The Monster is Coming

Chapter 406 Evil Minor Law, Dependent on Ecosystem

The little mage gave the Gogong tribe no time to react.

After gaining the domineering power from the buff orb, he was like a falling meteorite, tearing through the defensive barriers above "Stone Nest City" and crashing into the city center.

boom!
The moment it landed, a terrifying shockwave spread out in a ring, and the surrounding buildings, constructed of pale giant bones and hardened resin, collapsed and shattered in large sections, like sandcastles crushed by an invisible giant hand.

The rubble mixed with the white dust kicked up by broken bones swept outwards like a gale from the point of impact.

With a casual wave of its massive, jet-black claws, the little mage unleashed a terrifying claw beam that tore through the air.

The towering spires in front of them, along with the members of the Gogong tribe inside, were blasted into dust, which then dissipated into mist.

His left hand followed suit, and the dark blue particles swirling around his body automatically converged into his left claw.

A sharp swipe.

The entire street was as if it had been plowed by a giant plow, the ground cracked, and the building ruins were cleared out by this terrifying force, creating a huge fan-shaped blank area.

Upon landing, the little mage unleashed devastating destruction.

With the War Amplification from the Soul Returners, Stone Nest City's defenses were utterly powerless against him.

Woo!
Urgent alarms sounded throughout the city.

Countless Gogong warriors poured in from all directions.

Despite their fear of the little mage in the form of a demon god, they still frantically gathered under the will of the snake mother.

To resist the destruction, the approaching Gogong warriors raised their heads, their pale, pupil-less eyes instantly blazing with a blinding light.

Countless gray-white beams of stone-condensed light, like dense raindrops, intertwined in the air to form a net of death, raining down on the little mage in his "Myriad Beasts" form.

However, this energy, which was enough to instantly turn the elite squad of the Spirit Breath Clan into stone sculptures, was instantly crushed by the surging flesh and blood energy when it struck the little mage's body, exploding into clusters of dim energy ripples.

Without the absolute logic of rules and power, the power of stone condensation is completely ineffective in the face of overwhelming force.

Like raindrops hitting an indestructible reef, leaving not even a trace.

The power of soul forging makes it impervious to all laws.

This is one of the war buffs created by the Soul Return Clan specifically for fused soul beasts responsible for tearing apart enemy lines on the battlefield.

It is a domineering pseudo-rule-level power that highly solidifies the body and mind of the target, making the fused beast immune to most attacks such as energy shocks, mental erosion, and curse corrosion.

Faced with this top-tier war buff specifically designed for offensive operations, the Gogong tribe's "Stone Condensation" power, which leans towards curse characteristics, is like trying to chisel through composite armor with a rusty dagger—it's difficult to even leave a scratch.

The Gogong warriors who witnessed this scene were filled with rage.

But the little mage didn't care what the warriors of the Gogong tribe thought.

He came here to crush the Gogong tribe with overwhelming force within a limited time.

Even if we cannot completely destroy them, we must severely weaken the Gogong tribe and make them lose the courage to fight against the Lingxi tribe.

At this moment, it opened its enormous mouth, which resembled an abyss, and a vortex gathered within it.

The second-generation life spirit's "gravitational vortex" characteristic is activated.

This life essence is regarded as a control skill by many magic-based players, but Little Mage uses it to assist the Devour ability.

A terrifying suction force suddenly formed in my mouth.

The Gogong warriors below, along with the stone-condensed energy they released, were forcibly extracted like rivers flowing into the sea.

It transformed into streams of grayish-white energy, which surged wildly into the little mage's mouth.

These torrents, containing the life characteristics and innate power of the Gogong people, enter the body and are then enveloped by the power of the special life soul "Wanxiang".

The pseudo-rules took effect instantly, disintegrating the bodies of the Gogong warriors that were about to be devoured.

Impurities were stripped from the bluish-gray flesh, and the purest life essence was extracted and infused into the limbs and bones of the giant beast like sweet rain, replenishing its consumption and slightly strengthening its already terrifying body.

Deeper still, the life structure information of the Gogong warriors, including the bloodline runes that can bear and release the power of "stone solidification", the arrangement of muscle fibers, and the unique energy circuit that transforms spiritual power into petrification curse... all the "life code" contained in the flesh and soul was forcibly read and stripped away by the power of all things.

The little mage spent a fortune to combine the march of the dead, the characteristics of soul beasts, and the super beast into a special life soul: Myriad Manifestations.

This is so that it can absorb the life characteristics of different races, thereby optimizing the life form of the super beast.

The information that was deciphered, after being devoured and digested by the Myriad Manifestations Soul, became part of the Myriad Manifestations Life Information Database.

After the recording was completed, some subtle areas on the carapace of the super beast began to spontaneously adjust their structure, revealing natural petrified patterns similar to those on the skin of the Gogong people, and the internal energy flow path was also slightly adjusted.

Ultimately, the characteristics bestowed by the myriad phenomena directly manifested the "optimizable" aspects in the Super Beast form (Myriad Phenomena form).

This is the greatest strength of the Myriad Manifestations Soul.

While devouring, it plunders the life blueprint of the opponent, turning the excellent qualities of the defeated into nutrients for its own evolution.

Each time a life form is devoured, the life database of the Myriad Life Souls is updated.

The life forms of the myriad super beasts are continuously optimized in a stronger direction.

Devouring, analyzing, optimizing... the Gogong tribe's not-so-complex life structure was recorded in a mere instant.

The little mage's understanding of "the power of stone solidification" then emerged in his mind.

He looked down at the Gogong warriors surging in like a tide below, his eyes gleaming with a grayish-white light.

This power shares the same origin as the power wielded by the Gogong tribe below, but with the optimization of all phenomena, it has surpassed the former.

The grayish-white color in their eyes deepened.

hum!
The immense power of the stone condensation spread out from the little mage, like a cold wave at absolute zero, instantly sweeping across all directions.

Wherever the fluctuations reached, time seemed to stand still.

The Gogong warriors, who were frantically channeling their stone-condensing power, were instantly frozen in place.

The feeling of disbelief had just risen from the bottom of her heart and had not yet fully manifested on her face when it was frozen in time forever.

They sensed a power akin to that contained within their bloodline, but far more surging, a power that even they themselves could not escape.

Grayish-white petrified markings quickly covered their bodies.

The tens of thousands of elite warriors of the Gogong tribe who attacked in the second wave transformed into a forest of gray-white stone sculptures in various poses.

His charging stance, ferocious expression, and even the surging energy around him were completely frozen, leaving him standing silently in place.

The subsequent charge of the Gogong tribe's army came to an abrupt halt, utterly stunned by the terrifying scene before them.

They have become immune to their most prized talent, devoured the essence of their own kind, and now they have even learned to harness their power source to suppress them in turn.

The way the little mage ruthlessly crushed the enemy with their power shocked the Gogong warriors, destroying their will more effectively than simple violence.

The Gogong warriors who followed saw the invincible demon god's figure reflected in their eyes, and panic spread like a plague through their hearts.

Just then, a chilling will suddenly awakened from the deepest part of the stone nest.

hiss!
A sharp screech rang out from the direction of the central bone tower.

The Serpent Mother emerged from the tunnel beneath the tower, gazing at the little mage's demonic figure with intense killing intent in her eyes.

Based solely on the fluctuations in her qi and blood, the Snake Mother could tell that she was no match for him.

But this is its home turf.

The snake mother slammed her arms down on the ground and began chanting a spell in a hoarse voice.

Instantly, ripples spread out in circles in the air.

The entire city of Shichao suddenly trembled.

The white runes hidden beneath the city lit up one by one, as if instantly infused with life, bursting forth with dazzling light.

After the spirit patterns intertwined and connected, they quickly formed a complex array covering a small part of the city.

During this period, elite warriors of the Gogong tribe continuously emerged from the underground tunnels, rushing to the energy hub nodes on the formation.

Upon contact with the node, the body merges into the illuminated runes.

The integration of each Gogo warrior will cause the runes at the corresponding nodes to shine even brighter.

This is a rudimentary battle formation that integrates the power of the Gogong warriors, making the individual part of the whole.

However, it cannot generate a stacked cycle of power like a player's battle formation.

During the fusion process, countless gray-white energy streams surged out from the array nodes, like rivers flowing into the sea, frantically converging towards the Serpent Mother located at the center of the array.

Under the infusion of this immense power, the snake mother's body began to swell and deform, emitting a "crackling" sound as her bones dislocated, and her flesh and blood rapidly multiplied.

The ground beneath it rose and cracked, and the massive earth and rocks mixed with energy, rapidly forming a huge snake tail covered with thick gray-white scales, with the snake mother at its core.

Although the snake mother's upper body still retained a human form, it was covered with hideous bone armor, and her size increased steadily during this period.

In the blink of an eye, a giant gray-white serpent, built on an array and constructed with the power of the Gogong tribe warriors and earth and stone, rose from the ground, even taller than the Myriad Elephant Super Beast.

The giant serpent's body was connected to the earth veins beneath Stone Nest City, and it exuded a heavy, oppressive aura.

The giant serpent raised its head, its white vertical pupils fixed on the little mage in the form of the Myriad Manifestations Super Beast, and let out a deafening roar.

Then, its massive body launched itself into the air with a terrifying speed disproportionate to its size, tearing through the air and crashing into the little mage with a frenzied momentum that seemed capable of crushing everything in its path.

Sensing the surging blood and qi energy sweeping in, the myriad-shaped super beast transformed from the little mage suddenly turned around, its giant eyes burning with blood-red flames, its fighting spirit rising.

Come!
The little mage neither dodged nor evaded; beneath his jet-black armor, his muscles bulged to their limit, and he suddenly stretched his right arm backward, throwing a punch forward.

boom! ! !
The giant fist clashed violently with the snake's head.

The shock wave, visible to the naked eye, exploded in a spherical shape.

Large swathes of buildings were shattered into dust like building blocks, the dust scattering far and wide.

Click!

A crisp sound of bone cracking rang out.

The thick scales on the sides of the snake's skull, along with the bones beneath, instantly caved in and shattered.

The giant serpent's charge was abruptly halted by the little mage's domineering punch.

Roar!
With the little mage's roar, the muscles in his right fist, which was pressing against the snake's head, bulged, and an even more powerful force suddenly erupted.

With the most domineering posture, it pushed the giant snake head and slammed it hard into the ground.

boom!
The snake's head was slammed into the ground by a fist.

In an instant, it crushed the area below into a massive crater, with spiderweb-like cracks spreading wildly outwards.

Gravel and dust shot into the sky.

The giant snake's massive body twisted and writhed violently from the impact, while its thick tail, like a steel whip, lashed out with a piercing sound as it struck the little mage's side.

boom!
Blue sparks flew everywhere, the colossal beast swayed slightly, and a tiny crack appeared on its black battle armor.

But only there.

Instead, the giant snake's tail scales were shattered by the shock.

Feeling the impact spreading from his waist, the bloodlust in the little mage's giant eyes intensified.

His left claw shot out with lightning speed, grabbing the end of the snake's tail before it could retract.

His five fingers seemed to suddenly clench together, and his right hand formed a chop, slashing down with a thunderous roar.

puff!

The scales shattered, and the tip of the snake's tail instantly broke apart.

hiss!
The giant snake hissed, twisting its body wildly, and opened its massive jaws, about to unleash a grayish-white breath brimming with destructive energy.

But the Little Mage is faster.

He gripped the severed snake tail, his muscles bulging like mountains, unleashing terrifying power in an instant.

The behemoth was swung around like a hammer and slammed into a still intact section of the city to the side.

Boom!

Amidst the earth-shaking tremors, the giant snake's body crushed through swathes of buildings, reducing them all to rubble.

Stone fragments flew everywhere, and dust billowed into the sky.

At this moment, even the little mage couldn't help but let out an excited roar.

When he first became a player, he actually chose the magic-based Star Pulse build.

But after acquiring the Super Beast, he discovered that his growth path was actually more suited to close combat.

Even the Blood King's memories are all tailored to close-combat fighting techniques.

Therefore, he modified the star pulse pairing.

Except for the Eagle-Headed Demon Soul and the "Gravity Vortex" that assists in devouring, all other Souls have been modified to be of the Blood and Qi type, which are Souls that primarily strengthen the body.

Before the giant serpent could struggle to its feet from the ruins, he leaped up, raised his massive foot covered in "Soul Forging Power," and then stomped down like a warhammer.

Boom!
This kick landed squarely on the middle of the giant snake.

The terrifying power pierced through the scales and armor, penetrating directly into the fused array nodes within, causing conductive damage.

The white giant serpent also arched its body suddenly under this attack, and the white energy liquid that maintained the operation of the formation gushed out from its mouth.

The little mage bent down, his other giant claw clenched into a fist, and the dark blue light released by the "Soul Forging Power" on the fist surged wildly.

One punch! Two punches! Three punches!
boom! boom! boom!
Each punch landed squarely on the snake's head.

Fragments of scales formed from condensed energy, mixed with soil, rocks, and bone dust, flew everywhere. Just as the little mage was preparing to deliver the final blow.

Simultaneously, neighing sounds rang out from the other three directions of Stone Nest City.

Three slightly smaller, but also formed from the power of the Gogong warriors, gray-white giant snakes emerged from the ground from different directions.

They were formed by three war generals of the Gogong tribe, carrying overwhelming killing intent, and went straight for the little mage.

One of the giant snakes opened its fangs and lunged to bite from behind.

Another one approached from behind, attempting to entangle and bind.

The last one raised its tail high and crashed down like a pillar of heaven.

But the little mage showed no sign of stopping.

Only by eliminating the enemy ruler can the pressure of war that the Spirit Breath Clan will face be alleviated.

Ignoring the approaching threat, the fist aimed at the Serpent Mother's head was not withdrawn; instead, the power granted by the Soul Forging Force was unleashed without reservation.

Following this, the accumulated properties are activated.

boom!
This punch was like the last straw that broke the camel's back. The snake mother's head, which was already on the verge of collapse, could no longer withstand it and exploded with a bang.

Countless pale energy fragments mixed with blood, flesh, and bone debris sprayed out.

The body, maintained by the array, flickered violently before collapsing inch by inch, transforming into a primal torrent of energy and the emaciated figures of the Gogong warriors, which fell from mid-air.

The little mage opened its massive maw once more, activating its gravitational vortex property.

The terrifying suction force locked onto the collapsing torrent of energy, along with the Serpent Mother and the Gogong warriors, drawing them into its mouth.

The snake mother let out a shriek of resentment, but she was powerless to resist the force. She flailed her arms as the little mage swallowed her whole.

Next comes: Consuming, parsing, and optimizing.

As the strongest member of the Gogong tribe, the Serpent Mother possesses a life structure information far superior to that of ordinary warriors.

The Myriad Manifestations Soul operates wildly, greedily absorbing the life information entering its body, further deepening the Myriad Manifestations Body's understanding of the Gogong Clan.

The challenger's prompts continued to ring out.

At this moment, as long as the little mage is willing, the Myriad Forms Body can switch to the "Snake Mother" form at any time.

However, such a life structure can only serve as an embellishment to optimize the body of all things, and is not worthy of becoming the main combat form.

at this time.

The giant snake arrived from behind, its fangs biting hard into his shoulder and back. The snake, which had tried to coil around him, successfully wrapped itself around his waist and arms. Finally, its tail, which fell like a pillar from the sky, slammed heavily into the side of his head.

A terrifying force erupted instantly, causing the colossal beast to stagger, and the cracks on its black armor spread further.

The body was damaged, but the power of soul forging was not extinguished.

The little mage's eyes burned even brighter with bloodlust, and he let out a violent roar.

The massive body suddenly twisted.

His left arm muscles bulged like a hydraulic press as he unleashed a precise uppercut.

boom!
The fist slammed solidly into the giant snake's jaw.

The terrifying force slammed the gaping maw shut, shattering its fangs, and the snake's head was thrown back high into the air uncontrollably.

Then, the little mage's right claw shot out like lightning, its five fingers like hooks, piercing the neck of the giant snake coiled around its body. With a sudden burst of strength, it used the snake's massive head as a weapon, swinging it up to smash the giant snake that was lunging at it from the other side.

The two enormous snake heads collided violently, producing a deafening explosion of shattering bones.

The attack of the two giant snake formations was thus thwarted.

At this moment, the remaining giant snake raised its tail and crashed down from the sky like a pillar of heaven.

The little mage didn't have time to retract his arm, so he suddenly tilted his head and used his shoulder, covered by the thickest armor plates, to take the hit head-on.

After a muffled, loud bang, the body of the colossal beast sank slightly, and the ground beneath its feet collapsed several meters deep.

The cracks on the surface of the Super Beast's body increased again.

Feeling the pressure, he reached up with his left claw and grabbed the snake's tail, which hadn't yet retracted.

His arm muscles bulged terribly, and he used them as whips, wildly slamming them left and right.

The entire Stone Nest City seemed to have been transformed into his amusement park. He swung the two giant snakes formed by the array around and smashed them into the ground, into buildings, and into a third giant snake that was trying to approach.

Each collision would cause the earth to shake violently, rocks to fly everywhere, and energy to dissipate.

Finally, he hurled the two giant snakes in his hands, which had been battered until their light was dim and their structure was almost completely broken, together.

Boom!

Amidst the violent explosion, the two giant snakes completely disintegrated.

They transformed into countless scattered energy points and the figures of numerous Gogong warriors falling to the ground, coughing up blood.

However, the little mage did not choose to use "Myriad Life Souls" to devour this time.

The Gogong tribe's ability to optimize various life forms has already been fully documented.

Continuing to devour will no longer bring any new evolutionary value.

They killed the three-headed serpent in succession, but the war was not over yet.

The power structure of the Gogong tribe is centered on the Snake Mother, under whom are 108 War Generals, and there is an extremely brutal competition mechanism within the tribe.

This model was also the self-optimization model of the Gogong tribe before they descended upon the monster world.

They select the strongest individuals in a manner akin to raising poisonous insects, and continuously evolve under pressure.

Secondly, it is also for the purpose of dynamically allocating resources.

A commander who doesn't make progress, or even the Serpent Mother, will be eliminated by those who come after him.

This is also why the Serpent Mother craves war.

Only war can bring about unity against external forces; otherwise, it will only ignite internal strife.

The death of the Serpent Queen presents a tremendous opportunity for the other war commanders.

Whoever steps forward at this moment, defeats or severely damages the powerful enemy, will have a very high chance of taking over the power vacuum left by the Serpent Mother and becoming the new leader of the tribe.

The silhouettes of giant gray-white snakes could be seen attacking multiple locations in the city, forming encirclements.

But the little mage had no intention of continuing the fight.

Death is not scary; what is scary is not being able to return to the village after going back.

The deterrence has been achieved. The top combat force of the Gogong tribe was crushed one after another by him. The Snake Mother, a symbol of power, fell, and the central area of ​​the main city, Stone Nest, was reduced to ruins.

Even if the Gogong tribe does not fall into internal strife after this battle, it will be severely weakened.

For a long time to come, they will lose the ability to expand outwards and even threaten the Spirit Breath Clan.

Seeing the gray-white giant snakes surging wildly from all over the city, the little mage suddenly raised his giant claw and slammed it hard into the ground.

The eagle-headed demon sensed that there were multiple spiritual veins deep within the earth that sustained the city's operation.

Before leaving, let's pull off one last heist.

A surge of vital energy, mixed with the power of soul forging, poured into the earth.

The array base beneath the earth shattered, and as the earth trembled violently, deep, bottomless ravines opened up, and violent energy turbulence surged out from the ground.

Having completed the destruction, he suddenly bent over and stomped his foot on the ground.

boom!
He kicked a huge crater in the ground beneath his feet, and the reaction force propelled his mountain-like body into the sky.

It tore through the air and flew towards Spirit Breath City.

The sonic booms generated by the high-speed flight, like continuous thunder, resounded over Stone Nest City.

He left a bloody trail along the way, as if the sky had been scarred by his collision.

The little mage, with unstoppable momentum, strode away amidst the horrified gazes of countless Gogong warriors.

This is his deterrence plan.

Only by displaying our fangs in the most violent way can we deter powerful enemies.

Warnings, threats, compromises... none of these tactics are effective.

Between races, the clearest language is to flex one's muscles or to destroy them outright.

……

The Primordial Altar.

Qi Sheng turned his gaze away from the Illusion Flower Plains region.

Little Mage is one of the players he pays close attention to.

Unlike most players, they grow and develop around their own faction.

The little mage who unexpectedly became the "Blood King" has forged an independent path, which in itself is of great interest.

In Qi Sheng's evaluation system, the value created by Little Mage is mainly reflected in four aspects.

First, he is the individual who pays the most taxes to all players.

All resources produced by the Spirit Breath Clan are converted entirely through the player faction's trading platform.

Qi Sheng can consistently extract a 5% transaction fee from every transaction processed through the trading house.

The large-scale industry of the Spirit Breath Clan has brought considerable transaction volume, making the Little Mage a major taxpayer among players.

Secondly, the Spirit Breath Clan under his rule filled a fundamental niche in the player economy.

The player base tends to favor gameplay such as hunting, exploration, and dungeons.

There is very little interest in producing low-end products.

This results in these basic goods having a high added value in the player trading market.

For example: special fishing lines, fishing rods, tents, and other handmade products.

A typical example is the arms dealers' guild.

The "mining robots" they produce are not technologically advanced.

In the Monster World, many alien races can easily handle automated mining, but the Arms Dealers Guild is able to sell mining robots for high prices.

Because they meet the specific needs of the player base.

Even if players have the ability, they are unwilling to spend a lot of time learning and creating.

The little mage astutely seized this blue ocean market, leveraging the human resource advantage of the Spirit Breath Clan to mass-produce low-level products that players were unwilling to make but whose production volume could not keep up with, and then sold them through the trading house.

These products may not have high profit margins per transaction, but they can generate continuous revenue thanks to stable sales volume and huge market demand.

This also reduces the added value of such products.

This helps maintain the market prices of these basic commodities at a relatively stable level.

This behavior also reduced players' spending.

It allows you to acquire various handicraft tools at a lower cost.

Secondly, Little Mage provides players with essential resources such as spirit plants, spirit ores, and ingredients for development.

These resources were all mined, cultivated, and excavated by the Spirit Breath Clan.

However, by selling them to players at prices below market value, the burden on players in the early stages of growth is reduced, which can also be seen as indirectly accelerating the overall improvement of the player faction's strength.

Therefore, while the Spirit Breath Clan uses the player faction as a channel for resource conversion, it also sustains the operation of the player faction.

The development model of the Spirit Breath Clan gave Qi Sheng a strong sense of déjà vu.

The current Spirit Breath Clan is very similar to a dependent structure that existed in the ancient Earth era before he transmigrated and became Emperor Zhao.

After a certain ambush party is defeated, the victorious party does not directly impose colonial rule on the defeated party, but it also parachutes in a de facto ruler and establishes a new dependency structure centered on its own interests, allowing the defeated party to be deeply embedded in its own economic system to "generate blood".

It took on tedious production tasks to serve and nourish the victorious system that defeated it, and found its new space for survival within this system.

However, the difference between the two lies in their positioning, which is worlds apart.

For the Spirit Breath Clan, the player faction is not a "suzerain state" with which they can seek opportunities to engage in strategic maneuvering.

It's not possible now, and it's even less likely to be possible in the future.

It is merely an individual who emerged from the player's camp and established a new force.

Although it exists independently, it is essentially a vassal force that is deeply dependent on the player faction's ecosystem in order to survive.

This fragile attachment, which players can unilaterally sever at any time, is the only way for the Spirit Breath race to survive in the monster world.

He will continue to follow up on Little Mage's future developments.

Qi Sheng's gaze then shifted to the Ascension Sea.

A fierce naval war is about to unfold.

Perhaps the journey of the Ascended in the monster world will come to an end in this war.

　Here are 7300 words~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)