Chapter 258: Were The Private Lives of Ferocious Beasts Nowadays that Messy?
The Illusory Realm was a magical place.
All the cultivators could be resurrected there and only cultivators could be resurrected.
In this small world, there was a huge number of ferocious beasts who had complete life cycles and could not be resurrected. Therefore, the Illusory Realm would only be activated once in a blue moon.
Wellā¦
There was an interesting question to be asked then. How did this world determine who the cultivators were?!
Lu Ming liked this question very much.
Hypotheticallyā¦
If this world was a game or programme, the rules of the assessment would need a parameter to differentiate the humans from the beasts!
What was this parameter then?
ā¦
Marshes ran along a corner of the Illusory Realm.
Herds of peak one-star water buffaloes lived there.
They were very ordinary.
They were also very weak and small.
Therefore, when Lu Ming appeared, they didnāt even dare to move. They trembled amid the three-star aura and allowed Lu Ming to ravage them as he wished.
Henceā¦
Lu Ming flipped over a female water buffalo and confirmed his hypothesis.
He got the small water buffalo to open its mouth and then placed a vocation core inside. Despite the protection by the Isolation Film, the vocation core was dissipating faint energy.
This energy was dissipating and spreading into the body of the small female water buffalo and eventually integrated with it.
It was very amazing.
In the first place, these ferocious beasts were formed by energy and were unique products of this illusory world! An aura similar to that in the Sea of Consciousness emanated from their bodies.
After a long timeā¦
The vocation core was perfectly integrated!
āShould I test it out?ā
Lu Mingās eyes were filled with anticipation.
Bang!
He destroyed the small female water buffalo with one punch.
After a long timeā¦
The small female water buffalo was resurrectedā¦
Alright.
It was resurrected!
Due to the energy core, this female water buffalo was counted as one of the cultivators participating in the Illusory Realm. It could resurrect now!
Not only that, it could even accumulate energy over time!
āIt works!ā
Lu Ming was elated.
Hahahaha!
True enough!
He guessed it right.
True enough, the deciding factor of a cultivator in this world was the vocation core!
Since that was the caseā¦
Wellā¦
Swoosh!
He fished out a pink core and shoved it into the body of another small female water buffalo.
Buzzā
Energy integration!
Success!
Another ācultivatorā appeared!
After waiting for two minutes, he killed it with a blast. Sure enough, he obtained some of its energy. Although it was a very small amount of energy, his method was clearly effective!
Wellā¦
He could begin now!
Shush!
Shush!
Lu Ming took out a pile of energy cores from his body and, one by one, he integrated them with the water buffaloes. After a long time, dozens of cultivators appeared!
Each one could absorb energy!
Each one could also increase their energy!
Since he could do thisā¦
Why would he need to kill the beasts?!
Haha.
As long as he reared this herd of water buffaloes and then killed them, he would be able to obtain most of the energy in their bodies! This was simply the safest method!
Henceā¦
In this stretch of marshes that no one paid attention toā¦
Lu Ming was in the middle, surrounded by water buffaloes. They were kneeling on the ground, as if they were on a pilgrimage and countless energy was constantly gathering around themā¦
Lu Mingās energy suddenly began to increase by leaps and bounds!
ā¦
This was the scene witnessed by the vice president.
What did this mean?
The vice president went berserk.
It was true.
The Illusory Realm had been activated umpteen times. When did this kind of situation ever occur?
Those who knew the strategy in advance: Yes.
Those who prepared a large number of trump cards: Yes.
Those who secretly formed teams: Yes.
All of this was acceptable to them.
Howeverā¦
No one was like Lu Ming!
The Illusory Realm has just begun and he has created that many āsub-accountsā?!!! Brother, are you playing a game?! The first thing you do when you come here is create more accounts?!
Damn, theyāre not even registered!
The vice president poured over the rankings. Strangely, these mutated buffaloes were not on the list!
Unregistered!
All of them were unregistered!
The Illusory Realm could only accept thirty people at one time. Due to these special reasons, they had already added Zhao Yunshan. But, now?
The number had doubled!
Each resurrection would deplete the energy from the Illusory Realm itself! Lu Ming had added a list of unregistered āheadsā within such a short time!
Who could withstand this?
Also!
Where did these unregistered āheadsā come from?
He had no idea what he was up to!
They then saw Lu Ming waving his hands and followed by a pink flash.
Afterwardā¦
An unregistered āheadā appeared!
This was not a program whereby you could casually āinsert a userā. This was the Illusory Realm. Where did those unregistered āheadsā come from?
There was once a Summoner who tried to do this but failed.
Lu Mingā¦
How he did that, nobody knew!
Howeverā¦
No matter how these āheadsā were created, the problem seemed to be quite serious. If the Illusory Realm was interrupted due to the over-exhaustion of energy, the entire realm would be destroyed!
āNo! We have to stop him!ā
The vice president wiped away his cold sweat.
āButā¦ Vice president.ā
The assistant smiled bitterly. āWeāve emphasized before that in the Illusory Realm, any resources whether they come from family or are trump cards from outsideā¦ can be used!
āLu Mingā¦ doesnāt seem to have flouted the rules.ā
Why was there such a rule?
The reason was very simple.
Thereās no such thing as a free lunch!
For the Energy Warrior Association, all these participants were sheepā¦
The Illusory Realm was a small world on its own. All of the energy that they utilized and depleted there would eventually become a part of the Illusory Realm!
After depletion, the energy would be transformed into another component of the world!
This component would silently remain in the air and this world. They would then gradually recover and transform into energy, eventually becoming part of this small worldās life cycle!
Thereforeā¦
They encouraged the cultivators to kill!
They encouraged the cultivators to fight!
In that caseā¦
The Illusory Realm would become stronger each time it was activated!
It was just thatā¦
Someone like Lu Ming did not exist the previous times.
āThe rules wonāt do as well!ā
The vice president was enraged.
Rules or not, were they important now?
Lu Ming, this shameless guy, created ten unregistered āsub-accountsā in one go to serve him, the āmain accountā. If this were to continue, everyone would be dead meat?!
If he had known that this would happenā¦
He might as well have changed it to manual mode when he previously set up the quota for the small world!
Anyway, there were only thirty of them.
True enough, Lu Ming was a calamity!
What should he do?
The assistant felt very helpless too.
The Illusory Realm was a very important place. They could only reset the rules in the presence of a few vice presidents or the president.
Only the vice presidentā¦
He was afraid that he couldnāt!
Furthermoreā¦
The Illusory Realm had already been activated and they could not close it. They could only watch on!
Shush!
Shush!
The results were changing.
Lu Ming had sprinted to the twentieth place from his initial ranking of thirty-first. After a while, his ranking simply leaped to the tenth place.
The vice presidentās face turned pale.
āActually, you donāt need to be too worried.ā
After contemplating the board, the assistant said, āAlthough these unregistered āaccountsā can provide a large amount of energy. If they are killed, they will also provide energy to other cultivators!
During later stagesā¦
These unregistered āheadsā and Lu Ming will become cannon fodder!
Although these buffaloes are unregistered and their auras are not bad, they donāt have cognitive spirits. They only have basic instincts and are quite powerless! Our Energy Warriors are very powerful and can vanquish almost all of the ordinary four-star cultivators!
Perhapsā¦
We donāt need to worry at all,ā the assistant consoled.
āIs that true?ā
The vice president furrowed his brows tightly.
He hoped so.
He did not know why. At the thought of the past few problems stirred up by Lu Ming, he felt very uneasy. Was it really that easy to deal with this little brat?
ā¦
Time passed quietly.
The cultivators had a tacit understanding with each other and did not confront one another.
When they saw that someone was killing the beasts, they would automatically go to another place to hunt. Their reasoning was very simple: āSo what if I let you accumulate energy first?
As long as I kill you later, that energy will become mine.ā
The more people went hunting for ferocious beasts, the more people they had working for them!
First there was the transfer of energy from the ferocious beasts to the cultivator.
Afterward, there would be a fight between the cultivators.
At this very momentā¦
As time passed, there were fewer and fewer ferocious beasts. Along with its accumulation over time and the hunting of ferocious beasts, the energy in the cultivatorsā bodies was increasingā¦
Finally, a huge battle erupted!
An Energy Warrior died instantly and provided a massive amount of energy for his killer!
The Illusory Realmā¦ had officially entered its second stage!
ā¦
āIt has begun!ā
Everyone was tempted.
There were only two types of people here ā The first type was super geniuses. They claimed to have shocking talent and strong comprehension skills. Of course, they were not weak! The other type was people like Zhao Yunshan who was a rich sponsor. They had wealthy family backgrounds and had even fewer worries!
And Ye Liang was one of these rich tycoon sponsors!
Of course, he was long prepared to participate in the Illusory Realm. With a huge sum of money, he had found out about many things about the Illusory Realm.
For exampleā¦
The more energy they had, the more powerful they would become after the breakthrough!
For exampleā¦
There was also an ability that could let you capture other peopleās aura.
Buzzā
Ye Liangās eyes were shining.
The world in his eyes became surreal and some energy particles that were initially invisible could be vaguely seen now. He could even see bright lights shooting into the sky!
That was the unique energy which belonged to the Illusory Realm!
True enoughā¦
His money had been well spent!
This was the only detection ability, amongst many, that could detect the energy accumulated in the Illusory Realm !
And soā¦
He would be able to target his opponents.
Shush!
His eyes swept across the surrounding area.
One by one, he swept his eyes across auras in the Illusory Realm. Suddenly, his pupils constricted and his gaze landed on a strong and powerful aura. He was astounded.
What a terrifying aura!
Someone had already accumulated that much energy?!
He looked at himself. He had hunted the beasts for a long time but did not even have one-tenth of this personās energy. How exactly did this guy do this?
He could not be bothered anymore.
If he were to kill himā¦
Ye Liang licked his dry lips.
Peak three-starā¦
Hehe.
He took out a pile of trump cards that he had prepared.
Henceā¦
He quietly moved in the direction of the aura.
There was a stretch of quiet marshes where only water buffaloes rested. It was densely surrounded by reeds, which was perfect as they could conceal his movements.
Shush!
Shush!
He lay in ambush without a sound.
His gaze focused on a light pillar nearby which was shooting into the sky. He then gingerly approached it. However, just as he passed by a water buffalo which was eating grassā¦
Pfft!
Cold lights flashed.
The water buffalo which had looked up suddenly dashed towards him.
āHow annoying!ā
He sneered coldly.
This was merely a one-star water buffalo and it dared to be so arrogant. If not for the fact that he was afraid of alarming the target nearbyā¦
Heh.
A surge of lights flashed in his hands and he pushed it towards the water buffalo gently. However, at that instant, he could sense a huge gush of energy coming from the water buffalo.
Its sharp horn was akin to a sharp blade slicing through the dark!
Swoosh!
Cold lights flashed.
The horn perforated his bodyā¦
Poof!
Blood splattered everywhere.
In that instant, he felt like a top-notch Assassin had been quietly waiting and then attacked him in the dark with one fatal strikeā¦
āCrap!ā
Ye Liangās eyes widened and he could not come to his senses for a long time.
What the hell is this?!
Water buffaloā¦
Are water buffaloes that powerful?
Crash!
His body dropped to the ground and his consciousness suddenly dissipated.
Buzzā
When he regained his consciousness, he was back at the place of his resurrection.
Ye Liang was speechless.
I died just like that?!
Damn!
What happened?
That buffaloā¦ What was wrong with that buffalo?
A buffalo assassin?
Could it be that the big shots of the Energy Warrior Association deliberately designed such things for us to experience the sinister behavior of humans in society?
That was possible.
Heād better be more careful.
Henceā¦
Ye Liang went to the marshes again.
That water buffalo was still at its original spot, drinking water. Ye Liang fished out his trump card and walked towards it, pretending to be nonchalant. The moment he appearedā¦
He exacted revenge!
Pfft!
The water buffalo dropped to the ground.
āPathetic.ā
Ye Liang pursed his lips.
Forget that I didnāt notice you earlier. Since Iāve seen you, do you still have a chance?
Beasts were beasts. They were not intelligent enough.
He quietly walked to the reeds. A distance away, another water buffalo targeted and charged at him. Ah, it had already given up on ambushing and now planned to rush him directly?
Instinctively, Ye Liang wanted to kill it.
Howeverā¦
Just as the water buffalo touched him, he sensed a horrifying aura emerging like a tsunami, drowning him instantlyā¦
That moment!
He felt like a powerful warrior was attacking him with a top-notch ability!
Pfft!
The horn perforated his body instantly.
Ye Liang.
Dead.
Ye Liang resurrected with a dumbstruck expression.
W-what happened just now?
Why did that charging water buffalo feel like an Energy Warrior?
To hell with it!
Whatās happening to those water buffaloes?!
Warrior buffaloes?
Ye Liang was completely lost.
He vaguely sensed that something was not right but if he did not go there again, he would feel ashamed. Therefore, he decided not to go near the place. Instead, he would observe firstā¦
Pfft!
Balls made of water burst on his chest.
Before he could approach them, he merely saw a water buffalo spitting out a mouthful of water, and then he died.
Ye Liang wore a dumbstruck expression.
Element buffaloes?
Since when can water buffaloes release abilities?
Forget it.
He would distance himself further this time.
Ye Liang was in a daze. He had died consecutively many times. Even if he had a massive amount of family resources backing him, he could not fully concentrate. However, he still felt very indignant.
These water buffaloes definitely had secrets!
Very soonā¦
He rushed to the marsh again.
This time, he became smarter. He changed his location, stood on the crest of a hill far away and glanced at the reed. Seemingly, there wasā¦
Pfft!
A buffalo horn shot through the sky and pierced his chest. He was now dangling from a huge tree behind him.
Ye Liang.
Dead.
Buzzā
Ye Liang resurrected numbly.
Oh.
Shooting buffaloesā¦
Damn it!
Is there shit in the brains of the big shots from the Energy Warrior Association?! They actually created ferocious beasts of such a level in this place. What exactly are they trying to do?! They are too much!
Ye Liang suffered from a complete mental breakdown.
He was not going there anymore!
Whoever wanted to go could do as they wished!
ā¦
At this very momentā¦
Lu Ming, who was in the marsh, suddenly felt that something was amiss. He had been too focused on creating cards and a few water buffaloes had slipped out.
Buzzā
Lights flashed.
A water buffalo resurrected.
Lu Ming took a glance. It was actually the water buffalo in which he had installed the Assassin vocation coreā¦
āWhy are you running around!ā
Lu Ming was between laughter and tears.
Just as he wanted to say something, he was shocked to discover that the water buffaloās energy had increasedā¦
Alright.
Although death had caused its energy to reduce by ten percent, its aggregate energy had increased. Therefore, it had actually killed either a ferocious beast or cultivator?!
This was amazing!
Lu Ming came to his senses.
Oh, right.
This was the water buffaloesā place of origin and they would resurrect here after their deaths.
Since this was the caseā¦
Perhaps he could release them?
The vocation cores that he installed were not merely four-star. There were also five-star ones! If he were to release them and let them cultivate, he would not lose even if they died!
Lu Ming simply released all of them.
Henceā¦
One by one, the water buffaloes exited the small stretch of marshes.
ā¦
Somewhere.
Two peak three-stars were engaged in combat.
Suddenlyā¦
A beam of cold lights flashed and the two of them were perforated instantly. Before they died, they cast a vague glance, only to discover that their attacker seemed to be a buffalo.
ā¦
Somewhere.
A cultivator saw a bull-like ferocious beast and wanted to kill it.
Suddenlyā¦
That buffalo summoned a terrifying fierce tiger which tore up him on the spot. He could not come to his senses after a long time. After his resurrection, he was still wearing a dumbstruck expression.
When was it thatā¦ water buffaloes could summon a tiger?!
On what grounds?
Were they on good terms?
Were the lives of ferocious beasts nowadays that messy?
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