Battle for Supremacy Across Realms: From Novice Village to Lord of the Gods

"Damn it!" Qin Dilin roared angrily, enduring the pain all over his body, and suddenly stood up.

He stopped engaging the three ferocious beasts and charged straight at the dried corpse. To catch the thief, one must first catch the king. Only by killing the dried corpse would the out-of-control beasts be no threat.

The dried corpse panicked instantly, a deep terror flashing in its eyes.

Its physical body was completely destroyed, leaving only a wisp of remnant soul, which could not move an inch. Once the Qin Emperor got close to it, it would surely be annihilated.

It could see clearly that this human had extremely strong fighting talent. Even with its constant interference, the human was still able to suppress the ferocious beast. Once it got close, the beast was powerless to fight back.

The dried corpse immediately frantically activated its mental power, unleashing a full-scale mental attack to block Qin Dilin while simultaneously controlling the three ferocious beasts to relentlessly surround him.

In a short time, the two sides had already fought dozens of rounds. Qin Dilin was being suppressed by the combined forces of the dried corpse and the ferocious beast.

Despite being knocked away several times, he fought with increasing ferocity, his long sword never ceasing, leaving more than a dozen bloody wounds of varying depths on the three ferocious beasts.

Seeing this, the dried corpse gradually relaxed, and a sense of pride welled up inside him.

If this situation continued to escalate, Emperor Qin would eventually be exhausted and at the mercy of the enemy. But before his smugness could dissipate, an unexpected event occurred.

The mutated black rat, which had been ferocious, suddenly became weak in the limbs, its steps became unsteady, and it could no longer stand. Its attacking movements froze instantly.

Immediately afterwards, the saber-toothed rabbit and the tusked boar also lost their composure, trembling all over and moving as slowly as snails, completely losing their previous ferocity.

The dried corpse was completely stunned, bewildered and unable to understand why the three ferocious beasts had suddenly gone out of control.

Upon seeing this, Emperor Qin burst into laughter, his eyes filled with relief. The snake venom he had applied to his blade beforehand had finally taken effect.

He seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, his pace suddenly quickening, breaking through the encirclement of ferocious beasts in one step, and heading straight for the dried corpse.

The dried corpse was terrified, roaring wildly, and using its last bit of strength to control the ferocious beast to block the attack. It then used its telekinetic power to smash towards Qin Dilin with reckless abandon.

However, the ferocious beast, now afflicted by the poison, moved so slowly that it posed no threat and could not be stopped at all.

Qin Dilin was pierced by the psychic force, but only paused slightly before completely breaking through the interference and instantly standing in front of the dry corpse, raising his long sword high.

A sharp flash of light appeared, so fast that its trajectory was impossible to discern.

The dried corpse let out a desperate roar, but before it could finish speaking, a crisp snapping sound rang out.

With a swift stroke of his blade, Emperor Qin cleaved the dried corpse in two. The malevolent remnant soul residing within instantly vanished, leaving not a trace of its former self, completely dissipating into the air.

As Emperor Qin looked up, he saw that the entire valley was overgrown with spiritual herbs, and a rough count revealed more than forty of them.

He slowly walked to the foremost spirit herb, his gaze slightly narrowed, and his True Sight quietly activated.

【Name: Elderberry】

[Rank: Tier 1 Spirit Herb]

[Efficacy: Used in medicine and alchemy to strengthen bones and improve physical constitution]

It turns out to be a spiritual herb that strengthens the body.

Emperor Qin murmured to himself, his fingertips gently tracing the leaves. A flash of white light appeared in his palm, and the verdant spiritual herb withered rapidly, turning to ashes in the blink of an eye.

He opened his palm, and a ball of milky white spiritual liquid lay quietly in his palm, with a faint fragrance of herbs wafting over him.

[Extraction Successful! Extraction of the Elixir of Spirit Herb from Elderberry!]

This SSS-level talent is indeed very useful.

Qin Dilin chuckled softly and swallowed the spiritual liquid. The fragrant aroma entered his throat, and the gentle medicinal power instantly swept through his body.

[Successfully consumed Elderflower Essence; bones strengthened, constitution +3]

He raised an eyebrow slightly. Stronger bones and increased attributes—this was quite a good gain.

Emperor Qin was in a good mood and continued to the next plant.

【Name: Nine-Fragrance Cordyceps】

[Rank: Tier 1 Spirit Herb]

[Efficacy: Contains high poison; cannot be eaten directly. Can be used in medicine and alchemy to create hallucinations.]

Put away anything contaminated.

He deftly dug up the grass stalks and casually tossed them into his storage ring.

Next, Emperor Qin focused all his efforts on harvesting the spiritual herbs. Those that were poisonous and inedible were all dug up and stored away.

It can be used directly; the essence is extracted on the spot and swallowed in one gulp.

[Successfully consumed the Heart-Nourishing Herb Essence; Mindset strengthened, Energy +3]

[Successfully consumed the essence of the Meridian-Strengthening Herb; Meridians strengthened, Agility +3]

[Successfully consumed the essence of the elixir; muscles strengthened, strength +4]

An hour passed quietly.

He swept away all the spiritual herbs in the valley. All twenty-three poisonous spiritual herbs were stored in his storage ring.

He extracted the essence from the remaining twenty-odd plants and consumed them.

After the enhancement, Qin Dilin felt refreshed and agile, with his inner power subtly surging. His four attributes all increased dramatically, and his strength reached a new level.

With a thought, his personal panel appeared before his eyes.

Name: Qin Dilin

[Level: 3, 540/600]

[Civil Duty: Level 1 Judge 10/100]

[Reputation: 1]

[Strength: 81, Berserk Rank D]

[Agility: 84 Speed, Berserk Rank D]

[Constitution: 85 Constitution Enhancement, E-Grade Toxin Resistance +100%]

[Energy: 102, Willpower Enhancement, D-level; Visual Enhancement, E-level; Olfactory Enhancement, F-level]

[Elemental Talent: Fire Manipulation (Rank D)]

[Innate Talent: Endless Extraction (SSS Rank)]

[Skills: True Sight Tier 1, Beast Taming Tier 3]

[Combat Strength Assessment: 8 stars]

Qin Dilin was slightly taken aback. His combat power had directly surged to eight stars, an astonishingly rapid increase.

More than twenty first-tier spiritual herbs, plus the corpses of three mutated ferocious beasts, pushed his strength to a new level.

This trip was incredibly fruitful; we made a fortune.

He glanced at his level progress: Level 3, 540/600. At this rate, taking first place on the newbie leaderboard was practically a certainty.

Emperor Qin subconsciously clicked on the list, but the interface did not respond.

He then remembered that after entering the alternate dimension, the Heavenly Dao had blocked the ranking channel, only opening the personal information and chat channels.

Well, I might as well check out the chat channel.

He casually switched to a channel, which was already buzzing with heated discussion.

The screen was filled with discussions about leveling up and climbing the leaderboards; the entire newbie village was engulfed in a frenzied leveling competition.

Many level 3 players showed off their progress in the channel, attracting a large following. Even level 2 players came out to show off, garnering a lot of envy.

Qin Dilin glanced at the chat and saw that four people had revealed themselves to be level 3 in the public chat.

There are far more people who have actually reached level 3. Everyone is desperately trying to level up for the newbie rewards.

Unlike him, who could leisurely gather spiritual herbs after slaying ferocious beasts. Even so, he was certain that he had already secured his position at the top of the rankings.

Just as he was about to leave the channel, a message suddenly popped up.

Liu Yuan: "Haha! Everyone, I have great news! I'm back to Level 3, and my ninth-place position is secure!"

The channel exploded instantly.

"Wow! Level 3 master! I'm in awe!"

"Liu Yuan has reached level 3 too! Has he surpassed Qin Dilin? We already have ten level 3 masters in our newbie village?"

Liu Yuan: "Hehe, ten? That's hard to say. Didn't you guys notice? Not long after Qin Dilin leveled up to level 3, his name turned gray, and his ranking kept dropping."

"Really! His name is the only one on the list that's grayed out!"

"I hope something's wrong with Boss Qin Dilin?"

"Probably not, if someone really perished, their name should simply disappear."

"Then why did it turn gray and keep dropping in the rankings?"

"I think he was most likely seriously injured."

"I hope he's alright..."

There were many different opinions about Qin Dilin's situation on the channel.