Looking around, it was still the familiar cave.
The air was very dry and filled with a strong smell of sulfur.
The gravel ground was covered with densely packed fiery red ant eggs.
Outside the cave, a large number of fire ants continuously brought food and fire crystals to surround the queen ant.
During these days, after Lu Changsheng cleaned up the area around the crater and fed the ant colony with a large amount of low-quality crystals, the number of the entire ant colony began to surge.
Not only has the number of deaths in the last war recovered, but the individual strength has also increased.
Lu Changsheng suspected that this was because the surrounding environment was suitable for the reproduction of ants.
Of course, this is also due to the large amount of fire crystals fed.
He looked carefully at the queen ant in the center of the cave and found that the queen ant's breath was slightly unstable, as if it was about to rise again.
This discovery made him quite happy.
As long as the queen ant can break through the third level, the ant colony under her can immediately begin to break through the bloodline suppression.
By then, his ant army will all be second-level creatures, and their strength will increase dramatically.
This day is not far away.
Not only that, the ants stimulated by the source energy points are extremely ferocious, and if they break through, their strength will be even stronger.
As long as we have a large number of second-level ant colonies, we can explore deeper into the mountains, and it will be more convenient to collect resources.
Lu Changsheng put his thoughts aside and ran out of the cave.
Soon, they came out of the ant nest and arrived at a huge rock platform.
This place is located in the central area of the crater, a certain distance away from the interior of the crater.
After long-term exploration, almost all the fire crystals near the crater have been excavated.
He planned to explore inside the volcano to see if he could find some spiritual objects.
According to his guess, since there are many fire crystals outside, there must be many spiritual objects inside.
Lu Changsheng kicked his legs and ran forward quickly.
As he went deeper, the air around him became hotter and hotter.
Fortunately, this volcano has not erupted for many years, otherwise he would not dare to go in and explore.
After walking for several hours.
Lu Changsheng came to the top of the central crater and looked down. The inside was bottomless.
There were rubble and debris everywhere, and the whole world appeared a fiery red color.
"call out..."
He no longer hesitated and immediately explored downwards.
The air became hotter as we went down, but fortunately, after breaking through the mountain spirit, we were able to bear it.
There wasn't even a single exotic animal around, which was quite strange.
Not long after, when he came to a corner, a flash of light suddenly appeared before his eyes.
"Something's happening!"
Lu Changsheng's face lit up with joy, and he immediately turned his head to look.
I saw a pile of fiery red crystals lying quietly among the rubble.
He immediately ran over and placed his hand on the crystal.
"We found a high-level fire crystal. Do you want to absorb it?"
At this moment, a crisp prompt sound came into my mind.
Lu Changsheng's eyes lit up. It turned out to be a high-level fire crystal stone, which had never been seen in the outside world.
This place is quite spacious, there must be a lot of them inside.
This discovery made him quite interested.
The situation in the county is becoming increasingly bizarre, and he needs a lot of resources to make a quick breakthrough.
"absorb."
He no longer hesitated and nodded immediately.
"Add 10 energy points."
"Add 10 energy points."
…
It did not stop until it had absorbed all eight high-level fire crystals on the ground.
After the harvest, his confidence increased greatly.
Then Lu Changsheng continued on his way and quickly rushed towards the bottom.
As he turned a corner, there was a sudden light in the distance.
A huge lava river comes into view.
The entire surrounding space was illuminated in a fiery red.
Not only that, he also discovered several bright lights near the lava river. These were the lights emitted by the fire crystals, which were quite conspicuous.
Just as Lu Changsheng was about to rush forward to collect the fire crystals, something strange happened.
"call out..."
In the lava river, two strange beasts rushed out as fast as lightning, then stood steadily on a huge rock, looking at Lu Changsheng with murderous intent on their faces.
Lu Changsheng's eyes flashed. These two strange beasts looked quite strange, like two giant toads.
However, their bodies were covered with scales, their eyeballs were red, and their aura was not weak either. They were obviously third-level creatures.
"Could it be that there are a group of fire toads living in this lava river?"
"I just don't know if there is a fourth-level beast king."
This discovery made Lu Changsheng quite alert.
Generally, where there are a large number of third-level exotic beasts, there is a high probability that there will be a beast king.
If there really was a fourth-level monster in the lava river, even with the support of his tribe, he would have no choice but to retreat temporarily.
Just as Lu Changsheng was thinking, two fire toads immediately rushed over with murderous aura.
"laugh..."
A series of shrill screams echoed from the bottom of the cave and reverberated all around.
Immediately afterwards, the two fire toads quickly rushed to Lu Changsheng, stretched out their huge claws and slapped him hard with unparalleled ferocious momentum.
"die."
Lu Changsheng's eyes were cold, and he immediately activated his innate skill [Soul Strike]. A beam of light instantly rushed towards a fire toad on the left and penetrated into the other's mind in the blink of an eye.
"Ah…"
Following a baby-like blood-soaked scream, the fire toad immediately fell to the ground and rolled over.
The surroundings were instantly filled with flying sand and rocks, and the place was in a mess.
Lu Changsheng seized the opportunity and immediately came to the fire toad, stretched out his sharp claws and slapped the other's head.
"Crack..."
A large cut was made on the fire toad's head, and red and white substances quickly flowed to the ground.
With one strike, a third-level alien beast died instantly.
With the Landing Immortal talent skill and the strength of its claws, it is enough to kill most ordinary third-level monsters in seconds.
All this happened in just a moment.
At the same time, the claws of another fire toad suddenly slapped Lu Changsheng on the back.
"Boom boom boom…"
Thanks to the thick scales, Lu Changsheng only felt a numbness in his body, but was not seriously injured.
Then he extended his sharp claws and stabbed the remaining fire toad fiercely.
"Ah…"
Lu Changsheng's sharp claws pierced directly into the opponent's eyeball, and the fire toad immediately let out a painful wail.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, he attacked again, waving his claws and moving around the opponent.
In just a moment, the fire toad was covered in wounds and soon turned into a corpse lying on the ground, with blood everywhere around it.
Then Lu Changsheng collected the two corpses. The meat of these exotic animals contained a lot of energy and was very effective in feeding the ant colony, so it naturally could not be wasted.
After doing all this, Lu Changsheng quickly rushed to the pile of fire crystals and placed his hand on it.
"We found a high-level fire crystal. Do you want to absorb it?"
"absorb."
Lu Changsheng muttered to himself.
"Add 10 energy points."
"Add 10 energy points."
…
Not long after, another six high-level fire crystals were obtained.
After another harvest, Lu Changsheng was full of energy and immediately went to explore deeper.
The next few days.
He had been exploring the lava river and had harvested a lot of high-level fire crystals, which replenished his source energy points.
During this period, he also encountered many lone fire toads, and killed them one by one. He also collected all the corpses and prepared to feed the ant colony.
Occasionally, he encountered groups of six or seven fire toads, but Lu Changsheng did not choose to attack them, but instead chose to avoid them.
This also made him more convinced that there must be a fourth-level beast king in the lava river, so Lu Changsheng became more cautious in his next actions.
Everything is moving in a good direction.
......
Changping County.
Lu Changsheng sat on the chair in the study, looking at the source energy point in his hand with a happy look on his face.
After a few days of hard digging, I was finally able to improve my skills again.
Source energy points: 340.
"Add some."
Lu Changsheng thought about the trend and clicked the plus sign behind [Cloud and Smoke Step].
"Buzz..."
A mysterious wave suddenly descended, as if a powerful person was practicing in his mind day and night.
The source energy points also immediately decreased by two hundred points.
[After several years of hard practice, you have finally mastered the Cloud and Mist Step.]
As the panel prompt sounded in my mind, the upgrade officially ended.
Lu Changsheng immediately began to experiment.
He just exerted force with his feet lightly, and his whole body turned into countless afterimages, moving quickly around the room at an extremely astonishing speed.
Xiaocheng's top-level footwork is about 30% faster than before the breakthrough.
Now his speed has surpassed many strong men in the middle stage of Blood Exchange Realm, reaching an incredible level.
With such amazing speed, Lu Changsheng also has more ways to save his life.
Even if the situation becomes critical, he can retreat quickly with his footwork.
In the next few days, Lu Changsheng practiced martial arts at home and experimented with footwork. His days were very fulfilling.
......
Time flies, and another four days have passed.
This day and night are dotted with stars.
In a dim study.
Lu Changsheng opened the panel.
A blue light curtain appeared in the void ahead.
Source energy points: 320.
After several days of collection by the alien beast clone, the resources in his hands once again met the conditions for improvement. He no longer hesitated and immediately began to improve his skills.
A thought came to my mind.
Lu Changsheng clicked directly on the plus sign behind [Giant Cauldron Skill].
As the source energy points decreased by two hundred.
"Buzz..."
The same wave of emotion descended upon the depths of his mind once again.
It was like the sound of the morning bell, causing his heart to tremble violently.
[After several years of continuous and arduous practice, you have finally cultivated the Giant Cauldron Technique to the minor success stage...]
A moment later.
Lu Changsheng slowly opened his eyes, and a ray of light pierced the void.
"I've finally made a breakthrough in footwork and defensive techniques."
Now he only needs to concentrate on improving his realm. Once he reaches the late stage of bone forging, his strength will surely increase dramatically again.
With their own perfect-level breakthroughs, they are all top-level existences in the bone-forging stage.
As for when he breaks through to perfection in bone forging, he will probably be invincible, except for some extremely hidden demon servants.
Most of these demon servants are from the Heavenly Demon Sect. They absorbed a trace of demon blood and turned into servants with astonishing strength.
They are all top-notch in the same level.
Lu Changsheng also heard this news from Qin Ruobing, so he naturally took it very seriously.
Then, Lu Changsheng walked out of the room and came to the yard.
Start experimenting with new breakthrough defensive techniques.
"Boom boom boom…"
As he practiced the [Giant Cauldron Technique], it felt as if huge rivers were flowing inside his body.
Streams of blood and energy quickly gathered together and turned into a large cauldron that tightly enveloped it.
There are mysterious runes shining around the cauldron, which is quite magical.
At this time, Lu Changsheng took out the butcher knife and chopped at the giant tripod fiercely.
"Bang, bang, bang…"
The crisp knocking sounds echoed throughout the yard and into the night.
The huge blood-red cauldron was still spinning slowly above his head, with no sign of being broken.
Seeing this, Lu Changsheng was very satisfied.
He had already used up all his strength, but still couldn't break his own defense. His defense was about 30% stronger than before the breakthrough.
Now, with this top-level defensive technique, even if the bone forging is perfected, it will be difficult to break his defense easily.
Even the human wave tactic won't work.
As long as his own energy points are not exhausted, it is enough to break out of the siege.
After this breakthrough, his survivability was greatly enhanced, and it also gave him more confidence in the next actions.
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