Chapter 684 - 654: Blood Bag Surge (Part 1)

The convoy soon entered the green Poisonous Fog District.

Lin Xinghai led Liu Miaomiao to a corner of the compartment. He had wanted to find a basin, but there was no such thing on the armored vehicle.

In the end, he had no choice but to remove a storage compartment, fill it with water, pour in a bit of Creation Essence Liquid, and have Liu Miaomiao soak her feet in it.

Watching this scene, the others were incredibly envious.

Everyone knew just how precious Creation Essence Liquid was.

It had been over two months since the school term began, and they had only just barely managed to complete the Blood Qi Realm stage of their Divine Demon Body cultivation. And that was only because they had gotten to use the Creation Blood Pool once at the start of the term.

Without such benefits in the future, it was easy to imagine how long it would take them to finish cultivating their Divine Demon Body after breaking through to the Marrow Tempering Realm.

But as envious as they were, no one said a word. After all, the liquid was far too precious.

However, as if he knew what everyone was thinking, Lin Xinghai smiled and spoke up. "Everyone, work hard. For those who perform well, I can offer this as a reward—one gram at a time. Absorbing a single gram of Creation Essence Liquid is equivalent to absorbing 100 Body Tempering Pills."

Hearing this, the others couldn’t help but erupt in cheers.

Amidst this atmosphere, the convoy quickly drove into the Poisonous Fog District, pressing deeper without a moment’s pause.

By now, no one dared to be careless. The squad members leaped from the Armored Vehicles one after another, and even Lin Xinghai took his position on the firing platform.

After all, their convoy was massive now, and it was bound to attract more Abyssal Creatures.

In the entire convoy, only the two Armored Vehicles at the head of the column could ignore the attacks from these Abyssal Creatures.

The ones assigned to the rear, however, were just ordinary armored vehicles. If they were left to be attacked by the Abyssal Creatures, there was a high chance they would be overturned.

Moreover, those Armored Vehicles were now all under the control of an AI system. In an unusual situation, they couldn’t adapt as flexibly as a human driver.

Therefore, their job now was to clear out the Abyssal Creatures and ensure the vehicles in the rear could pass through safely.

Only Liu Miaomiao remained inside the Armored Vehicle to continue absorbing the Creation Essence Liquid.

RAT-A-TAT-TAT!

As the convoy advanced, they soon encountered a horde of Abyssal Creatures. Lin Xinghai decisively pulled the trigger, not even caring whether the creatures tried to flee.

His only priority was speed.

The Xinghai Squad was now extremely familiar with fighting in the green poisonous fog. A few exceptionally talented members could even use their Perception Power so adeptly that they could "see" normally with it.

Under these conditions, they could also attempt to aim and fire their guns, and their accuracy was remarkably high.

With everyone fighting without restraint to kill the Abyssal Creatures, quite a few were killed on the spot, though a small portion still managed to escape.

Of course, to maximize their kills, Lin Xinghai focused on shooting the Abyssal Creatures in the distance first.

He completely ignored the ones closer to the convoy, leaving them entirely for the other members of the Xinghai Squad to deal with.

Furthermore, to save time, Combat Robots were dispatched while the squad was still in the heat of battle. Essentially, the moment they killed an Abyssal Creature, a Combat Robot would immediately follow to check if it had a Blood Bag.

While this approach would inevitably result in some Combat Robots being damaged or destroyed by Abyssal Creature attacks, it saved time on cleaning up the battlefield, which Lin Xinghai felt was a worthy trade-off.

After all, they had prepared thoroughly for this expedition. Little Fatty had brought over 5,000 Combat Robots, so losing a few each time was nothing.

With this willingness to sacrifice units, the Combat Robots had found all the Blood Bags by the time the fighting was over.

"Boss, three Blood Bags in this wave." Little Fatty quickly jumped onto the Armored Vehicle’s firing platform, holding the Blood Bags the Combat Robots had found, and handed them to Lin Xinghai.

Lin Xinghai took all of them, tore open the thin membranes, and swallowed the liquefied Blood Qi Power, immediately beginning to absorb and digest it.

Lin Xinghai had discussed this with the rest of the Xinghai Squad beforehand: Blood Bags would be prioritized for him to help him rapidly increase his power.

The other members of the Xinghai Squad naturally had no objections to this arrangement. After all, they would only be safer in the face of danger if Lin Xinghai’s strength increased.

The squad advanced rapidly. In just over ten minutes, they had already crossed the outer district and were approaching the middle district.

As they ventured deeper, they harvested more and more Blood Bags. Not only did they encounter more hordes of Abyssal Creatures, but more importantly, the proportion of creatures that contained Blood Bags was also soaring.

The ratio went from 1-in-30 at the start, to 1-in-20, and now, just as they entered the middle district, it had already reached 1-in-10.

Just a moment ago, they had killed a horde of 130 Abyssal Creatures. Even though a small number sensed the danger and fled, they still managed to harvest a full 10 Blood Bags.

"Boss, this is a huge haul!" Little Fatty came running over excitedly with the 10 Blood Bags, his face beaming.

"Yeah," Lin Xinghai nodded, but this time he only took five Blood Bags. "My absorption speed isn’t that fast. From now on, just give me half of the Blood Bags we harvest. You can distribute the rest based on contribution."

"You got it!" Little Fatty agreed enthusiastically, then decisively tore open a Blood Bag and poured the Blood Qi Power into his mouth.

After all, when it came to contribution, he was currently ranked a solid second.

Meanwhile, Lin Xinghai quickly swallowed the Blood Bags one after another.

For others, absorbing a single Blood Bag took ten minutes. But for him, with the boost from his transformed heart and his Time Acceleration Ability, half a minute was all it took.

Even so, if Lin Xinghai were to absorb 10 Blood Bags, it would still take him a full five minutes.

But now, the Abyssal Creatures were becoming denser, and with the squad’s incredible hunting efficiency, they were basically wiping out a horde every three to four minutes.

Therefore, Lin Xinghai’s absorption speed could no longer keep up with their kill rate.

And as they ventured deeper, they would collect more and more Blood Bags, leading to an ever-growing surplus. This meant there would be more for everyone else to share.

After swallowing the five Blood Bags, Lin Xinghai could clearly feel his Triple Jiao being tempered at an incredible speed.

’At this rate, I’ll be able to finish tempering it in just another half hour.’ Lin Xinghai’s eyes held a trace of anticipation.