Chapter 117: Acc.u.mulating Secretly
Li Yuanqing watched as the black-and-white bear wailed and pounded its chest. It was obvious that the black-and-white bear was in extreme pain after having its spirit stones s.n.a.t.c.hed away.
Li Yuanqing did not care so much. He did not expect this black-and-white bear to be so timid despite its big size. Since the black-and-white bear had turned around and ran, he would stop while he was ahead. He immediately brought Hu Jiujiu away and went back to study the purity of the spirit stone and make some preparations.
It would not be easy to get this mine with so many black and white bears entrenched in this spirit stone mine.
Moreover, Li Yuanqing would not be arrogant enough to think that he could deal with so many black-and-white bears alone.
However, he had some special things. For example, he had a domain and could directly throw some spirit stones into it. If someone gave him ten minutes, Li Yuanqing felt that he could empty half a mountain.
The difficulty was on how to lure so many black and white bears out and not even leave a single one in their nest.
On the way back, Li Yuanqing kept thinking about this question.
Under what circ.u.mstances would the black-and-white bears in the mountains come out in full strength? Under what circ.u.mstances would those black-and-white bears not be on guard and not think that their spirit stone mine had been taken away?
For a moment, Li Yuanqing’s mind was racing. Soon, he had an answer in his heart. However, he needed the cooperation of Big Wolf, the Man-eating Vine, and the flying ants.
When he returned to the werewolf village, Big Wolf had already rushed out. His legs were completely healed. Although he still looked very thin and tired, he was in good spirits and walked with the wind.
It turned out that after Li Yuanqing left, Big Wolf was healing his injuries. The injuries on his leg recovered very quickly under the effects of the medicinal pill. This made him very surprised that the medicinal pill given by Li Yuanqing was too effective.
And that spirit stone allowed his strength to recover quickly.
It wouldn’t be long before his strength returned to its peak.
“Don’t go out during the day. Use these spirit stones to recover your strength or increase your strength. Your strength is still too weak to be the king of all the werewolves in the entire Catacombs.”
Li Yuanqing’s words made Big Wolf tremble. The king of the werewolves in the entire catacomb?
That was too tempting. But was that possible?
There were probably millions and millions of werewolves in the entire Catacombs. They had never been unified before, nor had the common king of all werewolves appeared.
Big Wolf really didn’t dare to imagine what would happen if the werewolves in the catacombs had the strongest king one day.
Big Wolf was shocked again after receiving the spirit stones from Li Yuanqing. So many. There were so many spirit stones. It was even more than the number of spirit stones they had obtained from searching everywhere.
Master was truly mysterious and unfathomable!
Big Wolf turned around and used the spirit stones Li Yuanqing had given him to cultivate. Spirit stones were too rare in the Catacombs although he was once the king of the Wolf Clan. Even though he was the Wolf King, he did not have many spirit stones to squander.
That was because those spirit stones were often used to save lives when they were injured.
There were more than a thousand werewolves. They had enemies in the catacombs at any time. If they were seriously injured, they could survive with spirit stones. No one would be so extravagant as to use so many spirit stones for cultivation.
Big Wolf did not want to miss such a good opportunity at all, so he did not say anything. Cultivate, use spirit stones to cultivate!
In the domain, the additional spirit vein was quickly divided into two by the flying ants and the man-eating vine. Their original place was occupied by the vicious beasts that Li Yuanqing had raised as food.
Although the protruding mountain peak was not tall, it was filled with spiritual energy that made people envious.
The Man-eating Vine, which could only produce three Immortal Binding Ropes, pierced its roots deep into the spirit vein and continued to split and expand.
Four, five, six…
Soon, the vines of the Man-eating Vine turned red. This mutated Man-eating Vine was like the Immortal Binding Rope. Not only could it bind a werewolf like Big Wolf, but it could also bind a huge creature like the Black-and-White Bear.
The key was that the more the prey struggled, the tighter the Immortal Binding Rope would be.
In just one day, more than ten of the Man-Eating Vine’s vines had turned light red by relying on this spiritual vein.
For the Man-eating Vine, its strength had more than doubled by relying on this spirit vein mine. The flying ants on the other hand had also grown from the size of an egg to the size of an apple.
Those apple-sized flying ants had jaws that were harder than rocks. They ate some spirit stones from the spirit vein mine as snacks happily. Moreover, as they ate more spirit stones, these flying ants grew larger. In just a day, hundreds of them had grown to the size of apples.
The Ant Queen was even bigger than a basketball and was very fat. It occupied the best position in the spirit vein and began to lay eggs crazily to hatch new ants.
Under the enhancement of the spirit vein, these species began to mutate. Although some of the small vicious beasts that Li Yuanqing had thrown into the domain did not occupy the best position in the spirit vein mine, they were still extremely comfortable in the domain.
Their bodies were also quietly changing. The original nest of vicious beasts that looked like pigs now had another nest of cubs. There were more than ten of them in this family. It looked very spectacular.
Moreover, their family lived by the river. They liked to swim in the river, drink water, and roll around. They had a good time and felt a hundred times more comfortable than when they were in the werewolf tribe.
This was really a good place!
Li Yuanqing saw that the species inside were all mutating because there was an additional spirit vein in the domain. He simply did not go out again because he did not have to worry about the water and food that others urgently needed. All he had to do now was acc.u.mulate for the flying ants, werewolves, and man-eating vines to mutate quickly.
His motive was to occupy the spirit stone mine that was occupied by the Black and White Bears. Usually, such a big spirit stone mine has a spirit vein underground.
Therefore, Li Yuanqing was not in a hurry at all. Instead, he looked at the group of wild boar-like vicious beasts in his domain. They were really making a ruckus. He simply grabbed the largest one, which weighed more than ten thousand kilograms, and threw it over. He let Big Wolf’s subordinate deal with it and make food for them.
The vicious beast that looked a little like a wild boar had delicious meat that tasted similar to pork. Li Yuanqing really suspected that the boar was tamed by this kind of vicious beast.
After the werewolves cleaned up the meat, Hu Jiujiu started a fire to roast the meat under Li Yuanqing’s guidance. Then, she threw some bones into the domain and let the flying ants and Man-eating Vines clean up.
They only left behind chunks of delicious roasted meat.
Hu Jiujiu was doing all these ch.o.r.es, and Li Yuanqing did not need to cultivate. At this moment, he had the time to look at the voice transmission device, but he saw a rare commotion in the voice transmission device.
“How unlucky. I actually heard the wild cries of the black-and-white bears during the day. It scared me so much that I didn’t dare to gather food everywhere. I could only stay in the cave. Could it be that something has changed in the catacombs? It’s so unsafe during the day…”
“I heard the loud roar too, but I don’t know what it was. I’ve never heard of it before. I feel my heart go numb and I panic. I don’t dare to stay outside!”
“It’s not safe during the day either. Your life is more important. You won’t die if you starve. If you encounter some powerful mutated beasts, you’ll die!”
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Many people were discussing the Black- and-White Bear’s cry through the voice transmission because its voice was especially loud and spread very far.
Many human martial artists heard it. As a result, those martial artists who were seizing the day to work hard were so frightened that they did not dare to act rashly. Many of them hid in caves or houses and did not dare to come out in broad daylight.
Li Yuanqing looked at the words of the people in the voice transmission and could not help but laugh.
According to their description, the black- and-white bear that had its spirit stone s.n.a.t.c.hed by Hu Jiujiu must have gone crazy. That was why so many people felt fear. They only knew that the black-and-white bear roared in the day, but they did not know that the black-and-white bears liked to live in groups.
The black-and-white bears hidden in the mountains occupied a spirit vein. Under the influence of the spirit vein, the mountain became a spirit stone mine.
However, Li Yuanqing did not say any of this. At this moment, he only saw that none of those martial artists dared to go out in broad daylight. Even if they knew that there was a spirit vein, no one would dare to have any ideas about the spirit vein when there’s so many black-and-white bears guarding it.
This black-and-white bear only roared a few times, but it made all the martial artists afraid.
If he said that he wanted to s.n.a.t.c.h the nest of hundreds or thousands of black-and-white bears, would people think that he was crazy?
Li Yuanqing could not help but laugh!
He did not look at the voice transmission device anymore. Today, the water supply did not seem to be so tight. He thought that someone was also selling water on the voice transmission device and could exchange it with spirit stones and food.
Most importantly, it was especially cheap. One spirit stone could be exchanged for ten pots of water. The advantage of the water source was gone for the time being. There were fewer martial artists going out during the day, and food began to become popular.
Some people were willing to use spirit stones to exchange for food. The most expensive thing was meat. Ten pounds of meat could be exchanged for a spirit stone.
In the domain, the wild boar-like vicious beasts had already bred a large nest. They were huge and were simply moving meat sources.
Li Yuanqing quickly exchanged with the martial artist who wanted to buy food. One spirit stone for ten pounds of meat. Ten thousand pounds of meat was quickly exchanged for a lot of spirit stones.
He threw these spirit stones to Big Wolf to increase his cultivation.
Time pa.s.sed slowly. Li Yuanqing silently used food and water to exchange for spirit stones and kept acc.u.mulating. Then, he would throw the spirit stones to Big Wolf to increase his cultivation level. Then, he would use the spirit vein to increase the evolution of the Man-eating Vine and the flying ants.
Until one night, Big Wolf stood up and suddenly roared at the sky. His body suddenly became six meters tall. His originally thin body suddenly became stronger, and his weight more than doubled. He stood in the moonlight and howled at the moon.
That cry spread far and wide, so far that many werewolves looked over when they heard it.
Some werewolves couldn’t help but cry out and run towards Big Wolf. They were very familiar with this voice. It was the voice of their former Wolf King! This was the unique sound of their werewolves. It was also the sound of their werewolves summoning their clansmen to fight.
Li Yuanqing saw the huge change in Big Wolf and then looked at the man-eating vines and flying ants that had been nourished by the spirit vein. Their changes were also very shocking.
Originally, the Man-eating Vine could extend out up to three light red Immortal Binding Ropes at once, but after these few days of acc.u.mulation, thirty Immortal Binding Ropes could be extended at once.
Not to mention werewolves, even black-and-white bears would be afraid of this kind of rope. As long as they were tied up, the more they struggled, the tighter it would be. No one could escape.
Not only did the number of flying ants double, but each of them was the size of an apple.
Billions of flying ants the size of apples were simply overwhelming. When they flew up, they instantly covered some places. When they flew away, the gra.s.s there would be sc.r.a.ped clean.
Li Yuanqing smiled when he saw this. He secretly acc.u.mulated his strength. When Big Wolf gathered all the werewolves under him, he should be able to start.
He had his eyes on that spirit vein mine. He had to get it!
The howls of the wolves became louder and louder. Some werewolves began to respond, and the sound became louder and louder!
One, two, three, four. Soon, countless werewolves gathered behind Big Wolf. Some werewolves looked at Big Wolf in confusion and hesitation.
This was because they already had a new Wolf King. Under the Wolf King’s lead, the scope of their operation was slowly shifting.
That was because of the black-and-white bears in this area. They could not fight against them.
The best way was to stay as far away as possible.
If not for Big Wolf’s loud voice summoning the wolves to fight, these werewolves might have already left this area for hundreds of kilometers. Because they were already slowly moving to avoid encountering the black-and-white bears.
However, when these werewolves gathered in front of Big Wolf and saw the majestic Big Wolf who had already changed his appearance, everyone was stunned.
Because they heard Big Wolf tell all his clansmen that he wanted to challenge the Black- and-White Bear King. He wanted to trample the Black-and-White Bears under his feet in front of all his clansmen.
He wanted them to submit to him!
The way those werewolves looked at Big Wolf changed. Some of them felt that he was too arrogant and did not know the immensity of heaven and earth.
The black-and-white bears were not something a werewolf could defeat.
There were also werewolves who felt that Big Wolf, who was once the king of the Wolf Clan, looked even stronger than when he was at his peak.
His chances of defeating the Black-and-White Bear King were very high, so some werewolves howled and became very excited.
They surrounded Big Wolf and challenged the black-and-white bears.
There were more and more werewolves following behind Big Wolf. Even the new Wolf King’s eyes flickered as he watched Big Wolf run towards the lair of the black-and-white bears.
It would do him no harm if Big Wolf failed.
There was no harm in the defeat of black-and-white bears. Therefore, the new Wolf King howled and followed behind Big Wolf with some wavering werewolves.
For a moment, the ground shook as thousands of werewolves ran.