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

After dealing with these three guys, Liu Nian upgraded his Vast Mindset to level 5.

(Level 5, 14-second cooldown, 100 mana cost): You unleash a roar that grants your basic attacks bonus physical damage equal to 14% of your maximum health for the next 10 seconds. You cannot critically strike during this duration.

Liu Nian continued his search for goblins. In the next half day, he found and killed two more groups of goblin players, one of whom was driving a clanging, black-smoke-belching bipedal logging machine.

Liu Nian, in order to conduct the test, endured the attacks of the logging machine to test the damage, and finally concluded that:

A goblin who can pilot a machine is at least three times stronger than one who can't! That's basically equivalent to a human player of the same level.

This is something to be wary of.

At this point, the goblin player area chat was in complete chaos:

"Reporting, Commander! Humans! Humans are terrifying! One punch! With just one punch, they annihilated Boss Slag and his invincible vehicle!"

"Aren't humans supposed to be the weakest race? How come he was gone with just one punch?! I don't believe it!"

"The information was wrong! They're different from the ones I've encountered before! Their hair color is different!"

"Idiots, did you see that? You have to look at the hair color! I bet the ones with black hair are elite monsters!" Some "experienced" goblin players started trying to figure out the pattern in the channel, and some goblins forwarded it in other channels.

"Minions, remember this! Humans with black hair are rare elites! If you see them, run away quickly! Repeat, run away quickly!"

"Remember this! Look at the hair color! Black hair means superheroes! Don't touch them!"

"Understood, the one with black hair is the invincible God of War..."

Panic is spreading and is showing signs of escalating.

Meanwhile, somewhere on the second basement level of the Underdark, in a cave converted into a makeshift workshop, amidst piles of goblin-style junk parts and the corpses of failed modified beasts, a fat goblin named [Goblin Bonescutter Garrag (LV.87)], dressed in an exaggerated red technician's outfit and wearing welding goggles, was roaring at a squeaking, farting goblin: "Git da zog out! My lumberjacks are all broken?! Figure out where that black-haired human kid came from?!"

Behind him was a massive four-armed logging machine with four wheels on its chassis, and a huge, billowing black smoke on top, covered with spikes, rocket nests, and circular saws!

This steel behemoth almost filled half the cave, and with a roar, the earth spirit crawled into the cockpit, unleashing a deafening howl:

"Zog me! Who dares to ruin my good time, Bonesbreaker Garrag?! Kids, find him and crush that black-haired shrimp into dust! Let his ass eat my big bang!"

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With the last goblin poacher sent flying back to his hometown in horror by a single punch, Liu Nian completed his mission.

[System Notification: The quest "Expel the Goblins" - "Kill the Goblin Player Poacher Who Infiltrated the Nest (10/10)" has been completed. Please return to Mother Salamander, Lagersha, to claim your reward.]

"Finally, it's all done."

This task of searching back and forth was actually quite annoying, but thankfully it was finally completed.

Liu Nian's level has reached 27, his health has grown to 146478, and his attack power is 7200.

They easily returned to the vast lava lake.

At this moment, Lagersha no longer concealed herself. Her enormous body floated quietly in the center of the lake like an island, with hundreds of eggs emitting a hazy red glow on her back.

As Liu Nian approached the lake, one of Lagersha's huge vertical pupils slowly opened and her gaze fell on him.

"Your efficiency is higher than I expected," Lagersha's thoughts echoed, tinged with approval. "Those annoying 'flea' scents have indeed diminished considerably. This is the reward you deserve."

[Ding! Lagersha's favorability +1000]

[Obtained 1 Perfect Hellfire Gem]

A red gemstone, about the size of a fist, with what appeared to be flowing liquid flames inside, slowly floated in front of Liu Nian, who reached out and grabbed it.

【Name: Perfect Hellfire Gem】

[Type: Consumable/Pet Evolution Item]

[Effect: Feeding this to a pet can guide its inner potential, causing it to evolve in a targeted manner. It will definitely gain a powerful legendary talent or skill related to fire, and significantly increase the pet's fire resistance and fire attribute.]

"It's not for embedding, it's for pets to eat?" Liu Nian was somewhat surprised.

After thinking for a moment, Liu Nian didn't rush to give the gem to Echo, but instead kept it.

After completing Lagersha's second quest and obtaining the fire lizard pet, feeding it to the fire lizard seems like a better option.

Since fire lizards are immune to and have an affinity for fire, it's unknown what they will evolve into after being swallowed.

After receiving Lagersha's personal mission reward, Liu Nian did not choose to return to the team immediately. Instead, he contacted Wu Zhan and told him that he would be acting alone for a while.

He discovered that killing these goblin players was far more profitable than farming wild monsters: their stats stacked quickly, the drop rate was 100%, and they received an extra experience bonus.

To be honest, following the team slows him down a bit.

Furthermore, since the goal is to expel the goblins later, weakening their forces beforehand would also allow them to find clues about the dwarves.

Goblins and gnomes are mortal enemies. Following the goblins' activity patterns to find the gnomes' strongholds is much better than trying your luck like a headless fly.

Wu Zhan had originally intended to devise an upgrade plan for Liu Nian, but Liu Nian's growth rate was far too fast, completely exceeding his experience. Now that Liu Nian had a better method, he naturally had no reason to object, and instead offered his advice:

"Okay! You handle it yourself, but be careful. We're going back to the Fungus Tribe to collect Bond Badges and upgrade. Stay in touch, and call for help immediately if anything happens."

"I see."

After ending the call, Liu Nian took out a map, examined it, and then headed northwest.

Lagersha had said that the goblins had established many outposts in the 'Sulphur Smoke Canyon' in the northwest. Liu Nian planned to slowly explore the area and see what the situation was like before making any decisions.

In fact, the goblins not only established an outpost, but also a defensive fortress located deep within Sulfur Smoke Canyon. The fortress was easy to defend and difficult to attack, with numerous watchtowers, trap-filled passageways, and an astonishing number of goblin player patrol squads on its perimeter.

Its personnel composition is roughly as follows:

The most numerous type of laborers are those with a level between LV.5 and LV.10, who are responsible for rough work such as mining, transportation, and construction.

Then came a large number of main combat units, a group known within the goblins as goblin boys. They were generally between LV.30 and LV.40 and typically used various crude melee weapons and ranged guns, net guns, grenades, and so on.

After that, they belong to the elite warrior class, also known as goblin technicians or storm boys. In addition to basic combat methods, they also possess goblin engineering knowledge, enabling them to pilot small logging machines, modify creatures and goblin aircraft, and set up explosive traps, repair equipment, and so on.

Finally, there are the leaders of the goblins, who are mostly great goblins, also known as warlords, generals, or great goblins.