Chapter 13: Rooster Knight And Elite Insect Monsters
Wu Xian had already walked far away.
At this moment, he was riding the Chicken King to search for another Insectoid Race mother nest.
Unexpectedly, the Chicken King could really serve as a mount. It wasn’t just the Chicken King; the God of Wealth’s Black Tiger could also act as a temporary mount. Although its speed couldn’t compare to the Mechanical Mountain Motorcycle, it was much more effortless than traveling on foot.
And with the 【Rooster’s Five Virtues】 Civil Virtue passive boost, the Chicken King’s energy consumption was significantly lower than the Black Tiger’s.
The only drawback was that it looked a bit strange.
But who cared?
The Chicken King lived up to its name as the Chicken King. After a bout of charging, it quickly locked onto another Insectoid Race mother nest.
With Aura of Wealth Protection boosted, the Chicken King charged forward with clucks.
Wherever it went, the Insect Swarm shattered into pieces.
Although this mother nest was somewhat larger in scale and had more Tier 2 Insectoid Monsters, that couldn’t stop the Chicken King’s devastating advance.
After all, the Chicken King had also been improving along the way.
It took out the Mother Insect with one strike, killing it instantly. The Chicken King’s internal Spiritual Energy surged, advancing to two and a half stars Painted Spirit in one go.
It collected the Mother Insect’s corpse and fought its way out of the chaotic Insect Swarm, withdrawing to a Safety area.
Wu Xian immediately began studying that so-called “Information Network.”
The most valuable part of the Insect Mother was its brain marrow.
Attempting to infuse Spiritual Power into it, the spiritual structure inside the Insect Mother’s brain marrow was indeed much more complex. Various spiritual substances interacted with each other, piecing together a relatively stable Energy structure.
Then he used Mental Power to sense it.
It was as if a blurry scene flashed through his mind, vanishing in an instant.
The information in that image didn’t come from a single type of spiritual substance, but from the entire spiritual structure.
“What is that?”
This discovery surprised and intrigued Wu Xian, who hurriedly urged his Mental Power to probe further.
Soon, another scene flashed in his mind, like some bizarre giant creature, but it wasn’t clear.
Continuing to sense, more scenes flashed by—all remnants of strange and mysterious creatures. Crucially, these creatures weren’t the same species: some covered in giant spikes, some with wings, some with Tentacles, and even a hint of a humanoid creature’s remnant.
What what what, what are these? （Bao Qiang face）
“It’s even more outrageous than the Classic of Mountains and Seas.” Wu Xian couldn’t help but complain.
Perhaps due to limited Mental Power, the scenes flashing in his mind weren’t very clear.
But many of those creatures clearly had nothing to do with the “Insectoid Race.”
“Do the Scroll Painters rely on these things to brainstorm their concepts?”
To be honest, he felt strangely admiring inside.
Fortunately, he had his previous life’s brilliant cultural Inheritance, or else it would have been a real headache.
“By the way, does that guy still want this thing?”
Since he hadn’t touched the spiritual structure inside the Mother Insect’s brain marrow, this brain marrow was still intact.
Anyway, he didn’t need it himself, so he might as well sell it for money.
But then he thought, maybe he’d need the spiritual substances from the Mother Insect’s brain marrow when mixing Pigments later.
Calculating the time, it was about time to head back.
Riding the Chicken King, he turned back toward the 【Artillery Fortress】 direction, transforming into a rooster knight.
Along the way, he encountered some scattered Insectoid Monsters, which the Chicken King handled effortlessly, feeling no difficulty at all.
“Feels like there’s no need to come to these beginner difficulty Instances anymore.”
Though he was just a Tier 2 Spiritual Power novice Spirit Tamer, the 【Scroll Painting】 foundations in his hands were too strong. Any one he pulled out was equivalent to a purple weapon or even an orange weapon from the Novice Village.
Rumble rumble…
A heavy engine roar gradually approached, full of Sense of Oppression.
Wu Xian, riding the Chicken King, looked toward the sound and saw a giant Mechanical Armored Combat Vehicle racing across the wilderness under pursuit by an Insect Swarm.
“It’s just a beginner Instance, is it necessary?”
He had thought the Mechanical Mountain Motorcycle was flashy enough, but now even a Mechanical Armored Combat Vehicle had appeared.
How to put it—like bringing a tank to a village brawl.
The key was, with a Mechanical Armored Combat Vehicle, it was still being chased by the Insect Swarm?
“No, that Insect Swarm is off!”
Upon closer inspection, Wu Xian quickly spotted the anomaly.
Amid the rampaging Insect Swarm, a slightly larger Tier 2 Insectoid Monster stood out. Its entire shell shimmered with eerie light, its three pairs of blade legs like sharp knives—ferocious and terrifying, full of Ferocity.
The attacks from the Armored Combat Vehicle’s rear cannon hit that monster like tickling.
“Elite Monster?!”
Wu Xian was both shocked and suspicious.
You see, Otherworldly Monsters were divided into Tiers beyond just Levels.
Elite Grade Monsters’ attributes completely crushed same-level Normal Monsters, and the Materials on them were even more valuable.
An Elite Monster in a beginner Instance was like a college student from a remote mountain village—definitely a rarity.
Thus, Wu Xian didn’t hesitate at all, directly controlling the Chicken King to turn direction and approach the Armored Combat Vehicle.
The value of this one Elite Monster could match a Mother Insect—who could pass that up?
Rumble rumble…
Inside the Armored Combat Vehicle, a Young Man in Art Studio Student uniform controlled the vehicle while cursing, “Come on~ are you guys useless or what? Can’t even handle a single Tier 2 Elite Monster? Just got pretty faces, huh?”
Inside the cabin, four Beautiful Girls of various styles looked pitiful and disheveled.
“I’ve already been fighting really hard.”
“Yeah, Young Master, that Elite Insectoid Monster is just too strong. It’s my first time encountering an Elite Monster.”
“Young Master, I’m so scared.”
“Wah wah wah, my newly bought little turtle got smashed, wah wah wah…”
The Young Man’s mouth twitched into a smile—people really do smile when speechless.
“Fine, just cheer from the sidelines,” the Young Man waved irritably, “In the end, it still comes down to This Young Master myself.”
With that, he maneuvered the vehicle into a divine dragon tail swing, kicking up thick rolling smoke, and counter-charged toward the rear Insect Swarm.
“I’ll smash you to death—!”
Normal Monsters couldn’t withstand the Armored Combat Vehicle’s impact—some were sent flying, others crushed flat.
In contrast, that Elite Insectoid Monster, though constantly retreating, used its blade legs to resist the vehicle’s front, wrestling it head-on.
Bang!
Two blade legs clamped toward the vehicle’s glass window, scaring the four Beautiful Girls pale, screaming nonstop.
“Shut up!”
The Young Man, annoyed, skillfully reversed the vehicle rapidly, created distance, then charged again. The vehicle’s top Cannon Barrel rose, bombarding the scattered Insect Swarm around with Cannon Fire.
“Someone?”
In the chaos of battle, the Young Man vaguely saw something.
Amid the dust, smoke, and Cannon Fire, a bright red figure was rapidly closing in on the Insect Swarm.
The four women in the vehicle rejoiced, “Is some passing Senior coming to save us?”
“Save my ass—if anyone’s coming, it’s for that Elite Monster.” The Young Man snorted sarcastically, but the next second, his expression turned stunned, “What the heck, a chicken?”
“Wow~ such a big Big Rooster~!” A Beautiful Girl beside him covered her mouth in a light gasp. “And there’s a handsome young man riding on its back.”
Even more outrageous, the guy on the chicken’s back looked about the same age as him.
Brave, sure, but wasn’t he afraid of dying?
However, what happened next left him dumbfounded, secretly questioning life.
That Big Rooster knight moved as if in no man’s land. Amid his Cannon Fire bombardment, it dodged and weaved, easily dispatching the Insectoid Monster minions, heading straight for the Elite Insectoid Monster.
Cluck cluck cluck—!
A high-pitched rooster crow rang out. The Big Rooster flapped its wings, flying-kicking the Elite Insectoid Monster away.
Then, while soaring and dodging, it madly trampled.
The hard shell on the Elite Insectoid Monster became riddled with holes at a visible speed. The six eyes on the sides of its head were quickly pecked blind by the Big Rooster. Its six blade legs struck back desperately but struggled to hit the agile Big Rooster.
It finally landed a hit, only for it to be blocked by the layer of golden Treasure Light on the Big Rooster.
In the blink of an eye, two of its six sharp blade legs had been torn off.
