Alone and Infinite.

Chapter 573 Terrifying Leveling Speed
Be treated gently by the world.

Li Xia recalled his journey so far. The second-tier Demon Prison Star was just a normal start. When he arrived at Stan Star, he encountered the Stone Clan. Then, at the start of Tresia, he met the pink-haired girl Aria. Finally, he obtained key information right from the start of the Black Descendant Star, descended on Ogan, and met Iris.

It seems that things are indeed going smoothly, but this smoothness is completely out of sync with my luck.

So when did it begin? With the stone men? To gain the world's gratitude?

No, it's second order!

Li Xia suddenly remembered the vampire Grugg, who single-handedly reduced the success rate of upgrading Demon Prison Star to below 30%.

Normally, the success rate of advancing from the second to the third tier is at least 50%-70%, but the vampire, taking advantage of the Ascension Plaza which had been set up for an unknown period of time, used more than thirty apostles and pale orange items as bait to ruthlessly sacrifice a large number of apostles.

They wanted to open a passage using a sacrificial array to summon a top-tier, third-order monster.

If Gulagg succeeds, even if there are seven arcane mages on the entire Demon Prison Star, they will likely perish on the spot in the face of the vampires' long-planned scheme.

Having stopped the vampires, he naturally earned the world's gratitude, though perhaps it was little, even negligible. It might only bring you someone you need once in a crucial moment, but it's like the little snowball that initially rolled down the mountain.

Li Xia only needed a small push.

"Little cat, little cat, can you see the light on the boss? It's very faint."

Black Charcoal nodded, as did Xiaotian, who had been yawning non-stop.

"That's right, boss, you've been glowing for a long time, but it's very faint. It's kind of like good karma."

Li Xia:
Treating the world's gratitude as an act of merit can be explained to some extent, but the overall effect is still quite strange.

"Forget it, let's not dwell on it. As long as it's not a bad thing."

Li Xia waved casually and turned to look out the window.

The track vehicle was quite fast; even in the darkness, the area illuminated by its lights flashed by in an instant, quickly leaving it behind.

Thanks to the insects' powerful engineering capabilities and the incredibly stable environment of the Seekers World, the orbiters are mostly straight, just like the insect tunnels laid by the insects.

When a blurry point of light appears in front of you, creating a conspicuous halo in the darkness, you're almost there.

Because only in gathering places will insects be able to repair the environment. Even if the insects are already asleep, this kind of ecologically based lighting will not cause ecological imbalance and death in a short period of time.

However, when Li Xia used his Observation Haki to spread out, he discovered that there were many life forms moving around in the kingdom's transit station they were about to arrive at, and the insects had already woken up.

The railcar slowed down, and Li Xia nodded to the three little ones, signaling them to prepare for battle.

The sound of brakes was unusually piercing in the quiet environment, and the entire transfer station seemed to boil over, with all sorts of sharp screams rising and falling.

Li Xia sighed softly. Clearly, although the insects had woken up, they had gone mad, just like the insects that had been awakened before, and were extremely aggressive. He wanted to find the conscious insects to ask them what had happened.

"Same as always, don't clear the field directly. Let the little knight kill more and level him up. We'll make our move if he can't hold on any longer."

Before the track vehicle had even come to a complete stop, a swarm of insects had already attacked, their sheer number even blocking out the lights.

These newly arrived insects were covered in orange-red pustules, and their normally black eyes were also orange-red. They made squeaking noises as they frantically rushed towards this place.

The little knight's figure transformed into a dark phantom as he rushed out of the railcar, facing the swarm of insects.

The white bone nail in his hand swung in front of him, instantly creating a series of afterimages. With a sharp 'hissing' sound, the foremost of the swarming insects exploded in mid-air, splashing out green and orange juice.

Wow! That's impressive!
Li Xia and the three little ones, who were holding the line at the back, lit up. It had only been two battles since Li Xia taught them to use it correctly. Although, like smashing, stabbing also didn't require much skill, adding this move added a lot of variety.

The little knight had no idea what the people behind it were thinking; its simple mind was only focused on the battle in front of it.

I've only just popped about ten bugs, but the bugs behind me seem to have seen nothing and keep charging forward. They're not very strong, but without a way to clear them out, their numbers can be a real problem.

As the swarm surged and collided, several insects even burst open due to the crushing force as they rushed forward, their splattered juices landing on the ground and sizzling, corroding small pits.

The little knight swung its nails even faster, its dark figure weaving through the swarm of insects. Faced with so many enemies, it almost completely abandoned the smashing method, because it had no space to smash at all.

Each time the bone nail in her hand pierced the soft abdomen with precision, the number of insects was simply too great, and the relentless swarms of insects almost swallowed up the thin black figure.

Li Xia took a small step forward, preparing to make his move.

But the next second, the little knight suddenly slammed the bone nail in his hand into the ground, and half-squatted down as if he was gathering something.

Immediately afterwards, a radiant light identical to that of the soul photon burst forth from his body and spread outwards.

The insects nearby were instantly scattered upon contact with the impact, bursting apart like balloons.

Even the orange-green juice evaporated completely.

Unfortunately, the impact was not very large, lasting for less than four meters before abruptly dissipating.

Even so, it cleared a space around the little knight, so it crouched down again, drawing an arc in front of it with the bone nail in its hand.

"Bang bang bang"

The little knight's bone nail possesses a special power; when swung, it not only vibrates soul photons from the insects' bodies but also has a certain knockback function.

Li Xia and the three little ones were more concerned about the power that the little knight had suddenly unleashed earlier.

"Boss, is it imitating your last impact before?"

In previous lessons, Li Xia demonstrated various uses for bone spurs, which are essentially 'stabbing, chopping, slashing, flicking, parrying, picking, and sweeping'.

After the demonstration, the remaining bugs were simply dealt with using Kamui Conqueror's Haki Impact.

Because there weren't many insects, and the three little ones and the little knight were nearby, Li Xia intentionally controlled the range and force of the impact.

It was only about three or four meters away, but the little knight's attack just now was surprisingly similar in both the range of impact and the final effect.

"It should be. It has a strong ability to imitate and learn. It's like a blank sheet of paper. Whatever you draw on it, it will do."

Li Xia stared intently at the little knight, which was now improving its combat abilities at an unbelievable speed under this immense pressure. Originally, it could only 'thrust, slash, and cut', but now it was slowly adding 'flicking and parrying'.

"Its shockwave should be formed by highly compressing the soul photons within the body to a certain limit, and then actively detonating them to create a soul impact."

Li Xia easily understood the principle behind the Little Knight's move. Compared to the impact of Conqueror's Haki, which combines power and will, the Soul Impact was clearly a different form.

However, it is extremely effective against insects, seemingly having some kind of natural restraining effect.

What's even more amazing is that with each attack, the little knight can generate a lot of soul photons from the insect, which then converge towards its body like swallows returning to their nest.

As more and more insect corpses lay on the ground, the light emanating from the little knight's body grew stronger and stronger, until it seemed to be plated with a layer of gold.

After exceeding a certain limit, the light on its body suddenly contracted inwards, and then its various manifestations were noticeably enhanced.

Becoming stronger again!

Previously, it was estimated that all attributes would be 53-55, but now they are at least around 57. The leveling speed is not only fast, but each level up also provides a significant boost.

but
Li Xia carefully recalled that the little knight had only killed a little over a hundred insects before leveling up, but now it had killed at least a thousand, though the exact number was unknown. Clearly, its need to level up was increasing each time, and by a significant margin.

If we calculate it this way, it would probably take tens of thousands of insects to upgrade the little knight.
Killing tens of thousands of insects is not difficult for him. If he uses his Conqueror's Haki at full power, he can kill them all in one hit, even if the number doubles.

But killing the bugs yourself doesn't yield much benefit; the bugs are too weak, at most a little bit of Geo.

Only insects attacked by the little knight himself will release soul photons; tens of thousands of insects could really exhaust the little knight to death.

Just like now, the little knight released several more soul shocks, which obviously consumed a lot of energy. Even his mask had dimmed a bit. Since he could no longer clear the field with soul shocks to create room for himself, the little knight was clearly in a dilemma.

"Take action."

As soon as Li Xia finished speaking, the black charcoal transformed into a blinding bolt of lightning and charged into the swarm of insects.

"Sizzle—crack!"

Flashes of electricity danced, and the dense swarm of insects became the perfect conductors. The lightning released by the charcoal leaped across each insect, and immediately the aroma of burning filled the air.

Xiaolong was much more decisive. It raised one claw and fired a stream of water compressed to its limit from the tip, waving it casually among the swarm of insects. Wherever it passed, the insects were cut in two and crashed heavily to the ground. Some, because of the cut, were not dead and continued to crawl on the ground with their limbs, hissing, and continuing to charge towards their location.

At this moment, Xiaotian stepped forward. Just like before, it opened its mouth, and a dark vortex spun in front of its open maw. The little dog, like Pac-Man, ran around happily in the swarm of insects with its mouth wide open, swallowing any insects it touched.

After the three little ones took action, the efficiency of clearing monsters improved significantly. The entire transfer station, as a large transfer station connecting the capital and the local areas, had countless insects. Even after such a cleanup, there was still a dark mass of insects in the distance.

Under these circumstances, Li Xia finally stopped waiting. He took a heavy step forward, and a terrifying aura surged from his body, with tiny dark red lightning bolts swirling around him with sharp buzzing.

After a brief moment of gathering his strength, his gaze sharpened, and he released all the Conqueror's Haki he had gathered.

"boom!"

A shockwave visible to the naked eye spread out instantly, and a surging airflow spread out from Li Xia's feet, carrying the surrounding soil and dust, surging wildly.

Aowu immediately shrank into his dragon egg, while the kitten simply unfolded Susanoo, enveloping the little knight and Xiaotian inside.

The shockwave covered the entire transfer station at extremely high speed, as if the bugs that had been charging wildly had been put on pause.

They stood there, frozen in place, maintaining their original posture.

Subsequently
"bang bang bang"

The dense explosions instantly drowned out all other sounds, comparable to firecrackers during the Lunar New Year.

No, it should be more intense and longer-lasting than firecrackers.

A strong wind surged, dispersing the mist that had been stirred up when the Conqueror's Haki was released.

The shockwave was so strong that even the air seemed to distort. When the sound subsided, an unprecedented silence enveloped the entire station.

Aowu cautiously poked its head out of the eggshell, and after just one glance, its crystal-clear dragon eyes suddenly narrowed.

The dense swarms of insects around them had vanished, replaced by shattered insect carcasses and puddles of orange-green liquid.

This was the first time Li Xia had unleashed his full domineering aura, and even the three little ones who had already experienced it were stunned.

The domineering aura is indeed very strong, especially for someone like Li Xia, whose body and will have been tempered to the extreme, making the domineering aura even more formidable.

Even the top-tier fourth-tier fighters could never have a physical strength of 12. A score of 7 or 8 would be considered good. For example, when fighting in the arena before, many magic-based and ranged archers had a physical strength of only 4, and even melee fighters only had a score of 5 or 6.

Physical strength is like a basic defense, extremely difficult to increase. Without special encounters, inheritances, skills, or talents, an apostle's physical strength generally follows their rank.

But even the strongest Haki cannot create such an instant kill effect simply by intimidation. Even the top-tier fighters in One Piece can only be stunned.

"Divine Might. Divine Might is like a prison. He is indeed a demigod. After his rank is raised, the enhancement of this kind of power skill is too terrifying."

"Meow?"

Black Charcoal was mesmerized by the sight before him. The boss's imposing and domineering presence almost confirmed that the human wave tactic would be useless against him, unless those who came to surround and kill him were all opponents with considerable strength.

If there really is an opponent of that scale, whether or not Kamui is there is actually the same; it's just as exhausting as it is.

"Yes, the insects are too weak. At most, they are mid-to-lower tier three apostles. There's nothing we can do about it. Insects are inherently weak. Even if they evolve, they are still far inferior to humans."

In the utter silence, Li Xia walked across the street littered with fragments of insect corpses:
"Let's go, I can already see the Tower of Bliss."

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1. Monthly pass 2. Recommendation vote

I was so sleepy, and then I started coughing again. I fell asleep while writing.

(End of this chapter)