30: Chapter 30 Pre-war Preparations

The surrounding blood-red color faded, and Chi Anlin opened his eyes again, seeing the familiar stone wall.

"I didn't expect to be taken out in a single hit..." Chi Anlin felt somewhat dejected. He had thought that after obtaining the system, even if he wasn't invincible among his peers, he should at least be able to fight across a major realm.

As it turned out, he couldn't even last three moves against a mere low-tier Demon.

Although he had managed to land an attack on Guyi, Chi Anlin realized just before he died that his punch hadn't even caused a tickle on Guyi's body.

His physical body was fragile, his strength was poor, and he lacked combat techniques. Chi Anlin felt that he was definitely the worst protagonist ever.

After belittling himself for a while, Chi Anlin stood up with a determined gaze and entered the Blood Energy Space.

"Challenge a Mortal Rank Third Stage Demon!"

Even if he couldn't beat that Mortal Rank Fourth Stage Guyi, he had to kill a Demon to vent his anger!

One minute later, Chi Anlin tumbled out of the Blood Energy Space again.

He touched his stomach, and after discovering there was no hole, he let out a sigh of relief. This thing was truly ruthless, ripping him open with its claws just like that.

And what on earth was this Blood Energy Space? It didn't just simulate real enemies; it also simulated real sensations. The pain from just now had almost made him die on the spot.

Pain Tolerance + 1

Chi Anlin glanced at Xiao Yue beside him; entering the Blood Energy Space again was actually done with the intention of investigation.

According to Xiao Yue's description, he had only been stunned in place for less than ten seconds before regaining consciousness.

"So, the time flow ratio between the Blood Energy Space and reality is roughly ten to one?" Chi Anlin's eyes lit up. This meant he could have more time to practice combat and cultivate techniques.

However, what he felt a pity about was that only his consciousness entered the Blood Energy Space, not his entire body. Otherwise, if he encountered danger, he could just enter the Blood Energy Space, and wouldn't that make him invincible?

After having Xiao Yue join the team hunting spirit beasts, Chi Anlin entered the Blood Energy Space again. His foundation lagged too far behind others; now he could only make up for it through more combat experience.

He didn't have any martial arts techniques for the time being. Given his strength back then, his father wouldn't have let him practice these, as they would have been completely useless.

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"Damn it, how could the Small Insect World fuse with the Lesser Beast Realm?" Standing above a fissure, Chi Xingfei cursed angrily.

The Small Insect World was guarded by Zhao County, and its world level was not high; the spirit beasts inside did not exceed the Third Realm.

But the Lesser Beast Realm was different; there were Fourth Realm spirit beasts here.

And the new world formed by the Fusion of the Small Insect World and the Lesser Beast Realm was faintly leaning towards becoming a Earth-rank world.

Thinking of his son, Chi Xingfei felt somewhat despondent. This space Fusion had not been so violent, so many students who managed to activate their protective talismans in time had survived. Over the past few days, they had been searching for survivors at the point of Fusion between the two worlds. Encountering such a disaster, the casualties were only about half.

And among these survivors, his son was not included.

Chi Xingfei's heart went cold. With Chi Anlin's strength, even if he had activated a protective talisman, after experiencing this disaster, he might have been devoured by other spirit beasts.

Although he didn't hold much hope, Chi Xingfei continued to search for Chi Anlin's whereabouts at the fissure. He wanted to see the person if alive, or see the corpse if dead.

Xue Yue seemed to have also come to the Lesser Beast Realm, but she hadn't met up with him. Now only a sophomore, Xue Yue's strength had already surpassed his, stepping into the Third Realm.

Compared to him, Xue Yue was more extreme; she had gone directly into the depths of the original Small Insect World, preparing to capture the king of the original Small Insect World.

Continuing to walk along the fissure, as if sensing something, Chi Xingfei's muscles suddenly tensed, and he clenched his hand into a fist, smashing it toward the ground.

The ground cracked open, and as he reached out and grabbed, a giant ant beast was pulled out.

"A Red-legged Mighty Ant Queen?" A look of nostalgia flashed in Chi Xingfei's eyes. That kid Anlin was always neglecting his proper work, hoping to collect these things.

Previously, Xue Yue had also brought back a Red-legged Mighty Ant Queen from the Otherworld, but its rank was relatively low, only at the Mortal Rank Third Stage.

"Keep it. After finding Lin'er, I will give this to him."

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In the cave, Chi Anlin lay on the rock, feeling listless.

He had spent five thousand points of blood energy to conduct combat practice, but the result was basically just being abused.

Even the Rock Pig that Xiao Yue had killed earlier could pierce straight through him.

As for the other humanoid creatures, their combat power was off the charts; even if they were one stage lower than him, they could still crush him.

Not only had he not become a genius capable of challenging those of a higher level, but he was also being farmed as a mob by these geniuses.

After belittling himself for a while again, Chi Anlin slowly stood up.

Facing spirit beasts, without a weapon, he could only fight bare-handed. Even if he had great strength, he couldn't break their defense.

Although he was also a Qi Cultivator, he had been too much of a waste before and knew absolutely nothing about this aspect. After releasing spirit energy, at most, he could make a cup of ice water; it had no lethality at all.

"I must study martial arts properly when I go back this time." It was a pity that the system didn't have a shop; otherwise, buying a weapon and martial arts techniques would have allowed his current strength to improve, so he wouldn't be taken out in a single hit time and time again.

His only victory record right now was defeating a Mortal Rank Third Stage Ant Soldiers, and it was a pyrrhic victory at that.

The Red-legged Mighty Ant Queen's Ant Soldiers had now reached about four hundred, with nearly one hundred having fallen in battle.

For this battle, Chi Anlin did not intend to let the Red-legged Mighty Ant Queen participate. That bunch of monkeys were not stupid; if they could detect the presence of the Red-legged Mighty Ant Queen, they would definitely launch a desperate attack on her. And the Red-legged Mighty Ant Queen only had strong mental power; she had no combat ability herself.

In order to maximize production capacity, the Red-legged Mighty Ant Queen was currently not even very convenient to walk, let alone fight.

Therefore, for the sake of safety, the Red-legged Mighty Ant Queen would remain in the cave.

Of these four hundred Ant Soldiers, seventy-eight were Mortal Rank Third Stage, and two had reached Mortal Rank Fourth Stage. The most powerful one, a Mortal Rank Sixth Stage Ant Soldiers, had been produced directly by the Red-legged Mighty Ant Queen.

With so many Ant Soldiers, it should be enough to face the Fruit Wine Monkey troop.

"Red-legged Mighty Ant Queen, is the tunnel that I had the Ant Soldiers dig finished?" Chi Anlin asked.

To prevent the Fruit Wine Monkeys from destroying the fruit wine, Chi Anlin had the Ant Soldiers dig many holes under the Fruit Wine Monkeys' territory to locate the storage place for the fruit wine.

Beside Chi Anlin were stone jars; these had been gnawed out by the Ant Soldiers to facilitate the storage of fruit wine.

"Separate fifty Ant Soldiers to store the wine, and have the remaining Ant Soldiers go to the cave entrance near the Fruit Wine Monkey forest to fight and attract the attention of the Fruit Wine Monkeys."

Chi Anlin gently stroked the Red-legged Mighty Ant Queen's head, then turned his head to say to Xiao Yue: "Xiao Yue, you assist the Mortal Rank Sixth Stage Ant Soldiers in attacking the Monkey King. Focus mainly on interference. Once the ant colony wipes out the monkey troop, we will then surround and attack this Monkey King."

Xiao Yue's combat did not require Chi Anlin's command; this guy seemed to be naturally suited for battle, capable of quickly finding the enemy's weaknesses to strike.