19: Chapter 19 Beast King

Lin Chen raised his voice at this moment and shouted loudly, "Everyone, listen to me! We need to focus our fire and gather those magic beast mobs in one spot! If you want to survive, don't just think about running blindly. Let's use that big tree up ahead as our gathering point!"

Upon hearing Lin Chen's shout, the Beast Tamers and Spirit Beast Girls immediately took action.

Using that towering giant tree with a trunk diameter of five meters as their axis, they slowed down and circled around it in a large arc.

The giant tree grew leaning against a rock wall, completely blocking off one side.

Therefore, if those magic beasts wanted to catch up to them, they were forced to follow them in circles.

The massive number of magic beasts now became their own hindrance.

In the process of chasing, they crowded and collided with each other, their speed slowing down significantly as they all bunched together.

Seeing this scene, Chen Yi and Lin Mengxue silently praised them in their hearts.

Needless to say, this move was truly brilliant!

"Xue'er!"

"I know!"

Lin Mengxue's figure flashed, and after dodging an attack from the Forest Giant, she dove down and instantly arrived above the towering tree.

She took a deep breath and poured down a Breath of Ice.

The more than two hundred magic beasts surrounding the tree were instantly frozen into ice sculptures.

The magic beasts that followed behind couldn't brake in time, crashing into the ice sculptures one by one and triggering a chaotic stampede.

At least twenty to thirty magic beasts were trampled to death in the chaos!

Lin Mengxue naturally wouldn't let such a perfect opportunity slip away.

She unleashed another Breath of Ice, and over a hundred more fell into eternal sleep beneath the ice.

Following this round of operations, over four hundred magic beasts were directly wiped out!

At this point, only a scattered two or three hundred remained of the magic beast tide!

Although the number was still large compared to the group of thirty-some Beast Tamers,

it was no longer invincible!

Furthermore, reinforcements should be arriving soon!

"It... it worked!"

"Damn, that scared the hell out of me. I almost thought I was going to kick the bucket here."

"Everyone, don't let your guard down. The danger isn't over yet. Stay alert and don't get isolated; those scattered magic beasts will still attack us!"

"Junior Mengxue has gone to fight the Forest Giant. Those frozen magic beast corpses are excellent barriers. Let's set up a defensive line there and resist the attacks of those magic beast mobs!"

As Lin Chen's voice fell, a defensive line was established using the frozen magic beast corpses as a base.

In the blink of an eye, the Spirit Beast Girls and magic beasts began to slaughter each other on this spot.

The intelligence of the magic beasts was extremely low; navigating through this complex terrain, their combat power was greatly restricted.

Various frozen corpses blocked the way, forming large and small passages. The magic beasts simply couldn't launch a siege from all directions like they could on flat ground.

The Beast Tamers' side adopted a tactic of picking them off one by one, and the situation gradually improved!

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Meanwhile, on the other side.

Lin Mengxue had also exchanged dozens of blows with the Forest Giant.

The Forest Giant's attacks came like a violent storm, but they consistently failed to hit Lin Mengxue.

While Lin Mengxue's attacks were sharp, they also failed to cause any substantial damage to the Forest Giant.

The two sides fell into a stalemate.

"By the way, Brother Chen Yi, do we really have to defeat this thing?"

"Reinforcements are coming soon. Wouldn't it be better to wait for them to defeat it?"

"I feel like I won't be able to kill this thing by the time they get here. I might as well kill more mobs and earn some magic beast crystal cores!"

Hearing this, Chen Yi revealed a faint smile and explained, "There's a huge difference! This is a Beast King. A Fourth-Tier beast king crystal core is worth thousands of times more than those second-tier magic beast crystal cores!"

"A... Fourth-Tier Beast King? No way? That thing is actually a Beast King?"

Lin Mengxue was stunned.

Magic beasts can be divided into three major categories based on the number of magic beasts they have devoured: Ordinary Magic Beasts, Beast Kings, and Demon Emperors.

After killing them, they drop corresponding magic beast crystal cores, beast king crystal cores, and demon emperor crystal cores.

The difference between these three types of crystal cores isn't just a hundred-fold gap in spiritual energy content.

More importantly, after refining a beast king crystal core, there is a chance to directly learn a skill of the corresponding attribute.

Moreover, the higher the tier, the higher the probability of learning a new skill.

In contrast, the way Spirit Beast Girls learn skills is much more complicated.

The way Spirit Beast Girls learn skills requires their affinity to increase to a certain level before it's possible to learn new skills.

As for increasing affinity, that depends on the Beast Tamer's performance!

Most powerful skills need to be learned by refining beast king crystal cores or demon emperor crystal cores; their value is incomparable to ordinary magic beast crystal cores!

She hadn't expected the Forest Giant in front of her to actually be a Beast King.

"Yeah! That thing is indeed a Beast King."

"If we kill it now, that Fourth-Tier beast king crystal core is ours!"

"But if we wait for reinforcements and they kill it, this thing will belong to them!"

Hearing this, Lin Mengxue understood what Chen Yi meant.

"But Brother Chen Yi, I feel like I can't win. Its skin is too thick."

"It's fine! Improving your combat power is also part of my duty. Just leave it to me!"

As he spoke, Chen Yi took out a red card from somewhere.

If one looked closely, they could see the letters 'UP' written on the card.

This card was precisely the strength amplification card gifted when the system was activated.

The system had already introduced its effect to Chen Yi: it could strengthen a spirit beast's combat ability for three minutes, though it was limited to spirit beasts below the fifth tier.

It could later be purchased for 5 Enhancement Points, so it wasn't particularly rare.

Using it on this Beast King was definitely worth it!

[Name: Lin Mengxue (Spirit Beast Form)]

[Constitution: 80]

[Spiritual Power: 72]

Chen Yi glanced at Lin Mengxue's current system panel and, without the slightest hesitation, crushed the strength amplification card.

In the next second, the fragments of the crushed card suddenly turned into countless starlight that fell onto Lin Mengxue's back and merged with her.

Immediately after, Lin Mengxue looked as if a game character had been buffed by a secret treasure; deep red power ripples suddenly emerged on her body.

The values on her information panel also began to soar crazily.

[Name: Lin Mengxue (Spirit Beast Form)]

[Constitution: 160 (UP)]

[Spiritual Power: 144 (UP)]

"Brother Chen Yi, what is this?"

Feeling the change in her own power, Lin Mengxue was instantly stunned.

She had once thought that Chen Yi must have some trump cards.

But she never imagined that this trump card could be so powerful.

This kind of power felt like it had already exceeded the fourth tier!

Chen Yi was also quite surprised. A single strength amplification card could actually double the base attributes?

Weren't they supposed to only increase them a little?

This was more like a 'lot-tle'!