Before figuring out how to kill the Sea Monkey, Su Yu's thoughts shifted, and he brought up his Personal Attribute Panel.
[Level 2 Island Master]~Island Area: 241㎡
Upgrade Experience: 241/400.
Name: Su Yu.
Age: 23.
Strength: 6.8+(2.41)
Constitution: 7+(2.41)
Spirit: 4.4+(2.41)
Slaves: Four low-level Goblins (+20 Island Prosperity Value)
Note: The values in parentheses are the additional attributes the Island Master receives while on his own island. These additional attributes become ineffective when he leaves his island.
Island Prosperity Value: 750 points (Ranked first in the region)~(Wooden Cabin: 10 points, Goblins: 20 points, Saplings: 15 points, Fertile Soil: 20 points, Man-eating Flower: 10 points...)
Talents: SSS-rank Insight Talent, unknown-rank talent (Double Happiness)—Upgradeable.
[Regional Communication Channel][Regional Trading Channel][Regional Island Prosperity Ranking].
"Holy crap, this Marrow Cleansing Pill is ridiculously potent! It actually broke straight through the five-point limit for base attributes." Now that he had seen his Personal Attribute Panel, Su Yu thought the Marrow Cleansing Pill was amazing.
"Right, I think I also put up a request to buy Attribute Potions." With that thought, Su Yu went straight to the Trading Channel and canceled his requests for Strength Attribute Potions and Constitution Attribute Potions, leaving only the requests for Spirit Attribute Potions and Island Fragments.
Meanwhile, the Communication Channel had erupted into chaos. Someone had just discovered something outrageous: the prosperity value of the top-ranked guy's island had suddenly shot up by five hundred points.
One could imagine how the majority of Survivors in the Communication Channel were reacting.
"Holy crap, what kind of ridiculous thing did the top-ranked big shot get? His Island Prosperity Value just shot up by five hundred points! That's insane!"
"So this is the difference between people?"
"It's confirmed. The top-ranked big shot is definitely cheating. He's not playing on the same survival server as us. He's absolutely on a private server!"
"Big shot, are you looking for a thigh-hugging mascot?"
"Jealousy is making my cell walls fall apart."
At the same time, Wang Teng and Ji Qingrou, who had both traded with Su Yu, saw him far ahead of everyone else on the Regional Island Prosperity Ranking. A sense of helplessness rose in their hearts.
"With that freak hogging first place, who could possibly knock him off the top?"
At that moment, it wasn't just Wang Teng and Ji Qingrou, along with the other people in the top ten, who fell silent. The other Survivors near the top of the ranking also fell silent.
As the saying went, a soldier who didn't want to be a general wasn't a good soldier. The other Survivors were just as envious of the benefits that came with first place on the regional ranking!
Before, although Su Yu had been sitting at the top of the ranking and his Island Prosperity Value had left them far behind, many Survivors still thought they had a chance to surpass him and claim first place.
Now, quite a few of them had been dealt a crushing blow.
"This is freaking ridiculous. It's not that we aren't good enough; it's that he's got cheats! How could anyone compete with him?"
As for Su Yu, the man everyone was discussing, he hadn't opened the Communication Channel. He didn't even need to think to know that the huge change in his Island Prosperity Value had drawn plenty of attention, so he couldn't be bothered to check the channel.
After all, everyone else was tens of thousands of miles away. There was no point showing off to them through a screen.
What Su Yu was thinking about now was how to lure the Water Monkey beneath the surface up onto the water, then chop the damn thing to death.
After giving it some thought, Su Yu sent a Goblin to fetch a piece of raw meat. He tied it to a rope and tossed it into the area where the Sea Monkey was.
Meanwhile, Su Yu himself gripped the Hundred-Refined Goose-Quill Saber and climbed aboard the Speedboat.
As long as he stayed on the island and its protection remained in effect, the other creature definitely wouldn't come out. So Su Yu had no choice but to get onto the Speedboat and lure it out himself.
To be honest, with his current Constitution and Strength, plus the Water-Avoiding Bead in hand, even if he went underwater to fight the Sea Monkey, it would probably be the one to get its ass kicked.
But there was no need to take risks if he could avoid them, so Su Yu was still rather cautious.
Below the surface where Su Yu had tossed the raw meat, the Sea Monkey saw the meat floating above it and immediately felt insulted. It shot straight toward the surface.
The Sea Monkey had also sensed that the two-legged beast had left the small island. Now it could attack.
With the prompt from his Insight Talent, Su Yu could see the Sea Monkey beneath the surface. There was nowhere it could hide.
With a splash and a piercing shriek, the Sea Monkey burst out of the water and lunged at Su Yu.
A hint of excitement showed on the Sea Monkey's savage face. But the next second, that excitement gave way to confusion.
With the prompt from his Insight Talent, Su Yu had immediately read the Sea Monkey's trajectory. The instant it burst through the surface and lunged at him, he swung his blade.
In the blink of an eye, the Sea Monkey, lunging through the air, was decapitated with a single slash. As it died, its savage face wore an utterly bewildered expression.
"This isn't what the elders of the clan told me. Where's the weak, two-legged beast I was promised?" As that final thought flashed through its mind, the Sea Monkey's head and body, severed by Su Yu's blade, fell into the sea. Blood immediately spread across the surface in patches.
"Damn, I still got the boat dirty." Su Yu glanced at the Speedboat splattered with blood and pursed his lips in disgust.
Su Yu wasn't sure whether it was because his Spirit was relatively high or because going through death had made him thick-skinned. Either way, after chopping off the Sea Monkey's head, he felt as if he'd just slaughtered a chicken. He didn't feel the slightest bit sick.
"Looks like I was imagining things. I thought killing monsters might make treasure chests drop!" Since he hadn't heard any kind of notification, Su Yu hopped back onto the island, somewhat disappointed.
As for the blood on the Speedboat, the Goblins could wash it off later.
"Maybe I should fish that guy's body out and have a look." After returning to the island, Su Yu suddenly found himself having another rather twisted idea.
After thinking it over, Su Yu gave a few Goblins an order to wash the Speedboat and, while they were at it, haul up the Sea Monkey's body.
At Su Yu's command, the Goblins promptly grabbed their tools and got to work. Soon, two of them were washing the Speedboat while the other two were retrieving the Sea Monkey's body. Everything was neatly arranged.
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