Chapter 3 Two Queen Insects!
After quietly climbing the hill, Lu Li soon found the mantis nest.
It was just as he thought, the nest was in its infancy, without even a guard.
Lu Li picked up a stone and threw it towards the cave entrance.
After a while, a sharp whistle came from the cave.
A mantis monster with a purple body and a body size as big as an adult rushed out of the nest and looked around with a fierce look.
Its information instantly appeared on Lu Li's panel:
[Name: Mantis Queen (Lord Creature)]
[Level: Lv.5]
[Hint: The level of this creature is much higher than the player, it is recommended to evacuate immediately! ]
Lu Li directly ignored the last line of prompts and appeared in the mantis queen's field of vision.
Although his current level is Lv.0. But in a one-on-one fight, this Lv.5 mantis queen is definitely not his opponent.
The terrifying thing about the lord creature is its endless followers, and the followers of the mantis queen are still eggs with no attack power.
With a thought, Lu Li's right arm changed rapidly, turning into a three-foot-long sharp blade!
Blade-arm mantis's innate ability - [Blade Arm]
While walking slowly, [Giant Force] and [Speed] were activated at the same time, raising Lu Li's combat power again.
However, Lu Li did not rush to attack, but used stones to constantly provoke the mantis queen, which was extremely wretched.
He was waiting for an opportunity, waiting for an opportunity for the opponent to reveal a flaw.
Finally, the mantis queen could no longer bear it, and howled and pounced on Lu Li.
At this moment, Lu Li also deflected his steps and lay down on the ground quickly!
The sharp blade transformed from the right arm pierced the queen's abdomen, and with the inertia and the power increase of [Giant Force], it pierced a hole!
The mantis queen didn't know that the level 0 player in front of her would be so powerful, and immediately turned around and wanted to escape back to the nest.
But Lu Li would never give it a chance.
An accelerated charge, the knife fell and directly cut off the queen's head!
The first battle was a victory!
A pleasant reminder sounded in his mind——
[It is detected that player Lu Li is the first player in the world to kill a lord-level creature. Do you want to make a global announcement immediately? Yes/No. ]
[Note: After the global announcement, you can get 1 first kill treasure box. ]
The special nature of the apocalypse game is revealed for the first time.
When a player completes a certain pioneering achievement, the option of global announcement will appear.
If you give up the announcement, you will not be able to get the pioneering reward.
Lu Li chose to put the reward on hold without hesitation.
Before your own strength is strong, showing off will only bring trouble!
Raising his hand to split the queen's head, Lu Li took out a red crystal.
A second-level crystal can increase the player's experience by 10 points.
However, Lu Li did not absorb it, but put it in his pocket.
Then he activated the soul-devouring ability on the queen's corpse.
[Devouring Lv.5 monster souls, Soul Points +10]
[Plundering Ability - Blade Arm (Silver)]
[Plundering Ability - Swarm Deterrence (Gold)]
[Detecting that the ability 'Blade Arm' can be upgraded, do you want to trigger the upgrade task? Yes/No. ]
Lu Li raised his eyebrows and directly chose to trigger the task.
Without relying on props, the grade of the ability cannot be upgraded.
But Lu Li is different.
His [Soul Devourer] is extremely special!
Any ability plundered by [Soul Devourer] will trigger the upgrade task as long as the ability is the same.
Complete the task and the ability can be successfully upgraded.
Failure of the task will only cause the ability to disappear, and it will not have any effect on Lu Li himself.
[Ding! The ability upgrade task has been triggered! ]
[Task content: Kill 100 Blade Arm Mantises within 24 hours! ]
[Task reward: Challenger treasure box × 1, the ability 'Blade Arm' is upgraded to gold grade! ]
[Number of kills 0/100. 】
"The advanced tasks are still so unreasonable..." Lu Li was helpless.
It was impossible to kill 100 blade-arm mantises on the first day of the apocalypse.
It seemed that the ability of [Blade Arm] would be lost before it was even warmed up.
But Lu Li didn't care. At most, he could swallow the soul of another blade-arm mantis and regain the ability.
He also had to clean up the nest. Those mantis eggs that had not yet hatched were good things.
Although they could not explode Yuanjing, each egg could provide him with a small amount of soul points.
Accumulated together, it was also a considerable fortune!
Subconsciously, he threw a reconnaissance into the cave, and Lu Li raised his legs to get in.
But at this moment, a dangerous breath suddenly came out from the cave entrance.
There are monsters in the mantis nest!
Lu Li shrank back suddenly, and a strong wind blew in front of him, leaving a shallow blood mark on his chest.
A queen insect, which was a circle bigger than the previous one, came out of the hole and rushed out with bared teeth!
"Fuck, there is another queen insect!"
Lu Li was horrified, and rolled over, immediately distanced himself from the queen insect.
If it weren't for the good habits he developed in his previous life, and he threw a scout into the cave first, Lu Li would have been beheaded and dead at this moment!
Just as Lu Li adjusted his breathing and prepared to kill the queen insect in front of him with the previous method, he heard a cry from behind.
"Lu Li, run here!"
"Xu Xiao?!"
Lu Li was slightly stunned, and then immediately retreated in the direction of the sound.
Three figures soon appeared in Lu Li's field of vision, and the girl in the lead had a ponytail and a pretty face. It was Xu Xiao without a doubt.
"Why is she here? Following me?"
Lu Li frowned slightly.
In his previous life, he didn't have much contact with Xu Xiao. After he survived the early days of the apocalypse, he never saw the girl again after leaving school.
Later, he heard that she had formed her own team, and then later, she was tragically killed by the insect tide.
Lu Li only knew that the girl was strong, but he didn't know what her specific abilities were.
"Lu Li, why did you come here alone?"
Seeing Lu Li approaching, Xu Xiao hurriedly asked, and at the same time pressed down with both palms, and bright light particles were released from his body.
Circles of halo spread out, making the girl look like a fairy.
"Amplification ability?!"
Seeing this, Lu Li's pupils shrank, and he immediately understood why Xu Xiao could form his own team in his previous life.
Amplification ability can temporarily improve the ability level of all players within the range, which is very precious after the apocalypse.
And a captain with amplification ability usually finds it easy to recruit suitable teammates.
"I thought there were few people in the back mountain, so I came to try my luck."
Lu Li made up a reason casually.
"You are really 'loyal'. Zhao Hui treats you like this, but you still work so hard!"
Xu Xiao felt a little disappointed.
But she still protected Lu Li behind her.
"Wang Chao, Ma Han, stop the monster!"
"Okay, squad leader!"
Two boys, one fat and one thin, responded in unison, showing their abilities one after another.
The fat boy Wang Chao's skin was hardened all over his body, and the texture was hard, like a tortoise shell!
And the thin boy Ma Han pulled his arms and set up a flaming longbow!
Although the cooperation between the two was still a little unfamiliar, they had already taken shape as a team.
Of course, Xu Xiao's command was indispensable:
"Wang Chao, hold on, don't fight head-on! Ma Han shoot its head, fight and retreat!"
Lu Li, who had retreated to Xu Xiao's side, felt the changes in his body and asked calmly:
"Why did you come to the back mountain?"
"Nonsense! It's because I'm worried that something will happen to you!"
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