Chapter 592: Chapter 592: The Disappearance of the Spoils of War
The Stone Tower Tribe was an immensely large Ogre Tribe. To own a territory in this marshland, one must certainly possess great strength, especially considering this was the dominion of the Black Dragon.
If even the Black Dragon hesitated to provoke them, it was evident that the strength of these ogres was formidable, making them difficult to deal with.
The Black Dragon Princess was legendarily powerful in the tales, but the Black Dragon had almost been driven to extinction in ancient times.
The Black Dragon King had disappeared without a trace, and the Black Dragon Queen had met a tragic end.
The last vestige of the Black Dragon’s strength remained in the hands of the Black Dragon Prince and lay entrenched in Blackrock Mountain in the East Continent, precisely where Li Yao sought clues to rare skills.
The Black Dragon Princess held limited power and after laying stagnant for many years, she managed to cultivate a small number of Black Dragons to control the south. To increase their strength, the Black Dragons interbred with other creatures, giving rise to the so-called Draconids.
The central Black Dragon and the Draconids exerted their radiating influence and henceforth controlled the southern marshlands.
The Ogres occupied the lands at the eastern edge of the southern mountains, wrestling some territories right from the hands of the Draconids. On the one hand, because the ogres were growing too numerous and the Black Dragon Princess had no desire to deplete her strength, and on the other, due to the existence of the God of Nightmare, this formidable tribe was born.
Li Yao concealed himself within the intellect of a massive tree, having already comprehended the situation through the fire eagle scout.
Sure enough, he found numerous cages imprisoning terrified people. The ogres standing guard outside watched them with salivating eyes, but they only swallowed their saliva and refrained from devouring these humans.
What caused Li Yao to frown was the fact that although there were many ogres in the tribe, the number was not exceedingly large. Li Yao could differentiate that most of them were simply female humans and young ogres.
A thought crossed Li Yao’s mind. He had the fire eagle patrol along the road trampled by the ogres and about ten thousand yards away, he found more ogres.
Only then did Li Yao realize – the ogres were hunting.
The marsh was teeming with life and the ogres were hunting the Devil Tyrannosaurs, treating them as their food.
Li Yao couldn’t help but laugh tersely. No wonder the young ogres were so robust – they had been raised on creatures like these.
The Devil Tyrannosaur was essentially an upgraded version of the velociraptor, analogous to the situation of the ogres. At the very least, they were also at the Silver Elite level. Moreover, their scale-covered bodies were even more solid, but most importantly, they were true carriers of the Dragon Bloodline.
Their bodies were incredibly massive. An adult Devil Tyrannosaur was at least twice the size of a velociraptor.
This was also a gathering spot for Devil Tyrannosaurs. While the ogres saw Devil Tyrannosaurs as food, the feeling was mutual. The two species hunted each other.
He entered stealth mode and slowly approached the battleground. Now he wanted to find an ogre to fight, test his strength, and formulate his plan.
This wasn’t a common monster tribe; if he charged in blindly, he might not even know how he died.
From afar, Li Yao directly examined the attributes of an adult ogre.
Adult Ogre Warrior
Level: 25
Rating: Low-Level Warcraft
Life Points: 1.35 million
Skills: Barbarian Collision, Furious Roar, Cleaving Strike, Stone Tower Wrath, Burning Fury
Observing these attributes, Li Yao began to ponder. Clearly, this was the lowest level warrior among the Warcraft, not even considered an elite. Yet it had attributes slightly higher than those of a common monster’s low-level boss.
Naturally, if it were one-on-one, Li Yao would have no difficulty dealing with it. But what if they attacked in groups?
Despite having many pets, their attributes had been reduced once they became pets. While the hydra was a top-level Warcraft, its strength had diminished, and its attributes were rated based on a common boss.
To become robust again, the Bloodline Activation had to be re-initiated, and the hydra had to ensue as a Warcraft. But this was only possible after reaching level 30.
Although Li Yao could deal high damage, it wasn’t enough to eliminate opponents in an instant. The problem was, if he didn’t kill his enemies instantly, they could kill him instantly.
He set up his sniper rifle on a hillock. These ogres were at least five yards away, which could amplify the attributes of the sniper rifle significantly. Moreover, Li Yao had already enhanced it to a +7 attribute, which made it extremely appalling.
After hesitating for a moment, Li Yao decided not to use the precious Attribute Bullets and instead, opted for regular sniper bullets.
Bang…
Following the sound of a gunshot, a bloody hole appeared on an ogre’s neck, and a large amount of fresh blood flowed out.
-35680.
A horrifying amount of damage floated up. Not just others, even Li Yao, who had been prepared for it, was startled. This sniper rifle was truly formidable.
The ogre battling against the Devil Tyrannosaur screamed in agony.
Only a lethal attack combined with the appalling attack of the enhanced sniper rifle could result in such horrifying damage.
If he had used the Blue Moon Bow instead, Li Yao estimated that he could have done only about half of this damage.
Although more than thirty thousand points of damage might seem terrifying, compared to an ogre with 1.3 million life points, it wasn’t much. The ghastly wound gushed blood, but it quickly stopped.
However, Li Yao had already figured it out. The sniper rifle had a range of 500 yards, according to the data from the Eye of the Creator based on the shot he just fired.
Even by hitting a lethal part of the body, the weapon’s buff had been stacked twice.
Li Yao had obtained the statistics he wanted and without any further ado, he began to shoot one bullet after another. For Li Yao, who had high agility, firing one shot per second was easy.
The ogre was trying to rush at Li Yao, but the Devil Tyrannosaur wouldn’t allow it. And so, Li Yao killed the ogre, while the Devil Tyrannosaur also met the same fate. With their battle with the ogre, they also didn’t have much of a life force left.
This sparsely wooded area was in fact the trial ground where both sides engaged in a survival of the fittest—eradicating the weak, allowing only the strong to carry back the prey and savor mealtime. Although cruel, this was the reason for their formidable strength.
Li Yao checked his rewards and found them to be considerably satisfactory. Although they couldn’t compare to the boss experience, bosses weren’t found just anywhere.
Moreover, becoming a Warcraft guaranteed a Crystal Core. This was a universal currency, worth more than gold coins—such items were indeed very pricey.
After hunting a few of them, Li Yao put away his weapons and stealthily moved toward them. However, when he reached the corpses, his complexion changed.
The area around the bodies was blank, not even the Devil Tyrannosaurs had been gathered.
Li Yao quickly moved onto the next location, but the result was the same—nothing was left behind.
A flicker of rage appeared in Li Yao’s eyes. Even if there were no item drops, there should have been Crystal Cores. The only explanation for the absence of everything was that someone was benefiting from his work—the loot had been taken by someone else.
Li Yao didn’t bother to examine all the corpses because he knew that probably everything else had already been taken.
Li Yao was quite unhappy. Someone dared to snatch from him— they were really courting death.
However, Li Yao didn’t let his guard down. Anyone capable of taking away the spoils right under his nose was clearly no simple character…