Chapter 113: Enhancing Quality [Seeking Votes]

It was clearly still dangerous for a Flame Werewolf leader to act recklessly upon reaching the sixth tier.

After spending some time waiting for the Bloodthirsty Mosquito to mature, Lu Sheng decided he must make an overwhelming entrance.

Therefore, he planned to first upgrade the Bloodthirsty Mosquito to blue quality, and then advance it to the sixth tier.

Tiantan Mountain was the place he had to go.

However, the mountain was crowded and full of watchful eyes. If he went there openly, wouldn’t he risk exposure?

After some thought, Lu Sheng decided to scout the area at night to see if it was crowded. For now, he intended to keep all the Bloodthirsty Mosquito cards in hand.

Once he could produce a pair of blue-quality Bloodthirsty Mosquitoes, only then would he consider upgrading them.

Although the consumption would triple at that point, he was still unsure how many Bloodthirsty Mosquito cards it would take to reach blue quality, so he preferred to hold onto them for the time being.

Based on data from previous experiments conducted by major powers, it took around two thousand third-tier green-quality monsters to upgrade one to blue quality.

His monsters were fourth-tier, but they started at white quality.

Fortunately, he knew that upgrading from white to green required relatively fewer cards.

This was because neither white nor green quality monsters contained any law force within their bodies; the upgrade only involved strengthening the physical body.

He hoped to manage upgrading a pair of Bloodthirsty Mosquitoes to blue quality.

Yet, Lu Sheng felt as if something was missing, though he couldn’t quite put his finger on it.

Since he had decided to stay steady and not take unnecessary risks, Lu Sheng planned to remain hidden and head to Tiantan Mountain at night, hoping no one would be around.

Upon entering the sub-dimensional space, he released all the Flame Werewolves, including the leader, gathering them around the Red Leaf Spirit Fruit tree.

He wanted these Flame Werewolves to exert their full effort in stimulating the tree to bear fruit.

A massive amount of fire element was released by the Flame Werewolves. With this powerful group joining in, the condensation of the Red Fire Fruit would accelerate.

Especially the Flame Werewolf leader, who, with a wave of his hand, condensed and infused a large amount of fire element into the Red Leaf Spirit Fruit tree.

The Flame Bear Wolf needed only ten third-tier blue-quality Red Fire Fruits to complete its first evolution, at which point Lu Sheng would have a second sixth-tier monster.

Previously, the Red Fire Fruits he collected from the fifth-tier Spirit Fruit dungeon were all green quality; only this tree bore blue-quality fruit.

But since he had destructively destroyed the fruit on that tree in anger, he now had to cultivate it himself.

By the afternoon, the Red Leaf Spirit Fruit tree was laden with thirty third-tier Red Fire Fruits.

He picked ten to evolve the Flame Bear Wolf and kept the remaining twenty for further cultivation.

Unfortunately, he did not have enough Bloodthirsty Mosquitoes to raise the Flame Bear Wolf.

So for now, the Flame Bear Wolf remained at the fifth tier.

Time was rapidly passing, and evening arrived.

He was about to set off; it would take two hours to reach Tiantan Mountain, calculated based on the flight speed of the White Flame Blue-Scaled Bird.

If he left now, darkness would fall just as he arrived.

Night was the monsters’ domain, especially on a monster-dense mountain like Tiantan.

No one would dare enter Tiantan Mountain at night.

Riding the White Flame Blue-Scaled Bird, Lu Sheng hastened towards Tiantan Mountain.

***

Two hours later, under the cover of night, he entered Tiantan Mountain.

A quick sweep of the area revealed no sign of people, so Lu Sheng felt at ease.

Reaching the altar at the summit, he wasted no time and began releasing Bloodthirsty Mosquitoes inside.

He sent in two, instructing one to await death. It was somewhat cruel to force a Bloodthirsty Mosquito to commit suicide.

One Bloodthirsty Mosquito died, its body absorbed by the altar.

[Bloodthirsty Mosquito Card +1]

Lu Sheng: ……

He had overlooked this detail, caught up in the eagerness to upgrade and forgetting how his own ability worked.

In that case, he only needed three green-quality Bloodthirsty Mosquitoes to produce a pair of blue-quality ones.

One male, one female, and a spare to continuously provide energy.

He could first raise four Bloodthirsty Mosquitoes to perfect fifth-tier, then begin the fusion.

That way, he would not yet consume triple cards during the upgrade to perfect fifth-tier.

The new round of upgrades began, and he quickly deposited Bloodthirsty Mosquito cards into the altar.

Unbeknownst to Lu Sheng, not far behind in the bushes, someone was lying in wait.

Five fourth-tier Spirit Fruits could stir the hearts of countless people. The Wild Bandits were ruthless but kept their word.

Therefore, anyone who truly fulfilled the bandits’ demands would not be shortchanged of the five fourth-tier Spirit Fruits.

Whether Lu Sheng had left this wilderness was unknown, but only a day had passed. Many were willing to spend two days to find him.

Those five fourth-tier Spirit Fruits represented a fortune to many wilderness hunters.

Not everyone was strong, nor had abundant resources.

For those lacking strength or resources, this was their chance.

Lu Sheng had not appeared in any populated area for a day; as long as he remained somewhere in this wilderness, he must be hiding somewhere within it.

Many wanted a stroke of luck. The man now crouching here clearly felt his luck was promising.

Originally, he had been hunting at Tiantan Mountain and intended to leave at night, but an inexplicable impulse made him stay and see if he could bump into Lu Sheng.

Now, unexpectedly, he had truly encountered him!

This was a walking treasure chest of five fourth-tier Spirit Fruits!

If the Wild Bandits captured Lu Sheng, the five fourth-tier Spirit Fruits would be his!

Moreover, Lu Sheng seemed intent on upgrading his monster cards here, unlikely to leave anytime soon.

No wonder he was a monster leader—he dared to use such a resource-heavy upgrade method.

But... sorry.

He took out a transmission bug to notify the Wild Bandits.

His voice was low.

“Sir, Lu Sheng is right in front of me at the Tiantan Mountain altar. He’s focused on upgrading monster card qualities and is not available for conversation. Ending transmission.”

He immediately cut off, not allowing a chance for the bandits to reply, fearing a loud voice might alert Lu Sheng.

Looking up at Lu Sheng’s position, the man saw him still intently throwing cards in.

Seeing this, he exhaled in relief.

***

In the Loess Region,

He Fei approached Jin Chong: “Second Brother, we found Lu Sheng. He’s at Tiantan Mountain upgrading his monster card qualities and won’t leave soon.”

Jin Chong thought for a moment and said, “It takes four hours to get there from here, and the night road is dangerous. Let’s send my Wild Wind Vulture. It only takes two hours, and the two of us can deal with him.”

He Fei nodded: “Good. The two of us can crush him easily.”

If Lu Sheng were just a fifth-tier, and not so versatile, he would have been killed long ago.

***

Lu Sheng tossed Bloodthirsty Mosquito cards one by one.

It took one hundred cards to upgrade from white to green quality.

It took him twenty minutes to produce three green-quality Bloodthirsty Mosquito cards.

Next was upgrading green to blue, though he did not know how long it would take.

Upgrading from green to blue required more cards of the same quality and tier, so at least over a hundred.

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