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Before long, Xiao Yang had picked up monster materials worth over ten billion.
That was far faster than hunting them down himself.
He was almost tempted to forget about obtaining the Illusion Core of the Baili Huanxiang and just stay here collecting money.
But Xiao Yang knew that after releasing its strange fragrance, the Baili Huanxiang needed time to digest the monster corpses.
And its fragrance was not unlimited.
It was generally present only while the Baili Huanxiang flowered and bore fruit.
He estimated it would last a day at most.
Xiao Yang was in no hurry. He kept gathering materials.
He did get hurt a few times along the way.
Even though he could fly, some quicker monsters could still hit him.
But with Psychic Power, Xiao Yang could dodge extremely fast.
Even when he was injured, the wounds were usually minor.
If a Lord-level Monster attacked, Xiao Yang did not hesitate.
He went straight into the Game World.
And so Xiao Yang gathered monster materials, occasionally entering the Game World to eat some Watermelon and recover before coming back out to collect more money.
As time passed, Xiao Yang noticed fewer and fewer monsters on the hill.
Most of those left were Beast Soldiers.
By now, the entire hill was stained red.
The stench of blood was so thick it stung his nose.
Xiao Yang figured all the nearby Beast Warlords and Lord-level Monsters had already been drawn here.
The Baili Huanxiang could spread its fragrance a great distance.
But even that had a limit.
Once the Beast Warlords and Lord-level Monsters within range had arrived, only ordinary Beast Soldiers would come after them.
Xiao Yang had made a tremendous haul.
He estimated that he had picked up monster materials worth at least thirty billion!
He figured that was enough.
The Baili Huanxiang's fruit and flowers alone could sell for tens of billions.
The Illusion Core could fetch over a hundred billion, but Xiao Yang had no intention of selling it.
He planned to keep the Illusion Core for himself.
It was about time to take it.
When Xiao Yang reached the summit, he discovered another Lord-level Monster there.
And it was an Intermediate Lord.
The fragrance of the Baili Huanxiang had driven this Lord-level Monster mad as well.
He kept slaughtering the Beast Soldiers around him, along with the few Beast Warlords still there.
Before this Intermediate Lord, the Blackscale Flood Dragon, Beast Soldiers and Beast Warlords were hardly any different.
To the Blackscale Flood Dragon, each one took only a swipe of his claw or a lash of his tail.
Beast Soldiers kept dying all around him.
Yet the others showed no sign of retreating.
They surged toward the Blackscale Flood Dragon, one wave after another.
Even the Blackscale Flood Dragon's stamina began to ebb under the assault of so many Beast Soldiers and a handful of Beast Warlords.
If he had retained any reason, he would have fled before his strength ran out.
The Blackscale Flood Dragon had used up plenty of stamina, but he was hardly injured.
At most, a few Beast Warlords had knocked off several of his scales.
But if his strength ran out, the Beast Soldiers' relentless attacks would kill him.
Unfortunately, the Blackscale Flood Dragon had lost all reason. He knew only slaughter.
Xiao Yang did not make a move on the Baili Huanxiang yet.
He wanted the Blackscale Flood Dragon's materials.
They could sell for at least five billion Huaxia Currency!
That put them among the most valuable materials from an Intermediate Lord.
Xiao Yang intended to seize this opportunity and claim them.
He decided to strike once the Blackscale Flood Dragon had nearly exhausted himself.
If he waited until the dragon collapsed and let the Beast Soldiers swarm him, his materials might be badly damaged.
Especially his scales.
Those were worth money!
Xiao Yang needed to kill him and store his body in the Game World before the materials were ruined.
Before long, the Blackscale Flood Dragon began to slow.
Other monsters started knocking scales off him now and then.
Xiao Yang decided it was time.
He did not hesitate.
At a thought, three SS-Grade Flying Daggers shot toward the Blackscale Flood Dragon.
Having breathed in the fragrance, the Blackscale Flood Dragon had little reason left and wanted only to kill. He made no attempt to dodge.
Xiao Yang's three daggers plunged straight beneath the dragon's reverse scale.
Pfft!
Pfft!
Pfft!
The Blackscale Flood Dragon stiffened.
Pain appeared in his crazed eyes, along with a flicker of clarity.
But it was too late.
Boom!
His body crashed to the ground, crushing several Beast Soldiers beneath it.
Xiao Yang flew swiftly to the Blackscale Flood Dragon's corpse.
While his flying daggers cut down the Beast Soldiers lunging at him, he stored the corpse in the Game World.
With the body secured, Xiao Yang quickly climbed higher.
Seeing him fly away, the Beast Soldiers turned on one another.
Xiao Yang did not linger. He flew straight toward the Baili Huanxiang itself.
Monster blood covered the hill.
Yet within a hundred meters of the Baili Huanxiang, there was almost no trace of it.
This was perhaps the only clean patch on the entire hill.
After breathing in the fragrance, the monsters instinctively avoided the area.
As for the few monsters with Psychic Power, the fragrance did not attract them.
Xiao Yang himself could not smell it at all.
Humans could normally smell the fragrance, even though it did not lure them in.
It was said to smell sweet.
Unfortunately, Psychics could not smell it at all.
As Xiao Yang came within a hundred meters of the Baili Huanxiang, its branches shot toward him.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Dozens of branches whipped toward Xiao Yang!
At the same time, the Baili Huanxiang's roots trembled, broke through the soil, and reached for him.
Xiao Yang reacted instantly.
His three flying daggers shot toward the Baili Huanxiang's branches and roots.
Every branch and root in the path of the SS-Grade Flying Daggers was severed.
Perhaps sensing the danger, the Baili Huanxiang drew its roots together and tried to wrap them around Xiao Yang.
Xiao Yang did not hesitate.
A Harpoon suddenly appeared beside him.
The next instant, it flew straight toward the Baili Huanxiang's trunk.
Pfft!
Against the Harpoon from the Game World, the Baili Huanxiang's trunk might as well have been tofu.
Xiao Yang barely used any Psychic Power, yet the Harpoon passed clean through it.
The Baili Huanxiang kept trying to block it with branches and roots.
But against Xiao Yang's Harpoon, they were utterly useless!
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