"No... you can't kill me! I am the messenger of Greed! If you kill me, you will incur the wrath of Greed!!"
The High-level Exotic Beast trembled as it spoke, yet the Great Sage merely picked his ear.
"I’ve even provoked the Tathagata; do you think I’m afraid of your 'Greed'?"
No sooner had the words left his mouth than the Great Sage slapped the creature’s head into a pulp.
【High-level Exotic Beast slain, experience +】
In an instant, Bai Ze and his group leveled up once again!
Since Bai Ze, as the team leader, received a greater share of the experience, he had now reached level 13. His own combat power had climbed to 320, while Little Diamond Wind’s combat power had soared to over 10,000.
As for the Great Sage's combat power increase, it was even more absurd!
【Great Sage Equal to Heaven — Sun Wukong】
【Level: lv13】
【Comprehensive Combat Power: 8,100+】
【Talents: Fiery Eyes, Immortality, Immunity to Poisons and Diseases】
【Skills: Seventy-two Transformations, Replication, Lawful Tianxiang, Peak Martial Arts, Bronze Head and Iron Arms, Summoning Wind and Rain, Ground-Shrinking Technique...】
【Weapon: Black Iron Staff (Damaged)】
【Items: None】
With a peak combat power of 82,000, the energy the Great Sage had unleashed when killing that High-level Exotic Beast was around 50,000.
Up to this point, the Great Sage hadn't even needed to activate his Lawful Tianxiang, as he hadn't yet encountered an enemy worth the effort.
With the most powerful threat eliminated, the Great Sage strolled over to Bai Ze. He looked down at Little Diamond Wind and remarked:
"You're truly pathetic. You couldn't even handle a mid-level exotic beast? What are you good for?"
At these words, Little Diamond Wind trembled, not daring to reply...
Vaguely, a memory stirred in the back of his mind—he recalled a figure who had split the heavens and created the earth, a figure that felt divine!
"That’s enough. Leave all the beasts here to me. I’ll clear them out in three hours!"
The Great Sage held up three fingers with an expressionless face. He then plucked a handful of fur from his body, and countless strands flew out, instantly transforming into hundreds of clones.
"Kill!"
Once the command was given, hundreds of Great Sages flew off in every direction, slaughtering every beast they encountered!
What was even more surprising was that the Great Sage’s clones seemed to know exactly who was human and who was a beast. When they encountered innocent human children, they didn't kill them, but rather specifically targeted the monsters...
Facing such a magnificent and miraculous sight, everyone fell silent. It was the sweet girl, Xia Qiu, who finally spoke up:
"Who... who is he?"
"A friend of mine," Bai Ze replied.
The two sweet sisters were genuinely stunned. They knew that their combined combat power didn't even reach 1,200. When they had seen that High-level Exotic Beast earlier, they had almost fainted from fear. Yet, they hadn't expected this man in the suit to be so powerful—killing a super-strong entity with 40,000 combat power in just a few movements!
Although, he did look a bit like a monkey...
"Sorry for the trouble, Great Sage. Would you like to eat something?" Bai Ze asked with a smile.
"Fine."
And so, the group found a hotpot restaurant in the city. The place was fully stocked with ingredients, though the surroundings were quite gruesome, littered with the corpses of exotic beasts.
If one looked out the window, they could still see monkeys frantically pummeling the endless waves of exotic beasts...
Yet, faced with such a scene, Bai Ze calmly ate his hotpot. Even Brother Monkey himself didn't care in the slightest; he just tore open a package of lamb slices and dug in.
Sun Tai and the two Xia sisters were somewhat numb by now. Outside, a fierce battle was raging, and here they were, eating hotpot—was this even appropriate?
"Eat, why are you just staring?" Bai Ze beckoned. He and the Great Sage moved their chopsticks in unison, picking up lamb slices while simultaneously peeling fruit.
Three hours later, the exotic beasts throughout the city had been largely wiped out. Only the faint sound of human weeping remained, with no more roars from the beasts.
Bai Ze found it tedious to pick up experience packs and gear one by one, so he purchased an "Auto-Loot" item from the Professional Mall.
It had cost him 800,000 in total—this thing was expensive!
Bai Ze picked up the auto-loot bracelet and activated it, instantly drawing in all the gear, items, and experience packs scattered across the city...
"What a pity, the experience yield is getting lower. It’ll probably only get me to level 17. But the gear and items are plentiful!"
Bai Ze made a rough estimate. This time, the Great Sage’s fur clones had slaughtered an estimated 100,000 exotic beasts, dropping about 30,000 pieces of equipment!
A single piece of Bronze-tier gear was worth about 60,000. Combined, these items could probably sell for around 800 million, though there was a risk of price volatility...
"Sigh, if I buy the Awakening Stone, I'll be back to square one. But it doesn't matter; I have the ability to make money now!"
Bai Ze thought to himself, his eyes contemplative.
Once he bought the Awakening Stone, the Abyss mission for this City of Exotic Beasts would be complete, and he could clear the level. He couldn't stay here forever, after all.
Thinking this, he began listing all the gear for sale, putting the higher-quality items up on the auction house.
But the moment he hit the list button, the Professional Mall nearly exploded!
Countless professionals were left dumbfounded as they looked at the mall, which was suddenly flooded with gear from exotic beasts...
"Wait, what on earth is going on here!?"