Xu Kun Loves Money, Earns It the Right Way!

Having collected the big prizes, Xu Kun didn't let his elation make him forget to pick up the smaller ones!

The previous 200 Corrosive Poison Termites guarding the Desolate Shrine were unsalvageable after being obliterated by Wrath of the Fire Dragon, much to Xu Kun's dismay!

But the 100 fresh Corrosive Poison Termites, including the Corrosive Poison Termite Emperor, were personally dealt with by him!

Even small profits are still profits, and Xu Kun wouldn't let a single bit go to waste!

First, he searched all 100 Corrosive Poison Termites, obtaining 100 E-grade materials!

[Blood Devouring Ant Mandibles]

Grade: E

Description: As the organ used by the Blood Devouring Ants to absorb the blood of their enemies, it can be used to study the characteristics of the Blood Devouring Ant Race and create weapons with blood-sucking effects!

The Blood Devouring Ant Race is an E-grade race, and in terms of talent level, it's superior to the Corrosive Poison Termite Race.

Xu Kun had only vaguely heard of this race. It's said that they are very small in size, even smaller than ordinary ants, despite being an E-grade race!

But whenever this race appears, it inevitably signifies a terrible disaster!

The Blood Devouring Ants, true to their name, will unknowingly use their sharp mandibles to pierce the enemy's chest, burrow into their heart, and slowly drain all the blood from their body!

Because this race is so small, it's very difficult to detect, and like normal ants, they move in numbers of hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands!

Whenever Blood Devouring Ants appear in a place, if they aren't discovered and dealt with urgently, the result could be the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians!

In the history of the Human Race, there have been several terrible records of Blood Devouring Ants slaughtering cities, making them virtually impossible to defend against!

For this reason, research on the Blood Devouring Ant Race by researchers has never stopped!

In addition to understanding the habits of this race to take preventative measures, they also want to transform the abilities of this race into technological power to help the Human Race grow stronger!

"This thing, although not very useful to me, the demand within the Human Race should be considerable, maybe I can sell it for a good price..."

Xu Kun stopped midway and slapped himself on the face, "Money, money, money, all you think about is money! This kind of material, which is extremely important for Human Race research, should definitely be handed over to the entire race! Am I short of the money from selling this material?"

Xu Kun loves money, very much, mainly because he and his mother depended on each other in the past and were terrified of poverty!

His mother was just an F-grade talent, and although she had luckily survived one great purge after another, an F-grade talent's income is extremely limited when they can no longer enter the Haotian Pagoda!

And his mother was a strong person who refused Hao Jian's parents' help and single-handedly raised him with great difficulty. Xu Kun felt that now that he was an adult and able to enter the Haotian Pagoda, he had to earn enough money so that his mother wouldn't have to work so hard anymore!

But a gentleman loves wealth, but he acquires it in a proper way. Xu Kun doesn't think there's anything wrong with him loving money. This is also why he felt so heartbroken by the destructive power of Wrath of the Fire Dragon, which caused him to lose a large sum of money!

At the same time, he treasures every material that can be sold for money!

This is his own inner thought, but what his mother taught him the most is that when the nest is overturned, no egg remains intact!

Only when the Human Race continues to grow stronger can their descendants thrive under the protection of the Human Race. The education of the past ten years has been a continuous investment of resources by the Human Race's higher-ups!

They spend a high price to invite some strong individuals who have climbed to a certain level of the Haotian Pagoda to give up their time climbing the tower and engage in educational work, and all of this is free for every child of the Human Race!

The return rate of this investment is very low, because it takes at least several years for a newly adult person, even if they have extraordinary talent, to truly grow to the point where they can serve the Human Race!

Not to mention that some people don't even pass the novice trial, and all the investment is lost!

Xu Kun doesn't think he's a great person. His original intention was to emulate the predecessors and do his best to contribute to the construction of the Human Race!

But now, everything he's experienced since entering the tower is telling him that his future has great potential. Perhaps a small contribution can also become like the Lords of the Era of the past, opening a new era and revitalizing the entire Human Race with the power to move mountains and overturn seas!

The Human Race treats me with sincerity, and I will repay it a hundredfold!

After putting away the materials, Xu Kun walked towards the corpse of the Corrosive Poison Termite Emperor.

After searching, the things that these insect bosses can give are not as considerable as those from the Minotaur Race. The Corrosive Poison Termite Emperor only had one material that could be picked up, and it automatically upgraded to a D-grade material!

[Blood Devouring Ant Queen Reproductive Gland]

Grade: D

Description: As the queen of the Blood Devouring Ant Race, its reproductive gland still contains tens of thousands of unhatched Blood Devouring Ant eggs. Under specific conditions, the eggs inside can be hatched into Blood Devouring Ants. The reproductive gland itself is the source of the Ant Queen's power. If it is fed to ordinary Blood Devouring Ants, there is a certain chance of cultivating a Blood Devouring Ant Queen!

Feeling the constantly wriggling reproductive gland in his hand, Xu Kun felt disgusted for a while!

There are actually tens of thousands of living things inside this thing!

The value of living things is naturally much higher than the mandibles he just collected, not to mention that this reproductive gland also has the effect of cultivating a new Blood Devouring Ant Queen!

"Together with the mandibles I just collected, I'll find a chance to hand them over to the Human Race's higher-ups. Maybe it can help the Human Race's research on the Blood Devouring Ants!"

Xu Kun didn't dare to be negligent and quickly put away this constantly wriggling reproductive gland, afraid that a few Blood Devouring Ants would suddenly crawl out of it. Those are E-grade monsters, and still the Blood Devouring Ants, a race that makes people tremble with fear. Xu Kun didn't dare to move rashly, or he might accidentally fall into its trap!

Putting it into his backpack, the backpack, as a spatial vessel, can isolate the inside from the outside. The reproductive gland, which was still wriggling, instantly calmed down as soon as it was put in, so there was no need to worry about it hatching!

"Although the process was a bit unexpected, this wave isn't a loss!"

Killing an E-grade boss, it's more than not a loss, it's a huge profit!

And now Xu Kun has leveled up to level 10, the highest level on the first floor of the Haotian Pagoda, and can't gain any more experience, but the process still has to be followed!

There's still 40% completion waiting for him. He still wants to prove to the Myriad Races that it's possible to get an SSS-grade rating with an F-grade talent!

Having leveled up twice, Xu Kun, who hadn't looked at his status bar yet, opened his brand new attribute panel!

ID: Kun

Talent: Myriad Races Bestiary (F-grade) Minotaur Strength (F-grade) Corrosive Poison (E-grade)

Level: 10

Class: None

Strength: 73

Spirit Power: 60

Vitality: 50

Agility: 50

Composure: 50

Luck: Max

Physical Attack: 368

Magical Attack: 210

Health Points: 1000

Energy Points: 800

Physical Defense: 160

Magical Defense: 160

Health Regeneration: 10/S out of combat, doubled while meditating

Energy Regeneration: 10/S out of combat, doubled while meditating

Hit Rate: Based on target's evasion

Evasion Rate: Based on target's hit rate

Attack Speed: Normal

Movement Speed: 6.5M/S

Special Attributes: Fire Attribute: Attack +160, Fire Resistance +60 (Dragon Body and Set immunity calculated separately)

Poison Attribute: Attack +143, Poison Resistance Penetration +33

Equipment: A-Grade (Supreme Blazing Spirit Set), B-Grade (Locust Stone), D-Grade (Soulchaser, Soulstealer), E-Grade (Minotaur Gauntlets)

Skills: SSS-Grade (Unyielding Starfire)

A-Grade (Explosive Fireball, Wildfire, Azure Sand Palm, Blood Poison Myriad Miles, Bone-Melting Palm)

B-Grade (Charge)

F-Grade (Quick Strike, Spirit of Grass, Bleed, Paralysis Venom, Trample, Blue Silver Entanglement, Shadow Step, Fire Line, Poison Swamp, Poison Source Conversion)

Level 10!

To possess such a stat panel at this level is absolutely outstanding!

Breaking through the 1000 Health Point barrier, Xu Kun felt a significant boost in confidence!

However, for now, stats are secondary. After all, no matter how much health he has, against something like the Corrosive Poison Termite Emperor, Xu Kun's health is useless!

He gained two more talents, but one is F-grade, and the other is E-grade, neither of which provides Xu Kun with much of a boost!

He clearly knows that he relies on his skills and the few special abilities granted by the Supreme Blazing Spirit Set he acquired at the beginning!

"Next, it's time to enter this final Desolate Shrine. I need to quickly deal with the Shrine Guardians. I'm very curious about what the final boss will look like!"

Xu Kun, full of confidence, stepped over the piles of broken bricks and tiles on the ground.

Ding, Trial-taker Kun is about to enter the Desolate Shrine, confirm?

"Confirm!"

A vortex like a black hole appeared before him. Xu Kun knew that this was the teleportation array to the Desolate Shrine!

His body lightened, and he was sucked into the vortex!

After a dizzying sensation, Xu Kun landed clumsily on the ground.

"Damn it, couldn't it be a little gentler!"

Behind him, the teleportation array disappeared after delivering Xu Kun to his destination.

Ding, congratulations, you have completed the Shrine Exploration, Mist Island completion +1%, current completion 61%, obtained F-grade evaluation, you can choose to settle or continue the trial!

"Continue the trial!"

Ding, selection successful, please Trial-taker Kun defeat two Shrine Guardians, each defeat will add +10% completion!

Xu Kun looked around. The scene changed, but the surrounding scenery was still similar, still dilapidated, with ruins and broken walls. The only difference was that he was outside before, and now he's inside!

Rumble!

The violent rumbling startled Xu Kun, and he hugged his head!

Stones kept falling from the sky above the Desolate Shrine, and the entire dilapidated shrine was shaking, making Xu Kun suspect that the entire building might collapse and crush him to death in the next second!

But the old shrine ultimately held on and did not collapse as Xu Kun had expected!

Not far ahead of Xu Kun, two bottomless caves appeared!

Xu Kun cautiously approached and took a look until a hand gripped the edge of the cave!

"Holy crap, what the hell is that!"

The massive, stone hand exerted a little force. Then, two huge figures used the hand's strength to leap out, their thick feet slamming onto the ground, causing cracks to spread and the shrine to tremble violently once more.

"Stop jumping around! Shrine Guardians, my ass, more like Shrine Destroyers!"

Xu Kun complained, holding the Myriad Races Bestiary in his palm.

As the dust settled, Xu Kun saw the true forms of the so-called Shrine Guardians!

They were two statues made entirely of stone, nearly five meters tall!

The statues didn't attack immediately. Their stone lips slowly parted, emitting a muffled sound, like a call from ancient times!

The Myriad Races Bestiary successfully recorded them, and the two statues' information appeared before Xu Kun.

Shrine Guardian…