Two hours later.
The battle at the Seventh Outpost finally ended.
Although the outcome had been decided the moment Lin Yuan killed the Nine-Star Priest, battles between ordinary S-rank fighters could not all be as swift and decisive as his.
Only when Lin Yuan caught his breath on the battlefield, replenished some A-rank Energy, and began clearing out the Crawlers did the battle finally pick up considerably.
Otherwise, this battle they were certain to win might have dragged on for another half a day.
After the battle ended, Lin Yuan did not go to see General Zhang immediately. Instead, he returned to the Phantom Lin Yuan on the grounds that he needed to recover.
"How did it go? Did you get them all?" Lin Yuan immediately looked at Never Skunked after boarding the deck.
"Of course. You can always trust my fishing skills, boss!" Never Skunked had received his captain's instructions well beforehand. Throughout the battle, he had kept casting his Fishing Rod, reeling in the Relics from the Crawlers that had died and fallen into the water.
Humans could not use these Relics, so no one specifically collected them.
Lin Yuan did not want to waste his breath explaining why he could use them, either, so he had instructed Never Skunked to collect them secretly.
They had collected over a hundred Crawlers' Relics in this battle. After subtracting the sixty-four needed to upgrade the Energy Collector, several dozen remained.
Looks like it won't be long before I can upgrade the Energy Collector another level.
Lin Yuan made his calculations, his mood soaring.
Immediately afterward, he spent sixty-four Relics to upgrade the Energy Collector to level eight.
That brought his energy recovery rate to ten thousand points per minute.
*Finally, I can get back to full strength in a little