, he had been afraid the West Mansion might want to inspect them, so he had kept these Level 5 Demon Beast Crystals stored away in his system inventory instead of using them.
Now, facing the immense pressure from the Chiyou King Snake, it was too late to run. His only option was to achieve a personal breakthrough and use stronger techniques to resist it. Naturally, this meant it was time for the Level 5 Demon Beast Crystals to make their debut.
[Lower Grade Level 5 Demon Beast Crystal]: Upon use, Player’s Experience Value increases by 500,000 points.
[Mid-grade Level 5 Demon Beast Crystal]: Upon use, Player’s Experience Value increases by 1,000,000 points.
[Upper Grade Level 5 Demon Beast Crystal]: Upon use, Player’s Experience Value increases by 2,000,000 points.
[Top-grade Level 5 Demon Beast Crystal]: Upon use, Player’s Experience Value increases by 10,000,000 points, and Full Attributes increase by 100 points.
Tang Yi had a total of eleven Lower Grade Level 5 Demon Beast Crystals, which meant an increase of 5,500,000 Experience Value!
He had seventeen Mid-grade Level 5 Demon Beast Crystals, which would add another 17,000,000 Experience Value!
He had fourteen Upper Grade Level 5 Demon Beast Crystals, good for 28,000,000 Experience Value!
And he had one Top-grade Level 5 Demon Beast Crystal, which would grant 10,000,000 Experience Value and an increase of 100 to all Attributes!
If he consumed them all, Tang Yi would gain a grand total of 60,500,000 Experience Value and 100 points to all his Attributes!!!
‘The great thing about items that grant a fixed amount of experience is that no matter how your level changes, the amount you get is always the same. It never changes!’
Even though Tang Yi had braced himself, facing such a colossal amount of Experience Value still made his heart pound with excitement.
‘It took 20,000,000 experience points to become a Battle Emperor, and he was about to gain 60,500,000 points from these Demon Beast Crystals. This meant that advancing to Battle Emperor was in the bag—the promotion was guaranteed!’
‘And he might even gain a few more Levels after that!’
HUMMM!
After he consumed the Demon Beast Crystals and gained the massive amount of Experience Value, a low, deep Brahma Sound inexplicably echoed through the space. No one knew where this mystical, boundless sound came from, but it gave anyone who heard it a feeling of comfort and peace.
As for Tang Yi, even though he was suspended in midair, he could still see rings of yellow light illuminating the space beneath his feet.
“Ding! Congratulations to the Player for consuming 11 Lower Grade Level 5 Demon Beast Crystals. You have gained 5,500,000 Experience Value.”
“Ding! Congratulations to the Player for consuming 17 Mid-grade Level 5 Demon Beast Crystals. You have gained 17,000,000 Experience Value.”
“Ding! Congratulations to the Player for consuming 14 Upper Grade Level 5 Demon Beast Crystals. You have gained 28,000,000 Experience Value.”
“Ding! Congratulations to the Player for consuming 1 Top-grade Level 5 Demon Beast Crystal. You have gained 10,000,000 Experience Value and a 100-point increase to Full Attributes.”
“Ding! Congratulations to the Player for leveling up. Current Level: Battle Emperor.”
“Ding! Congratulations to the Player for breaking through to the Battle Emperor Level and taking another step closer to the Peak of the Martial Dao. You have been rewarded with 500 Battle God Points.”
“Ding! Congratulations to Player Tang Yi. You have been rewarded with 500 Mid-Level Full-Attribute Pills.”
“Ding! Congratulations to Player Tang Yi. You have obtained the Heaven Tier Middle Grade Martial Technique, Blood Qi Burst.”
“Ding! Congratulations to Player Tang Yi. You have obtained one bottle of Super Healing Potion.”
“Ding! Congratulations to Player Tang Yi. You have obtained the Heaven Tier Lower-grade Equipment, the Sun Blood Flame Cloak.”
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After consuming all the Demon Beast Crystals, Tang Yi had gained over 60 million Experience Value. He figured that with such a massive amount, leveling up five or six times should be no problem.
But to his surprise, over 60 million Experience Value had only been enough for him to advance a single Level!
The ring of light beneath his feet had only flared once, and that refreshing sensation had washed over his body only a single time!
While this wasn’t enough to make him truly despair, the fact that over 60 million Experience Value was only enough for a single level after reaching Battle Emperor still left Tang Yi a bit surprised and disappointed.
However, his disappointment lasted only for a moment before he was stunned speechless by the string of system notifications that followed.
He was practically floored!
If he hadn’t remembered that a great enemy was upon him, that the Chiyou King Snake was still plummeting toward his head, Tang Yi might have started jumping for joy right then and there as he looked at all the rewards.
It would probably take him quite a while to come down from this level of excitement, joy, and exhilaration.
These rewards…
‘Weren’t the rewards for reaching Battle Emperor a little too generous?’
‘This was insane. All these rewards just for reaching the Battle Emperor Level!’
Although the massive amount of experience hadn’t resulted in many Level-ups, the rewards he received for reaching Battle Emperor were a huge, pleasant surprise!
500 Battle God Points, 500 Mid-Level Full-Attribute Pills, a Heaven Tier Middle Grade Martial Technique, a piece of Heaven Tier Lower-grade Equipment, and a bottle of ‘Super Healing Potion’ whose properties he hadn’t even seen yet!
‘Super Healing Potion… judging by the name, it has to be a medicinal item, and it’s probably way more powerful than regular Healing Medicine like Golden Wound Medicine!’
With so many amazing items, what was there to be dissatisfied about?
That little bit of dissatisfaction he’d felt about only gaining one Level immediately vanished like smoke in the wind.
Of course, Tang Yi had no time to inspect the attributes of the new Martial Technique, Equipment, and items he had just received. After all, there was still a giant pile of “shit” hurtling down from above that he needed to deal with.