Upgrade in Progress (Part 1)

Zhang Miao knew that Adjuchas could control Gillian, but he had not expected Cigarette Butt to be able to do the same.

But on second thought, Cigarette Butt was also a native Hollow born from a Hollow Crystal. It was not strange that he could control Gillian after evolving into an Adjuchas.

With that thought, Zhang Miao immediately came up with a new idea.

"Since Cigarette Butt can control groups of Gillian, I might as well raise my hunting target. I won't target Menos Grande anymore—I'll hunt Gillian instead!"

Zhang Miao had two reasons for making that decision.

First, hunting Gillian yielded greater rewards. The Gillian gathered in the Great Forest of Menos generally had combat power in the thousands. The Spiritual Pressure and Hollow Crystals gained from killing one Gillian surpassed those from killing a hundred Menos Grande.

Second, the Menos Grande in the Great Forest of Menos were too densely packed. Using Hollow Crystals to lure them in brought thousands at a time. Even with Cigarette Butt's help in slaughtering them all, the Hollows killed by Cigarette Butt could not provide Zhang Miao with Spiritual Pressure.

That meant that even if he could harvest a large number of Hollow Crystals, it would go against Zhang Miao's original purpose of leveling up.

There was another important reason as well. Zhang Miao worried that if he continued slaughtering Hollow hordes on such a large scale, he might draw out powerful Adjuchas—or even Vastod—from the Great Forest of Menos. That would be troublesome.

Zhang Miao hated trouble. Taking all this into consideration, he gave Cigarette Butt a new order.

"Cigarette Butt, aside from any Menos Grande foolish enough to come knocking, we won't kill them anymore. We'll focus solely on Gillian. Clean up every Hollow Crystal on the field right now.