Unexpected Joy!

To ordinary players, a Bee Queen driven into a frenzy was extremely dangerous.

But to Lu Li, it meant victory was within reach.

Though the Bee Queen's attacks were incomparably swift and fierce, it had a fatal weakness—

Its stamina was terrible.

In his previous life, Lu Li had once cleared out an entire beehive alone, deliberately leaving the Bee Queen for last to use as a whetstone.

He had assumed a Lord Creature like this would be rather troublesome, only to discover that its stamina was absurdly poor.

When it finally lost and tried to flee, Lu Li caught up and cut it down with a single slash.

The current situation was much the same as in his previous life.

The only difference was that Lu Li was still a Lv.0 player, and the level gap between him and the Bee Queen was rather large.

That was precisely why Lu Li had gone to such lengths to enrage the Bee Queen, making it forget its crippling lack of stamina.

Sure enough, After charging and attacking with all its might several times, the Bee Queen's speed visibly dropped by more than half.

Seizing the opportunity, Lu Li formed a sharp blade in his right hand and slashed at the Bee Queen.

The Jade Rank [Blade Arm] was incomparably sharp. Though it failed to kill the Bee Queen in one blow, it still carved a deep gash into its body.

Lu Li was very lucky. With just one slash, he triggered the "Laceration" effect attached to [Blade Arm].

The "Decay Toxin" took effect as well, steadily eating away at the Bee Queen's vitality.

After several exchanges like this, the Bee Queen was too exhausted to fly and could only crawl across the ground, charging about wildly.

Seeing that the time was right, Lu Li did not drag things out. He accelerated into a charge and cleanly split the Bee Queen's head apart!

He won!

A pleasant notification sounded in his mind—

[Detected an enormous level gap between player Lu Li and the Burrowing Bee Queen. Hidden title unlocked—Overlevel Kill.]

Lu Li froze for a moment, then pulled up the panel to inspect it.

[Name: Overlevel Kill

Requirement: Kill a Lv.10 or higher monster while at Lv.0.

Title Effect: Every attack has a 1% chance of triggering Absolute Kill!

Note: This child is terrifying indeed and must not be allowed to live!]

There was even a hidden title!

Lu Li was somewhat surprised.

In the apocalyptic game, obtaining a title was extremely difficult.

Not only were the requirements exceptionally harsh, but the completely unpredictable activation methods alone deterred countless players.

Obtaining a title now was an unexpected delight.

After casually displaying the title after his name, Lu Li used [Soul Devour] on the Bee Queen's corpse.

A Lv.10 Lord Creature granted him 100 Soul Points, along with a Gold Rank Talent Ability—

[Curse Venom Stinger]!

Similar in effect to [Corrupt Venom Stinger], [Curse Venom Stinger] could inflict a continuous debuff on its target.

However, the "Curse Toxin" inflicted by [Curse Venom Stinger] was not merely a "toxin" that reduced health—it was also a "curse" that could ignore healing effects!

Had Lu Li not activated the second-stage ability of [Bloody Slaughter], the Bee Queen's [Curse Venom Stinger] might truly have taken his life.

[Detected that "Curse Venom Stinger" and "Blade Arm" both belong to the "Sharp" ability category. Proceed with enhancement fusion?]

The fusion prompt arrived as expected.

"Fuse."

Since [Blade Arm] had already reached Jade Rank, the Gold Rank [Curse Venom Stinger] directly became an attached effect.

["Blade Arm" effect increased: Gains the "Curse Toxin" effect. Trigger chance: 100%.]

Including the previous two, Blade Arm now had three attached effects in total.

["Laceration," trigger chance: 50%;

"Decay Toxin," trigger chance: 100%;

"Curse Toxin," trigger chance: 100%.]

If he added the "Overlevel Kill" title, a single slash from Lu Li could potentially trigger four different effects!

Nodding in satisfaction, Lu Li turned his gaze toward the Bee Queen's corpse.

A small Treasure Chest had appeared above it!

There was loot from this kill too!

Lu Li eagerly opened the Treasure Chest.

But when he saw what was inside, the smile on his face instantly collapsed.

He had thought something good would drop, but after all that, it was just a bottle of "Purification Potion."

[Item Name: Purification Potion]

[Quality: Excellent]

[Function Description: Purifies all negative effects after consumption.]

[Note: Let the flames purify everything... Uh, sorry, wrong script...]

Better than nothing.

Fortunately, there was also a Third-Order Mana Crystal inside the Bee Queen's body, which somewhat soothed Lu Li's wounded heart.

But before long, he began to worry again.

The entire underground parking garage was filled with Burrowing Bee corpses.

Every corpse contained a Mana Crystal.

If he dug them out one by one, how long would that take?!

Just then, Lin Qinfeng walked over and gave Lu Li a slight bow.

"Friend, thank you for coming to our aid. The Lin Family will not forget this kindness."

"The Lin Family?"

Lu Li looked up and sized up the woman before him.

In his previous life, he had never heard of this family. It was likely that, for one reason or another, the entire family had been wiped out.

"What's your name?" Lu Li asked casually.

"The eldest daughter of the Lin Family, Lin Qinfeng." Lin Qinfeng answered openly, "Friend, you're very strong. Could we add each other as friends? The Lin Family will find a way to repay you."

After the apocalyptic game descended, Players could add one another as friends.

It made sending messages and trading items extremely convenient.

Moreover, there were multiple privacy settings between friends.

They could be as minimal as showing only a name, or as detailed as displaying Talent Abilities, personal status, coordinates, and more.

Lin Qinfeng's name was not on Lu Li's revenge list, so he had no reason to refuse.

Lu Li accepted Lin Qinfeng's friend request and said blandly, "There's no need to repay me. Just help me with something later."

"Go ahead. As long as it's something we can do, we won't refuse."

"Help me collect the Mana Crystals." Lu Li glanced around. "You brought quite a few people. These corpses shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Lin Qinfeng froze.

She had not expected Lu Li's request to be so simple.

Just helping collect Mana Crystals?

"What? Is there a problem?" Seeing that Lin Qinfeng did not answer, Lu Li thought she was unwilling.

"No, no!" Lin Qinfeng hurriedly nodded. "I just didn't expect Mr. Lu's request to be so simple."

Lu Li waved a hand. "I still have things to do, so I'll be leaving first. Once you've collected the Mana Crystals, just send them to me through the friend trade."

With that, he prepared to leave the parking garage.

Lin Qinfeng was surprised again and could not help asking, "Mr. Lu, aren't you afraid I'll keep those Mana Crystals for myself?"

Without looking back, Lu Li replied, "If you really were that kind of person, you wouldn't have wanted to add me as a friend."

Lin Qinfeng smiled.

This young man named Lu Li did not seem difficult to get along with. There would surely be plenty of chances to win him over in the future.

But at that moment, Lin Qinhua's anxious voice came from afar.

"Big Sister! Big Sister, hurry over! Third Sister isn't going to make it!"