The Locals
The Saint Venerable Daweide has suddenly increased his combat power by a huge margin. 🎉✌ 👣♔
Although this frog's fighting power is not as Lin Yunji's, it is indeed very powerful to the gods.
Even weaker gods can gain more energy by killing the strongest frog.
"So much energy!" the Saint Venerable Daweide exclaimed in delight.
"How many?" Immortal Venerable Tianyu asked curiously.
"It's gone up by nearly twenty points!" The Saint Venerable Daweide said with delight.
"So many?!" The Venerable Ones were utterly shocked.
The Saint Venerable Daweide's initial combat power was only a little over a hundred points, but unexpectedly, a frog gave him so many points.
"This frog is basically at the Universe Level, Second Stage, while the Saint Venerable Daweide is at the Universe Level, First Stage. It's perfectly normal to gain twenty points for killing a Universe Level, Second Stage," Lin Yunji said.
In the Vast Cave Illusory Realm, a combat power of around 350 points is basically the threshold for the Universe Level, Second Stage.
Lin Yunji guessed that when the Saint Venerable Daweide withdrew, his combat power should have been 160 points. He killed a powerful enemy one level stronger than himself, and the 20 points of energy he gained were not much.
"A typical combat-type frog should have around 0.01 units of energy. That frog, if it got wet, would be equivalent to two thousand ordinary frogs," Emperor Venerable Wuxuan said in astonishment.
"That's not true," Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable echoed.
A very large frog is basically comparable to Universe Level, Second Stage being, which is extremely rare to encounter. Even if one did encounter one, given their cultivation levels, it would be absolutely impossible for one person to kill a being of that level.
All the dignitaries couldn't help but nod their heads.
That's right, isn't it? This frog is enormous and incredibly powerful.
If it weren't for Lin Yunji being there, even if they all joined forces, they probably wouldn't have been able to kill this frog.
Moreover, Lin Yunji the one who drew all the frogs' hatred and attacks, and the main damage that killed the frogs was almost entirely inflicted by Lin Yunji. Their only purpose was to help Lin Yunji cover the way.
In a sense, it was Lin Yunji who killed the frog; they were all just taking advantage of the situation without causing any major harm.
"I'm sorry, Fellow Daoist Lin Yunji, I've taken what belongs to you," said the Saint Venerable Daweide with an apologetic expression.
"It's nothing!" Lin Yunji immediately shook his head.
"The reason I didn't kill that frog outright," Lin Yunji hesitated before explaining, "Is because my current level is Cosmos Level, Fourth Stage, with over 5,000 combat points. If I had killed that frog, I probably wouldn't have gained even a single energy point."
"Hiss!!" As soon as Lin Yunji finished speaking, all the Venerables couldn't help but gasp.
Even though they already knew that Lin Yunji was extremely powerful, they were still somewhat shocked when Lin Yunji said it himself.
That's over 5,000 combat power, more than fifty times theirs!
Moreover, they were all very aware that a higher growth rate meant less energy would be gained from killing beings of the same level, and the rate of decline would be astonishing.
With such combat power, they could only look up to them in awe.
If they were in the outside world, it's unknown how long it would take them to reach that level.
However, even within the Vast Blue Illusory Realm, reaching this level would likely require facing numerous dangers and defeating many powerful enemies.
"You're practically a monster." Ice Blockage Supreme Venerable looked at Lin Yunji with a strange expression.
All the venerable ones nodded in agreement.
Meeting the gazes of the assembled venerable ones, Lin Yunji gave a bitter smile.
He currently appears to be a level 50 character, leading a group of newbies to kill monsters in the newbie village.
Moreover, Lin Yunji could basically sweep away these wild creatures.
Just like that giant frog just now, he could have easily sent it without expending too much effort. The reason he expended so much effort was to deliberately avoid the frog's vital points, leaving the most fatal blow to the other Venerables.
However, the previous encounter with Higher Specter doesn't count.
Physical attacks are useless against such threats. Without attacks specifically designed to deal with Specter, even Lin Yunji would be unable to defeat them.
The frog rain continued for a long time, but afterwards, there were no more frogs as big as before among the frogfish.
Under Lin Yunji's command, the group killed countless frogs. Even after the frog rain stopped, they were still not satisfied, so the Venerables began searching for the escaped youths.
Although the frog's words were somewhat dangerous, the gains for all the Venerables were immense. Most importantly, everyone's strength increased once again. However, there is still some distance to go before they can break through to the Universe Level, Second Stage.
Not long after the frog rain stopped, the dark clouds in the sky gradually dispersed, and the sun reappeared.
Lin Yunji led the others onward, and after walking for an unknown amount of time, a range of rolling mountains appeared before them.
"Look over there!" Immortal Venerable Hongluo suddenly exclaimed.
As she shouted, Lin Yunji also saw several thatched huts below the mountain.
These thatched huts are not close together and are very primitive, made of clay and thatch, and surrounded by fences as walls.
"It's a village!" Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable said with some surprise, "They look a bit like the natives of the Vast Blue Illusory Realm."
"Natives?" All the Venerables turned to look at the Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable.
"They are people who grew up in the Vast Blue Illusory Realm!" Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable explained.
"But I've heard that only wild creatures have evolved in the Vast Blue Illusory Realm. Why are intelligent life forms appearing now?" Immortal Venerable Hongluo asked.
"That's how it was originally." The Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable nodded and continued to explain, "So these people who grew up in the Vast Cave Illusory Realm are different from those wild creatures formed from the condensed energy of heaven and earth. This is all because their ancestors came here from the outside world in the beginning, and over time they became the natives of this place."
As soon as he finished speaking, all the dignitaries showed expressions of surprise.
It should be understood that in the Hongmeng World, for Supreme Primordial Unity, having offspring would be extremely easy given their cultivation levels.
With a mere thought, one could create countless descendants, but very few Supreme Primordial Unity would do so, because it is unnecessary.
They wanted to have offspring because they would soon be born, grow old, get sick, and die, but their descendants could inherit their will and civilization.
However, the Supreme Primordial Unity don't need to do that, because they are basically immortal now, so they don't need to have offspring at all.
"Those who are powerful cultivators in the outside world become ordinary people after entering the Vast Blue Illusory Realm. The first batch of people who entered here will have a second batch of descendants, who will be the original natives of this place. And these natives cannot find a way to leave this place, so they can only live in the Vast Cave Illusory Realm forever," said the Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable.
"To never be able to leave, wouldn't that be incredibly painful?" Emperor Venerable Wuxuan said, somewhat unable to accept it.
"That's right." The Ice-Cold Supreme Venerable nodded in agreement.
In the Vast Blue Illusory Realm, there is no way to cultivate, and people are subject to birth, aging, sickness, and death. Therefore, the natives living here are basically the same as us mortals in the outside world.
"But there's also a difference: they can, like us, kill the wild creatures here to obtain energy and increase their power. So, many of the natives here are also incredibly powerful."
After these words were spoken, all the venerable ones tensed up!
"Then..." Immortal Venerable Hongluo hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.
"Let's go check out the situation first," Lin Yunji suddenly said.
As soon as he finished speaking, all the venerable ones instinctively looked at him.
"Don't worry, the natives here aren't that vicious, and even if they do have designs on us, we don't need to be afraid," Lin Yunji said calmly.
"That's true." The Saint Venerable Daweide and the others all nodded in agreement.
Lin Yunji is right here, and he can take on a hundred men single-handedly, so they really don't need to be afraid or worried. After all, Lin Yunji's cultivation level is at the Universe Level, Fourth Stage!