Monsters Are Coming-Chapter 17 - Artifact Spirit Stream

For Li Tie, who was determined to defeat the Power Barbarian Axe, the members of Drunken Group still chose to continue supporting him financially.

They purchased sacrificial power from Li Zheng and other Working Party players at a rate of 50:1 and then transferred it to Li Tie through the Guidance.

This delightfully surprised Li Zheng and the others.

While mining, they brought up the topic again in the team chat channel:

Heart Killing: I just checked out the live battle stream, Brother Li's explanation was hilarious, their situation can totally be seen as a bunch of juniors financially supporting an old grandpa in his soul journey game.

Game Working Party: Stop laughing, focus on mining, each piece of ore can bring hundreds in profit.

Zero Charge: I've played with this Drunken Group before in the game "Conquest". They're a very powerful game guild, reportedly filled with rich second-generations, hope to keep long-term cooperation with them.

Poor to the Core: Just found an Energy Stone, extra meal tonight, hahaha.

Family Shared Godfather: Guys, I suggest we save up and buy a good mining pickaxe before continuing to mine, don't just sell the sacrificial power. Only by growing quickly can we earn more in the future.

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Just as the team chat channel was enjoying discussing the Drunken Group's actions, an alert suddenly popped up in the regional channel.

[Challenger Tips (Emperor Tomb Mountain Range Area): Player "Da Tie" successfully captured the primordial monster Power Barbarian, exclusive reward of 10,000 sacrificial power, and gained free permission to open the second Star Vein slot.]

"Damn!"

Players in the Liver Emperor Group who were still mining were dumbfounded.

On opening the Star Vein interface, they found that an extra monster Life Soul was available for embedding.

This Life Soul was a battle axe, completely crimson with red lights flowing over its surface and cold light shimmering from the blade. The handle was carved with ghostly patterns and intricate totems, it looked extremely dominating.

[Power Barbarian (First Generation Origin)]:

Monster Traits: All physical form attacks include "Barbaric Force" effect, increasing damage by 50%.

Purchase cost: 1000 sacrificial power.

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Looking at the newly added Life Soul option, players from Liver Emperor Group suddenly couldn't laugh anymore.

Off in the distance, cheers and jubilation were heard, evidently members of Drunken Group celebrating Li Tie's success.

"Damn, he really won," exclaimed Poor to the Core.

"Typical, it's just the grinding strategy we proposed earlier. Keep mining, let's not sell sacrificial power for now. Clearly, hunting monsters is the best way to generate sacrificial power, and we still need to improve our strength."

Li Tie's success motivated the players of the Liver Emperor Group to stop selling sacrificial power and focus first on increasing their strength.

Five hours later,

Another wave of Iron Shell Bugs struck, and the valiantly mining Liver Emperor Group players decisively retreated with the Drunken Group.

Insect Tides are a frequent occurrence in the Dark Cave.

Continuously striking the rocky walls with mining pickaxes attracts the deep underground Earth Cave Clan with a large army of Iron Shell Bugs.

With their current strength, they couldn't defeat the army of Iron Shell Bugs controlled by the Earth Cave Clan. To avoid entering an hour-long resurrection cooldown, retreating was the best option.

Only after the tide of Iron Shell Bugs retreated could they re-enter.

Leaving the cave, the outside world was still a gloomy dark red hue, with no distinction between day and night, only a sinister waning moon hanging high.

Just as players were preparing to head to Blood-Colored Plain to hunt monsters and Evil Spirits, another area alert popped up.

[Challenger Tips (Emperor Tomb Mountain Range Area): Player "Da Tie" has successfully captured the First Generation Origin Shattering, exclusively awarded 10,000 sacrificial power, and gained free permission to open the third Star Vein Slot.]

The sudden alert astonished all players.

Just hours later, this player named "Da Tie" again solely managed to capture the second Primordial Monster.

Many players, agitated, began to search for Primordial Monsters in Blood-Colored Plain and Ancient Battlefield in hopes of getting substantial rewards through hunting.

As the time approached early morning the next day,

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A regional alert appeared again:

[Challenger Tips (Emperor Tomb Mountain Range Area): Player "Da Tie" successfully captured the First Generation Origin Soul Separation, awarded 10,000 sacrificial power, and gained free permission to open the fourth Star Vein Slot.]

This alert made the players go wild, many began asking questions in the regional channel:

Game Working Party (Blood-Colored Plain): Brother Da Tie, are you accepting disciples? Take us hunting Primordial too!

Family Shared Godfather (Blood-Colored Plain): So awesome, soloing three Primordials, even stronger than our whole team.

Cute Baby (Ancient Battlefield): Excuse me, where did Brother Da Tie find so many Primordial Monsters, our team would like to try too.

Pebbles (Ancient Battlefield): We just encountered a First Generation too, but our Hunting Level was 27, got wiped out instantly, Da Tie must have encountered lower-level Primordial Monsters, I'm so jealous.

Zui Nai (Ancient Battlefield): He should be in the most recently refreshed area of the map, "Artifact Spirit Valley." Let's set out now.

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Facing the inquiries in the regional channel, Li Tie, who was fervently battling, didn't even glance at them.

At this time, he received a video call from his granddaughter.

After connecting, his granddaughter, still in her little turkey form, excitedly said:

"Grandpa, we want to see you challenge the Artifact Spirit."

"Okay." Li Tie nodded and waved his hand to hide the video call screen floating in front of him.

He was preparing to challenge the fourth Artifact Spirit.

Before the challenge began, Li Tie summoned the Star Vein enhancement panel.

He spent 1000 sacrificial power to peel off the initial stone-statue ghost Life Soul, then sequentially inlaid the Power Barbarian, Soul Separation, and Shattering Monster Life Souls into the Star Vein.

Then he used the remaining 30,000 sacrificial power to raise his Body Refining Level.

Each level cost 10,000 sacrificial power.

After three consecutive flashes of white light, his Body Refining Level reached Level 3, now able to inherit all attributes from three types of monsters.

At this moment, Li Tie stepped forward, entering the sensing range of the Artifact Spirit.

Suddenly, the remaining Sweeping Sword and Nether Ghost Stick shot towards him.

Li Tie lightly tapped the ground with his right foot, with three Artifact Spirits, embedded in the Star Veins, materializing as phantoms behind him, circling around his body.

Three ability traits emerged in his mind.

[Power Barbarian Lv1]:

Monster Trait: All physical attacks carry the "Barbaric Force" effect, enhancing damage by 50% and significantly strengthening one's own power.

[Soul Separation Lv1]:

Monster Trait: All physical attacks carry the Soul Separation effect, causing a spiritual shock to the target and leaving a burning soul refinement brand.

[Shattering Lv1]:

Monster Trait: All physical attacks carry penetration and shattering effects.

Guidance Tip: Hunt monsters in the main form to gain evolution points, shared by all monster forms.

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Facing the incoming Sweeping Sword.

Li Tie reached out and grabbed the Power Barbarian Axe.

A crimson light rapidly spread from his right hand around his body; the effects of the Power Barbarian trait surged into him, and Li Tie clearly felt his strength significantly amplified.

"Kill!"

The Power Barbarian Axe cleaved forward, directly meeting the Sweeping Sword.

The sound of metal clashing echoed; the Sweeping Sword was struck and sent flying.

However, Li Tie chose not to pursue the victory. He voluntarily released the Power Barbarian Axe, which turned into a phantom and continued to circle around his body.

Next in his hands was the Soul-Breaking Spear.

The material of the spear was neither gold nor iron, the entire body was a deep blue-purple, like that of condensed stars; the spear was slender and its tip shimmered coldly.

A low howl could be faintly heard from within the spear.

The Sweeping Sword attacked once again.

Destroy!

The spear thrust out, its tip making contact with the tip of the Sweeping Sword, sending it flying again, leaving a dark blue imprint on the blade.

Without the Power Barbarian Axe's strength trait boost, Li Tie, armed with the spear, slid backward two meters.

After steadying his stance, Li Tie released the spear, letting the Soul-Breaking Spear hang in the air.

This time he did not switch to the Shattering Blade for combat, but allowed the three Artifact Spirits in the air to merge into a golden War Blade.

Seeing this scene, the members of Drunken Group watching the live stream shouted various exclamations in the voice channel:

All-nighter and Night Snack: Ahhh, Master Tie is too cool, truly my idol for many years, even decomposing the initial monster form, is he planning to follow the Artifact Spirit Stream?

Shrimp and Pork Heart: I'm so dead, I want to follow the Artifact Spirit School too, Black Armored Snake is not as cool as Artifact Spirits, even the style of switching weapons is cool, not to mention the form after weapon trait fusion!

Is This Beaver: Finally, a game that has a Star Vein School I like, the Artifact Spirit Stream is way cooler than Bone Fire + Eagle-Headed Demon's long-range perception strike play!