Mist Island Hunt, Termite Emperor!

[Ding, you have damaged the Desolate Shrine scene, attracting the pursuit of Mist Island Hunters!]

Almost at the same time as the prompt sounded, Xu Kun retreated swiftly. The spot where he had been standing was instantly covered in a pool of green liquid, the vegetation corroded away, leaving behind white bubbles!

"Gulp!" Xu Kun swallowed hard.

Mist Island Hunters?

His metal bracelet had no record of such creatures!

Xu Kun felt his scalp tingle, the lingering feeling of fear still swirling in his heart, impossible to shake off!

The [Fire Dragon Barrier] covered his body as Xu Kun carefully scanned his surroundings!

Finally, a rustling sound came from a dense patch of grass. Xu Kun followed the sound and, the moment he saw the creature's true form, felt a chill run through him, goosebumps erupting all over his body!

He saw a large termite emerge, similar in appearance to the Corrosive Poison Termites, but at least dozens, if not hundreds, of times larger!

Its body was translucent, and like ordinary termites, its body was filled with a constantly surging green liquid, representing a potent poison, that flowed towards its mandibles!

Thick venom dripped from its mandibles, corroding the soil beneath it inch by inch!

Two thick antennae twitched back and forth, as if confirming the presence of an enemy!

Its bloated abdomen heaved up and down, dragging on the ground, doing something unknown!

Xu Kun held his breath, watching the giant termite from afar.

The [Myriad Races Bestiary] appeared in his hand, emitting a soft glow that enveloped the giant termite!

The giant termite didn't seem to be in a hurry to attack, as if waiting for something!

Watching the blank page depict the giant termite's appearance, Xu Kun was both surprised and delighted!

Such a large termite was definitely a boss, but the pressure it exerted was too strong, making him afraid to move rashly!

Soon, detailed information appeared on the page!

[Mist Island Hunter - Corrosive Poison Termite Emperor]

Rank: E-grade Boss

Talent: E-grade Corrosion Poison (Poison Attribute +10+10%, Poison Resistance Ignore +10+10%)

Level: 10

Physical Attack: 500

Magical Attack: 500

Health Points: 5000

Physical Defense: 300

Magical Defense: 300

Poison Attribute Attack: 288

Poison Resistance Ignore: 128

Evasion: Unable to evade "Kun's" attacks

Movement Speed: 2M/S

Skills: [Poison Swamp]: Sprays venom, range 10M, forming a 2*2M area of poison attribute + magic attack damage.

[Poison Source Conversion]: Steals 10% of the health from damage dealt by poison attribute attacks to restore its own health!

[Spawn]: Lays 100 Corrosive Poison Termites, entering a 2-hour weakened state, during which: all attributes -30%

Description: A king termite born from the Mist Island F-grade Corrosive Poison Termite Race, whose duty is to patrol the Desolate Shrine and hunt down those who damage it!

Note: The Corrosive Poison Termite Emperor is the only ultimate boss of the Corrosive Poison Termite Race!

After reading the stats of this giant termite, Xu Kun's mouth dropped open wide enough to fit an ostrich egg!

E-grade boss!

The only ultimate boss of the Corrosive Poison Termite Race!

Powerful stats!

Both its physical and magical attacks were as high as 500. His small frame wouldn't even withstand two bites!

Its health was a staggering 5000, making the Minotaur Chieftain's 2000 health look insignificant!

But that wasn't all. Its 288 poison attack, coupled with 128 poison resistance ignore, was enough to make any newbie feel despair!

Even if some people, like Xu Kun, had resistance bonuses from equipment at the start, and happened to have poison resistance, the 128 poison resistance ignore would probably reduce it to 0!

Luckily, he had sensed something was wrong earlier and dodged that Poison Swamp, otherwise, the 500 magic attack + 288 poison attack would have probably left him with only a sliver of health!

The E-grade talent was indeed double the original F-grade talent of the Corrosive Poison Termites!

The two skills of this boss, which were the same as those of ordinary Corrosive Poison Termites, had increased damage and recovery accordingly, and it had an additional skill... Spawn!

Xu Kun's mind raced, and seeing the giant termite's abdomen heaving up and down, he immediately realized that it was spawning!

At this moment, Xu Kun looked at the giant termite with burning eyes!

Heaven never disappoints those who put their heart into it! He finally encountered an E-grade boss, and a unique race's ultimate boss at that!

If he could kill this Corrosive Poison Termite Emperor, would that mean he'd gain control over the entire Corrosive Poison Termite Race?

He'd also get an E-grade talent, and… a massive loot explosion from an E-grade boss!

So… how to deal with this big termite?

Xu Kun regretted not using Wrath of the Fire Dragon to clear the small monsters earlier. It would have been great to take it down in one go. No matter how strong this big termite was, it couldn't withstand 5,000 fire damage per second!

Comparing their stats, if he tried to kite it, even against the weakened Corrosive Poison Termite Emperor with all stats reduced by 30%, it would still take a lot of effort. With its high damage, the risk to him would be extremely high!

So, the only way to accidentally hit and quickly resolve this big termite was…

Unyielding Starfire!

Throughout his journey, Xu Kun had only used this SSS-grade skill once, on the Minotaur Chieftain!

Now that the monsters of 10 levels had been cleared, and he had only encountered one boss before, Xu Kun had accumulated 100 stacks of Unyielding Starfire, originally intended for the final boss…

Looking at the Corrosive Poison Termite Emperor's constantly undulating abdomen, the corners of Xu Kun's mouth couldn't help but rise slightly: "Heaven is helping me!"

Xu Kun didn't attack, but quietly waited for the big termite to lay its eggs. The termite's antennae were constantly swaying, proving that it was on guard against any possible attack from Xu Kun!

It was laying eggs, but that didn't mean it had lost its attack methods. Its close combat was equally terrifying, seemingly leaving itself wide open, but in reality, it was luring him into a trap!

This could be discerned from its constantly chewing mouthparts!

Soon, with a tremor throughout the Corrosive Poison Termite Emperor's body, the green color on its body surged towards its lower half. One by one, insect eggs fell from its reproductive glands, broke open, and familiar Corrosive Poison Termites crawled out!

The Corrosive Poison Termite Emperor entered a weakened state, but with a shake of its antennae, these newly born Corrosive Poison Termites immediately launched an attack on Xu Kun according to its orders!

These newly born Corrosive Poison Termites weren't as honorable as the termites that had previously occupied the Desolate Shrine. In other words, the Corrosive Poison Termite Emperor's orders to the previous termites were to defend the shrine, while the instructions given to this new batch of termites were to kill Xu Kun!

Xu Kun swung his longsword, forming a barrier of dust in front of him, using the Flying Sand and Rolling Stones skill!

Then, sparks appeared in his palm, locking onto the insect emperor in the distance, which had entered a weakened state!

"Explode!"

Terrifying energy, accompanied by the falling sparks, erupted from the Corrosive Poison Termite Emperor's body, instantly emptying its 5,000 health points!

A gorgeous loot explosion!

Ignoring the urgent prompts in his ears, Xu Kun didn't dare hesitate, blindly throwing a Wildfire towards the newly born Corrosive Poison Termite swarm that was restricted by the dust. The original small area, due to the Corrosive Poison Termites' small size, instantly killed dozens of them!

With a Charge forward, stunning one termite, Xu Kun used Trample to immobilize all the termites around him. The four-meter-two fire sword was swung wildly, continuously taking the lives of the Corrosive Poison Termites!

Using all his skills and relying on his high mobility, Xu Kun constantly dodged the Poison Swamp spat out by the remaining Corrosive Poison Termites!

Finally, after his efforts, these Corrosive Poison Termites, who had just witnessed the beauty of the world, were sent to the Western Paradise!

Surrounded by insect corpses, Xu Kun collapsed to the ground, not caring about anything else.

Ding, congratulations on killing the E-grade boss Corrosive Poison Termite Emperor, experience +160%

Ding, congratulations on leveling up to level 9, current experience pool: level 9 100%

Ding, congratulations on leveling up to level 10, current experience pool: level 10 0%

Ding, your experience has reached level 10, experience will no longer accumulate, you can only gain experience after changing your job!

Ding, the God of Strength's pity…

……

Ding, congratulations on killing the E-grade boss Corrosive Poison Termite Emperor, [Myriad Races Bestiary] takes effect, you have obtained E-grade talent - Corrosion Poison (Poison attribute +10+10%, Poison resistance ignore +10+10%)

Ding, congratulations on killing the E-grade boss Corrosive Poison Termite Emperor, [Myriad Races Bestiary] takes effect, you have obtained F-grade race Corrosive Poison Termite Domination!

Ding, Unyielding Starfire Imprint has collected 100/100!

Ding, congratulations on completing the kill of 100 F-grade race Corrosive Poison Termites, [Myriad Races Bestiary] takes effect, congratulations on obtaining the skill F-grade skill [Poison Swamp]!

Poison Swamp

Grade: F-grade group skill

Effect: Releases a 1*1M poison swamp within a 5M range, enemy targets within the range take (5% magic attack power + 100% poison attribute attack) poison damage every 5S!

While checking the prompts, Xu Kun was a little surprised.

The experience from killing the Corrosive Poison Termite Emperor directly raised him to level 10. Without changing his job, Xu Kun could no longer gain experience in the novice trial stage!

Another surprising thing was that the 100 Corrosive Poison Termites he had just killed had given him another F-grade skill of his own!

Although Xu Kun was a little surprised when he killed the Corrosive Poison Termites earlier, he had clearly killed 200 of them. According to the records in the Myriad Races Bestiary, he could get a skill for every 100 kills, so the Corrosive Poison Termites had two skills, so he should have gotten two!

Xu Kun couldn't understand, and could only attribute it to the increased number of kills required to obtain the second skill?

Or… he had obtained it repeatedly, and the previous two hundred had all given him the Poison Source Conversion skill!

He stopped thinking about it, anyway, he had the advantage!

And his strategy of waiting for the Corrosive Poison Termite Emperor to lay eggs, then killing the boss first, and then killing the small monsters, was also successful. The 100 newly born termites gave him another 100 layers of Starfire Imprint, so he didn't have to fall into entanglement!

First, he felt the first obtained "Race Domination Right", and as soon as he felt it, Xu Kun exclaimed that he had been fooled!

"Damn, I could have directly controlled those termites just now, why did I foolishly kill them all, it would have been so easy to let them die!"

The so-called [Racial Domination] is equivalent to Xu Kun replacing the original Corrosive Poison Termite Emperor's position, allowing him to cancel the orders issued by the Corrosive Poison Termite Emperor before its death!

This is the most basic method of control. If Xu Kun wants to forcibly control the actions of every termite, there will be some cost.

[Racial Domination: F-Rank Race Corrosive Poison Termites]

Consumption: 1 Stamina/termite/hour

Note: For each increase in race rank, Stamina consumption * 10!

Consuming one point of Stamina allows a Corrosive Poison Termite to unconditionally obey his orders for an hour. This consumption is negligible, but it is limited to F-Rank races. Once he obtains the domination of an E-Rank race, the Stamina consumption will increase tenfold!

If it were SSS-Rank...

Xu Kun didn't dare to think about it. He didn't even know if exhausting all his Stamina would be enough to control one, and besides... killing all the ultimate bosses of an SSS-Rank race, what a grand idea that would be!

After recovering some Stamina, Xu Kun stood up again, his eyes narrowed into slits as he looked at the corpse of the Corrosive Poison Termite Emperor not far away!

"Hehehe, E-Rank boss, here I come!"