Full health is the kill threshold, no matter if you're a god or a demon!

Upon seeing Liu Nian, the monitor lizard roared and lunged at him like an out-of-control truck.

Liu Nian sidestepped the first attack.

He didn't rush to attack, but waited until the monitor lizard turned around and lunged again—

A faint red dot appeared on the other person.

The trigger condition for "[Heart of Steel]" has been met.

Liu Nian threw a punch.

"Duang—!!!"

-329.87 million!

Before the giant lizard could even let out a scream, its massive body exploded into a cloud of blood mist in mid-air.

[Heart of Steel activated, HP +132 million!]

[Slaying the Moss-Slaughtering Monitor Lizard grants +34 experience points]

[Hellish Curse, Souls +3]

Liu Nian glanced at the experience bar.

At level 104, it takes approximately 120 million experience points to level up to 105. That means you'd need to kill over 300 monsters to level up.

This is still a kill that goes beyond one's level.

No wonder Kal'tsit said the upgrades were slow...

He shook his head and continued on his way.

Along the way, the little spider kept sending back messages, which Arachne then compiled and transmitted to him telepathically—

"Master, a patch of Flame Mushrooms has been discovered to the east!"

"There's an underground river to the west, with a large amount of high-quality ore at the bottom! Little Blue needs to go down and collect it!"

"There's a cave to the north, and it's full of monsters! Should we clear it out?"

While receiving information, Liu Nian casually cleared away the monsters along the way.

A level 145 giant mantis? One punch.

A level 138 mutated treant? One punch.

A level 152 jungle leopard? One punch, no less.

The experience points are gradually increasing.

There were quite a few items dropped – various materials, potions, and white and green equipment. Liu Nian didn't care much for them, but he could sell them for some crystal coins.

As for the things that need to be gathered, with Arachne and the two demon servants there, Liu Nian doesn't need to lift a finger.

The little spider is in charge of locating, the little blue one is in charge of collecting, and the giant is in charge of... eating.

Half an hour later, news came from Arachne:

"Master, we've found something good!"

Liu Nian followed the coordinates to find the place.

It was a natural cave hidden behind a rock wall. The entrance was small and covered by dense vines; it would have been completely undetectable if a small spider hadn't crawled inside to investigate.

Liu Nian pushed aside the vines and went inside.

The cave wasn't large, but once you went inside, you'd discover a hidden gem.

The walls of the entire cave were covered with fist-sized mushrooms.

These mushrooms are entirely blue, with a faint fluorescent glow on their surface, and they emit a sweet aroma. The blue light illuminates the entire cave, making it feel like being under a starry sky.

Liu Nian stepped forward and picked a plant, his eyes lighting up.

【Ganoderma lucidum】

[Quality: Myth]

[Uses: Alchemy material; can be used to craft high-level experience potions]

He had seen this thing when he accepted the mission—someone was buying it for a high price, and one plant could sell for more than 100 crystal coins!

Liu Nian glanced at it.

There must be at least two or three hundred plants!

That's twenty to thirty thousand crystal coins!

"I've struck it rich."

Since the giant couldn't get in, Arachne began directing the little spiders to harvest the produce. Dozens of little spiders worked at the same time, clearing the area out in the blink of an eye.

Looking at the 297 neatly arranged Ganoderma lucidum in his backpack, Liu Nian couldn't help but smile.

For the next half hour, Liu Nian practically turned the entire secret realm upside down.

Arachne's little spiders are responsible for scouting and marking resource points, Little Blue is responsible for gathering and carrying, and the Giant is responsible for eating.

In the past half hour, Liu Nian's experience bar has increased by 45%, and he is not far from level 105.

Just as the secret realm was about to close, a message suddenly came from Arachne:

"Master, we've found a big one!"

Liu Nian's spirits lifted.

finally come.

He checked the time—five minutes left.

"Location?"

Arachne sent me a coordinate.

Without saying a word, Liu Nian summoned the little fire dragon and leaped onto its back.

"Walk!"

The little dragon flapped its wings and transformed into a streak of red light, flying towards the coordinates.

Three minutes later, Liu Nian saw his destination.

It was a region crisscrossed with ravines, the ground cracked with countless bottomless fissures, like scars on the earth.

In the largest ravine, a giant centipede lay.

It is over thirty meters long, covered in dark green carapace, and has scythe-like limbs on both sides of each body segment, so densely packed that it makes one's scalp tingle.

Its head was held high, its two whiskers swayed slowly, and its mouth opened, revealing layers of fangs, each as sharp as a dagger.

【LV170 Venomous Centipede King (Mythical Boss)】

Before Liu Nian even got close, the Centipede King had already sensed the intruder.

Its head snapped towards Liu Nian's direction, and a piercing hiss came from its mouthparts—

Then it opened its mouth.

A green poisoned arrow shot out from its mouth, not towards Liu Nian, but into the air.

That's too fast.

Liu Nian only saw a green shadow streak across the sky, and the next second—

Arrows began to rain down from the sky.

Countless poisoned arrows rained down from the sky, covering an area of ​​hundreds of meters in radius, like a green downpour.

Each poisoned arrow that landed on the ground would corrode a pit the size of a washbasin.

Liu Nian squinted his eyes.

time is limited.

He wasn't in the mood to play with this thing slowly.

He pointed with his hand.

A spatial rift exploded above the centipede king, and a gigantic ice dragon emerged from the crack—

Frosty Dragon Breath!

"laugh----!!!"

A white, chilling aura descended from the sky, instantly enveloping the over thirty-meter-long centipede king.

The centipede king's body froze at a speed visible to the naked eye—its carapace, legs, tentacles, and mouthparts were all covered by a thick layer of ice.

In the blink of an eye, it turned into an ice sculpture.

Liu Nian jumped off the back of the little fire dragon.

[Leap of Heavenly Punishment]!

He struck the frozen centipede king like a shooting star.

"boom--!!!"

The ice sculpture shattered.

Countless shards of ice scattered and flew everywhere, refracting a rainbow of colors in the sunlight.

The centipede king's body, along with the ice sculpture, shattered into countless ice shards.

three seconds.

Get it!

[Defeat the Venomous Centipede King (Mythical Boss) and gain 5800 million experience points!]

[Big Eater: Layer +1]

[Level upgraded to Level 105!]

Liu Nian landed and looked at the things that had exploded on the ground.

Several pieces of equipment shimmering with purple light, a pile of rare materials, a bottle of emerald green potion, and a fist-sized... scale?

Liu Nianxian picked up the bottle of medicine.

【Name: Highly Toxic Holy Water (Disposable)】

[Quality: Myth]

[Effect: When used on a relic with an active effect, it can cause two completely different extreme evolution options. You can choose one or abandon the evolution.]

"What does this mean?"

Liu Nian didn't have many relics with active effects in his backpack, and he only had one that he could use: [The Shadow Spider Queen's Gift].

The effect is similar to a potion, with 3 charges. Each time you drink it, it immediately restores 50% of the progress of all rage/energy/charge-related skills, and restores an additional 50% over the next 10 seconds. (30-second cooldown, can be stored 3 times, restores 5% charge for every 10 enemies killed)

After thinking it over, Liu Nian decided to use it directly. If the enhancement didn't work, he could just give up.

[Ding! Your relic has gained the following enhancement effects]

【强化效果一：暗影蛛后的恩赐充能次数由3次提高到10次，且每击杀10名敌人恢复20％进度。但你在每次喝下后不再立即为所有怒气/能量/充能类技能恢复50％进度，而是在接下来10秒内，持续恢复200％该数值。】

[Enhancement Effect 1: The Shadow Queen's Grace now charges only once, no longer gaining charges through kills, but instead automatically charging every 10 minutes. Drinking this immediately restores 100% progress to all Rage/Energy/Charge abilities.]