Heavenly Ranking

Chapter 61 Herd
"clang!"

A bell rang, breaking through the fog.

The chime bells, made of special acoustic materials, emitted 40kHz sound waves, quickly disrupting the flight path of the blood bat that had pounced from the mist.

next moment……

"call out!"

Sword intent surged!

A glint of cold light, accompanied by a sharp whistling sound that tore through the void, instantly pierced the blood bat's head and then lashed out...

The blood bat's entire brainstem was torn to shreds.

Blood was everywhere. This enormous creature, with a wingspan of four or five meters, was like a small, out-of-control bomber. It plummeted to the ground due to inertia and crashed heavily, kicking up a lot of dust and rocks.

As the blood bat crashed to the ground, Ji Fuyou threw his short gun without hesitation, piercing through the blood bat's body with lightning speed.

The cold, sharp point of the gun pierced the blood bat's heart, pinning it firmly to the ground.

When Ji Fuyou realized that the blood bat was still not struggling after the follow-up shot, he stepped forward and picked out the source crystal from the blood bat's body.

A white, prismatic source crystal.

Once he acquired the Source Crystal, he used it without the slightest hesitation.

Instantly, a force that was still quite hot, but completely manageable, spread throughout his body.

Before long, the heat dissipated.

A rough estimate of seasonal floatation...

"12.2."

Ji Fuyou quickly realized the growth in his physique: "Ten minutes ago I refined a white source crystal, which increased my strength by 0.3, but this time, it only increased by 0.2."

The effect is getting weaker and weaker.

At this rate, after a few more times, a white prismatic source crystal will only increase its value by 0.1.

Once the physique reaches 13 points, it will probably take 2 or 30 white prismatic source crystals to potentially raise the value to 14 points.

However, to reach level 15, one would need at least hundreds of white source crystals, making it extremely cost-effective.

With that kind of cost, it would be better to acquire Blue Source Crystal.

Ji Fuyou turned his gaze away from the blood bat and continued forward.

The blood bats, compared to the giant scorpions, had far more acute senses, causing Ji Fuyou considerable trouble.

After carefully dodging and inevitably fighting two blood bats, he finally arrived at the location where blood bat number 2 was found.

However, it seemed that a lot of time had already been wasted, and when he arrived at the location of the blood bat containing the spiritual source crystal, the blood bat had already disappeared.

Even after searching the entire area, he still couldn't find any trace of Blood Bat #2.

"gone?"

Ji Fuyou pondered, but his movements did not stop.

They stepped forward, cautiously heading into the cave.

The next fork in the road in this area is over 400 meters away; in other words, there's only one direction the whole way.

If he didn't encounter Blood Bat #2 from the direction he came from, then it's highly likely that this Blood Bat went deeper into the cave.

100 meters, 200 meters, 300 meters...

Ji Fuyou slowly made his way through the cave.

When he had advanced to 400 meters, another blood bat noticed his location.

Fortunately, thanks to the use of this special acoustic material and the chime-shaped interference device specifically designed to target the frequencies of blood bats, he was still able to accurately time and kill the charging blood bats with a single blow.

"A mental value of 20.4 is still a bit low, the range is too small. Only when the mental value climbs to 25 and transforms from mental to 'divine sense' can the range and accuracy of perception be greatly improved..."

Of course, this is also because Ji Fuyou's spiritual realm is too low.

If his spirit could liquefy or even crystallize, it would not only operate more smoothly but also silently, allowing him to detect the blood bats' location first.

After killing the blood bat, we continued for another 200 meters or so, when the road suddenly split in two.

In one direction, the fog seemed to have thinned out a bit.

In addition...

The terrain here has become unfamiliar.

He had never been to this area, neither in reality nor in his dreams.

“It’s time to retreat. What’s truly terrifying in the mist isn’t the strange beasts, but the unknown. Nobody knows what’s inside the mist.” Ji Fuyou stopped.

Then, he turned around and prepared to leave.

But at that moment, he vaguely sensed something.

On the other side of the fork in the road...

A blood bat hung upside down at the entrance of the cave.

In a pitch-black, eerie environment shrouded in mist, the sudden appearance of a colossal creature, still two meters long and hanging upside down, would absolutely terrify the most timid person.

But Ji Fuyou was somewhat surprised.

"Blood Bat #2!"

This blood bat was his second target.

Despite being more than 600 meters off its original location!

However, the discovered target number 2 happened to be in a dormant state, which gave him...

Before Ji Fuyou could even get close to the location of Blood Bat No. 2, the bat sensed something and suddenly woke up.

Moreover, unlike other blood bats, this blood bat seemed to sense the murderous aura accumulated by Ji Fuyou as a "blood bat killer," and instead of attacking, it turned and ran away.

Like a sharp arrow piercing through the mist, it shot straight into the cave.

"not good!"

Ji Fuyou, who was originally cautious, suddenly unleashed his power with his feet.

He shot out like an arrow released from a bow, taking a few strides and reaching a speed of nearly 10 meters per second.

Keep in mind that this is a cave landscape with an uneven surface, making it significantly more difficult to traverse than flat ground.
As he pursued, he suddenly struck the chime bells he was carrying.

"clang!"

The special sound waves spread out, and even though the fog had the effect of interfering with the transmission of sound, it still barely covered Blood Bat No. 2.

but……

Ultimately, the two sides did not meet by chance or come within arm's reach.

Blood Bat No. 2 was only dazed for a moment before it continued to fly into the cave.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Ji Fuyou suddenly threw a short gun, its special design allowing it to silently shoot behind Blood Bat No. 2.

However, Blood Bat No. 2 reacted quickly and dodged the short gun shot.

Fortunately, Ji Fuyou caught up while it was delayed.

The bells rang again!

A second short gun shot through the air.

This time, the blood bat was not as lucky as before.

Its enormous fleshy wings, which were at least five meters wide, were pierced directly by the short gun, tearing out a bloody hole that let in the wind.

With a single shot, Blood Bat #2's speed immediately decreased, and it lost its balance.

Taking this opportunity, Ji Fuyou strode forward.

With the momentum of a mad charge, the third bell rang and the third pistol struck simultaneously.

"laugh!"

The second blood bat's body was pierced through!

As Ji Fuyou charged forward, he drew his sword, and the cold sword light instantly pierced through the blood bat's head, delivering a fatal blow.

After killing the blood bat, Ji Fuyou didn't have time to pause for a moment and quickly picked out the second spiritual source crystal from its body.

He only had time to retrieve one of his short guns before he sprinted off in another direction at top speed.

because……

A series of sharp shrieks came from behind him.

"Squeak!"

Five or six types, or even seven or eight types.

Without needing to use his mental perception, Ji Fuyou had already discerned that his pursuit and hunt across hundreds of meters had clearly alerted a swarm of blood bats.

Right now, an unknown number of blood bats have swarmed out and are rushing straight at him.

(End of this chapter)