As she spoke, Xu Xiao's face subtly flushed.
Before Lu Li could react, she hastily explained:
"I'm the class leader; it's my duty to look after every student in the class!"
"Oh… so saintly? You won't last long in the apocalypse, you know…" Lu Li said teasingly, then quickly added a reminder:
"Tell Ma Han to try attacking the Mantis Queen's neck."
"What?!" Xu Xiao was about to retort, but hearing Lu Li's reminder, she immediately gave the order:
"Wang Chao, try to restrict the Mantis Queen's movements!"
"I'll do my best!"
Wang Chao roared and charged at the Mantis Queen.
"Ma Han, attack the Mantis Queen's neck with all your might!"
"Damn it, fatty, don't move! I can't aim!"
Ma Han cried out anxiously, but the arrow in his hand remained unshot.
Seeing the situation about to be reversed by the Mantis Queen, Lu Li frowned slightly and secretly activated his ability.
Insect Swarm Deterrence: Deter insects, causing a stiffening effect. Duration depends on the level difference and talent grade.
Although Lv.0 Lu Li was a full 6 levels below the Lv.6 Mantis Queen.
The Gold-grade Insect Swarm Deterrence, under the influence of Xu Xiao's ability, automatically upgraded to Platinum!
So, even the Mantis Queen experienced a moment of stiffness!
"Good chance!"
Ma Han exclaimed in surprise, shooting his arrow, which struck the Mantis Queen's neck with force.
With its vital point hit, the enraged Mantis Queen's head tilted, and it immediately fell to the ground, dead beyond dead.
"It's dead already?"
Wang Chao and Ma Han were stunned.
The Mantis Queen in front of them was clearly an Lv.6 lord creature, yet it was killed by three Lv.0 players?
Is Over-Level Kill that easy?!
Xu Xiao looked at the fallen Mantis Queen and then at Lu Li with extreme surprise:
"How did you know its neck was its weak point?"
Lu Li shrugged: "I have a Reconnaissance ability, you know. As long as the target's level isn't more than ten levels higher, I can find its weak point."
The three realized upon hearing this.
They figured that even a Black Iron-grade ability wasn't entirely useless; if used properly, it could still have a huge impact.
Ignoring the three in their daze, Lu Li went to the Mantis Queen's corpse and activated his Soul Devour ability.
Devoured Lv.6 monster soul, Divine Soul Points +15
Plunder Ability — Blade Arm (Gold)
Plunder Ability — Insect Swarm Deterrence (Gold)
Detected ability 'Blade Arm' can undergo a second evolution. It will automatically upgrade to Platinum after the evolution quest is completed.
Detected ability 'Insect Swarm Deterrence' can evolve. Do you wish to trigger the evolution quest? Yes / No
Looking at the options before him, Lu Li fell into contemplation.
The evolution quest for Insect Swarm Deterrence wouldn't make him kill 100 Mantis Queens in twenty-four hours, would it?
After all, Insect Swarm Deterrence was quite useful against insect creatures. If the evolution failed and the ability disappeared, Lu Li would truly be reluctant.
Just as Lu Li was agonizing, Xu Xiao suddenly asked:
"Lu Li, can your Reconnaissance see the location of yuan crystals?"
Lu Li subconsciously replied: "Yes."
As a result, the quest interface, which he hadn't exited yet, was immediately triggered by this answer!
Ding! Ability evolution quest triggered!
Quest Content: Over-Level Kill 1 player within twenty-four hours!
Quest Reward: Challenger's Chest × 3, ability 'Insect Swarm Deterrence' evolves to Platinum grade!
Kills: 0 / 1.
"What the f…"
Xu Xiao saw Lu Li curse under his breath and then his face turn cloudy, and she mistakenly thought he was unwilling to point out the yuan crystal's location, so she couldn't help but grumble inwardly:
"This Lu Li is really stingy."
Outwardly, she put on a businesslike expression:
"Don't worry, even though we killed the Mantis Queen, you were the one who discovered it first, and you pointed out its weak point, so we'll split the yuan crystal fifty-fifty."
Lu Li, still pondering how to complete the evolution quest, didn't hear what Xu Xiao said, only nodded haphazardly:
"The yuan crystal's location is inside the Mantis Queen's head."
Wang Chao heard this, raised his fist, and began smashing the Mantis Queen's head.
Within half a cigarette's time, an orange yuan crystal fell out.
"It's actually a Tier 3 yuan crystal. If we absorbed this whole thing, it would probably add 100 experience points..."
Ma Han smacked his lips, his face full of excitement.
Currently, no player had advanced to Lv.1 yet.
After all, the apocalypse had just begun, there were many people but few monsters, and killing monsters didn't grant experience; it required absorbing yuan crystals.
Most players had an innate fear of monsters.
Even the brave ones who happened to kill one or two monsters only obtained Tier 1 yuan crystals, which provided just 1 experience point, nowhere near enough to reach Lv.1.
As for the army.
Although they could obtain enough yuan crystals to level up, due to centralized allocation, no one would advance to Lv.1 very quickly.
"Lv.0 to Lv.1 requires 10 experience, Lv.1 to Lv.2 requires 20 experience... If we absorb this yuan crystal, we can probably jump straight to Lv.3!"
Wang Chao's eyes burned with eagerness, but he ultimately took the yuan crystal from Ma Han's hand and handed it to Xu Xiao.
"Class leader, you're the head, you distribute it!"
Before he finished speaking, Lu Li, who had been silent, suddenly spoke up:
"If you don't want to die, you'd best not touch this yuan crystal."
"What do you mean by that?!"
Xu Xiao looked at Lu Li, confusion in her eyes.
This Lu Li, could he be planning to repay kindness with enmity and monopolize the Tier 3 yuan crystal?
"Just what it means."
Lu Li wasn't in the mood to explain further to Xu Xiao and walked towards the direction of the insect nest.
His secret of rebirth could not be known by a second person; continuing to explain would only be a waste of time.
With two evolution quests triggered consecutively, Lu Li was very busy!
Xu Xiao never expected Lu Li's attitude to become so cold, and her knuckles, clutching the yuan crystal, turned somewhat white.
She was already a class leader, and after the apocalypse descended, she awakened a rare amplification-type ability.
Even if she wasn't the type to be vain or enjoy being flattered, she still felt very uncomfortable after sensing Lu Li's cold attitude.
"What's with the attitude! So what if you awakened a Reconnaissance ability? If I didn't like you, you'd have been eaten by the Mantis Queen by now!"
Wang Chao and Ma Han saw Lu Li walk away and looked at Xu Xiao:
"Class leader, should we still split this yuan crystal?"
"Keep it for now. Follow Lu Li and see what he's going to do."
Xu Xiao tucked the yuan crystal close to her body and strode to catch up with Lu Li.
After walking a few steps, the three saw the entrance to the small hill-like insect nest not far away, as well as the corpse of another Mantis Queen lying at the entrance.
Although this Mantis Queen was smaller, it certainly didn't look like a Lv.1 or Lv.2 minion.
"There's another Mantis Queen. Could Lu Li have killed it?"
Xu Xiao's eyes were filled with continuous surprise, but when her gaze fell upon the neat incision on the Mantis Queen's head, she unconsciously dismissed the idea:
"Lu Li's ability is Reconnaissance, and this Mantis Queen was clearly killed by a sharp weapon, so it shouldn't have been Lu Li."
"Perhaps two lord creatures fought, and the bigger one killed the smaller one. Lu Li just happened to pass by and picked up the loot."
Ma Han mused, stroking his chin.
"Makes sense, Old Ma, you're really clever!"
Wang Chao gave Ma Han a thumbs-up.
While they were talking, Lu Li was already preparing to enter the insect nest.
Xu Xiao immediately spoke up when she saw this: "Lu Li, what are you doing?"
"Hiss, why is this woman still following..." Lu Li looked at Xu Xiao with some exasperation: "Use your clever brain to think, big class leader."
With that, he ignored Xu Xiao and plunged into the insect nest... Big Bad Wolf Book Source Warm Reminder: Due to special reasons, the group was forcibly disbanded! New group rebuilt, Group 1 number (298732622) Group 2 (1062268835) To prevent loss of contact, tg: t.me/dahuilang888, this message will be displayed until tomorrow noon!
