Chapter 58: Decisive Battle

Wind in Sleep, Lonely Swordsman, and Mingyue Zhaoxue all felt a headache.

The three were now facing the second form of the G creature; if G1 still looked like a human by forty or fifty percent, G2 had completely mutated into a monster with only a human form.

According to the Monster Manual.

G2 is a Second Rank One-Star monster.

It is still a standout among monsters of the same rank.

Its giant claw was enough to tear a Tyrant Zombie apart in one hit.

“Open Fire!”

Lonely Swordsman’s submachine gun swept out a volley of bullets, instantly splashing flesh and blood on this monster, but G2’s attack, defense, and regeneration were all enhanced.

This attack could not pose a threat!

Although G2’s mobility was still a relative shortcoming, it had improved a lot compared to G1, and it possessed the Charge skill, which was enough to make up for the lack of speed.

The three Adventurers were dodging in a sorry state.

G2 charged and broke through a concrete wall.

It quickly turned around and used its massive right arm to block the incoming bullets, resisting the offensive, and charged again, immediately hitting Wind in Sleep against the wall, instantly losing mobility.

“It’s over!”

Wind in Sleep felt despair.

This place was narrow, with no room to maneuver and evade.

Close combat with this kind of monster, there was almost no chance of winning.

He decisively took out a grenade from his body, but before he could pull the pin, G2’s retractable claws shot out and swept, immediately cutting his body from his left shoulder all the way to his abdomen.

Wind in Sleep, killed in action!

Mingyue Zhaoxue used an assault rifle to shoot the remaining few bullets at G2, causing its body to fall into a brief stiffness.

Lonely Swordsman dropped his empty submachine gun, did a quick sliding tackle to the side, picked up the grenade, and pulled the pin; the action was all done in one go, but in the next moment.

Five giant claws rapidly attacked and pierced the body.

Lonely Swordsman used his last bit of strength to stuff the grenade into the monster’s body, and then there was a loud bang, and two figures were blown away at the same time and fell to the ground, motionless.

Lonely Swordsman, killed in action!

Perished together with G2.

The Adventurers outside looked at each other, not daring to imagine that such a thing would happen; four Adventurers had died, and currently, only one, Mingyue Zhaoxue, who had run out of ammunition and was full of bewilderment, survived by luck.

Cat Mengmeng called out, “Sister Mingyue, are you okay? The monster is finally completely killed!”

White Deer: “What’s going on with this monster? Why did its strength suddenly increase so much, becoming so terrifying!”

“I don’t know!”

Mingyue Zhaoxue was still in a state of shock and confusion.

She opened the Monster Manual and found the relevant introduction to this monster.

【G2 creature】, Second Rank One-Star monster… Introduction: The most terrifying thing about the G virus is that it possesses a near-infinite ability to evolve and mutate, every time it suffers severe injury, it may activate the activity of G cells, the G2 creature form is evolved and mutated from G1.

“G1, G2…”

Mingyue Zhaoxue muttered to herself.

Another strange sound came from nearby.

She suddenly felt a bone-chilling coldness rush from her coccyx straight to the top of her head.

“Not good!”

“Sister Mingyue, run!”

“No way!”

“This guy…he…he’s alive again!”

“…”

The audience all felt a sense of horror.

The G2 monster, blown to pieces, stood up again, and at the same time, quickly devoured and absorbed the nearby corpses, fusing them into its body.

Flesh and blood wriggled wildly!

The skeleton was rapidly reorganizing!

The G creature once again underwent a huge Change.

This Change was so thorough, the structure of the body had changed so drastically, it could no longer be called a human!

G3’s arms grew and expanded to three and a half meters at the same time.

Now they have moved from the shoulders to the back, forming giant claws similar to “demon wings”.

And the pair of auxiliary arms that grew on its chest during the G2 period had now grown into a pair of brand-new arms, its entire body’s skin was dark red or purplish-black, and some areas were covered with hardened tissue similar to scales.

The height reached over three meters!

A normal person in front of it was like a dwarf!

【You unlocked the Monster Manual “G3 creature”!】

The Adventurers’ luck was obviously not good; this time, not only was G2 triggered, but even G3 appeared.

G3’s pressure far exceeded G2’s by ten times!

This was completely the most deformed, distorted, and ugly demon!

The flamethrower tracker of the Second Stage could not compare to it.

As the strongest monster of the Third Stage of the Secret Realm, it is a Second Rank Three-Star existence; in other words, not only is its appearance more oppressive than the flamethrower tracker, but its strength is also much stronger than the flamethrower tracker.

Mingyue Zhaoxue’s fighting spirit collapsed, and she completely fell into despair.

After all, she had run out of ammunition, even if she still had fighting spirit, she had no ability to resist.

Quick!

Too fast!

G3 charged to the front at a speed faster than the Witch or the second form of the Tracker, and the demon-wing-like giant claws fell directly on Mingyue Zhaoxue, instantly tearing the Adventurer to pieces like tearing a piece of paper!

Challenge failed!

And it was a crushing defeat!

Lonely Swordsman: “Is the Third Stage so difficult?”

“Although the Old Man was careless this time, resulting in being sneak attacked to death…”

White Crane Hermit was somewhat embarrassed: “But even if I survived, I couldn’t change the result, after all, G3 is stronger than the Tracker!”

“I understand!”

Wind in Sleep said: “The G creature looks like a monster, but it’s actually three, or even more kinds of monsters!”

White Crane Hermit nodded: “It can continuously evolve and grow, and each evolution is equivalent to becoming a new monster, and each G1 has a certain probability of becoming G2 or even G3.”

Everyone heard this.

All felt a sense of novelty.

South Mountain Guest: “I’ve never heard of this situation, isn’t this too rare?”

Black Stone Hammer King clicked his tongue: “Each G1 can become G3? Under these circumstances, the pressure is so great!”

Angry Little Chicken: “Our Lord really knows how to stir things up!”

Cat Mengmeng: “Hey, what was I saying, you can’t underestimate Lord, he has more trump cards than we imagined, and just pulling one out of his pants would be enough to give us a hard time.”

“This Third Stage is far more difficult than the Second Stage!”

“Good! The harder it is, the more excited I am!”

“I’ll conquer it sooner or later!”

“To be honest, G3 is pretty cool, I want this Essence Soul!”

“…”

The Adventurers were once again shocked by the Lord’s powerful monsters and design abilities, and at the same time, they became curious about the origin of the G creature, and launched a lively discussion and conjecture about it.

This challenge was undoubtedly a failure.

The estimated Exploration Progress was less than one-tenth.

But the Adventurers did not become discouraged because of this, but rather became more curious about the remaining part.

…

Lord’s Mansion.

Qi Ji retracted his gaze.

The Adventurers’ energy had been exhausted.

Business ended half an hour early.

Today’s Territory’s basic Resources Reserves when Opening the City are:

Soul Crystals 114, Spiritual Power: 3414, Material Essence 1169.

The First Order gray Essence Soul Reserves are: One-Star 300, Two-Star 25, Three-Star 6.

Today, 670 Adventurers were received, with a Soul Crystal income of 3432, and a Spiritual Power net income of 4732.

The Essence Soul income and output are: One-Star Essence Soul 315/349, Two-Star Essence Soul 39/44, Three-Star Essence Soul 16/28, Five-Star Essence Soul 5/6.

The exaggeration of Essence Soul income.

Almost close to 90% of the output.

Each Underground City’s Essence Soul recycling ability is different.

Generally, if it can reach about 20%, it is considered qualified; if it is lower than this ratio, the Underground City will have problems in operation, and those that can reach 30-40% are Underground Cities with very skillful means and strong management abilities.

These Lords, in order to recycle resources.

Could not avoid deceiving and using tricks, and battling wits.

Qi Ji did not offer any conditions and always lay flat, being Buddhist.

Even so, the daily recycling ratio can still maintain over 60%.

Today, it even reached about 90% under the stimulation of external war!

Such an exaggerated recycling ratio is enough to make any well-informed Great Lord exclaim “I’ve lived long enough to see this”.

So many Essence Souls were exploded in one go.

An ordinary Lord’s spirit would have been exhausted long ago.

Qi Ji still had a net income of as high as 4732 points.

The current Spiritual Power Reserves reached a record high of 8146!

Can’t spend it all!

Can’t spend it all at all!

A Second Rank Lord’s upgrade to a Third Rank Lord, the Spiritual Power required is only 5000, and if Qi Ji upgraded at this moment, he could awaken the Sea of Inspiration again.

Although very tempted.

But ultimately held back.

Advancement must certainly be done.

But it doesn’t matter to wait half an evening.

First destroy Bloodthroat, establish the Overall Situation, and then upgrade.

With sufficient Materials.

With enough Essence Soul.

Qi Ji constructed the third and fourth Mercenary Houses, and in one breath, contracted 15 Adventurers, then invested two Tank Essence Souls and one Witch Soul in the Monster Camp, causing the Territory Monsters to increase to 6.

Finally, he issued a Territory Campaign Mission to all Adventurers.

Although the number of Essence Souls in hand was very large, the military strength that could actually be recruited was limited by the number of Mercenary House’s Upper Limit, and could only recruit a maximum of 360 Mercenaries.

Finally, the Miracle City troops took shape.

1 Flamethrower Tracker Monster Soldier, 1 Witch Monster Soldier, 4 Tank Monster Soldiers, 30 Contract Soldiers, and 360 Mercenaries; such a formation was already very powerful, and at least in the First Order Stage, it could be considered luxurious.

A Great Battle was about to break out.

This battle is the ultimate Decisive Battle between Miracle City and Gloomy City.

The final result will directly determine the Fate of the Gloomy Valley!

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