Supreme Electromagnetic Tyrant-Chapter 369 - 266: Gathering of Monsters

"Wolf Soul Wood."

Ji Xinghuo stood on a mountain ridge, looking at the forest ahead.

The seemingly tranquil forest was lurking with dozens of monsters, their forms like wolves, over two meters long, made of wood, with rough bark-like skin. Green branches and leaves grew on their shoulders, blending perfectly with the surrounding bushes, making them hard to spot.

However, in electromagnetic induction, they were all too obvious.

Like the Sawtooth Mantis, the Wolf Soul Wood was a common monster found often in Level One areas, but they were better at lying in wait, attacking only when their target entered their encirclement.

"Need to kill 24 Wolf Soul Wood to get one point of Eternal Day Merit."

Ji Xinghuo clicked his tongue.

There were just over forty of these monsters in total, killing them would earn him 2 points of Merit.

He pretended not to notice, came down from the ridge, and walked into the forest. His electromagnetic induction constantly scanned the surroundings, ensuring there were no other monsters.

Soon, Ji Xinghuo stepped into the encirclement of the Wolf Soul Wood.

In the surrounding forest, the dozens of monsters remained motionless, as if waiting for the perfect moment.

Whizz!

Ji Xinghuo made the first move, pulling the trigger of his Crystal Light Gun. A high-speed beam shot out and exploded the nearest Wolf Soul Wood into splinters and leaves. Amidst this scream, the lurking Wolf Soul Woods were startled and surrounded him from all directions.

The trees and bushes shook, concealing streaks of green that attacked.

The Wolf Soul Wood were adept at using dense vegetation for attacks.

But in Ji Xinghuo’s eyes, these tricks were useless. He stood still, continuously firing the Crystal Light Gun while turning the muzzle to maintain a high-frequency rhythm.

Each beam of high-temperature light was directed differently, yet each accurately penetrated through layers of branches and bushes to hit the Wolf Soul Woods hiding behind.

Occasionally, Ji Xinghuo turned around.

As if having eyes on his back, the Crystal Light Gun fired a beam that exploded a Wolf Soul Wood just a few meters away from him.

The intense gunfire lasted for half a minute before quieting down.

Around Ji Xinghuo, the ground lay scattered with over forty pieces of Wolf Soul Wood, the closest carcases five meters away from him, leaving him unscathed.

"Easy!"

"This is the kind of battle I want."

Ji Xinghuo smiled calmly, glanced at the Wanxiang Star Pupil interface, his Spiritual Source Ability had increased by 45 points. He then opened the Eternal Day Badge, Merit increased by 2 points, including from the Sawtooth Mantises he had killed yesterday, which completed the required merit, otherwise, he would have had only 1 point.

"7 points of Merit now."

He turned off the badge’s screen, looked at the Wolf Soul Wood carcasses on the ground, and went over to check them. The spore bats from yesterday had self-destructed, and the Sawtooth Mantises had been blasted into dregs by the laser cannon, leaving no carcasses to check for any Alien Species.

The dead Wolf Soul Wood looked just like logs.

He reached out to touch one, and information popped up in front of him.

"Monster: Wolf Soul Wood"

"Level: Common"

"Alien Species: None"

"No Alien Species!" Ji Xinghuo was momentarily stunned. This was his first encounter with such a situation, inevitably raising questions.

Although killing Wolf Soul Wood seemed easy, their strength was not to be underestimated, stronger than typical common monsters. Common monsters in the Star Realm usually possessed one or two Alien Species. Logically, they should have corresponding Alien Species. This situation was definitely not normal.

Ji Xinghuo checked several more Wolf Soul Wood carcasses, finding no Alien Species.

"Take a look at all of them."

After examining over twenty carcasses, finally, one Wolf Soul Wood was different.

"Monster: Wolf Soul Wood"

"Level: Common"

"Alien Species: Hard Wood Skin"

Hard Wood Skin was just a quality Alien Species, not worth much money.

Next, Ji Xinghuo found another Alien Species, "Bite," on another Wolf Soul Wood, but it was a basic Alien Species, not wanted even if given away for free.

"The monsters of Earth Abyss Star are too strange." Ji Xinghuo collected the Hard Wood Skin Alien Species, storing it in the Dimension Stomach. Looking at the scattered monster corpses, he frowned.

From yesterday until now, regardless of the strength differences among the three types of monsters he had killed, each monster only provided one point of Spiritual Source Ability, fixed and unchanging.

Their Alien Species were also pitifully few.

Yet, these monsters’ strength was not weak in the slightest, even slightly stronger than those of the same grade.

The monsters’ strength absolutely did not match his gains.

Ji Xinghuo recalled the information published on the Eternal Day Guardian website; he had previously speculated that Earth Abyss Star was tampered with, the whole planet’s flora being foreign species. It now seemed these monsters and plants had deeper secrets lurking behind them.

"In a Level One area, it seems impossible to obtain a large quantity of Alien Species and high-grade Alien Species."

"Accumulating Spiritual Source Energy will also be difficult."

He pondered that an advantage of Earth Abyss Star was the abundance of monsters, allowing him to steadily absorb Spiritual Source Energy.

If the quality isn’t sufficient, then make up for it in quantity.

Moreover, it’s not necessary that he personally kill all the monsters himself.

Ji Xinghuo looked up at the sky; despite his superhuman vision, he couldn’t see the space-based weapons system orbiting above, but this didn’t stop his mind from racing.

With the help of the Crystal Elite Clan’s laser cannon, the efficiency of obtaining Spiritual Origin Ability could be significantly increased.

He immediately thought of a game he had played before.

"Lure monsters, gather monsters."

"Create a big commotion to attract more monsters."

"Let’s try it in a safer first-level area first, and it can only be done during the day."

Ji Xinghuo immediately took action.

Before long, he encountered a group of Wolf Soul Wood, around sixty in number. Pretending not to notice, he approached within a few hundred meters and then his Crystal Light Gun suddenly fired, its high-temperature beam killing several Wolf Soul Wood from afar. The Wolf Soul Woods lurking around were all startled and howled as they charged over.

This time, Ji Xinghuo deliberately did not shoot again; instead, he turned and ran.

The Wolf Soul Wood were fast.

However, Ji Xinghuo was faster, yet he maintained a certain distance, grasping the surrounding terrain with electromagnetic induction without shaking them off.

During the chase, when the Wolf Soul Wood saw they couldn’t catch up, they were ready to give up.

Ji Xinghuo suddenly turned around and fired again, killing one or two more Wolf Soul Wood. His speed slowed down a bit, instantly re-aggravating the monsters to continue their pursuit.

"Just like that..."

As he ran, Ji Xinghuo monitored his physical fitness and Star Power.

Given his current physical condition, without using the Rotating Magnetic Field to boost his explosive power and relying only on his legs to run, the Wolf Soul Wood would eventually catch up, but as long as he burst forward, he could pull away; then, by stopping the burst, he could maintain his pace and gradually recover his Star Power.

Physical fitness was not a problem either. He could run continuously for days without feeling tired, needing only to replenish a bit of food and water occasionally.

He glanced back at the group of Wolf Soul Wood.

They were still relentlessly pursuing without a sign of fatigue.

The monsters on Earth Abyss Star all had plant characteristics; photosynthesis endowed them with extreme stamina, far surpassing that of ordinary Evolvers. Many Eternal Day Guardians were killed by the monsters of Earth Abyss Star after being worn out.

Electromagnetic induction revealed another group of monsters, which were a dozen Thorny Vine Balls.

True to their name, the Thorny Vine Balls were about two meters in diameter, resembling giant sea urchins, with dozens of vines growing on their surface. These vines could be soft or hard, with sharp wooden spikes at their ends, serving as the hands and feet of the Thorny Vine Balls, swaying as they moved at high speed.

The Thorny Vine Balls were much more dangerous than the Sawtooth Mantis and Wolf Soul Wood; killing just 12 of them would earn one Eternal Day Merit.

They hid underground, and some also clung to huge trees.

Ji Xinghuo changed direction and ran towards them.

From a distance, he raised his Crystal Light Gun and fired at one of the Thorny Vine Balls. The high-temperature beam pierced through its core, and the other Thorny Vine Balls, all startled, waved their tentacle-like vines and rapidly rolled over.

He changed his running direction again.

Soon, the Thorny Vine Balls were left behind, joining the pursuing team of Wolf Soul Wood.

Ji Xinghuo slightly increased his speed, and in the next hour, he continuously encountered several groups of monsters, including Wolf Soul Wood, Sawtooth Mantis, and Thorny Vipers. The number of monsters chasing him grew larger and larger, forming a massive, train-like procession, causing a tremendous commotion.

Even monsters several kilometers away were startled.

And then they converged.

Ji Xinghuo had long noticed that the monsters of Earth Abyss Star were connected by some underlying link. Even the different types of monsters seemed to obey the same controlling will.

Sure enough, a group of Sawtooth Mantis and two additional groups of Wolf Soul Wood appeared from the front and the sides simultaneously, forming an encircling move with electromagnetic induction blocking all his paths.

Gazing into the distance, beyond the range of electromagnetic induction, more monsters were rushing over.

Ji Xinghuo continuously changed directions.

The encircling monsters adjusted accordingly.

"Who is commanding them?" Ji Xinghuo thought apprehensively. This was a phenomenon difficult to notice for most people, and it was unmentioned on the forums of Eternal Day Guardians.

But now was not the time to delve into it.

More and more monsters gathered, and electromagnetic induction showed that the number of monsters within a few kilometers radius had now exceeded five thousand!

The circle formed by the group of monsters was getting smaller, compressing Ji Xinghuo’s space to escape.

High up in the sky, Spore Bats appeared, not as many as yesterday, but still in the thousands, swooping down screeching. Unless he fully unleashed his burst speed, no matter how fast he ran, the Spore Bats would catch up, and it would be troublesome once they exploded close to him.

"Time to harvest!"

Ji Xinghuo slowed down, adjusted his position, and escaped into a large clearing in the forest.

This was a spot he had chosen beforehand.

At the same time, a large group of Sawtooth Mantis charged from the front, blocking his way, but Ji Xinghuo had no intention of continuing to run.

His gaze intensified as he activated Overclocking Thought.

Spiritual Energy release!

A click sounded from the Spirit Sword Bracelet on his left wrist, and it fell off, transforming into four half-a-meter-long handle-less swords of blue, red, purple, and silver. The blue Ice Sword burst with cold energy, and next to it, eight identical Cold Ice Swords formed, bringing the count of Flying Swords to twelve.

Ji Xinghuo multitasked, and the twelve Flying Swords burst forth with multicolored sword lights, shooting towards the first few hundred Sawtooth Mantis that charged upfront.

The Flying Swords shot out like twelve colorful streaks flashing.

Meanwhile, Ji Xinghuo himself also raised his Crystal Light Gun, aiming and firing at the monsters. The killing strike of high-temperature beams and sword lights erupted simultaneously.